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monday, NOVEMBER 7, 2011

Arrests at Shields Library raise Golden Horseshoe stays here questions over students’ rights Two students searched and arrested last month for theft By MUNA SADEK Aggie News Writer

Two suspects were searched and later arrested at Shields Library for possession of stolen property by UC Davis Police on Oct. 26 at 9:30 p.m. The UC Davis Police Department declined to comment further on the details of the case. “It had nothing to do with our officers barging into the library and randomly searching people for no reason,” said Debra Svoboda, re-

cords clerk at the UC Davis Police Department. California petty theft under Penal Code 488 PC, which the crime was filed as, pertains to the theft of an item or services that are of $950 of value or less. Penalties for the committing of a petty theft under Penal Code 488 can include six months in a county jail, three years under probation or $1,000 fine. According to Shouse Law Group, if the suspect has no other theft-related convictions, and the item stolen was

$50 or less, a California theft attorney may be able to reduce the charge to an infraction. This will then only require the payment of a $250 fine. Donald Dudley, director of Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) at Davis, said that students are entitled to the same rights as others with regard to search and seizure. “The UC Davis Police Department is no different than any other police department,”Dudley said. “SJA

UC Davis topples Cal Poly for third straight season

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Baggins End Domes get shown some love

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Freshman running back Colton Silveria rushed for two touchdowns against the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday.

By CAELUM SHOVE

Four day project brings student co-op back to life

Aggie Sports Writer

With its back up against the wall, the UC Davis football team came out and played its most complete game of the year. The Aggies were quick and balanced on offense, strong and unrelenting on defense, and avoided costly mistakes in all phases of the game. The 24-17 victory over the Mustangs brings the Aggies to 3-6 on the season, 1-2 in Great West Conference play. “I thought the coaching staff did a great job,” head coach Bob Biggs said, refer-

ring to his coordinators and assistants. “On both sides of the ball we knew exactly what we wanted to do and were very well prepared. We went out and executed.” The game started ominously after Cal Poly received the opening kickoff and quickly worked downfield before kicking a field goal to take the first lead of the game. As it turned out, it would be the only Cal Poly score in the first half and its only lead of the afternoon. Once the Aggie offense got the ball in their hands, it sped it up and spread it out

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Conflict continues over future KDVS radio tower

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Students and community members alike gathered to rebuild the Domes this past weekend.

By SIERRA HORTON Aggie News Writer

The Baggins End Domes, a student housing co-op created in 1972, has been a staple to the UC Davis community for almost 40 years. Housing up to 25 students at a time, Baggins End is a place renown for its uniqueness, centered around eco-friendliness, complete sustainability and a passion for “creativity, inspiration, initiative, personal growth and diversity,” according to the Baggins End Vision Statement. In July 2011, The Domes were deemed uninhabitable due to supposed

safety issues and a lack of compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA). Student Housing indefinitely closed The Domes, despite residents’ wishes. From Thursday to Sunday, the Baggins End Domes were finally able to undergo renovation and restoration, an endeavor made possible by the Davis community, students and the Solar Community Housing Association (SCHA). SCHA, a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was approached by members of the Domes community earlier this year and decided to take on the project.

“After looking at the project and determining the feasibility of it, it felt like it was a great investment in our community,” said Ben Pearl, the SCHA project manager. SCHA is currently in the final steps of a process that would grant it a lease to manage the Domes property for the next five years. “Our mission is to create environmental consciousness for the provision of affordable, cooperative housing. We’ve been licensed by the university to perform the necessary renovation work for the Domes Co-Housing community here,” Pearl said. “I think the Domes are at the root of the en-

vironmental consciousness movement, it provides the first opportunity for a lot of people to live a more sustainable, low-impact lifestyle.” The entire project was supervised by licensed contractors and building professionals who guided members of the community and student volunteers in various tasks, from creating an entirely new ADAaccessible path to painting or gardening. “Everything needs to be updated at a certain time. Change is notable and transient. If you let things deteriorate, the beautiful experiences of a community

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Local environmental groups voice their opinions, look to appeal decision By SIERRA HORTON Aggie News Writer

KDVS, the UC Davis student-run radio station is in the process of obtaining a new radio tower, one that would allow it to potentially increase its listener base from 200,000 to 500,000 listeners, with a greater area of influence spanning Woodland, all of Yolo County, as well as Sacramento. As KDVS looks forward to this, some members of the Davis community are opposed to the implementation of the 365-foot tower, with worries over its implications for the environment as well as for agricultural tourism and for those who will be living near the

tower. Results Radio, a private broadcasting company currently located in Santa Rosa, is building the tower and will be leasing it to KDVS. The tower will be located 150 feet south of the Yolo County Landfill. The plans for this tower have been in the works for over a year, and was originally approved by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 14, 2010. Due to complications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Results Radio was not able to build the tower in the allotted time and requested a oneyear extension which was approved on Sept. 19, 2011.

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Sweet Briar Books to close after sales drop Store to begin liquidation sale this Friday By ANGELA SWARTZ Aggie City Editor

This month will mark the final chapter for one local Davis bookstore. Sweet Briar Books, located at 654 G Street, will close following a liquidation sale, which begins Friday. Sales on the entire inventory — books, CDs and DVDs — will start at 20 percent off. Owner Sharon Segal is also selling 42 maple bookcases and 10 maple tables with cubbies. Segal said she hopes to be done with the sale by Nov. 24, taking down the shelves by the last week of December. Segal said she decided to close the store after a dramatic drop in

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sales, which started around last Christmastime and continued into 2011. “I have to close because of a combination of a bad economy, a drop in sales in the book world in general and a high vacancy rate in my mall,” Segal said. “There are four empty storefronts out of nine available spaces here and mine will be the fifth.” Segal, a native to Seattle, WA. and resident of Davis since 1989, said when she first moved into the space on June 1, 1996, business was good at the mall. She said she is uncertain about her own future plans once the store is closed. “I’m hopelessly out of date,” she

said. “I’ll have to retrain for something else, as I’ve been a bookseller for 16 years.” “The community has been supportive the entire time my store has been open. I just want to thank people for all of their encouragement and support. This is a special community and the store wouldn’t have lasted as long as it did in any other community.” Segal will maintain the business’ normal hours, until its closure, which are Monday through Thursday 1 to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m. ANGELA SWARTZ can be reached at city@theaggie. org.

