I think the Mondavi Center is one of the most beautiful buildings on campus. I love that it exists specifically as a venue for people to share their passion, whether that is dancing, music, singing or some other art form. Lately I realized that I have my own mini-Mondavi right in my apartment. I call […]

Applications to UC Davis increased by 11.4 percent compared to last year. The University received a total of 69,642 applicants for the class of 2017, as opposed to last year’s 62,515. Of this group, 22,008 applicants received acceptance letters, creating an admit rate of 39.4 percent. Of the applicants admitted, 5,065 are out-of-state residents and […]

Vini Wine Bar has dedicated one of its walls to the achievements of the late Harold Olmo, a highly recognized viticulturist and UC Davis professor for 46 years. Jeff Day, owner of Vini, said that the culmination of the wall in his wine bar began when he met the late Olmo’s daughter, Jeanne-Marie Olmo. Jeanne-Marie […]

Oh, French fries. How we covet thy golden deliciousness. Long has your oily crunch satisfied the insatiable lust of the hungover or the hungry. When there are faces to be fed or feelings to be drowned, there’s nothing quite like a handful of fatty, fried, criss-cut or curly tubers to fill the void. Luckily, downtown […]

The Problem: Music is expensive. Let’s face it, everything is expensive. But when subsisting on a diet of ramen noodles and free pizza from that club you have no intention of joining, spending money on something like a new album just seems out of the question. For a while, there seemed to be a myriad […]

Each year, May brings us spring flowers, Whole Earth, Mother’s Day — and lots of self-love. National Masturbation Month was created by the San Francisco-based sex shop Good Vibrations, but their goal wasn’t merely to boost vibrator sales. In 1994, U.S. Surgeon General Joycelyn Elders attended a United Nations AIDS conference, where she suggested that […]

We as Student Assistants at Health Education and Promotion (HEP) at Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS) would like to address some of the concerns presented in the May 2 guest opinion piece regarding Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) testing accessibility and the climate of sex positivity on campus. Firstly, we would like to say that […]

The UC Davis women’s golf team entered the NCAA Central Regional round at the University of Oklahoma as the sixth highest-ranked team in the field. The Aggies played to their seed, placing sixth at the Jimmie Austin OU Golf Club. Seeing that the top eight teams advance to the NCAA Finals, UC Davis grabbed a […]

After an up and down season, the UC Davis softball team successfully finished on a high note as they swept Cal Poly this weekend. With two games on Friday and one Saturday, the girls were firing on all cylinders both offensively and defensively. The Aggies started game one strong, with four quick first inning runs […]

The UC Board of Regents is scheduled to meet at the Sacramento Convention Center tomorrow at 8:30 a.m. The meeting will continue to Thursday, beginning at 8:30 a.m. as well. The meeting agenda includes discussion of Department of Energy Laboratories, the 2013-14 budget, academic performance indicators at UC and a special report on the […]

The Sutter Davis Hospital Farmers Market will be reopening this Thursday. The market will continue to be at the hospital entrance every Thursday from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m. until August 29. Opening day will feature cooking demos and tastings, a visit by Dinger and Sacramento River Cats players and giveaways. This will be the […]

Mayor Joe Krovoza and Mayor Pro Tem Dan Wolk announced on May 10 that they will both be running for State Assembly in June 2014, as current Assemblymember Mariko Yamada will term out next year. Yamada, D-Davis, represents the Fourth District, which includes Colusa, Napa, Lake, Yolo and parts of Solano and Sonoma Counties. Lake […]