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Campus Judicial Board Sno-Cones

10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

MU Patio

CJB and Student Judicial Affairs will be giving out free sno-cones in front of the MU for all who attend. Chill out before finals, and don't cheat!

East Quad Farmers Market

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

East Quad

Support local farmers and buy some fresh produce, nuts, flowers and more! Pick up some tasty treats for a fun springtime dinner or a nice afternoon snack.

Take the real food taste test

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

ASUCD Coffee House

Stop by and taste some real food!

Barry Bonds. Shawne Merriman. Alex Rodriguez. Marion Jones. The list goes on, and so too does the ethical debate that surrounds athletes and their use of performance enhancing drugs. In the shadows of this ever-evolving controversy, though, lies an ethically similar but contextually different issue: "brain doping."

Last year, as an April Fools' joke, a faux-press release by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) circulated the Internet. It stated that there were new initiatives to combat the use of brain enhancing drugs. The World Anti-Brain Doping Authority (WABDA) was to enforce the set of regulations among scientists.

Ernesto Sandoval knows his plants. From the Amorphophallus titanium to the Cucumber Tree, the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory is a plethora of plants for Sandoval to study.

What is your occupation?

I am director of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory. Kind of like the head librarian at a library of living plants.

What do you do at the conservatory?

I supervise and manage a cadre of interns, student employees, volunteers and part-time staff. I make a lot of the decisions of what to transplant, propagate and otherwise manipulate as well as when, how and how many.

A silent killer is on the rise among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders. As high rates of chronic hepatitis B, a leading cause of liver cancer, continue to afflict the burgeoning population, some experts predict a surge in liver cancer for these ethnic groups in the U.S. during the next 20 years. Liver cancer incidence is unevenly skewed within the American population, as the disease tends to strike people of certain ethnic groups more often. A recent study from the Journal of Clinical Oncology projects that the number of new liver cancer cases among Asian Americans will jump by 134 percent compared to an increase of 28 percent among non-Hispanic whites by 2030.

People take the ability to read and write for granted, assuming everyone can, but the evidence suggests that it shouldn't be.

Twenty percent of Yolo County is considered functionally illiterate, according to the Yolo County Library Services and Facilities Master Plan 2002 to 2006.

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Dine with dignity campaign

5:45 to 7 p.m.

ASUCD Coffee House

View the film Immokalee: From Slavery to Freedom and listen to a list conversation with a member of the Coalition of Immokalee Workers. There will be free popcorn from the Student Farm.

Veer screening

6:30 p.m.

Davis Varsity Theatre

In celebration of May being Bike Month, view Veer, a movie about five people whose lives are tied to cycling. Tickets are $10 at the door, and 80 percent after the rental fee will go to the Davis Bike Collective.

Club meetup

7 to 9 p.m.

Griffin Lounge, MU

If you're involved in a student organization, stop by this forum to meet with other students and learn advice about being a club at UC Davis and how to interact with SPAC, CEVS and ASUCD.

An evening with Jake Kosek

4 p.m.

MU II

Listen to Jake Kosek, author of Understories: The Political Life of Forests in Northern New Mexico, speak.

UC Davis senior Shanna Wagner has Type I diabetes. Rather than accept her situation, she decided to do something about it.

Wagner decided to help in the battle against diabetes by leading the Diabetes Dash at UC Davis, a two mile run/walk set to take place at the Arboretum on Sunday, May 31 at 10 a.m. The money raised will be donated to the UC Davis Medical Center for endocrinology research.

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Thursday Trivia Nights

6 to 7:30 p.m.

First floor, Silo Union

Test your knowledge of random facts and potentially win fabulous prizes along the way!

A button fell out of an undergrad's coat as he walked through the quad in the 1930s. A girl lost her ring in between thick blades of grass when it slipped from her finger one afternoon in 1962. And last week, a couple of quarters fell out of your pocket after you bought lunch at the Whole Earth Festival.

Long after their owners have moved on, these possessions lay hidden in the UC Davis quad. But they can all be recovered - if you know how to find them.

Editor's Note: For this edition of Ten Questions, The California Aggie spoke with senior communication major Kyle Dubs to get a feel for day-to-day life as a UC Davis student resident firefighter. The program, which began in 1955, teaches firefighting skills to a select group of UC Davis students.

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East Quad Farmers Market

10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

East Quad

Support local farmers and buy some fresh produce, nuts, flowers and more! Pick up some tasty treats for a fun springtime dinner or a nice afternoon snack.

Real Bodies are Fashionable

Noon to 1 p.m.

MU Patio

Listen to a talk on body image and eating disorders by former male model Ron Saxen, followed by an alternative fashion show. This event is hosted by Campus Unions and the WRRC.

Aggie Idol

7 p.m.

Freeborn Hall

Come to the third annual intercollegiate student-athlete charity variety show. Proceeds will benefit the nonprofit humanitarian organization Invisible Children. Tickets are available at the Freeborn Hall Ticket Office for $8.

There is no way to describe the strange noise that came out of my mouth when I walked past the Davis Creamery a month ago and noticed a gourmet cupcake advertisement. This food combination was like if Disneyland had fused with Sea World - kind of random but still a really good idea.

The Davis Creamery makes and sells chocolate, vanilla, coffee, peppermint, chocolate mint, strawberry, salted caramel, cheesecake, cupcake and lemon custard ice cream on a regular basis. It's currently offering three new fruit sorbet flavors, including Very Berry, Pomegranate Raspberry and Mango.

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Student Nutrition Association meeting

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

Meyers Hall Breezeway

Check out the Student Nutrition Association's annual student/faculty mixer. Meet other nutrition majors, teachers and faculty. Lunch is provided!

Author reading

Noon to 1 p.m.

Art Lounge, MU

Religious Studies lecturer Alon Raab will speak about soccer and give a book reading from his work The Global Game: Writers on Soccer. The reading will be followed by a soccer game on the A Street Intramural Field.

Electronic Music for Change

Noon to 1 p.m.

MU Patio, Flagpole

Enjoy an hour of free electronic music, Red Bull giveaways and Go-Go Dancers!

An evening with Jake Kosek

4 p.m.

MU II

Listen to Jake Kosek, author of Understories: The Political Life of Forests in Northern New Mexico, speak.

Personal Finance 101: Tips for Graduating Students

6 to 8 p.m.

Building 180, The Colleges at LaRue

Go learn about personal finances and get tips about budgeting.

After aimlessly walking around the Whole Earth Festival and observing its diverse and largely animal-friendly food options, I came to the realization that I definitely did not want an herbal milkshake and Naan for lunch. This said, I opted to make the half-mile journey to Davis' newest Thai restaurant, KetMoRee, to dine at a place where the smell of the compost exhibit could not interfere with my appetite.