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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 […]

As Tuesday came to a close, protesters continued to occupy the UC Davis Quad. Student EMTs worked to organize a schedule for the medical tent. Others tried to decide what to do with their tents over Thanksgiving break. Students not involved in the protest took time out of their day to ask protesters about the […]

The UC Davis Quad has been reoccupied following a rally of around 5,000 people on Monday at noon. The rally was held in solidarity with non-violent student protesters who were pepper sprayed during a protest on Friday. The East Quad was completely covered in students, alumni and community members listening to speeches made by students […]

Two unnamed UC Davis Police officers have been placed on administrative leave, according to a statement issued by the UC Davis News Service on Sunday morning. This followed a press conference on Saturday, where UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi addressed police activity during a protest that took place on the UC Davis Quad on […]

On Tuesday, a strike approved by the UC Davis Faculty Association took place on the Quad, bringing almost 2,000 students, workers and faculty together for our campus’ largest protest in recent years. The protest consisted of speeches by faculty, graduate students and undergraduates, followed by a march around campus leading to an occupation of Mrak […]

Since their occupation began Oct. 15, the participants of Occupy Davis have continued to stand in solidarity. Emma Kluge, a junior economics major, was inspired by Occupy San Francisco to coordinate Occupy Davis. The Occupy Davis site maintainer, Ian Holser, said he at first questioned why they should occupy Davis since it isn’t a symbolic […]

Last Wednesday UC Davis students gathered in the Quad to support the ReFund California Coalition. The ReFund California Coalition is a statewide movement with the intent of getting UC Regents, CSU Trustees and political and corporate leaders to sign a pledge demanding Wall Street Corporations and the “1 percent” pay for refunding public education through […]

UC Davis students elected a new round of ASUCD senators this week. Election results were announced at noon on Thursday. In order of votes, the new ASUCD senators are: 1. Justin Goss – Independent 2. Yara Zokaie – BOLD 3. Anni Kimball – BOLD 4. Patrick Sheehan – BOLD 5. Jared Crisologo-Smith – BOLD 6. […]

UC Davis is world renowned for its wine-making program. But what about its olive oil? Each November and December, the 1,250 olive trees that line the campus are harvested by the UC Davis Olive Center at the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science to create extra virgin olive oil and table olives available […]