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While strolling through Golden Gate Park, a Pentax K1000 hangs around my neck and film canisters fill my pockets. I come across roller-skaters gliding in circles to French hip-hop. I ask to take their picture, and the two smile and nod. I shuffle and shoot, keeping up with their dance. The ephemeral snapshots of Garry […]

We’ve all at one time or another had the experience of recognizing someone in public who we know personal things about, though they have no idea who we are. Sometimes this person is a friend’s ex-partner we have seen in Facebook photos, sometimes they are a professor who will never remember your individual face from […]

At a party while my friends are looking away, I pull out a Rite Aid brand disposable camera, wind it and press the gray button at the top. They look over at the bright flash in confusion while I laugh. Instantly I am taken back 10 years, looking into a crowd where I heard the […]

No. No. No. No. My eight-year-old self had been all too accustomed to hearing the word no, but I could not help but to continue whining, “Dad, can we please get a puppy? Pleaseeeeeee?” My heart pounded as I proceeded to jump up and down. Every time I touched the floor my favorite new tennis […]

How foreigners interpret the friendliness that Americans show strangers Pierre Noro, a French international student, felt like an idiot. He must accidently have given the girl the wrong number. A week had gone by, and she still hadn’t called him. He had met the dark-haired American girl in front of Dutton Hall which she was […]

I used to be a good christian woman By Camille Iman Woods I used to be eve I used to be mary or maybe I was delilah   I used to be a rib I used to be a virgin or maybe I was a liar   I used to be a piece of a […]

The Centennial Editor Gabriella Hamlett. Layout by Jennifer Wu. Frontpage Photo by Angela Willis.

The satirical guide to some of the most Frequently Asked Questions regarding Judaism.  Question One: Are Circumcisions Barbaric? On September 13th, 1995, I was born to Sammy Spinner. It was a very rude awakening. The womb had been fantastic. Room service three times a day. Warm weather. Quarters were a little cramped. But it was for […]

It was the first time I saw true disappointment in their eyes. My vision was hazy but I could still see it clearly. I could feel heartbeat in my eyes and in my knees, the tips of my fingers began to feel hot from coming into the warm car too quickly from the frigid street. […]

Cartoon by Evan Liley

UC Davis faces uphill battle with star forward Sydnee Fipps out After an up-and-down season, the Big West Conference Tournament is finally here for the UC Davis women’s basketball team. The Aggies, who secured a No. 5 seed in their conference, will face off against the No. 8 seeded UC Irvine on Tuesday, March 10 […]

Fellow Aggies, I wanted to share some exciting news with you. UC Davis was ranked recently as the 4th Greenest University in the World by GreenMetric Rankings! The University of Indonesia produced the rankings over a span of different categories including transport, energy, climate change, waste management and education about “green” sustainability. Among other UC […]