It was during the middle of winter, probably around this time of year. I was in fourth grade and the girl sitting across from me wore a black tank top that said NOTHING TO WEAR in metallic pink. She paired her tank with a short pastel-pink skirt. I was on the other side of this […]

An art festival at the Mondavi Center will explore the act of migration through art, dance and music. Worlds of Discovery and Loss, which runs from Wednesday to Feb. 3, will feature performances from the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra, the Empyrean Ensemble, the Calder Quartet as well as members of the Department of Theatre & […]

Davis Climbing meetings Mondays 7:30 to 9:30 p.m., Tuesdays and Thursdays 9 to 11 p.m. Rocknasium 720 Olive Dr. UC Davis Fencing Club meetings Mondays and Wednesdays 6 to 9 p.m. Upper Hickey Gym Some student organizations throw parties, some study together and others put on dance shows. But there are also groups of students […]

You might not think the marriage of the subprime mortgage crisis in Ireland and the mass exodus of writers and artists from Davis to humanities-friendly locations could have a brain-child, but it has, and she is celebrating her first birthday. This Sunday, the Davis Flea Market will celebrate its one-year anniversary. It was inspired by […]

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton; at UC Riverside Records: Aggies 6-10 (1-4); Titans 7-10 (3-2); Highlanders 9-7 (2-3) Where: Titan Gym — Fullerton, Calif.; SRC Arena — Riverside, Calif. When: Thursday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. Who to watch: Senior Cortney French is a pure shooter. The Aggies’ three point specialist […]

David Simpson is more than your typical English professor here at UC Davis. Before arriving at UC Davis in 1997, Professor Simpson was a faculty member at such prestigious universities as Cambridge, Northwestern and Columbia. He has regularly taught and studied Romanticism and literary theory, as well as published several books. His most recent work, […]

Last week, I explained why capitalist hierarchies are so adept at instilling the ideology of the elite class into the population. There are, as I said, a plethora of reasons for which we should find capitalism intolerable. The fact that it allows the information that shapes the society to be filtered through mechanisms that uphold […]

Game of the week This issue’s game of the week is Ni No Kuni, a Japanese RPG from developer Level-5 and animated film company Studio Ghibli. The premise involves a young boy named Oliver, who soon finds himself in a fantastical world full of deadly creatures and magical spells in an effort to save his […]

“Sample This” film screening Saturday, Jan. 26 Sciences Lecture Hall Doors at 6:30 p.m., film at 7 ASUCD’s Entertainment Council will be hosting a special free screening of the documentary “Sample This” on Saturday with a Q&A with both the director Dan Forrer and writer/producer Bob Burris after the screening. “The story fascinated me from […]

As if writing from a dusty pre-1970s economic textbook, the author [Tristan de Liège] acts as if Occupy never happened and as if Ayn Rand’s ideology has never been challenged. His lack of perspective and curiosity about conflicts within economic theory is truly disappointing, especially in a student paper. Restricting his discussion of monopolies to […]

Last Thursday, Trampled by Turtles, a bluegrass band from Duluth, Minnesota, rocked the halls of The Fillmore in San Francisco. I had the pleasure of witnessing this invigorating show. Never before have I seen a mandolin played so fast. With notable moments such as their songs “Wait So Long” and “Widower’s Heart,” Trampled soothed my […]

As I wait yet another quarter to hear about upcoming shows at The Mondavi Center, Freeborn Hall or the Pavillion, I continue to question whether this job was worth it. I only wanted to be Arts Editor for free tickets, y’all! Just kidding. My god, I’m so kidding. I love this job. Don’t fire me, […]