As I perused my Facebook timeline to find photos from a skinnier and more athletic time in my life, it came across my mind to check my old MySpace account. I have some great pictures on there, I thought to myself. During an obnoxious process of resetting my long-forgotten password — which I only got […]

The California Department of General Services will be holding a vehicle auction Wednesday, Oct. 10. The auction will include used cars of various makes and models and will begin at 9 a.m. after viewing and registration. The auction will end after the last vehicle is auctioned and bidders will have until 4 p.m. to submit […]

Today, former President Bill Clinton will speak on the Quad at 10:30 a.m. It certainly says something about UC Davis that we are a destination for a well-known political figure. While Clinton’s decision to visit Davis is likely related to the proximity to the state capital, the fact that UC Davis is becoming a more […]

The UC system saved my life. I was diagnosed with stage one Wilms’ tumor just before I turned 3 years old, and I was treated at UC San Francisco. After having the affected kidney removed, I continued onto chemotherapy, receiving treatments every other week. I am now proudly cancer-free and dealing with minimal long-term side […]

The editorial board’s accusation in its Thursday editorial that ASUCD President Rebecca Sterling “unlawfully” attempted to remove former Senator Yara Zokaie from ASUCD is misinformed and factually inaccurate. Zokaie’s actions — completing her coursework and graduating from Davis last spring, and enrolling in an outside law school this fall — necessarily entail she has resigned […]

This past weekend, the UC Davis men’s soccer team came away with two strong wins over UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton at home. This marks the Aggies’ third straight win and a record improvement to 5-4-4 overall and 3-1-0 in the Big West Conference. Friday — UC Davis 2, UC Riverside 1 A much-anticipated […]

A brand new, real-time smartphone application was unveiled last Wednesday night at the UC Davis Law School at King Hall. Seventy-five to 100 participants were hosted at a presidential debate viewing party and were invited to cast their live reactions to the debate via the app. Co-founder Amber Boydstun, an assistant professor of political science […]

FRIDAY Stucc-on you A man was loitering in someone’s backyard saying he was a stucco inspector. Babies sitting babies Someone saw a 6-year-old girl pushing a 6-month-old in a stroller without parental supervision, swinging him around and sitting on him on Fifth Street. Goth party of one A female in all-black clothing was lying drunk […]

Sunday marked the seventh annual Davis Neighbors’ Night Out. Once afternoon peaked, neighborhoods around Davis began to host block parties ranging from various types of potlucks — dessert, BBQ or dinner — to ice cream socials. About 110 block parties were held across the city. Students, Davis residents and members of the City Council of […]

With the economy still struggling to get on its feet and a tepid recovery, the battlefield is set, and the most effective policy arguments will revolve around job creation and economic growth, right? As James Carville famously posted on the wall of President Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign, “It’s the economy, stupid!” Voters always vote […]

The Davis/Berkeley Shuttle recently increased its fare from $9 to $11. The change was effective starting Oct. 1. The intercampus bus provides transportation between the Davis and Berkeley campuses on weekdays, for students, faculty and staff. “We haven’t raised rates since 2009, so the increase is actually overdue to address the program deficit due to […]

In response to incidents of “racial intolerance and homophobia” on various UC campuses, UC President Mark Yudof launched the Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion in June 2010. The council, which is comprised of various administrators and cultural and religious leaders, was tasked with outlining ways UC can attempt to make their campuses […]