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Picnic Day: Then. Now. Always.

Picnic Day directors bring the event back to its roots

By CHARLOTTE YOUNG Aggie News Writer

The rapid approach of Spring quarter brings warm weather, the start of new classes, graduations and, most importantly, Picnic Day. As April 21 draws closer, the coordinators are working quickly to make Picnic Day as thrilling and exciting as possible, including announcing a theme: “Then.

Now. Always.” “[This year’s Picnic Day will] have many returning events from previous years, such as the Doxie Derby, Chemistry Magic Show, entertainment stages, student-run food booths, multicultural crafts, department exhibits, the parade and, of course, animal events,” said Kevin Chuc, the vice chair of Picnic Day. As for this year’s theme, the committee has chosen “Then.

Now. Always.” “[It] embodies community, Aggie pride and an emphasis on seeing Picnic Day continue

for years to come,” said Jennifer Mappus, Picnic Day chair.

To promote both this new theme and Picnic Day in general, the Picnic Day board is trying to reach out to both firstyear students and the greek community.

This theme centralizes around raising awareness about Picnic Day for new students, current students and alumni to promote a safe and fun Picnic Day for all.

“In conjunction with raising awareness, [first-year students] outreach has become a huge priority to educate current and incoming [first-year students] about this event,” Acsha Rothe, the publicity director for Picnic Day, said. “By creating new traditions as well as continuing old ones, this year’s Picnic Day board is doing everything it can to continue Picnic Day for years to come.”

As for the Picnic Day entertainment, the organizers are switch-

ing things up a little in hopes of creating the optimal amount of entertainment for Picnic Day participants.

“We’re getting rid of Wellman Stage to optimize the entertainment experience,” Justin Brown, the operations director of Picnic Day, said. “Last year, Main Stage and Wellman were detracting from one another at times. Look forward to an exciting lineup at all of the stages across campus.”

For students who want to get involved behind the scenes with Picnic Day, there are several ways to participate.

“For those who really want to get involved and learn about the workings of Picnic Day, I highly suggest becoming an assistant director with one of the Directors,” Chuc said.

In addition to helping out directors, students can also volunteer for Picnic Day. “Picnic Day also utilizes and relies on over 400 volunteers each year,” Chuc said. “We ask volun-

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The Doxie Derby is one of many events that will continue this Picnic Day. teers to work two hours and for their service they receive a t-shirt and an opportunity to help make this great event a success.”

Students interested in volunteering can contact Jacquelyn

Kong at volunteer@picnicday.ucdavis.edu or sign up at picnicday. ucdavis.edu.

CHARLOTTE YOUNG can be reached at campus@ theaggie.org.

Memorial Union U.S. Bank remains open through protester blockades Student Affairs hold discussion on U.S. Bank and university relationship

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Protesters have been blockading the US Bank for the past few weeks.

By MUNA SADEK Aggie News Writer

The Memorial Union (MU) branch of U.S. Bank, which has been repeatedly forced to close by Occupy UC Davis protesters, has not officially withdrawn from the school campus.

Currently in a 10-year financial services agreement with UC Davis that began in 2009, U.S. Bank continues to pay over $170,000 annually, raising concerns that the university will be required to pay a ter-

mination fee upon potential closure.

According to Emily Galindo, associate vice chancellor of Student Affairs, the agreement was established at a time when the university and Student Affairs were struggling with budget challenges and a process was engaged in prior to the contract that ensured that the agreement balanced the community needs with the opportunity to generate new revenue.

Students were involved in bringing the bank to campus as well.

“Funding has been set aside to go direct-

ly to broad-based student programs and services that focus on campus relations and community development,” Galindo said.

U.S. Bank Media Relations spokesperson Teri Charest said that despite constant closures of the specific branch, U. S. Bank continues to be a proud member of the UC Davis community.

“We are honored to serve its students, faculty and staff. We operate a full-service branch, support the campus ID card and sponsor numerous school organizations,” Charest said. “Our goal has been to conduct business as usual, while also protecting the safety of our customers and employees. Unfortunately, we have had to close the branch several times over the past few weeks. We continue to work with the university to resolve this issue.”

Protesters who have succeeded in frequent closings of the branch argue that banks profit from student loan debt. A Facebook community page that advocates the permanent closing of U.S. Bank on campus (“U.S. Bank off UC Davis”), explains that at $1 trillion, student loan debt has now surpassed credit card debt.

“Student loan debt increases as college tuition and fees increase. Therefore, banks profit from fee hikes. It makes good business sense for banks to push colleges to raise fees,” states the website.

The Facebook page, under its description, includes the list “Why U.S. Bank has no place at UC Davis,” which cites reasons such as the university’s seeming behavior as a for-profit institution which benefits from student loans, the 2010 finding that U.S. Bank was the eighth-largest lender profiting from the student debt and the claim that UC Regent Monica Lozano sits on the board of Bank of America.

Artem Raskin, a junior political science major who is an active UC Davis occupier

and was involved in the U.S. Bank blockades, explains that the bank receives advertising that is free to the bank but is being paid for using student tuition.

“The bank pays the university around $170,000 a year and in return receives free advertising and a monopoly on campus,” Raskin said.

According to the Financial Services Partnership Agreement established between UC Davis and U.S. Bank, the university pays to create and install bank signage, which includes those on plasma screens and proper advertisement to captive audiences during campus recreation events.

The bank is guaranteed a termination fee should the university breach the contract, as stated in the partnership agreement.

Galindo also cited this in the agreement.

Because the university is not formally affiliated with Occupy UC Davis, occupiers argue that the blockade is not a breach of contract by the university.

Section 36 of the “Regents as Landlord” agreement states: “Bank assumes all responsibility for the protection of Bank, its agents and invitees from acts of third parties.”

English professor Joshua Clover lead a teach-in at the start of the quarter on the history of private banks on college campuses. Clover believes that the reason the administration will move to shut down the protests is to preserve the appearance that protest does not work and will end in legal repercussions and/or police violence.

“I don’t think the protesters want a different bank, or a better deal. I think they want all banks off campus, and if it were a different bank or a different deal — more rent, another payment to ASUCD — they

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Wyatt Deck is alive with the sound of music Musicians gather at Arboretum’s Folk Music Jam Sessions

By MEE YANG

Aggie News Writer

A total of 28 participants and listeners gathered on a beautiful and sunny Friday in the Arboretum to play music ranging from John Anderson’s “Seminal Wind” to Johnny Nash’s “I Can See Clearly Now”.

The gathering was part of the Folk Music Jam Sessions, which brings together musicians and music lovers every alternate Friday from noon to 1 p.m. at Wyatt Deck at the Arboretum.

Elaine Fingerett, academic coordinator of the Arboretum, has served as host and facilitator for the community music sessions since they started six years ago.

