Six tips to get out of the social media vortex and make time for yourself As the end of the quarter quickly approaches, students will be putting their noses to the grindstone (or textbook) to get into crunch mode before time runs out. The thing that seems to suck most of the time out of […]

Aggies take on Cal State Fullerton and Sacramento State After weeks of being on the road, the women’s tennis team was back on familiar ground for Saturday and Sunday’s matches. On Saturday, Feb. 20, the Aggies played Cal State Fullerton, hoping to extend their eight-match win streak against the rival Titans. Last year, they narrowly […]

Aggies Sweep Saturday open of the Davis Shootout, winning over CSUB and Brown. UC Davis hosted five teams over the weekend for the 36th annual Davis Shootout in women’s water polo. This was the first time the Aggies did not have to travel this season, and home court advantage paid off. Coming off a win […]

Five Davis locations that offer free birthday items Celebrating a birthday often means bringing out balloons, baking a cake or buying gifts for loved ones. For college students, birthdays often mean frantically pinching pennies to buy the perfect present, or scrambling to treat a friend to dinner. This year, skip the financial anxiety and celebrate […]

Non-profit offers tree planting as easy solution with big impact On Feb. 13, Tree Davis, a nonprofit organization, coordinated a tree planting event in the the Petra Court community. With the sudden heat in Davis coupled with El Niño’s heavy rains, flooding is a possible risk. Tree Davis offers a simple and easy solution — […]

The grass is freshly cut, the infield is well groomed and the weather feels like spring. While we’re still in the month of February, the nice breeze and clear, sunny skies remind us that baseball season is here. For the Aggies, the future is just as bright as the recent days because the team is […]

UC Davis researchers explore reasons, uses for sexual selection of birds using robotics On Feb. 11,  Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) hosted an art, science and technology speaker series in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Building at UC Davis. At this event, UC Davis professor of evolution and ecology Gail Patricelli held a lecture […]

UCDPD unveil distracted driving campaign Students might not have expected to ride next to a police officer in a three-wheeled sports vehicle in the near future, but in the coming weeks, the opportunity might just present itself. The UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) unveiled their distracted driving campaign at the basketball game Feb. 13 alongside […]

New program to financially assist AB 540 students at UC schools On Jan. 28, the UC Office of the President announced a plan to launch a new loan program at the University of California (UC). The program, titled the California DREAM Loan, is intended to help undocumented students pay for college. According to UC President […]

Student body elects six senators, new executive team On Feb. 19 in Wellman Hall, current ASUCD President Mariah Kala Watson and Elections Chair Daisy He announced the 2016 Winter Quarter election results. The six newly elected senators are Sam Chiang, Shaitaj Dhaliwal, Sofia Molodanof, Sam Park, Irveen Grewal and Ricardo Martinez. Of the elected senators, […]

UC Davis athletics from Feb. 8 to Feb. 15 Women’s Basketball (15-9 overall, 8-3 Big West Conference) UC Davis vs. Cal Poly (W, 82-71) UC Davis vs. Cal State Fullerton (W, 80-56) The Aggies came in strong over the Cal Poly Mustangs on Wednesday, Feb. 10, winning 82-71 due to an amazing performance by sophomore […]

Missed opportunities in first quarter seal UC Davis men’s basketball’s fate in defensive game. Looking to settle the score from an earlier loss to Long Beach State, the UC Davis men’s basketball team hosted the Long Beach State 49ers on Saturday, Feb. 13. Unfortunately for the Aggies, history repeated itself as an early 49er lead […]