Chancellor Linda Kathei, a Greece native, mentioned in the General Assembly that she had participated as a student during the 1973 Athens Polytechnic uprising, and she did not want something so similar to be repeated in Davis. She has admitted that she does indeed need to gain the trust of the students.
La Decana Linda Katehi, de origen griego, mencionó en la Gran Asamblea que ella había estado presente como estudiante en la revuelta de la Politécnica de Atenas en 1973, que no quería que se repitiera algo similar en Davis y que ella tenía que ganarse la confianza de los estudiantes.