Campus News

With over240student organizations,academic departments,ASUCD units and sports clubs,Day on the Quad will mark another special day in UCD’s centennial birthday celebration this Wednesday from10a.m.to2p.m. This year’s Activities Faire2008,Chamber Day on the Quad,East Quad Farmer’s Market and the Centennial Walk Dedication will collaborate together for a campus celebration on the quad with prizes,giveaways,entertainment and free pizza and drinks.

Students are invited toBrawl– virtually,with their favorite Nintendo characters– from6to10p.m.Wednesday in Griffin Lounge at the Memorial Union. Last year’s tournament brought68brawlers to test their mettle against their peers,and Campus Unions expects even more for this year’s edition.

The California Aggie,the article “Dispute between Band-uh!,faculty director goes public” identified band director Tom Slabaugh’s lawyer as Chad Turlock.The lawyer’s correct name is Chad Carlock.The Aggie regrets the error.

As UC Davis celebrates its centennial this week, the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender Resource Center will be conducting its own five days of events as it kicks off its annual Pride Week. As part of Pride Week, the LGBTRC and other affiliated groups will host a variety of events on campus geared toward promoting visibility, education and pride among both the LGBT and UC Davis communities.

Guests gathered at the brand new Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food ScienceonFriday morning to officially open the130,000square-foot center.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct.9meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

Acclaimed journalist and CNN senior legal analyst Jeffrey Toobin visited the UC Davis campus on Oct. 10, giving two presentations. One was held in 126 Voorhies and the other was a public speech at Jackson Hall in the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts.

Transportation and Parking Services is holding its biannual bike auction Saturday morning at the new West Entry Parking Structure at the intersection of Hutchison and Dairy. Bicycles may be viewed from8to9a.m.The bidding will commence at9a.m.and last until each of the over425bikes are sold.

Chancellor LarryVanderhoef held his first quarterly brown bag chat for the2008-2009academic year on Wednesday in the Memorial Union to discuss the budget,the campus community book project and UC Davis‘ search for a new chancellor. “To say [the budget’s] sobering is probablyan understatement,” Vanderhoef said.

The iconic Budweiser Clydesdale team and wagon are on campus this week for an appearance at the grand opening of the Robert Mondavi Institute for Food and Wine Science today between10a.m.and12:30p.m.

UC Davis has always been known as a farm school,and now with faculty and staffworking towards establishing asustainable agriculture undergraduate major,it can further that reputation. “There is a big need to have a major that educates students broadly about agriculture,” said Mark Van Horn,director of Student Farm.“The major will combine the natural sciences and technology as well as the economic and social issues and how those combine to make the totality of agriculture.“

A severe lack of funding may soon render Shields Library obsolete, according to a recent report by the UC Davis Library Task Force. The library is currently on a flat budget – it receives the same funding on a yearly basis despite economic inflation and rising book costs.