(A.K.A. Inva­sion of the Town­ies) Okay tech­ni­cally it’s not an “inva­sion” of Town­ies, because they do live here year-round. But when you live in a true col­lege town like Davis, you don’t see this much of the reg­u­lar towns­folk dur­ing a major­ity of the year. I have never taken sum­mer classes, so this year is my […]

The Super Six Con­sid­er­a­tions for Pick­ing the "Right" Col­lege? Maybe they are, maybe they aren't. Either way, these six cri­te­ria are all impor­tant fac­tors to con­sider when decid­ing on a col­lege. Start with these and you may just make a pretty darn good choice when it comes to college.

As a grad­u­at­ing senior in my final quar­ter of col­lege, I have begun to reflect on my time at UC Davis.  I started to think about all of the things that I am going to miss (and some­what already do), and made a list of them.  I wanted to share them with the read­ers in […]

When I made the jump from high school to col­lege, it was not a smooth tran­si­tion. At first, I feared the life change that I was about to make. While my fel­low class­mates were eager to receive their admis­sions responses, I was unex­cited about them. I didn’t think that I wanted to go to col­lege because […]

Get­ting into the right classes can be quite a dif­fi­cult task in col­lege, espe­cially in your first cou­ple of years, when you do not have reg­is­tra­tion pri­or­ity.  Since you do not get to reg­is­ter first, some­times you will find your­self in a class with a dif­fi­cult pro­fes­sor. This is also the case when it comes […]

When you are a kid, get­ting sick is not too big of a deal.  You get to miss a day of school, your par­ents take care of you, and you get sym­pa­thy from your friends. At col­lege, being sick is a totally dif­fer­ent story. You have to take care of your­self, and miss­ing a class means […]

Should under­grad­u­ate pro­grams in the United Stated be reduced from four years to three? Sen­a­tor Lamar Alexan­der makes the case for "yes"; Exec­u­tive Direc­tor Kevin F. Adler offers rea­sons to be skeptical.

In con­tin­u­ing to answer ques­tions sent from the Granada High stu­dents, I wanted to spend some time answer­ing one that was not included in Lisa’s post. The ques­tion was some­thing along the lines of, “What was your favorite mem­ory from your days in col­lege?” The easy answer would be some­thing along the lines of, “Well, […]

In the spirit of Fri­day, I believe that it is only appro­pri­ate to dis­cuss other fun things you can do dur­ing the week­end instead of par­ty­ing like a rock-star :) 1). Get to know your local com­mu­nity: There is always some­thing fun and excit­ing hap­pen­ing on a Fri­day night within your college’s local com­mu­nity. In […]

10 rea­sons to get an on-campus job