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A performing arts,cultural studies,and history medley with a twist of technology,technocultural studies offers an innovative major that is unique to UC Davis. Based off a word not found in the English dictionary,technocultural studies is an interdisciplinary major that bridges the arts,humanities,technologyand the sciences in away so that students have hands-on experience with digital production equipment.

TODAY ASUCD Blood Drive 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Freeborn Hall Stop by and give a free pint of blood. In exchange, ASUCD and Blood Source will give you a free pint of Baskin-Robbins ice cream!

Plastic flip-flops and suede Ugg boots lay abandoned on the heavily polished floor. The sound of dribbling basketballs faintly echoes in the gymnasiumas students wearing faded sweatshirts of their past ballet recitals watch a girl dance to her own voice reciting lyrics. Her polished fingernails graze the floor, making a soft clicking sound.

In order to support patients newly-diagnosed with breast cancer,the Safeway Foundation recently gave the UC Davis Cancer Center$128,000to launch the WeCARE Community-Based Breast Cancer Peer Navigator Project. WeCARE will provide the recently diagnosed patients with peer navigators,also called “cancer coaches,” in order to help patients through those first months after their diagnosis.The project creator,UC Davis assistant adjunct professor Dr.Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater,was inspired by her own life experiences.

TODAY Texas Hold ‘Em Poker Tournament 6to8p.m. Griffin Lounge,MU Get there early; seats fill up quickly.Must be there by6p.m.If you’re one of the top30players,you could end up in the tournament of champions!

MONDAY Project Compost 6 p.m. Project Compost Office, MU Basement Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.

The California Aggie’s Thuy Tran went to Vietnam in November to participate in a charity mission in the country’s Ben Tre Province.She shares her experiences in the country and in helping the team provide77cases of surgeries,1,800examinations and2,500eyeglasses.

TODAY An evening with Cree Edwards 6 to 8 p.m. 174 AOB IV Edwards, the chairman and CEO of eMeter corporation, will speak as a part of the UC Davis Sustainable Enterprise Speaker Series.

UC Irvine graduates recently debutedtheir first iPhone application amidst the flurry of new applications this holiday season. After graduating from UC Irvine, several friends started their own cloud telephone company called Callfire and used the technology and infrastructure to create “FriendCast,” the free iPhone application aimed at helping student groups communicate last-minute changes of plans. The application allows the user to record a message and send it to the phones of friends, colleagues or group-mates.

TODAY Free lunch 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. 312 A St. Econ 1A teaches there is no such thing as a free lunch. Watch Davis Christian Fellowship try and prove them wrong! Stop by for a free hot potato and make some new friends in 2009.

Thin is beautiful – and nowadays it seems thin is healthy, too. We’re told an “obesity epidemic” of massive proportions is gripping the nation, and doctors are warning worried citizens about the dangers of being overweight – arthritis, heart disease, diabetes, cancer and more. More and more, the idea that thin equals healthy is being sold as by the media as common knowledge and established fact.

The next time you see a small white butterfly fluttering through town,it could land you a free pitcher of beer or the cash equivalent. Arthur Shapiro,professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis continues his annual “Butterfly-for-Beer” contest,now in its38thyear,this month. Shapiro will reward whoever captures the first live cabbage white butterfly (Pieris rapae) of the year.Only adult butterflies found outdoors in Sacramento,Solano or Yolo counties are eligible.