Forecast Cold and cloudy weather will dominate our forecast for the next few days. Expect our first frost of the season to occur on Tuesday morning ... so protect those potted plants outside and grab a nice warm drink to enjoy during your 8 A.M. class. Kenneth Doss, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

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The owner of Sweet Briar Books, in the G Street Shopping Center, will close the store’s doors following liquidation sales.

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Students leaving the stadium Saturday night, after Oklahoma State’s victory over Kansas, felt the shocks of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. It’s thought to be the strongest in the state’s history. Justin Chan

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National Society of Leadership of Success Orientation 8 to 10 p.m. 2 Wellman Learn about the leadership program and events for this year. More information and sign-up forms are available at www. davisnsls.org. Orientation is free and open to all majors through sign-up.

TUESDAY Endowed Lecture on Race Relations and Family Law 4 p.m. 1001 King Hall Join Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig as she presents the 2011 Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law. She will explore the Rhinelander v. Rhinelander trial as a simultaneously tragic and inspiring story about race and family relations in our society.

UC Provost Pitts Open Forum 9:30 to 10:30 a.m. King Lounge, Memorial Union UC Provost Larry Pitts will discuss any topics of interest to the campus community, including UC’s budget status, undergraduate and graduate student fees and UC’s online course initiative, among others.

Careers in Genetic Counseling 6:30 p.m. 194 Young Learn from a UC Davis alum about exciting career options as a genetic counselor. To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, e-mail dailycal@theaggie. org or stop by 25 Lower Freeborn by noon the day prior to your event. Due to space constraints, all event descriptions are subject to editing, and priority will be given to events that are free of charge and geared toward the campus community.

senate briefs ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Nov. 3, 2011 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m. Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, absent Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD senator, present Miguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, present Emmanuel Diaz-Ordaz, ASUCD senator, present Andre Lee, ASUCD senator, present Amy Martin, ASUCD senator, present Mayra Martín, ASUCD senator, present Tatiana Moana Bush, ASUCD senator, present Darwin Moosavi, ASUCD senator, present Matthew Provencher, ASUCD president pro-tempore, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present

Appointments and confirmations

Montelongo, Kimball, Lu, Link and Sandstorm were added as co-authors. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 21 authored by Maemura, co-authored by Au, Juarez-Munoz, and Truong to implement the Long-Range Plan for the ASUCD Refrigerator Services, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 23 authored by Ozedirne and co-authored by Sterling to amend the Lobby Corps budgets to reallocate $1,624 from the employee pay. The bill was tabled. Senate Bill 24 authored by Internal Affairs Commission to amend the procedures for Internal Affairs Commission Indictment Hearings, the bill was tabled.

Public discussion Alexander Wold of the Academic Affairs Committee brought up the issue of Saturday finals. He said that it can be discrimination against Jews for finals to occur on Saturdays, for it is their holy day, and making them rearrange finals around their religion is unfair.

Anne Litak was confirmed as the Director of Whole Earth Festival.

The Closed Session minutes from last week were approved.

Consideration of old legislation

Meeting adjourned at approximately 10 p.m.

Senate Bill 18 authored by Lee and coauthored by Alday, Bae, Bush, Cano, Martin, Martín, Meyerhoff, Moosavi, Provencher, Repicky, Rombi, Sterling, Stone and Wren, to institute the Campaign for ASUCD Scholarships. Barnett,

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. CHARLOTTE YOUNG compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

campus Judicial reports Drunk on campus A graduate student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) by the UC Davis Police Department in connection with an alcohol violation. The police were drawn by loud noises coming from a lecture hall on campus during the night, and encountered the student. Upon questioning him, the officers found that he was intoxicated and arrested him for being drunk in public. Although he was not charged with anything, he was still required to come in and meet with a Judicial Officer, at which time he did admit to the misconduct. The student agreed to Disciplinary Probation and also agreed to meet with someone from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

Take Tipsy Taxi An upperclassman was referred to SJA by the UC Davis Police in connections with an alcohol violation. In particular, officers were called to the scene of an auto accident, at which they found the student. When a sobriety test was administered, the student was found to be over the legal limit, and she was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence. The police forwarded the case to SJA, and when a judicial officer met with the student she

admitted that she had been intoxicated, and agreed to Deferred Separation and to meet with the people at Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Intervention Services (ATODIS). Although the student was charged with criminal charges, as SJA is a non-legal process students can still be found in violation separately from court rulings, and can be given sanctions independent of criminal sentences.

Cough cough An upperclassman was referred to SJA on the suspicion of falsifying documents. Specifically, the student had provided medical papers on numerous occasions in order to get assignment extensions and make-up exams. The sheer number of excuses aroused the suspicion of university officials, who referred the matter to SJA. When a judicial officer checked the legitimacy of the documents, it was found that at least some were falsified, and so the student was called in. In the meeting, the student admitted to the misconduct, and agreed to a suspension of one year, deferred separation upon his return, and 20 hours of community service. CAMPUS JUDICIAL REPORTS are compiled by members of Student Judicial Affairs.

