The California Aggie published its final issue of the 2008-2009 academic year on June 4. While we will not publish during Summer Session I, we will be back to our normal summer publication schedule at the start of Summer Session II. The first issue of the year will appear on August 3. To contact our managing staff in the meantime, please see the contact page.

The world’s foremost terrorist is an avid music listener, a stickler for grammar and has a great appreciation for poetry. Yes, this is the same Osama bin Laden who orchestrated the Sept. 11, 2001 terrorist attacks on the World Trade Center.

A summer job can be hard to come by in general,but a summer job working with kids in Russia or Belgium is especially rare.Camp Adventure Youth Services (CAYS) is giving students the opportunity to travel the world as camp counselors,providing housing,wages and unique traveling opportunities. This year,42UC Davis students have become camp counselors,said Nancy Tibbitts,the coordinator for CAYS at UC Davis.

California State Senator Leland Yee thinks UC has a problem. The regentsare out of control, he says, and their behavior is so bad it’s time for the legislature to take over. Last week Yee and several other co-sponsors proposed a constitutional amendment that would remove the near-absolute autonomy UC has enjoyed for its entire history and instead give control to California lawmakers. While we generally support efforts to make the UC regentsand the university as a whole more accountable, this approach is foolish and should be rejected.

Senior Ramie Sprinkling finished off his career at UC Davis with a bang as he led the Aggies to their first ever Big West Conferencechampionship in school history. He won two tournaments this year including the Fresno State Lexus Classic and was named to the all-Big West Conference first team.

090604_fe_gradplans.cHeadline: UC Davis seniors take their final Layercake: What students are doing after graduationBy NICK MARKWITHAggie Features Writer As the temperature rises to blistering degrees, it means only one thing for seniors: graduation. After four years of undergraduate studies, they have finally made it to the home stretch. For many, school is not out just […]

In2004and2005,the UC Davismen’ssoccer team welcomed the likes of Sule Anibaba,Jordan Vanderpoorten,Jake Mogelson,Dylan Curtis,Ian Conklin and Ahmad Hatifie – not to mention MLS draft pickQuincy Amarikwa of the San Jose Earthquakes. In2008,this group became seniors and put together the best season that the men’s soccer program has ever seen,andarguably the best in thetwo years of Division I athletics atUC Davis across the board.

The columnist is a story of contradiction.At once he must act as the interlocutor of opined reason and customized analysis,yet by the sheer necessity for argument,he must take a stand.At times,these demands conflict; for a columnist,thus,the attainment of a perfect balance is a lasting achievement. Writing is about eloquence magnified by personal ambition.In the beginning,the columnist sees privilege.Like a child,he’s afforded space and time to write whatever he desires.He is hence impressionable,wondrous,admiring the instant subject-connection he has established.

For many UC Davis students,the end of spring quarter means beach trips and BBQs– but for Transportation and Parking Services it means hundreds of bikes left on campus for the summer. “We really encourage students not to leave their bikes on campus during the summer months,” said David Takemoto-Weerts,bicycle program coordinator for TAPS. “Not only do excessive unused bikes take up valuable [bike rack] space and pose a tripping hazard,they are also very tempting for thieves.“

Tim Fife held his future in an envelope. About two months ago,Fife and his classmates – all graduating UC Davis medical students – received their residency matches,which notified them where in the country they would go to begin practicing medicine. All across the nation,students learned of their residencies at the same time – 9a.m.PST.Before the clock struck nine,Fife could only look at the sealed envelope with anticipation.

Unitrans will use$90,000starting this summer to shuttle people from the center of campus to downtownin collaboration with the Davis Downtown Business Association. Due to the closure of the ASUCD Coffee House,U-DASH’s purpose is to get hungry students,facultyand staff quickly from campus to downtown for lunch.

Alas,here we reach the end,good readers.A good28weeks of you putting up with my Thursday antics really have gone by quickly,now haven’t they? And with my graduation coming up,it’s an especially vulnerable time for me to get all gooey on you.But the only tears that will be shed will be the ones from my right eye as it heals from a corneal ulcer,because I plan to leave on a contemplative yet light-hearted note.