March 15, 2012

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Dept. of State releases new travel warning for Mexico

News iN Brief

Students urged to exercise caution when visiting

By CLAIRE TAN Aggie Staff Writer

Students might want to think twice before heading to Mexico this spring break. On Feb. 8, the Bureau of Consular Affairs (BCA) of the United States Department of State issued an updated travel warning detailing the security conditions in Mexico.

Due to the ongoing drug trafficking and violence in Mexico, the bureau recommends U.S. citizens to defer non-essential travel.

“Every six months or so, we update the travel warnings, so the update we just did [for Mexico] was redesigned for clarity,” said Elizabeth Finan, spokesperson for the BCA. “It has a state-by-state assessment that has information on security conditions in each region. We also added a map to the warning to help travelers locate where

they’re going to be going.”

Finan advises travelers to avoid the border states. In addition, she said there are currently 14 Mexican states that require citizens to be more vigilant.

The Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) strongly advises spring breakers not to travel to Mexico. In a press release, the department stated rape and sexual assault continue to be serious issues in resorts, and the number of Mexican states to avoid increased by four since 2011.

“The Mexican government has made great strides battling the cartels, and we commend their continued commitment to making Mexico a safer place to live and visit,” said Steven C. McCraw, director of DPS. “However, drug cartel violence and other criminal activity represent a significant safety threat, even in some resort areas.”

The travel warning gives advice on each state in Mexico, although there are also states

with no travel advisories.

“Generally, the resort areas and tourist destinations in Mexico don’t see the levels of drug-related violence and crime that are reported in the border region,” Finan said.

Travel.state.gov states that the crime and violence occurring throughout the country have led to U.S. citizens falling victim to Transnational Criminal Organization activities such as homicide, gun battles, kidnapping, carjacking and highway robbery.

“The number of U.S. citizens reported to the Department of State as murdered in Mexico increased from 35 in 2007 to 120 in 2011,” the BCA stated on travel.state.gov.

The travel warning for Mexico is a reflection of the travel policy that has been in effect since July 15, 2010 for official U.S. government employees and their families, Finan said. They are prohibited from personal travel to places designated as “defer non-essen-

See SPRING, page 2

Irisa Tam / Aggie

Study hours extended on campus during finals week Study hours at many different study spots on campus will be extended throughout finals week.

ASUCD Academic Affairs Commission and Campus Recreation have collaborated to extend study hours in order to provide students with more options when studying for their finals. Griffin Lounge and The Wedge will be open 24 hours. Study hours have been extended at ARC Meeting Rooms, Starbucks at the ARC, Student Community Center Meeting Rooms and other locations on campus.

For a full list of the extended study hours, visit sa.ucdavis. edu/finals_study_hours.cfm.

— Hannah Strumwasser

Bike fanatics of Davis bike through town together

courtesy of Krista Jackson

Davis’ Critical Mass has decreased in popularity over the last few years.

By MEE YANG

Aggie News Writer

Originating in San Francisco as the first bicycling tour in 1992, Critical Mass eventually became an instant hit in over 300 cities around the world.

Taking place every last Friday of the month, bicyclists congregate and roam the city together to promote bicycling as an alternative to driving cars. There are different forms of Critical Mass, ranging from politically driven bike rides to rides just for fun.

“A critical mass is an autonomous zone; it challenges the existing transportation system by testing it, and demonstrating that even in Davis, attitudes and infrastructure are not conducive to bikes as the main mode of transport,” said Darach Miller, a genetics graduate student.

Given that Davis is known as Bike City, USA, it has its very own Critical Mass group that meets once a month under the Oak Tree at Central Park.

During its prime time in the mid-2000s, Davis Critical Mass drew together many people who dressed up in various costumes with extravagant bike décor.

Probably considered Davis Critical Mass’s most popular ride up to date,

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Zombies Versus Pirates was held in September 2007. Bicyclists came together dressed up as a pirate or zombie to reclaim the streets from the car invasion. This car invasion was in reference to the Fifth Street corridor, which is, today, still considered a hazardous bike thruway because of its lack of bike lanes.

According to daviswiki. org, Davis Critical Mass used to consist of about a hundred people. Since then, the number of participants has decreased.

In addition, the original goals of Davis Critical Mass have shifted from protesting for bike lanes on Fifth Street to having a wonderful time biking with other community members every month.

Boogabaah Weesnaah, who is one of the administrators for the Davis Critical Mass Facebook group and frequently attends the bike rides, said “the few rides that actually did occur last year [2011] seemed to be more for just fun than protesting anything.”

She said that a nice mixture of both students and community members are involved with the group but that there is no set organization. Ideally, people show up whenever they feel like riding and create their own routes as

See BIKE, page 3

Blind UC Davis student fights for equal access to education Chemistry graduate student lobbies in Washington for audio textbooks

By SARA ISLAS Aggie News Writer

“You don’t need vision to succeed,” UC Davis graduate student Hoby Wedler said. “However, you do need equal access to opportunities.”

In Wedler’s case, equal access to opportunity came in the form of audio textbooks. He is currently lobbying at the White House and in Congress to grant all students who have sight and reading disabilities access to audio textbooks.

Wedler is completely blind. He graduated from Davis with a double major in history and chemistry in 2010. Now he is continuing his education at UC Davis as a chemistry Ph.D. student.

Wedler, who said that he considers being blind nothing more than a nuisance, said that he credits a huge part of his educational and life success to audio textbooks.

“They leveled the playing field for me,” Wedler said. “If I failed, it was my fault. I could no longer blame it on not being able to see thanks to audio textbooks.”

Audio textbooks, which were provided to him through a non-profit organization for the visually impaired called Learning Ally, are much more con-

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UC Davis graduate student Hoby Wedler is fighting at the White House and in Congress to grant all students with sight and reading disabilities access to audio textbooks. venient, efficient and effective than Braille, the alternative, Wedler said.

“The general chemistry book used at Davis is normally one very heavy, 500-paged book, but in Braille it is over 30 volumes of large books,” Wedler

said. “It is very difficult to work with 30 books.”

