You get what you give– or in the case of UC,you may get slightly more,with interest. After state budget cuts left no money from bond sales to support important building projects,UC will now rely on interest from a$199.8million loan to fund ongoing construction at eight of the10UC campuses.

Most days,Sam wanders the streets.He has no home or job,and doesn’t attend school.He owns only one set of clothes,which are tattered and torn.Without work he has little money; but what he gets,he squanders.He has difficulty retracing his steps,and is unable to discern one day from the next.But in Sam’s mind,he leads a normal life.

Students may have to open their wallets a little wider this year before they can bike to class. Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) recently announced that it is raising the fees for bike registrations.New licenses will increase from$8to$10and a license renewal will increase from$4to$5.This isthefirst fee hike for licenses since2000.

This year the Summer Folk Music Workshop will be held at the Davis Art Center the weekend ofAug.21to23beginning at3p.m.The three-day event,organized by Christine Grunn and Angela Kost,is expanding its venue by relocatingto a different facility and adding new instruments to the instructional lineup. This will be the first year that the workshop is having bass and saw classes,which will be taught by bassist Djordje Stijepovic and saw player Ursula Knudsen – both members of the Fishtank Ensemble.

Last Friday night,UC Davis students and community members gathered at the Recreational Pool for an evening of music,night swimming and competitive water events.The “Midnight Splash” lasted from9p.m.until1a.m.and attracted approximately500swimsuit wearing visitors,eager for the night’s activities that included anintramural belly flop contest– a crowd favorite.

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi sent her first email message to students, faculty and staff this afternoon. She outlined the agenda for her first several days on the job – including a trip to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, D.C. – and discussed her goals for the coming months.

After weeks of dismal budget updates,UC Davis got a bit of good news last week.The California Energy Commission announced a grant of nearly$2million to support the development of the West Village community housing project. University officials say the grant,which totals$1,994,322,will help planners analyze,design and implement new energy technologies with the ultimate goal of having a “zero net energy” community.

MONDAY Cal-Aggie Band-uh! Summer Jam-uh! 7to9p.m. Lawn by the Rec Pool Come join the California Aggie Marching Band-uh! for a live summer concert for those Monday blues! Bring a blanket,relax and enjoy the sounds of always fun Band-uh!

The Intelligence is a surf noise,art scuzz,garage four-piece from Seattle.If that made sense to you,please stop reading and reexamine your life.On their fourth full length release,The Intelligence,like many of their label mates,move away from their noisy origins and accept their pop eventuality.The visceral urgency and hot noise skull fuckery that dominated previous efforts such asIcky Baby has now been swapped for cool,ironic detachment,if not total resignation.

In past years,Pennsylvanian rapper Amanda Blank has collaborated with artists such as M.I.A.,Spank Rock,Santigold (previously known as Santogold),Ghostface Killah and Aaron LaCrate.However,her latest hip-hop albumI Love You,released onAug.4,has proven that she has lost most,if not all,of the talent that allowed her to rub musical shoulders with the previously mentioned musicians.

A change in wording can make all the difference,as post-9/11veterans recently discovered.Under the new GI Bill,formally known as Chapter33,the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairscoversstudent fees.This was a problem for private university students,who are generally charged “tuition” rather than fees,because assistance to private university students is based on how much assistance public university students receive.

MUSIC Mayyors; Ebonics; Gestapo Khazi Tuesday,8:30p.m.,$5 The Hub at181923rd St.,Sacramento Gestapo Khazi,a surfer-esque four-piece with a talented rhythm section,will join Mayyors and Ebonics on Tuesday for an eclectic night at the Hub in Sacramento.Check them out on Myspace for a preview.