Campus News

Demonstration a part of International Campus Day for Palestine Members of Students for Justice in Palestine (SJP), along with members of Jewish Students for Peace and Davis Stands with Ferguson, held a demonstration on Oct. 14 at the UC Davis Quad for International Campus Day for Palestine. The date commemorates the anniversary of the 1953 […]

Group calls for regular housing inspections, lower housing prices Davis Renters Alliance, a new advocacy group for renters, met on Oct. 12 in Wellman Hall to discuss the renter rights of UC Davis students and community members. The group aims to deal with the rising housing prices and low-vacancy rates. The alliance is also trying […]

Laboratory remains closed until further evaluation On Oct. 26, faculty and staff were evacuated from Young Hall after the UC Davis Fire Department responded to a chemical spill in one of the hall’s labs at approximately 5:00 p.m. The chemical spilled was acrolein. Following the evacuation, hazmat teams went into the hall to evaluate and […]

Sociology professor Bob Faris featured for study on effects of social media on teens A recent CNN Special Report about the effects of social media on teens, titled “#Being13: Inside the Secret World of Teens,” featured the research of UC Davis Sociology Professor Bob Faris as well as The University of Texas at Dallas Behavioral […]

Senate continues to make progress. On Oct. 22, ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe called to order this week’s senate meeting in Memorial Union’s Mee Room at 6:13 p.m. Senators Anas Tresh, Brendan Chang and Reem Fatayerji were absent during quorum roll call. From the committees, Joe D’Angelo and Sean Guerra were also absent during roll; […]

Exclusive UC Davis app currently available for download A group of UC Davis students and alumni have teamed up to create Penji, a peer-to-peer study app that will connect Davis students to a community of tutors. The two founders of the app, Ben Holmquist, a UC Davis alum, and Ben Morrison, a fourth-year biology major, […]

UC schools compete to reduce campus-wide carbon footprint, help the UC system reach carbon neutrality From Oct. 6 through Dec. 10, all University of California campuses are participating in the system’s first-ever Cool Campus Challenge, a competition that was created by the UC and the UC Berkeley Renewable and Appropriate Energy Laboratory. The challenge is […]

California colleges to guarantee housing for homeless students. On Oct. 7, Governor Jerry Brown signed Assembly Bill (AB) 1228 into law. It encourages the University of California (UC), California State University (CSU) and California Community College (CCC) systems to work towards guaranteeing housing for homeless college students. According to the website of Mike Gipson, assemblymember […]

Unidentified suspect slashes tires of eight cars, etches anti-Semitic slurs on two vehicles. On Sept. 10 at approximately 3:00 a.m., an unidentified suspect slashed eight car tires and scratched five cars in the Colleges at La Rue parking lot, as well as one vehicle near Russell Park Apartments. Two of the cars contained anti-Semitic notes, […]

Senate passes several electronic initiatives On Oct. 15, ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe called to order the third weekly senate meeting of the quarter in the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The meeting was mostly comprised of legislative changes. Two of the legislative measures passed provide greater opportunities for students to vote online; these changes could […]

Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passes away from successive strokes On Oct. 15, former UC Davis chancellor Larry Vanderhoef passed away at the age of 74. Vanderhoef, who was the chancellor of the university from 1994 to 2009, died due to complications from successive ischemic strokes. Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi, who succeeded Vanderhoef in 2009 after he stepped […]

Publicist Luanne Lawrence leaves university following family issues, disagreement over new position On June 30, UC Davis terminated the position of Associate Chancellor of Strategic Communications Luanne Lawrence. The position, which paid Lawrence a yearly salary of $260,000, according to records obtained from The Sacramento Bee, was eliminated completely. According to a settlement agreement obtained […]