The collaborations ofSan Francisco’s Epiphany Productions Sonic Dance Theater andShanghai’s Reckless Moments will beSpeaking Chinesethrough dance at4p.m.Sundayin Mondavi’s Studio Theater.

Fashion Conscious is currently on display at theDesignMuseum in Walker Hall.The symposiumDesigning With Conscience will be held Sunday at1p.m.at the Technocultural Studies building.For more information and to register for the symposium,visit designmuseum.ucdavis.edu.The exhibit’s blog is also available at sustainablefashion.blogspot.com

When I sawThe Forbidden Kingdom advertised as a martial arts action film starring both Jackie Chan and Jet Li,I couldn’t help but feel that it was too good to be true,despite its all-star casting and such behind-the-scenes names as action choreographer Yuen Woo-Ping and composer Harry Gregson-Williams.

There‘s really no way around it– Narrow Stairs is a depressing record. In essence,Death Cabfor Cutie‘s seventh studio albumis a45-minuterequiem for deadrelationships and paths in life regrettably taken.

The Ellen Hansen Memorial Prize is awarded annually to a UCDavis female student whose original creative project– using any medium,from painting to poetry or dance– best presents the theme of bravery and independence in women.A reception announcing the winner and honorable mentions was held Tuesday.

“We took possession…in accordance with our customs,and we caught all the people,” the imperialist conqueror proclaimed. “Not one escaped.Some ran away from us,these we killed,and others we killed – but what of that? It was in accordance with our custom.“

The end of my time on this page is fast approaching,hopefully,that is,until next year.But as I was thinking about this fact,it occurred to me that you,my readership of various levels of faithfulness,will have to go without your weekly dose of damn-the-man journalistic fury.With that in mind,I compiled a list of books,movies,songs and miscellaneous crap to fill the void in my summer absence.

After three years of enrollment growth,the UC Davis Graduate School of Managementwill move its Bay AreaMaster of Business Administrationprogram for working professionals to a more permanent facility inBishopRanchBusinessPark inSan Ramon,Calif.onAug.1.

Editor‘snote:MUSE offers a monthly feature to highlight artists in and out ofDavis that impact our community.This month‘s “Five Questions” is withAlexi Glickman,the lead singer and guitarist of theSan Francisco-based bandThe Botticellis.They will be performing Saturday at Sophia‘s Thai Kitchen,along withBand of Annuals and Leslie and the Badgers.For more information on the band,go tothebotticellis.com.

Before coming to UC Davis,Justin Fitzgerald had never closed a game in his life. After Tuesday’s performance,no Aggiehas everdone it more.

UC Davis recently became one of many universities across the nation to participate in Apple‘s iTunes U program.iTunes U allows college campuses to share multimedia podcasts through the popular iTunes software.This new tool can bebeneficial to students,facultyand prospective students alike.

Health care and international relations will be the themes of next year’s campus and community book project. Tracy Kidder’s non-fiction work Mountains Beyond Mountains: The Quest of Dr. Paul Farmer, A Man Who Would Cure the World was chosen by a panel on campus as the book that will be woven into courses across the disciplines at UC Davis.