Strawberry Field Trip

When: Sunday, May 30, 2010 @ 9:00 AM

Location: meet @ Bike Forth








Interested in some fresh picked strawberries? Come out to Bike Forth and bike to Pacific Star Garden. You will have your pick of delicious strawberries, as well as, apricots, melons, watermelons, lettuce, tomatoes, transplants, and flower. You should be back by noon time.

IMPORTANT NOTICE: Laundry Room

Dear UCA Residents,

We would like to inform you that we have installed a new door with an automatic locking knob. So when you close the door the lock with automatically engage. Your current apartment’s keys will act as your laundry room key. So the same key you use to get into your apartment, you will now use to also get into the laundry room. If you have any questions or concerns please contact the UCA office.


Have a Great Day,

UCA Management

Cooking Tip of the Week : How to Make Guacamole

Music On The Green

When: Staurday, May 22, 2010 from 5pm-8pm

Location: Central Park , Davis CA

Cost: FREE!!!!!!

MUSIC on the GREEN

Come out to the park to learn how to be sustainable and enjoy great music! What better than a free concert outdoors in beautiful spring weather. Bring your dinner, family, friends and peers.
Mission Statement
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Our vision for this large scale event is to create an engaging atmosphere where UC Davis and Davis communities can unite. Together, they will learn about and explore a common goal of sustainability. By developing a proactive and inspirational event focused towards promoting sustainable efforts, we hope to encourage the entire neighborhood to work together. When we invite the entire community to this event we hope to facilitate group and individual cooperation with one another in an effort to generate bonds and relationships that surpass age, education level, and personal perspectives. We will do this by dedicating spaces where people can converse and share experiences, like at the Children's Recycled Craft area. Since we are purposefully choosing our musical selection to be relaxing and not overpowering, conversations will be natural. The opportunity for City and campus groups to table will also educate our guest on sustainability and community empowerment. The bonds created during the event will strengthen community as a whole and increase awareness about sustainable practices.
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ENTERTAINMENT line-up
Stage A 5:00PM Lounge Lizards
5:30PM Seamoose
6:20PM David Ronconi
Stage B
5:10PM Boxes
5:50PM AshEl
7:00PM Thao Nguyen
ARTIST/BAND BIOs
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THAO NGUYEN is a folk singer-songwriter out of Virginia. She’s signed to Kill Rock Stars and is touring in winter/spring 2008.
Nguyen released her second album, We Brave Bee Stings and All, on Jan. 29, 2008. It is credited to “Thao With The Get Down Stay Down on the spine of the release and marketed as just Thao on the jewel case security label and sticker on front of the release and all material from KRS records.”
DAVID RONCONI and friends! (rock/blues/pop) ASHEL ELDRIDGE, a native of Chicago, is currently an Oakland, California based artist and spiritual activist. He performs spoken word, rap and sings nationally with conscious Hip Hop, Dub, Reggae and Electronica bands including Wisdom (www.wisdomcreations.com) and Bassnectar (www.bassnectar.net).
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Children's Craft Area
There will be a craft area for kids but all ages are welcome to participant. We will be having many activities including: - pot painting
- seed planting
- more to come
Booths
TBA
brought to you by Entertainment Council, External Affairs Commission, Campus Center for the Environment, Environmental Policy and Planning Commission and CALPIRG.
sponsored by Tandem Properties

Sickspits Presents:The Movement part 3

When: Friday, May 21, 2010 @ 7:00pm

Where: UC Davis Art Annex (TOS Building)

Cost: FREE!!!!!!!!!

Come out for a FREE night filled with local talent. Performances by the official UC Davis slam team Sickspits, Hip Hop artist and spoken word poet Random Abiladeze, and much much more. Ohh did you know this event was FREE!!!

UC Walks, a systemwide fitness event, May 19

When it comes to walking for health and fitness, UC Davis walks the walk — just ask the 1,500 or so members of the Aggies On the Move walking program.
So, no doubt a lot of the Aggies On the Move — and we hope everyone else, too — will be interested in a UC-wide event May 19: UC Walks.

Coinciding with National Employee Health and Fitness Day, UC Walks is the first systemwide health and wellness event targeted specifically at faculty and staff.
You can take your walk whenever you want, of course, but the UC Walks organizers on the Davis campus also have arranged for two gathering places where you can meet up with people to walk with, and even get a free T-shirt (while supplies last; UC Davis identification required).
• East Quad Farmers Market (and, while you are there, why not pick up some fruits and vegetables?)
• Activities and Recreation Center (meet in front)
Aggies On the Move and other volunteers will be at both sites from 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m., according to organizers, who added that a few walk leaders also will be stationed at each site.
If you plan to go for a walk, organizers said, be sure to bring a water bottle (reusable is always better!).
The T-shirts, provided by two of the UC system’s benefits providers, StayWell and Kaiser Permanente, are in medium, large and extra large sizes.
Oh, and one more thing: Davis campus organizers are hoping some of you UC Walks participants will arrange to have someone take a picture of you, by yourself or with your group.
Organizers said they are often in need of photos for presentations and websites. Send your photos to wellness@shs.ucdavis.edu or post them in your own workplaces as a reminder to get out and celebrate wellness!

