Campus News

Students discuss advocacy, student representation ASUCD hosted a forum in the Student Community Center (SCC) on May 8 to discuss cultural awareness. The event, hosted by the Department of Outreach and Recruitment and the Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission, gave students the chance to speak with their representatives and engage in discussions about issues of […]

135 students, 12 alumni sign petition A memorandum was delivered to the Office of the Chancellor on March 15 for a petition to improve the Kemper Hall basement facilities. 135 undergraduate students, mainly from the Computer Science Department, and 12 alumni signed the petition. This petition was hand-delivered on the last week of instruction of […]

Former UC Davis researchers sue for right to use strawberries developed within their strawberry breeding program that has earned millions for UC In a litigation battle over the ownership of strawberry research intellectual property and physical cultivars, a judge ruled in the University of California’s favor on May 15, referencing the contracts that all UC […]

Students research organic chicken feed substitute UC Davis students are in the process of building four chicken coops at the UC Davis Teaching and Research Animal Care Services facility in order to further a research project that studies the effects of an organic chicken feed for the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine. The program […]

UC Davis secures position within the top ten, amongst four other UCs UC Davis earned the ninth spot on Forbes’ annual Best Value College Ranking out of 300 national colleges. Forbes’ criteria for the ranking consisted of comparing “Quality (25%) + alumni earnings (20%) + median student debt (20%) + on-time graduation (15%) + drop-out […]

Law enforcement, scholars discuss legal definition of hate speech in American constitutional jurisprudence with regard to college campuses “Hate Speech, Free Speech, More Speech or Less Speech: The Quad as Free Expression Zone or Safe Space?” took place on May 1 in the Multipurpose Room of the Student Community Center. The event, organized by Interim […]

Picnic Day generates enough revenue to cover expenses; ASUCD Controller, Picnic Day staff differ in sponsorship totals During the drafting of last year’s budget, it was decided that Picnic Day, an ASUCD unit, would no longer receive a subsidy and would instead have to generate revenue for the association. Now, a year later, Picnic Day […]

Amendment to establish Judicial Council, Judicial Council Oversight Committee Students at UC Davis will have the opportunity to vote on the reestablishment of a judiciary body in their student government from 8:00 a.m. on May 24 to 8:00 a.m. on May 25. ASUCD has been left without a judiciary body since it was abolished earlier […]

Event raises money, awareness for cancer research The annual Relay For Life event was held on UC Davis’ Russell Field throughout May 6 and 7. The purpose of the event was to raise money for the American Cancer Society, according to Alex Chavez, a second-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major and member of the executive […]

Last Week in Senate ASUCD Vice President Adilla Jamaludin called the May 4 ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 6:14 p.m. 11 senators were present. President Josh Dalavai and Senator Khadeja Ibrahim were absent. Senator Yajaira Ramirez Sigala was late. Senator Samantha Chiang nominated Senator Julie Jung as interim pro tempore. Jung was elected as […]

Students protest alleged UC corruption Members of the Students for a Democratic Society (SDS) stood on the Quad handing out pamphlets and conversing with students on May 9 and 11. On the ground next to them were 175 individually assorted paper bags. The bags were marked with dollar signs, each one representing $1 million dollars […]

Replacement to better meet current housing standards During the summer of 2017, Orchard Park Apartments will be demolished and replaced by an updated apartment complex. In May, after three years of planning, UC Davis will request bids from those who wish to move into the new complex, which is scheduled to be completed by Fall […]