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The Davis Police Department (DPD) and the UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) are both advocating bicycle safety through programs designed to educate the public about bicycle laws and safety practices. The DPD conducted a Bicycle Safety Education and Enforcement Operation during the week of Jan. 9. Due to the increased patrolling around areas […]

The latest exhibition at the Pence Gallery in downtown Davis, Between the Quotes, is a rare treat for many art students. They will have an opportunity to see work from their professors. It is a unique look at the types of work the art department faculty produces. “It gives the community a chance to see […]

The California Supreme Court recently ruled on two state assembly bills regarding the status of the state’s redevelopment agencies. The California Supreme Court decided on Dec. 29 to uphold Assembly Bill 26 (AB1X 26) and to strike down Assembly Bill 27 (AB1X 27). AB1X 26 eliminates redevelopment agencies while AB1X 27 would have allowed redevelopment […]

On Friday, a group of students blocked the door of US Bank, located in the Memorial Union (MU). At approximately 12:30 p.m. the students sat down on the ground in front of the bank and held a discussion about corporate ownership on campus. The group of around 20 students originally blocked a student from getting […]

UC Davis students built a life-sized Guantánamo Bay prison cell on the Quad on Wednesday to mark the 10-year anniversary of the prison’s opening. Almerindo E. Ojeda, UC Davis Director of the Center for the Study of Human Rights in the Americas, responded to students’ wishes to protest against the maintenance of the Guantánamo Bay […]

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. […]

Students arrived at campus the first day of the quarter to find the infamous Egghead statues had been “pepper sprayed.” The statues, created by sculptor Robert Arneson, had been spray painted with what appeared to be orange spray paint, clearly intended to represent the pepper spray incident of Nov. 18.  Statues in front of Shields […]

As Winter quarter begins, participants of the UC Davis occupy movement have made plans to re-occupy the Quad on Thursday and continue their presence on campus. Following the recent 81 percent tuition increase proposal and demonstration of police brutality toward student protesters on West Quad the week of Nov. 14, encampments were established to represent […]

On Tuesday evening, Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi held a town hall meeting to give faculty and staff a chance to ask questions and voice their opinions about the pepper spray incident on campus. The meeting took place in Freeborn Hall. Faculty and staff ranging from Ph.D. students to tenured professors spoke. Molecular and cell biology […]

After a general strike on Monday, students have continued to occupy Dutton Hall, which houses university services such as the Cashier’s Office and the Financial Aid Office. Over 15 tents were set up outside and inside Dutton Hall Tuesday night. According to the Cashier’s Office, it was still open on Tuesday, and let people in at […]

On Monday, UC Davis students took part in a systemwide general strike, which was organized by Occupy UC Davis. The strike was against tuition increases and was intended to shut down the UC Regents meeting, which took place at UCLA, UC Merced, UCSF and UC Davis. Many students chose to participate in the strike and […]

A non-violent, campuswide strike has been declared for today, as voted on by 99.5 percent of the 1,729 person Occupy UC Davis General Assembly last Monday; it has been set to coincide with the statewide UC Regents meeting. The strike — which according to the general assembly is protesting the Board of Regents’ inadequacy to […]