Campus News

Those on campus this Tuesday and Wednesday need not be alarmed by the sound of explosions or gunshots – this is only a test. “Operation Gallant Eagle,” coordinated by the UC Davis Police and Fire departments will begin at 8 a.m. Wednesday; a briefing will occur Tuesday at 3 p.m in the Sciences Lecture Hall.

The following UC Davis faculty are supporting the UC Faculty Walkout, according to a list of names posted at ucfacultywalkout.com. Some of the following faculty members may be professors emeriti or on sabbatical. This list is ordered alphabetically by surname.

Ninety-six percent of UC workers officially have no confidence in their president,Mark Yudof. Approximately10,000employees cast a vote of no confidence last Wednesday,declaring their frustration with Yudof’s leadership and mobilizing efforts for better appropriation of funds in the UC system. In the call for the vote,union leaders point to budget cuts and the recent furlough plan as reasons for criticizing the president,who began his term last March.

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.