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rammed it through an elderly couple’s garage door. Doomsday? Maybe not, but close. The pastor felt so terrible when his doomsday mesEvan sage did not come true that White he left home and took refuge in a motel with his wife. When I read that, I wondered if it was somehow associated to the hotel in China that was set on fire when fireworks exploded too near it. That one seemed, initially, apocalyptic. But, in revisiting the details of the he pastor who prestory, it was because the hodicted the end of the tel had been made out of paworld a few months per. Which, and maybe I’m back was, I think, realjudging, seems like an obvily on to something. Given ous no-no. that his followers sold their “The globe will be comhomes, spent huge sums of pletely destroyed in five money on billboards and months,” the pastor said, advertisement trying to to someone, somewhere, tell the world – or, as much presumably beside a billof the world that drove by board. This wasn’t enough their billto produce boards and the actuWhen I read that sort of thing, it al end of advertisements – that makes me wonder if anyone is the world, it (“it” being but it was home in these places the world) certainly is ending. enough for Excuse me, “was” ending. people in other parts of the I’m not saying he was country to sell their homes wrong, clearly reality albecause, ha ha, who needs ready did that; all I’m saya house when the Earth is ing is that I think he was on ready to crack open like an to something. Mostly beegg and dissolve into nothcause I’ve found proof I ing? “Not me!” (said people want to share with you all who now regret it). that I think is as convincIt’s good if you haven’t ing as anything else that the breathed too easily yet eiend of the world is coming. ther, though. Because the And, if not the whole world, pastor has re-evaluated his then at least the parts of the exacting calculations that world where people happut the end of everything pened to pass by those bill- sometime between now boards and advertisements. and some other time, and Those are the places is now promoting Oct. 21 as where the strangest headthe day to end all days. Oh, lines come from. I’m not wait. Never mind, breathe saying the people there easily. That was a bust too. make conscious decisions Though still not enough of to do weird things. I’m say- one to subdue the panic of ing there is an osmotic bal- the people in and around ance to weirdness, and the IRS, who, has reported when you’ve got a sign as to people other than myself soaked in it as “the end that three years or so ago, of the world is here, in a the pastor’s radio station reweek,” it’s bound to rub off. ported that it received $18.3 I’m thinking of headmillion dollars of donalines like, “Man beats wom- tions. This seems like a lot an with frozen armadillo.” until their total assets are The article stated she was considered, which are upplanning on serving it to ward of $100 million. (Chafriends, or family, none of ching! Armageddon’s as big whom would’ve had an ob- a blockbuster now as it was jection to it because it was when it was in theaters!). in Texas and vegetarians do When I read that sort of not exist down there, bething, it makes me wonder cause they’ve shot all of if anyone is home in these them. places. Which, they probaAccording to one of many bly are, just not near the billarticles I read, the pastor’s boards or signs. Because followers were “crestfallen” there, all the houses are for when he said, basically, that sale and there’s every chance he was off by five months you’ll meet your own end at and, oops, the Earth will ac- the hands of a crazy and his tually be obliterated on Oct. frozen armadillo. 21. This meant nothing, of course, to the driver who Tell your secrets to EVAN WHITE at accidentally put the Oscar emwhite@ucdavis.edu. It should be understood he won’t keep them for you, but Mayer Weinermobile in rewill delight in hearing them. verse instead of drive, and

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our run game to be effective. Randy was having fun and I just thought he played really well.” As strong as the offense was, the defense was even better. The Aggies shut down a powerful Cal Poly offense that came into the contest ranked first in the conference in total offense and rushing yards. UC Davis held the Mustangs to their lowest point total of the season, while only allowing them to rush for 174 yards, well below their 240 per-game season average. Defensive Coordinator Mark Johnson’s group forced Cal Poly into a lot of third-and-long situations, making the Mustang’s triple option attack much less dangerous. On those third down attempts the Aggies were strong, only allowing Cal Poly to convert on 7 of 21 tries. UC Davis also recorded five sacks against Cal Poly, compared to just seven from the previous eight games combined. For the Aggies, the win must feel great, but at the same time frustrating. Biggs described the team’s performance on Saturday as fast and complete, but more than anything, solid. With losses to Humboldt State and two conference opponents already in the books, UC Davis will now rue the season that could have been, had this team played more “solid” from the beginning. One thing the Aggies won’t lose sleep over is the Golden Horseshoe, now safely on display in the Bob Foster Team Center for the third straight year.

Cont. from front page — going no huddle with an empty backfield to start the game. The tactic worked perfectly. Quarterback Randy Wright was 5-5 on the first drive of the day, capping it with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Tom Hemmingsen to regain the early lead. The offense didn’t slow down after that, using a balanced attack to consistently move the chains throughout the game. A strong performance from the offensive line led to 149 rushing yards for the Aggies, only the third time they’ve gone above 100 this year. It was running back Colton Silveria who was best able to take advantage of space provided, busting free for 65 yards and two touchdowns in the game. He also added 48 receiving yards. Silveria was named College Sports Madness Great West Player of the Week for his effort, the first such award the Aggies have garnered this year. Overheard in the Aggie Stadium press box, with UC Davis leading 21-3 at halftime, was a simple question, “Was that Randy Wright or Tom Brady out there?” Such was the difference between the Aggie offense from earlier this season and Saturday against Cal Poly. It was in fact Randy Wright who was on the field, and who finished the game 14-20 for 203 yards and 26 yards rushing. “He played with great composure [and] saw everything really well,” Biggs said of his quarterback. “He You can follow CAELUM SHOVE on twitter made some great changes @CaAggieFootball or you can e-mail him at at the line of scrimmage for sports@theaggie.org.

