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ASUCD Vice President Adilla Jamaludin called the ASUCD senate meeting to order on May 18 at 6:10 p.m. 10 senators were present and two were absent. The meeting opened with an Aggie Public Arts Committee report that discussed the Whole Earth festival, the possibility of placing a piano where the MU hot dog cart is […]

Senators approve units’ budgets for the 2017-2018 year With many hours of debate and discussion to come, the 2017-2018 ASUCD budget hearings opened on the evening of May 19 with an inspirational address from Associate Vice Chancellor Milton Lang. He expressed his hopes that the ASUCD members “be civil [and] be respectful” during the difficult […]

Students present list of demand to administrators In response to a recent article published by The California Aggie, UC Davis students gathered to demand change at the Rally Against Rape Culture on June 2 at the Memorial Union. The article brought attention to UC policies that appear to protect and dismiss misogynistic culture and silence […]

Walk seeks to raise awareness about suicide, suicide prevention, mental illness The third annual UC Davis Out of the Darkness Campus Walk to raise money and awareness for suicide prevention was held at Russell Field on May 20. Students Against Suicide, a student organization on campus that works with the American Foundation for Suicide Prevention […]

After almost two years of construction, Memorial Union is open to the public After almost two years of construction and renovation, the Memorial Union (MU)  officially reopened to the public on May 18. After an energized performance from the UC Davis Cal Aggie Marching Band, students and guests were welcomed to the event by ASUCD […]

Regents vacate room prior to the start of the meeting In light of recent tuition hikes as well as the state audit that found $175 million dollars in hidden UCOP reserves, UC student and worker protesters gathered outside the UC San Francisco Mission Bay campus building where the May 17 regents meeting was scheduled to […]

Third of four UC chancellors to call for UC’s divestment from fossil fuels in one week Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter announced his support for fossil fuel divestment on May 15 following student protests at Mrak Hall. The movement is calling for the UC Regents to divest from the UC system’s $2.5 billion investments in […]

UC Davis graduate, producer for NBC News Bay Area’s piece about police misconduct on school campuses wins alongside Beyoncé’s Lemonade, FX’s Atlanta, HBO’s VEEP Michael Bott, a UC Davis graduate and current producer for the investigative unit of NBC News Bay Area, has been awarded the most prestigious award in broadcast journalism for his piece […]

Underdog IPA released to public through Sudwerk Brewing Company Four UC Davis students, who started brewing in a practical malting and brewing class, placed first in professor Charles W. Bamforth’s annual Iron Brew competition and earned the chance to work with Sudwerk Brewing Company to manufacture their winning beer. The four students, Nayvin Chew, a […]

Three candidates for the position speak at public forums The UC Davis Police Department is looking to hire a new police chief in the wake of former Police Chief Matthew Carmichael’s resignation in August. As a part of their interview process, three promising candidates will each be speaking at one in a series of public […]

Initiative hopes to raise awareness for environmental injustices within marginalized communities ASUCD Senate passed a resolution on April 20 that was proposed by the Environmental Justice for Underrepresented Communities (EJUC) to make the topic of environmental justice a required part of the environmental policy and planning major curriculum at UC Davis. The EJUC is a […]

Greek life boycotts fraternity with several unreported assaults This article was written initially for a University Writing Program journalism course (UWP 104C) during Winter Quarter. The Aggie occasionally publishes freelance work submitted by students from UWP 104C courses.   Content Warning: sexual assault, rape   Since 2014, the University of California (UC) has given new […]