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The search for a perfect match
FeaturesFebruary 4, 2016
Bone marrow drive on campus allows students to serve as potential match for mixed-race leukemia patient. In January, UC Davis students were given the chance to save a life by means of a simple cheek swab. The Asian American Donor Program hosted a bone marrow drive on the Quad for Lara Casalotti, a 24-year-old acute […]

California school counseling ratio falls behind
FeaturesFebruary 2, 2016
California student to counselor ratio five times the national average; leaves high school, community college students at disadvantage seeking college admission. In 2015, a report released by the U.S. Department of Education claimed that California ranks the lowest in terms of providing guidance counselors for students. The lack of counseling is most apparent, and often […]

Flowers and trees and molecules! Oh my?!
FeaturesFebruary 1, 2016
“A Walk in the Park with Chemistry” exhibit in the Arboretum is an example of art, science fusion on campus. From a distance, the thirteen fist-sized molecules that are scattered throughout the UC Davis Arboretum look like strange fungi that have inexplicably attached themselves to small metal rods. Each molecule is stationed near the plant […]

Bend it like Beckham
FeaturesFebruary 1, 2016
Students discuss which athlete they could trade lives with Which star athlete would you want to be and why? Anna Sada, second-year environmental policy major “I would be Nick Young from the Lakers because I’d want to be a parent to his adorable child. He’s so cute and he has so much style that he’d […]

Davis’ most intriguing animal friends!
FeaturesJanuary 29, 2016
A closer look into the interesting animals that make up UC Davis Though you may not know it, UC Davis is home to many interesting and unique species of animals. You might see them every day on your way to class or might have never heard of them before, but these animals are a huge […]

UC Davis graduate wins international scholarship
FeaturesJanuary 26, 2016
Alumni James Rizzo wins scholarship to spend year studying in China. Out of over 3,000 applicants worldwide, recent UC Davis graduate James Rizzo won the Schwarzman Scholarship, becoming one of the 111 members of the inaugural class of Schwarzman Scholars to study abroad in China next year. Started by The Blackstone Group co-founder Stephen A. […]

Most essential classes for graduation
FeaturesJanuary 24, 2016
Students propose classes that should be required before graduation. If you invented a class that would go on the mandatory list needed to graduate from college, what would the class be? Theresa Pasion, third-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major “What is humanity class, what humanity means to people. There’s a blurred line between good and […]

Internship season
FeaturesJanuary 22, 2016
Internship and Career Center discuss paid work on campus as good alternative to unpaid internships Science students in rain-soaked business attire crowded the Activities and Recreation Center on Jan. 13. Instead of drawing an umbrella, Fay Pao, a fifth-year biological sciences major, clutched tightly onto her plastic covered résumé and looked over her work history […]

Lend a helping hand
FeaturesJanuary 20, 2016
UC Davis NAMI holds first aid training to help students cope with mental health emergencies. The UC Davis National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI) began quarterly Mental Health First Aid Training in February 2015 to help students struggling with mental health issues. “I attended the first one in February,” said Karishma Sethi, a third-year neurobiology, […]

The Daily Calendar
FeaturesJanuary 19, 2016
WED., JANUARY 20 Improv Jam 6 p.m. Olson Hall, UC Davis Join UC Davis’ favorite improv group, Birdstrike Theatre, for a free evening of laughter in Olson 6! Trivia Night 8 p.m. KetMoRee Thai Restaurant, Downtown Davis Compete against other teams in answering the hardest trivia questions! Free and open to all ages. Unofficial Scrabble […]

Spring quarter’s top seven
FeaturesJanuary 19, 2016
The best general education classes to take this spring. With pass times just around the corner, freshmen are looking to lighten their class load while seniors are hoping to satisfy their remaining requirements, with everyone in between frantically searching for interesting General Education (GE) courses to add to their spring schedules. Unfortunately, not every student […]

For your post-party cleanup needs
FeaturesJanuary 19, 2016
UC Davis students team up to create cleaning company Red Solo Cleaners. In Fall 2015, two third-year UC Davis students teamed up to create Red Solo Cleaners, a post-party cleaning service for college students. “Basically, somebody hosts some social event here in Davis and they go on our website and they fill out a form,” […]

