Opinion

We recently witnessed historical reform on two critically important issues: health care and education. But young Californians could be forgiven for thinking it had little to do with them. Almost all the public discussion of health care reform focused on older people's issues, and student loan overhaul was barely discussed. They couldn't be more wrong - in fact, there are few demographics that have more to gain from the new laws. This time, Congress and the administration really did deliver on their commitment to young Americans.

UC Haiti Summit to be held April 24 Dear students, faculty and staff, In response to a desire by faculty, students and staff on all 10 UC campuses to find ways that our university can support the rebuilding of Haiti, a group of UC students has taken the initiative to organize a UC Haiti Summit. As a UC system, we have much talent and expertise in many different fields needed to assist the Haitian people in the long process of rebuilding their earthquake-devastated country. We are pleased to support our students' efforts in putting together this summit.

This past weekend was odd for me. As I mentioned last week, I had contracted the Black Death or some similar plague. I was on antibiotics and sober from Sunday to Sunday, which is probably a record for me. (I juiced a lot as a child.) Since I've decided not to study or do homework anymore, being sober left me with a lot of free time. I almost took up juggling poisoned knives as a way to kill time (and maybe myself), but instead I decided to go out to see some live, locally-grown Davis music.

I had a deep, life-altering, existentialist conversation with some random whilst stuffing envelopes at my internship (it's "character-building," I'm sure). Except not really. My envelope-stuffing partner said that just about every possible life situation can be explained by a "Seinfeld" episode. I'd disagree because it's never quite made clear how George ever successfully picks up women, but I realize in retrospect that I once held a very skewed view of the series finale.

Washington Post columnist Kathleen Parker won a Pulitzer this week. My response? Complete and utter confusion. I understand that awards for journalism shouldn't necessarily follow partisan lines, but does this mean we should give them to racist misogynists?

Remember high school? It was a time when we tried to fit in, be someone we weren't and did stupid things. Some of us tried drugs. Some of us didn't. Some of us learned our drinking limits before we could drive. Some of us didn't. Some of us lost "it" and - you guessed it - some of us didn't.

I'm terrified of sharks. I shriek at spiders and bawl around bees. Heck, I've been known to jump around like a loon at the sight of a mosquito-hawk (they're like spiders with wings!). I simply expect certain animals to attack me.

It's finally happened. I'm staring at my word processor and drawing a complete blank. In my defense, I think I've lasted pretty long (that's what he said). There are only like eight weeks left in my Aggie career (EIGHT WEEKS?!), and this is the first time my writer's block has reared its ugly head.

Sen. Abel Maldonado's (R-Santa Maria) proposal to reform the California primary system will give the electoral race back to voters.

Among some of the major propositions on the ballot this June is Proposition 16.

Every time I play Scattergories, I lose interest about halfway through - just when people are getting heated up and competitive. So instead of playing seriously, I just half-ass everything. Case in point: the letter "N" comes up and the question is "Something that lives in the ocean." My answer: "Nice Sharks."

Dear Editor, There are many reasons to be proud of UC Davis. As an alumnus, I have watched the campus grow into a diverse, world-class institution of learning.

My sister Melody only started working for our Uncle John's architecture firm after moving home to Diamond Bar because she no longer made enough money to pay for rent and utilities up in Berkeley.

It seems like every week there is some new major financial problem for the state of California. Most students focus on the academic budget cuts, but there are really a whole host of other major problems.

Editor, I'm writing in response to the "Exercise Etiquette" column written by Dave Karimi last Tuesday. I'm currently one of the ARC member service attendants that Karimi writes about in this column, and would like to clear up a few misconceptions he has about our role in the fitness room.