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DREAM Committee Chair confirmed after months of empty chair  ASUCD Vice President Shreya Deshpande called the Feb. 20 Senate meeting to order at 7:11 p.m. in the Mee Room on the third floor of the MU. Senator Khalil Malik was nominated and elected as interim Senator pro-tempore, the official representative of the Senate.  Darin Schluep, UC […]

Outcome of vote would affect over 19,000 academic workers, UC campuses plan solidarity actions for March 5 The Bargaining Team of United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865, which represents over 19,000 academic workers across the UC, said in a March 3 statement that the union will hold an Unfair Labor Practice Strike Authorization Vote in early […]

Workers protected by a contract after three years out of contract Service and patient care workers affiliated with the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees (AFSCME) Local 3299 union ratified their contracts from UC on Jan. 31 and Feb. 7, respectively. The two classes of employees work under separate contracts. On their Twitter, […]

20,000 bottles of student-made wine could enter market State Senator Bill Dodd (D-Napa) introduced legislation that would amend existing laws to allow UC Davis to sell wine produced by viticulture students. A similar bill, Senate Bill 683, passed in 2016, aimed to grant licenses to university-associated nonprofit mutual benefit corporations to allow for the sale […]

UC files unfair labor practices claim with state against union, UAW Local 2965 files counterclaim against UC Fifty-four graduate students at UC Santa Cruz who are part of the Cost of Living Adjustment (COLA) movement were notified on Feb. 28 that they will either not receive Spring Quarter appointments or that they will be dismissed […]

Pending investigations underway, call for culture shift from CSI, OSFL Since November 2019, three Greek organizations on the UC Davis campus lost their recognition with the Office of Sorority and Fraternity Life (OSFL) and their Registered Student Organization status after incidents involving hazing — a record number since 2005. Sigma Mu Delta, Delta Sigma Pi and […]

Crystal Juarez sworn in as interim senator ASUCD Vice President Shreya Deshpande called the Feb. 13 ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 7:08 p.m. The meeting began with presentations from Student Health and Wellness and the Club Finance Council.  During elected officer reports, each senator focused on spreading the word about the upcoming elections, which […]

Clinics to serve UC Davis faculty, staff Construction on a new UC Davis Health clinic, which will serve as an extension of the UC Davis Health clinic located on West Covell Blvd. in Davis, will commence in April of 2020, according to the UC Davis website. This clinic will be built on the corner of […]

Confirmations for controller, committee positions The Feb. 6 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 7:13 p.m. by Senator Shondreya Landrum. President Justin Hurst, Vice President Shreya Deshpande, Senator Lylah Schmedel, Business and Finance Chair Filip Stamenkovic and Gender and Sexuality Chair Elena DeNecochea were absent.  After Senator Khalil Malik was elected interim Senate […]

UCPath doesn’t work with one person’s bank, another faced missing pay for weeks Over the past two weeks, The California Aggie sat down with ASUCD President Justin Hurst, Vice President Shreya Deshpande and Senator Anna Estrada to discuss the ongoing effects of UCPath, the UC-wide payroll system implemented at UC Davis in October 2019. The […]

The grading strike, a “wildcat” action, marks escalation in UC Davis cost of living adjustment (COLA) movement After the UC Davis cost of living adjustment (COLA) movement general assembly on Feb. 25, graduate students in the COLA movement decided to withhold grades for Winter Quarter.  The announcement makes UC Davis’ COLA movement the third to […]

Davis branch of Cost Of Living Adjustment movement comes to a head with Feb. 21 March on Mrak Hall The UC Davis students marching for a Cost Of Living Adjustment (COLA) — higher wages to keep up with rising housing costs — came face-to-face with UC Regents last Friday, Feb. 21.  According to doctoral student […]