Campus News

The department of Campus Recreation and Unions (CRU) has expanded its relationship with Team Davis and together they have implemented the new WorkAbility Program at the ARC. Team Davis is a volunteer non-profit organization that assists children and adults with disabilities through sports and recreational activities. WorkAbility is a federally funded program that is associated […]

On Nov. 1, AFSCME 3299, the union for UC service and patient care workers, voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike over claims that UC management illegally intimidated UC hospital workers who struck in May. The strike vote was authorized with 96 percent of AFSCME 3299 members in favor of striking. AFSCME 3299’s service […]

Collaboration between the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory and six departments within the Colleges of Letters and Science, Biological Sciences and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has resulted in the creation of a new marine and coastal sciences major at UC Davis. “This is the first time in UC Davis history that three colleges have come together […]

On Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., the UC Davis Fil Am community will host a dialogue to discuss relief efforts for those in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan and the Bohol earthquake. The event will take place at the Student Community Center (SCC) in Meeting Room D. Monetary donations are accepted at the Student […]

ASUCD Vice President Bradley Bottoms presided over the meeting. Project Compost Director Noelle Patterson gave a brief update, discussing the new compost location at one of the fraternities near campus. Patterson expressed an interest in partnering with other fraternities and sororities to have more compost locations around campus. ASUCD Business Manager Janice Corbett gave a […]

On Oct. 31, Roger Beachy was named founding director of the new World Food Center (WFC) on campus.  Beachy will assume his position as director on Jan. 1, 2014. Beachy is known for his internationally-renowned work as a plant biologist. “Under Roger Beachy’s leadership, the center truly has the potential to help keep California in […]

UAW local 2865, the UC Student-Workers’ Union, announced that they are to join in a sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299’s campus service workers. A Nov. 5 expiration of their contract with the UC caused an expiration of the “No Strike Clause,” which prohibits the union from calling a strike. The union’s current position in their […]

University of California President Janet Napolitano has announced four new initiatives she wants the University to undertake, including a tuition freeze for the 2014-15 academic year and a significant reduction in the University’s energy consumption. At a Board of Regents meeting at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on Wednesday, Napolitano called for a change in the […]

Question: I work at an accounting firm, and I quit my job a couple weeks ago after giving my boss 30 days notice beforehand. He seemed okay with me leaving at first. But after I left, he wrote me an email accusing me of not finishing my work. This is false. I did finish my […]

On Oct. 25, nine of the 10 candidates running for ASUCD Senate gathered in the Coffee House for a debate hosted by the ASUCD Elections Committee and The Aggie. Independent candidate Shehzad Lokhandwalla was absent from the debate, while NOW candidate Seanne Louvet left 20 minutes in. After The Aggie asked questions, the candidates answered […]

Senator Pamela Nonga was absent, while Senator Amrit Sahota, President Carly Sandstrom and Controller Eric Evans left early. Bradley Bottoms, ASUCD vice president, presided over the meeting. The highlight of the meeting was the void of President Sandstrom’s veto on Senate Bill 11. The bill proposed to donate $2,500 to Aggies of Color for the […]

Tipsy Taxi, a subsidized unit of ASUCD, plans to install cameras into its vehicles by Winter Quarter 2014. According to Jay Chou, director of Tipsy Taxi, the primary motive for pursuing camera installation is to ensure student safety and to reduce Tipsy Taxi liability. “When our drivers are out there driving Tipsy Taxi vehicles, there’s […]