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Two Police Officers On Administrative Leave After Friday's Pepper Spray Incident

November 20, 2011 - 4:39pm

Two Police Officers are on adiminstrative leave after the pepper spraying of non-violent protestors on the UC Davis Quad Friday afternoon. A press conference was held yesterday to address the events and was announced early Sunday afternoon. Hundreds of protestors used SMS, twitter, and facebook to gather with only an hour's or so notice.

Yesterday, Chancellor Linda Katehi and UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza held a press conference to announce their response to Friday's events. At the press conference, Chancellor Katehi issued a statement before answering questions with Chief Spicuzza. Meanwhile, protestors gathered outside of the building after being denied entrance to the small room in which the press conference took place.

From inside the press conference, protestors could be heard banging on the building and chanting. 20 minutes into the press conference, protestors entered the building and the press conference ended early. After demanding that the conference move to the SciLec so that that students could participate, the protestors moved out of the building and surrounded Surge II, where the conference was held.

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KDVS News Special

November 20, 2011 - 2:55am

KDVS will be airing a half hour special looking at the events of the past week at 2pm on Monday, November 21st, 2011.

Tune in to hear coverage of everything from the rally on Tuesday to the press conference yesterday.

The broadcast will also be uploaded to the website.

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Mrak Demonstrators Kicked Out

November 16, 2011 - 6:32pm

Demonstrators inside Mrak Hall were evicted earlier this afternoon after administrators closed at 2:30pm, two and a half hours earlier than the regular public closing time. The demonstrators called for and held a general assembly later in the evening at 4:45pm to determine further actions.

Administrators evacuated the Mrak Hall staff at roughly 2:00pm and then proceded to close the building to the public at 2:30pm. It was at this point that the administration and 30 or so police, some of who were in riot gear, confronted the 18 or so demonstrators that had been in Mrak since yesterday afternoon. The demonstrators left the building after a short informal discussion.

Police outisde of Mrak, earlier this afternoon. -Sophia Kamran

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UC Davis Strikes - 11.15.2011

November 15, 2011 - 9:18pm

What started as a rally on the UC Davis quad evolved into a student occupation of Mrak Hall, the administrative building on the UC Davis campus. Students are currently occupying the building, which the administration has decided to leave open for the time being.

The UC Strike Rally on the UC Davis Quad.

Starting at 12pm noon earlier today, students and faculty gathered around a stage and public address system set up in the East Quad of the UC Davis campus. A crowd that grew to over 500 people listened to various speakers ranging from undergrads to professors who spoke on issues ranging from policy brutality at various occupy movements around the country to austerity measures that have caused increases in student fees and program cuts.

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KDVS New Volunteer Meetings

September 19, 2011 - 11:44am

Come to the KDVS New Volunteer Meetings and find out what you can do for your station!

It's as easy as showing up at 7pm on October 4th or 5th in Wellman 106. Come meet some of our staff and the newest class of prospective DJs.

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KDVS is back on the air!

July 27, 2011 - 9:37am

KDVS is now back on the air! Tune in 90.3fm and kdvs.org.

A contractor on campus cut a major power line and left the scene of the incident, forcing University officials to search for the damaged line using troubleshooting. The contractors are now working closely with the University to make sure this doesn't happen again during the course of construction.

KDVS was off the air on and off from 4:40pm to about 8:30pm on July 26th as intermitent power outages took the station off the air. The General Manager and Chief Engineer decided to take the station off of the air until the station had stabilized, worried that the constant power fluctuations would damage equipment.

UC Davis Facilities and management was not responsible for the power outage and is now making sure that the private contractors on campus operate under their direct supervisions to prevent another power outage of this nature.

Thank you for your understanding.