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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 […]

Vice President Bradley Bottoms was absent from the ASUCD Senate meeting on Jan. 23. The meeting was called into session at 6:11 PM by President Pro Tempore Miles Thomas, who acted as presiding officer. Senator Gareth Smythe was elected to take the place of President Pro Tempore during the meeting. Three new commissioners were confirmed […]

After its successful run in Fall Quarter 2012 through the International Students Club (ISC), the International Buddy Program saw its official beginning on Jan. 22 and Jan. 23 at program orientation. Sponsored by the Cross Cultural Center (CCC) Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS) and the ASUCD Outreach Assembly (OA), the program aims to […]

Question: I read your column in The Aggie and wrote down your email in case I ever had some legal questions. I am an upper division student at UC Davis, and I need some advice regarding the University’s policy on grading changes. Over the summer, I took a course during Summer Session II and elected […]

On Jan. 24, UC Student Regent Cinthia Flores and Regent-designate Sadia Saifuddin visited UC Davis to discuss the upcoming 2015-16 Student Regent Application, as well as answer questions from the public about the state of the University of California (UC). The meeting was held from 11 a.m. to 12 p.m. in South Hall. The Student […]

On Nov. 22, 2013, the UC Davis Bookstore officially announced online its partnership with Amazon — the first partnership that Amazon has had with any university. Amazon approached UC Davis during Spring Quarter of 2013 to pitch the idea of this pilot program. UC Davis will receive a little over 2 percent of most purchases […]