Competing with over1,000athletes from around the country,including a slew of ranked teams and the occasional Olympian,the UC Davis men’s track team put forth a strong showing at its second of two indoor meets this season. “We had a really good meet,” coach Jon Vochatzersaid. “If I were to compare it to the meet from two weeks ago,I’d say we were a shade ahead of last time.We picked it up a big notch.“

Men’s soccer Former UC Davis standout forward Quincy Amarikwa scored the game-winning goal for the San Jose Earthquakes in the Major League Soccer team’s exhibition opener over the Seattle Sounders FC on Saturday,3-2. Amarikwa,who was named the Big West Conference’s Offensive Player of the Year with the Aggies this fall,scored an unassisted goal less than40seconds into the game’s second half.

Two members of the Yolo County Board of Supervisors were in Washington D.C. this week lobbying for stimulus funds for Yolo County infrastructure projects.

It’s a fact that many don’t know – a bad check could get you sent to jail.

As the state budget deadlock remains unresolved, UC President Mark Yudof plans to advance University of California funds for Cal Grants to cover spring quarter.

After numerous efforts in a month-long campaign to save the Gender Education program, things are finally looking up.

Congressmen are inarticulate, caustic and obtuse. It’s their job, you understand. At least, the job we give them. The voter’s interpretation of what to expect of federal legislators has been set adrift from their own interests. We’ll gladly elect killers and thieves so long as they pay lip service to a few key sentiments to soothe our skepticism.

Having come fifth in last year‘s Challenge for Charity (C4C) competition, this year‘s UC Davis MBA team is looking to up its game.

Late last week, while Senate Democrats were busy letting Republicans castrate an already neutered stimulus plan, I got pretty agitated. Much of our generation’s future, and the future of generations down the line, depends on this administration’s response to the recession

TODAY Relay for Life registration deadline Register by today and receive half off the team registration fee for Relay for Life 2009.

Well guys, tomorrow’s Valentine’s Day. And if you’re anything like most men on February 13th, you’re hopelessly without a plan and about ready to fake food poisoning.

There’s always a moment that defines a generation. The Wall Street Crash of 1929 that started the Great Depression. Martin Luther King, Jr. delivering his famous “I have a dream“speech. Neil Armstrong winning the Space Race for the United States by becoming the first man to walk on the Moon.