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TODAY: Challah for Hunger: Baking a Difference; Summer Abroad Info Session: Greece; Meat Lab Sale

If there’s one thing you learn when talking to a tattoo artist, it’s that people want some very unique drawings on their bodies. Very, very unique.

Every Thursday after dusk, a select group of Davis students and residents congregate at the E Street Plaza to practice a unique skill – fire twirling. Last week, I happened to walk by, and I immediately snapped some shots. It was dark, and I wanted to emphasize the effect of the fire so I didn’t use a flash. Instead, I used a long shutter speed of 1/10 of a second and a high ISO of 1600. I wasn’t carrying a tripod, so I rested my camera on a nearby bench, tilting it upward to capture the whole effect. I wanted to keep the main fire twirler in focus but let the background blur somewhat. To do this I set a wide aperture of f/4. I didn’t have a chance to talk to any of the twirlers, but it looked like they were willing to teach anyone who arrived. So, if you’re looking for a new skill, bring your own fire!

TODAY: Summer Abroad Info Session: Peru; Campus Rotaract Club of Davis General Meeting

Want to get out of Davis? Members of the community looking to de-stress while cruising down a mountain are in luck. Davis is only a short drive away from multiple ski and mountain resorts.

TODAY: Summer Abroad Info Session: England; Summer Abroad Info Session: Scotland; Energy Institute Winter 2011 Seminar Series; Cooking Club Meeting; CalPIRG General Interest Meeting.

Thinking of hacking into someone’s Facebook account and posting funny status updates? Make sure your comments aren’t offensive or you might be charged with a misdemeanor for impersonation.

Are you buried in an avalanche of applications, transcripts and various graduate school brochures?

TODAY: Challah for Hunger: Baking a Difference; Summer Abroad Info Session: UK/Sweden; Meat Lab Sale.

Spring might seem like eons away in cold and dreary Davis, but it’s time to start your spring break travel plans.

Called “the world’s smallest mountain range” at 10 miles in diameter, the Sutter Buttes rise a rather conspicuous 2,000 feet from the vast flatness of the central valley.

Junior Armira Saragoza is always conscious of stares she receives from classmates and peers as she walks into a classroom or alone on campus with her backpack and books.