Campus News

The Davis Dance Marathon was held on Feb. 22 in the ARC Ballroom from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. The event raised more than $4,000, which will be donated to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento. Although the benefit did not reach its fundraising goal of $10,000, Davis Dance Marathon Committee member Alagu Chidambaram […]

At 12:30 p.m. on Feb. 21, Eric Renslo, ASUCD Elections Committee Chair, announced the results of ASUCD’s Winter 2014 Elections in Wellman 6. Measure 1, also known as the “Save the Aggie” measure, passed with 72.92 percent  voter approval. The measure received 27.11 percent voter turnout, exceeding the 20 percent needed for the fee referendum […]

The UC Student-Worker Union (UAW Local 2865) bargaining team filed an Unfair Labor Practice charge against the UC Office of the President in late January. The charge will be reviewed toward the end of February. The charge was filed by the Public Employment Relations Board (PERB). According to the PERB website, the state-run administrative agency […]

Dr. Katherine Ferrara, UC Davis biomedical engineering professor and founding chair of the Department of Biomedical Engineering, was recently elected to the National Academy of Engineering’s (NAE) class of 2014. Ferrara was elected for her contributions to theory and applications of biomedical ultrasonics. Ferrara is one of the 67 new members to join the National […]

ASUCD Vice President Bradley Bottoms presided over the meeting on Feb. 13. He called the meeting to order at 6:12 p.m. The senators then attended a meeting and Bottoms called the meeting back to order at 7:26 p.m. The meeting resumed with a presentation from Joshua Herskovitz regarding the points of parliamentary procedure. He went […]

UC Davis administration approved a new sustainable environmental design (SED) major within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Science under the Department of Human Ecology on Jan. 30. The SED major will allow students to learn about sustainable and green designs and will allow them to pursue various careers within city and regional planning, architecture, […]

The Davis Dance Marathon will be held on Saturday, Feb. 22 from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. in the ARC Ballroom. It costs $1 to register, and all the proceeds go to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento. Alagu Chidambaram, a committee member for the Davis Dance Marathon, said registration is only a dollar, […]

On Feb. 13, the UC Davis Center for Student Involvement held Campus Climate Dialogue: Reporting Hate and Bias on Campus in the Student Community Center multipurpose room. Sheri Atkinson, executive director of the Campus Resource Centers, and Milton Lang, Associate Vice Chancellor, hosted the event. According to the UC Davis Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) website, […]

On Feb. 10, ASUCD President Carly Sandstrom carried out her Promise for Education after raising $250 for undergraduate scholarships. Promise for Education was a campaign to raise funds for undergraduate scholarships for UC schools. The campaign took place during the six weeks leading up to Oct. 31, 2013. Students, alumni, faculty and UC supporters were […]

On Feb. 11, the Elections Committee and The Aggie hosted the ASUCD 2014 Election debate at the ASUCD Coffee House. The Senate candidates were on stage from noon to 1:10 p.m. and the Executive candidates were on stage from 1:20 to 2:30 p.m. Chairperson of Elections Eric Renslo and Campus Editor Scott Dresser moderated the […]

The WarnMe system, which sends emails to notify students of emergencies happening on campus, is currently being updated to also inform students of crimes on campus. Matt Carmichael, chief of the UC Davis Police Department, said the difference between a WarnMe alert and a timely notification is that a WarnMe is sent out to the […]

On Feb. 7, UC Davis Wears Red Day took place on Hutchison Field. The event looked to raise awareness for heart disease as a leading killer of men and women in the U.S. by attempting to break the world record for the largest human heart formation. According to Andrew Crotto, event manager at UC Davis, […]