Features

Battling frostbite, exhaustion and a frozen oxygen mask, UC Davis senior Tanner Bixler relentlessly made his way to the summit of Mount Everest on May 24.

Climbing the 29,035-foot Mt. Everest had been a childhood dream for Bixler. The economics major is no novice when it comes to trekking mountains - he started hiking at the age of 3 with his father and eventually worked his way up to serious climbing.

WEDNESDAY

Davis Farmers Market

4:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Central Park

At this week's Picnic in the Park event, the free concert will feature Lisa Phoenix and Steve Wall playing folk Americana music. New seasonal produce at the Davis Farmers Market should include tomatoes and nectarines!

Laura Dickson, a UC Davis 2008 alumna and a Fulbright Grant recipient, is going to Kenya in August to study the possible correlation of infection of the AIDS virus with the spread of malaria.

Dickson, who graduated this month from UC Davis with a bachelor's degree in biochemistry and molecular biology and a minor in global and international studies, will spend 10 months in the town of Kisimu in Western Kenya, located near Lake Victoria.

Whether it's 60 degrees outside or 100, staying healthy and fit is both important and a challenge.

For those rising up to it as the mercury does the same in Davis this summer, a wide range of opportunities await.

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Fitness & Wellness Center

Noon to 2 p.m.

The ARC, past lobby entrance

Get a free five minute massage, a great way to relax before finals!

"We came out and spanked them. We made them look so horrible - we outplayed them. It just shows that if we give 100 percent and stay focused, things will go our way." - Men's soccer co-captain Sule Anibaba after his team beat IPFW and Oakland 6-0 and 4-2, respectively, at the Oregon State Diadora Classic.

The diplomas are handed out, the graduation caps are tossed into the air and pictures are taken with everyone, everywhere.

This is only the beginning, graduates, and you have an outstanding lineup of commencement speakers to remind you of that.

UC Davis seniors have used the last few months to prepare for their graduation day.

While some students may enter the corporate world or go on to graduate school after college, others opt for a different journey.

Endings are bittersweet.

At the close of every year, UC Davis seniors don a cap and gown, receive a diploma and put their years at the university behind them as they look to the future.

Zhongli Pan, a UC Davis food science professor was in Shaanxi Province, China on May 12 when he felt vibrations crawl up his body. Having overheard a discussion on earthquakes just a day earlier, Pan thought it was coincidental and ignored the movements.

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Farmers Market

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

East Quad

Get fresh fruits, veggies and snacks at this convenient farmers market.

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Elections

7 a.m. to 8 p.m.

Local precincts

Don't forget to vote in today's election. The ballot will include state primaries and Davis City Council voting.

The spirit of Angelina Rose Malfitano lives on.

The Prytanean Women's Honor Society will host a car wash on Saturday to raise money for a memorial scholarship fund in honor of Malfitano, a UC Davis student who passed away in spring 2006.