“Folk Music Jam Sessions are a chance for student, staff, faculty and community musicians to come together to play a variety of folk music genres,” Fingerett said.

“I think the spirit and practice of folks coming together to play music really has

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not changed much over the decades,” Fingerett said. “So much folk music expresses a message about our culture and society.”

A mixture of students, staff members and community members were present at last Friday’s session. At one point, a small boy of about six joined in drumming. Even the cleaning lady for the restroom watched and drummed with a toilet paper roll as she waited for the restroom to clear out.

“The Arboretum is the most beautiful part of campus, a welcoming place to play music outdoors,” Fingerett said. “Many years ago, before I worked at the Arboretum, I occasionally played music with friends at the Wyatt Deck. I remembered how much I loved playing there and I thought, ‘Why not create a biweekly opportunity for folks to play music together?’”

Listening nearby was an alumni couple from Toronto, Peter and Kay Mehren. The Mehrens found out about the biweekly jam Forecast

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sessions through the Davis Dirt events calendar, and since Kay used to play folk music when she was in the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, they decided to spend Friday seeing the campus and the Arboretum.

They sat quietly and reminisced about their days at UC Davis during the late ‘50s and early ‘60s.

“When we were here,” Kay said, “there would have been 50 people joining in and singing with their guitars.”

“People would just show up and play music. Other people would hear it and come and go back to their dorms and get their guitar,” Kay said.

The jam sessions are a part of the GATEways Project at the Arboretum, which stands for Gardens, Arts and the Environment. The project works to use the Arboretum as a space to showcase creative work at UC Davis, according to its website.

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Folk jamming sessions occur every other Friday on Wyatt Deck in the Arboretum. retum.ucdavis.edu. The next jam session will be held on March 2 at the Wyatt Deck.

“Come bring your instrument, your voice or your interest in listening,” Fingerett said.

MEE YANG can be reached city@theaggie.org.

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TODAY Summer Abroad Info Session

Citywater New Music Ensemble Concert

1 to 2 p.m.

Education Abroad Center, Third and A Streets Learn about the “Italy: Renaissance Florence” UC Davis Summer Abroad program.

3:30 p.m.

115 Music On the program are: Michael Nyman, Child’s Play; Eddie Mora, Retrato IV; Richard Cionco, Postcards’ and Marc Mellitts, Spam.

Campus Judicial Board Info Session

A Perfect Circadian Day

3 to 4 p.m.

De Carli Room, Memorial Union Get information on the Campus Judicial Board’s open positions and how to apply.

WEDNESDAY Meals With Mrak: Winston Ko 8 to 9:15 a.m.

UC Davis Dining Commons Register at sac.ucdavis.edu to participate in an informal breakfast discussion with Winston Ko, dean of the division of mathematical and physical sciences in the College of Letters and Science. The breakfast is free and will be held at one of the campus dining commons.

Ash Wednesday Mass Noon Memorial Union II Following mass, ashes will be distributed until 3 p.m.

5:30 to 7 p.m.

UC Davis Conference Center Ballroom At the California Lighting Technology Center’s second annual Don Aumann Memorial Lecture in Lighting Efficiency, this year’s guest speakers, lighting and design experts James Benya and Deborah Burnett, will deliver a fast-paced multimedia presentation examining the effects of modern lighting and light-based electronic devices on circadian rhythms. This talk will provide attendees with the tools and understanding to create a circadian-friendly, energy-efficient indoor environment.

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Senate Briefs ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Feb. 16, 2012 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, present, left early Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD senator, present Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present Miguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, present Justin Goss, ASUCD senator, present Ani Kimball, ASUCD senator, present, left early Amy Martin, ASUCD senator, present Mayra Martín, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present Erica Padgett, ASUCD senator, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Patrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, present Yara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, present

Appointments and confirmations Kevin Pelstring was confirmed as Chief

Justice of the court with a 9-1-2 vote.

Goss voted not to confirm him.

Presentations Members from the Business and Finance Commission presented on various units and how they’re doing based on the audits.

Members from the UC Davis Occupy Movement asked the senate for their endorsement and help with advertising a day of awareness on March 1 about budget issues.

Consideration of old legislation Senate Bill 63, authored by Don Ho, co-authored by Thongsavat, Chu, Glass-Moore, Lin, Lee and Maemura, introduced by Bae, to create the Entrepreneurship Fund Special Committee, which allocates $6,201 to encourage entrepreneurship. The bill passed unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 10:04 p.m.

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

police briefs FRIDAY

SUNDAY

Sermon was boring Several transients were sleeping in a church on C Street.

Santa’s running late A woman called stating there was a “man on the roof” on Drake Drive.

SATURDAY

Occupy fail Three people were standing on top of a bank on Fourth Street.

Geostash Someone found a large amount of marijuana in a “geocache” at an unspecified location.

Double double trouble Several people were intoxicated and causing a scene at In-N-Out on Olive Drive.

He who must not be named An unknown man was standing outside a house with an unknown object on Lake Boulevard.

Police Briefs are compiled by TRACY HARRIS from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins.

Contact TRACY HARRIS at city@theaggie.org.

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Oh, and for those of you who think this exchange doesn’t apply to you because your lover does not have a penis, let me remind you of something called a strap-on.

Sam Now, communication Wall is paramount during anal sex. If you are receiving and something is painful, tell your partner to stop. If you are told to stop, stop. That may be the end of anal play for that occasion, or it might just mean you need to regroup. But if you keep going when it’s uncomfortable, oday’s topic is a bit you are doing yourself and sensitive. It involves an your partner a disservice. act that, as far as your Even if things aren’t painful, standard magazines tell it, feedback is important. Your is considered the holy grail enjoyment may require that of sex by one gender and the penetration is slower or the bane of existence by the faster, shallower or deeper, other. An act that women and your lover can only know only give up for birthdays and this if you tell them how you’re anniversaries and that men feeling. So check in with each must pursue relentlessly. other throughout the process.

That’s right, everyone, I’m A guaranteed way to make talking about anal sex anal sex. painful is to ... the discussion will help you try having I have two problems decide just how anal sex will fit it without with the properly into your relationship common relaxing the view of anal muscles in sex. First of all, it assumes — the area. You may be tense for as so many sex cliches do — all sorts of reasons, but if you that the only people having stay that way the experience sex are heterosexual couples. will be unpleasant for Secondly, any representation everyone. So, focus on your of a sex act that holds sexual breathing and on removing behaviors up as a token to the anxiety from your body be earned puts me off. Sex, (a bit like yoga exercises). like any relationship, involves If you’re the partner who’s compromise. This much is on top, help your lover out. true. But there is a difference Massage them, paying special between you and your lover attention to their legs and taking turns choosing sexual butt. Whisper sweet (or dirty) activities and you dangling a nothings in their ear to keep given act in front of them like them in the mood, as being a carrot. There may be some turned on helps release any people who have satisfying tension. relationships built on that Once you’re relaxed, it’s dynamic, but for many of us time to explore without it’s not the best approach. inserting anything large. Try Some of you are probably stimulating the outside of the thinking that I, consummate anus first and then working feminist that I am, am leading up to penetration with a up to the advice that you finger or a small toy. For all should forget about anal sex of this, wear gloves. This is altogether. But really, don’t both for sanitary and comfort you know me better than that purposes, as sharp nails or by now? I’m here to tell you callouses can cause painful that anal sex, done correctly, sensations for the receiver. can be quite pleasurable.

