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TODAY: Meat Lab Sale; Student Services and Fees Administrative Advisory Committee Meeting; Prytanean Women’s Honor Society Membership Drive; Biomedical Engineering Seminar; ASUCD Public Senate Meeting; Reading by Carrie Rudzinski and April Ranger; Showing of The Matter of Taste; Mobility auditions.

Some students like their meat well done and tough. Others prefer theirs rare and almost breathing. Then there are those select few that want their meat slow-cooked on a homemade spit over wood they cut themselves.

This week, students and faculty were confronted face to face with the global poverty crisis – literally.

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TODAY House Peer Counseling Center Meditation Classes 10:30 to 11 a.m. House Peer Counseling Center Join the HPCC for free meditation classes. Students of all levels and experience are welcome. Conversations with Author Paul McHugh 4 to 6 p.m. 126 Voorhies Listen to award winning Bay Area writer Paul McHugh, brought to you by the University Writing Program. Engineers without Borders Dine for a Cause 5 to 9 p.m. Uncle Vito’s, 524 Second St. Join Engineers without Borders and a portion of your food and beverage purchases will be donated to them. Expression Redefined 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Griffin Lounge, Memorial Union Showcase your talents! Writers, poets, visual artists, musicians, comedians and filmmakers are welcome to display creative workings with Nameless Magazine. Mobility Open Workshop 10 p.m. to midnight Pavilion

If you drive out Country Road 32b, you’ll pass fields of knee high grass, plowing tractors and a field of strawberries. Just beyond, on the fringes of Davis, you’ll come across The Yolo Fruit Stand -known to locals for its variety, quality and low prices.

TODAY: Project Compost; Southeast Asian Graduation Meeting; Experimental Musicians at UC Davis

Dressed in a black corset, heels and fishnet stockings, the winner of the Rocky Horror Picture Show costume contest introduced himself as Athena – like the Greek goddess.

Nestled in the heart of the Activities and Recreation Center lies a wall lined with globular grips and neon duct tape.

“The little girl said, ‘My mother killed my little sister’ and we had no idea how to respond,” Wendy “Weezy” Wang said.

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TODAY Campus Unions Public Forum 5 to 6 p.m. Mee Room, Memorial Union Listen and discuss with Campus Unions about the interim plans for the Memorial Union while renovations are taking place. Davis City Council Candidates Forum 6 p.m. 234 Wellman Hear all five candidates for city council talk about issues that are important to students. IAESTE Leadership Opportunity Meeting 6:20 to 7 p.m. 129 Wellman Join the global network of architectural, engineering, mathematics and science leaders. See how IAESTE can enrich your experience with international professional training and leadership opportunities!