Daily Archives - October 17, 2008
October 17 2008 Archives
Women’s soccer preview
SportsOctober 17, 2008
Teams:UC Davis at CalState Northridge Records:Aggies,6-4-3 (1-2-1); Matadors,5-7-1 (0-2-0) Where:Matador Soccer Field – Northridge,Calif. When:Today at2:30p.m.
UC Davis experts to offer their two cents on financial crisis
Campus NewsOctober 17, 2008
In the midst of unprecedented market turbulence,four UC Davis experts willweigh in on the government’s response to the financial crisis.
Speaker from Doctors Without Borders visits campus
Campus NewsOctober 17, 2008
Dr.Buddhima Lokuge from DoctorsWithoutBorders (Médecins Sans Frontiéres) spoke Tuesday about a simple solution to the complex issue of malnutrition indeveloping countries.
Prop 4 would affect parent involvement in abortion decisions
City NewsOctober 17, 2008
The battle betweenabortion rightsandanti-abortionis back on the California ballot. Proposition4would require a doctor to notify at least one parent before performinganabortion for minors.The pregnant teenager can choose to notify certain adult relatives instead of a parent,but the law would require the doctor to report the parent to law enforcement or Child Protective Services.
POLICE BRIEFS
City NewsOctober 17, 2008
SATURDAY Bike bandit A
UC Davis police officer noticed a suspicious pickup truck driving on
campus on Saturday night with a truck bed full of bicycles.The officer made a traffic stop on the vehicle and determined that the bikes had recently been stolen on campus. The driver,a resident of Hercules,was arrested and booked at the Yolo County Jail on charges of grand theft,possession of stolen property,possession of burglary tools and violation of probation. The UC Davis Police Department has stepped up enforcement in response to bike theft on campus,including plainclothes officers patrolling on campus,according to a press release.Prior to this weekend’s arrest,there have been twice as many reports of bike theft this year as there were last year.UCDPD asks the community to report any suspicious activity on campus.
Obama, McCain discuss college issues at debate
City NewsOctober 17, 2008
Higher education policy hasn’t exactly been a hot-button issue this election season,but it finally came up after Wednesday’s presidential debate. In the last of three presidential debates this fall,Democratic
candidate Barack Obama and Republican candidate John McCain briefly
touched on the issue of college affordability at Hofstra University inNew York.
Men’s water polo preview
SportsOctober 17, 2008
Teams:No.13UC Davis vs.No.4Pepperdine; No.5California Records:Aggies,7-8; Waves,12-4; Golden Bears,10-4 When:Friday at7pm; Saturday at noon Where:SchaalAquaticsCenter
Men’s soccer preview
SportsOctober 17, 2008
Teams:No.7UC DavisatUC Riverside Records:Aggies,11-1-2 (3-0-2); Highlanders,3-9-2 (0-4-0) Where:UCR Soccer Stadium – Riverside,Calif. When:Saturdayat6p.m.
Men’s and women’s cross country preview
SportsOctober 17, 2008
Event:NCAA Pre-Nationals; Santa Clara Brono Invitational Where:LaVern Gibson Course – Terre Haute,Ind.; Baylands Park – Santa Clara,Calif. When:Saturday at11:35a.m.; 9:45a.m. Who to watch:There’s one problem with having a great front-runner and a very talented group of freshmen:another top runner can be overlooked.
Informed Dissent
OpinionOctober 17, 2008
Hi.I’m K.C.I did this last year.I’d
love to talk about how awesome I am at life and write one of those
jolly little intro columns everyone seems to be so fond of,but the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse just galloped by my window so I’m gonna skip the foreplay and get down to business.
Football Preview
SportsOctober 17, 2008
Teams:UC Davis vs.Iona Records:Aggies,3-4; Gaels,3-3 Where:Aggie Stadium When:Saturday at7p.m.
Drinking cheeseburgers
FeaturesOctober 17, 2008
It will take a two-hour run for a student to burn off a three-cheeseburger party. These and other comparisons are part of the results fromthe
E-Chug campaign, a quiz adopted by UC Davis Health Education and
Promotion (HEP) aimed at educating students about their alcohol and
tobacco use.