Latex gloves work fine, but if Depending on your anatomy, anyone involved has a latex there are various glands and allergy you should look for nerve endings that feel really gloves made from alternate good when stimulated by materials, such as nitrile. anal sex. This makes it an Lastly, you can’t excellent addition to your have good anal sex sexual repertoire. without lubrication.

If you are someone who Unfortunately, unlike wants to be on the giving the vagina, the anus is end of the act, I want you to not self-lubricating. So, consider if you are willing outside lube is required. (and I mean willing) to be The recommended types on the receiving end. Your are silicone-based lubes partner may never take because they don’t dry out you up on the offer, but the and don’t get too sticky. possibility should be there.

They do take slightly more If this gives you pause, think effort to clean up but, about why and discuss it much like anal sex itself, with your partner. You may the extra work is worth it. find that they are weighing similar pros and cons, and SAM WALL had a harder time than she cares the discussion will help you to admit finding a printable title for this column. decide just how anal sex will Ask her about it by contacting sewall@ucdavis. fit into your relationship. edu.

yourself because I’m about to give you a better one. Take the exact same situation from before, but now instead of me, that guy is your congressman. If Danny he learns that information Brawer through congressional activity, he isn’t required by law to not act on it. In fact, he has all sorts of fun options, including — but not limited to — investing a lot of money in that company’s stock or, if all his money is already tied up in other inside investing, arranging a ere’s a fun prank little meeting with some VIPs idea. Watch over at Stanley Morgan and an episode of charging them upward of “Jeopardy” on On Demand, $10,000 for a little chit chat. paying careful attention Ever wonder why so many to all the answers. Then a members of Congress are couple of minutes before rich? your roommate gets home Mad yet? Here, I’ll do you from class, replay the one better. After the STOCK episode. See where this is bill was introduced to make going? congressmen play by the Your friend might not same rules as everybody else, be too it passed in impressed the Senate.

Heaven forbid Republicans get The House, when you declare the reputation that they’re in however, Nerva as took out key bed with Wall Street the first provisions of the five on the great emperors (thank you, argument that it “was overly Professor Spyridakis), but broad and could ensnare too be sure to take a picture many people.” of his/her reaction when My personal favorite you know that the answer justification — which, to “In 1812 he became after reading multiple a disciple and friend to times I’m still trying to social philosopher William understand — comes from Godwin, later his fatherCantor spokesman Brad in-law” is: “Who is Percey Dayspring: “Worse, the Shelley?” Just make sure you unintended consequences don’t put any money on it on the provision could or someone might call a big have affected the First party foul. For some reason, Amendment rights of people get upset if you bet everyone participating in on something when you local rotaries to national secretly already know the media conglomerates. outcome.

For example, members of Well, that’s exactly what the media who report on Reps. Louise Slaughter federal and congressional (D-New York) and Tim Walz issues to a paid subscriber (D-Minnesota) are trying list might have to register to prevent with their new as political intelligence STOCK Bill (Stop Trading On consultants for their Congressional Knowledge). reporting under the Let’s rewind for a provision.” moment. Most people That would be a great have heard of trading point if the Senate bill didn’t on insider information specifically outline that and how it’s illegal. For members of the press were those who haven’t, insider exempt. information is basically any The key provision taken information that isn’t public. out required those who Of course, in many cases collect financial information it’s impossible to not have and sell it to Wall Street some insider information. to register the same way The problem comes when lobbyists do. Think about people take advantage of that for a moment. It isn’t that information to profit enough that Congress from it. For example, let’s say still gets to sell its secret the company I work for is information for thousands competing for a government of dollars — it also wants the contract and I learn that right to continue to do that we got it before it’s publicly all under the table. Heaven announced. If I then invest forbid Republicans get the a lot of money in our stock, reputation that they’re in bed that is illegal –– I have to wait with Wall Street. until it’s publicly announced.

Personally, I think the Well, this makes sense and whole thing is simply applies to everyone, right?

Linsane.

Wrong.

Quick, think of the If you’re interested in STOCK or Jeremy Lin number-one reason you puns, send your thoughts to DANNY BRAWER hate Congress. Now prepare at dabrawer@ucdavis.edu.

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bank Cont. from front page would still want that bank off campus.

Banks do not contribute to education, they just profit from it. Their presence in the public education sector makes education less public,” Clover said.

“The crisis of the university is not whether it gains or loses a couple hundred grand in a sweetheart deal with a specific bank. The crisis of the university is a trillion dollars in outstanding student debt.”

The bank is among six banks and credit unions that operate a total of 13 ATMs on the Davis campus and is an active partner with UC Davis’ Aggie Card system.

“The use of U.S. Bank’s services is optional,” Galindo said.

She explains the Aggie Card serves as the identification card for students, staff and faculty and that U.S. Bank provided some funding to re-card all campus affiliates and to have their

hoel Cont. from page 3 has had negative effects elsewhere as well. Mark Hetfield, a former senior advisor to the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, stated that throughout the Middle East, “Democratization has resulted in ethnic cleansing.”

Ayaan Hirsi Ali, a bestselling author who left Islam to become a women’s rights ac-

logo affixed to the back of the card.

“If there were no longer an agreement with U.S. Bank, the campus would begin discussions regarding the card and possible changes,” she said.

She also acknowledges that campus administration supports the rights of all individuals to engage in free speech and to assembly consistent with the law, but states it is unlawful to obstruct passage to bank costumers. “[This] violates our Principles of Community. We have communicated this information to the protesters and indicated that they must cease this behavior,” Galindo said.

Raskin said that protesters were warned that they were in violation of Penal Code 647c, which states, “Every person who willfully and maliciously obstructs the free movement of any person on any street, sidewalk, or other public place or on or in any place open to the public is guilty of a misdemeanor.”

“I cannot rule out the possibility of police attacking the protesters.

tivist, says, “From one end of the Muslim world to the other, Christians are being murdered for their faith.”

For those who hoped for an improved human rights climate in the Middle East, the reports of increased persecution are a discouraging reminder that democracy alone cannot create liberty or civilization on its own. If there is one message conveyed by the Arab Spring, it is that institutions of democracy cannot mask

softball Cont. from page 6 the opening inning as they never let up, eventually racking up 11 runs in the shortened five-inning game.

