Opinion

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Column: Facebook goes public

The most anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in more than a decade is upon us. If you happen to be one of Facebook’s over 800...
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Letter to the Editor: UC Davis student resident program

I would like to encourage all eligible UC Davis students to apply for the Student Resident Program. As a student firefighter at UCD Fire...
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Column: Fast cars and freedom

There is perhaps nothing so quintessentially American as the automobile. For generations, cars have represented independence, the open road and the exhilarating freedom to...
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Column: Good vibrations

Fleshlights. Battery-Operated Boyfriends. Vibes. Whatever your type and whatever you call it, there’s no denying that sex toys are a flourishing industry. But all...
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Editorial: Banks on campus: Fair game

Over the past few weeks, a group of protesters have stationed themselves in front of the U.S. Bank in the Memorial Union, protesting its...
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Column: Why so Siri-ous

“Will you marry me?” “Let’s just be friends, OK?” ‘Atta girl, Siri. In October, Apple debuted the latest in artificial intelligence, their sharp-witted Siri,...
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Column: Skinny love

Senior year of high school holds such fond memories for me. That was the year I finally became thin and, by extension, relevant. After some...
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Column: Place that product

“It’s like people only do things because they get paid, and that’s just really sad.” Fans of Wayne’s World, and just comedy in general, might...
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Column: Parenting Iran

Iran is in a serious time-out, having just been sent to the proverbial oil sanction corner on Monday by Daddy and Mommy European Union....
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Column: U.S. Bank direct action

In Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, gangster Mack the Knife pleads his case to the audience, asking, “What is burgling a bank compared to founding...
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Editorial: More time for students

On Jan. 15 and 16, the UC Regents held their first meeting of the year at UC Riverside. The regents meeting was once again interrupted...
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Column: Nutrition on a budget

If your student wallet is like mine, it is probably full of wishful thinking instead of money. And if you love to eat, an...
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Column: On my SOPA box

I have a hard time trusting technology companies. That doesn’t mean, mind you, that I trust Congress. It’s just that we’re conditioned to distrust...
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Column: Debt and lies: government spending out of control

It’s a tough time to be young and hungry. Youth employment numbers are historically bad. National student loan debt is somewhere north of the $1...
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Column: Inflation nation

Ahh, the good old days. Remember those? A gallon of gas used to be a quarter. If you found a dollar on the street...
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