On top of being inconvenient, Wedler said that Braille books take twice the

See WEDLER, page 2

Students complain about slow WiFi network on campus Too many devices could contribute to alleged “slow” network

By RICHARD CHANG Aggie News Writer

On an average day in the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo), one can often overhear students complaining that the connection to Moobilenet, the campus Wi-Fi network, is slow.

“The unreliability of WiFi leads to unprofessional presentations, embarrassment and apathy,” said Anna Hunt, a senior religious studies major.

Many students, faculty and staff have complained that the wireless network is lackluster, noting that Moobilenet is often slow to connect in places such as the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo), Wellman Hall and Olson Hall. According to Hunt, it is not uncommon to see a professor struggling with their laptop, unable to Forecast

Rain is a real pain, but don’t complain, because if you use your brain, you will be able to detain the water droplets from soaking your mane. For tomorrow, be ready to repeat these steps again, because the rain will not restrain.

Matthew Little, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

load an online video he prepared for class.

Mark Redican, director of communication resources, said that his unit hasn’t seen many problems reported.

Despite the increase in wireless access points, from 300 in 2008 to 1,600 now, bandwidth is still an issue. The widespread adoption of smartphones has not helped, according to Redican. “ S o m e phones check e-mail every minute,” Redican said.

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Bicyclists roam Davis streets every last Friday of the month

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ing to Moobilenet is one aspect that contributes to the inconsistent wireless network.

One campus department is actively adopting new technology.

Tracy Bennett, director of computer services for Student Housing, believes WiFi is the way of the future.

“Generally, it’s been good; not too many complaints,” he said of Resnetx, the Wi-Fi network in the dorms.

However, Bennett said bringing Wi-Fi to the dorms has been a challenge. He attributes most of the issues to excessive

downloading, gaming and streaming movies — some of the activities college students like best.

Redican said that it is difficult to assess the performance of the network if users don’t report the problems. He said that they have not received a large amount of complaints about Moobilenet.

“If there are problems, we definitely want to hear about it,” he said.

While this is an option for students struggling to connect, Hunt suggested that a bad connection may not always be such a bad thing.

“The only benefit is that those addicted to Facebook can’t always get their fix during class,” Hunt said.

RICHARD CHANG can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

The walls almost caved in on us last night as we were putting together the paper. Just kidding.

But seriously, Steve Aoki was causing some serious damage in the basement last night.

Hardcore bass beats, anyone?

Aggie Night Crew

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Junior Recital

TODAY UC Davis Hindustani Vocal Ensemble 12:05 to 1 p.m.

115 Music Watch this free performance of director Rita Sahai and the UC Davis Hindustani Vocal Ensemble.

BME Alumni Seminar Series: Navigating a Bio-Pharma Industry Career Path 4 to 5 p.m.

1005 GBSF, main floor auditorium Join Mr. Cao as he discusses career paths for biomedical engineers and shares his experiences in the field.

French Club Meeting 6 to 8 p.m.

184 Young Join the French Club for a meeting. All are welcome.

The Science Singers 8 to 10 p.m.

John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. Watch the Science Singers, a fusion of the UC Davis arts and science programs, perform songs that convey their understanding of the class material from Science and Society 42: Earth, Water, Science and Song.

FRIDAY

3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

115 Music Watch Abby Green play the flute in this free performance.

“Gran Partita” Performance 5:30 to 6:30 p.m.

115 Music This student chamber ensemble, coached

by David Granger, will perform Mozart’s “Gran Partita” for wind instruments.

SATURDAY Women’s Water Polo 1 to 2 p.m. and 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

Schaal Aquatics Center Come watch the women’s water polo team play Maryland at 1 p.m. and Fresno Pacific at 2:30.

Guided Tour: California Native Plants Spring To Life 2 to 4 p.m.

Buehler Alumni & Visitors Center, Old Davis Road, UC Davis Standouts in the spring native plant garden will be the focus of a tour of the Mary Wattis Brown Garden of California Native Plants.There is no charge for the tour and free parking is available in Visitor Lots 1 and 2 and the Mondavi Center parking structure. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum. ucdavis.edu.

SUNDAY

Folk Music Jam Session Noon to 1 p.m.

Wyatt Deck, Old Davis Road, UC Davis Folk musicians are invited to play together informally during an acoustic jam session.

All skill levels welcome. Listeners welcome!

Parking is available for $7 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and A Street. For more information, visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

Baseball 2:30 to 5 p.m.

Dobbins Baseball Complex Watch the UC Davis baseball team play San Jose State.

Baseball 2:30 to 5 p.m.

Dobbins Baseball Complex Watch the UC Davis baseball team play San Jose State.

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.

Program, or STEP. “We always encourage students and regular travelers alike, when you do go to Mexico, there are certain steps you can take to stay safe while you’re there,” Finan said. “STEP is one component: what this does is helps us get in touch with you in case of an emergency.”

U.S. citizens enrolled in the program with an email address will occasionally receive messages from their respective embassies or consulates regarding information about security.

“We recommend that students enroll themselves and they can receive the information directly from us,” Finan said. “I just want to emphasize that if you travel to Mexico, to please read the travel warning carefully, locate the state you will be traveling in, educate yourself on the security situation in that state and then additionally, educate yourself on the laws and regulations in Mexico or any country.”

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As of now, there are travel warnings for 31 countries. Finan said depending on the school, some schools won’t have study abroad programs in places the Department of State has warnings.

According to University of California (UC) spokesperson Brooke Converse, students who are traveling out of the country for UC matters – business, research or community service – are typically notified beforehand of any risks in the countries they will be visiting.

“Travel warnings are a reflection of a security assessment made overall in a country,” Finan said. “They can be issued for civil war, an unstable government, frequent attacks, as well as intense crime and violence.”

Finan said the number-one thing the BCA recommends is enrolling in a program called the CLAIRE TAN can be reached at city@ Smart Traveler Enrollment theaggie.org.

country and all others must gain inspiration from bigger and better ideas.

If China wishes to continue to prosper, its manufacturers must put more emChelsea phasis on quality than quanMehra tity, on the value chain over the supply one. Rather than bolting together sophisticated products designed elsewhere, it needs to do more actual inventing themselves.

