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Daily Archives - April 24, 2009

April 24 2009 Archives

Wetlands tour planned

City NewsApril 24, 2009
It’s “nursery” season in the wetlands. Local residents will have a chance to see goslings,ducklings and other baby birds up close when docents from the Yolo Basin Foundation host a tour of the City of Davis Wetlands on May2from9to11a.m.

UC Davis Students Get Their Feet Wet

FeaturesApril 24, 2009
UC Davis may have an agricultural reputation,but a group of undergraduates have been diving into the waters of marine science as well.The UC Davis Oceanography Club,which began in fall of2008,has been working to spread knowledge of the ocean throughout inland Davis and recruit more students interested in the field.

Mah Roof Iz Fail

OpinionApril 24, 2009
About three weeks ago I was sitting in my room minding my own business,listening to the rain pitter-patter gently against my window,when it hit me.Without warning.On the forehead. It was water,and itwas leaking through my ceiling.

For the youth

OpinionApril 24, 2009
Super Senior, Why is it that upperclassmen find the DC to be such an enticing place to eat? I would like to understand so that I will be better prepared for falling victim to it myself when I check out of dorms.But seriously…the food is only good for days when a multitude of prospective students will be dining there,which coincidentally means that there is nowhere to sit,and more to the point you stare at the same food over and over and over again until some of it starts to look like it is just perpetually left over. – Trying to Regain my Appetite

Davis bank branch robbed

City NewsApril 24, 2009
Davis police are looking for a male suspect who allegedly robbed a Bank of America branch inside the Save Mart supermarket at1900Anderson Road in Davis.

Cars!

OpinionApril 24, 2009
The American auto industry is one hell of a lemon.This week,governmental debt bringers are sinking another$5.5billion in taxpayer money into GM and Chrysler,two sputtering corporate giants who can no longer findfirstgear.In realistic terms,this cash is just a survival stopgap– without intelligent cooperation between industry and government,loans won’t repair the auto market,just buy it another tank of gas.In short,we need to put new ideas at the wheel. (Man,I really went full throttle into that car metaphor.)

All AG-Cess

SportsApril 24, 2009
The UC Davis men’s golf team almost wasn’t the school’s first Big West Conference championship winner. The women’s team finished league championship play at the San Luis Obispo Country Club roughly an hour before the men’s field put the wraps on its tournament.