Dear Aggie Readers, 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.Articles that would have run in the Friday issue of the newspaper will be posted online at theaggie.org.For those devoted readers of The Lineup,it willbe moved to the Thursday issue.

A recent discovery of a hazardous chemical near the site of the new Target store in Davis has some citizens calling for construction on the store to be delayed. The chemical,trichloropropane,is considered to be a “probable carcinogen” by the U.S.Environmental Protection Agency.It has already been detected at the nearby Frontier Fertilizer Superfund Site,which the EPA has been monitoring and cleaning up since the mid-1990s.

Newly formed ASUCD organization ACT faced controversy last week after it became apparent that members didn’t fully disclose their intentions when interviewing students for a video to be posted online.After itwas discovered that more than one interviewee wasn’t aware the video was for an ASUCD group,ACT organizers removedit in order to get permission from everyone it featured.

TODAY Picnic Day booth lottery Picnicday.ucdavis.edu Student organizations that are interested in having a booth on Picnic Day need to sign up with SPAC by today. There will be a lottery for a limited number of booths tomorrow. Visit picnicday.ucdavis.edu for more information.

The fact of the matter is simple for the Aggies: They will go the remainder of the season with a very short bench, as three players have gone down with season-ending injuries. That won’t keep the Aggies (7-11, 3-4) from giving it all they have.

About900athletes will congregate at the UC Davis stadium and pool this June,as UC Davis hosts the Northern California Special Olympics Summer Games.

The UC Davis men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled for their third straight weekend dual, this time heading to Stockton to take on Big West Conference rival Pacific. The men had a dominant showing once again, as they achieved a 145-point total and then swam exhibition against the Tigers en route to a comfortable 37-point win. Meanwhile, the women suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss, 132-130.

There are currently53UC Davis alumni serving in the Peace Corps,making the university14thin the nation for Peace Corps participation.The number has increased since last year,when UC Davis was ranked21. Last Thursday,approximately40students attended an informational meeting to learn how to continue UCDavis‘ commitment to service.

TheUCstudent regentandstudent regent-designate stopped at UC Davis on Friday during their statewide barnstorming tour. D’Artagnan Scorza,thestudent regent and an education graduate student at UCLA,visited UC campuses last week to discuss policy issues and recruit applicants for the2010-2011Student Regent position.Jesse Bernal,thestudentregent-designateand an education graduate student at UC Santa Barbara,accompanied Scorza.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Jan.22meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

Gary Stewart remembers the girl he had a crush on when he was13years old.And he doesn’t want to talk about her. “It matters not to me.I don’t focus on that at all,” said the UC Davis men’s basketball coach. “If I’m still worried about a girl I liked when I was13,I’ve got some problems.“ For Stewart and the Aggies,that girl has been the PacificTigers.For a long,long time.

A possible partnership between UC Davis andU.S.Bank to add a branch to the Memorial Union is inciting protest among some students.The branch would be placed at the East Conference Room in the MU and is intended bring revenue to the university.A10-year contract with a$3,000signing bonus would net$140,000per year for UC Davis,said ASUCD President IvanCarrillo at thesenate meeting onJan.15.