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I was exploring an unknown territory also known as West Davis. I’d heard there was a Chinese restaurant with rather tasty food. Whether it was fact or fiction, I did not know. But on a cold Wednesday night, I decided to venture out and see for myself. In a dark area known as the Westlake Plaza, there’s a restaurant called Shanghai Town. I say it was dark because the plaza had few lights or neon signs indicating that any business (or life) was in existence. I finally found Shanghai Town situated in an obscure location by a taqueria and a drycleaners.

TODAY NCAA Tournament ticket distribution 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Freeborn Hall Ticket Office Men’s soccer will host Denver in the first round of the national tournament at Aggie Soccer Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for UC Davis students, faculty and staff, and $7 for adults. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The average age of a UC Davis undergraduate is21.Four percent of undergrads are age25or older.

TODAY EastQuad Farmers Market 10a.m.to2:30p.m. East Quad Check out a convenient iteration of thefarmers marketright on campus!

The Mexican Free-tailed bat is gray and brown,has massive,vein-lined ears,a pig-like snoutand patchy hair under its tiny,wrinkled mouth.One would speculate that only this bat’s mother could love him. But that speculation– like many others about bats– is a myth.Corky Quirk,founder of NorCal Bats,happens to find the creatures quite adorable.

TODAY Aggie Ambassadors from College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences Noon to1p.m. 3001Plant and Environmental Sciences Learn about opportunities within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Three years ago,Lawson Snipes was one of125homeless peopleliving in Davis.During cold,rainy and windy winter nights,Snipesand up to a dozen other individuals would huddle inside “the cave,“ – an island of dry land under the overhang between two buildings at Davis CommunityChurch.

TODAY Anonymous HIV testing 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. LGBT Resource Center This rapid, oral, anonymous testing offers results in 30 minutes.

Yaakov Katz,Israel correspondent forUSA Today and military correspondent and defense analyst forThe Jerusalem Post,discussed portrayals of Israel in the media on Thursday evening. In his talk,which took placeat the HillelHouse at328A St.,Katz said that airtime and space are two of the biggest problems with media.

TODAY Flu vaccination clinic 3 to 4 p.m. Cowell Student Health Center, North Lobby Help prevent getting sick this winter by getting a flu shot. If you cannot make this meeting time, call 752-2349 to schedule an appointment. For more information, visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

In a year’s time Trecia Mullings will return to Jamaica with a single aim: to change things for the better. “I want to see what certain industries in the U.S. are doing in terms of resource management, water management and waste management,” she said. “I want to see how they reduce their impact on the environment, and take those ideas back to Jamaica with me.”

TODAY Reducing residential energy demands Noon 3201Hart Yael Parag,from the University of Oxford,will speak on how government policies can cared good energy citizens.