Campus News

UAW 4811 calls on academic workers at UCD, UCLA to strike starting Tuesday
Campus NewsMay 24, 2024
The campuses will join UCSC in striking in protest of unfair labor practices, including the arrests of students and academic workers at UCLA By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org United Auto Workers (UAW) Local 4811, the union representing academic workers across the 11 UC campuses, called on union members at UC Davis and UC Los Angeles […]

ASUCD Senate passes emergency resolution regarding encampment, protests on May 16
ASUCDMay 24, 2024
A constitutional amendment to institutionalize an ASUCD hiring committee also passed By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org The ASUCD Senate held a town hall session in the CoHo on May 16, giving students the opportunity to ask the table questions. The session was called to order at 6:20 p.m. However, there were no questions […]

ASUCD President-elect Gaius Ilupeju discusses his goals, plans and motivations for the next academic year
ASUCDMay 22, 2024
Ilupeju ran unopposed and was elected ASUCD President during the spring 2024 election By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org Gaius Ilupeju, the two-time ASUCD Senator and current underrepresented students officer for the UC Student Association, ran unopposed and was elected ASUCD President during the spring 2024 election. The third-year political science, public service major […]

ASUCD Senate allocates $10,091.04 to Planet Her 3, concerns about Senate member’s problematic comments at Lawntopia addressed
ASUCDMay 22, 2024
The Senate also passed SB #89 which will fund the ASUCD Business Case Competition and heard quarterly reports from various ASUCD units By MADISON PETERS — campus@theaggie.org Internal Vice President Aarushi Raghunathan called the May 9 Senate meeting to order at 6:17 p.m. She then took roll call and read the UC Davis […]

ASUCD Senate unanimously passes resolution to condemn encampment attack at UCLA
ASUCDMay 14, 2024
It was also announced that Senator Leah Jung resigned from her position, effective immediately By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org Senator Trinity Chow called the May 2 Senate meeting to order at 6:19 p.m. After roll call, she read the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement. The Senate then heard a series of unit quarterly reports. […]

Davis October 7th Coalition stages counter-demonstration outside of Popular University for the Liberation of Palestine encampment
Campus NewsMay 9, 2024
The coalition put up a banner that read, in part, “Jewish Lives Matter Too” and “Where were students on Oct. 7 and the Holocaust” By VINCE BASADA and RIVERS STOUT— campus@theaggie.org Approximately six to seven counter-protesters, largely members of the Davis October 7th Coalition, erected a banner on the afternoon of Tuesday, May 7 […]

Several organizations tabled at Student Sustainability Career Fair on April 23
Campus NewsMay 9, 2024
The fair had a myriad of government agencies and companies present, many of which were offering positions in the sustainability field By RIVERS STOUT — campus@theaggie.com On April 23, the ASUCD Student Sustainability Career Fair (SSCF) was held at the Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom. The student-run fair is an annual event that […]

UC Davis’ nationally-ranked Esports team builds community
Campus NewsMay 8, 2024
The team will continue to compete in a multitude of collegiate tournaments By MADISON PETERS — campus@theaggie.org The UC Davis Esports team competes in tournaments nationwide and is continuing their success as one of the top collegiate-level esports teams in the country. The esports club is composed of 13 teams playing across eight […]

UC Davis Sheepmowers hold climate change poetry campaign throughout April
Campus NewsMay 7, 2024
The goal of the campaign was to generate words and poems from students that will appear in a mural on campus in fall 2024 By BENJAMIN CARRILLO — campus@theaggie.org The UC Davis Sheepmowers — an organization whose purpose is to raise awareness about alternative energy sources for cutting grass — ran a campaign […]

Student organizers set up encampment for Palestine in Memorial Union Quad
BreakingMay 6, 2024
The group has a list of five demands, one of which is calling for Chancellor Gary May to resign from Leidos By CHRIS PONCE — campus@theaggie.org On the morning of Monday, May 6, Davis Popular University for the Liberation of Palestine (PULP) organizers set up tents and canopies in the center of the […]

Senators hear antisemitism training, discuss ASUCD elections
ASUCDMay 6, 2024
Unitrans representative also discusses potential collaboration between different ASUCD units and the buses By JORDAN POLTORAK — campus@theaggie.org The April 25 meeting was called to order at 6:23 p.m. by Vice President Aarushi Raghunathan following a roll call and land acknowledgment. Senators Jacob Klein and Gabriel Gaysinsky presented a training on antisemitism to […]

An interview with ASUCD President Francisco Ojeda as his term comes to an end
ASUCDMay 5, 2024
Ojeda reflects on his year as he ends a tenure marked by heavily covered impeachments and setbacks By VINCE BASADA — campus@theaggie.org ASUCD President Francisco Ojeda’s year-long term has been nothing if not historic. The third-year political science and Spanish double major made history as the first AB540 President of the association and […]

