Daily Archives - October 10, 2011
October 10 2011 Archives
UC Davis professor initiates change in the Middle East
FeaturesOctober 10, 2011
In the recent months, the world has seen the power of the people, specifically youth, through the numerous uprisings that have taken place in various Middle Eastern countries. With UC Davis anthropology and women and gender studies professor Suad Joseph’s help, these young people will be given the tools necessary to begin social change.
UC Davis earns first Big West Conference win
SportsOctober 10, 2011
UC Davis headed down to UC Riverside with a lot to prove.
UC Davis among the cheapest UCs for housing costs
City NewsOctober 10, 2011
Many students select which university to attend based on financial reason, specifically when choosing between a public school and private school. But even within the University of California, the range of average living expenses can vary by thousands of dollars a year.
Turn the lights down and music up: it’s time for CAKE
Arts & CultureOctober 10, 2011
With a slight stench of marijuana in the air, cliques of adults in their 40s and a single disco ball hanging above the stage, Freeborn Hall seemed to have taken on the role of a Thursday night entertainment venue for those who enroll their children at our school.
Silo undergoing further renovations
Campus NewsOctober 10, 2011
The Silo Union is undergoing a series of renovations to refresh the building and address issues based on student concerns.
Occupy Wall Street movement comes to Davis
City NewsOctober 10, 2011
About 100 people met in Davis’ Central Park Friday night for Occupy Davis, an interpretation of the national Occupy Wall Street movement. The movement began in New York City in mid-September.
News-in-Brief: Affirmative action-like Senate Bill 185 vetoed
Campus NewsOctober 10, 2011
On Oct. 8, Gov. Jerry Brown vetoed Senate Bill 185, which would allow UC and CSU admissions officers to consider students’ race, gender and ethnicity when accepting and rejecting potential students. This bill would have overruled Proposition 209, passed in 1996, which denies admission officers the right to consider race, gender and ethnicity. Brown said that while he agreed with the idea of the legislation, he could not give his signature. \
Nail-biting week for Aggies
SportsOctober 10, 2011
Playing close games has become a theme for the Aggies this season, and it continued this week.
Column: White like the color
OpinionOctober 10, 2011
Sometimes when I’m bored, I practice my signature. It’s exciting to scribble my name as though someone who cares is asking me to. I get to imagine that I’m famous, like an actor who has “sex appeal,” as I scrawl my name at the imagined request of an adoring fan. “My signature, for you? But of course! Would you also like to touch my muscles?”
Column: Our View
OpinionOctober 10, 2011
Movies and vaginas, they go together like bread and butter. Megan Fox, Angelina Jolie and Cameron Diaz are just a few of the lovely ladies that grace movie screens across the world. But they have something else in common. They all failed.
