The Aggies went5-1over spring break,knocking off three teams ranked in the top20nationally in the process. The team was led by senior Lindsay Kiyama,who tallied13goals in the six-game stint.Sophomore DakotahMohr added10goals and30exclusions.

The UC Davis women’s rowing team finished its spring break of training by resuming its regular season to host San Diego State on Sunday. The Aggies‘ varsity eight picked up a close win on the2,000-meter course,finishing in a time of6:53.47to narrowly beat out the Aztecs‘ time of6:54.51.

UC Davis professors are partnering with scientists in Brazil to genetically alter goats in an effort to combat dangerous childhood diarrhea. UC Davis animal science professors Elizabeth Maga and James Murray with the help of married UCD alumni Marcelo and Luciana Bertonlini,will alter goats‘ milk will help children in Brazil fight diarrheal diseases.

Last year,UC Davis Relay for Life raised over$130,000for the American Cancer Society,earning the title of top college relay in Northern California for the fifth time. This year,UCD Relay organizers aim to out-do themselves.

Before entering Friday’s match,UC Davis was sitting on a2-9first half of the men’s tennis season. Head coachDarylLee,however,couldsee the potential light at the end of the tunnel.

After serving for30years as conductor of the UC Davis symphony orchestra,D.Kern Holoman haspassed the baton to a new face.After an international search,Christian Baldini has been named the new symphony conductor. Baldini is scheduled to make his conducting debut on June2as the symphony orchestra ends its current season.He will join the UC Davis faculty on July1as an assistant professor in the music department.

On Dec.21,2012,the Ancient Mayans‘ Long Count calendar will end during the winter solstice,marking what many claim will be either the end of the world or the beginning of a new age of human prosperity.

I’ve always been told that economics issues work in cycles,and while I’ll be the first to admit that the complexities of fluctuation and equilibrium are far beyond my understanding,I’d venture that this belief is at least somewhat true.

Twenty games into its season,the UC Davis baseball team expected to have some answers on its pitching staff. It expected to have its bullpen roles ironed out.It expected to have its rotation set in stone. Twenty games in,the Aggies are still searching.

At a meeting in UC Riverside earlier this month,the University of California Board of Regents examined several unappealing yet likely unavoidable cost-cutting measures including employee furloughs,salary reductions and student fee increases.

WEDNESDAY Imaginary bike riding! An elderly individual was walking in the bike lane on Pole Line Road at Loyola Drive.

There are some things in life you should never find yourself saying and if you do,you know that at some time or another,your life has gone off its rocker.