Event: Big West Conference Championships Where: Tijeras Creek Golf Course – Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. When: Today and Tuesday, all day Who to watch: For Sydney Roughton, the sand is running out of her hourglass. UC Davis senior will be competing in what will potentially be the final tournament of her collegiate career. The Davis native is averaging 77.3 strokes per round this season and has averaged 77.1 strokes in her career.

After more than a year of student and worker demonstrations, the university announced Thursday that non-management Sodexho workers will become eligible for University of California employment. The move will cost the university approximately $2 million. Sodexho is a national company which provides dining services across the UC Davis campus. After worker and student protests in favor of university employment last year, the university began studying its food-service options in May 2007. “There were things that gave me pause,” said Chancellor Larry Vanderhoef, adding that he was especially concerned about worker health insurance and retirement benefits. While the wages and benefits were competitive for the region, they were still low, he said.

It’s not illegal to smoke in your apartment, but you may have to look harder to find a landlord who will let you. Landlords in Davis and Woodland are starting to restrict smoking inside private rental units, and the Woodland City Council has passed a resolution in favor of smoke-free apartments. King Properties decided to prohibit smoking in all 300 of the apartments, duplexes, condominiums and houses it manages in Davis. Renters are asked to sign a binding no-smoking agreement as part of their lease, said company president Rebecca King.

Apr. 14, 2008ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Apr. 17 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.Meeting began at 6:15 p.m.Ivan Carrillo, ASUCD president, presentMolly Fluet, ASUCD vice president, presentRebecca Schwartz, senator pro-tempore, presentAndrew Bianchi, ASUCD senator, present, arrived 8:18 from […]

It had been over two years since the UC Davis men’s tennis team last faced UC San Diego, but it hadn’t been long enough to forget the result. The Aggies took their revenge on their non-conference opponent, defeating the Tritons 4-3, after losing by the same score in the two teams’ last meeting Apr. 21, 2006. “We haven’t had success against San Diego for the last few seasons,” said senior No. 3 Justin Garcia. “This win was a great sendoff for our seniors.” The victory concluded the home careers of Garcia, Daniel Elefant and Henri Landes.

The car of the future exists today. At least that is what Andrew Frank, UC Davis professor of mechanical and aeronautical engineering, believes. Frank is one of the many experts featured on PBS’ “NOVA” premiere of Car of the Future. The program will air Tuesdayat 8 p.m. Car of the Future examines the evolutionary changes that make cars more energy efficient. Tom and Ray Magliozzi, co-hosts of NPR’s “Car Talk,” take to the streets to find which alternative energy vehicle can challenge today’s gas-guzzling, high-powered cars and become the car of the future – or at least replace Tom’s 1952 MG TD Roadster.

Event: Big West Conference Championships Where: Tijeras Creek Golf Course – Rancho Santa Margarita, Calif. When: Today and Tuesday, all day. Who to watch: Consistency is key to the Aggies’ success, and Ramie Sprinkling has it. The junior from Camarillo, Calif. leads the Aggies with a 73.0-stroke average per 18 holes, with two fourth-place finishes on the year.

080421_ca_opentextbooks.CHeadline: “Open textbooks” becoming popular, says CalPIRG studyLayercake: Publishers argue that they are already offering cheaper editions to studentsBy PATRICK McCARTNEYAggie Staff Writer While most classes continue to use traditional, commercial textbooks, professors are increasingly willing to choose so-called “open” alternatives, according to an Apr. 15 California Public Interest Research Group report. One thousand professors […]

Kim’s Mart, Davis’ only Asian market, is undergoing an expansion, which will be complete mid-May. “We’ve been [at 636 Fourth St.] for 12 years,” said owner Chur Jun. “I have been thinking about expanding for a long time now.” Kim’s Mart will inhabit the space two doors down at 628 Fourth St., which was previously Pallen’s Martial Arts. When renovations are complete, the grocery will be twice its original size. “The store is too crowded now,” Jun said. “We need more space for people and products.”

Remember when the world was a better place? I don’t, but I wasn’t alive during the 1950s. I’ve heard that back then things were great! Women finally won the right to wear pants. There was a soda shop on every corner. The only threat to society was bongo-wielding beatnik Maynard G. Krebs from the Dobie Gillis show. Well, him and communists. You know, because that whole Cold War thing was going on. The Soviet Union and Cuba just would not get off of America’s ass. But since no one ever dropped the bomb, things were pretty peachy keen. In fact, things were so peachy keen in the 1950s that UC Davis served as a symbol for good old fashioned community spirit. According to Davis Wiki, the school started a tradition called “Hi Aggie Spirit.” Here’s how it worked: If you were on campus and you encountered someone you didn’t know, you were encouraged to say “Hi, Aggie!” Your new “Aggie” friend would respond by saying “Hi, Aggie!” back to you.

I’m writing this horizontally, which is to say, I’m lying on my bed, typing with the laptop on its side. It’s Sunday. My hangovers always isolate in the stomach. No headaches, just horned animals, knocking their heads together and scraping their hooves against my stomach lining. Sometimes the collision is especially violent, and that’s when I stop typing to stare at the wall, waiting for it to pass.

The Schaal Aquatics Center was packed at 4 p.m. when eight Aggies were scheduled to play the final home women’s water polo game of their collegiate careers. An hour-and-a-half later, the game finally began and not a single person had left their seat. The delay, due to the absence of referees, did not deter anyone from honoring the eight seniors in their final farewell at Schaal. UC Davis came out like they had been waiting for this game much longer than an hour-and-a-half, letting itspresence be known by tyrannizing the Tigers, 14-5, for the team’s 10th straight victory.