UC Davis’ defense continued to struggle as the Aggies tallied four errors, which led to four unearned runs.

Though the Aggies struggled to contain Washington’s offense, Wagoner had another strong performance with

Civil disobedience always comes with a risk of police repression,” Raskin said. “This is a common tactic — the police tries to scare away part of the protesters with threats of legal action, then attacks the few protesters who remain. In the vast majority of cases, the protesters do not actually get charged…”

Clover also affirms this and said that it is worthwhile to take the risk that is associated with political action, and believes that the bank is focused on an eventual departure of the bank, despite it being an inconvenience to some students.

“That’s the measure of politics,” Clover said.

For further information on the U.S. Bank and UC Davis agreement, a campus community event will be held Wednesday at 4 p.m. at the Memorial Union II room, addressing the history of the relationship between U.S. Bank and Student Affairs.

MUNA SADEK can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

the brutality and intolerance that can characterize fundamentalist Islam.

For those of us living in safety in the West, the fear of living in a fundamentalist country can seem distant, even unreal. But we can still make a difference. With Egypt and others increasingly dependent on aid from the U.S. to survive, we must have the political will to demand equal treatment for non-Muslims as a condition of that aid.

The first step, as always,

is to speak the truth. The famously-astute Vice President Biden, rhapsodizing about the Arab Spring in December, compared it to the American Revolution, and quoted poetry about the “terrible beauty” of the movement.

Unfortunately for the minorities living in fear throughout the Middle East, the Arab Spring promises far more terror than beauty.

SAM HOEL can be reached at swhoel@ ucdavis.edu.

an RBI double in the forth inning, driv- gate scoring five runs in the first three ing in Amy Nunez and Kelly Harman innings. The Toreros would keep pace, in a failed comeback attempt. however, as they took a 7-6 lead into the final inning.

Sunday — San Diego 7, UC Davis 6 With Harman in scoring position to UC Davis’ San Diego trip ended with tie the game, the Aggies could not capa heartbreaker as the Aggies’ seventh italize as they fouled out and struck inning rally fell short in the one-run out to end the game. loss against San Diego.

UC Davis Softball continues toUnlike previous games, the Aggies day with an away game against Santa — led by Megan Guzman, who con- Clara. tributed three hits, two RBIs and two stolen bases — exploded from the DOUG BONHAM can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

OPINION

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ASUCD Senate and Executive Elections Editor’s Note: The Aggie Editorial Board interviewed 14 of the 15 senate candidates and both executive tickets and wrote the following evaluations. They are in no particular order and do not represent the ranked preferences of The Editorial Board.

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long-term solutions for Picnic Day is a noble ideal, but perhaps a little lofty.

Investing in ASUCD units by putting more capital into them is a good idea, as long as they are given a realistic amount of money within the budget. His goals of renovating the Aggie Student Store (CoHo To-go) and adding more bandwidth to wifi in the CoHo are more practical ideas that would improve the quality of our campus.

Chucha (Jose) Marquez

Junior psychology and Chicano/a studies double major Chucha Marquez, who is running on the SMART slate, could bring a different perspective to the table from his experience as a volunteer at many of the student centers. He hopes to bridge the gap between the student population and ASUCD. Marquez is running on two personal platforms, along with the SMART platforms. His first platform is to create a quarterly performance night for students and students groups to express themselves and share their talents. His second platform is to create more

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guest opinion

We are all on the same side Shaun Geer

Graduate student, sociology

I attended a town hall meeting on Feb. 10 lead by a team of lawyers, charged by the Office of the President to propose a comprehensive police policy for all UC campuses. After this meeting, a reporter from The Aggie came up to me and asked, “What side are you on?” and “Why are you here?”

I was taken aback by these questions, particularly the first one.

I hope that both The Aggie and the campus community is sophisticated enough not to paint a binary, black and white response to this crisis we find ourselves in, or the protests on campus. To fall into such a trap is dangerous and ultimately harmful as we try to seek solutions to our shared problems. To answer the question, I would hope that I am on the side everyone else is on in this campus, the side that wants to improve the operations of this university so that everyone has access to a good education, a community without bias and discrimination and a safe, all-inclusive campus.

I would hope that everyone reading this is on that side with me.

As to the second question, as to why I was at this town hall: I was quoted in a recent article in your publication as saying, “I support civil disobedience,” which I do not remember saying so unconditionally.

The reporter can be excused though, as we were interrupted by campus staff. So let me expand.

I was at this meeting because there seems to be a particular type of logic pervasive in this university that I feel threatens all of our long term goals, and should be brought into question.

Take, for example, the logic behind LETTERS TO THE EDITOR The California Aggie welcomes letters from its readers. Letters must be typed and no longer than 200 words. As The Aggie attempts to represent a diversity of viewpoints on its letters page, we reserve the right to edit letters for length and clarity. Publication is not guaranteed, and letters become the property of The California Aggie.

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The dark side of the Arab Spring

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iving in the peacefullymundane Central Valley of California, it’s hard to comprehend that in other parts of the world people are harassed, tor-

the investigative team from the Office of the President on Friday. Why is it that, in all of the university’s staff and resources, the team researching how better to improve our police practices is made entirely of lawyers? We have a host of experts in the university who study protest, criminology, ethics and civil rights. Why were none of these scholars called to be on this committee? When this committee wanted to get feedback from protesters, this logic somehow prevented them from going down and actually talking to them where they were at the bank.

I can’t help but feel that this logic is part of a larger logic of privatization, that which finds it more efficient to allow income generated by managing the new West Village Properties to go to a private corporation, rather than funneled back into the university. This logic has undergraduates paying higher tuition, and yet teaching services are one of the first things cut, with ever larger class sizes and fewer TAs per student.

This particular brand of logic prevalent in the UC system is harmful to us all, and should be challenged by all parts of our community: students, protesters, administrators and especially by The Aggie. This isn’t an “us vs. them” story; rather, it is all of us trying to figure out a better way to run this institution.

I think several aspects of this logic were successfully challenged at the town hall by several very well spoken and articulate members of our community. I hope that we are able to avoid the divisive language suggested by the question asked to me by the reporter, and instead are able to come together as a community to find better ways to solve our problems.

We are all on the same side.

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tured and even killed for their beliefs every day. But they are.

It’s been over a year since the beginning of what was hopefully termed the “Arab Spring,” an explosion of political and social upheaval in the Middle East and North Africa that led to the overthrow of three dictatorial regimes and the destabilization of several more. But amid the exuberance of change, troubling trends have emerged. Of these, perhaps the most troubling is a marked increase in persecution of religious minorities by democratic Islamic fundamentalists.

