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Candidates discuss how to end toxicity within Senate The three executive tickets running for the positions of ASUCD president and vice president held a debate at the CoHo starting at 11 a.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 21. Aggie Community Transfer’s (ACT) executive ticket Toni Sandoval and Kevin Butt were present as was BASED’s executive ticket Julie […]

Students demand promised counselors, question allocation of mental health fee On Feb. 12, at the Mental Health Town Hall organized by Student Health and Counseling Services, three UC Davis administrators faced student questions regarding SHCS’ funding allocation and potentially deliberate setbacks to staff growth. The three administrators — Executive Director of Health and Wellness Margaret […]

Candidates promoted platforms, few students stopped to listen 11 out of 22 ASUCD Senate candidates sat beside each other on Tuesday, Feb. 20 at the CoHo to debate their platforms and encourage students to vote in the ASUCD elections. The group sat at a lined group of tables, passing microphones between themselves and trying to […]

Executive ticket challenges alleged bias within Elections Committee, decides not to pursue $100,000 lawsuit Adam Hatefi, a third-year political science major, and Shreya Deshpande, a third-year cognitive science major, were running mates on The Golden Slate’s executive ticket for the positions of ASUCD president and vice president ticket. Deshpande and Hatefi have been disqualified from […]

Vice President Adilla Jamaludin criticizes state of Senate On Thursday, Feb. 1, 2018 at 6:12 p.m., the ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order by Vice President Adilla Jamaludin. Senator Jesse Kullar was absent. Guest speaker Sofia Molodanof, a fourth-year English major, gave a presentation on about a proposed Non-Instructional Days Policy, which would provide […]

Beyond the Statistics joins formerly incarcerated, system-impacted individuals Members of the student group Beyond the Statistics as well as friends and allies joined in Hart Hall on Thursday, Jan. 31 to hear from contributors to the club’s newly-released zine. Attendees also met members and discussed ways to help systematically combat stigmas that surround formerly-incarcerated individuals. […]

Preview of UAW, UCOP negotiations The UC Student-Workers Union UAW Local 2865, the labor union that represents student workers at UC Davis and in the UC system, will begin bargaining for a new contract in March of 2018 following the expiration of its current contract. UAW has listed a total of 12 demands. Amara Miller, […]

Rodriguez sought to increase resources for renters in Davis ASUCD Senator Marcos Rodriguez was elected to the ASUCD Senate in the winter of 2017. A third-year political science – public service major, Rodriguez’s major platform was increasing resources for renters in Davis. “Senator Rodriguez has been a spectacular senator who not only completed steady work […]

Three executive tickets, 22 senatorial candidates The following candidates are running for elected official positions in ASUCD for the 2018 Winter Election. There are three executive tickets — for ASUCD president and vice president — and 22 candidates running for six open seats in the Senate. The candidates are running on the following slates: the […]

Sarah Hahn said she was threatened, intimidated, told not to talk to UCOP On Feb. 9, 2018, Sarah Hahn, the director of Counseling and Psychological Services, was made aware that Margaret Walter, the director of Student Health and Wellness, intended to terminate her from her position. Hahn was presented with a letter from Walter stating […]

Organization campaigns for free menstrual hygiene products on campus On Jan. 31, the UC Davis student organization PERIOD held an information night to celebrate its first official meeting. The event also served as a pad and tampon drive for My Sister’s House, an organization that supports victims of domestic violence, sexual assault and human trafficking. […]

New leadership for division of finance, operations and administration Effective Jan. 1, Chancellor Gary May announced his appointment of Kelly Ratliff — the former senior associate vice chancellor of finance and resource management as well as the interim vice chancellor — as the vice chancellor of finance, operations and administration. May described Ratliff as displaying […]