Thumbtack.com, in partnership with the Kauffman Foundation, released results from their second annual Small Business Friendliness Survey, and California was rated with a D grade, an improvement from last year’s F grade. Based in San Francisco, Thumbtack.com operates as an online marketplace for local service providers. According to its 2013 study, the Bay Area was […]

Editor’s note: This article is part two in a series on graphene. Part 1 was published April 18, 2013. When we last spoke about emergent technologies and their human side effects, we explored how nuances in advancement could affect the individual. Applied electric fields could theoretically manipulate systems of the very small: cells. However, increased […]

Teams: UC Davis vs UC Santa Barbara Records: Aggies, 19-34 (5-19); Gauchos, 31-22 (14-10) Where: Dobbins Stadium — Davis, Calif. When: May 23 at 2:30 p.m.; May 24 at 2:30 p.m.; May 25 at 1 p.m. Who to watch? Coming off their final road games of the season, the Aggies are stinging from the sweep […]

CD: Random Access Memories Artist: Daft Punk RATING: 4.5/5 FOR FANS OF: Chic, Kool & The Gang, Saturday Night Fever CHECK THESE TRACKS: “Fragments of Time,” “Get Lucky,” “Contact” Hype can be a painful thing. Daft Punk’s new album, Random Access Memories, was hyped up as though it were the “Second Coming of Music.” The […]

Elena Piotter may appear to be just another first-year international relations major, but if you look closely, you can notice one noteworthy feature about her, and it happens to be her feet. Piotter lives her life without the comforts and benefits of shoes, and she does not regret it in the slightest. “To be completely […]

In mid-February, class of 2011 alumnus Ian James Walters uploaded a vocal rendition of “I Dreamed a Dream” (from the musical Les Miserables) to the popular video-hosting website YouTube. Despite having to contend with a near-infinite sea of covers, karaokes and lip-syncs, this modest four-minute cover quickly racked up a 1 million-view count, attracting the […]

SUNDAY May 19 What in carnation … Someone wanted the police to know that a flowerpot had been removed from their home on La Coruno Street and smashed two doors down, but did not want to file a report. Brohemian A guy in a grey tank top, grey shorts, black knee-high socks and black shoes […]

Beginning July 1, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) will implement rate increases on all monthly permits, with the exception of the “L” permit. The daily visitor rate will increase from $7 to $8, according to a TAPS news release. “The 2013-14 rate increases are necessary in order to offset reduced revenues from permit sales over […]

Do you find yourself perpetually losing your keys and getting locked out of your house or apartment? It’s even more troublesome when your roommates are gone for the weekend and there is no one to let you in. You could spend the night making calls, or you could invest in a more convenient way to […]

FILM 13th Annual UC Davis Film Festival Thursday, May 23, 8:30 p.m., $7 per night The Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St. Student films selected by UC Davis faculty will be featured on the big screen during the second night of the annual festival. The short films include a broad range of subjects, styles and genres […]

Once again, the 17th-ranked UC Davis women’s golf team has established their dominance out on the course, qualifying for the NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. after finishing sixth at the NCAA Central Regionals. From top to bottom, this roster of eight has demonstrated what it takes to be one of the top-ranked teams in the […]

Editor’s note: For an opposing opinion on this issue, see BRIAN MOEN’s column “Tea Party whiners.”  Recently, it was discovered that the IRS has been targeting conservative groups by arbitrarily delaying their application for tax-exemption because of their policy viewpoints. This is obviously unacceptable, as even President Obama will admit. But I think this raises […]