Campus News

At the May UC Board of Regents meeting, the regents discussed raising UC tuition by 32 percent beginning in Winter 2012 if an all-cuts budget is passed.

Last week, UC Davis launched a wireless internet service, Education Roaming (eduroam), which simplifies internet access for students and faculty who commute to different campuses, officials said.

Edward Feldman has resigned as chair of the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine's Department of Medicine and Epidemiology, amid controversy over his decision to poll students about how to grade a pregnant student who missed class.

Despite the move of the UC Education Abroad Program (EAP) to Santa Barbara, UC Davis students shouldn't see any changes in their ability to study abroad.

Before you start your spring-cleaning, take a closer look at thecleaning products that you are using. Your household products maycontribute to nonpoint source pollution of our local waters. Some cleaners contain phosphate, for example, which can contribute to eutrophication of rivers and lakes, depleting them of life sustaining oxygen.

World War II's destructive history has paved the road for educational programs and the building of foreign relations. One of these programs, The Marshall Plan Foundation in Austria, intends to bring opportunities to students in the international market.

Why wouldn't you want to stay an extra quarter?; At least look at the assignment; Two strikes: a lot of community service

I have many fond memories of my time as an undergraduate student, but one of the most defining experiences in terms of my personal growth - the one that really influenced my decision to go to graduate school and shaped my future - was the first time I left Greece.

ASUCD deliberated over its 2011-12 budget during the weekend, proposing where to allocate funds for its units, such as Picnic Day, Entertainment Council and The Pantry.

Students are pushing to get rid of single-use plastic bags at the campus bookstore. If successful, they hope to expel the bags from the university and city as well.

Two on-campus construction projects, one fully underway and the other set to begin this summer, have plans for completion during the 2011-12 school year.

On April 21, the ASUCD Senate passed a new bill to establish the ASUCD Scholarship Committee that will distribute $7,000 to $9,000 in scholarship awards annually.

For those students who haven't discovered what their passion in life might be, the Peace Corps offers a valuable experience, said Daniel Evans, UC Davis alumnus and country director of Peace Corps Mexico.

Beginning next year, UC Davis officials have announced that the DJ Stage will not return for the Whole Earth Festival due to three aggressive crimes under investigation, including sexual battery and rape.

The current uprisings in the Arab world were one of the main topics of a lecture on Wednesday night hosted by The Middle East/South Asia Studies (MESA). A panel of accredited scholars and professors from UC Davis as well as other universities was present.