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Instead, faculty will take unpaid days off on days they are not scheduled to give lectures, lead classes or workshops, have office hours or have other scheduled interaction with students.

Jeffery Maurer, a Wildlife Biologist at Yosemite National Park, died Sunday after falling from a climbing route on the eastern edge of the park.

Maurer, an avid rock climber, fell 50 feet from the Third Pillar, a difficult and technical climbing route on Mount Dana, park officials said.

University of California President Mark Yudof said Thursday August 20, that the financial situation of the university is unlikely to improve in 2010-2011, which will increase the burden on students. "Fees will go up, probably substantially," he said. "We won't be as expensive as, say, Penn State, but we'll be expensive."

The Cash for Clunkers program, which ended earlier this week, was touted by many as both an economic stimulus and a boon for the environment. 

However at least one person - UC Davis professor Charles Knittel - didn't think so.

On her first day of school, Linda Katehi arrived in Washington D.C. to meet Secretary of State, Hillary Rodham Clinton.

Katehi, who began her term as chancellor last Monday, has set the stage for a new era at UC Davis. Her meeting with Clinton and the Department of Education is just one part of her vision to bring UC Davis to the top ranks among public institutions.

Over 400,000 collections will be moved out of the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library in the next two years, as the library will close by 2011.

Faced with a 3.5 percent budget cut, librarians collaborated on how to cut the cost of maintaining their campus libraries. Following a recommendation from the Office of Resource Management and Planning to downsize the library, administrators announced that they will close the PSEL and move the majority of the books to Shields Library and the Carlson Health Sciences Library.

Though fewer freshmen were admitted to UC Davis this year, more attended orientation.

Approximately 96 percent of the incoming freshman class attended the three-day long event. The number has been steadily increasing since New Student Services has partnered with admissions, said Heidi Souverville, program director of the service.

By 2011, the Physical Sciences and Engineering Library will be vacant. The library's books will be dispersed throughout campus and among the bookshelves of other institutions.

The plan to close the library was announced earlier this week in a staff meeting with librarians, after the Office of Resource Management and Planning recommended consolidating the collection last Friday.

Students may have to open their wallets a little wider this year before they can bike to class.

Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) recently announced that it is raising the fees for bike registrations. New licenses will increase from $8 to $10 and a license renewal will increase from $4 to $5. This is the first fee hike for licenses since 2000.

After weeks of dismal budget updates, UC Davis got a bit of good news last week. The California Energy Commission announced a grant of nearly $2 million to support the development of the West Village community housing project.

University officials say the grant, which totals $1,994,322, will help planners analyze, design and implement new energy technologies with the ultimate goal of having a "zero net energy" community.

You get what you give - or in the case of UC, you may get slightly more, with interest.

After state budget cuts left no money from bond sales to support important building projects, UC will now rely on interest from a $199.8 million loan to fund ongoing construction at eight of the 10 UC campuses.

Most days, Sam wanders the streets. He has no home or job, and doesn't attend school. He owns only one set of clothes, which are tattered and torn. Without work he has little money; but what he gets, he squanders. He has difficulty retracing his steps, and is unable to discern one day from the next. But in Sam's mind, he leads a normal life.

UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi sent her first email message to students, faculty and staff this afternoon.

She outlined the agenda for her first several days on the job - including a trip to meet with Secretary of State Hillary Clinton in Washington, D.C. - and discussed her goals for the coming months.

Summer school students enjoyed an extra week-and-a-half with their beloved ASUCD Coffee House, as contracting legalities caused a brief delay in construction.

The Coffee House began moving to its temporary locations on the east wing of the Memorial Union yesterday; however, construction may not begin for another four to six weeks.