Monthly Archives - February 2013
February 2013 Archives
Aggies put up 22 runs against San Jose State
BaseballFebruary 25, 2013
After a beat-down of San Jose State on Tuesday, the Aggies dropped two straight games to Utah on Friday and Saturday. UC Davis only needed eight innings to put up a season-high 22 runs on 23 hits Tuesday against the Spartans. However, its pitching struggled in the late innings to secure wins against Utah. The […]
Mancasola makes it happen against Northern Colorado
Men's BasketballFebruary 25, 2013
On Wednesday, UC Davis headed south for a matchup against the Big West Conference’s number one team, Long Beach State. If the 49ers were expecting to blow another team out at home, they were sorely mistaken. The Aggies took the court without their three-point connoisseur, junior Ryan Sypkens. Luckily, sophomore Corey Hawkins decided it would […]
News in Brief: Search warrant leads to five arrests
City NewsFebruary 25, 2013
On Thursday at 10 p.m., Davis Police and the Yolo County Narcotics Enforcement Team served a search warrant at the 800 block of B Street. Two people associated with the house with the search warrant fled in their vehicle, not before attempting to run down an officer who was trying to detain them. Davis Police […]
News in Brief: We Are Aggie Pride hosts events throughout the week
Campus NewsFebruary 25, 2013
We Are Aggie Pride, a student-run philanthropy program that aims to collect emergency funds for UC Davis students in need, is hosting a series of events this week through Thursday. The program is currently in its second year and is the first student-run organization of its kind on the West Coast. This week’s events will […]
Column: Shelling ghosts
OpinionFebruary 25, 2013
Geekly Weekly “Ghost in the Shell: Stand Alone Complex,” or “GitS: SAC” for short, is an animated television show that gives an unparalleled attention of detail to human consciousness on a medium that is not made up of gray matter. Whereas conscious machines — machines that think like humans — have been a topic of […]

ASUCD preliminary election results announced
ASUCDFebruary 22, 2013
Results from the ASUCD Winter Election were announced today, with NOW candidates Carly Sandstrom and Bradley Bottoms voted to become the next president and vice president. “[I feel] fantastic. All the work paid off. It was a great campaign. Everyone — from all slates — worked their butts off,” Sandstrom said. Out of all UC […]
Beauty & the beast: Breaking out
UncategorizedFebruary 22, 2013
I don’t even care that I completely failed my midterm. No crying over spilt milk, right? I had no care in the world besides when the J-line would pick me up from the Silo, so I could celebrate. After that and a good night’s sleep, I woke up, ready to head back home for the […]
Reconfiguration considered for Davis schools
City NewsFebruary 21, 2013
Over the several upcoming months, the Davis District Board of Education will look over reconfiguration options for the Davis Joint Unified School District’s (DJUSD) elementary schools, junior high schools and senior high schools. This may be up for discussion as early as March. The current system in the Davis District consists of kindergarten to sixth […]
South Korean talent comes to Hollywood
Arts & CultureFebruary 21, 2013
The past two years have shown a peak in a distressingly mundane Hollywood trend: nine out of the 10 top-grossing films in each year were either sequels, prequels or remakes. Of the two films that did not fall into those categories, one was a surefire-success book adaptation (The Hunger Games) and the other a bastardized […]
The Aggie Arcade
Arts & CultureFebruary 21, 2013
Game of the week Metal Gear Solid fans and action aficionados alike have something to look forward to this week with the release of Metal Gear Rising: Revengeance. The latest title from developer Platinum Games features the company’s trademark enthusiasm for all things over-the-top, albeit in a far more familiar setting. Revengeance takes place four […]
Experimental theater lab: ‘Change(d)’
Arts & CultureFebruary 21, 2013
Created by the Department of Theatre and Dance, the experimental theater lab showcases the creative ingenuity of Davis students. This spring, Sarah Salem, a third-year dramatic arts major, and Duskin Drum, a PhD student in performance studies, have co-opted a new experience titled Change(d). Salem and Drum created the idea for the production while living […]
Column: Watts Legal?
OpinionFebruary 21, 2013
Q: I work in food and agriculture. We’ve got a bunch of milk crates that say, “$1,500 fine, imprisonment, or both for unauthorized possession or use — Penal Code sec. 496, 565, 566.” Can they really put me in jail for taking one of these home and using it to store DVDs? We have a […]
