The UC Davis women’s water polo team finished off conference play in true Aggie fashion. Eight different UC Davis players scored and Santa Clara was held scoreless for 29 minutes in an 8-3 victory at the Schaal Aquatics Center. The contest was the last conference test for UC Davis before it travels to Loyola Marymount to compete as the likely top seed at the Western Water Polo Association Championships. “I’m glad for the one-seed because it’s a reflection that we’ve been playing well, and that’s a good thing,” said head coach Jamie Wright. “You want to play well going into conference.”

Men’s and women’s track & field After breaking three school records at the Stanford Invitational the week before, UC Davis set yet another at the Rafer Johnson/Jackie Joyner-Kersee Invitational at UCLA this past weekend. Junior Sirena Williams recorded a 14.06 in the 100-meter hurdle to establish a new Aggie record. The Fresno, Calif. native finished second in the event. On the men’s side, freshman Ray Green qualified for the NCAA Division I West Region Track and Field Championships next month with a 15.04-meter performance in the triple jump Saturday in Los Angeles.

Teams: No. 10 UC Davis vs. No. 19 Santa Clara Records: Aggies 21-8 (11-1), Broncos 16-9 (13-4) Where: Schaal Aquatics Center When: Saturday at noon

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cincinnati Records: Aggies, 4-8; Bearcats, 2-9 Where: Nippert Stadium – Cincinnati, Ohio When: Saturday at 11 a.m. Who to watch: The UC Davis women’s lacrosse team has had trouble defending its own goal recently. Sophomore defender Molly Peterson will look to have a key impact when the Aggies play rookie program Cincinnati on Saturday.

After over a decade of research, UC Davis scientists have found five strains of grape rootstocks resistant to several strains of soil-born pests in California vineyards. The rootstocks were released to commercial nurseries on Mar. 31. Howard Ferris, professor of nematology at UC Davis and Andrew Walker, professor of viticulture at UC Davis, conducted the study along with assistance from staff research associate Liang Zheng.

080411_ci_DQagain.CHeadline: Turmoil continues at D-Q UniversityLayercake: Trustees, students at impasse on school’s futureBy JEREMY OGULAggie News Writer Just a few miles outside of Davis, students and trustees at a small American Indian college are wrestling for control over the troubled institution’s future. After two rounds of arrests, students continue to occupy the shuttered campus of […]

In an effort to address campus cultural barriers, the Students of Diverse Affiliations are sponsoring anti-bias training in an all-day event Saturday titled “Lost in Colors.” The event will begin at 9:30 a.m. in Hart Hall. Students of Diverse Affiliationscoordinator Hanh Le said the program is a series of workshops to teach students how to properly communicate with all cultures and identities. The Women’s Resources and Research Center, Student Recruitment and Retention Center, Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, and Transgender Resource Center, Cross Cultural Center, and Counseling and Psychological Services will make presentations during the event. UC Davis chemistry lecturer Bryan Enderle, the keynote speaker, will discuss how to communicate inclusively.

Teams: UC Davis v. Cal State Fullerton Records: Aggies 16-26 (1-5); Titans 18-20-1(2-4) Where: Anderson Family Field – Fullerton, Calif. When: Saturday at noon, 2 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to watch: UC Davis will be looking to jump start its offense this weekend, and there is no better place to start at the top of the order.

TUESDAY Tempted by the fruit of another Unknown suspect entered residence and removed food products from kitchen on Albany Avenue. Taking out some aggression Unknown suspect entered locked vehicle and damaged passenger side window on Sycamore Lane.

American culture is a toddler who has just made the transition from training wheels to big kid bike, accelerating like never before, redefining speed. Except we can’t feel the wind running through our hair as we move forward. And unlike the undeveloped nations of the world, nature is not a big player in the way we define our culture. Take the tribal areas of New Guinea for instance, who live directly in accordance with their surrounding terrain. They’ve learned the forest like a roadmap and know exactly how to handle themselves in the various calls of the wild. If the world suddenly reverted to how it was 250 years ago (into the far more natural state before mass production), it would be these societies that would fare best. Likewise, if all industry were suddenly to shut down and wilderness were to grow over our machines, we would have to completely readapt for new sources of dependency and very few of us would be able to survive.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Portland State; Nevada; UC Irvine Records: Aggies, 8-10 (1-3); Vikings, 5-12; Wolf Pack, 4-13; Anteaters, 8-12 (1-1) Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center; Galena High School – Reno, Nev.; Marya Welch Tennis Center When: Today at 2:30 p.m.; Saturday at 1 p.m.; Sunday at 1 p.m. Who to watch: Despite what may be going on around him, senior No. 5 singles player Daniel Elefant always has winning on his mind.

Patients undergoing cornea transplant surgery can now have confidence in using cornea tissue from donors over 75 years of age, thanks to a recent study published by UC Davis professor and chair of the department of ophthalmology, Dr. Mark J Mannis. Before Mannis’ five-year-long national study of cornea transplant patients, doctors were hesitant to use old cornea tissue for fear of worn down cells. Now, after finding that the success rate for older cornea tissue is the same as that of younger cornea tissue, the donor pool has increased by approximately 30 percent. Corneas, located in the front of the eye over the iris, protect the eye and focus light entering the eye. Cornea injury, the number two cause of blindness behind macular degeneration, is caused by a range of disorders and accidents, from the herpes virus to a simple chemical burn.