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Zapardiel accused of threatening Senator Maraiyesa in a Facebook group chat The Mar. 14 Senate meeting was called to order at 6:16 p.m. in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. The meeting began with an amendment to the agenda so the senate could swear in Senator Sahiba Kaur. Senators Noah Pearl, Victoria Choi and […]

During emotional Senate meeting Senators, Commission chairs call for resignations of Zapardiel, Gofman The ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. on Thursday, March 7. President Michael Gofman, Senator Richardo “Ricky” Zapardiel and Internal Affairs Commission Chair Jacob Ganz were absent. Several senators and commission chairs were late due to having attended […]

UC Davis students doing their part in a global green movement UC Davis students submitted a bill designed to reduce water usage on farms to the California State Assembly on Feb. 22. The bill, AB 1086, was authored and introduced by California Assemblymember Rebecca Bauer-Kahan in collaboration with students. The bill would provide grants to […]

Change reflects new External Affairs Vice President position within ASUCD Senate Bill #39, recently passed by the ASUCD Senate, effectively renamed the Office of the External Vice President (OEAVP), previously known as the Office of Advocacy and Student Representation (OASR). According to Francois Kaeppelin, the director of the OEAVP, ASUCD President Michael Gofman supported this […]

Gender and Sexuality Commission expresses frustration over lack of support The Feb. 28 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m. by Vice President Shaniah Branson. Senators Mohammad Qayum and Maya Barak were absent. The meeting began with the Campus Center for the Environment’s (CCE) quarterly report by its unit director, Liv Gray. […]

Senate meeting sees several quarterly reports, introduction of three new bills On Feb. 21, the ASUCD Senate met in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union for its weekly meeting, with President Michael Gofman absent for its entirety. Senators Maya Barak and Noah Pearl were also absent and Senator Brandon Clemons was tardy. The meeting […]

Action-packed Valentine’s Day with back-to-back open forum preceding weekly Senate meeting The ASUCD Senate held a public town hall in the Coffee House on Feb. 14 in an effort to create a space for individuals to give feedback on how ASUCD could better represent the student body. The Facebook event page showed that 33 individuals […]

DCD acknowledges it used info collected last year in recent student election, denies any wrongdoing Officials from Davis College Democrats (DCD) have refuted recent allegations that the group used student contact information in an inappropriate manner to campaign for the BASED slate in the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections. The California Aggie recently reported an allegation […]

Senator Brandon Clemons’ absences topic of concern The Feb. 7 ASUCD Senate Meeting was called to order by Vice President Shaniah Branson at 6:10 p.m. Senators Simran Kaur, Atanas Spasov and Brandon Clemons were absent. The meeting began with quarterly reports from Entertainment Council and the Office of the External Vice President Affairs’ (OEAVP). A […]

Information on over 800 students gathered for 2018 June primaries used nine months later to campaign for school election The inappropriate use of student contact information by Davis College Democrats (DCD) in efforts to encourage students to vote for the BASED slate in the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections has escalated into a situation outside of […]

Justin Hurst, Shreya Deshpande new president, vice president The BASED slate swept the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections, with all but two spots filled by candidates who ran on the slate. Fourth-year evolution and international relations double major Justin Hurst and third-year cognitive science and sociology double major Shreya Deshpande, who ran as the BASED slate’s […]

UCSA cites $15,000 fee in decision to no longer recognize ASUCD as member in good standing The UC Student Association has voted to no longer recognize ASUCD as a member in good standing with the association until ASUCD pays the full amount of the $15,970.78 debt it owes UCSA in full. ASUCD President Michael Gofman […]