Monthly Archives - March 2013
March 2013 Archives
Senate briefs
ASUCDMarch 11, 2013
ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the March 7 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Meeting adjourned at 7:10 p.m. to support the school […]
The Ethical Hedonist: The Better Butter Battle
UncategorizedMarch 7, 2013
Every week, my housemates and I endeavor to comfortably seat 14 people across four couches in our living room for as long as it takes us to discuss the week’s affairs. Meetings can involve anything from divvying up chores to planning camping trips to discussing why your shampoo seems to be magically disappearing between uses. […]
News in Brief: Voters approve Measure I
City NewsMarch 7, 2013
On Tuesday, the last batch of Davis voters cast their votes for Measure I, also known as the Woodland-Davis Clean Water Agency surface water project. According to the Yolo County Elections Office website, Measure I received 8,014 “yes” votes, or 54.1 percent of the 14,832 total votes, and 6,802 “no” votes, or 45.9 percent of […]
Men’s Basketball Preview
Men's BasketballMarch 7, 2013
Teams: UC Davis vs. Long Beach State; vs. UC Irvine Records: Aggies,14-14, (9-7); 49ers, 17-11, (13-3); Anteaters, 17-13, (10-6) Where: The Pavilion — Davis, Calif. When: Thursday at 8 p.m.; Saturday at 7 p.m. Who to watch: With all the fanfare surrounding this week’s ESPN2 game it is hard to pick just one player to […]

News in Brief: Free egghead mini-concerts
Arts & CultureMarch 7, 2013
From March 15 to March 17, the second-oldest symphony orchestra in the United States, the St. Louis Symphony, will put on two free events in a three-day symphony extravaganza at multiple locations on campus. These locations include each one of the egghead sculptures. The first appearance will be on March 15, starting at 2 p.m. […]
Campus Judicial Report
Campus NewsMarch 7, 2013
Ignorance isn’t bliss An international student in an upper-division course was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for copying answers verbatim on two different homework assignments. When the student met with a judicial officer, he admitted to copying the homework answers from the internet but that he was not aware it was wrong to do. […]
Column: Sex work
OpinionMarch 7, 2013
Sex & Society Prostitution –– it’s been coined as the world’s oldest profession, but is also one of the most stigmatized, especially in the U.S. Sex work is, for the most part, illegal in the United States. The only exception is Nevada, where prostitution is only legal within licensed brothels located in specific rural areas […]
Column: Hippie baloney
OpinionMarch 7, 2013
The Anarchist Beside the confused way of thinking and speaking that is imposed upon us by capitalist information control, there persists the general problem of self-imposed confusion. That is to say, capitalist firms are to blame for poisoning the public mind to a large degree, but the public is guilty of poisoning itself as well. […]
News in Brief: Men’s Basketball game to be televised on ESPN2 tonight
SportsMarch 7, 2013
The UC Davis men’s basketball team will host Long Beach State, the top team in the Big West Conference, today. The Aggies are 14-14 overall with a 9-7 conference record while the 49ers are 13-3 in conference and 17-11 this season. On paper this looks like a regular David vs. Goliath matchup, but not so […]
The Aggie Arcade
Arts & CultureMarch 7, 2013
Game of the week Lara Croft makes her return to the gaming world this week with developer Crystal Dynamics’ series reboot, Tomb Raider. This latest installment, an origin story, concerns itself less with raiding tombs and instead focuses on the physical and psychological maturation of the famed female protagonist. The shift in tone manifests in […]
Women’s Basketball Preview
SportsMarch 7, 2013
Teams: UC Davis vs. Pacific Records: Aggies, 12-16 (7-10); Tigers, 23-6 (13-4) Where: The Pavilion — Davis, Calif. When: Saturday at 4:30 p.m. Who to Watch: Freshmen often struggle to get accustomed to the rigors of college. This sentiment holds true in sports as well. Most freshman athletes are not accustomed to the faster, taller […]
Law students assess policies, progress since pepper spraying
Campus NewsMarch 7, 2013
The National Lawyers Guild (NLG), a student group at the UC Davis School of Law, held a meeting Monday at King Hall to update students on the progress of actions following the Nov. 18 pepper spray incident. “We’re working with the ACLU [American Civil Liberties Union] to ensure that students have a voice in the […]
