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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 […]

On April 23, the ASUCD senate meeting began with a call to order. During Appointments and Confirmations, senate confirmed former ASUCD senator Gareth Smythe as the new vice president, following former vice president Robyn Huey’s recent resignation. Senate also confirmed two new Outreach Assembly members. During Unit Director Reports, the unit directors of the CoHo, […]

UC Davis English professor Yiyun Li is the first woman to win the annual Sunday Times EFG short story prize. The contest, which awards 30,000 pounds (nearly $46,000)  to the winner, is considered the highest monetary prize for a short story and receives entries worldwide. Former winners of this contest include past Pulitzer Prize and […]

Last week, the La Raza Cultural Days (LRCD) committee and the UC Davis Cross Cultural Center came together to present the 46th annual La Raza Cultural Days on campus. The theme this year was “nuestros desafios fortalecen nuestra Resistencia,” which translates to “our struggles empower our resistance.” Events started on April 27, with a kickoff […]

UC Davis’ Women’s Resources and Research Center (WRRC) held its Gender Equity Awareness Week from April 27 to May 1. The week, which aimed to educate students about gender equity in the Davis community, included workshops such as “Genderism and Inclusive Language,” “Abortion Activism,” and “Understanding Inequity: Race and Ethnicity.” The WRRC also held a […]