Opinion

Some people have one (or two or three) of these. And some people don't. But if you do, you know how difficult it is to get rid of. No, I'm not talking about a disease - that's for another day.

I had a rude awakening a few weekends ago. Literally. I was rudely awakened from my slumber. It was around 4 a.m. on a Sunday morning when I was woken by a violently thrashing, screaming body a foot away from me in bed.

"Baboons pretending to be scientists."

After reading a guest editorial that appeared in The Aggie last week entitled, "Tea Party movement cannot be ignored," I felt compelled to write a response.

The California Aggie has formally retracted Tiffany Lew's Jan. 22 column, "The Rise of the Girly Men." The column made multiple insensitive comments, offending a significant portion of the UC Davis community.

For the first time in California history, a legislative committee voted this month in favor of legalizing marijuana.

As a leader of the student organization Asian & Pacific-Islander Queers (APIQ) at UC Davis, I would like to message you to express how offended we are by your article in the opinion section.

I'll admit it: I called the Hope for Haiti Now telethon like 30 times trying to get through to Kevin Jonas. Let's just say it didn't work out exactly as planned. What's more, I texted "HAITI" to "90999" because I was curious how they can charge $10 for a simple text-bomb. I now have $2.96 left in my bank account.

It's a typical Thursday night and Donald Cameron Gensemer is doing what many 21-year-old college students are doing. He's taking shots of rum to loosen up before he goes to the bars to loosen up some more.

I sympathize with you, my precious (and probably soaked) readers. This weather is simply not the best to come to school in. But maybe I can alleviate your rainy-day blues with this column.

Something momentous happened in Davis on Saturday.

BASICs. It stands for "Brothers And Sisters In Christ." This is what Sophie, the church retreat organizer, tells us during the meeting for Bible study leaders. Earlier last week, she e-mailed me to ask if I would lead the sophomore men's small group. I agreed. The goal was to make the guys in the small group feel comfortable opening up about spiritual struggles their non-Christian friends wouldn't understand. The e-mail said, "Our vision is that they will begin to trust and pray for one another, and most importantly, love one another."

The California Aggie has formally retracted Tiffany Lew's Jan. 22 column, "The Rise of the Girly Men." No further action will be taken...

Sexual assault is a serious problem made more serious by the fact that most people do not recognize how it is reinforced by our society. Yes, you are taught at work and at school, and maybe at your place of spiritual worship, that it is reprehensible and punishable by law.

Filing for federal student aid just got a whole lot easier. The U.S. Department of Education recently announced that the online version of the Application for Federal Student Aid will be 17 screens shorter and will have 22 fewer questions.