Rating: If the recently split garage rockers of Be Your Our Pet were ever to be collectively slipped a roofie and forced to reunite and record together,the music they would produce would not be far from that of The Bird and The Bee.

Let’s be theoretical and say,theoretically(insert annoying air quotes),that you sit down for some precious Facebook time despite having a midterm in half an hour in a class whose name you can hardly even remember.Oh well,that’s what curves are for,right? You have a friend request.Warm,fuzzy feelings arise because you feel loved.

Taken Now playing at the Regal Davis Stadium5on G Stree Taken has all the key aspects of a typical action movie.Itstarts with the basics:trustworthy main character,dire situation and linear storyline. Thencomethe fun but still familiar parts.The movie is peppered with realistic,claustrophobic fight sequences reminiscent of theBourne series.The protagonist has implausible but forgettable means of gathering information.

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine Where: Schaal Aquatics Center When: Saturday at noon Who to watch: Coming from Fresno, Calif., senior Amber Bonds is wrapping up her career as an Aggie in a big way.

Approximately20women gathered Friday afternoon to discuss ways to save the Gender Education program. After the2008-2009school year,the program will be cut if it is not put on the official Women’s Resources and Research Center budget – something that organizers are fighting to make happen.

Students can experience a taste of the real world by showcasing research projects under the guidance of UC Davis faculty. The Undergraduate Research, Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference will be held on April 25, in Freeborn and Wellman Halls.

The Movement II Friday,7p.m.,free Technocultural Studies Building (formerly the Art Annex On-campus hip-hop means more than an intro to hip-hop dance class or a lunchtime picnic with The Federation on the Quad.

Event:Cathedral City Kickoff Teams:UC Davis vs.Southern Illinois; Fordham; James Madison; Illinois Records:Aggies,0-0; Salukis,0-0; Rams0-0; Dukes0-0; Fighting Illini0-0 Where:Cathedral City,Calif. When:Saturday at10:30a.m.,6p.m.; Sunday at9a.m.,11a.m. Who to watch:In order for UC Davis to build on its2008season,it will need help in the circle,starting with star hurler senior Jessica Hancock.

Rating: For myself and undoubtedly many others, the release of Sholi’s first full-length album represents something more than just new music. The band, which originally formed in Davis, has been something of an icon in the local music scene for years now.

Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing Today,7p.m. 126Voorhies The annual Pamela Maus Contest in Creative Writing will announce the winners of both the poetry and fiction competitions tonight at7p.m.in126Voorhies.The contest will be doling out$1500in total prize money to the finalists.

Apparently, being an intelligent species in a vast empty universe just doesn’t make people feel special anymore. On the other hand, nipple piercings and Bob Marley posters seem to do the trick. Marketers have been exploiting our desire to be “individuals” for decades. For all I know, the individualist movement, like Valentine’s Day, has been a marketing scheme for all these years. There is, however, a very good reason why everyone strives to be an individual, but many don’t realize the struggle requires more than a credit card.

Sophomore design major Greer Shively used to think that a cappella groups were all about nerdy males in the Ivy League system. That was, however, before she heard about The Spokes, an a cappella group on campus. Now, in the middle of her second year as a singer with The Spokes, Shively has learned a thing or two about the art of a cappella, a style of vocal music without instrumental accompaniment.