Campus News

Illegally parking on campus has just become a more risky proposition.

Effective the beginning of this month, Transportation and Parking Services increased fines for parking from $30 to $40. TAPS officials say the 33 percent increase will bring campus parking fines into alignment with the expected increase in the City of Davis parking fines.

University of California President Mark Yudof announced his recommendation of Linda Katehi from the University of Illinois to be UC Davis' sixth chancellor on Friday.

Pending approval by the UC Board of Regents later this week, Katehi will take over for Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef on Aug. 17. Vanderhoef announced his retirement in June 2008 after serving 15 years as chancellor preceded by another 10 as executive vice chancellor and provost.

Chancellor Larry N. Vanderhoef held his final dialogue with the Chancellor on Thursday evening in the Activities and Recreation Center Ballroom. The event, which was hosted by the Student Assistants to the Chancellor, was the last in a series of dialogues and brownbag chats Chancellor Vanderhoef has held with the university community during his 15-year tenure as chancellor of UC Davis.

The ceremonial ground breaking for a hotel expected to open January 2010 on the southern edge of campus took place on Thursday, with representatives from the University Hospitality Group, Hyatt, the city of Davis and UC Davis officials including Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef.

The majority of funding for the 75-room Hyatt Place boutique hotel comes from the University Hospitality Group, which is acting as the developer of the project and will staff and manage the hotel upon its completion.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Apr. 30 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room.

Meeting was called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Joe Chatham, ASUCD president, present

Chris Dietrich, ASUCD vice president, present

Joemar Clemente, ASUCD senator, present

Danny Garrett, ASUCD senator, present

Justin Gold, ASUCD senator, present

Erin Lebe, ASUCD senator, present

Kevin Massoudi, ASUCD senator, present

Justin Patrizio, ASUCD senator, present

Laura Pulido, ASUCD senator, present

Shawdee Rouhafza, ASUCD senator, present

Trevor Taylor, ASUCD senator, present

Mo Torres, ASUCD senator, present

Previn Witana, ASUCD senator, present

Jack Zwald, ASUCD president pro-tempore, present

UC Davis has been awarded $3 million from the California Energy Commission to lead the California Renewable Energy Collaborative toward finding solutions to better utilize wind, biomass, solar and geothermal energies.

Karen Douglas, chairperson of the CEC, said she believes the university to be a quality investment, and the partnership conducive to the commission's goals.

UC Davis' Transportation and Parking Services is holding its bi-annual bike auction this Saturday, and with over 400 bikes going up for bidding, TAPS is encouraging anyone looking for a cheap bicycle to attend.

Approximately 425 abandoned bikes will be put up for sale at 9:00 a.m. in the West Entry Parking Structure. Prices range depending on the quality, but the majority go for between $20 and $40.

Caught in the Act

A junior was referred to Student Judicial Affairs for using unauthorized material during an exam. The teaching assistant noticed that the student was strangely positioning her calculator as if she were reading the screen. When the teaching assistant confronted the student she discovered that the student's calculator did in fact contain formulas and definitions. The student admitted the dishonesty and agreed to disciplinary probation and 10 hours of community service.

Two UC Davis professors and a professor emeritus have been awarded prestigious Guggenheim fellowships this year, enabling them to pursue extensive research in their respective fields.

Francis Dolan, a professor of English, Artyom Kopp, a professor of evolution and ecology, and Lynn Hershman Leeson, professor emeritus of technocultural studies are among 180 artists, scholars and scientists from around the United States and Canada to receive grants from the Guggenheim Foundation.

Approximately 400 students and community members who bought tickets to last weekend's E-40 rap concert at UC Davis fraternity Theta Xi have been unable to refund their tickets, which cost at least $20 each.

The concert was cancelled for undisclosed reasons.

Watch out Aggies, there's a new sheriff … well, officer in town.

Officer Ralph Nuno of the UC Davis Police Department began patrolling campus grounds for all bicycle related offenses this Monday.

The early bird gets the worm - or rather, in the case of this Saturday's worm composting workshop, an entire pound of worms.

Project Compost will host their spring worm-composting workshop at 11 a.m. near the tri co-ops, where attendants will receive a free bin with live worms. The worms are in limited supply, so early or on-time arrival will ensure a bin, organizers said.

An estimated 20 to 25 percent of American college women experience attempted or complete rape during their college years, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. This year's "Take Back the Night" aims to attract more awareness toward sexual violence.

Without beer, many would say college life would be different.

Charles Bamforth, author of the new third edition of Beer: Tap into the Art and Science of Brewing would take it a step further and say that life itself would be incomplete without this popular drink.

In the Apr. 27 issue of The California Aggie, the article "UCD signs agreement with state public health department," was incorrectly attributed as being written by Alysoun Bonde when in fact Erica Lee was the reporter and author. The Aggie regrets the error.