Campus News

Starting spring quarter, students may see new information on syllabi that could provide them with excusable absences for mental health reasons.

Outgoing ASUCD Vice President Molly Fluet has been working with the Health and Education Program (HEP) to encourage professors of all departments to add Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) information on syllabi in order to raise mental health awareness.

What started off as a hopeful project to get a venue for bands to play in downtown Davis has now been put on hold after the first choice location fell through.

ASUCD Senator Justin Patrizio, in collaboration with KDVS, has been trying to get the ball rolling on an ASUCD Downtown Venue - a project that would give a location to the local underground music scene with ticket prices for students as low as $1-$4.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb. 26 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room.

Some called last Thursday's ASUCD senate meeting "heated and offensive." Some called it "beautiful." Almost all, however, just wanted to voice their concerns regarding the winter 2009 elections.

"This has nothing to do with ASUCD slates [such as LEAD or ACT]," said Momo Newbon, Ethnic and Cultural Affairs commission chair and former senatorial candidate. "It has everything to do with an unfair election."

UCD is currently in the process of grappling with a $5 million mid-year budget deficit that has come about as the result of a decrease of approximately $65 million in state funding to the UC system.

"UC is currently 11,000 students over our state funded enrollment target at a cost of $121.8 million to the campuses," said Patrick Lenz, UC's vice president for budget said in an interview with the UC newsroom.

Despite state budget cuts, UC Davis School of Law is still rolling in money - from a private donor. The Kalmanovitz Charitable Foundation gifted $1 million to fund a new moot courtroom at King Hall last week.

Newly elected ASUCD senators might have to wait longer than they expected before beginning a term they believed would start tonight.

Earlier this month, the UC regents approved a dramatic change to the UC admissions process by eliminating the SAT Subject Tests requirement. While some students have applauded the move as a step for greater equity and accessibility, others have condemned it as compromising the quality of students at UC.

In an effort to bring international pressure to a country abound with religious persecution, local Baha'i students are taking action. Tonight at 6:30 in Geidt Hall, the Davis Baha'i Club (DBC) will be holding an information and prayer session about their fellow Baha'is in Iran.

Joyride

The UC Davis Police referred a sophomore to SJA. The student was seen riding a bike against traffic. When the police spoke with the student, they determined that the bike she had been riding did not belong to her.

A haven for coffee-lovers everywhere, another Starbucks has been born.

The three-day old coffee shop, located at the Activities and Recreation Center, is the sixth Starbucks to hit Davis.

Looking for an on-campus job? You're not the only one.

Even students are not immune to the effects of a sour economy, as job openings are down and job seekers are up compared to last year.

In the Feb. 22 issue of The California Aggie, the article "Election results announced Friday" incorrectly stated the elections website was down between 8 and 11 p.m. on Thursday when in fact it was down from 6:30 to 10 p.m. The Aggie regrets the error.

The federal government is helping out higher education.

Among aiming to create and save millions of jobs over the next couple years, infrastructure improvements, energy plans and an examination of the health care system, the Senate-approved stimulus package accounts for students in colleges and universities.

UC Davis is growing in some places and shrinking in others.

The University of California Board of Regents announced this month that while 8 percent fewer freshmen will be admitted into UC Davis for fall 2009, the number of transfer students accepted will increase by 2.8 percent.