A few Chinese firms have started to do this already. For example, a company called Huawei filed for more intere are nearing a time national patents than any when “Made in other firm. Earlier this year, it China” will no lon- unveiled the world’s thinnest ger be discreetly etched un- and fastest smartphone. der our plastic tchotchkes China does not yet have or sewn through the backs enough Huaweis, but it atof our labels. Because of tracts plenty of bright young increasing blue-collar la- people who would like to bor costs this past decade in build one. Every year anothGuangdong and other coast- er wave of “sea turtles” — al hubs, China is at the bot- Chinese who have studied tom of any manufacturer’s or worked abroad — return list for super-cheap hands. home.

This change doesn’t nec- The pace of transformaessarily mean that the tion in China has been so United States should avert startling that it is hard to its stare from a famil- keep up with. At once, we iar lender and competitor. can be celebrating or fretting Rather, we should contin- its demise and its ascent. ue to keep our eyes peeled, Without question, though, for while China may be fo- the esoteric stereotypes cusing less on mass produc- about low-wage sweatshops tion, it is revare as out ving up R&D of date as ( r e s e a r c h Every year for the past four years, Mao suits. and develop- migrant workers’ wages (including Theworld’s ment) to acimmediate commodate benefits) have jumped 20 percent response to an influx of these fiscal, innovative products. political and social revisions It has always been wide- across the Pacific has been to ly acknowledged (maybe pull out. Manufacturers have even become somewhat of found some relief by mova global joke) how tremen- ing production to new ardously economical and pro- eas, such as western China, ductive China keeps its sup- Vietnam, Bangladesh and ply chain. The bargain it of- India. But all of these places fers makes many companies rely on the same increasingly come back for more, con- expensive pool of commodistantly and exclusively con- ties. The price of aluminium tracting with Chinese sup- or silicon isn’t, for example, pliers. Much of the south- less expensive for one counern part of the country is try than another. basically a workshop for the For the long-term, then, world, whose mantra can be America especially needs read on an enormous bill- to follow and exceed board in the industrial city China’s example. Not only of Shenzen: “Time is Money, will China make it hardEfficiency is Life.” er to purchase more with This too-good-to-be-true less, but it will also begin trend in China is certain- to intrude on the spheres ly veering off its current tra- of other countries’ fortes. jectory. Costs for produc- President Obama would artion are soaring every which gue that investing in innoway. Land, environmental vation should be America’s, concerns and tax increases not China’s, “Sputnik mopose problems for coastal ment,” as he made clear trade provinces. during his 2011 State of the Most troublesome to the Union address. global market now depen- America cannot afford dent on the Chinese, how- to skimp on entrepreneurever, are surging salaries. ial ventures, if only for the Every year for the past four progress of humanity. The years, migrant workers’ wag- moment any country bees (including benefits) have comes complacent, the rest jumped 20 percent. Local of us get strung through the Chinese governments, and wake. By peeling off from other Asian governments the arguably less-challengalike, are finally siding with ing task of factory work, their people and hiking China is motivating all to minimum-wage rates in re- take the path of most response to labor unrest. sistance and difficulty. This I keep pinching myself. next decade will prove to be We have come upon an age quite interesting — China where it is actually too ex- and the world must innopensive to do business in vate, or slow down.

China. (Then again, see our $1.2 trillion — and count- It has been a pleasure writing for you this ing — debt to the country.) quarter. If you think I deserve a spring As thoughts of cheap China column, contact CHELSEA MEHRA at get left behind, the Eastern cmehra@ucdavis.edu with topic ideas.

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Correction In the Tuesday article titled “Proposed Minor Alcohol Preclusion Ordinance put on the backburner,” it was stated, “If the ordinance had passed, Davis police would have been granted the ability to cite minors under the age of 18 who are intoxicated in public.” The age was supposed to be 21.

The Aggie regrets this error.

In the Tuesday article titled “ASUCD does not approve institutionalization of ethnic celebration grants,” it was suggested that Senate Bill 67 would have created an earmark for ethnic graduation celebrations. There is already an earmark for these celebrations; the bill would have increased this earmark. The Aggie regrets the error.

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made in 2002, the same year Minority Report was released. Since then, it has become increasingly more relevant in terms of the internet. In an earlier column, I Victor discussed the ad targeting Beigelman of social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter. Users of these pages experience advertisements catered specifically to their characteristics and interests — people who post frequently about clothes on their profiles may be subject to Gap ads, for example. INTERESTING, he year is 2054. John NO? Anderton, played by In one scene of the film, a sunken-eyed Tom John Anderton walks at a Cruise, walks into the Gap. brisk pace through a busy His eyes flash as an auto- shopping mall. Despite matic sensor scans his ret- how fast he’s moving, eye inas, and a woman shows scanners pick up his idenup on a screen in front of tity (this is pre-eye transplant) and throw a multihim.

“Hello, Mr. Yakamoto!” tude of ads in his face. All at she says cheerfully. once, Lexus tells him that “Welcome back to the Gap. the road he’s on is the one How’d those assorted tank “less traveled,” American Express informs him of tops work out for you?”

This may look a bit con- his loyalty as a customer fusing if you haven’t seen since 2037 and Guinness Minority Report. Don’t pan- gets straight to the point, ic. Reading further won’t shouting, “John Anderton! spoil any crucial plot points, You could use a Guinness but let me quickly dispel the right about now!” notion that Cruise (clear- As he experiences his ly a white man) portrays a own wave of personal ads, so too do disguised the people Japanese man with se- Technology is advancing, and walking all rious identi- it’s not slowing down any time around him.

Eventually ty issues in soon the ads get the film. All so jumyou need to know is that for reasons un- bled up that any single important to this column, one is difficult to pay atTommy C’s character has tention to. By walking in a commercialhad new eye transplants completely prior to the Gap scene. Now, ized area in 2054, Anderton with that out of the way, let’s loses all sense of privacy.

Yeah. We’re fucked. talk about tank tops.

When the scanner iden- Although my intent with tifies Mr. Yakamoto’s eyes, this column is not to territhe computer controlling fy you, it’s important to disit generates a personalized cuss the fact that our world greeting based on his previ- may one day resemble the ous purchase of some sexy one depicted in Minority tanks. Uber-futuristic and Report. Even now, billhighly sophisticated, this boards capable of facial rec“interactive advertising” ognition are being develseems implausible — defi- oped by businesses such as nitely not a technology that IBM and NEC (a Japanese will be possible in our life- company). Technology is advancing, and it’s not slowtime. Or so we think.

