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April 2012 Archives

Arts Week

Arts & CultureApril 26, 2012
DANCE 9th Annual UC Davis Dance Team Showcase Friday at 6:30 p.m. & Saturday at 10 p.m., $5 Brunelle Performance Hall at Davis High School, 315 W 14th St. This annual showcase serves as the Davis Dance Team’s largest fundraiser, bringing choreography and entertainment specifically for this show. Tickets can be purchased at the door […]

Men’s Tennis preview

Men's TennisApril 26, 2012
Event: Big West Conference Championships Teams: UC Davis vs. University of Pacific Records: Aggies, 5-15; Tigers, 8-14 Where: Indian Wells Tennis Garden — Indian Wells, Calif. When:  Friday at 11:00 am Who to watch: Junior Toki Sherbakov is one of The Aggies’ more thrilling players to watch, as he posted a strong performance against the University of […]

Column: I know those girls

OpinionApril 26, 2012
There’s a lot to be said about the new aptly titled HBO series, “Girls”, and most of it already has been written by TV columnists, feminist critics, New York critics, feminist New York critics and other experts in the world of circle-scarfdom. “Girls” is a show created by Lena Dunham. She stars as Hannah, a […]

Women’s Tennis preview

SportsApril 26, 2012
Event: Big West Conference Championships Records: Aggies 11-11 (6-2) Where: Indian Wells Tennis Garden — Indian Wells, Calif. When: Friday at 8 a.m. Who to Watch: Sophomore Megan Heneghan, a freshman in the top singles spot last year when UC Davis was upended by UC Irvine in the first round of the Big West Conference […]

Who’s that Aggie?

FeaturesApril 26, 2012
Editor’s note: In Who’s That Aggie?, The California Aggie finds a student on campus and investigates their background and experiences at UC Davis. When junior computer science major Joey Fusco walks into a room, the energy shifts in his favor. He moves quickly and speaks even swifter. Fusco sports a slight smudge on the right […]

Senate Bill 960 passes through Senate Education Committee

City NewsApril 26, 2012
The California Senate Education Committee approved Senate Bill 960, a bill aimed at giving California State University (CSU) students a chance at increased involvement when it comes to self-imposed fees, on April 11. The bill still awaits the State Senate approval. The bill ensures that student fees are not unfairly implemented by CSU administration without […]

New faces, same result

SportsApril 26, 2012
It’s starting to feel like a foregone conclusion. No. 22 UC Davis travels south for the Big West Conference women’s golf championship, and returns with yet another team title and an individual championship. But though the Aggies entered this year’s tournament as favorites, UC Davis was far from a sure thing to take the title. […]

Davis Dozen arraignment set for this Friday

Campus NewsApril 26, 2012
Nearly three months after U.S. Bank announced its withdrawal from the university campus, 12 protesters have been ordered to court for an arraignment on Friday at  8:30 a.m. The 11 students and one professor face up to 11 years in prison on the charges of the obstruction of movement in a public place and conspiracy […]

Column: A modest proposal

OpinionApril 26, 2012
This year’s UC admissions hit a record high, reaching 80,289 students, and included a higher percentage of out-of-state and international students than ever before. The new push toward larger incoming classes is obviously a shrewd move for administrators. Following in the footsteps of that great American corporation, McDonald’s, we can build a university that values […]

Florence + The Machine at the Mondavi Center

Arts & CultureApril 26, 2012
After the spectacle that was the Florence + The Machine concert on April 18, I have strong suspicions that Jackson Hall at the Mondavi Center was inspired and built for Florence Welch’s voice. This show sold out during pre-sale, leaving many students confused and frustrated that they either 1) didn’t embrace their American Express cards […]

Track and Field Preview

SportsApril 26, 2012
Event: Causeway Dual vs. Sacramento State Where: Hornet Stadium — Sacramento When: Friday, all-day Friday Who to watch: Junior Emily Bush spearheaded the field aspect of last week’s Woody Wilson Memorial Classic when she broke the school record for the women’s pole vault. The Orangevale, Calif. native earned the Big West Conference Female Field Athlete […]

Campus Judicial Affairs

Campus NewsApril 26, 2012
He or She? A female student in an engineering class was recently referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for allegedly having another student take an exam for her.  The professor first became suspicious after noticing that a male turned in a test with a female name on it.  On the day the test was returned, […]