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Meeting framed around Stephon Clark Remembrance Week preceding Picnic Day in relation to police de-escalation On April 13, Students for a Democratic Society held a third meeting with administration in conjunction with other student organizations. The meeting discussed the targeting of Black students by police in relation to the recent Sacramento police shooting of Stephon […]

Author states plans to reintroduce amendment in future Nick Flores, an English and political science double major and former ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission chair, and Rahi Suryawanshi, a fourth-year international relations major and former ASUCD senator, co-authored a constitutional amendment shifting from two legislative ASUCD elections to one and modifying senators’ constituencies. The amendment, referred […]

Professors Pelo, Rosen, Venkatesan will receive grants for creative work The John Simon Guggenheim Memorial Foundation named three UC Davis faculty members as Guggenheim fellows on April 5. Associate professor of music Mika Pelo, professor of art Annabeth Rosen and associate professor of religious studies and comparative literature Archana Venkatesan are three of 175 scholars […]

Statement from Department of Music in response to concerns over Christian Baldini’s return refers students, faculty to existing resources Content Warning: This article contains descriptions of sexual harassment which some readers may find disturbing.    Christian Baldini, 39, a UC Davis symphony conductor, has returned to campus after being temporarily removed without pay after misconduct […]

Over 1,400 sign petition in protest of planned closures The university recently announced that the Veterinary Medicine Central Services Life Science Supply Stores in Haring Hall and VM 3B will be closing. Initially, the closure was planned for June 1, 2018. According to a letter from Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter, however, the […]

Senator Jake Sedgley elected pro tempore Vice President Shaniah Branson called the ASUCD Senate meeting to order on Thursday, April 5 at 6:10 p.m. Senator Atanas Spasov was absent, and Senator Alisha Hacker was late. The meeting began with the election of Senator Jake Sedgley to the position of pro tempore. With no objections voiced, […]

Proposal introduces senators to represent each UC Davis college, transfer, international students Nick Flores, an English and political science double major and former ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission chair, and Rahi Suryawanshi, a fourth-year international relations major and former ASUCD senator, co-authored a constitutional amendment which proposes shifting from two legislative ASUCD elections to one and […]

Sotomayor will host interactive commencement experience for graduates Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor will speak at UC Davis’ School of Law’s 2018 commencement on May 19. Instead of delivering a traditional commencement address, Sotomayor plans to engage the graduates in her remarks. Sotomayor will format her address around the graduating class, fielding questions from audience […]

Dr. King’s memory celebrated amid new civil rights challenges On April 3, 1968 at the Mason Temple, Church of God in Memphis, Tenn., Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. delivered a speech titled, “I’ve Been to The Mountaintop.” During the speech, King foreshadowed a threat on his life but said the work that he started must […]

Percentage of black workers at UC declined from 19 percent in 1996 to 12 percent in 2015 A study commissioned by AFSCME 3299, the UC’s largest employee union, which used previously unreleased UC employment data, “reveals growing income inequality, persistent patterns of racial and gender hierarchy, and steep declines in African American employment within the […]

Summit seeks to bridge gap between female leaders, students The annual OWN It summit hosted by Davis Women in Business was held in the International Center on April 7. OWN It is a women’s leadership and networking event featuring female leaders from various fields, including business, technology and entrepreneurship.   “We wanted to create OWN […]

Student Housing hosts communal event for residents, student staff On April 4, Student Housing staff members and other administrative officials held a community processing event in Wall Hall in the Tercero dormitory area to acknowledge and provide a safe space for students and community members to process the recent shooting of Stephon Clark. Clark, a […]