The California State University Board of Trustees decided yesterday to cap new campus presidents’ pay to $325,000 a year. The salary ceiling comes as a result of outcry over a $400,000 pay package approved for a new president last year when tuition rose 12 percent. The new policy will also raise salaries by no more […]

Event: California Speedo Invitational Teams: No. 16 UC Davis, No. 5 San Jose State University, No. 1 Stanford University Records: Aggies (2-2); Spartans (3-0); Cardinal (0-0) Where: Spieker Aquatic Complex — Berkeley, California When: Saturday 9:00 a.m. and 4:30 p.m. Who to watch: Senior center and co-captain Alicia Began. She recorded five goals and five […]

The Black Keys El Camino Nonesuch Records Rating: 4 An American muscle, flexing its engine in full reverie, the closer one draws near the more gasoline taints the air. The Black Key’s latest album El Camino serves a heavy hand numbering in a romp shaking expedition into the modern classicist school of blues rock and […]

After years of sitting in the dark about my paintings, I eventually discovered how important it is to get out there and network. Particularly in today’s art and media industry, the invention of the internet has expanded the artist’s venue for networking to imaginable capabilities. Here is a list of tips I’ve composed to help […]

In Bertolt Brecht’s Threepenny Opera, gangster Mack the Knife pleads his case to the audience, asking, “What is burgling a bank compared to founding a bank?” When weighed next to the massive expropriations perpetrated by the banking industry, Mack suggests, a few pilfered cash boxes are insignificant. Yet, as we have seen time and time […]

Stewart Savage is the owner of Abaton Consulting, a small business in Davis. This month he became director of the Davis Downtown Business Association (DDBA). The Aggie sat down with Savage to talk about his new position and his plans for the City of Davis. The Aggie: Where are you from originally? Savage: I grew […]

Neutral Milk Hotel In the Aeroplane Over the Sea Domino Rating: 5 When I think of some of the greatest albums of all time, In the Aeroplane Over the Sea, released in 1998, by Neutral Milk Hotel would be by far the easiest choice. Additionally, just last August, the band announced an exclusive vinyl release […]

The Roots Undun The Island Def Jam Music Group Rating: 5 The Roots 13th album, release in December 2011, doesn’t disappoint. It is a concept album about the fictional character Redford Stevens, from Sufjan Steven’s song “Redmond,” who lives his short life in urban poverty. The album expands on the sound of its 2010 release […]

On Jan. 15 and 16, the UC Regents held their first meeting of the year at UC Riverside. The regents meeting was once again interrupted by students protesting the increased cost of tuition. Protesters began a general assembly during the public comment session and the campus police cleared the room. This event makes it clear […]

Teams: UC Davis at UC Santa Barbara; at Cal Poly Records: Aggies, 12-6 (4-2); Gauchos 8-9 (3-3); Mustangs 6-12 (3-3) Where: Thunderdome — Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mott Gym — San Luis Obispo, Calif. When: Thursday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 4 p.m. Who to Watch: It has been a season of milestones for UC Davis, […]

Sophia Chang is an artist from and living and working in New York City. As a recent graduate from Parson’s Design School, she’s young — very young. Certainly younger than one might expect when looking at the array of impressively high-profile clients accrued, and then shown off with artful style, on her website “esymai.com” — […]