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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 […]

Bus driver, ASUCD Coffee House vendor and Dining Commons worker are only a few of the various jobs held by UC Davis students on campus. There are even more jobs held by students that are less common to the public eye. While it is almost common knowledge that students are the bus drivers for Unitrans, […]

Food trucks. Little mobile gourmet dispensaries that make anyone with any enthusiasm for eating at all think, “Duh.” A quickly growing trend in the food service industry, trucks are a way for adventurous foodies to make their gourmet specialties available to the masses. In a 2011 “What’s Hot” survey of 1,500 chefs, the National Restaurant […]

Sharing a personal diary with people usually takes a lot of courage, but junior communication and sociology double major Timothy Wynn has boldly decided to take his diary public. Wynn’s Tumblr “diary” requires listening rather than reading. It’s called the “100 Beats Project,” and it is designed as a platform for Wynn to share his […]

We are arriving upon the week that everyone dreads: finals week, also known as seven days of perpetual studying. Luckily, Davis provides various places to go, whether you like background noise or silence. Most people know the usual spots, such as Peter J. Shields Library, ASUCD Coffee House, King Lounge and Griffin Lounge. There are […]

“It’s a killer situation. Resistance against child armies is important. We should have been doing this a long time ago.” Reuben Torres, sophomore landscape architecture major “I’m glad that it’s finally blown up. My friend was in Invisible Children and she tried to tell people that it’s important. But I guess Facebook got the word […]

Although the general sentiment seems to be that the UC Davis campus and surrounding community is relatively safe, many students feel uneasy about navigating the dimly-lit city at night. The Clery Act Statistics, which show the number of crimes reported on university property over a given year, do not suggest that UC Davis has a […]