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Commentary: White Privilege and Never Again

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 15, 2016
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Commentary: White Privilege and Never Again

While I was born nearly 30 years after the Holocaust, I think every American Jew has to grapple with heav ...

While I was born nearly 30 years after the Holocaust, I think every American Jew has to grapple with heavy existential questions. For me the moment hit when I studied the Holocaust in Israel in high ...

December 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Sunday Commentary: Shutting Down Those You Disagree With Is Not the Answer

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: December 11, 2016
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Sunday Commentary: Shutting Down Those You Disagree With Is Not the Answer

In a quote often attributed to Voltaire, he said, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will d ...

In a quote often attributed to Voltaire, he said, “I do not agree with what you have to say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it.” It is a creed I have long lived by, believing that p ...

December 11, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Letter From UCD Student Groups Opposing Milo Yiannopoulos

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: December 10, 2016
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Letter From UCD Student Groups Opposing Milo Yiannopoulos

Editor's Note: This letter was submitted to the Davis Vanguard. "Milo Yiannopoulos is coming to UC Davis ...

Editor's Note: This letter was submitted to the Davis Vanguard. "Milo Yiannopoulos is coming to UC Davis on January 13th to speak at an event hosted by the Davis College Republicans. The campus commu ...

December 10, 2016
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Letter Calls For UCD to Become a Sanctuary Campus

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 18, 2016
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Letter Calls For UCD to Become a Sanctuary Campus

Letter to President Napolitano and Chancellor Hexter From Hart Hall Chairs and Directors Given the rece ...

Letter to President Napolitano and Chancellor Hexter From Hart Hall Chairs and Directors Given the recent presidential election results and the selected cabinet and transition team, we urgently call ...

November 18, 2016
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UC Alum Letter Decries Anti-Israel Political Indoctrination in UC Classrooms

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: November 03, 2016
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UC Alum Letter Decries Anti-Israel Political Indoctrination in UC Classrooms

590 UC Alumni Send Letter to UC President Decrying Anti-Israel Political Indoctrination in UC Classrooms ...

590 UC Alumni Send Letter to UC President Decrying Anti-Israel Political Indoctrination in UC Classrooms on November 2, 2016 (From Press Release) -– Alums for Campus Fairness (ACF) sent a letter signe ...

November 03, 2016
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UCD Alum Establishes Transgender Health Organization

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: July 19, 2016
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UCD Alum Establishes Transgender Health Organization

By Jerika L.H. 2016 has been a big year for Lotus Dao. Along with bringing new meaning to the term ambiti ...

By Jerika L.H. 2016 has been a big year for Lotus Dao. Along with bringing new meaning to the term ambitious, the 2012 UC Davis graduate is taking on the medical empire with a Master’s in tow with his ...

July 19, 2016
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Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Gives Commencement Address for UCD Law

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: May 15, 2016
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Civil Rights Hero John Lewis Gives Commencement Address for UCD Law

On March 7, 1965, John Lewis was attacked and beaten by Alabama State Troopers as he and a group of prote ...

On March 7, 1965, John Lewis was attacked and beaten by Alabama State Troopers as he and a group of protesters attempted to cross Edmund Pettis Bridge in an incident that became known as Bloody Sunday ...

May 15, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Unitrans Employees Develop a Safe Space Campaign To Raise Awareness of Passenger Safety

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|Date: May 05, 2016
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Unitrans Employees Develop a Safe Space Campaign To Raise Awareness of Passenger Safety

by Breanna Pasqua Unitrans student employees will be conducting a “Safe Space Initiative” campaign on May ...

by Breanna Pasqua Unitrans student employees will be conducting a “Safe Space Initiative” campaign on May 10th and 11th from 9:00 AM to 6:00 PM. Unitrans has always taken pride in the safe and friend ...

May 05, 2016
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Commentary: UC’s Enrollment Policies Have Far-Reaching Local Implications

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 31, 2016
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Commentary: UC’s Enrollment Policies Have Far-Reaching Local Implications

While the state audit’s report was not necessarily surprising, many were caught off guard by just how sta ...

While the state audit’s report was not necessarily surprising, many were caught off guard by just how stark UC's enrollment policy is. The policy has far-reaching implications on a local level, impact ...

March 31, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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UCD Investigating Racist Fliers Sent to Printers

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 27, 2016
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UCD Investigating Racist Fliers Sent to Printers

UC Davis is investigating the discovery of racist and anti-Semitic fliers received Friday on several netw ...

UC Davis is investigating the discovery of racist and anti-Semitic fliers received Friday on several networked campus printers. Similar fliers have been sent to printers at other UC Campuses, as well ...

