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Alyssa Hurst Senior English and evolutionary anthropology double major “I would kill all the bees. Everything would die.”         Anastasia Rud Junior international relations and engineering double major “Kill the world with comedy and make everyone laugh to death.”         Justin Hardin First-year biological medical engineering major “Complete darkness, […]

Student presenters at undergraduate research conference share experiences, tips The 2015 Undergraduate Research Conference took place on May 1 and 2 at the ARC Pavilion and Wellman Hall. Every year UC Davis undergraduate students from a variety of academic fields come together to share and discuss their research via oral and poster presentations.   Marianne […]

Combatting discrimination based on skin color As part of Middle Eastern and South Asian (ME/SA) Community Week, the Indian Student Association (ISA) of UC Davis hosted its first discussion on shadeism and sexism within the South Asian community last Thursday in the Student Community Center (SCC). “Shadeism” is relatively unknown term — in fact, many […]

Davis Food Co-op provides a support group for new parents On G street in downtown Davis is a small house with cheerful yellow walls, a pink roof and large windows. This little house is the Davis Food Co-op’s Teaching Kitchen, and it is a meeting space for many of the Co-op’s interest groups and cooking […]

Students consider their first order of business if in charge If you were stranded on a desert island and are designated ruler of that island, what would your first rule be? Juliana Noronha Second-year neurobiology, physiology, and behavior major “My first rule would be for them to call me ‘master of the universe!’”     […]

Kevin Horng Second-year environmental science and management major “Accident prone.”         Natalie Flores Second-year exercise biology major “Daydreamer.”         Micah Marmorstein First-year chemical engineer major “Excessively shows off.”         Matthis Groupe Third-year animal biology major “Nerd.”         Rachelle Fishbin First-year women and gender […]

TUES., MAY 5 Classical Bassoon & Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. Monticello Seasonal Cuisine, Davis Free baroque bassoon performance by Ricardo Rosales with wine tasting host Susan Leonardi. Salsa Night 9:30 p.m. The Graduate, Davis Dance lessons with Cori from “Barbara’s Dancing Tonight,” hosted by DJ Miguel. Tickets are $6. Big Day of Giving […]

Guest lecturers, faculty discuss relevance of social science research The UC Davis Institute for Social Science inaugural conference series will host its final event this Friday on “Social Networks in Decision Making.” The conference will include talks from guest lecturers and faculty in a wide range of departments, including philosophy, psychology, anthropology, veterinary medicine, economics, […]

PRIDE coordinators discuss purpose of month, planning, events In recognition of May as Pride month, the UC Davis Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Questioning, Intersex and Asexual (LGBTQIA) Resource Center plans to celebrate the diversity and importance of LGBTQIA individuals within the campus community. “I believe Pride month is a way for our community to get […]

Low voter turnout in latest ASUCD election raises concerns on student representation in association Recently, participating in the ASUCD popular election has seemed to be an unpopular decision, with only a 2.3 percent voter turnout of the student body in last quarter’s election. With a lack of candidates running, the election allowed the six candidates […]

TEDxUCDavis hosts annual conference at Mondavi Center On Sunday, as the lights dimmed in the Mondavi Center, the energy in the audience only continued to rise. The annual TEDxUCDavis, an independently organized TED talk, was about to begin. The ambience of the event suggested that the ideas to be presented — according to TED philosophy, […]

TUES., APRIL 28 Classical Bassoon & Wine Tasting 5 to 7 p.m. Monticello Seasonal Cuisine, Davis Free baroque bassoon performance by Ricardo Rosales with wine tasting host Susan Leonardi. Salsa Night 9:30 p.m. The Graduate, Davis Dance lessons with Cori from ‘Barbara’s Dancing Tonight,’ hosted by DJ Miguel. Tickets are $6. UC Davis Reading Series […]