Campus News

The University of California will pay approximately $1 million to settle the pepper spray lawsuit, according to the settlement that was submitted yesterday for court approval. Plaintiffs of the case will be paid $630,000 ($30,000 each) and $250,000 will be paid to attorney and legal fees. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will be paid […]

The Middle Class Scholarship Act (AB 1501) died on the Senate floor, Aug. 31, with a final vote of 22-15, five votes less than was required for passage. The bill was estimated to cost California $1 billion annually and would have been funded by mandating the Selected Sales Factor tax formula, thus closing a tax […]

International House, also known as I-House, in downtown Davis is holding a panel titled “Middle East Politics and Abrahamic Religions.” The panel, free and open to the public, is scheduled to take place Sept. 13 at 7 p.m. The event will feature three panelists: Zeev Maoz, UC Davis professor of political science, Nasser Elias Al-Khoury, instructor […]

An Aug. 21 letter from the Executive Board of the UC Davis Police Officer Association to the UC Board of Regents asserted that former campus police officer Lt. John Pike should not have been fired. Pike, who was involved in the Nov. 18 pepper spraying of UC Davis protesters, was dismissed July 31 by newly […]

Assemblymember Marty Block has introduced a measure that would mandate California State University (CSU) Trustees to designate a senior administrator as a liaison between students exercising rights guaranteed by the First Amendment and campus officials to improve safety and communication. This would, in turn, reduce the likelihood of violent confrontation, according to a statement by […]

The United States Supreme Court will be revisiting affirmative action this October in the case Fisher v. The University of Texas at Austin (UT Austin). On Aug. 13, University of California President Mark Yudof, alongside 10 University of California chancellors, submitted an amicus curiae brief, literally meaning “friend of the court brief,”  to the Supreme […]

The  California State Assembly passed the Middle Class Scholarship bill with a bipartisan vote of 54-25 on Aug. 13. The approval of Assembly Bill 1500 by the Assembly symbolizes a big step closer toward higher education affordability for California’s middle class students. The Middle Class Scholarship is geared toward helping students from middle class families […]

UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) released their new parking permit option, the EasyPark Personal Parking Meter (PPM), June 18. The PPM is a small device that is used like a parking meter; it deducts funds at the rate of $1.50 per hour to a maximum of $7, the cost of a one-day permit. […]

Patricia Turner, UC Davis’ Vice Provost for Undergraduate Education, will be joining the Bruin team as Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education at UCLA. Turner will be succeeding Judith L. Smith, UCLA’s current Dean and Vice Provost of Undergraduate Education, who will be retiring after 16 years of service to the University. Turner has […]

The University of California (UC) payroll grew from about $10 billion in 2010 to $10.6 billion in 2011, according to the UC Report on Employee Pay, released August 9. The report is produced annually to honor UC’s commitment to transparency and accountability to the public and is arranged by employees’ pay, personnel category and fund […]

UC Berkeley announced that on July 11, alumni Brian Maissy and Jessica Felber dropped their lawsuit accusing UC Berkeley and the UC system of failing to address anti-Semitism on campus during 2010 protests. The lawsuit originates from an incident on March 5, 2010 when Felber, plaintiff and member of Tikvah: Students for Israel, was allegedly […]

Lt. John Pike, the campus police officer who most notably sprayed seated UC Davis students in a Nov. 18 protest, has been fired. According to documents obtained by the Sacramento Bee, newly appointed UC Davis Police Chief Matt Carmichael fired Pike Tuesday, rejecting findings by an internal affairs investigation conducted last November that declared Pike […]