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Monthly Archives - January 2009

January 2009 Archives

Correction

City NewsJanuary 15, 2009
A fact box accompanying Wednesday’s article “Facebook reaches150million active users” incorrectly stated that Facebook had more first time visitors than every other social networking site in November2008.In fact,the source data measured total unique visitors,not first time visitors.The Aggie regrets the error.

CD Review: Andrew Bird

Arts & CultureJanuary 15, 2009
Artist: Andrew Bird Album: Noble Beast Label: Fat Possum Records Rating:5

Campus Judicial Report

Campus NewsJanuary 15, 2009
Reply-All A senior was referred to SJA for unauthorized collaboration.Intending to send her completed homework to a friend who was having trouble in the class,the student accidentally forwarded the homework to the entire class and professor.The student admitted dishonesty and accepted a censure and a writing assignment on unauthorized collaboration.

California exceeds recycling goals

City NewsJanuary 15, 2009
California is leading the nation in its recycling efforts,according to the California Integrated Waste Management Board,or CIWMB. California currently diverts58percent of its waste to recycling,or about54million tons of the93million tons of trash it produces each year. That is saving the equivalent of100football fields stacked with trash reaching as high as the Empire State Building.The CIWMB hopes to eventually achieve “Zero Waste,” according to the CIWMB website.

Behind the Scenes at the John Jasperse Modern Dance audition

Arts & CultureJanuary 15, 2009
Last week,UC Davis students lined up to audition for one of the world’s most renowned contemporary dance choreographers.John Jasperse is the winter quarter UC Davis Granada Artist-in-Residence.He has been choreographer/artistic director of the John Jasperse Company New York for the last3decades and has received numerous grants,fellowships and awards,including a New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Award.

Arts Week

Arts & CultureJanuary 15, 2009
MUSIC Far,Automatic Static,By Sunlight Thursday,7:30p.m.,$15 Empire Events Center in Sacramento A brief look into the historyofSactown band Far:The band’s been around since1992,theymanaged to escape the formulas of the “butthead-rock” genre popularized by Limp Bizkit in1998and they split in1999.Ten years later,Far is back – most notably with their cover of Ginuwine’s hit R&B song “Pony.“

Anything but defiant

Arts & CultureJanuary 15, 2009
Rating:2/5 Defiance‘s plot is simple:Three brothers lead a group of Jewish people out of rural Belarus and into the forest in order to save them from sure death by German Nazis.On paper,it has all the makings of a well-rounded,convincing film:It’s set during World War II,its protagonists are Jewish rebels struggling to survive and it includes the star power of Daniel Craig to push it forward.On film,however,Defiance falls flat.

Aggie Trivia

FeaturesJanuary 15, 2009
Out of the 100 astronauts in the NASA space program, two of them – Stephen Robinson (1978) and Tracy Caldwell (1997) – are UC Davis graduates.

Unitrans buses are too crowded, students claim

Campus NewsJanuary 14, 2009
For many students,getting to and from campus meansbeing uncomfortably close to strangers.Unitrans officials say they have not recorded a significant increase in ridership over the past couple of years,but many students are complaining that the buses are packed.

Umbrella? Who needs one?

City NewsJanuary 14, 2009
It’s not every January that students can be spotted playing Frisbee or sunbathing on the Quad,but record temperatures this week have made the outdoors beckon like it’s spring already. Records were broken in the Sacramento region both Monday and yesterday,and weather forecasters say the warm spell will continue at least through early next week.

UC Irvine to open new law school

Campus NewsJanuary 14, 2009
In fall2009,new students will enter UC Irvine’s School of Law for the first time – all with free three-year tuition. Set to open in August,the school will let in roughly60students and has plans to accept up to200students in years to come,said Rex Bossert,communications and public affairs director for UCI’s School of Law. VictoriaOrtiz,dean of students and director of admissions for UCI School of Law,said that she expects roughly over1,000prospective students to apply by the Mar.1deadline.

Upcoming seminars

Science & TechnologyJanuary 14, 2009
Today Silk Footprints ofEmbiids:Does One Size Fit All? Janice Edgerly-Rooks,professor of biology– Santa Clara University 122Briggs Hall,12:10to1p.m. Sponsored by entomology