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Senior biochemistry and molecular biology double major Ashley Eaton gets acquainted with an elephant during the 2011 UC Davis Summer Abroad, India: “Palaces of the Gods: Texts and Temples in India” program.

“Go big or go home… responsibly.” Morgan Daffin, junior environmental toxicology major “Go to the fashion show! And come decorate fake wands!” Valerie Mores, junior fashion design major and member of the Harry Potter Alliance “Don’t drive anywhere; take the bus! Or even better, walk everywhere.” Kuljit Singh, junior political science major “Wear lots of […]

When senior human development major Zobeyda Otero read about Global Medical Brigades in The Aggie, she saw an opportunity to improve the lives of people around the world, like those who live in her parents’ homeland of Honduras. “It was a way of giving back. But it has grown into something far beyond that,” said […]

On Wednesday night, the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra returned from its long-awaited performance tour of Madrid, Granada, Valencia and Barcelona. The orchestra, made up of over 100 UC Davis students, affiliates and community members, drew as many as 2,000 audience members enthusiastic to see an American group play the works of Debussy, Schumann and Beethoven. […]

UC Davis’ 98th annual Picnic Day is just around the corner and this year’s festivities will once again be promoted by the grassroots campaign, “Handle Your Shit.” The campaign was started last year by a few students who worked to save Picnic Day from being permanently shut down due to consistent violations concerning alcohol possession […]

How many students have trekked out to a lake, hung out in the sun all day and pitched tents on a beach to camp overnight for tournaments as part of normal participation in a team sport? Or have been recognized on Bourbon Street in New Orleans as UC Davis students? Or played on Slip n’ […]

Many of UC Davis’ student-run clubs typically meet, greet and operate solely through the campus community. However, the UC Davis English department’s graduate reading series, Fig+Axle, hopes to be an exception to this idea, as it unites the institutional atmosphere of UC Davis with the surrounding Davis community. Fig+Axle began as a reading series which […]

Editor’s note: In Who’s That Aggie?, The California Aggie finds a student on campus and investigates their background and experiences at UC Davis. A photograph of a student spreading her arms in an attempt to protect her peers during the Nov. 18, 2011 protests can be found on the Facebook pages of dozens of UC […]

In Review: Pho King IV 226 Third St. Hours: Monday through Saturday, 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. Food: *** Ambiance: **** Cost: $$ Key Food and ambiance quality **** I’m dining here every day *** Almost like eating at home ** Better than my roommate’s cooking * Only if I’m starving Budget $$$$ chancellor $20+ […]

Eighteen minutes — the time allotted for a TED speaker to give the talk of their life. On May 19, UC Davis will host its second TEDx event featuring a variety of local speakers, who will each have 18 minutes to present their research, discoveries or point of view. The event is from 9 a.m. […]

One man’s trash may certainly be another man’s treasure. But who would have thought that the weekend’s empty beer bottles and midterm week’s half-crumpled Starbucks doubleshot cans could mean the difference between life and death for kids in a foreign country? A group of like-minded students on campus has made it its mission to see […]

For some, the thought of a bee sting conjures up the fear of anaphylactic shock, and potentially, fatality. Others consider bees to be an extreme annoyance and try to avoid them if possible. But a group of local bee enthusiasts known as the Davis Bee Collective views bees as pertinent members of the ecosystem as […]