Spring is in the air, and that means it’s time for laying out on the Quad, Picnic Day and yes, Major League Baseball. By the time this reaches print, baseball will have already gone through Opening Day (or it’s “second Opening Day” depending on your perspective), and that makes this the perfect time to explore […]

The difference between a win and a loss seems to be the doubles point for the UC Davis women’s tennis team. Both of this week’s matches were decided by a 5-2 score, and UC Davis experienced both sides of the coin. The Aggies came out on top Wednesday against Cal State Northridge, and then, on […]

Baseball The UC Davis baseball team surrendered two Cal State Fullerton comebacks that resulted in one-run losses in the opening of Big West Conference play. After the sweep, the Aggies fell to 11-16 overall and 0-3 in conference. On Thursday UC Davis took an early 1-0 lead after stringing together three straight base hits, but […]

This ASUCD Senate meeting was scheduled to begin Thursday at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the April 5, 2012 meeting location, the Mee Room in the MU. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:12 p.m. Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present, left […]

UC Davis’ struggle to close out tight matches in their nine past encounters on the road persisted this past weekend in Fresno. The Aggies fell to 1-10 away from home while moving to a 3-13 overall record. Fresno State captured the doubles matches to earn the first point of the evening. Junior Toki Sherkabov and […]

Houseboats is right around the corner, which means a flurry of HB2K12 tank tops needs to be made. Newly opened Aggie Threads is seeking to satisfy any Houseboat shirt needs this year, along with any other custom shirt orders on campus. The new shop, located in the Memorial Union (MU) next to Campus Copies/Classical Notes, […]

Last Thursday a group of protesters rallied outside the Memorial Union (MU) building to show support for the “Davis Dozen” and to celebrate the closure of U.S. Bank’s UC Davis branch. The “Davis Dozen” are a group of student and faculty protesters that allegedly took turns protesting U.S. Bank by sitting for months outside its […]

Two of UC Davis’ finest gymnasts traveled to Seattle Saturday to represent the Aggies at the NCAA Seattle Regional meet. Junior Katie Yamamura and freshman Tiana Montell both earned berths to the Regional meet with their performances at last week’s Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship meet. Yamamura began her meet with floor exercise where she […]

At the April 3 Davis City Council meeting, it was concluded by a 4 to 1 vote that Crown Castle, a corporation that provides infrastructure for both mobile and broadcasting telephony, would be allowed to begin setting up mobile phone antenna nodes throughout Davis. These antenna nodes would boost phone coverage for Metro PCS customers, […]

It was a landmark weekend for the Aggies as two of the team’s top distance runners made their mark on UC Davis track and field history. Junior Sarah Sumpter set the UC Davis record in the women’s 10,000-meter on Friday at the Stanford Invitational — breaking a mark that had stood for 29 years. Later […]

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Northridge Records: Aggies, 12-22 (2-1); Matadors 7-24 (2-1) Where: Matador Diamond — Northridge, Calif. When: Friday at noon and 2:00 p.m.; Saturday at noon Who to watch: Cassandra Ginnis has needed little time to adjust to the college game. The freshman sensation ranks second on the team with 25 hits on the season, and […]

In a Feb. 28, 2012 discussion on the official Facebook page of the UC Davis chapter of the Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), members directed anti-Semitic slurs at me. One member referred to me as “shitstein.” Clearly the use of “stein,” since it has nothing to do with my name, is a direct reference […]