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leadership experience. Even though he mentioned the harsh realities of the “real world” in passing, what he said stuck with me because it spoke to a greatKate er fear that I, and many in Zarrella my generation, share. Don’t believe me? Then just look at the Occupy Davis tent city that has sprung up in Central Park to protest the crap economy, crap health care system and crap outlook on the American Dream. The world outside of our cozy school environment his past weekend I seems even more threatenworked as part of the ing of late, because times Davis Model United have gotten so bad that Nations to hold a confereven our hard work, unique ence for some rather highbackgrounds and hopeachieving high school students. Since I have little in- ful drive just aren’t enough anymore. Everyone else terest in debate and even scouring the market for a less interest in politics, I job has equally good motihelped at the event as a favation and experience. vor to a friend, and perAnd if the haps to my real word resume as Unfortunately, Norris was killed refuses to well. However, by Bruce Lee before he could accept what has defined the confercomplete his mission ... our lives for ence did years, then provide me what do our lives become? with some interesting inMore importantly, where do sights on life, Libya and we go from there? Chuck Norris’ ability to reTo answer those quessolve international crises. For those of you who have tions, I return to those chipper high schoolno idea what the Model ers who spent the weekUnited Nations, or MUN is, end pretending to be the just assume that in general its members are very driv- UK, Djibouti and the other member countries of the en individuals fond of deUnited Nations. bating, political issues and They all fought like polturning extremely long names into even more com- iticians, trying to get their voices heard, their stancplicated acronyms. es acknowledged and their Two things stood out to resolutions passed. They me at the conference. The had to deal with the differfirst was the unavoidable ent social and political cripresence of pre-pubescent ses we threw at them to inteenagers dressed like tiny tentionally screw up all CEOs. Their enthusiasm their hard work. was completely infectious. But the high schoolers If you stood near them for kept trying, like the deltoo long you would start egate representing Brazil to think that you too could solve world hunger, get into who attempted to quell a Harvard Law or maybe even terrorist uprising in Libya by enlisting Chuck Norris get a date with that cute for a covert operation. boy in the 10th grade. Unfortunately, Norris was These kids looked at the killed by Bruce Lee before keynote speaker, who had he could complete his misworked in the real United sion, but Brazil’s noble atNations doing increditempt to solve this new ble and inspiring but very vague things, and saw what problem showed both resolve and dedication. they were sure they would That’s what politics is, atachieve. tempting to solve unsolvBut those were high able problems and negoschool kids. The coltiate with opponents who lege students who staffed will never relent or support the event held a similar you. Both metaphoricaldrive and vigor, but they ly and literally it’s the same also had a seed of doubt struggle we’ll have to wage that was missing from the against the real world once younger generation. we graduate. No one is goThese senior “MUN-ers” ing to hand us opportuniare some of the most inties or solutions to magiformed, intelligent, welltraveled and decorated peo- cally make the world a better place, so we have to do ple you’ll ever meet. They keep up with current events, it ourselves. Life in these troubled love to lead whenever postimes is undoubtedly going sible and know how to talk your ear off while still keep- to throw us one crisis after another, but it’s our job ing you interested. to soldier on and not rely That’s why it was so suron Chuck Norris to solve all prising when one of these talented and vivacious MUN our problems. Or not, you choose. members, who had already graduated from college, said that out in the cold, hard KATE ZARRELLA wants to hear how you job market they didn’t care plan to save the world at kazarrella@ ucdavis.edu. about his extensive MUN

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then they can search you,” he said. In the event that the police do not have probable cause for a search, a search warrant or special consent would be required. Students searched could not have objected to the search if they had probable cause. “They can be searched whether they agreed to it or not,” Chin said. In case of a dismissed charge, a California shoplifting defense attorney may be able to arrange the repayment of the value of the stolen merchandise, completed community service hours or the attendance of anti-theft classes. Further information on the case can be found at the UC Davis Police Department’s online crime log.

Cont. from front page action cannot infringe on a student’s constitutional rights.” In order to make arrests, police had to have “probable cause” and are not able to detain suspects without reasonable suspicion of guilt. Gabriel “Jack” Chin, professor of law at the UC Davis School of Law, with a focus in criminal law and procedure, said police need to have reason to believe that a crime is being conducted, however many universities have a rule that the police can require anyone on the campus to show identification. “Because the campuses are semi-public places, in some jurisdictions … if [someone] is causing trou- MUNA SADEK can be reached at campus@ ble or committing crime … theaggie.org.

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ASUCD Elections

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Senate Endorsements This week, students will elect another round of senators to represent them on the ASUCD senate table. Voting began today at 8 a.m. and will end this Thursday at 8 a.m. Voters will rank candidates in order of preference through ASUCD’s choice voting system. If a student’s first-choice candidate either wins with extra votes or fails to meet a minimum vote standard, that vote goes toward the voter’s next choice candidate. This quarter, only seven students ran for six spots. The Aggie interviewed all seven candidates, and picked the candidates that we felt would do the best

job.

No.1 — Jared Crisologo-Smith:

Crisologo-Smith has a good knowledge of ASUCD, and he was passionate about his platforms to increase power outlets and create a fundraising resource guide. His simple, realistic platforms that would help the general student population. Despite the fact he would graduate before his term is up, he said he would stay on the table after he graduates to finish out his term. He would be an accessible, effective senator.

No. 2 — Charlie Colato:

Colato was chair of Picnic

Day last year and had good ideas about how to improve ASUCD. His platforms to increase campus safety and sustainability seem very student-oriented and beneficial. While Colato was very focused on Picnic Day, he is levelheaded and would do a good job spreading his expertise to other areas of ASUCD.

