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DAiCon 2025 is set to feature anime-related panels, cosplay contest and voice actor guest speakers

The community event, themed to starry night, underscored the importance of queer joy on campus   By ROBIN FRANKLIN — campus@theaggie.org   As the sun set, students in formal wear filed into the Asian and Pacific Islander Queers (APIQ) annual Queer Prom on Friday, May 9 at the UC Davis Conference Center, where they enjoyed […]

Paper to continue publishing weekly physical edition after student officials previously raised concerns over sustainability, fiscal impact   By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org   The ASUCD Senate passed The California Aggie’s 2025-26 annual budget on May 7, allowing the paper to maintain its weekly print operations after previously indicating desires to see its physical circulation […]

Demonstrators, attendees called on UC Davis to reinstate the Law Student Association, rejecting the ‘weaponization of antisemitism’   By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org   In a public Passover Seder on April 14, Jewish Voice Peace (JVP) called on UC Davis to reinstate the Law Student Association (LSA) and demonstrate Jewish student support for the Boycott, […]

The event featured artists Don Toliver, Umi and DJ Odd Mob    By AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — campus@theaggie.org   On May 8, the ASUCD Entertainment Council (EC) held its annual Lawntopia concert for UC Davis students, with singer-songwriter and rapper Don Toliver headlining. The event, which had some 5,500 attendees, was marked by new changes in […]

The labs relied on support from USAID, which has had its operations significantly reduced   By RIVERS STOUT— campus@theaggie.org   The College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences announced on April 3 that UC Davis was closing the Feed the Future Innovation Labs. The research labs, whose funding primarily came from the federal government, were part […]

“Songs, stories and poetry are how we keep memories in our hearts and pass them on from generation to generation” By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org On April 24 and 25, Syrian American rapper and poet Omar Offendum performed “Neo-Hakawati Nights” at the Mondavi Center, joined by Palestinian multi-instrumentalist Zafer Tawil and DJ Thanks Joey as […]

The developments have sparked discourse around the new prices and the ASUCD’s potential role in creating them

The 56th annual festival is returning to the Quad   By JESSICA YUNG — campus@theaggie.org   The 56th annual Whole Earth Festival (WEF), a student-run festival dedicated to sustainability and activism, will be held on the Memorial Union Quad on Mother’s Day weekend from May 10 through May 12. The event, which is free to […]

Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system, joins the UC as higher education continues to face pressures from federal government   By RIVERS STOUT— campus@theaggie.org   James B. Milliken, the chancellor of the University of Texas System, was chosen as the 22nd president of the University of California system, the UC Board of Regents […]

UC ethnic studies educators, concerned about censorship of Palestine in curricula, say the failed proposal faced a “procedurally irregular” journey   By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org   Students and University of California ethnic studies faculty have been advocating for an ethnic studies admissions requirement since 2020. A proposal that was initially intended to take one […]

The grant, which supported “accelerating equitable decarbonization” research, decried as “woke” by U.S. transportation secretary   By JORDAN POLTORAK— campus@theaggie.org   United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Friday, May 2 that he would terminate a $12 million grant given to UC Davis’ National Center for Sustainable Transportation for being “woke.”  The grant was […]