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The 13th Annual Pilipino/a Youth Conference (PYC) took place at UC Davis from Feb. 7 to Feb. 9. The conference was hosted and sponsored by BRIDGE, the UC Davis Pilipino/a Outreach and Recruitment Club and the Student Recruitment and Retention Center (SRRC). PYC is a three-day event that aims to promote higher education to high […]

Question: I’m quite crafty, so I’ve been making and selling ornaments and clothing accessories on a website called Etsy. One of the things I make is a clip-on bow with rabbit ears sticking out of the top. It’s really cute. I discovered that another Etsy user is mimicking my bow, copying it almost exactly and […]

Since the previously scheduled bargaining session was cancelled by UC Management, the UC Student Workers Union (UAW Local 2865) at Davis has anticipated having another opportunity to be heard. UAW 2865 represents over 12,000 academic student employees at the nine UC campuses and serves to defend public education and protect workers’ rights. Feb. 10 and […]

According to the University of California Office of the President (UCOP), UC Davis received a total of 74,909 undergraduate applications for Fall Quarter 2014. Of the 74,909, freshman applications accounted for 60,496, while transfer applications accounted for 14,413. UC Davis experienced a 7.6 percent increase in total applications from 2013. According to Walter Robinson, executive […]

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi delivered service with a smile at the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) on Monday as part of her participation in the University of California (UC) crowdfunding effort, Promise for Education. In the midst of funding cuts and financial difficulties last fall, UC launched its first crowdfunding platform to raise scholarship funds for […]

ASUCD Vice President Bradley Bottoms presided over the senate meeting on Jan. 30. The meeting was called to order at 6:15 p.m. The meeting was comprised mainly of discussion about several pieces of legislation, including five bills and three senate resolutions. Susan Kee-Young Park from the UC Davis Office of the Ombuds made a presentation […]

In mid-December, the UC Davis Health System was hit by a phishing scam, in which 1,800 patients may have been affected. The system is comprised of the UC Davis School of Medicine, Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing, Practice Management Group and UC Davis Medical Center in Sacramento. Three clinicians’ email accounts were breached, but […]

On Feb. 7, UC Davis Wears Red Day will take place on Hutchison Field at 11:30 a.m. The event will raise awareness for heart disease as a leading killer of both men and women in the U.S. UC Davis Wears Red Day coincides with National Wear Red Day. The goal of the event is to […]

On Jan. 28, UC President Janet Napolitano hosted the first of a series of live online Google Hangouts. Student representatives from five UC Schools made up a panel that could ask questions and give feedback during the Hangout. There was also a chat for those watching online to comment and ask questions. During the web […]

My most frequent repeat questions come from students with landlord and roommate problems. Surprise, surprise. Although I’ve covered it before, it’s worth repeating now that a new year is well underway: Security deposits must be returned to you within 21 days of moving out, or else the landlord owes you a triple refund. Question: My […]

By June 2014, UC Davis Student Housing is expecting to complete Tercero Area Phase 3 (TP3). The project consists of opening seven brand new residence halls that will begin housing first-year students by Fall 2014. According to Branden Petitt, director of the Office of Student Development, Student Housing plans to open 1,176 new beds as […]

Plans to renovate Freeborn Hall during the summer of 2014 have left the future use of the building up in the air. Whether the lecture hall will be completely demolished for construction of an entirely new building or just renovated for seismic updates is still up in the air. However, Lower Freeborn is to remain […]