“[The campus Community Council] intends to proactively engage in community dialogue and community building,” the report states.

It will serve as a medium for communication between administrators and staff, students, alumni, emeriti and community members.

“The Campus Community Council is an important step toward greater collaboration among campus stakeholders precisely because it is so inclusive — with student, academic, staff and administrative representatives gathering regularly to address issues of importance to them,” said UC Davis Spokesperson Barry Shiller in an e-mail interview.

The task force report also calls for “external review of UC Davis police department protocols and procedures,” which the University responded to by involving the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) to review Police Department operations.

In the event of another future large scale incident, the task force recommended the development of National Incident Management System/Standardized Emergency Management System compliant procedures and protocols to establish uniform procedures to assist in properly managing the event.

The University will also review its Principles of Community so that it is better implemented and will create a system wide inter-agency support system that would require the support of campus decisions by parties who are involved or responding.

Kase Wheatley, a sustainable agriculture and food systems junior and a student who was pepper-sprayed, is not convinced of the University’s efforts.

“It’s the same thing every year… they come up with ‘recommendations’ to make the campus a ‘safer’ place then they slap the word ‘community’ or sustainable on whatever the change in policy is,” he said.

Kroll Report recommendations are also included in the proposed action plans. They underscore the importance in the establishment of a well-defined structure of operating rules for leadership through identifying what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable protest behavior and scheduling formal meetings.

Shiller said improving campus protest management is a top priority for administrators.

“It clearly also matters a great deal to students, faculty, staff and the entire UC Davis community. Clearer, contemporary protest management policies, police reforms and better administrative coordination and decision-making protocols are all important steps in ensuring that our community never again experiences what occurred last November,” he said.

Edley and Robinson met with students and staff in public forums at various UC campuses to discuss the 50 recommendations which will remain public for three weeks to allow time for public comment before they are implemented.

ASUCD’s newest scholarship aims at trying to alleviate financial burdens that nearly every undergraduate student experiences.

The scholarship consists of four $500 scholarships and three $1,000 scholarships and is given out during Fall and Spring Quarter. Eligibility for the scholarships consists of being in good academic standing (at least a 2.0 GPA), having no current disciplinary sanctions and being a returning undergraduate student.

Students who have various skills and achievements, such as exceptional leadership capabilities or are a first generation college student or who have provided service to the community, are encouraged to apply.

“This is our association’s attempt to lift financial burdens off of students,” said third-year political science, international relations and human rights major and ASUCD Vice President Yena Bae. “We’re trying to put money back into student’s pockets.”

The original endowment for the scholarships was started in 1999 with a $50,000 transfer of funds from the ASUCD Reserves to the ASUCD Awards Endowment Fund. Ten percent of the accrued surplus at the end of each fiscal year is transferred to the scholarship fund to be allotted to scholarship winners.

Up until last year the endowment had been somewhat forgotten.

“For the past four years it kind of got pushed off to the side,”  Bae said.

Last spring, former ASUCD Vice President Bree Rombi and former Senator Andre Lee kick-started and helped pass Senate Bill 63 which brought back the scholarships and created the ASUCD Scholarship Committee.

“It is a great opportunity for undergrads,” said Publications Coordinator at the Internship and Career Center (ICC) Stephanie Perla.

The Scholarship Committee goes over each applicant’s submission individually to decide whether they want to have the applicant come in for a face-to-face interview. Fall Quarter had nearly 400 applicants for the scholarship.

The scholarships were created with the idea that all students should have a chance to win one. AB-540 students can also apply for the scholarship.

“I think that ASUCD did a great job in including all undergraduate students in the scholarships,” said sophomore chemistry major and Judge for Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) Oliver Fong.

The ASUCD Senate is now starting a campaign to try to raise more money for their scholarship funds. Senate Bill 18 officially started the campaign.

All applications for the ASUCD Scholarship are due by May 8 and can be sent in via asucd.ucdavis.edu/scholarships.

MAX GARRITY RUSSER can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Meeting called to order at 5:17 p.m.
Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present, arrived late, left early
Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present
Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, present
Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present
Bradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, present
Justin Goss, ASUCD senator, present
Anni Kimball, ASUCD senator, present
Paul Min, ASUCD senator, present
Don Gilbert, ASUCD senator, present
Joyce Han, ASUCD senator, present
Erica Padgett, ASUCD senator, present
Beatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, present
Patrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, present
Yara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, present

Appointments and Confirmations
Josh Oelfat was appointed to City and County Affairs.

Presentations
Don Ho said Creative Media is trying to add three new programmers and graphic designers, which would cost Creative Media $31,000. They are also looking to new ways to bring in income. He said they are working on the branding of ASUCD. He said they were thinking about pooling the publicity line items from other units together to get the $31,000.

A representative from Aggie Pack gave a presentation on the unit. Goss asked why the Aggie Pack Firetruck was not completely fixed by Picnic Day, as the senate table had been promised.

Executive director UCSA Matt Haney and president of UCSA Claudia Magana gave a presentation on the group. They discussed the history and the goals of UCSA along with its victories over the past couple of years. They mentioned that the day of action will be May 17 in Sacramento and they have been meeting with the UC Office of the President regularly. They summarized their projects and goals for this year. Internal Affairs Commission Chair Sergio Cano asked what they wanted Davis to do in relation to their presentation. Haney said that ultimately they would like Davis to re-join UCSA, but that all Davis students are invited to lobby with UCSA whenever they would like.

Unit Director Reports
Madeline Soriano, director of Cal Aggie Camp, said training weekend was last weekend. She said that they have 46 new staff this year. She said they are more than halfway full for campers.

Public Discussion
Wendy Lu said that the ASUCD Fair is on Wednesday.

Crisologo Smith said he does not think budget hearings should be held on Whole Earth Festival weekend and that it would be rude to do to WEF coordinators — especially because WEF is an ASUCD unit.

Controller Melanie Maemura said that this conversation was taking away from the importance of budget hearings and that Budget Hearings unfortunately had to be scheduled for that weekend so senators would have enough time to discuss the budget.

Meeting adjourned at 12:43 a.m.
Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu.

HANNAH STRUMWASSER compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.