The ASUCD Entertainment Council will be bringing more live music to campus today at7:30p.m.as another free concert comes to the ASUCD Coffee House.Limbeck will be traveling from Orange Country to headline the show with its alt-country rock sound.Opening the show are Push Push Pull,a local indie-pop group that includes two current UC Davis students,andSanta Rosa-basedbandThe New Trust.

With President-elect Obama’s inauguration just a week away, a panel of UC Davis professors will gather tonight to discuss the various challenges facing the new president. The event will consist of individual presentations by four different professors who will discuss the economic, constitutional, social and foreign policy issues that Obama will confront when he takes office on January 20. Following the presentations, audience members will have the opportunity to ask questions of the panelists.

Israel is fighting a Hydra. In Greek mythology,the Hydrawas an enormous,serpent-like creature with multiple heads that could not be defeated by conventional means; if a would-be hero severed one of the heads,two more would sprout,strengthening the beast.The harder someone tried to destroy the beast,the more dangerous it became.

The basic principles of banking have always been a bit fuzzy to me.For almost two years,I struggled with the concept of a ledger– desperately trying to collect receipts,remember specific amountsand record it all before things got too out of hand. Unfortunately,even if I was able to successfully remember every withdrawal from my account,I was forced to rely on math skills that made even the most dimwitted calculus student look like Albert Einstein in comparison.As a result,I often resorted to breaking the proverbial laws of banking,and “writing checks my ass couldn’t cash.“

With U.S.teen pregnancy rates soaring above every developed country in the world and up to half of the annual18.9million new STD cases occurring in15to24year-olds,most agree on the importance of sex education.What everyone can’t agree on is the method. The split of opinion lies between teaching an abstinence-only sex education and a comprehensive sex education.In a national survey,roughly58percent of principals in public secondary schools describe their sex education as comprehensive and roughly34percent report an abstinence-only sex education.

Plastic flip-flops and suede Ugg boots lay abandoned on the heavily polished floor. The sound of dribbling basketballs faintly echoes in the gymnasiumas students wearing faded sweatshirts of their past ballet recitals watch a girl dance to her own voice reciting lyrics. Her polished fingernails graze the floor, making a soft clicking sound.

Why is it that the moment you start settling in with somebody that you’re dating,they start unleashing an inordinate amount of unknown and unattractive characteristics all of a sudden? I know both girls and guys have experienced this common phenomenon,but it’s still surprising just how downhill people can go once that whole “honeymoon period” of dating is over.

The unhealthy alcohol-caffeine hybrid drink,Sparks,is about to lose itsenergy.After attorneys general from several states bullied MillerCoors,Sparks‘ manufacturer,into halting production,several questions remain.

Free lift tickets. Two free season passes to Sugar Bowl. Free snowboard jackets, boots and apparel. A body-painting contest. A Greek attendance competition. The chance to be on television. That’s what it took to get a crowd of 2,378 to come to the Pavilion on Saturday to watch the UC Davis men’s basketball team host Big West Conference foe Long Beach State.

In protest of what they claim to be steadily decreasing levels of staffing at University of California Medical Centers and Student Health Centers,UC registered nurses at five medical centers have voted to authorize bargainers to call a strike if necessary. This decision is in the midst of extended contract negotiations,which began in July2008in concern of staffing,wages and benefits.

When they’re not in the classroom, UC Davis professors engage in cutting-edge research that expands scientific knowledge in their field of study. Some of the discoveries are small, but many have a far-reaching impact, attracting attention from national scientific organizations. Six professors at UC Davis have been recognized by the American Association for the Advancement of Science for achievements like furthering the understanding of weight management and generating images of atomic molecules.

TODAY ASUCD Blood Drive 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Freeborn Hall Stop by and give a free pint of blood. In exchange, ASUCD and Blood Source will give you a free pint of Baskin-Robbins ice cream!