Campus News

What were your preconceptions about UC Davis, and how has that changed since you got here? When I was first considering the job of chancellor, I spoke with many colleagues around the country who told me that UC Davis was a university with a great past and an even greater future. Of course, I knew […]

State Controller John Chiang released his monthly report on Oct. 10, showing revenues came in $301.6 million below projections from the recently passed state budget, stated a press release from the controller’s office. The total year-to-date general fund revenues are now behind the budget’s estimates by $705.5 million after accounting for September, stated the press […]

As a result of complaints, injuries and decreased overall campus safety, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS), the UC Davis Police Department and the superior court in Woodland, have decided to start the Bicycle Education and Enforcement Program at UC Davis. Officially launched on Oct. 10, the program strives to increase education, enforcement and infrastructure. Citations […]

Attention students: ASUCD wants to pay for your books and tuition; maybe some new clothes, too. With the weak economy and tuition hikes on the horizon, students are struggling to make ends meet. In an effort to help students financially, ASUCD Vice President Bree Rombi, along with ASUCD Senator Andre Lee, uncovered a scholarship fund […]

A new film club has been established at UC Davis after the paperwork to become a registered student group was finalized a couple of weeks ago. The Film Club aims to look at film through a broader angle by discussing film theory and production. This will enable group members to engage on an intellectual and […]

SHAWCing Tip #1: Closest Stall, Cleanest Stall Warning: Reading The Aggie in the restroom? We suggest you move to the first stall. Bathrooms are awkward places. For a place that makes our bodies vulnerable to bacteria, they’re awfully disgusting — but not in the ways you might think. Microbiologist Charles Gerba, after studying restrooms for […]

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct. 27 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, present Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice […]

On Thursday, Oct. 27, a group of over 75 protestors showed their opposition to fee hikes with a two and a half mile march through campus. The protestors, made up of mostly UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students, expressed their feelings about the rising cost of tuition, and explained how these issues fit in to […]

Part-time forger; Can you hear me now?; Parking pass faux-pas.

An ASUCD senate bill, calling for an extension of the 1971 ASUCD Bike Barn to be built in the Memorial Union (MU) was brought to the table at an Oct. 20 ASUCD senate meeting.

The Fall Weekend of Service, hosted by the UC Davis Community Service Resource Center (CSRC), gives students an opportunity to volunteer a small amount of time to large local causes.

How do you feel about being the first female chancellor at UC Davis, as well as one of the few women leading a university at all? What advice do you have for young women who want to pursue careers that are traditionally performed by men? What adversity did you have to overcome?