MASTER BIKE KEY FOUND

There was a Master bike lock key found in the laundry room. The key is in the office for anyone who may think it belongs to them.

UCA PARKING

DO NOT park in a parking space that is not assigned to you or your apartment. Make sure you have a UCA parking permit displayed at all times while in the UCA parking lot and make sure that your car is on file in the UCA office, otherwise your car is subject to being towed at the owners expense. If someone is parked in your assigned spot DO NOT call the tow company to have them towed, immediately call UCA management (contact information available on office front window). We have no visitor parking available, so please make other arrangements for parking regarding guests.

New Restaurant Alert: Tacos and Beer

Location: 715 2nd Street

Hours: Sun-Tue 11am-11pm
           Wed-Sat 11am-2:30am

Replacing Togo's, who makes the best sandwich out of all the popular, mainstream sub shops, comes Tacos and Beer. The menu includes all the items you would expect: tacos, burritos, quesadillas, taco salads, etc. with a choice of chicken, carne asada, barbacoa (shredded beef), and carnitas. There is a full chips and salsa bar and they have a decent size bar with a average selection of beers available. Prices are a little on the high side with tacos being about $2.35 and burritos around the $7.35 mark, but their burritos are huge. Tacos and Beer is a place to check out and could potentially be a popular Davis spot in the future. The staff is cool and down to Earth, they make their own tortillas and they serve tacos and beer, what else do you need?

Cooking Tip Of the Week: Pasta

The Chillage People: Music Producers Collective

When: Wednesday, May 12,  2010@ 7:30pm

Location: UC Davis Campus @ TCS Sound Lab

The Chillage People

If you don't know where the TCS Sound lab is, call or text 661-333-7459

A small hip hop/electronic music production collective focused on creating music heavily influenced by hip hop and funk, with an artistic aesthetic focusing on sub genres such as but not limited to glitch, dubstep, and other bass influenced music.

MEET every WEDNESDAY at 7:30 at the tcs sound lab with food, or with money to order food.

Requirements for attending 

Must produce a new track, or an update and a new track, at least 30 seconds in length, for each attendance
Could be just drums, could be a fully produced track
Be prepared to listen to other peoples work and give constructive criticism and also be prepared to play your work and receive constructive criticism with an open mind.
No disclaimers on your own tracks
All skill levels of producing are welcome, as long as you can bring in at least 30 seconds, the point is to learn, not show off

Mission Statement

To make producing a habit, something done with the support and guidance of peers in pursuit of the skill. To work as a collective learning and gaining knowledge in a constantly constructive and positive environment. To work collaboratively for the benefit of all. To bring together an amalgamation of artistic styles, knowledge, influence, and to have fun.... bitch.

UCA Community News

UCA SPRING BBQ 2010

When: Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 6:30 pm 

Where: UCA Pool Area

Come out to the pool area for some good food (vegetarian options available), music, and a chance to get to know your UCA staff and fellow residents a little better. 

***Please RVSP for this event so we know how much food to provide. Limit one guest per UCA resident***

UCA News Blog

Make sure you check the UCA News blog @ universitycommonsnews.blogspot.com for the latest news and events happening in and around the University Commons community.

Lease Renewals 2010-2011

If you have not returned a lease renewal for the upcoming leasing year, your apartment will be considered open to rent out to incoming tenants. We will be contacting tenants within the next few days to schedule an appointment to sign leases for the new year. Once again if there are any questions contact the UCA management staff.

UCA Parking

DO NOT park in a parking space that is not assigned to you or your apartment. Make sure you have a UCA parking permit displayed at all times while in the UCA parking lot and make sure that your car is on file in the UCA office, otherwise your car is subject to being towed at the owners expense. We have no visitor parking available, so please make other arrangements for parking regarding guests.

New Spring Office Hours

M W F       10am-5pm

Sat. and Sun. by appointment only

UCA Vacuums

There is one vacuum that is still out in the UCA community. If you have the vacuum or know someone who does, please return it to the office. If you do borrow a vacuum from the office, please return it as soon as possible in consideration for your fellow UCA residents.

The 41st Annual Whole Earth Festival - From the Ground UP!!!

