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Do you have a favorite bathroom around campus? If you’ve ever been disgusted by the foul, stomach-churning smells wafting through the air of a campus bathroom or the unkempt mess of toilet paper scattered across the dirty floors, we don’t blame you for being picky. From the best and newest restroom facilities on campus, to […]

With over 20,000 undergraduate students at UC Davis, being recognized as an individual student can be difficult. But for all students, regardless of major or background, graduation is a time for personal recognition and praise. “These past few years, we have each been known by our ID number and then finally at commencement, we get […]

While renting the 38-dollar cap and gown is the only mandatory expense for walking in the Commencement Ceremony, add-ons such as tassels, diploma accessories, travel expenses for loved ones and last-minute Davis memorabilia purchases have many grads wondering about the actual cost of graduation. Cap and gown provider Herff Jones suggested that students purchase one […]

Eight seconds, for many, may not seem like a meaningful amount of time, or a long enough time for anything significant to occur. But for Alejandro Sandoval and other graduates who will be present at the 2013 Chicano and Latino Graduation Celebration on June 15, it will be a significant eight seconds indeed. “Each person […]

Elena Piotter may appear to be just another first-year international relations major, but if you look closely, you can notice one noteworthy feature about her, and it happens to be her feet. Piotter lives her life without the comforts and benefits of shoes, and she does not regret it in the slightest. “To be completely […]

Scholarships and financial aid are among many traditional methods students use to fund their college educations. But there is one option that is becoming increasingly popular among college students that may pay much more than any scholarship would. You wouldn’t be competing with other applicants by grades alone or with essays, but rather with your […]

What do a warehouse in Reno and a corgi dressed in a hot dog costume have in common? If you’ve visited the Memorial Union (MU) in the past few weeks, you might already know the answer to this question. A new hot dog stand has joined the ranks of the many on-campus dining options, located […]

Twenty students are completely silent, brows beneath sunglasses furrowed in deep concentration as they scribble notes on a scorecard. They sniff, swirl, sniff, gulp and ponder. They’re tasting beer. Earlier in the evening, Brad Titus, an officer of the Food Science Brewing Club (FSBC), proposed a question: Without sight, can we discern different beer styles, […]

Oh, French fries. How we covet thy golden deliciousness. Long has your oily crunch satisfied the insatiable lust of the hungover or the hungry. When there are faces to be fed or feelings to be drowned, there’s nothing quite like a handful of fatty, fried, criss-cut or curly tubers to fill the void. Luckily, downtown […]

With UC Davis’ eco-friendly biking community, some cringe at the thought of climbing aboard a diesel-guzzling city bus. But with Unitrans now operating 44 of its 49 vehicles on alternative fuels, students can hitch a ride without worrying too much about excessive emissions. For the past 20 years, Unitrans has been slowly building a sustainable […]

West Village, a housing complex located on the UC Davis campus, is the largest zero net energy planned community in the nation. The community currently offers The Ramble Apartments for UC Davis students, Viridian Apartments for UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, faculty and staff, and will be opening 475 single family homes in the […]

In an age of constant motion, utter uncertainty and continual change, the idea of raising a pet that will love you for decades to come is easily frightening to most college students. What better way to circumvent this fear than by adopting a cat, who will probably hate you no matter what you do? UC […]