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Monthly Archives - May 2008

May 2008 Archives

Symposium to brainstorm labor strategies

Campus NewsMay 22, 2008
A symposium will be held today to give the UC Davis community a chance to learn how they can contribute to improvedlabor conditions inCalifornia.

San Francisco proposal aims to make recycling mandatory

City NewsMay 22, 2008
San FranciscoMayorGavin Newsomrecently sent in a proposalthat would make recycling cans,bottles,paper,yard waste and foodscraps mandatory instead of voluntary inSanFrancisco.

Music review: Flight of the Conchords – ‘Flight of the Chonchords’

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
Comedic music doesn’t ever stay fresh for very long– nobody regularly listens to Tenacious D or Weird Al anymore,and few probably ever did anyway.

Movie review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
It‘s1957,America isdeep in the Cold War and Indiana Jones is at it again inthe entertaining fourth installment of the series.

Letter to the editor

OpinionMay 22, 2008
Though worldwide food shortages should be a thing of the past,today’s food crisis threatens almost1billion people with near term starvation.

Houseboats afloat this weekend

Campus NewsMay 22, 2008
Though many might consider three days of near-death experiences – that they probably won’t remember – quite dangerous, 4,000 UC Davis students can look forward to such a weekend and even avoid death with the help of Safeboats, a program designed to keep students out of harm’s way.

‘Expression Redefined’ in the springtime

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
The room was filled with dream interpretations,witty sandwich prose and comedic car rides Tuesday night,all compliments of the creative minds of UC Davis students.

Editorial: Student efforts commendable

OpinionMay 22, 2008
Devastation hit parts of Asia this month with a cyclone inMyanmar (Burma) and a7.9earthquake rattlingChina10days later.

Daily Calendar

FeaturesMay 22, 2008
TODAY Sex Fest ‘08 11:30a.m.to1:30p.m. The Quad Become a “sexpert” and play games at this safer sex awareness event.

Club water ski team makes the trip to individual nationals

SportsMay 22, 2008
Fromscroungingfor money tobuya teamboat,totraveling30minutes every day for practice,to raising the funds to pay their way toLouisiana andIllinois in back-to-back years,the members of the UC Davis club water ski team know a thing or two about dedication.

City Council accepts changes to Bridgeway Farm plans

City NewsMay 22, 2008
TheDavisCity Council enthusiastically approved minoramendments to the plans for a specialty farm to be locatedoff I-80nearKidwell RoadonTuesday night.

City Brief

City NewsMay 22, 2008
Passed a resolution in support AB 2598,which would allow local governments to implement rent controls for residentialcare facilities for the elderly.