For students,as well as the administration,the concept of waitlisting is a guessing game. Barbara J.Noble,a senior associate at the Office of the University Registrar,says waitlisting is “a lot of forecasting,” where the registrar never knows exactly how many students will choose a certain class,but they try to make the best guess.

Back in my day,we had manual skateboards Two electric skateboards were stolen on Alvarado Avenue.

Teams:UC Davis vs.Long Beach State Records:Aggies,5-9 (0-1); 49ers,7-7 (2-0) Where:The Pavilion When:Saturday at7p.m.

Dominic Calegari just wanted to keep playing. By his own evaluation,he had been nothing more than a role player for his high school basketball team.Best-case scenario:he would walk-on at UC Davis or Cal Poly,help out on the scout team and that would be that.

Economists love food. It’s in their model goods (ice cream cones), proverbs (there’s no such thing as a free lunch) and metaphors (piece of the economic pie). This may be why I’ve been unable to convey simple truths about externalities and market failures to econ majors; I haven’t been talking enough about melamine milk and morbid obesity.

Teams:UC Davis atCalifornia,Sacramento State Where:Haas Pavilion– Berkeley,Calif. When:Saturday at7p.m.

MONDAY Project Compost 6 p.m. Project Compost Office, MU Basement Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.

The California Aggie’s Thuy Tran went to Vietnam in November to participate in a charity mission in the country’s Ben Tre Province.She shares her experiences in the country and in helping the team provide77cases of surgeries,1,800examinations and2,500eyeglasses.

As a seasoned flyer (32 flights since being accepted to UCD), I would like to take this opportunity to offer some valuable insight for those who are less experienced with airline travel.

Headline: Women’s basketball preview Teams: UC Davis at UC Riverside Records: Aggies, 5-7 (1-0); Highlanders, 5-9 (1-1) Where: Student Recreation Center Gym – Riverside, Calif. When: Tonight at 7 p.m.

The beginning of the year always prompts a time of promise for the year to come and stuff like that. For me and many others, this manifests itself in the form of half-arsed New Year’s resolutions, mine of which either tend to be overly pragmatic (i.e. floss regularly, drink more water, get more rest) to downright unfeasible (be taller, get perfect vision, stop procrastinating).

UC Regents to consider cutting freshman enrollment next fall The University of California Regents will hold a special meeting Jan.14via teleconference to discuss a plan that would cut freshman enrollment at UC campuses for the2009-2010academic year as a result of insufficient state funding.