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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!

Laura Dickson, a UC Davis 2008 alumnaand a Fulbright Grant recipient, is going to Kenya in August to study the possible correlation of infection of the AIDS virus with the spread of malaria. Dickson, who graduated this month from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and a minor in global and international studies, will spend 10 months in the town of Kisimu in Western Kenya, located near Lake Victoria.

Whether it’s 60 degrees outside or 100, staying healthy and fit is both important and a challenge. For those rising up to it as the mercury does the same in Davis this summer, a wide range of opportunities await.

TODAY Fitness & WellnessCenter Noonto2p.m. The ARC,past lobby entrance Get a free five minute massage,a great way to relax before finals!

“We came out and spanked them. We made them look so horrible – we outplayed them.It just shows that if we give100percent and stay focused,things will go our way.” – Men’s soccer co-captain Sule Anibaba after his team beat IPFW andOakland6-0and4-2,respectively,at the Oregon State Diadora Classic.

The diplomas are handed out, the graduation caps are tossed into the airand pictures are taken with everyone,everywhere.

This is only the beginning, graduates,and you haveanoutstanding lineup of commencement speakers to remind you of that.

UC Davis seniors have used the last few months to prepare for their graduation day.

While some studentsmay enter the corporate world or go on to graduate school after college,others opt for adifferent journey.

Endings are bittersweet. At the close of every year, UC Davis seniors don a cap and gown, receive a diploma and put their years at the university behind them as they look to the future.