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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 […]

Question: Recently there has been a lot of construction on the street adjacent to my apartment. It was ok for a while but in the past couple of weeks, they having been working throughout the night. What’s worse is that about every hour (even at 3 or 4 a.m.) this giant construction vehicle drives down […]

Regular Unitrans commuters can expect to see a new, modernized Memorial Union (MU) terminal come fall of 2014, following construction and renovation due to start in the spring. Senior project manager Kurt Wengler invited attendees of an informational meeting to voice their opinions and concerns about the project on Oct. 30. Plans to renovate stem […]

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday that she would immediately allocate $15 million to programs for undocumented students, graduate students and postdoctoral fellows as one of her first actions in office. During her first major public speech as president at a San Francisco hotel, Napolitano said she will allocate a total of $5 […]

The Experimental College (eCollege), an ASUCD unit, lost $40,000 from its independent reserves due to a struggling market for its classes. The Experimental College, founded in 1966, offers classes based around movement, such as yoga, kung fu and dance that are not otherwise offered in the school system. “We are currently in a situation where […]

ASUCD Vice President Bradley Bottoms presided over the Oct. 24 meeting. The meeting began at 6:20 p.m., with Senator Yee Xiong absent. Jay Chou, director of ASUCD Specialized Transportation Services and Tipsy Taxi supervisor, announced that cameras will be installed in all Tipsy Taxi vehicles by winter 2014. This will ensure both driver and passenger […]

Question: I’m scared of one of my neighbors. Everyday, the creeper hangs on a sign on my front door. It has his phone number, and he asks me to call him, calling me a “cutie” and saying he wants to be my “special friend.” I haven’t responded. He hasn’t said anything violent. If anything, it […]

On Oct. 24, UC Davis student leaders and representatives met with University of California President Janet Napolitano in a closed meeting.  Napolitano spent two days at UC Davis to meet with students, faculty and the administration as part of her listening and learning tour of all the UC campuses. UC Davis students and teaching assistants […]