TODAY Sunrise ceremony 6:15 a.m. Putah Creek fire pit This early morning ceremony opens Native American Culture Days. Refreshments will be provided. Math Café 5 to 7 p.m. 104 North Hall Get a good serving of mathematics at this weekly tutoring session with the Women’s Resources and Research Center. Women and men are both welcome. Native American film festival 5 to 8:30 p.m. Silo Café and Pub When do you ever get to go to a triple feature for free? There will also be a two-spirit program and a presentation on D-Q University. Free refreshments provided at this Native American Culture Days event! Biotech talk 5:30 to 7 p.m. 2005 Plant and Environmental Sciences Join the Biotech Club for a guest lecture on vegetable oils and commercialization!

In the Apr. 3 article “The Pepper Peddler pedals bike-roasted coffee,” it stated “Planning a sustainable business has been of utmost importance but easy for Pepper Peddler…” when in actuality it has been difficult for the Pepper Peddler. They have spent a lot of time and resources to start the business. The Pepper Peddler also hopes to be approved to be in the Whole Earth Festival.

t’s that dreadful time of year already – allergy season. According to the National Allergy Bureau, pollen count is a lot higher than usual. An allergic reaction occurs when the body’s immune system reacts to a foreign substance, called an allergen. This causes the immune system to release chemical “mediators” such as histamine, which produces symptoms such as sneezing, wheezing, coughing and other reactions, according to the American Academy of Allergy, Asthma and Immunology website. “It is an amazing dry season that coincides [with] the flowering of many different species of trees,” said Dr. Suzanne Teuber, professor of medicine and training program director of the Allergy and Immunology Fellowship program at the UC Davis School of Medicine.

The UC Davis women’s lacrosse team hadn’t defeated California in eight years, but it held a 7-6 lead after 22 minutes of play. Then history repeated itself once again. Fueled by a subsequent 15-3 run, the Golden Bears roared back from the early one-point deficit to defeat the Aggies for the 10th straight time, 21-10, after leading just 11-9 at halftime. “That was one of the best first halves that I have seen our team play,” said head coach Elaine Jones. But the good play soon gave way to a 10-1 second-half scoring run by the Golden Bears.

Men’s and women’s track and field If records are meant to be broken, then Kim Conley is doing her job. A native of Santa Rosa, Calif., Conley set a school record with an impressive time of 16:30.22 in the 5,000-meter run at the Stanford Invitational on Friday. Her time broke Patty Gray’s record of 16:34.87, set back in 1985. Among the other Aggie standouts was sophomore Polly Gnepa. After finishing in second place in the 110 high hurdles at the Cal-Nevada Championships last weekend, Gnepa’s time of 14.29 was good for third place. Freshman Thomas Phillips took third-place honors in the 400 hurdles on the men’s side of things. Ben Johnson’s time of 1:53.57 in the 800 was his best showing of the season. UC Davis followed up a solid first day of competition with another strong showing Saturday.

Event: 28th Annual Aggie Shootout Teams: No. 10 UC Davis vs. Colorado State; Cal State East Bay; No. 11 Loyola Marymount; Cal State San Bernadino; Cal State Bakersfield Records: Aggies, 16-8 (5-1); Rams 8-20 (5-8); Pioneers 11-8 (3-3); Lions, 13-8 (5-1); Coyotes, 15-10 (3-2); Roadrunners, 15-13 (7-5) When: Today at 3 p.m.; Saturday at 11 a.m. and 4 p.m.; Sunday at 8 a.m. and 4:45 p.m.

Teams: UC Davis vs. California Records: Aggies, 4-7; Golden Bears, 6-5 Where: Aggie Stadium When: Saturday at 4 p.m. Who to watch: Sophomore attacker Olivia Jarem looked at home in last week’s East Coast road trip. That’s because she was.

If your female coworkers have a tendency to disappear throughout the day, they may be secretly shedding tears behind closed doors, according to an ongoing UC Davis study. Kimberly Elsbach, a professor in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management, has studied a group of more than a dozen women and has found that many of them have gone to great pains to hide their tears on the job. Women may cry in a restroom, abruptly leave a meeting or take refuge in an office – a burden that men don’t have, said Elsbach in a UC Davis news release.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Pacific Records: Aggies 15-24 (0-3); Tigers 19-21 (1-2) Where: Bill Simoni Field – Stockton, Calif. When: Saturday at noon and 2 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to watch: Batting clean-up for the Aggies, junior Julie Strauder leads the team so far this season in three key categories: batting average (.298), OBP (.402) and runs scored (23).

TUESDAY Got my coffee, where are my cigarettes? Individual reported vehicle on Ninth Street was broken into and miscellaneous items were stolen, among them a pack of cigarettes. Missing person A three-year-old boy was last seen on a corner alone at University Avenue and Russell Boulevard. Groundhog Day burglary style An ongoing burglary has occurred since 2007 with a possible suspect entering through the garage, damaging window and removing miscellaneous items on Buchanan Street.

Natural selection, a process through which those most suited to environmental conditions survive to reproduce, has been considered central to theories of evolution. However, a study conducted by Tim Weaver, UC Davis professor of anthropology, may give more weight to the theory of genetic drift – the idea that random chance can explain genetic and phenotypic changes in a species over time. Weaver compared cranial measurements from modern human skulls and Neanderthal specimens to conclude that genetic drift is a plausible explanation of why modern humans and Neanderthals diverged 40,000 years ago.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Santa Barbara; Cal Poly Records: Aggies, 8-8 (1-1); No. 64 Gauchos, 8-5 (2-1); Mustangs, 8-8 (1-0) Where: Recreation Center Courts – Santa Barbara, Calif.; Mustang Courts – San Luis Obispo, Calif. When: Saturday at 1 p.m.; Sunday at noon Who to Watch: Unlike sports that are governed by the clock, in tennis it isn’t over till it’s over.