If you think UC Davis is more crowded than ever this year, then you would be right. Davis currently has the largest student body in the university’s history.

With the UC Board of Regents expected to implement an 8 percent fee increase on Thursday, teaching assistants held their class sections out on the quad in protest.

The system that produces stress-managing hormones in young rats is easily disrupted with binge doses of alcohol, finds a new study from Loyola University of Chicago. In rats, too much booze caused hormone disruptions and led to “behavioral and/or mood disorders in adulthood,” stated the report.

Last month, the city of Davis planning commission approved a proposal for the building of a new facility for Hillel House.

Who to watch: Guard Mark Payne surpassed his 1000th career point as an Aggie on Sunday in the team’s season-opening tournament.

Defense has been the focal point of the men’s water polo team all season. Goalie Kevin Peat has been a big reason why the Aggies are 16-8 overall and 13-1 in Western Water Polo Association play.

Never known why you were so inclined to liking those red state Republicans or those blue state Democrats? Well, the answer could be in your genes.

It’s hard to miss the huge blood drives and the blood donation t-shirts. But if you’re looking for a unique way to donate, sign up with the national marrow donor registry from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. today and Thursday on the quad.

On Thursday, the Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) Stress and Wellness Ambassador Program is hosting an event aimed at reducing student stress through dog therapy.

There are some secret L Street eats that aren’t easy to find, and sometimes they aren’t easy to get to either.

A true story of harsh judgment, and reconsideration: It was a brisk fall day. Leaves cascaded down from seasonally ailing trees like the hair that rains off the back of an overly radiated chimpanzee (most tasteless metaphor of the year? I tried).

U-G-L-Y? Science can fix that.