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It used to go like this: high school. Try to contain happiness while moving to college. Relish freedom of college. Graduate. Move to apartment or house and celebrate the official start to adulthood.

TODAY: Shinkoskey Noon Concert; Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series; The Social Utility of Religion in Muslim Thought

East Quad Farmer’s Market; Food, Justice and You; Relay For Life Meeting; American Red Cross Club Meeting; Vet Aide Club Meeting; The Sonnet Project.

“Picnic Day. It’ll be my last time going since I’m a senior.”

After a long quarter in Davis and the week of finals, I was able to take a break from it all and travel to New York, where I took this photo. It shows 34th Street from the corner of Broadway with the Empire State Building in the background. I like this photo because the iconic building makes it look very “New York.” The skyline with buildings growing from small to large also has a nice effect. I took this photo with an aperture of f13 and shutter speed of 1/125. At f13 the depth of field – meaning the focal length is very long – I was able to get everything in the frame in focus despite my distance from the buildings themselves.

WEDNESDAY: East Quad Farmers Market; Relay For Life Meeting

“I don’t want you to mention too much about that,” Dr. Andreas Toupadakis said. “That’s not what this is about.”

Are you studying abroad spring quarter? Or are you living in another state or country? Through the UC Davis Outreach and International Programs (UOIP), current students and alumni can celebrate and relive Picnic Day outside of the city of Davis.

East Quad Farmers Market; Relay For Life Meeting; American Red Cross Club Meeting; The Sonnet Project.

A Republican-backed bill to cut federal funding of Planned Parenthood was passed by the House of Representatives last month and is currently up for debate in the Senate.

Poetry Night Reading Series: Lauren Norton and The Souterrain; Arboretum Folk Music Jam Session.

“Irish whore” was just one of the names a group of New Hampshire high school students bestowed upon fellow classmate Phoebe Prince. The tormenting only stopped when Prince hanged herself in her closet in January 2010.