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Daily Archives - October 27, 2011

October 27 2011 Archives

Women’s field hockey preview

SportsOctober 27, 2011
Teams: UC Davis at Pacific.

Volleyball preview

SportsOctober 27, 2011
Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Santa Barbara; vs. Cal Poly.

The man behind the laughs

Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
Do you ever find yourself mocking characters on the screen? Do you mute the television and make up your own lines? If you said yes to any of those questions, make your way over to The Robert and Margrit Mondavi Center on Nov. 4 at 8 p.m. to watch the professionals do what you love to do at home with friends.

Spoken words

Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
Ruby Ibarra is a rapper and spoken word artist from San Lorenzo, CA. She is a former member of UC Davis’ spoken word collective, SickSpits and an alumna at the university. She has rhymed for over six years and has been fortunate enough to be featured in noted web-based publications such as Worldstar Hip Hop, XXL Magazine, and MTV & VH1’s blogs.

Senate considers a second Bike Barn location

Campus NewsOctober 27, 2011
An ASUCD senate bill, calling for an extension of the 1971 ASUCD Bike Barn to be built in the Memorial Union (MU) was brought to the table at an Oct. 20 ASUCD senate meeting.

Postage stamps may increase by one cent

City NewsOctober 27, 2011
Starting Jan. 22, first-class mail (Forever) stamps will likely cost one cent more, from the current 44 cents to 45 cents. Other postage rates will be increased as well to compensate for the United States Postal Service’s (USPS) financial crisis.

Men’s Water Polo Preview

SportsOctober 27, 2011
Teams: No. 12 UC Davis at No. 11 UC San Diego; at No. 10 Loyola Marymount.

Making abstractions concrete

Arts & CultureOctober 27, 2011
There are certain pieces of artwork that truly speaks to their viewers due to the intricacies and delicate gestures that the artist conveys on canvas. For New York painter Joanne Greenbaum, the playful use of abstractions and shapes in space makes her work unique and, in many ways, unconventional. For these reasons, her work has been shown extensively across the world, including New York, Los Angeles and Switzerland.

Letter to the Editor: Response to prisoner swap

OpinionOctober 27, 2011
The guest opinion “Israeli-Palestinian prisoner swap” on Oct. 25th was simply one of the most slanted pieces I’ve ever read. Not only did the author fail to look at both perspectives of the issue, he managed to unfairly attack one side.

Letter to the Editor: Response to “180”

OpinionOctober 27, 2011
Tuesday Oct. 26, 2011, a group of individuals distributed DVDs entitled “180” on the UC Davis campus. The content of the film was both triggering for many in our communities and also deceitfully hidden. Our response to “180” is multi-faceted and we want to share both our support for the community and share our critique.

Letter to the Editor: Bar crawling comes with risks

OpinionOctober 27, 2011
I am an Alcohol, Tobacco and Other Drug Student Assistant in the Health Education and Promotion (HEP) department of Student Health and Counseling Services, and I wanted to address some suggestions that were made in the column “Bar crawl a rite of passage for 21st birthdays”, which promoted the idea of going out on a bar crawl on one’s 21st birthday.

Women’s soccer preview

SportsOctober 27, 2011
Teams: UC Davis at Long Beach State; at Cal State Fullerton.