For an escape from the typical café snobbery,Cloud Forest Café serves up a delightful blend of culinary freshness andfriendly ambiance. Expansive windows line the front of the café on D Street,and local artists‘ paintings and vintage coffee burlap sacks adorn the surrounding walls.The atmosphere is entirely unlike that of the dark,cave-like Mishka’s,and with fewer future-prize-winning-poets-slash-antisocial-computer-junkies pecking away at their laptops.

The British Broadcasting Company has managed to put itself in a no-win position regarding the current escalation of the conflict in Gaza.Asked to broadcast a message from British charities urging citizens to contribute to aid for victims in Gaza,the BBC refused,citing a need for impartiality.

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.

The Davis International House hosted a forumlast Thursday to discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The forum,entitled“Peace in the Middle East,Options and Obstacles,“ was meant“to help somebody get one new piece of info that might help them think about this long conflict differently,“ said executive director of Davis International House Elisabeth Sherwin.

TODAY Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament 6 to 8 p.m. Griffin Lounge, MU Get there early; seats fill up quickly. Must be there by 6 p.m. If you’re one of the top 30 players, you could end up in the tournament of champions!

In the Jan. 22 issue of The California Aggie, the article “ACT receives criticism for video interviews” incorrectly stated that ACT’s designation as a slate entitles them to on-campus meeting space and SPAC funds, when in fact being a slate is not a SPAC designation and does not entitle them to SPAC funds. The Aggie regrets the error.

Forget beer and pizza.College students are cracking their piggy banks to scrounge enoughmoney for textbooks these days. The average student will spend about$700on textbooks this year alone,according to Student Monitor,an independent research firm that studies the college student market.

No.11on my Cap and Gown Listmay seem like blasphemy for a psychology major.However,after class last week,I feel I must take a stand against good old Sigmund and his faithless opinion of religion.

After the Aggies swept the Stanford duals two weeks ago,UC Davis was on the rise with a2-1Pacific-10record and a6-2overall record. Since then,the Aggies have been plagued by injuries.

UC Davis and UC Santa Cruz are the only UC schools with their own fire departments.

It’s going to take more than one tough loss to shake the confidence of the UC Davis men’s basketball team. The Aggies won their third straight Big West Conference game on Thursday,and nearly captured their fourth straight on Saturday before a large lead was erased down the stretch by Cal Poly. For UC Davis,the loss was a heartbreaker,not a deal breaker.

Vault? Check. Bars? Check. Beam and floor? Check and check. The gymnastics home opener was a thriller for Aggie fans – who literally couldn’t stay in their seats – as they saw UC Davis win all four individual events and five overall counting all-around in a dominating 191.050 to 187.175 win over Air Force.