Features

Students recommend recreational sports and time outdoors, emphasize the health benefits of exercise   By AMBER WARNKE — features@theaggie.org   With the recent turn from rainy, cold weather to days of sunshine and blue skies, many students have taken advantage of the warmth to engage in more outdoor exercise. While all forms of exercise have […]

UC Davis content creator Mia Hildebrand details her rise to Internet fame and entrepreneurial success    By DOMENICA PELOSO — feautures@theaggie.org   While most freshmen are rendered defenseless against the dreaded first-year jitters, UC Davis students are uniquely prepared to transition into college life thanks to social media content creator Mia Hildebrand — colloquially known […]

From Ticketmaster to AI music, students discuss the emphasis of the industry on economic gain   By VRITI SHAH — features@theaggie.org From the rock music revolution of the 1960s to the current rise of pop, the music industry has always served as a crucial part of society and culture. Music has historically been a universal language […]

Spotlight on OVO, a sustainable menstrual hygiene company  By AMBER WARNKE — features@theaggie.org Environmental sustainability is a frequently discussed topic, leading many people to look into more eco-friendly swaps for the products they buy. This is especially true for feminine hygiene products, which often contain environmentally toxic “forever chemicals” that can take 500 to 800 […]

Students and faculty discuss the implications of widespread headphone use By GRACIELA TIU — features@theaggie.org On an early Monday morning, you hop off the bus and start walking toward your first class. As you hear the soothing beat of your favorite song playing in your AirPods, you cross the street and navigate your way through […]

As the speaker of this year’s Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture Series, Applebaum emphasized the threats to modern-day democracy By YUENJO FAN AND AMBER DUHS — features@theaggie.org  On Feb. 9, Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist and historian Anne Applebaum headlined the annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture Series. Held at the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of […]

As the world becomes more efficient, students grapple with staying motivated for assignments and relying on AI By AMRA ABID — features@theaggie.org Today is Monday. You open your general education course syllabus to see that by Wednesday, you are expected to read 30 pages of dense 16th-century prose to prepare for a class discussion that […]

Political messaging and its presence in the arts    By VRITI SHAH — features@theaggie.org   Recently, it seems like everywhere one turns they are faced with a political opinion, argument or reference. Even after turning off the news, many are met with even more political conversations on social media and television, in music and literature, […]

In cities throughout the nation, both high school and university students organized against escalated immigration enforcement By GRACIELA TIU — features@theaggie.org As United States Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) operations are still active through cities across the country, students in and around these communities continue protesting by holding school walkouts, rallies, vigils, marches and strikes.  […]