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Farmers emphasize a values based agricultural community. During my spring break, I set aside time to visit my grandparents farm. We did what we normally did: we walked out to the “sump,” an ugly, moldy body of water just a short walk through the almond orchards. It serves the purpose of irrigation on the family […]

Updates to the outstanding student awards that honor students and registered student organizations Every year, the Outstanding Student Awards honors members of the Davis community  that have made impressive contributions to UC Davis and its student body. Only students and organizations can be nominated for these awards, and recipients are handpicked during a competitive application […]

Professors and Ph.D., graduate and undergraduate students all work together to invent robots to automate crop production It’s the year 2030 in the agricultural fields surrounding Davis. The fields look about the same, still dotted with orchards and fruit trees. But, alongside the people picking the fruits are machines, carrying trays of strawberries to and […]

Students share their experiences with taking online classes At UC Davis, there are many classes offered that students can take to satisfy GE requirements, major requirements or just fill up their schedule. These classes include in-person, lecture and/or discussion based classes, hybrid classes (consisting of both online material and in-person meetings) or classes administered solely […]

Aggies attempt to reduce waste to benefit the planet Climate change, garbage patches and general pollution affect our earth, society and economy daily. These issues are increasingly relevant to many, sparking a conversation among younger generations about how to initiate progress and change. In the last several years, the UC system established a comprehensive goal […]

Club celebrates video game music and discusses new GE course The Video Game Orchestra (VGO) will be holding its spring concert on June 2 in the Theatre and Dance Hall. The concert will feature a lineup of large, well-known open world exploration games with vast amounts of content like “Skyrim” and “The Legend of Zelda: […]

Mental Health Initiative brings llamas to the Quad You may have heard of therapy dogs, but have you heard of therapy llamas? This year, the UC Davis Mental Health Initiative brought four therapy llamas to the UC Davis Quad as part of their Kick-Off Day for Mental Health Awareness Month (MHAM). Over the course of […]

First-year Savina Bouathong works on “Sunsets with Strangers” photography portfolio When looking through a photo album to get inspiration for a photography portfolio, first-year food science and technology major Savina Bouathong came across a picture of her and her sister in her grandfather’s Jeep. When she was growing up, her grandfather would take her and […]

G Street Wunderbar Whether it’s a Wednesday night out after a final or a three-day weekend, Davis has many bars that are popular among students. G Street Wunderbar is one of the most notable, with the Wednesday night event “Funk Night” being a pinnacle Davis tradition for many legal drinkers. Since it opened on October […]

Winner: Shields Library A college campus is incomplete without a great library. Most libraries, while mostly used to house books, fulfill another purpose instead; being a comfortable, quiet and reliable space for people to study. Peter J. Shields Library at UC Davis is no different. With many different rooms and areas to fit everyone’s needs, […]

Winner: Hydro Flask with stickers and/or dents Clinking with ice in the back of a crowded lecture, the Hydro Flask makes its presence known. You turn to see a student with a sideways Farmers Market hat, Birkenstocks and an old Aggie Pack shirt with holes in the armpits (it’s from 2015). These are all iconically […]

Winner: “Use the free masks to save the Tercero cows” Early last November, Davis was hit with a gust of smoke that originated from Camp Fire in Butte County. For almost two weeks, the air quality index of the surrounding cities of Butte County had been deemed “unhealthy” by the Environmental Protection Agency. The smoke […]