A year ago this month, UC Davis veterinarians rescued over 418 seabirds in the San Francisco Bay Cosco Busan oil spill, which released over 58,000 gallons of crude oil into the bay. The Oiled Wildlife Care Network, which is managed by the UC Davis Wildlife Health Center, provided rescue and rehabilitation to the oiled birds. The OWCN oversees 25 organizations in California and brings them together in instances like the Cosco Busan oil spill on Nov. 7, 2007.

The brilliance of the Internet (besides self-promotion and e-endorsing presidential candidates – I like to think all those Obama pins I sent out on Facebook did some good for his campaign) lies in its ability to make even the mostboring day seem exciting,or at least marginally interesting enough to care about.Why else would people create blogs that chronicle their lives or to follow things like random street fashion?

University of California employees may soon be feeling the effects of the recent downturn in the stock market. An18-year “contribution holiday” during which both the university and UC employees were not required to contribute to theUC Retirement Plan (UCRP) will likely come to an end as early as nextsummer,according to a Sept.12letter from the UC Office of thePresident to all UC employees.

Apparently nothing gets hormones pumping like climbing trees – or they’ve all maxed out their 10 free condoms per week from the Love Lab. Whatever the reason, it’s been the eastern fox squirrels’ time of the season for loving for too long – and their campus population has become unmanageable, spawning a birth-control research program.

The annual UC Davistheatre and dance department THIRDeYE Theatre Festival returns this year with three new plays written,directed,produced and performed by undergraduate students.This year’s selected plays areThe Readers by Joe Ferreira,When Marcelli Met the Dream Maker by Carolyn Duncan andA Piece of Water by Julie Friedrichsen.

In the end, the conclusion to the election was exhilarating and inspiring in equal measure. For some, euphoria, jubilation and passion persisted; for others, a sense of redemption, justification, nostalgia and even disappointment prevailed. But while the results provoked an astonishing range of emotions, what should not be lost and must not be denied is that there has been a tremendous, remarkable, even epic transformation in America.

As the weather turns cold, you may want to think twice about throwing another log on the fire. Due to health and environmental concerns, the city of Davis is in the process of developing an ordinance to restrict wood burning, but the process has not been without complications.

When most people think about philosophical conversations they imagine stoners pondering their existence as they pass the bong. Philosophy is as rigorous and objective as the logic that structures it. Because of the precise nature of philosophy, a lot of philosophical conversations DO end up sounding like stoner conversations. Take for example this philosophical exchange – Q: “Does god exist?”A: “Yeah dude, I totally feel his energy every time I chill with my bros.”

The election is officially,like,so five minutes ago,but before the media refocuses on the things that are important (photographing Lindsay Lohan’s crotch,for example),I wanted to reflect on the experience of living through what was surely a defining moment in American history.Some are stoked and others want to move to Australia.Such is the result of an electoral field day.

Hundreds of Barack Obama supporters packed a banquet room at the Sacramento Radisson Hotel Tuesday night in Sacramento for an election watch party. Crowds gathered around three large projection screens surrounded by red, white and blue balloons showing MSNBC’s election night coverage.

Much like a romantic comedy – you know,thatold standby you rely onto give you the warm fuzzieswhen you’re feeling down – Jason Mraz did what he does best as he took the stage in Freeborn Hall on Nov.3:deliver feel-good pop tunes.

We stand here after the elections in a new era of change. Those privileged to vote elected the U.S.‘s first black President, which is certainly something to celebrate. But in the midst of this elation, we are left with a deep devastation: the passage of Proposition 8, which bans same sex marriage in California. In […]