This Saturday is the biannual UC Davis Bicycle Auction. The auction will take place in the West Entry Parking Structure, located at the intersection of Hutchison Drive and Dairy Road.

A Yolo County jury convicted Marco Antonio Topete of first-degree murder for fatally shooting Sheriff Deputy Jose \

Teams: No. 10 UC Davis vs. No. 6 Pacific; vs. No. 15 Santa Clara

“I want to hear Davis. I want to hear the voices that aren’t being expressed,” Corey La Rue said.

Mayor Joe Krovoza and The Aggie (see editorial 9/29/11) are urging students to support The Davis-Woodland Water project estimated cost $325 million, plus $89 million for water rights. I urge students not to support the present project and to sign a petition that would put this proposal to a vote of the whole Davis electorate next year.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Humboldt State

A new Starbucks coffee location is set to open this week in the North Silo, furthering the corporation’s grip on our impressionable eating habits. This is the second Starbucks on campus, both of which are run by the also national Sodexo, Inc., a self described “world leader” in food service.

The walk along the north side of the Quad can be like a game of dodgeball as you avoid various people asking you to sign this petition or register for that service. Everyone has their own way to skirt past these pesky individuals, but here are some tips we think can be foolproof tactics.

If there is a place where any comment can and will be construed as having the most offensive meaning possible given its limited length and wording, that place is every comment forum on the internet.

You walk into an art gallery and in the corner of the room, you see a can sitting on top of a pedestal. You walk up to it and see that the can states “Artist’s Shit. Contents 30 gr net. Freshly preserved. Produced and tinned in May 1961”. You stare at the can, trying to figure out if this is a joke or hoax of some sort. After a minute or so, your face begins to bunch up in disgust as if you have just seen roadkill smeared across the front bumper of your car. You think to yourself, ‘THIS IS ART?’

“My girlfriend got cancer at 22. She spent everything she had and worked two jobs, 80 to 90 hours a week to pay for chemotherapy. She kept working even during treatment. We still live paycheck to paycheck one year later. I am the 99 percent.”

I never feel more American than when I’m drinking water.