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BY ALYSSA VANDENBERG campus@theaggie.org On Jan. 19, ASUCD Senator Sam Park resigned from the senate. Park, a fourth-year political science major, stepped down due to personal reasons.

ASUCD President Alex Lee informed ASUCD members of Park’s resignation in an email sent on Jan. 27.

“A count-back election was conducted the week following and no candidate from the Winter 2016 election was able to pass the minimum threshold to be selected,” Lee wrote. “Per Article II, Section 11.2 of the ASUCD Constitution, I will be seeking to appoint an interim Senator for the remainder of Winter Quarter 2017 to serve till March 2017.”

Students interested in serving as the interim senator can apply on UC Davis’ vacancy website.

ACTION JACKSON, FAMOUS BREEDING DONKEY, DIES AT 29 Action Jackson known for quality breeding, extroverted personality

BY DEMI CACERES campus@theaggie.org The UC Davis Horse Barn at the Cole Facility recently lost its famous breeding donkey, Action Jackson, who died on Jan. 6 at the age of 29 due to serious and chronic laminitis.

In recent years, he developed a sway back and his teeth began to fail him. He suffered from degenerative suspensory ligament desmitis (DSLD), a systemic disease of the connective tissue, according to his veterinarian. Arthritis stiffened several of his joints, and his feet were in pain. Toward the end of his life, Action Jackson lived on pelleted feed so that he could maintain his body condition in spite of his inability to eat hay.

Action Jackson, a light-colored Spanish mammoth donkey, was born in 1987. He came to live at UC Davis in September 1996, when Pat Downing of Tucson donated him to stand as stud in the Department of Animal Science’s breeding herd. During his 20 years of service to UC Davis, Action Jackson bred 500 mares and jennies and produced a new generation of California-bred mules and

donkeys who compete in sports or pack supplies. According to Dan Sehnert, the facilities coordinator for the Department of Animal Science, Action Jackson got his name because he saw a lot of “action.”

Action Jackson’s first UC Davis offspring was born in 1997 and was the first mule born on campus in 60 years.

Action Jackson quickly attracted many who visitors who enjoyed his outgoing personality and his enthusiastic braying. He became such an icon that, in 2004, a bronze sculpture was created in his honor named “The Jack,” which was donated to be sold for the raising of funds to improve the department’s equine facilities.

Sehnert was well-acquainted with Action Jackson and said that he loved the attention, especially from children, as well as anything sweet.

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AB 1887 prevents use of state funds, including UC funds, for travel to states with anti-LGBT laws

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Law to affect students selected to attend national conference on undergraduate research

UC Davis’ freeform radio station serves as platform for Davis community

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One of the many new California laws that took effect on Jan. 1 was Assembly Bill 1887, a bill written and sponsored by Assemblymember Evan Low (D-28). The law, a response to “religious freedom” and “bathroom bills,” prohibits state-funded travel to states outside of California with anti-LGBT laws.

Since the University of California (UC) is funded by the state, this law impacts travel opportunities for both students and faculty.

The four states where state-funded travel is currently prohibited are Kansas, Mississippi, North Carolina and Tennessee.

“The impetus for this [law] was that there were states that were passing very anti-LGBT, discriminatory laws,” Low said. “In response to that, companies, not only in my district, but companies, tech companies, industries, such as Hollywood, indicated that they would boycott and withdraw any of their businesses in these discriminatory states because they did not want to subject their employees to potential discrimination. [The state does] not want to subsidize discrimination.”

Low views this law as an attempt by California to ensure that it does not fund other states that do not uphold California’s values.

“The difference [between companies] and the State of California, so a government entity, and these are taxpayer dollars, so we will not allow taxpayer dollars to support any kind of discrimination, ” Low said.

At least four UC Davis students and their sponsoring faculty will be impacted by this law, as they will not be able to receive funding from UC Davis to travel to the National Conference on Under-

Whether through music, talk shows, announcements or advertisements, KDVS 90.3 FM, UC Davis’ freeform radio station, serves as an ongoing resource for the community. While the station is both literally and figuratively underground, its utility for the campus and Davis/Sacramento community is limitless — KDVS runs 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, year-round.

Though the station has evolved since its birth in 1963, its commitment to alternative music and news remains. Originally run out of the laundry room of a campus dorm, the station first operated as KCD in February of 1964, according to the KDVS website. The station has since relocated its tower, modernized and renovated, but it remains one of UC Davis’ most influential nonprofit organizations.

UC Davis alumna Janie Lozano first joined KDVS in 1998 as an undergraduate student looking to get more involved. Like all KDVS members, she began as a volunteer, cleaning and organizing music.

“I didn’t think I wanted a radio show at first, but then people kept asking me, ‘So what kind of show are you gonna do?’ And so I thought: maybe I could do a rock show,” Lozano said. “I was starting to get into punk rock at the time, so I started a punk rock show in April of ’99.”

Since her first show (for which she was admittedly nervous to go on the air), Lozano has continued to DJ, and she still DJs for the station to this day. She noted that, among other changes, more women have become involved with KDVS since she began volunteering.

“I think when I first started I could count on one hand all the female DJs that I knew about,” Lozano said. “And now, it’s pretty 50/50. It’s better; it’s not as male-dominated. And, as you know, our general manager is Olivia [Henderson].”

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Davis owls face eviction at Marriott Residence Inn Burrowing Owl Preservation Society sues City of Davis for improper assessment of environmental impact of Marriott hotel

BY B IANC A ANT UN E Z ci ty@th ea ggi e .o r g

The Burrowing Owl Preservation Society (BOPS), which aims to educate the public and support conservation efforts for our feathered friends, filed a lawsuit on Jan. 5 against the City of Davis for its insufficient report on the environmental implications of the Marriott Residence Inn building site.

A pair of burrowing owls lives on the vacant plot of land located on Fermi Place, near the Mace Boulevard and 2nd Street intersection in East Davis.

The hotel, which plans to break ground this fall, will stand four-stories tall with 120 rooms, a meeting room and other amenities; however, the burrowing owls will no longer have a place to reside once the

project begins.

In 2007, BOPS conducted a study that counted 63 breeding pairs of burrowing owls in Yolo County.

In 2014, a census calculated that the estimated population declined to 15 breeding pairs. This sharp decline was attributed to a loss of habitats, a presence of predators and the California drought.

Burrowing owls were once extensively dispersed and were considered common birds but they have substantially dwindled down in the past half century. Now the population stands as a State Species of Special Concern and a Federal Bird of Conservation Concern.

Janet Foley, a professor of medicine and epidemiology at the School of Veterinary Medicine, works as a board member for the BOPS. Foley hopes to create a dialogue between conservationists, the City of Da-

vis and the California Department of Fish and Wildlife (CDFW) to protect these owls, which can then be a model for better protection for birds statewide.

“In Davis, virtually every spot that used to have owls has no owls,” Foley said.

“This is in my backyard and I feel that this city presents itself as environmentally friendly. I think it’s really important in a university town that it is environmentally friendly and we take care of one of our most endangered resources.”

Attorney Dan Mooney is representing BOPS for this case. BOPS alleges the council inaccurately concluded that the construction of the hotel would not have a substantial effect on the environment despite the abundant evidence that proves otherwise.

The complaint called into question the city council’s decision to approve a Mitigated Negative Declaration (MND) for the Marriott property. An MND states that an initial study yielded no significant impact on the environment and that certain mitigations will reduce or eliminate the implications of the project; no further studies are needed. It assesses whether there may be a slight impact on the surrounding habitat but certain mitigations lessen or eradicate the aftereffects to less than significant, as required by the California Environmental Quality Act (CEQA).

“We are not opposed to the hotel,” said Catherine Portman, the BOPS president. “Our issue is not

with the developer or the builder. Our issue is with the City of Davis certifying an MND as an adequate level of CEQA review when there are burrowing owls on the property. They should not count eviction as mitigation.”

BOPS decided to take legal action to call attention to the shortcomings of CEQA and of Davis’ leadership. The council’s MND called for “passive relocation” of the fowl. BOPS strongly opposed this mitigation and explained that this method evicts the owls from their burrows, which the CDFW still allows and routinely practices.

“Passive relocation” involves installing one-way doors on the burrows, which provide owls with shelter year-round. Once the owls leave the burrow, they cannot return. The owls are often harmed through the repercussions of this forced removal and may not always find new places to burrow due to existing developments, much like in the case of the pair at Fermi Place.

“City council made a statement on Tuesday night (Jan. 24) at the council meeting…[that] the council believes the city went beyond what is legally required in mitigating the impact of the project on burrowing owls,” said Katherine Hess, a Davis community development administrator. “We believe that petitioners should take their concerns to [CDFW] since they are the regulating agency and the city must comply with Fish and Wildlife requirements.”

A history of advocacy Profiling student-led movements that have shaped UC Davis

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The second ASUCD Senate meeting of the new year was called to order by Vice President Abhay Sandhu on Jan. 19 at 6:14 p.m. in the Mee Room of the Memorial Union. Senator Sam Park was absent during quorum roll call and arrived late.

Nisha Patel, a mental wellness student coordinator for Health Education and Promotion, started off the meeting with a presentation on the department’s current campaigns for consensual and safe sex. Patel also noted plans for a medical amnesty program to promote student wellness.

Next, Yolo County supervisor Don Saylor discussed how the county supports its low-income community members through the Calfresh pantry and provides health care by using the Knight’s Landing community as a poster child.

After the presentations, the Senate discussed legislation. Aggie Public Arts Committee chairperson Suhaila Sikand proposed Senate Bill No. 32 to implement the downtown Davis piano project in the campus Quad. Senator Daniel Nagey suggested that the piano should have an ASUCD plaque since it will be providing the appropriate funds. The senators agreed and the resolution passed.

Senator Samantha Chiang announced Senate Bill 33, which calls for the mandatory participation by

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ASUCD Senate and ex officio members in the Safe Zone and PEACE training. With further explanation, the bill passed.

Scott Dresser, the editor-in-chief of The California Aggie, introduced Senate Bill No. 34 to allow newspaper staff members to be paid in the form of weekly stipends, as opposed to hourly salaries, for the remainder of the 2016-2017 academic year. With no objections, the bill passed.

Mason Schmidt, the Student Alumni Association president, proposed Senate Resolution No. 4 to change the association’s payment plan and to thank ASUCD for its assistance. The bill passed with no objections.

The senate then moved into emergency legislation regarding the Milo Yiannopoulos event, hosted by the Davis College Republicans (DCR), during the previous week. Senators Chiang and Nagey discussed how ASUCD holds some responsibility for the event and the protests following since it provides support for the Club Finance Council (CFC), which funds the DCR. The senate emphasized that the CFC should not have given the DCR money for the event in the first place and that ASUCD condemns the DCR for violating the UC Davis Principles of Community.

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At the Memorial Union (MU), the eyes of important global and local activists gaze upon passersby to remind them that UC Davis students of both the past and present have felt compelled to advocate for change. “The Unfinished Dream,” a mural at the MU that depicts multicultural art pieces like Greek and Egyptian busts alongside portraits of activists like Harriet Tubman, was commissioned in 1991 to celebrate diversity and acknowledge the importance of activism.

“We wanted [to convey] that things were not perfect, that one always has to keep agitating and going forward,” said Kim Anno, one of the artists who co-created the mural. “This idea of a utopian society, where all people sit around a table, is not yet achieved. We wanted to make something that was triumphant.”

A look through Shields Library’s Department of Special Collections will show UC Davis’ history is deeply characterized by student-led movements.

A 1969 protest which confronted then-Chancellor James Meyer in regard to the excessive use of police force at People’s Park was attended by his own children. The 1969 March for Peace at Sacramento, organized by UC Davis, was attended by between 6,000 and 8,000 people. In 1970, the Rally on the Quad for Vietnam involved the planting of 500 white crosses, symbolizing war deaths, which were subsequently uprooted and carried to then-Chancellor Meyer to demand that the university cut ties with the war effort. After the Kent State shootings in 1970 and the deployment of US troops in Cambodia, two molotov cocktails were thrown at the UC Davis Reserve Officers’ Training Corps building.

Students gathered in the 1980s and ’90s to protest Apartheid in South Africa, the first war in Iraq, sexism, racism and in support of Affirmative Action.

In 1989, students protested the presence of Robert Bork, the rejected Supreme Court Justice nominee who opposed federal anti-segregation laws, when he came to campus for a university-funded event.

“What the demonstration [showed] to the university leadership and the greater community was that people were not going to be silent and let their rights be squashed to protect the rights of others,” said William Schlitz, who graduated in 1993 and who was involved in the protest. “Just because you have your rights and I have my rights doesn’t mean asking for my rights infringes on your rights. I tell people, ‘What the nation is experiencing now, California went through in the ’80s and ’90s.’”

Four students in 1990 began a water-only hunger strike that lasted six days and called for an

investigation into alleged racism in the Spanish Department against native Spanish speakers, the establishment of an on campus ethnic and cultural center and an increase in full-time ethnic studies faculty members. Andrea Gaytan, one of the four hunger-strikers and now the director of the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center, said that the effect of the strike was greater than the granting of the three demands.

“The whole gist of the protest [...] was really the mobilization and awakening of the community,” Gaytan said. “Afterwards, [...] we had a humongous coalition for the anti-war movement. When we had the anti-fee hike protest, students and the campus community mobilized faster. We had members of the community and staff and faculty [...who] became more widely-known as advocates and allies for students.”

Shortly after the hunger strike, the Office of Student Affairs and the Campus Art in Public Places Work Group decided to commission a piece of art that would both celebrate achievements and inspire further advocacy. This piece became “The Unfinished Dream.”

“The demand and the desire to have a mural was part of showing an unfinished dream [for] real equity and international respect and collaboration,” said Miranda Bergman, who co-created the mural alongside Anno. “[The mural] was combatting Eurocentrism in education and also remembering and honoring both students from the school and people throughout history who took that step to stand up for equality.”

