Picture this: It’s a balmy fall evening, you’re out with your friends enjoying all of the pleasantries the Wednesday evening Farmers Market has to offer — maybe an elderly folk band playing for a troupe of squealing children, a bottle of irresistible fresh icy apple juice or a naanwich. Food and company aside, what is […]

If you’ve ever been convinced to smoke hookah — or anything else for that matter  — because someone told you it was completely safe, you aren’t alone (but you’ve been lied to). Are smoking alternatives as safe as people think? UC Davis pulmonary physicians recently published a study concluding these replacements can be addictive gateways to […]

Air pollution more harmful than cigarettes Air pollution is more carcinogenic than second-hand cigarette and cigar smoke according to the International Agency for Research on Cancer. Transportation, industrial and agricultural emissions produce particulate matter that has contributed to increased rates of lung cancer. Oarfish Gone Wild Giant Oarfish found off the California coastline raise many […]

The Bike Barn recently incurred losses that contributed to the $128,000 deficit uncovered by the ASUCD Senate earlier this year. ASUCD’s net operating losses were $118,407 last year. The Bike Barn lost $141,173. These losses can be attributed to accounting discrepancies and investment decisions. “The deficit is definitely not just the Bike Barn’s fault. We […]

On Oct. 16, former UC Davis Police Lieutenant John Pike was granted a workers’ compensation settlement of  $38,059 from UC Davis. Pike was placed on an eight month paid administrative leave after pepper spraying a group of protesters at an Occupy UC Davis encampment on Nov. 18, 2011. According to The Davis Enterprise, Pike left […]

The Creative Writing Program within the UC Davis English Department named Lucy Corin its new program director after Pam Houston, who built up the program for over a decade, stepped down from her directorship after Spring Quarter 2013. After returning from her year-long residency in Rome as the 2012 John Guare Fellow at the American […]

TUESDAY Oct. 15 She-wolf in disguise Someone called to say her friend had blood all over her shirt and was looking at the moon on Fifth Street. WEDNESDAY Oct. 16 Call off the dogs Someone on La Playa Drive threatened to harm a woman and her housekeeper because of the woman’s barking dog. THURSDAY Oct. […]

Vegan leather? Edible clothing? This sounds like science fiction, but Davis resident Sacha Laurin is making this a reality. Laurin, a cheesemaker, has created a kind of fabric from kombucha, a green tea fermented with a culture of bacteria and yeast. The fabric is durable and its texture is comparable to leather. “It’s a sustainable, […]

Funding for the Elections Committee (EC) during the 2013-14 budget period has been cut to $3,500 as opposed to the $6,000 budget from previous years. The EC is currently preparing for the November senatorial election. ASUCD Budget Controller Eric Evans said that some of the money that previously went to the Elections Committee has been […]

ASUCD Senate is performing maintenance on last quarter’s bills and hoping to dive back into writing legislation. Several roadblocks have slowed down Senate progress, resulting in only four enacted bills of the five that have reached decision. According to ASUCD senators, this quarter has started off slower than usual. “We had a bunch of really […]

FILM Yolo Film Society screening: Lost In Translation Sunday, Oct. 27, 7:30 p.m., $2 recommended donation Yolo Pleasure Dome, 1401 Pole Line Road The Yolo Film Society will be playing Sofia Coppola’s second feature film, Lost in Translation. Starring Scarlett Johansson as an aimless college grad and Bill Murray as an unhappy movie star, the […]

The Immigration Law Association and UC Davis School of Law held a conference on Oct. 11 called “Immigration Reform: What Next?” where two UC Davis students with personal experience in the matter were featured speakers. Earlier this month, Gov. Jerry Brown signed several bills that provide support to undocumented individuals in California. Accompanying this legislation […]