Before production on his ing down any time soon. sci-fi epic began, Minority The society that Steven Report director Steven Spielberg presented to the Spielberg invited 15 sci- world in Minority Report is entific experts from var- one that integrates people ious fields to a three-day into the media, but takes “think tank” at a hotel in away a certain measure of Santa Monica, California. individuality. Although not There, he consulted with convinced we’re headed the group to imagine a re- down a path to completealistic future society based ly restrained privacy, John on current socio-econom- Underkoffer, the science ical, political and techno- and technology advisor for logical trends. At the end of the film, warned in an inthe meetings, an 80-page terview that “if we, as an os“future bible” emerged, tensibly democratic society, which became the basis of don’t make some choices, the 2054 society depicted in [this society] will just happen automatically.” the film.

Jeff Boortz, who was in Unless these choices have charge of ads in Minority to do with illegal eye-transReport, said that “the whole plant surgeries, I think it’s idea, from a script point of inevitable that all of us will view, was that the advertise- slowly start losing our privaments would recognize you cy. We can’t fight it. The fu— not only recognize you, ture is coming. but recognize your state of mind. It’s the kind of stuff VICTOR BEIGELMAN loves ending on an that’s going on now with absurdly ominous note. Tell him how much digital set-top boxes and the you enjoyed reading his columns on a scale of “so much” to “get this guy a Pulitzer” at internet.”

Boortz’s comment was vbeigelman@ucdavis.edu.

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Campus Judicial Affairs Plagiarism A sophomore was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) for plagiarizing a paper in an anthropology course. The TA who was grading the student’s paper noticed that some paragraphs were written better and more accurately than other paragraphs within the paper. The TA proceeded to look up a couple of phrases via Google and found that some sentences were taken word for word from an online source. This particular online source was not cited in the student’s paper. When the student met with a Judicial Officer, he confessed that he did not know how to cite sources properly and thus admitted to having plagiarized parts of his paper. The student accepted the sanction of Disciplinary Probation until Fall 2012 and agreed to complete community service hours.

He also agreed to read a plagiarism

pamphlet and to sign a contract afterwards confirming that he understands what plagiarism is. Lastly, he agreed to meet with a Student Academic Success Center writing specialist to go over his paper and how to cite sources.

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vided him.”

The audio books that Wedler uses and is lobbying for are created by Learning Ally, a group that works to help the sightand reading-disabled.

Members have access to Learning Ally’s database of over 70,000 titles, 50,000 of which are textbooks. Volunteers and employees work together to create 5,000 new audio books every year. Additionally, a member can request that an audio book be made and it will be ready in approximately two weeks.

Membership to Learning Ally used to be free for sight- and reading-disabled students. However, government funding cuts have brought the cost up to $99 a year.

“This is a service that levels the playing field amongst the sighted and the nonsighted, the reading-able and the read-

Cont. from front page amount of time to read than audio textbooks do.

“Audio textbooks give me easy access to the material and allow me to absorb it much more quickly,” Wedler said.

“Sometimes audio books allow me to get through material more quickly than my sighted peers.”

Hoby Wedler has always been a highachieving and passionate student, said professor of Chemistry, Dean Tantillo.

“There’s not a soul in the chemistry department who doesn’t know who Hoby is,” Tantillo said. “He is a fantastic, smart student and he says that he owes a lot of his academic success to the equal opportunity that audio books have pro-

Theft A student was referred to SJA for stealing clothing from the UC Davis Bookstore. When she met with a Judicial Officer concerning the theft, she admitted to having stolen the piece of clothing and stated that she was dealing with a lot of stress. As a disciplinary sanction for the theft, she accepted Deferred Separation status.

She also agreed to meet with a counselor at CAPS for help in dealing with the stress. Lastly, she agreed to write a reflection paper about her experiences with SJA and CAPS and submit it to SJA during Spring 2012.

Unauthorized Assistance A student was referred to SJA for receiving unauthorized assistance on an assignment in an engineering course.

The professor noticed that this student’s work was very similar to another student’s. When the student met with a Judicial Officer, he admitted that he had struggled with the homework assignment and had thus sought help from someone who had taken the same course before. The student also acknowledged that the TA, rather than another student, could have been his source for help on the assignment. The student agreed to be put on Disciplinary Probation until Fall 2012 as a result of his academic misconduct.

Members of the office of Student Judicial Affairs compile the CAMPUS JUDICIAL REPORTS. Additional information about SJA and the Campus Judicial Board may be found at sja.ucdavis.edu.

ing-disabled,” Wedler said. “It should be free.”

Wedler is lobbying to make membership to Learning Ally free so that all students, no matter their socioeconomic status, can have access to audio books.

So far he has received positive reactions from the government officials he has met with. Most have promised to do their best to bring back funding for Learning Ally within the next few years.

All were happy to hear about Wedler’s mission.

“One official thought that the government was still funding Learning Ally and was glad that I informed him otherwise,” Wedler said. “This shows that this issue is one that needs more awareness.”

SARA ISLAS can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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Alcohol ordinance

Let it die On March 6 the Davis City Council voted unanimously to postpone the Davis City Minor Alcohol Preclusion Ordinance. If passed, the legislation would have given police the ability to cite those under-21 who were intoxicated in public beyond a Blood Alcohol Content of .01.

We are glad that the ordinance will not be going into effect anytime soon, and we commend the UC Davis students who fought hard to oppose the measure. We are frustrated that the ordinance was proposed in the first place and can be reintroduced at a later date.

Furthermore, it is troubling that the city council did not vote to scrap the measure altogether, instead opting to open the ordinance for revision. This legislation has already been revised twice and there is no amount of alteration that will alleviate the frustration felt by the UC Davis students on this matter.

After the amount of student involvement surrounding this ordinance, the city council should realize the measure is both unwarranted and unwanted.

