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February 2013 Archives

UC Davis wins Conference Championship

SportsFebruary 28, 2013
Typically the first win is great, but the second is twice as nice. The UC Davis swimming and diving team put truth to that statement this past weekend. The Aggies, competing at the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation conference championship down at East Los Angeles College in Monterey Park, Calif., grabbed their second conference championship in […]

Guest Opinion: Rape, in other words

OpinionFebruary 28, 2013
A part of me might tell you that I once dated someone who felt differently than I did about the physical aspect of our relationship. Yet another part of me might tell you that I was raped. What does the term rape actually mean? That’s what I’m trying to figure out. What happened to me […]

Women’s Basketball Preview

SportsFebruary 28, 2013
Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; vs. Long Beach State Records: Aggies, 11-15 (6-9); Anteaters, 9-17 (5-9); 49ers, 14-12 (7-7) Where: Bren Events Center — Irvine, Calif.; Walter Pyramid — Long Beach, Calif. When: Thursday at 7 p.m.; Saturday at 2 p.m. Who to Watch: The Aggies have struggled with rebounding and scoring this season. […]

Featured at the Flea Market

Arts & CultureFebruary 28, 2013
If sugar, spice and everything nice is what makes up the Powerpuff Girls, then leather scraps, bike tubes and everything reused is what makes up Manda Maples’ second hand crafts. Displaying one of her own creations, a neck warmer made out of an old sweater, Maples was at the Davis Flea Market this past Sunday […]

Women’s water polo preview

SportsFebruary 28, 2013
Event: Aggie Shootout Teams: UC Davis vs. Concordia; vs. Santa Clara; vs. Colorado State Records: Aggies 7-7; Eagles 7-7; Broncos 6-8; Rams 2-6 Where: Schaal Aquatics Center — Davis, Calif. When: Saturday at 8:30 a.m.; at noon; at 5 p.m. Who to watch: Keep an eye out for senior attacker Carmen Eggert. Eggert was selected […]

Davis homework policy change targets children in achievement gap

City NewsFebruary 28, 2013
Thursday evening, the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) Board of Education decided to approve changes to the current homework policy affecting kindergarten through sixth-grade children. A 2-3 vote accepted the 10-minute addition to homework time. “Our kids in the achievement gap need to be doing homework and they need to be reading more, and […]

The Aggie Arcade

Arts & CultureFebruary 28, 2013
There are no notable video game releases for the end of February and the week in news amounts to a series of small-ticket items that could best be summarized in bullet point form. So for today’s edition of The Aggie Arcade, I’ll take time to address Sony’s recent PlayStation 4 reveal. It’s hard to imagine […]

Baseball Preview

SportsFebruary 28, 2013
Teams: UC Davis at Oklahoma State Records: Aggies, 5-4; Oklahoma State, 7-1 Where: Allie P. Reynolds Stadium — Stillwater, Okla. When: Friday at 2 p.m.; Saturday at 1 p.m.; Sunday at 11 a.m. Who to Watch: Senior Paul Politi is off to a good start to the season. In the nine games he started, he […]

Letter from the editor

OpinionFebruary 28, 2013
There will be no issue of The California Aggie outside your lecture the first day of spring quarter. Or the next day. Or the next day. Don’t freak out. The first issue of a new California Aggie will be waiting for you that Thursday. We can’t promise four Sudoku puzzles, but we can promise an […]

Report cards

OpinionFebruary 28, 2013
A new class of senators and an executive ticket have been elected. What better time for me to sit safely behind my computer and cast judgment on my one-time peers for their fruitful or futile year of public service? These are ASUCD report cards — sadly it’s a low curve this quarter. Senator Joyce Han […]

Porn vs. reality

OpinionFebruary 28, 2013
Pizza Guy knocks. The door swings open to reveal a half-naked woman with neck-down alopecia and two balloons attached to her ribcage. “I hear somebody ordered a large sausage pizza?” We all know where it goes from there. Pornography is as old as civilization itself — even prehistoric rock art depicted erotic images. Pornographic films, […]

Editorial: Appreciate responsibly

OpinionFebruary 28, 2013
We college students love beer. Duh. But what kind of beer drinkers are we? Those of us on the editorial board who aren’t yet 21 years old obviously have no idea what beer tastes like. Bread, we’ve been told. We’ve seen undergrads at frat parties chug cans of Keystones like water — boat racing and […]