If you’ve been a student at UC Davis since freshman year, chances are you’ve lived in the dorms amongst other first years and one or two Resident Advisors (RA). RAs are undergraduate students who work for Student Housing and live within the residence halls during the school year. Though some see RAs as didactic and […]

Saving California Communities and ASUCD are sponsoring two forums on proposed initiatives that will examine how to increase revenue for California’s public education system. Advancement Project’s senior policy analyst Sandy Escobedo will present information on “Our Children, Our Future,” an education initiative that would raise over $10 billion in funding to help children succeed in […]

You have probably imagined what it would be like to make up your own course or even to take one taught by your peers about something less formal than Chemistry 2B or English 40. Well next year, you will have that opportunity. For Fall 2012, the Experimental College (EC) is unveiling the Alternative Learning Project […]

Last Wednesday, conservationist photographer and former TEDx speaker Garth Lenz came to UC Davis to give his talk entitled “The True Cost of Oil” which explores the destruction of Canadian wildlife and oil sand mining. Bituminous sands, which are a type of unconventional petroleum deposit and have only in recent years been considered part of […]

After a 10 million dollar gift over the holidays from the Jan Shrem, a friend of Margrit Mondavi, UC Davis is now planning to add a new art museum near the Mondavi Center. “The museum will be a resource for students, faculty, staff and members of the community to experience art in the broadest sense […]

The Aggies earned a berth into the NCAA Regional with a tremendous performance at the Big West Conference tournament, but didn’t have enough magic in them to advance to the NCAA final round. The upset-minded UC Davis men’s golf team entered Stanford as the 13th seed in a field that consisted of some of the […]

I hardly hesitate before agreeing to a product’s terms and conditions anymore. I can barely keep up with the reading in my own classes, let alone spare the time and energy to read a 6,500-word essay written in legalese. But I’m trying to understand what it means to have good privacy hygiene — to know […]

The UC Regents meeting was held last Wednesday in Sacramento for the first time since 1993. Usually organized at campus locations, the meeting was transferred to the Sacramento Convention Center in order to rally government support for the financially debilitated university system. Among other issues, the Regents discussed an impending six percent tuition increase for […]

Last week I told a story about my mother and it has come to my attention that we will not still be in school over Father’s Day and that this is unfair to my male parent. So I will tell an equally flattering story. When I was little and a budding comedian I used to […]

Change is looming over UC Davis athletics, and a variety of paths the University could choose to take. Last week Chancellor Linda PB Katehi and Vice Chancellor Fred Wood announced the four finalists for UC Davis’ new Director of Athletics. The candidates vary greatly in experience and outlook. They feature experience in large and small […]

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 17 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 11:50 p.m. 6:10 p.m. to 11:49 p.m. was the continuation of […]

While Davis is generally considered a relatively safe and crime-free area, there are times that require extra caution. On Monday, May 7 a Davis man wanted for a weapons charge allegedly barricaded himself in a house on Adrain Drive and kept the police occupied for over five hours before surrendering. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov […]