Opinion

n preparing next year's budget, the Executive Office sought to minimize the impact of significant budget cuts to services that ASUCD provides for students, as well as student jobs.

ver the past year of writing this column, I've had the opportunity to examine a wide variety of political and social injustices, as well as see the action or, in most cases, the lack of action that results. Seeing and experiencing all of these things has caused me to formulate a hypothesis describing this process, sort of a grand unifying political theory for the millennial generation, if you will.

It was fun at first. The acceptance letter in the mail. The photo shoot. The congratulatory wine and cheese basket. The cashmere jacket with COLUMNIST spelled out in gemstones. All very flattering, considering how expensive the stuff was, especially the jacket.

Can you believe that you're almost done, Class of 2008? After four (or five) years, you'll finally be a college graduate! I would say congratulations, but you've got a few finals left, and I don't want to jinx it. I know you're worried about failing that French 3 class you put off taking until your very last quarter.

ello, everyone! As you may have realized, this is my first column. I'm so very sad that I've reached the beginning; I truly will miss the feeling of not knowing what I am missing.

Finals are done. No more pencils, no more books, no more professors' blatant indifference. Just me, and a glorious summer yawning in my face.

It's road trip time.

The U.S. Court of Appeals recently ruled that paper money is inaccessible to the visually impaired. Giving these people the opportunity to distinguish bills by size appears to be a positive, but it is important to consider both sides of the situation.

Back when I was in 10th grade, two very important things happened to me. First, System of a Down released Toxicity.

I've been writing this column since April 2006. Looking back, sometimes I enjoyed being a columnist, but equally often, I did not.

When Bobby Fischer, arguably the greatest chess player ever, passed away this year, many lamented the end of an institution and of an era.

In a past column, I wrote about the importance of questions. One such question that was highlighted was a quote taken from a story that I once heard.

The little cousins are over, spending the night. They are middle schoolers, giggly and rambunctious, lying on their stomachs in the living room as they check their MySpace accounts on their laptop.

would like to address UC Davis students with sincere remorse for my unbecoming behavior while treating ASUCD with disregard and failing to fulfill the expected duties of a senator. It was a lapse of judgment on my part, and solely on my part does the responsibility for my actions lie.