Campus News

New parking program aims to increase parking availability during rainy season A new parking program referred to as “stack parking” was implemented by Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) in the Quad Parking Structure and in Lot 47 on Monday, Feb. 13. The program is in operation Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and […]

Six senators, new executive team elected Current ASUCD Vice President Abhay Sandhu announced the ASUCD election results on Feb. 24 in the Memorial Union’s Mee room. Six senators were elected: Sam Chiang, Michael Gofman, Khadeja Ibrahim, Rahi Suryawanshi, Marcos Rodriguez and Yajaira Ramirez Sigala. Chiang and Ibrahim ran on the BASED slate, while Suryawanshi, Rodriguez […]

Wells Fargo faces fraud, predatory lending charges, other controversies The University of California (UC) will retract a $300 million line of credit and a $150 million interest reset contract with Wells Fargo by April of this year. $200 million has already been retracted, and the remaining $100 million will be divested after a replacement bank […]

Faculty, students recount personal tales of immigration; highlight value of diversity UC Davis students, faculty and members of the Davis community gathered on the Quad on Feb. 9 to display their solidarity with those directly affected by President Donald Trump’s immigration ban. In light of the recent executive order, universities across the country have organized […]

Opening date pushed back to May 1 Students have awaited the full reopening of the Memorial Union (MU) for almost two years since its closure in early 2015. Recently, however, the reopening date was pushed back to May 1, meaning that students will be left for an extra month without access to the central hub […]

Veto included revision abandoning creation of oversight committee for judicial council Last month ASUCD President Alex Lee issued a series of vetoes on legislation passed by the student Senate, including a revision veto on a constitutional amendment to create a Judicial Council and a Judicial Council Oversight Committee (JCOC). Constitutional Amendment #50, authored by the […]

Shaheen’s name to remain on ballot, his votes will not be counted Senate candidate Zaki Shaheen chose to publicly withdraw from the race during the ASUCD debate on Feb. 21. After one of the debate moderators asked a question regarding one of his platforms, Shaheen spoke briefly about why students run for Senate and how […]

Students receive email warnings from UC Davis police The UC Davis community recently received two crime alerts from the UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD) labelled as “suspicious circumstances vandalism/hate incident” and “campus timely warning/hate incident.” On Jan. 30, the letters “KKK” were found graffitied on the inside of a Memorial Union women’s bathroom stall in […]

UC Board of Regents to vote on the appointment later this week University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced her selection of Gary May as the new UC Davis chancellor on Feb. 21. May currently serves as the dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering. “Gary May is a dynamic leader and an accomplished […]

Tighter policies require greater approval of outside jobs Due to new policies implemented after the investigation of former UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, University of California (UC) administrators are no longer seeking compensated board seats outside of their senior management jobs at the UC campuses. In 2015, the UC reported that the majority of […]

SR #7 asks university to increase capacity for future campus housing On Jan. 26, ASUCD passed a new resolution to submit comments on the Notice of Preparation for the Environmental Impact Report (EIR), the next phase for the UC Davis Long Range Development Plan (LRDP). Resolution #7, authored by Sara Williams, the External Affairs Commission […]

UC Davis leads in sustainability with largest solar power plant of any university The University of California’s 13th Annual Report on Sustainable Practices was presented at the UC Board of Regents meeting on Jan. 25. The 2016 report relays both the UC’s successes and challenges ahead in regards to renewable energy, water conservation, waste reduction, […]