Opinion

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Humor

Humor: Research finds that impending nuclear war could actually be good for average already-dead American

Praise be to the Great Button The button sits on the desk of Our Leader, its extremely cliche red glow throbbing in the darkness of...
Column

The Execution of Foreign Language Study: Its benefits are striking, but only if we stay enrolled

Personal experience reveals passions and exasperation in Russian courses There aren’t a lot of folks who can say their educational lives changed after they visited...
Humor

Humor: Tide Pods voted best snack of Winter Quarter

Forbidden fruit prevails as the students’ favorite food Tide Pods are the great mystery of America, with their delicious-looking colors and forbiddenness. Logically, we all...
Editorial

Support student workers in UC contract negotiations

UC Student-Workers Union releases bargaining demands The UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865 recently made known its bargaining goals for its 2018 contract negotiations with...
Column

The Burden of Beauty: We must move away from our destructive perspectives on valuing women

Our deep-rooted perceptions of beauty can seriously damage women’s mental and physical wellbeing In a world inhabited by 7.6 billion people, who determines what qualities...
Humor

Humor: New Year’s resolution: Don’t Listen To The Globalist Agenda Of Making The U.S. Men’s Soccer Team Better

This idea for self-improvement is so cute — and so easy! Perhaps you find yourself in the new year hazily gripping to reality through the...
Editorial

The Celebrity President

Reality check: Oprah Winfrey is not a qualified 2020 candidate At this year’s Golden Globe awards, Oprah Winfrey received the Cecil B. DeMille Award, an...
Humor

Humor: Trump to end nut neutrality as eugenics program rolls out

Or does he mean crazy people? After a public spectacle during which President Donald Trump and Vice President Mike Pence openly argued about their perceptions...
Humor

Humor: Bitcoin price inflation directly correlated with lack of parking spaces at UC Davis

Get ready to be so rich that you can buy a car and then have nowhere to park it Ever wonder what makes bitcoin tick?...
Column

The scariest provision in the tax bill: Oil drilling in the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge

A 40-year debate comes to a close, but there’s still hope drilling will be stopped I wish I had a funny anecdote to make talking...
Humor

Humor: The festival of no lights: Celebrating the holidays in maybe the world’s darkest city

Davis’ very own holiday traditions Because the majority of the Davis student population took their finals and immediately escaped as quickly as possible in hopes...
Column

The case against travel visas: –– and why they impede cultural exchange

Stringent visa policies harm the average citizen more than we realize Let it be known that travel visas are a nuisance. Sure, they mark passports...
Column

The ways we’re raised: Free-range and helicopter parenting

How parenting styles affect us as students — and why we don’t need to be subjected to them Many of us have read Amy Chua’s...
Column

Removing the lifelong challenges women face in entering STEM fields

In male-dominated professions, women confront a culture where they’re devalued and discouraged When I was a 7-year-old girl, I unwillingly held tightly to the impractical...
Humor

Humor: How winter break drives you to insanity in 48 hours: a memoir

Relaxation and rest come at the cost of craziness and overeating Winter break, at a surface level, appears to be the height of luxury for...
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