No. 3 — Patrick Sheehan:

Sheehan, who has interned for Senator Andre Lee and served on the External Affairs Commission, has a strong grasp of how ASUCD works. His platform of reducing bike theft is admi-

rable, and would help students in a direct way. Despite the fact that his other platform — changing GE requirement grading options — seems unrealistic, Sheehan’s knowledge about ASUCD and hold within the association would make him a positive addition to ASUCD.

No. 4 — Yara Zokaie:

Zokaie has experience in a vast array of organizations and clubs on campus, such as being a tour guide and a T.A. for the Women’s Self-Defense course. Even though her platforms appear to be far-fetched, she seems to have a good grasp

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of how to get projects done. While Zokaie’s lack of ASUCD experience could be problematic, she could also bring a fresh perspective to the table.

No. 5 — Justin Goss:

Goss, the only independent running, has grand but commendable goals to lobby for lower UC fees and smart lighting on campus. His idea to collaborate with other UC campuses would make him an asset to the table. While Goss has almost no ASUCD experience, his new ideas would be both helpful to the students and the table.

Becky Peterson Managing Editor Melissa Freeman Opinion Editor Hannah Strumwasser Campus Editor Angela Swartz City Editor Erin Migdol Features Editor Uyen Cao Arts Editor Trevor Cramer Sports Editor Amy Stewart Science Editor Jasna Hodzic Photography Editor

Aggie Scuba swims with the fishes Club explores, conserves the ocean By CASEY SPECHT Aggie Features Writer

Over 40 feet under the sea off the Channel Islands, the Aggie Scuba Club gathers together to capture an underwater video. As bubbles float up toward the surface, they unfold their club banner that reads, “Get wet and go deep with Aggie Scuba. Ninety-nine percent of the world’s population has never breathed underwater, swum with sharks, seen the surface from 100 ft below it. We have. You can too.” Aggie Scuba is a relatively new UC Davis club that started last fall when founder and president Austin Greene, a sophomore aerospace science and engineering major, wanted to connect with other divers. “It took off really fast. Right now we have about 60 people on our listserv and 30 registered members,” Greene said. “The cool thing about diving is that it requires a lot of responsibility, so people that join the club tend to stick with it.” The club revolves around a shared love of the ocean, diving and ocean conservation. Whether you’re just starting out or as experienced as Aggie Scuba safety coordinator Roxanne Parker, a junior biological sciences major who has been on 500 dives, everyone is welcome in the club.

tower Cont. from front page Eileen Samitz, a member of the Davis Coalition for Good Planning, appealed the approval of this one-year extension during a meeting with the Yolo County Planning Commission on Oct. 27, 2011. “The bottom line here is that an out-of-town broadcasting conglomerate wants to put their environmentally degradative 365-foot radio tower, which would have three white glaring strobes, in Yolo County, yet they want to bring their business and their jobs to Sacramento ... Most people don’t understand how devastating and how bad the impacts will be from this tower,” Samitz said. The tower would be situated in the Pacific Flyway, a route by which migratory birds travel every year, which is worrisome to Samitz. “We would basically invite birds from all over the world to use the Pacific Flyway, and this radio tower would be putting them directly in harm’s way,” she said. In addition to the sheer size of the tower, worries also exist over the tower’s strobes, which would blink 40 times a minute at 20,000 candelas each. “KDVS values sustainability and if we thought that the tower would pose significant environmental concerns, we wouldn’t support its construction,” said Neil Ruud, general manager of KDVS and senior political science major. “There are several radio towers already in the North Davis area and this tower’s approval is not unprecedented. The tower’s impact on the environment will be negligible and I’m sure lo-

“We’re trying to connect people back to the ocean,” said Aggie Scuba communications manager Dustin Owen, a senior viticulture and enology major. In addition to diving and conservation efforts, members can kayak, go spear fishing and hang out on the boat during trips, Owen said. Aggie Scuba will also help members get diving certified if they’re just starting out. The club has a close relationship with All About Scuba dive shop in Fairfield, CA, which is where people can get certified and rent gear. The club averages one meeting and at least one dive trip a month to keep members active. “We can get you gear, a ride, food, a place to sleep. We’ll get you diving,” Owen said. Since scuba diving is already an expensive hobby, the club dues are kept low at $15 per quarter, all of which goes directly to the club to pay for t-shirts and offset the cost of trips. To put it into perspective, diving certification costs $400, which is about the same price as a video game console, Greene said. But diving will get you farther than any video game, he said. The club recently went on a dive trip to the Channel Islands with members of the scuba club at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The club trips allow members to meet fellow divers and experience aspects of the ocean that

cal and federal officials, who have already approved this tower, will continue to support its construction.” The Davis Coalition for Good Planning is not the only organization in protest to the new tower. The Audubon Society, Tuleyome and the Sierra Club Yolano Group have also been fighting against the new tower and are all planning to submit another appeal to both the Yolo County Board of Supervisors as well as with the FCC. “It is imperative that KDVS gets this tower,” Ruud said. “We’re disadvantaged as a small non-profit when it comes to protecting our frequency. We’re facing decreased coverage as other stations on 90.3 FM from outside Yolo County are seeking to expand their signals.” The station has been trying to get a new tower for over 15 years. Samitz and the Davis Coalition for Good Planing said that the negative aspects of this tower greatly surpass any benefits it may create for KDVS or any other radio station. “I’m a supporter of KDVS,” Samitz said. “But every time that tower goes off, 40 times a minute, people are going to say ‘KDVS is responsible for this too.’ And for what reason? There’s no comparison for the costs and the impacts of what they’re going to cause on the environment and on the community.” “I’m an environmentalist myself and I’m sympathetic with any kind of argument on behalf of birds, the environment, the natural world, etc,” said Andy Jones, host of the KDVS show ‘Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour’ for the past 11 years, said. “That said, I’d say that the cultural benefits of the KDVS tower would dramatically outweigh any drawbacks. Primarily because I would

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the average person will never see. “No two dives are ever the same,” Greene said. Fish, starfish, jellyfish, sea lions, lobsters and dolphins are just a few of the amazing creatures divers have seen on the club trips. “Even if you dive off the same beach every time, it’s never the same because the ocean always drags something new in,” said Aggie Scuba dive coordinator Tristan Maass, an employee at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis. This year, Aggie Scuba is planning to focus on its motto, “Conservation through exploration,” with their Shark Finning Awareness campaign. “We wanted to bring awareness to something that not a lot of people know about, and not everyone knows how much sharks are needed,” said Aggie Scuba event coordinator Danielle Kronk, a junior animal science major. The campaign brings awareness to the fact that every year 100 million sharks are caught, their fins are cut off to be used in shark fin soup and then they are tossed back into the ocean to sink and die, Greene said. There is more information, videos and posters available on the Aggie Scuba website for people to print out and give to their friends to spread awareness, with slogans such as “Fins belong in

defer to the scientific judgement of the independent studies that have been done that show the possibility of bird strikes would be minimal, and that the site of the tower was chosen to affect as few people as possible.” Members of the community have the next two weeks to make their appeals, after which Results Radio will be able to continue in their plans. “This tower will provide Yolo County with an even greater ability to broadcast its rich culture and support its hardworking small businesses,” Ruud said. “Non-commercial educational broadcasters like KDVS face an uphill battle in a lot of these situations and this tower will provide local individuals and organizations with a megaphone they won’t find anywhere else. KDVS is student and community run, you just don’t find many radio stations like that anymore.” SIERRA HORTON can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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the sea not in soup.” “We don’t want to tell people what to do, we just want people to be aware of what’s going on,” Kronk said. China is the main consumer of shark fin soup, and once the sharks are gone the ocean ecosystem will be in a really bad place, Kronk said. “We live off the ocean whether or not people want to admit it or not,” Greene said. “It’s common sense. Why kill 100 million sharks for soup that doesn’t even taste good?” To support the campaign, the club suggests signing petitions that are linked on their website, giving people posters and being

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proactive. In relation to their conservation efforts, people interested in research diving are encouraged to check out the research diver program at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. The lab is always in need of research divers and the program prepares divers for just that. “We’re at a research university, so we want the Bodega Marine Lab to be able to come to us for research divers,” Kronk said. To learn more about Aggie Scuba, visit facebook.com/ AggieScuba or aggiescuba.com. CASEY SPECHT can be reached at features@ theaggie.org.

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t was a massive win — a victory in a football rivalry game to keep the Golden Horseshoe in Davis for the third year in a row. But UC Davis’ 24-17 win on Saturday could prove to have a much more long-lasting effect than simple bragging-rights over our rival to the south over the next 12 months — it could prove to be the win that saves head coach Bob Biggs’ job. Entering the weekend, UC Davis was 2-6, coming off a pair of tough losses and an incredibly underwhelming season to that point. Fans and media alike seemed to be bracing themselves for an embarrassing defeat on their home field at the hands of the hated Cal Poly. Indeed even the Mustang fans that made the fivehour drive to Aggie Stadium entered the game with confidence and boldness rarely seen by supporters heavily outnumbered by hometown fans. And while no one seemed willing to take an outright public stance on the issue, the general rumbling around the UC Davis campus was that this might be the last year for Biggs. Some argued that the UC Davis graduate did not have what it took to lead a program at the Division I level. They pointed out that since narrowly missing the FCS playoffs in 2009, the Aggies have taken huge steps backward over the last two seasons. With a new athletic director set to take over in the 2012-13 school year, it seemed like the perfect time to make a fresh start atop UC Davis’ biggest sports program. All of that may have changed on Saturday. The Aggies came out of the gates hot, and dominated the first-half against Mustangs. UC Davis may have been outplayed in the second frame, but that would soon be forgotten as the team ran across the field to celebrate in front of the Aggie Pack. The win over Cal Poly was a huge step in the right direction, and while even a win over a rival is only enough to keep Biggs off the hot-seat until UC Davis’ next loss, it could spark the Aggies to play well over the final two weeks of the season. With a winnable home game against North Dakota next week and another rivalry match on the road at Sacramento State, it seems reasonable that UC Davis could ride this momentum to a 5-6 record. True it would still be a losing season, and the Aggies can finish no higher than second in the mediocre Great West Conference, but a 5-6 finish is hardly worth firing a coach, especially when you consider that two losses came against FBS opponents (and strong ones at that). Further, aside from the loss to Humboldt State (admittedly a horrendous defeat), this season has gone about the way most fans would have expected so far. The Aggies have won their other three home-games, and while a road-win over either South Dakota or Southern Utah would have been nice, it certainly was not a lock. And looking at the big picture, the future seems to be bright. Quarterback Randy Wright is in just his sophomore season, and is continuing to improve, while young receivers like sophomore Tom Hemmingsen and freshman Coery Galindo are emerging as playmakers in this offense.

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UC Davis grabs third seed in Big West Aggies sets NCAA record with 11 OT games Men’s soccer By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Writer

Going into the final two games of the season, the 2011 UC Davis men’s soccer program had the unique opportunity to go down in history for two different achievements. The Aggies had the chance to seize its first ever number one seed in the Big West Conference as well as tie the NCAA record for most overtime games in one season. UC Davis did make the record books, but probably not in the category it would have hoped. With two ties in the final two games, the Aggies finished with 11 overtime games this season. UC Davis becomes the third team to get to this mark, following St. Louis University, who first set this record in 2003, and San Diego State, who tied it in 2009. The ties against Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside gained the Aggies two points in the Big West Conference standings, but it was not enough to secure UC Davis a first round home contest in the Big West tournament as it ended the regular season in third place, behind UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara. Wednesday — UC Davis 1, Cal State Fullerton 1 (2OT) UC Davis hosted the Titans on Senior Day, where Lance Patterson, Rene Cuellar and Matt Provencher

were all recognized in their last season game at Aggie Soccer field. Yet, once the game started, all sentimental feelings were lost, as things quickly got intense. The teams battled back and forth until junior Dan Reese scored in the 70th minute. But the equalizer came not three minutes later, when CSU Fullerton came right back and scored, to knot the game at 1-1. The stunned Aggies created many more opportunities to pull out a victory but never converted. Through both overtime periods, the game remained at 1-1. The tie sealed the Aggies’ place in the conference postseason tournament. Saturday — UC Davis 1, UC Riverside 1 (2OT) This season UC Davis has been the team to fall behind and make late game comebacks, but for the final two matchups of the season, the Aggies played the opposite role. UC Davis pulled ahead in the 60th minute when junior John Joslin knocked in a shot on a give and go with freshman Matt Wiesenfarth. Up 1-0, the Aggies simply had to hang on for the remainder of the game in order to cruise to a first place finish in the Big West standings, and the entitlement to home field advantage in any postseason conference game. Yet, with less than four minutes remaining in the game, Joslin’s first goal of the season was spoiled. The Highlanders found the goal in what resembled the Aggies’ usual

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Dan Reese scored the Aggies’ only goal against Cal State Fullerton. late game magic, forcing UC Davis to put the celebrations on hold. It seemed the game was in the Aggies’ hands, as they controlled the ball for the better part of the game despite the lapse in the 86th minute. But the goal that would seal the deal on a final UC Davis victory never came. The game remained tied through the duration of the two overtime periods to solidify the Aggies’ third place seeding in the Big West conference ahead of UC Riverside. “I wouldn’t call it a disappointment, but a better word would be frustrated,” said Head Coach Dwayne Shaffer. “We were three minutes away, and it would have

Aggie Digest Volleyball UC Davis’ struggles on the road continued this weekend as the Aggies fell to Cal State Northridge and UC Riverside — both matches finished 3-0. The defeats extended UC Davis’ road losing streak to seven matches. Over that stretch the Aggies have won just three sets. UC Davis fell to 20-8 on the season, 6-7 in Big West play. The Aggies are currently fifth-place in the conference. Sophomore Devon Damelio led the Aggies with nine kills against CSU Northridge, while senior Betsy Sedlak added eight. Demelio also added nine

digs while juniors Allison Whitson and Caroline Mercado tallied seven digs apiece. Whitson paced the Aggies with 16 kills against UC Riverside. Mercado posted nine digs while Whitson and fellow junior Kaitlyn Plum notched six each. UC Riverside tallied nine aces in the match. UC Davis will now return home for its final three games of the year as it tries to make a push for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament. The Aggies will next take the court Friday against Cal State Fullerton in the Pavilion. — Trevor Cramer

Aggies bounce back UC Davis defeats Appalachian State to finish season Field Hockey By KAITLYN ZUFALL Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis travelled to Stanford on Thursday to compete in its third NorPac tournament since regaining varsity status in 2009. Coming off of the momentum created by their recent 4-1 win against Pacific, Brian Nguyen / Aggie the Aggies were optimistic about their Emily Mecke scored UC Davis’ only goal play in the upcoming matches. While that momentum was not enough against the Davidson Wildcats. to power UC Davis past Davidson’s strong offense in the first round, the Aggies were The Aggies set the tone going into the able to rally in their second match to end off-season with a final win against the season with a win. Appalachian State. UC Davis took control of the game Thursday — Davidson 4, UC Davis 1 with sophomore Cloey LemMon’s first The final score of the Aggies’ match half goal. LemMon’s goal was her sevagainst Davidson doesn’t accurately rep- enth of the season, tying her with Mecke resent the tense battle that took place on for the team high. Junior Nadia Namdari the field. added a second point in the final minUC Davis came out strong and took utes of play to complete scoring for the the initial lead off of a goal by junior Aggies. Emily Mecke in the 14th minute of play. Though offensively sound, the key to However, Davidson’s Finley Amato an- the game proved to be the strong deswered with a goal for the Wildcats five fense put forward by UC Davis. Junior minutes later, tying the score at one. Conley Craven’s nine saves allowed for The tie lasted for the rest of the first the Aggies to shut out Appalachian dehalf and the game remained dead- spite being outshot 17-14. locked for much of the second period. “Our defense was the backbone of our But with fifteen minutes left on the team on Friday … and will continue to clock, Davidson’s offense exploded, scor- be for the next few years,” Campos said. ing three goals in five minutes and 23 secThe win gave UC Davis a final season onds. The Aggies were unable to answer record of 5-12. the sudden scoring outburst and the After only their third season of match ended with a final score of 1-4. division one play, the Aggies enter the “[Davidson] did a really good job of offseason with high hopes of building exposing our strengths and weaknesses,” off of the success that they found this said Head Coach Vianney Campos. “We season. need [to be able] to make the changes.” “We’ve basically encountered every The loss matched UC Davis against situation possible,” Campos said. “We’ve Appalachian State in the consolation experienced it all this season … we’re round the following day. excited [going into the offseason]. The team has great morale.” Friday — UC Davis 2, Appalachian KAITLYN ZUFALL can be reached at sports@theaggie.org. State 0

been a great achievement for our team and our school.” The tie did not change the Big West standings, and UC Davis ended the season with 17 points and a 5-3-2 league record. “We played well throughout the entire game and we deserved to win it,” Shaffer said. “I wanted the guys to win the Big West regular season championship, but we will just have to try again in the tournament.” UC Davis will now travel to face UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday in the first round of the Big West tournament. MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Setting records UC Davis played well in its first Big West Championship game

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Allison Kelly took a late shot against UC Irvine.

Women’s Soccer By KIM CARR

Aggie Sports Writer

The Aggies took the pitch Thursday evening with their best season in Division I history on the line. On their way to posting the best Big West Conference record in school history, they defeated rivals Sacramento State and Cal Poly Pomona. They also earned a tie against 19th ranked UC Irvine, a golden goal win over Pacific and spent most of October building a five-game winning streak. All of this added up to earn the fourth-place Aggies their first ever bid to the Big West Tournament. Unfortunately for UC Davis, it was unable to finish the season with a win, falling to UC Irvine 1-0 and being eliminated from the conference tournament. The Aggies finished the year 11-7-1, 4-3-1 in Big West action. The Anteater offense fired early and often Thursday evening. They totaled eight shots in the first half, four of which were on target. However, UC Davis goalkeeper Maria Magana refused to let anything past her, saving all four of UC Irvine’s attempts on frame. The Aggies tallied three shot attempts in the first half but UC Irvine’s goalkeeper Jennifer Randazzo blocked the only attempt on goal.

Neither team managed to score in the first frame and the half ended with a 0-0 tie. The Anteater offense broke through 18 minutes into the second half when UC Irvine’s Amanda Hardeman scored the game’s only goal off an assist from teammate CoCo Goodson. The Aggies took four more shots before the game was over but none managed to find the back of the net. UC Davis kept fighting the entire game. Senior Lisa Kemp took a shot in the 87th minute but it bounced off the crossbar. Junior Allison Kelly tried again just eight seconds later but her shot went high. Despite the loss, the Aggies can head into the off-season with their heads held high. This team accomplished more in Division I play than any team in school history, largely in part to the contributions of the nine seniors that will be graduating this year. UC Davis will start next season with plenty of new faces but Coach MaryClaire Robinson is not worried about a drop in play. “We have a lot of depth on our bench. Our young players have a lot of talent and discipline.” The Aggies will have high expectations for themselves next year and look forward to kicking off their season next summer. KIM CARR can be reached at sports@theaggie. org.

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Upset about the 9.6 percent fee increase for Winter quarter? It may comfort you to know that fee hikes are not a recent phenomenon — In January of 1992, UC Davis increased student fees by $550. Students gathered on Jan. 16, 1992 to protest the fee increase.

CRAMER Cont. from page 5 More importantly, however, is that over the past few games Biggs has developed something UC Davis hasn’t had in past seasons: a running game. Saturday’s 149 yards on the ground marked the third time in the last four weeks that the Aggies have rushed for over 120 yards,

In an article published by The Aggie on Jan. 17, 1992, it was reported that “the protesters — chanting free education now — ... attempted to enter the meeting room, but were met by a line of police officers and security guards.” So next time you’re protesting Mrak or occupy-

and again, those yards are coming largely from freshmen Colton Silveria and Austin Edmondson. With that said, all of these improvements could still be a mirage. After all, a short string of games is just one chapter in the course of a college football season, and things could easily fall apart over the next few weeks. But if the season does continue positively from

ing Central Park, think about the former Aggies who were doing the same. Former Aggie photographer Neil Michel took this photograph during the protests.

here, it seems only fitting that the win over Cal Poly was the turning point. Saturday’s game was the 40-year celebration of Biggs’ greatest game as a player — UC Davis’ 30-29 win over Cal State Hayward. The so-called “Miracle Game” featured thenquarterback Biggs making several big plays down the stretch to lead UC Davis to 16-points in the final

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ulation biology program who volunteered all four days. Boettiger also works with SCHA, who owns both the Sunwise and J Street co-ops in Davis. Doug Walter, a UC Davis alumni who received his master’s in Community Development, came out to volunteer despite having never lived at the Domes. “There’s nothing like having people living in a place to really get to understand it. I think that’s something that would be lost if we didn’t renovate the Domes,” Walter said. “It has been a great incubator for people who were taking whatever it was that they were studying, whether it was the sciences, arts, social sciences, and integrating it into an agricultural context and into a broader social context.”

Cont. from front page that are really intangible can deteriorate too,” said Anne Litak, a senior English major. “It gives you a second chance to renew a place and set an intention for the next version of it.” Litak was accepted to live in the Domes shortly before they were closed down, and volunteered in order to demonstrate how important it is to her. “These efforts are going to provide a bridge for the next five years, while this community does what it calls ‘Designing Domes 2.0’. Domes 2.0 is going to be a collaboration between academics on campus, students and members of the community to create a volunteer-driven, sustainable living and learning center,” said Carl Boettiger, a SIERRA HORTON can be reached at campus@ graduate student in the pop- theaggie.org.

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The Domes, built in 1972, faced closure this year until the SCHA reached an agreement with student housing.

20-seconds as the Aggies won the game. Now it’s time for Biggs to complete a different kind of comeback — and this time his job may be on the line. A quick word for the UC Davis students wearing Cal Poly shirts in the Aggie Pack sections: SCOREBOARD! TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@theaggie.org. Shazib Haq / Aggie

Evka Whaley-Mayda and Peter Dering participated in the rebuilding of the Domes, which took place this weekend.