Today, Gaytan said that she sees a large difference in modern UC Davis student activism as compared to the activism of 1988 to 1992, when she was a student. The AB540 and Undocumented Student center she directs is the result of student advocacy.

“Watching the students originally organize and [...] write a plan and proposal for this AB540 Center was so different from what my experience had been,” Gaytan said. “It’s been really full-circle.

Davis has made a lot of progress, just for Davis, but we’ve made even more progress compared to other universities in California and across the country.

I feel extremely proud of what we’re doing now.”

More recent movements include the Occupy UC Davis movement with regard to tuition hikes in 2011, during which students were pepper-sprayed by university police. Evan Loker, a 2012 graduate who was involved in the Occupy movement, said that this event resulted in a mobilization similar to what Gaytan described after the

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During the Davis College Democrats’ (DCD) second meeting of the quarter on Jan. 18, attendees were given the opportunity to speak with California State Senator Bill Dodd (D-3).

“Let me tell you, the Davis College Dems were the first Democratic organization that supported me,” Dodd said regarding his run for the state senate in 2016. “I’m telling you, it means something, and this club, I tell you, I will be at your disposal.”

After his speech, Dodd took questions from students on topics ranging from taxes and tuition, to the housing situation in Davis.

“Education is something that is really, really important to me,” Dodd said. “I’ve always represented UC Davis and Sonoma State, but now I’ve got Cal State Maritime Academy over in Vallejo as well, and the tuition increases that we’ve seen in the past have gotta come to a halt. It’s just unbelievable the burden that students are having to pay and obviously those that can’t do it all on their own have college loans, and those build up, and it’s just a bad deal.”

Christian Monsees, a third-year political science major and the director of finance for DCD, said

that the event created an opportunity for students to engage in policy.

“It’s one thing to show up to a club and feel the social aspect of it,” Monsees said. “It’s another thing to actually see what their futures could be, to be exposed to career opportunities and all of that kind of thing. It’s always great to hear Dodd speak and hear him go through his views on California policy, which is always super interesting for our members.”

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“For me, I was 530-752-0999 happy to see so many people engaged,” Nash said. “After the election of Trump, a lot of people on campus just felt really defeated and really scared. And at the same time, we were looking to expand our member base. So, if there’s going to be a silver lining, it’s that we’ve seen more people get involved in politics who really want to, not just, ‘Oh I really want to have my voice heard,’ but show up and actually put action behind their values and what they want to see in the world.”

Dodd, who spoke for approximately 40 minutes, also encouraged new members to think about their influence on American politics.

“For those of you that are new, it does make a difference,” Dodd said, referring to student participation in the DCD. “What you guys do in this room, it does make a difference and the job that we have to do in the future, as Democrats in the State of California, protecting the values that we have, is going to make a difference.”

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THE COLLECTION ON THE CORNER The Red Dress Campaign meets national health issue through design, collaboration

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Strolling down 2nd Street in downtown Davis, large storefront windows catch the glances of passersby — not for trinkets or gadgets for sale, but for the stark pop of red dresses.

Upon a closer look, the red dresses do not appear to be average prom gowns.

Each one is uniquely different, and some even evoke images and feelings of organs in the body. The way the fabric sits, folds

and falls over itself on the mannequins resembles the anatomy of the human heart.

“The red dresses are an educational exhibit,” said Dr. Amparo Villablanca, a UC Davis faculty member and a cardiologist at the UC Davis Medical Center. “[The point is] to raise awareness that heart disease as the leading killer of women in America, so we want all women to know that they are not immune, it is not just a man’s disease.”

Designated as the national symbol of heart disease by the National Institute of

Health and the American Heart Association, The Red Dress Collection is the result of a collaboration launched in 2010 between Villablanca and Adele Zhang of the UC Davis Department of Design and is showcased on an annual basis in downtown Davis. Together with Heather Caswell, the owner of The Wardrobe store in downtown Davis and member of the Women’s Heart Health community council, Villablanca and Zhang were able to secure adequate space for the display of the collection downtown. Every year, a

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Drought clouds the fate of California s water supply Despite popular belief, recent rains may not be enough to pull California out of aquatic state of emergency

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In January 2014, Governor Jerry Brown declared a drought state of emergency in California due to record-breaking dry conditions that began in 2011 and have affected areas from San Diego to Modoc Counties. Despite stereotypes of Californians’ hatred for all things rain, winter storms over the past month have blessed the state with hopeful feelings of a farewell to the drought. While the arid and dusty vegetation needs it, this increase in precipitation may not sufficiently pull California out of its ecological state of emergency just yet.

“The water system in California is very articulated and the main source of water is the

snowpack in the Sierra Nevada,” said Daniele Zaccaria, the assistant cooperative extension specialist at the UC Davis Department of Land, Air and Water Resources. “Snow melt fills the reservoir in the bottom of the mountains, and the water moves into different areas of the state based on needs. Not all of the state is connected to this supply grid because some coastal areas rely on groundwater.”

The drought conditions of the past five years have been so demanding that the state has had to rely more on its groundwater supply, which has seen drastic depletion.

Groundwater is located in an aquifer underneath the earth’s surface and must be extracted using a well or drill.

“The drought impacted much of California’s groundwater because there was so much

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THE MUSICAL TRAIN TO MEMORY LANE Davis Sunrise Rotary Club grant benefits Alzheimer ’s patients at Yolo Hospice

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After years of planning and working to obtain the necessary funding, Yolo Hospice received a $1,500 grant from the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club, enabling it to become a Music & Memory Care Certified Organi-

zation. This distinction allows Yolo Hospice to provide its patients with iPods and music.

Studies have shown that patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia who listen to music are more likely to retain their memories.

In order to become a Music & Memory Care Certified Organization, a pre-certification webinar must be watched. The

new batch of Red Dresses are unveiled at Villablanca’s Women’s Heart Care Forum in Sacramento in order to raise awareness about the issue. Zhang, who is the curator of the UC Davis Design Museum as well as an instructor in fashion textile and design, wove this 2016 collection into part of her teaching materials.

“I learned a lot of things when I started to work on this project,” Zhang said. “This will be the eighth collection, and this is a very educational opportunity for everybody. Students need to learn what heart disease [is] and what the red dress [means].”

The students of Zhang’s advanced fashion design class have the option to design a personal statement or a dress for this campaign. They are required to have a deep understanding of heart disease in order to adequately convey that the Red Dress Collection is not just a creative design project, but also a national health issue and a social campaign.

“My inspiration came from [a] kaleidoscope,” said Rong Ben, a fourth-year design major and designer of one of the dresses in the 2016 Collection, in an email interview. “You never know what image [or] pattern you will see in there until you look closely into the kaleidoscope and turn it around. Same as heart disease, we all need to take the health is-

overdraft, especially in the San Joaquin Valley in central California,” Zaccaria said. “The groundwater there will be recharged very slowly over the years and will take many years to get the water to the level it was before the drought.”

Another main source of California’s water supply is its surface water, found on the earth’s surface in creeks, lakes or streams. According to Zaccaria, surface water supply is much more reliable than groundwater because if farmers use surface water, they do not have to spend energy and money to pump water from aquifers. This would create positive consequences down the line because farmers could theoretically cease drilling into the earth, which is expensive and harmful to the environment. Zaccaria said that recent increases in precipitation are a promising light at the end of the drought tunnel.

“From what I have seen, the snowpack in California is above the average quantity for the date,” Zaccaria said.

“This January, there has been a longterm average precipitation index of snow and rain in Northern California above last year’s amount as well as the long term average from 60 years. The situation is the same in central California, where the amount of precipitation we are seeing is 225 percent above the long-term average.”

In terms of drought relief, Zaccaria said that conditions are much better than they have been in previous years.

cost for one year of certification plus five iPods is $1,000. However, there are various other costs associated with the program other than the initial amount.

Yolo Hospice asked its volunteers to look for funding through donors, and it ended up obtaining $1,500 from the Davis Sunrise Rotary Club.

“The grant was wonderful and very generous,” said Sheryl Mahoney, a marketing and communications specialist at Yolo Hospice. “It does not cover the total cost of the program, however. We are a nonprofit, and this relies on philanthropic support.”

Patients with Alzheimer’s or dementia are given a playlist, tailored to their individual personalities and based upon their past. Family members and friends are asked to determine the music style, since the genre of music doesn’t affect patients’ ability to recall information; rather, the music should be something that each person can personally connect with on a deeper level. Each patient is then given two playlists, one calming

However, a lot of this precipitation is coming down as rainfall instead of snow because of global temperatures rising.

This is unfortunate because the majority of this rain will run off the surface of the earth into the ocean, causing landslides and nutrient depletion.

“A really wet winter is great, it doesn’t necessarily mean that the drought is over,” said Elise Gornish, a cooperative extension specialist in Restoration Plant Sciences at UC Davis.

“Many of our water sources are being replenished but unfortunately since we’ve had drought for so long, vegetation has died in many areas and the rain is actually enhancing erosion.”

Gornish believes the climate is changing in a way that will increase and intensify instances of drought. In addition, the long-term conversion of perennial farmland, like the almond orchards in the Davis area, will change the way the state is now using water. This will become an even greater problem in the future if drought conditions prevail.

“The earth becomes so dry that the topsoil and nutrients wash away, and if there aren’t any plants to anchor the soil, this leads to immense erosion problems,” Gornish said. “If the soil becomes too dry, you lose a lot of the microbial communities that you need to maintain healthy soils which feeds the downward spiral. Long periods of drought can create a change that is so drastic [...] to the point where you can’t and one upbeat, with 10 to 15 songs each from iTunes.

“You figure out an individual’s specific likes of their music, so their favorite song and the memories about the pieces of music, not necessarily the genre,” said Nancy Johnston, the social work and spiritual care manager at Yolo Hospice. “It’s more about them connecting to their past in their music.”

Although music isn’t said to be a complete cure for Alzheimer’s or dementia, it does help bring some of the patients’ memories back for the time being. “[Patients are] encouraged to use iPods before bathing or bed,” Johnston said. “Medication is used less and music is used more, because music is more effective. Music is one of the major contributors to the quality of life.”

The Music & Memory Care Certified Organization has proven to be beneficial for the Yolo Hospice in aiding those with Alzheimer’s or dementia.

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sue seriously, look through it, care about it. In this way, we can find out the disease earlier and be able to cure it on time.

My goal is to inform people that we all need to pay attention to heart disease and health issues. [We need to] discover it early and cure it early.”

Ben’s design is composed of a detachable outer layer and an inner dress. Once detached, the outer layer can be turned around in order for people to see the red mesh fabric underneath. Ben said that the pattern of the mesh is meant to mimic the pattern of arteries for visual experience and aesthetic appreciation of human hearts.

Heart disease in women has only been on the radar in America for roughly the last 25 years, with increasing focus in the last 10 to 15, according to Villablanca.

Villablanca leads the Women’s Cardiovascular Medicine Program, which she began in 1994 and was, at the time, the only program in the nation dedicated to women’s heart health. Part of the reason heart disease was such an unknown issue for women was because scientists have mostly studied the male model of the disease.

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actually get back to a healthy ecosystem even with a [large surplus of water].”

California’s Mediterranean climate makes it a drought-prone area, so the state is likely to see fluctuations between dry and and wet years. Due to this, Zaccaria explained that it does not make sense to consider the state of the drought an emergency since there have been fluctuations between bad times and good within the last 60 to 100 years. However, the ecosystem is not the only thing that must adapt to the oscillating cycles of drought in the California climate. Humans must adapt and make necessary changes as well.

“Any time you have instances of rain, even after four-year aggravated drought, it lulls people into a false sense of security so that they relapse into their unsustainable behavior of water use,” Gornish said. “We need to start changing the way we think about about water. There are cities in California that need their water brought in every day, which just blows my mind.

I think there will be long-term consequences that may not be solvable with our current behavior and policies.”

Zaccaria agreed that residents of California must be conscientious of their water habits and usage no matter what part of the state they live in. He explained that the argument that Northern California, with its agriculture DROUGHT on PAGE 8

Cohen, founder of Music & Memory, in which he tries to prove that, through music, people can regain some of their past memories and rediscover a part of themselves. This commended cinematic piece was shown at the 2014 Sundance Music Festival and won the Audience Award.

There will be a local event in the spring showing this documentary, and all are encouraged to attend to learn more about the organization. Yolo Hospice is also looking for additional donations, whether they are in the form of new or gently used iPods or monetary contributions.

“The program guides caregivers to create personalized playlists on iPods,” said Elena Siegel, an associate professor at the UC Davis Betty Irene Moore School of Nursing. “These personalized playlists can be used to help residents with Alzheimer’s, dementia and other cognitive and physical challenges reengage and reconnect with their world through familiar music-triggered memories.”

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Sugar, spice and everything nice How baking plays into life at UC Davis

BY FAT I M A SI D D I Q U I featu res@ th e a ggi e .o r g

Ehsan Tahir, a fourth-year managerial economics major, grew up eating the leftover chocolate chip walnut cookies from his mother’s work, the DoubleTree Hotel. Now, Tahir’s business, Ehsan’s Patisserie, sells many different types of baked goods including cakes, cake pops, cookies and chocolate covered strawberries. However, he is most known for his French macarons and his replica of the DoubleTree cookie.

“I don’t have a favorite [dessert] to make because I see everything as having a pro and con, so I value them all equally,” Tahir said. “I mostly bake for orders [...but] I do bake here and there for fun.”

As a full-time student at UC Davis, Tahir juggles school, his baking business and two parttime jobs, working at the CoHo and as a student assistant with the State of California Department of Transportation. Tahir usually completes orders on the weekends in order to balance his busy schedule.

“I find that if I go too long without baking I start having withdrawals,” Tahir said. “Some things have to suffer and I hate to admit it but sometimes it’s my grades, sometimes it’s sleep and a lot of times it’s my social life.”

