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Meet Jeff, Twitter’s newest (and only) employee   By ANGIE VELARDE — avelarde@ucdavis.edu   After a series of unprecedented layoffs, resignations and terminations, Elon Musk’s latest purchase is now in the hands of one man: Jeff — a recent college graduate, Dungeon Master, video game enthusiast and now Twitter’s most important employee. According to Jeff, […]

Following the expiration of a tentative plan, the planning commission decides whether it still meets site-improvement and environmental standards    By ANTHONY W. ZAMMIKIEL  — city@theaggie.org   On Nov. 9, the planning commission for the city of Davis discussed reapproving and renewing the tentative plans made for the D Street Gardens project. The commission, which […]

Here is what we at The California Aggie are grateful for this year By THE EDITORIAL BOARD   Sophie Dewees — Editor-in-Chief This Thanksgiving, I’m so thankful for the time I’ve been able to spend with friends and family in nature. Whether I was backpacking in the misty redwoods of Northern California or teetering on […]

Three short stories to immerse yourself in Indigenous art and media   By ADHITHI ANJALI — arts@theaggie.org   While we are all excited to relax over another long weekend this Thanksgiving, hopefully stuffed after a well-made dinner with family and friends, we should also take this time to engage with Native American-produced media.  During this […]

Progress was made in negotiations between UC officials and UAW, but current UC offers regarding pay increases still do not meet the union’s demands By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org The largest strike in higher education history, which began on Nov. 14, has continued into its second week. Academic workers have set up picket lines on […]

Unions representing teaching assistants, student researchers, academic researchers and postdoctoral students authorized the strike began on Monday By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org On Nov. 2, unions representing graduate students, teaching assistants, student researchers and postdoctoral scholars authorized a strike at all 10 UC campuses — the largest academic strike in the history of U.S. higher […]

The union’s demands include salary increases, childcare reimbursements and dependent healthcare By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org On Monday, Nov. 14, as early as 8 a.m., thousands of teaching assistants, graduate student instructors, readers and tutors across the University of California (UC) system went on strike to protest what the worker’s unions have said is “unlawful […]

Students share how selling their art at the Davis Art Market gives them a creative outlet By MARIA MARTINEZ CASTRO — features@theaggie.org    The Davis Art Market serves as a hub for art creators, small-business owners and vendors to share and sell their things to the Davis community. Along 3rd Street, one can find an […]

The Editorial Board endorses three candidates for ASUCD Senate as well as the uncontested International Student Representative and External Affairs Vice President candidates By THE EDITORIAL BOARD  ASUCD’s fall elections began today, Monday, Nov. 7, and will be open for voting through Wednesday, Nov. 9 at 11:59 p.m. This election cycle, one candidate is running […]

Poetry readings, concerts and more to usher in the colder months  By CLARA FISCHER — arts@theaggie.org   Poetry Night (The Avid Reader, 6 – 7:30 p.m. on November 4)  Support local artists and businesses by coming out to a poetry night at the Avid Reader on Nov. 4. The event will feature readings by four […]

Transcribed from an audio file uploaded to the OChem subreddit By ANNABEL MARSHALL — almarshall@ucdavis.edu    Host: Hi, welcome back to the podcast. I’m your host, in my final year here at Davis as a third-year theater major! I’m here with my co-host, Stu. Stu, why don’t you introduce yourself? Stu: Hi, I’m Stu. Host: […]

The university must do better to protect student protestors and condemn the presence of violent extremists By THE EDITORIAL BOARD On Oct. 25, UC Davis’s chapter of Turning Point USA, a right-wing nonprofit organization active on college campuses across the country, planned to host an event at the UC Davis Conference Center featuring speaker Stephen […]