Henry McHenry has a passion for paleoanthropology and teaching. His research has taken him around the world and he has seen the field evolve over the last 40 years.

TODAY AgChem Winter Colloquium 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. MU II Join the Agricultural & Environmental Chemistry Graduate Group for two days of talks focused on graduate student research. A keynote speaker will present at noon!

Starting today, students can vote for whom and what they believe will make UC Davis a better campus. Polls open at 8 a.m. today at elections.ucdavis.edu and close 8 a.m. Friday. Voters can choose their preference from two executive tickets and 15 senatorial tickets, in addition to The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) ballot measure.

Is it just me,or does anyone else feel old? Pretty soon I’m going to start dying my hair,subtracting five years from my age and powerwalking at the mall on Sunday mornings.Every dayI get closer and closer to being a grown-up,and I don’t like it.

UC Davis closed out its regular season with a bang,taking care of Cal Poly in convincing fashion at Hickey Gym on Saturday,32-15. Seven Aggie seniors wrestled for the last time at home,helpingtreat the crowd of nearly500to a32-15trouncing of Cal Poly.It was UC Davis‘ first win over the Mustangs since the1992-1993season.

The Verizon Foundation awarded the Family Protection and Legal Assistance Clinic at UC Davis‘ King Hall School of Law with a$35,000grant to further its workin the family law field last month. The Woodland-based clinic facilitates free services for low-income spouses and their children,handling cases involving restraining orders,child custody,visitation,child and spousal support and property division.

Back in nonconference play,the UC Davis men’s basketball team identified two areas of needed improvement. The first was its ability to close out games.The second was its defense. One down,one to go.

Cold,wet and windy weather wasn’t enough to stop thousands from coming out to see the Tour of California start in Davis on Sunday. The first stage of the Amgen Tour of California kicked off in Downtown Davis,giving spectators a chance to get an up-close and personal look some of the biggest names in professional cycling.

We live in an era of one-night stands and transitory relationships.Many of you have probably neverhad a meaningful relationship,whilemost of youlikely have had a one-night stand or maintained a “friend with benefits“ relationship.In the fashion of our generation,you embraced your physical impulses while fearing and avoiding emotional ones.

Over the year and a half I’ve been writing this column,I’ve encountered a variety of different responses.Some students have been motivated by my efforts,others have been appalled by them,but so far nothing has caught me more off guard than a displeased TGIF supporter who insisted that I smell her in the middle of acrowded Coffee House breezeway.

TUESDAY Welcome to America! A driver was driving on the wrong side of the street and almost hit another vehicle on F Street.

Now that my friends and I are high tailing it out of this ol‘ college town this year,I’ve been noticing that we’re trying to cling onto our old antics.Our collective fear of growing up and entering thatblasted “real world” is festering inside us at such an alarmingrate; we’re desperately trying to stay young.And I’m not even talking about staying in college mode.Sadly,we’ve been trying to act like high schoolers again.