Campus News

Students may come to class to no professor on the 24th, as many faculty have decided on a plan that will send a clear message to regents and California legislators. A list of 16 University of California professors appeared at the bottom of a letter sent to faculty, asking those faculty members to join them in protesting the general condition of public education funding and the UC regents’ alleged abuse of shared governance.

UC officials announced in August that professors would not take instructional days off as part of the system-wide furlough program. Instead, faculty will take unpaid days off on days they are not scheduled to give lectures, lead classes or workshops, have office hours or have other scheduled interaction with students.

Jeffery Maurer, a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park, died Sunday after falling from a climbing route on the eastern edge of the park. Maurer, an avid rock climber, fell 50 feet from the Third Pillar, a difficult and technical climbing route on Mount Dana, park officials said.

University of California President Mark Yudof said Thursday August20,that the financial situation of theuniversity is unlikely to improve in2010-2011,which will increase the burden on students.“Fees will go up,probably substantially,” he said. “We won’t be as expensive as,say,Penn State,but we’ll be expensive.“

The Cash for Clunkers program, which ended earlier this week, was touted by many as both an economic stimulus and a boon for the environment. However at least one person – UC Davis professor Charles Knittel – didn’t think so.

Slug: 090824_ca_colusaclinicEdits: jsoNotes:Headline: UC Davis Medical Group to close Colusa clinicLayercake: Community members upset at lack of warningBy ERICA LEEAggie News Writer Over 2,000 UC Davis Medical Center patients will lose their local care when the system’s Colusa clinic closes this November. The UC Davis Medical Group recently announced the closure after years of financial […]

On her first day of school, Linda Katehi arrived in Washington D.C. to meet Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton. Katehi, who began her term as chancellor last Monday, has set the stage for a new era at UC Davis. Her meeting with Clinton and the Department of Education is just one part of her vision to bring UC Davis to the top ranks among public institutions.

Over 400,000 collections will be moved out of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library in the next two years, as the library will close by 2011. Faced with a 3.5 percent budget cut, librarians collaborated on how to cut the cost of maintaining their campus libraries. Following a recommendation from the Office of Resource Management and Planning to downsize the library, administrators announced that they will close the PSEL and move the majority of the books to Shields Library and the Carlson Health Sciences Library.

Though fewer freshmen were admitted to UC Davis this year, more attended orientation. Approximately 96 percent of the incoming freshman class attended the three-day long event. The number has been steadily increasing since New Student Services has partnered with admissions, said Heidi Souverville, program director of the service.

By 2011, the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library will be vacant. The library’s books will be dispersed throughout campus and among the bookshelves of other institutions. The plan to close the library was announced earlier this week in a staff meeting with librarians, after the Office of Resource Management and Planning recommended consolidating the collection last Friday.

Students may have to open their wallets a little wider this year before they can bike to class. Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) recently announced that it is raising the fees for bike registrations.New licenses will increase from$8to$10and a license renewal will increase from$4to$5.This isthefirst fee hike for licenses since2000.

After weeks of dismal budget updates,UC Davis got a bit of good news last week.The California Energy Commission announced a grant of nearly$2million to support the development of the West Village community housing project. University officials say the grant,which totals$1,994,322,will help planners analyze,design and implement new energy technologies with the ultimate goal of having a “zero net energy” community.