Tahir attributes his ability to manage school, work and his business to his family.

“When they know I’m baking and when they know I’m in school, they don’t put pressure on me to do anything,” Tahir said. “It helps me [finish]

whatever is needed to be done.”

Tahir often gets orders for events like bridal showers, baby showers, weddings and birthdays, so the number of orders that come in varies from week to week.

“I feel like the stuff I make, people only need for specific occasions,” Tahir said. “So unless they had an event, [people] wouldn’t really order something.

[Except] my cookies — where people basically just get a craving and they’re like ‘can I get a dozen?’”

Tahir isn’t the only student on campus who bakes.

Let’s Dish, the cooking and baking club of UC Davis, often holds baking and cooking sessions for students to learn new recipes. Club members vote on what they would like to cook or bake together in the kitchen of Wall Hall in the Tercero Residence Hall area.

“It really is kind of random in a way,” said Sierra Henderson, a fifth-year English major and president of Let’s Dish. “We really like students to have a say in what they want to [learn]. It’s up to the student — what they want and what we have the means to make.”

Henderson had a passion for cooking and baking before she even arrived at UC Davis, but she officially created the club during her second year.

“I thought it would be a cool way for people that were already interested in culinary arts, since there’s not really much for culinary arts around the Davis campus,” Henderson said. “[It’s cool] to be able to have a place where they would be able to share their love and interest [...and] be able to teach others or

Local author, cyclist rides 2,300 miles B RIA N A NGO / AG G I E

DOUGLAS L. WATERMAN PUBLISHES ‘IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I SIT DOWN: A BICYCLE ADVENTURE ON HISTORIC ROUTE 66’

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On Jan. 20, Davis resident Douglas L. Waterman presented his book “It Only Hurts When I Sit Down: A Bicycle Adventure on Historic Route 66” to a large crowd at The Avid Reader.

Waterman, 66, is recently retired, and he rode all 2,300 miles of Route 66 on a bicycle in just 30 days.

“This was a memorable experience,” Waterman said during his presentation. “It was frightening, it was sad in some places, it was educational and it was even funny.”

Waterman said that his journey included many bottles of anti-chafing ointment, dangerous highways, a semi-truck tire exploding next to him as he rode and a run-in with Chicago state troopers amongst other things.

As soon as Waterman returned to Davis, he began to write about his adventure. Throughout the process, he made use of several resources available to authors in Davis.

Waterman said that writing became a major part of his life a decade ago, when he received writing mentoring from the local Davis Arts Center.

“About ten years ago, I decided I wanted to learn how to be a writer,” Waterman said. “So, the first thing I did was I joined the art center writing club.”

When Waterman’s manuscript was ready for publishing, he took it to local book publisher EditPros. EditPros, located on F Street and staffed by long-time Davis residents Marti Childs and Jeff March, provides traditional publishing services and, for authors like Waterman who prefer to self-publish, editing and publicity services.

“We initially started as a writing and editing business and eventually, in 2011, we got into book publishing […],” Childs said. “For the Route 66 book we helped them go through everything, get their ISBNs, helped them get their book signing at the Avid Reader.”

March explained that bookselling is incredibly competitive and that publicity is the hardest part of the process.

“Having a good network and working that network to the greatest degree that you can is really, really important,” March said.

For Waterman’s book, part of the publicity push was his book presentation at The Avid Reader.

The Avid Reader hosts about 100 book-related events every year, both on-site at their store and off-site at locations such as libraries and schools. Alzada Knickerbocker, owner of The Avid Reader, said that she tries to support local talent through The Avid Reader’s events as much as possible.

“I’m very predisposed to local authors,” Knickerbocker said.

Waterman’s legendary bicycle ride is enough to make any Davis-ite proud, and his journey to becoming a published writer shows that, through all the resources available to writers, Davis is a supportive town for aspiring authors.

learn new techniques.”

The club puts on a potluck every quarter, in which members eat and play games together. Last quarter, in an effort to make use of different culinary resources, members also took a trip to Jardinière, a French restaurant in San Francisco. Club members got a tour of the restaurant and a chance to speak with one of the chefs.

“It was a really great experience,” Henderson said.

“We try to incorporate cooking and community together and also expose students that really might want to pursue this as a career or something they’d be interested in professionally. [We try to] provide resources for that as well.”

At their baking sessions, the club makes cookies, bread and different types of cupcakes.

“Baking holds a pretty significant role in the club, because a lot of students on campus are bakers,” Henderson said. “I think the thing with baking is just the time it takes, but a lot of students are willing to come out and get their hands dirty.”

Baking plays a role in staff members’ lives as well. On Dec. 12, the second annual UC Davis staff assembly bake-off hosted campus staff members from various departments who competed against each other for the first-place trophy.

“The purpose was really to give staff an opportunity to come together and celebrate the art of baking in a [...] friendly competition,” said Tabia Lee, a faculty technology coordinator and co-chair of the bake-off.

This year, the theme of the bake-off was bars,

with entries including Nutella s’mores bars, raspberry crumble bars and jamoca almond fudge bars. Participants brought sample bars for three judges from the Department of Food Science and Technology and the Department of Viticulture and Enology, and for attendees, who then submitted the desserts they thought to be in the top five. Judges ranked the bars on a scale of one to five, based on appearance, texture and flavor. “[The judges] are people that are trained in food sciences,” Lee said. “That’s their discipline, so we thought they were the best population to reach out to, to really have a fair judgement based on criteria that professional bakers would use.”

This year the bake-off received 22 entries and had 66 tasters. The first-place winner was “Ed’s Fantasy Bar,” with three layers composed of shortbread, caramel and chocolate submitted by the Coffee House Management Team. The team members received a trophy, a $50 Amazon gift card and a $20 Starbucks gift card for their accomplishment.

“I think that’s a signal to us that people love to eat baked goods and they appreciate them even if they don’t feel comfortable making them themselves,” Lee said. “That’s a great thing to celebrate too — the different aspects of being a baker, of being a taster and the fact that we had three times as many tasters as bakers. It was nice just having everybody in the room and getting to see everyone in a more informal environment, getting to meet people from different departments and really building a camaraderie around that.”

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Trump’s closed-door policy NEW ADMINISTRATION'S “MUSLIM BAN” DEFIES LOGIC, MORALITY

In a move unprecedented in its lack of clarity and human decency, President Trump issued an Executive Order on Jan. 27, banning travel to the U.S from Iran, Iraq, Libya, Somalia, Syria, Sudan and Yemen for 90 days — effective immediately — and suspending the admission of all refugees for 120 days.

Syrian refugees are banned indefinitely.

The order seems to be an attempt to fulfill Trump’s campaign promise to ban Muslims from entering the U.S. While he has been careful to not call the order a “Muslim ban,” all seven countries listed are comprised of Muslim majorities, and Trump himself said that the order would "keep radical Islamic terrorists out of the United States of America. We don't want them here.”

However, this order, which could keep up to 200 million people out of the country, is, without trivializing its fundamental lack of moral decency, wholly absurd and illogical if its sole purpose is to keep terrorists out of the U.S. A grand total of zero immigrants from countries included in the travel ban have killed anyone on U.S. soil in terror attacks in the last 40 years, and this number includes refugees. The CATO Institute claims that Americans have a 0.00003 percent chance of dying in an attack by a foreign-born terrorist. The numbers just do not add up.

What does add up, however, is Trump’s bigotry, compounded with a nationalist echo chamber created by his closest advisers, having direct — and distinctly dangerous — policy and national security implications. During his campaign, he called for a “total and complete shutdown of the entry of Muslims to the United States.” For extremist groups like the Islamic State, which recruit their members on the message that the West is at war with Islam, this sentiment, now channeled in the form of actual policy, helps push their marketing and recruitment narratives. Furthermore, this order could alienate leaders of Muslim nations across the world, who may now feel that the U.S. is openly denigrating their religion.

What’s more, Trump’s signing of the Executive Order on Holocaust Remembrance Day underscores his utter ignorance and indifference toward history. The U.S. refused to

accept thousands of Jewish refugees from Europe on the eve of World War II, helping partially set the stage for the Holocaust. Today, Syrian refugees in particular are fleeing a horrific civil war that has left over 400,000 dead over the past five years. Considering that the U.S. already has a stringent vetting process for refugees to ensure that terrorists are not entering the country, entirely banning these refugees from entering the country is grossly inhumane.

This country is a melting pot of different cultures, religions and ethnicities. UC Davis, in particular, attempts to be a beacon of diversity and acceptance. On Jan. 30, interim Chancellor Ralph Hexter sent out an email to UC Davis students, writing that, “No matter where our community members come from or what religion they practice, UC Davis—in keeping with our country’s founding vision—welcomes and extends its respect to them.”

According to the email, UC Davis has 53 students and 23 scholars from Iran; four students and one scholar from Iraq; and three students from Libya.

The Editorial Board hopes that the activism displayed by UC Davis students and community members over the past few weeks — including those who attended the national Women’s March on Jan. 21 and those who showed up at airports over the past weekend to protest the president’s immigration ban — will be a pillar of life under this new presidential administration, whose ideals are so disparate to those embodied by the UC Davis community. We also want to recognize the importance and courage of leaders of “sanctuary cities” across the country, including Davis, who have vowed to not comply with any federal orders to deport undocumented immigrants within the city.

The actions of the Trump administration since the inauguration are equally baffling and cruel, and the next four years could easily be more of the same. The Editorial Board is heartened by the activism shown by the UC Davis community thus far, and we thank the efforts of student activists, faculty members and school administrators for their role in standing up against immoral, abhorrent policies.

The corrupting power of too much democracy EXPLORING THE LINK BETWEEN EXCESS DEMOCRACY AND TRUMP

BY SID BAGGA sabagga@ucdavis.edu Talking heads have speculated since the election about the million dollar question: Why did Donald Trump’s authoritarian and nostalgic message of “Make America Great Again” resonate so deeply in a country experiencing its third-longest economic expansion?

The answer might not be so complicated. His victory isn’t such a surprise when you take a long view of American history.

Since the mid-1970s, with the exception of second-term bids, every presidential election between an “establishment” and an “outsider” candidate has seen an outsider victory. Carter, Reagan, Clinton, Bush Jr. and Obama all won by campaigning on some variation of a middle-finger to establishment politics. In the same time, Congress, the core of the political process, has been mired by poor public approval ratings.

It wasn’t always this way. For most of American history, political experience was a celebrated quality, and Congress was the pride of the republic. But now “insider” has become a dirty word.

Why has Congress, the most democratic branch of government, also become the least popular? Ironically, a shift toward more democracy is the root of this mass discontent.

It all started with Watergate. Richard Nixon’s criminal cover-up rattled American trust in government. To bandage the broken nation, Congress passed a series of democratic reforms, including the Government in the Sunshine Act. This made the policymaking process public for the first time in history. Crucially, it put an end to closed

committees, private meetings etched in pop-culture as smoke-filled bastions of privilege where lawmakers struck unscrupulous deals.

Congressional leaders figured that exposing the reality of the legislative process to the American people would restore faith in government.

Closed meetings allowed lawmakers to debate, amend and make deals out of the public eye. Assured of opacity, politicians could ignore opinion polls and special interests and make unpopular decisions that were in the national interest.

Legislators drafted the sweeping New Deal and Great Society programs behind these closed doors. Wasteful subsidies were cut and existing programs were tweaked to keep the government financially solvent. Ideological differences existed, but they rarely obstructed the duty of public service. Governance was, in the words of Franklin D. Roosevelt, an act of “bold, persistent experimentation.”

The Sunshine laws have torn apart Congress’s republican safeguards. Lobbyists and hyper-partisans now use a lawmaker’s every move as ammunition. Lawmakers constantly shoulder the burden of appeasing their donors and ideological constituency. A conscientious Republican who votes for firearms background checks, or a Democrat against excess agricultural subsidies, can bid farewell to a cushy primary victory.

Congressmen have hollowed out to become at best, to paraphrase former President John F. Kennedy, “seismograph[s] to record shifts in popular opinion,” and at worst, in the words of Mark Twain, “a distinctly native American criminal class.” Corporate welfare, porkbarrel spending and congressional gridlock are rampant. The federal

government has become an inflexible behemoth.

So despite long periods of economic growth, Americans are frustrated — they regard their weakened institutions with mistrust. Watergate’s legacy has become permanent.

Enter Donald Trump. The ultimate outsider, a man who did not mince words as he bashed the status quo and labelled his opponents “lying,” “crooked” and “weak” — crude articulations of what Americans have told pollsters for years. He proved himself a man who never backs down from outrageous statements, unlike other politicians who cower behind talking points and engage in perpetual sycophancy. A man wealthy enough to self-fund his campaign and remain above the special-interest fray. A pragmatist not beholden to traditional partisan alliances. A behind-the-scenes dealmaker.

Donald Trump is the very antithesis of the post-Sunshine politician.

And so Americans held their noses, ignored his very rough edges and voted to “Make America Great Again.”

Congress is the only branch that can restore the luster of American politics by repealing the Sunshine laws. But this is politically impossible. Every industry benefits from the information made available by transparency laws, so every single special-interest group and lobbyist on K Street would collude to stop a repeal. Congressmen would be barraged with advertising maligning their opposition to democracy.

Democracy is not an inherently virtuous institution. Individual liberty and effectual governance are the true cornerstones of the American Republic. We ought to teach the public the true source of its malaise: too much democracy.

The importance of celebrity endorsement at the Women’s March AMERICA FERRERA AND SCARLETT JOHANSSON SPOKE FERVENTLY TO WASHINGTON CROWDS

BY JAZMIN GARCIA msjgarcia@ucdavis.edu Celebrity endorsements have been historically effective for selling merchandise and procuring large profits — for both the recommended product and the illustrious sponsor. The exact opposite effect? Gratuitous and unanimous celebrity disapproval (often in 140 characters or fewer). Here, I’m not-so-cryptically referring to the Hollywood-wide dissent against President Donald Trump.

