It’s that time of year. You’re scrambling on gift ideas for your family before finals hit. You’ve settled on buying some nice UC Davis mugs, T-shirts and sweatshirts for the parents and cousins. Soon, you’ll be getting hosed by one of the best — and worst — strategies this university has cooked up. Combine terrible […]

What is a hippie? A hippie was a member of the 1960s counterculture movement, characterized as a rejection of the 1950s ideals of middle class lifestyle. At its core, the hippie movement was about breaking away from the norms of society and experimenting with ideas to create social change for a better existence. From the […]

I tend to romanticize problems. It explains a lot about my childhood. Like most Harry Potter fans I aspired to be an orphan. In first grade I met my best friend by tragically recounting a fantasy in which both my parents had died horribly in a car accident. We hit it off when she exclaimed […]

How many of us have the courage to speak our minds at the risk of offending others? For example, if we cannot understand a professor due to a thick accent or mumbling, would we go to the professor after class and say so? If we lack the courage to stand up for ourselves, others will […]

Freeborn Hall, an on-campus lecture hall and event venue, is to be renovated due to necessary seismic updates. The hall is in critical condition and renovations need to be done as soon as possible. It is likely to close down for renovations in summer 2014. “After being looked at again this summer, it was decided […]

If you have walked past the Silo or Memorial Union (MU) over the past couple days between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., you may have spotted groups of students writing on a large blackboard. In an effort to connect with the UC Davis student population, the Experimental College is holding their “I Wish I Was […]

The Davis City Employees Association (DCEA) hasn’t received a salary raise since 2009, and simultaneously rejected retirement and healthcare cuts proposed by the City of Davis. During the Nov. 19 Davis City Council meeting, the City of Davis voted for the second time in two years to pass on the issue. As a result, the […]

The Aggie Public Arts Committee (APAC) was established in 2010 as a subcommittee of ASUCD. Since then, they have been involved in various activities on campus. “When I joined two years ago, the big project was to repaint the bike circles,” said Rachel Du, a fourth-year international relations and comparative literature double major who also […]

On Nov. 19, the Davis City Council discussed the Mace 391 farmland. The property is located on the Westside of County Road 104, east of Mace Boulevard, north of Interstate 80. Members of the council had to decide whether or not they should maintain the original preservation agreement for this land or if they should […]

This time of year is called the holiday season for a reason. For certain groups, the theme this year has been breaking regional and cultural divides to celebrate together and learn new things. One of the biggest examples of this was the partnering of the Indian Student Association (ISA) and Aggies for Israel (AFI) on […]

Best of 2013 This is the final edition of the Aggie Arcade for 2013, which means it’s time to go back and look at the year’s best games. Although the release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One dominated headlines in November, the whole year was successful thanks to these top-notch games. 5) Tearaway The […]

Supercomputers and Humanoids With the help of quantum mechanics and supercomputers, scientists are now able to create new materials without having to run experiments first. Materials science allows engineers to turn matter into new and useful forms. Researchers working at the California Institute of Technology and five other institutions plan to use supercomputers to study […]