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Fire is now controlled, students, staff told to avoid area An Aggie Alert sent to the UC Davis students and staff Thursday at 4:42 p.m. telling community members to “avoid the area of Hutchison Drive and County Road 98 due to Fire Department activity” was a response to a fire at a barn on private […]

Sydney Hack, Maria Martinez confirmed to Senate Two interim senators were recently confirmed following resignations by Gaven Kaur and Jake Sedgley. Kaur and Sedgley, in addition to Danny Halawi and Andreas Godderis, are four of six student senators elected in the uncontested Fall Elections who ultimately resigned from their positions. Kaur, a third-year psychology and […]

Study discovers high rates of solitary confinement in ICE detention facilities A UC Davis professor recently authored a paper looking at the conditions inside U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detention facilities. Caitlin Patler, an associate professor of sociology at UC Davis and a faculty affiliate at the Center for Poverty Research, in the Migration […]

Emily Prieto-Tseregounis named director after 11 faculty members demand vacancy be filled On Oct. 26, after six weeks without a full-time director, UC Davis News announced that the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center’s interim director, Emily Prieto-Tseregounis, will permanently fill the position. The center’s previous director, Andrea Gaytan, resigned on Sept. 14 and now serves […]

Police chief discusses robberies, scam emails, recent anti-Semitic posters On Oct. 18, the ASUCD Senate convened for its weekly meeting in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. Vice President Shaniah Branson was absent during roll call. The meeting began with a presentation from UC Davis Police Chief Joseph Farrow. Farrow addressed a recent series […]

Questions over whether recommendations on housing, food insecurity, mental health care are sufficient In response to vocal student concerns, Chancellor Gary May convened three task forces on student food security, mental health care and affordable student housing last spring. Each of the task forces recently released recommendations for improvement. May asked each of the task […]

UC Davis to clean 25-acre former testing site as part of $14 million settlement with EPA The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) stated in a recent press release that it had reached a settlement with the UC Regents to clean up decades worth of contaminated soil, solid waste and soil gas at the “Laboratory for […]

Training, hiring improvements sought as solution for disarmament A town hall held on Oct. 15 in the Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom discussed a resolution forwarded by the UC Davis Graduate Student Association (GSA) to disarm UC Davis Police. The town hall was initiated by Chancellor Gary May after meeting with GSA members. The discussion […]

Students from Jewish, Muslim communities voice support for legislation ASUCD Vice President Shaniah Branson called the Oct. 11 Senate meeting into order at 6:10 p.m. in the Mee Room on the third floor of Memorial Union. The meeting began with a presentation from Davis City Council Representative Dan Carson. Carson serves as a liaison between […]

UC’s largest labor union protests outsourcing, pay disparities, unsatisfactory offers from UC in midst of stalled negotiations After a year and a half of deadlocked negotiations with the UC, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees Local 3299 (AFSCME), the UC’s largest employee union, representing over 25,000 workers, is holding its second three-day […]

Understaffing reportedly leading to dispatchers working overtime, stress-related health issues In late September, University of California Dispatchers asked the UC Regents for support in addressing the safety concerns caused by understaffing. Public safety dispatchers work with campus police departments and take care of all emergency calls for the UC, including safety, fire and rescue calls. […]

Housed in Asian American Studies Department, The Bulosan Center is product of grassroots volunteers On Sep. 29, a fundraising dinner marked the opening of the Bulosan Center for Filipino Studies. Formed within the Asian American Studies department and located on the third floor of Hart Hall, the center will serve as a space for undergraduate […]