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Yearly Archives - 2008

2008 Archives

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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.

Xanadu

OpinionMay 19, 2008
I like good movies, but I love bad movies. Sure, “high-quality” movies are okay every once in a while, but there’s nothing like watching a terrible plot-hole-ridden mess. I’m just glad the 1980s and ’90s gave us so many treasures.

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.