Campus News

Students are waiting out the economy’s storm – in school.Overall,graduate school application numbers are up this yearnationally.During times of economic decline,people are reluctant to venture into the workforce with only a traditional bachelor’s degree.

In possession A senior student was referred for a second time to SJA,this time for possession of marijuana.Police found the student sleeping in his car on campus after he had been drinking.The student agreed to let the police search him,and they found him in possession of marijuana.The student admitted to violating the university’s drug policy and accepted a censure.A similar violation in the future would result in a more serious sanction such as disciplinary probation,suspensionor dismissal.

Outside Science Lecture Hall 123, a wooden plaque with the figure of a skier performing a back flip sways from a branch. The token is intended to remind the campus of the deceased 21-year-old Randy Davis. Friends of Davis, juniors Jane Libershteyn and Shayna Fogleman, created and hung the plaque in his memory.

The inauguration festivities are over, but students can still celebrate this year’s historical presidential election with a visit to Memorial Union’s Art Lounge. In honor of Black History Month, the Art Lounge is currently showcasing a photo biography of the life of President Barack Obama as part of its Obama! Exhibit, running until the end of February.

UC Davis professor Charles Goldman was recently named chair of the Tahoe-Baikal Institute’s Board of Directors.Goldman,whose career at UC Davis spans over50years,founded the nonprofit organization in1991.

The UC Davis Graduate School of Management and Medical Center have teamed up to create a program aiming to combat mismanagement of health care funds. Students within the Graduate School of Management will now have the opportunity to earn an MBA with an emphasis in public health by completing12units taught by the Department of Public Health Sciences.

In the Feb. 9 issue of The California Aggie, the graphic accompanying the article ” Union, library at odds over workload,” incorrectly depicts UC Davis and UC San Diego’s library expenditures for the 2006-2007 year. The two campuses’ total expenditures should have been shown to be $21,002, 377 and $28, 240, 980, respectively.

The librarians and support staff at Peter J.Shields Library continue to spar with the administration over workload and funding. Leaders of the librarians‘ union,UC-AFT Local2023,point to the decline in the numbers of both librarians and support staff over the last15years as evidence of strain.The decline,they note,correlates with UC Davis‘ drop in the Association of Research Libraries rankings,from35in1993-1994to58in2006-2007.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb.5meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

The Memorial Union may be getting a new addition to take over the East Conference Room – a U.S.Bank. Though no contract has yet been reached,the university has been in talks with ASUCD President Ivan Carrillo to try to reach a consensus.Carrillo hosted a townhallstylemeeting on Jan.26to inform students about the situation and hear ideas and concerns.Carrillo said roughly40students attended the meeting.

UC Davis hit a record high for the number of applications from high school seniors and transfer students for fall 2009, with a 5.4 percent increase compared to fall 2008.

Forget Halloween and Christmas.For200foster children,the most exciting holiday of the yearis two weeksin July spent at Cal Aggie Camp – a place that represents everything they know of comfort and home. “For me,camp is a place where people care,” said Sabrina Silva,a17-year-oldcamper who has been in the foster care system with her twin sister since they were toddlers.