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Monthly Archives - February 2009

February 2009 Archives

Correction

Campus NewsFebruary 24, 2009
In the Feb.22issue of The California Aggie,the article “Election results announced Friday” incorrectly stated the elections website was down between8and11p.m.on Thursday when in fact it was down from6:30to10p.m.The Aggie regrets the error.

Climate change puts bird populations in jeopardy, report says

City NewsFebruary 24, 2009
A group of scientists released a report last week claiming that climate change will have a dramatic effect on future bird populations.The authors of the study are calling on lawmakers to decrease greenhouse gas emissions and improve conservation efforts to protect the birds.

ASUCD election website

OpinionFebruary 24, 2009
ASUCD voting hit its second highest turnout on record last week.This occurred despite athree-and-a-half-hour downtime on Thursday night.The downtime was compensated for with an additional three and a half hours of voting time on Friday morning.

Aggie Digest

SportsFebruary 24, 2009
Women’s lacrosse Sophomore midfielder Gina Hoffmire scored her team-best fourth goal with36seconds remaining in the second overtime period to lead UC Davis to a14-13win over St.Mary‘s in Mountain Pacific Sports Federation action at St.Mary‘s StadiumonSunday.

Women’s golf preview

SportsFebruary 23, 2009
Event:Fresno State Lexus Classic Where:Copper RiverCountry Club –Fresno,Calif. When:Today and tomorrow; all day Who to watch:Sophomore Alice Kim showed great potential while leading the Aggies during the fall season.

Wild West

SportsFebruary 23, 2009
The UC Davis faithful have had a chance to see the kind of excitement that can come with competing in the Big West Conference. In the fall,it was the nationally ranked men’s soccer team advancing through a competitive conference schedule to earn aberthin the NCAA Tournament.

Senate Briefs

Campus NewsFebruary 23, 2009
ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at theFeb.19meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

Low sales tax income deepens city’s fiscal hole

City NewsFebruary 23, 2009
The budget picture for the city of Davis is not pretty. The city faces a nearly$2.4million shortfall in revenues for the current fiscal year due to lower than expected revenues from property taxes,sales taxes and other city income.

Hedwig star shares the benefits of being bold

Arts & CultureFebruary 23, 2009
If you’ve seen any of John Cameron Mitchell’s work as a writer,actor or director,you’d know that he’s not afraid to be controversial.

Hail to the chief

OpinionFebruary 23, 2009
So this week I had several column ideas that I thought were interesting and relevant to college folks and was totally unable to choose between them. Below, separated by well-placed boldface type, are the bare bones of each.

Election results announced

Campus NewsFebruary 23, 2009
With the second largest voter-turnout in Aggie history,the results for this quarter’s ASUCD’s elections are in. Election results were announced Friday at2p.m.in front of the Memorial Union.Despite the elections website being down from8to11p.m.Thursday,a total of26percent of undergraduate students signed on to vote.

Darwin lecture held at Varsity Theater tonight

City NewsFebruary 23, 2009
A free public lecture will take place at the Varsity Theater tonight at7to celebrate the200thAnniversary of the birth of Charles Darwin and the150th Anniversary of Darwin’s publishing of “On the Origin of Species.“ The event was first initiated by Angus Chandler and Dena Grossenbacher,both members of the UC Davis Population Biology Graduate Group.