Monthly Archives - October 2010
October 2010 Archives
Aggie Daily Calendar
FeaturesOctober 20, 2010
TODAY: East Quad Farmers Market; Yoga and Meditation Class; Runway Designer’s Club Model Casting Call.
UC Davis may branch into Madrid
Campus NewsOctober 19, 2010
UC Davis is considering a campus in Madrid, Spain. The satellite campus would expand research opportunities as well as host students from Davis and all over the world.
UC Davis enters international arena in economic development
Campus NewsOctober 19, 2010
In its second year, the UC Davis Certificate in Development Practice continues to offer hope for eradicating extreme poverty and hunger by preparing students to diagnose and address priorities for sustainable development.
Proposition 19 is fatally flawed
OpinionOctober 19, 2010
Proposition 215 of 1996 is perhaps the pivotal measure of national drug reform policy, catalyzing popular laws in many other states, impelling unprecedented adjustments to federal enforcement policy. Yet, due to legislative failures and various other factors, it remains largely unimplemented – despite being very widely popular.
“It’s been a blessing”
SportsOctober 19, 2010
After 33 illustrious years at UC Davis – 13 as head coach – Sandy Simpson will call it a career.
Environmental education program launches in Davis
City NewsOctober 19, 2010
O24U, an environment education program for elementary age students, launched earlier this month expanding volunteer opportunities to residents of Davis.
Editorial: Research funding
OpinionOctober 19, 2010
According to a recent UC Davis report, our campus received $679 million to fund scientific research during the 2009-2010 fiscal year. This was a record-breaking amount and a huge increase from just $298 million in 2000-2001. At the same time that research funding grew, student fees rose dramatically. While it’s tempting to connect these two increases, and assume students are footing the scientists’ bills, there is no correlation between the two.
Column: Socialist Revolution? Nope.
OpinionOctober 19, 2010
Readers may have seen the fliers around campus last week screaming quizzically: “Can we have a revolution?” I did. I was tickled enough to attend a meeting by a group called the Socialist Organizer at Olson Hall last Thursday. Never say never, right? But this time, I don’t mind the designation of general in the naysayers’ army. A revolution, of any kind, is not going to happen in today’s America. I’ll tell you why.
Column: Papa, let me preach
OpinionOctober 19, 2010
Am I a freak for encouraging my parents to have sex?
Chancellor Katehi appointed to FBI advisory board
FeaturesOctober 19, 2010
For the past five years, a group of university chancellors and presidents from major research institutions around the country have met with FBI agents and representatives for the National Security Higher Education Advisory Board (NSHEAB).
