Yearly Archives - 2012
2012 Archives
News-in-brief: WRRC hosting Gender Equity Awareness Week this week
Campus NewsMarch 6, 2012
This week is the Women’s Resources and Research Center Gender Equity Awareness Week. “[The week is] a week that aims to initiate dialogue and continue education about gender equity with an emphasis on the intersection of identities (e.g. gender, class, sexual orientation, ethnicity, etc),” according to the WRRC. Events for the week include “Porn and […]
New website provides space to share experiences
City NewsMarch 6, 2012
If you have ever wondered if students at other universities, or even at UC Davis, have had similar college experiences, there is a new website to check out. Thecollegefacts.com is a website created by university students with the purpose of providing entertainment to fellow college students. The site was created by two seniors, Matthew Butrimovitz, […]
Pepper spray task force results delayed indefinitely due to police union court order
Campus NewsMarch 5, 2012
The results of the UC Davis task force regarding the pepper spray incident have been delayed again. The task force, lead by California Supreme Court Associate Justice Cruz Reynoso, was supposed to announce the results of their investigation today at 3 p.m. However, a union representing UC campus police announced that they will be requesting […]
Column: Let’s move
SportsMarch 5, 2012
Thursday night at the Pavilion the atmosphere was electric. UC Davis women’s basketball was going down the stretch in a close game against rival Cal Poly, and the Aggie Pack was willing them to win. The arena was loud when the Aggies were on defense, the referees knew the fans’ displeasure with contentious calls and […]
Column: The state of the arts
OpinionMarch 5, 2012
The fine arts and the digital age don’t exactly look to each other with doting eyes. The arts allege that the new era moves much too fast, with no pause for deep reading and reflection. The digital age retorts that fine art is an ancient, outdated practice in a mechanical time. They fundamentally undermine each […]
UC Davis celebrates Human Rights and Humanities Week
Campus NewsMarch 5, 2012
Today the UC Davis Human Rights Initiative will kick off its first Human Rights and Humanities week. This will be a series of separate lectures, colloquiums and symposiums, finishing Friday with the second annual Symposium on Human Rights. “I’m really happy it has come together so well. It shows the importance of studying human rights […]
News-in-Brief: Davis’ Ben & Jerry’s closes
City NewsMarch 5, 2012
Those looking for a Vermonster in Davis are out of luck. Ben & Jerry’s at the Davis Commons officially shut its doors on Feb. 29 at 5 p.m., earlier than their normal closing time. A sign was posted on the store’s door thanking customers for their years of patronage and announcing its closure. Sam Hensley, […]
De Vere’s holds first ever biking event
City NewsMarch 5, 2012
This Saturday marked de Vere’s Irish Pub’s first foray into the biking scene with the launch of the first annual de Vere’s to de Vere’s bike ride. Rick Houston, the regional liaison for the North American Handmade Bicycle Show, proposed the event. The ride began this past Saturday morning starting at the de Vere’s 1531 […]
News-in-Brief: Findings of UC Davis task force on pepper-spray incident to be released Tuesday
Campus NewsMarch 5, 2012
The UC Davis task force investigating the pepper spray incident on Nov. 18 will be releasing its findings Tuesday. At noon the task force documents will be available online, and there will be a meeting to present the findings Tuesday afternoon at 3 p.m. at the UC Davis Conference Center ballroom. The task force was […]
Students re-occupy the Quad
Campus NewsMarch 5, 2012
On Saturday, student protesters re-established the occupation on the Quad. Since winter break, only a few tents have remained on the Quad. Students occupied Dutton Hall at the end of Winter quarter, and then occupied the old Cross Cultural Center Building in January. “I don’t think the movement has stopped or slowed down, I […]
Column: Mother of the year
OpinionMarch 5, 2012
There’s a rumor floating around the internet right now that Nicole “Snooki” Polizzi is with child and predictably, many people are responding to this magnificent news with backlash. I, on the other hand, will be thrilled if it ends up being true. Before I launch into the long list of reasons that Snooki’s possible fertilization […]
Senate Briefs
Campus NewsMarch 5, 2012
ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the March 1, 2012 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, present, left early Bree […]

