Teams: UC Davis at Montana State Records: Aggies, 3-5 (3-1); Bobcats, 5-2 (3-0) Where: Bobcat Stadium — Bozeman, Mont. When: Saturday, Oct. 26 at 2:05 pm Who to watch? After a disappointing loss on Homecoming, the Aggies got back on the road with a vengeance and took it out on the University of Northern Colorado […]

As the college basketball season creeps closer to tipoff, the hype surrounding UC Davis men’s basketball team — specifically junior shooting guard Corey Hawkins — grows louder. So what’s up with the hype? Is it justified? Averaging 20.3 points per game along with 5.6 rebounds and 3.3 assists last season, the high praise which Hawkins […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Sacramento State Records: Aggies 6-7-1 (2-3-0); Hornets 2-8-3 (0-5-0) Where: Aggie Soccer Field — Davis, Calif. When: Saturday, Oct. 26 at 3 p.m. Who to Watch: Fifty-seven seconds left on the clock and UC Davis can taste victory. With a 2-1 lead, all the Aggies have to do is hold off […]

In many lower division classes, we are asked not to take the facts we have learned and apply them to a new situation, but only to regurgitate memorized information. We are not asked to analyze the strengths and weaknesses of opposing theories, but only to know them. Our education often does not teach or ask […]

Until last week, I had never felt threatened by technology. It all changed when I stumbled upon a WIRED magazine article, titled “Can an Algorithm Write a Better News Story than a Human Reporter?” I really hoped the answer was no, but the report made a convincing case for yes. The article investigated Narrative Science, […]

Viewing the world through the lens of street performance is a spectacular thing. It gives you the unique opportunity to completely submerge yourself in a culture, while paradoxically remaining on the outside of it — a participant, and yet an unbiased observer. This is especially true when playing in a new place. At 16, my […]

They say the easiest way to scare a guy is to whisper the word tampon into his ear. We’re all just a huge caricature of a flame-breathing dragon on our ceremonial week of menstruation; prone to biting your head off if we’re pissed. Why are people so scared of us when the image of femininity […]

Quick, name one thing John Adams did that changed the course of the United States forever. If you said the Midnight Appointments, congratulations! You studied way too hard for the AP US History exam. You also happen to be correct. When Adams appointed John Marshall to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court, he […]

For the past few years, the Davis Fire Department (DFD) has been in a major state of flux. Their staff has been cut from 45 firefighters to 36, their call volume has more than doubled and their management has shifted from one interim fire chief to another. Such issues have forced the firefighters to pick […]

As the six-week campaign known as Promise for Education draws to an end, there have been mixed reviews regarding the effectiveness of the program. Promise for Education is an attempt to raise money for UC scholarship funds. The program is a crowd-sourced fundraiser which allows people to pledge a promise of their choice if their […]

The autumnal equinox has passed. The sun has moved below the celestial equator in its journey along the ecliptic, the plane in our sky on which our solar system lies. Venus, the evening star, is easily visible from now until the beginning of next year. You might have already seen it beaming mightily around dusk […]

Caffeine, late nights and lack of sleep are just a few ways to describe the life of a typical teenager. Fortunately, a recent teen sleep study conducted at the Golden Bear Sleep and Mood Research Clinic at UC Berkeley aims to help address this problem. Allison Harvey, a psychology professor and the main investigator of […]