Associated Students, UC Davis

University

University of California, Davis

Website

http://asucd.ucdavis.edu

Office

347 Memorial Union

One Shields Ave, Davis, CA, 95616

Phone

(530) 752-3632

Established

1910-12-10

Type

Undergraduate, optional graduate

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The Associated Students, University of California, Davis (ASUCD) is a term describing the undergraduate student government at UCD. All undergraduate students are dues-paying members of ASUCD, grad students can also elect to join but rarely do. Unlike all other UC student governments, ASUCD is not affiliated with The University of California Student Association (UCSA). ASUCD officially disaffiliated from UCSA on November 2nd, 2006.

Most often, the phrase "ASUCD" is used to describe the governing body of ASUCD. Similar to the US government, ASUCD has an Executive, a Legislative, and a Judicial branch. The association's $10.5 million dollar operational budget funds a host of student services such as Unitrans, KDVS, the Coffee House, Campus Copies and Classical Notes, the Bike Barn, and the Experimental College. A fundamental characteristic of ASUCD is that it is primarily student managed and staffed, employing an upwards of 1,500 students. ASUCD offers opportunities to engage in leadership activities that range from student advocacy to management and finance and to event planning. Senate meetings are open to the public, and held every Thursday during the school year, in the Mee Room (3^rd floor Memorial Union) starting at 6:10pm.

ASUCD is a tax-exempt 501(c)3 organization. Their tax-exempt status got them in a bit of trouble in 2004 due to candidate endorsements (see Lamargate).

ASUCD has an official website with more information than anyone ever bothers to read, including the ASUCD Constitution, from which much of the following information is robbed.

President: Chief Executive Officer and chief representative of the undergraduates of UCD. Can veto legislation. Elected annually in the Winter, on a ticket with the Vice President.

Vice President: Presiding officer of the ASUCD Senate. Becomes President when Presidency is vacant. Elected annually in the Winter, on a ticket with the President.

Controller: Drafts, implements, and oversees the annual $10.5 million ASUCD budget. Is responsible for business planning. Hired annually in the Spring.

Business Manager: Career staff overseeing business operations, accounting, and payroll. Not a student: currently a career staffer who's had the position for about 30 years

Senators: Form the top of the ASUCD legislative branch. Votes on legislation at weekly meetings. Six are elected in the Fall, and Six are elected with President/VP in the Winter.

There are two parties currently active, Leadership, Empowerment, Activism and Determination (LEAD) and GO.

• The ASUCD Coffee House is the largest restaurant in Yolo County
  

• Unitrans is the city bus service for Davis, California
  

• The ASUCD Bike Barn sells bikes and supports the bike culture of Davis
  

• Picnic Day is the student-organized, annual, campus-wide open house
  

• Whole Earth Festival is a large annual gathering of hippies

Some content taken from Davis Wiki. Portions adopted from http://asucd.ucdavis.edu.