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Take a piece of paper. Fold two corners in, fold the paper in half add some trimming and you have a very simple airplane. While you may only see airplanes flying around classrooms or sporting events, paper airplane pilots around the world take this hobby very seriously and compete at the international level, like senior […]

For Rocky Twitchell, every building at UC Davis has a number. The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center is 125, for example. Chemistry Annex? More than 200. Giedt Hall, a particular favorite of Twitchell’s, is a merciful four. “Meyer has way too many,” he says emphatically driving past the rectangular hall on a busy Friday afternoon. […]

The annual Whole Earth Festival is upon us. Another Spring Quarter weekend event where there is so much to do in Davis that one could wander for hours and not see it all. But there’s so much more than what meets the eye when casually walking through the Quad, so much more than endless aisles […]

As graduation season approaches, many Aggies are flocking to the Memorial Union (MU) and other campus shopping locales to stock up on college memorabilia. Aside from those few coffee mugs placed suggestively on kitchen countertops, T-shirts etched with mascots and the infamous college acronym sweatshirts, there is hardly a variety in establishing where a person […]

A batch of neon yellow eggs coagulates into chunks above a watery base in one of many warm metal dishes along a service line: strips of bacon atop oil-soaked bread, sugar-dusted pancakes and glistening potatoes. With a quick swipe of their plastic ID cards, students are lured to the UC Davis Dining Commons (DC) by […]

Muggles hoping to “fly” in Harry, Ron and Hermione’s shoes are cordially invited to participate in UC Davis’ first Muggle Quidditch Tournament, to be held May 19 to 20. From today at 10 a.m. through Friday at 5 p.m., first-years can register for the intramural (IM) tournament, based on the game featured in the Harry […]

Davis has one of the largest bicycle populations in the world. We ride bicycles for transportation, for convenience, even for fun. But UC Davis is also home to a lesser-known sport in which bicycles are not solely a means for transport. The UC Davis cycling team has 150 members. The team is first broken into […]

“I would say cracking knuckles. My roommate does this weird dance before she goes to bed and every joint in her body cracks. I hate it!” Shaida Mirmazalleri, first-year economics major “Proselytizing, or religious soliciting. Like when people go door-to-door. I don’t like it because I didn’t ask for it.” Russell Booker, junior English major […]

The responsibilities of being a UC Davis student can sometimes interfere with that nostalgic urge to just get outside and connect with nature. A common compromise could be taking a stroll through the Arboretum. Multi-tasking by taking in the spring bloom and possibly making some progress on an assignment. But there is another place not […]

Muggles hoping to “fly” in Harry, Ron and Hermione’s shoes are cordially invited to participate in UC Davis’ first Muggle Quidditch Tournament, to be held May 19 to 20. From today at 10 a.m. through Friday at 5 p.m., first-years can register for the intramural (IM) tournament, based on the game featured in the Harry […]

In Review: Our House Restaurant and Lounge 808 2nd St. Hours: Monday through Friday 11 a.m. to late Saturday through Sunday 4:30 p.m. to late 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 * […]

You live in Davis. You own a bicycle, or at least have ridden one recently. You were probably just riding it or are about to ride it somewhere. But what if gradually you lost that simple ability? 2005 UC Davis graduate Kyle Bryant did. At the age of 17, Bryant was diagnosed with Friedreich’s Ataxia […]