Opinion

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Column

Why are we still salting our roads?

It’s time to ban road salt and make better anti-icing alternatives Deer like salt. I found this out during my last trip to Yosemite after...
Humor

Humor: Reasons why a diva like me would never survive on the Yolobus

Yolobus ain’t *BLEEP* but hoes and tricks A great philosopher once said, “A diva is a female version of a hustler.” But I happen to...
Column

Grit: Education’s new buzzword

IQ is no longer the judge of smartness and success One of the shortcomings of our education system is that we are never explicitly taught...
Humor

Humor: What Davis would look like if we took it and put it somewhere interesting

Could we survive? There is an old saying that goes: If a tree falls in a forest and nobody is around to hear it, did...
Column

Assassinations In The Street: Boris Nemtsov and his Russo-American legacy

Political hits a reality, not fiction in Russia One February night in Moscow, a Russian opposition leader and his lover were walking home from a...
Humor

Humor: “Winter Quarter is my favorite!” professes one student in a straitjacket

One crazed student is kicked out of school after sharing controversial opinion When the universe created winter quarters, it made sure that, no matter the...
Editorial

Not too late to get your flu shot

Protect yourself and others from the flu If you haven’t had tissues and bags of cough drops stuffed in your pockets this month, you probably...
Editorial

No more recycled platforms

More candidates for ASUCD should bring fresh ideas With the exception of Winter Quarter to Fall Quarter of 2015, winter quarters in recent memory have...
Column

The little-known invasion of the U.S. by Mexico

American history books fail to recount Pancho Villa’s 1916 attack on the United States Pancho Villa, a Mexican revolutionary from the early 1900s, is recognized...
Humor

Humor: Hell’s fire fueled by oil, U.S. military invades

We found all the extinct animals, too After the hardly surprising revelation that Hell’s fire is fueled by its vast underground oil reservoirs, the U.S....
Humor

Humor: Portal to Hell discovered in Olson Hall, doesn’t cover smell of rancid piss

Demons in classrooms may look like your friends — if you have friends, that is A portal to Hell was discovered in lower Olson last...
Humor

Humor: How to become a CoHo Gold Member

With these tips, you’ll be hacking the CoHo in no time! With Winter Quarter off to a quick start, many students are heading back to...
Column

The Sanchi oil tanker collision serves as a sad reminder of the dangers of oil dependence

The sooner we move toward alternative energy solutions and away from crude oil, the better Whenever I see the words “oil tanker” in a headline,...
Humor

Humor: Applying to things other than college: what to leave off your resume

Not just the obvious stuff As some of you lucky students begin to think about what it’ll be like to escape this problematic sub-system known...
Column

Making a quantitative educational system a qualitative one

The opportunity to show ourselves as human is a privilege not all students share Unlike the educational systems in many countries, the United States strongly...
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