It’s hardly a secret that some underdeveloped communities around the world lack basic necessities that many take for granted: running water, electricity and lighting. The Program for International Energy Technologies (PIET) at UC Davis has been helping to tackle this persistent global issue right here on campus since its development in 2009. Created as a […]

Television news anchor and reporter Brad Hicks has UC Davis to thank for his first on-camera job. Hicks had earned his bachelor’s and master’s degrees in geography from UC Davis in 1986 and ‘88, respectively, and was coming off a stint at Texas A&M University as a Ph.D. student when he applied for a job […]

On Saturday, the Davis Farmers Market hosted its 21st annual Pig Day in Central Park. In accordance with the event, pig decorations were strewn throughout the park. People of all ages attended the celebration. Besides the Farmers Market, there were various food vendors, live music and pig-related activities available. Vendors present at the event were […]

I attempted to attend an event on Feb. 27 put on by Chai-Life club and StandWithUs, a pro-Israeli organization. Often, Palestinians are blamed for our “lack of dialogue,” and our refusal to sit down with Israeli and Jewish students to just talk things out. I am personally against dialogue, as the word implies that both […]

BREAKING: OBAMA DEFEATS [CHOOSE ONE: SANTORUM/ROMNEY/GINGRICH/PAUL] IN LANDSLIDE VICTORY. This is the headline I believe will run on the eve of November 6, 2012, when all polls for the general election have closed and enough precincts have reported. Granted, the “choose one” portion definitely won’t be a part of it, but, quite frankly, by the […]

Ballet Preljocaj’s Blanche Neige March 17 at 7 p.m. March 18 at 3 p.m. General admission: $75 | $64 | $40, student admission: $37.50 | $32 | $20 (prices vary depending on seating) Tickets can be purchased at the Mondavi Center Ticket Booth Hours: Monday to Saturday, noon to 6 p.m. In celebration of its […]

MUSIC The Honeybadgers and The Twanglers Today, 7:30 p.m, free Odd Fellows Hall, 415 Second St. The Honeybadgers, Watermelon Music’s all-star band, will headline a show tonight at the newly remodeled upstairs hall at Odd Fellows Hall. The band is a mix of rhythm and blues, and is made of Jeff Simons, Ron Cowden, Leo […]

This is it. After five years of college and four years spent in the lower dungeon of Freeborn, otherwise known as “The Basement” of The Aggie, my last column has arrived.  And as my words find their way onto this page, I can’t think of many other instances more surreal than this moment alone. So […]

On Feb. 27 at a presentation at Wellman 106, I witnessed behavior that has no place at UC Davis. A presentation, “Defending the Israeli Image,” sponsored by Chai-Life Club at UC Davis, Chabad of Davis and StandWithUs and led by two Israelis was repeatedly interrupted by hecklers and individuals whose intent was clearly to disrupt […]

Barney Rosset, the publisher behind Grove Press, died at age 89 last week. Throughout his life, Rosset was a strong defender of First Amendment rights. During his tenure at Grove Press, he fought and won obscenity trials all over the country to establish the right to publish sexually explicit novels like Lady Chatterly’s Lover by D.H. Lawrence, Tropic […]

We all know of famous children shows such as “Sesame Street” and “Dora the Explorer”, but another one is becoming more popular. A new local show called “Yolotales” is about a few puppet friends having adventures, while also trying to educate the audience. With five main characters in the show and a whole crew needed […]

Today’s international news stories refuse to settle into binary logics that would code them as either “cheerless” or “cheerful.” Rather, almost everything we read in the headlines is depressing and then maybe slightly less depressing. From a choice of 12 international stories from The New York Times published Monday, for example, the least tragic was […]