Opinion

Marketing Mayhem: The first step

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Advising should be a resource, not a hurdle

Why UC Davis needs to reevaluate the goals of academic advising   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   You’ve just barely crawled across the halfway line of fall quarter...

Calculus may get you a job, but it won’t help you change a tire

Why did we cut home economics? By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  Many students leave college with a vast breadth of academic knowledge and the ability to churn...

The California Aggie can be a platform for your voice

Whether through submitting guest-ops or leaving a comment on an article, take advantage of the space that student journalism holds for community engagement    By THE...

It’s almost NaNoWriMo — pick up your pen and join us!

This November, write for yourself, not the grade By THE EDITORIAL BOARD Along with many fall festivities, November brings a new one for avid writers. National...

The 2023 U.N. Climate Change Convention sparks controversy

How an African-led carbon tax could slow the effects of climate change    By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Every year, the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate...

Extend humanity to peers in light of Israel-Palestine conflict

Amid recent world events, we urge the UC Davis community to balance action with empathy   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Content warning: This article contains discussions of...

Still don’t know what to be for Halloween? The Editorial Board can help

A guide to finding a sustainable costume on a budget By THE EDITORIAL BOARD It’s that time of year again, and dressing up for Halloween has...

Why the invention of the loading screen is particularly genius

Man-machine interaction, psychological time and the loading logo   By MAYA KORNYEYEVA — mkornyeyeva@ucdavis.edu   Have you ever opened a software, clicked download on an update or fallen...

Indigenous Peoples’ Day has passed, but Davis tribes still deserve your support

Here’s a start to respecting the land you occupy By THE EDITORIAL BOARD As UC Davis students and current inhabitants of Patwin land (pronounced puht-win), it’s...

How hybrid learning could reflect a culture of community

What we owe to each other when sick   By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   My last happy sick day was in third grade, spent enveloped in a mess...

Use these campus resources to get the most out of your student fees

From academic tutoring to free food, here are some of the best campus resources available to you as a UC Davis student   You’ve all heard...

The Editorial Board stands with LGBTQIA+ youth in Davis amidst the recent bomb threats

Students deserve a safe environment to learn regardless of their identity    By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Since August, there have been five separate bomb threats made to...

One big union: why UAW locals should merge at UC

Corrupt international leadership prevented Postdocs from joining UAW 2865 over a decade ago. Now, both UAW-UC locals will vote to right the wrongs of...

Meet the Editorial Board

Find out which one of us once wrote an entire magazine about mashed potatoes and whose Roman Empire is the 2014 lifestyle YouTube era   Ahem....