Scientific researchconducted on animals hasalways been a contentious topic in terms of the transparency and ethics behind it.Unfortunately,animal rights activists sometimes take extreme and violent measures againstthosescientists conductingtheexperiments.In response,a new state bill has been authored that seeks to limit various tactics used by anti-animal research extremist groups.However,the bill does not promise significant change. Assembly Bill2296allowsUniversity ofCalifornia officials to withhold the names of researchers from public documents in an effort to further guard them.In addition,the billstates that anyone who intimidates,harasses or commits acts of violence against animal research scientists can be subject to punishment ranging from a$25,000fine to a year in prison.

TODAY Student Farm bike tour Noon Memorial Union flagpole Take a bike ride out to the Student Farm and learn how this small, student-run organic farm feeds its members, volunteers and ASUCDCoffee House patrons! Get some free fruit too! Ben and Jerry’s free cone day Noon to 8 p.m. Ben and Jerry’s,500 First St. Cool down with a scoop of ice cream free of charge.

During a barbeque I went to last weekend, a friend of mine was talking about how he had recently (and reluctantly) bonked a girl whom he wasn’t too enthralled about. As usual, a few guys started chiming in and said the only reason why he was lamenting so much was because she was probably fug. He responded that in actuality, she was very pretty – she simply wasn’t funny enough. I asked him if being funny is as important as he made it seem. Likewise, his other friend explained how he preferred to sleep with pretty girls at the moment, while his youth and charm were at their peak. Personality, he mused, can be worried about later, when it really started to matter.

Correction: In Friday’s article “Legislator proposes tax increase on beer,” itstated that the new taxon beercould raise the price by30cents per gallon.The article should have stated that it could raise the price by30cents per can.The Aggie regrets the error.

Candidates forDavis City Council will answer questions and meet with the public at a forumonWednesday.The forum is hosted by the Davis Neighborhood Coalition and the Sierra Club‘s Yolano Group.Davis Bicycles! is co-sponsoring. “We‘re going to be asking them questions about growth issues on our periphery,sprawl on agricultural land versus more growth within the city,parking issues downtown,“ said Pamela Nieberg,chair of the Yolano Group.“We‘ll also look at whether or not they support the democratic process,like Measure J.“ Another goal of the forum is to determine how“green“ the candidates actually are,she said.