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Sustainable development and mineral resource extraction 12:10 p.m. 3201 Hart Learn about the achievements and challenges of a global mining company. For more information, visit johnmuir.ucdavis.edu.

TODAY Campus Judicial Board recruitment 2 to 3 p.m. Garrison Room, MU Check out this informational session for all students wishing to join the 2009-2010 Campus Judicial Board.

J.R.Best had a great idea. He would move to Japan,and start a sports camp for Japanese youth.It would be a cultural exchange– U.S.students could come and intern as camp counselors,while Japanese youth would have the opportunity to learn from Americans. In2005,Best,a UC Davis1979alumnus,turned that idea into a pilot project in Kiyosato,Japan,a small town in the mountains three hours west ofTokyo.

TODAY Engineering of Historic Constructions program Noon to 1 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Learn about this study abroad program happening during the summer in Rome!   Delta Sigma Pi: Pizza Night 6:15 p.m. King Lounge, MU Stop by for pizza and games while you get to know more of the brothers […]

Like it or not, “recession chic” is all the rage these days. You can jump on the bandwagon at the Saturday’s rummage sale, sponsored by the Student Fashion Association (SFA). The sale takes place at 915 Craig Place in Davis (near Dollar Tree) and runs from 7 a.m. to noon.

TODAY Project Compost 6 p.m. 43 Memorial Union, MU Basement Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.

TODAY URC Abstract Workshop 1 to 2 p.m. Mee Room, MU Learn how to write and submit your abstract for participation in the UCD Undergraduate Research Conference. For more details see urc.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis researchers will soon be able to measure their progress and compare findings with colleagues across the Atlantic Ocean. Overseas collaboration is expected to be a result of the recent Transatlantic Foods for Health Consortium– a partnership between UC Davis and the Centre for Advanced Food Studies in Denmark.

The expansive stage boasted a single microphone and a blue-lit table sporting four chairs,sans Simon Cowell.Enter a slightly kinder panel of judges and10teenage finalists. On Saturday,the fourth annual Davis Idol Final Competition was held at the Brunelle Performing Arts Theatre at Davis Senior High School (DHS).

The groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter,but UC Davis students don’t have to spend it hibernating in their rooms. When the temperatures drop,finding ways to stay fit outdoors can be challenging.The Fitness and Wellness Center hopes to offer students some options for shaking off the February blues with its winter Fitness Frenzy tonight at6:30in Freeborn Hall.

With what many consider a flawed health care system in theU.S.,it was only a matter of time before someone saw the problems and attempted to fix them.Enter Heather Young,the new associate vice chancellor for nursing and dean of the newly proposed UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

If running the tap while brushing your teeth is a bad habit of yours,Professor Richard Howitt,department chair in the field of agricultural economics,explains how water-rationing will put an end to it.