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Protesters blockade Unitrans

BreakingJune 10, 2024
by SONORA SLATER June 10, 9:40 a.m., 2024 In the early morning of June 10, pro-Palestine protesters set up blockades on both ends of the Silo Terminal for the Unitrans bus system, preventing buses from entering and buses already within from exiting. The buses within did not appear to be operating at the time the […]

UAW 4811 calls on academic workers at UCD, UCLA to strike starting Tuesday

Campus NewsMay 24, 2024
The campuses will join UCSC in striking in protest of unfair labor practices, including the arrests of students and academic workers at UCLA By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811, the union representing academic workers across the 11 UC campuses, called on union members at UC Davis and UC Los Angeles […]

Understanding the history of protest in our path forward

FeaturedMay 23, 2024
As students across the country engage in civil disobedience in the name of Palestinian liberation, they follow in the footsteps of student leaders before them    By EMME DUNNING — features@theaggie.org    In the past month, college students in the United States have gained increasing attention from the public through their support of the Free […]

Student organizers set up encampment for Palestine in Memorial Union Quad

BreakingMay 6, 2024
The group has a list of five demands, one of which is calling for Chancellor Gary May to resign from Leidos   By CHRIS PONCE — campus@theaggie.org    On the morning of Monday, May 6, Davis Popular University for the Liberation of Palestine (PULP) organizers set up tents and canopies in the center of the […]

This election cycle, ‘Bitch’ was on the ballot

FeaturedApril 30, 2024
Two UC Davis students discuss their unique ASUCD Senate campaign By EMME DUNNING — features@theaggie.org Editor’s Note: The candidates were interviewed and this article was written prior to the ASUCD elections. Both Dhilena Wickramasinghe and Amrita Julka were elected to the Senate table.  Chances are, if you’re a woman, you’ve been called a bitch at […]

ASUCD Environmental Policy and Planning Commission launches Cool Campus Challenge

ASUCDApril 29, 2024
Students, staff and faculty can participate and log activities that reduce their carbon footprint   By JORDAN POLTORAK — campus@theaggie.org   The Cool Campus Challenge, organized by ASUCD’s Environmental Policy and Planning Commission (EPPC) started on April 8 and will take place until April 29. Students, staff and faculty can all participate in logging activities […]

Measure N passes with supermajority of votes from the primary election

City NewsApril 12, 2024
Following the March ballot, the parcel tax to help fund Davis Joint Unified School District is here to stay    By MATTHEW MCELDOWNEY — city@theaggie.org   The results for Measure N, a parcel tax of $768 a year, were confirmed as of March 21, 2024. The measure passed with 68.24% of the Davis community voting […]

Is ‘plant-based’ really for the planet?

ColumnMarch 7, 2024
How much of a difference is your oat milk really making?   By MOLLY THOMPSON – mmtthompson@ucdavis.edu    20 years ago, you would have never been able to walk out of an ice cream parlor with a scoop of vegan, oat milk “frozen dessert” on your cone. But nowadays, it is almost expected for any […]

UC Davis students discuss the youth vote in upcoming presidential election

FeaturedFebruary 23, 2024
Students say voting is an important exercise of your democratic rights   By ZOEY MORTAZAVI — features@theaggie.org   The upcoming presidential election this November is the first that many UC Davis students will be able to vote in. Across the United States, the young voter turnout — the demographic ranging between ages 18 and 29 […]

Ongoing events, available resources at Mary L. Stephens Library

Arts & CultureFebruary 22, 2024
The Davis branch provides craft communities, monthly book sales, material kits and more    By SAVANNAH ANNO — arts@theaggie.org Beyond just providing books, libraries can also serve as important community builders. By welcoming all members of society into their spaces, practicing outreach and hosting events that encourage patrons to interact with one another, public libraries […]

Are California’s winters becoming warmer or colder?

FeaturedFebruary 20, 2024
Climate scientists and Davis residents discuss climate change and how it’s affecting the season   By SABRINA FIGUEROA — features@theaggie.org   California — known for its warm climate and sunny skies — was hit by a chilling atmospheric river and bomb cyclone on Feb. 1, flooding parts of Southern California and killing nine people.  Comparing […]

New exhibit at UC Davis’ Design Museum documents history of racial issues in the United States

FeaturedFebruary 13, 2024
Artist Barbara Brandon-Croft discusses her cartoons and recent exhibition    By LAILA AZHAR — features@theaggie.org    In the late 1960s, Brumsic Brandon Jr. began publishing “Luther,” a comic strip focusing on the lives of young Black children living in a fictional inner-city neighborhood.  About 20 years later, his daughter, Barbara Brandon-Croft, became the first Black […]