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The developments have sparked discourse around the new prices and the ASUCD’s potential role in creating them

The 56th annual festival is returning to the Quad   By JESSICA YUNG — campus@theaggie.org   The 56th annual Whole Earth Festival (WEF), a student-run festival dedicated to sustainability and activism, will be held on the Memorial Union Quad on Mother’s Day weekend from May 10 through May 12. The event, which is free to […]

Milliken, chancellor of the University of Texas system, joins the UC as higher education continues to face pressures from federal government   By RIVERS STOUT— campus@theaggie.org   James B. Milliken, the chancellor of the University of Texas System, was chosen as the 22nd president of the University of California system, the UC Board of Regents […]

UC ethnic studies educators, concerned about censorship of Palestine in curricula, say the failed proposal faced a “procedurally irregular” journey   By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org   Students and University of California ethnic studies faculty have been advocating for an ethnic studies admissions requirement since 2020. A proposal that was initially intended to take one […]

The grant, which supported “accelerating equitable decarbonization” research, decried as “woke” by U.S. transportation secretary   By JORDAN POLTORAK— campus@theaggie.org   United States Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy announced on Friday, May 2 that he would terminate a $12 million grant given to UC Davis’ National Center for Sustainable Transportation for being “woke.”  The grant was […]

UC ethnic studies educators, concerned about censorship of Palestine in curricula, say the failed proposal faced a “procedurally irregular” journey   By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org   Students and University of California ethnic studies faculty have been advocating for an ethnic studies admissions requirement since 2020. A proposal that was initially intended to take one […]

Input is requested from community members before a final report is submitted to UC leadership   By JESSICA YUNG — campus@theaggie.org   Several University of California bodies, including the Office of the President (UCOP), the Academic Senate and the UC Provost, have launched a workgroup looking into whether all UC undergraduate campuses should operate under […]

UPTE-CWA 9119 and AFSCME Local 3299, representing 50,000 workers combined, are striking for the fourth time this academic year   By KHADEEJAH KHAN — campus@theaggie.org   University Professional and Technical Employees-Communications Workers of America (UPTE-CWA) 9119 and American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees  (AFSCME) Local 3299 are holding a one-day strike on May […]

A lack of senators present at the April 24 meeting caused confusion in quarterly reports and legislation   By AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — campus@aggie.org The ASUCD Senate heard a quarterly report and a proposed resolution at its April 24 meeting, called to order at 6:33 p.m. after technical delays and miscommunication between senators over whether the […]

Senators Amrita Julka and Dhilena Wickramasinghe elected ASUCD President and Internal Vice President; competing executive ticket, other candidates disqualified after Elections Committee and Judicial Council decisions

The news comes as part of the Trump administration’s reversal from cancelling some 1,500 visas in April   By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis announced on April 27 that the federal government had reinstated the F-1 visa status for all 23 international students and recent graduates whose eligibility to remain in the United […]

Aaminah Mohammad and Nanki Kaur, running for ASUCD president and internal vice president respectively, will remain on the ballot and are appealing the decision By VINCE BASADA and AALIYAH ESPAÑOL-RIVAS — campus@aggie.org This article was updated on April 25 at 7:34 p.m. PST. The Unite for Action slate has been dissolved and their presidential ticket […]