Lawns consist of low-maintenance, low water-using plants to combat California drought Recently, the UC Davis Arboretum Leading by Learning (LxL) horticulture student interns converted a grass turf near the south side of Peter J. Shields Library. Also, on May 25, interns completed a second on-campus sustainable garden in front of Everson Hall. The new sustainable […]

Picnic Day budgeted to garner $11,586 in revenue for the association Picnic Day, the largest student-run event in the nation, will no longer be financially subsidized by ASUCD, according to next year’s budget. All funding for Picnic Day will now be provided through other means, primarily corporate sponsorships, which the unit has had in the […]

New university proposals seek to accommodate increase in student enrollment On May 16, UC Davis released an update to its Long Range Development Plan (LRDP), a list of requirements used to outline the campus growth and community needs of the school by 2027. “The goal of the proposed plan is to keep UC Davis compact […]

Bookstore to include UC Davis-branded selfie chair, Amazon center, extended art supply section The newly renovated bookstore at the Memorial Union (MU) is slated to have a soft opening on June 6 in anticipation of the grand opening at the beginning of Fall Quarter. The soft opening will give full access to the store and […]

Republican presidential candidate to visit on Wednesday 2016 Republican Presidential candidate Donald Trump is scheduled to hold a presidential rally in Sacramento on Wednesday, June 1. The rally will take place at the Sacramento International Jet Center at 7:00 p.m. Doors will open at 4:00 p.m. and tickets are available on Trump’s official campaign website. […]

With the draft lottery completed, the first two picks in the 2016 NBA Draft will be held by the Philadelphia 76ers and Los Angeles Lakers in that order. The clear cut choices for the top two selections in the draft are Louisiana State University’s Ben Simmons and Duke’s Brandon Ingram. Both of these young guns […]

The California Aggie sits down with the UC Davis director of sports nutrition to talk about sports, NUT 10, internships and cinnamon rolls As the professor of Nutrition 10: Discoveries and Concepts in Nutrition (NUT 10) and director of sports nutrition for Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA), Department of Nutrition senior lecturer Dr. Liz Applegate educates a […]

Fourth annual Napa Valley music festival hits right note with tasty food and phenomenal headliners Where’s the perfect place to hold a music festival? To the estimated 120,000 people who attended the BottleRock Napa Valley festival this past weekend, the answer is now obvious: right in the heart of wine country, of course. Add in […]

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I hated calling my parents when I was a first-year. I was so tired of the arguments, of explaining myself, of getting nagged. I hated visiting home, because it washed out the taste of freedom I was having as a college student and filled me with the same boredom and suffocation I was so eager […]

The Botanical Conservatory provides a place for students to learn, relax and observe plants. You may have biked by them on your way to class or seen them glowing at the top of the Sciences Laboratory Building, but the greenhouses on campus are more than just your average plant-growing facilities. The Science Laboratory Greenhouse is […]