What is it about 13-year-old Rebecca Black’s music video “Friday” that makes you want to simultaneously laugh, groan and cover your ears?

From what I remember, life at age 4 four was rather busy.

A man in a sun hat threatened to have me arrested on Monday.

The world is safe again. Larry has gotten rid of his beard.

It used to go like this: high school. Try to contain happiness while moving to college. Relish freedom of college. Graduate. Move to apartment or house and celebrate the official start to adulthood.

On Feb. 5, 2011 in a star-studded ceremony at the Beverly Hills Hilton, UC Davis alumna Claire Bennett was part of the team who took home the prestigious Art Director’s Guild Award for her work on the hit television show “Modern Family.”

In order to encourage more student involvement, ASUCD will be adding an ASUCD section to the current resident hall newsletter.

A 2007 University of Florida (UF) study about disinfecting sponges in microwaves drew attention to a sanitation technique.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: The Social Network; Beauty and the Beats; The Sonnet Project.

MUSE had the opportunity to interview leading animators Jess Morris, Bjarne Hansen and Evgeni Tomov for our article on animations: “2D animation is not dead, say animators.” Here are the rest of the interviews, which didn’t make it into the article.

TODAY: Shinkoskey Noon Concert; Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series; The Social Utility of Religion in Muslim Thought

Whether you are five, 21 or pushing 90, the charismatic nature of animated films has colored our world in so many vivid shades that it’s hard to keep count.