Abby Saavedra, first year psychology major Spotted at the Silo The Aggie: What are you wearing? Saavedra: “I’m wearing an olive green thermal, a thrifted faux-leather vest from Goodwill, vintage shorts that I cut myself and Cathy Jean boots.” How did you decide what to wear today? “I picked the vest and just threw stuff […]

The holidays change people. College students finish finals, pack their bags, bid friends farewell and head out of town. Whether they are on vacation or simply relaxing at home, the vast majority will gain weight. This phenomenon is aptly dubbed “winter weight,” and with an average gain of two to three pounds among college students, […]

Moving through time is like walking backwards, viewing the past while the future flows over your shoulders. “Facing the future” is a misnomer –– just one of many things Robert Pirsig pointed out in his book, “Zen and the Art of Motorcycle Maintenance.” Thoughts about the future come only from inferences we make about the […]

Mathnasium, located at 618 Fourth St., opened December 2012 in Davis. Rene Tsang, the center director of Mathnasium, works with his daughter Rebekah to help students learn and understand mathematics. Currently, three UC Davis students work there as tutors. The Aggie sat down and talked with both Rene and Rebekah about the goals of Mathnasium […]

For the longest while after my older brother died, I kept spilling all the weed. I would sneeze all over ground-up piles; I would accidentally blow out packed bowls, thinking they needed to be cleaned out; sometimes I would manage to completely lose what others had spent hours rolling. Everyone thought this little string of […]

ESPN did a study, recently, to see which sport was the “toughest.” After a group of sports scientists ranked a variety of skills necessary for each sport, the results showed that hockey was the second-toughest sport, only to boxing. With a sport as physically demanding as hockey, who wouldn’t want to see a group of […]

“I wrote about a bad review about my living situation, and [my landlord] wasn’t happy about it. He tried to sue me.” Victoria Cao, third-year natural sciences major “I got frostbite when I went skiing.” Connor Bry, second-year biology major “Two of my dogs and my brother got attacked by two pit bulls.” Sara Hutton, […]

Lets face it — gun control is useless. Woah woah, hold your horses, you say. We need gun control laws to prevent all of the recent gun-related tragedies of late from happening again. Well, I agree with half of that statement, but the individuals who are proposing more stringent gun laws are forgetting the most […]

Education Abroad Center’s (EAC) 2013 Summer Abroad enrollments begin today. Over 40 programs, taught by UC Davis faculty, are available for undergraduate students and alumni who have completed over 15 units and are in good academic and disciplinary standing. Participants will earn eight units during the span of the program. 2013 programs are available in […]

The tragedy of Newtown, Connecticut has been pervasive in recent media, and Adam Lanza is becoming a household name. In all the coverage, there seems to be one question on everyone’s lips: Why? News reporters seem to have scrambled for answers, featuring experts and using eyewitness testimonies of “warning signs.” Even more people are asking […]

The Davis Chamber of Commerce will host its 108th annual Installation Gala dinner on Jan. 18 at UC Davis’ Freeborn Hall. The theme is “Modern-Day USO” and is black-tie optional. Starting at 6 p.m., there will be no-host cocktails, followed by the dinner and program at 7 p.m. Dancing to live music will commence at […]

Financially fit I’m a quarter late and a quarter short, but here I am with my generic introductory column. Hey, if you read my columns last quarter you were probably wondering where this awkward smiling Asian guy with lazy eyes showed up from and why he was so darn mad at technology/the world. Hell, who […]