I would like to encourage all eligible UC Davis students to apply for the Student Resident Program. As a student firefighter at UCD Fire Dept. for almost three years, I can say that it was one of the best experiences in my life. Beyond the firefighting and EMS skills I learned, I gained valuable experience […]

The most anticipated initial public offering (IPO) in more than a decade is upon us. If you happen to be one of Facebook’s over 800 million active users, there’s a good chance you’ve heard that Facebook is going public. Facebook will be tradeable on the New York Stock Exchange under the ticker symbol FB and will […]

There is perhaps nothing so quintessentially American as the automobile. For generations, cars have represented independence, the open road and the exhilarating freedom to drive into the sunset of your choice. The old Cadillac slogan sums it up perfectly. There’s nothing more American than “Life, Liberty and the Pursuit.” Unfortunately, for every good thing in […]

Occupy UC Davis is no longer occupying the Cross Cultural Center building. For the past few weeks, Occupy UC Davis has been occupying the empty building. However, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) had been set to move into the building this quarter. Occupiers seemed to have vacated the building by Monday morning, and in a […]

If the next person to come up to you asked you to sing and dance in front of the Coho tomorrow afternoon, would you do it? Do you think your future self would do it?  Judging from a recent study, many people would agree, but chicken out at the last minute due to an “illusion […]

Fleshlights. Battery-Operated Boyfriends. Vibes. Whatever your type and whatever you call it, there’s no denying that sex toys are a flourishing industry. But all the variety can make finding the right toy for you quite a chore. Not to mention that some of you may find the thought of some of those objects near tender […]

THURSDAY No more Ambien Someone was sleeping in the pharmacy section of CVS on East Covell Boulevard. FRIDAY Pancakes with a side of arson Someone was talking about setting things on fire at IHOP on Cowell Boulevard. SATURDAY The One per cent A driver in a Jaguar was throwing coins at cars on Richards Boulevard. […]

UC Davis representatives met with the Museum of Tolerance Jan. 18 in hopes of a collaboration to live in better accord with the campus’ principles of community. The Los Angeles-based multimedia museum, dedicated to the examination of racism and prejudice in the United States, was called upon by the university as a response to the […]

From diaper days to college dorm life, many students could not fathom a day in which they would become authority figures to their parents. For UC Davis senior sociology major Steven Zhang, this dynamic is a daily reality. Zhang turned the family business paradigm on its head in 2007 when he and his brother started […]

As Davis’ brief rainy season finally seems to be descending upon us Aggies, the health-conscious among us head to the ARC en masse, seeking a warm and dry place in which to perform our cardio. However, while in the gym searching for my six-pack abs, all I found was a bit of an environmental disaster: […]

The world is ending on Dec. 21, 2012. Well, at least that is what popular culture and the media say. The supposedly scientific facts circulating the upcoming cataclysmic event sound believable, but there are quite a few skeptics. “Generally, I think of it more academically, as an interesting cultural myth, rather than as a factual, […]

Over the past few weeks, a group of protesters have stationed themselves in front of the U.S. Bank in the Memorial Union, protesting its placement on a public university. While the protesters’ concerns are valid, banks, and any private entity for that matter, can have a functional place on a public college campus. A bank’s […]