Comments on: UC Davis: 25 Historias del Valle Central

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:44:29 +0000

Aw, I know. I would be closer to so many friends, but the lure of adventure is strong and Michigan’s calling out to me to at least give it a chance. I know it’s cold and it’s certainly not close, but there’s something about checking out the middle part of the country that’s very very appealing to me.

Yeah, what a great project — I wonder how much traffic the site gets and how they’re doing outreach around the teaching resources. Seems like something that more Californians should know about.

By: Jess

Jess — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 04:41:04 +0000

Wellllll, I disagree that SF is prettier from a distance — lived there and loved it, but from what I hear and from my limited experience, I agree with everything else about campus and town life in Davis itself. Just have to figure out how to leave in the summer since I don’t know if I can stand the heat.

On the other hand, haven’t really given Ann Arbor a fair shake yet (also accepted to University of Michigan) and I love the Pacific Northwest (Bainbridge Graduate Institute) so, it’s going to be an extremely tough decision.

By: TikiPundit

TikiPundit — Thu, 25 Feb 2010 03:04:09 +0000

One advantage you didn’t mention is the overall quality of life in Davis and around the UCD campus. You could hardly have picked a better UC location in which to study and live. Each of the other campuses has many downs; UCD, few. The atmosphere in and around Davis is great. You are removed from the temptations of the Bay Area, the Sierra Nevadas and even Sacramento, yet you are close enough to go to each when you want (SanFran is a lot prettier from a distance). Campus and town life are really great in Davis. The huge main campus lets you stretch your legs. And they don’t really cow-tip that much: the academics are quite intense, owing to the quarter system.

/UCD 1993

By: Jessica Daniel

Jessica Daniel — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 22:53:00 +0000

Hey, thanks Jeremy. I also just got a copy of this book http://upress.umn.edu/Books/S/street_everyone.html to review for a book prize — all on the history of farmworkers through the eyes of photographers. Ack, wish I had more time to read.

By: Jeremy Aaron Dell

Jeremy Aaron Dell — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 18:57:00 +0000

Another historia del Valle Central.http://www.ucpress.edu/books/pages/9134.php

By: Anjali

Anjali — Wed, 24 Feb 2010 06:39:55 +0000

Yay, congrats! I’m still so excited you got in, you deserve it. Another bullet point you forgot in the what’s so great about Davis list is that you would be near(ish) me

I’ve never seen an online exhibit before but that was pretty cool. I never realized how much people’s lives in the central valley were ruled and defined by the industry there; the intersection of “Standard Oil” and “General Motors” streets was particularly telling. I found the picture you mentioned so heartbreaking, and the ones about the water bottles and the asthma shirt particularly horrifying as well.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 31 Dec 1969 19:00:00 +0000