Egypt, where Islamist militias led by the Muslim Brotherhood ousted long-time dictator Hosni Mubarak, has seen liberty for religious minorities enter a crisis.

Coptic Christians — who comprise approximately 10 percent of

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Letter to the editor In response to “The debt debate” The column from Feb. 7 entitled “The debt debate” on the U.S. debt and our seamlessly never-faltering credit score is wildly off base and out of touch with financial reality. Mr. Brawer points out, “The U.S. debt doesn’t really matter.” The Greek government probably thought along the same lines. We see how that is working out for them. I understand that Mr. Brawer is a columnist and exercises his right of speaking freely, but I highly encourage him to seek counsel from finance professionals and people who are in touch with the inner-happenings of our complex economy.

He may find out that our debt does matter and is a burden on the taxpayer.

Mr. Brawer points out the debt ceiling extension by Senate in his column. So I am concluding that he remembers the U.S. credit downgrade by Standard and Poor’s.

Mr. Brawer may see this as irrelevant, but the Dow Jones Industrial Average swung violently down to 10,700 after the U.S. credit downgrade.

This DJIA loss translates in a massive devaluation of America’s leading companies.

Companies like McDonalds and Bank of America, popular investment avenues for many Americans, lost value.

This led to personal portfolio value loss, something that affects all of us either directly or indirectly. In fact, many college endowments have investments in the Dow Jones.

These endowments lost value during this credit downgrade caused by an enormous amount of United States debt.

What Mr. Brawer fails to understand is that the revenues from taxpayers enable the U.S. to overspend.

Taxpayers provide the U.S. government revenue to go out and borrow against, usually from bond issuance. Our

up by police and military forcEgypt’s population — had expees. Over 20 people were killed and rienced persecution for decades more than 300 people were infrom Muslim groups, but until jured, some of them run over by the fall of Mubarak, the government provided the Copts with of- military vehicles. In a recent and typical instance, when a mob ficial protection. of 3,000 Muslims attacked and Since Mubarak’s demise, howburned Coptic homes, churches ever, the situation for Copts has and shops in the village of Kobrydeteriorated. A wave of targeted el-Sharbat, the murders, rapes, police waitmob beatings ... the fear of living in a ed outside the and church burnfundamentalist country can seem village until ings has devasthe mob had tated the Coptic distant, even unreal enough of lootChristian coming and beating. munity on an alAside from direct persecumost daily basis for the past year. tion, Egypt’s religious minoriDespite the brutality of these atties face societal discrimination tacks, the new democratic govand pressure as well. Barbaric ernment has shown no desire practices such as “chitan,” or feto stop the persecution. Last male circumcision, which had October, a peaceful march protesting the destruction of a Coptic been banned under Mubarak, have become popular again.

Christian church was broken

“military might” is a direct effect of taxpayer revenues.

What happens when taxpayers move out of the country to find better, higher-paying jobs and harbor their savings in banks with positive real interest rates? This is an improbable scenario, but crazier things have happened.

An explanation of the Federal Reserve and the role they play in conducting this drunken circus is necessary for describing our web of financial problems. The devaluation of the currency you hold in your pocket is dangerous and could potentially lead to the change of the world’s reserve currency. If this event takes place, we could see a major decline in our quality of life. But hey, let’s keep spending! It’s all on credit. It is time for fiscally-responsible leaders in this country to remedy our scary debt situation.

Brandon Morris Junior, plant science

Christian women, easily identifiable for their lack of a head covering, are a target for rapes and beatings. Christians and other non-Muslims also face a virtual apartheid in legal and societal standing based on radical interpretations of Sharia law. The U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom has recommended that Egypt be placed alongside North Korea, Iraq and Saudi Arabia as a “Country of Particular Concern.”

Not surprisingly, human rights groups in Egypt have estimated that 100,000 to 200,000 Coptic Christians have left Egypt since the Revolution.

While Egypt is perhaps the most visible offender, the democratization caused by the Arab Spring

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baseball Cont. from page 6 came up with a diving catch and threw to first base to double up the Utah runner.

UC Davis cut the Utah lead to 3-1 on an RBI single from Lynch in the fourth, but the Aggies committed two errors in the sixth to allow Utah to extend its lead to 6-1.

Lynch and junior Paul Politi had two hits each for UC Davis.

Sunday — UC Davis 6, Utah 2 Redshirt freshman Alex Lipson went two-for-four with three RBI and UC Davis used a four-run seventh inning to secure a 6-2 victory.

Tom Briner, who was the Aggie closer in 2011, allowed just one run in seven innings while striking out four batters. After a season of throwing around 20 pitches in a

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game, Briner looked nearly flawless in his new role, throwing 87 pitches in a very productive outing.

Freshman Spencer Koopmans made his Aggie debut in relief in the eighth inning, and loaded the bases with just one out. He struck out the final two batters he faced, however, and held Utah to just one run.

“A kid grew up right before our eyes out there,” said Vaughn about Koopmans. “It was a fun thing to watch, and when I went out there to talk to him, he was relaxed and told me he was going to get out of it. You don’t see freshmen like that, and it really bodes well for the future.”

UC Davis scored two runs in the bottom of the fourth inning, Morgan’s speed causing damage again. Morgan reached after being hit by a pitch, the first of five Aggie batters hit by a pitch in this game, then stole second and third base

working at different student centers seems to affect his goals, and would make him a beneficial addition to the senate table.

before scoring on a bunt from Adam Young.

The UC Davis bats came to life again in the seventh inning, when David Popkins and Politi picked up back-to-back one-out singles. With two outs and a runner on third, Vaughn called for another bunt, and Morgan placed it perfectly down the third-base line to allow Popkins to score. Pinch hitter CJ Blom drew a bases-loaded walk, and Lipson’s drive up the middle brought home two more Aggie runs.

“Even with two outs we feel like we can put that play on,” Vaughn said, referring to Morgan’s two-out bunt. “Frankly, we had our best guy up there in that situation to do that.

Even though he’s in the seventh hole, he does a great job for us [and] we go when that guy goes.”

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senator Jared Crisologo-Smith, a secretary position with the Unity Clap Theater and a fellowship with the Davis Humanities Institute. While Joanino’s platforms may not resonate with all students, she represents often over-looked communities and would be a much-needed advocate for those students.

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“We put ourselves in a good position to win and we were playing some of the best basketball of the season,” Gross said. “Our pressure and intensity on defense dropped a little in the last eight minutes and they [CSU Northridge] took advantage of that.”

Senior Lauren Juric, who had sat out the last couple games due to an ankle sprain, came back and contributed 11 points and two blocks, while Meggison continued to perform well adding 19 points, going 11-12 from the free-throw line.

The two losses drops UC Davis down to fifth in the conference with three games remaining.

Cont. from page 6 least.

