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The abandoned hot dog stand

What do a warehouse in Reno and a corgi dressed in a hot dog costume have in common? If you’ve visited the Memorial Union...

Beer culture expands in Davis

Twenty students are completely silent, brows beneath sunglasses furrowed in deep concentration as they scribble notes on a scorecard. They sniff, swirl, sniff, gulp...

A fry tour of Davis

Oh, French fries. How we covet thy golden deliciousness. Long has your oily crunch satisfied the insatiable lust of the hungover or the hungry....

Unitrans fleet strives to be green

With UC Davis’ eco-friendly biking community, some cringe at the thought of climbing aboard a diesel-guzzling city bus. But with Unitrans now operating 44...

Living green at UC Davis

West Village, a housing complex located on the UC Davis campus, is the largest zero net energy planned community in the nation. The community currently...

The cat’s meow

In an age of constant motion, utter uncertainty and continual change, the idea of raising a pet that will love you for decades to...

Gradebot speeds up grading experience

The notion of a future where learning environments are dictated by machines is an uneasy one at best. However, the Gradebot, a new automated...

Get naked for charity

Andrew Nelson, a third-year psychology major, looks up from his study materials at 11:50 p.m., pulls on gray dress pants and an old T-shirt...

Class expansion possible effect of 2020 Initiative

When chemistry professor Dr. Carlito Lebrilla took a survey of where his 425 Chemistry students went to high school, he was shocked that 93...

Student Housing ready for flood of future residents

Jake Swift, a first-year genetics major, heads to meet his friends at the Segundo Dining Commons. Although the Dining Commons are typically one of...

Trajectories change in aftermath of athletic cuts

Editor’s note: Three years ago, four sports were discontinued. While most of those 153 athletes are long gone, a handful of seniors remain. We...

Sports cuts reexamined in light of increasing athletics debt

In April of 2010, Chancellor Linda Katehi and former Athletics Director Greg Warzecka announced that UC Davis would be cutting women’s rowing, men’s swimming...

Aggie Band-uh! gears up for Picnic Day

As the clammy frosts recede and winter sits down to slumber, a ray of light shines out over the crisp, golden fields of UC...

Picnic Day Essentials

Backpack: You’ll need a lot of things to survive Picnic Day and you’ll need something to carry them in. A backpack can also double...

Students simultaneously connected, disconnected

Upon introducing himself, third-year economics major Dao Ho usually gets the same response from every new friend he makes: “Why and how do you...