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Students strengthen Jewish community through internship For many students, the Hillel of Davis and Sacramento serves as a home away from home. Students frequent Hillel, located directly across the street from campus on A Street, to attend Shabbat dinners on Friday nights, free Tuesday lunches or just to study in between classes.  Hillel is open […]

Students discuss how CalFresh takes the financial pressure off them CalFresh, also referred to as Electronic Benefit Transfer (EBT), is a statewide program that allows individuals to maintain a healthy lifestyle without having to worry about the often higher price of nutritious foods. Eligible students receive an EBT card, which is essentially a debit card […]

Other Picnic Day cancelations due to WWII, outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease, gym construction The UC Davis administration announced the cancelation of Picnic Day on March 14, “as recommended by the ASUCD student organizers.” The event has been canceled five times before this since it began in 1909: As a result of an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth […]

Students discuss Tamarkoz and other lessons from course  The Tamarkoz® method, a practice rooted in Sufism, has one primary goal: to empty your mind. When done right, this fundamental emptiness is said to come with an array of benefits that may be especially attractive to students stressed about the global pandemic.  “Becoming an Extraordinary Human,” […]

What social distancing is, how it works and what readers can do to effectively practice this method On March 16, 2020, President Donald Trump called for a 15-day shelter-in-place order to mitigate the spread of COVID-19. Across the nation, U.S. government officials have ordered residents to stay home and practice social distancing in an attempt […]

Jennifer Curtis, first female dean for UC Davis College of Engineering, spoke about experience as female engineer The California Aggie spoke to Jennifer Curtis about her experience for Women’s History Month. Our HERstory series will continue throughout the month of March. In STEM-related fields, particularly engineering, men significantly outnumber women. According to Forbes, women made […]

Moving out of the dorms, proctored or canceled finals, and more: How the evolving COVID-19 pandemic played a role in many students’ finals week anxieties  Quarter-system students face an additional source of stress amid the evolving coronavirus pandemic: Dealing with the fallout that was Winter Quarter finals. COVID-19 puts universities across the nation into uncharted […]

Janet Sanford speaks about her experience as the second woman admitted to UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine  The California Aggie spoke to Janet Sanford about her experience for women’s history month. Our HERstory series will continue throughout the month of March.  In a class of 45 students, Janet Sanford was the second of two […]

Newly elected VP talks about her parents, books, music Akhila Kandaswamy, a second-year managerial economics and statistics double major, ran to be ASUCD vice president to focus on sexual assault awareness and advocacy. Through this platform, she aspires to change stigmas around ASUCD and focus on how vulnerability can be a strength. Throughout her interview […]

Department is working to hire more instructors to meet increased student demand for courses The drastic increase in students taking computer science courses has led to a faculty shortage in the department. While the department has hired 16 new faculty members since 2011 to keep up with student demand, it also lost 11 faculty members […]

Kirsten Schulmacher discusses balancing intense workload of being a teaching assistant while also a Ph.D. student Kirsten Schulmacher, a UC Davis Ph.D. student and teaching assistant with the English department, is constantly on the go. Between assisting undergraduates, preparing for discussion sections, attending lectures and taking Ph.D. classes, she rarely has time for herself. In […]

Thick, textured hair is a blessing, one that reflects beauty of a culture, community Tiana Williams, a fourth-year cinema and digital media and African American Studies major, likes to wear her hair in a high puff, where her natural, coily curl pattern shines. Williams styles her hair daily and makes sure that it receives exactly […]