The UC Davis men’s basketball team wants to begin a new era. It wants to put the past to rest.It wants to be the next Big West Conference champion.It wants to bring the hysteria of March Madness to Davis. After the team’s recent road trip,people may want to start jumping on the bandwagon.

Brendan Chan thinks students would be safer if they were allowed to carry concealed weapons.He is in the process of founding a UC Davis chapter of Students for Concealed Carry on Campus,a non-partisan organizationthat claims over36,000members nationwide.

Human beings,when faced with the unpleasant prospect of the truth,will often cling to feelings of cynicism and doubt rather than admitting that they are wrong.Such was the case when Galileo first claimed the sun was the center of our solar system,or when Columbus fought the notion that the earth was flat.Despite the ignorant opposition,these men stood by their beliefs,effectively showing that one stubborn man can change the minds of millions.

It all started with an artificial vagina. The newborn foals in the campus Horse Barn are a charming vision of life in the quaint Davis flatlands.They tenderly nuzzle their mothers and wave their bristled tails in the winter breeze.Every January,these tiny foals appear in the barn.And every January,the students of the Stud ManagerInternship help to create them.

Last weekthe Aggies struggled on beam,finishing third.This time around,they dominated. “We finished the meet on balance beam,” said coach John Lavallee, “which the week before we had trouble with.We stepped it up and hit five of six routines.That’s a real great sign,to perform that well under pressure like that on the end of the day.”

Women’s tennis The UC Davis women’s tennis team defeated Portland State,5-2,in the season opener for both teams on Saturday.The Aggies won the doubles point before claiming four more points in singles.The Aggies were also able to capitalize on a short-handed Vikings‘ squad,which fielded just five players.