It’s easy to take for granted how well our bodies work, at least most of the time. Bones stay strong and rigid for support, food flows through the digestive tract, and we constantly breathe in and out without conscious thought. Obviously, any one of these things and more can go wrong if you’re unlucky, but […]

Just like any reasonable student, experiencing the aftermath of binge drinking probably didn’t stop you from trying it again. Sure, alcohol damages many things. One is your body. But what many of us care about is curing that dreaded hangover, after the fact. The problem here is that alcohol overdose causes many things to happen, […]

Since the passage of Proposition 209 in 1996, California public institutions are prohibited from observing affirmative action. In eradicating race-conscious policies, the University of California (UC) system saw a decrease in the percentage of underrepresented minority students admitted to UCs. Recently, diversity has increased through programs targeted at assisting underrepresented minorities consisting of African American, […]

UC Davis has a reputation as the “bike school,” but there is another icon that sets it apart: its vintage double-decker buses. Built in the late 1940s and 1950s, these buses were retired from the streets of Great Britain in the 1960s, when ASUCD decided to buy them for transportation of students. Since then, the […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Sacramento State, Central Michigan and Seattle Pacific Where: The Nest — Sacramento When:  Sunday at 2 p.m. Who to watch: Sophomore Anna Shumaker was a key performer for the Aggies in last week’s home meet. The Alameda, Calif. native scored a 9.700 on vault and a squad-high 9.750 on beam. Did […]

On Nov. 28, 2011, UC President Mark Yudof carried forward the request of Chancellor Katehi to form a task force. Chaired by Cruz Reynoso, former associate justice of the state Supreme Court, the charge of the task force is to “…examine the UC Davis Police Department’s use of pepper spray on protesters.” At the time […]

Several thousand demonstrators converged on the state capitol Monday, calling on legislators to fund higher education and demanding an end to tuition hikes. The rally, organized by student groups including the University of California Student Association (UCSA), drew attention to the increasing cost of public education in California. “I know the people of our state […]

The UC Office of the President announced Monday that the results of the task force investigating the pepper-spray incident would be delayed once again due to legal action by a union representing campus police. The results were to be announced Tuesday at 3 p.m. However, on Tuesday morning the union representing campus police requested a […]

Editor’s note: due to the potentially sensitive medical nature of interviews, names have been replaced with pseudonyms of the interviewees’ choosing   Many women, and men for that matter, want to be able to have sex without all the unfortunate side affects, such as pregnancy, but while condoms remain very effective at preventing pregnancy, they […]

The UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) has hired 11 new bike cops who will be patrolling UC Davis by the end of the month. The UC Davis interim Chief of Police, Matt Carmichael, opened up the bike position to whoever wanted the job. This will mean that two-thirds of the UCDPD will be certified to […]

The use of synthetic chemicals in the food and farming industries has been a growing concern since the 1962 publication of Rachel Carson’s book Silent Spring. The organic food movement began in the early and mid-20th century in reaction to the growth of industrialized farming that uses synthetic chemicals for fertilizing and pest control. The […]

Julia Zucker, senior communication major The Aggie: What are you wearing? Zucker: “A sweater I got at a thrift store in the Mission district in San Francisco, Gap pastel jeans, Forever 21 shoes and an Anne Klein wrist watch.” How did you decide what to wear today? “I wanted to go for a neutral palette, […]