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KDVS News and Aggie TV Present: The Year in Review: Pepper Spray Incident Forum DIscussion Friday November 30th 4:30-6:00PM

KDVS News and Aggie TV are collaborating to provide a platform for mulit-perspective, integrated discussion on the infamous Pepper Spray incident of November 18th, 2012. Both KDVS News and Aggie TV were highly involved in coverage of this event, and we believe it would be valuable to use the anniversary as an opportunity to re-open discourse on the very relevant issues represented by this event.

This panel discussion will air on November 30th from 4:30-6:00PM live on KDVS 90.3FM and kdvs.org. Video coverage will be provided by AggieTV, and will be made available at aggietv.org.

We will be hosting representatives from many sides on this issue. Staff, administration, student government, and student organizers will all participate in order to structure this as a productive discussion.The Pepper Spray Incident has had far-reaching effects for UC Davis and the way our campus deals with student demonstrations. This forum will highlight how this single incident has affected students and the entire community, and how things have changed in the year following it. We are inviting members of the Davis community to submit questions for the panelists.

KDVS News Broadcast 10/12...listen here

Did you miss out on Friday's KDVS News Broadcast? Check it out here, we're usurping the FSRN timeslot today to bring you some homegrown stories.
http://kdvs.org/show-info/2321

Friday, October 5th KDVS News Broadcast

Check out this week's News Broadcast, put together by our new interns, Kylie and Danae. Featuring student interviews, information on upcoming events, and some sweet, sweet music. Looky here: http://kdvs.org/show-info/2275

KDVS News: Occupy Monsanto 9/17

KDVS News has produced a special broadcast interview with three representatives of Occupy Sacramento who have been working to prepare for the September 17 action against Monsanto here in Davis, California. Check it out here, along with the press release about thie movement's participation in the international shutdown Monsanto action on Monday.

UC Davis occupiers mobilize, ban UC administration from entering Cross Cultural Center

by Ramon Solis

Davis – Approximately 50 protestors have reoccupied the former Cross CulturalCenter January 24 at the University of California, Davis. For now, this is where the UCD Occupy movement is headquartered.

Various proposals were passed at considerable speed, reflective either of the fact
that many of the protestors who were present have been seasoned General Assembly
participants or that the movement has been slow to attract newer members who would
not be familiar with the process.

One such proposal was to bar police, corporate media, the Freedom of Expression
team, and members of the UC administration, including Chancellor Katehi and campus
mediators, from entering the occupied building. “What [the Freedom of Expression
Team] are essentially are snitches for the administration,” said one protestor during this
week’s General Assembly.

“Allowing UC administration into our space would be predicated on the idea
that there is anything to negotiate, which is false,” said Natalia Kresich, occupier and

Ballot initiative seeks fundamental changes in affording state higher education

Grassroots ballot initiative set to make California colleges free

by Ramon Solis 

Higher education in California just might be easier to reach. A group of high school students from two Oakland high schools have started a ballot initiative to make undergraduate tuition free at the University of California and the California State University. To qualify, undergraduate students must maintain at least a 2.7 GPA or commit 70 hours of community service.

The initiative would increase taxes on those making $250,000 or more from 9.3 to 10 percent. Taxes on those making over $500,000 would also increase from 9.3 to 11 percent.

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