Artist: Young Empires Album: Wake All My Youth Label: Pirates Blend Records Rating: 3 Young Empires is a Toronto-based band that released its first album Wake All My Youth only a month ago. Since then, the band – comprised of bassist Jake Palahnuk, guitarist Robert Aaron Ellingson, vocalist and keyboardist Matthew Vlahovich and drummer Taylor […]

Starting with a reception yesterday, the Art History 401 Curatorial Principles class taught by Professor Susette Min began curating an exhibit held in the Memorial Union (MU) Art Lounge. The exhibit itself is about a timely and controversial topic and is part of a collaboration process involving 16 undergraduate students. Regarding recent events detailing student […]

MUSIC Poetry Night Reading Series presents the Science Singers at the John Natsoulas Gallery Thursday, March 15, 8 p.m., free John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. A group formed as a result of the UC Davis arts and science fusion program, which created the course “Science and Society 42: Earth, Water, Science and Song,” Wendy […]

Study hours at many different study spots on campus will be extended throughout finals week. ASUCD Academic Affairs Commission and Campus Recreation have collaborated to extend study hours in order to provide students with more options when studying for their finals. Griffin Lounge and The Wedge will be open 24 hours. Study hours have been […]

We are nearing a time when “Made in China” will no longer be discreetly etched under our plastic tchotchkes or sewn through the backs of our labels.  Because of increasing blue-collar labor costs this past decade in Guangdong and other coastal hubs, China is at the bottom of any manufacturer’s list for super-cheap hands. This […]

Judging by the audience reaction at last week’s early screening of 21 Jump Street, I can say with some certainty that your enjoyment of the film will be directly proportional to your enjoyment of dick jokes. Because there are a lot of them. A whole lot. Too many to count, actually. And with a story […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Maryland; vs. Fresno Pacific Records: Aggies, 8-11; Terrapins, 10-3; Sunbirds, 4-15 Where: Schaal Aquatics Center When:  Saturday at 1 p.m.; at 2:30 p.m. Who to watch: Senior center Dakotah Mohr scored a hat trick last week against Sonoma State. Did you know? The Aggie defense has allowed just 60 goals in […]

Teams: UC Davis at Oregon State Records: Aggies (17-12); Beavers 18-12 (9-8) Where: Gill Coliseum — Corvallis, Ore. When: Thursday at 7 p.m. Who to Watch: After the pain the UC Davis seniors felt following last week’s loss to Pacific, you can expect senior Samantha Meggison to come out firing on Thursday. Meggison earned first […]

Until last month, the website library.nu acted as the Pirate Bay of academia, offering users free downloads of hundreds of thousands of scholarly books. But, like so many file-sharing servers before it, library.nu attracted the ire of some powerful enemies: An international group of publishers ranging from Cambridge University Press to Elsevier banded together to stop […]

Students might want to think twice before heading to Mexico this spring break. On Feb. 8, the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BCA) of the United States Department of State issued an updated travel warning detailing the security conditions in Mexico. Due to the ongoing drug trafficking and violence in Mexico, the bureau recommends U.S. citizens […]

The women’s NIT announced Monday evening that UC Davis women’s basketball will take on Oregon State in the tournament’s first round at 7 p.m. on Thursday in Corvallis, Ore. This marks the third time in five years the Aggies have made an appearance in the WNIT. UC Davis was one of four Big West Conference […]

With finals week around the corner, students have the opportunity to relieve stress with cheap beer, trivia questions and fun prizes. In the third and final installment of an effort to add a student menu and special events for students at Gunrock Pub, UC Davis Dining Services and ASUCD will be hosting “Aggies at the […]