From introducing the public to Feist’s “1234” to popularizing Chairlift’s “Bruises,” Apple Inc.advertisers are certified professionals when it comes to discovering hip,up-and-coming artists and sharing their music with the rest of the world. The Submarines,whose single “You Me& the Bourgeoisie” was featured in an iPhone commercial late last year,will be performing with Red Cortez tonight at theASUCD Coffee House.The show takes place at7:30p.m.Tickets are$10general admission and$5with a student ID.

I‘ll usually write my articles about intense outside world-related things (swine-flu racists,the new chancellor not making sacrifices,racist republicans,LGBT rights,racists in general).And I‘m sure the majority of you don‘t really care– unfortunately. The end is near,this is my second to last column for the year and I want to try to spin this article to something more college related.With spring fever and summer love almost indistinguishable in this Davis heat,a lot of us get confused about what‘sreal and what isn‘t in college relationships.

After months of waiting,citizens of California have their answer. The California Supreme Court upheld Proposition8in a six to one decision yesterday. Although Prop8was not overturned,the approximately18,000same sex marriages that were performed in the state of California prior to the November vote will be upheld.

Construction will begin June10on three new dorms in the Tercero area,with expected completion in fall2010.The buildings will hold roughly600students,and be environmentally sustainable – a first for UC Davis dorms. The new buildings– named Wall Hall,Campbell Hall and Potter Hall – will hold about50students per floor plus a resident advisor in a cluster format,with a common living area so that students can feel a sense of community,said Julianne Nola,project manager.

al Day weekend began,President Obama signed into law a bill thatsupporters saywillprotectdebt-riddenstudents and other consumers from credit card companies that useunfair lending and billing practices. The aptly named Credit Card Accountability,Responsibilityand Disclosure (CARD) Act will go into effect in nine months and represents a sweeping change to the way credit card companies do business.

A second Light Brown Apple Moth (LBAM) has been found in Yolo County after one was discovered in April,causing the California Department of Food and Agriculture toestablish a quarantine in the area. The LBAM is an invasive species native to Australia that likely “hitched” its way to the United States via “plane,train or automobile,” said Steve Lyle of the Department of Food and Agriculture.

A silent killer is on the rise among Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders.As high rates of chronic hepatitis B,a leading cause of liver cancer,continue to afflict the burgeoning population,some experts predict a surge in liver cancer for these ethnic groups in the U.S.during the next20years.Liver cancer incidence is unevenly skewed within the American population,as the disease tends to strike people ofcertain ethnic groups more often.A recent study from theJournal of Clinical Oncology projects that the number of new liver cancer cases among Asian Americans will jump by134percent compared to an increase of28percent among non-Hispanic whites by2030.

When the economy gets tough,students apply to graduate school. In the midst of this year’s recession,Educational Testing Services (ETS) has reported an8percent increase in students taking the Graduate Record Examination,or GRE,compared to2008figures. Historically,students opt for graduate school after graduation in recession years,said ETS spokesperson Mark McNutt.

Ernesto Sandoval knows his plants.From theAmorphophallus titanium to the CucumberTree,the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory is a plethora of plants for Sandoval to study. What is your occupation? I am director of the UC Davis Botanical Conservatory.Kind of like the head librarian at a library of living plants. What do you do at the conservatory? I supervise and manage a cadre of interns,student employees,volunteersand part-time staff.I make a lot of the decisions of what to transplant,propagateand otherwise manipulate as well as when,how and how many.

TODAY Campus Judicial Board Sno-Cones 10a.m.to2p.m. MU Patio CJB and Student Judicial Affairs will be giving out free sno-cones in front of the MU for all who attend.Chill out before finals,and don’t cheat! East Quad Farmers Market 10a.m.to2:30p.m. East Quad Support local farmers and buy some fresh produce,nuts,flowers and more! Pick up some tasty treats for a fun springtime dinner or a nice afternoon snack. Take the real food taste test 11a.m.to1p.m. ASUCD Coffee House Stop by and taste some real food!

090527_fe_stratton.cNotes:Make headline italicsHeadline: Channeling the chancellorLayercake: Maril Stratton to play critical role in acquainting new chancellorBy LAUREN STEUSSYAggie Staff Writer The pens on Maril Revette Stratton’s desk are parallel and the pencils are sharpened. Stratton is ready for work. She walks to her file cabinet, where folders are no doubt labeled alphabetically and chronologically and […]

Barry Bonds.Shawne Merriman.Alex Rodriguez.Marion Jones.The list goes on,and so too does the ethical debate that surrounds athletes and their use of performance enhancing drugs.In the shadows of this ever-evolving controversy,though,lies an ethically similar but contextually different issue:“brain doping.“ Last year,as an April Fools‘ joke,a faux-press release by The National Institutes of Health (NIH) circulated the Internet.It stated that there were new initiatives to combat the use of brain enhancing drugs.The World Anti-Brain Doping Authority (WABDA) was to enforce the set of regulations among scientists.