Higher education policy hasn’t exactly been a hot-button issue this election season,but it finally came up after Wednesday’s presidential debate. In the last of three presidential debates this fall,Democratic candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain briefly touched on the issue of college affordability at Hofstra University inNew York.

Teams:No.13UC Davis vs.No.4Pepperdine; No.5California Records:Aggies,7-8; Waves,12-4; Golden Bears,10-4 When:Friday at7pm; Saturday at noon Where:SchaalAquaticsCenter

Teams:No.7UC DavisatUC Riverside Records:Aggies,11-1-2 (3-0-2); Highlanders,3-9-2 (0-4-0) Where:UCR Soccer Stadium – Riverside,Calif. When:Saturdayat6p.m.

Event:NCAA Pre-Nationals; Santa Clara Brono Invitational Where:LaVern Gibson Course – Terre Haute,Ind.; Baylands Park – Santa Clara,Calif. When:Saturday at11:35a.m.; 9:45a.m. Who to watch:There’s one problem with having a great front-runner and a very talented group of freshmen:another top runner can be overlooked.

Hi.I’m K.C.I did this last year.I’d love to talk about how awesome I am at life and write one of those jolly little intro columns everyone seems to be so fond of,but the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just galloped by my window so I’m gonna skip the foreplay and get down to business.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Iona Records:Aggies,3-4; Gaels,3-3 Where:Aggie Stadium When:Saturday at7p.m.

It will take a two-hour run for a student to burn off a three-cheeseburger party. These and other comparisons are part of the results fromthe E-Chug campaign, a quiz adopted by UC Davis Health Education and Promotion (HEP) aimed at educating students about their alcohol and tobacco use.

Those in search of an interesting start to their weekend can look no farther than Freeborn Hall and the brothers of Delta Lambda Phi. The gay,bisexual and progressive interest fraternity on campus will be hosting its19th annual“Davis is Burning” today at8p.m. – a highly anticipated drag show and competition featuring the Delta Lambda Phi brothers and a host of other performers.

TODAY Davis Motorsports Club Round Table Pizza,2151Cowell Blvd. 5to8p.m. The club is having their bi-monthly meeting.If you like cars,this is the place to find other enthusiasts like you!

In the Oct.10story “Food,fun and compost,” MichaelSiminitus was mistakenly identified as Michael Seminitus.Furthermore,the quote that read, “When compostable organics decompose naturally,they release methane,which is an essential greenhouse gas,“ was incorrect.The correct quote reads: “Landfilling compostable organics produces methane,a potent greenhouse gas.” The Aggie regrets the error.

Hello Aggie readers! It’s a new school year,which means a fresh start– new classes,new opportunities,and (for better or worse) new columnists! I was told that this would be a good time to introduce myself,though I was planning on waiting until June… but what the heck? My name’s Danielle.I’m an Americanstudies major in my fourth and final year at UCD; which roughly translates to: “I have no idea what I want to do with my life and I’m screwed.” I hail from sunny Los Angeles and,although I now live in Davis,I still wear flip-flops every day of my life.I enjoy long walks through the Arboretum,speak Spanish fluently when I’m drunk,and have read the Twilight series more times than I care to admit.I spent my most recent Monday night driving to Woodland to buy the last15bags of Mother’s Cookies at Target,and on my list of favorite things ever,autumn in Davis falls right after puppy dogs and just before Johnny Depp.

Men’s and women’s swimming and diving The Aggies men’s and women’s teams have been picked to finish second and third in the2008-09Big West Conference Swimming and Diving Coaches Poll,respectively.