Last year, Picnic Day resulted in 516 calls to the police and 33 separate arrests, more than double the previous year.

Cry a river, and someone will probably build a bridge for you. You cry. I cry. Everybody cries.

There are few things that are as eye-opening as exposing oneself to another culture. And no, I’m not talking about putting Nutella on your toast.

The way I see it, stand-up comedy comes in a couple of different varieties. There’s the family-friendly kind, which sticks to G-rated topics – the likes of which can be found on any number of TBS comedies. There’s the PG or PG-13 kind that isn’t afraid to make a joke about a celebrity or cautiously test the waters of cultural, racial or sexual humor.

Sometimes it takes going back to basics to make it sound oh-so right.

For a debut album, there is only one word that perfectly describes Ellie Goulding’s Bright Lights: flawless.

The title of Chris Brown’s new album F.A.M.E. is an ironic twist from Brown’s last few years in the spotlight.

A California Senate bill to lower high school dropout rates now awaits a signature from Gov. Jerry Brown. Senate Bill X1 1 passed through the senate with a 21-to-14 vote. The goal of the bill is to give $8 million to California partnership academies to improve their programs in green-tech.

Who to watch: Shortstop Scott Heylman was named the Big West Conference Player of the Week for the week ending April 10. The award was his first.

This is a great and timely question! The Pound for a Pound Challenge is happening all next week and is a really great way to solve two big problems at the same time: climate change and student hunger.

THIS WEEK IN DAVIS: UC Davis Symphony Orchestra Picnic Day Performance; 7th Annual Davis Dance Revolution; KDVS Soul Night

Just like Clark Kent was a regular-looking journalist, junior evolutionary ecology major Will Bauer can be seen sitting in class, eating at the ASUCD Coffee House, or walking around campus.