Yearly Archives - 2008
2008 Archives
Daily Calendar
FeaturesMay 20, 2008
TODAY Antique bike collection 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Memorial Union south patio TAPSand Art History 402 bring this collection of unique bikes to UC Davis.
Cyclone Nargis devastates Myanmar
City NewsMay 20, 2008
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.
Band-Uh! holds 11th annual fundraiser
Campus NewsMay 20, 2008
“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!”
ASUCD budget for 2008-2009 nears implementation
Campus NewsMay 20, 2008
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.
Assessing the ‘Davis premium’
City NewsMay 20, 2008
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.
UC health workers to vote on potential strike
Campus NewsMay 19, 2008
The more than 20,000 patient care technicians and
service workers throughout the 10 campuses of the University of
California system are prepared to take a strike vote after a 10-month
impasse. The vote began Saturday and runs through Thursday concluding
with a press conference the next day to announce the results.
UC Davis benefactor Robert Mondavi dies
Campus NewsMay 19, 2008
California wine patriarch Robert Mondavi, one of the
great modern-day benefactors of UC Davis, died Friday at his Napa
Valley home. He was 94.
The peril of loving
OpinionMay 19, 2008
The boy loves words. He reads books constantly. He
labors for hours over a creative writing assignment. He reads for the
sake of reading, and he writes for the sake of writing because he
enjoys these things for themselves, not for any rewards they bring.
The big hit that didn’t come
SportsMay 19, 2008
In a series the Aggies desperately needed to win in order to stay in
the hunt for an at-large bid to the NCAA playoffs, the big hit just
never came. No. 9 UC Irvine battled neck-and-neck with UC Davis this past weekend
at Dobbins Stadium, and came out victorious to put the Aggies’ backs
against the wall going into the final Big West Conference series of the
year with Cal State Northridge.
Six Aggies earn top-three finishes in Northridge
SportsMay 19, 2008
Just when you thought it was safe to put down your Twinkies and Coke to go run the track at Toomey, think again. Track season isn’t over just yet.
Playing for more
SportsMay 19, 2008
When UC Davis head coach Rex Peters looked at his baseball team before the season, he didn’t see what his colleagues saw. The Big West Conference coaches picked the Aggies to finish in a tie
for last place in the league with Cal State Northridge, a team that had
lost 18 of 21 conference games the year before.

