On May 2 and 3, Cyclone Nargis ravaged the Southeast Asian country of Myanmar. Over two weeks later, the cyclone’s effects are still strong. An estimated 1.6 to 2.5 million people have been affected, according to a United Nations press release. At least 78,000 have been killed by the cyclone and 56,000 people are still missing.

“Ladies and Gentlemen! Introducing, Fast, Furious and Foaming at the mouth, Bold, Blue and Bitchin’, it’s the Pride of the Regents of the University of California, the Spirit of the Davis campus, the California Aggie Marching Band-uh!”

The ASUCD budget hearings took place this weekend, starting Friday evening and concluding late Sunday night. The budget hearings allow for the ASUCD Senate to approve or make modifications to the over $10 million ASUCD budget. A wide variety of campus institutions, from the ASUCD Coffee House to the post office, receive funding in this way.

The law of supply and demand: It is a basic tenet of economics that holds that more of a particular commodity drives down its price. This may not be the case, however, in regard to the prices of Davis homes, according to a recent data analysis conducted jointly by Mayor Sue Greenwald and Mark Siegler, chair of the economics department at California State University, Sacramento.