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Aggies Sweep Saturday open of the Davis Shootout, winning over CSUB and Brown. UC Davis hosted five teams over the weekend for the 36th annual Davis Shootout in women’s water polo. This was the first time the Aggies did not have to travel this season, and home court advantage paid off. Coming off a win […]

Non-profit offers tree planting as easy solution with big impact On Feb. 13, Tree Davis, a nonprofit organization, coordinated a tree planting event in the the Petra Court community. With the sudden heat in Davis coupled with El Niño’s heavy rains, flooding is a possible risk. Tree Davis offers a simple and easy solution — […]

UC Davis researchers explore reasons, uses for sexual selection of birds using robotics On Feb. 11,  Leonardo Art Science Evening Rendezvous (LASER) hosted an art, science and technology speaker series in the Plant and Environmental Sciences Building at UC Davis. At this event, UC Davis professor of evolution and ecology Gail Patricelli held a lecture […]

UCDPD unveil distracted driving campaign Students might not have expected to ride next to a police officer in a three-wheeled sports vehicle in the near future, but in the coming weeks, the opportunity might just present itself. The UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) unveiled their distracted driving campaign at the basketball game Feb. 13 alongside […]

New program to financially assist AB 540 students at UC schools On Jan. 28, the UC Office of the President announced a plan to launch a new loan program at the University of California (UC). The program, titled the California DREAM Loan, is intended to help undocumented students pay for college. According to UC President […]

Student body elects six senators, new executive team On Feb. 19 in Wellman Hall, current ASUCD President Mariah Kala Watson and Elections Chair Daisy He announced the 2016 Winter Quarter election results. The six newly elected senators are Sam Chiang, Shaitaj Dhaliwal, Sofia Molodanof, Sam Park, Irveen Grewal and Ricardo Martinez. Of the elected senators, […]

In Big West play, Aggies take on Cal State Fullerton Titans for second time this season. The Aggies overcame a tough second quarter to beat Cal State Fullerton 80-56 on Saturday, Feb. 13, at the Pavilion, making it a Big West regular season sweep against the Titans. Sophomore guard Rachel Nagel made six three-pointers — […]

UC Davis Law School receives American Bar Association award for pipeline efforts in increasing diversity. At the center of the UC Davis King Law School stands a statue of its namesake, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. His passion for community, equality and humanity stand testament to what the school and its students strive to […]

Demonstrators demand accountability, action from ASUCD following recent hate crime against female African American student. At around 12:45 p.m. on Feb. 17, members of the Davis African Diaspora halted the ASUCD Senate debate at the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo), demanding accountability and action from members of the association following the recent hate crime against a […]

40 people with UC ties were named in the annual list of up-and-coming changemakers On Jan. 4, Forbes Magazine presented its 2016 installment of its annual “30 under 30’ list– a selection of “young entrepreneurs, breakout talents and change agents” from 20 different fields in the world today. Of the 600 that made the list, […]

Council voted 3-2 against initiative to tax sugar-sweetened beverages. On Feb. 2, the Davis City Council voted to halt plans to put a soda tax initiative on the June 2016 ballot for the municipal elections. The council voted 3-2 against the proposal. The tax was modelled on the soda tax in Berkeley, which was approved […]

ASUCD sends out survey to gauge students’ feelings towards Davis nightlife. A rise in violent incidents in Downtown Davis has led the Davis City Council to consider new ways of keeping the Davis nightlife environment safe, with one recommendation for all downtown establishments to close at midnight.   This past September, Downtown Davis was the […]