Opinion

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Column: The debt debate

According to Republicans, on Aug. 1, 2011, America faced a potential Armageddon resulting from years of fiscal irresponsibility. The United States was just one...
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Letter to the Editor: Incident at WRRC

As you may know, on Monday, Jan. 30, interns of the Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) found their life-size critique representation of Barbie...
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Column: Republican candidates aren’t that bad

Conventional wisdom has it that the Republican candidates are a sorry lot. After months of intense campaigning and the scrutiny that accompanies it, the...
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Column: The next big thing

Usually, to borrow a phrase from the Black Eyed Peas, I like to pride myself on being relatively “3008;” I know all the 411,...
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Column: Tweet nothings

The internet is supposed to be a free and open enterprise. I’m sure it was at some point but, nowadays, it seems as though...
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Editorial: Fake is not a mistake

The Dairy Field will be converted into a multipurpose turf field after Spring quarter, and is slated to open in October 2012. While the cost...
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Column: My new Big Brother

Julian Assange is once again basking in the Orwellian spotlight that first brought him to the forefront of our attention back in 2010.  Having...
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Column: The real economy

In Margin Call, a film about the 2008 economic meltdown, an investment banker watches as all of the firm’s financial products become worthless. When...
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Letter to the Editor: Response to “Not in our interest”

In the Jan. 31 editorial “Not in our interest,” the authors make a case against the appropriation of campus resources in order to allow...
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Letter to the Editor: Enough with Occupy

To put it bluntly, Occupy UC Davis has alienated the student population. The movement received an outpouring of support following the pepper spray incident,...
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Column: The other Super Bowl

Super Bowl XLVI. Patriots vs. Giants. The Golden Boy vs. Peyton’s Little Brother. Beer. Wings. Chips. Six-, nay, seven-layer dip. Commercials. Campus, the Super Bowl...
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Letter to the Editor: Response to Jan. 31 comic

I am appalled at the comic from Jan. 31 and honestly surprised to see such a comic in The Aggie. I did not expect...
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Column: Shit memes say

Richard Dawkins combined the ancient Greek word for imitate, mimeme, with the sound of the word “gene” to coin the term “meme” in 1976....
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Column: Why organic?

If I were to give you a food sprayed with poison, would you eat it? Due to pesticide use, fruits and vegetables are beginning...
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Editorial: Banks on campus: Not in our interest

“Your AggieCard. Your ATM card. All in one.” This is the slogan put forth on the U.S. Bank website for their UC Davis partner...
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