Campus News

Registrar effects change as an effort to equalize class registration. On Oct. 20, the UC Davis Office of the University Registrar sent a campus-wide email to students informing them that Advanced Placement (AP) and International Baccalaureate (IB) units will no longer affect registration priority beginning with winter 2016 class registration. Previously, AP and IB units […]

Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh discusses Vietnam and U.S. relations. On Oct. 20, Vietnamese Ambassador Pham Quang Vinh delivered a speech on Vietnamese and American relations at the Memorial Union’s De Carlie Room. The ambassador’s visit to UC Davis represents an effort to bridge a connection between the U.S. and Vietnam that will benefit both countries […]

Planned campus expansion in result of increasing enrollment, growing research. Over the course of the next one and a half years, UC Davis’ Campus Planning Committee will develop and solidify “Campus Tomorrow,” the university’s next Long Range Development Plan (LRDP) that will provide a framework for efficient land use, renovation and building projects from 2017 […]

Students demand more from university police. On Nov. 3, outside the Memorial Union (MU), students and staff gathered for the Divest, Disarm: Davis for Black Lives protest. Organized under the Davis Stands with Ferguson campaign, protesters rallied for administration to tackle the topic of systematic racial oppression present on college campuses. The protest focused in […]

Renovated lab provides space for students to learn the engineering process behind coffee making. On Oct. 23, the Chemical Engineering and Material Science department (CHMS) celebrated the grand reopening of the coffee lab in 126 Everson Hall. At the improved coffee lab, students can expect to see new lab benches, sinks, floors and air handling […]

New center offers resources, safe space for African American students. On Oct. 26, the Center for African Diaspora Student Success, a new resource location for African American and African students to find academic and community services, opened its doors at UC Davis. The new center, located on the second floor of the South Silo, is […]

The California Aggie surveys four students on how they would spend the university’s budget. On Oct. 19, UC Davis initiated “Big Ideas,” a campaign that calls upon students, faculty and staff to suggest progressive projects that the university should undertake. Big Ideas allows members of the UC Davis community to go online to submit their […]

Suspect deceased after being fatally shot by police At approximately 8 a.m. on Nov. 4, five people were wounded in a brutal stabbing at UC Merced. According to the UC Merced Police Department, the suspect was fatally shot by the police about 15 minutes after and later died from his injuries. The victims were stabbed […]

Report reveals residents consuming more energy than predicted Student housing complex West Village recently released a report revealing that student resident energy consumption is substantially higher than initially predicted. According to the report, the amount of energy consumed was higher than the energy produced. In 2011, West Village made headlines for becoming the country’s first […]

What the fall of S.M.A.R.T and the rise of fresh slates says about the current needs of the student body This fall, students are seeing an ASUCD senate election that is much different from last year’s. For the past few years, the NOW Slate and Students Matter: Activism, Retention, and Teamwork (S.M.A.R.T) Slate have had […]

Design options to appear on fall ballot During this fall’s election, UC Davis students will be able to vote for a new AggieCard design. On this quarter’s ballot are four possible designs that students can choose from. Designed by Melanie Zelaya and Juliana Luna, student staffers under ASUCD senator Alex Lee, all designs feature one […]

Alum files complaint against police for excessive use of force On Aug. 26 at 1:30 a.m., UC Davis police officers forcibly detained African American UC Davis alum Fayia Sellu from the 24-hour study room on the basis that he is no longer a student and was disturbing the peace, according to the penal code violation […]