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Taking the Unitrans bus, going to the Silo Union and eating at the ASUCD Coffee House may seem like a daily routine to most students. Little do they know that these are part of 50 Aggie traditions that could earn them a medallion to walk with at graduation. The 50 Aggie traditions is a challenge […]

You’re in the CoHo and you see a pretty girl sitting alone; or maybe it’s your English class and you want that smart kid for a study buddy. Either way, it’s time to break the ice. Though learned and memorized social skills may not seem like the smoothest thing to practice, breaking the ice has […]

Editor’s note: The Aggie interviewed the six newly-elected ASUCD senators. They will be sworn in at the ASUCD Senate meeting Thursday, Nov. 29. The interviews are in alphabetical order by first name. Alyson Sagala Fourth-year political science and communication double major The Aggie: What are your goals as senator? Sagala: My goals as a senator […]

Meet James Oakley, a fourth-year English major. John Oakley, an international relations major, also attends UC Davis. They share friends and an apartment, but what brings them together? They share the same DNA. James and John both attend UC Davis. But not all twins go to the same university. Identical twins tend to possess more […]

Congratulations! Your Seaking evolved into … Pidgeot? The phylogeny of the animal kingdom is an evolutionary tree, something many students are well aware of. A Pokémon phylogeny, however, is not something one comes across everyday. Three UC Davis affiliates have recently published this phylogeny in the July/August issue of the Annals of Improbable Research (AIR) […]

When most UC Davis students are hungry, picking up a sandwich at the ASUCD Coffee House or swiping into one of the three on-campus dining commons is a natural response. But for over 34,000 Yolo County residents, satisfying an appetite is not as accessible. To help prevent local hunger, UC Davis Dining Services, in conjunction […]

There are many things about home life that college students miss when they pack their bags and head off for a new life. Separation from household pets is one of the things that many Aggies miss. Buying a pet while at college can evolve into a recipe for disaster, since many students aren’t looking for […]

For the first time this fall quarter, four UC Davis students in the concert band are interning in the band class at Winters High School and helping the high school students with the music they are learning. “[Winters] has a small program, a small band and we’re trying to help them grow. If [the band] […]

In the eighth century, Buddhism became the official religion of the Tibetan people, and the king invited Buddhist teachers to Tibet. Today, Tibetan meditation master Lama Gursam has come to Davis and is offering those same teachings to us. These teachings are Buddhist teachings, and one of Buddhism’s fundamental beliefs is reincarnation, not of personality […]

“I’m pretty stoked. I remember people [saying] it was just a close call. I was getting texts from my family members going, ‘who do you think is going to win?’ A lot of people I knew were voting for Obama. [And] I’m super jazzed [about Prop 30]. I do not want to have the tuition […]

The dogs are back. The UC Davis Stress and Wellness Center’s mindspa has brought their quarterly event back to campus. Therapy Fluffies are dogs that are brought to UC Davis to interact with students and help them to destress from the daily grind including exams, lectures and homework. “We host this event in hopes to […]

As November is Native American Heritage Month, the Cross Cultural Center (CCC) is presenting Native American Culture Days (NACD) this week on campus to spread awareness. NACD was actually established on the UC Davis campus in the 1970s during a time of social unrest as a way to celebrate Native American culture. “Native American people […]