Campus News

Senate Bill to rename OASR tabled for third week in a row The Oct. 25 ASUCD Senate meeting was called to order at 6:11 p.m. by Senator Alisha Hacker. President Michael Gofman was late. Vice President Shaniah Branson and Senator Brandon Clemons were absent. Hacker, the senate pro tempore, filled in for Branson. An election […]

University leaders affirm students’ rights, denounce proposal A memo from the Department of Health and Human Affairs obtained by The New York Times in early October proposed changes to the concept and definition of gender in federal programs including education. The changes would “roll back recognition and protections of transgender people under federal civil rights […]

Room closed due to emergency sewer line repairs The 24-Hour Study Room in Shields Library has been closed due to emergency sewer line repairs, library officials said in an email sent to The California Aggie around noon on Thursday. “Restrooms in the northeast corner of the building on floors 2, 3 and 4 are also […]

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 […]