Cal Poly scored22seconds into the match. It looked like a blueprint of UC Davis‘ play the past couple of games,as the Aggies have been scored on first in five straight matches. Recently,they’ve been able to battle from behind. That wasn’t the case on Sunday,as the Mustangs shut out the Aggies2-0.

Since John McCain made Joe the Plumber famous in the third presidential debate,JoeWurzelbacher (his real name) has been enjoying his15minutes of fame. Many local plumbers disagree with his stance,however. “I think the guy’s a clown,” said Jeff Wolfe,owner of Jeff’s Plumbing Inc.in Sacramento. “They need to get him off the TV.“

The Cal Aggie Christian Association has long fought for the expansion ofcivil rights.We fought for racial equality at Selma.During theVietnamera,we helped students facing the draft.We fought for women’s rights andaccess tobirth control.And now we must speak out for our LGBT community.

Legislating criminal justice policy through balloting like what Propositions6and9propose is unnecessary and costly.Not only do both propositions come at a great cost to the state general fund,but this cost is likely to be transferred to agencies like the University of California.If approved by the voters on Nov.4,these propositions will cost upwards of$1.5billion.

The potential influence of the youth vote has been a recurring theme in this year’s election,but the question is whether young voters will materialize on Election Day.The idea of a massive youth turnout is nothing new.This year,though,the implications of a no-show from young voters will be dramatic.

For the past eight years the presidential leadership of the United States has been sorely lacking to the point of nonexistence.The country has been led– or left– to plunge in a downward spiral embarrassing to both citizens of the country and the world.Whether or notGeorge W.Bushcan be blamed for all the circumstances that have led to the country’s current condition is debatable.What is not debatable is that Senator Barack Obama is the presidential candidate most able to rejuvenate and inspire our country.

TODAY Civic participation in Chávez’s Venezuela Noon 5214SSHB Thad Dunning,a professor of political science at Yale University,will speak about Chávez and surveys taken in2003and2008.

The U.S.Bicycling Hall of Fame held its annual induction ceremony at Freeborn Hall on Sunday.The ceremony marked the first time the event had been held west of the Mississippi River. The keynote speaker for the event was Levi Leipheimer.Leipheimer won the bronze medal in the road time trial for cycling at the Beijing Olympics.A world-renowned cyclist and native of Santa Rosa,he also placed first overall in both the2007and2008Amgen Tour ofCalifornia.

Matt Gonzalez, former president of the San Francisco Board of Supervisors and Ralph Nader’s running mate for the 2008 presidential election, spoke to students about the election on campus Saturday. Gonzalez, who returned to private life after narrowly losing the San Francisco mayoral election of 2003 to Democrat Gavin Newsom, is a lawyer and activist known for his anti-corporate and progressive ideas.

The Causeway Classic football showdown between UC Davis and Sac State takes place this weekend, but impatient students can get an early start on the competition off the field starting Tuesday. BloodSource, a Sacramento-based blood bank and research center, is adding a twist to this year’s event by hosting a contest to see which school can register the most blood donors before Saturday’s big game.

Among Davis’ ghosts, goblins, trick-or-treaters, pumpkin-carvers and costume-adorners this Halloween were 11 houses of party organizers who took the meaning of the concept “block party” to encompass a hefty portion of the city’s college student population. “Scared Stiff on Radcliffe,” a large Halloween block party on Radcliffe Drive, had a turnout of at least 1,000 Friday night, according to the Davis Police Department.

Whenever Queen’s “We Are the Champions” is heard at home after a win,fans know it was a big one. When the last bulb on the scoreboard was lit,the Aggie faithful had seen just that:a four-set victory over the first-place Cal Poly Mustangs. “I told the girls before the match that we had nothing to lose,” head coach Jamie Holmes said. “We’re playing the top team in the conference and we need to take a lot of risks – and I think we did exactly that.“ The win moves UC Davis to11-13overall and3-8in Big West Conference play,while the Mustangs fall to13-9,8-3.It was the second of two games this weekend for Aggies,who lost to UC Santa Barbara (10-12,6-5) on Friday.