The measure is both unenforceable and inconvenient, as we have noted in the past. But more than anything, it is frustrating that the ordinance attempts to solve a problem that simply does not exist. There are already laws in place that prevent anyone from being drunk and disorderly in public, which already limits anyone from disturbing citizens while drunk in town.

This additional proposed ordinance is nothing more than an attack on UC Davis students. Drinking is part of college culture, and by attempting to pass this type of puritanical statute, certain members of the Davis community are trying to impose their own moral views regarding alcohol on the students. UC Davis students are residents of this town and should be given the same respect and courtesy afforded to other citizens.

The City of Davis should focus its attention on solving more pertinent city problems, such as the Fifth Street Corridor, and spend less time on restricting students from engaging in long-accepted recreational practices. in participation might be attributed to a lack of leadership since Critical Mass only happens whenever people feel like showing up.

Lowe also said that it might also be due to a lack of publicity or a change in what people consider popular.

Despite the decrease in participation, there are still Critical Mass events held every last Friday at 5 p.m. starting at the Oak Tree at Central Park.

Anybody is welcome to join Davis Critical Mass in its bike rides.

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“No one’s in charge, this is not an organization, there are no members,” Miller said. “If you do it, you are it, and you own it.”

“Critical Mass is always fun no matter how many people show up,” Weesnaah said. “It’s nice to meet some new friends while hanging out with the old ones.”

Brandon Lowe, an undeclared sophomore bicyclist enthusiast, said that this decrease MEE YANG can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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ntil last month, the website library.nu acted as the Pirate Bay of academia, offering users free downloads of hundreds of thousands of scholarly books.

But, like so many file-sharing servers before it, library.nu attracted the ire of some powerful enemies: An international group of publishers ranging from Cambridge University Press to Elsevier banded together to stop the site, serving it a cease-and-desist order.

It’s true that publishing companies perform a vital role in academia. In addition to editing, producing and distributing works, academic publishers provide an important quality-control function, helping to decide which scholarship is accurate, informed and worthwhile enough to publish through a rigorous selection process.

At the same time, however, as Christopher Kelty has pointed out, the library.nu takedown has revealed a bottleneck in academic production. In recent years, publishers have decided to sell scholarly books at very high prices for a select audience of university libraries and a handful of professors, often printing less than a hundred copies per book. Amateur scholars and even some libraries are now unable to afford many scholarly publications which, according to YBP Library Services, now cost an average of over $80 per copy.

The same thing is happening in academic journals, only worse.

According to Glenn S. McGuigan, yearly subscription rates for jour-

nals have tripled since the mid- industry obsolete. There is a di‘80s, with scientific research jour- rect parallel between the struggles nals now averaging in the thou- against higher tuition and what we sands of dollars. might call the privatization of aca So, even as the circulation of dig- demic publishing. ital media becomes faster, cheaper Just as the cost of university edand increasingly globalized, the cir- ucation increases, shutting out culation of print academic works those who can’t pay, university becomes slower, more expensive presses and commercial academand increasingly limited. ic publishers are raising their pric Authors don’t win here, either. es faster than the rate of inflation With the exception of a few block- and thereby restricting scholarly knowledge to buster textbooks, a small minority royalties for academic books are Amateur scholars and even some of affluent, pronotoriously low, libraries are now unable to afford fessional, firstworld researchsometimes nonexmany scholarly publications ... ers. Under this istent. One blogregime, knowlger in the industry writes that a successful academ- edge ceases to be a common good, ic work, which might take years to produced through free, public diswrite, is likely to fetch its author course, and becomes instead just around the equivalent of “a nice another source of meager private night out on the town.” Scholarly profit. journals, on the other hand, typi- But the ideal of the internet — cally pay bupkis. Most professors and the public university — is that only publish for the purposes of information wants to be free. That tenure, promotion and prestige. does not mean that we shouldn’t Indeed, with this in mind, some give material support to content scholars have endeavored to make providers or some kind of edittheir publications available for free ing and peer review apparatus. It online. The Open Access research does, however, suggest that acmovement has experimented with cess to scholarly work, like educaa variety of models for doing this, tion, should be as open as possible. including journals which make If our work is genuinely meaningtheir work freely available after an ful, we as academics should do evembargo period, journals which erything we can to disseminate our operate using author submission writing gratis to anyone who might fees and scholarly self-archiving, be interested. when authors re-post their pub- Contrary to the statement relished material online. leased by Jens Bammel of International Publisher’s But some of these scholar- the ly practices have come under fire. Association condemning library.

Recently, philosopher and cultur- nu, there are no “freeloaders” in al theorist Steven Shaviro public- the intellectual sphere. By propaly announced a boycott of Oxford gating information through scholUniversity Press after they asked arly texts, we allow others to crihim to sign away all of his rights to tique, respond to and build upon an essay in a “work for hire” con- what we have thought, thereby intract, one which suggested that he creasing our own store of knowlhad never owned his work in the edge. Therefore, in the academy, we first place. Much like their counter- would do better to take up the exparts in music and software, pub- ample of Libertalia, the 17th centulishing companies are turning to ry pirate utopia, making our scholrestrictive intellectual property arship a “common treasury” with laws to maintain their hold on cre- “no hedge bounding any particular man’s property.” ative production.

But this isn’t just another story about how the digital era has ren- JORDAN S. CARROLL is a Ph.D. student in English who dered yet another print or content can be reached at jscarroll@ucdavis.edu.

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volume 6, number 9

the california aggie’s arts and entertainment magazine

Thursday, march 15, 2012

In review: 21 Jump street Elizabeth Orpina

Jonah Hill, Channing Tatum turn high school formula upside-down Oscar nomination for Moneyball, has a clever, honest chemistry with Tatum, who brings a surprising amount of heart to the outcasted Jenko. There’s something undeniably sweet about the way Jenko befriends a group of science nerds, playing with throwing stars and doing chemistry experiments while Schmidt hangs out with cool guy Eric (played by Dave Franco, James’ little brother) and love interest Molly (Brie Larson).

And then come the car chases, guns and crude sex jokes. Why? The film doesn’t need them. In fact, they take the momentum away from some truly funny moments at the high school and at Schmidt’s parents’ house (where he and Jenko live while undercover). You get the sense while watching Schmidt and Jenko race down the highway, shooting at the bad guys, that you’ve seen this all before. Which, honestly, you have.

