After weeks of dismal budget updates,UC Davis got a bit of good news last week.The California Energy Commission announced a grant of nearly$2million to support the development of the West Village community housing project. University officials say the grant,which totals$1,994,322,will help planners analyze,design and implement new energy technologies with the ultimate goal of having a “zero net energy” community.

MONDAY Cal-Aggie Band-uh! Summer Jam-uh! 7to9p.m. Lawn by the Rec Pool Come join the California Aggie Marching Band-uh! for a live summer concert for those Monday blues! Bring a blanket,relax and enjoy the sounds of always fun Band-uh!

The Intelligence is a surf noise,art scuzz,garage four-piece from Seattle.If that made sense to you,please stop reading and reexamine your life.On their fourth full length release,The Intelligence,like many of their label mates,move away from their noisy origins and accept their pop eventuality.The visceral urgency and hot noise skull fuckery that dominated previous efforts such asIcky Baby has now been swapped for cool,ironic detachment,if not total resignation.

In past years,Pennsylvanian rapper Amanda Blank has collaborated with artists such as M.I.A.,Spank Rock,Santigold (previously known as Santogold),Ghostface Killah and Aaron LaCrate.However,her latest hip-hop albumI Love You,released onAug.4,has proven that she has lost most,if not all,of the talent that allowed her to rub musical shoulders with the previously mentioned musicians.

A change in wording can make all the difference,as post-9/11veterans recently discovered.Under the new GI Bill,formally known as Chapter33,the U.S.Department of Veterans Affairscoversstudent fees.This was a problem for private university students,who are generally charged “tuition” rather than fees,because assistance to private university students is based on how much assistance public university students receive.

MUSIC Mayyors; Ebonics; Gestapo Khazi Tuesday,8:30p.m.,$5 The Hub at181923rd St.,Sacramento Gestapo Khazi,a surfer-esque four-piece with a talented rhythm section,will join Mayyors and Ebonics on Tuesday for an eclectic night at the Hub in Sacramento.Check them out on Myspace for a preview.

With California’s hard-hitting budget cuts this summer, some are proposing drastic changes for the University of California system. Before UC President Mark Yudof met with the Board of Regents July 16, 23 department chairs from UC San Diego wrote a letter to Yudof suggesting possible methods to aid UC. The most controversial suggestion: shut down UC Merced, Santa Cruz, and Riverside.

A shortage of medical isotopes has doctors across the U.S. postponing important tests, or switching to costlier, time consuming alternatives.

Upcoming events in Davis and around the region.

Summer school students enjoyed an extra week-and-a-half with their beloved ASUCD Coffee House, as contracting legalities caused a brief delay in construction. The Coffee House began moving to its temporary locations on the east wing of the Memorial Union yesterday; however, construction may not begin for another four to six weeks.

Diehard Decemberists fans will be more than pleased to hear the familiar voice of lead singer Colin Meloy and even more pleased to hear the old-indie-metalish-folk sound that we all know and have come to expect from this Portland band.

The number of California’s uninsured children is expected to double in 2009. This year, 1.4 million children currently enrolled in the Healthy Families Program will lose coverage due to recent budget cuts.