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Davis Senior High School students develop smartphone app for local textbook sales High prices and long bookstore lines make buying textbooks every quarter a rough experiences. Amazon, Facebook groups and virtual textbooks are some attempts to solve this problem, but can still prove to be inconvenient. UC Davis students have two Davis high schoolers to […]

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In the Key of Davis brings music, art to the streets with support of local artists, city officials A piano-art project arrived to the streets of Downtown Davis this summer. On June 5, the city held a dedication ceremony for the public pianos project at the Hunt-Boyer Mansion. Since then, community members have embraced the […]

Undergraduate, graduate students to represent student body On Sept. 13, 2016, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced plans to create an advisory committee to assist in the search for a new chancellor at UC Davis. Elly Oltersdorf, a fourth-year history major and co-chair of the Student Council on Campus Climate, and Brian Riley, […]

With new location not yet determined, Counseling Services to make use of former WRRC space The Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) announced through a public Facebook post on Sept. 23 that it will move from North Hall to another location on campus. With no timetable set or new location determined, few details are available […]

Center to offer international student resources in centralized location The new International Center, located on California Avenue and Beckett Hall Drive, opened its doors to students this August. The center provides services to international students and scholars, as well as students who are interested in studying abroad. Previously, the various international resources were not in […]

Resident advisors discuss residence hall resources Ice cream socials and movie nights at the rec pool are only a couple of the activities that UC Davis residence halls provide for first-year residents. But while social events are widely publicized on social media, there are many invaluable resources that students do not take advantage of which […]

Differences between southern, northern California exhibited at UC Davis Due to its location in the Sacramento Valley, Davis shares many characteristics of northern Californian scenery, slang and weather. While this environment may be familiar to students from nearby regions, other aspects of the small college town often come as a shock to others. “There [was] […]

Being apart of the Band-uh! family UC Davis alumnus Reece Mathiesen still remembers the first time he watched the UC Davis Cal Aggie Marching Band-uh!, clad in blue and gold uniforms, march through campus on the first day of retreat five years ago. As an experienced musician, he instantly felt the welcoming atmosphere brought about […]

The ARC provides a variety of fitness tools, activities With the variety of physical activities offered at UC Davis, it’s not difficult to avoid the notorious “freshman 15.” From club volleyball, to intramural quidditch teams, to establishing a fitness plan with one of the many qualified trainers on campus, there are fitness opportunities for anyone […]

Project designed to provide housing for employees currently living outside of Davis, produce energy-saving homes close to campus UC Davis announced over summer an upcoming project to build 50 single-family homes for faculty and staff at West Village by 2018. The homes, which are all walking or biking distance from campus, will be sold at […]

How to successfully navigate a STEM undergraduate career; advice from STEM major advisors Freshman year can be notoriously overwhelming, but, luckily, for first-years in need of advice, there are plenty of resources available. Emma Martinez, Lori Bergum, Kate Creveling and Natasha Coulter, four of the many science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) major advisors at […]