With the recent approval from the University of California Board of Regents for the creation of two new medical schools, UC is hoping to help alleviate the severe shortage of physicians in California’s rural and minority regions.

As the 2008 Beijing Summer Olympic Games nears, UC Davis’ own husband and wife veterinary team are preparing to lead the Olympic equine veterinary facility. Jack Snyder and Sharon Spier have worked at every Olympic game since 1988 when they were first asked to help during the Korea games because of their combined experience and the lack of equine veterinarians in Korea at the time.

My column this week aims to salute to those people and companies that have a different, refreshing way of doing business. Recently there were murmurs of concern over the health of Steve Jobs, the CEO of Apple, Inc.

Most students have had this nightmare before — they are sitting in class, talking to their friends and all of a sudden, their mother walks into the classroom.

Hundreds ofDavis residents turned out last February to see cyclists racing in the Amgen Tour ofCalifornia whiz through town.Next year they’ll get to see more.

The University of California Board of Regents had the first of many discussions about a faculty proposalaiming to expand the number of freshman applications entitled to review at its meetingearlier this month.The proposal,pending approval from theregents,would take effect infall of2012by eliminating the requirement for applicants to submit two SAT II subject test scores.

He‘s so excited,and he just can’t hide it The Davis Police Department has received six reports of indecent exposure since July7.

Despite what some believe, karaoke is fit for more than the bar townies or “American Idol” wannabes. According to Raina Lee, UC Davis alumna and author of the newly released Hit Me With Your Best Shot: The Ultimate Guide to Karaoke Domination, karaoke is fun for everyone.

Suicide ranks as one of the leading causes of death for American youths, but state officials hope to change that. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the Jason Flatt Act this month to help prevent teen suicide by providing suicide prevention funding to schools.

TODAY ClimateActionTeam meeting 7:30to9:30p.m. Clubroom,VeteransMemorialCenter,203E.14th St. The City ofDavisClimate Action Team willhave a discussion on community choice aggregation,a type of public power.Speakers will include PG&E employees as well as local clean energy advocates.

In the July24issue of The California Aggie,the article “UCD graduate students start water resources website” stated that the website has users inIraq,when it actually has users inIran.The article also stated that the site has users in88countries,when in reality it has users in77countries.The Aggie regrets the errors.

A Downtown Davis development project that would have demolished an old cottage and replaced it with modern apartment units was struck down by the Davis Planning Commission on Wednesday.