Working with a script by Michael Bacall (writer of Scott Pilgrim vs. the World), directors Phil Lord and Chris Miller (co-directors of Cloudy With a Chance of Meatballs) keep the plot and jokes moving quickly, stopping only for the action sequences. Look, I understand what the target demographic for this movie is. Yes, I fully accept that they want to see guys shooting big guns and gosh darn it, they’re going to get it. But can Hollywood ever stop for one second and recognize a good thing when they have it and NOT ruin it with yet another car chase?

Fans of the original television show will find the film’s crude tone and winking self-awareness a far cry from the PG-rated exploits of Officers Penhall, Hanson, Hoffs and Ioki. But as a fellow Jump Street-er, it thrilled me just to see the words “21 Jump Street” fill the screen during the opening credits. And that cameo you’ve been hearing about?

It’s exactly what you’re hoping for.

Even if it does include a dick joke.

Trust me I’m taking it upon myself to review one of the latest and greatest albums to grace Mother Earth this past week.

Now, don’t think that I’m depriving my writers by stealing this opportunity from them; I’m almost 100 percent sure that none of them would’ve wanted to talk about this subject anyway.

But let’s get back to the most important subject at hand: my review of the band that is set to replace one of the most influential and inspiring artists of the 2000s. And I’m not talking about Ke$ha.

Let’s just say that this unreleased album magically appeared in my iTunes a matter of weeks ago. It wasn’t exactly a pain to have this album on repeat; I can honestly say that I’ve listened to every song at least 20 times.

You can trust me when I say this: One Direction, as a whole, is the new Justin Bieber. Whoa whoa whoa, you say. A group of boys from the UK will all of a sudden take over American teen hearts overnight? Yes, I respond in my British accent, mimicking the new and improved Justin Bieber-esque hair flip that I memorized from the beautiful Harry Styles.

It’s not an obsession. I don’t necessarily call myself a “Directioner” as those prepubescent girls identify with. Their flawless faces currently occupy my computer background, and my ringtone is currently one of their 15 glorious tracks on their newly released album, Up All Night.

Whatever. The average age of this band is, like, 19 anyway. No shame.

At this point, you can probably tell that I’m not the best at writing very objective reviews of anything. In the rare case that you read my Allen Stone concert review a couple of months ago, I have a tendency to compare talented people’s voices to Fergie and Jesus (but that’s just because they’re that good!).

In all seriousness, you have to check out this group of guys. If you’re of the female species, your friends have probably already been screeching about this band for the past week (or year, if you’re a true fan). But that’s not to say that this band doesn’t provide anything for the male species; these boys have fashion and hair sense like nobody’s business.

With “What Makes You Beautiful” as the single most addicting and catchy song I’ve ever heard, the album starts off on a ridiculously promising note.

You can catch this new wave of One Direction fever by opening up a “1D” appreciation blog and slowly realizing that these boys are not only the most attractive things you’ve seen since Jeremy Sumpter in Peter Pan, but also that they can actually sing.

And now for the part of my column where I try to redeem myself and prove that I’m not some insane, hormone-driven teenage girl. In fact, I’m not even in my teens anymore, okay? I’m just an adult who finds herself obsessed with everything that her younger sister is into.

One Direction’s music serves as the perfect almost-spring-break soundtrack, providing addicting sounds and beautiful harmonies by a group mentored by the one and only Simon Cowell. The group is made up of five talented men, Niall Horan, Zayn Malik, Liam Payne, Harry Styles and Louis Tomlinson, and unfortunately they finished third on the television show that brought them all together. I’m pretty sure they don’t care, as their album was the fastest-selling debut album in the UK of 2011.

Do yourself a favor and just accept that these guys will be on your iPods in a matter of minutes. Let’s enjoy this new obsession before our teenage siblings realize that they exist and we have to pretend that we hate them.

In all honesty, this band is a refreshing break from the constant Pitbull and Rihanna on the radio. Perhaps they symbolize the reintroduction of boy bands into our culture. Being a ’90s kid, I can’t say that I’m not excited. Let me just break out my alldenim outfit that matches perfectly with the ones that Britney Spears and Justin Timberlake donned on the red carpet way back when.

To obtain links to Harry Style’s leaked nudes and reasons why they should be used as your desktop backgrounds, contact ELIZABETH ORPINA at arts@theaggie.org.

Young Empires Wake All My Youth Pirates Blend Records

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By ERIN MIGDOL Aggie Features Editor

Judging by the audience reaction at last week’s early screening of 21 Jump Street, I can say with some certainty that your enjoyment of the film will be directly proportional to your enjoyment of dick jokes.

Because there are a lot of them. A whole lot. Too many to count, actually. And with a story by frat boy d’jour Jonah Hill, you can’t really expect anything else. But can I tell you something?

Despite the fact that I have a relatively low tolerance for crude humor of any kind, I had a big stupid grin on my face for most of this movie.

HOW CAN THAT BE? For starters, it’s hard not to go into 21 Jump Street with low expectations.

The film draws its inspiration from the 1980s television show of the same name, which even then, despite the presence of an up-and-coming Johnny Depp, wasn’t exactly highly reviewed. Its premise feels implausible at best: two

buddy cops (played by Jonah Hill and Channing Tatum) are assigned to work for a program called 21 Jump Street, which places young-looking police officers undercover in high schools. And seriously, Channing Tatum? Since when is he supposed to be a comedian?

But when the film wants to be smart, it succeeds admirably. When Hill’s smart-but-awkward Schmidt and Tatum’s dumb-jock Jenko are enrolled in a local high school to bust a suspected drug ring, both see the assignment as a chance to relive their own high school days — painful for Schmidt, of course, and awesome for Jenko.

But high school has changed. The smart kids are actually cool and the jocks who “don’t try at anything” (as Jenko puts it?) — yeah, they’re just laughed at.

Suddenly high school doesn’t seem so bad for Schmidt, and what could have been yet another clichéd portrayal of high school becomes a sly commentary on today’s environment-loving, UC Berkeley-bound teenagers.

