Memories of getting an “I voted” sticker, hanging up a U.S. flag, entering the voting booth, could soon be simply memories past. County clerk-recorder Freddie Oakley is pushing a proposal that would make Yolo County a testing ground for a voting system that operates completely through the mail.

In order to make their voices heard,UC Davis students will be carpooling to San Francisco this week to attend the University of California Board of Regents Feb.3-5meeting. Participants will be attending the meetings on Wednesday and Thursday to speak during public discussion.ASUCD is organizing carpools and will cover gas costs.

Coach Sandy Simpson stressed one major point after his team’s 63-60 loss to Pacific on Saturday night: rebounding. “The second half came down to rebounding,” Simpson said. “They got too many second chances.” Pacific dominated UC Davis on the boards, outrebounding the Aggies 17-9 on the offensive glass and 37-27 overall as the Tigers proved to be too much.

Men’s coach Pete Motekaitis said Saturday’s dual with Cal State Bakersfield made for a good day at the Schaal Aquatics Center. That could be called an understatement. Both UC Davis‘ men’s and women’s teams posted decisive victories,knocking off the Roadrunners160-117and162-123,respectively.

According to the Thai Red Cross Society, an estimated 30,000 to 40,000 children are sold into the sex trade in Thailand. Half as many are estimated to be trafficked into the United States. Even in our very own country, children as young as two years old are exploited, and coerced into performing sex and oral sex acts well beyond their years. Now, the question remains – what can we do to stop it?

Vince Oliver threw it up.Mark Payne slammed it down. That was only the beginning. Payne stole the ball from Pacific’s Brian LeDuc on the next possession,running the length of the floor to fight his way to the free throw stripe for a chance to give UC Davis the lead late in the first half.

After18months of looking for work,Woodland resident James Edwards is down but not out. As a commercial fisherman,Edwards says it’s difficult to just go find a fishing job,especially in this economy. After cashing out all his savings and exhausting other options,he has been able to scrape by with the help of public assistance programs like unemployment.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Appointments and Confirmations Thongxy Phansopha, a juniorSpanish major, was appointed unit director of the Entertainment Council. Jaciel Pacheco, a sophomoreChicana/o and communication major, was appointed commissioner of Academic Affairs Commission. Hyatt Cummings, a senior economics major, was appointed chair of the External Affairs Commission.

The UC Davis men’s basketball team closed the first half of its conference schedule with a second half it’d rather soon forget. Pacific responded from a 30-26 halftime deficit to shoot 67.9 percent from floor out of the break, outscoring the Aggies 26-4 in the paint to roll to an 80-65 win at the Pavilion on Saturday night. “I thought they were far more aggressive than us in the second half,” said coach Gary Stewart. “We didn’t stop them. That was the difference in the game.”

By now you’ve all noticed that there was no print edition of The Aggie last Friday.Hopefully all those notes on the front page prepared you for the shock.You’ve also probably read our reasoning behind the cuts (if you haven’t you can check them out online at theaggie.org/article/2474).I’m also pretty sure a lot of you are wondering what this means for The Aggie and other college newspapers down the road.

TODAY Paid summer teaching opportunity info session 5:10 p.m. 114 South Hall Partner with Breakthrough Collaborative to teach underprivileged youth this summer. Learn how to be a competitive applicant for this program, and have the possibility to work for eight weeks either in the U.S. or in Hong Kong!

The Jan.28article “Student’s vision of change restores sight,” incorrectlystatedthatthe A.B.Eye Institute is located in Bahir,India.The Institute is located in Bihar,India.Also,the patients who attempted to thread needles after care were recipients of eyeglasses,not surgical patients.The Aggie regrets the errors.