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Parcel tax to provide science, foreign language, music classes in district schools On Oct. 15, the Davis Board of Education addressed a timeline for the development of a ballot measure that would renew two Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) voter-approved parcel taxes. Parcel taxes are ballot measures that raise a flat rate tax on […]

Store managers, advisor, volunteer discuss plans for further student volunteerism and community creativity For the past three years, the Aggie Reuse store has served as UC Davis students’ personal thrift store, offering opportunities to find low-cost items such as clothing and school supplies. When the store was founded, its mission was to keep items from […]

Off-season competitions prepares high school teams, improves performance On the weekend of Oct. 23, Davis Senior High School (DSHS) hosted the Capital City Classic (CCC) robotics competition. CCC is a three-day tournament for high school robotics teams in the off-season of the competitive FIRST Robotics Competition (FRC). High school teams compete internationally each year at […]

Logos Books donates to charity, hosts poetry readings Susan and Peter Linz opened Logos Books six years ago, with the goal of raising money for Doctors without Borders and Save the Children. Doctors without Borders provides international medicine and healthcare to areas in need, while Save the Children promotes children’s rights worldwide. Both are non-governmental […]

UC Davis responds to recent spike in campus shootings. On Oct. 10, the topic of campus shootings hit closer to home when this year’s homecoming rival, Northern Arizona University (NAU), suffered from a tragic campus shooting that left one student dead and three others injured NAU is part of a growing list of academic institutions […]

Grant focused on research program for sustaining, improving lettuce crops This month, 11 UC Davis researchers were awarded a specialty-crops grant of $4.5 million from the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Institute of Food and Agriculture. The grant’s purpose is to improve lettuce crops by supporting a multidisciplinary research program that will leverage new […]

Researchers, radiation expert, office of research discuss implications of total-body scanner. Researchers at UC Davis recently received a $15.5 million grant to build the world’s first total-body positron emission tomography (PET) scanner, an advancement in medical technology that researchers predict will revolutionize the health field. After 10 years and 14 grant proposals, researchers were able […]

Students, staff discuss October theme of domestic violence awareness Every year since 1989, U.S. Congress has passed a public law designating every October as National Domestic Violence Awareness Month. On Oct. 23, students at the UC Davis Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) held the university’s first-ever panel on the topics of dating and domestic […]

Demonstration a part of International Campus Day for Palestine Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), along with members of Jewish Students for Peace and Davis Stands with Ferguson, held a demonstration on Oct. 14 at the UC Davis Quad for International Campus Day for Palestine. The date commemorates the anniversary of the 1953 […]

Surface Water Pipeline, Paving Rehabilitation projects to cause road delays in coming months Expect heavier traffic in Davis throughout October and into November as a result of two major construction projects. The Surface Water Pipeline (SWP) project will install water transmission lines to better the reliability of Davis’ water supply, while the Paving Rehabilitation (PR) […]

Record tied for career field goals This week, The California Aggie joined Brady Stuart, a down-to-earth kicker with his head held high. Since the interview, Stuart has broken the UC Davis record in field goals, set by Eddie Loretto (1985-88). The senior, an all-time field goal kicker with a new personal best distance, does not […]

Laboratory remains closed until further evaluation On Oct. 26, faculty and staff were evacuated from Young Hall after the UC Davis Fire Department responded to a chemical spill in one of the hall’s labs at approximately 5:00 p.m. The chemical spilled was acrolein. Following the evacuation, hazmat teams went into the hall to evaluate and […]