Hill, fresh off a best supporting actor

ERIN MIGDOL can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

Featured Artist: Bryce Vinokurov

UC Davis art lecturer Bryce Vinokurov’s food-inspired art displayed at Alex Built Gallery

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UC Davis art instructor Bryce Vinokurov’s exhibit is composed mostly of work from the past two years.

By MICHELLE RUAN Aggie Arts Writer

One of the most popular art instructors at UC Davis, Bryce Vinokurov, is currently exhibiting his work at the Alex Built Gallery at 1114 21st St., Suite B in Sacramento. From March 6 to April 7, students and faculty alike can have the chance to see Vinokurov’s personal work, which is described as “largely abstract” by the artist himself.

Most of the art being shown are oil paintings, and there are a few collages included as well.

The exhibit is composed of some of the work that Vinokurov has completed in the last two years.

Before coming to teach at Davis, Vinokurov received his bachelor of arts degree in major fine arts at

UC Santa Cruz and his master of fine arts degree with a concentration in oil painting from Boston University. He was the twotime recipient of the Constantin Alajalov Scholarship at Boston University, and he also received the Irwin Scholarship at UC Santa Cruz.

He moved to Davis seven years ago with his wife, Michal Kurlaender, who is an associate professor at the UC Davis School of Education.

Vinokurov was first drawn to painting and teaching during his undergraduate career at UC Santa Cruz.

“I was always interested in painting and then when I was at Santa Cruz, I had some wonderful teachers who got me excited both in painting and in teaching paint-

Young Empires is a Toronto-based band that released its first album Wake All My Youth only a month ago. Since then, the band – comprised of bassist Jake Palahnuk, guitarist Robert Aaron Ellingson, vocalist and keyboardist Matthew Vlahovich and drummer Taylor Hill – has been busy promoting its album throughout the United States and Canada.

With good reason — the band’s inherent talent necessitates the touring. The band combines both instruments and genres seamlessly.

ing,” said Vinokurov. As an undergrad, he got the chance to teach an art class, which he enjoyed.

Ever since that first class, he has taught at the Boston University Academy and Worcester State College before eventually settling down at UC Davis.

“After ten years of living in Boston, Massachusetts, my move left me feeling in exile from the urban city life I had become accustomed to,” Vinokurov said in his artist’s statement. Yet, it was this same move which inspired the artworks that are currently being shown.

Vinokurov cited the local Northern California landscape, intertwined with the emerging national fascination with sustainable food industry and culture, as a large driving force behind his

The song “Rain of Gold” begins with a flute sequence and quickly evolves into a dance number that evokes the spirit of summer, a dance number with an anthemic chorus: “Wake all my youth,” sings Vlahovich as the flute plays on in the midst of modern electronica.

The electronic beat itself is playful in its enticing cadence even as it contrasts sharply with the retrospective lyrics.

In “White Doves,” the band furnishes a beat that tempts indulgence even as the lyrics encourage the listeners to labor relentlessly towards their dreams. “It

paintings. Sustainable food has a large presence at UC Davis, especially since Sodexo manages a student-run farm from which organic crops are harvested and used as ingredients. Several of his paintings display people either in the process of cooking or already eating amid a serene landscape that is parallel to Davis’ own intimate settings.

“I enjoy the idea of these foodies exiled to an idyllic place cooking on grills, fighting over recipes and arguing over who is the best chef,” Vinokurov said.

“They hold petty grudges over recipes and fight over truffle pigs. The foodies are nomads with grills banished to a life of locavore eating.”

And there are a lot of arguments over food in his drawings. Vinokurov also attributes Italian influences in his landscapes, as for the last four years, he has been teaching in Italy during the summer. Specifically, it’s the Umbrian and Tuscan landscapes that he mentions which stimulated his creative juices when he was painting the landscapes. The composition of the groups in his paintings was influenced by painters Giotto, Piero della Francesca and Ambrogio Lorenzetti.

Vinokurov has had exhibitions in Massachusetts and California, but for a limited time only, his current exhibition is only a car ride away. So, grab some of your friends and head over to the Alex Built Gallery for a look. Fair warning, you might develop a sudden craving for eloquent arguments about food either during or after viewing the exhibit.

MICHELLE RUAN can be reached at arts@theaggie. org.

takes a thousand miles to reach the stars tonight, and you will find your dreams they come alive.”

Young Empires’ Wake All My Youth is the 2012 album that will command consistent replays throughout summer.

Give these tracks a listen: “Rain of Gold,” “White Doves” For Fans Of: Yeasayer, U.S. Royalty, MGMT, Phoenix — Sasha Sharma

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In Review

The House of Bernarda Alba

By PETER AN Aggie Arts Writer

The House of Bernarda Alba

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The curtain rises to reveal a sparse set up of the Wright Theatre stage. With a thrust in the middle, the floor floats atop the stage without banisters, free of form or boundaries. The House of Bernarda Alba, performed by the UC Davis Department of Theatre and Dance, acts out on stage the quiet drama of the matriarch Bernarda Alba and her five daughters.

At times the plays feels complete, as sound, direction, acting, and costume gather to create a full effect. There are moments, however, when the sparseness of Bernarda Alba works against the production. The scene never settles, the stage becomes a ring where the setting, so constrained and familiar, seems to limit the range of the actors.

Through the course of the play, the slow progression reveals the hilarity of Bernarda Alba. Whether intentional or not, one cannot deny the black humor in the dialogue.

Delivered dry, the dialogue often brings the audience to laughter, funny even if the subject is macabre.

Part of the funniness is due to the actors’ strong performances, particularly the dichotomy between SusanJane Harrison and Maria Candelaria as Bernarda and Poncia. On stage, the two complement each other, especially when the two characters clash. In the end, they appear as mirror images of another. Anchored by these performances, the other actors have freedom to create for themselves their own character interpre-

tation. By taking liberties with the original play, the adaptation has Adela, played

by Malia Abayon, garbed in gothic clothing. And she wears it well, not only with the costumes, but also with the atmosphere Bernarda Alba affords.

The stage again remains a marvel, but perhaps only for those expecting a play on a grand scale, the limitations serve to force creativity out of the production. Characters never leave the stage; they simply phase in and out by facing away or to the audience. It’s hard to forget the characters when they’re within the field of vision leading to a build-up of tension.

