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On-campus thrift store Aggie Reuse transitions to a zero-cost resource for students   By LILY FREEMAN — campus@theaggie.org Jan. 17 marked the grand reopening of the Aggie Reuse Store, an ASUCD student-run unit known as the “on-campus thrift store,” according to their website. Their mission is to promote sustainable fashion and creative upcycling while providing […]

The ranking is based on multiple environmental measures that assess the overall sustainability of each campus   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   UC Davis was ranked the No. 1 most sustainable campus in North America this year for the seventh year in a row, as well as placing fifth world-wide, according to a measure by […]

More money allocated to Mental Health Initiative Conference, Whole Earth Festival   By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   The Jan. 19 Senate meeting was called to order by Vice President JT Eden at 6:14 p.m. He called roll and read the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement before getting into the night’s schedule.  First on the agenda […]

Nearly three years after the beginning of the COVID-19 pandemic, UC Davis has ended on-campus PCR testing, although the city of Davis continues to track the virus through wastewater testing   By LEV FERRIS GOLDBERG — campus@theaggie.org   As winter quarter begins, the COVID-19 landscape at UC Davis looks very different than it did a […]

UC Davis released a statement regarding the death that occurred on Jan. 24   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   On the morning of Jan. 24, first-year computer science major Arhan Vyas died in Miller Hall, according to a recent press release. The cause of death had not been released as of Jan. 24. First responders […]

Some of this quarter’s changes include month-to-month selection for employee parking passe options and a reminder notification system for drivers through ParkMobile   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   As of Jan. 1, Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) at UC Davis has implemented several new changes for winter quarter. According to a recent press release, the […]

The Senate also heard quarterly reports from R&DC, HAUS, SSCF and Aggie Mentors   By SONORA SLATER — campus@theaggie.org   On Thursday, Jan. 12, at 6:14 p.m., Vice President JT Eden called the first Senate meeting of the year to order. He then called roll and recited the UC Davis Land Acknowledgement.  First on the […]

An external investigation into the university’s handling of the matter is underway    By KAYA DO-KHANH — campus@theaggie.org   On Thursday, Jan. 19, UC Davis Professor Ting Guo was dismissed from the faculty of UC Davis after being accused of sexually assaulting a high school student in 2010. The decision was made by the Board […]

Flooding, downed trees affect UC Davis campus as storms continue   By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   The UC Davis campus and surrounding area sustained damage as a result of heavy storms in Northern California throughout the first two weeks of the new year, and cleanup efforts are now underway. Seventy-four trees had fallen on […]

The decision follows other schools’ leads, citing concerns over the methodology of the rankings   By SYDNEY AMESTOY — campus@theaggie.org   The UC Davis School of Law will no longer submit data such as post-graduation employment rates and LSAT scores to the U.S. News and World Report’s annual law school ranking, according to a letter […]

A recent New York Times article questioned Professor Frank Mitloehner’s funding from and connections to the livestock industry   By RACHEL GAUER— campus@theaggie.org   On Oct. 31, 2022, “Unearthed,” Greenpeace UK’s environmental-based journalism project, published a piece titled, “How the livestock industry funds the ‘greenhouse gas guru.’” “Guru” refers to UC Davis Professor Frank Mitloehner, […]

Following the failure of the TGIF ballot measure despite popularity, ASUCD senators reflect on what can be done to increase turnout in the future    By LILY FREEMAN — campus@theaggie.org   The fall 2022 ASUCD elections had a historically low voter turnout of 5.58%, according to the ASUCD elections website, with less than 2,000 undergraduate […]