March 27, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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UC Employees Remove Gender Neutral Bathroom Signs

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 24, 2016
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UC Employees Remove Gender Neutral Bathroom Signs

By Jerika L.H. Students, community members and political activists have expressed disappointment over the ...

By Jerika L.H. Students, community members and political activists have expressed disappointment over the removal of gender neutral bathroom signs by several administrative employees of Mrak Hall. For ...

March 24, 2016
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UC Regents Unanimously Pass Amended Version of Intolerance Policy

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 24, 2016
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UC Regents Unanimously Pass Amended Version of Intolerance Policy

The UC Board of Regents threaded the needle on Wednesday, passing a policy that was able to state that an ...

The UC Board of Regents threaded the needle on Wednesday, passing a policy that was able to state that anti-Semitism had no place on college campuses but stopped short of the controversial policy that ...

March 24, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Will the UC Regents Adopt Controversial Statement Against Intolerance?

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 23, 2016
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Will the UC Regents Adopt Controversial Statement Against Intolerance?

This week once again the UC Regents are meeting to discuss and potentially vote on a policy statement tha ...

This week once again the UC Regents are meeting to discuss and potentially vote on a policy statement that they are calling: "Statement of Principles Against Intolerance." The statement seeks to oppos ...

March 23, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Phajaan: One Dixon Woman’s Fight against Animal Abuse

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 05, 2016
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Phajaan: One Dixon Woman’s Fight against Animal Abuse

by Jerika L.H. *Trigger Warning: content contains descriptions of violent animal abuse We’ve all seen the ...

by Jerika L.H. *Trigger Warning: content contains descriptions of violent animal abuse We’ve all seen the coveted travel pictures – people posing with tigers in India, taking selfies with Madagascan l ...

March 05, 2016
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Stand for Me: Student Confronted by Hate and Indifference on Unitrans

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: March 04, 2016
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Stand for Me: Student Confronted by Hate and Indifference on Unitrans

Editor's Note: A YouTube video has surfaced this week in which an African American UC Davis student gets ...

Editor's Note: A YouTube video has surfaced this week in which an African American UC Davis student gets onto a Unitrans bus and is confronted by a long barrage of harassment, in which a man repeatedl ...

March 04, 2016
| by Vanguard Administrator

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Chancellor Responds to Black Student Demands

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: March 02, 2016
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Chancellor Responds to Black Student Demands

In a letter on Monday to the UC Davis African Diaspora Student Community, Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, ...

In a letter on Monday to the UC Davis African Diaspora Student Community, Chancellor Linda Katehi wrote, “It is an essential responsibility of the University of California Davis and its leaders to do ...

March 02, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Local Artist Merges Culture and Politics

Posted by Vanguard Administrator
|Date: February 29, 2016
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Local Artist Merges Culture and Politics

by Jerika L.H. Sprawled across a colorful digital canvas, Chucha Marquez leaves his mark and message. “No ...

by Jerika L.H. Sprawled across a colorful digital canvas, Chucha Marquez leaves his mark and message. “No te rajes” (Don’t give up) speaks not only to his personal history of self and social explorati ...

February 29, 2016
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My View: Demands of Black Students Should Be Evaluated on Their Merits

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 27, 2016
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My View: Demands of Black Students Should Be Evaluated on Their Merits

Every time a racial issue occurs in our own community there are a number of parallel conversations that t ...

Every time a racial issue occurs in our own community there are a number of parallel conversations that take place. First is a discussion about to what extent the racial incident was actually a racial ...

February 27, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2016
| (2) Comments

Snowden Attorney Speaks at UCD Law School about Democracy in an Era of Mass Surveillance

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the ...

On Tuesday, Ben Wizner, an ACLU attorney best known for representing Edward Snowden, was a speaker at the UC Davis Law School’s speaker series on surveillance, talking about the Edward Snowden case – ...

February 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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Community Stands with UCD Students in Response to Hate Incidents

Posted by David Greenwald
|Date: February 26, 2016
| (32) Comments

Community Stands with UCD Students in Response to Hate Incidents

by Brandon Buchanan, The Culture Co-op, Edwin Edebiri, Leanne Friedman, Nathan Ellstrand, Tracy Fauver, D ...

by Brandon Buchanan, The Culture Co-op, Edwin Edebiri, Leanne Friedman, Nathan Ellstrand, Tracy Fauver, David Greenwald, Alexandra Lee-Jobe, David Lichtenhan, Gloria Partida and Tracy Tomasky Many wil ...

February 26, 2016
| by David Greenwald

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