Opinion

Column: Stereotypes

Americans are unintelligent and overweight while Europeans are loose, pretentious druggies. We’ve all heard something like that about each other. TV, movies and, most...

Column: Draft trivia

My plan was to write about how trivial the NFL draft is because the true value of players won’t be known until years later....

Column: Just quit already

That awkward moment when you know in your heart that you should just “quit while you’re ahead” but you can’t because the truth is...

Column: Ungraceful decline

I work in Sacramento three days out of the week so I spend an unholy amount of time sitting on the bus commuting. I...

Column: Tiger grader

You know Mr. Crocker from “The Fairly Odd Parents,” the evil teacher who enjoys giving out pop quizzes just so he can gleefully give...

Editorial: Drop the charges

On Friday, 11 UC Davis students and one faculty member went to court for an arraignment on the charges of the obstruction of movement...

Editorial: What a rip-off

Current UC Davis students pay more for their education than any classes before them, and we all know the effects that the high costs...

Column: Labor pains

From here ‘til retirement, our lives are run by work. Bye, summer vacays! But with the high unemployment and college retention rates, there are...

Column: Drawsome

It was high noon on Picnic Day and there we were: strewn about the living room, escaping the sweltering heat outside. Those who weren’t...

Column: Case of the stupids

You may remember my column from a few weeks ago, in which I mentioned the fact that it’s spring. Well, it’s still spring. And...

Column: The real life

When you leave for a year-long exchange, you put your previous life on pause and start creating a new one from scratch at your...

Editorial: Students for sale

Over the last six months, UC Davis has come under heavy scrutiny for the administration’s treatment of students. A lot of time and money...

Column: I know those girls

There’s a lot to be said about the new aptly titled HBO series, “Girls”, and most of it already has been written by TV...

Column: A modest proposal

This year’s UC admissions hit a record high, reaching 80,289 students, and included a higher percentage of out-of-state and international students than ever before....

Column: The end?

Are you familiar with the phrase “happily ever after”? It’s often used to conclude children’s classic stories, particularly the romantic kind featuring prince charmings...