Features

Students, staff sign poster in support of bringing back the SciLab coffee stand  By SONORA SLATER — features@theaggie.org   Imagine, at 8 a.m. on a rainy day in October, damp fog seeping through your clothes, you slip inside the Sciences Lab Building (SLB) for your morning class. The door makes a dull thud as it […]

The Mirror Image Dance founder aims to teach her students more than technique and choreography By SONORA SLATER — features@theaggie.org Along the hallway at Mirror Image Dance Company in Davis, California, the walls are lined with pictures of students, reminders about Spirit Week, the names of dancers with October birthdays on a green chalkboard and […]

UC Davis students answer questions about our campus community and their experiences By KATIE DEBENEDETTI AND LEVI GOLDSTEIN — features@theaggie.org Thao Thanh Second-year philosophy major with a pre-law emphasis What is your Davis-specific hot take? “I think we should change our mascot to cows.” What are you most excited for this upcoming year? “I joined the bowling […]

Students discuss Biden’s debt relief plan and other potential solutions to the debt crisis By LEVI GOLDSTEIN — features@theaggie.org On Aug. 24, President Joe Biden announced a plan for student debt relief. As part of their 2020 campaign promises, the Biden-Harris administration paused federal student debt payments during the COVID-19 pandemic. Now, to combat the […]

Yolo country celebrates local farming and small-scale production during “Farm to Fork” month   By LEVI GOLDSTEIN — features@theaggie.org   In 1908, UC Davis first opened as an extension of UC Berkeley in the form of an agricultural school — hence why students are known as “Aggies.” Ever since, the University’s agricultural roots have remained […]

By JADE BELL – campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis alumnus Carlo Facchino set out on his 2,400-mile row from San Francisco’s Golden Gate Bridge to Hawaii at 8:30 a.m. on July 5 and completed it on Sept. 15, 72 days later. Prior to this, Facchino competed in the Great Pacific Race with Team Uniting Nations from […]

The 2022 Tahoe State of the Lake report informs programs to combat environmental destruction and maintain Tahoe as a popular vacation spot   By LEVI GOLDSTEIN — features@theaggie.org   Lake Tahoe is a popular retreat destination throughout the year for outdoorsy Californians, including hikers and boat enthusiasts in the summer and skiers in the winter. […]

Davis community members discuss struggles they have encountered as queer Muslims By UMAIMA EJAZ — features@theaggie.org Content warning: This article contains discussions of homophobia and trnsphobia that some readers might find disturbing. Disclaimer: Some sources have chosen to remain anonymous for their safety. Saeed Zaheer and Sumaira Khan are pseudonyms for these sources’ identities.  “Allah, can […]

Davis resident with visual impairment shares her journey of losing her vision and learning to use tools around her to excel By MAYA SHYDLOWSKI — features@theaggie.org An ode to the time when she could see bright lights and high contrasts, Gena Harper’s living room is scattered with Christmas lights and checkerboard patterns. Next to her […]

UC Davis researchers strive to understand “hugely problematic” catastrophic injuries in racehorses By MARGO ROSENBAUM — features@theaggie.org With bottles of coat shine and thin layers of sweat, racehorses glitter in the sun and dance on spindly legs across the soft-dirt track. Jockeys adorned in colorful silks are slung onto the backs of skittering two-year-old horses as […]

Board members share their perspectives on Pride celebrations, planning the first Pride Festival on campus and goals for future years By MALERIE HURLEY — features@theaggie.org If you were near Dunloe Brewing Co. on the warm evening of May 21, you would have heard an outpour of cheers from a large group of Davis students tucked […]

This spring, seniors reflect on their time at UC Davis and share their plans for post-grad    By JALAN TEHRANIFAR — features@theaggie.org   This is the third story in The California Aggie’s five part series profiling seniors graduating from UC Davis this spring. Throughout the quarter, The Aggie will be speaking with seniors about their […]