The California Aggie

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The California Aggie
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Type Student newspaper
Format Broadsheet

Owner The Associated Students of UC Davis
Founded 1915
Language English
Headquarters 25 Lower Freeborn
UC Davis
Davis, CA
United States
Circulation 13,000 (daily)

Website: californiaaggie.com

The California Aggie is a newspaper distributed in the Davis, California area. It is staffed primarily by UC Davis students, and is the official campus newspaper.

[edit] 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 Berkley. Students from UC Berkley's paper, The Daily Californian advised the Weekly Agricola during its beginning months. [1]

Initially, the Weekly Agricola was focused on both student news and farming-related topics. Novelist Jack London was one of the first readers of the Weekly Agricola. In 1922, it was renamed to match the school's athletic name.[2]

Today, the Aggie has the largest print distribution in Yolo County, at around 13,000 copies distributed daily. It is available for free at many stands around the UC Davis campus.

[edit] References

  1. ^ UC Davis: Spotlight: Student news since 1915
  2. ^ UC Davis: Spotlight: Student news since 1915

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