For seemingly obvious reasons,college websites don’t tend to provide information on the hottest nightspots or where the cutest guys and girls congregate.However,that’s not to assume that a lot of us wouldn’t find this information helpful. UC Davis graduates Michael Kim and Dan Greenberg solved this problem withyollege.com.Both said that they like to think of the website as an insider’s guide to everything one needs to know about the college experience.

TODAY Centennial Quad celebration 10a.m.to2p.m. The Quad There will be prizes,over200booths for student groups and other organizations,as well as food and the East Quad Farmers Market.

The seventh year of the Campus Community Book Project is in full swing with events lined up through December. The project began in2001in response to theSept.11events in an effort to “bring the community together and create a dialogue about complex issues,” saidMikael Villalobos,administrator of diversity education for theOffice of Campus Community Relations. “The book project was a way to bring the community together to discuss a lot of the issues that surround us and controversial issues to have a common experience,” he said.

It was a weekend of firsts for the UC Davis women’s soccer team. After picking up their first tie in Big West Conference action against UC Riverside,the Aggies (6-4-3,1-2-1) notched their first goals and win in league play in a2-1victory over Cal State Fullerton.

There’s good news and bad news. The bad news is that the number of forcible and non-forcible sex offenses, robbery, burglary and arson has reportedly increased, according to UC Davis Clery Act statistics. The good news is that aggravated assaults and motor vehicle theft have reportedly decreased.

Most everyone loves cake,but Wayne Thiebaud made a career out of painting them. The world-renowned painter and professor emeritus of art at UC Davis recently donated an estimated$860,000worth of his prints to the art department.

Last week,as news stories of skyrocketing student fees once again littered the pages of California newspapers,Lieutenant Governor John Garamendi sat down withThe California Aggieand informed UC students that they must be the ones responsible for stopping their own financial fleecing.Garamendi was quoted as saying, “The students need to rise up and raise hell.If that doesn’t happen,then this fee increase will continue.“

Buried under10other ballot measures and a slew of elected offices is Proposition11,California’s legislative redistricting measure. The proposition would give redistricting authority to a new14-member commission,made up of an even mix of party members.This commission would have the responsibility ofre-drawingCalifornia’s legislative districts every10years after the census is completed,a task that is currently left to the state legislature and the governor.

THURSDAY BUI done right An individual was seen drinking a beer whileriding a bike on Second Street.

As this is my first column,I suppose it would be best to introduce myself to you,my readers.I am aseniorpolitical science and history double major.I work at the ASUCD Coffee House as a Cashier Supervisor and I am a brother of the Sigma Chi Fraternity.This summer I worked as a Congressional intern in Washington,D.C.I love dogs,chocolate,and the History Channel.The Nintendo Wii sent me to the emergency room once.I am a quarter Nicaraguan and three-quarters random European and my favorite color used to be green,changed to blue,and is now somewhere in the blue-green range.Great.Now that we are acquainted,we can move forward.

Last day to register is Oct.20 Californians who intend to vote in the Nov.4election must be registered to vote by Oct.20.Voter registration forms must be received at your county’s registrar of voters or postmarked by Oct.20.

After reading your article “Report finds Shields Library under-financed,” there are a couple of facts that I would like to point out. First let me say thatthis,like most college campuses‘ main focus,is the professors.We want to make them happy.Heck,just look at the money that they make.What makes them happy? Besides making money? Happy students.One thing that makes happy students is having the booksthat they need in the library.How do those books get on the shelves?The people behind the doors.I am one of those people.