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Stealing a bluebook from the campus bookstore can cost you $200. Writing in your bluebook after the exam time has expired can get you a referral from your professor. These are the rules – the shadowy restrictions that tell us what we can and can’t do for just about anything.

Editor’s note: The California Aggie’s Thuy Tran left for Vietnam at the end of last week to take part in an optometric mission in the country’s Ben Tre Province.She willbegin her charity work on Tuesday.

TODAY Flu vaccination clinic 10:30to11:30a.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,call752-2349to schedule an appointment.For more information,visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

For more than a decade,children from Uganda have been abducted from their homes and forced to serve in an army of terrorist rebels.In recent months,the abductions have increased in numbers and UC Davis students aren’t standing by to watch. Invisible Children,a campus club composed of undergraduate students,is dedicated to raising awareness and relieving the situation in the East African country,Uganda.The UC Davis club is part of the national organization that was established in2003.

TODAY Causeway Classic Ticket Distribution 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. Aggie Stadium Be sure to pick up your FREE student ticket to watch UC Davis football take on rival Sac State on Saturday! Limited Aggie Pack seating available; tickets will be given out on a first-come, first-serve basis.

UC Davis was named a national center for AIDS research in1989.

Remember those fifth-grade slumber parties and the classic board game of “Life?” Do you ever feel as though your vocational options are limited to10or socareer cards? Roadtrip Nation,an organizationthat encourages individuals toexplore their own career paths,will make an appearance today at UC Davis.The green RVs will be stationed on the west quad,and there will be a documentary showing at3:30p.m.in229South Hall.

TODAY ASUCD Blood Drive 10a.m.to5p.m. Freeborn Hall If you donate blood,you willbe the recipient ofa freeT-shirt as well as an IMAX ticket!

When Jina Lee walked in on her roommate and her boyfriend making outlastweek,she didn’t quite know what tosay – andit wasn’t because she felt awkward.Lee was unfamiliar with the ways Americans communicate discomfortand,asan international student from Korea,she didn’t quite have the language skills to voice that feeling. So,Lee asked her American friend who she met through UC Davis‘ Partners in Acquiring Language (PAL) conversationprogram what she should do in that delicate situation.

TODAY Civic participation in Chávez’s Venezuela Noon 5214SSHB Thad Dunning,a professor of political science at Yale University,will speak about Chávez and surveys taken in2003and2008.

Editor’s note: Nov. 2 to 8 is the 10th annual Retired Teachers Week, honoring educators who do not see retirement as the end of their service to the community. The California Aggie spoke with some of them about their experiences.

TODAY Flu vaccination clinic 11 a.m. to 1:15 p.m. Griffin Lounge, MU 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.