On Feb. 28, the New York Federal Reserve released a report stating that student debt has tripled in the past eight years. The federal report indicated that the increase in student debt is a result of more people attending college and graduate school, as well as staying longer in college. Additionally, discarding student debt is […]

Editor’s note: This article is part one of two in a series about the human intersection of technology and medicine. Although the body is one single entity, it is one single entity that is far greater than the sum of all of its many interconnected parts. Look at the body as a set of systems […]

While most will be complaining about standing around in the heat at Picnic Day this weekend, the UC Davis golf teams will have no time to whine as they soldier on to their respective tournaments. The men’s golf team will co-host the Winchester Classic in Meadow Vista, Calif. from April 19 to April 21. Last […]

WEDNESDAY 4/10 The perfect crime An unknown suspect entered a home through an unlocked door and stole three MacBook Pros on Apple Lane. THURSDAY 4/11 Extreme couponing A customer swung at the manager of a restaurant because he was upset over not being able to use a coupon on G Street. SATURDAY 4/13 Footloose and […]

Most people are familiar with the image of corporate America. An image of men in business suits in a very tall building comes to mind. We associate these images with wealth and status, which have always been very important societal values. Wall Street, Fortune 500 companies and other big business, and even many scientific fields […]

In April of 2010, Chancellor Linda Katehi and former Athletics Director Greg Warzecka announced that UC Davis would be cutting women’s rowing, men’s swimming and diving, men’s wrestling and men’s indoor track and field. The decision came at the cost of athletes’ careers and sporting legacies, but it was expected to save an estimated $2.4 […]

If there was a fantasy sport where you got points for being loyal, I think I’d be a key player. I’m not sure what makes me buy into the whole “‘till death do us part” with everything in my life. That being said, you already know Derek Jeter is staying as my starting shortstop on […]

On March 29, the City of Davis was served an amended lawsuit over the city’s water rates. The new suit alleges that the city’s wastewater and water rates are in violation of Proposition 218, which states that a ratepayer cannot be charged more than the cost of supplying water to their property. Additionally, the lawsuit […]

One of the more popular Picnic Day events, the annual Davis Dance Revolution (DDR) will feature 14 student-run dance organizations competing for two $1,000 prizes this Saturday, April 20. DDR began nine years ago as an event to allow student-run dance organizations to perform for audiences and showcase diversity through modern and traditional dance, upholding […]

In Tristan de Liege’s April 11 Op-ed, “Capitalism and the poor,” an attempt is made to justify laissez-faire capitalism. The justification rests on two faulty premises: that capitalism is justified by the alleged benefits it brings, and that in a capitalist society wealth is distributed on the basis of voluntary choice. Firstly, economic and political […]

There have been some rumors circulating recently that there will be a new pub opening at UC Davis. We just want you all to know that this is, in fact, true, and it will be located in the East Wing of the Memorial Union where the Post Office is currently located. Soon, instead of sending […]

Day in and day out, the U.S. population is bombarded with controversial opinions and claims about global warming. As with many mainstream scientific issues that implicate mankind of wrongdoing, there appears to be a split in popular belief. There are even those who simply have no desire to acknowledge different arguments. Some people are of […]