Campus News

Police, students discuss campus issues On Feb. 18, UC Davis students and the UC Davis Police Department held the year’s second community forum titled “Problems, Processes, and Procedures.” This forum aimed to discuss external and internal procedures when police officers interact or have contact with students. This was the second forum in a student-initiated forum […]

University chooses to continue Amazon partnership, form three new partnerships UC Davis Stores has chosen to continue its partnership with Amazon and has also announced three new partnerships. September 2013 through September 2014 was a trial period for the partnership between UC Davis and Amazon, and the university recently chose to continue this partnership. The […]

ASUCD Court mandates that senate correct policies The ASUCD Senate has been found guilty of unfair and inequitable financial treatment of students, according to a ASUCD Court majority opinion released Feb. 10. Article IV of the ASUCD Student Bill of Rights states that “[Students] have the right to receive fair and equitable financial treatment.” According […]

With an unprecedented, uncontested ASUCD election this quarter, Elections Committee Chair John Wu decided to shake things up. In lieu of the traditional ASUCD CoHo debate, co-moderated between the Elections Committee Chair and The Aggie’s own Campus News Editor, the committee set up a candidate forum, held tonight, Feb. 17. Anyone could submit questions for the […]

On Wed., Feb. 11, UC Davis students and community members attended a candlelight vigil for the three victims murdered Feb. 10 in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. On Tuesday, Deah Shaddy Barakat, 23, his wife Yusor Mohammad, 21, and her sister, Razan Mohammad Abu-Salha, 19, were shot and killed at point blank range in in their home in Chapel […]

Animal rights activists are speaking out against animal abuse and negligence at the UC Davis California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) and are trying to pressure the institution into closing. On Feb. 5, UC Davis Primates Deserve Better, an animal rights advocacy group founded in 2014, held its third protest at the Memorial Union. According […]

The official list of ASUCD candidates, released the morning of Feb. 3 by Elections Committee Chair John Wu, revealed a shortage of executive and senate candidates. One executive ticket and six senate candidates compose the list in total. Given that these numbers correspond to the number of available elected spots in the Executive Office and […]

After noticing that Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi did not hold her usual office hours, protesters marched from the Memorial Union to Mrak Hall today at 1 p.m. The protesters say their objective was to speak with Katehi regarding her emails she has sent to the students since ASUCD Senate Resolution No. 9 passed on Jan. […]

On the morning of Jan. 29, a patient thought to potentially have the Ebola virus was transferred from Sacramento’s Mercy General Hospital to the UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. While the patient ultimately tested negative for Ebola, the patient was said to have had symptoms consistent with Ebola and had recently traveled to a […]

On Jan. 20, President Obama gave his State of the Union Address, in which he declared, “We still live in a country where too many bright, striving Americans are priced out of the education they need. It’s not fair to them, and it’s not smart for our future.” Obama’s plan for free community college would […]

ASUCD recently rejoined the University of California Student Association (UCSA), an organization for UC students and student governments that seeks to provide a collective voice for UC students. In recent months, various students involved in ASUCD on campus have been advocating UC Davis’ involvement in UCSA. According to Harley Litzelman, director of the ASUCD Office […]

UC Davis students who wish to be part of a gigantic heart formation while raising awareness for heart disease can do so at the second annual UC Davis Wears Red Day, which will take place on Friday at Hutchinson Field. Coinciding with National Heart Awareness Day, the event will begin at 11 a.m. and raises […]