It was a weekend of firsts for the UC Davis baseball team. The Aggies claimed their first series-opening victory on Friday in a14-8win over UC Riverside.It was their first win in their past nine games. On Saturday,UC Davis came back with another win over the Highlanders to claim its first series victory,winning back-to-back games for the first time all season. UC Riverside salvaged the series with a win on Sunday,but UC Davis still walks away from its weekend of firsts with momentum.It’ll be looking for more of the same when it travels to face Santa Clara today at6p.m.

Last weekend,while reveling in the newStar Trek movie‘s general awesomeness vision of a unified,space-faring humanity,I realized how little we are currently doing to make this vision a reality.

Part of growing up means coming to the inevitable realization that,sometimes,things will not go the way you had hoped.Unfortunately,for those of us currently doing our growing up here at the University of California,Davis,it would appear that these unfortunate times occur more often than not.

In a long anticipated decision,the University of California Board of Regents voted to raise student fees by9.3percent,or$662per year,last week. The increase – the sixth in seven years – brings the average systemwide fee for undergraduates to$8,720per year including individual campus based fees.

My father used to tell me ridiculously inaccurate “factoids” when I was a kid.When the mood striketh him,he told me stuff like:the Native Americans built the Statue of Liberty to scare white people away from their land; that people had four toes because a powerful earthquake can fuse two random toes together; and that those huge white windmills on the hills were actually depressed airplane propellers that did not get to live out their dreams of being part of a plane. (He also told me that communism was the world’s worst evil,but I don’t think he was joking with that one.)

Life is not about the destination,it is about the journey to get there.People tend to focus on the endpoint of the journey,but they have got it all wrong,says Fred Wood. Wood,the vice chancellor of student affairs,spoke on Wednesdayas part of the Last Lecture Series hosted by theASUCDAcademic Affairs Commission.

One of President Obama’s most popularly recognized speeches is on the topic of race– a subject that pits histories of injustice against the American promise of equality.Since the civil rights movement,strategies for overcoming social barriers have been as diverse as the groups they attempt to represent.And UC Davis students need not look far for a case in point.

On Tuesday,the Davis City Council continued discussion regarding the redevelopment of Fifth Street,an issue that has been in the works for three years. The council voted to begin community outreach and reassess the various options in the fall.The city is most concerned about the segment of the street between A Street and L Street. Three different proposals were brought up by the city as hypothetical plans of action during the meeting.

Proposition1D is an attempt by state lawmakers to avoid cuts in general fund-supported state spending.It would overturn Proposition10,passed in1998,which earmarks tobacco tax revenue in California for First5early childhood programs throughout the state.Both proponents and opponents of Proposition1D will tell you one thing – look at the facts.The proposition would divert$268million in annual tobacco tax revenue and the$340million First5has in reserve away from First5and into the state’s general fund.The state will have to find$608million from somewhere else if1D does not pass.

TODAY Nintendo64Super Smash Bros.tournament 6to10p.m. Griffin Lounge,MU Re-live retro at this tournament! Top players will receive prizes.Pre-register for$5at the info desk; $7at the door.

After a temporary halt in construction due to funding challenges,building has resumed on UC Davis’s Martin Luther King Jr.Hall. King Hall,which houses the UC Davis School of Law located on the southern edge of campus,has been undergoing construction since fall of2007as part of an expansion and renovation project,said Karl Mohr,assistant vice chancellor for Resource Management and Planning.

For those who braved the forbidding Davis rain in February to watch the start of the Amgen Tour of California, the future may be looking a lot brighter. Rumors are circulating that in 2010, America’s biggest cycling stage race will be held May 16 to 23, following four straight years of February races. The news was first reported in Cyclingnews, which quoted AEG president Andrew Messick as confirming the change. However, Michael Roth, Vice President of Communications, said yesterday what he can confirm is that the race date will not be in February.