City News

If you missed itinfall,be sure to catch the historic bike exhibit in Downtown Davis before it closes this February.The display, “Swiftwalkers to Streamliners:Bicycles1823-2008,” features bicycles representing every era of the development of the bicycle.

Change could be coming for colleges and universities in the U.S. – and it’s not chump change.The U.S.House of Representatives is set to vote today on an economicstimulus package that calls for$550billion in domestic spending and$275billion in tax cuts.

A recent Kaplan Test Prep and Admissions study found that44percent of the85top American medical schools surveyed are thinking about increasing the number of open spots for incoming medical students. Of those schools,roughly33percent plan to increase enrollment up to15percent and roughly10percent plan to increase student enrollment by more than25percent.Many of these schools expect to implement these enrollment changes as early as fall2009.

Cal Grant students may be in for a big cut. Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger released his2009-2010budget proposal earlier this month.The proposal will change Cal Grant policy and cut all new competitive awards.

Davis police arrested the owner of a downtown massage business on suspicion of prostitution Thursday. A sting operation revealed that50-year-old Ping Li was using her business,Spring380Massage,for prostitution,said Lt.Thomas Waltz in a press release.An undercover officer went into the business and Li was arrested immediately after agreeing to perform sexual acts inexchange for money,he said.

Forget beer and pizza.College students are cracking their piggy banks to scrounge enoughmoney for textbooks these days. The average student will spend about$700on textbooks this year alone,according to Student Monitor,an independent research firm that studies the college student market.

The Davis International House hosted a forumlast Thursday to discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The forum,entitled“Peace in the Middle East,Options and Obstacles,“ was meant“to help somebody get one new piece of info that might help them think about this long conflict differently,“ said executive director of Davis International House Elisabeth Sherwin.

SATURDAY Frogger,Live An individual was jumping in front of traffic on Russell Boulevard. They call this music?! A male and a female were heard screaming and banging a drum on Anderson Road.

Remember when your mom told you that you couldn’t have a MySpace because it was too dangerous? Well,that reasoning is partially wrong,according to a new report that found that minorsmaynot be as susceptible to sexual solicitation in the cyber worldasmanypeoplethink.

Solar energy tantalizes most green-friendly consumers as an easy way to cut energy costs and consumption of fossil fuels,but a new report suggests the industry isn’t as clean as some thought.Released last week by green technology watchdog Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition,the report details the toxic nature of photovoltaic cell production and proposes that solar vendors take back spent panels for clean recycling.

Let’s talk about sex. Sexually transmitted diseases,that is. Recently released figures from theCenters for Disease Control and Prevention said that in2007,over1.1millionchlamydiadiagnoses were reported,up from around1million in2006,makingchlamydia the number one reported STD.

With a statewide budget crisis, a worldwide economic downturn and declining population figures, some pundits are beginning to wonder whether the “California Dream” is in trouble. Several UC Davis professors, however, say that California is strong enough to weather the current crises.