On Dec. 10, Jeff Tweedy of the bands Wilco and Uncle Tupelo presented his solo concert at the Mondavi Center with Scott McCaughey of the band The Young Fresh Fellows as his opener. I’d like to inform you that I attended this concert knowing almost nothing about Tweedy’s music besides a few of his popular […]

National elections in Honduras were held on Nov. 24, 2013. I went with a delegation from the National Lawyers Guild invited by the government. In 2009, a military coup kicked out the president and took over the country with a fraudulent election. Unfortunately the same ruling party of the coup has now also stolen this […]

Basic chemistry is the undisputable right of passage for each young science major at the University of California. In what is effectively a three-quarter crash course on all things chemistry-related, the UC Davis Chemistry 2 series serves as an introduction to basic chemical intuition; the series tests the wit and persistence of many young science […]

On Dec. 6 at 7 p.m., the a cappella community of UC Davis will come together for the annual Alotta Cappella show. Alotta Cappella is an a cappella showcase hosted by the undergraduate a cappella group, the Liquid Hotplates. This year, the show will take place in Freeborn Hall. The Liquid Hotplates host the event […]

Sutter Davis Hospital received the 2013 Malcolm Baldridge National Quality Award, the nation’s highest Presidential honor that recognizes performance excellence in quality improvement, workforce, operations and leadership. “Sutter Davis Hospital has been on this quality journey for five years to improve and sustain our performance in seven categories: leadership, strategic planning, customer focus, measurement, analysis […]

Guitar Pioneers  Guitar is a magically dynamic instrument. To some, learning it seems impossible. I am one of those folk. I just don’t get how people can move their fingers so intricately and play so fast. Some quick history: stringed instruments (known as chordophones) have been around for over 3,000 years, but the instrument officially […]

The 2013 football season elicited a great deal of change for the Aggies (5-7, 5-2 Big Sky). There was the hiring of new head coach Ron Gould and the innovative program that came with him. But the change that generated the majority of the Aggies’ offensive success had just walked on to the UC Davis […]

As one of the UC Davis women’s soccer team’s three captains, senior midfielder Ashley Edwards earned first team accolade and received All-Big West recognition, on her way to concluding her impressive career at UC Davis. Edwards has improved steadily every season and has saved the best for last, posting consistently high stats this season. Edwards […]

Coming into the 2013 cross country season, senior Alycia Cridebring had lofty goals for her final year at UC Davis after scoring an All-Big West Conference team nod in 2012. Cridebring, despite battling an injury, led the Aggies to a second-place finish at the Big West Championships and a seventh-place finish at the NCAA West […]

The women’s golf team began the the 2013 season as four-time defending Big West champions, so expectations and the pressure to succeed were high as soon as the year kicked off. The team responded impressively and have put together an exceptional fall season. Three top-five team finishes showcased the team’s talent during the quarter, along […]

The Aggies came up just short of their ultimate goal this season, winning the NCAA Men’s Soccer Championships. However, with multiple highs and lows this year, they persevered and still fought their way into the Big West semifinals, deservedly earning the title of Men’s Team of the Quarter. The biggest upset for the team this […]

I’m still trying to understand everything. Well, almost everything. Not sweatpants. I completely understand sweatpants. My goal in this quarter’s worth of columns was to explore some random and commonly unthought-of things in life and that’s exactly what I did. However, even though this column marks the end for this quarter, I still find myself […]