In the tense weeks leading up to the presidential inauguration, many called for a boycott of the televised event and many people actively protested in Washington, D.C. On Jan. 21, millions of Americans rallied together at Women’s Marches across the country and around the world to send a message: Hear our voice.

Among the attendees were celebrities, including actors Jessica Chastain and Nick Offerman, singer Alicia Keys and comedian Chelsea Handler, among many others. This is a different sort of celebrity endorsement. Yes, it would probably be more humanistic of me to refer to them simply as concerned Americans. But I invoke “celebrity” here to remind us that their public profiles grant them a platform.

It’s the free tote that comes with the subscription. And yes, while it would be somewhat dehumanizing of me to constantly address them as “celebrities,” the fact of the matter is that they have major influence — for better or worse. But their participation in the Women’s March is undoubtedly a positive thing. Celebrity support of women’s rights and other social justice issues bolsters necessary conversation and the media’s (and subsequently, the general public’s) attention toward these problems.

Actress America Ferrera delivered some of the most resonant remarks during the march. From a podium in Washington, she said, “[T]he President is not America. His cabinet is not America. Congress is not America. We are America. And we are here to stay. We march today for our families and our neighbors, for our future, for the causes we claim and for the causes that claim us.”

In discussions surrounding Trumpist politics, the term ‘normalization’ is often used. One of the dangers of having Trump as president is that his hateful rhetoric will become a new norm. Ferrera spoke directly to this concern when she said that civilians, not bigoted politicians, are America. What remains unspoken is that Ferrera, much like Trump, invokes her power to influence. Their stances are

completely different, however, as she attempts to unify and he seeks to divide.

Scarlett Johansson provided another important celebrity endorsement. She said, “President Trump, I did not vote for you. That said, I respect that you are our President-elect and I want to be able to support you.” In order for that to happen, she said that she wanted him to “support the men and women here today that are anxiously awaiting to see how [his] next moves may drastically affect their lives.”

Johansson's message was personal. She spoke of how her family and friends had relied on Planned Parenthood, which faces budget cuts under the new administration and Congress. Once again, we see how celebrity outreach in the emerging era of Trump is becoming increasingly important if we want to defend our rights.

What we see is a battle of powers: Hollywood versus Washington.

It’s an arm wrestling match to see who can influence the most people.

But make no mistake: we, the public, are not mere spectators. Like Ferrera pointed out, it’s up to us to decide which vision of America we want to endorse and enact. There is hope in such messages, and thankfully we have the entertainment industry backing the country through these trying times.

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Women’s March anticipates new era in women’s health NEW ADMINISTRATION POSES FUNDAMENTAL THREATS TO WOMEN’S RIGHTS

BY SHOHINI MAITRA samaitra@ucdavis.edu Just one day after Donald Trump was sworn in as the 45th president of the United States, millions of women took to the streets.

They marched in Washington, Los Angeles, New York, Rome, Paris, Seoul, Tokyo, Bucharest, Bangkok and even Antarctica — uniting against one man who represents much of what’s wrong with society’s treatment of women today.

The turnout was even larger than expected, and the march clearly showcased that party ideologies don’t necessarily unify us — we are stronger when we believe in a common cause. Of all the minorities that Trump has slandered, women are the largest, and inclusive of every other group. Women come in all ages, sizes, colors and sexual orientations, but we all deserve equal rights to live and make decisions about our own bodies.

From his past interactions with women, his vicious campaign against what would have been the first female presidency and his recent Twitter attacks on prominent female figures like former Fox anchor Megyn Kelly, President Trump's attitude toward women leaves much to be desired. During his presidential campaign, Trump hardly, if ever, addressed women’s issues.

However, his actions reek of misogyny, sexism and the degradation of women to mere “objects” for the purposes of male gratification. While his views on women’s healthcare and social issues are inconsistent, during his campaign he promised to nominate anti-

abortion justices and defund Planned Parenthood. He also promised to make the Hyde Amendment, which prevents federal money from being used to fund abortions, permanent. Coupled with his effort to repeal the Affordable Care Act, Trump’s government could likely take away crucial health care from millions of people.

So far, he has only appealed to his female voters by making his daughter Ivanka the face of his campaign for women. Polished and suave, she brought up issues like maternity leave and childcare and promised that her father would push for equal pay for equal work.

She cited her own business dealings and holds herself up as an example for what her father wishes to accomplish but doesn’t realize that her lifestyle is only possible because of the privileges she has had.

From Trump’s first days in office, it’s clear where his priorities lie.

The appointment of Vice President Mike Pence, a politician who notoriously tried to pass a blanket ban on abortion in his home state of Indiana, clearly indicates which way the government is headed in regard to women’s health and social issues.

Trump reinstated Ronald Reagan’s “global gag rule,” which stops all federal aid to foreign nonprofits that facilitate or talk about abortion. This includes the United Nations (UN), which gets most of its funding from the US. This time, the order not only affects the US, but millions of girls and women around the world who depend on the help offered by the UN. Many developing countries are far too poor to afford family planning services, and the UN’s programs are a lifeline to the rural communities in these countries. The LGBTQIA community in developing countries is also adversely affected,

especially in countries where people believe that rape is a “cure” for homosexuality, thereby creating many unwanted pregnancies due to sexual assault. Perhaps the worst effect of this “gag” order is on those affected by HIV, AIDS and the Zika virus. While it has always been difficult to provide assistance for underserved communities, it may become impossible when there is a lack of funds. Without access to contraceptives and counseling services, women will remain at a much higher risk of contracting and spreading diseases.

If Trump repeals the Affordable Care Act, the government’s next priority could be to defund Planned Parenthood. Established in 1916, Planned Parenthood has its roots in the first-ever women’s health clinic started by Margaret Sanger, a notable birth control activist.

Since then, it has provided services for women including not only birth control, but also cancer screenings, STD tests, abortions and general medical care. Planned Parenthood is estimated to perform at least half of all legal abortions in the U.S. In the political debate over legal abortion, the system and safety net for family planning and cancer prevention might just become collateral damage.

Trump has made it clear that policies affecting women’s health are a priority to him — but the actual health of women is not. Whichever direction the Trump administration decides to go, it should consider that we’re all human and deserve equal rights that allow us to live our lives the way we want. Trump may not like women making decisions, but we certainly don’t like him making our decisions for us either.

HUMOR Man breaks Tinder after adding that he likes Netfilx to his bio STUDENT DANIEL FALLON IS JUST THE MAN LADIES ARE LOOKING FOR

BY OLIVIA LUCHINI ocluchini@ucdavis.edu Every so often, God takes just a little more time on one person than the others. In the year 1996, this person was Daniel Fallon.

When it comes to having a unique personality, Fallon runs circles around the average Joe. His favorite movie is “The Dark Knight,” an indie film that you’ve probably never heard of, and his favorite food is pizza, an Italian dish that has yet to make its way to the states. The point is this: we can expect magic from Daniel Fallon.

However, not even Fallon could have predicted the amount of fame that would come to him when he downloaded Tinder. He couldn’t decide on a bio at first, but then he found it — the most

unique one possible.

“I really went with my gut,” Fallon said. “My bio reads: ‘Chill guy who likes Netflix and hiking. Not looking for anything serious.’ I thought it was pretty wild because pretty much no one likes Netflix.

It’s kind of controversial. I thought it might even lead to a backlash.”

But oh, how wrong Fallon was! Women flocked to his profile in awe of his utter superiority to the average human male. Accompanying this genius bio was a photo of Fallon, not smiling (an artistic choice to represent the economy), in front of a nature-centric backdrop of trees, rocks and other outdoors stuff like, I don’t know, bears.

“The minute I saw the picture of him hiking combined with the bio that said he likes hiking, I knew I was dealing with someone special,” eligible suitor Hannah Jones said. “It’s like, how is he not married or something?”

Fallon sadly had to delete the app after a hailstorm of notifications made his phone freeze. Just like Icarus, this man flew too close to the sun. All of the women who swiped right on him held a funeral for his profile.

“It’s just so tragic,” one sobbing member of the congregation said.

“We finally find the perfect man, someone with a pulse and decent grammar who knows what a hill is, and he’s gone… just like that.”

Daniel Fallon is now working out a brand deal with Dos Equis to replace their current “Most Interesting Man in the World.” He met with me one last time before he flew to the City of Angels to make it big. Letting out a single chuckle, he looked back fondly on his Tinder career.

“It’s actually funny,” he said. “I don’t even like hiking, I just thought it was sketch to not have a bio. Bon voyage!”

School book club loses funding after asking Ayn Rand to come speak DAVIS CAMPUS READERS FEEL HEAT AFTER INVITING DEAD AUTHOR TO CAMPUS

BY ETHAN VIC TOR ejvictor@ucdavis.edu Davis Campus Readers (DCR), a book club at UC Davis, has had its funding cut and will be forced off campus by the end of Winter Quarter after providing a platform for some questionable speech.

The club asked Ayn Rand to come speak to its members but failed to notice that the award-winning author is, in fact, dead.

The club of 40 members has asked speakers such as Ray Bradbury, Jhumpa Lahiri and Stephen King to come speak, all of whom declined due to the pointed books that have been on the club’s reading list, including former chancellor Linda Katehi’s upcoming memoir.

Rand, the author of Atlas Shrugged and The Fountainhead, is the founder of objectivism. The Atlas Society says of the belief system: “There is no greater moral goal than achieving happiness. But one cannot achieve happiness by wish or whim […] Politically, Objec-

tivists advocate laissez-faire capitalism. Under capitalism, a strictly limited government protects each person's rights to life, liberty, and property and forbids that anyone initiate force against anyone else.”

Though UC Davis does not agree with the beliefs that Rand or objectivists follow, the school allowed Rand to speak — but neglected to mention to the club’s president that Rand is deceased.

“I told them that Rand could come to the school. I disagree with them giving her a platform, but I couldn’t stop them from bringing her to campus,” said Bryan Lewis, director of Campus Clubs and Circles. “I think, even though she’s dead, that she has every right to come share her beliefs. Shame on the club for providing such a soapbox in the first place. We can’t stop people from taking a stance, but we can do our best to stop the spread of such opinions.”

Lewis went on to say that there was no room for such speech on campus and that, while he feels that such values exist, there is no reason for the club to bring such a controversial and divisive figure to

campus.

DCR president Logan Marx claimed that the club “would not be silenced and had every right to make its voices heard on campus.”

While Rand has unpopular beliefs, DCR should not provide the contentious figure with a platform to spread ideas based around a highly capitalistic and self-centered society. These beliefs are obsolete and ridiculous, and they have no place in an intellectual setting. UC Davis administration elected to go straight to the source by punishing the group that provided a platform for dangerous dialogue by preventing the spread of such rhetoric.

Questioning the credibility of ETHAN VICTOR? You can reach him at ejvictor@ucdavis.edu. Feel free to help with his followers-tofollowing ratio on Twitter @thejvictor, because it is pathetic right now.

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“He had such a great and loving personality,” Sehnert said. “He really loved children. He also loved anything sweet.

Donuts, Starbursts and peppermints were his favorites.”

Sehnert’s favorite memory of Action Jackson was seeing him interact with all of the visitors on Picnic Day. Action Jackson also became well-known outside of UC Davis.

At Mule Days, held every Memorial Day in Bishop, Calif., also known as the “Mule Capitol of the World,” Action Jackson was known for bringing quality mule breeding to the West Coast and distinction to the UC Davis breeding program.

Amy Mclean, the equine operations supervisor for the Department of Animal Science, said that Action Jackson’s death was a shock to staff and students.

“Action was a kind, warm spirit; I loved driving in every

day and seeing him,” Mclean said in a statement for UC Davis News.

Nearing the end of his life, Action Jackson’s health care and maintenance was provided by Sharon Spier, DVM, Ph.D., professor of Medicine and Epidemiology at the veterinary school.

“He was loved and fondly caressed and fed horse treats until the end,” Spier said.

He was euthanized at his owner’s request, for humane reasons.

Action Jackson’s most recent offspring, two foals born last spring, will be offered in this year’s June production sale, and his final offspring is expected this year. The department’s student equine production team also hopes to breed several mares and female donkeys using frozen semen from Action Jackson.

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Volunteers at the station have a variety of duties, primarily helping DJs so that their shows run smoothly and the station functions efficiently. Volunteers organize records, mark songs with radio or TV profanities and perform a variety of other tasks as needed.

“Everyone gets a show if they put in the work,” said Henderson, a fourth-year communication major.

Henderson has been the KDVS manager since 2015, and, because KDVS is mostly comprised of volunteers, she noted that the station is entirely self-run.

“The DJs are responsible for their own transitions. The only time myself or the programming director get involved is if they’re showing up late or there’s a content issue on their show,” Henderson said. “Otherwise, they are supposed to be there 15 minutes early — because it runs 24/7 — but if they’re irresponsible and they don’t show up, the programming director issue[s] them a violation.”

This emphasis on independence translates into KDVS’ content as well. As a freeform radio station, the music and talk shows played on-air are original content and represent an underground community ignored by many mainstream radio stations.

“The DJs have agency over their own content,” Henderson said. “We bring the music that no one else is going to hear.”

Owen Martin, the KDVS business manager and a second-year sustainable agriculture and food systems major, is consistently amazed by KDVS’ self-sufficiency.

“It kind of blows my mind every time that I go down [to Lower Freeborn] that our completely student-run station — which at pretty much every other UC has at least one faculty member — runs itself,” Martin said. “These hundreds of volunteers coordinate to make this thing run 24 hours a day, seven

day[s] a week, 365 days out of the year.”

Part of this commitment to alternative music includes hosting KDVS’ annual festival, Operation Restore Maximum Freedom (ORMF). The festival varies in music from year to year, depending on the KDVS events director and what bands are on tour around that time.

