Arts & Culture

Dressing for fluctuating weather Amihan Redondiez, a first-year gender, sexuality, and women’s studies major, values the art of thrifting and especially layering for the strange spring-to-summer weather transitions. With 50-degree mornings and 90-degree afternoons, it’s impossible to wear one outfit the entire day. Redondiez has the answer to this dilemma.   ASW: What is your […]

UC Davis sorority women sing for philanthropy, personal development Claire Ongaro, a first-year communication and design major, is a natural singer — she’s not formally trained in singing, but has a natural voice. In high school, Ongaro channeled her musical expression by walking through her house, singing to the audience in her kitchen or living […]

An Inside Look with Martin Moran about his play Content warning: Sexual abuse Martin Moran, an Obie award winner, has written a captivating tale about the harsh realities and how to deal with them. The Tricky Part is about the issue of the complications of childhood sexual abuse. Moran wanted to encourage people to deal […]

Event will showcase live performances to benefit a great cause The ASUCD Food Pantry will be hosting its second annual benefit show on June 1, with the theme “Life’s a Beach,” in order to raise money for the cause. It will take place in Sciences Lecture Hall 123, and will be feature a variety of […]

Local studio takes on scandalous musical Studio 301 will soon present Spring Awakening, a haunting rock musical about teenagers in late 1890s Germany who deal with the consequences that stem from a lack of knowledge about the real world. Jill Price, the director of the production, is a former UC Davis student and member of […]

Decoration provides nostalgia factor for UC Davis students While waiting in line at the CoHo for another iced coffee, my eyes often drift to people studying, and I realize, “Wait, I should be studying too.” But, additionally, my attention is always captured by people’s laptop stickers. Some computers are covered in them, with acronyms, animals […]

First-year students host “The Black Experience” event Attempting to encompass what it means to be black, students from the African/African American Living Learning Community and faculty put on their annual event, “The Black Experience,” in the Tercero Residence Halls on May 18. Kawami Evans, the interim associate director at the Center for African Diaspora Student […]

Exhibition showcases work of UC Davis graduate students Since the grand opening of the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art last fall, the museum’s main focus has been to sustain the tradition and legacy of the UC Davis Art Department. Graduate student artwork or pieces that have a particular connection to Davis […]

Davis psychology professors to perform at annual festival Fear not: Spring Quarter’s abundance of live music has yet to end. KDVS’ annual festival, Operation Restore Maximum Freedom (ORMF), will bring a variety of local and out-of-town musicians in a style that mimics their DIY motto. “The festival represents KDVS in that it doesn’t cater to […]

The quintessential FarMar drink It seems like everyone and their mother has sipped the sweet nectar of the farmers market gods: the famous Apple-a-Day Apple Cider. The Aggie sat down with Melinda Garcia, the granddaughter of the the woman in charge of the famous stand, to hear the details of the town favorite — how […]

UC Davis students talk seasonal makeup, skincare routines Despite common trends on Instagram or Youtube, makeup and skincare are very personalized routines — everyone does it a little differently. Much like decorating a laptop cover with assorted stickers or finding a special study method, makeup is also customized according to people’s skin types, daily lives […]

Activism in LGBTQIA community uplifts others May is Pride Month at UC Davis — a month during which members of the LGBTQIA community can celebrate and heal through a variety of workshops hosted by the LGBTQIA Resource Center and other collaborators. The Aggie interviewed queer activists on campus to find out what inspires them and […]