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Eight candidates running for six Senate positions The following eight candidates are running for six senatorial positions in the upcoming 2018 ASUCD Fall Election. The candidates are running either independently or on one of two slates: Unite! and BASED. The Senate Debate will be held on Nov. 13, with voting beginning the same day and […]

Senate Bill to rename OASR tabled for third week in a row The Oct. 25 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:11 p.m. by Senator Alisha Hacker. President Michael Gofman was late. Vice President Shaniah Branson and Senator Brandon Clemons were absent. Hacker, the senate pro tempore, filled in for Branson. An election […]

Sydney Hack, Maria Martinez confirmed to Senate Two interim senators were recently confirmed following resignations by Gaven Kaur and Jake Sedgley. Kaur and Sedgley, in addition to Danny Halawi and Andreas Godderis, are four of six student senators elected in the uncontested Fall Elections who ultimately resigned from their positions. Kaur, a third-year psychology and […]

Police chief discusses robberies, scam emails, recent anti-Semitic posters On Oct. 18, the ASUCD Senate convened for its weekly meeting in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. Vice President Shaniah Branson was absent during roll call. The meeting began with a presentation from UC Davis Police Chief Joseph Farrow. Farrow addressed a recent series […]

Students from Jewish, Muslim communities voice support for legislation ASUCD Vice President Shaniah Branson called the Oct. 11 Senate meeting into order at 6:10 p.m. in the Mee Room on the third floor of Memorial Union. The meeting began with a presentation from Davis City Council Representative Dan Carson. Carson serves as a liaison between […]

Htoo accuses Gofman of disrespect, Gofman denies allegations In a Sept. 27 letter addressed to members of ASUCD, Senator Ko Ser Lu Htoo announced their intention to boycott President Michael Gofman’s State of the Association Address. Htoo stated that Gofman was “disrespectful to members of the LGBTQIA community, minorities and refuse[s] to listen to members […]

With Fall Elections around the corner, bylaw suspended to confirm chair The ASUCD Senate meeting on Oct. 4 began with the confirmation of the Picnic Day unit director. Fourth-year double major Elise Pohlhammer was for the role. Polhammer said Picnic Day was what convinced her to come to UC Davis. She has volunteered with the […]

In a Facebook post, Ethnic and Cultural Affairs commissioner alleges Gofman is discriminatory The first ASUCD Senate meeting of the year was held on Sept. 27 in the Mee Room on the third floor of Memorial Union. At this meeting, a new interim senator and new association members were sworn in, President Michael Gofman delivered […]

Former Judicial Council member aims to restructure, improve ‘problematic’ bylaws The Sept. 27 ASUCD Senate meeting saw the confirmation of Devo Leichter as the newest member of the Senate table. The fourth-year political science major will fulfill the remainder of Danny Halawi’s term, who announced his resignation from his Senate position in early May. Halawi […]

Jake Sedgley will take new position with OASR ASUCD Senate President Pro Tempore Jake Sedgley has officially resigned from his position as of Sept. 20. A Davis local, Sedgley is a fourth-year transfer student and an environmental policy analysis and planning and economics double major. He was elected during the uncontested 2017 Fall Election. Sedgley […]

Turmoil in Senate as Senator Halawi makes allegations of ASUCD “corruption,” other senator resigns Vice President Shaniah Branson called the ASUCD meeting to order on Thursday, May 24 at 6:11 p.m. Senator Danny Halawi and Senator Brandon Clemons were late and Senator Daniella Aloni was absent. The meeting began with a public announcement made by […]

Lack of attendance raises questions about accountability At recent ASUCD government meetings, elected officials have been criticized for missing meetings. Only four out of the 12 ASUCD senators attended the recent budget hearing summit, where ASUCD officials discussed plans for the budget hearings which took place recently. Unit directors and staffers were said to have […]