“KDVS has always been really closely linked to the alternative art scene, and what that shows up as [...] is events like ORMF,” Martin said. “One of the business managers for the school itself was suggesting bringing bigger artists like Chance the Rapper, but we were thinking we have to cater to the alternative community, because we’re one of the only outlets, physically.”

Throughout her time at the station, Lozano has also grown to recognize that KDVS fills a particular niche within the Davis community and campus.

“I think it fulfills a need for scratching underneath the surface for music that wouldn’t be heard anywhere else,” Lozano said. “And also for opinions that aren’t heard elsewhere. Because not only do we do music shows, but we also have news shows.”

In addition to organizing ORMF, the radio station hosts various house shows within the Davis/Sacramento area. Student bands have the opportunity to perform and promote their content at these shows, as well have their music on air.

“KDVS — it’s not just a radio station. It extends into real life,” Lozano said. “There’s often a show and it’s a ‘KDVS Presents’ show.”

But for Lozano, having command over the content played on air — whether it’s new music or a morning talk show — is liberating in many ways: “If I’m not DJing, it feels like I have a superpower I’m not using.”

Those looking to become involved at KDVS may email the general manager, Olivia Henderson, at gm@kdvs.org.

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rates we want them to,” Villablanca said. “Devices weren’t tested on women, drugs weren’t necessarily looked at for side-effects for both sexes, research was not required to include women. But now, there’s a requirement by the national institute of health, [which has] been extended to animals systems too in order to study [both] males and females. We’re gaining much more knowledge and information.”

The question as to why death rates from heart disease are higher for women than for men is a challenging one. There are various factors that come into play when evaluating the gap between these rates including lack of awareness, anatomic differences, physiologic differences, the fact that women’s blood vessels are smaller and different responses to treatment.

“Lots of people think that it’s all genetics, whereas genetics is a relatively small part,” Villablanca said. “Recent research has shown that even if you have genetic factors and predisposition, if you have a heart-healthy lifestyle you can cut that risk as much as 40 percent.”

The message of the Red Dress Collection is not simply to point out that heart disease is the leading killer of women in the country, but that it’s largely preventable. While 80 to 90 percent of heart disease is thought to be preventable through heart-healthy lifestyles, diet and physical activity, it affects everyone no matter what age.

Since the start of the national campaign, death rates for both men and women have decreased significantly due to

raised awareness and better prevention as well as advances in treatment. February is designated as the National Heart Month, and, for the past few years, UC Davis and the community have participated in the National Wear Red Day, which falls every year on the first Friday in February. Zhang and Villablanca hope that wearing red will become a powerful and recognized symbol no matter what time of the year it is.

“Every February [...] people bring this subject up and are passionate about [it], but I wish it could be a year-round atmosphere for everybody,” Zhang said. “I think it takes time for people to pay attention, and not [just] during that specific month. It is a yearlong or lifelong campaign for our heart health, and that is something I wish [...] can be achieved.”

On Friday, Feb. 3, the campaign will unveil a new collection of Red Dresses designed by the students in Zhang’s current advanced fashion class. These dresses will raise awareness for heart disease in the local community, and offer students the chance to become ambassadors of heart care.

“I really enjoyed doing this project because it made me feel the close tie between fashion and other concepts in the society,” Ben said. “Many people may think fashion is for beauty, trend and the fancy stuff, but I strongly believe in the magic power of fashion to discover problems and solve them. I feel honored to be able to participate in this red dress project, have the chance to raise people’s awareness on heart disease, and help to solve social issues.”

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presence, is to blame for the drought is nonsensical. The California water system was created to support agricultural development, which now is so prominent that the state produces the majority of food for internal and external consumption.

Austin Jelinski, a second-year environmental science and management major, is a Southern California native who recently noticed the divide in northern versus southern attitudes regarding the water controversy. Jelinski hypothesizes that Southern Californians may not acknowledge or take seriously the drought simply because they have not been educated on the severity of it.

“In a metropolitan area such as Los Angeles where you get your water fast, it can be easy to take it for granted [because] you’re removed from the issue of water conservation,” Jelinski

said. “It is hard to hold people accountable for their actions if they do not know [the] consequences.”

Studying environmental science at UC Davis will allow Jelinski to apply his passion for science to the public sector by solving environmental solutions and making improvements in how humans use natural resources.

“Everyone has that one environmental issue that speaks to them individually as the root of all problems, and for [me] that problem is water,” Jelinski said. “The question is, are we going to be forced to make the change, or are we going to make the change before it hits us? We should be conserving water but also realizing that we need a bridge between science and policy in order to do so.”

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According to Nash, the event provided a space for students to share input with their state senator, allowing them to expand their understanding of the legislative process.

“It gets students involved in politics,” Nash said. “It lets them be more knowledgeable about the system so that they can, I’d say, be more informed about what’s going on. It can help them express their views to their representatives who are then able to go and make policies that are better for the students.”

dergraduate Research (NCUR) this April at the University of Memphis in Tennessee.

“The students can go with alternate travel funding, and approval of their supervising professor for whom they’d be presenting their research work,” said Kimberly Hale, the interim director for UC Davis News and Media Relations, via email.

“The university cannot contribute to their travel expenses due to the location of the conference.”

One of the students who will be impacted by this law is Mark Rivera, a fourthyear cognitive science and religious studies double major, who was selected to attend the NCUR. “It’s quite the obstacle,” Rivera said. “No, [I] probably [won’t look for alternative funding]. I don’t want to have to expend the extra energy and time. I’m just kind of like, ‘okay, oh well, I missed out.’”

Rivera did express some discontent with the law.

“It’s silly,” Rivera said. “I think it’s exacerbating the exact problem it’s trying to address. If they don’t allow people from other parts of the country to come in, it’s going to make [those states] even more insular.”

Low countered this argument, stating that upholding the Californian value of inclusion is a foundation of the new law.

“I understand that viewpoint; I respectfully disagree,” Low said. “You saw the backlash of impact that these laws had in various places. Because of the swift backlash from so many forward-thinking companies and businesses, we have seen that individuals feel that perhaps this was just a wedge issue. We really need to have this occur and hit [these states] in the pocketbook where it really matters.”

According to Hale, if arrangements for the conference had been made before Jan. 1, there would have been no problem funding the travel, as the law is not retroactive. That is, the law cannot punish an act that would be considered illegal under the new rule if it was committed before the law was in effect.

“It’s possible that the arrangements for the conference were made before January 1,” Hale said via email. “Also, if the travel [is] not funded by the state of California, then it does not fall under this state law.”

Apart from not applying retroactively, there are six other exemptions to the law: enforcing California law, litigation, appearance requests from the federal government; performing functions to keep grant funding, completing training for employment that is not available in California; and for matters of public health, welfare or safety.

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ing, we have directly contributed to something that is harming our student body.”

Nagey also noted that interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter’s email to the UC Davis community was vague about the Yiannopoulos events. Nick Flores, the Internal Affairs Commission chair, added that the administration needs to be supportive of its students.

Chiang called a resolution to condemn the DCR into question. The motion was seconded and passed in a vote of 11-1-0, with Senator Matthew Yamaguchi in opposition.

The meeting then went into public discussion, during which student activists Sarah Shemery and Connor Gorman stressed their disappointment with senate members for not being present at the Yiannopoulos protest and for not showing support in response to the protest.

Following a break, the senate introduced new legislation, including a constitutional amendment to form the judicial council and oversight committee of ASUCD. The meeting was adjourned by Sandhu at 9:30 p.m.

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1990 hunger strike.

“What made Occupy unique from other cycles of political resistance was that it localized these new connections and energies into a particular territory — traditional political actions like marches and pickets taking place alongside micro-political processes [...like] building relationships alongside ideologies and strategies,” Loker said. “The UC movement and Occupy shared a set of political concerns, symbols and tactics [which] created a set of common experiences and images that offered many millennials and older folks an entrance into radical politics.”

Just last year, the “Fire Katehi” movement played a part in the resignation of former Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi. Even more recently, student protests manifested in opposition to the highly-controversial scheduled appearance of far-right conservative Breitbart editor Milo Yiannopoulos, accompanied by entrepreneur Martin Shkreli via invitation from the Davis College Republicans (DCR).

“We decided to host [Yiannopoulos] in order to allow our fellow students the opportunity to hear about ideas, policies and theories that may be entirely alien to their background,” said Deborah Porter, a fourth-year biological systems engineering major and political director for DCR. “We had hoped that liberals alongside conservatives would attend Milo’s talk with the purpose of pondering his ideas, asking difficult questions and promoting UC Davis as a place where we challenge the ideas set before us rather than blindly accepting them.”

Eric Gudz, who graduated in 2016 and who provided support and assistance to event protesters, said that he is opposed to the presence of “hatred and bigotry” on campus. “[Not] having the platform for that speech is not the same as losing your right to be able to conduct free speech,” Gudz said. “[I] wanted to show my support and solidarity to resisting and voicing my concerns over what I see [is the] proliferation of hateful and fearful rhetoric that is becoming more [...] normalized in our communities. This provides other communities an example of how [they] can be powerful enough to really counter the spread of hate that’s happening and demonstrate that everybody has that ability to be able to [...] stand up for what they believe in and what they know is right [...] for the community.”

One day after the cancelled speech, Yiannopoulos returned to campus for a free speech countermarch, during which the 2011 pepper-spraying incident was reenacted with silly string. The “Shkrelopoulos” event directly referenced recent student movements at UC Davis and was similar in character to speaker-related protests like the 1989 Robert Bork controversy. According to Porter and the DCR, the re-enactment “especially reiterated” its rights.

“Just as the Occupy protesters had a right to be there, so did we,” Porter said.

“It doesn’t matter the material they discuss, they have a right to peacefully do it.”

According to the UC Davis Policy and Procedure Manual, anybody may exercise First Amendment rights — including free speech — on all public university grounds. Symbolic structures are permitted at a designated site on the Quad meant for “symbolic speech,” but acts of civil disobedience are not condoned. Though the manual acknowledges that civil disobedience has played a historic role at UC Davis, it is not specifically protected.

For those looking to get involved in the future of activism on campus, Gudz recommends that students join established groups and organizations first before launching their own movements.

“Organizing in this era is going to be critical to move things forward,” Gudz said. “A good first place to start is to check in with those pre-existing activism groups. One of the big keys for activism [and] advocacy going forward is that these struggles are intersectional whether we want to realize them or not. The struggles of all these different groups are [...] intertwined and they must be treated as such to be able to advance the causes forwards.”

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UC DAVIS ENTOMOLOGIST HELPS TO LIST BEE AS ENDANGERED

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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service lists first ever bumblebee in continental United States as endangered; recovery plan in progress

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The famous black and yellow rusty patched bumblebee is at risk of extinction, as it was recently listed as an endangered species by the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (USFWS).

UC Davis professor emeritus Robbin Thorp of the Department of Entomology and Nematology was a key actor in in the process of labeling the bee as endangered.

Thorp co-authored a petition in 2010 to call for the endangered status of the rusty patched bumblebee, species name bombus affinis. Several service programs are underway to collaborate with partners such as the North American Pollinator Protection Campaign to help restore pollinators and their habitats.

“It had been a very common bee in western United States, but surveys done in early 2000s showed it had just disappeared from its original habitat,” Thorp said.

The bombus affinis live in colonies that include a queen bee and female worker bees. Male bees and other queens are produced during the late spring as part of the annual cycle of the colony.

“Only the queen survives for an entire year, with most members of the colony only living a few weeks,” said John Mola, a Ph.D. candidate at Williams Lab at Davis and part of the Davis graduate group of ecology.

The worker and male bees have rusty-colored

patches on the center of their backs, hence their nickname: the rusty patched bumblebee. “[Endangerment to bombus affinis is caused by] habitat loss because we convert land [for] cities and agricultural uses,” Thorp said. “This tends not to support bees and they have a loss of flowering plants for food and nesting.”

The declining population of bombus affinis can also be attributed to reduced genetic diversity, high levels of fungal infection and pesticides and insecticides used in agricultural production.

“The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service has now recognized the role insectoids play in the decline of bee populations,” said Sarina Jepsen, the director of endangered species for the Xerces Society, a nonprofit invertebrate conservation group.

Toxins used in pesticides can be directly absorbed through a bee’s exoskeleton from contaminated nectar and pollen.

Rusty patched bees risk additional contamination from chemicals in soils, often the location of nesting zones for this organism.

“When a species is protected, it becomes illegal to do [things] that might further cause harm to it,” Jepsen said. “Regulations exist and can impact a range of human activity, from approving a pesticide to building a new road or structure.”

The rusty patched bumble bee can be found in the eastern United States in Maine and southward, stretching down to Georgia and all the way across the midwest into the western states, according to USFWS.

The bees like to live in grasslands and prairies — areas that provide nectar and pollen from flowers.

In addition, these areas provide nesting sites for the bees and undisturbed soil for hibernating queens. However, commercialization use of bees for agricultural purposes today has led to a dramatic change in the wild population.

“Bumble bees were commercialized in the 1980s and a disease spread among the population into the wild population of our bees,” Thorp said. “Other species may be carriers but not affected like the rusty patch bumblebee.”

Bees are vital to agriculture, serving as essential pollinators to various kinds of plants.

In fact, bees contribute to pollinating about 85 percent of all flowering plants. Reproduction of plants requires pollination and many plants could not achieve this without the help of bees.

“Bumblebees are some of the dominant pollinators in colder climates — hence their fat and fuzzy bodies — pollinating charismatic and beautiful spring wildflowers like lupines, delphinium and clovers,” Mola said.

When a bee lands on a flower, it picks up pollen on its legs and body from the male part of a plant, called stamen. As the bee travels from flower to flower, the pollen is transferred from the bee to the female part of another flower, called stigma.

