Campus News

The Tercero Student Housing Phase 3 construction phase will begin in Fall 2011, while two projects that are already near completion the Segundo Life Safety project and the Segundo Services Center (SSC) should also be finished by Fall 2011.

Eli Yani is graduating this June, meaning he’s leaving his term as ASUCD senator roughly 18 weeks early. Ryan Meyerhoff, Student Government Administrative Office webmaster, will take his place in Fall 2011.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 5 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

After a heated public forum on April 25, the UC Davis Law Student Association (LSA) decided not to vote on a resolution that urges the district attorney of Orange County to drop the criminal charges against the \

In an attempt to give Entertainment Council more flexibility in bringing A-list performers to UC Davis, the ASUCD senate has voted to give the unit a one-time grant of $100,000.

Women’s magazines such as Cosmopolitan and Seventeen may have the juicy celebrity gossip, but Her Campus online specifically caters to students.

In order to increase savings, UC Davis has implemented a voluntary separation program, allowing staff to voluntarily reduce their pay and hours worked.

The United Auto Workers Local 2865 (UAW) election committee voted to continue counting ballots from the union’s election after counting was halted Saturday.

Voters passed Measure A, a two-year parcel tax to increase funding to the Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD). The mail-in special election ended on Tuesday night, approving the tax of $20 per unit for renters, and $200 per parcel for land owners in the school district lines. The tax period begins July 1.

When Dominic Gutierrez, junior mechanical engineering major, opened his e-mail two weeks ago, he was more than surprised to find a message saying his Internet was being turned off.

Why shop organic?

By teaming together, UC campuses have negotiated a system wide insurance coverage bent on saving students’ money. The new plan – effective fall 2011 – will come with an increase in benefits, a reduction in student coverage fees and future savings.