Campus News

Campus Copies, an on-campus copy shop, has recently received a lot of attention from ASUCD. Members of ASUCD are trying to promote business in order to get clients such as professors and students to move from other places to Campus Copies. “We offer better quality and cheaper services that are more accessible to students and professors,” said Chelsea Tabke, Campus Copies director and senior sociology and psychology double major. Campus Copies, which offers usual services including printing, FedEx, binding and lamination, has a budget of $160,000 funded by ASUCD.

Local police have been attending ASUCD committee meetings since 2007 in order to communicate with students and residents about issues they may be having. But the real issue, committee members say, is getting students and residents to show up. Problems from the start

Older students might remember a time when they were freshmen and faculty still relied mainly on myucdavis.edu to make class materials available online.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management is another step closer to breaking the glass ceiling.

Despite initial approval from ASUCD senate and a vote to override ASUCD President Jack Zwald’s veto, an override to pass Senate Bill 53 – a bill now evoking controversy and dialogue – failed with a 7-5 vote.

One of UC’s most influential officials will visit campus on Tuesday, giving staff and students an opportunity to air their grievances amidst recent cuts to athletics and other campus programs.

UC Davis decided to close four intercollegiate sports teams in trying to address an existing $1.4 million budget deficit and an additional $2.4 million fiscal hole for 2009 to 2010.

Presentations: Lee and members from the Outreach Assembly presented their strategies for involving first-year students in ASUCD.

Clear skies and warm weather graced Davis on Saturday as the community celebrated Picnic Day, a much-loved, 96-year-old campus tradition.

This weekend, five UC Davis students are choosing protesting over Picnic Day. Beginning today and concluding on Sunday, five UC Davis students will participate in the Farmworker Freedom March, a 22-mile march from Tampa to Lakeland, Fla. in protest against poor working conditions for farm laborers.

Q: What is the worst thing you’ve seen a student try to get away with on Picnic Day?

Twelve hours, 200 events, and 100,000 guests are only a few of the massive statistics that describe the only party whose attendance will exceed those who RSVP’d on Facebook. But while the majority of the Davis community will be spotted somewhere on campus this Saturday, its minorities may be staying home. That’s because Picnic Day places certain factions of the greater campus community under the metaphorical microscope more than any other day, according to Andrea Gaytan, assistant director of the Cross Cultural Center