30 Things I’ve Questioned My Freshman Year
As I walk around campus and Davis, it’s funny to recall all of the different experiences, phases, emotions, and people that have colored my...
Ali Janku (UCD ‘22)
Ali Janku (UCD ‘22)
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Ali Janku is a first year economics major at UC Davis. She is from Marin County, CA and has roots in the Czech Republic. She is passionate about writing, art, history, and politics.
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My June Playlist
May has been kind of a crazy month ─ midterms, graduations, mothers day, end of the year banquets, and now gearing up for finals. With...
The Art of Public Speaking
In acting there is strong emphasis on altering your posture, tone of voice, and overall demeanor to transition from being yourself into a...
Why I Love Art Museums
In the permanent galleries of San Francisco’s Legion of Honor museum, there is one of Monet’s Water Lilies. I’ve seen the painting...
A Spring Quarter Mood Board
Everybody at Davis talks about how spring quarter is so fun that it’s almost magical. Even in the first week, I’ve begun to experience that...
The Pros and Cons of Having an Instagram
I had the same three Instagram accounts for five years: a main, a finsta, and an ultra-top-secret-finsta. I would check all of my accounts...
11 Things About College That You Wouldn’t Expect
Coming to college, I anticipated the obvious ways that life in college is different from high school: being away from my home and family,...
The Cultural Phenomenon of Tyler, The Creator
Camp Flog Gnaw Carnival feels like the middle of the alternative rap universe; or maybe just an alternative universe altogether. The...
No Such Thing as a Bad College Decision
Throughout high school, college admissions was the light at the end of the tunnel, the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow, the paycheck...
A Musical About 9/11 and Grappling with the Death of Officer Natalie Corona
On January 11th, the night after the death of Officer Natalie Corona, I saw the musical “Come From Away.” It tells the true story of a tiny...
