The Aggies finished up their season Mar.19and20at the NCAA Championships at the Scottrade Center in St.Louis,Mo. Before the Championships,coach Lennie Zalesky said it’s hard to know what to expect heading into the national tournament. “It’s hard to have expectations,” Zalesky said. “Anything can happen.“

Heading into the final day of competition at the Duck Invitational on Tuesday,the Aggies sat firmly in fifth place – six strokes out of fourth,12out of sixth. The Aggies would keep it that way.

The NCAA Swimming Championships is the fastest collegiate swim meet in the country. Athletes from all over the world train day in and day out in hopes of being fast enough to even qualify for the meet in College Station, Tex.

President Barack Obama’s federal stimulus plan ranges all the way from state governments to local transit agencies,and Unitrans stands to benefit from nearly$2million. Geoff Straw,general manager of Unitrans,said all the money will gotoward25new clean-burning buses to take the place of25older buses eligible for replacement by the end of2010.

The Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing is set to take its place alongside UC Davis‘ Medical Center thanks to the approval given by the UC Board of Regents on Mar.19.Named in honor of the$100million philanthropic grant from the Gordon and Betty Moore Foundation,UC Davis is launching the school with hopes of developing proficient nurses– and leaders– in health care to provide patients with quality care,while becoming educated in advanced health.

Lately it seems like every person I encounter asks me how I feel about starting my last10weeks of college.Almost every person immediately assumes the head-tilt,concerned-eyes,soft-voice position and expresses their best wishes for my attempts toget a job in this economy withthe job market long on demand and very short on supply.

The smoke has cleared in an argument over whether to crack down on smoke shops in Davis that sell what some say is drug paraphernalia. The Davis City Council decided earlier this month that the city should not pursue a possible ordinance restricting tobacco-related businesses.It was a3-2vote,with councilmembers Stephen Souza,Sue Greenwald and Lamar Heystek opposed to moving forward.

The UC Davis men’s golf team traveled to Eugene,Ore.for the Duck Invitational coming off a strong showing at the Fresno State Lexus Classic,where it finishedthird out of the20-team field. The Aggies stayed hot in Oregon,putting together an impressive final-round showing to post a fifth-place finish.

Nature’s Bounty,a Vacaville,Calif.farm run by Ahmad and Lourdes Kararouni,sells all-natural meat to customers looking for food that is chemical and hormone-free. The Karaouni’s are a Lebanese and Honduran-American family.They have three children:Ali,Jasmine and Hassan.

So despite the sad,tattered,tortured state of my March Madness bracket,I’ve decided to keep making predictions until someone stops me.Here I go:in10years there will not be a major metropolitan newspaper in the U.S. I’ve got four main reasons guiding my thinking here.

Two special Farmers Market offerings are back along with the warm weather:Picnic in the Park and the East Quad Farmers Market. Held in Central Park every Wednesday evening,Picnic in the Park is similar to the weekend Farmers Market but with a greater emphasis on music and dining.

TODAY In the Valley of Elah 6:30 p.m. Mondavi Center, Studio Theatre $5 to $10 A part of the Focus on Film series, this 2007 film was directed by Paul Haggis. Rated R, 121 minutes. Haggis will appear at the Mondavi Center May 11.   WEDNESDAY East Quad Farmers Market 10:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. […]