“We’re confident against any team, but it just comes down to the ability to play consistently all 40 minutes of the game,” Gross said.

UC Davis built a 29-23 lead at halftime, but when the Matadors caught fire with about 10 minutes left in the game, the Aggies couldn’t hold on.

They relinquished the lead that had become 15 points midway through the second half, and when CSU Northridge gained a 55-53 advantage with 1:42 remaining in the game, UC Davis couldn’t muster any solutions to stop the MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@ bleeding. theaggie.org.

Freeborn to a more visible location in the Memorial Union.

his experience volunteering for political campaigns and a willingness to listen to members of the community.

Cont. from page 3 Marcus King resources for un-enrolled students, which would include a Executive Candidates Bradley Bottoms Running with the SMART slate, website that provided informaMarcus King offers a record of past tion for students to apply for releadership experience. He is a se Bradley Bottoms, a sophoBree Rombi and admission. nior transfer student double mamore political sciences and sociAmy Martin Marquez’s ideas seem to be stu- ology double major, could bring joring in psychology and commudent-centered and could provide a great deal of legnication with a minor in African Bree Rombi, presidential canassistance to students who need islative experience Beatriz Anguiano American studies. didate, and Amy Martin, vice help from ASUCD. While his plat- from his volunteer As the former presidential candidate, have forms seem to be rather specifwork on the Lobby student body Junior psychology and both been involved in ASUCD ic, they would help students on Corps and being the Chicano/a Studies double president of his since they came to UC Davis. campus. assistant to ASUCD community colmajor Beatriz Anguiano With this experience, they have Vice President Bree lege, King has a would represent the knowledge of how ASUCD Rombi.

Paul Min strong leaderchicano/a and latino/a works and what needs to be ship background Bottoms has two perspective at the senate changed. and would come Paul Min, a sophomore philos- platforms. First table.

This ticket is running to ASUCD with ophy major, could bring a differof all, he wants to As part of the SMART Bradley Bottoms on three main platforms; creexperience to ent student perspective to the ta- bring more stuslate, Anguiano is runSophomore ating a state ballot measure complete his ble that is not currently repredent advocacy to the Marcus King ning in support of inwhich would put more UC stustated goals. sented by any of the senators. As state legislature in Senior creasing textbook redent Regents on the Board of a resident advisor, he Sacramento

His first indiserves and adding funding to ethRegents, changing the way seems to have knowlto prevent more budvidual platform nic graduations. On an individthat UC Davis lobbies the legedge of students and get cuts to UC Davis. He is to have the CoHo accept agual level, Anguiano’s first goal is student housing. wants to continue rallygie cash. While this could be diffi- islature and giving students fito add a group of financial aid ing support for the Middle peer advisers. These advisers Min is running on cult, he seems to have a good un- nancial relief now. They are lookClass Scholarship Act derstanding of the challenges and ing to increase scholarship monthree platforms. He would be locatey for students, which would be from both Democrats and ed in the Student how to accomplish the hopes to improve a good thing for Republicans in the state goal. campus lighting so Community UC Davis students. legislature and make sure Center, and His second platthat all students can Furthermore, putthe politicians and stuform is to implebe safe at night, make Anguiano would ting more student dents can participate in a prefer to make ment a campus childsure that there is regents on the UC one-on-one dialogue. His it a paid posicare program for stutimely and consistent Paul Min Board of Regents other major platform is dents because he beroad maintenance on Sophomore tion. Anguiano’s would help give to increase bike safety by lieves there should be campus and bring the second platform voice to the students making educative, rather more options available interfaith commugoal is to add adof the UC system. than punitive, programs. to students with chilnity together on campus to fight ditional resourcAll of their platdren. This is an amsocial injustices. While his plat Bottoms has promising experi- es for students on Beatriz Anguiano forms seem like they bitious platform that forms seem achievable, his light- ence in student government that academic probaBree Rombi Junior would help students, would only affect a ing platform may be unnecescould help him more easily navtion. This would Amy Martin and they have a firm small number of stusary, as UC Davis currently has igate the complicated legislative include creating grasp of how ASUCD dents, but would be a contract with an eco-friendly process. Although he is focused a resources guide for students on functions. impactful if accomplished. lighting company that is already on how to practically achieve his probation and providing support working to improve lighting on goals, he seems to still be driven groups. campus. Min chose not to sign to achieve real beneficial change Patrick Devlin Anguiano has experience workthe ASUCD campaign spending for students.

Rebecca Sterling and Yena ing at the Student Recruitment agreement, which means he was Bae

Junior transfer student Patrick and Retention Center and is able to spend as much money as Jaki Joanino Devlin, a communication ma cuttently the internal chair of he wanted on his campaign. jor with a minor in philosophy, Rebecca Sterling and Yena M.E.C.H.A. de UC Davis, one of Min could bring student knowl- Junior dramatic art and politis running for Bae are running for ASUCD the oldest Chicano/a/ edge to the table, but our public ical science double president and vice president, Latino/a groups on the UC Senate with three school senate is not the place for major Jaki Joanino ofmain platforms. respectively. Both could bring Davis campus. religiously motivated legislation. fers a fresh perspecHis first platform experience to the office from

tive to ASUCD as a is to create a levtheir past positions as senators.

Colten Ellison member of UC Davis’ Desun Oka el playing field Sterling and Bae are runSaunders artistic community,

through consisning on many platforms, and appears passion Desun Oka, a senior Asian tent enforcement which include lobbying the ate about using her of campus poliAmerican studies major, could Colten Ellison capitol, making sure stuposition as a senator bring experience to the table Saunders, a junior politi- cies. He gave as dents are involved in the decito represent artists as an example havfrom his volunteer work at the cal science major, would sions that the administration ing tents removed Patrick Devlin LGBTRC, the SRRC and the Cross well as females of colprovide representation Jaki Joanino makes and helping ASUCD Junior or on the UC Davis from the Quad, Cultural Center. for transfer students at Junior units with their finances. campus.

Also running on the SMART the ASUCD Senate table. though the platSterling and Bae hope to unite form does not apslate, Oka has two As a member Additionally, Saunders is the campus to fight fee hikes, and pear to have much applicability major platforms. of the SMART not currently a member have promised that if elected one beyond this.

His first is to provide slate, Joanino intends to of ASUCD, and would provide person from their office would scholarships for AB work for more textbook His second platform is to inan outside perspective. be at the Capitol lob540 students, who reserves and funding for crease the num Saunders’ platbying legislatures at don’t have access to ethnic graduation cereber of impactform is based on alleast two days a week. most other scholarmonies. Individually, she ed sections and leviating the finanBoth candidates are ships. A lack of supplans to propose more classes for large cial burden on UC involved with differport for AB 540 stupractice rooms and reintroductoDavis students. His ent groups on camdents is an issue on hearsal spaces for camry classes such first goal is to restart pus, and said that campus, and his platpus performance groups, as communicaBook Exchange –– an Desun Oka they could be a fresh form would help and create a priority regis- ASUCD unit that was tion and chemSenior start for ASUCD. these students. His tration system for student istry.

This would cut in 2011 –– in orsecond platform is groups who wish to reserve der to provide stube difficult to ac Both candidates to put gender neucampus venues for percomplish, though have ASUCD experidents with a cheaper tral bathrooms into all of the formances. She also supports reence, Bae is currently option for purchasing Colten Ellison Saunders he believes that Rebecca Sterling new buildings on campus, which forming the socio-cultural diversi- textbooks. His secas a senator he a senator and Sterling Junior Yena Bae would be a positive move for UC ty general education requirement ond goal is to provide would be able to is a former senaDavis. to include ethnic, gender and reli- more resources for put pressure on tor and now serving the administration. His final as the Student Police Relations Oka’s platforms, while focused, gious studies.

The Pantry so that it can remain platform is to increase tutoring, chair. Their platforms seem would truly help and support stu- Joanino offers a range of leadopen longer hours. Saunders achievable, although they would dents on campus, which is the ership experience, including an also supports moving The Pantry particularly for minorities. have a lot of work to do if elected. point of ASUCD. His experience internship with current ASUCD from its current location in Lower He brings to the senate table

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der to attain team scores that reflect those individual highs.

“We’re really looking forward to the second half [of the season] and possibly post-season as well.”

The Aggies take on MPSF conference rival Seattle Pacific on Friday.

Cont. from page 6 “[Yamamura] is in the middle of putting together a great season,” said Lavallee.

“She’s performed amazingly well.”

With the MPSF Championships quickly approaching, the team is look- KAITLYN ZUFALL can be reached at sports@ ing to eliminate falls in or- theaggie.org.

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Strong start

against Utah.

The opening-day win debuted new head coach Matt Vaughn, a former Aggie pitcher and longtime assistant.

UC Davis opened the new season 2-1.

Matt Vaughn era opens with a win Baseball

By RUSSELL EISENMAN Aggie Sports Writer

The UC Davis baseball team used strong pitching to secure victories in two of the first three games of a four-game series

Friday — UC Davis 3, Utah 0 Senior southpaw Dayne Quist was masterful in six innings, allowing just three hits with no walks and striking out 12 batters to lead UC Davis to a 3-0 victory.

Quist retired eight straight batters, including five consecutive strikeouts in the first three innings, and struck out the side in the fourth.

“Dayne was throwing all of his pitches for strikes today,” Vaughn said. “He was great at keeping his fastball down and he was able to get his off-speed [pitches] over.

Utah is a pretty good hitting team, and he made it look easy.”

Aggies drop two close conference games UC Davis falls to fifth place in Big West

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Senior Samantha Meggison scored 20 points in the Aggies’ loss to the 49ers. the score to 46-43. But that was the closest they got, as the 49ers would only build on their lead.

Yet, the game had its bright spots for the Aggies, as they kept themselves in the game with some disciplined freethrow shooting, getting 23 points from the charity stripe.

Another redeeming quality of the game was UC Davis’s rebounding, as it grabbed 41 boards. These included 18 offensive rebounds, both close to their season-high performances.

“We played well enough defense but couldn’t get the ball to drop,” Gross said. “To [the 49er’s] credit, they came out and made some big shots.”

Senior Samantha Meggison had a career-high 20 points and was one of only three players to have more than one basket from the floor.

Saturday –– Cal State Northridge 63, UC Davis 60 The Aggies found themselves pitted against the first-place team in the Big West, but were not intimidated in the

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Individuals can’t pace team UC Davis falls to Air Force for first time in nine years

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The Aggies struggled in their first loss in nine years to Air Force Falcons.

Gymnastics

By KAITLYN ZUFALL Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis continued its roller coaster month on Saturday with a 191.625-190.925 loss to Mountain Pacific Sports Federation rival Air Force.

The last time that the Aggies were outscored by the Falcons was at the 2003 USAG Collegiate Division Championships. UC Davis had triumphed in 17 consecutive meets in the intermediary period.

Though the Aggies took first in four of the five individual categories, the falls

they were forced to count en route led to a disappointing team score for the squad.

The loss came after last week’s meet against Sacramento State and Oregon State in which the Aggies scored a season-high 193.875. The score from Saturday’s meet was a decrease of nearly three points.

Though the young squad shows promise at every meet, inconsistencies, particularly in the month of February, have kept the squad from performing to its full potential.

The Aggies’ first stroke of bad luck on Friday came during warm-ups when sophomore Anna Shumaker suffered an injury that kept her from competing in the meet. The team consequently was able to field only five scores on the vault and floor rotations.

UC Davis then counted two misses on both the bars and beam rotations and had two neutral deductions on floor.

“We had a disappointing performance,” Head Coach John Lavallee said.

“It certainly is not indicative of what the team is capable of.”

Though the team as a whole was unable to maintain last week’s high level of performance, several individuals did see personal success at the meet.

Junior Leah Houseman took first on the balance beam with a career-high 9.850. It was her second consecutive career-high on the event.

On floor, junior Michelle Ho also captured first for the Aggies with a score of 9.775, while junior Katie Yamamura took first on the uneven bars (9.725).

Yamamura also placed on vault with a second-place finish of 9.750 en route to the all-around title. It was her fourth allaround win in the last five meets.

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inning, including the home run. The Utes were threatening again later in the inning, and a deep fly ball toward the right-field alley looked to be trouble, but Williams

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Kayleigh Foley sets UC Davis record in 200-yard freestyle

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Senior Paul Politi tallied two hits in UC Davis’ loss to Utah on Saturday.

UC Davis finishes third at conference championships

By JASON MIN

By MATTHEW YUEN

Thursday –– Long Beach State 67, UC Davis 55 In a game that was very uncharacteristic of the Aggies, Long Beach State capitalized on the struggling UC Davis offense to avenge the match-up earlier this season.

It was easily one of the worse shooting games of the season for UC Davis, as it shot 24 percent from the field –– 28 and 20.7 percent in the first and second halves, respectively.

“I wasn’t too concerned; we were rebounding okay and we relied on our defense,” Gross said. “Unfortunately, we just couldn’t get the ball to drop for us — we dug a hole that was a little too big.”

The Aggies held just one lead in the game when junior Hannah Stephens hit a three 20 seconds into the game to make the score 3-2.

UC Davis found itself down 37-26 at halftime, but clawed back into the game with 10 minutes remaining, bringing

Saturday — Utah 7, UC Davis 1 The Utah bats came alive in the second inning, as the Utes used a three-run blast from first baseman Ethan Leiter to even the series against the Aggies.

