Tony Simon,a neuroscientist with the UC Davis M.I.N.D.Institute,was recently awarded a five-year$2.6million grant by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) to continue his research on the gene linked to autism,schizophrenia and ADHD. Simon,who has found that the deletion of the gene leads to various disorders,has been conducting research to discover how the brain changes when the deletion takes place.

Chid Onyewuenyi highlighted theUC Davis‘ last home meet of the seasonbydominating the shot put competition at the Woody Wilson Classic. The juniorthrew14.60m to second place’s13.65m,crushing the regional qualifying mark and setting a new school record – a fact she didn’t become aware of until about30minutes later.

The10th-ranked UC Davis women’s water polo team finishedits Big WestConferenceregular season in just the fashionitwas hoping. Led by senior Lindsay Kiyama and freshman Kaylee Miller,who eachscored a hat trick,UC Davis pounded Pacific14-6on Saturday afternoon at Schaal Aquatics Center.

It didn’t come easy,but theUC Davisbaseball teamstaved off UC Santa Barbara in the ninth inning on Saturday to capture its first Big West Conferencewin of the season.The victorycompleted a three-game series against the Gauchos (19-10,5-4).

Hello and welcome to Monday! Hoping to prolong the warm, fuzzy feeling from your holiday weekend, I’ve put off my “what aspiring journalists should be good at” column for a week.     Instead, let’s take a closer look at Easter’s second-most loved (hard to compete with Jesus in a popularity contest) representative, the Easter Bunny.

TODAY Project Compost meeting 6p.m. The Quad,west side Learn how to compost1,000pounds of food on campus and experience the beauty of compost! Sigma Alpha Epsilon Pi rush 7p.m. 513Russell Blvd. It’s info night! Get some information while it’s hot. Nutrition discussion 6to7p.m. 216Wellman The Student Nutrition Association is hosting guest speaker Nicole Guerin,who will talk about her Dietetic Internship experience.Sounds fun! Rashomon 6:30p.m. Studio Theatre,Mondavi Center A part of theFocus on Film series,this1950s film was directed by Akira Kurosawa.The film is in Japanese with English subtitles.The cost is between$5and$10.

In the Apr.7article “Art exhibit touches upon issues of marginalization,” it should have stated that Badiah Haffejee was the producer,editor,videographer and director of senior sociology major Markee Slagel’s self-interview in the exhibit “Academic Inclusion:Undoing Marginalization.” The Aggie regrets the error.

Golly gee,Aggies,there‘s nothing like the old time cinema to make you long for the days ofmusical numbers,synchronized dance steps and dresses with morepersonality than Howard Stern.After a post-Passover,late night viewing ofEaster Paradewith my friend and her mom,I became painfully aware of a serious deficit in my viewing library:the classics,and classic musicals more specifically.

Impressive performances in the pitcher’s circle,hitters coming through in the clutch,slick fielding – you name it,the UC Davis softball team was doing it on Wednesday. The Aggies took care of one of the top teams in the country in dominating fashion,knocking off No.23Nevada at LaRue Field,8-3.

Softball The UC Davis softball team hosted Cal State Fullerton on Friday and Saturday in a three-game Big West Conference series. On Friday,the Aggies and the Titans opened the action with a doubleheader.

The deep interplay between language and power blurs the distinction between the two. To control how something is spoken about is to control how something is perceived. As with any source of power, such as money, drugs and the capacity to really fuck you up, language has been heavily politicized.

Super Senior, What are the important dates coming up in spring quarter? Workin For The Weekend Ah yes, spring quarter. When the nights are short and the skirts are shorter. Generally speaking, the next two to three months will be the most rockin‘ two to the three months of the year. Almost every weekend has something going on that’s either fun to watch, fun to do or fun hear other people tell you about how much fun you seemed to have watching or doing. Here are the obvious standouts in very particular, some might even say chronological, order: