The David and Goliath story of last week’s Iowa Caucus continues to frazzle political analysts, most of whom wrote off Rick Santorum’s chances early in his running. That he could come within eight votes of the Mitt Romney election-industrial complex is, in reflection of his core constituency among social conservatives, nothing short of a miracle. […]

The University of California Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) recently announced a $1.5 million scholarship initiative that will affect all participating campuses, as the program enters its 50  year anniversary. Funds for scholarships dedicated to the UCEAP will increase from $300,000 to $500,000 a year consecutively for the next three years. An intense growth in student […]

Too many of us are under the comforting illusion that we, humans, are the be-all-end-all of nature’s evolutionary process. We are the smartest, we build the biggest, we fly the highest and are the most creative of anything else out there. Among the numerous fields of study we seem to have mastered, cryptography (code making […]

The UC Davis School of Law is hosting speaker Rebecca MacKinnon today.  MacKinnon, who is a TED Talks speaker and an expert on Chinese internet censorship, will be talking about internet freedom and censorship. The talk takes place at King Hall from 4 to 5 p.m. and is free to the public. — Hannah Strumwasser

Many Asian American students are not identifying themselves as such on their college applications, believing that doing so would hurt their chances of being accepted to top universities, according to recent studies including one at Princeton University. According to these studies, Asian students believe themselves to be evaluated at a higher standard than students of […]

If you’ve been reading political news headlines from websites as diverse as Fox News, MSNBC and the Huffington Post, you are probably under the impression that the U.S. Congress has recently reaffirmed that pizza is indeed a vegetable. Skimming those headlines, it’s easy to scoff at such a ridiculous notion, and easier still to believe […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is considering closing the Downtown Davis Post Office along with approximately 3,600 other post offices across the nation. To compensate their struggles with decreasing revenue, the USPS also decided to increase postage stamp fees from 44 to 45 cents beginning Jan. 22. A public meeting was held on Dec. […]

UC Davis recently received a donation of $10 million to go toward the construction of a new art museum. Named after donors Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Farrow, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Farrow Museum of Art is slated for completion in 2015. The museum is part of the plan for the university’s new […]

As a student suffering the quarter system, it is likely you or a friend has turned into a pot-hugging coffee addict. You are not alone. Among coffee consumers — myself included — the average American has 3.1 cups per day. But before you decide to cut back or drink more, read on. You may finish […]

Vivian Zhao, second year graduate student in linguistics. The Aggie: What are you wearing? Zhao: “My pants are Urban Outfitters. Actually everything I’m wearing is from Urban Outfitters. My boots are Nine West and my bag is from Bakers.” Where do you find inspiration? “Online, mostly. I like Stockholm Street Style.” How did you decide […]

Beer, party, overslept, studying, finals, houseboats, Picnic Day (Picnic Day, Picnic Day), poor and starving. What do all of those words have in common, you might be wondering? Well, odds are if you go to Davis (which, seeing as you are currently holding the Davis paper in your hands, is a good bet), you’ve probably […]

Imagine waking up every day, getting ready to go to class and fearing for your life as you walk to campus. That is the experience that I, along with my neighbors on Russell Boulevard face daily. Crossing Russell at California Avenue to get to campus is like playing a twisted, real-life version of Frogger. It’s […]