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Picnic Day is one of the busiest days of the year for campus dining and Unitrans transportation services. According to Darin Schluep, food service director for Associated Students Dining Services, the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo) garnered about $28,000 in revenue on Picnic Day — an increase in overall sales of about three percent. During the […]

The smell of defeat A student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) by a Resident Advisor (RA) for possession of an illegal substance in the dorms. The RA was doing a routine check of his floor when he smelled marijuana at the end of the hallway. The RA conferred with another RA in the […]

On April 9, the Committee on Higher Education passed four Assembly Bills (AB) that aim to expand and improve the Cal Grants program — AB 1285, 1287, 1364 and 1241. After a conference with The Institute for College Access and Success (TICAS), University of California Student Association (UCSA) president Raquel Morales collaborated with others in […]

The Memorial Union (MU) is scheduled to receive a new venue in July 2015. During the renewal project of the MU, the space that is currently occupied by the post office will feature an entertainment venue which will also function as a pub. The addition of this venue to the MU will be a component […]

Tardy for the Party One night in the dorms, two resident advisors (RAs) were doing their routine rounds in one of the buildings around midnight. They were heading to the stairs when they heard residents talking loudly, and as they listened closer they heard some comments regarding alcohol. The RAs knocked on the door of […]

On April 11, a forum featuring Elan Journo, fellow and director of policy research at the Ayn Rand Institute; Daniel Pipes, writer, founder and director of the Middle East Forum; and Larry Greenfield, political commentator and columnist, was held in 1001 Giedt Hall to discuss conflicts in the Middle East and their stance on current […]

All throughout and following the events of Picnic Day 2013, campus custodians and groundskeepers will be on site to sort through the mess that will most expectedly be left behind. David Chulick, senior custodian and UC Davis custodian of 15 years, will begin his day at 6 a.m. along with another custodian to retrieve the […]

Next year, the Bookstore and the Memorial Union (MU) will undergo a renovation process, altering the existing space but not actually constructing new buildings. “We are taking the existing footprint of the facility and basically renewing the interior and modernizing it,” said John Campbell, Executive Director for Campus Recreations and Unions, who is overseeing the […]

ASUCD unit AggieTV is aiming to keep up with what students are interested in, and is introducing new segments to its lineup. “Our main audience is students. We’ve done that in the past with large projects, such as the UC Davis LipDub, or the Harlem Shake video. We’re always about the students, and we hope […]

State funds distributed by UC to each campus this academic year (2012-2013): Not currently receiving rebenching funds: UCLA: $6,413 UC Davis: $6,129 UC Berkeley: $5,749 UC San Diego: $5,499 Currently receiving rebenching funds: UC Riverside: $5,401 UC Santa Cruz: $5,215 UC Irvine: $4,975 UC Santa Barbara: $4,275 University of California officials have agreed that the […]

On April 10, an event jointly organized by the student interest group CALPIRG (California Public Interest Research Group) and ASUCD was held on the Quad at 11 a.m. to raise awareness about a proposed doubling of student loan interest rates on July 1. The increase would be on the Subsidized Stafford Loan, a popular federal […]

Just a peek A teaching assistant referred a student to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for copying off another student’s exam in an upper division economics course. The TA noticed the suspicious behavior and moved the student during the exam. After the exam, the TA reviewed both tests and discovered that they shared a number of […]