Davis community celebrates life of Cesar Chavez, discusses social inequality On Sunday April 3, the City of Davis celebrated Cesar Chavez Day at the Veterans Memorial Center at 203 E 14th St. The event featured Dr. Tonantzin Rodriguez, who spoke about health inequities facing minority groups, emphasizing the effects on the Latino community. She cited […]

Family-friendly event connects local authors, community On Sunday, April 10, the Sacramento Public Library will be hosting the second Local Authors Festival at the Tsakopoulos Library Galleria in the Central Library, located at 828 I St. in Sacramento. The event will take place from noon to 3 p.m. and is meant to bring together local […]

Sexual health and assault highlighted by on-campus campaign. UC Davis is made up of student voices and perspectives often used in the creation of campus clubs, governing bodies and campaigns. Of particular note is the increasing advocacy in recent years for sexual assault prevention and sexual health on college campuses, which serves as the emphasis […]

Middle. The term isn’t foreign, but how much emphasis do we place on the middle portion of the spectrum? In public discourse, attention seems to always focus on the extremes: with the rich on one end, and the impoverished on the other. I am a person of the middle, and therefore these endpoints are relevant, […]

One of the largest powwows in California comes to campus The 44th Annual UC Davis Powwow is a free event coming up on Saturday, April 9, hosted by the Cross Cultural Center (CCC) to celebrate the Native American community. The event will take place by the Quad and will welcome over 1,000 guests throughout the […]

Women’s lacrosse ends month-long homestand with 7-5 win A back and forth game between UC Davis and Cal Berkeley resulted in a two point win for the Ags as they put an end to their month-long homestand and pick up their third win in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference (with only one loss). […]

UC Davis men’s tennis wins 7-0 against UC Riverside The UC Davis men’s tennis team battled it out against Big West Conference rival UC Riverside and swept the Highlanders, 7-0, last Saturday at the Marya Welch Tennis Center. This victory marks the Aggies’ second shutout in conference play and their 18th consecutive win at home, […]

The battle for the 2016 season Big West softball championship began on Friday, as the UC Davis softball team began their Big West series-opening weekend against the Hawai’i Rainbow Wahine. The Aggies and the Rainbow Wahine were 1-1 going into Saturday’s tie breaking game for the weekend opener, and the Aggies knew that the second […]

The Aggies claim a 6-1 victory against the Seawolves Sophomore Lani-Rae Green let out a frustrated sigh. Sonoma State’s Jensyn Warren had just defeated Green 4-6 in her second set at the non-conference match on Saturday, April 2.   “I felt a little shaky out there,” Green said. “[Warren] was pretty much ahead the whole […]

We All Have A Heritage concert to promote cultural diversity On April 8, the Culture Co-op and United in Unity will present their We All Have A Heritage concert, which aims to celebrate the diversity of the Davis community through musical performances. We All Have A Heritage is a campaign by the Culture Co-op’s Sandy […]

As I’m sure all of us know by now, Chancellor Linda Katehi has done some… uh, shall we say “shady things” recently. But the newest scandal is even worse. Tragedy ensued on Friday, April 1 when only one pizza was ordered to appease the hundreds of protesters that showed up at Mrak Hall to call […]

The Decay of Lying asks whether life imitates imagination, or the other way around When I first read Oscar Wilde as a boy, it was difficult for me to take him seriously — to believe that he was anything but pure style; his material’s substance appeared to be shallow at best. While reading plays like […]