Event: 28th Annual Aggie Shootout Teams: No. 10 UC Davis vs. Colorado State; Cal State East Bay; No. 11 Loyola Marymount; Cal State San Bernadino; Cal State Bakersfield Records: Aggies, 16-8 (5-1); Rams 8-20 (5-8); Pioneers 11-8 (3-3); Lions, 13-8 (5-1); Coyotes, 15-10 (3-2); Roadrunners, 15-13 (7-5) When: Today at 3 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Sunday at 8 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Teams: UC Davis vs. California Records: Aggies, 4-7; Golden Bears, 6-5 Where: Aggie Stadium When: Saturday at 4 p.m. Who to watch: Sophomore attacker Olivia Jarem looked at home in last week’s East Coast road trip. That’s because she was.

If your female coworkers have a tendency to disappear throughout the day, they may be secretly shedding tears behind closed doors, according to an ongoing UC Davis study. Kimberly Elsbach, a professor in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, has studied a group of more than a dozen women and has found that many of them have gone to great pains to hide their tears on the job. Women may cry in a restroom, abruptly leave a meeting or take refuge in an office – a burden that men don’t have, said Elsbach in a UC Davis news release.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Pacific Records: Aggies 15-24 (0-3); Tigers 19-21 (1-2) Where: Bill Simoni Field – Stockton, Calif. When: Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to watch: Batting clean-up for the Aggies, junior Julie Strauder leads the team so far this season in three key categories: batting average (.298), OBP (.402) and runs scored (23).

TUESDAY Got my coffee, where are my cigarettes? Individual reported vehicle on Ninth Street was broken into and miscellaneous items were stolen, among them a pack of cigarettes. Missing person A three-year-old boy was last seen on a corner alone at University Avenue and Russell Boulevard. Groundhog Day burglary style An ongoing burglary has occurred since 2007 with a possible suspect entering through the garage, damaging window and removing miscellaneous items on Buchanan Street.

Natural selection, a process through which those most suited to environmental conditions survive to reproduce, has been considered central to theories of evolution. However, a study conducted by Tim Weaver, UC Davis professor of anthropology, may give more weight to the theory of genetic drift – the idea that random chance can explain genetic and phenotypic changes in a species over time. Weaver compared cranial measurements from modern human skulls and Neanderthal specimens to conclude that genetic drift is a plausible explanation of why modern humans and Neanderthals diverged 40,000 years ago.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Santa Barbara; Cal Poly Records: Aggies, 8-8 (1-1); No. 64 Gauchos, 8-5 (2-1); Mustangs, 8-8 (1-0) Where: Recreation Center Courts – Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mustang Courts – San Luis Obispo, Calif. When: Saturday at 1 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to Watch: Unlike sports that are governed by the clock, in tennis it isn’t over till it’s over.

The time-delay between the writing and publication of these columns leads to some interesting situations. Today, for example, you’re probably reading an article written by a dead guy. I’m typing this out on Tuesday night, making tomorrow Wednesday, Apr. 2. More importantly, this means Giacomo Casanova turns 283, Sir Alec Guiness hits 94 and I’ll turn 21. Finally. Plans are already in place for a proper weeknight celebration – I’ll spare you the gory details, suffice to say I’m starting at 12:01 with a six-pack from Safeway and it’s hiccups and hangovers from there. Quite frankly, I’ll be almost disappointed if I live through the night, especially considering the outrageous amounts of free drinks the local bars offer for birthdays.

Robin Guier knows the end is near. How it came so soon she still can’t piece together. A senior on the UC Davis women’s tennis team, Guier will be playing in the final two matches of her home career this weekend. The Aggies will first host UC Irvine Saturday at 11 a.m. and then Cal State Fullerton Sunday at 10 a.m. Leading up to the two-match set at the Marya Welch Tennis Center, Aggie Sports Editor MICHAEL GEHLKEN sat down with Guier to discuss the team’s early success in conference play, why she chose to attend UC Davis and the unwritten code of conduct for any fan looking to root on the Aggies this weekend.

Fancy capes, tight spandex and weird sidekicks are optional for the UC Davis Human Corps’ annual Week of Service. Instead, altruism, selflessness and a willingness to get a little dirty for the community will suffice for anyone who wants to be a hero. Community service is an act of heroism, said Courtney Millhoff, Human Corps student manager. [Volunteer and] be a community service hero. Located in South Hall, Human Corps strives to establish volunteer opportunities between the campus community and organizations in the Davis and Sacramento areas.

The Cache Creek Conservancy in Woodland will be hosting their annual Fun Run along with other special activities on April 19. The Fun Run events start in the morning and include a 10k run and a 5k run/walk through country routes in the Cache Creek Nature Preserve. Prizes will be given to the top three male and female finishers, to the oldest and to the largest family finishers and to all children 10 and younger. The proceeds from the Fun Run benefit the Cache Creek Conservancy scholarship fund for a high school student pursuing an environmental or natural science major.

As one door opens, another may soon be closing. Employers in Davis and across the nation are looking to online websites such as facebook.com and myspace.com to evaluate prospective employees. Approximately 77 percent of employers use search engines to evaluate candidates and nearly 35 percent of them have revoked a position based on the information presented, according to NBC Nightly News statistics in a Wesleyan University article. It is becoming a more common phenomenon that requires more caution, said Internship and Career Center project manager Chris Dito.