Campus News

The Mercer Veterinary Clinic will continue its 13-year long tradition of making holiday gift baskets for pets of the homeless this December.

"These baskets help make the holidays a little brighter for these special animals and their loving owners," said Eileen Samitz, the holiday pet basket coordinator. "These animals are not only pets, but they are warmth, comfort and sometimes protection, and often they are the only family that these less fortunate folks have."

Since the start of the fall quarter, a 17 member board of directors has been meeting weekly and holding office hours in preparation for the 95th annual Picnic Day celebration, scheduled for Apr. 18, 2009.

In consideration of UC Davis' centennial celebration, the theme for the upcoming event will be Reflections: 100 Years of Aggie Legacy.

This holiday season Delta Chi fraternity is hosting its second Toys for Tots charity drive in partnership with the Coffee House.

Toys for Tots is a charity event in which people donate old and new toys during the holiday season, which are given to children throughout the community facing economic difficulties.

In the Nov. 18 issue of The California Aggie , the editorial "ASUCD Senate" incorrectly stated that Senator Chad Roberts hasn't been to a senate meeting since Oct. 23, when in fact he attended the Nov. 6 meeting. It also stated that over his term he has co-authored one piece of legislation. While that is true, he also co-authored four resolutions. It also stated Roberts has missed eight of 20 meetings, when he has missed nine of 27.The Aggie regrets the error.

In the Nov. 17 issue of The California Aggie, the article "Students elect six new ASUCD senators" incorrectly stated that Justin Patrizio received more votes than Laura Pulido, when Pulido received 100 more No. 1 votes than Patrizio. The Aggie regrets the error.

Jay Mechling has faith in our generation. "You're really going to like this talk, because it's about you," Mechling told the audience, explaining that his lecture would focus on the Millennials, the current generation of youth born between 1982 and 2000.

In reviewing what many call the most "historical" and "unprecedented" election of our time, Dr. Eric Rauchway took a look at our history's past to examine the role that race, partisanship, the young voting population and other key variables played in electing Barack Obama as our nation's next president.

The amount of money students receive for financial aid will no longer be a surprise, as the University of California has developed a personalized tool that estimates the money each student will presumably receive from state funding.

The web-based tool is available on the UC website and is personalized according to each campus, since each receives different funding. Before the tool, students did not know what they would receive until after they applied for a Free Application for Federal Student Aid (FAFSA) or a Cal Grant.

Using unauthorized material during an exam

Two students reported a fellow classmate to Student Judicial Affairs for using unauthorized material during an exam. When questioned by a SJA officer, the classmate admitted to using his notes, but claimed he was simply using them to check the spelling of some words. Because this was not the student's first offense, the student agreed to delayed graduation, deferred dismissal and community service. Deferred dismissal means that if the student is again found in violation of any kind of academic misconduct, he would likely be dismissed from the university.

A recent report by UC Berkeley researchers delves inside the Law School Admissions Test, examining its effectiveness and possible new testing methods. The LSAT is currently used to predict a student's academic success in their first year of law school, but does not predict future success in the profession as an attorney. The study aims to find tools to design a test that would assess professional effectiveness more comprehensively.

You can hardly recall what life was like before the Internet, you text-message at a fervent pace and you probably remember exactly where you were the moment the World Trade Center towers fell.

Professor Jay Mechling of the American studies department will give a lecture on the generation that fits this description - the Millennials, born between 1982 and 2000.

UC Board of Regents to meet in San Francisco

UC San Francisco's Mission Bay campus will host the UC Regents' three-day set of meetings beginning today. The regents will meet in closed session to receive updates on the university's legal issues followed by an open session meeting to consider budget, environmental and design approvals.

The Panhellenic Council sponsored a self-defense seminar last week in Freeborn Hall for hundreds of sorority sisters with an instructor who turned out to be a con artist.

David Portnoy, also known as Dave Parker, contacted the Panhellenic Council and offered to put on a free safety seminar for women. Last Monday, 80 percent of all eight Panhellenic sororities were required to attend the seminar.

The ASUCD Elections Committee announced on Friday afternoon that Danny Garrett, Mo Torres, Justin Patrizio, Laura Pulido, Jack Zwald and Erin Lebe have been chosen as ASUCD's newest senators, representing the student body from fall 2008-2009.

Dan Barker, a former preacher who has become an outspoken atheist, told his story to over 300 members of the campus community on Friday night.