The basic history of the United States of America should be a familiar story to any college student,but writer and UC Davis professor emeritus Jack D.Forbes wants to rethink the way textbooks cover American history.

LIVE MUSIC Salt & Samovar,Geographer Today,10p.m.,$3-5,21 Sophia’s Thai Kitchen

Monday was a particularly lucky day to be a music journalist at UC Davis: Adam Green made an unexpectedyet marvelousguest appearance on the air at KDVS90.3FM.

Today “Chemical Ecology of Forest Insects inSouth China“ Steve Seybold 122Briggs,12:10to1p.m. Sponsored byentomology department

I have a tendency to hyper-imagine crazy scenarios and possibilities after seeing something that qualifies as even remotely strange.

The festivities for Black Family week ended Sunday with Stomp Fest, an annual stepping competition at UC Davis.

Memory does not necessarily decline with age, researchers say A variety of recent studies have found that “senior moments” may not be a sign of declining brain power.

For Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger, the winning numbers lie in the state lottery.

UC Davis scientists from the Tahoe Environmental Research Center reported last week that the rate of decline in visibility in Lake Tahoe has slowed since 2001.

There have been a few random nights with friends where we battle our indecisiveness about what we’re going to do and then do it again to decide where we are going to do what it is we’ve decided to do.

TODAY Farmers Market 11 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. East Quad Get fresh fruits, veggies and snacks at this convenient farmers market.

In the table that accompanied the Mondayarticle “ASUCD budget for2008-2009nears completion,” the proposed income column was incorrectly labeled.The income numbers shown refer totheproposed income for the2008-2009year.