In November of 2002, the UC Davis student body voted in favor of increasing student fees to help its athletics program move to the Big West Conference and the Division I ranks. It paid off last week.

UC Davis is teaming up with the California Department of Public Health in an effort to better encourage public health practice and education within the state.The university signed a no-cost,four-yearagreement with state public health officials earlier this month in what they hope will be a mutually beneficial relationship.

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

UC Davis distance runners shined at Friday night’s New York Road Runners Distance Carnival portion of California’s Brutus Hamilton Invitational. Headlining their performances was junior Russ Pfaff’s second-place finish in the steeplechase (8:48.81),which easily qualified him for regionals.Additionally,that time puts him second all-time at UC Davis,No.2in the West Region and No.9in the nation.

So at the risk of furthering Twitter’s disturbingly expansive reach into popular culture,I’m going to spend this week talking about it.Putting aside for a moment that the concept of Twitter is more than a little mystifying (despite many millions of dollars in funding from venture capitalists,it has yet to produce even a single dollar of revenue),let’s discuss a frightening concept that’s been spread in recent weeks:Twitterjournalism (my initial thinking when I heard the phrase was “Oh dear God,” followed by banging my head against my desk.Twitter journalism? What?).

Economic pressure often translates into family pressure.Stress can result in withdrawal from the community.Maintaining individual health is key. Those were just some of the take-home lessons offered at an all-day conference on the economy hosted by the Davis Community Church on Saturday.

TODAY Project Compost 6p.m. West Quad Learn how to compost1,000pounds of food on campus.Experience the beauty of compost! Student Nutrition Association general meeting 6to7p.m. 216Wellman Stop by the general meeting and learn about this club! Texas Hold ‘Em Tournament 6to8p.m. Griffin Lounge,MU Show up early to guarantee a spot! Top players will have a chance to play in the tournament of champions! Operation Christmas Child 7to8p.m. 184Young Gocheck out this new group at their first meeting of the quarter!

In theApr.21issue of The California Aggie,the article “Budget cuts affect Spanish grad students” stated that graduate students are facing an increased workload with less funding.This point should be clarified to explain that it refers to their scholastic workload and not their teaching workload.Graduate students have less time to complete their degrees,but have not seen an increase in their teaching duties.The Aggie regrets the error.

Friday morning I got a text from a friend asking me if I’d like to accompany her to the Undergraduate Research,Scholarship and Creative Activities Conference the following afternoon to see her roommate present some research she’d been working on.Slightly embarrassed,I asked for more information and admitted I had never heard of the conference before.

The Bike Church is reborn. Saturday was the grand opening of the Davis Bike Collective – the newest incarnation of the Davis Bike Church,which was evicted from its former location on campus in October. The new Davis Bike Collective has taken up residence in an1138square-foot garage in East Davis,near the northwest corner of Fourth and L Streets.

It’s “nursery” season in the wetlands. Local residents will have a chance to see goslings,ducklings and other baby birds up close when docents from the Yolo Basin Foundation host a tour of the City of Davis Wetlands on May2from9to11a.m.

UC Davis may have an agricultural reputation,but a group of undergraduates have been diving into the waters of marine science as well.The UC Davis Oceanography Club,which began in fall of2008,has been working to spread knowledge of the ocean throughout inland Davis and recruit more students interested in the field.