Who to watch: Senior Caitlin Fitzgerald has been the Aggies’ first- or second-place finisher for the last three events. The Palmdale, Calif. native will look to maintain her high performance level for the Aggies and break into the top 10 of this weekend’s overall field.

As the first bass clarinet note struck with a slow trill of resonating sound, the excitement dwelling within the wooden structures of the Mondavi Theatre began to pulsate with animalistic strokes of color. There’s passion, excitement and vibrant energy transpiring from an action-filled sequence that seems to be taking place.

With the new ASUCD Coffee House finished and fall quarter in full swing, the composting program at the Memorial Union is flourishing.

I started thinking about today’s column on Sunday. Namely, that I wouldn’t write it until Wednesday. Sure, I was hungover, but I wasn’t really avoiding it out of a particular laziness or incapacity to get it done earlier. I knew that if I waited, mine could be The Aggie’s first column with the privileged information of the 2010 midterm election’s results.

Newsflash! Women are often objectified in mainstream media!

Browsing through the Borders clearance bins, as I often do when bored and looking to waste money, I came across a book titled Porn For Women by Susan Anderson. Instantly I thought I had found a great bargain, but then I looked inside. This book wasn’t porn at all. All it had was pictures of muscular men doing housework and saying things like “want to snuggle?”

It is an unusual experience to attend an election night gathering for a campaign you’ve managed. It is even more unusual for it to be a victory party – if you’re a Republican in California.

Breaking into the music industry is hard work, and even though it’s small, the city of Davis is no exception.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: Social Studies, Lions, Bats & Bears, Retrospekt; Buika; Inception

TODAY: Meat Lab Sale; Student Services and Fees Administrative Advisory Committee Meeting; Biomedical Engineering Seminar.

Yolo Hospice will offer special bereavement workshops to the local community. The free meetings are designed to help people cope with loss this holiday season.

Approximately 134 university administrators and supervisors participated in a two-day leadership challenge development program this fall, designed to hone skills key in increasing leadership effectiveness.