Features

TODAY

Campus Judicial Board recruitment

2 to 3 p.m.

Garrison Room, MU

Check out this informational session for all students wishing to join the 2009-2010 Campus Judicial Board.

J.R. Best had a great idea.

He would move to Japan, and start a sports camp for Japanese youth. It would be a cultural exchange - U.S. students could come and intern as camp counselors, while Japanese youth would have the opportunity to learn from Americans.

In 2005, Best, a UC Davis 1979 alumnus, turned that idea into a pilot project in Kiyosato, Japan, a small town in the mountains three hours west of Tokyo.

Like it or not, "recession chic" is all the rage these days.

You can jump on the bandwagon at the Saturday's rummage sale, sponsored by the Student Fashion Association (SFA). The sale takes place at 915 Craig Place in Davis (near Dollar Tree) and runs from 7 a.m. to noon.

TODAY

Project Compost

6 p.m.

43 Memorial Union, MU Basement

Learn about radical composting on campus and how to get involved.

TODAY

URC Abstract Workshop

1 to 2 p.m.

Mee Room, MU

Learn how to write and submit your abstract for participation in the UCD Undergraduate Research Conference.

For more details see urc.ucdavis.edu

UC Davis researchers will soon be able to measure their progress and compare findings with colleagues across the Atlantic Ocean.

Overseas collaboration is expected to be a result of the recent Transatlantic Foods for Health Consortium - a partnership between UC Davis and the Centre for Advanced Food Studies in Denmark.

The expansive stage boasted a single microphone and a blue-lit table sporting four chairs, sans Simon Cowell. Enter a slightly kinder panel of judges and 10 teenage finalists.

On Saturday, the fourth annual Davis Idol Final Competition was held at the Brunelle Performing Arts Theatre at Davis Senior High School (DHS).

The groundhog has predicted six more weeks of winter, but UC Davis students don't have to spend it hibernating in their rooms.

When the temperatures drop, finding ways to stay fit outdoors can be challenging. The Fitness and Wellness Center hopes to offer students some options for shaking off the February blues with its winter Fitness Frenzy tonight at 6:30 in Freeborn Hall.

With what many consider a flawed health care system in the U.S., it was only a matter of time before someone saw the problems and attempted to fix them. Enter Heather Young, the new associate vice chancellor for nursing and dean of the newly proposed UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing.

If running the tap while brushing your teeth is a bad habit of yours, Professor Richard Howitt, department chair in the field of agricultural economics, explains how water-rationing will put an end to it.

TODAY

URC Abstract Workshop

11 a.m. to noon

Mee Room, MU

Learn how to write and submit your abstract for participation in the UCD Undergraduate Research Conference.

For more details see urc.ucdavis.edu.

Little Prague Restaurant

330 G St.

Hours: Open daily, see littleprague.com for more info

Price: $$ to $$$ out of $$$$

Ambience: 3 ½ stars

Food: 3 ½ stars

Service: 3 ½ stars

If you work at UC Davis, chances are you know Stan Nosek - or at least his signature on your paycheck.

"I don't actually sign each individual check," Nosek said. "I [computerized] that one about 7 years ago. But whenever people ask me that, I always say, 'yes, I saw yours, and I'm going to do something about it!'"

The Jan. 28 article "Student's vision of change restores sight," incorrectly stated that the A.B. Eye Institute is located in Bahir, India. The Institute is located in Bihar, India. Also, the patients who attempted to thread needles after care were recipients of eyeglasses, not surgical patients. The Aggie regrets the errors.