With summer almost coming to a wrap-up, and the fall quarter just around the quarter, one can‘t help but wonder what Davis students have been up to all this time.

UC officials announced in August that professors would not take instructional days off as part of the system-wide furlough program. Instead, faculty will take unpaid days off on days they are not scheduled to give lectures, lead classes or workshops, have office hours or have other scheduled interaction with students.

Aggies at Main Soccer Field in Bakersfield, Friday at 7 p.m.

UC Davis at Saint Francis; vs. La Salle; at Siena. Friday at 1 p.m., Saturday at noon, Monday at 1:30 p.m., respectively.

UNLV Nike Invitational: UC Davis vs. Robert Morris; Central Arkansas

UC Davis at Fresno State, Saturday at 7 p.m.

Sacramento will soon be transforming a dull parking lot into a bustling mini-park called Presley Park. PARK(ing) Day this year will take place on Friday, Sept. 18th on the intersection of J Street and 20th Street in downtown Sacramento.

Jeffery Maurer, a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park, died Sunday after falling from a climbing route on the eastern edge of the park. Maurer, an avid rock climber, fell 50 feet from the Third Pillar, a difficult and technical climbing route on Mount Dana, park officials said.

Consumers in Davis can rest a little easier knowing their representatives have them in mind. The Consumer Federation of California gave Senator Lois Wolk, Fifth District, a 100 percent on the 2009 Interim scorecard for State Lawmakers, while Representative Mariko Yamada, Eighth District, earned the equivalent of 80 percent on her scorecard. Scores are based on key bills the CFC considers important. The interim scorecard provides a preview of how legislators have voted thus far throughout the session. The year‘s final scorecard is released shortly after Congress adjourns for the year.

Of all the bands to have emerged from the now legendary Smell community, with the possible exception of No Age, none has gained so much hype and publicity as Health.