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The thump from the techno-rock competed against the clamor from the distinctive party chit-chat; cheap plastic ping-pong balls were protected like a costly commodity; used red cups inexplicably vanished; close quarters quickly created close friends; spilled beer layered the floor,leaving a sticky tack indicative of only a long evening’s work. This was just another typical Friday night party in Davis.

With paper deadlines inching closer and midterms on the horizon,a perfectly healthy student making a trip to the health center might seem a bit pointless– but Student Health Services says it may be time to reconsider. The Student Health Center will be administering flu vaccinations this weekat the Memorial Union on Oct.7,8,and9.The cost for vaccination is$20,regardless of SHIP enrollment.

Janet Keyzer,a former UC Davis research coordinator,believes she was fired after she reported violations in her research group’s practices.In response,she is suing the UC regents. The lawsuitcomes after a lengthy18-month investigation conducted by theUniversity,which concluded that bothherand her husband’s2007terminations from their positions at UCDwere unrelated to her reporting of research improprieties.

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.