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VOLUME 131, NUMBER 41
News iN Brief
Federal court upholds California affirmative action ban The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upheld Proposition 209, the state’s ban on using race, ethnicity and gender in college admissions for public colleges and universities yesterday. The ruling marked the second time this court has turned back a challenge to California’s voter initiative Prop 209, which was passed in 1996. Proponents of affirmative action requested that the court reconsider its 1997 decision after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled in 2003 that affirmative action could be used in admissions decisions, and said they would continue their fight. Attorney George B. Washington, who is representing the minority students and advocacy groups that filed the latest challenge to Prop 209, said he would ask the full appellate court to review the case since this decision was issued by a threejudge panel. In its ruling, the court rejected the plaintiffs’ arguments that a new ruling is needed and said the previous decision still applies. At least six states have adopted bans on using affirmative action in state college admissions decisions. Other than California, they include Michigan, Arizona, Nebraska, Oklahoma and Washington. — Angela Swartz
Summer Abroad expedited enrollment this week This week, students can apply for UC Davis Summer Abroad and secure their spot in one day. The UC Davis Summer Abroad program is usually 4 weeks and students receive 8 units. The programs are led by UC faculty. There are still spots open in programs in Argentina, Australia, the United Kingdom, Chile and more. For more information, students can visit summerabroad.ucdavis.edu or the UC Davis Summer Abroad Office located in the UC Davis Education Abroad Center on the corner of Third and A Street. The expedited enrollment deadline is this Friday. — Hannah Strumwasser
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TUESDAY, APRIL 3, 2012
Students reveal best lesser-known jobs on campus Drive golf carts, plan children’s fair, repair buses
Evan Davis / Aggie
Odd jobs around campus range from route supervisors for Unitrans to working as an assistant for the Veterinary Medical Teaching Hospital.
By DEVON BOHART Aggie Associate Editor
Bus driver, ASUCD Coffee House vendor and Dining Commons worker are only a few of the various jobs held by UC Davis students on
campus. There are even more jobs held by students that are less common to the public eye. While it is almost common knowledge that students are the bus drivers for Unitrans, they are also the mechanics that service the buses and the instructors that test the drivers of the
various buses. It is also students’ jobs to ensure that all is running smoothly; these students are referred to as route supervisors.
See JOBS, page 5
CSU freezes Spring 2013 enrollment System will reduce enrollment further if tax increase fails students in Fall 2013 if Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed tax increases are not approved by voters in November, officials added. “I fear that I will not gain admission to my local CSU if Brown’s tax proposal does not pass,” said David Owen, a junior at San Diego High School. “Without funding they can’t possibly cater to all of the Irisa Tam / Aggie qualified students in the region, including myself.” Brown’s proposal, informal-
By SARA ISLAS
Aggie News Writer
California State University (CSU) will cancel spring admissions for the 2013 year in an attempt to lower CSU-wide enrollment by 16,000 students. The reduction is part of a drastic cost-cutting effort that has been initiated in response to the recent budget cuts, said CSU officials at a Regents meeting in San Francisco last month. CSU will have to reduce enrollment by up to 25,000
ly known as the Millionaire’s Tax, calls for a sales tax increase in order to pull more revenue from high earners, particularly millionaires. Backed by labor unions and students, the plan would raise sales tax by a quarter cent and expire after four years. It would also raise personal income tax for people earning more than $250,000 a year. State finance officials estimate the tax measure would bring in about $9 billion into the state’s general fund the first year and $7.1 billion each succeeding year. The 23 CSU campuses, which have collectively faced budget cuts totaling up to $750 million in the past year, will lose $200 mil-
Education for Sustainable Living Program offered Spring quarter Students can receive units while learning about local sustainability By MICHELLE MURPHY Aggie News Writer
Sustainability has been an increasingly hot topic in recent years throughout many California universities, and at UC Davis the Campus Center for the Environment (CCE) aims to promote environmental awareness and a sustain-
able lifestyle. This quarter, UC Davis students can participate in the Education for Sustainable Living Program (ESLP), a two-unit seminar series that provides students with the opportunity to listen
Forecast Mother nature is throwing a curveball at us this week with the shower chance and the partial cloudiness, but it makes for more interesting small talk ... if you’re into that sort of thing. Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team
to dis-tinguished guest lecturers and learn more about sustainability in Davis and across California. “The class is Irisa Tam / Aggie a combination
See CCE, page 6 Wednesday
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lion more if the governor’s tax increases are not passed. Reducing enrollment is the key component of the 417,000-student system’s plan to survive in the wake of more cuts. The uncertainty of the situation has left CSU administration to guess the number of students it can afford to admit and the number of employees it can afford to pay. “It’s made planning very difficult — and it’s made serving our students as they ought to be served very challenging,” said Robert Turnage, CSU’s chief budget administrator, during a press conference at the Capitol last week.
See CSU, page 5
ICC’s Countdown to summer! How many times were you asked during spring break if you had a job or internship for the summer? Did the question raise your stress level? Did it make you want to hide or go back to sleep? For many, the process of landing a position is daunting and easily brushed aside for more pressing issues like getting into classes for Spring quarter, buying books and reconnecting with friends. Help is available! The labor market is tight, but there are companies and organizations that want to hire UC Davis students. There are simple steps you can take to be one that is selected and make progress on your professional path. This is the first in a 10-week series called “Countdown
See ICC, page 5
How to make it through the first week of the new quarter: utilize all of the facilities in which you can purchase coffee. Amanda Nguyen