Campus News

With a seemingly long history of student fee hikes and executive compensation scandals, the UC system is now being audited by California’s Bureau of State Audits.

The start of winter quarter brings cold air, the beginning of classes and the race to sign up for apartments. This year there has been an abundance of interest surrounding UC Davis’ West Village apartments.

Student Housing and Entertainment Council are teaming up to bring live entertainment to first-year students in the grassy area outside Tercero.

Tonight marks the official reopening of the UC Center Sacramento (UCCS), where the three new members of the UC Board of Regents will be honored.

The four R’s – reduce, reuse, recycle and rebuy – should be on everyone’s minds the next few months as the 11th annual RecycleMania tournament kicks off again on campus.

RJD2 will TTYL. The hip-hop/underground/funk musician cancelled his performance at Freeborn Hall last Thursday after snowfall left him stuck in Philadelphia. Entertainment Council, who organized the event, first found out about the cancellation over Facebook, where RJD2 said he was “BUMMED”.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Jan. 27 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

For nearly two decades, Howard Zochlinski has been at war with UC Davis. Zochlinski has been in a perpetual struggle with the university to clear his name and get his Ph.D. in genetics so that he may continue his AIDS research.

The world needs to produce 70 to 100 percent more food over the next 50 years in order to match the growing global population while still keeping food prices manageable, according to the Food and Agriculture Association.

What’s the deal with reusable water bottles?

Jean-Xavier Guinard, former UC Davis professor of food, science and technology, is the new director of the UC system-wide Education Abroad Program (EAP). With over 10 years of experience in international education, Guinard is looking to expand the role of EAP and help more students find a way to study abroad. His base salary as the new director is $180,000.

By Aug. 1, all 26 Domes residents will have to find new housing.