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Daily Archives - May 19, 2010

May 19 2010 Archives

UC Davis probes into oral cancer

UC Davis is searching for new and more effective methods to deal with oral cancer.

Students camp out in solidarity

Campus NewsMay 19, 2010
While the UC Board of Regents deliberates budgets in San Francisco, UC Davis students are holding their own three-day meeting to discuss how the regents’ decisions are affecting communities on campus.

Student athletes to hold discussion on athletic cuts

Campus NewsMay 19, 2010
Student athletes will hold a town hall meeting this evening to discuss the recent cut of four sports teams with both the UC Davis administration and members of the public.

Science Scene

Eating nuts helps lower bad cholesterol

Panel of experts advise graduate students at UCD

This week, director of the UC Davis John Muir Institute of the Environment, Mark Schwartz, organized meetings with a panel of conservation experts to discuss how students can jump into the biodiversity and conservation fields.

Kagan’s Supreme Court nomination yields warm reception among UCD professors

City NewsMay 19, 2010
Last Friday’s Washington Post Q&A analyzed her sexual orientation. On May 17, Sen. Jeff Sessions (R-Alabama) blasted her for restricting on-campus military recruitment at Harvard Law School. Politicians have fretted over her lack of judicial experience.

Inexperienced, female professors hit with more classroom incivility, study finds

City NewsMay 19, 2010
Students may think their sly under-the-desk texting skills are going unnoticed, but Dr. Rod Goodyear, a professor at the School of Education at the University of the Redlands, is keeping track of incidences of classroom incivility.

Future of energy may lie in photosynthesis

For most of us, helping the environment means recycling, riding our bikes and drinking from reusable canteens. But now, thanks to the work of chemists, it could mean producing our own energy – from water.

Faith in administration put to a vote next week

Campus NewsMay 19, 2010
Students on campus will soon have the chance to voice their opinions on the administration with the click of a mouse.

Davis resident attacked with stun gun, sexually assaulted

City NewsMay 19, 2010
A victim of attempted rape by someone she knew was left with minor injures and burns from a stun gun.

Davis police chief applies to lead Fairfield police

City NewsMay 19, 2010
Davis’ top cop since 2007 is among the final three candidates to head the Fairfield police department.

Column: Hair today, gone tomorrow!

OpinionMay 19, 2010
It’s bathing suit season, ladies and gents. And you know what that means. You may be thinking it’s time to hit the gym, but I’m thinking it’s time to make a wax appointment.