Campus News

In order to spread awareness of the fact that every 15 seconds someone in an underdeveloped country dies for lack of access to clean water, the 1,000 Wells Project at UC Davis held their first "die in" Apr. 16 on the Quad.

Battle lines were drawn on Saturday as the annual UC Davis Picnic Day Battle of the Bands contest went into full swing. The tradition has been in place since the early 1970s, with The California Aggie Marching Band-uh! claiming victory or a peaceful draw every time.

Live from the Chemistry Building at UC Davis, "chemagicians" wowed the audience with their bag of tricks this Picnic Day.

UC Davis students enthralled the audience with the power of chemistry via shows like "Brian and Eric's Shopping Experience" - mimicking popular television networks such as the Discovery Channel and the Food Network.

This 30-minute show proved that science can be really "cool" by demonstrating various chemical reactions. Did you know that bubbles are a fire hazard? Yes, bubbles.

Some ASUCD members are not happy with the five cent tax increase to all ASUCD commercial units' credit card transactions, excluding Sodexho.

The fee would charge every ASUCD commercial unit an extra 4.56 cents for all plastic credit card transactions, including the ASUCD Coffee House, the UC Davis Bookstore, Campus Copies and the Aggie Student Store.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Apr. 16 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room.

Despite the 85-degree heat, Picnic Day goers could still hit the slopes on Hutchison Field.

The Alpine Ski and Snowboard club brought approximately 10 tons of snow in from Lake Tahoe to create a 100-foot long, snow covered slope for sledding.

UC Davis Cancer Center bomb threat resolved

Operations at the UC Davis Cancer Center have returned to normal after a bomb threat earlier this week.

An unidentified man called the Cancer Center in Sacramento at 8:45 a.m. on Monday indicating there was a bomb in the facility and demanding $10,000. Police immediately evacuated 150 people from the building including 20 patients who were relocated to other facilities on the Health Center campus. Patients with appointments later in the day were rescheduled.

Some come to play. Some come to watch. Some come to bulk up. Some, not so much.

For whatever reason they come, the Activities and Recreation Center is the one place where anyone and everyone can come to relax from the stresses of school, work … and life.

Take two

A first-year was referred to SJA for altering an exam and submitting it for re-grading. The TA noticed the discrepancy because the student's answer did not show enough work to have logically reached the correct solution she had added. The student admitted that she had changed the answer to the question on the MAT16B midterm exam and had then submitted it for re-grading. As a result, she agreed to accept the disciplinary sanctions of deferred separation and 10 hours of community service.

Some Middle Eastern students no longer want to be considered white.

A student movement to add a Middle Eastern category on the University of California application has begun to pick up steam, as university officials mull over implementing the change.

Budget constraints have not deterred the University of California from spending a little extra toward keeping the big office properly staffed and satisfied for the future of their students.

University records show that competitive salaries, in addition to other perks, are being offered to UC officials even in this economy.

Two small fires broke out at the Graduate School of Management and Conference Center construction site on Apr. 4, and were contained shortly after by the UC Davis Fire Department.

The fires were reported by several passer-bys near the Mondavi Center, at 2:56 p.m. and extinguished by 4 p.m. Officials say the fires were started deliberately, however the cause is still being investigated.

Housing will be guaranteed for transfers entering UC Davis in fall 2009 - a move that puts the school on par with the other nine University of California campuses.

Transfer students under the age of 24 may choose to live in the residency halls, or in a single-occupancy apartment space leased by UC Davis Student Housing, while transfer students 24 years of age and older will be offered a single occupancy apartment space.

For the first time since the inception of the National Student Employee of the Year Program in 2006, a UC Davis Student has advanced to become recognized as the Northern California 2009 Student Employee of the Year.

Kyle Dubs, a senior communication major, has been working as a resident student firefighter on campus since September 2006, logging an average of 80 hours per month split between four 14 hour shifts and one 24 hour shift.

The expansion of the United States' government and growth of secret agencies has fueled its population's belief in conspiracy theories, said Kathy Olmsted, a professor in the department of history and author of recently published Real Enemies: Conspiracy Theories and American Democracy, World War I to 9/11.