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Daily Archives - May 22, 2008

May 22 2008 Archives

Yolo supervisors and farmers divided over water supply governance

City NewsMay 22, 2008
Last Tuesday, the Yolo County Board of Supervisors voted in a three-to-two decision to proceed with the draft Water Management Ordinance and future discussion.

Updated Shakespeare provocative, still political

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
Shakespeare never looked so sexy with a quartet of scantily clad strippers dressed in fishnet stockings, fluorescent tinted wigs and not much else for the opening of the theatre and dance productionMeasure for Measure.

Two stories remembered

OpinionMay 22, 2008
In literature, many narratives begin with the incident of a protagonist suffering a loss, then battling back against all odds to build lasting legacies.

The Reckoning

OpinionMay 22, 2008
Editor’s note: Rather than taking potshots at each other in separate columns, this week, Rob and KC decided to debate mano-a-mano.

Technology in Culture

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
Technology is an integral part of our culture, thoughin many ways,it goes unnoticed.However,there is an emerging discipline that strives to understand the sociological,artistic and historical connections between technology and society.

Symposium to brainstorm labor strategies

Campus NewsMay 22, 2008
A symposium will be held today to give the UC Davis community a chance to learn how they can contribute to improvedlabor conditions inCalifornia.

San Francisco proposal aims to make recycling mandatory

City NewsMay 22, 2008
San FranciscoMayorGavin Newsomrecently sent in a proposalthat would make recycling cans,bottles,paper,yard waste and foodscraps mandatory instead of voluntary inSanFrancisco.

Music review: Flight of the Conchords – ‘Flight of the Chonchords’

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
Comedic music doesn’t ever stay fresh for very long– nobody regularly listens to Tenacious D or Weird Al anymore,and few probably ever did anyway.

Movie review: Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
It‘s1957,America isdeep in the Cold War and Indiana Jones is at it again inthe entertaining fourth installment of the series.

Letter to the editor

OpinionMay 22, 2008
Though worldwide food shortages should be a thing of the past,today’s food crisis threatens almost1billion people with near term starvation.

Houseboats afloat this weekend

Campus NewsMay 22, 2008
Though many might consider three days of near-death experiences – that they probably won’t remember – quite dangerous, 4,000 UC Davis students can look forward to such a weekend and even avoid death with the help of Safeboats, a program designed to keep students out of harm’s way.

‘Expression Redefined’ in the springtime

Arts & CultureMay 22, 2008
The room was filled with dream interpretations,witty sandwich prose and comedic car rides Tuesday night,all compliments of the creative minds of UC Davis students.