This process allows fertilization to occur, so a plant may produce fruit, carry seeds and develop.

Examples of bee-pollinated crops include blueberries, cranberries, almonds, watermelon, cantaloupe,

citrus fruits and apples.

“Some of these bees pollinate our own crops, and help with our national food production,” Thorp said.

“A significant example would be bees pollinating greenhouse grown tomato plants.”

If bees went extinct, the berries, seeds and fruits that other wildlife depend on would be detrimental.

The impact is not solely on agricultural food for human consumption.

“Bumblebees were previously called ‘humblebees,’ and before that, they were called “Dumbledores,” Mola said. “[Apparently] J.K. Rowling, [author of the Harry Potter series] named Albus Dumbledore after bumblebees because supposedly he’s always humming about.”

While only one bee, bombus affinis, is listed under the Endangered Species Act, many bee experts hope this will bring awareness to the threats against bee populations in general.

“If folks want to help conserve bee populations, the best thing they can do is plant a flower garden rich in pollen and nectar for as much of the growing season as possible,” Mola said.

The USFWS has additional information about getting involved with the conservation of the rusty patched bumblebee, including tips on gardening and landscaping as well as minimizing use of toxic pesticides.

“Becoming aware of the roles that other organisms play in our environment, no matter how tiny, can help us better understand the ecosystems around us,” Thorp said.

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SKAM’s universal appeal Spoken word allows for expression of much more than words SAYS promotes social justice, youth empowerment

BY AB I G A I L WA N G a rts@ th e ag g i e . o rg

“If you’ve got something to say — say something!” is the mantra of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks (SAYS), a literacy program that supports the improvement of schools, teachers and students through spoken word and a social justice curriculum.

Vajra Watson, who started SAYS nine years ago, has her students participate in this call-and-response before each spoken word performance. She started the program after completing her doctorate in education at Harvard University, and she wanted to apply her dissertation to the Davis and Sacramento area, where there is a need for students to improve their literacy and writing skills.

“Young people have been at the forefront of every transformative, revolutionary and radical work in the world,” Watson said. “There’s something unique as young people look at our society and determine the type of world they want to go create, and I think that’s where agency comes in, that’s where voice comes in, and that’s where empowerment comes in. So a lot of work is not seeing young people as the leaders they’re becoming but as the leaders they already are.”

SAYS includes a variety of different programs and events, including classroom residencies. Through the residency program, poet-mentor-educators go into middle and high schools, often ones they graduated from, and teach lessons to the students for one hour each week. SAYS also offers assemblies, after-school workshops and poetry slam competitions.

“The young people and classroom teachers, every single year they say that [SAYS] gives them life, and it makes literacy alive in their lives, and if it wasn’t relevant to them, we wouldn’t do this work,” Watson said.

Denisha Coco Blossom, the operations manager for SAYS and a third-year African American studies and communication double major, got involved with the program after SAYS visited the school she worked at. She has now been involved with SAYS for six years, and the

program encouraged her to apply to and attend UC Davis. She said that the work isn’t only rewarding for the students, but also for herself.

“The best part about spoken word is that it’s healing,” Blossom said. “I see my students being involved with their story and I see them being able to release with their stories, so spoken word is healing.”

Patrice Hill, the program coordinator for SAYS, finds that spoken word offers a unique experience that many other art forms don’t allow.

“I think spoken word is maybe derivative of hip-hop or actually supersedes hip-hop because in spoken word there’s no beat — just a poet and the words,” Hill said. “So it allows for the human connection that is not communicated thoroughly through other art forms because there’s no music. There’s no beat and there’s no instruments to get in the way — there’s just human voice and a story and a passion for it to be told.”

Hill was originally a performer herself and was the grand slam champion of Sacramento from 2003 to 2004. Now, as an educator in the program, Hill sees the positive impact spoken word can have on the youth.

“I kept coming back simply because this is transformational for the young people,” Hill said. “I wasn’t introduced to poetry or spoken word until college, and if I would have had this opportunity to be introduced to the power of my voice in middle or high school, what could that have done for me and my journey?”

In light of recent events, the work of SAYS has become even more relevant and poignant, its staffers said.

“I believe [SAYS is] something very pivotal to this country at this time,” Blossom said. “Especially in a time where we are going to be silenced, we’re probably going to be voiceless. People are not going to care about the youth and giving [them] the actual opportunity to share their voice and to share their challenges and share their opinions. Because I believe the youth are the truth and children will change the future.”

Each year, 1,000 middle and high

school students from across the region come to UC Davis to participate in the annual SAYS summit. The students are introduced to spoken word and can perform their pieces at the end of the event.

For many of the students, it is their first experience with spoken word.

“Spoken word performance poetry has so much to do with authentic voice and experience,” Watson said. “We say that you don’t just have a story, we are our stories. So if we are the living embodiment of our stories, what does it mean to first name them, write them, but also share them in this collective process of becoming more human and finding out who each other truly are?”

In addition to teaching the students about poetry, SAYS interweaves common core curriculum with social justice, covering topics like the school-to-prison pipeline and the prison-industrial complex in their class residencies.

At the end, students share the poems they created.

“Sometimes they share a word, sometimes they share a sentence, sometimes they end up sharing pieces and pieces, and they’re part of our slam team,” Watson said. “But our goal is to turn that pen into a weapon of self-expression. And the microphone? It can come and it can not come — not every kid is going to end up on the final stage.”

In order to help the students find inspiration to write, the poet mentor educators pose questions to their classes.

“In the end young people create these poems with even writing a poem,” Hill said. “They’re just writing about their lives and their experiences.”

The semifinals for the international slam final will be held on Feb. 5 and Feb. 17 in Sacramento. These events will whittle the contestants down to the final six, who will go on to perform at the Crocker Art Museum in Sacramento on Feb. 25.

The event is open to the public and the tickets are $5.

Those interested in more information on SAYS may visit its Facebook page, website and Instagram. SAYS is located at 3725 Marysville Blvd. in Sacramento.

A feast for the ears — just in time for lunch

Norwegian show takes world by storm HANNAH LEE / AGGI E

BY PAR I SAGAFI art s@t heaggi e. org

I’m usually not a fan of shows about teenagers, because the characters tend to be cliched stereotypes and the storylines are too “out there.” Where are everyone’s parents? Do these people ever go to school? Why couldn’t they just text each other in this crisis situation? So, as crazy and exciting as show premises may be, not many people want to stay tuned if there is too large of a disconnect between what we are willing to accept as “believable” and what we are seeing on the screen.

And this might be why the hit Norwegian show SKAM (translated: “shame”) has taken the world by storm; it all just feels so real. I often felt as if I was overhearing a personal conversation between the characters because the acting is incredibly authentic and the dialogue doesn’t feel scripted even for a moment. Maybe that’s why it’s watched by people of all ages in Scandinavia. I also love that SKAM focuses on the daily dramas and heightened emotions of young people that are often dismissed.

The show centers on the students of Hartvig Niessen School, with each season focusing on one character and a specific dilemma that they are facing.

The audience watches them struggle, learn about themselves and eventually accept themselves. They deal with rape culture, Islamophobia and homophobia, and it’s all addressed in an authentic way, unlike the preachy, afterschool special vibe present on so many teen shows.

Besides the realistic dialogue and acting, the series is alsoposted online in real time. For example, if a character texts another that there will be a party on Wednesday night, that segment of the episode containing the party will be posted online on Wednesday night for viewers to watch – almost as if they

were right there with them and were personally invited. Then, all of the segments are combined at the end of the week to form one complete episode.

The characters also have their own Instagram accounts, and text messages between them are also posted sporadically online. The young actors themselves, however, are incredibly sheltered from the public to maintain the authenticity of the show. They have made few promotional appearances and are strictly forbidden to talk about the show, which only adds to the mystery and allure.

The creator of the series, Julie Andem, auditioned over 1,200 actors for the roles, and built the characters around the chosen actors, adding to the realism. I have reluctantly gotten used to 25-year-old male models playing 16-year-old sophomores in high school, so I was a little taken aback by how accurately young and acne-ridden the characters are — truly a refreshing sight today in television.

Since the show is entirely in Norwegian, some fans have been adding subtitles themselves and spreading the content online. NRK, the Norwegian producer of the show, will not be providing subtitles for the show despite its massive popularity, stating that “the music rights are only negotiated for a Norweigan speaking audience.” This has apparently caused issues, as no one expected the show to blow up quite like it did, and it’s become a complicated process to work out music rights of featured songs by NAS, Justin Bieber, Lana Del Rey and N.W.A. Hopefully, this will all be worked out in time for Season four, which is set to premiere in March.

So far, each season has ended on the character on whom the following season was focused, but the answer isn’t so clear for the fourth season, and there’s been a lot of speculation online. Looks like we’ll just have to wait and see.

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BY BET T Y W U a rts@ th e ag g i e . o rg

For those seeking some classical music to liven up their Thursday afternoons, they need not look further than the Shinkoskey Noon Concert series, hosted by the UC Davis Department of Music.

The concerts, which are held at the Ann E. Pitzer Center each Thursday at noon, present various musicians and musical styles.

Ranging from solo performances to ensemble performances, baroque music to electronic music, and featuring a range of student musicians and nationally-renowned professionals, the program embodies diversity.

“I was excited to attend this concert as

this is my first time attending a chamber music performance,” said Teresa Won, a second-year computer science major. “[...]I never really think of the violin as a solo instrument before attending this concert, now I’m amazed with what it can do!”

Vincent Kaur, a third-year music major, appreciates the variety of music presented in this program.

“As a music major, I learn about abstract musical concepts in class, and it’s an educational experience when attending concerts just to see these concepts are put into practice,” Kaur said.

Perhaps the best part of these concerts? They’re free, making high-quality live music accessible to all in the Davis community.

“I was thrilled to hear the collaboration between the violin and electronic music,” said Jin Hu, a second-year managerial economics major, after attending her first concert at the Pitzer Center.

“I was not expecting such modernized sounds from the violin.”

Read below for a list of concerts that will be performed during this Winter Quarter. All concerts are held on Thursdays from 12:05 to 1 p.m.

Feb. 2 — Debussy Curiosities.

Debussy: En blanc et noir by Michael Seth Orland and Marilyn Swan, piano; Arthur Hartmann: Three Debussy Transcriptions by Dan Flanagan, violin, with

Michael Seth Orland, piano; Debussy: La plus que lente, conducted by D. Kern Holoman.

Feb. 9 — Michael Sand, Baroque Violin, with Phebe Craig, Harpsichord.

J.S. Bach: Partita for Solo Violin in D Minor, BWV 1004, and J.S. Bach: Violin Sonata in G Major, BWV 1021.

Feb. 16 — Music of Antonin Dvorak.

Selections from Bagatelles, op. 47; Slavonic Dances for Piano 4-Hands, op.

46, no. 8; Piano Quintet in A Major, op.

81, with Chase Spruill and Roger Xia, violin; Robert Levine, viola; Susan Lamb Cook, cello; Andrei Baumann, piano.

Feb. 3 — Daniel Stepner, Violin.

Selections from the Mixed Doubles recital program on Friday evening by violinist Daniel Stepner.

March 2 — Gamelan “Ledbo Budoyo” This concert presents music from the Central Javanese repertoire called karawitan, performed by Phil Acimovic, a UC Davis composition student and an active performer of Javanese Karawitan.

March 3 (Extra Friday Concert) — Electronic Music at Davis, by Bob Ostertag and Philip Acimovic.

For more information, visit the UC Davis Department of Music’s website.

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DANCE, DANCE

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UC Davis’ dance groups start preparing for annual Davis Dance Revolution

BY BE C KY L EE art s @ th e ag g i e . o rg

In preparation for the annual Davis Dance Revolution in April, campus dance groups are working hard to create fresh routines to perform for their audience and competing teams.

Amy Lin, one of the directors of MK Modern and a third-year human development major, believes that dance is a great unifier.

“MK Modern is a dance group that primarily focuses on hip-hop dance and urban choreo and we basically strive to be a dance team that tries to bring Davis and the community in general a vision of what is fresh in the dance community and what new styles are being offered every year,” Lin said. “We strive for our team to be a place where people can come together to grow and dance and get to know people because we have this one common passion which is dance.”

MK Modern focuses heavily on the teamwork aspect of dance and uses this approach to share ideas and create completely new routines. Ashley Jones, another director of MK Modern and a fourth-year human development major, said that MK Modern

encourages individuals to share their talents and combines these talents to make a larger, unified piece.

“In preparing for the competition as a team we share our own choreography with each other,” Jone said. “Our entire set is choreographed by members of our team so it’s a product of solely our team members and something we work hard together with.

Team members teaching team members choreography. It’s purely from us.”

However, these dance groups face several obstacles during preparation. Since many of the members often join without any prior experience in dance, returning members need to teach them how to dance from scratch.

Allie Young, one of the directors of MK Modern and a third-year clinical nutrition major, said that diversity is both a strengthening component but also an occasional obstacle for the group.

“Our team is very diverse with a lot of different dance backgrounds, so a challenge would definitely be trying to utilize our strengths and weakness to their optimal potentials,” Young said.

Sometimes, dance is not the only thing bringing these groups together. One such example is the

dance group SoNE1, the first and only Korean pop dance group at Davis. Chelsea Chan, the executive director of SoNE1 and a fourth-year landscape architecture major, said that the music is actually what brings SoNE1 together.

“We united because we like the music genre,” Chan said. “Everyone is a K-pop fan first and foremost when they join SoNE1. That’s also a challenge because a lot the people that join aren’t advanced dancers. A lot of people are beginning dancers so as directors we have to train a lot of people from the ground up.”

K-pop is popular for its catchy beats and intricate group choreographies. Shannon Morrissey, the director of SoNE1 and a third-year animal biology major, explained how the group gives K-pop fans the chance to learn their favorite choreographies with people who share the same love for this music genre.

