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Student Opinion: The Dark Side of Hazing

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 30, 2020
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Student Opinion: The Dark Side of Hazing

By Liam Benedict Growing up, many of us are exposed to the idea of hazing either through college movies ...

By Liam Benedict Growing up, many of us are exposed to the idea of hazing either through college movies or the tales told to us by our parents about their “glory days” at university. I was no excepti ...

September 30, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: The Line That Can No Longer Be Skirted

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 30, 2020
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Commentary: The Line That Can No Longer Be Skirted

by David M. Greenwald In a presidency that in general has made a mockery of American democracy, this repr ...

by David M. Greenwald In a presidency that in general has made a mockery of American democracy, this represented a low water mark. It was night where most of the more honest of the president’s suppo ...

September 30, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: ‘Forced Hysterectomies’ Allegations Against ICE

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 29, 2020
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Student Opinion: ‘Forced Hysterectomies’ Allegations Against ICE

By Michelle Moreno Lira Various women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Irwin county detent ...

By Michelle Moreno Lira Various women in Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) at Irwin county detention center in Georgia are claiming that they were forced to have hysterectomies by a doctor the ...

September 29, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 29, 2020
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Commentary: Other than Supervisor Saylor, Where Is the Pushback against the DA’s Budget Increases?

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the dis ...

By David M. Greenwald For the second time this weekend, Supervisor Don Saylor raised the issue of the district attorney’s budget. His previous column and questions triggered a 29-page response by the ...

September 29, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: The Race to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 28, 2020
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Student Opinion: The Race to Replace Ruth Bader Ginsburg

By Jose Orozco Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death has been the center of controversy and political debat ...

By Jose Orozco Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg’s death has been the center of controversy and political debate. President Donald Trump has the opportunity to give Republicans a major advantage by appointi ...

September 28, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 28, 2020
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Monday Morning Thoughts: DISC Gains Enterprise Endorsement

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper end ...

by David M. Greenwald The question with these things is always how much of an impact does a newspaper endorsement have for a project before the voters? Under the best of circumstances, probably not m ...

September 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Backup Battery Systems, the Final Piece of the Energy Puzzle

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 28, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Backup Battery Systems, the Final Piece of the Energy Puzzle

by Chrissy Backman Our homes are more important than ever: they are our offices, schools, entertai ...

by Chrissy Backman Our homes are more important than ever: they are our offices, schools, entertainment, and, at times, the only sit-down restaurant in town. So, having a home that powers itsel ...

September 28, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Re-Imagine How We Interact with Mental Health Crises

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 27, 2020
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Sunday Commentary: We Need to Re-Imagine How We Interact with Mental Health Crises

By David M. Greenwald We hear the term defund the police. It is easy to mistake it for another concept—a ...

By David M. Greenwald We hear the term defund the police. It is easy to mistake it for another concept—abolish the police. But it’s not, and that’s part of the problem. Perhaps a better way to thin ...

September 27, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Understanding Breonna Taylor and Systemic Racism

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. T ...

By Gloria Partida Summers can be transformative. We have had the summer of love and the summer of hate. The most growth and change for children often happens over summer. This year we have the call to ...

September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Now Is the Time to Right Size and Redirect Yolo County Criminal Justice Spending

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Now Is the Time to Right Size and Redirect Yolo County Criminal Justice Spending

By Don Saylor On September 29, 2020, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will adopt our 2020-21 Budget. ...

By Don Saylor On September 29, 2020, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors will adopt our 2020-21 Budget. This will be an update of the June budget to reflect year end fund balances, state budget actio ...

September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Endorses Measure D

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|Date: September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Sierra Club Endorses Measure D

by Alan Pryor Citing grounds of “preservation of agricultural lands and open space, in-fill development a ...

by Alan Pryor Citing grounds of “preservation of agricultural lands and open space, in-fill development and densification, and citizen oversight of sound land-use planning ", the Sierra Club announces ...

September 27, 2020
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Looking Back: Never Again – PART 2

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 27, 2020
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Looking Back: Never Again – PART 2

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The West ...

"Looking back" will feature reprints of articles that Jeff previously wrote while a columnist at The Westchester Guardian, which encompass topics that are applicable here in CA as well as across the c ...

September 27, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Kentucky’s AG Refuses to Answer Key Questions About the Breonna Taylor Shooting

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: Kentucky’s AG Refuses to Answer Key Questions About the Breonna Taylor Shooting

By Roula Allouch and Edward Ahmen Mitchell What was the demographic make-up of the grand jury that decide ...

By Roula Allouch and Edward Ahmen Mitchell What was the demographic make-up of the grand jury that decided not to indict any police officers for killing Breonna Taylor? Did Kentucky prosecutors encour ...

September 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Response to Sierra Club Regarding DISC

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: September 26, 2020
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Guest Commentary: In Response to Sierra Club Regarding DISC

by Patrick Huber Sprawl. If “sprawl” is simply defined as any development on the city’s periphery, then t ...

by Patrick Huber Sprawl. If “sprawl” is simply defined as any development on the city’s periphery, then the term is applicable to DISC. However, it is more typically and usefully used to describe grow ...

September 26, 2020
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Satire: A Humble Suggestion

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 25, 2020
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Satire: A Humble Suggestion

By Jacob Derin Don’t worry. Everything is going to be okay. Only 200 thousand of us are dead. The flu kil ...

By Jacob Derin Don’t worry. Everything is going to be okay. Only 200 thousand of us are dead. The flu kills tens of thousands of us every year, so, really, this silly, novel coronavirus is nothing to ...

September 25, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 24, 2020
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Student Opinion: Chronic Housing Insecurity in Davis: How it is now, where to get help, and how to help

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have oppor ...

By Grant Schrader With a system that may be leveraged against them, unhomed Davis residents do have opportunities for assistance, and each of our readers can help, too. With the cost of living, ren ...

September 24, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Student Opinion: Gates and Musk at Odds: Climate Change Solutions Require Unique Energy

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 24, 2020
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Student Opinion: Gates and Musk at Odds: Climate Change Solutions Require Unique Energy

By Jose Orozco Since late August, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have shared their thoughts on the potential al ...

By Jose Orozco Since late August, Bill Gates and Elon Musk have shared their thoughts on the potential alternatives to carbon-based fuels. Gates stated his concern over electric vehicles in a blog pos ...

September 24, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: No Justice – No Peace

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 24, 2020
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Commentary: No Justice – No Peace

By David M. Greenwald The Breonna Taylor case is not a clean case. Not like George Floyd where the police ...

By David M. Greenwald The Breonna Taylor case is not a clean case. Not like George Floyd where the police officer, no matter what led up to the arrest, clearly mishandled the incident that led to Geor ...

September 24, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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Student Opinion: Pro-Police Rallies Undermine ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protests

Posted by Julietta Bisharyan
|Date: September 23, 2020
| (3) Comments

Student Opinion: Pro-Police Rallies Undermine ‘Black Lives Matter’ Protests

By Michelle Moreno Lira The deaths of several unarmed Black people under the police force sparked outrag ...

By Michelle Moreno Lira The deaths of several unarmed Black people under the police force sparked outrage among communities on both sides of the political spectrum. Protestors from Black Lives Matte ...

September 23, 2020
| by Julietta Bisharyan

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Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: September 23, 2020
| (58) Comments

Commentary: (Measure) D Might Stand for Lack of Good Data

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” an ...

By David M. Greenwald Rich Rifkin’s latest column is probably worthy of discussion—he says “Measure D” and the “D is for ‘disaster.’” I would argue that the D might be better characterized as being f ...

September 23, 2020
| by David Greenwald

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