Campus News

After three-day strike in May, noteworthy public figures decline speeches at UC commencements Actress, neuroscientist and UCLA alumna Mayim Bialik declined to speak at UCLA’s College of Letters and Sciences’ commencement ceremony due to ongoing bargaining negotiations between the UC and the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 — the UC’s […]

Petition fails to receive necessary amount of signatures ASUCD President Michael Gofman and Vice President Shaniah Branson will remain in office as the effort that sought to recall them failed to receive the 2,364 signatures necessary to enable a special election. In an email sent by Mahssa Rezaei obtained by The California Aggie, the total […]

Protests over proposed tuition hike leads to disciplinary action Six students and members of Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) who participated in a sit-in at Mrak Hall over potential tuition hikes which began on Jan. 23 and continued both that night and the night of the 24 were found guilty of violating university policy […]

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 […]

Academic Affairs Commission chair announces lengthened transfer, freshmen orientations ASUCD Vice President Shaniah Branson called the weekly Senate meeting to order on Thursday, May 13 at 8:42 p.m. in the Mee Room on the third floor of the Memorial Union. The meeting followed the ASUCD Town Hall, which was also held in the Mee Room. […]

Adaptive technologies assist disabled students The Student Disability Center uses technology-driven tools and services to provide assistance to students with disabilities in order to meet their academic challenges. Jennifer Billeci, the director of the Student Disability Center, described the center’s mission. “University of California, Davis is committed to ensuring equal educational opportunities for students with […]

UC system falling behind on implementing auditor’s recommendations from 2017 The California State Auditor’s one-year evaluation of the University of California found that the UC did not implement all the recommendations from its 2017 audit and that the UC Office of the President failed to complete its budget on time. The 2017 audit found questionable […]

Human resources grants meeting, continues hashing out concerns UC Davis custodians from the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees 3299 conducted a work action on May 22 at 4:00 p.m. in the UC Davis Human Resource Administration Building. At issue were work-related actions taken by Finis Jones, the director of Custodial Services at […]

Federal increase in labor costs demands extra $300,000 cost, diminishing money available to units From Friday, May 18 to Monday, May 21, the ASUCD executive team and Senate table conducted annual budget hearings in the Mee Room on the third floor of the Memorial Union. Units, committees and commissions each drafted individual proposed budgets for […]

Halawi steps down after expressing frustration with alleged ASUCD corruption, collusion Senator Danny Halawi, a second-year applied mathematics and computer science double major, announced his resignation from the Senate at the May 3 Senate meeting. Halawi ran for Senate on the Unite! slate in the Fall 2018 election. His platforms focused on increasing STEM representation […]

Accidental finding led to conviction of former UC Davis professor for filming of 19-year old Before taking time off for Winter Break in 2015, Karl Kjer, an entomologist and tenured professor at UC Davis, left the keys to his office with one of the junior specialists working in his lab so they could feed his […]