Campus News

Teamsters to vote on tentative agreement The University of California (UC) announced on March 23 that it has reached a provisional agreement with the Teamsters Union regarding a potential new labor contract. The contract covers several thousand clerical employees and will be voted on by the union on April 19. Negotiations between the two organizations […]

Executive office term review: Alex Lee and Abhay Sandhu A full year since their election as president and vice president, respectively, during the Winter 2016 elections, Alex Lee and Abhay Sandhu saw their term come to an end at the end of the Winter Quarter 2017. “My term was characterized more by the controversies and […]

Students mourn Syrian civilian deaths Students gathered on the Quad on April 10 to protest American intervention in the Syrian Civil War. The protest opened with a statement from the event creator, Chase Caligiuri, a second-year history major, and was followed by chants rallying against the American military industrial complex, a march around the Quad […]

“Marble” aims to create a new way for UC Davis students to connect For a group of six UC Davis students, two years of hard work and dedication recently came to fruition as their social media app, “Marble,” hit the app store on Thursday, March 30. Marble, which is currently available on iOS for students […]

Students to discuss issues, activism for Asian Pacific Islander community The Cross Cultural Center (CCC) will be hosting the Asian American and Pacific Islander Issues Conference (AAPIICON) on April 30 from 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. The conference began in 2013 as the Asian Pacific Islander Issues Conference and was held annually except in 2016. […]

QS World University Rankings lists university as second in agriculture and forestry QS World University Rankings ranked UC Davis’ School of Veterinary Medicine first for the second year in a row on March 7. QS rankings are based on reputational surveys and research citations. This year, QS evaluated 4,438 universities, then qualified 3,098 and ranked […]

Dining Commons to get rid of swipes starting this fall In an effort to make the Dining Commons (DC) more accommodating to students’ busy schedules, UC Davis will introduce a new meal plan option during Fall Quarter of 2017 that will give students unlimited access to the three DC’s all day. In July, UC Davis […]

Events to create dialogue surrounding sexual violence on campus Throughout April, campus organizations will host events to commemorate Sexual Assault Awareness Month. These events will raise awareness of sexual assault on college campuses, inform students of available resources and get students involved in efforts to make UC Davis a safer campus. Events planned include the […]

Proposal set to give Californians top priority in UC admissions process University of California (UC) officials proposed a 20 percent enrollment cap on out-of-state undergraduates on March 6. The proposal is the first of its kind and is currently being debated by the UC Board of Regents. The regents, who met in San Francisco, initially […]

Students de-stress before finals A group of over 100 students congregated on the Quad on March 20 to join together and scream in order to let off steam before their impending Winter Quarter final exams. The event began as a joke, created by a UC Davis student who runs the UC Davis Memes Facebook page. […]

California Democrats attempt to lower need for student loans Democrats in the California State Assembly proposed the “Degrees Not Debt” Scholarship (DNDS) on March 13 during a news conference in Sacramento in response to growing concerns about the increasing number of college students who are graduating with debt. The proposed scholarship will confront the increased […]

Regents approve new UC Berkeley chancellor, discuss nonresident enrollment cap, divest from fossil fuels The University of California (UC) Regents held a board meeting on March 16, during which they appointed Carol Christ as UC Berkeley’s new chancellor and discussed a 20 percent enrollment cap on non-California residents and foreign exchange students. Christ will oversee […]