The Davis City Council will meet Tuesday at6:30p.m.in the Community Chambers at23Russell Blvd. The following are descriptions of selected agenda items the council will discuss at the meeting.To view the entire agenda and associated staff reports,visit cityofdavis.org.

I’ve always been jealous of those who rant.It may seem a strange thing to envy,but people who get passionate about a topic and then get annoyed,angry,and just lay into someoneseem so emotionally free.Granted,they may also be criminally unbalanced,but that’s a topic for another day.There’ve been times in my life I wish I had yelled or screamed; sometimes I wish I could be a royal bitch who just calls it like I see it.Alas,that’s not me.But as I began to work on this week’s column,I was determined that I too could be an effective ranter.

J.R.Best had a great idea. He would move to Japan,and start a sports camp for Japanese youth.It would be a cultural exchange– U.S.students could come and intern as camp counselors,while Japanese youth would have the opportunity to learn from Americans. In2005,Best,a UC Davis1979alumnus,turned that idea into a pilot project in Kiyosato,Japan,a small town in the mountains three hours west ofTokyo.

As some of you may have noticed by venturing totheaggie.orgthis past weekend,K.C.Cody now has two columns; his tried and true Informed Dissent,and a spiffy new advice column called Ask a Super-Senior. So,if you happen to find yourself in a social,moral or academic dilemma,or if you just want some general advice from a battle tested source,please send your intractable scenarios to eitherkccody@ucdavis.edu oreditor@theaggie.org and K.C.will be happy to make up a fake name for you and respond the following week.