The Sacramento State women’s soccer team was chosen to finish second in the Big Sky Conference this season while the Aggies were picked to finish ninth in the Big West Conference. UC Davis refused to let that bother it as the Aggies opened up their 2010 campaign with a 1-0 win over rival Sacramento State.

THURSDAY: Meat Lab Sale; Fire University.

Malaria is the cause for nearly one million deaths worldwide, according to the World Health Organization’s web site.

Last month, campus police at UCSF Mission Bay denied Ric Chavez entry to a public meeting of the Board of Regents in an incident that has flared tension from critics of the UC administration’s alleged lack of transparency.

It’s all fun and games until someone is put on academic probation. Isn’t that how the saying goes?

The second annual Davis Art Center Summer Attack! teen concert series, sponsored by Acme Theatre Company and KDVS 90.3 FM, comes to a close on Saturday at 6:30 p.m. The third and final concert in the series, which only features local high school-age bands, will be held at the Davis Art Center’s indoor stage with tickets available for $5.

Dude, where’s my wiener?

Funding shortfalls and increased costs means many Yolo County departments will be experiencing closures during the 2010-2011 fiscal year. Several offices have decreased their hours and increased staff furloughs.

Deep in the fleshly, pink center of the human brain is an odd structure. It’s a sort of bent-over “Y” shape that fires into action to form new memories. The structure is called a hippocampus, and without it, you’d have amnesia.

A new clinic at the UC Davis Medical Center has opened in a push to confidentially serve the reproductive health care needs of youth and young adults in the Sacramento region.

If learning how to grow your own food is an interest of yours, you need to look no further than the Experimental College (EC) Community Garden.

Last Saturday, the UC Davis women’s soccer team fell to Saint Mary 3-0 at Saint Mary Stadium in Moraga, Calif.