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ASUCD scrambles to find new senator following Priano’s transfer to UC Berkeley Third-year community and regional development major Sarah Priano has resigned her role as an ASUCD senator, leaving ASUCD to search for a new senator for the upcoming school year. The news follows the Berkeley native’s transfer to UC Berkeley this fall. Priano, whose […]

University Denies Carcinogenic Exposure, Announces Further Investigation On Aug. 17, Sacramento’s News10 published an article in which two university employees and five student assistants revealed how the UC Davis Academic Technology Services Department’s unsafe practices may have exposed students to the carcinogen asbestos. According to the report, buildings built before 1980 likely contain asbestos due […]

Former UC Davis standout will compete for Miami’s 15-man roster After a 2014-15 season of unbridled success on the UC Davis men’s basketball team, recent graduate Corey Hawkins was signed by the NBA’s Miami Heat on August 21. The terms of the deal were not released. Following the news, Hawkins tweeted: “Proud to announce that […]

This story was updated on August 24 at 1:00 pm to reflect new information.  Two UC Davis employees and five students reported exposing students to asbestos, a carcinogenic mineral formerly used to insulate walls, while drilling holes in older buildings, according to an investigation performed by Sacramento TV station News10 in an article posted on Aug. 17. […]

Update (6:42): ASUCD senators voted to approve the president’s budget. Close to 80 KDVS staff members showed up to the unit’s ASUCD senate budget hearing today in protest of proposed cuts. “The association is in a lot of debt and needed to make cuts, and every time these cuts happen, the media takes a hit. […]

ASUCD leadership is preparing to make approximately $240,000 in cuts to next year’s fiscal budget. On May 24, ASUCD president Mariah Watson wrote senators and unit directors in preparation for this weekend’s budget hearings. That letter, along with the recently posted budget proposal, details the executive office’s attempt to make a $217,000 dent in the […]

The ASUCD senate has called for the UC Board of Regents to divest over $74 million from the Republic of Turkey in response to its continued denial of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. Senators appealed the UC Regents May 7 by passing Senate Resolution #15 (SR15), a measure urging the withdrawal of $74,046,600 in investments […]

Last Friday, ASUCD Senate called its meeting to order and began with unit director reports. KDVS General Manager Ashley Hanson gave an update on the radio station’s quarterly progress, including its annual Pledge Drive. This allows KDVS to bring another year of noncommercial, freeform programming; in exchange for donations, KDVS offers a “thank you” gift […]

Last week, the ASUCD Student Health and Wellness Committee (SHAWC) hosted Wellness Week, a four-day series of events aimed at promoting student wellness and campus health resources. SHAWC joined campus organizations such as The Mind Spa, the Center for Leadership Learning, the National Alliance on Mental Illness at UC Davis (NAMI) and The ASUCD Pantry […]

Dean of the Division of Social Sciences George Mangun recently announced his decision to step down from his position. According to Mangun, deans are normally appointed for five-year terms, creating a continual turnover in each academic division. Mangun, who was reappointed to the position after his term ended, has served as dean for seven years. […]

ASUCD Vice President Gareth Smythe presided over the weekly senate meeting on April 30. The meeting was called to order at 8:11 p.m. Environmental Policy and Planning Commission Chair Marissa Ayala and senators Anabiah Syed, Miguel Guerrero, Roman Rivilis, Sarah Priano and Anas Tresh were not present at roll call. Tresh arrived at 8:28 p.m. […]

A recent study conducted by Cassandra Hart, an assistant professor in the UC Davis School of Education, and education doctoral students Michael Hill and Elizabeth Friedmann found that student grades and completion rates of community college students are lower when they take online courses as opposed to face-to-face classes. The researchers studied students who entered […]