As our economy continues to falter by the ongoing recession,many UC Davis students find themselves re-evaluating their future career plans and exploring paths they otherwise wouldn‘t have considered. Eddie Birnbaum,a fifth-year senior engineering major,is one student who had to do so.

As the year is coming to an end,so comes the time for some faculty members to say goodbye,for now,to UC Davis. Jay Mechling,American studies Professor Jay Mechling of the American studies department has taught at UC Davis since1971and is set to retire this year after35dedicated years.

Pop a squat A female was seen urinating in a front yard on Villanova Drive and was subsequently arrested.Jan.9. Possibly his lucky day An individual reported possibly finding drugs in an apartment.Jan.9. Hey man,you want some CRACK?! An individual was approached by another person,on C Street,who asked if he wanted to buy crack.Oct.31.

For my last column,I made a compilation of column ideas that didn’t make the cut.In other words,they weren’t good enough for their own feature-length column. A girl’s worst insult Girls are insulted by many,many things,but the insult I would like to focus on is “slut.” According to Urban Dictionary, “slut,” meansa dirty,nasty promiscuous woman that no one would even touch.

I was determined not to write a raging cheesefest of a final column,but in the interest of bidding you fine people adieu,some failbloggage may have gone down.The least I can do is promise that you will not be exposed to any inspirational Eleanor Roosevelt quotes.Only time will tell if I‘ll look back on this column with pride or disgust.The years will age and perhaps even mature me a little,but my intuition tells me that when I‘m old and decrepit,that pervy ex-Catholic schoolgirl who grew up listening to Howard Stern over the breakfast table will continue to live on.

On May16,First Lady Michelle Obama delivered a commencement speech at UC Merced.After noticing the campuswide effort that motivated the first lady to speak,two UC Davis students were inspired to get a different inspirational woman to speak at UCD. Operation DeGeneres is a movement on campus with the main purposeof wooing Ellen DeGeneres to the UCD campus to speak.Many of those behind the project believe DeGeneres‘ appearancewould be a great way to attract more attention to the often-overlooked UC Davis.

Dispute between Band-uh!,faculty director goes public Oct.9,2008 The UC Davis Marching Band-uh!’s faculty director spoke publicly to the San Francisco Chronicle about a sexual harassment complaint he filed with the university in May alleging a series “ridiculous,disturbing and offensive” incidents.Members of the Band-uh! said that they wereupset by the allegations.

Event:NCAA Division I Track and Field National Championships Where:John McDonnell Field – Fayetteville,Ark. When:Wednesday through Saturday; all day Watch:Online:CBS College Sports Network,Friday4p.m.; TV:CBS Saturday10a.m.

There are countless ways to describe Quincy Amarikwa. Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Year,second-team All-American,first-team All-Far West Region,first Aggie to receive National Player of the Week honors,first UC Davis player to make the senior roster of a Major League Soccer club – the list goes on.

America’s Greenest Campus competition Dear editor, Climate Culture is hosting a national competition,America’s Greenest Campus,to see which college can get the most students,staff,faculty and alumni to sign up at americasgreenestcampus.com and complete a carbon footprint byOct.5.This website is a great way to see that when each person makes a small change,together it amounts to something substantial.

It’s time to add another business to the list of things lost in the Sacramento area due to the faltering economy. Alternative rock music listeners will have to go somewhere else to get their radio fix as KWOD106.5FM “Everything Alternative” shut down after18years on the dial.At9a.m.on May22,KWOD played their last song – “Short Skirt Long Jacket” by Cake – and switched over to KBZC106.5FM “The Buzz“,a station set to play exclusively90s music.

An imprisoned princess,a plotting stepbrother,forbidden love and a bet.That Shakespeare suredid know how to write a story. This Friday and Saturday at7:30p.m.,the Integrated Studies8B:Playing Shakespeare class will perform Shakespeare’sCymbeline in Wyatt Theatre.The event is sponsored by the University Writing Programand the performance is free. The Playing Shakespeare class is offered every spring quarter and is taught by Dr.Eric Schroeder.Schroeder is known for wanting to study and perform each of Shakespeare’s plays in the class first,before repeating any.AsCymbeline is not one of Shakespeare’s most popular plays,this production will be full of surprises.