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Construction in progress for classrooms, lecture hall spaces, triple-occupancy dorms Increases in enrollment at UC Davis have created a demand for additional housing and classroom space. Due to both UC Davis’ own 2020 Initiative and UC President Janet Napolitano’s call for an increase in enrollment, UC Davis enrollment is now on an incline. Numerous on-campus […]

Bill would have established grant program for university mental health services Governor Jerry Brown vetoed the College Mental Health Services bill, also known as AB 2017, on Sept. 24, which would have required the Mental Health Oversight and Accountability Commission to establish a grant program for mental health services at public colleges and universities. Governor […]

Senatorial candidates explain platforms, discuss qualifications Anastasia Ruttkay Anastasia Ruttkay, a fourth-year international relations major, has decided to run for senate on the Based slate in order to increase sexual harassment awareness and prevention across campus. With experience as a member of the Alpha Phi sorority as well as a past senatorial staff member for […]

Davis students speak out against organization’s stance on human sexuality Earlier this month, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship/USA, one of the largest Christian ministries operating on college campuses, released a policy change notifying staff members who held theological views in support of gay marriage that they should step forward for involuntary termination starting Nov. 11. The organization, […]

Senate passes ballot initiative to dissolve judiciary On this quarter’s Associated Students of the University of California, Davis (ASUCD) ballot is a proposition to eliminate the ASCUD judiciary. The bill, written by ASUCD Internal Affairs Commission Chair Nick Flores, was placed on the ballot 26 calendar days before the election. Ballot initiatives must be voted […]

Watchdog groups call for full USDA open investigation One of the UC Davis Primate Center’s test-subjects died on Aug. 23 because of failure to close the separating door between the cages of two non-compatible monkeys. This offense follows several other animal safety violations that have occurred in the past year at the Primate Center. On […]

The ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:11 p.m. on Oct. 20, followed immediately by the establishment of the quorum with ten out of the eleven senators present. Senator Sam Park was absent.   The meeting began with a presentation by Athletic Director Kevin Blue accompanied by a member of the women’s tennis […]

Leaders to implement changes to curriculum, research practices Interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter has hired four new leaders for UC Davis: Graduate School of Management Dean Rao Unnava, College of Biological Sciences Dean Mark Winey, interim vice chancellor of the Office of Research Cameron Carter and interim dean of the School of Education Paul Hastings. Unnava […]

Gray struck, killed by rock while in East Africa for plant biology research project UC Davis plant scientist Sharon Gray was struck and killed on Oct. 4 by a rock that crashed through the window of the vehicle she was riding in on the outskirts of Ethiopia’s capital, Addis Ababa. She was 30. Gray was […]

Demonstrators demand for more student voices present in selection of new UC Davis chancellor A small group of demonstrators coalesced around the flagpole at the Memorial Union on the afternoon of Oct. 11 to advocate for greater student representation in the selection of UC Davis’ new chancellor. This follows the resignation of former chancellor Linda […]

The university received reports of 28 rape cases, 15 cases of domestic violence, 54 burglaries UC Davis released the Annual Security and Fire Safety Report to the UC Davis community via e-mail in late September. Under the federal Jeanne Clery Disclosure of Campus Security Policy and Campus Crime Statistics Act, otherwise known as the Clery […]

ASUCD convened for its weekly senate meeting on Oct. 13, 2016. All senators were present, although Adam Xu and Josh Dalavai were late to the meeting. Vice President Abhay Sandhu called the meeting to order at 6:11 p.m. Campus planner Lucas Griffith started off the meeting with a presentation about the Long Range Development Plan […]