I don’t really get what’s going on in Arizona. The New York Times referred to the new law passed less than two weeks ago as the “U.S.’s Toughest Immigration Law,” which would give police broad rights to detain anyone who looks, dresses or acts like an illegal immigrant and doesn’t have the papers to show otherwise. President Obama gave us a wonderfully unjust picture of detained housewives last week when saying in reference to the law, “suddenly, if you don’t have your papers and you took your kid out to get ice cream, you’re going to be harassed.”

Davis City Council candidates expressed their views regarding environmental concerns in and around Davis at last week’s City Council Environmental Forum. The Sierra Club Yolano Group hosted the discussion.

A growing number of public universities graduates will owe over $35,000 in student loans. According to a College Board and Advocacy Center (CBAC) study released on April 26, 12 percent of students who received bachelor’s degrees from public schools during the 2007- 2008 school year left with a $35,000 burden. Seventeen percent of all graduates from private non-profit and for-profit schools incurred the largest amount of debt.

On Friday, history repeated itself. Unfortunately for the Aggies, this didn’t result in a positive ending. UC Davis lost to UC Santa Barbara 4-0 for the second straight year in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament.

The season came to end last Friday and with it went the hopes of claiming the Big West Tournament championship.

TODAY: Free Screening of We Can Do Better: The Multiracial Family; Free Screening of The Blind Side; Reading by Whitey Erickson; Free Screening of Children in the Fields.

Entrenched in a financial crunch that has necessitated tuition increases and budget cuts, University of California reportedly spent approximately $2 million on bottled water over the past few years, according to the New York Times.

It was a mere nine months ago that the UC Center Sacramento was on life support when a conversation between UC President Mark Yudof and UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi took place about its future.

Despite being unable to train their hardest, the Aggies are beginning to click at the right time. “You can’t have [athletes] training in the wind, lighting, and storms,” said men’s coach Jon Vochatzer. “Right now, we’re playing catch-up because of the weather.” Whether or not they are really behind remains uncertain because the Aggies are […]

Entering this season, coach Elaine Jones set a goal for the team to improve upon its overall record.

An group of about 20 community members, city officials and landscape architects gathered to discuss improvements to the north sector of Davis’ Central Park this past week.

A wedding took place last week where all the guests were no taller than the average four or five-year-old. Probably because they were all four or five-year-olds.