University of California President Mark G. Yudof provided the public with a comprehensive progress report on each of the system’s 10 campuses – accomplishing one of his major initiatives a few months into his tenure. The draft report, available online at universityofcalifornia.edu/accountability, measures performance in 102 ways. Data aredisplayed to show trends over time and arecompared between campuses, and against eight other universities to provide context.

The wine industry has been making increased efforts toward environmentally responsible practices and increased consumer and producer education on green issues, according to two recent UC Davis studies. The annual studies – conducted by UC Davis professor Robert Smiley, director of wine studies in the Graduate School of Management – focus on the predictions and current undertakings of vintners, distributors and growers.

THURSDAY Hey,it’s comfy when you’re drunk A subject was sleeping on the sidewalk onOlive Drive.

The word is out:Lance Armstrong will ride again. Armstrong announced last week that he would participate in the2009Amgen Tour of California,riding for the Kazakhstan-based Astana team.

Editor’s note:Tiffany Gilmore is a graduate student at UC Davis who wrote intoThe Aggie to raise awareness of the plight faced by Haitian citizens after the recent hurricane.

Under current state law,illegal immigrants qualify for in-state tuition at the University of California if they attend a California high school for at least three years and graduate with a diploma orGED.A lawsuit working its way through the court system,Martinez v.Regents,threatens to take away this tuition break.

TODAY Football ticket distribution 10a.m.to2p.m. Aggie Stadium ticket office Go get tickets to the Oct.4football game before they run out! Aggie PackT-shirts will also be distributed.If you can’t make it today,ticket distribution will continue though Oct.2.

California recently became the seventh U.S.state to ban text messaging while driving after Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed Senate Bill28last week,a measure that will further prohibit a driver’s ability touse a cell phone while driving. SB28,written by Senator Joe Simitian (D-Palo Alto),will ban the use of a wireless communications device to “write,send or read a text-based communication,” which includes but is not limited to text messages,instant messages and electronic mail.

If the best medicine for a struggling team is the sweet taste of victory,then the Aggies should be feeling much better. After dropping seven of their first10and four of their last five,No.15UC Davis turned it around this weekend,winning three of four– all against Western Water Polo Association teams.

The former UC Davis freshman whose interest in powder chemicals and explosives caused the evacuation of450Tercero residents last March won‘t serve any jail time. As part of his plea agreement,Mark Woods– a19-year-old former economics major– pled no contest in Yolo County Superior Count on Wednesday to a felony count of unlawfully possessing an explosive.

Women’s soccer The UC Davis women’s soccer team can only hope league play goes this well.

The second-largest crowd ever to watch a UC Davis women’s volleyball match came to the Pavilion on Saturday in the hope that they may leave having witnessed history.The Aggies jumped out to a2-0advantage against No.22Long Beach State,moving within one set of claiming their first-ever home Big West Conference win.