Propagandhi Supporting Caste Smallman Records Rating:5 A crescendo of guitar feedback gives way to a crashing of thrashing drums and rhythmic guitars.This in turn gives way to heavy melodic riffing and then a pounding rhythm accompanied with melodic vocals.

Teams:UC Davis vs.UC Santa Barbara Records:Aggies,5-21 (0-3); Gauchos,17-9 (3-3) Where:Dobbins Stadium

MUSIC Deadly Davis Derby/Dance Party/Dash Friday,6p.m.,$3-5 Delta of Venus at122B St. It’s good ol‘ fashioned madness and malarkey presented by the Davis Bicycle Collective.Make sure to get to Delta of Venus at5:30p.m.to register your team.The race starts at Delta,goes around Davis and is followed by a dance party featuring DJs TAO,Nix,Dog Tonezand Jordie La Forge. Drive,Fair Game,Kattywompus,The Grumpy,Private Criminals Friday,8p.m.,$10 The Boardwalk in Orangevale If the dark stringy hair and eyeliner aren’t telling enough,here are some more tidbits about Drive:They’re hella alt,hella scene and hella influenced by bands like Linkin Park,Evanescence and30Seconds to Mars.Take plenty of high-angled shots of yourself at the show to post on your MySpace afterward,because if you’re lucky enough,you just might end up on theirs as well.

UC Davis has accepted fewer than one in two freshman applicants for fall2009. The university considered39,288applicants,admitting only18,146,or46.2percent.In comparison,last year the university received37,747freshmen applications and accepted19,762students,a52.4percent admissions rate.

April is National Poetry Month,and in honor of the celebration,MUSE talked to UC Davis English professor and poet Joshua Clover,the author of poetry booksMadonna anno dominiandThe Totality for Kids. 1.What first inspired you to begin writing poetry? I’m not sure I really believe in inspiration,either when one begins writing poetry or for any given poem.People have been writing poems for millennia; it’s one of the things on the menu,like raspberries or riding a bicycle.I like those,too.