Two weeks ago, during National Primate Liberation Week, activists on the quad protested against the use of non-human primates at the California National Primate Research Center (CNPRC) on the UC Davis campus. This shows ignorance of the medical research process. While the CNPRC tries to minimize research on primates, the anatomy of the human body means that sometimes non-human primates are the only option.

When I first lost weight, some friends who hadn’t seen me in a while would compare my loss to someone else they knew who had lost weight. In this way, I learned that you could lose weight on a juice fast, carnivore diet, questionably legal pill, lima bean diet and origami diet. OK, I made that last one up (but in my defense, you probably could uncomfortably lose a lot of weight if all your calories come from paper foods.) Decades of writing on weight loss, combined with the dissemination of information through the Internet, has given unearned credence to weight loss and weight gain urban legends. I’ll go through some of those myths here:.

In a matter of hours, America will be making the fundamental “Decision 2010.” Whether it is change for better or worse is anybody’s guess. What we cannot afford to leave to conjecture is the reality that extremism reeks all over the “tsunami win” prognosis for the Grand Old Party (GOP). If you don’t vote, you’ll see the reversal of all that you think is not enough ‘progressiveness’ under current Democratic leadership. You the people are powerful – at least till the end of today.

Do you ever find yourself drifting off in thought when you’re really supposed to be paying attention – getting lost in, say, musings of your day or what you’re planning to do this weekend?

With ASUCD senatorial elections beginning Nov. 9, a new campus slate has emerged to compete against LEAD and the independents: BOLD.

Police beet; This is where I plug Prop. 19.

Flu Vaccination Clinic; Golden Key Honor Society General Meeting;

The Aggies are entering the stretch run of the season.

Biting the pain from sore muscles and sick bodies, the Aggies came away with two wins this weekend.

Davis City Council passed a resolution last Tuesday giving Pacifico Student Housing Cooperative the go ahead to start property management negotiations with Yolo City Housing.

As the folks at MTV would say, UC Davis students appear ready to rock the vote.

UC Davis sat tied for third in the Big West Conference playoff race.