TODAY Football ticket distribution 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aggie Stadium Ticket Office Come get your tickets to Saturday’s game against Iona. Tomorrow is your last chance to get tickets!

At Tuesday’s City Council meeting,councilmembersand the public were treated to a detailed presentation on employee compensation in the city of Davis. With thecurrent national,state and local budget issues,people want to know where their money goes.Lately,this has led to heightened scrutiny across the nation of the compensation of public employees,fromcustodial staff to fire fighters to the city manager.

Oct. 15, 2008 will forever be marked on UC Davis’ campus as the dedication day for the new Centennial Walkway, the path that runs straight through the Quad.

The Mumlers Thickets & Stitches Galaxia Record Rating:2

Pillars and Tongues Protection Contraphoni Rating:3

Nick Jaina A Narrow Way HUSH Records Rating:5

Beginning today,over100teams – comprised of nearly1,000students – will head out into Davis to make their own films with only a week to finish.The movie-making rush is all part of Campus MovieFest,a college film competition that gives university students across the country an opportunity to showcase their creativity.Founded in2001by Emory University students,CMF returns to Davis for the second time this year.

Unauthorized material during an exam A professor referred a first-year student for academic misconduct in a sociology class.During an exam,the student used a blue book that had previously been filled out with various notes in pencil.As the exam progressed,the student erased the portions of these notes that he no longer needed.A neighboring witness reported this behavior to the professor.The student admitted wrongdoing and agreed to a sanction of deferred separation and15hours of community service.Deferred separation means that the student waives his right to a formal disciplinary hearing if referred to SJA in the future.

ASUCD Senate election season officially began on Tuesday when petitions for candidacy were made available in 348 Memorial Union.

MUSIC The East Portal Express,Family Today,9p.m.,$3 Old Ironsides in Sacramento The East Portal Express provides a smooth ride of easy-listening –dare I say adult contemporary? – funk rock.My parents would wholeheartedly approve.

ThePeter J.Shields Libraryat UC Davis is in a bit of a bind. In fact,that might be an understatement.The predicament that the library has been in over the past decade is slowly turning into a crisis.Long-termunder-funding has seriously damaged the library’s ability to do what it does best:provide an outstanding array of research materials for students and scholars.

Hello,world.Myname’s Cheya Cary and for the next27weeks I’m going to be publishing columns– very much like this one– about pertinent issues facing UC Davis students,the greater American public and,thanks to our pioneering time-capsule program,our reptilian overlords of the year3000.