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A brand new, real-time smartphone application was unveiled last Wednesday night at the UC Davis Law School at King Hall. Seventy-five to 100 participants were hosted at a presidential debate viewing party and were invited to cast their live reactions to the debate via the app. Co-founder Amber Boydstun, an assistant professor of political science […]

The UC system is going mobile through the newly launched Onward California program, which aims to enhance understanding of UC contributions and innovations. The tour, which is visiting UC campuses across California and surrounding areas, stopped at the East Quad on campus Thursday, after stopping at the Davis Farmers Market the day before. The colorful […]

UC Davis is celebrating 100 years of Pajamarino on Friday! In 1912, pajama-clad undergraduates snuck out of their dorms to welcome returning alumni at the train station in Downtown Davis the night before homecoming. The event, which is being organized by the Cal Aggie Student Alumni Association, aims to connect and engage current students, alumni […]

On Sunday, Davis will be seeing more people than usual on the block. Davis Neighbors’ Night Out (DNNO), an event sponsored by the City of Davis and ASUCD, will be in full swing from noon to 7 p.m. According to Stacey Winton, the community coordinator for the City of Davis, DNNO is a program that […]

Students, alumni and American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) attorneys gathered on the UC Davis Quad Sept. 26 to discuss a recent settlement between the University and the plaintiffs of last November’s pepper spray incident. The settlement, approved by the UC Board of Regents in a mid-September meeting, would distribute $1 million: $630,000 to the 21 […]

Plastic bags: In January 2011, UC Davis banned plastic bags on campus, encouraging its students to use reusable bags and charging 25 cents for single-use plastic carryout bags. On Sept. 19, Gov. Jerry Brown signed a measure that prolongs Senate Bill (SB) 1219 until Jan. 1, 2020. It was set to sunset on Jan. 1, […]

The University of California will pay approximately $1 million to settle the pepper spray lawsuit, according to the settlement that was submitted yesterday for court approval. Plaintiffs of the case will be paid $630,000 ($30,000 each) and $250,000 will be paid to attorney and legal fees. The American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) will be paid […]

On the morning of Sept. 7, volunteers looking for 19-year-old UC Davis student Linnea Lomax discovered a decomposing body near the banks of the American River near Sacramento State. Hours later, it was confirmed the body was Lomax’s. Lomax went missing on June 26 after leaving an outpatient treatment facility. She had previously spent 12 […]

Beginning from the Redwood Empire near Eureka, UC Davis third-year law student Michael Murza will endure a five-day, 320-mile bike tour from Sept. 9 to 13 before crossing the San Francisco Golden Gate Bridge in the final leg of Climate Ride California. “I have chosen to participate in Climate Ride California because it is one […]

The Sierra Club’s Sierra magazine recently ranked UC Davis as America’s number one coolest school in its sixth annual ranking of the greenest colleges in the nation. Three years ago UCD ranked 24th, two years ago, 16th and last year, eighth. “At UC Davis, sustainability is one of our core values,” said UCD Chancellor Linda […]

On July 18, the UC Board of Regents voted to raise the supplemental tuition for most of its graduate school programs by as much as 35 percent. Taking the brunt of the measure will be the UC system’s four nursing school programs, which will all see tuition increases of 35 percent. Most of the other […]

If Proposition 30 does not pass in this fall’s election, UC students could face a 20 percent increase in the middle of this year. Proposition 30, proposed by California Governor Jerry Brown, conventionally known as the Schools and Local Public Safety Protection Act of 2012, promises to raise between $6.8 billion, according to the Legislative […]