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Senate determines emergency legislation aimed at providing supplies for The Pantry is unconstitutional Senator Shondreya Landrum called the Dec. 5 ASUCD Senate meeting to order at 6:15 p.m. with Vice President Shreya Deshpande and Senators Anna Estrada and Lylah Schmedel absent. The meeting began with Senator Andre Spignolio unanimously elected to be interim pro tempore […]

$2 billion of bond would benefit UC schools A $15 billion bond to support preschool, K-12 and higher education will be placed before California voters on March 3 during the state primary election. Known as Proposition 13 –– or the Public Preschool, K-12 and College Health and Safety Bond Act of 2020 — this piece […]

Religious doctrine dictates care for patients, what is taught to medical students and what care is allowed to be performed by UC doctors Dignity Health, a Catholic hospital chain and the largest hospital provider in California, has agreements with five out of six UC medical centers. Contracts between the UC and Dignity Health explicitly restrict […]

Breaking down students’ contribution to UC Davis athletics Students at UC Davis directly fund student athletics: For 2018-19, the NCAA reported that student fees made up $23.5 million, or about 57%, of UC Davis’ athletics budget. Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA) at UC Davis receives student funding through student fees. Separate from tuition — which sits at […]

Following publication of piece, discussion and debate ensues Diversity statements are political litmus tests, according to an editorial notice published in the December issue of the American Mathematical Society (AMS) Notices penned by Dr. Abigail Thompson, a professor in and chair of the UC Davis Mathematics Department. This notice was later expanded upon and appeared […]

Distinguished alumni announced as speakers Among the many distinguished UC Davis alumni, three were announced as speakers for the campus’ undergraduate commencements in June. Nadine Burke Harris, California’s first surgeon general; Francisco Rodriguez, chancellor of the Los Angeles Community College District and Tracy Caldwell Dyson, a NASA astronaut, will speak to the thousands of graduates […]

UCPath payroll issues may continue as two more campuses added to system in December Despite student protests and large-scale backlash, as many as 50 students had not received paychecks for the entirety or part of Fall Quarter by the time the term ended. Although campus leadership assured that students’ paychecks were coming, no official date […]

First clinically sound abortion reversal study only enrolled 12 of 40 patients; three women went to emergency room  A UC Davis Health study run by OB/GYN Dr. Mitchell D. Creinin that attempted to discern the safety of “abortion reversal” treatments ended abruptly in December when three patients experienced serious bleeding that sent them to the […]

Proposed fee would be $34 per quarter, the first increase to fee since 1979 Facing a roughly $500,000 deficit, the Associated Students of the University of California, Davis (ASUCD), is proposing the first increase to its student base fee in more than 40 years. According to ASUCD Controller Kevin Rotenkolber, who supports the proposed base […]

Biden, Sanders, Warren, Buttigieg, Klobuchar, Steyer, Yang discuss education, climate change, international relations The California Aggie attended the sixth Democratic Debate on Thursday, Dec. 19 at Loyola Marymount University. Seven candidates qualified for the last debate of the year: Former Vice President Joe Biden, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Sen. Elizabeth Warren, Mayor Pete Buttigieg, Sen. Amy […]

ARU becomes the first union in the nation to reach an agreement that covers academic researchers The Academic Researchers United (ARU), a union consisting of almost 5,000 researchers spanning all nine UCs, reached a tentative agreement with the UC regarding a three-year contract on Nov. 4, 2019. The contract encompassed compensation and benefits, rights and […]

Farrow praises student involvement in improving campus security Following a number of burglaries targeting university buildings, UC Davis Campus Police Chief Joe Farrow and Security Director Jeff Rott spoke to The California Aggie about increased security measures on campus. Farrow previously addressed these issues in an Oct. 17 press release.  “I want you to know […]