The California Aggie is an entirely student-run publication. It is also financially independent, receiving no direct monetary support from ASUCD or the university, aside from using its offices rent-free. The Aggie publishes on Thursdays with a circulation of 10,000 papers at over 100 distribution points on the UC Davis campus and in the city of Davis. Without a journalism program at UC Davis, The Aggie is the best hands-on experience for students interested in journalism, reporting and other aspects of newspaper design and production.
Office Fax: 530-752-0355
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Editor in Chief: Janelle Bitker Janelle first joined The Aggie fall of freshman year, writing for the campus news and arts desks. She became the campus news editor her second year and fled for Europe her third year, sending back columns about studying abroad through ISA and eating too many Belgian waffles. She’s a former intern for The San Francisco Chronicle, and she’s also had work published in Oakland Magazine, Alameda Magazine, The Alameda Sun and The Bay Citizen. Janelle will be graduating in June with a bachelor’s in technocultural studies. |
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Managing Editor: Hannah Strumwasser Hannah felt the pull to the news dungeon her freshman year and she hasn’t been able to escape since. After working as a campus writer, she moved on to be campus editor as a sophomore. Last summer, she also worked as a news reporter for Lamorinda Patch. Hannah is referred to as “the Princess of the Dungeon” and spends her time yelling at people, eating cake from the CoHo and listening to Beyonce. She has no affiliations to anything else on campus because she spends all of her time in the basement. Phone: 530-752-9891 |
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Campus News Editor: Muna Sadek Muna is a second-year student from Elk Grove. A journalism scholarship recipient, she knew she wanted to join The Aggie’s staff since her high school newspaper days, where she was editor in chief. When not in Lower Freeborn, she serves as a webmaster for a cultural and Islamic center in Sacramento. She prides herself on knowing the UC Davis campus back roads as well, managing to avoid all bike traffic on her way to class. Phone: 530-752-9888 |
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City News Editor: Claire Tan
Claire has been writing for The Aggie since 2011 and had a stint as a layout artist for the most part of her second year. Claire isn’t involved in any other campus activities because she enjoys working underground and can’t stand seas of people. Claire’s only true friend is her cat who she’s quite sure despises her. Phone: 530-752-9889 |
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Features Editor: Adam Khan Adam, a second-year communications major, joined The Aggie in the spring of 2012 as a campus news writer and was recruited to Editor of the People’s Republic of Features in the fall. You can usually find him in Lower Freeborn discussing future human interest pieces, volunteering weekends at the local animal shelter or howling at a full moon. Phone: 530-752-9884
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Opinion Editor: Rebecca Peterson Rebecca is a senior philosophy and technocultural studies double major. She has worked at The Aggie since her freshman year, where she started as a features writer. She has since moved onto being the city desk editor, the managing editor, and is spending her final days at the opinion desk. Rebecca is a former member of the Tri-Cooperatives and the Philosophy Club. Phone: 530-752-9890 |
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Science Editor: Hudson Lofchie Hudson is a fifth-year Science and Technology Studies and Ecology and Biodiversity double major. He started writing for the science page back in 2010 as a science writer. He was a writer for two years until September of 2012 when he took over the desk. He enjoys his hate mail. Phone: 530-752-9886 |
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Sports Editor: Kenneth Ling Ken is a second-year political science major who loves covering sports. He isn’t involved with any other campus activities because he would rather be watching college and professional sports. Contact him to chat about any team, especially his beloved Los Angeles Lakers. Phone: 530-752-9886 |
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Arts Editor: Elizabeth Orpina Elizabeth joined The Aggie as an arts writer at the beginning of Spring Quarter 2011. In March of 2012, she was brought on to the editorial staff as arts editor and has remained at the post ever since. She can’t escape it. Elizabeth also serves as a campus tour guide for Undergraduate Admissions (her only potential conflict of interest results in her blurting out random facts about buildings in the office and everyone rolling their eyes). Phone: 530-752-9884 |
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Photography Editor: Brian Nguyen In addition to managing the photography team at The Aggie, Brian is a stringer for Thomson Reuters and has worked as a photographer for the Department of Theatre and Dance. In his free time, Brian enjoys telling people he is Harry Potter, as they have the same birthday. If a career in journalism doesn’t work out, Brian’s backup plan is to be Menswear Dog. Phone: 530-752-9886 |
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Copy Chief: Richard Truong Richard Truong is a fifth-year biochemical engineering major and a member of both the UC Davis chapter of the American Institute of Chemical Engineers and the Campus Rotaract Club of Davis. He enjoys banter, barter, flipping tables (and the occasional bird, when necessary), researching answers to questions nobody cares about, and ending lists with Oxford commas. Phone: 530-752-9884 |
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Design Director: Janice Pang Janice is a second-year Design major concurrently pursuing a Writing minor. In addition to serving as The Aggie’s Design Director, Janice also grants wishes as a Graphic Designer at Creative Media, the on-campus design firm. Janice aspires to work in the publication industry and to one day own an adorable Chow Chow named Bear. Phone: 530-752-9881 |
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Night Editor: Joyce Berthelsen Joyce is a fourth-year communication major with an English minor, and wants to pursue a career in journalism. She has worked as an assistant night editor for The Aggie and as an intern reporting for The Peak, a Hong Kong magazine. Joyce is also currently a features writer for The Aggie. Phone: 530-752-9881 |
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Art Director: Irisa Tam Irisa is fourth-year Biological Sciences major, with an emphasis in Molecular and Cellular Biology. She has been with The Aggie since February 2010 and will be pursuing a career in pharmacy. Outside of The Aggie, she works at an off-campus tutoring center and interns at the UC Davis Genome and Biomedical Sciences Facility. Phone: 530-752-9881 |
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New Media Director: David Ou David is a coffee purist and an aspiring ad man. His peers call him a coffee snob. David is also the Promotions Director of the Entertainment Council. Email: newmedia@theaggie.org |
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Business Manager: Jonathan Wester Sometime before the inception of the Internet and just after dirt was invented, Jonathan grew up in a small village dragons preyed on. Because of this, it took him a while to decide what he wanted to be when he grew up, so he worked in theatre, banking and a few other interesting fields before he grew up a little and realized he wanted to teach history at the college level. Now he’s at The Aggie, getting a lot more grey hair and having the time of his life chasing paperwork and mumbling to himself about payroll and this mysterious thing called billing. Phone: 530-752-6877 |
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Advertising Manager: Beaugart Gerber
Beaugart is a third-year Medieval and Early Modern Studies major. He is currently the treasurer of Delta Sigma Phi as well as the Vice President of finances for the Interfraternity Council. During his first year at UC Davis, he red-shirted for the ICA Water Polo team. After graduating, he hopes to work in sales and marketing at a software company. Phone: 530-752-6851 |