Editor’s picks: 1. The Overdubs Shayna and the Bulldog, The Overdubs Friday, 10 p.m., $3-5, 21 Sophia’s Thai Kitchen 2. Alas, alak, Alaska! Fancie, Alas, alak, Alaska! Saturday, 8 p.m. John Natsoulas Gallery on 1st Street 3. Brightblack Morning Light Brightblack Morning Light, Avocet Saturday, 8 p.m., $10 Delta of Venus

One hundred years ago, a handful of people ate a meal outdoors and talked about their plans for the University Farm. A photograph of this event – the event that would later be known as UC Davis’ first annual Picnic Day – is the first of many thought-provoking images from the Art Lounge’s inaugural collection.

Berkeley testing site of new athletic complex The tree-sitters may be gone,but what about the possibility of a Native American burial ground? Archaelogists at UC Berkeley are currently testing land adjacent to the Memorial Stadium on campus in preparation for the construction of a new$140million athletic center,according to an article in the Daily Californian.

In the aftermath ofSeung-Hui Cho’s massacre of32students,the Virginia Tech community had the horrific task of wondering why and how such a tragedy could have occurred. UC Davis officials hope they will never have to ask the same question. Efforts to prevent such an event from occurring at UC Davis werein effectwell before the Virginia Tech incident,but campus officials have increased their efforts even more so since then.The Aggiesat down with several campus safety experts to measure the progress.

UC Davis research physicist Richard Breedon and dean of mathematical and physical sciences Winston Ko are just acouple names from a group of UC Davis facultyworking on the world’s largest and most powerful particle accelerator,the Large Hadron Collider. “UC Davis was one of the very few American groups in particular that started in the very beginning,” Ko said.

UC Davis chemistry lecturer Andreas Toupadakis came to America from Greece in1978to get his Ph.D.inchemistry from the University of Michigan.After teaching at several universities around the country,he found a home at UCD several years ago. Toupadakis has more holistic extracurricular interests than your averagechemistry professor – including philosophy,life planning,gardening and making his own soap.

Climate change is triggering population booms and declines for certain types of algae in Lake Tahoe,according to a recent study from the UC Davis TahoeEnvironmental Research Center. The shifting makeup of these algae communities could affect biological and physical conditions in the lake,including the food web and water clarity.

HIV affects new populations inChina WhileChina has a low number of HIV cases– 700,000– for a population of1.3billion,the rising infection rate is cause for concern,according to a study based out ofRockefellerUniversity. Since2005,the number of cases hasrisen by8percent and expanded into all provinces.Transmission is increasing especially rapidly amonggay men and female prostitutes.

Teams:No.13UC Davis at Cal State Fullerton Records:Aggies,9-1-1 (1-0-1); Titans,3-8-0 (0-0-1) Where:Titan Stadium – Fullerton,Calif. When:Today at7p.m.

Kim Conley has been a huge part of UC Davis cross country her entire career,leading the team in every race she’s run since sophomore year. Now a senior,she has been a force on the track as well,setting school records in the indoor3,000m (9:30.77) and indoor and outdoor5,000m (16:59.44and16:23.58,respectively).Most recently,the Montgomery High School product took third at the Stanford Invitational – one of the more prestigious meets on the West Coast. Conley recently sat down with Aggie Sports Writer Alex Wolf-Root to discuss everything from what goes into a standard week – and offseason – of training to how she got into running in the first place.

Homeless assistance providers in Yolo County will have to cut programs and services this year due tolack of MLfunding. Yolo‘s homeless providers have depended on grants from the Federal Emergency Shelter Grant program for a number of years,but the FESG will not be providing any funds to organizations in the county this year.

California residentswill soon be able to register to vote from a computer instead of by mail thanks to Senate Bill381,which just became law. Governor ArnoldSchwarzenegger signedthe bill lateSeptember,which will allow voters to register online.Electronic registration will not be made available until the state‘s new electronicvoter registration database,VoteCal,is in full operation,likely2010.