According to state law, speed limits have to be reevaluated and justified every five years. There are currently several street sections in Davis where the speed limits are not up to date. “Every five years we have to update our traffic surveys.… It affects some of our speed limits,” said Roxanne Namazi, senior civil engineer with the Davis Public Works Department. “Fifty-four of 120 [speed segments] are now impacted.”

Event:Homecoming Teams:UC Davis vs.Southern Utah Records:Aggies,2-4; Thunderbirds,3-3 Where:Aggie Stadium When:Saturday at6p.m.

Desperate for an excuse to take an afternoon break from reviewing lecture slides for that first midterm? Well, Sunday’s Celebrate UC Davis may be the only opportunity you will ever have to see 100 birthday cakes in the same place. The Davis Chamber of Commerce has organized an array of festivities in celebration of the university’s centennial. The events, geared toward people of all ages, will take place from noon to 4 p.m. throughout the downtown area and the UC Davis campus.

TODAY Activities Faire signup deadline Noon 447Memorial Union The deadline for groups to sign for the Activities Faire is Oct.10at noon!

In theOct.8article “Dining in Davis:Crepe House Uni,” restaurant owner Sagat Cheung was mistakenly referred to as “he.” Cheung is female.The Aggie regrets the error.

Chancellor LarryVanderhoef held his first quarterly brown bag chat for the2008-2009academic year on Wednesday in the Memorial Union to discuss the budget,the campus community book project and UC Davis‘ search for a new chancellor. “To say [the budget’s] sobering is probablyan understatement,” Vanderhoef said.

Political advocacy among staff and faculty is not only common butalsoencouraged,as long as certain policies concerning the university are followed.Faculty and staff just have to be mindful of a few rules.UC Davis Government and Community Relations encourages active political participation,as long as political activity is not performed on university time and no university resources are used.

Californians have gained360million pounds over the last decade,whileone in three children and one infour teens are overweight or atrisk,according to the California Department of Public Health. In one of the latest efforts to deal with this issue,Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger last week signed Senate Bill1420,authored by Senator Alex Padilla (D-Pacoima),which will require restaurant chains with20or more locations in Californiato post nutrition information on menus and indoor menu boards by Jan.1,2011.This will affect over17,000restaurantsstatewide.

The iconic Budweiser Clydesdale team and wagon are on campus this week for an appearance at the grand opening of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Food and Wine Science today between10a.m.and12:30p.m.

Student political advocacy groups are taking campus voter registration records to new heights as Election Day approaches. As of Tuesday,2,000students registered to vote since the quarter began thanks to the combined efforts of the UC Davis chapter of Students for Barack Obama (SFBO) along with Davis College Democrats. In the first eight days,UC Davis not only broke the previous California student registration record – held by Cal Poly,San Luis Obispo – but doubled it.Davis registered1,447students in eight days,surpassing Cal Poly’s record of450in a week.

Dozens of undergraduate and graduate students lined up for hours in order to take advantage of the Mondavi Center’s student ticket sale. In an effort to promote student attendance at Mondavi Center concert events,10percent of the total tickets available for each performance were reserved for UC Davis students at reduced prices. Students towards the front of the line arrived at9a.m.,three hours before the box office opened,in order to ensure they got a ticket to one of the major events due in the coming year.Some of the more popular performers who will be appearing at the Mondavi Center include Yo-Yo Ma and Ihtzak Perlman. The sale will end on Oct.29or when tickets are sold out.

On Oct.2,the Palin-Biden vice presidential debate drew in69.9million viewers – the most viewed debate since1992,when Bill Clinton,Ross Perot and George Bush went head to head (to head). Two days later,NBC’s “Saturday Night Live” ran their own version of the VP debate with comedian Tina Fey as Sarah Palin and SNL cast member Jason Sudeikis as Joe Biden.It helped earn NBC its highest overnight rating in seven years,accordingto apress release from the network.As of Tuesday night,the video of the skit posted on NBC’s website received over3.6million hits.