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The most memorable news stories of 2009-2010

The 2009-2010 California Aggie staff.

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Editor's note: California Aggie reporter Amanda Hardwick moseyed on over to Davis' most popular yogurt options to determine the best place for a frozen treat. These are her findings.

Everyday at UC Davis, students unknowingly mention the names of people influential to the campus. When a student says they have class at Wellman Hall, they are paying homage to the 13th president of the University of California. Likewise, every time a student says they have to study at Peter J. Shields Library they are honoring the founder of UC Davis.

TODAY Campus Community Solidarity Day Noon to 4 p.m. Quad Join the campus to bring together the community in solidarity against the recent hate crimes. UC Davis Theatre and Dance Design Showcase 4 to 7 p.m. Suite 202, 508 Second St. Meet the designers and discuss their work for screen and stage. Poetry Night Reading Series: Joshua Clover 8 p.m. Bistro 33, 226 F St.

Yesterday, UC Davis students staged their own version of Michael Jackson's iconic song-and-dance number "Thriller;" only this time, it wasn't Michael Jackson in the red leather jacket.

It was 60 percent humidity. Water dripped down the walls of the building with an abundance of plants from all around the world. A loud noise reverberated within the room, sounding like something that could easily pass for a velociraptor. No, this wasn't Jurassic Park. It was the third floor of the Sciences Laboratory building in UC Davis' campus teaching greenhouse.

TODAY: Arboretum Writers in the Garden: Dorine Jennette; Eighteenth Annual Eugene Lunn Memorial Lecture.

TODAY Arboretum Folk Music Jam Session Noon Wyatt Deck, Old Davis Road Pull out your fiddles, guitars, mandolins and penny whistles! You are invited to an informal acoustic jam session. Meat Lab Sale 1 to 5:30 p.m. Cole C Facility

TODAY Meat Lab Sale 1 to 5:30 p.m. Cole C Facility The UC Davis Meat Lab offers sales that are open to the public every Thursday and Friday afternoon. Only cash and checks are accepted. Biomedical Engineering Seminar 4 p.m.

UC Davis has always been known as a bike-friendly campus. What is less known, however, is that the campus is also friendly to the disabled community. Wheelchair users as well as blind students said that in general, the campus has few physical barriers that make getting around difficult. Nevertheless, they report that additional changes and a more educated community are necessary to make the campus even more accommodating to disabled students.

The UC Davis campus alone is home to over 10,000 trees, not including the Arboretum, with new species being planted regularly. For some students they provide shade or a place to hangout. For everyone, they provide oxygen. And though some of the trees have been around as long as the school, their origins are not widely known. In support of the trees and their stories, The California Aggie sat down with senior landscape architect Skip Mezger and assistant landscape architect Christina De Martini Reye to get the dirt on these campus giants. Tree: Cork Oak

TODAY Reading by Frank B. Wilderson III of Red, White & Black Noon to 1:30 p.m. 101 Wright Listen to Wilderson talk about his book, which critiques socially engaged films and the theories that ground them. Reading by Karma Waltonen 7 to 8:30 p.m. Bistro 33, 226 F St. Find out more about Wiltonen's new book, The Simpsons in the Classroom with a Q&A period and book signing after the presentation. Free Showing of Uganda Documentary 7:15 p.m. 80 Social Science Invisible Children invite you to watch a short documentary on the war in Uganda and discuss big events for next year. UC Davis Film Festival 8:30 p.m. Davis Varsity Theatre, 616 Second St.

TODAY: Reading by John Smolenski; Think like an Entrepreneur: Lessons in Innovation for your Career; Reading by Frank B. Wilderson III of Incognegro; Public Health Club Meeting; Arboretum: Writers in the Garden.