Grammy award-winning singer-songwriters Willie Nelson and K.D.Lang have recently been added to theMondavi Center for the Performing Arts‘ 2008-2009season and are scheduled to perform early next year.

English can be a tough language to learn,but the federal government hopes to make it easier with a free website intended to improve access to language instruction for immigrants. The website,usalearns.org,is a free and easily accessible resource available to anyone seeking basic English language instruction.Sponsored by the U.S.Department of Education,it meets one of President George W.Bush’s immigration reform pledges from2007.

Maybe it’s the Thanksgiving season that’s making me all nostalgic for pre-college/childhood relics.Could it be the return of holiday foodstuffs at grocery stores or the change of the weather and its autumnal wardrobe changes?

Hanging sandbags and TV screens are just a part of what makes up the strange and dream-like world of End Times,where every important decision is centered on a red drum.

In reviewing what many call the most “historical” and “unprecedented” election of our time,Dr.Eric Rauchway took a look at our history’s past to examine the role that race,partisanship,the young voting population and other key variables played in electing Barack Obama as our nation’s nextpresident.

I feel like I’ve been running into a lot of pissy people lately.I guess I understand tosome extent why this is–the weather’s a little less sexy than most would like it to be,there’ve been these “essay” things that have to get done,and there just aren’t enough yogurt joints in Davis to go around.Still,and in light of the fact that Thanksgiving is on its way,we’ve all got much to be glad about.

Today’s politically charged world can often encourage us to overlook international cultures.This week’s Mexican Film Festival at UC Davis hopes to remind us of the significance of Mexican culture by examining it through the eyes of its people.

Teams:UC Davis at Arkansas Records:Aggies,1-2; Razorbacks,1-0 Where:Bud Walton Arena – Fayetteville,Ark.

With a string of three shows – starting tonight and ending Saturday – the KDVS90.3FM organized Feats of Strength music festival returns to the Davis and Sacramento area.The show locations are as diverse as the bands:tonight’s show with headliner AIDS Wolf is on-campus in the Silo Union,Friday’s concert is inside Sacramento restaurant Luigi’s Fungarden,while Saturday’s bands will perform in the living room of the DAM house in Davis.

In “Each Person is a Universe,” Emily Lacy describes herself as “relentless like the ocean … regardless like the word.” This cathartic moment is one of many on the home-recordedNewsworthy New York Tapes.

The UC Davis men’s soccer team is the university’s first team to qualify for multiple NCAA Division I Tournaments and earn a home tournament game. Now, it’s looking for another first. If the Aggies knock off the Denver Pioneers at Aggie Soccer Stadium at 1 p.m. on Saturday, they’ll become the first UC Davis team […]

TODAY NCAA Tournament ticket distribution 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Freeborn Hall Ticket Office Men’s soccer will host Denver in the first round of the national tournament at Aggie Soccer Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for UC Davis students, faculty and staff, and $7 for adults. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.