UC Davis students share their various ways of getting home for school breaks Thanksgiving is right around the corner, and after nine weeks of assignments, midterms and papers, many students are eager to get home for a four-day weekend with family, friends and loved ones. However, before enjoying a holiday break filled with feasting and […]

Tea culture in Davis Students are creatures of habit even when it comes to their coffee orders. On the rare occasion that they decide to be adventurous and spice up the usual routine, they might order a tea hoping that its small amount of caffeine will get the job done. However, there is much more […]

Helping the community through Davis Community Meals is Watermelon Music’s forte One thing that Davis certainly doesn’t have treble with is helping out the community. For the past 15 years, Watermelon Music, a local music store downtown, has held a strings-for-food drive, in which people can get a free set of D’Addario strings if they […]

What kava is, what it’s used for, common myths Kava is a root that has been used ceremonially, medicinally and recreationally for over 2500 years in Polynesian, Melanesian and Micronesian cultures. Recently, kava bars have been popping up in the United States, and demand for the root is growing steadily. Travis Lowin and Tyler Blythe […]

Results reveal a decrease in the university’s carbon footprint Over the past eight years, UC Davis has sent an annual questionnaire to a sampling of faculty, students and staff asking about their means of travel to campus, their length of commute and more. The survey, titled the Campus Travel Survey, is a joint project between […]

Program leaders attribute ranking to accomplished faculty, innovative research UC Davis was named the top university in the world for plant and animal sciences by U.S. News and World Report on Oct. 24. UC Davis’ plant science program has received high rankings for several years, last year placing second in the world. Joseph DiTomaso, chair […]

Multi-disciplinary studies aim to to reduce environment-related diseases, produce the next generation of environmental health scientists What do autism, obesity, asthma, respiratory illness, allergies and a weakened immune system all have in common? They’re all outcomes linked to the environmental exposure of toxins in the air, pollutants in drinking water and even common household and […]

Causeway Classic win not enough to overcome 12-33 record over four years UC Davis athletics director Kevin Blue announced the release of football head coach Ron Gould from his five-year contract early Monday morning following a dismal 3-8 season. Gould’s release comes two days after the Aggies’ third Causeway Classic victory against Sacramento State under […]

UC Davis football defeats Sac State 48-30 in the 63rd Causeway Classic Coming off of a tough loss to Montana State, the UC Davis football team geared up for the 63rd Causeway Classic at Aggie Stadium against the Sacramento State Hornets last Saturday. The cold, windy and rainy weather did not stop the Aggies from […]

Former UC Davis football head coach Ron Gould It’s 1:26 p.m. on a rainy Monday afternoon. Five men are sitting in a room with whiteboards for walls, which are blackened by marker ink and color-coded magnets labeled with random, short words like “base,” “tex” and “ace.” There’s an oval-shaped table in the center of the […]

Delete your account I was on a date some years ago, and, while scrolling through my photo library to show her something on my phone, my worst nightmare happened. “Is that me?!” She spotted my screenshot of her Facebook photos, the ones I sent my friends when I told them about my plans. I looked […]

Aggie Columnist Michael Wexler talks Philadelphia 76ers’ young center Joel Embiid’s hot start to NBA career after two absent seasons When the NBA season started, I put out my predictions for the 2016 season, which included choosing Kris Dunn of the Minnesota Timberwolves to be the NBA 2016-2017 Rookie of the Year. “Kris Dunn […] […]