Matthew Cohen works tirelessly to improve the quality of life in a place nearly 9,700 miles away from his home state of California.

As graduation draws near, UC Davis students are beginning to focus choosing a career path. To help encourage such students to enter the growing area of business marketing, the student-run organization Modern Market Technologies will be holding a seminar called “Getting On Top: Climbing the Corporate Ladder,” on Wednesday.

Most of us are familiar with the mental breakdown of the HAL 9000 computer in “2001: A Space Odyssey.” The fictional HAL ran the daily operations of a spaceship, including life-support, until he decided humans were unnecessary.

FRIDAY: Rolling in the green; Traveling foul

A female employee of Shuz downtown was robbed while closing the store Sunday afternoon.

On Sunday morning, two unknown male suspects drove a stolen truck into the front doors of the Davis Target in an attempt to steal an ATM.

As our state goes through yet another incarnation of budget hell, Californians of all walks of life continue to suffer.

The state of California is in deep fiscal trouble, and cuts will have to be made across the board. One sector that will see its state funding go down is higher education.

In past years, ASUCD budget hearings have been long and disorganized, and it was clear senators were not familiar with the budget. However, this year, budget hearings ran smoothly and the budget itself was reasonable.

Domes residents are organizing a rally in support of their housing community, which will be held in the Memorial Union on Wednesday from 2 to 5 p.m.

There are times I’d like to simply drive 300 miles without stopping, but due to climbing gas prices, such vagabondry would be foolish and excessive. Instead, I settle for the drive down 80 West to the East Bay.

Today is my birthday! Yes, dearest readers, please feel free to send me gifts of cash, chocolate, flowers or kittens.