Campus News

ASUCD and the Entertainment Council are jumpstarting fall quarter with a free informational and entertainment event today at 5 p.m. in Freeborn Hall.

Fall Kickoff will feature live performances for the first 1,000 students at Freeborn Hall by The Matches, Zion I, San Quinn, Random Abiladeze, Mobility and the Lounge Lizards as well as tabling information by ASUCD units.

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CAPS advisory committee

9 a.m.

AS Conference Room, Third Floor MU

This group offers a chance for students to comment on the administration of CAPS and to discuss how useful CAPS' programs are for students.

Nonie Darwish, author and public speaker, will be visiting UC Davis on Wednesday, Oct. 22 at 8:30 p.m. in 1100 Social Sciences. Hosted by the Davis College Republicans, the title of her presentation is "Searching for Peace Within."

"From the side of my culture, the Middle East, I will start by saying every culture has challenges with peace and we might end the finger-pointing," she said.

The hunt for a new chancellor begins Thursday. University of California President Mark G. Yudof announced the selection last week of an 18-member committee consisting of regents, students, alumni, staff and community members to advise him on the selection of UC Davis' sixth chancellor.

Don't be shocked when all the Coffee House employees are wearing tie-dye on Monday - it's just how the Coffee House is celebrating its 40th birthday.

"People might be a little freaked out, when they look up at the cashier," said special events intern Cecilia Landholt, who was responsible for much of the planning. "But we're just getting the word out about our 40th anniversary and sending a big thank you to all of our customers and employees."

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the reporter's watch during the Oct. 16 public meeting location, the Memorial Union's Coffee House.

UC Davis students now have easier access to their student leaders with the introduction of a new channel on the MyUCDavis website today.

The new channel, called My Student Government (MSG), will appear on the bottom left-hand corner of all undergraduate homepages and will work similarly to other channels like My Student Housing.

Those in search of an interesting start to their weekend can look no farther than Freeborn Hall and the brothers of Delta Lambda Phi.

The gay, bisexual and progressive interest fraternity on campus will be hosting its 19th annual "Davis is Burning" today at 8 p.m. - a highly anticipated drag show and competition featuring the Delta Lambda Phi brothers and a host of other performers.

In the midst of unprecedented market turbulence, four UC Davis experts will weigh in on the government's response to the financial crisis.

Dr. Buddhima Lokuge from Doctors Without Borders (Médecins Sans Frontiéres) spoke Tuesday about a simple solution to the complex issue of malnutrition in developing countries.

ASUCD Senate election season officially began on Tuesday when petitions for candidacy were made available in 348 Memorial Union.

Oct. 15, 2008 will forever be marked on UC Davis' campus as the dedication day for the new Centennial Walkway, the path that runs straight through the Quad.

Unauthorized material during an exam

A professor referred a first-year student for academic misconduct in a sociology class. During an exam, the student used a blue book that had previously been filled out with various notes in pencil. As the exam progressed, the student erased the portions of these notes that he no longer needed. A neighboring witness reported this behavior to the professor. The student admitted wrongdoing and agreed to a sanction of deferred separation and 15 hours of community service. Deferred separation means that the student waives his right to a formal disciplinary hearing if referred to SJA in the future.

After two years of work to establish a new campus e-mail system, UC Davis is officially the first UC campus to switch to Gmail, Google's email program.

Students will keep their existing ucdavis.edu e-mail addresses, but will be able to utilize Gmail features and more than 7GB of storage.