When: ALL WEEKEND!!! May 7, 8, and 9, 2010

Location: UC Davis Quad

Cost: FREE!!!!

Web: http://wef.ucdavis.edu

May 7th - 12pm-10pm
May 8th - 10am-10pm
May 9th - 10am-6pm

The mission of the Whole Earth Festival is to envision and create a community driven festival of education, music, and art. Come out and enjoy a weekend of the best arts, crafts, performances, and music of the year! Give back to your Mother!

 

 

 

 

For the complete 2010 Whole Earth Festival Program click the link below

Click Here for 2010 WEF Program!!

Cooking Tip ofthe Week: Fresh Tortellini

UCA Spring BBQ 2010

When: Thursday, May 13, 2010 @ 6:30 pm

Location: UCA Pool Area

Cost: Free for UCA residents and 1 guest per resident

Come out to the pool area for some good food (vegetarian options available), music, and a chance to get to know your UCA staff and fellow residents a little better.

** Please RSVP for this event so we know how much food to provide. Limit one guest per UCA resident **

UCA Community Tip of the Week: Garbage Disposal Care

Garbage Disposal Care

1. Insert garbage loosely. If you pack in too much at once, you can jam the disposal.

2. Use a strong flow of cold water & keep the garbage disposer running at least 30 seconds after noise of grinding has stopped to flush all food particles through the drain line.

3. Always use cold water when operating the disposer to solidify fatty & greasy waste so they will be chopped up & flushed down the drain.

4. It's safe to run hot water from the sink through the garbage disposer. However, use cold water when you are operating the disposer.

5. If you wash dishes in a sink w/ a disposer, make sure all small objects are removed from the sudsy water before you drain the sink.

6. If you have a continuous-feed disposer, move silverware & other small items away from the edge of the sink counter to avoid accidentally knocking them in while the garbage disposer is running.

7. Do put small bones through; they help to scour the sides of the grinding chamber.

8. Follow directions in the garbage disposer manual as to what should not be put through the disposer. Do not grind large bones or fibrous materials as corn husks unless the manual says it's ok. Only put a small amount of fibrous foods (celery, chard, asparagus ends, etc.) at a time through the garbage disposer w/ full water flow. If the drain line is long & quite horizontal, fibrous foods or too much garbage at one time can clog the line.

9. Do not put uncooked fat off meat into the garbage disposer as it may clog. Don't pour liquid fats down line; solidify in empty tin can in refrigerator & dispose in the trash instead.

10. Run the disposer each time you put food waste in it. This is particularly advisable in the less expensive models which are more subject to corrosion from the acids formed by food waste left for a long time.

11. W/ a continuous-feed model, use the cover as directed to protect yourself when grinding bones or fruit pits--small particles could possible be ejected by the force of the disposer action. Avoid leaning over the disposer if you are feeding waste into it while it is running.

FREE!!!! Prescreening of MACGRUBER

When: Monday, May 10, 2010 @ 8:00pm

Location: Varsity Theatre, 616 Second Street, Davis, CA - (530) 758-5284

Cost: FREE!!!

Web: http://iamrogue.com/macgruber/






NBC Universal & Entertainment Council presents:
A FREE advance screening of MacGruber @ Varsity Theatre in Downtown Davis on Monday, May 10, 2010! Come see this SNL film for FREE before it comes out in theaters May 21st!
Doors @ 8:15 pm
Movie @ 8:30 pm
Tickets are FREE
general public
limited seating
**********Information about ticket distribution *************
Pick up your tickets on campus at Memorial Union 338.
Tickets are NEEDED to gain entry to this prescreening
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MacGruber
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Only one American hero has earned the rank of Green Beret, Navy SEAL and Army Ranger. Just one operative has been awarded 16 purple hearts, 3 Congressional Medals of Honor and 7 presidential medals of bravery. And only one guy is man enough to still sport a mullet. In the 10 years since his fiancee was killed, special op MacGruber has sworn off a life of fighting crime with his bare hands. But when he learns that his country needs him to find a nuclear warhead that's been stolen by his sworn enemy, Dieter Von Cunth, MacGruber figures he's the only one tough enough for the job. Assembling an elite team of experts — Lt. Dixon Piper and Vicki St. Elmo — MacGruber will navigate an army of assassins to hunt down Cunth and bring him to justice. His methods may be unorthodox. His crime scenes may get messy. But if you want the world saved right, you call in MacGruber.
runtime: 90 min


*****DISCLAIMER*****
ARRIVE EARLY! Seating is first-come, first-served, except for members of the reviewing press. A prescreening ticket does NOT guarantee you a seat or entry. Theatre is overbooked to ensure a full house.
tickets are NEEDED to gain entry to this prescreening
1 ticket = admits 2
tickets are FREE