Arts & Culture

Highlights of notable Black musical achievement last year Feb. 1 marks the beginning of Black History Month, and in 2019, there were several noteworthy moments of Black musical excellence that made history. This past year saw strides in Black musical achievement across the charts. Here are just a few:  Lizzo Winner of three Grammy Awards […]

What “Margaret” teaches us about self-preservation “Margaret, are you grieving / Over Goldengrove unleaving? / It is the blight man was born for / It is Margaret you mourn for.” These lines, which begin and end Gerard Manley Hopkins’ poem “Spring and Fall: To A Young Child,” are the same four lines quoted in Joan […]

The Arts Desks’ weekly picks for movies, books, music and television shows. Movie: “Boy” dir. by Taika Waititi (2010) With recent box office successes such as “Thor: Ragnarok” and “Jojo Rabbit,” Taika Waititi has become a household name. However, the Kiwi writer and director is not new to the scene. “Boy,” Waititi’s sophomore film, is […]

Student-run magazine features marginalized voices Other Collective, a student-run magazine that focuses on student voices that aren’t regularly heard in Davis publications and works, released the second issue of their magazine on Monday, Jan. 27. The publication aims to dismantle orientalist media perspectives.  This year’s issue is displacement. The Editorial Board decides each new theme […]

Exchange students reflect on their time at UC Davis Whether it’s through personal experience, an information session or the occasional (or not so occasional) Instagram feed post, most students are familiar with the idea of studying abroad. But what happens when roles are flipped and studying abroad means coming to UC Davis?  While we are […]

Upcoming Endings and New Beginnings With January going by too quickly for me to even memorize which classroom my lecture is in, it’s time for new shows to premiere and occupy my time. But where new shows come alive, old ones go to die. What’s Ending: “The Good Place” The selfish Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) […]

Other favorites include Disobedience, Shutter Island, The Martian This decade brought extraordinary films that left their mark on the history of cinema. Disney saw major success with the release of both “Frozen” and “Frozen 2,” as well as the highly anticipated sequel to “The Incredibles.” The Marvel cinematic universe finished the decade with multiple “Avengers” […]

Students DJs and artists host concert, gala in basement of Art Building The student-organized Basement Gallery teamed up with KDVS on Jan. 16 to host a pop-up show featuring three student DJs. The show was produced by lead director and fifth-year design major Zoë Reinhardt and fourth-year art studio major Karewith Casas, who works as […]

On TikTok, the stupidity of a joke or the obvious lack of effort is the punchline TikTok is one of social media’s most recent additions that has surged in popularity over the past year. Referred to by some as Vine’s annoying younger sister, TikTok has become a go-to for content creators and teens who want […]

An exploration of music as community Campus is a strange place. Don’t get me wrong, since being admitted here I have sung the praises of UC Davis to an arguably annoying amount, both in print and to friends. There’s beauty everywhere you look, even if you have to squint sometimes. There’s not a better way […]

Alert: Snow in Davis The week before Christmas, Aaron Hall and Jamez Manning, described as “young men in the Oakland music scene,” died due to an overdose of cocaine laced with fentanyl in Oakland, according to the SF Chronicle. Unfortunately, these aren’t isolated incidents.   According to the San Francisco Department of Public Health, death rates […]

Aggies offer their own meaning of true friendship What is the one thing you can’t live without? A good book? A loyal family dog? God forbid, your cell phone? Maybe, just maybe, an actual person popped into your head. Someone whose been there for you through thick and thin. Someone to laugh with, cry with […]