Perhaps it is possible that a person can get high off of a smoky, spicy barbeque sauce that’s glazed over tender beef ribs.

My life as a photographer and UC Davis photojournalist began the first day of my junior year, Sept. 24, 2009. I remember how excited I was as I opened the box for my new Canon 40d and mounted on my 17-85mm lens. I had just taken a financial leap and spent all my summer savings for the gear, believing it would provide me the tools to create a future in photography.

Screenwriters have perfected the art of the great ending over the last 100 years or so.

I’ve always felt connected to Maya Angelou. Growing up in the Central Valley with no other “Mayas” around, in elementary school I lived for those moments when Angelou was mentioned in a textbook or by a teacher.

It’s been a little while since I have done this whole column-writing thing. So bear with me while I take a couple sentences to knock the rust off.

College is much more than just four years of classes, midterms and essays. I have spent the better part of my senior year reflecting on my college career and that is the only certainty I have come up with so far. Let me explain.

Being Editor in Chief of The California Aggie over the last 12 months has been one of the most amazing experiences of my life, and has really helped put things in perspective. I’ve learned so much that I feel compelled to impart this knowledge to the seven people that will actually read this column. (Hi Mom!)

I’m writing this column from high above Nebraska. I’m on a plane to Champaign, Illinois – the city where I plan to work and live after graduation.

Just two years ago, I was just a scared, nervous first-year scouring Freeborn Hall trying to find the entrance to Lower Freeborn. I wanted to keep writing sports for a newspaper, and The California Aggie was the perfect opportunity to do so.

The man is simply a legend.

Transracial adoption has become a widely contested and debated subject.

Just when you think the noisy construction project on your walk past the ASUCD Coffee House is finished, UC Davis starts up another on your way to Chemistry 194. Here’s what’s in store for the future at UCD, or as Davis Wiki calls it, Under Construction Daily.