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UC Davis School of Medicine adopts new admissions process

Prospective medical students no longer have to toil through a 45-minute one-on-one interview, but will instead be guided through a series of 10 short interviews that will assess their medical knowledge and interpersonal skills.
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News-in-Brief

Campus community members can now follow Information and Educational Technology (IET) on Twitter for network service updates, such as outage alerts.
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Mobility Assistance Shuttle expands to serve faculty, staff

Previously available to just students, the Mobility Assistance Program is introducing a pilot shuttle to serve UC Davis faculty and staff with injuries or disabilities as well.
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Report blames swelled administration for increasing costs and inefficiency

A recent study echoes a common complaint of protestors who rally against student fee hikes and declining state funding to higher education: the growth of administrators is partly to blame.
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CoHo close to finish line

Despite aiming to be open the first day of school, the ASUCD Coffee House remains under construction.
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Safe haven created for honey bees

The much-anticipated Honey Bee Haven had its grand opening on Sept. 11 at the Harry H. Laidlaw Jr. Honey Bee Research Facility.
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Senate Briefs

ASUCD Senate Meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the Sept. 24 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Art Lounge.
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Union members deliver failed report card to UC administrators

A delegation of Academic Student Employees, also known as UAW 2865, gathered in front of the doors of Mrak Hall yesterday to deliver an oversized report card to the UC administration for failing to meet their needs.
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Fall Convocation presents optimistic vision

Chancellor Linda Katehi believes in UC Davis, she said in her address at the annual Fall Convocation.
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Unfunded retirement looms over Regents meeting

Facing a possible $40 billion budget deficit, the University of California Board of Regents unanimously voted to increase UC contributions to its retirement fund.
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Welcome celebration continues amid budget cuts

Summer vacation is over and it's time to hit the books again. But before classes get too stressful, there's still one last thing to cheer about: The Buzz.
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UC Davis prepares for first governor’s debate

Gubernatorial nominees Jerry Brown and Meg Whitman will meet face-to-face for the first time at the Mondavi Center on Sept. 28 to debate prominent issues facing California before the upcoming election in November.
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Student housing subcontractors fined for labor violations

California State Labor Commissioner Angela Bradstreet ordered two housing subcontractors working on the Tercero Housing Project to pay $1.3 million for improperly paying wages on Aug. 10 - two months after previous subcontractors committed similar labor violations.
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Campus News Summer Digest

University mandates stronger passphrases; Unitrans introduces revamped schedule to Davis riders; Charges dropped against Mrak protestor; Sodexo and CIW sign Fair Food Agreement
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Sodexo and CIW sign Fair Food agreement

For the past 16 months, thousands of students protested across college and university campuses, demanding the food service industry cease what some call an indirect support of slavery.
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