The City of Davis Police Department (DPD) is investigating a Dec. 20, 2011 bank robbery at Davis’ U.S. Bank. Detectives believe the robbery is part of a series of eight U.S. Bank robberies spanning from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Sacramento Valley that began in early September 2011. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, […]

UC Davis opened Big West Conference play with two heartbreaking losses, followed by a rough showing at The Pavilion. The Aggies fell to Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside by a total of three points, 65-64 and 60-58, respectively. The bumps and bruises of learning a new coach’s system are expected early on, as evidenced […]

I have this habit of putting the cart before the horse, which is why, having recently dusted off my grandiose High School ambitions of fame, I feel free to act like I’m already a star. This is much easier than actually accomplishing anything that would earn me fame and explains why (as you’ll come to […]

Between the Sacramento and Davis campuses, the economic impact of UC Davis has topped $6.9 billion. Providing over 69,000 jobs (48,000 in Davis and 20,000 in Sacramento), UC Davis has a large impact on the state. “The leadership of the campus feels a responsibility to the citizens to demonstrate how we contribute,” said Dean and […]

As Winter quarter begins, participants of the UC Davis occupy movement have made plans to re-occupy the Quad on Thursday and continue their presence on campus. Following the recent 81 percent tuition increase proposal and demonstration of police brutality toward student protesters on West Quad the week of Nov. 14, encampments were established to represent […]

The 2011 sports year wasn’t what UC Davis fans would have hoped for. Sure, there was the women’s basketball team making its first appearance in the NCAA Tournament, Big West Conference titles for cross country, women’s golf and men’s golf along with men’s soccer’s upset win over UCLA. But all the successes of 2011 seemed […]

Though the UC Davis campus has been quiet over the past four weeks, the women’s basketball program has been stirring up quite a buzz. The Aggies played their first of seven games over winter break the day after UC Davis finished finals. Perhaps worn out from the preceding week, UC Davis dropped a 75-58 game […]

Chancellor Katehi published a letter addressed to the Athletic Advisory Committee on Friday, indicating the direction that she feels would be best for UC Davis athletics as the committee continues its search for a new athletics director. In the letter, Katehi addressed many of the concerns presented by students, parents and faculty members at the […]

Student protests over the past three years have called for the University of California system to lower, freeze or cap tuition prices. UC Berkeley is the first UC to respond. In Fall 2012, UC Berkeley will implement the Middle-Class Access Plan (MCAP). This plan will cap tuition costs for families who make between $80,000 and […]

When two of veterinary pathology professor Stephen Barthold’s friends decided to get married, deciding who would officiate the ceremony became a dilemma. Hiring an unknown local minster, rabbi or priest to marry them would be impersonal, they felt. So Barthold stepped in and did the job himself. “My own daughter was married outdoors several years […]

The Indian Health Service (IHS) plans to build a Youth Regional Treatment Center (YRTC) on 12 of 640 acres of D-Q University land. The D-Q University Board of Trustees has agreed to transfer the land back to the federal government, but it hasn’t been officially passed over yet. “The YRTC would be a center for […]