Campus News

KDVS’ general manager asks Senate to fight for units located in Freeborn in light of planned demolition ASUCD Vice President Shaniah Branson called the Jan. 31 Senate meeting to order at 6:10 p.m. in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. President Michael Gofman, Senator Alisha Hacker and Senator Mohammad Qayum were absent. Internal Affairs […]

Controversy over “Blue Lives Matter” movement leaves Davis community, ASUCD in opposition ASUCD hosted an impromptu open forum in the CoHo on Jan. 22 in response to the backlash that followed a Facebook post from ASUCD’s Ethnic and Cultural Affairs Commission (ECAC). The post, which gained national attention, criticized Davis students and community members for […]

State budget has $36.4 billion allocated for UC, CSU, Community College systems Newly-elected California Governor Gavin Newsom released his state budget proposal on Jan. 10, 2019. Within the $209 billion budget, $36.4 billion was allocated to higher education — with funds going to the UCs, CSUs and California Community Colleges. This marks a $1.4 billion […]

Two remaining candidates: one currently holds interim position, other chief of mental health at CA State Prison, Sacramento Following the controversial termination of UC Davis’ former Counseling Services Director, a group of staff and students comprising the official Recruitment Advisory Committee (RAC) has been actively involved in a months-long hiring process to fill the position. […]

LGBTQIA members of University Covenant Church, Catalyst speak about being in these groups “Five years. I spent five years at University Covenant Church involved on both staff and volunteer levels building relationships, investing in youth, and being a Guinea pig for the staff to figure out how to approach the LGBT community […] In reflection, […]

Demands for competitive pay with CSU, CCC librarians UC librarians, represented by the University Council-American Federation of Teachers Unit 17 (UC-AFT), a union that also represents UC lecturers, rallied outside of Shields Library during a break in their bargaining session with the UC’s bargaining team on Jan. 15. The negotiation process for the UC librarians’ […]

Free event gathered around 1,000 registrants The third annual Mental Health Conference took place on the weekend of Jan. 12 and 13 at the UC Davis Conference Center. This was the first year the event was completely free of charge for students and other attendees, and registration slots quickly filled up before the weekend events […]

UC student leaders express concern over perceived lack of transparency in decision to eliminate position The UC Regents recently decided to remove the UC Regents Student Advisor position, a role meant to give students a voice in UC governance. The current student regent, Edward G. Huang, a student at UC Berkeley, expressed opposition to the […]

Theme, grand marshal announced for annual event The 105th celebration of Picnic Day will be held on Saturday, April 13, during which an estimated 75,000 past, current and prospective UC Davis students along with faculty, staff and Davis community members will partake in a myriad of festivities. The theme for this year’s event will be […]

Design and Construction Management workers discuss campus projects The Design and Construction Management (DCM) office at UC Davis has been busy with the recent opening of California Hall, a lecture facility located behind Wellman Hall, and with construction projects in the pipeline for the foreseeable future. The opening of California Hall is within the context […]

Some research grants delayed, already-awarded federal financial aid not at risk UC Davis, a federally-funded institution, is not immune to the effects of the ongoing federal government shutdown. This means that research grants, student immigration cases and financial aid may be delayed across the university. The National Science Foundation (NSF), NASA and U.S. Department of […]

Student fees funding Unitrans would increase by $13.30 if referendum successful Unitrans recently began instituting changes to combat its growing budget deficit, including decreasing the frequency of certain less-popular buses. In order to avoid cutting more services, Unitrans proposed a fee referendum which would increase the $34.50 fee each student already pays for Unitrans services […]