A recent study funded by the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine shows that northwest orca whales are accumulating contaminants from the salmon they eat.

There is a unique protest that has emerged from Michael Phelps‘ infamous bong-rip photo.Due to a photograph in British tabloids of Phelps smoking weed,the23-year-old,14-time Olympic gold medalist has received a lot of bad press and even lost an endorsement from Kellogg‘s.

This year’s selection for the2009-2010Campus Community Book Project takes readers across the globe as author Eric Weiner shares a humorous and insightful look intoThe Geography of Bliss:One Grump’s Search for the Happiest Places in the World.

Hearing a blast from our past can stir up vivid,poignant memories of a significant other or asignificant event in our lives.Psychologists haveevinced that this is a common human experience,but how music triggers mental flashbacks in our heads remained mostly a matter of speculation.

UC Davis‘ very own graduate student in International Agriculture Development Margaret Lloyd might someday be President Barack Obama’s personal White House Farmer.

As newspapers around the country face deep cuts and make their own headlines,local papers are trying to save jobs and trees. This was the second week The Enterprise didn’t show up anyone’s doorstep,instead appearing online only as part of a new circulation policy aimed at saving money.

TODAY Lecture on the language of the Incas Noon 5214 Social Sciences and Humanities Listen to Rodolfo Cerrón-Palomino, a professor of linguistics, lecture on the secret language of the elite class of Incas who inhabited the Cuzco valley. The lecture will be in Spanish, and there will be a question and answer in English, Spanish and Quechua.

Forgery A student was referred to SJA for submitting a fraudulent quiz for grading.After the quizzes had been graded and returned,the student forged a quiz,filled in the answers,forged grading marksand gave the quiz to the professor as evidence that it had been missed in the grading process.

Nearly200faculty members across the country have signed on in support of an academic boycott of Israel. The United States Campaign for an Academic and Cultural Boycott of Israel(USCACBI) was founded in response to a call from the Palestinian Civil Society to join the Boycott,Divestment and Sanction Movement against Israel.

Grand Theft Auto and similar games are in the spotlight once again.Late last month,the U.S.Court of Appeals ruled against two California laws that banned the sale of violent video games to minors.

State Senator Leland Yee (D-San Francisco/San Mateo) proposed legislation last week that would prevent raises for top executive officers in California public colleges during years of student fee increases.

The UC Davis wrestling team traveled to Fullerton,Calif.for the Pacific-10Championships with high expectations. “I believe we have one of the most well-rounded teams that we have ever had,” Zalesky said. “Each weight class has a wrestler who will be able to compete with a top-ranked wrestler.”