Campus News

California wine patriarch Robert Mondavi, one of the great modern-day benefactors of UC Davis, died Friday at his Napa Valley home. He was 94.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 15 meeting location, the Memorial Union's Mee Room.

The more than 20,000 patient care technicians and service workers throughout the 10 campuses of the University of California system are prepared to take a strike vote after a 10-month impasse. The vote began Saturday and runs through Thursday concluding with a press conference the next day to announce the results.

UC Davis students are still feeling the aftershocks of Monday's 7.9 magnitude earthquake in China's Sichuan province, but some have jumped into action to aid the relief efforts.

Same sex couples have a constitutional right to marriage, according to a Thursday ruling by the California State Supreme Court.

The court's 4-3 decision strikes down previous laws defining marriage as between a man and a woman.

The 28th annual Outstanding Faculty and Staff Advisor Awards were given Wednesday to David Grenke, professor in the theater and dance department, and My Diem Nguyen, student affairs officer in the Asian American studies department.

After three years of enrollment growth, the UC Davis Graduate School of Management will move its Bay Area Master of Business Administration program for working professionals to a more permanent facility in Bishop Ranch Business Park in San Ramon, Calif. on Aug. 1.

Health care and international relations will be the themes of next year's campus and community book project. Tracy Kidder's non-fiction work Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World was chosen by a panel on campus as the book that will be woven into courses across the disciplines at UC Davis.

Like most students, Julie Woodworth has difficulty finding an open bike parking space in front of the Activities and Recreation Center. Rather than scour the bike racks for an empty space, she said she typically just leaves her bike on the ARC's front patio area, with its tire locked to the frame.

Unauthorized collaboration during an exam

A student of senior standing was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for allegedly collaborating and/or copying during an exam.

In the May 13 issue of The California Aggie, the article "UC Davis administrator extinguishes fire outside Olson Hall," attributes certain quotes to UC Davis Fire Department Captain Richard Moore. This is incorrect. The quotes should be attributed to Captain Nathaniel Hartinger. The person quoted gave a different name to the reporter. The Aggie regrets the error.

The Boston Tea Party had nothing to do with dolls and tea sets, but don't quiz American history teachers on that.

Following low American history test scores, the U.S. Department of Education has granted $1 million to the UC Davis History Project, a program on campus that educates history teachers in the Sacramento area.

The 10-week recycling effort known as RecycleMania culminated with a ninth-place finish for UC Davis, out of over 400 schools in the partial campus division.

This week, many undergraduate students will receive an e-mail from Vice Provost Pat Bailey, encouraging them to fill out the UC Undergraduate Experience Survey.

A billow of smoke appeared from below the ground Monday at approximately 1:50 p.m. on the east side of Olson Hall. The fire started below the ground in a grate and was put out before causing any structural damage by Dewight Kramer, assistant network administrator in the social sciences department.