Almost all of us have seen the advertisements for paid tutors around campus charging $30 or more per hour. Frequently, those advertisements are missing many of the tear-off contact info strips, indicating interest in their services. However, professors and TAs offer office hours for free. Why, then, do we hire private tutors who know only […]

On Nov. 14 at 5 p.m., a group of UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students will move across campus on stilts as part of a performance entitled “LAKE and The Death Star Migration.” The group of eight stilt walkers will start in front of Wright Hall near the Eggheads, and travel across the Quad to […]

The UC Davis men’s soccer team isn’t finished yet. After shutting out Sacramento State in a highly-fueled rematch on Oct. 9, the Aggies now enter the playoffs with an 8-8-3 overall record. Finishing the regular season with a win has given the team a much needed confidence boost. This year has been a bit of […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Stanford Records: Aggies 0-2 (0-0); Cardinals 1-1 (0-0) Where: Maples Pavilion — Stanford, Calif. When: Sunday, Nov. 17 at 2 p.m. Who to Watch: In a tough loss against former conference rivals Pacific, the Aggies found quite a few bright spots. One of which was the outstanding offensive performance of junior […]

Following the recent appointment of Janet Napolitano as the 20th UC president, a growing number of campus organizations and students involved with AB 540 and immigration-related issues have voiced their concerns. Record numbers of undocumented immigrants were deported during Napolitano’s reign as the Secretary of Homeland Security, and immigration activist students fear that the AB […]

University of California President Janet Napolitano has announced four new initiatives she wants the University to undertake, including a tuition freeze for the 2014-15 academic year and a significant reduction in the University’s energy consumption. At a Board of Regents meeting at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on Wednesday, Napolitano called for a change in the […]

Court proceedings for a Davis woman accused of drowning her five-year-old daughter were halted on Nov. 8 after her attorney declared doubt to her mental competency to stand trial. Yolo County Superior Court judge David Reed suspended Aquelin Crystal Talamantes’ case so she could go through court-appointed psychological evaluation by a mental health professional. According […]

Four days after allowing the Portland Pilots to run up 100 points against them in a road loss, the UC Davis Aggies played suffocating defense and held Holy Names University to 54 points in their first regular-season victory. Noticeably absent from pre-game warmups was junior guard Corey Hawkins, who showed up in an Aggies polo […]

The UC Davis Theatre and Dance Department is set to present Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening under the direction of Granada Artist-in-Residence Stafford Arima. Spring Awakening was originally a play written in late 19th century Germany by dramatist Frank Wedekind. The play covered topics that were controversial at the time including teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, […]

The Pantry’s holiday canned food drive started on Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. 13. This ASUCD unit and student-run organization aims to aid UC Davis students by making sure no one has to miss a meal or go without basic necessities due to financial reasons. As the holidays and finals approach, the costs of […]

“I Heart College” is a brief documentary recently completed by Davis-bred David Johnson. The documentary focuses on informing viewers about college and the reasons to go to college. A couple students and a faculty member from UC Davis are interviewed in it, and there are a number of references to UC Davis. Johnson himself “hearts” […]

MONDAY 11/4 Leaf well enough alone A resident of G Street yelled at a gardener for blowing leaves into her yard and then attempted to hit him in the face. THURSDAY 11/7 Devil’s advocate A woman accused someone’s 15-year-old sister of being possessed by the devil on B Street. Forbidden fruit A woman on G […]