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TODAY World AIDS Day rally 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Quad Join the fight against HIV by rallying with Health Education and Promotion to enhance HIV awareness on campus and the surrounding community.

Editor’s note: To give you a taste of life after the university, The California Aggie will profile UC Davis alums in various career fields. First up is David Bainbridge who has worked in the economic sustainability field and is currently an associate professor at the Marshall Goldsmith School of Management.

The UC Davis Health System operates thestate’s largest program forfamily nurse practitioners and physician assistants.It has graduated more than1,600professionals since1972,many of whom provide primary care in underserved areas.

TODAY Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous 7to8:30p.m. United Methodist Church,1620Anderson Road This program is for individuals recovering from eating addictions,bulimia and under-eating based on the12step program from Alcoholics Anonymous.For more information,go to foodaddicts.org.

Various local organizations are holding food drives or accepting monetary donations for Thanksgiving: Free Thanksgiving meal,sponsored by Davis Community meals Canned goods and non-perishables still needed Thursday,2to3p.m. St.Martin’s Church at604Hawthorne Lane in Davis Call Bill Pride at756-4008for more information…

Want to lower the carbon footprint of the family’s Thanksgiving dinner? Avoid the long lines at the supermarket by going to the Davis Pre-Thanksgiving Market today. The market,located in Davis Central Park on Fourth and C Streets,will extend its shopping hours from noon until6p.m.for all last-minute holiday shoppers.Special items will be sold that cater to the holiday’s ingredientneeds.

Football,turkey and pumpkin pie– the traditions of Thanksgiving may be familiar to most,yet the origins of this holiday remain somewhat mysterious. Early settlers in the16th century observed the holiday as a way to give thanks for a safe passage to the New World.But as America grew,so did Thanksgiving.Today,it is seen as the quintessential all-American holiday,and modern-day Thanksgiving is closely tied with the idea of America‘s civil religion.

Still looking for a place to have your holiday dinner? Try some local restaurants open on Thanksgiving Day. Baker’s Square Open6a.m.to9p.m. 255Second St.(corner across from theFast and Easy Mart) 756-4190 A Turkey Meal special for$14.99will be offered.Slow roasted,hand carved turkey breast served with stuffing,cranberry sauce,homemade gravy,seasonal vegetables,dinner bread,dinner saladand a slice of pie.A Ham Steak Meal (bone-in) is available for the same price. …

“We serve a dish that we call ‘green yuck,‘ which is basically Cool Whip with fruit,nuts and a green pistachio pudding mix.That’s why it’s green.It looks really gross,but people like it.“ Nicole Cortichiato,sophomore,neurobiology,physiology and behavior

Thanksgiving is a time for friends,family and fat.It doesn’t matter if you’ve yet to succumb to the Freshman15,if you go to the ARC every week or even if you haven’t eaten dessert all year; when you go home on Thursday,odds are you will gain weight.But you already know this.

Known to some as National Turkey Day,Thanksgiving can often be a holiday for the carnivorous kind,with a big ol‘ butterball front and center and a wave oftryptophan-induced sleepiness soon to follow. But for those who’d like to stay awake for the pumpkin pie,a vegetarian Thanksgiving may just be the gelatin-free whipped cream on the soy-based cake this year.

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.