Tomorrow night, UC Davis Concert Band will hold their end-of-the-quarter performance at the Mondavi Center. The theme is ‘technology through the ages’, from the 1893 Chicago World’s Fair to the modern day intersection of art and technology through video games. The performance will include a diverse array of musical styles, from famous 1894 concert pieces, […]

You’re in the CoHo and you see a pretty girl sitting alone; or maybe it’s your English class and you want that smart kid for a study buddy. Either way, it’s time to break the ice. Though learned and memorized social skills may not seem like the smoothest thing to practice, breaking the ice has […]

It’s a nightmare to have a loved one die on your birthday.  I never thought it would happen to me. This past weekend, as we sat in the theater waiting for a movie to start, a commercial reminded the audience to silence our cell phones. The guy on the screen had to choose between answering […]

Former United States senator Mike Gravel will speak at the UC Davis campus this Thursday at 6:30 p.m. Gravel served in the Alaska House of Representatives in 1963, and became speaker in 1965. He later represented Alaska in the United States Senate from 1969 to 1981. Gravel is known for his hand in the release […]

This month, the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees was set to discuss a new plan to increase revenue by charging super seniors and those repeating courses extra fees. Students who are enrolling in courses at a CSU after completing 160 units will receive a fee increase, referred to as a graduation incentive fee. […]

Last week, about 40 protesters occupied Dutton Hall in solidarity with the people of Gaza. We fully support the students’ right to protest. However, four students who expressed dissenting views were forced to leave the building — one student was physically confronted while the others were screamed at and cussed out. When our photographer followed […]

MONDAY Deterred gent Someone requested that a person who set up camp in the laundry room with a sleeping bag and food be removed from the premises on Shasta Drive. WEDNESDAY Coup-occupants Somebody believed that his roommates were trying to kill him by tampering with his car’s brakes and traction control on Mulberry Lane. What’s […]

By ARI POLSKY Fourth-year, art studio major “Life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness” are rights that are supposedly God-given and also government-protected according to the Declaration of Independence. In America, we are granted a whole lot of rights, among them the freedom of speech, which the law holds is no longer guaranteed when it […]

Last Monday, a new customer rewards program called Aggie Kickbacks began at UC Davis Stores. “The program is intended to reward customers for being loyal customers of the UC Davis Stores,” said Jason Logan, director of UC Davis Stores. For every dollar spent after discounts and before sales tax, registered customers will earn one point. […]

By MATAN SHELOMI Fourth-year graduate student, entomology On Nov. 18, 2011, Louise Macabitas and Brian Nguyen shaped history. They took the iconic photographs of Lt. Pike pepper-spraying Davis students, which would become the face of the Occupy movement. Had Louise and Brian not been there taking pictures, the world would not have seen what had […]

Teach For America (TFA) is a nonprofit organization that sends recently graduated college students to rural and urban areas of the U.S., where they serve as teachers for a contracted period of two years. It’s essentially a Peace Corps for the country. The theory is that TFA will recruit young, energetic, idealistic graduates and send […]

By MARIANNE GLASER Third-year, human development Amidst stressing over midterms like any typical UC Davis student last week, I received a panic text from my sister: “The alarms went off again. I am going back into the bomb shelter. Neighbors already lost service, so if I lose mine soon, I love you.” Staring at my […]