Davisites thirsty for live music should be well satiated when KDVS’s 8-hour outdoor music festival Operation: Restore Maximum Freedom returns this Saturday. The festival – which includes performances by 10 bands and an afternoon DJ set – takes place in the grassy backyard of Plainfield Station, a bar and restaurant nestled in the fields between Davis and Woodland. Scheduled bands include Davis locals San Francisco Water Cooler – who will get the live music started at 2 p.m. – and Sacramento acts Hexlove and Beware of the Knight. Headliners LSD And The Search For God will finish their closing set by 10 p.m.

It’s time for students to take action. The governor, legislature and Regents have shown year after year that they are not interested in stopping fee increases any time soon.

UC Davis is known for its advancements in environmental science. Now,it’s faced with cleaning up its own mess.

The California Aggie Marching Band-uh! is on the defensive after details of a complaint filed by its faculty director were leaked to the media Monday. The Band-uh!’s faculty director, Thomas Slabaugh II, filed a sexual harassment complaint with the university in May after a series of “ridiculous, disturbing, and offensive” incidents, he wrote in a complaint published by The San Francisco Chronicle. Slabaugh, who is pursuing a doctorate in musical arts from the University of Washington, is on stress-leave from September through Nov. 8.

TODAY Student volunteer program 9a.m.to5p.m. Garrison Room,MU Go to this event,every hour on the hour,to learn about international student volunteer positions that allow for two to three months of travel.

In the Oct.7issue ofThe California Aggie,the article “Number of international students at UCD slowly increasing” stated there are over2,500international students and scholars at UC Davis.The article should have stated that there are over4,000international students and scholars. In the Oct.6issue of The California Aggie,the ASUCD Senate Briefs misspell the name of the ASUCD president.The name should be spelled Ivan Carrillo. The Aggie regrets the errors.

UC Davis formally broke ground on the $62 million Institute for Regenerative Cures on its Sacramento campus late September – the first such facility funded by the state in Northern California. The project is supported by the California Institute of Regenerative Medicine (CIRM) and will focus on team-oriented projects with the goal of discovering new methods to treat chronic diseases and injuries.

Robert Mondavi Institute Opening Friday Oct.10 10a.m.to12:30p.m. The formal grand opening of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science kicks off centennial week.The$73million complex near Interstate-80houses labs,classrooms and offices.Speakers at the event include members of the Mondavi family,Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi and Martin Yan ofYan Can Cook.

Few modern works have successfully tackled the complexities ofanurban American life bent on survival in a morally gray culture.T.I.‘s sixth major release,Paper Trails,is an investigation of the emcee’s neurosis as a rags-to-riches success story,as heis subject to the violence and fear upon which he built his kingdom.

The air is becoming cooler.For many,nostalgia emerges from its slumber.Before disinterring the albums you listen to every winter,try out Horse Feather’sHouse With No Home.Released Sept.9by Kill Rock Stars (Deerhoof,Elliott Smith,The Decemberists),House With No Home can best be described as a somber folk record that draws from roots,Southern and mountain influences.Its strength is its undeniable cohesiveness and the satisfaction of a start-to-finish listen.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger vetoed the California DREAM Act on Sept.30for the second time in two years.The act,authored by state senator Gilbert Cedillo (D-Los Angeles),was aiming to allow illegal immigrants access to financial aid at the University of California,California State University and California’s community colleges. “I share the author’s goal of making affordable education available to all California students,” wrote Governor Schwarzenegger in a letter to the state senate, “but given the precarious fiscal condition the state faces at this time,it would not be prudent to place additional demands on our limited financial aid resources as specified in this bill.“

Brent Booth,welcome to the record books. A Los Altos,Calif.native,Booth made themost of his trip out to the University of Notre Dame.The junior chalked up a school-record64during Tuesday’s final round en route to a fourth-place individual finish at the Fighting Irish Gridiron Classic.