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Update (11/19/14, 1:30 p.m.): The UC Board of Regents passed Napolitano’s tuition plan this morning, Nov. 19, 7-2.    Three years to the day of the infamous pepper spray incident involving campus police and student demonstrators, UC Davis students once again filled the Quad this afternoon to protest, this time in response to impending tuition hikes. […]

Although the year 1989 is typically characterized by leather blazers, tunic dresses and feathered hairstyles, Taylor Swift’s fifth album is nowhere remotely near bad fashion. 1989, titled after Swift’s birth year, marks the singer-songwriter’s official departure from cowboy boots and country twang and her full-fledged leap into music’s pop industry. The album marks a new […]

In a world where Marvel is dominating the superhero movie industry, Alejandro Gonzales Iñárritu’s latest film Birdman waits patiently in the wings as the next great superhero movie, although not for the reasons you might think. Iñárritu’s black comedy follows the cast of a New York play as they frantically prepare for opening night. Michael […]

Deputy Danny Oliver and Deputy Michael Davis Jr., two officers who were killed in an Oct. 24 shooting rampage, were laid to rest at Adventure Christian Church in Roseville, Calif. Oct. 27 and Oct. 28. An estimated 3,000 people were in attendance at both services, as reported by The Sacramento Bee. “The citizens and communities […]

According to Campus WarnMe system, the UC Davis campus received a non specific bomb threat at 10:49 a.m. this morning. As of 1:00 p.m., no credible threat has been determined, but students are asked to remain vigilant and to report all suspicious activity to UC Davis Police Department.

Your University of California Student Regent and Student Regent-designate want you to know that they work to represent the students. Unfortunately, they are still forced to fight to assert that their beliefs and religions do not precede their qualifications. The student regent is a student selected to serve as a voting member of the UC […]

This afternoon Sacramento State Police Department found graffiti at a Sacramento State women’s restroom that read “3:00 11/4 school shooting” according to their Facebook page. It is currently under investigation though it is not considered to be a serious message, people are asked to be aware. Any suspicious activity should be reported to the Sacramento […]

On Nov. 4, polls will be open for voting from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m.  According to the Center for Information and Research on Civic Learning and Engagement (CIRCLE), of all young voters between the ages of 18 and 29, only 24 percent voted in the 2010 midterm elections. We highly encourage everyone to vote […]

In December 2013, a small group of UC Davis students drafted a proposal to build an on-campus resource center for the university’s Assembly Bill 540 (AB 540) and undocumented student population, which has tripled to over 200 students in the last three years. The movement was brought about in 2002, after former California governor Gray […]

It’s sure nice to see the UC Davis Police Department actually trying to improve the health and safety of students. Not exactly known as a paradigm of integrity on campus in recent years (i.e. pepper spray), the department, under current Chief Matthew Carmichael, is taking substantial strides toward reclaiming the trust and respect of the […]

On Jan. 17, just one day after University of California President Janet Napolitano set a UC systemwide goal of decreasing on-campus water use by 20 percent by 2020, Governor Jerry Brown declared a “drought state of emergency” in California. One month after UC Davis initiated the Drought Action Plan — a long-term program designed […]

This September, Governor Jerry Brown signed a bill to ban single-use plastic bags in grocery and convenience stores throughout the state. The bill made California the first state to issue a statewide ban of this kind. If this sounds familiar to UC Davis students, it is because the city of Davis became one of many […]