The year was 1977. It was the middle of the Cold War. Jimmy Carter was President. Star Wars hit theaters for the first time. Elvis Presley performed his last concert. Much has changed since then. Unfortunately, blood donor guidelines are still living in the past from when the AIDS scare was relegated to those men who have had sex with another man (MSM).

As the Office of Student Affairs looks to bridge its budget deficit, ASUCD is searching for reassurance that money won’t be taken from student-voted campus-basedfees. Following several weeks of meetings between ASUCD and the Student Affairs administration, Associate Vice Chancellor Janet Gong announced last week that the additional $1.34 to $1.64 million budget shortfall for next year will not be met by assessing, or taking from, campus-based fees themselves. Instead, the money will be pulled from a surplus in building reserves, which are still part of the campus-based fee’s budget but are set aside for maintenance and repairs.

MUSIC Relient K, Owl City, Runner Runner Today, 8 p.m., $18 in advance, $20 day of show The Boardwalk in Orangevale I was born secular, but that doesn’t mean that I can’t appreciate the agreeable, if not catchy, pop punk of Ohio group Relient K, even if they make the occasional illusion to the man upstairs. They certainlyare sneaky about it, those ones. UNITY Today, 8 p.m., $10 in advance Freeborn Hall Other than the Wellman Pit during Whole Earth Festival, I don’t see electronic music getting its fair share of attention on campus. This scarcity changes with UNITY, a rave presented by newly formed student group Electronic Music for Change. All proceeds go to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital. Any UC Davis ticketholder can bring one guest; tickets will not be sold at the door.

Baseball Junior third baseman Ty Kelly was the lone UC Davis player to garner All-Big West Conference honors.Kelly nabbed honorable mention accolades after garnering second-team acclaim last season. Kelly,who was the only UC Davis player to start in all55games,led the Aggies with20doubles,66hits,40RBI,100total bases,four home runs and a.465slugging percentage.His20doubles rank him in a tie for third on the single season list. In addition,Kelly was among team leaders in batting average (.307) and on-base percentage (.377).He completed the stellar season with an impressive final week in which he totaled nine RBI and three doubles to lead the team to a conference series win over Cal State Northridge.

If you’ve got that urge to create, you have more options for expression than those art studio classes that you can’t really fit in your schedule. Co/Lab is a loosely organized club made up of mostly UC Davis students whose mission is simple: to create art in a fun, collaborative way. Works from the Co/Lab will be on display today through June 12 in the Art Lounge, located on the second floor of the Memorial Union. A reception will be held today at 5 p.m. in the Art Lounge.

From introducing the public to Feist’s “1234” to popularizing Chairlift’s “Bruises,” Apple Inc.advertisers are certified professionals when it comes to discovering hip,up-and-coming artists and sharing their music with the rest of the world. The Submarines,whose single “You Me& the Bourgeoisie” was featured in an iPhone commercial late last year,will be performing with Red Cortez tonight at theASUCD Coffee House.The show takes place at7:30p.m.Tickets are$10general admission and$5with a student ID.

I‘ll usually write my articles about intense outside world-related things (swine-flu racists,the new chancellor not making sacrifices,racist republicans,LGBT rights,racists in general).And I‘m sure the majority of you don‘t really care– unfortunately. The end is near,this is my second to last column for the year and I want to try to spin this article to something more college related.With spring fever and summer love almost indistinguishable in this Davis heat,a lot of us get confused about what‘sreal and what isn‘t in college relationships.

After months of waiting,citizens of California have their answer. The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition8in a six to one decision yesterday. Although Prop8was not overturned,the approximately18,000same sex marriages that were performed in the state of California prior to the November vote will be upheld.

Construction will begin June10on three new dorms in the Tercero area,with expected completion in fall2010.The buildings will hold roughly600students,and be environmentally sustainable – a first for UC Davis dorms. The new buildings– named Wall Hall,Campbell Hall and Potter Hall – will hold about50students per floor plus a resident advisor in a cluster format,with a common living area so that students can feel a sense of community,said Julianne Nola,project manager.

al Day weekend began,President Obama signed into law a bill thatsupporters saywillprotectdebt-riddenstudents and other consumers from credit card companies that useunfair lending and billing practices. The aptly named Credit Card Accountability,Responsibilityand Disclosure (CARD) Act will go into effect in nine months and represents a sweeping change to the way credit card companies do business.

A second Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) has been found in Yolo County after one was discovered in April,causing the California Department of Food and Agriculture toestablish a quarantine in the area. The LBAM is an invasive species native to Australia that likely “hitched” its way to the United States via “plane,train or automobile,” said Steve Lyle of the Department of Food and Agriculture.

A silent killer is on the rise among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.As high rates of chronic hepatitis B,a leading cause of liver cancer,continue to afflict the burgeoning population,some experts predict a surge in liver cancer for these ethnic groups in the U.S.during the next20years.Liver cancer incidence is unevenly skewed within the American population,as the disease tends to strike people ofcertain ethnic groups more often.A recent study from theJournal of Clinical Oncology projects that the number of new liver cancer cases among Asian Americans will jump by134percent compared to an increase of28percent among non-Hispanic whites by2030.