Yolo County Probation’s juvenile program lost nearly$1million in funding this year due to state budget cuts,a development that has probation officials worried about public safety. The cuts will have a serious impact on juvenile offenders,said chief probation officer Don Meyer. “That’s about38percent of our budget,” Meyer said.

President-elect Barack Obama accomplished a great feat when he won the election two weeks ago,but when he assumes power on January20,2009,he will face a herculean task.At the top of his list will be the economy and the Terror Wars; not to mention making his election-winning promise of change a reality.Obama’s situation parallels President FranklinD.Roosevelt’s,who,like Obama,inspired as much fear in conservatives as he didhope in the rest of the world.

Over the past two weeks,the American media has spent countless hours discussing the unprecedented election of Barack Obama.While Obama’s status as the first AfricanAmerican to be elected to the office of president will certainly solidify his place in American history,his victory also signifies a drastic change in the political attitude of the American people.

You can hardly recall what life was like before theInternet,you text-message at a fervent pace and you probably remember exactly where you were the moment the World TradeCentertowersfell. Professor Jay Mechling of the American studies department will give a lecture on the generation that fits this description – the Millennials,born between1982and2000.

The Davis City Council will meettonightat6:30p.m.in the Community Chambers at23Russell Blvd. The following are descriptions of selected agenda items the council will discuss at the meeting.To view the entire agenda and associated staff reports,visit cityofdavis.org.

THURSDAY Get your bike out of the gutter A bike was found in a drainage ditch onMace Boulevard.

The Panhellenic Council sponsored a self-defense seminar last week in Freeborn Hallfor hundreds of sorority sisters with an instructor who turned out to be a con artist. David Portnoy,also known as Dave Parker,contacted the Panhellenic Council and offered to put on a free safety seminar for women.Last Monday,80percent of all eight Panhellenic sororitieswere required toattend the seminar.

Being an English major of mediocre ability,I have spent many a’nights staying up and writing thousands of last-minute essays– all while cursing the gods of academia for my procrastination and thinking, “What the f*ck have I been doing with my time!?” (Well,I suppose that one night where I had to steam iron all my underwear could have waited…)

Three years ago,Lawson Snipes was one of125homeless peopleliving in Davis.During cold,rainy and windy winter nights,Snipesand up to a dozen other individuals would huddle inside “the cave,“ – an island of dry land under the overhang between two buildings at Davis CommunityChurch.

The Davis Bike Church could not find salvation,as university administrators elected to evict the bicycle co-op from the Domes sustainable living area last month. The university told the Bike Church this summer that it must get its facilities up to code before facing an Oct.1inspection.Despite rousing efforts by Bike Church ministers and members of the community to do just that,the Department of Student Housing decided to forgo their assessment of the facility after learning the church did not meet the campus fire code.

The role of an ASUCD senator is to monitor student activities and services,oversee the budget,initiate new projects and – at the very least – attend weekly Senate meetings and hold office hours. Unless,of course,your name is Chad Roberts.

TODAY Aggie Ambassadors from College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Noon to1p.m. 3001Plant and Environmental Sciences Learn about opportunities within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.