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MGMT and Andrew Bird to perform at Mondavi Center in August

Jun 13, 2013
MGMT and Andrew Bird to perform at Mondavi Center in August

In upcoming months, psychedelic rock band MGMT and singer-songwriter Andrew Bird are to perform at the Mondavi Center. On August 29, MGMT will make a stop in Davis during their 2013 tour. Widely popular around the world, MGMT hit top-selling charts in ...

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Administrators investigate reported incidents of anti-Semitism

Jun 6, 2013

The now seven-month-old March in Solidarity with Gaza, which led to the occupation of Dutton Hall on Nov. 19, 2012, has been muddled with reported incidences of anti-Semitism. According to a Feb. 5 letter to UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi from the AMCHA Initiative, a nonprofit organization which aims to combat anti-semitism at...

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Re‘capping’ the UC Davis experience

Jun 6, 2013

With over 20,000 undergraduate students at UC Davis, being recognized as an individual student can be difficult. But for all students, regardless of major or background, graduation is a time for personal recognition and praise. “These past few years, we have each been known by our ID number and then finally at commencement, we...

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Spring graduates reflect on final college expenses

Jun 6, 2013

While renting the 38-dollar cap and gown is the only mandatory expense for walking in the Commencement Ceremony, add-ons such as tassels, diploma accessories, travel expenses for loved ones and last-minute Davis memorabilia purchases have many grads wondering about the actual cost of graduation. Cap and gown provider Herff Jones suggested that students purchase...

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Students, families participate in community-specific graduations

Jun 6, 2013

Eight seconds, for many, may not seem like a meaningful amount of time, or a long enough time for anything significant to occur. But for Alejandro Sandoval and other graduates who will be present at the 2013 Chicano and Latino Graduation Celebration on June 15, it will be a significant eight seconds indeed. “Each...

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Campus judicial report

Jun 6, 2013

Do Not Disturb A student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for resisting police officer orders while under the influence. Two officers were called to the student’s apartment to address loud music after several neighbors complained. The officers approached the apartment and ordered the student to open the door. The student refused and...

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UC Davis may add new major in 2014: professional writing

Jun 6, 2013

Currently only available as a minor, students may be able to pursue a major in professional writing as early as fall 2014. Formerly the expository writing minor, the three-year-old professional writing minor will garner nearly 180 graduates by the end of this summer. Given the successful acceptance of the minor, the University Writing Program...

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You’re majoring in what?

Jun 6, 2013

Editor’s note: You’re Majoring in What? is a new Aggie column that features students of UC Davis’ lesser-known majors. Alicia Berg is a fourth-year hydrology major from San Pedro, Calif. What is hydrology? Hydrology is the study of water in all aspects. This includes the physical, biological and chemical elements of water and its...

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Former UC Davis employee to lose health insurance payment

Jun 6, 2013

Karen Strack, a former UC Davis employee with the Department of Food Science and Technology, is currently battling her health maintenance organization (HMO) to retain funding for medical rehabilitation after being diagnosed with a rare neuropathy known as Guillain–Barré syndrome. Health Net, the insurance company utilized by the University of California for its retirees,...

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Best Quotes 2012-13

Jun 5, 2013

“It would have been nice if the UC Davis administrators driving this case had had such support rather than spending funds on a petty and ill-fated prosecution. For obvious reasons, they did not.” — The Davis Dozen in an email interview on reaching a plea deal. “Imagine a world where the free exercise...



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