UC Davis students spend summer abroad working to improve sanitation in Cambodian floating communities Joanne Wu, Rachel Muradian and Eugene Yao Guan’s trip to Cambodia wasn’t the typical study abroad experience. While other students might have spent their summers working, taking summer classes or relaxing, these UC Davis mechanical engineering (ME) students spent their summer […]

He dropped the mic — literally. I only wrote two notes before Kanye West’s doomed performance Saturday night. The first note compared the Golden 1 Center to the baseball games I attended as a kid; vendors walked up and down the stairs screaming “ice cold lemonade” and rolling their R’s in “churros.” The second was […]

Why it’s important that Disney attempts to diversify its cast of characters Throughout the sustained success that Disney has experienced over the years, the mass media and entertainment conglomerate has oftentimes been accused, rightly so, of cultural appropriation and having a white-centric worldview. The first Disney princess film, Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs, came […]

The Davis Musical Theater company prepares for fourth production of Cold War chess match musical Upon contacting Steve Isaacson, the Davis Musical Theater Company’s (DMTC) co-founder and director of the newest performance of 1980’s Chess, the Musical for an interview, he insisted I receive a full tour of backstage and free tickets to the upcoming […]

Faculty-student relationships can prove mutually beneficial In effort to get to know her upper division French students, professor Claire Goldstein  invited her class for lemonade and a game of boules, a French game similar to bocce. As the students engaged in cultural activities, Goldstein got the opportunity to interact with them outside of the classroom, […]

Tabling students provide insight into how they decide to whom they offer material An ugly incident occurred this past week on our campus. A student claimed that he was not offered a single flyer while walking past the Memorial Union (MU) tables because of his looks.  The student in question, Roger Dirkmund, a second-year human […]

What do we make of comics struggling with mental illness? When Robin Williams passed in 2014, it felt like the whole world was in mourning. Williams was perhaps the most beloved comic force of our era, and his passing was riddled with questions, shock and confusion. How can someone who everyone loves kill themselves? Why […]

Protesters gather at State Capitol Building for NODAPL rally “Water is sacred, water is life,” chanted hundreds of demonstrators in protest of the Dakota Access Pipeline at the front of the State Capitol building in downtown Sacramento on Nov. 8. For the past several months, national attention has been drawn to the controversial Dakota Access […]

UC leaders, officials visit schools and communities University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano, along with UC chancellors, leaders, academic advisors and alumni, will visit California schools and communities this fall to encourage students and families to pursue a UC education. The visits to 100 schools and other community outreach programs are a part of […]

Transfer students given their best chance for admission The University of California (UC) announced on Oct. 31 that the fall 2017 deadline for transfer applications would be extended to Jan. 3, 2017 across all UC campuses in an effort to aid transfer applicants. “Additional time will help hard-working, eligible students across the state give their […]

Interim chancellor Hexter denounces incident as an attack on diversity Several anti-diversity posters were found in Sproul Hall, Olson Hall and around the Memorial Union on Nov. 14. These posters included phrases such as “are you sick of anti-white propaganda in college?” and “race is real.” The posters also advertised racially charged books, such as […]

The Biblical saga of Joseph and his coat of many colors comes to life The Davis Musical Theater Company will be presenting a production of Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat on Saturday, Nov. 19. The story is based on the “coat of many colors” story of Joseph from the Bible’s Book of Genesis. The […]