Daily Archives - April 16, 2010
April 16 2010 Archives
Teachers and students march to save California’s future
City NewsApril 16, 2010
Six core marchers organized by the California Federation of Teachers will be completing their trek from Bakersfield to the capitol in an effort to bring attention to California’s education crisis. The march will culminate in Sacramento on April 21.
Students fly to Florida to protest ‘modern-day slavery’
Campus NewsApril 16, 2010
This weekend, five UC Davis students are choosing protesting over Picnic Day. Beginning today and concluding on Sunday, five UC Davis students will participate in the Farmworker Freedom March, a 22-mile march from Tampa to Lakeland, Fla. in protest against poor working conditions for farm laborers.
Column: The art of dining solo
OpinionApril 16, 2010
One is a lonely number. You can’t talk on the phone to yourself. You can’t play tennis without an opponent. You can’t even walk the dog without a dog. It takes at least two to have fun in most activities. The only things you could really do alone are play Pokémon Soul Silver on your Nintendo DS or read manga in a dark corner of the room. Eating is no exception to the lonely number rule. If you go to a restaurant alone, the setting tends to magnify that you are, indeed, alone. At least at the movie theater, you can hide in the dark, behind your large popcorn.
Breakaway from Cancer bike ride seizes Russell
City NewsApril 16, 2010
Off-campus students leaving their homes next Sunday may run into the fundraising Breakaway from Cancer bike ride that will begin on a temporarily closed-off Russell Boulevard at 7:30 a.m. April 25. Organized by the Amgen-founded Breakaway from Cancer initiative, the ride aims to raise awareness about the resources available to those afflicted with cancer. The Breakaway ride consists of the Stage-2 route of the Amgen Tour of California, a 114-mile cycling trek that begins on Davis’ Russell Boulevard and concludes in Santa Rosa. Anyone who pays the entry fee can participate.
Aggie Daily Calendar
FeaturesApril 16, 2010
TODAY CALPIRG’s Hunger Clean Up Bake Sale 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Quad Buy baked goods to help raise money for a youth homeless shelter in Sacramento! Charity Denim 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Regan Main Hall Shop for designer designs that will be 40 to 70 percent off! All proceeds go to Cal Aggie Camp. Arboretum Folk Music Jam Session
