Life’s rough if you’re a male sage grouse. First, you have to live in Montana, where there’s no In-N-Out Burger. Second, you will probably never get laid. Spring is mating season for the sage grouse of the Great Plains. It’s a time for migration, vocalization and twitter-pation[cq], but not a lot of action.

Approximately 13,000 students and supporters from public colleges throughout California came to the state capitol in Sacramento to protest rising costs of education on Mar. 22. The Student Senate for California Community Colleges organized a march that left from Raley Field at 10 a.m. and arrived at the capitol at 10:30 a.m. The protest commenced around 12:30 p.m. The march was mostly peaceful and no arrests were made, the Sacramento City Police Department said.

Bookstore owner Peter Linz knows that just about anyone can sell an old paperback for a buck on the Internet these days. In fact, he did it himself for over ten years – raising more than $45,000 for charity. But that’s not stopping him from going the brick-and-mortar route. In February, Linz and his wife, Susan, opened Logos Books, a used and out-of-print bookstore at 513 Second St. in Downtown Davis.

WEDNESDAY Summer Abroad Speed Tabling Noon to 2 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A streets Visit with instructors for many of their summer programs and learn about the places you could study abroad this summer! Loxi Info Night 8 p.m. 216 Wellman Lambda Omicron Xi-a community service sorority at UCD- will be holding its first info night for spring rush 2010! Join the ladies of Loxi to find out what the sorority is all about! For more info, visit davisloxi.net

THURSDAY

The Aggies knew that spring break provided them with one last test before Big West Conference play, beginning Thursday.

Washington – Students will be among the first to feel the effects of health care reform legislation after President Obama signs the final pieces into law this morning.

When I was in elementary school, this was this time of year when my Jewishness was most obvious. For eight days, instead of enjoying my usual peanut butter and jelly on wheat bread, I’d eat it on matza – the cracker-like substance I loathe to term “Bread of Affliction.”

In California one of our most prized democratic principles is keeping government proceedings open and transparent. A loophole in the law, however, means groups like the ASUCD Senate don’t have to obey the state’s open meeting rules.

A $1.79 million reduction to the UC Davis Intercollegiate Athletics Department could result in the removal of up to nine teams from the 2010-2011 budget.

Students hoping to live in the Davis Student Cooperative (DSC) house in the fall are in luck – the house is staying open for at least one more year.

Davis will soon slim down its carbon footprint with an environmental diet.