Campus News

Money used to develop youth shooting programs for students as young as nine In the midst of national gun violence debates following the shooting in Parkland, Fla., The Sacramento Bee recently revealed that the Regents of the University of California in Davis accepted $160,000 from the National Rifle Association between the years of 2010-2016. The […]

Students petition loss of open study space The second and third floors of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library are in the process of being taken over by the UC Davis Center for Quantum Mathematics and Physics. Newer and more popular materials from the second and third floors will be relocated to Shields Library while […]

Students discuss on-campus housing concerns On March 14, the UC Davis Finance and Capital Strategies Committee approved funding for the new Emerson Hall project in the Cuarto student housing area. This action was followed on March 15 with a unanimous vote by the UC Board of Regents for final approval. The Emerson Hall replacement project […]

Protesters seek to demonstrate solidarity with victims of police violence On April 4, the group Students and Workers Ending Racial Violence organized the event #StephonClark Die-In. A group of students gathered in the quad to demonstrate solidarity with people of color who have been killed by police. According to sociology graduate student B.B. Buchanan, Black […]

Bargaining teams for UAW, UCOP meet at Wyatt Pavilion The UC Student-Workers Union Local 2865, a labor union representing undergraduate tutors and graduate student workers, recently had one of its bargaining sessions with representatives from the UC Office of the President at UC Davis. The 12 demands of UAW, which can be found on its […]

UC President toured School of Veterinary Medicine before sitting down with The Aggie A few individuals and their dogs, waiting in the lobby of the UC Davis Small Animal Clinic on a Thursday morning, were visibly surprised to see a group of formally dressed officials walk through the door. UC President Janet Napolitano was at […]

Business and Finance Chair David Heifitz abruptly resigns, citing discomfort with intolerant executive The newly sworn-in ASUCD Vice President Shaniah Branson called the last Senate meeting of Winter Quarter to order in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union on March 15 at 7:29 p.m. Amanda Bernal, the External Affairs Commission chair, was not present […]

UC Davis CARE representatives discuss sexual violence prevention The Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education at UC Davis assists students and staff who have experienced sexual violence. Sexual violence prevention is an important aspect of the work done at CARE. Sarah Meredith, the director of CARE, discussed how sexual violence prevention extends beyond education and […]

Administrators disagree, maintain there is transparency Members of the UC Student Workers Union Local 2865, a union that represents graduate student workers and undergraduate tutors on campus, have expressed concerns regarding mismanagement of funds by university administration, particularly with university housing. One claim is that the university has been taking rent from residents of Solano […]

From anti-war beginnings, student grassroots movement is third largest transit system in California 50 years ago, Unitrans began as an ASUCD executive ticket project to prove to administration the extent of student power and capability. Today, Unitrans looks back on its successes while also planning for the future. In 1966, ASUCD presidential candidate Bob Black […]

After Parkland shooting, walkout memorializes victims UC Davis students, staff and the wider Davis community participated in the National School Walkout at the MU on March 14 to remember victims of gun violence in Parkland, Fla. 17 minutes were dedicated to remember the 17 individuals who died in the shooting. Over 80 people gathered to […]

Events include open forum, resource fair, film screening ASUCD’s Disability Rights Advocacy Committee and the UC Davis chapter of Eye to Eye hosted the first-ever Disability Awareness Week from Feb. 26 to March 2. The student-led initiative encouraged students, faculty and administrators to confront and disassemble the stigmas surrounding mental and physical disabilities through three […]