Opinion

A cashier at the infamous ASUCD Coffee House shocked the Davis community with an unprecedented and unwarranted friendly comment. A horrific incident occurred on campus last Friday, just before the 102nd Picnic Day. Hayley Robbins, a 7th-year atmospheric science major, was casually using her AggieCard to pay for her iced coffee when the cashier, whose […]

Recent “news” source seeks to entertain, fails to inform UC Davis students may have noticed Facebook posts on student-wide pages, such as “Free and For Sale” and “UC Davis Textbook Marketplace,” that have absolutely nothing to do with the theme of the group. Much of this spam is a result of articles from The Tab, […]

Unlike most plebeians, I was born with the ability to mesmerize a crowd. I was giving TED Talks while I was still sleeping with a teddy bear and I destroyed my kindergarten class president acceptance speech. I may be tone deaf, rhythm deaf and colorblind, but if I was given one lucky hand in my […]

Mark Rasmus, a UC Davis janitor working in Wellman Hall, had his Friday night graveyard shift interrupted by a frantic phone call from his wife, Sharon. After five missed calls, Rasmus decided that he should pick up his phone. Rasmus says that he usually leaves his phone on vibrate to prevent any distractions, but because […]

The Center for Student Involvement (CSI) at UC Davis has come up with a new way to engage various clubs and organizations on campus, as they do every year. Two years ago, each club was tasked with designing and painting a step on a ladder that the fire department would use on one of its […]

Red, white and blue. Add a shield, a star, a “mask” that doesn’t really hide the wearer’s identity, mention Chris Evans, and who do you think of? I’m going to assume your answer is Captain America. Now, I really like Captain America, and I enjoy his few movies that have been released in theaters, albeit […]

Houseboats. Date: Memorial Day Weekend. Location: Lake Shasta. You: There. I don’t think I’ve ever posted something on the Internet that would completely sink my chances of getting elected to public office. Well, this might be it. 20-Years-From-Now Yinon, I’m so sorry. To any potential employers who may have found their way here: there’s a […]

Invest in student journalism The California Aggie successfully ran the Print The Aggie initiative during Winter Quarter to get the campus newspaper, which was last in print in 2014, back into the hands of UC Davis students. If you voted yes on this initiative, the Editorial Board would like to extend our warmest thanks. Print […]

You’re ganja have a good time! This quarter’s Internship and Career Fair falls on April 20 — a day students show up to class more glassy-eyed than usual, and perhaps smelling a little skunky. However, in a joint decision made by the Internship and Career Center and Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, it was decided the […]

2011 PR campaign actually draws more negative attention to pepper-spray incident According to documents obtained by The Sacramento Bee, UC Davis spent at least $175,000 on consultants to improve its online reputation after the infamous pepper-spray incident on campus in November 2011. In a desperate effort to save the tarnished image of the university and […]