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On Wed., Feb. 11, UC Davis students and community members attended a candlelight vigil for the three victims murdered Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. On Tuesday, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were shot and killed at point blank range in in their home in Chapel […]

For the week leading up to Valentine’s Day, MUSE went around Davis and surveyed members of the community, as well as a few visitors, and asked them some questions about love, particularly, “Describe a perfect Valentine’s Day Date” and “How do you define love?” Bube Onyeador, a fourth-year economics/statistics major, believes simplicity makes the best […]

ASUCD court has had a significantly busy Winter Quarter, however many students are unaware of its role on campus. “Without us, ASUCD would have no oversight whatsoever,” said second-year science and technology studies major and associate justice Alexis Caligiuri. ASUCD Court is the judicial branch of the university’s student government. “We interpret the [ASUCD] constitution,” […]

Whether you’re spending the day with friends, or your significant other, Davis doesn’t fall short on ways to get into the loving spirit. Follow these tips and this Hallmark holiday is sure to exceed all of your expectations. It’s not Valentine’s Day without roses! Nothing says ‘I love you’ like a hastily planned Valentine’s Day […]

Animal rights activists are speaking out against animal abuse and negligence at the UC Davis California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) and are trying to pressure the institution into closing. On Feb. 5, UC Davis Primates Deserve Better, an animal rights advocacy group founded in 2014, held its third protest at the Memorial Union. According […]

The Sierra Nevada red fox, a state endangered species, was documented for the first time in a century inside the boundaries of Yosemite National Park. A motion sensitive camera captured the sighting on Dec. 13, 2014 and Jan. 4, 2015 in a northern region of the park. The last documentation of the species was in […]

Our little town of Davis never sleeps, and the Davis Police Department is there to keep the peace. The following is the most entertaining bits of police activity in Davis. It is meant to be lighthearted and all in good fun. TUESDAY, FEB. 4: Afternoon Nap: Man found sleeping with an open container of […]

The UC Davis women’s softball team won’t have any time to relax this season as incoming head coach Erin Thorpe begins the quest for progress. As the seventh head coach in the history of Aggie softball, Thorpe is ready to expose potential and put the team to the test as the onset of the season […]

Well over an hour before the game started, a long line had formed at the doors. Some caught a glimpse of players and erupted in cheers. This is not the Aggie team that most UC Davis students are used to. This, it seems, is what winning looks like. UC Davis men’s basketball is benefiting from […]

On Jan. 22 Dr. John E. Madigan, professor and researcher of Medicine & Epidemiology at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine led a rescue mission to retrieve Molly the Cow, who fell in a 30-ft. deep mine shaft on Jan. 18. The mine shaft was located in her owner’s privately owned land, located in […]

Members of the UC Davis chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi (AEPi), the predominantly-and-historically-Jewish fraternity, woke up the morning of Saturday Jan. 31 to discover two large swastikas spray painted around the fraternity house, which is located across the street from campus. The graffiti was found on a wall in the back of the building and […]

At tonight’s (Jan. 29) ASUCD senate meeting, Senate Resolution (SR) #9 passed with an 8-2-2 vote. The text of SR #9 calls for the University of California (UC) Board of Regents to divest from “corporations that aid in the Israeli occupation of Palestine and illegal settlements in Palestinian territories, violating both international humanitarian law and […]