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Youngsters invited to enjoy ‘Peter and the Wolf’

The Davis High School Symphony Orchestra and the Puppet Art Theatre Company will present a family-friendly concert featuring Sergei Prokofiev’s “Peter and the Wolf” at 1 p.m. Saturday at the Brunelle Performance Hall at DHS, 315 W. 14th St. Tickets are $5 each, available at the door before the concert. Conductor Angelo Moreno will lead […]

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Engineering dean elected to National Academy

Enrique Lavernia, dean of the UC Davis College of Engineering, has been elected to the National Academy of Engineering, the highest professional distinction for an engineer. Lavernia was elected for “contributions to novel processing of metals and alloys, and for leadership in engineering education.” “This is a wonderful recognition of Enrique Lavernia’s outstanding work, as […]

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Bill calls for voting sites on campus

By Ellen Huet In November, politically minded students at San Francisco State University worked doggedly to get 4,000 fellow students registered to vote before the presidential election — but felt frustrated when they couldn’t promise the new voters a polling place on campus. “Since we were doing such a large registration effort, we felt it […]

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New tech director sizes up school district’s aging infrastructure

Kim Wallace, who’s been a principal in the Davis school district since 2008, took on a new title in December: director of instructional technology and learning. And the job description that goes with that recently created position is pretty challenging. Basically, she’s on a mission to upgrade classroom technology in a school district that hasn’t necessarily kept […]

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New spirit changes the old attitudes

Cranky, stubborn, senile, helpless, incompetent, sedentary, reclusive. And thus, irrelevant.

The list of unflattering stereotypes goes on for those in the evening of life, according to Mary Anne Ingenthron, a member of Davis’ Active Older Adult Discussion Group.

“We live in a world where we place a lot of emphasis on productivity — on work, physicality,” she said. “As people retire, the attitude in our culture is that they’re worthless: ‘Get them out of the way, they have nothing to contribute.’

“That’s being exaggerated today with the rapid pace of technology …”

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