In the land before Colgate, teeth got grody. Neanderthals died with their last meals lodged between their molars. Today, scientists are using those preserved food bits to analyze the diet and foraging behavior of our prehistoric cousins.

When Aron Ralston had to amputate his own right arm to free himself from an 800-pound boulder pinning him to a cliff wall, he thought his outdoor adventures would have to end. Soon, however, the company Hanger Orthotics and Prosthetics was able to fit Ralston with a prosthetic that could support his body weight while hanging or swinging from ledges. An attachment on the end of the arm is an adapted ice ax that he uses for mountaineering and ice climbing.

Due to a recent survey conducted by UC Davis’ Fleet Services, the Davis-Berkeley afternoon shuttle will leave Davis at a later time than the current 2:15 p.m. departure.

West Village, a future addition to the UC Davis off-campus housing scene, will officially begin the leasing period for its Ramble Apartments unit from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. at its temporary leasing space located at 409 Third Street in downtown.

Watches, wallets, digital cameras and a diamond ring all remain unclaimed at the UC Davis Police Department’s Lost and Found.

There is finally some optimistic news for upcoming college graduates: students who plan to graduate this June should see slightly better job prospects than in recent years.

Here’s a scenario: it’s finals week and you’re in a jam. You desperately need to go grocery shopping, but you’re up to your ears in studying, it’s raining and you don’t have a car. Gosh, you think, I really wish someone could go shopping for me. I could definitely return the favor someday…

The bag. We all carry one, be it a backpack, side bag, purse or a rolling suitcase nerdmobile for your books. We all have notebooks, textbooks and laptops, and we all need to somehow efficiently lug all this shit from class to class. The question is, what to lug it in?

Four weeks ago, Brian Fisher was flying in a helicopter high over the jungles of Madagascar. Fisher, an entomologist at the California Academy of Sciences and Ph.D. graduate of UC Davis, is working to take pictures of all ant species on Earth. There are about 14,000 described species of ants, so Fisher’s got a huge task ahead of him.

Although I find myself surrounded by “hella fresh Baydestrians,” I hail from the land of, like, surfers and, like, dudes and, like, totally living in traffic on freeways like the 5 and the 405 and PCH. Yes, I am from the water-stealing, star-studded Southern California. Forgive me.

“No”-tehall.com; A single phrase is not enough; Tripping at the finish line.

ASUCD and Campus Recreation are currently devising a plan to renovate the Bike Barn and Outdoor Adventures building.