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Auditor raises concerns over implementation of recommendations UC President Janet Napolitano recently faced inquiries from California State Auditor Elaine Howle regarding her office’s failure to disclose $175 million in reserve funds to the Board of Regents. The aforementioned audit took place in 2017 and has since been a source of controversy regarding the UC Office […]

In boycott-esque movement, UC chooses to not renew $11 million subscription, sticking to university’s principles on scholarly communication The UC made a collective decision Thursday to terminate its subscription to the world’s largest scientific publisher, Elsevier. This decision takes place in the wake of months of unsuccessful contract renewal negotiations that ended without an agreement. […]

Students, staff discuss whether political ideology leaks into classroom environment A recent report showed that the majority of individual political contributions from individuals associated with the UC, as well as contributions made by UC political action committees (PACs) go to Democrats. This opened up a discussion about whether political ideology has leaked into the classroom […]

Action-packed Valentine’s Day with back-to-back open forum preceding weekly Senate meeting The ASUCD Senate held a public town hall in the Coffee House on Feb. 14 in an effort to create a space for individuals to give feedback on how ASUCD could better represent the student body. The Facebook event page showed that 33 individuals […]

Cruz looks forward to developing new partnerships in his role The Cross Cultural Center on campus has hired a new director. With an extensive background working with identity resource centers during his undergraduate, graduate and personal career, Chaz Cruz is looking forward to reaching out to different groups and people on campus while ensuring the […]

Nearly 100,000 comments submitted across the nation during public comment period Nearly 100,000 comments were submitted during the 60-day window allowing the public to submit feedback on the Department of Education’s proposed changes to campus sexual assault policies and guidelines. At least a portion of those comments came from UC Davis students. Students, including those […]

Agreement reached between UC, UAW 2865 over incorrect payments through new UCPath system The University of California system and the United Auto Workers (UAW) 2865 union have come to a settlement over incorrect and missed payments to workers related to the implementation of the UC’s new payroll system, UCPath. Workers affected by incorrect paychecks will […]

DCD acknowledges it used info collected last year in recent student election, denies any wrongdoing Officials from Davis College Democrats (DCD) have refuted recent allegations that the group used student contact information in an inappropriate manner to campaign for the BASED slate in the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections. The California Aggie recently reported an allegation […]

Senator Brandon Clemons’ absences topic of concern The Feb. 7 ASUCD Senate Meeting was called to order by Vice President Shaniah Branson at 6:10 p.m. Senators Simran Kaur, Atanas Spasov and Brandon Clemons were absent. The meeting began with quarterly reports from Entertainment Council and the Office of the External Vice President Affairs’ (OEAVP). A […]

Information on over 800 students gathered for 2018 June primaries used nine months later to campaign for school election The inappropriate use of student contact information by Davis College Democrats (DCD) in efforts to encourage students to vote for the BASED slate in the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections has escalated into a situation outside of […]

Justin Hurst, Shreya Deshpande new president, vice president The BASED slate swept the 2019 ASUCD Winter Elections, with all but two spots filled by candidates who ran on the slate. Fourth-year evolution and international relations double major Justin Hurst and third-year cognitive science and sociology double major Shreya Deshpande, who ran as the BASED slate’s […]

Switch will allow international students the option of visa extension UC Davis has reclassified its undergraduate economics major as a STEM degree, reflecting a trend that brings the university in line with top institutions such as MIT, Columbia and Yale. The economics degree, though technically still recognized as a Bachelor of Arts, requires students to […]