The Aggies won the games they were supposed to win,but not exactly in the fashion that everyone expected. Saturday proved that the young and inexperienced Aggies had great depth,with11different playersscoring in the two-game split. On Sunday,junior Ashley Chandler and a true freshman Kaylee Miller each scored three goals on the day to lead the Aggies to another1-1day of surprising action.

Private Joseph Dwyer entered Iraq in2003as part of the American spear heading for the heart of Baghdad.He became an instant celebrity when a photographer captured him carrying a helpless child to safety during a battle near the Euphrates.The photo was widely circulated,as it represented the ideal of the heroic American soldier risking life and limbto save innocents.

If you work at UC Davis,chances are you know Stan Nosek – or at least his signature on your paycheck. “I don’t actually sign each individual check,” Nosek said. “I [computerized] that one about7years ago.But whenever people ask me that,I always say, ‘yes,I saw yours,and I’m going to do something about it!'”

When those around you begintocling to a rotten lie,reeking of desperation,ignorance,and often times paranoia,the best course of action for a reasonable person to take is a step back and posing the question of, “Why?”

TUESDAY But it wasn’t a hot day? A homeless person was cooking something on the sidewalk on C Street.

Is it just me or are a lot of people breaking up everywhere? And I mean everywhere:Onthe bus,in front of Olson,even over the phone on the sidewalk at two in the morning.A couple once broke up right in front of my apartment.My roommate and I crouched down,popped some popcorn and put our ears against the door as the girl from apartment124took two hours to break up with Joe-shmoe because she caught him cheating.Oh man,it was so golden,I peed in my pants a little.

Susan Ferriss and Ricardo Sandoval usually ask the questions.This time UC Davis students,staff and faculty interviewed them. As foreign correspondents in Latin America,the married journalists have interviewed powerful people including Vicente Fox and Hugo Chavez.They spent decades living and working in Latin America and now work for The Sacramento Bee.

Last Thursday,the ASUCD Senate passed Senate Resolution16unanimously,urging the administration and faculty to take necessary steps to curtail Peter J Shields Library’s national ranking decline.Shields library once prided itself as one of the top one-third of research libraries in North America,but within15years due to a negligent chancellorship,an incompetent and corrupt university administration,and an irresponsible faculty,Shield’s ranking toppled to an all new low of64th.

It’s about time UC Davis passes a T.G.I.F.initiative,but the language of this particular initiative may not be worth the YES vote. The success of this program at other UC’s has shown the things students can accomplish when given the funds. Senator Bianchi’s claim that this fee doesn’t benefit all students is very odd given the many programs that ASUCD funds that only affects some students.

The fight against global warming will not be brief.While scientists weren’t expecting Earth to reenter equilibrium tomorrow,new research shows the ecosystem will not cool for another1,000years.

Former UC Davis Police officer Calvin Chang filed a lawsuit yesterday against the University of California Regents and UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza alleging racial and sexual orientation discrimination,retaliation,fraud and breach of contract.He isseeking$3million in damages.

In one of his first actions in office, President Barack Obama made good on a promise to reverse an Environmental Protection Agency decision that blocked California from implementing stricter pollution standards on vehicles sold in the state. The EPA under President George W. Bush denied California‘s request, saying that regulating vehicle emissions was the job […]