Opinion

I'm no good at Halloween. My costumes are usually lackluster, and my adventures are nothing to boast of - nothing that wouldn't happen on an average Saturday. This past Halloween, however, I made it a point to change all of that for you, my readers.

You've heard the joke by now, but if you haven't, Conan O'Brien refers to YouTube, MySpace and Twitter (\

Do you ever have an urge to do something or go somewhere so much it's all you think about? It's a feeling many people have and it can consume your entire being until you're satisfied. I have this feeling sometimes, but it's usually when I want that new pair of jeans or boots. But this time it was different.

So after months of anticipation (okay, maybe days) and hours of mental preparation (all right, probably not), I finally made my way over to the Regal Davis Holiday 6 to watch the long awaited (fine, I'll stop lying) movie Where The Wild Things Are.

My boyfriend once asked me, "Do mermaids have swim bladders?" I didn't think so, but my mermaid biology is a bit shaky. Do mermaids carry live young or lay eggs? They appear to have mammary glands, yet the naughty bits are on the fish half. Do mermaids have sex, or do the mermen just swim by and spray sperm on the mereggs? No wonder Ariel wanted to be human.

UC Davis ranks among the top five universities in terms of total number of international students.

Last week, San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom dropped out the California governor's race due to personal and current professional responsibilities.

I'm leaning up against the main double doors of SciLec. Some nutrition professor is rambling on about fish or something, and I'm on the precipice of exploding with excitement - and it's not about the omega-3's in rainbow trout. No, I'm barbarically salivating over the seat that's going to open up when she's finished babbling: the most coveted of all the seats in SciLec for a huge, left-handed guy.

Riddle me this! What do fat babies, rape victims and people who have been abused by a spouse all have in common? [Cue Jeopardy thinking song here.] Give up? They each can be denied health coverage because of their \

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It's hard finding someone to date. You hyperventilate and get all panicky when the person you're interested in merely smiles at you. How the hell are you supposed to muster up the courage to ask him or her to dinner, let alone form a complete sentence? Then there's that chance he or she might crush you and say no - and no one wants that.

Pretty much every time my clothing gets complimented, I look down and realize they're actually someone else's clothes. My sweater is from one roommate, my shirt from another and my pants used to belong to someone in marching band. Not exactly sure who, though.

Squirrels, bikers, students texting while walking. They have one thing in common: they're all in the way as you bike frantically to discussion with negative minutes to spare. A squirrel seemingly pops out of nowhere and numerous bikers collide while the texting students are oblivious to it all. But wait; there is one more annoyance to add to the list of disruptions: couples.

Do not underestimate the power, the glory and the majesty of the Mean Friend. There is this kid in my Christian theology class named Kang, a walking skeleton who wears T-shirts with sleeves that go down to his elbows. This kid is so skinny he looks like a character from a Tim Burton movie (specifically, the Halloween-themed one where eight out of its 10 characters have presumably died from malnutrition).

Davis residents will be asked to weigh in on only one question this Election Day: Should the Wildhorse Ranch housing development be approved?