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UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance will produce spring play as a film, shot by students on their own devices This story is the first installation of The California Aggie’s two-part digital art series. Artistic endeavors have gone digital with the present need for social distancing. It’s even become common to open Instagram and […]

Citizens who experience price-gouging are encouraged to report it  The Yolo County District Attorney’s Office is increasing its investigation and prosecution of sellers who raise prices more than 10% of a product’s original value in an effort to make necessary supplies affordable during the coronavirus pandemic.  Local attorneys are operating based on laws that only […]

UC Davis administration will explore option of in-person commencement in December UC Davis’ Spring Commencement of 2020 will move to a virtual platform due to COVID-19, rather than being held in-person, according to an email sent out today by UC Davis Chancellor Gary May to the university’s Class of 2020, faculty and staff. May said […]

UC student workers, career staff, clinical researchers could see reduction in hours due to COVID-19 On April 2, UC President Janet Napolitano released a letter to the UC community announcing that there will be no COVID-19-related layoffs between now and the end of the fiscal year, on June 30, 2020. As of today, the UC […]

Faculty explore alternatives to engage, offer flexibility to students  Following UC Davis’ decision to implement remote instruction for the remainder of the academic year, students and faculty now face some challenges in the transition from in-person to online classes. John Theobald, a continuing lecturer in the Department of Communication, will be instructing CMN 142: Newsmaking […]

Lady Gaga’s lead single for Chromatica proves colorless, drab On Feb. 28, Lady Gaga released the lead single, “Stupid Love,” from her upcoming album “Chromatica,” set for release on April 10. The song debuted at No. 5 on Billboard’s Hot 100 and currently sits at No. 1 on Hot Dance/Electronic Songs. Despite the song’s success, […]

Davis Farmers Market will no longer have samples, increases sanitary measures like local grocery stores The Davis Farmers Market is taking additional measures to protect sellers and buyers as the coronavirus spreads throughout California, but remains open during Yolo County’s shelter-in-place order. In order to reduce the potential transmission of the virus, music and events […]

Other Picnic Day cancelations due to WWII, outbreak of hoof-and-mouth disease, gym construction The UC Davis administration announced the cancelation of Picnic Day on March 14, “as recommended by the ASUCD student organizers.” The event has been canceled five times before this since it began in 1909: As a result of an outbreak of hoof-and-mouth […]

Moving out of the dorms, proctored or canceled finals, and more: How the evolving COVID-19 pandemic played a role in many students’ finals week anxieties  Quarter-system students face an additional source of stress amid the evolving coronavirus pandemic: Dealing with the fallout that was Winter Quarter finals. COVID-19 puts universities across the nation into uncharted […]

Currently unknown how COVID-19 will impact proposed UC tuition hike The vote on a UC-wide tuition hike, opposed by many, including Gov. Gavin Newsom, has been postponed again, after it had been previously postponed due to a clerical error. The latest vote, scheduled to take place at the UC Regents March 20 meeting, was pushed […]

Davis Dessert Trinity challenges students with a sweet tooth to eat at Davis Creamery, Sweet & Shavery, Yolo Berry Yogurt in one night Students in Davis have started a new trend named the Dessert Trinity. It follows the same style as the Davis Trinity, which includes drinking the three strongest alcoholic drinks in the city […]

The president’s handling of the global pandemic should cost him re-election, but will it? For months, the American people listened to President Donald Trump downplay the threat of coronavirus, calling it the Democrat’s “new hoax,” and then, as cases began to rise, dismissing it as something that would just disappear, “like a miracle.” On March […]