Campus News

The newly formed Community Service Council has hit the ground running this year,acquiring support from numerous organizations around campus. The CSC is focused on pooling together the resources of various community service clubs on campus in order to better serve the community.

Starting today, students can vote for whom and what they believe will make UC Davis a better campus. Polls open at 8 a.m. today at elections.ucdavis.edu and close 8 a.m. Friday. Voters can choose their preference from two executive tickets and 15 senatorial tickets, in addition to The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) ballot measure.

UC Davis professor Daniel Sperling has a lot to say about the future of our transportation industry,andon Feb.11,several million people tuned in to listen.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb.12meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

With the possible addition of a U.S.Bank branch in the Memorial Union also comes the possibility of having the bank’s logo on student ID cards. One option still under negotiations between the university and U.S.Bank is the addition of the bank’slogo onthe back ofID cards,which would also give students and faculty the option of turning their IDs into debit cards.

Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef spoke Thursday in his second-to-last Brown Bag Chat on topics ranging from financial aid to the University of California retirement plan– but like everything lately,all roads led to the state‘s budget crisis. Despite a recent comment from California Senate President and UC Davis alumnus Darrell Steinberg that the budget is “close“ to being resolved,the financial woes of the University of California will not end soon,Vanderhoefsaid.

In the Feb.12issue of The California Aggie,the article “UC Davis sees large amount of reported sexual assaults,” incorrectly reported that Shauna works for the Women’s Resource and Research Center when in fact she is the outreach and education coordinator on sexual assault for the Campus Violence Prevention Program.The Aggie regrets the error.

The Verizon Foundation awarded the Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic at UC Davis‘ King Hall School of Law with a$35,000grant to further its workin the family law field last month. The Woodland-based clinic facilitates free services for low-income spouses and their children,handling cases involving restraining orders,child custody,visitation,child and spousal support and property division.

As the state budget deadlock remains unresolved, UC President Mark Yudof plans to advance University of California funds for Cal Grants to cover spring quarter.

After numerous efforts in a month-long campaign to save the Gender Education program, things are finally looking up.

UC Davis has a higher number of reported sexual assaults than all other UC campuses combined,according to the annual Clery report. However the large amount of reports may actually be a positive reflection of the student services on campus,saidJeanne Wilson,director of Student Judicial Affairs.

Two years ago, UC Davis students voted to increase their student fees to bolster Unitrans service. Next week, they will decide if they should do so again to establish a “Green Initiative Fund.” If approved, The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) would increase student fees by $4 per quarter.