Daily Archives - April 18, 2011
April 18 2011 Archives
UC Davis ends regular season on high note
SportsApril 18, 2011
Men’s golf: The 18th hole of the 2011 Cougar Classic in Provo, Utah signaled the end of the regular season for the UC Davis men’s golf team.
News in brief: UC Davis grad dies from injury
City NewsApril 18, 2011
Scott Heinig, 22, died on Sunday after suffering a head injury at a Fifth Street party on Picnic Day night.
News in brief: Police end Sac State occupation
City NewsApril 18, 2011
The California State University, Sacramento (CSUS) sit-in ended early Saturday morning, as police entered Sacramento Hall and woke up sleeping protesters. The administration building had been occupied since Wednesday when students, staff and faculty across the California State University campuses protested budget cuts and student fee increases.
News in brief: Defendant pleads no contest to embezzlement
City NewsApril 18, 2011
Jennifer Beeman, charged with taking $10,000 in UC Davis funds, pleaded no contest on Thursday to charges of embezzlement and falsifying government records.
New bicycle enforcement program to allow students to pay lower fines
Campus NewsApril 18, 2011
Starting fall quarter, TAPS and the UC Davis Police Department will be implementing a new bicycle program in which students can take an online class and pay less for citations.
Former student creates energy bar inspired by brewing beer
Campus NewsApril 18, 2011
Since its launch at the Fourth of July Davis Criterium Bike Race last summer, the BRUBAR energy bar has quickly become a popular snack among Davis athletes and students alike.
Domes and third party present proposal to save community
Campus NewsApril 18, 2011
In light of the UC Davis administration’s decision that the Domes would not be offering any new leases for next year, a group of students and community organizers have submitted a proposal to Student Housing with alternative plans for the property’s future.
Diagnosing diseases may be just a phone call away
FeaturesApril 18, 2011
A smartphone today can be used as a compass, dictionary, carpenter level or even a barcode scanner. But in a few years, your phone may be able to diagnose your illness, all thanks to a UC Davis Ph.D. candidate.
Column: Polite pastimes
OpinionApril 18, 2011
If L.A. and S.F. are the main battlegrounds for bike/car wars, Davis is where bicycles politely agree to disagree but never get in a fight. Davis is a place that’s too kind to cyclists to encourage aggressive events such as bike polo, underground racing, or critical masses. The main activities of leisure in Davis are drinking way too much, peeing on cars and stealing bikes (I know, I live downtown and put up with a billion of you bros this weekend. My housemate was watching a crew of boys walk away from downtown and look at our bike rack and say, “man, we would go a lot faster if we had some of those”. Thankfully she was there to stop them before they got too creative, but the fact remains that young irresponsible males need a channel for this sort of negative energy).
Column: Feelin’ tech-sy
OpinionApril 18, 2011
Peer pressure is a bitch. Here I was, starting my column for this week, about to delve into some deep, controversial discussion on Libya (I had a Wikipedia page pulled up and everything) when I realized that – whoops, nobody told me! – we were supposed to be discussing technology last week. I don’t know if you noticed, but the words Facebook, blog, and OkCupid were thrown around quite a bit in The Aggie’s columns. Since I spend as much time in cyberspace as the next over-stimulated college student, I decided, hey, what the hell, Gaddafi is too hard to spell anyway.
Column: Cause of the Way
SportsApril 18, 2011
Every athletic team has one. Some are more intense than others, but nonetheless, they exist for every squad.
