Campus News

Editor's note: Campus News Writer Andy Verderosa investigated the culture of the infamous 24-hour study room in Peter J. Shields Library. He spent 12 hours taking note of what he saw unfold.

On May 24, a UC Board of Regents special committee nominated UC San Francisco graduate student Alfredo Mireles, as student regent for 2011-2012.

Students leaving their bikes in Davis for the summer can store them with Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) beginning June 4.

The creators of the Campus Community Solidarity Day know what brings communities together: free t-shirts and the chance to meet a friend before the school year ends.

When a classmate chooses to skip lecture, one usually assumes they had something better to do. When that fellow student is an ASUCD senator and they decide to miss a senate meeting, it prompts questions about what might be more important than influencing an entire campus. Attendance at mandatory weekly senate meetings has been low this term, said ASUCD vice president Previn Witana.

After its first ever dry run in the University of California's history, the waitlist system has yielded results - 17 percent of waitlisted students were offered admission.

In a special election culminating Friday afternoon, a large majority of students placed their criticism on UC President Mark Yudof and the UC Regents.

After 13 years as the women and gender studies program coordinator, Shuanna Ludwig will need to find a new job. Jessie Owens, dean of the division of humanities, arts and culture studies (HArCS) in the College of Letters and Science, cut Ludwig's position as a part of the reorganization of the HArCS programs, which are housed in Hart Hall.

For most Davis residents, riding a bike seems as easy as walking or sleeping. Turns out, it's an action so complex that the National Science Foundation will grant a UC Davis team two years and $300,000 to study it.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 27 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

A major is everything. It gives both peers and employers an idea of your knowledge and skills. And it may also determine your chance at landing a job. According to a recent survey conducted by the National Association of Colleges and Employers (NACE), graduates majoring in accounting, business administration, computer science, engineering and mathematics are the most likely to receive and accept job offers.

Though it has been commonly held that more women were attending and graduating from college than men, a new study by the American Council on Education (ACE) found that an apparent gender balance has developed. "Gender Equity in Higher Education: 2010," the third follow-up study of its previous 2000 and 2006 counterparts, discovered that the trend in women pursuing a postsecondary education more often than men has all but vanished. Evidence now indicates a shrinking of the gap, with statistics for males increasing steadily for all demographic groups except Hispanics.

This Memorial Day weekend over a thousand students will be abandoned at Lake Shasta with nothing but alcohol, hamburgers and healthy sexual appetites. Accompanying the students is a program called Safeboats, which will be along for the three-day excursion providing much needed medical attention, granola bars and condoms for the third year in a row.

Copying on an exam A teaching assistant reported a sophomore to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA)

Under ASUCD Entertainment Council's new leadership, more mainstream entertainers may step onto the UC Davis campus next year. Outgoing EC Director Thongxy Phansopha selected his successor: Perry Sanesanong, a junior textiles and clothing major and promotions intern for the past year. Sanesanong is conducting interviews this week to select the rest of the EC staff.