ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb. 7 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:14 p.m. Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD vice […]

A student nonchalantly walks into a bookstore, finds the textbook they need and flips it over to the back cover. The price tag reads into the 200-dollar range. The student coyly scans the aisle to make sure no employees or security cameras are watching, then slips the volume under their coat and walks out. Another […]

The UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) welcomed Lt. Gregory Murphy Thursday night as he was sworn in during a badge-pinning ceremony. Murphy participated in a community-based hiring process, according to UC Davis Police Chief Matthew Carmichael. “This process is unlike any other as new employees are selected with major input from the community. With the […]

If the adage goes “you are what you eat,” then what does that make us? Probably a combination of colorful, plastic shrink-wrapped packaging and a transparent orange cylinder with a person-proof white cap. At times, it seems as if we eat pharmaceuticals like food and take our daily doses of healthy food or vitamins. Everything […]

The City of Davis and Davis Police will hold a Volunteer Recruitment Fair tomorrow at the Veterans Memorial Center located at 203 E 14th St. from 10:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The city and Davis Police Department (DPD) are looking for individuals interested in volunteering in various city services. According to a DPD press release, […]

Dining commons (DC) workers on campus are considering filing a demand to bargain with the University after recent changes to their work schedules. “Starting Feb. 1, about half of us got a half hour to one hour cut from our schedule,” said an anonymous cook working at the dining commons. “We weren’t notified about the […]

Late at night this past weekend, I sat down and watched the movie Love and Other Drugs starring Jake Gyllenhaal and Anne Hathaway. The movie follows two particularly gorgeous lovers going at the intricacies of mutual trust and understanding within a society awash in pharmaceutical drugs. The movie focuses on the development of Gyllenhaal’s character, […]

Chinese music plays in the small downtown restaurant The Dumpling House and owner Linda Liu sits at a table with a bowl of dumpling contents and a neatly arranged tray of wrapped dumplings — just a sample of the two to three thousand dumplings hand-wrapped every day. “Most people like a dumpling for the season; […]

This Thursday, International House Davis (I-House) will host the first in a series of three classes that will enable participants to simultaneously hone their culinary skills while learning about different cultures. “The international cooking classes are possibly the most popular events we offer,” said Elisabeth Sherwin, executive director of I-House. “They are a great opportunity […]

Registration is now open for the quarterly women’s self-defense class held by the Davis Police Department (DPD). According to Lt. Colleen Turay, the class was scheduled to begin in February but had to be postponed to early March. “We try to have [the class] four times a year, typically in the evenings,” Turay said. “It’s […]

Sandbox Politico I was raised with three heroes, two of them fictional: Joe Montana, Barry Bonds and Batman. So like many northern Californians, this past Sunday’s Super Bowl loss still lingers on my palate, barely dulled by the beer I attempted to chase it away with. “But Justin,” you cry, “this column is about ASUCD, […]

A pictorial history of UC Davis was released Jan. 14. The work, compiled by Dennis Dingemans and Ann Foley Scheuring, is entitled University of California, Davis and is the latest addition to Arcadia Publishing’s Campus History Series. “The UC Davis book is a perfect representation of our Campus History series,” said Suzanne Lynch, Arcadia Publishing […]