President Barack Obama recently signed a bill preventing people under the age of21from obtaining a credit card unless they have a co-signer or can show they have the capacity to pay back loans on their own. The CARD Act was designed to prevent students in debt as well as other consumers from being taken advantage of by credit card companies with unfair lending and billing practices.

The Davis City Council and Davis Joint Unified School District Board of Education metlast week to discussshared problems and goals for the future. Membersdiscussed goals for2008and2009,one of them being tofind safer means of getting to school for students living on Olive Drive. Olive Drive is separated fromdowntown and most of the city by the Union Pacific Railroad tracks.There is currently no safe and direct route for the citizens living here to get to school.

A growing trend in the workplace and on college campuses is the use and abuse of prescription drugs to enhance brain performance.Drugs like Adderall,Ritalin and Provigil – normally prescribed to treat ADHD and narcolepsy – are used by manyresearchers and studentsas a way of maintaining focus and raising productivity levels. With standards for achievement seemingly always on the rise (particularly at UC Davis,where the average GPA for admitted first-years is now3.94),it’s nowonder people are turning to what has become known as “brain doping” to achieve.

This Thursday,friends,familyand members of the UC Davis community will come together to honor Malfitano’s memory,as the ASUCD Conference Room is officially renamed the Angelina Malfitano Room.The ceremony will begin at4p.m.on the third floor of the Memorial Union. “She was charming and completely disarming… I don’t think I met anyone who was just so eager to complement people,” said Adam Barr,a2005alumnus and former ASUCD senator,who workedMalfitano in student government.

Senior Sirena Williams has been a dominant force in the100m hurdles all season breaking her own school record five times before this weekend. The Regional Championships was more of the same.

UC Davis‘ centennialis being honored with more than just the commemorative sweatshirts sold in the bookstore.The campus is now recognized and honored by the U.S.House of Representatives. House Resolution448,unanimously passed by the House,was introduced by Representative Mike Thompson (D-Calif.),to congratulate the university on100years of excellence.The bill thanks UC Davis for its contributions to local communities,the State of California and the nation.

The probability of an earthquake of6.7or greater magnitude along the Hayward Fault is currently31percent,according to California Geological Survey geologist Chris Wills. The most recent earthquake of that magnitude to hit the Hayward Fault came onOct.21,1868and has been described as one of the most destructive earthquakes in California’s history,Wills said.

At2:25p.m.on Saturday,the starter’s pistol fired to signal the start of the men’s110m hurdles. Ten hurdles and less than14seconds later,juniors Jazz Trice and Poly Gnepa made UC Davis history by becoming the first Aggies to qualify for the NCAA Division I National Track and Field Championships.Trice finished in third,with Gnepa earning the last automatic qualifier in fifth.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the May28meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

Wearing anything from booty shorts to butt-less cheetah thongs,jock straps to jockey shorts,more than300UCDavis students sprintedacross town in their“skivvies“ on Friday night,celebrating the third annual UC Davis Undie Run. The event was organized by Mike Veliz,a junior studio art major,who decided hisfirstyear that UCD should be part of a growing college tradition,already embraced by schools such as SanDiegoStateUniversity,UC SantaBarbara,UCLosAngeles and the University of Texas.

San Francisco Mayor Gavin Newsom was in Davis on May27for a fundraiser hosted by the Yolo County Young Democrats.Newsom,a Democratic candidate for governor in2010,spoke to a crowd that included Davis Mayor Ruth Asmundson,Davis Mayor Pro Tem Don Saylor,State Senator Lois Wolk,stateRepresentativeMariko Yamada,Woodland Vice-Mayor Art Pimentel,Davis City Councilmembers Sue Greenwald and Lamar Heystek,Yolo County Supervisors Helen Thomson and Jim Provenza,and Yolo County Public Defender Barry Melton.

It’s not how you start but how you finish. The UC Davis men’s varsity8rowing team followed this saying to a tee in the grand final race at the American Collegiate Rowing Association National Championships in Oak Ridge,Tenn.on May24. In last place1,250meters into the race,UC Davis used a late spurt over the final750meters to overtake four other competitors to finish in second place and grab the silver at nationals.