Today, UC President Mark Yudof announced the members who will be working on the task force that will investigate the pepper spray incident of Nov. 18. Former California Supreme Court Justice and UC Davis School of Law Professor emeritus Cruz Reynoso will be leading the investigation, as was previously announced. In a press release,  Yudof […]

Interim Athletics Director Nona Richardson announced Thursday that UC Davis head football coach Bob Biggs will retire at the end of the 2012 football season. Biggs has been a part of the UC Davis coaching staff since 1978 and took over as head coach in 1991. By the time he ultimately leaves the university in […]

Key Games: UC Davis vs. Sacramento State; at Saint Mary’s; vs. Cal State Fullerton Records as of this writing: Aggies, 5-1; Hornets, 3-3;  Gaels, 4-3; Titans, 3-2 Where: The Pavilion; McKeon Pavilion –– Moraga, Calif.; When: Sunday at 2 p.m.; Dec. 10 at 5 p.m.; Dec. 31 at 2 p.m. Who to watch: Statistically speaking, […]

After protesters disrupted Monday’s University of California Regents meeting, regents reconvened in a smaller room. Before leaving the first room, regents voted to ask the state to raise the university’s funding from $2.3 to $2.7 billion for the 2012-13 fiscal year. In the smaller room, the regents approved raising the salaries of around a dozen […]

Starting today, UC Davis’s student-run production company, Studio 301, will host performances of The Odd Couple: Female version. The play is originally written and directed by Neil Simon. Though this time the directorial efforts of UC Davis undergraduates Stephanie Moore and Ulysses Morazan will attempt to bring out the laughter on the Wyatt Pavilion Stage. […]

MUSIC A Lotta Cappella Friday, 7:30 p.m., $5 Social Sciences 1100 The annual show, A Lotta Cappella, is hosted by Liquid Hotplates. Just as their name suggests, the smooth quality of their vocals have the power to burn you. Joining LHP will be other a Capella groups such as the Lounge Lizards, The Afterglow and […]

This is yet another piece whose drum beats are as old as Methuselah. I for one would beg to differ at best or remain a skeptic at worse. Here is why: Most human population growth predictions say that the global population should stabilize by 2050 as more and more couples are having lesser number of […]

Chancellor Katehi: At town halls over this last week you have invoked the Virginia Tech massacre on multiple occasions to defend a need for a weaponized police forces on college campuses. When students and faculty are professing concerns about the campus police, I ask you if such a reference is relevant or appropriate. As a […]

Current UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi has been under fire for her involvement in the pepper spraying of peaceful protesters on Nov. 18, 2011. The beleaguered chancellor has attempted to reconcile with students through numerous avenues, including various e-mails, speeches, conferences and television appearances, meant to instill student trust and confidence back in the […]

On Monday, the UC Regents meeting took place on four different campuses — UC Merced, UCLA, UCSF and UC Davis. The regents gave students a chance to speak and share their opinions, and public comment was even extended for an extra half hour, which was good. However, this was followed by a decision to raise […]

During public comment at Monday’s Regents meeting, we learned exactly how much say we are allowed at this university: one minute’s worth per student. And, as students spoke, we saw how carefully the administration listens. While one student condemned police brutality on campus, Chancellor Linda Katehi stared intently at her lap, looking as if she […]

It was a landmark year for the UC Davis women’s soccer team, and the heart of that team was senior defender Aisha Lott. While the Milpitas, Calif. native scored just one goal this season, the majority of her work was done stopping opponents from finding the net. Her defense and leadership helped spark the Aggies […]