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Out of the 100 astronauts in the NASA space program, two of them - Stephen Robinson (1978) and Tracy Caldwell (1997) - are UC Davis graduates.

A correction in the Jan. 5 issue of The California Aggie incorrectly stated that Jeffrey Gibeling will become chair of the Council of Graduate Students. In fact, Gibeling will become chair of the Council of Graduate Schools. The Aggie regrets the error.

I was skeptical when I first heard about Beach Hut Deli, which opened last month downtown. After all, there are already a slew of sandwich options at Davis and its name is a little hokey.

But Beach Hut Deli is more than a bro'd out version of Subway. Its sandwiches are of gargantuan size, albeit more expensive than what you could order on campus. However, with a friend of similar tastes, you could split a specialty sandwich and walk out the door full.

TODAY

ASUCD Blood Drive

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Freeborn Hall

Stop by and give a free pint of blood. In exchange ASUCD and Blood Source will give you a free pint of Baskin-Robbins ice cream!

A performing arts, cultural studies, and history medley with a twist of technology, technocultural studies offers an innovative major that is unique to UC Davis.

Based off a word not found in the English dictionary, technocultural studies is an interdisciplinary major that bridges the arts, humanities, technology and the sciences in a way so that students have hands-on experience with digital production equipment.

TODAY

ASUCD Blood Drive

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Freeborn Hall

Stop by and give a free pint of blood. In exchange, ASUCD and Blood Source will give you a free pint of Baskin-Robbins ice cream!

Plastic flip-flops and suede Ugg boots lay abandoned on the heavily polished floor. The sound of dribbling basketballs faintly echoes in the gymnasium as students wearing faded sweatshirts of their past ballet recitals watch a girl dance to her own voice reciting lyrics. Her polished fingernails graze the floor, making a soft clicking sound.

In order to support patients newly-diagnosed with breast cancer, the Safeway Foundation recently gave the UC Davis Cancer Center $128,000 to launch the WeCARE Community-Based Breast Cancer Peer Navigator Project.

WeCARE will provide the recently diagnosed patients with peer navigators, also called "cancer coaches," in order to help patients through those first months after their diagnosis. The project creator, UC Davis assistant adjunct professor Dr. Marlene von Friederichs-Fitzwater, was inspired by her own life experiences.

TODAY

Texas Hold 'Em Poker Tournament

6 to 8 p.m.

Griffin Lounge, MU

Get there early; seats fill up quickly. Must be there by 6 p.m. If you're one of the top 30 players, you could end up in the tournament of champions!

MONDAY

Project Compost

6 p.m.

Project Compost Office, MU Basement

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

The California Aggie's Thuy Tran went to Vietnam in November to participate in a charity mission in the country's Ben Tre Province. She shares her experiences in the country and in helping the team provide 77 cases of surgeries, 1,800 examinations and 2,500 eyeglasses.

TODAY

An evening with Cree Edwards

6 to 8 p.m.

174 AOB IV

Edwards, the chairman and CEO of eMeter corporation, will speak as a part of the UC Davis Sustainable Enterprise Speaker Series.

UC Irvine graduates recently debuted their first iPhone application amidst the flurry of new applications this holiday season.

After graduating from UC Irvine, several friends started their own cloud telephone company called Callfire and used the technology and infrastructure to create "FriendCast," the free iPhone application aimed at helping student groups communicate last-minute changes of plans. The application allows the user to record a message and send it to the phones of friends, colleagues or group-mates.

TODAY

Free lunch

11 a.m. to 1 p.m.

312 A St.

Econ 1A teaches there is no such thing as a free lunch. Watch Davis Christian Fellowship try and prove them wrong! Stop by for a free hot potato and make some new friends in 2009.