Monthly Archives - October 2011
October 2011 Archives
Column: Silent dancing
Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
“Dance without music is hollow. It’s only technically impressive – a shell without anything inside,” says a commenter on a Merce Cunningham dance choreography video on Youtube.
Column: Occupy Wall Street: The UC Connection
OpinionOctober 27, 2011
Over two years ago, University of California and California State University students formed leaderless general assemblies and occupied administrative buildings to show their opposition to fee hikes and budget cuts. Their slogan was “Occupy Everything, Demand Nothing.” About a month ago, citizens assembled in Zuccotti Park in New York City to protest increasing economic inequality and the dominance of finance capital. “Occupy Everything” became “Occupy Wall Street” and, finally, returned to our own Central Park as “Occupy Davis.”
Column: Host mothers
OpinionOctober 27, 2011
In Belgium, my housing options were to live with students in an apartment or to live with a host family. I chose the host family.
City of Davis Police Briefs
City NewsOctober 27, 2011
SUNDAY At least they didn’t tell a whopper Someone at Burger King accidentally called 911 and hung up on Mace Boulevard. MONDAY Slow-mow A trailer with mowers attached was blocking a lane and impeding traffic on Fifth Street. They’re jammin’ A group was watching traffic in a suspicious manner by Chestnut Lane. TUESDAY Stop hounding […]
Celebrate Halloween all weekend
FeaturesOctober 27, 2011
With Halloween falling on a Monday, celebrations are starting now and the fall spirit is carrying all the way through the weekend. From a haunted house and fall festival to themed parties and a monster bash, there is sure to be an event to make anyone’s Halloween memorable.
Campus Judicial Reports
Campus NewsOctober 27, 2011
Part-time forger; Can you hear me now?; Parking pass faux-pas.
Artsweek
Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
Finish Ticket; Cold Shot Duo feat. Rene Martucci and Richard Urbino; Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Pt. 2; Hilary Hahn, violin; Dia de los Muertos Festivities.
A one-woman show
Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
It’s April of 1994 in Rwanda and the stench of fear is overwhelming. There is no escaping the sickening scent as Hutu tribesmen wielding machetes hunt down the Tutsi, another tribe, which eventually culminates in a three-month genocide in which nearly 500,000 to one million Tutsi are slain.
Aggie Daily Calendar
FeaturesOctober 27, 2011
October Book Faire; Quarter Abroad Info Session; Biomedical Engineering Seminar Series; School of Law First Amendment Lecture Series; Art Studio Program Lecture Series; American Red Cross Club Meeting.
‘Tis the season for snow sports
FeaturesOctober 26, 2011
Skiers and snowboarders can see one upside to the upcoming season of chilly, rainy days – however dreary it is on campus, it means it must be snowing somewhere. Luckily for Davis students, Lake Tahoe is roughly only a two-hour drive away, and with it, thousands of square miles of fluffy terrain to ski and ride. The only problem facing Tahoe addicts is deciding where to invest a few hundred dollars in a lift pass for the season.
Party smart
Campus NewsOctober 26, 2011
As of October 15, there have been 18 DUI arrests, 168 noise complaints, 15 drunk in public arrests and 12 Student Judicial Affairs referrals.
White children more likely to receive CT scans
Science & TechnologyOctober 26, 2011
A recent study found that white children are far more likely to receive CT scans than are African American or Hispanic children. Led by JoAnne Natale, medical director of the UC Davis Children’s Hospital Pediatric Intensive Care Unit and associate professor of pediatric critical care medicine at UC Davis School of Medicine, this study is an analysis of previous research, which found a prediction rule for CT scan use.
