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Monday, November 25, 2024

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New year, new DMV traffic laws

With the beginning of the new year, the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) has implemented new road rules for 2014. “Many of these new...

Design for America comes to UC Davis

Thanks to the efforts of engineering and design students, UC Davis has become one of 17 universities nationwide to be part of Design for...

Freeborn Hall to be closed summer 2014

Freeborn Hall, an on-campus lecture hall and event venue, is to be renovated due to necessary seismic updates. The hall is in critical condition...

Community organizations fundraise for Typhoon Haiyan victims

Since the onslaught of Typhoon Haiyan in the Philippines in November 2013, several organizations, businesses and prominent groups in Davis are holding fundraisers to...

Food stamp cuts hit Yolo County

On Nov. 1, more than 47 million Americans who take part in the federal food stamp program saw their monthly benefits shrink as a...

AFSCME 3299 members protest systemwide

On Nov. 20, the American Federation of State, County and Municipal Employees for the University of California (AFSCME 3299) went on a one-day Unfair...

UC Davis groundskeeper recovers lost wedding ring two years later

‘Oh , I lost my !’ is a common woe on campus. Biking during rush hour and popping in and out of constantly rotating...

UC Davis biodigester to power campus in January

In January 2014, leftover pasta and other unfinished food from the dining commons will be put to use as the newly established UC Davis...

AFSCME 3299 authorizes strike

On Nov. 1, AFSCME 3299, the union for UC service and patient care workers, voted to authorize an unfair labor practice strike over claims...

UC Davis to offer marine and coastal sciences major

Collaboration between the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory and six departments within the Colleges of Letters and Science, Biological Sciences and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences...

Shields Library to host Wikipedia Edit-a-thon

 With a dulled piece of chalk, a professor scratches a harrowing message across the blackboard for the hundredth time: “Wikipedia is not a credible...

UCDPD donates cameras to Tipsy Taxi

Tipsy Taxi, a subsidized unit of ASUCD, plans to install cameras into its vehicles by Winter Quarter 2014. According to Jay Chou, director of Tipsy...

Memorial Union Unitrans terminal to be renovated in spring

Regular Unitrans commuters can expect to see a new, modernized Memorial Union (MU) terminal come fall of 2014, following construction and renovation due to...

News in Brief: Frat house arson attempt investigation continues

The Davis Police are still investigating an arson attempt at a West Davis fraternity house, Kappa Sigma, on Nov. 3. The arson fire was...

Napolitano to allocate $15M to student programs

University of California President Janet Napolitano announced Wednesday that she would immediately allocate $15 million to programs for undocumented students, graduate students and postdoctoral...