Shakira and Simple Plan had it right: Being in love is like being addicted. It’s strange to think that the pleasure we feel when eating is the same pleasure we get from winning a competition, taking a recreational drug or even being in love. In reality, the pleasure we get from these things all comes […]

The UC Davis season opener against Asuza Pacific marked the beginning of the end of an era in UC Davis football. Coach Bob Biggs announced that this year, his 20th year with the Aggies, would be his last as the head coach of the football team. The Aggies were dominant from start to finish in […]

Artist: Divine Fits Album: A Thing Called Divine Fits         Rating: 4 The term “supergroup” has always been something of a misnomer considering the quality of music attached to the famed moniker. Jay-Z and Kanye West didn’t take the rap world by storm with last year’s Watch the Throne, and similarly Divine Fits won’t reign supreme […]

“Babeylon,” KDVS’ new house used for house shows, started off its year of entertainment with KDVS PRESENTS: Twin Steps, G. Green and Lotion on September 7. The night began exactly at 8:35 p.m. and ended precisely at 11:23 p.m., with Lotion, a local Davis band, causing jaws to drop as they poured lotion on audience […]

The Davis Dirt is presenting the second Street Food Rodeo on Friday, Sept. 21 from 4 to 9 p.m. at the corner of Sixth and G Street in downtown Davis. According to The Davis Dirt’s website, the best street food vendors from the Sacramento area will be in attendance, with live music by Tha Dirt […]

The Middle Class Scholarship Act (AB 1501) died on the Senate floor, Aug. 31, with a final vote of 22-15, five votes less than was required for passage. The bill was estimated to cost California $1 billion annually and would have been funded by mandating the Selected Sales Factor tax formula, thus closing a tax […]

Beauty may be only skin deep, but for scientists working at the scale of single molecules, it can go deeper still. A joint research team from UC Davis and Peking University has shown for the first time how the active ingredient in cosmetic treatments such as facial peels function at the molecular level to produce […]

The UC Davis men’s soccer team has had a fantastic stretch away from home, coming away with four tied games against Cal State Bakersfield, Air Force, Denver and San Francisco.  The Aggies, who have continually displayed remarkable athleticism on both sides of the field, hold a record of 1-0-4. Last Monday, the men’s soccer team […]

There is a reason the word “television” carries more weight today than “movies,”  and AMC’s “Breaking Bad” has played no small part in it. It may be true that the trend for well-written, inventive cable dramas started long before Walter White’s journey from cancer-ridden schoolteacher to psychotic drug lord widened the scope of the small screen. […]

International House, also known as I-House, in downtown Davis is holding a panel titled “Middle East Politics and Abrahamic Religions.” The panel, free and open to the public, is scheduled to take place Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. The event will feature three panelists: Zeev Maoz, UC Davis professor of political science, Nasser Elias Al-Khoury, instructor […]

The UC Davis Center for Health and the Environment is an integral center for medical research at UC Davis. Each scientist brings a unique and essential perspective to their research focus. One such individual is Ben Davis, a researcher at the UC Davis Center for Health and the Environment. Ben’s research focuses on finding a […]

On the morning of Sept. 7, volunteers looking for 19-year-old UC Davis student Linnea Lomax discovered a decomposing body near the banks of the American River near Sacramento State. Hours later, it was confirmed the body was Lomax’s. Lomax went missing on June 26 after leaving an outpatient treatment facility. She had previously spent 12 […]