To celebrate cultural diversity, The International House Davis, also known as the I-House, will be hosting the third annual International Festival Davis (IFD) on Oct. 12 in association with The Culture C.O.-O.P., UC Davis and the City of Davis. Nearly 30 countries will be represented in order to share a deeper understanding of their world […]

Among college students, the Bill of Rights has found its place in popular culture — like Second Amendment puns about arming bears and memorizations of the Miranda rights from countless episodes of crime TV shows. But this October, the First Amendment should be the one on everyone’s lips: the right to free speech. If any […]

Breasts. They’re pretty important. Do you know why? If Sports Illustrated comes to mind, you may need to rethink how you view these masses of adipose tissue. Don’t worry — you aren’t the only hominid to have forgotten that mammals (with our root meaning breast; see: mammogram) evolved to use the organs on our chests. […]

The recently released annual “Clery Report” showed a general reduction in criminal activity on the UC Davis campus from 2011-12. Some of the most notable reductions were a decrease in forcible sex offenses and a significant decrease in the number of burglaries that occurred in 2012 — two of the most common crimes on campus. […]

Forget me not. The impact of Alzheimer’s disease continues to grow. Fortunately, a recent Medicare-sponsored study conducted at UCLA offers some promise of earlier detection and better outcomes for Alzheimer’s patients. Dr. Daniel H. Silverman, the lead investigator of the study, a clinical professor and the head of the Neuronuclear Imaging Section of the Ahmanson […]

Question: “If I live in a private residence and park there with a private permit, does TAPS have the authority to ticket me for parking?” Answer: Law enforcement agencies have limited jurisdiction. Sometimes the restrictions on jurisdiction are legal: The FBI enforces only federal laws, not state laws, for example. Sometimes the restrictions are territorial: […]

Full Steam Ahead I’ve spent quite a bit of time writing about the impending release of the PlayStation 4 and Xbox One this holiday season, but now we have yet another upcoming platform to discuss: the Steam Machine. Video game company Valve made headlines a couple of weeks ago when it revealed the Steam Machines, […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. University of Montana Records: Aggies, 2-4 (2-0); Grizzlies, 4-1 (1-1) Where: Aggie Stadium — Davis, Calif. When: Saturday, Oct. 12 at 4 p.m. Who to watch? The Aggies finally have the ball rolling after pocketing their second win of the season Oct. 5 against Southern Utah University (SUU), 21-3. UC Davis, […]

While browsing my Facebook mini-feed on a typical day, I stumbled upon an article titled, “Foods that will fight the Fukushima Radiation.” I asked myself, what radiation am I supposed to be fighting? Clicking on the link, I was reminded of the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant meltdown in Japan in 2011. But this was […]

WEDNESDAY 10/2 Breaking news Someone on John Jones Road called the police saying she needed to put a password lock on her phone. Life in the fast lane A male transient was sleeping on the north side of the freeway on Olive Drive and Interstate 80. THURSDAY 10/3 Finders key-pers Someone reported that a vehicle […]

As of July 1, UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) increased prices for all monthly parking permits — except for the L and DSA (Disabled) permits — by $2 and increased daily parking prices from $7 to $8. The L permits are available to all UC Davis faculty, staff and students living off campus […]

In 1996, Congress passed the “Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act,” which forbid a state to confer a benefit to an individual who was not in the United States legally, unless the state acted to affirmatively do so. In other words, Congress told individual states that they had to pass their own laws in […]