While we’re proud of MUSE and all the campus arts news, local entertainment reviews and commentary it brings you, sometimes we wish we had a lot more space. Just in Davis, there are way more events worth writing about. And internationally, there are so many films, albums and artists we’d love to recommend. Enter The […]

The United States Supreme Court will be revisiting affirmative action this October in the case Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). On Aug. 13, University of California President Mark Yudof, alongside 10 University of California chancellors, submitted an amicus curiae brief, literally meaning “friend of the court brief,”  to the Supreme […]

The  California State Assembly passed the Middle Class Scholarship bill with a bipartisan vote of 54-25 on Aug. 13. The approval of Assembly Bill 1500 by the Assembly symbolizes a big step closer toward higher education affordability for California’s middle class students. The Middle Class Scholarship is geared toward helping students from middle class families […]

Will newly designed space rockets and vehicles be used only for exploration, travel and tourism in the coming decades, or will humans take the first major steps toward establishing multi-generational “colonies” of people in space? Professors and students at UC Davis involved with Professor Steve Robinson’s upcoming research center on campus for the study of […]

A steady trend throughout campuses across the nation has seen an increase in textbook rentals as opposed to textbook purchases. The most obvious reason for this trend is students saving money. “I figure I’m most likely not going to be using the book any further after the quarter is done,” said Peter Eckes, a fourth-year […]

There’s nothing more relaxing to do during a hot summer day than lounging around the pool. And now you can do it online via atthepool.com, a recently launched social platform. On Aug. 27, UC Davis students are invited to attend the exclusive launch of At The Pool (ATP for short) by signing up at ATP’s […]

WEDNESDAY Exact change only Someone was walking around downtown with a sign asking for $18 on Second Street. An unmentionable crime A burglar entered someone’s laundry room and stole 20 pairs of panties for the second time on Cowell Boulevard. Comic Con Somebody broke into an apartment and stole comic books on Sycamore Lane.   […]

The annual KVIE Art Auction is including the work of 16 Davis artists in its collection from Sept. 28 to 30, with three of these artists winning the juror award. Each year, Northern Californian households have the opportunity to tune into a parade of expression on their public access channel KVIE. The channel hosts Northern […]

UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) released their new parking permit option, the EasyPark Personal Parking Meter (PPM), June 18. The PPM is a small device that is used like a parking meter; it deducts funds at the rate of $1.50 per hour to a maximum of $7, the cost of a one-day permit. […]

Davis Farm to School will hold the Eighth Annual Village Feast on Saturday from noon to 3 p.m. in Davis Central Park. An end-of-the-summer tradition, the event will bring around 300 members of the community. Buckhorn Steakhouse will cater and all attendees should bring their own plates and utensils. Funds will go to the Davis […]

Everyone looks forward to summer. Warm weather, no classes, maybe a tropical vacation and time to sleep in. But for a group of UC Santa Barbara students, such expectations were nonexistent this summer. This summer, the Nourish International UC Davis chapter teamed with UC Santa Barbara to send a group of students to Nepal for […]

The Sierra Club’s Sierra magazine recently ranked UC Davis as America’s number one coolest school in its sixth annual ranking of the greenest colleges in the nation. Three years ago UCD ranked 24th, two years ago, 16th and last year, eighth. “At UC Davis, sustainability is one of our core values,” said UCD Chancellor Linda […]