Opinion

When someone tells me they "hooked up" with Bobby Ray Smith IV on Saturday, they might as well have told me they like David Bowie in Portuguese because I have no effin' idea what that means. It's the most vague, useless term of late to plague the English language. And it's all over this place.

If you had to describe Davis to someone who has never been here, you might say something like, \

Happy hump day, everyone! I hope you all enjoyed your three-day weekend and are back to the books.

I'm generally a pretty easygoing person. I wouldn't consider myself particularly impatient. I tend to go with the flow in most cases. I attribute my laidback attitude to my desire to avoid confrontation at all costs. I never know the right thing to say in a heated face-to-face interaction, and more likely than not, I will just end up cowering away in shame. So why let it escalate that far, right?

In his January State of the State address, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proposed legislation that would both require a minimum budget allocation of 10 percent for higher education and a ceiling of 7 percent on prison spending.

Last week, the Davis City Council voted to waive the overnight persons number cap on cold weather shelter facilities. The city set a capacity of the Interfaith Rotating Winter Shelter at 25 individuals, although it was increased to 30 during the extreme cold weather period.

It's the bathroom, the restroom, the water closet, the loo, the john and the lavatory. (But they only call it the lavatory on airplanes. Believe you me, I'll tamper with whatever the fuck I want to … including the free tampons they offer.)

A magnitude 7.0 earthquake. Thousands dead. One huge reality check for the rest of the world.

Dysfunctional, gridlocked and partisan are all common descriptions of the California State Legislature. The intense fight over the budget along with the dragged out battle over water reform just highlighted the problems of the legislative body.

Season nine of "American Idol" premiered Tuesday night with its typical share of tear-inducing back-stories, quirky characters and - inevitably - horribly and hilariously awful "singers." Now, after watching "American Idol" for the past seven years, nothing on the show can faze me anymore. I've seen it all with the safety of my remote control in hand.

Impressing freshmen has always been easy.

I'm impressed by the number of people in the media who think attacking UC student protesters will somehow solve the budget crisis.

Fees are going up because state funding is going down. Whichever way the money is going, at least UC Davis students are headed in the right direction - the capitol.

UC Davis lost student Richard Jung earlier this month in an unfortunate accident involving an allegedly drunk driver.

This past Saturday night - like every other Saturday night - I was in the library going over some of my favorite early medieval texts.