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Many Asian American students are not identifying themselves as such on their college applications, believing that doing so would hurt their chances of being accepted to top universities, according to recent studies including one at Princeton University. According to these studies, Asian students believe themselves to be evaluated at a higher standard than students of […]

The United States Postal Service (USPS) is considering closing the Downtown Davis Post Office along with approximately 3,600 other post offices across the nation. To compensate their struggles with decreasing revenue, the USPS also decided to increase postage stamp fees from 44 to 45 cents beginning Jan. 22. A public meeting was held on Dec. […]

At around 8:30 a.m. Monday the Yolo County Superior Court received a bomb threat, according to a press release from the Court. Court officials, along with the Yolo County Sheriff’s Department and Woodland Police Departments, evacuated all court facilities. Members of the California Highway Patrol and West Sacramento Police Department also joined in a bomb […]

THURSDAY More money, more problems Someone gave a transient money but the transient was asking for more, on Mace Boulevard. FRIDAY Field of Screams A man was in a baseball field yelling and banging on random objects on B Street. No ifs or ands allowed either Someone threw a cigarette butt onto the road on 11th Street. […]

You might want to think again before taking your bike for a night ride without a light this week. The Davis Police Department is conducting a Bicycle Safety Education and Enforcement Operation, which began Monday and continues throughout the week. Officers are patrolling areas frequented by bicyclists to address traffic violations that lead to collisions. […]

As of Dec. 7, 2011, Occupy Davis ended its continuous occupation of Central Park. The tents and structures, which protesters originally put up on Oct. 15, 2011, came down after a majority vote by those present at the Dec. 5 General Assembly. In a letter to the public on the Occupy Davis website, the protesters […]

Since December, there has been an increase of stolen vehicle activity in Davis, according to the City of Davis Police Department (DPD). Honda and Acura cars have been taken from Davis and recovered in the San Francisco Bay Area. During the same time period, DPD officers have recovered several vehicles, which had been stolen from […]

The City of Davis Police Department (DPD) is investigating a Dec. 20, 2011 bank robbery at Davis’ U.S. Bank. Detectives believe the robbery is part of a series of eight U.S. Bank robberies spanning from the San Francisco Bay Area to the Sacramento Valley that began in early September 2011. According to Lt. Paul Doroshov, […]

Student protests over the past three years have called for the University of California system to lower, freeze or cap tuition prices. UC Berkeley is the first UC to respond. In Fall 2012, UC Berkeley will implement the Middle-Class Access Plan (MCAP). This plan will cap tuition costs for families who make between $80,000 and […]

The Indian Health Service (IHS) plans to build a Youth Regional Treatment Center (YRTC) on 12 of 640 acres of D-Q University land. The D-Q University Board of Trustees has agreed to transfer the land back to the federal government, but it hasn’t been officially passed over yet. “The YRTC would be a center for […]

Next time your mother asks you to eat your vegetables, ask for a slice a pizza. In a controversial spending bill which passed on Nov. 14, United States Congress upheld a decision which allows pizza with at least two tablespoons per slice of tomato paste to be counted as a vegetable. This overrules a part […]

On Nov. 8, the Council of Graduate Schools (CGS) reported its findings from its 2011 international graduate admissions survey. The survey consisted of three phases. Data was collected in February, June and October. For Phase I, CGS collected data on an initial summary of applications from prospective international students. For Phase II, data was collected […]