Beginning today,over100teams – comprised of nearly1,000students – will head out into Davis to make their own films with only a week to finish.The movie-making rush is all part of Campus MovieFest,a college film competition that gives university students across the country an opportunity to showcase their creativity.Founded in2001by Emory University students,CMF returns to Davis for the second time this year.

Unauthorized material during an exam A professor referred a first-year student for academic misconduct in a sociology class.During an exam,the student used a blue book that had previously been filled out with various notes in pencil.As the exam progressed,the student erased the portions of these notes that he no longer needed.A neighboring witness reported this behavior to the professor.The student admitted wrongdoing and agreed to a sanction of deferred separation and15hours of community service.Deferred separation means that the student waives his right to a formal disciplinary hearing if referred to SJA in the future.

ASUCD Senate election season officially began on Tuesday when petitions for candidacy were made available in 348 Memorial Union.

MUSIC The East Portal Express,Family Today,9p.m.,$3 Old Ironsides in Sacramento The East Portal Express provides a smooth ride of easy-listening –dare I say adult contemporary? – funk rock.My parents would wholeheartedly approve.

ThePeter J.Shields Libraryat UC Davis is in a bit of a bind. In fact,that might be an understatement.The predicament that the library has been in over the past decade is slowly turning into a crisis.Long-termunder-funding has seriously damaged the library’s ability to do what it does best:provide an outstanding array of research materials for students and scholars.

Hello,world.Myname’s Cheya Cary and for the next27weeks I’m going to be publishing columns– very much like this one– about pertinent issues facing UC Davis students,the greater American public and,thanks to our pioneering time-capsule program,our reptilian overlords of the year3000.

Today “Biological Control of Greenhouse Pests with Natural Arthropod Enemies“ Urs Wyss 122Briggs,12:10to1p.m. Sponsored by the entomology department

Monday marked the opening of the new Undergraduate Research Center,which aims to promote and organize research opportunities for interested UC Davis undergraduates. The opening ceremony coincided with UC Davis‘ Centennial Celebration and was attended by students,faculty and professors. The goal of the center is to help undergraduates of all disciplines find programs and services relevant to their interests,according to the mission statement.Itsemphasis on firsthand experience as a catalyst for academic growth was a key theme addressed by speakers at the event.

Seven UC faculty to join Institute of Medicin Scholars from UCLA, UC San Diego and UC San Francisco have been elected to join the prestigious National Academies’ Institute of Medicine. The organization recently added 65 new members, bringing the total number up 1,576 scholars and doctors – over 150 of them affiliated with the University of California.

My first column.I cannot lie:I am a small fish; the Aggie is a big pond for me. The columnists were given the option of writing an introductory column this first week to,you know,introduce ourselves.I’m using this as my get-out-of-jail free card because Ididn’t have anything prepared.It’s hard to write something so serious though,especially about yourself,because it makes you sound self-absorbed.Trying to write something comical makes it sound like you have no self-awareness.Everyone knows what I’m talking about.People who read the editorial columns are some of the most critical people in the world. (This is a good way to make some fans.) But we can’t lie.We all,myself included,read the columns and make judgments on what people have to say.It doesn’t help that there’s a little picture of them in the top corner,as psychologically I’m sure that facilitates the cynicism.

In collaboration with the San Francisco Estuary Institute,UC Davis researchers have made headway in understanding the sources of toxic mercury in the San Francisco Bay and Delta.The findings,revealed in SFEI’s annual report of the Regional Monitoring Program for Water Quality (RMP),indicate that changes in current habitat management techniques could prevent mercury from entering the food web and threatening the health of wildlife and humans.

New tests for Downsyndromehave no known risks of miscarriage Scientists have developed a new,non-invasive technique to test for Downsyndrome that differsfrom the traditional tests that may cause miscarriages.The new procedure onlyrequires a blood sample from the pregnant woman.