A true labor of love:the house show. Withthe lack of a convenient and immediate all-ages music venue,DIY shows are a good alternative.Horror stories of cop raids and noise violations aside,house shows are a relatively affordable solution to add to the artistic enrichment of the town.

Experts finally agree on retrofitting for UC Berkeley’s Memorial Stadium It took over a decade, but UC Berkeley’s Seismic Review Committee has finally found the best way to hold the stadium together during an earthquake.

It’s like having your car stolen – only if your car was easy to hide, could be re-painted in five minutes and had a peel-off sticker for a license. “It is 100 times easier to steal a bike than it is a car,” said Lieutenant Matthew Carmichael of the UC Davis Police Department.

Dear ladies, gentsand lady-gents, I’m going to assume if you read this column last week that you deduced two things. The first is that I look like a tweaker in my picture. The second is that I’m a tad lacking in the common sense department. You see, I seem to have little of it.

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San Francisco MayorGavin Newsom was at UC Davis on Wednesday for meetings with campus Democrats as well as area agriculture leaders.

When considering on-campus music venues,UC Davis students might think of theMondavi Centerfor the Performing Artsor perhaps Freeborn Hall.Few would venture to consider theASUCD Coffee Houseamong these places,but that’s exactly the thought Campus Unions intends to encourage.

Is this guy a drunken asshole or does he sincerely believe I look like a curvier Natalie Portman? Why don’t I ever meet guys who try knowing my name before we grind? Is this girl going to have sex with me or what? Let’s be honest, the dating market sucks. It is an inefficient, confusingand exploited market that needs to be fixed.

Calling all aspiring actors,dancers and singers:The departments of music and theater & dance will be holding open auditions for the production of Rogers and Hammerstein’sOklahoma!.

Campus clubs wishing to reserve a meeting room will have to register with the Student Programs and Activities Center and pay an initial$35fee to create an account beginning Nov.1.

The corner of Second and E Street may look a little different these days topassers-by as Uncle Vito’s Slice of N.Y.pizza restaurant approaches its grand opening.Even more surprising,however,may be the extra large black-and-white mural that decorates one side of the building.

ASUCD and the Entertainment Council kicked off fall quarter with a free informational event and concert on Oct.21at Freeborn Hall.After performances from a cappella singers The Lounge Lizards and dance group Mobility,Sacramento rapper Random Abiladeze demonstrated his skills as a wordsmith as he took the south stage.Later,two sides of the East Bay were represented with hyphy hip-hop from Hayward rapper San Quin and pop-punk from Oakland foursome The Matches