Since 2009, David Breaux has had a mission. Also known as the “Compassion Guy,” Breaux wants to raise awareness about compassion. Monday through Saturday, he stands on the corner of Third and C Street, across from Crepeville, and asks passersby about their concept of the word. He has complied a book called Compassion Davis, CA: A Compilation of Concepts on Compassion from a portion of the thousands of anonymous entries he gathered from June to December of 2009.

While boys may only have denim, corduroy and khaki to choose from, girls have a wide variety of materials to clad their gams with. One of the female’s recent favorites has been the legging.

Language helps us define our world: the objects around us, the ideas we have and our sense of self. Although they are usually misleading, labels and stereotypes are especially useful when we’re trying to determine where we belong. The one label I hear the most is “hipster.”

Don’t plagiarize and harass; Copycat; Get it right the first time.

What’s an average day like for you?

Interview Basics Workshop; R-E-S-P-E-C-T: Protecting Your Personal Boundaries; Botany and Environmental Horticulture Club; Second Third Street Workshop; African Diaspora Cultivating Education Cultural Event; Relay For Life Team Captains Meeting.

Bringing sunscreen and shampoo aboard your flight may no longer be such a hassle thanks to technology recently developed at UC Davis.

FRIDAY: Really?; Even more offensive: her homogeneous outfit

Who to watch: You may not expect a guy with a broken nose to lead a team in scoring.

Though Davisites will be sporting rain boots over the next few days, it has been a pretty dry and warm winter.

I’ve grown up reading science fiction, staying up late at night as a teenager entrusting in confidants such as Asimov and Bradbury to whisk me away to Bantam and Penguin fields as an escape from the various family turmoils that were all too frequent during my childhood. I daydreamed of rocketmen and galaxies, and yes, when I discovered Star Trek, Lieutenant Uhura.

Starting Aug. 1, all graduate school applicants will be required to take the new and revised version of the Graduate Record Examination (GRE), which test makers expect will more accurately assess candidates for graduate school.