“Because we all like K-pop it gives us a good family feel and gives a nice community for people who just like to dance to covers,” Morrissey said. “Usually you do it on your own, but we give people the outlet and support to do that with others. Like other dance teams we take inspiration from other dance styles.

Some of us have experienced making our own cho-

reography as well so we blend the two.”

Like SoNE1, not all members of the Christian contemporary dance group Agape started off as experienced dancers. Both SoNE1 and Agape are nonaudition groups, meaning that anyone can join if they are willing to be committed and are passionate about the group’s interests.

Emily Collins, the director of Agape and a fourth-year biological sciences major, believes that dance has a greater purpose to deliver the message of love and compassion to the audience.

“I think we’re a very loving community,” Collins said. “The point of our group is to touch the audience in ways other groups maybe not able to and just really convey a lot of emotions and something that’s deeper than this life gives us. The idea of this group and what we set out to do is to just harness the love that God gave us in the beginning and perform through the talents he’s given us [...] My favorite part is having our own members say that they felt something from it [the performance] themselves.

The word Agape is Greek for unconditional love, so we really do a part to make sure that we hold up to that name of it.”

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M O RG AN T IE U / AG G IE

GET YOUR BABY-BLUE METH AND POPCORN READY; WE’RE COOKING BREAKING BAD AGAIN

BY C A ROL I N E RUT T E N art s@ th e ag g i e . o rg

(Editor’s note: This article contains spoilers.)

My dad never watched Breaking Bad, and his reasoning was surprisingly poignant — the concept of a dying teacher turned bad was his worst nightmare. Indeed, a show about the absurdly creepy scenario of a lower middle-class suburban New Mexican family hit way too close to home. Breaking Bad turned an awkward character like the dad from “Malcolm in the Middle” into “the one who knocks.”

Breaking Bad has left its mark beyond the dramatic 2013 finale, and it was rightfully deemed one of the best televison series of all time — earning the awards to prove it. As an avid fan and former binge-watcher of the show, I, prompted by that week-too-long winter break, decided to rewatch the show. Rewatching all five seasons (I’m not lying when I say I’m a binge watcher) brought about new revelations and ideas concerning the masterful show. I gained further appreciation for the main character’s (Walter White, played by Bryan Cranston) complexity and show creator Vince Gilligan’s genius. In case you haven’t watched or finished the series yet, spoiler alert ahead.

After a second look, the extreme use of foreshadowing became blatantly apparent.

The episode “Box Cutter,” notably, had a single shot in the opening scene that focused a second too long on a box cutter, and would serve as the clue for the gruesome act that would follow. There are plenty more examples, but their significance stems from Gilligan’s shot-by-shot detail of the show. Each scene is handled with care and contributes to the show’s most important moments, making them all the more dramatic, often without the viewer even noticing. This minor artistic detail is, however, the least of what I overlooked in my initial viewing.

Walter’s wife, Skyler (Anna Gunn), emerged as a much more interesting character than before. I’ll jump on the bandwagon with

most viewers’ opinion: Skyler is really annoying. But only at first. She goes through three stages in the show: first, the overprotective, suburban wife, and second, a sympathetic, naive and confused character who is grieving and piecing together the lies of her dying husband.

Her final stage is the most interesting. At this stage, she transforms into a version of Walter. She is manipulative, controlling and brutal. Her full-fledged new persona is especially evident in her request for Walter to kill Jesse Pinkman (Aaron Paul), justifying it as merely “one more” murder. Of course, this could be interpreted as trying to keep herself and her family safe from the dangers of Walt’s meth business. But she is much more powerful and complicated than that. She publically kicks Lydia out of her car wash, she “f****d Ted” out of defiance, she buys a car wash to launder money and, most importantly, when her brother-in-law and DEA officer Hank Schraeder (Dean Norris) gives her a free sendWalt-to-jail card, she keeps quiet.

She protects her husband, even though she was previously “waiting for the cancer to come back” so she could be released as his “slave.”

She’s smart, and she proves this throughout the show with her wit and manipulation. She even faked a panic attack in front of a locksmith in order to break into Walter’s apartment. Though simply an annoying character at the start of the show, Skyler proves she is not subservient — she gets to the bottom of things.

And thus my sympathy for her diminished by the end of the show. As much as she would not admit it, she consciously involved herself in the meth business, beyond the basic purpose of survival. She is not a “slave” to her husband. Instead, she knowingly becomes the right-hand woman of a meth dealer, and had an oddly interesting development in the process.

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TOP THREE PLACES TO EAT WHEN HUNGOVER Breakfast burritos, potatoes and pancakes galore

BY CARAJOY K LEI NR OCK ar ts @the aggie .org

Oftentimes, the worst part about drinking alcohol is the dreaded aftermath: the hangover. Here are a few places in Davis to help ease that painful hangover and soothe that hungry stomach.

Ali Baba The number-one item people mention as their go-to hangover food is the breakfast burrito or veggie breakfast burrito from Ali Baba.

The classic breakfast burrito consists of two eggs, bacon, beef gyro, cheese, fries, honey and Tapatio. And, for the people who can’t stomach any meat when hungover, the veggie breakfast burrito, which includes two eggs, grilled onions, tomatoes, mushrooms, cheese, fries, honey and Tapatio, is the better choice. Alex Vavan, a third-year biotechnology major, enjoys the large portions that Ali Baba offers.

“The fact that there is syrup in the breakfast burrito is just absurd and it makes me feel like a real boy again,” Vavan said.

The dim lighting and non-judgemental clientele make for a perfect place to eat when all you want to do is think about your regrets from the night before.

Ali Baba is located at 220 3rd Street and is open from 7:30 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Monday through Friday and 9 a.m. to 9:30 p.m. Saturdays and Sundays.

Delta of Venus Delta of Venus is a great place to sit outside and let the nice breeze wake you up while sipping on a hot cup of coffee. If your plan to cure a hangover is to drink even more, then this is the ideal place, as Delta offers delicious mimosas.

Charline Delkhah, a third-year managerial econom-

ics major, believes that Delta is the ideal place to recover after a night out.

“The potatoes are the best cure to a hangover,” Delkhah said.

There are an abundant amount of books and board games inside, which contributes to Delta’s calm and cozy atmosphere.

Delta is open during the winter on Monday and Tuesday from 7:30 a.m. to 4 p.m. and Wednesday, Thursday and Friday from 7:30 a.m. to 1 p.m. Unfortunately to many, it is closed on the weekends during winter quarter.

Delta of Venus is located on 122 B Street.

Black Bear Diner Black Bear Diner is the place to go to get a lot of bang for your buck. The serving sizes are ginormous, which allows for people to share and save money. The diner also serves breakfast all day, so, no matter what time you wake up, a big stack of pancakes is always waiting.

Geraldin Bravo, a third-year psychology major, loves being able to share a big breakfast plate with her roommate.

“It has one of the biggest breakfast selections in town, so that’s why I go there,” Bravo said.

This is one of the most common places for students to eat on the weekends, so be ready for a long line and to run into people you know. This is also a family-friendly restaurant, so beware of loud children. The diner is located on 225 2nd Street and is open everyday from 6 a.m. to 10 p.m.

Honorable mentions: Crepeville: The classic item to get here is the strawberry nutella crepe.

3rd and U: The breakfast burritos and chili cheese fries are its best cure for hangovers.

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Bowl.

Super Bowl Sunday affords us all one day of devotion to the couch, quality football and multi-million dollar commercials, which combined somehow make up for an entire month of rain and heartache. And luckily for you, that one day is this Sunday. The wait is finally over. And for a city with five professional sports teams that have only won a single combined championship in 168 total seasons of competition, the wait is finally over for them as well. The Atlanta Falcons will uphend the New England Patriots, 34-27.

Let me start by addressing the elephant in the room. Michael Wexler is one column over doing his best to convince you that the opposite will happen on Sunday. I have not read his article prior to publication, but undoubtedly it consists primarily of obscure statistics and sarcastic comments questioning my credibility after predicting the last Super Bowl and World Series incorrectly. Like most people over the age of 20, there are things in my past for which I am not proud. Predicting the Panthers to win the Super Bowl last season was a mistake. But my past failures have only motivated me further to deliver for you this season. Nevertheless, I can understand your hesitation in blindly following someone who has previously wronged you, so I prepared five reasons to convince you why the Falcons will win Super Bowl 51: Tom Brady vs. Matt Ryan This Super Bowl marks the first time since 1984 (when Marino faced Montana), that the league’s two highest rated passers square off on the big stage. Like most Americans, I have a lot respect for Brady. He’s a Bay Area guy, lived out the underdog story, and at age 39 is still one of the best quarterbacks on the planet. Unfortunately for Tom, however, the fifth Super Bowl ring is going to have to wait. He will not be able to keep pace with Matt Ryan and the Atlanta offense (henceforth HOTlanta). Matt Ryan is the orchestrator of the seventh highest point scoring offense in NFL history, and the points will come in boat loads on Sunday.

Julio Jones, Atlanta Falcons wide receiver The Alabama product is a God among men and will single handedly carry HOTlanta and the Lombardi Trophy.

Gisele Bündchen vs Sarah Marshall Like I mentioned above, Matt Ryan outperformed Tom Brady on the field this season. But what many people fail to recognize is that Ryan also outperformed Brady in choice of signficant other.

Yes, Gisele is one of the highest paid supermodels in the world, but her acting job in The Devil Wears Prada was subpar at best. Meanwhile, Ryan chose to settle down with Boston College point guard Sarah Marshall. Along with finishing second all-time in assists during her college years, Marshall consistently made the dean’s list and now works for the WNBA franchise the Atlanta Dream.

The NFL is fixed and Goodell won’t let it happen It’s no secret that NFL commissioner/overlord Roger Goodell is anti-Brady and anti-Patriots.

In the post-Deflategate world we live in, the Patriots are no longer golden child of the NFL. Brady spent the first four games of the season watching from the sidelines while serving his suspension from Czar Goodell. With his pride on the line, Goodell will rally Las Vegas to throw all its gambling support to the Falcons, delivering the final blow in the Deflategate saga.

Fate Exists.

A Madden 17 simulation predicted HOTlanta would win the Super Bowl over five months ago.

Typically, I am hesitant to trust John Madden after he got me and half a dozen of my teammates sick when I met him after a high school football game. But the past is the past. And the virtual video game version of Madden is much more reliable than the actual person himself.

Prediction: Trust Madden, trust me, and most importantly do not trust Wexler; the Falcons will win Super Bowl 51.

Ryan and the Atlanta Falcons for their ninth Super Bowl appearance, a league record.

In the world of sports, a committee of elders would say it is always wisest to make the safest bet. In taking the opposite stance as Aggie reporter George McConnell, I believe I have taken the right steps to hedge myself this coming Sunday. When McConnell predicted a 36-7 thrashing of the Broncos at the hands of Cam Newton and the Carolina Panthers just a year ago, I immediately knew they were impending victims of the infamous “McConnell Curse.” After the Broncos defeated the Panthers by a score of 24-10, McConnell took a temporary leave of absence after request to have his article rescinded was denied by our sports editor. Okay, fine, that’s not true at all, but in a world in which “alternative facts” can be construed as reality, I like to think that’s what happened.

This time around, McConnell is going with that high-octane Atlanta Falcons’ offense to emerge victorious on Super Bowl Sunday, so naturally, I must go with the Patriots.

Don’t get me wrong: Atlanta had a tremendous season thus far, but when you put these two franchises side-by-side, there’s simply no comparison. The Falcons have only ever been to one other Super Bowl, back in 1999, when they lost to John Elway and the Denver Broncos by a score of 34-19. Before this postseason, their last meaningful game came against Colin Kaepernick and the San Francisco 49ers back in 2013, when they predictably coughed up a 24-14 lead at the half to ultimately fall to the Niners. They’ve long had a reputation as being an unthreatening playoff team, and congrats to them for shedding that label, but surely, that is as far as they’ll go.

The Falcons’ combined 80 points against the surging Green Bay Packers and the Seattle Seahawks in the first two rounds demonstrates how prolific their offense is, but they’re the Falcons!

Atlanta just isn’t a city that has a winning sports culture, as each of its current franchises have been seemingly stuck in perpetual mediocrity. I hate to place too much emphasis on the history and culture surrounding a team over what it has done in a given season, but that is the way this needs to be approached. It’s the same reason why the Los Angeles Clippers get bounced every year in the second round of the NBA playoffs. It’s the same reason why that elusive championship ring will continue to evade Carmelo Anthony. It’s the same reason why my spring quarter IM softball team will miss out on the playoffs for a fourth and final consecutive year. Some guys just don’t have the it factor.

Super Bowl LI is not about the Patriots vs. Falcons. It’s about Tom Brady vs. Roger Goodell. It’s about revenge for “Deflategate,” the elongated, annoying, petty scandal about Brady supposedly deflating footballs in the 2015 AFC championship game against the Indianapolis Colts. The scandal resulted in a four-game suspension for the Patriots quarterback that was imposed at the beginning of this current season, and many thought this would give the Pats a big enough disadvantage that someone else could hopefully lead the pack and emerge out of the AFC. Brady said to hell with that, and he came back with a vengeance. In 12 games, he went 11-1. He accumulated 3,554 yards with a 67.4 completion percentage. He threw 28 touchdowns and an infinitesimal two interceptions, all in his age 39 season. I think he may have found the fountain of youth.

Roger Goodell, the wildly unpopular commissioner of the NFL, has been avoiding New England like the plague since the incident. He chose not to attend Gillette Stadium at all during the regular season. He avoided going to New England in its divisional round game against the Houston Texans. He decided on going to the NFC championship game between Atlanta and the Green Bay Packers as opposed to New England again during the conference championship round. He really, really, really didn’t want to face the music. Can you blame him? Folks from the New England area can be intimidating. Have you seen The Departed? Maybe The Town? You’d have to have seen Good Will Hunting, at least. How do you like them apples, Roger?

