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The second ASUCD Senate meeting of the new year was called to order by Vice President Abhay Sandhu on Jan. 19 at 6:14 p.m. in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. Senator Sam Park was absent during quorum roll call and arrived late. Nisha Patel, a mental wellness student coordinator for Health Education and […]

Action Jackson known for quality breeding, extroverted personality The UC Davis Horse Barn at the Cole Facility recently lost its famous breeding donkey named Action Jackson, who died on Jan. 6 at the age of 29 due to serious and chronic laminitis. In recent years, he developed a sway back and his teeth began to […]

Interim senator to be appointed On Jan. 19, ASUCD Senator Sam Park resigned from Senate. Park, a fourth-year political science major, stepped down due to personal reasons. ASUCD President Alex Lee informed ASUCD members of Park’s resignation in an email on Jan. 27. “A count-back election was conducted the week following and no candidate from […]

Huttle helps students receive career advice from professionals at Google, Amazon, Facebook Recent UC Davis graduate Chris Tung along with Michelle Masek from Arizona State University have created a website and app called Huttle, an online system that connects college students with recent graduates and working professionals in top businesses such as Google, Amazon and […]

Campus winery aims to remain environmentally sustainable Due to the passing of state law on Jan. 1, the UC Davis Department of Viticulture and Enology can now avoid pouring student products down the drain — and these high quality bottles of wine won’t be cheap. The newly-established California law introduced by former Senator Lois Wolk, […]

Conference aims to destigmatize mental health, inspire students to engage in mental health work UC Davis will host its first ever mental health conference at the UC Davis Conference Center from 9 a.m. to 8 p.m. on Feb. 5. The UC Davis Mental Health Conference “aims to engage students in destigmatization and education efforts, prompt […]

AMCP award recognizes excellence in marketing, communications The Sexual Violence Awareness and Education (SVAE) Campaign, a project aimed at encouraging students at UC Davis to take an active role in preventing sexual assault, has won a MarCom Award for its achievements in marketing and communications. The Association of Marketing and Communication Professionals (AMCP), which administers […]

Awards geared toward students of color, students from underserved communities At the end of last year, the French Embassy in Washington D.C. gave the UC Davis Office of Global Affairs a grant of $19,386, while the UC Davis Study Abroad Club won a $2,000 grant from French Mission for Culture and Higher Education, located in […]

Tuition to increase by $336 On Thursday, Jan. 26, the UC Regents voted to raise the tuition for all of the 10 UC campuses. The 2017-18 tuition will increase by $282 and the student services fee will increase by $54 — a $336 increase overall. It will be the first tuition increase since 2010. “It […]

Kevin Samy of Forbes’ 2016 “30 under 30” list brings Dog Whistle event to UC Davis Kevin Samy, former speechwriter to the Obama Administration Secretary of Defense, Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Pentagon and special assistant to the Secretary of Energy, spoke at UC Davis on Jan. 13 as part of his Dog Whistle event. […]

ASUCD held its first senate meeting of Winter Quarter on Thursday, Jan. 1. ASUCD Vice President Abhay Sandhu called the meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. Senator Sam Park was absent and Senator Ricardo Martinez arrived late. Senator Irveen Grewal was elected senate president pro-tempore. The president pro-tempore is the official representative of the ASUCD […]

Police chief provides information about safety, Unitrans asks riders to remain patient throughout delays  A deluge of winter rain recently hit the UC Davis campus — in the period of Jan. 1 to Jan. 18, 7.83 inches of rain were measured in the nearby Sacramento Executive Airport according to the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration […]