Event:Stanford Duals Teams:UC Davis vs.Drexel; Columbia; Stanford Where:Burnham Pavilion – Palo Alto,Calif. When:Saturday at noon; 2p.m.; 4p.m.

Teams:UC Davis vs.San Jose State; Fresno State Where:Schaal Aquatics Center When:Saturday at1p.m.

Teams:UC Davis at Long Beach State Records:Aggies,5-7 (1-0); 49ers,3-10 (0-2) Where:Walter Pyramid – Long Beach,Calif. When:Saturday at5p.m.

Thousands of swans and geese migrating from the frozen far north have touched down and chosen to winter at the Yolo Bypass Wildlife Area,and local birding experts will host a guided tour of the area tomorrow morning.

2009 will mark Mark Yudof’s first full year as president of the University of California system. There will be no shortage of challenges, as UC grapples with severe budget cuts while trying to increase accessibility and maintain affordability. In a video posted on the UC president’s web site, Yudof acknowledged that 2009 “will be a traumatic year.” Still, he urged Californians to consider the impact UC has on the state, from cutting-edge medical research to solving global warming.

Sparks, an energy drink made by MillerCoors, is an alcoholic energy drink that combines beer and caffeine into a drink with 6 percent alcohol by volume. MillerCoors recently came under fire by several state attorneys general because of what they say are the adverse health effects caused by drinking alcohol together with caffeine. The attorneys also expressed concerns about MillerCoors’ marketing of the product, claiming it was targeted towards a young and potentially underage crowd.

UC Davis is expanding its language program with the Spanish department’s recent introduction of Portuguese language classes. UC Davis will join other UC schools such as UCLA and Berkeley who already offer similar programs. “Most leading university Spanish departments, in the UC and elsewhere in the United States, offer some level of Portuguese,” said Robert Newcomb, assistant professor of Luso-Brazilian Studies, who joined the Spanish department in the fall. “Our goal in introducing Portuguese into our curriculum was to make our department more compatible with this model and to make us more competitive in attracting undergraduate and graduate students.”

For students,as well as the administration,the concept of waitlisting is a guessing game. Barbara J.Noble,a senior associate at the Office of the University Registrar,says waitlisting is “a lot of forecasting,” where the registrar never knows exactly how many students will choose a certain class,but they try to make the best guess.

Back in my day,we had manual skateboards Two electric skateboards were stolen on Alvarado Avenue.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Long Beach State Records:Aggies,5-9 (0-1); 49ers,7-7 (2-0) Where:The Pavilion When:Saturday at7p.m.

Dominic Calegari just wanted to keep playing. By his own evaluation,he had been nothing more than a role player for his high school basketball team.Best-case scenario:he would walk-on at UC Davis or Cal Poly,help out on the scout team and that would be that.

Economists love food. It’s in their model goods (ice cream cones), proverbs (there’s no such thing as a free lunch) and metaphors (piece of the economic pie). This may be why I’ve been unable to convey simple truths about externalities and market failures to econ majors; I haven’t been talking enough about melamine milk and morbid obesity.