It’s going to be a sublime feeling on Feb. 5, when Roger Goodell is forced to hand over the sacred Lombardi Trophy to Tom Brady for the fifth time, cementing Brady’s legacy as the greatest quarterback in the history of the NFL. As a New York Giants fan, I’m no Tom Brady apologist, but Goodell atrociously mishandled the “Deflategate” scandal and turned it into a grotesque and unnecessary witch-hunt. I sit back now and envision how awkward and glorious it will be when those two share the same stage. The crowds will relentlessly boo Goodell, and Brady will probably try to diffuse that tension being the professional that he is. Regardless, it’s going to be hilarious. What goes around comes around, and I’m telling you right now, the Falcons will not get in the way of that.

Prediction: New England Patriots 35, Atlanta Falcons 24

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are sympathetic with Walter — he is a dying high school chemistry teacher with little to his name. While that sympathy remains dominant in the first couple of seasons, by the end, all sympathy has vanished: he is a drug dealer, a murderer, and will go to any lengths to manipulate others for his benefit.

Especially noteworthy is his relationship with Jesse, who he claims is “like family.” That may be so, but he nonetheless destroys everything Jesse holds dear, taking advantage of his underlying innocence.

Each of his actions are seemingly for the benefit of Jesse, yet they turn out to be a ploy in the grand scheme of Walt’s plans. While Walt is complicated, my disgust for him as a character is unwavering. I might add, however, that though Walt is a horrible person, he ends up a scared man who, as Skyler puts it, “is way in over his head.” He is not Tuco. He is not Krazy 8. He is not Gus Fring. He is a chemistry genius who was at the right place at the right time and who managed to pull off his Drug Lord facade well.

He is undoubtedly smart, but simply being book-smart does not make one cut out for such endeavors. Walt knows this, and he despises it. There appears to be an internal struggle with Walt as he battles his own capabilities, desires, fate and free will.

While he can pose and slide by as much as he does, he is still chained to his inevitable death in the finale. No matter the degree and multitude of his accomplishments, there is no avoiding this conclusion. That is why the finale is so perfect — he has to die. It was destined from the moment he was diagnosed with terminal lung cancer. Even though he could create a brand for himself and his scientific genius, he is a simple, cowardly man who cannot escape death.

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Were you still healing from the injury when you came in your freshman year? Is that why you were redshirted?

Inside the Game: Roy Boateng

I was still good to play but I was still needing to wear a brace and [build] strength. Yes, it was mainly the fact that they wanted me to be at full capacity once I started.

What was it like redshirting your first year?

Height: 6’2” Year: Redshirt Sophomore Position: Defender / Center-back Major: Managerial Economics High School: Rancho Cotate High School ‘14

The Aggie sat down with the men’s soccer defensive star at the end of last season

BY DAVID FLORES sports@theaggie.org History: Went to a Cal-Cup title and State Cup with his club team, Santa Rosa United, in 2013 – Four-year varsity letterwinner for Rancho Cotate High School and named All-North Bay League First Team as a Junior and Three-time all-league first-team selection — Multi-sport athlete in high school, also playing basketball and football as a sophomore.

I was playing against one of my buddies in [a] high school game and I was running down the line at full speed and the guy on [the other] team jumped and [went for] a slide tackle and missed so his whole body landed on my ankle, dislocating it right there.

It [happened] right in the beginning [of senior year].

It took me out six or seven months.

I’ve been playing organized soccer since I was eight, but when I was in Ghana [where I was born] I’d play backyard soccer with the neighborhood kids… [so] since I could kick, basically. When I first came to the U.S. my dad thought that it would be a good idea to assimilate and he knew I liked it, [he suggested] I could make some friends. That was the motivation behind that.

Accolades:

What made you choose soccer over other sports that you played in HS?

2015 Big West Conference Honorable Mention — Big West Conference All Freshman Team — Named in top 100 freshman (No. 92) in nation according to TopDrawerSoccer.com — Fourth Aggie to be named to the league’s all-freshman team.

Soccer has always been the number one sport in my life. In Ghana, [soccer] is the sport. I have always loved it. I tried out basketball and football and they were fun but nothing brought me that much joy other than soccer.

How long have you been playing soccer and how did you get into it?

What was the injury you sustained your senior year in HS? How long were you out?

UC Davis men’s basketball dominates, usurps UC Irvine

It was interesting… it was playing and practicing knowing that you weren’t going to be playing in games, but still going in and [giving] 100 percent because you want to help the team and you still want to improve yourself. I’m very thankful for it and it made me appreciate it that much more — I learned how to be a team player. That time was also difficult, traveling and having to watch games on my laptop and streaming it when they were away but I [feel] that the experience made me more appreciative when I did get my chance.

Has defender always been your position of choice?

Not at all. I played striker all my life because I was always the biggest body on the team, so the coach would just put me up-top. It wasn’t until my junior year of high school where I was at a camp in Davis and it was near the end of the first day and Dwayne [Shaffer, head coach] comes up to me and says ‘Have you ever played center-back?’ It was this one little scrimmage drill and he put me there told me to try it out and see how it goes. I remember not really knowing what to do from a positional sense but the defending part of it and the physical aspect of it came naturally. I ended up being MVP of the camp as a center-back. It was really encouraging.

What is your preferred position?

I like center-back because I get to see the whole field and I get to direct and distribute and having that experience as a striker helps me at center-back

be more technical and know the ideas of my opponents. I love center-back, I have the best of both worlds now.

What are your plans for the offseason?

Offseason is time for you to give your body a little rest. We had a week off and to really work on conditioning, strength and building back up. When the seniors leave it is the time where you regroup and see what you need, see what you need to work on. Me individually, it is a great time to rebuild my body and fix the wear and tear of the season.

How has the level of competition changed since playing for the Aggies? Is it more mental?

It’s completely different because as you improve and get to a different level — a higher level — It narrows down and everybody knows how to play. Everybody was the best guy on their team, so it makes it that more competitive and it becomes about the little tiny things, like who can execute on this given day or who can execute every single day, who can give in the effort every single day. It doesn’t really matter if you have skills — that’s good — everyone has talent but that’s not what separates you anymore.

Putting in the time and the work, what are you going to do by yourself, not just practice [but] how can you look at yourself and objectively analyze, [if ] I’m not good at this, let me get better. A major part of the game is mental, really concentrating. One of the things that really helps me out is visualizing what I’m doing before the game even starts, visualizing the movements I’ll be making, the challenges I’ll be into and the plays that I will be involved in. If you’re not concentrated, the things that come natural to you aren’t going to work… you have to mentally be there, mentally be present.

You’ve had a lot of success in your soccer career thus far, do you have plans/desires to continue after your time at UC Davis is through? Where would you like to be?

It has always been my dream to play professional soccer and I am really thankful for all the success I’ve had so far. I want to progress and get better. It would be really nice to play professional soccer. Being a fresh out of college player, honestly, I wouldn’t be picky — I would just want to play at a level that is high and that really tests me.

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AGGIES DEFEAT THE UC IRVINE ANTEATERS 74-65, NOW SIT FIRST IN BIG WEST CONFERENCE

BY RYAN BUGSCH sports@theaggie.org Finishing last season with the number-one defense in the Big West Conference, the UC Davis men’s basketball team showed why it deserves to be at the top of the table, earning a thrilling comeback victory last Saturday night against the UC Irvine Anteaters, 74-65.

This win pushed the Aggies into first place in the Big West Conference, bringing their overall record to 13-8 (5-1 in conference play and continuing their dominating performance at home games, remaining the only team left in the Big West with an undefeated home record (6-0).

“We can’t get too hot,” said junior forward Chima Moneke. “First place is great but at the end of the day, you can lose it very quickly. We have to stay consistent but be confident in ourselves and execute the game plan every time.”

It was a rough start for the Aggies, as they found themselves in an 18-point deficit just seven minutes into the first half of play.

However, UC Davis quickly picked up its performance, going on 13-2 and 6-0 scoring runs in the end of the first half, leading into the second. At halftime, UC Irvine held a 33-27 lead. Once the second half began, it was lockdown defense for the Aggies, as the Anteaters’ field goal percentage slowly dwindled from 40 percent in the first half to 32 percent in the second. UC Irvine also saw a decrease in its three-point percentage, going 4 of 7 (57 percent) in the first half and 0-8 in the second.

“I think getting down early was because we came out too energetic and didn’t play our brand of basketball,” Moneke said. “It started with coach because he didn’t overreact, it trickled down [to the team] and we cut their lead.”

Success did not only come with the Aggies’ defense, but their offense as well. Moneke led the night

on offense, scoring 22 points (all in the second half) shooting 7 of 12 from the field and a perfect 8 of 8 from the line. Moneke also grabbed eight rebounds.

Senior guard Brynton Lemar finished with 13 points on the night, 10 of those coming from the free throw line — a career high. To add to the offensive performance, senior guard Darius Graham added 13 more points and five assists. Going to the line 10 times during the game, senior guard Lawrence White finished with nine points and five rebounds.

Sophomore guard Siler Schneider and senior forward J.T. Adenrele scored eight and seven points, respectively.

If there was one thing that was certain in this game, it is that the Aggies are locking it down from the free throw line. The team hit 35 of 46 free throws (76 percent), setting a new team high in free throws made and attempted. This success from the free throw line could be attributed to practice early in the week, as each player shot 100 free throws in Monday’s practice to sharpen their skills at the line.

“I think it played a big part in being confident at the line,” Lemar said. “It just made us more confident and those are the little details that we don’t focus on a lot, so it was great that coach gave us the opportunity to work on that.”

The Aggies leave town to head on a two-game road trip against Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara on Feb. 2 and 4, respectively.

“This group has been pretty good about taking 24 hours and enjoying the victory of the game and then coming back with great focus each week,” said head coach Jim Les. “They know how quickly the tide can turn. We will get back to attention to detail and focus on Cal Poly. We need to continue to focus on defense and continuing to clean up some of the offense so we don’t dig ourselves into a hole.”

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February is not the greatest month.

It’s the heart of Winter Quarter, you’ve failed a few midterms by now, and, if you’re like me, you probably can’t afford to turn on the heat in your apartment, so you can see your breath when you exhale too deeply. It’s the way of the life for most college students trying to survive February in Davis. But in the midst of all the winter’s horrors, it’s easy to forget the one redeeming quality: the Super

Aren’t you tired of hearing about this headline again? Yeah, me too. It’s exhausting. It feels as if, year after year, we hear the same old narrative at the end of January through the beginning of February.

Brady and Belichick. Brady and Belichick.

Brady and Belichick. Next week, the New England Patriots are headed to Houston for Super Bowl LI to face off against Matt

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Competitiveness and togetherness

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TWIN LIFE IN SPORTS

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The world of sports has produced formidable sibling athletes in the pros and in college. In recent years, we have witnessed the Manning brothers’ success in the NFL and the Williams sisters’ dominance in tennis. But what about twins in sports? More specifically, what about twin sisters playing together at the collegiate level? Currently in their sophomore season at UC Davis, Karley and Kourtney Eaton are a part of a smaller group of sibling athletes who have the unique perspective of playing on the same team.

The Eaton sisters are fiercely competitive on the basketball court, each having appeared in all 21 regular season games and scoring a combined 173 points so far this season. Their competitive drives influence other areas of their lives as well. When they were younger, their mother would have to play mediator, often telling them that not everything was a competition. Clearly, that wasn’t the twins’ philosophy.

“We compete in everything,” Kourtney said. “You can name something and we’ll have a competition over it.”

These good-natured rivalries served as motivations and started from the moment the sisters could walk.

One of them would start trudging along, and the other quickly followed, seeing who could walk the fastest. Because they were always together, the sisters created games designed for competition — the loser would have to do the activities or chores that neither wanted to do.

“We’ve enjoyed having someone to compete with our whole lives,” Karley said.

Her sister agrees.

“It made us competitors our whole lives,” Kourtney said. “It helps with everything.”

The twins’ inseparability hasn’t always been a reason not to venture out on their own. Originally from Washington, the sisters had full-ride scholarship offers from three colleges: Portland State, Northern Arizona

Kourtney Eaton and UC Davis. They made a joint decision to attend UC Davis, believing that the university offered them the best opportunity. However, if one of the sisters would have prefered another college, they would have gone to separate schools, they acknowledged.

“We hadn’t grown up always thinking that we were going to go to college together, but at some point in our recruiting process we made that decision that we were going to play together,” Karley said. “It ended up being the better decision.”

Life after college for the Eatons isn’t clear yet.

UPCOMING GAMES Women’s swimming and diving Saturday, Feb. 4 vs. Pacific at 12 p.m.

(Schaal Aquatics Center) Women’s tennis (Marya Welch Tennis Center)

Sunday, Feb. 5 vs. Stanislaus State at 9:30 a.m.

Sunday, Feb. 5 vs. Sonoma State at 2 p.m.

Men’s basketball (The ARC Pavilion)

Wednesday, Feb. 8 vs. Cal State Fullerton at 7 p.m.

Karley Eaton With both parents in the medical field, it was a natural fit for them to focus their interests in a similar direction. Kourtney has the desire to go to graduate school and pursue something in the medical field, possibly nursing or dentistry. Karley also has plans to go to graduate school and to follow her interest in the sciences. What is clear for the Eaton sisters after college is that they would like to experience life away from each other.

“I want to separate,” Karley said with a smile on her face. “I want to try it.”

“We need to at some point,” Kourtney added.

As far as their basketball careers are concerned, the sisters will be ready to move on to new experiences. “[I] could always play overseas, but I don’t think I have an interest to do that,” Karley said. “I like to travel, but it’s not something I really want to do.”

Kourtney expressed a desire to try other sports.

“I want to golf,” she said. “Me and Karley love to golf.”

Whatever these two talented women decide to do, success is sure to follow — whether together or apart.