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This last Sunday, UC Davis hosted its first Biodiversity Museum Day. “We haven’t had a turn out like this since Picnic Day,” said Lynn Kimsley, professor and director for the Bohart Museum of Entomology, “I would like to make this an annual event.” UC Davis opened up four of its biological collections to public exhibition. […]

Entertainment Council is an ASUCD unit involved in bringing Snoop Dogg, Cake, DJ Tiesto and Drake to campus. “My personal approach and mission this year as the director of Entertainment Council has been to connect UC Davis students with quality entertainment,” said Henry Chatfield, director of Entertainment Council. The level of involvement EC actually has […]

The UC Davis men’s basketball team won its first game since Nov. 15 this past Thursday in the Pavilion, beating Cal State Northridge 79-71. The win stopped an 18-game losing streak and was the team’s first against a Big West Conference opponent this year. “Finally,” said senior guard Eddie Miller, slumping into his chair in […]

Dave “DK” Kemp, former bike coordinator of the City of Fort Collins, Colorado, became the new Bicycle and Pedestrian Coordinator of Davis on Feb. 6. Members of the public are welcome to meet Kemp at an informal reception on Friday at the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame from 5:30 to 7 p.m. The Aggie sat […]

Bree Rombi wants to be your student body president, and Rebecca Sterling does, too. With only two weeks left before the ASUCD elections for senate and executive office, the pressure is on for candidates to deliver those final speeches and to reassure their supporters. “With 15 senate candidates running and two executive tickets, I am […]

A small custodial closet fire at the Memorial Union (MU) Tuesday afternoon forced a complete evacuation of the building. “It was an accidental fire in a custodial closet. It was put out very quickly and there was very little damage to building,” said  Gina Updegraff, acting Captain of the UC Davis Fire Department. Initial reports […]

An estimated 300 protesters were arrested Saturday, Jan. 28 by the Oakland police. Ten UC Davis students were among those arrested. The events included marching through streets and an attempt to occupy Oakland’s city hall and the vacant Henry Kaiser Convention Center. Protesters were met with tear gas, rubber bullets and mass arrests by the […]

The fight against smoking is coming to UC Davis, as smokers will find it difficult to find somewhere to grab a quick smoke in two years time. In a letter to the UC chancellors on Jan. 9, UC President Mark G. Yudof asked each chancellor to form a committee to implement a smoke-free policy by […]

Looking forward to the coming  spring rain, many students anticipate the leaky roof of the Memorial Union (MU).  Based upon past rain storms, drips located in the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) and the East Wing of the MU have plagued students looking for a dry place to stay. A new roof has been installed over […]

It’s 4 a.m. on a weekday, the sun has not even begun to rise and the silent stillness of the night is still present. All students in Tercero dorms are asleep — except perhaps those doing some late night studying. But, just across the street, senior animal science major Vania Leonardes is about to begin […]

Occupy UC Davis is no longer occupying the Cross Cultural Center building. For the past few weeks, Occupy UC Davis has been occupying the empty building. However, the Educational Opportunity Program (EOP) had been set to move into the building this quarter. Occupiers seemed to have vacated the building by Monday morning, and in a […]

Dairy Field, located next to the University’s Dairy and across the street from Hutchison Field, will begin reconstruction into a multipurpose turf field in the spring. With 36 sports club teams and many Intramural (IM) sports teams from 27 activities, there was a need for an all-purpose, all-weather field, considering not all sports teams require […]