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The flu season makes everyone a little nervous. Friends become cagey and skeptical when around one another, not wanting to share drinks or make physical contact. Surface area contact with door handles is minimized. Hands become chapped and dry from over-scrubbing. A small sneeze becomes suspect; a scratchy throat must signal the beginning of the […]

The smell of beer begins to fill the void in the van, and I suddenly feel very lucky for sitting up front in the passenger seat instead of the middle and back where the windows are quickly fogging up. One of the 13 passengers crammed in clutches a trash can in his lap, and I […]

With its infamously high tuition, attending law school seems like a pricey ambition. Now, with students applying to six to eight schools on average and application fees up to $100 each, even admissions may be pushing financial limitations. The numbers seem notably high, with students potentially spending $1,000 on applications alone. However, the cost-benefit of […]

Learning a synchronized swim routine with the Russian synchronized swimming Olympic team is not something that most tourists traveling to Moscow book a tour for. When most people dream of traveling the world, racing doesn’t come to mind either. But for UC Davis alum Ryan Danz, competition ruled the world as he made a mad […]

Try choosing between bottles and books — not beer bottles, but baby bottles. Do you choose to make your sweet but crying child a bottle or try to finish reading that last paragraph of your textbook? Many UC Davis students attend classes while also rearing children. But just how do they do it? Kyle Tos, […]

While sitting on her front porch, Bridget Bugbee watches a highly inebriated guy struggle to stay on his bike before falling off in front of her house. Bugbee offers him some water, but in his drunken stupor, he declines and flirts with her instead. He then declares that he is on his way to get […]

Bundled up against the cold, brandishing plastic Nerf blasters, some tactically stealthy, others brash, they gather at night to fight to the dart-death. Others meet in warmer weather to sprint, dodge and throw balls — all with a broom tucked between their legs. It’s not the chaos or nonsense that it seems; it is just […]

Whatever you do, don’t sit down! Music shook the walls of the ARC Saturday night as Davis experienced its first dance marathon, which raised over $7,000 to help benefit the UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento. The free event was held in the ARC Ballroom from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday morning, and was […]

With the winter months getting chillier, hopefully the relationships you have built with the people around you are not doing the same. Whether you are having problems with your significant other, friends, parents, boss or roommate, there is one workshop coming up that may be of great benefit to you. The UC Davis Experimental College […]

Davis has a lot to offer, from hip cafes to high-end bike shops to peaceful corners for mid-afternoon naps. But with new businesses in town and our always-moving student population, what’s considered the best right now? The California Aggie wants to know what you think the best of Davis is, and we’ll compile the results […]

When hearing the word “Christmas,” most people envision the lit, forest-green tree, the piles and piles of wrapped gifts surrounding it, the milk and cookies on the coffee table waiting for Santa and the immense amounts of holiday cheer. However, in many other places around the world, people are spending the holidays very differently. While […]

The holidays change people. College students finish finals, pack their bags, bid friends farewell and head out of town. Whether they are on vacation or simply relaxing at home, the vast majority will gain weight. This phenomenon is aptly dubbed “winter weight,” and with an average gain of two to three pounds among college students, […]