The end of a decade usually signifies a time of reflection and assessment. What the hell happened in the last 10 years? What’s changed since we apprehensively watched Dick Clark deliver us into the new millennium? The simple and correct answer is technological progress. But just as the future never goes quite according to plan, technological progress is also never without backlash.

If this article were a Twitter post, or a “tweet,” it might tell a story, or give an update on important research being done at the university – and because Twitter limits messages to 140 characters, the simpler the tweet, the better. It would probably go something like this:

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine

Teams: California at UC Davis

Teams: No. 14 UC Davis vs. No. 5 Pepperdine; No. 15 Air Force; Fresno Pacific; No. 10 Concordia (Calif.); Brown

California State Assembly Majority Leader Alberto Torrico saw oil companies guzzling California oil and gushing with profits, all while California colleges and universities were struggling financially.

UC Davis has taken strides towards reducing the difficulties of transferring from community colleges by welcoming newly admitted transfer students with a variety of programs.

Elizabeth Perez is what many might call a “model student.”

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Santa Barbara

Event: International Tennis Association Regionals

Event: Intercollegiate Tennis Association Northwest Regional Championships

Teams: UC Davis at Cal State Northridge