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Divestment resolution to be introduced next week Nearly 50 people joined a “die-in” staged by the UC Davis chapter of the Armenian Students’ Association (ASA) last Friday on the Quad to commemorate the centennial anniversary of the Armenian Genocide of 1915. ASA members covered the cement plaza north of the Quad with posters and books […]

After a whirlwind week in ASUCD, Mariah Watson looked to bring some tranquility back to the association in the form of a familiar face. Watson, the ASUCD president, named Gareth Smythe as her new vice president today. Smythe fills the void left by former vice president Robyn Huey, who was elected in the Winter ASUCD election with Watson […]

Proposal to reduce flood risk by 2016 With levee structures that were built hundreds of years ago by farmers, the infrastructure does not meet new safety standards set by the state. Sacramento Area Flood Control Agency (SAFCA) hopes to begin improvement on the levees to address problem areas that do not meet the new 200-year […]

With the deadline for the executive office’s budget proposal quickly approaching, newly seated ASUCD president Mariah Watson is gearing up to draft a minimum of $50,000 in budget cuts. Watson must provide a comprehensive set of budget recommendations by week six of this quarter. As a result of senate’s passage of Senate Bill 46 (SB46) […]

Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015 to save average borrower $2,000 over lifespan of their loan On March 18, Congressman John Garamendi (D-Fairfield, CA) co-sponsored the Bank on Students Emergency Loan Refinancing Act of 2015. The act would allow borrowers of both public and private student loans, borrowed before July 1, 2015, to refinance […]

The Ins and Outs of International Competition All it takes is one glance around the warm-up ring at an FEI competition to know that international events make up a whole new league. There is no time for friendly conversation as I watch horses and riders that I’ve idolized since childhood trot by. Showing at this […]

Yolo County Coroner’s Office performed an autopsy yesterday confirming what police had suspected was a murder-suicide on March 27. Whitney Engler, 27 — a fourth-year veterinary student at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine who was expected to graduate this year — and her roommate Joseph Hein, 23, were found dead on the […]

Solar farm to reduce energy consumption by 15 percent over the next five years The Sacramento International Airport plans to install two 15-acre solar farms to provide power for its operations that will potentially save the airport $15 million on energy within the next 20 years. Additionally it will reduce its energy use by 15 […]

Men’s basketball wins against UC Riverside, captures Big West Conference Championship The magic number was one for the UC Davis men’s basketball team coming into their March 5 game against UC Riverside. Needing just one victory over their last two games to win the Big West Conference regular season title, UC Davis men’s basketball was […]

UC Davis researchers, CalTrout partner to restore salmon populations, create wetland habitat   Agriculture is a water dependent industry that has faced challenges posed by the current drought. The Nigiri Project, a pilot study involving researchers from UC Davis, examines how flooded rice fields can be used to create wetland habitat to raise salmon. This […]

UC Davis’ Baha’i Club kicks off a campaign promoting the right to education for those of Baha’i faith Murmuring amongst themselves, individuals seated in a lecture hall in the UC Davis School of Law begin to hush as the film To Light a Candle begins. Some eyes widen slightly in preparation, and others hold their […]

Formal report projected to be concluded in 2017 Scientists of the U.S. Geological Survey (USGS) have been working on an ongoing project in the Cache Creek settling basin, near Woodland, to investigate the presence of sediment and mercury trapped in the basin. The Cache Creek settling basin is of particular interest to the USGS as […]