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Column: The new philistinism
Recently, after admitting to having earned a bachelor’s degree in English, Mitt Romney waxed pontifical on the wisdom of studying literature: “As an English major, your options are, uh, you…
Column: RIP Beastie Boys
Adam Yauch, also known as MCA of the Beastie Boys, died this weekend and since then I’ve been trying to figure out how to process his death as well as…
Guest Opinion: The collapse of private student loans
As everyone on campus knows, UC systemwide tuition has increased dramatically in the past decade, particularly in the last three years. In the face of that problem, one big topic…
Editorial: Unfair burden on ASUCD
The ASUCD budget hearings are this weekend, and along with voting on the association’s $11.8 million budget, senators will have to grapple with a new tax to be assessed on…
Column: Five of May
Cinco de Mayo, or Cinco de Drinko, as it’s lovingly called by some, is an American tradition celebrating our ability to celebrate anything. Together, those two phrases translate to “May…
Column: A beauty bias
Let me start off by saying that I really, really like Beyoncé. I think that she’s incredibly talented and impossibly beautiful and that she carries herself very well. She’s one…
Letter to the editor: Principles of Community
Dear Senior Campus Administrators, It’s clear you’re being put in the difficult position of having to live up to the Principles of Community. I personally think that’s an unreasonable expectation.…
Column: Obummer
Team Obama is probably beginning to sweat by now (assuming they haven’t already been doing so for months). The president needs strong job growth reports from now until Election Day,…
Editorial: Get low
If new legislation is not passed, this July the interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 7.4 million students will rise from 3.4 to 6.8 percent. Doubling the college…
Column: West Coast, Y U No?
Astute readers will recall that I am not from here. I was born and raised and went to college on the East Coast (double-plus points if you remember where). I’d…
Editorial: Time to reschedule
At the end of this week, UC Berkeley students will officially end their Spring Semester, welcoming graduation or summer break. Meanwhile, here at UC Davis, students still have six more…
Roving Reporter
“I would say cracking knuckles. My roommate does this weird dance before she goes to bed and every joint in her body cracks. I hate it!” Shaida Mirmazalleri, first-year economics…
Letter to the editor: Campus dialogue
I have been on this campus for four years. Never have I been scared or hesitant to state my opinions, despite many of them being in the minority on campus.…
Column: Polished and pressed
When I was younger, I was taught by my dad that it’s important to “appear presentable” at all times. I barely understood it then and it kinda irritated me for…
Column: The Bronze Supremacy
I have an enemy. It is an old enemy, and like any great adversaries, we cannot seem to do without each other. Like the Joker to my Batman, I know…
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