Speak with refugees before jumping to conclusions about their place in America Omar Daqneesh. Yusra Mardini. Their names and origins might sound familiar. Both Syrians, witnesses to the devastating civil war. Both media icons: the first a symbol of the devastation in Aleppo, the other of swimming glory at the Rio Olympics. Both faces of […]

UC Davis College of Letters and Science campaigns for double majoring College is a time for exploration — when students can consider all their interests instead of pursuing just one. However, many students are too afraid to consider studying multiple fields because they don’t know how much it will benefit them. The “Have it All” […]

Bomb squad investigates abandoned rice cooker as possible bomb threat Vacaville police received a call at 10 a.m. on Sept. 22 about a suspicious object lying on an underpass leading onto Interstate 80. The call led to the closure of the Mason Street underpass from 10 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., while the Napa County Bomb […]

UC Board of Regents discuss debt management policy amid rising borrowing concerns The Board of Regents of the University of California (UC) held a meeting on Sept. 14 to discuss a proposal for a new management policy to address UC’s increasing debt, which now sits at $17.2 billion. The debt, which has more than doubled […]

Check it out UC Davis has its problems, but I guess space exploration isn’t one of them. I mean, check it out — is that an observatory up there? I mean, woah. Remember pepper-spray? That observatory doesn’t. It’s an observatory — it doesn’t have eyes! In fact, I don’t even think it’s alive. Unless you […]

Mondavi’s legacy lives on through contributions to Mondavi Center, UC Davis UC Davis felt a tremendous loss with the passing of Margrit Biever Mondavi on Sept. 2. “Margrit and her husband Robert were early philanthropists at UC Davis,” said Shaun Keister, Vice Chancellor for Development and Alumni Relations. “They got so engaged and believed so […]

The mythical Billy Goat curse has plagued the Chicago Cubs since 1945. That year, Billy Sianis, the owner of the local Billy Goat Tavern, was denied entry to his paid-for box seats during Game Four of the World Series at Wrigley Field due to the wretched smell of his pet goat, Murphy, whom he had […]

Verge Center of the Arts to host workshops in month leading up to museum opening The Jan and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum, in conjunction with the Verge Center for the Arts, will host a series of workshops throughout the month of October leading up to the museum’s grand opening on Nov. 13. The Manetti Shrem […]

Star Trek actor to give talk on LGBT activism, experience as Japanese American George Takei is known to many as Captain Sulu from the original ‘Star Trek,’ but in the past few years, he has found a new source of fame as a social media phenomenon. Takei has garnered more than 1.8 million followers on […]

UC Davis revamps fan participation with tailgating, street parties Attending a football game at Aggie Stadium and cheering on the team with the pep band while sporting blue and gold has long been an integral part of campus life. With the recent installation of student tailgating and the Kickoff Street Party by UC Davis Athletics […]

The father of evolutionary theory proves that science and the humanities jointly form a more detailed view of the world Some of my favorite childhood memories involve sitting at the table with my mom, chipping away at a massive, complicated jigsaw puzzle with fewer notable and unique pieces than Buzzfeed (no small feat). But to […]

Yolo Food Bank after-school program provides produce to food-insecure children in schools across the county The Yolo Food Bank (YFB) received various grants from Walmart, Yocha Dehe Wintun Nation Community Fund, Genentech Foundation, Sutter Health, Monsanto, PG&E, Sierra Health and Nugget Markets, totaling upwards of $75,000, which will fund Kids’ Farmer’s Markets (KFM) for the […]