UC Davis starter Anthony Kupbens gave up four straight hits to start the second

Women’s Swimming & Diving

Women’s basketball

There’s a first time for everything, and unfortunately for the UC Davis women’s basketball program, this weekend was the first time this season it lost both games on its road trip.

UC Davis had beaten both Long Beach State and Cal State Northridge at home earlier this season, but traveling to its opponents’ home courts brought different results.

“It’s different when you go on the road,” Head Coach Jennifer Gross said.

“Teams bring a different energy and they’re a lot tougher when they’re on their home court.”

The Aggies fell to 15-10 overall and 7-6 in the Big West Conference, with three games remaining in regular season play.

The Aggies scored for the first time in the fourth inning, thanks in large part to the speed of centerfielder Brett Morgan.

He legged out a slow roller to shortstop, stole second, then scored on a single from freshman John Williams.

In the fifth, redshirt freshman Nick Lynch earned his first collegiate hit, Morgan doubled, and senior catcher Scott Kalush’s sacrifice fly brought home the second Aggie run. Williams picked up his second RBI of the game in the eighth inning, knocking in pinch runner Kevin Barker from second.

The UC Davis women’s swimming and diving team traveled to compete in the 2012 Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Swimming and Diving Championships held on the campus of East Los Angeles College.

After four days of competition, the Aggies finished in third place with 546 points only behind BYU and UC Santa Barbara, each totaling 732 and 699 points, respectively.

The star of the weekend was senior Kayleigh Foley, who had had a strong showing through all four days of the competition.

She won the 50-yard freestyle, 100-yard freestyle, 200-yard freestyle, and was also part of the unit that secured the 400-yard freestyle relay. During her 200-yard freestyle victory, Foley set the new school record with a time of 1:47.29.

Sophomore Katie Edwards, who finished in second, also would have broken the school record in the same race had Foley not set the new time to beat.

“To me, I thought [Foley] should have won athlete of the year,” said coach Barbara Jahn.

“She is so strong and powerful and has such a sheer determination. I have a lot of confidence in her and she is going to be hard to replace.”

The first day of competition ended with the Aggies in second place after two secondplace finishes in 800-yard freestyle relay and the 200-yard medley relay. Both times were

NCAA “B” consideration standard, signifying their eligibility in that event for the Division I NCAA Swimming and Diving Championships held in Auburn, Ala. On Thursday, Edwards set her lifetime best in the 200-yard IM while teammates Jenah Dawson, Sara Ramos, and Sabrina Cochrane all set season-best times as well. The divers also took part in competition at U.S. Air Force Academy in Colorado Springs, where junior Jennifer Meyer finished in first for the 3-meter consolation finals with a score of 224.5. However, with all the success, the Aggies dropped down to third place after the second day of competition.

On the third day of competition, sophomore Liliana Alvarez won the 100-yard breaststroke.

The team dropped to fourth place behind BYU, UCSB, and Cal Poly, San Luis Obispo due to a few errors, including a disqualification in the 200-yard freestyle relay.

“There were a couple miscues, but I like to focus on the positives,” Jahn said. “A lot of swimmers set their personal bests and it was really just a strong team effort.”

The competition was a tight one all the way until the end as the Aggies were in a close race with Cal Poly for third place.

The event put an end to a successful season under Jahn, and the coach now looks toward the future.

“Our team has more freshmen and sophomores than juniors and seniors, so hopefully the younger swimmers will gain maturity and become stronger,” Jahn said.

JASON MIN can be reaches at sports@theaggie.org.

UC Davis shocks No. 8 Stanford Aggies go 1-4 in San Diego swing

Softball

By DOUG BONHAM Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis softball pulled off one of the biggest upsets in recent memory as it shocked No. 8 Stanford 2-1. It was the first time the Aggies beat the Cardinal since 1995.

UC Davis’ momentum did not carry into the weekend, however, as the Aggies finished a disappointing 1-4 in their weekend road trip to San Diego.

With big game experience built after the holiday weekend, UC Davis hopes to bounce back and improve on its 3-8 start.

Wednesday — UC Davis 2, No. 8 Stanford 1 UC Davis finished its first week of playing strong with a thrilling home victory over Stanford, which was ranked eighth in the nation.

Led by junior pitcher Jessica Thweatt’s complete game with seven strikeouts, the Aggies kept the Cardinal offense at bay as Stanford only scored once during a late rally in the final inning to tie the game.

The Aggies, however, would not be flustered with junior JJ Wagoner hitting a oneout triple to set up a game-deciding plate appearance by freshman Cassandra Ginnis.

With Wagoner at third, Ginnis sealed the upset with an RBI single down the middle to give UC Davis the victory.

“That was clutch hitting by a freshman underclassmen,” said coach Karen Yoder when asked about Ginnis following the game. “She has really stepped up for us.”

Friday — No. 12 UCLA 7, UC Davis 1 Stranded runners became the problem for the Aggies as they fell to the 12th-ranked team in the nation, UCLA, in their opening game of the Campbell Cartier Classic in San Diego.

While it was a close contest for most of the game, the Aggies were unable to convert opportunities as they stranded nine runners on base, including a bases-loaded situation in the bottom of the third.

Even when UC Davis senior Kelly Harman scored off a fourth-inning RBI double by Ginnis, the Bruins would combine two homers with a big offensive outburst in the seventh inning to put the Aggies away.

Friday — UC Davis 6, University of Central Florida 4 After battling highly-ranked teams in the

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Freshman Cassandra Ginnis tallied the game-winning RBI against Stanford. previous two games, the battle-hardened Aggies showed their offensive prowess to top the Central Florida Knights.

Senior catcher Rachel Miller served as the catalyst with a three-run home run in the third inning. Although UCF would answer with a four-run inning, freshman pitcher Justine Vela entered the game in the third and silenced the Knight batters with seven strikeouts in five shutout innings.

Entering the seventh inning in a 4-4 tie, the Aggies would respond as junior Kelly Schulze doubled down the right-field line to give UC Davis a two-run lead and eventually the victory.

“The Stanford game really gave us the confidence that we can do it if we come together and execute,” Yoder said, “and that’s what we did against UCF.” Saturday — San Diego State 3, UC Davis 0 Things went poorly from the start as UC Davis struck out 12 times and managed only four hits against San Diego State.

While SDSU struck quickly with a lead-off homer, UC Davis’ defense also struggled as two fourth-inning fielding errors would allow for two more Aztec runs. With Thweatt stepping in to relieve Vela, pitching seemed to be the only successful aspect of the Aggies loss, as Thweatt did not allow an earned run in three innings pitched.

Sunday — No. 7 Washington 11, UC Davis 3 (five innings) The last day of the Campbell Cartier Classic began against undefeated and seventhranked University of Washington. The Huskies pounced early, scoring three runs in

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