This Saturday is not spring break. MTV’s cameras will be nowhere in sight, and the cast of Jersey Shore has not checked in to the Hallmark Inn. And Lindsay Lohan was not just named your BFF. So handle your shit on Picnic Day. UC Davis’ biggest event of the year has, for reasons unknown, become […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; vs. San Jose State Records: Aggies 9-11 (4-2), Tigers 4-13 (1-5), Titans 6-9 (0-4) Where: Hal Nelson Tennis Courts — Stockton, Calif.; Marya Welch Tennis Center When: Thursday at 2 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m. Who to Watch: Dahra Zamudio is the only senior in the UC Davis women’s tennis program’s […]

We all know the feeling. There are three minutes left of class, and it feels like the lecture that will never end. Finally, when the professor says, “The last thing I want to talk about today…” chaos ensues. Students rifle through their bags, putting away notebooks and loudly zipping backpacks. Papers are shuffled, desks are […]

The Fashion and Design Society (FADS), a segment of the department of design here at UC Davis, will be hosting their annual runway show for Picnic Day 2012. This year’s fashion show is headed by Professor Susan Taber Avila and her Signature Collections course. FADS and the show are supported by the President’s Undergraduate Fellowship. […]

Mixing science and art isn’t something that is easily achieved, yet senior Arian Behzadi manages to combine the two perfectly in his visual design work. In his free time, Behzadi, a biological sciences major with an emphasis in neurobiology, physiology and behavior, works on personal and freelance design work, including movie and music album posters, […]

The upcoming June primary elections will feature a major change with the introduction of a new ballot. Some hope this will alter the kind of candidates that are elected to public office. This reform was a result of Proposition 14, a ballot initiative passed in June 2010. Voters will now see a “top two” primary […]

Jenn Rawling and Basho Parks are an indie-folk duo hailing from Oregon. The duo recently released their debut full-length album titled Take the Air. Their new album, full of emotionally lifting songs enhanced by Rawling’s poetic lyrics, is named after the Victorian period idiom of “to go for a stroll,” which also carried the air […]

The UC Davis women’s golf team got the chance to see how they stacked up against some of the best teams in the nation at the Pacific Coast Intercollegiate. What the Aggies found was that, well, they are one of the best teams in the nation. No. 23 UC Davis, who co-hosted the tournament with […]

What’s Your Major? One of the biggest decisions you will make throughout your lifetime is your career. Your college major could play a large role in figuring out what to do with your life in the future. However for many students it is tough to decide. Do not fret! Choosing a major, especially as a […]

How does a squirrel tell a rattlesnake to stay away from its babies? It heats up its tail. Using a robotic model of a squirrel, researchers at UC Davis and UC San Diego have been trying to find out how squirrels communicate aggression to their most dangerous predator. This heated communication is just part of […]

Yolo County Coffee Company is a budding new business co-owned by Ryan Brand, who also co-owns Yoloberry Yogurt. “We decided to open Yolo County Coffee Company as a complementary business,” Brand said. “I also have some prior experience in coffee.” The store opened in December. Operating from Woodland, Brand reports that the store has been […]

The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts has been serving the UC Davis music and arts community for the past 10 years. The Mondavi Center is celebrating its 10th anniversary with a series of concerts and events scheduled to take place at the commencement of the Center’s 2012 to 2013 season opening […]