''The California Aggie'' is a weekly

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distributed in the

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area. It is staffed entirely by

UC Davis The University of California, Davis (UC Davis, UCD, or Davis) is a public land-grant research university near Davis, California. Named a Public Ivy, it is the northernmost of the ten campuses of the University of California system. The institut ...

students and is the official campus newspaper.

History

''The California Aggie'' was first published in 1915 as the ''Weekly Agricola'' after its approval by the Associated Student Executive Committee. At this point, UC Davis was considered the University Farm, an extension of

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...

. Students from UC Berkeley's paper, ''

The Daily Californian ''The Daily Californian'' (''Daily Cal'') is an independent, student-run newspaper that serves the University of California, Berkeley, campus and its surrounding community. It formerly published a print edition four days a week on Monday, Tuesd ...

'', advised the ''Weekly Agricola'' during its beginning months.UC Davis: Spotlight: Student news since 1915
Initially, the ''Weekly Agricola'' was focused on both student news and farming-related topics. Novelist

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was one of the first readers of the ''Weekly Agricola''. In 1922, it was renamed to match the school's athletic name. Today, the ''Aggie'' distributes 4,000 copies weekly. It is available for free at many stands around the UC Davis campus. The ''Aggie'' ceased production of its Friday issues in February 2009, moved to a weekly format in 2013 to reduce operating costs, and was published online-only until September 2016, when it returned to a weekly print edition.Letter from the Editor (March 13th, 2014
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References

External links

''The California Aggie'' website''California Aggie'' Web Archives
by Special Collections Dept., UC Davis Library, University of California, Davis at

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