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Distinguished software engineer and wife of UC Davis Chancellor shares her views on women in the workplace, protests on campus, Davis community LeShelle May sits on the fifth floor of Mrak Hall — the same building that her husband, UC Davis Chancellor Gary May, has an office in. Yet she doesn’t appear concerned with this […]

A student’s worst nightmare As the second round of pass times are upon students, many are eagerly attempting to fill the last time slots available to schedule appointments with academic advisors. For some students, however, quarterly meetings with academic advisors have done them more harm than good.  Common issues with advisors for several UC Davis […]

While the campus is not on track to meet its zero waste goal, it still plans on taking actions toward waste reduction, energy efficiency UC Davis is known as an environmentally-conscious university, therefore it comes as little surprise that that university, alongside the entire UC system, has been working on the “Zero Waste 2020” initiative […]

The organization is in the process of finding new counselors passionate about the cause  Camp Kesem is a national nonprofit organization that holds week-long summer camps for children ages six to 18 who have parents with cancer or who have been affected by a parent’s cancer. The organization is made possible entirely by the efforts […]

Students at West Village share conflicting experiences In the search for off-campus housing, renting an apartment at West Village is a popular option for students and other members of the UC Davis community. For some, West Village is an attractive choice because of the newly-built modern apartments, pre-furnished units and amenities. Conversely, some individuals are […]

International students change more than just their location once they reach US universities Many students born with a name more complex than the English-derived “Smith” or “Johnson” have experienced moments of embarrassment or discomfort as teachers or peers attempt to say their name aloud. For many international students attending school in Western countries, there is […]

Outages in Davis on Oct. 27 caused difficulty for students The PG&E outages in California on Oct. 27 caused disruption in students’ schedules and closed down stores including Save Mart and the Safeway in North Davis.  Some students, like second-year anthropology and history major Dhanya Indraganti, dealt with additional problems besides the lack of power. […]

Current vice president talks all things ASUCD — from fee referendum to UCPath and future of association Shreya Deshpande sat on a wooden bench outside of Wellman Hall facing the quad, returning waves to students they recognized every five minutes. People come up to Deshpande, and they respond warmly, ensuring that everyone who passed by […]

Many hope that low ASUCD voter turnout is on the upswing ASUCD’s last election — the Winter Elections — saw a voter turnout of 5,892 students, accounting for approximately 20% of the student population. Prior elections, however, have seen voter turnouts as low as 4%. Voter turnout for student government has been a constant struggle […]

Minimum wage in California will be set to $15 by 2022, making it more costly to pay employees An increase in prices at the CoHo at the start of Fall Quarter have drawn student backlash — “I don’t feel like [the increase] is fair, looking at how much we pay for tuition,” said Yara Habeeb, […]

Prytanean, Phi Beta Kappa among most commonly joined organizations at UC Davis Cayley Chan, a second-year environmental policy analysis and planning major and member of the Prytanean Women’s Honor Society said she sought out the society because of her interest in finding a group of distinguished young women who support one another and give back […]

A look inside the minds of Davis’s diverse academic community UC Davis may be generally regarded as a STEM-focused school, but this view ignores the university’s considerably sized humanities departments. The perceived dominance of science, technology, engineering and mathematics on campus leads to interesting interactions between students of different majors — from the ways students […]