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He’s majoring in exercise biology and economics, minoring in management and technology. He’s at the CoHo cash registers taking your ticket slips. But most importantly, he’s at almost all UC Davis sporting event. His name is Akshar Gopal and his official title is “marketing and promotions intern,” but he’s best known as the “Aggie Pack […]

Recently, I was reading a certain popular women’s magazine and wondering if my masochistic streak was widening. It was the only reason I could think of for why I continue to read articles entitled “500 Ways to Please Your Man” (because apparently only straight girls read it), even though I know it will be the […]

You might want to think again before taking your bike for a night ride without a light this week. The Davis Police Department is conducting a Bicycle Safety Education and Enforcement Operation, which began Monday and continues throughout the week. Officers are patrolling areas frequented by bicyclists to address traffic violations that lead to collisions. […]

Residents have begun to move back into the Domes after a ground lease was signed with the University and the Solar Housing Community Association (SCHA). The Domes, a cooperative housing community, were closed last August due to safety and health concerns. The SCHA will be acting as a third party in the renovation and maintenance […]

The new Community Center, located at the corner of Hutchison Drive and California Avenue, opens its doors today. The Community Center houses the Lesbian Gay Bisexual and Transgender Resource Center, the Cross Cultural Center, the Recruitment and Retention Center, a multi-purpose room, computer classrooms and the Undergraduate Research Center. The building also has a cafe […]

Since December, there has been an increase of stolen vehicle activity in Davis, according to the City of Davis Police Department (DPD). Honda and Acura cars have been taken from Davis and recovered in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the same time period, DPD officers have recovered several vehicles, which had been stolen from […]

The City of Davis Police Department (DPD) is investigating a Dec. 20, 2011 bank robbery at Davis’ U.S. Bank. Detectives believe the robbery is part of a series of eight U.S. Bank robberies spanning from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Sacramento Valley that began in early September 2011. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, […]

As Winter quarter begins, participants of the UC Davis occupy movement have made plans to re-occupy the Quad on Thursday and continue their presence on campus. Following the recent 81 percent tuition increase proposal and demonstration of police brutality toward student protesters on West Quad the week of Nov. 14, encampments were established to represent […]

Student protests over the past three years have called for the University of California system to lower, freeze or cap tuition prices. UC Berkeley is the first UC to respond. In Fall 2012, UC Berkeley will implement the Middle-Class Access Plan (MCAP). This plan will cap tuition costs for families who make between $80,000 and […]

When two of veterinary pathology professor Stephen Barthold’s friends decided to get married, deciding who would officiate the ceremony became a dilemma. Hiring an unknown local minster, rabbi or priest to marry them would be impersonal, they felt. So Barthold stepped in and did the job himself. “My own daughter was married outdoors several years […]

Today, UC President Mark Yudof announced the members who will be working on the task force that will investigate the pepper spray incident of Nov. 18. Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor emeritus Cruz Reynoso will be leading the investigation, as was previously announced. In a press release,  Yudof […]

Interim Athletics Director Nona Richardson announced Thursday that UC Davis head football coach Bob Biggs will retire at the end of the 2012 football season. Biggs has been a part of the UC Davis coaching staff since 1978 and took over as head coach in 1991. By the time he ultimately leaves the university in […]