Yearly Archives - 2016
2016 Archives

Behind the scenes with the UC Davis women’s volleyball team
Front page storyMay 25, 2016
Explore the ins and outs of the recruitment process for incoming Aggies Inside the UC Davis’ Athletics Annex is a room dedicated to women’s volleyball. On a wall hangs a dry-erase board fit for a classroom. Lists of names dominate this board, with each list under a heading from 2016 to 2019. Under the leftmost […]

Hello, Please Watch this Movie
Arts & CultureMay 25, 2016
‘Hello, My Name is Doris’: A 60 year-old woman’s coming-of-age story Everyone agrees that Sally Field can do no wrong, and she proves this once again in the romantic comedy Hello, My Name Is Doris, where she plays a 60-something-year-old woman who develops a huge crush on her handsome (and much younger) 30-something-year-old coworker John (Max Greenfield). The two […]

Superhero Now: Superhero Feuds, Part I
OpinionMay 25, 2016
Friends fight; that’s an undeniable fact. And superheroes, it seems, are no different than the rest of us in this respect. Batman v Superman and Captain America: Civil War are the latest examples of films in which the feuds are between superheroes as opposed to villains. Feuds between superheroes are usually just more intense and […]
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Are the Dubs in trouble?
SportsMay 24, 2016
Low blows and high expectations to occur in NBA finals For the first time in what seems like forever, the Golden State Warriors are in trouble. This squad has yet to face adversity of this severity in the playoffs thus far, but the Oklahoma City Thunder fired on all cylinders in their 133-105 defeat of […]
Our lovely study spots
FocusMay 24, 2016
Aggie photographers disclose their favorite study spots Compiled by The California Aggie Photo Desk – photo@theaggie.org

Andrea Wong and Paige Lee of women’s golf
SportsMay 24, 2016
Two athletes who have left an outstanding mark on the UC Davis golf program Andrea Wong and Paige Lee of the UC Davis women’s golf team have been making their mark on the program the past couple of years. They share a passion for golf that has led to many accomplishments at the Division I […]

Aggies swept by 49ers in last home series of the weekend
SportsMay 24, 2016
UC Davis baseball team had some tough losses, but honored their graduating seniors well In their final three home games of the season from May 20 to 22, the Aggies faced off against the Long Beach State 49ers. Coming into the weekend, the Aggies had dropped four straight games, while the 49ers were number two […]

‘Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play’
Arts & CultureMay 24, 2016
Survival, storytelling and overconsumption create the foundation for this dark humored, post-apocalyptic play A story about a group of survivors after an apocalyptic event may seem familiar and cliché, but the UC Davis production of Mr. Burns, A Post-Electric Play intends to introduce a unique twist to this plot with dynamic characters, dark humor and […]

Humor: Smartsite maintenance to be halfway completed by fall 2020
OpinionMay 24, 2016
A tragic update to the Smartsite outage rocks the Davis community It is now the fourth bleak day of Smartsite maintenance and a new announcement has just been released regarding the fate of our most treasured dumb website. Following the super informative update that read, “Update…we will post notices hourly with status updates,” a new […]

Smartphone versus dumbphone
FeaturesMay 24, 2016
Students discuss the positive and negative aspects of smartphones. Smartphones have the power to be everything from a morning alarm to a worldwide navigational system, and for most college students, they’re never farther than an arm’s reach away. As the ownership of smartphones has spread to an entire generation, students are becoming increasingly more reliant […]

The Humans of Davis
FeaturesMay 24, 2016
UC Davis students work to share stories of people in Davis through “Humans of Davis” Facebook page. On Picnic Day in 2014, UC Davis alumna Jen Nguyen saw an opportunity in the thousands of diverse people traipsing around Davis. She roamed around campus, took some photos and created a Facebook page full of people’s portraits, […]


