Yearly Archives - 2012
2012 Archives
Thirsty (for knowledge) Thursday
Campus NewsMay 10, 2012
Find Your Center For those of us who haven’t lived in the dorms for a while, it can be tough to remember what resources are available for us as students on campus. (Here’s a hint to first-year students and transfer students in the dorms: Take advantage of your dorm programming!) That said, the opening of […]
ASUCD senators to discuss $11.8 million Association budget this weekend
Campus NewsMay 10, 2012
This weekend, the Associated Students of UC Davis (ASUCD) budget hearings will be held to determine the funding of each ASUCD unit for the next fiscal year, which begins July 1. From Friday through Sunday, ASUCD officials will discuss and vote on how best to distribute their budget among each of the 24 ASUCD units. […]
Arts Week
Arts & CultureMay 10, 2012
MUSIC ASUCD EC presents: TIPPER // KRADDY // JOE DADDY Tomorrow at 8 p.m. Freeborn Hall, $16 (general)/$12 (student) Entertainment Council brings TIPPER, a prodigy of electronic music tracing back to the UK rave scene of the late 90’s, and KRADDY, an LA based electronic music artist who brings the sound of underground to new […]
Movie review: Dark Shadows
Arts & CultureMay 10, 2012
In Review: Dark Shadows 3 out of 5 stars Run time: 113 minutes Rated PG-13 Opens tomorrow at Regal Davis Stadium 5, 420 G St. In the grand scheme of cinematic vampires, Barnabas Collins is, honestly, kind of a square. He’s too gentlemanly to be scary, like Nosferatu or Dracula. His wardrobe is perpetually 200 […]
SHAWCing Tips: Stress
Campus NewsMay 9, 2012
You probably need no reminder that stress is a commonly cited obstacle to health and wellness. Being stressed is itself an unpleasant feeling, one that can lead to weight gain and a weakened immune system by way of cortisol and other hormones. To manage stress unhealthily is another source of, well, stress.The American Psychological Association […]
Progress Ranch director transitions into retirement
City NewsMay 9, 2012
Progress Ranch, a group home for boys with behavioral problems that make them ineligible for foster care, will be entering its own phase of progression. Its current director, Russell Kusama, will retire at the end of the year. Kusama has been with Progress Ranch since 1978, almost since the organization’s beginning in 1976. Some things, […]
Who’s in that painting?
Science & TechnologyMay 9, 2012
At the University of California, Riverside, three scholars have begun a research project testing – for the first time – the use of facial recognition software to identify unknown subjects of portrait and sculpture art. The project is called FACES (Faces, Art and Computerized Evaluation Systems). Project director and UC Riverside art history professor Conrad […]
Plans begin for Memorial Union remodeling
Campus NewsMay 9, 2012
The Memorial Union (MU) is expected to receive a renovation sometime in the near future with the hopes of bringing new life to the facility. Plans are currently being put forth for the remodeling of the East Wing, which now houses the Post Office, Campus Copies/Classical Notes and the Information Center. The project also includes […]
Column: Five of May
OpinionMay 9, 2012
Cinco de Mayo, or Cinco de Drinko, as it’s lovingly called by some, is an American tradition celebrating our ability to celebrate anything. Together, those two phrases translate to “May I drink five times more than usual?” or something. Last week my friends and I answered that question with an enthusiastic “¡Sí!” I was expecting […]
An end leads to new beginning
Science & TechnologyMay 9, 2012
The annual UC Davis Horse Barn Production Sale is coming up on June 23, and that means it is time for internship students to part ways with the horses they have spent every day with for the last six months. Although the internship is the culmination of the work done by the internship students, it […]
New head baseball coach swings for the fences
BaseballMay 9, 2012
It ended with a “ping.” The sound doesn’t have quite the same flair as the crack of the wooden bats in the Major Leagues, but that didn’t really matter at that moment. The crowd had dwindled as the 11-inning game neared the four-hour mark, but the UC Davis baseball players were focused entirely on the […]
Column: A beauty bias
OpinionMay 9, 2012
Let me start off by saying that I really, really like Beyoncé. I think that she’s incredibly talented and impossibly beautiful and that she carries herself very well. She’s one of the few pop icons out there whose success stands on more than sex appeal. She can actually sing and dance and is a master […]

