When a classmate chooses to skip lecture, one usually assumes they had something better to do. When that fellow student is an ASUCD senator and they decide to miss a senate meeting, it prompts questions about what might be more important than influencing an entire campus. Attendance at mandatory weekly senate meetings has been low this term, said ASUCD vice president Previn Witana.

TODAY Campus Community Solidarity Day Noon to 4 p.m. Quad Join the campus to bring together the community in solidarity against the recent hate crimes. UC Davis Theatre and Dance Design Showcase 4 to 7 p.m. Suite 202, 508 Second St. Meet the designers and discuss their work for screen and stage. Poetry Night Reading Series: Joshua Clover 8 p.m. Bistro 33, 226 F St.

Amid a growing trend of small schools adopting three-year bachelor’s programs throughout the country, the UC Commission on the Future is considering adopting a fast-track degree. The UC system should absolutely implement a three-year bachelor’s degree program because it benefits all parties involved.

Nine male and seven female Aggies traveled to Austin, Tex. to compete in the NCAA preliminary championships in hopes of qualifying for the NCAA championships held at Eugene, Ore. They would not only need to race with the best they had all season, but also be ready to perform and come out on top. “When […]

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 27 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Dog thinks it’s a Mustang: There was a loose pit bull at Highway 113 and Russell Boulevard.

In a special election culminating Friday afternoon, a large majority of students placed their criticism on UC President Mark Yudof and the UC Regents.

Tears streaming down her face, an Amtrak schedule firmly in hand, she approaches people on downtown corners or outside shopping centers. In between sobs she tells passersby variations of her story as she pleads for money for a train ticket home.

Each day after work, the Vochatzers went home, kicked back and were themselves. It was a different story during the day, though, for UC Davis men’s and women’s track-and-field coaches Jon and Deanne Vochatzer.

After 13 years as the women and gender studies program coordinator, Shuanna Ludwig will need to find a new job. Jessie Owens, dean of the division of humanities, arts and culture studies (HArCS) in the College of Letters and Science, cut Ludwig’s position as a part of the reorganization of the HArCS programs, which are housed in Hart Hall.

For most Davis residents, riding a bike seems as easy as walking or sleeping. Turns out, it’s an action so complex that the National Science Foundation will grant a UC Davis team two years and $300,000 to study it.

Yawning is a most flavorful exercise indeed. It’s kind of like Pringles: once you pop you might not be able to stop because MSG shares a near identical chemical structure with high-grade heroin. I’m bullshitting. But let’s say your friend yawns and you yawn back. This is a perfectly normal part of yawning behavior, although an odd one (are we communicating subconsciously, like telling other members of the human herd that we’re exhausted and sleepy-time should commence or is it that our brains are overheating?). And when it happens with strangers I always feel a little violated or like I’ve violated the other person’s privacy.