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While it might be standard for graduating law students to struggle with a large amount of student debt, those pursuing law related work in the lower paying public interest fields won’t have to face the daunting task of loan repayments. Instead, UC Davis’ newly expanded Loan Repayment Assistance Program, LRAP, has offered to shoulder the fees, starting Jan. 1.

Many UC Davis students are aware that their campus ranks highest among all UCs in terms of sexual assaults committed on and around campus.The numbers were surprising for a fairly small college town where most people feel safe leaving their doors unlocked.But in2007,69sexual assaults were reported,more than the amount at every other UC combined. At a press conference last Thursday,UC Davis officials announced that the data for sexual assaults in2007had been significantly inflated.The numbers are part of the Clery report,which is a federally mandated report of crimes that occur on and around a college’s campus.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct. 1 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. Meeting called to order at 6:11 p.m. Joe Chatham, ASUCD president, absent Chris Dietrich, ASUCD vice president, present Joemar Clemente, ASUCD senator, present Danny Garrett, ASUCD senator, present Justin Gold, ASUCD senator, present Erin Lebe, ASUCD senator, present Kevin Massoudi, ASUCD senator, present Justin Patrizio, ASUCD senator, present Laura Pulido, ASUCD senator, present Shawdee Rouhafza, ASUCD senator, present Trevor Taylor, ASUCD senator, present Mo Torres, ASUCD senator, present Previn Witana, ASUCD president pro-tempore, present Jack Zwald, ASUCD senator, present

In 2007, UC Davis students reported 69 cases of forcible sex assault – a number almost twice as much as all other UC campus reports combined. However, two recent reviews of these numbers have found that the statistics are significantly lower, due to a number of cases that lacked documentation. The new 2007 statistic indicated that in fact 33 cases of forcible sex offenses occurred – not 69.

Editor’s Note: Every week, The Aggie will ask Annette Spicuzza UCD police chief the burning, sometimes incriminating, questions students often wonder. Here is the first installment of this weekly series. Q: What happens if a police officer finds you having sex on campus?

Mirror, mirror, on the wall, who’s the greenest of them all? Soon the answer could be UC Davis if the campus maintains the high rankings that have helped it receive accolades from environmental groups. UC Davis was recently ranked among the top 10 campuses nationally by Greenopia, an organization that rates universities based on a seven-part sustainability criteria including sustainable architecture, recycling and composting. The College Sustainability Report Card scored the campus with a B as a “campus sustainability leader,” and Sierra Magazine scored it with an A-, rated 24th out of 135 colleges in its Cool Schools survey.

For the previous2008 – 2009academic year,there were a total of603academic referrals and575social referrals to Student Judicial Affairs.

Crises breed creativity– and now the University of California has opened its mind in search of ways to increase funding. “Work groups” have been created across the board in search of answers.Two of the strategies under discussionare the creation of a differential pricing system among theUC’s nine campuses andanattempt to raise foreign or out-of-state student enrollment.

UC Davis students can now have personal identity protection without breaking their budgets. Theuniversity is partnering with security company Identity Finder LLC to give their Identity Finder software free to all UC Davis students.It will also be available through ucdavis.edu.

Any lady squirrels out there not looking for anything serious? Keep your eyes peeled for males with ear tags and dyed fur. Not only have these males adopted human fashion trends, but they are also among the 68 squirrels that have already been given hormone injections to stop them from reproducing as part of an experiment to control the population of Eastern Fox squirrels on campus. “There has been no noticeable increase in the population of the Eastern Fox squirrel,” said Sal Genito, director of the Buildings and Grounds division of Facilities Management. “What I can tell from observing myself, I believe that the population is pretty much stabilized.”

Due to the implementation of furloughs, students may have to find another way home at night. This is one possible solution Unitrans has suggested in response to their mechanics receiving furloughs. “Our operations can get by with fewer days, but the maintenance affects the day to day operation of our service to students,” said Geoff Straw, Unitrans manager. “If we can’t manage it through overtime or request service from outside agencies, we’ll have to cut service.”

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Sept.24meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The meeting was called to order at6:12p.m. Joe Chatham,ASUCD president,present Chris Dietrich,ASUCD vice president,present Joemar Clemente,ASUCD senator,present Danny Garrett,ASUCD senator,present Justin Gold,ASUCD senator,present Erin Lebe,ASUCD senator,present Kevin Massoudi,ASUCD senator,present Justin Patrizio,ASUCD senator,present Laura Pulido,ASUCD senator,present Shawdee Rouhafza,ASUCD senator,present Trevor Taylor,ASUCD senator,present Mo Torres,ASUCD senator,present Previn Witana,ASUCD president pro-tempore,present Jack Zwald,ASUCD senator,present