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Daily Archives - September 29, 2011

September 29 2011 Archives

Women’s soccer preview

SportsSeptember 29, 2011
UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; vs. Cal State Northridge

Volleyball preview

SportsSeptember 29, 2011
UC Davis at Cal Poly; at UC Santa Barbara

Regents respond to proposed annual fee increase

Campus NewsSeptember 29, 2011
At a recent UC Regents meeting, the regents discussed the possibility of an annual fee increase plan for the UC system.

Men’s water polo preview

SportsSeptember 29, 2011
Event: No. 9 UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; vs. TBD

Local co-op to remain in limbo until next year

City NewsSeptember 29, 2011
The Davis City Council is holding off until next year to decide the fate of the Davis Area Cooperative Housing Association (DACHA), one of the several cooperative groups in the area.

Global phenomenon DJ Tiesto hits UC Davis

Arts & CultureSeptember 29, 2011
Being a college student in 2011 at UC Davis means two things: 1) you’ve probably listened to or are at least aware of electronic music and 2) you know that Tiesto is coming to perform at the Pavilion on Tuesday.

Featured Artist: Matthew Weston Taylor

Arts & CultureSeptember 29, 2011
Matthew Weston Taylor just graduated from UC Davis’ MFA program at the end of last year. He studied art in a variety of places including UC Davis and attended the Accademia Di Belle Arti in Florence while getting his BFA in Pictorial Art from San Jose. His paintings are slightly abstract and use simple colors. During Taylor’s time at Davis, his work was featured at The Richard L. Nelson Gallery MFA show, The House of Others. He also received the Freemon P. Gadberry award from UC Davis in 2009 and 2010.

Editorial: Go with the flow

OpinionSeptember 29, 2011
The Davis City Council has tentatively approved hiking the water costs in order to find a better water supply. Though seeing yet another increasing expense is frustrating, the cost is necessary and reasonably small to ensure the safety of Davis water.

Credits threaten to roll on Netflix’s media empire

City NewsSeptember 29, 2011
Netflix, the company credited with changing the way we rent movies, is undergoing some growing pains, and much like any adolescent, the company is alienating those closest to it.

Column: I’m back

OpinionSeptember 29, 2011
On Tuesday, a six-ton Upper Atmosphere Research Satellite (UARS) belonging to NASA returned to earth. The Associated Press reported that chunks of the bus-sized object broke apart and landed over a 500-mile span in the southern Pacific Ocean, far away from land, despite NASA predictions that the UARS would land somewhere near western Canada.

Column: Enough about you

OpinionSeptember 29, 2011
Spend 24 hours with me and among the details you’ll take away from what was certainly the best day of your life is that every drink I take is accompanied by a toast to Amy Winehouse, I have a cow-shaped tin full of popsicle stick jokes and I suffer from a crippling dependence on social networking – in particular, Tumblr.