Event: World Vision Basketball Classic Teams: UC Davis vs. Iowa State; Wisconsin-Milwaukee; Loyola Marymount Records: Aggies, 0-0; Cyclones, 0-0; Panthers, 0-0; Lions, 0-0 Where: Hilton Coliseum – Ames, Iowa

If you give a financial institution a federal guarantee, they’re going to ask for a loan. When you give them the loan, they probably won’t ask you for, but will take anyway, a half million dollar associate’s retreat to one of the most lavish resorts in the country to go golfing and spend $150,000 on food, $10,000 on liquor and $23,000 on happy endings. When they’re finished, they’ll ask for a napkin.

In a year’s time Trecia Mullings will return to Jamaica with a single aim: to change things for the better. “I want to see what certain industries in the U.S. are doing in terms of resource management, water management and waste management,” she said. “I want to see how they reduce their impact on the environment, and take those ideas back to Jamaica with me.”

The Community Outreach Club (COC) and sorority Lambda Omicron Xi (LOXi) are hosting a dance party tonight at the Silo known simply as GLOW – “Give Life to Our World.” GLOW is a charity event aimed at spreading awareness about the environment and renewable energy to local and global communities.

Event: The Golden Horseshoe Classic Teams: UC Davis at No. 3 Cal Poly Records: Aggies, 5-5 (2-0); Mustangs (7-1, 2-0)

On Dec. 31, the Davis Indoor Sports Center, better known as DISC, will close its doors for good. The owners of the building where the DISC is located – Sam, Gwen and Jeff Harrison – have struggled to keep its doors open since interest began to waver in 2001.

TODAY Flu vaccination clinic 3 to 4 p.m. Cowell Student Health Center, North Lobby Help prevent getting sick this winter by getting a flu shot. If you cannot make this meeting time, call 752-2349 to schedule an appointment. For more information, visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

UC Davis’ California Raptor Center will hold its free open house Saturday between 8 a.m. and 2 p.m., featuring a “Hawk Walk,” special presentations, museum tour and self-guided tours of the center. “The open house is a method to bring the people from the outside who would not likely go the Raptor Center,” said Jo Cowen, head of the education department for the center.

I was at my internship with my first-grade class the other day (because my life now apparently revolves around tiny people who haven’t yet grasped the concept of sarcasm), and I heard the teacher bring up an interesting topic.

According to some statistic presented by some magazine,the average height for a woman aged18to24is5-foot-4.That being said,being a mere two inches below this average shouldn’t make that much of a difference,one would think.

Eight cattle paraded across the highway near Antioch this May causing a traffic jam that lastedclose to four and a half hours. When the fire department arrived,the lights and sounds spooked the cattle into scattering and running for their lives into Interstate680.Four out of the eight cattle were shot multiple times by the highway patrol officers and the sheriff’s department.

At the end of October,almost180science,education and business groups – including UC Davis– sent a letter to Senators Barack Obama and John McCain urging them to appoint a science adviser with a cabinet rank by Inauguration Dayon Jan.20. The letter notes that many issues – health care,energy,economic competitiveness,climate change – require sound scientific advice,making it “critical that the next president seek out and rely upon sound scientific and technological adviceearly andoften in the newadministration.“