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Down south in the UC Davis Horse Barn, student interns called stud managers spend six months a year making horse babies. Yes, making horse babies. Natural breeding is quite dangerous, so they practice artificial insemination, in which the managers excite the stallions, collect the horse semen and impregnate a mare. Last week, the Equine Facilities […]

Sporting shiny black disco pants, a mustard yellow sheer cardigan, a black felt boater hat and bold black creepers, Jennifer Im with her spunky look is more than your average girl. Walking among UC Davis students as a fourth-year communication major, Im is also a fashion blogger and YouTube star with over 196,000 subscribers. At […]

As students of UC Davis, we carry the honor of being called Aggies — but don’t forget the root of this title. We call ourselves Aggies because of our agricultural readiness and abundance of farms. According to peta2, more and more UC Davis students are taking this a step further and going vegan, awarding our […]

Confessions from the last 24 hours: “I just ate carrots and celery while watching porn.” “I have seriously considered pole dancing as a side job to pay for college. I just wish there wasn’t such a negative stigma surrounding it.” “I was really attracted to the girl in the drag king contest. I’m a straight […]

Natalie Roman, a fourth-year American studies major, works on a cassette player, a device long superseded by digital technology that is faster, more convenient and more reliable. But she pushes on the player’s buttons to produce the sound of creating a mix tape — recording sound effects is an essential part of radio production. Roman […]

Davis emanates eco-friendliness. We ride bicycles and use public transportation. We eat local foods and drink free-trade coffee. The UC Davis School of Education, which is in the planning stages of a new sustainable building, is joining the trend. The School of Education once held classes in the Academic Surge and offices in its own […]

TODAY The Enchanted Cellar All Day 17 Wright Visit the Enchanted Cellar for Halloween Costume Rentals at UC Davis. There is a 50 percent discount for UC Davis students, faculty, staff and affiliates. The Enchanted Cellar will be open until Oct. 31. Appointments are preferred. Call (530) 752-0740 or email rcfemling@ucdavis.edu for an appointment. For […]

People enter beauty pageants for many reasons that vary from a chance at fame to the glamour that being a contestant entails. But before third-year UC Davis neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Natasha Malhotra was crowned the winner of the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant 2012 on Sept. 29, the talent portion of the contest […]

Ryky Tran settled into his driver’s seat, preparing to sleep in his ’99 blue Honda Civic for the third week in a row. His stomach grumbled; he hadn’t eaten a meal in two days. The UCLA fourth-year anthropology major moved from Boston to Los Angeles in 2000 after dropping out of high school. Shortly after, […]

TODAY ITS-Davis/JMIE Special Seminar 1:30 to 3 p.m. 113 The Barn Join Kathrin Goldammer, Project Leader, Transdisciplinary Panel on Energy Change, Institute for Advanced Sustainability Studies (IASS), Potsdam, Germany, as she discusses The Challenges of Germany’s Energiewende. There is no cost and all are welcome to attend. TUESDAY Term Paper Workshop: Part I 3:10 to […]

The average weight of a laptop is approximately 5.5 pounds — not far from the average weight of a college textbook. So, carrying around what may seem like a lightweight piece of technology can actually take a toll on your shoulders and back. However, electronics are such an essential part of the classroom experience that […]

When one hears about UC Davis, one thinks about its world-class agriculture program or the extensive research facilities and faculty that have made it one of the greatest public universities in the nation. However, one recent grad and two seniors have committed themselves to create a new reason to be proud to be called an […]