The UC Davis cross country runners pieced together strong performances in their respective races this weekend at the Big West Conference meet at UC Riverside. The men’s 8K course saw the Aggie men finish in fourth place as a team, an improvement from last year’s sixth place. On the women’s side, last year’s champions UC […]

The election this November has a number of decisive measures and propositions on the ballot. The Aggie summarized the four measures and 11 propositions on the Nov. 6 ballot to inform voters of what to expect. “As far as I’m concerned, the most important thing to keep in mind is that your vote counts. You […]

You hear a sound, and you enjoy it. It doesn’t belong to the wind or the footsteps or the chatter you’re used to hearing throughout your day; it rises above them, maybe a reminder of the familiar or something entirely different. Either way, it’s made just for you. You’re listening to a song. Of course, […]

The UC Davis Aggies returned home after two weeks on the road to play Portland State. After going into halftime tied 14-14 with the Lumberjacks, the Aggies could not hang on as Portland State scored 35 points in the second half. The Lumberjacks ended up winning by a total score of 49-21. “I thought they […]

Game of the week This edition’s game of the week is a unique downloadable title for the PlayStation Network — The Unfinished Swan. I’m not even sure how to categorize it … perhaps first-person painting game will suffice. Anyone who has seen videos probably recognizes it as the visually astounding black-and-white game, but The Unfinished […]

In your hands. In your eyes. In your heart. It’s art. But the literature of that is just the first part. What has to follow, or what I am inclined to encourage, is the pursuit of art as a pursuit of life that inspires more life. In the grand poetic sphere of things, everything is […]

Natalie Roman, a fourth-year American studies major, works on a cassette player, a device long superseded by digital technology that is faster, more convenient and more reliable. But she pushes on the player’s buttons to produce the sound of creating a mix tape — recording sound effects is an essential part of radio production. Roman […]

The ASUCD Coffee House has recently implemented a Meatless Monday program, which aims to provide increased variety as well as raise awareness of alternative food options. Although not all of us are vegetarians, we fully support the program — a collaboration between ASUCD and the CoHo — to supplement the normal menu with vegetarian options, […]

Four years ago, in the presidential election of 2008, the power of the youth vote helped make history. According to the U.S. Census Bureau, turnout among college-educated voters between the ages of 18 and 29 was 62 percent, an expression of one of the most important acts available to us as citizens in a democracy: […]

Adjacent to the ticket office of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center, there exists a hidden courtyard with shaded tables and chairs set near the buildings’ sandstone façade. While this location has remained mostly underused since the Mondavi’s inception, the center’s 10-year anniversary has provided a new opportunity to make some lively changes. The year-long […]

I am writing in response to Adam Khan’s Oct. 23 article, “Meatless Monday comes to the CoHo.” It is no surprise that students would want “Meatless Mondays” in their dining halls: According to a study by food-service provider Bon Appétit, the number of college students who identify themselves as vegetarian has risen by 50 percent […]

Since the week of Sept. 15, the ASUCD unit Aggie Threads has stopped printing T-shirts due to continuous problems with their printer. Aggie Threads expected to have their printer back on Oct. 18 to resume their T-shirt printing services, but the printer is still not up and running. “From the very beginning we encountered several […]