UC Davis hit a record high for the number of applications from high school seniors and transfer students for fall 2009, with a 5.4 percent increase compared to fall 2008.

I’m nearing the end of my time here at UC Davis, and I realized this weekend while playing sloshball in Slide Hill Park that no one ever told me what to expect of this humble township when I first began this four five year adventure.

Anyone who has been in Davis during the summer knows it gets hot here. “The middle of summer in Davis isn’t the best time to stand out in the sun,” said Ruth Williams, president of Tree Davis, a nonprofit organization that planted 424 trees in Davis last year. And no right-minded UCD student takes a tree for granted as they race from one shaded sanctuary to the next on a sweltering August afternoon.

The stimulus package laboriously working its way through Congress has huge implications, both politically and economically, for our generation and for students especially.

Toastmasters group forms in South Davis Toastmasters International is looking for members to join its new chapter in South Davis, called the Davis Daytime Toastmasters. The new group is mostly beginning speakers who are eager to learn and help each other improve their speaking, said Ty Tadano in a press release. The group also includes […]

KEVIN BURK can be reached at xavierholt@gmail.com

This past Tuesday, January 20th the ASUCD Academic Affairs commission reviewed ASUCD Senator Jack Zwald’s resolution to uphold UC admissions Standards.  For those of you who have not heard of the issue facing the UC system today here is some background.  The UC Regents have proposed to lower UC admission standards across the board.  The proposition up for a vote in early February threatens to eliminate the SAT Subject Tests as a requirement and bring down the number of top high school students guaranteed admission to at least one UC from 12 percent to 9 percent.

The typical college student’s weekend is devoted to sleeping, partying and studying, but this weekend a group of students will go out and do something for the community.

TODAY Engineering of Historic Constructions program Noon to 1 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Learn about this study abroad program happening during the summer in Rome!   Delta Sigma Pi: Pizza Night 6:15 p.m. King Lounge, MU Stop by for pizza and games while you get to know more of the brothers […]

Andrew Hufferd was a friend of mine I’ve known since our high school days, so sitting down with the returning GI for an interview was difficult. I’d always called him ‘AJ.‘ While I drafted interview questions, I found myself stricken with what I reflect on now as one of the greatest quandaries of modern warfare. What do you ask a soldier anymore?

Like it or not, “recession chic” is all the rage these days. You can jump on the bandwagon at the Saturday’s rummage sale, sponsored by the Student Fashion Association (SFA). The sale takes place at 915 Craig Place in Davis (near Dollar Tree) and runs from 7 a.m. to noon.

Kirk Kasuya can be reached at tkasuya@ucdavis.edu