Editor‘spicks: Canoe,Adam & Darcie,Drew Danburry Friday,7p.m. MStreet and Colgate Laura Gibson,Ricky Berger Saturday,8p.m.,$5-7 Old Firehouse

The UC Davis Arboretum will soon be getting a facelift intended to improve visitor experience, thanks to a federal grant from Museums for America. The $150,000 grant will go toward building a trail through the arboretum’s prestigious oak collection, expanding educational programs and improving resources for researchers.

Editor’snote: For this edition of10questions,The California Aggiespoke with ASUCD Controller Paul Harms to get a feel for the day-to-day operations involved in handling the association’s budget. Harms,of Fremont,Calif.,will start his fourth year at UC Davis in the fall,and is currently in his second term ascontroller– only the second person to hold the appointed position twice in theassociation’s history.

In one afternoon,you can dive into the Lake Tahoe basin,study earthquakes in New Zealand,and travel into the core of the earth – all from the safety of a single lab on campus. This lab,established in2005,is known as the W.M.Keck Center for Active Visualization in the Earth Sciences (KeckCAVES).Demonstrations of the lab’s technology are included as part of the UC Davis Centennial Exhibit at the California State Fair.

When it comes to consumer culture,the question of want versus need inevitably arises – is thisitem something you really need,or do you just want it?

MacGyver’s in town A transient was seen taking woodchips out of the playground area and using them as charcoal for a barbeque onC Street. Assault with a deadly weapon A male subject was threatening others with scissors on Galileo Court.

On the road to hosting the sixth annual Davis Jazz Artists Festival,the JohnNatsoulasCenter for the Arts will be looking for the next generation of William Burroughs,Allen Ginsbergs and Jack Kerouacs.

Give these tracks a listen: “Red Moon,” “In the New Year” For fans of: Yo La Tengo, The Unicorns, The Velvet Underground

President Bush’s low approval ratings may be more the result of personal experiences than of political beliefs,arecent UC Davis study suggests. UCD political science professor Scott Gartner found that individuals who have experienced a personal loss in a conflict – such as the IraqWaror the9/11terrorist attack – are more likely to disapprove of their leader than those who have not.

Like many children,as a10-year-old Rebekah Shepard wanted to be an astronaut.Her involvement in the Pavilion Lake Research Project is bringing her ever closer to that dream,as she joined researchers from NASA in their exploration of the development of ancient life forms.

Say what? An individual on G Street lost his hearing aid but was unsure of where it was lost.

When terminally ill patients can no longer speak for themselves,decisions can get complicated in the healthcare system.A bill recently signed into law by Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger attempts to ensure that those patients‘ wishes are honored.