The fact of the matter is simple for the Aggies: They will go the remainder of the season with a very short bench, as three players have gone down with season-ending injuries. That won’t keep the Aggies (7-11, 3-4) from giving it all they have.

About900athletes will congregate at the UC Davis stadium and pool this June,as UC Davis hosts the Northern California Special Olympics Summer Games.

The UC Davis men’s and women’s swimming teams traveled for their third straight weekend dual, this time heading to Stockton to take on Big West Conference rival Pacific. The men had a dominant showing once again, as they achieved a 145-point total and then swam exhibition against the Tigers en route to a comfortable 37-point win. Meanwhile, the women suffered a heartbreaking two-point loss, 132-130.

There are currently53UC Davis alumni serving in the Peace Corps,making the university14thin the nation for Peace Corps participation.The number has increased since last year,when UC Davis was ranked21. Last Thursday,approximately40students attended an informational meeting to learn how to continue UCDavis‘ commitment to service.

TheUCstudent regentandstudent regent-designate stopped at UC Davis on Friday during their statewide barnstorming tour. D’Artagnan Scorza,thestudent regent and an education graduate student at UCLA,visited UC campuses last week to discuss policy issues and recruit applicants for the2010-2011Student Regent position.Jesse Bernal,thestudentregent-designateand an education graduate student at UC Santa Barbara,accompanied Scorza.

ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at6:10p.m.Times listed are according to the clock at the Jan.22meeting location,the Memorial Union’s Mee Room.

Gary Stewart remembers the girl he had a crush on when he was13years old.And he doesn’t want to talk about her. “It matters not to me.I don’t focus on that at all,” said the UC Davis men’s basketball coach. “If I’m still worried about a girl I liked when I was13,I’ve got some problems.“ For Stewart and the Aggies,that girl has been the PacificTigers.For a long,long time.

A possible partnership between UC Davis andU.S.Bank to add a branch to the Memorial Union is inciting protest among some students.The branch would be placed at the East Conference Room in the MU and is intended bring revenue to the university.A10-year contract with a$3,000signing bonus would net$140,000per year for UC Davis,said ASUCD President IvanCarrillo at thesenate meeting onJan.15.

For an escape from the typical café snobbery,Cloud Forest Café serves up a delightful blend of culinary freshness andfriendly ambiance. Expansive windows line the front of the café on D Street,and local artists‘ paintings and vintage coffee burlap sacks adorn the surrounding walls.The atmosphere is entirely unlike that of the dark,cave-like Mishka’s,and with fewer future-prize-winning-poets-slash-antisocial-computer-junkies pecking away at their laptops.

The British Broadcasting Company has managed to put itself in a no-win position regarding the current escalation of the conflict in Gaza.Asked to broadcast a message from British charities urging citizens to contribute to aid for victims in Gaza,the BBC refused,citing a need for impartiality.

Dear Aggie Readers, Due to mounting budget losses,The California Aggiehas found it necessary to make several mid-year cuts.The most visible of these is our decision to cease having a print edition of the newspaper on Fridays.Articles that would have run in the Friday issue of the newspaper will be posted online at theaggie.org.For those devoted readers of The Lineup,it willbe moved to the Thursday issue.

The Davis International House hosted a forumlast Thursday to discuss the conflict between Israel and Palestine. The forum,entitled“Peace in the Middle East,Options and Obstacles,“ was meant“to help somebody get one new piece of info that might help them think about this long conflict differently,“ said executive director of Davis International House Elisabeth Sherwin.