UC Davis students may soon have to pay a greater price for fitness. UC Davis students currently enjoy unlimited access to courses offered by the physical education department as part of their university fees.That could change as early as fall2009as the department is currentlyin talkswith Campus Recreationto implement participation fees for some of its classes.

Who:UC Davis at No.5Stanford Records:Aggies,2-2; Cardinal,0-0 Where:Taube Family Tennis Stadium – Palo Alto,Calif. When:Today at3p.m. Who to watch:Freshman Dahra Zamudio is proving she’ll be someone to watch this whole season.

During my short stint as a columnist,I’ve gotten some interesting responses to what I’ve written.I’ve had people go to great lengths to tell me how stupid I am.I had one reader say that he would rather stick a fish in a rather unusual spot than read my column again.I even had one angry man hope that I would be attacked.But I had yet to receive a response as passionate as the one sent to me in reaction to my last column.

Imagine looking through a clear plastic glass,filled with water.Now replace that water with milk.This is the world through the eyes of someone with a cataract.But with a$50surgical procedure,this blur can be restored to the clarity of water. Jasdeep Manik,a junior neurobiology,physiology and behavior major,traveled to India in December to assist with these cataract operations.She went as a volunteer with Unite for Sight,anonprofit aimed at promoting international eye care and assistance.

A recent Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions study found that44percent of the85top American medical schools surveyed are thinking about increasing the number of open spots for incoming medical students. Of those schools,roughly33percent plan to increase enrollment up to15percent and roughly10percent plan to increase student enrollment by more than25percent.Many of these schools expect to implement these enrollment changes as early as fall2009.

The University of California doesn’t normally send students and faculty to countries on the State Department’s travel warning list– but overwhelming interest has led both the system and Davis to give students that opportunity– even in light of the recent violence. “We are offering a four week program through the UC Davis Summer Abroad Program and both a semester andyear long program throughthe UC Education Abroad Program,” said Diane Adams,associate director of UC Davis‘ Education Abroad Center.

If you missed itinfall,be sure to catch the historic bike exhibit in Downtown Davis before it closes this February.The display, “Swiftwalkers to Streamliners:Bicycles1823-2008,” features bicycles representing every era of the development of the bicycle.

Due to mounting budget losses,The California Aggiehas found it necessary to make several mid-year cuts.The most visible of these is our decision to cease having a print edition of the newspaper on Fridays.

Fish are important to Peter Moyle,and he would argue they’re important to you too. The UC Davis professor of wildlife,fish and conservation biology has dedicated his entire adult life to studying the ecology of freshwater fish.A Minnesota native,Moyle is a nationally known conservation expert and prolific author of106peer-reviewedpapers and five books.He also serves on numerous committees associated with managing the San Francisco Estuary.

Change could be coming for colleges and universities in the U.S. – and it’s not chump change.The U.S.House of Representatives is set to vote today on an economicstimulus package that calls for$550billion in domestic spending and$275billion in tax cuts.

TODAY Hunger lunch 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. Silo back patio The lunch, sponsored by Nourish International, will be an all-you-can-eat meal of rice, beans and cornbread.

Plagiaris A freshman student had a second referral toSJA,this time for plagiarism.The student copied sections directly from multiple Internet sites,altered them slightly to fit a writing assignment anddid not cite the sources used.The student admitted dishonesty and accepted the disciplinary sanctions of deferred separation until graduation,communityservice,LSC tutoring,a writing assignment on plagiarism and a plagiarism workshop.