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Leadership conference empowers young women to strive for their ambitions On April 15, Davis Women in Business (DWIB) will be hosting its first ever OWN IT Summit, a leadership conference geared toward empowering and encouraging young women to take on leadership positions in a variety of fields and to strive to achieve their goals.   […]

Katehi responds to criticism that she should have resigned earlier The Sacramento Bee reported on March 24 that nearly $1 million was spent investigating former UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, according to information released by the UC Office of the President (UCOP). Last April, UC President Janet Napolitano ordered a four-month investigation into various […]

Employees’ injuries still unknown A branch of an eucalyptus tree in front of the Student Community Center (SCC) fell, injuring four female UC Davis employees on April 5 around 3:30 p.m. “[The branch] missed the majority of the people, but it did hit one of the tables, where it broke off all of the metal […]

The new ASUCD executive team and senators were sworn into office on March 16 at the last ASUCD meeting of Winter Quarter. The ASUCD-filled evening kicked off at 6:00 p.m. in the ARC Ballroom. Former ASUCD President Alex Lee, former ASUCD Vice President Abhay Sandhu and former ASUCD Controller Joseph DeAngelo gave farewell speeches, reflecting […]

Former chancellor placed on investigative leave following controversies The Sacramento Bee reported on March 24 that the University of California (UC) spent almost $1 million investigating the controversial activities of former UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi last year. UC President Janet Napolitano had placed Katehi on a paid investigative leave in April 2016 after […]

Outgoing leaders honored, new leaders sworn in The ASUCD Executive Office hosted a ceremony on March 16 to honor outgoing President Alex Lee, Vice President Abhay Sandhu and controller Joe DeAngelo, as well as to swear in the new President and Vice President, Josh Dalavai and Adilla Jamaludin. Lee, Sandhu and DeAngelo all gave speeches […]

ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:17 p.m. on March 9 by ASUCD Vice President Abhay Sandhu. Senator Simran Grewal was absent and recorded as an abstention on all voting records. Senator Matthew Yamaguchi left before the meeting adjourned. First, the creators of a new mobile app called Marble, which was pitched as […]

Tanemori relives Hiroshima attack Takashi Tanemori, the only one of his family to survive the atomic bomb attack on Hiroshima, Japan, came to UC Davis on March 10 to discuss his experience as well as life after the attack. The Davis College Democrats (DCD) hosted the event in Haring Hall and sold tickets to community […]

Emails from two administrators show alleged obstruction of proposal by administration Currently, UC Davis is the only UC school that does not provide GE credit for passing AP scores. In response to this, ASUCD President Alex Lee proposed Senate Resolution #9, which requests that UC Davis award General Education (GE) credit for students who earned […]

The ASUCD weekly Senate meeting took place on March 2 in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. During quorum roll call, interim Senator Michael Chan was absent; however, he arrived later during the meeting. Senator Daniel Nagey spoke about a constructed survey by the joint ASUCD-GSA Housing Task-force to be sent out to all […]

Students share ideas on addressing issues faced by different communities ASUCD Senator Samantha Chiang, a third-year English major, held an input forum on March 1 in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union for students to voice ideas for a new cultural competency project. The project will aim to provide cultural awareness training for freshmen […]

Members of the public raised concerns over rising PG&E costs The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) held its bi-monthly voting meeting on March 2 at UC Davis to vote on a number of proposed policies. The meeting, which included a presentation on the implementation for the area code overlay for the 916 region, also gave […]