Monthly Archives - February 2011
February 2011 Archives
Men’s Basketball Preview
SportsFebruary 17, 2011
Who to watch: In case you didn’t already know, Eddie Miller is a playmaker.
Interactive performance piece Body of Knowledge gives new meaning to ‘audience participation’
Arts & CultureFebruary 17, 2011
While a number of Davis students were dancing the night away at Monday’s Snoop Dogg concert, something a little different was happening at the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.
Editorial: Wasting Crops
OpinionFebruary 17, 2011
On Jan. 28, a group of Davis community members and students planning to harvest Plant Sciences 170C fields of broccoli arrived only to find that UC Davis had mowed them down.
Editorial: ICA Funds
OpinionFebruary 17, 2011
ASUCD President Jack Zwald recently vetoed a potential ballot initiative that would give undergraduate representatives the final say in the school’s intercollegiate athletic (ICA) spending.
Column: V-Day musings
OpinionFebruary 17, 2011
Wind blew girls’ hair in multiple directions Monday, turning bike riding into an arduous task. Some people walked hand in hand; others sat alone, sipping coffee at the CoHo while cramming for a midterm. Ducks napped in the grass outside of Olson, most sitting solo, a few coupled up, using each other’s backs as pillows.
Column: Long distance <3
OpinionFebruary 17, 2011
More students than ever are in long-distance relationships. A study published last year in the journal Communications Research claims as many as half of college students are in LDRs, and at least 75 percent will be in one “at some point.” Over the past several decades, LDRs have been on the rise. The number seems higher than my anecdotal experience, but it’s no less clear that LDRs are hardly uncommon.
Column: Film school for dummies
Arts & CultureFebruary 17, 2011
The most notorious person in film studies right now is a guy named Mike Lacher.
Column: A difficult position
OpinionFebruary 17, 2011
In a matter of a few short months, I will be applying at countless public schools in the Sacramento area, desperately seeking a teaching position in the social sciences. For those who have made their abode under a large igneous formation lately, school districts up and down the state are slashing their budgets and laying off the teachers they already have.
CD review: Esperanza Spalding
Arts & CultureFebruary 17, 2011
A collective gasp of surprise could be heard at the 53rd Grammy Awards on Sunday night when the winner of the “Best New Artist” award was announced to be not emerging stars Florence + the Machine, Mumford & Sons, or Drake, or even every pre-teen girl’s fantasy, Justin Bieber, but a woman by the name of Esperanza Spalding.
Best of Davis
FeaturesFebruary 17, 2011
Best new restaurant; Best meal on a budget; Best pizza; Best ice cream or frozen yogurt; Best sushi; Best Bar
Best of Davis
FeaturesFebruary 17, 2011
Best place to work on campus; Best place to people watch; Best public art; Best place to meet a mate; Best place to take a date.
Benson out on bail
City NewsFebruary 17, 2011
UC Davis student Nicholas Benson – arrested for possession of an assault weapon, making terrorist threats and resisting arrest – is out on bail.
