Campus News

This past Saturday, entomologists and honey enthusiasts alike came together to celebrate the debut of the Robert Mondavi Institute’s (RMI) Honey and Pollination Center at the “Bounty of Pollination: More Than Just Honey” event. Saturday’s event featured guest speakers, including award-winning cinematographer Louie Schwartzberg who directed and produced The Beauty of Pollination, as well as […]

Organized by Student Assistants to the Chancellor, Meals with Mrak aims to bridge the gap between students and campus leaders though round table discussions over breakfast at the dining commons. The most recent breakfast took place last Wednesday with Rich Shintaku, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs. Topics discussed ranged from student life on campus […]

Yara Zokaie, former ASUCD senator and alumna of UC Davis, officially resigned from her position on Oct. 18. Although Zokaie currently attends law school at the University of San Diego, the former senator elected to retain her seat after graduating from UC Davis last June until the expiration of her term at the end of […]

The Unit Relocation and Space Allocation Committee (URSAC) has voted to relocate the Entertainment Council (EC) to the former AS Papers space located in Lower Freeborn and to have Creative Media expand its programming unit into EC’s current space on the third floor of the Memorial Union (MU). The committee, which is responsible for determining […]

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct. 25 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend Senate meetings.  Meeting called to order at 6:14 p.m. Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present Kabir Kapur, ASUCD […]

Intel visited UC Davis this fall for their “Make Noise for Ultrabook” challenge. Students from participating campuses were invited to scream or cheer as loud as they could for the chance to win new Dell Ultrabook devices for their school, an estimated cost of $10,000. Schools from across the country have submitted videos of their […]

The Experimental College is currently holding a photo scavenger hunt that began last Friday and will continue until Nov. 2. Participants in groups of two to four must take photographs that include all members with certain objects listed in the hunt’s instruction sheet. This includes pictures taken with a cow, a carved pumpkin or with […]

Since the week of Sept. 15, the ASUCD unit Aggie Threads has stopped printing T-shirts due to continuous problems with their printer. Aggie Threads expected to have their printer back on Oct. 18 to resume their T-shirt printing services, but the printer is still not up and running. “From the very beginning we encountered several […]

On Oct. 14, members of the Sacramento Animal Rights (SAR) group protested at noon outside the UC Davis California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) at Road 98 and Hutchison Drive. About 20 members were present with the purpose to draw media attention against the alleged use and mistreatment of animals in CNPRC experiments. “We have […]

Nearly 10 years ago, Calvin Chang, the first openly gay and Asian American officer on his force, allegedly faced racist and homophobic slurs during his time with the UC Davis Police Department. He filed a discrimination lawsuit in 2009. The case is still active. “Chang’s lawsuit seeks a reinstatement to his position as a UC […]

Hard-knock life A first-year student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) by the police for an alcohol violation in the dorms. The student had multiple previous offenses of the same type, and this time, the drinking resulted in hospitalization. After talking with a judicial officer, she agreed to deferred separation status and was removed […]

After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Campus Community Book Project was developed to spread diversity and encourage conversation among students, faculty and the surrounding community. A book is selected each year and events that correspond to the reading are planned to coincide with the theme of the book. The project is a sector of […]