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Easy, cheap ways to go zero waste It’s no secret that the planet and its inhabitants suffer from the decisions we make as consumers. Earlier this month on the shores of Indonesia, a dead whale was found with over 6 kilograms of plastic (roughly 1000 plastic bags, plates and cups) in its stomach, which is […]

Football team earns No. 6 seed, will host playoff game on Dec. 1 The UC Davis football team captured its first ever Big Sky conference title with a 56-13 victory over rival Sacramento State on Saturday afternoon’s 65th annual Causeway Classic. Then, on Sunday morning, the FCS Selection Committee announced that the Aggies were given […]

Campus to reopen, classes to resume Monday, Nov. 26 After a four days of cancelled classes, an initial attempt to resume classes that faced widespread backlash, air quality index levels above 300 and the change of location of the Causeway Classic to Reno, UC Davis has cancelled classes until after the Thanksgiving holiday. In a […]

UC Davis and Sacramento State will play in Reno, Nev. Editor’s note: This story is developing. We will update as we learn more. Following a week in which all UC Davis classes were cancelled due to poor air quality, the UC Davis Athletics department announced Friday morning that this Saturday’s Causeway Classic football game will […]

City, residents, homeless affected by smoke Update (15 Nov. 2018, 7:33 p.m.): AQI in Davis has risen to 323. The Butte County fire has affected students and residents alike, as the air quality index in Davis has reached up to 305 as of 6 p.m. on Thursday. Sacramento’s AQI has reached up to 311. Both […]

Notification sent at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday After air quality index levels spiked above 200 on Thursday, Nov. 15, class will be again cancelled at UC Davis on Friday, Nov. 16. This will mark the fourth consecutive day of cancelled classes for the university. UC Davis announced the cancellation at 4:30 p.m. on Thursday. The […]

UC Davis, Sac State cancel classes UC Davis students and staff were informed early Tuesday morning that classes would be cancelled for the day “due to poor air quality as a result of the Butte County fires,” an official email sent by the UC Davis WarnMe system stated. The campus remains open, and the email […]

Three-day strike prompts class cancellation, relocation across departments A three-day strike took place in late October across the University of California system on behalf of American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299, the UC’s largest employee union. While professors and teaching assistants are not included in this union, a number of them altered […]

Fire is now controlled, students, staff told to avoid area An Aggie Alert sent to the UC Davis students and staff Thursday at 4:42 p.m. telling community members to “avoid the area of Hutchison Drive and County Road 98 due to Fire Department activity” was a response to a fire at a barn on private […]

Blowout victory puts UC Davis football on cusp of first ever Big Sky title The UC Davis football team continued its magical 2018 season with a 42-20 win over visiting Northern Arizona University on Saturday afternoon at Aggie Stadium. The sixth consecutive victory for the Aggies, a program record, keeps them in first place in […]

A guide to housing props on midterm ballot On Nov. 6, Californians will vote on 12 statewide propositions, four of which attempt to confront the state’s growing housing crisis. Davis voters will also decide on Measure L, a land development proposal that will impact housing within the city. For Davis students and city residents, affordable […]

New, late-night cookie delivery doesn’t disappoint The city of Davis, notorious for quieting down by 9 p.m., has been gifted with Insomnia Cookies, a cookie shop which is open until 3 a.m., seven days a week. The Davis location opened its doors on Oct. 1 and is the company’s first store in California. Insomnia Cookies, […]