Campus News

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct.23meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

The first qualitative study of teenage boys who abuse their girlfriends found that the combined environments of school,homeand the community affect a young man’s tendency to abuse,according to UC Davis research in collaboration with Harvard University. The study was publishedin the September issue of theAmerican Journal of Men’s Healthandinvestigates the environments surrounding young male perpetrators in order to discern what causes their abusive tendencies.

Over 400 University of California faculty members sent a letter to Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week, denouncing his recent decision to cut all state funding for labor research programs on UC campuses. The criticism came after Schwarzenegger line item-vetoed $5.4 million in funding for the Miguel Contreras Labor Program (MCLP), a multi-campus labor research program which also sponsors the Institutes for Research on Labor and Employment (IRLE) at the UCLA and Berkeley campuses.

It’s like having your car stolen – only if your car was easy to hide, could be re-painted in five minutes and had a peel-off sticker for a license. “It is 100 times easier to steal a bike than it is a car,” said Lieutenant Matthew Carmichael of the UC Davis Police Department.

Campus clubs wishing to reserve a meeting room will have to register with the Student Programs and Activities Center and pay an initial$35fee to create an account beginning Nov.1.

Experts finally agree on retrofitting for UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium It took over a decade, but UC Berkeley’s Seismic Review Committee has finally found the best way to hold the stadium together during an earthquake.

Senate debates endorsement A particularly contentious ASUCD Senate discussion last week on resolutions opposing Propositions4and8and endorsing Davis‘ Measure W,ended in a philosophical debate about the true mandate of the representative body of student government. Two of the resolutions aimed to express the senate’s opposition to California’sProp4,which would require parental notification of a minor’s abortion,andProp8,which would eliminate the right of same-sex couples to marry.The third resolution supported Measure W,a parcel tax to help preserve programs at Davis schools,which passed with a9-2-1vote.

Cell phone use during an exam A professor referred a junior to Student Judicial Affairs for using a cell phone during an exam.The professor noticed the student looking at her cell phone and pushing buttons.The student claimed she was checking the time,but using a cell phone during an exam foranyreason is a violation of theCode of Academic Conduct.Because this was the student’s first offense,she was offered Disciplinary Probation until fall quarter2009,to which sheagreed.

After over a year of contentious negotiations,the University of California and the American Federation of State,County and Municipal Employees labor union have tentatively reached an agreement on a new contract for the11,000patient care workers at UC hospitals around the state.

ASUCD and the Entertainment Council arejumpstartingfall quarter with a free informational and entertainment event today at5p.m.in Freeborn Hall. Fall Kickoff will feature live performances for the first1,000students at Freeborn Hall by The Matches,Zion I,San Quinn,Random Abiladeze,Mobility and the Lounge Lizards as well as tabling information by ASUCD units.

TODAY CAPS advisory committee 9a.m. AS Conference Room,Third Floor MU This group offers a chance for students to comment on the administration of CAPS and to discuss how useful CAPS‘ programs are for students.

Nonie Darwish,author and public speaker,will be visiting UC Davis on Wednesday,Oct.22at8:30p.m.in1100Social Sciences.Hosted by the Davis College Republicans,the title of her presentation is “Searching for Peace Within.“ “From the side of my culture,the Middle East,I will start by saying every culture has challenges with peace and we might endthe finger-pointing,” she said.