"Welcome to the House. Would you like to talk?"
Upon entering the front door, every visitor receives the same greeting - a warm invitation to come in and make use of the diverse services the House has to offer. Located across from Regan Main, the House is the student-run peer counseling center at UC Davis sponsored by Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).
Editor's note:
For this edition of 10 Questions, the California Aggie sat down with Walter Stone, a political science professor who has taught at UC Davis since 2001. Stone's current research interests include parties and elections and electoral behavior.
TODAY
Project Compost
6 p.m.
Project Compost Office, MU Basement
Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.
TODAY
Project Compost
6 p.m.
Project Compost Office, MU Basement
Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.
Students interested in taking up the fight to end world hunger and poverty have a new option to get involved on the UC Davis campus.
NOURISH International, developed in 2003 to fight global poverty, recently established a chapter at UC Davis this fall and is looking for students to help. The organization currently has 23 chapters nationwide.
TODAY
Women's soccer vs. UCSB
2 p.m.
Aggie Soccer Field
Show the Gauchos how much Aggie pride you have!
Approximately one in eight women will develop breast cancer during her lifetime, according to the American Cancer Society.
With the numbers so high, nearly all of us know someone who has had breast cancer.
In the Oct. 21 article "So you want to fly a plane?" it was stated that after the written test, the student must take to the air with a certified instructor, who will ultimately decide if the student can become a pilot.
The statement should have read that the student must take to the air with an FAA Designated Pilot Examiner (DPE). The Aggie regrets the error.
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Whole Earth hiring
Third Floor MU
The Whole Earth Festival is hiring its staff for the spring 2009 festival. The deadline to apply is Oct. 23. For more information, e-mail directors@wef.ucdavis.edu or visit the festival's website at wef.ucdavis.edu.
TODAY
Aggie Football ticket distribution
10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.
Aggie Stadium Ticket Office
Go pick up your free ticket to the Oct. 25 game against North Dakota. The last chance to pick up tickets is Wednesday.
Most of us have been to Aggie Stadium. We've all wandered the Death Star and trotted through the Quad on a sunny day, but very few of us have witnessed all this from 1,000 feet in the air.
When Jackie Stone decided to become a vegetarian at the tender age of 12, she didn't have a lot of cooking experience to rely on.
"My first year or so [as a vegetarian], I lived off of cereal, quesadillas and veggie burgers," she said.
After years of practice, Stone gradually increased her repertoire of recipes, looking for new kinds of vegetables and protein substitutes that could be incorporated into healthy, easy-to-make meals. Stone not only adapted the vegetarian lifestyle, but she fell in love with cooking.
TODAY
Peace Corps information session
4:15 p.m.
Felder Room, MU
Speak with a returned Peace Corps volunteer to learn about how you can make a difference in your own life as well as in others' lives.
It will take a two-hour run for a student to burn off a three-cheeseburger party.
These and other comparisons are part of the results from the E-Chug campaign, a quiz adopted by UC Davis Health Education and Promotion (HEP) aimed at educating students about their alcohol and tobacco use.
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