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Editor’s note: Donald Dudley is a graduate of the UC Davis School of Law and has worked at Student Judicial Affairs for over a decade. The Aggie sat down with him to find out the real deal about SJA.

Don’t be surprised – little munchkins dressed in green are taking over the UC Davis campus, at least for the summer. At the Activities and Recreation Center, kids in face paint are as prominent as weightlifters pumping iron.

In 2007, only 18.1 percent of students in the United States who received a bachelor’s degree in engineering were female. Surprised by the disproportionate number of males and females? Don’t be.

With fuel and food prices on the rise, University of California cooperative extension adviser and historian Rose Hayden-Smith recommends a home-grown solution – the Victory Garden. Although the name may evoke a sense of World War II-era nostalgia, Hayden-Smith believes the Victory Garden needs to make a comeback but in a different context.

WEDNESDAY Arboretumtour:walk withWarren Noon to1p.m. Arboretum Gazebo onGarrod Drive ArboretumSuperintendent Warren Robertswill offer a tour of the arboretum and offer information about the plant collections.

The neon lights flickering the words SUSHI BUFFET stopped mein my tracks. I passed it by on a hazy night of bar-hopping. Could this be? Could Davis really have another all-you-can-eat sushi joint? The next morning, to make sure that I hadn’t imagined it in the midst of a little dancing and a lot of drinking, I did some research on Google to find that the restaurant really does exist!

f you have terrible eating habits like me, coming up with excuses to eat junk is an all-too-easy task. Some justifications I always fall back on include class, work, certain television shows, extreme weather conditions… Providing me with one less place to nourish my unhealthy lifestyle is Farmer’s Kitchen Café. Situated at 624 Fourth St., it turned out that I’ve passed this restaurant many times without ever having gone inside, only referring to it as “the place with the plastic floral tablecloths.”

Editor’snote:For this edition of10questions,The Aggie interviewedDavisCity Councilmember Don Saylor.Councilmember Saylor was recently elected to his second term on the council and was named Mayor Pro Tempore on Tuesday.Look for him as he holds his office hours next weekonJuly8,from11a.m.to12:30p.m.at the tables by the Memorial Union patio.

Why not join the city ofDavis in celebrating the independence of our nation with pancakes,parades and parachutes? Davis is offering a plethora of activities that everyone from children to college students can enjoy.

Vocal repertoires, song notation, sound recordings and acoustic signals. From the sound of his academic vocabulary, one could easily mistake Peter Marler for a professor of music. While he is not one in the conventional sense, many consider him to be the pioneering professor of nature’s music.

Battling frostbite,exhaustion and a frozen oxygen mask,UC Davis senior Tanner Bixlerrelentlessly made his way to the summit ofMount Everest on May24. Climbing the29,035-footMt.Everest had been a childhood dream for Bixler.The economics major is no novice when itcomes to trekkingmountains– he started hiking at the age of3with his father and eventually worked his way up to serious climbing.

WEDNESDAY Davis Farmers Market 4:30to8:30p.m. Central Park At this week’s Picnic in the Park event,the free concert will feature Lisa Phoenix and Steve Wall playing folkAmericana music.New seasonal produce at the Davis Farmers Market should include tomatoes and nectarines!