David Breaux cuts a familiar figure at the corner of Third and C streets, a location he has frequented for almost four years compiling Davis residents’ conceptions of the word “compassion.” On April 28, a collaboration of environmental activists, artists and musicians will join Breaux at “Compassion Corner” to celebrate the construction of an Earthbench […]

Critical Mass Central Park Every last Friday of the month 5:30 p.m. On April 26 at 5:30 p.m., you may see more bikes than usual riding down your street. Don’t be surprised — Critical Mass is back in the city of Davis. Critical Mass is a worldwide bicycling event that takes place on the last […]

Picnic Day is one of the busiest days of the year for campus dining and Unitrans transportation services. According to Darin Schluep, food service director for Associated Students Dining Services, the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) garnered about $28,000 in revenue on Picnic Day — an increase in overall sales of about three percent. During the […]

Our cells have to distinguish between foreign cells and the cells from our own body, but they also have to distinguish between friendly microbes and pathogens that will harm us. A recent study from UC Davis has found that a previously studied protein has much more to offer than we thought. “We have to ignore […]

KDVS needs your help and support more than ever before. The student-run, free-form campus radio station depends on community donations to account for about $60,000, or two-thirds, of its operating budget. The remaining money, which is about $30,000 needed to run the station, comes from the student government. However, ASUCD reduced its support last year, […]

Teams: UC Davis at UC Irvine Records: Aggies, 15-22 (3-9) ; Anteaters, 25-11 (7-5) Where: Cicerone Field — Irvine, Calif. When: Friday at 6:30 p.m.; Saturday at 1 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. Who to Watch: Junior second baseman Steven Patterson has been killing the baseball as of late. In fact, in the game against […]

Consisting of various 5-minute acts, Undergraduate One-Act plays, Main Stage Dance performances and midnight sing-along showings of The Rocky Horror Picture Show, the Edge Performance Festival showcases the performative talents of undergraduate and graduate students alike. The festival runs from April 25 to 28 and May 2 to 5 at Wright Hall and Wyatt Deck. […]

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State Fullerton Records: Aggies, 19-23 (6-9) ; Titans, 21-25 (6-8) Where: La Rue Field — Davis, Calif. When: Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to Watch: The Aggies recently won the weekend series against UC Riverside, with a recent 1-0 shutout victory in the weekend finale […]

When chemistry professor Dr. Carlito Lebrilla took a survey of where his 425 Chemistry students went to high school, he was shocked that 93 percent of the people in his lecture hall answered ‘in California.’ “That is not very international,” Lebrilla said. “If we want our students to know the world better, I think we […]

As I sift through the myriad of magazines lining the back wall of CVS, my hand catches the corner of an askew publication and knocks it to the ground. I pick it up nonchalantly and catch a glimpse of the contents within. To my genuine astonishment, the $6.99 collective of glossy pages is completely filled […]

Two bombs brought the Boston Marathon to a tragic conclusion on April 15. One day later a Reddit user created the subreddit, or forum, called “r/findbostonbombers” in an effort to crowdsource the investigation and identify those responsible for the attack. The subreddit was created to sort through the images from the attack and pass relevant […]

First I want to talk about the air — and not in some mystical and ancient way like finding your qi. I literally want to talk about the gaseous fluid medium that we, human beings (about 7 billion) like to live in and breathe. It’s nothing unusual or special, but it’s an important thing to […]