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Monthly Archives - October 2011

October 2011 Archives

Column: The foreign prince

OpinionOctober 13, 2011
Jet black hair. Scruff. Pale blue eyes. Belgian. Twenty-four.

Column: Fuck my life

OpinionOctober 13, 2011
I said this to myself last Wednesday morning upon waking up and seeing the overcast weather. I said it again when, during the process of choosing my outfit for said weather, I realized I had forgotten to pack my warmest overcoat, leaving me with only an assortment of relatively thin cardigans.

Column: Davis is too clean

Arts & CultureOctober 13, 2011
In 1971, French artist Ben Vautier popularized the saying “L’art est inutile, rentrez chez vous,” which translated means, art is useless, go home. Today, prejudices against certain forms of art have been treated with just that kind of mentality.

Campus Judicial Reports

Campus NewsOctober 13, 2011
A little is still too much; How far are you?; Just don’t look.

Aggie Daily Calendar

FeaturesOctober 13, 2011
Fall Internship and Career Fair; Entertainment Council Free Concert: Writer; Shinkoskey Noon Concert; Women’s Soccer vs. Pacific; Transformative Travel Interactive Event; American Red Cross Club General Meeting.

We the students in order to form a more perfect Association

Campus NewsOctober 12, 2011
On Monday, petitions for the upcoming ASUCD elections were released. Yet yearly averages show that 85 percent of the UC Davis student body was unaware of past election cycles. Like the latent crash of thunder, so low and distant it hardly registers in the human auditory canal, petitions were released, and UC Davis campus politics awoke from its slumber.

Tech Tips

Science & TechnologyOctober 12, 2011
Humans need oxygen. When the weather is warm we can leave our windows open and get all the oxygen we could ever want, but when the weather turns chilly, we close the windows and cut off our unlimited supply.

News-in-brief: Fall Internship and Career Fair Thursday

Campus NewsOctober 12, 2011
The Fall Internship and Career Fair will take place on Thursday at the Activities and Recreation Center (ARC) Pavilion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Students from all majors are invited to come learn about intern and career opportunities from over 165 companies.

Many are unaware of internet information filtering

City NewsOctober 12, 2011
At a recent Technology Entertainment and Design (TED) conference, speaker Eli Pariser discussed the nature of information distribution over the contemporary internet, marking it as an increasingly personal and notably removed process.

Long-distance lovers make geography work

FeaturesOctober 12, 2011
Many students find moving away to college to be an exciting, nerve-wracking time in their lives. For some it’s a time to meet new friends, and maybe even that special someone.

Keeping clean with light

Science & TechnologyOctober 12, 2011
New research from UC Davis scientists reveals how useful a self-cleaning fabric – more specifically, cotton – can be for many professions. The fabric is able to fight off bacteria as a result of its production of hydrogen peroxide.

iPhone 4S will be available Oct. 14

City NewsOctober 12, 2011
Apple held an event presenting the iPhone 4S on Oct. 4. It was the first Apple event in which Tim Cook presented as Apple’s new CEO since Aug. 24.