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I was exploring an unknown territory also known as West Davis. I'd heard there was a Chinese restaurant with rather tasty food. Whether it was fact or fiction, I did not know. But on a cold Wednesday night, I decided to venture out and see for myself.

In a dark area known as the Westlake Plaza, there's a restaurant called Shanghai Town. I say it was dark because the plaza had few lights or neon signs indicating that any business (or life) was in existence. I finally found Shanghai Town situated in an obscure location by a taqueria and a drycleaners.

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NCAA Tournament ticket distribution

10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

Freeborn Hall Ticket Office

Men's soccer will host Denver in the first round of the national tournament at Aggie Soccer Stadium on Saturday at 1 p.m. Tickets cost $5 for UC Davis students, faculty and staff, and $7 for adults. Tickets will be sold on a first-come, first-serve basis.

The average age of a UC Davis undergraduate is 21. Four percent of undergrads are age 25 or older.

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East Quad Farmers Market

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

East Quad

Check out a convenient iteration of the farmers market right on campus!

The Mexican Free-tailed bat is gray and brown, has massive, vein-lined ears, a pig-like snout and patchy hair under its tiny, wrinkled mouth. One would speculate that only this bat's mother could love him.

But that speculation - like many others about bats - is a myth. Corky Quirk, founder of NorCal Bats, happens to find the creatures quite adorable.

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Aggie Ambassadors from College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences

Noon to 1 p.m.

3001 Plant and Environmental Sciences

Learn about opportunities within the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences.

Three years ago, Lawson Snipes was one of 125 homeless people living in Davis. During cold, rainy and windy winter nights, Snipes and up to a dozen other individuals would huddle inside "the cave," - an island of dry land under the overhang between two buildings at Davis Community Church.

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Anonymous HIV testing

5:30 to 7:30 p.m.

LGBT Resource Center

This rapid, oral, anonymous testing offers results in 30 minutes.

Yaakov Katz, Israel correspondent for USA Today and military correspondent and defense analyst for The Jerusalem Post, discussed portrayals of Israel in the media on Thursday evening.

In his talk, which took place at the Hillel House at 328 A St., Katz said that airtime and space are two of the biggest problems with media.

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Flu vaccination clinic

3 to 4 p.m.

Cowell Student Health Center, North Lobby

Help prevent getting sick this winter by getting a flu shot. If you cannot make this meeting time, call 752-2349 to schedule an appointment. For more information, visit healthcenter.ucdavis.edu/topics/flu-vaccine.html.

In a year's time Trecia Mullings will return to Jamaica with a single aim: to change things for the better. "I want to see what certain industries in the U.S. are doing in terms of resource management, water management and waste management," she said. "I want to see how they reduce their impact on the environment, and take those ideas back to Jamaica with me."

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Reducing residential energy demands

Noon

3201 Hart

Yael Parag, from the University of Oxford, will speak on how government policies can cared good energy citizens.

UC Davis prides itself on being a politically aware and active campus, but how many students actually question what they read in the American news media?

Yaakov Katz will offer students a different view on the international news in a presentation today at 7 p.m. at Hillel of Davis and Sacramento at 328 A St., across from Toomey Field.

The graduate fine arts program at UC Davis ranks fifth in the nation.

Colleges Against Cancer may be best known for its Relay for Life event every spring, but the fight against cancer doesn't stop there.

The group strives to raise awareness, fundraise and provide support for those affected by cancer on the UC Davis campus and in the Davis community.