Campus News

Revised budgeting procedure intensifies competition between stipend employees   A new ASUCD bylaw will alter how the Executive Office budgets employee stipends in an attempt to better match each stipend’s value to the work it rewards. Senate Bill #44 (SB44) will compel the Executive Office, composed of the ASUCD president, vice president and controller, to […]

Appointees seek to serve as liaisons between agricultural, academic communities   On Feb. 23, Calif. Governor Jerry Brown reappointed UC Davis alumnus Craig McNamara as president of the state Board of Food and Agriculture and also appointed UC Davis’ dean of the College of Agriculture and Environmental Sciences Helene Dillard to the board. McNamara, who […]

On March 4, the Jewish Studies Program, the Middle East/South Asia Studies Program and the Cross Cultural Center sponsored a panel entitled “Anti-semitism and Islamophobia: The Anatomy of Twin Hatreds.” The panel, initiated as a means to begin a conversation about eliminating hate speech, was moderated by history professor Susan Miller and Noha Radwan, an […]

Shop24 partnership canceled  The Memorial Union (MU) Renewal Project will begin construction on March 23. This 23.5 million dollar project, which will expand and improve the MU, will also affect several areas on campus during the renovation process. Although the north courtyard, bookstore, basement and east wing of the MU will be closed during this time, the […]

Memorial Union begins renovation project The on-campus textbook marketplace, located downstairs in the UC Davis Stores bookstore in the Memorial Union, is temporarily moving to the ARC Pavilion. The textbook floor, along with other locations within the Memorial Union, will be renovated beginning next quarter as part of the UC Davis Memorial Union Renewal Project. […]

Collegiate debaters discuss quality of “American Life Standard” International businesswoman and writer Margaret Heffernan once said that “for good ideas and true innovation, you need human interaction, conflict, argument, debate.” UC Davis students are stepping up to the challenge. The Davis Rational Ethical Debates and Discussions club (DREDD), an offshoot of the Undergraduate Philosophy Club, held […]

Fall 2015 applicants reach nearly 80,000 UC Davis prospective student applications hit a record high number of 79,930 for the Fall 2015. Since last year, freshman applications have increased by 6.8 percent and transfer applications have increased by 6.5 percent, according to UC Davis admissions statistics. The number of California resident applications in the pool […]

A UC Davis student diagnosed with meningococcal disease on Feb. 23 was recently released from hospital care, according to University and Yolo County Public Health officials. The patient spent less than one week in the hospital, which officials declined to name, and is currently recovering following bacterial treatment. Public health officials have released limited information […]

Incoming senators hope to increase future student participation Less than three percent of UC Davis undergraduates voted in the 2015 ASUCD Winter Election that took place the week of Feb. 16. The elections website reveals that 792 students voted for at least one senate candidate, and 730 voted for the only presidential ticket. Out of […]

ASUCD leaders look to restructure AggieTV ASUCD has been looking to restructure AggieTV to make the unit more usable for student groups and more profit-driven. Originally created in 2002 as a marketing device for ASUCD through Creative Media, AggieTV will soon evolve to focus more on services that it can provide for student organizations on […]

Students will face tough market in search for housing options Out of the dorms and into apartments. Students, do you know where you’re living next year? Apartment vacancies in the city of Davis have decreased while rental rateshave slightly inched upward, according to a Fall survey conducted by UC Davis Student Housing and released last […]

The ASUCD Court has found the ASUCD senate’s endorsement of divestment unconstitutional, according a majority opinion released Feb. 23. Senate Resolution #9 (SR9), which urged the University of California (UC) Regents to divest from corporations affiliated with Israel, was repealed on the basis of a new court standard requiring “politicised resolutions” to “explicitly state and […]