Event: Regional Preview Host: Sacramento State Where: Lincoln Hills Golf Club – Lincoln, Calif. When: Today and Tuesday, all day Who to watch: At the Oregon Duck Invitational on Mar. 24 and 25, freshman Chelsea Stelzmiller led the way for the Aggies with a fourth-place finish. The Placerville, Calif. native has placed in the top 10 in five of her last six tournaments and is averaging a team-best 73.6 strokes per round this season.

080331_ca_ucagreement.CHeadline: UC, nurses reach contract agreementLayercake: Nearly one year negotiation ends with both sides pleasedBy ANNA OPALKAAggie News Writer After 11 months of negotiations, the University of California and the California Nurses Association recently agreed to a new multiyear contract for registered nurses at the 10 UC campuses and five medical centers. Beth Kean, director […]

The UC Davis men’s tennis team gave new meaning to the phrase break point as they returned to play this past weekend. The Aggies not only returned after a three-week break, but their hopes of victory were broken as they first fell to DePaul 5-2 on Friday and were later swept 7-0 by No. 52 Fresno State. Friday – DePaul 5, UC Davis 2 The Aggies saw their hot play turn ice cold against the Blue Demons, falling 5-2 to end a two-match winning streak. Against DePaul I felt like I was a little bit slow, I wasn’t really playing at the top of my game, said senior No. 3 Justin Garcia. We were just a bit sluggish.

Spring is here, which means its time to start using the Quad again. The muddy puddles of winter are finally gone! As overjoyed as I am that I can once more diagonally tread across the grass in suede shoes, I can’t help but feel a little uneasy about using the Quad during the spring. Sure, the sunshine and warm temperatures make the Quad appear as a kind of springtime oasis away from suffocating classrooms devoid of light. But the Quad also has a seedy underbelly that only appears when temperatures hit 75. Just wait until you hear about the dark side of the Quad, a place that leads to drug use, sex, violence and under-the-table money deals!

The city of Richmond’s planning commission is in the middle of a contentious debate about approving the renovation of a Chevron oil refinery that has sat on the Bay Area city shores for over 100 years. After hearing over five hours of public comment at its standing-room-only Mar. 20 meeting, the planning commission scheduled a special meeting for Apr. 10 to continue receiving public input. The commission will then vote on whether to approve the Environmental Impact Report (EIR) and conditional use permit, allowing the project to proceed. In April 2005, Chevron applied to Richmond for permission to proceed with its proposed $1 billion equipment upgrade, which includes replacing the existing hydrogen plant, power plant and reformer.

Yeah, so like, I met this guy at the bookstore when I was going there to buy books for my classes. He was pretty tall and, I’m not sure, but he looked sort of Asian, you know? Like he was half or something. You could sort of tell. You know what I mean? Anyway, he was in the English section and he asked me what class I was taking and I was like, UWP 1, and he was like, You an English major? and I was like, No, I have to take it because it’s required, and he was like, Ah, I see, and I was like, Yeah, I don’t really like reading. Apparently he didn’t like that because he gave me this look, and I was like, Sorry? but I didn’t really say that.

cholarships ranging from $1,000 to $5,000 are available for aspiring Hispanic engineers through the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers. The deadline for the Advancing Hispanic Excellence in Technology, Engineering, Math and Science scholarships is Apr. 1 and undergraduate and graduate students interested are encouraged to complete applications available on SHPE’s website. Students awarded the scholarship money can use it for a variety of education expenses, such as books or tuition, said Rafaela Schwan, director of programs for AHETEMS.

Going into the NCAA Division I Wrestling Championships this year, head coach Lennie Zalesky knew it was going to be tough. UC Davis was only able to send three wrestlers – juniors Marcos Orozco, Nexi Delgado and Tyler Bernacchi – to the national tournament Mar. 20 to 22 at the Scottsdale Center in St. Louis, Mo. But Zalesky was still optimistic, especially about one particular wrestler. I think we can surprise some people with Marcos, he said. And that’s exactly what Orozco did.

A dollar a day for one year. That’s what the Davis Schools Foundation is asking Davis residents to give to support local K-12 education. Its leaders are hoping to raise enough money to compensate for a $4.25 million cut in the Davis Joint Unified School District’s (DJUSD) budget for 2008-2009. School district trustees are grappling with how to deal with the nearly 6 percent reduction in the budget. They have already voted to shut down Valley Oak Elementary School and are considering closing Emerson Junior High School. They have also notified 112 teachers and administrators that they could lose their jobs.

The Yolo County District Attorney’s office re-filed for a July gang injunction although the court overturned it in April 2007. Jeff Reisig, Yolo County District Attorney, placed a gang injunction to prevent gang activity in West Sacramento in February 2005. The district attorney is saying that this place is horrible and that there is so much crime and that people are afraid to speak up and get out of their homes, said attorney Josh Kaizuka.

TODAY Math Café 5 to 7 p.m. 104 North Hall Get a good serving of mathematics at this weekly tutoring session with the Women’s Resources and Research Center. Women and men are both welcome. Linux Users’ Group of Davis meeting 6:30 to 9 p.m. Blanchard Room, Davis Branch Public Library, 315 E. 14th St. Celebrate LUGOD’s birthday and learn about the Open Source Security Information Management project at this meeting.

Spring break is over, and I return to Davis having recognized one thing: My grandparents are extremely well-versed in separate areas of knowledge. My grandma, Adriana Monteforte, knows marinara sauce, while my grandpa, Vincenzo Monteforte, knows politics. But as knowledgeable as they are in their respective areas, whenever the topic of UC Davis athletics comes up, the room gets quiet as if I just name-dropped Mussolini.