One thing Bernarda Alba handles well is its lighting design; for that it deserves full accolades. At times, the light works its way into the very characterization of the actors.

Fitted with silhouettes and a changing color palette, Bernarda Alba’s light show fits the production well.

In all, The House of Bernarda Alba is a very professional, very deliberate production put on by the Department of Theatre and Dance. With a natural chorus featuring a live guitar and backed by strong performances from all of the actors, Bernarda Alba will leave you to marvel in the quiet humor of the play.

The House of Bernarda Alba closes this weekend, with shows Thursday through Saturday at 8 p.m. and Sunday at 2 p.m. $19 for general admission, $14 for students, children and seniors. Tickets can be found at the Freeborn Ticket Office.

PETER AN can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.

Getting to know ‘Anarchist Handbook’ The ‘talk of anarchy’ at KDVS

By JAMES O’HARA Aggie Arts Writer

Among the slew of offerings KDVS puts forth each week, month, and year is a politically named and relatively new talk show hosted

by Clay Norris and Brian Moen. Together they compose “Anarchist Handbook,” a weekly forum with a taste for – let's not simply say “anarchy” – challenging the institutional framework of the everyday.

Or as their website reads, Anarchist Handbook is about “political discussion and applying the anarchist ideology to modern society.”

Before you scoff or raise eyebrows at the lofty and, to some, radical notion, know their tenets as explained in a phone interview by Moen, a co-host and senior philosophy major on the show: “Anarchist ideology is simply two points,” said Moen. “One, we should be extremely skeptical of all authority and skeptical of any information that they create or disseminate. And two, any institution of power, any authority that does not justify its own existence in terms of justice or fairness, should be taken down or dismantled and either replaced by one which does represent justice and fairness or not re-

See ANARCHY, page 9

Poetry Night Reading Series presents the Science Singers at the John Natsoulas Gallery

Thursday, March 15, 8 p.m., free John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. A group formed as a result of the UC Davis arts and science fusion program, which created the course “Science and Society 42: Earth, Water, Science and Song,” Wendy Silk and the Science Singers perform alongside musician and doctoral candidate Tony Dumas.

Exploring a variety of musical genres, the class showcases music that conveys the understanding of the class material and lyrics about everything from the scientific method to spatial and temporal variation.

2012 Community Concert Series: High Drama on the Keyboard

Sunday, March 18, 4 p.m.

Davis Commnunity Church, 412 C St. $10 suggested donation David Deffner, the director of music at Davis Community Church and an accomplished organist with a doctorate in church music from Northwestern University, plays in an organ recital this weekend as part of Davis Community Church’s 2012 Community Concert Series. Deffner has performed with the Sacramento Symphony Orchestra, the Camelia Symphony, the Sacramento Area Bach Festival and the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra.

Focus on Indian Dance

Wednesday, March 21, 8 p.m.

Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center $20/$10 (student) This evening event features acclaimed Kathak master Rachana Yadav and students of the Kalanjali Dancers of India schools in Berkeley, Lafayette and Sacramento. Yadav will perform a new solo work, “Samvet,” which expresses the maturation of a typical Indian through the lens of the five elements of nature. The Kalanjali dancers will perform excerpts from their full-length “Osiris and Isis,” a folk dance and a classical Indian piece.

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KDVS’s new talk show is hosted by Clay Norris and Brian Moen, who compose “Anarchist Handbook” each week, which addresses political issues in modern society.

Alexander String Quartet

Sunday, March 18, 2 p.m. (sold out) & 7 p.m.

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi

MU Art Lounge showcases student abuse Information about protests displayed in artistic manner

By RUDY SANCHEZ Aggie Arts Writer

Starting with a reception yesterday, the Art History 401 Curatorial Principles class taught

by Professor Susette Min began curating an exhibit held in the Memorial Union (MU) Art Lounge.

The exhibit itself is about a timely and controversial topic and is part of a collaboration process involving 16 undergraduate students. Regarding recent events detailing student protests and police response to such protests, the class hopes to raise awareness about issues of privatization and over-reaction by campus police.

The exhibit has been in the planning stages since January and was decided by vote in the class.

“We wanted to do something that could relate to people, and we had the intention of creating an exhibit that could provoke

some kind of thought,” said senior environmental policy analysis and planning major Jennifer Urrutia.

The exhibit consists of large photographs of three events, detailing police presence and response to student protests at UC Santa Cruz, UC Berkeley and UC Davis. There are texts corresponding to each photograph display that provide information and context for the event as well as provide the reports regarding decisions after the event. There is also a large photograph display showcasing the typical arsenal used by campus police at such protests as well as text that explains the use and effects on the body such weapons can induce.

“The MU Art Lounge is a commonly used student space, so what we’re trying to do is to just present the information in a concise and straightforward way and to raise questions,” said senior art history major Megan Friel. “We’re

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giving students the images and the information to be able to ask those questions for themselves.”

Despite dealing and presenting a heavy subject matter, especially one that stirs up many opinions and emotions, the class and Min want to make clear that the exhibit itself is not a protest, nor is it associated with the Occupy movement on campus. The display is simply meant to be as informative as possible without shoving opinions in the faces of students.

“We really want to make sure people who come to the show understand what’s happening in the images,” said Mazie Enck, a junior art history major. “It would be too easy to look at these images without text and come up with a biased conclusion. With the texts, we’re trying to give both sides of the story. We focused on the reports that came later and then the facts. We’re hoping to present a non-partisan view on these events.”

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“The idea is for the students to experience curating a show and to offer something the UC Davis community. We have a show that makes them think, raise questions, and engage in dialogue,” said Min. “They’ve all been really good about working on this even though for some, this might have not been their first choice.

They’re great; they work together really well. I’ve taught this class about five times; this class has been great especially for the number of people working on the same exhibition. They are a good group of students.”

Recent events have caused the project problems with the Reynoso Task Force Report. The report that was to be part of the exhibit itself is likely to included in the display if released sometime in the next two weeks. The exhibit will run at the MU Art Lounge until March 23.

The Real and The Imagined: Prints and Sculpture

RUDY SANCHEZ can be reached at arts@theaggie. org.

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March 9 to April 3, Monday to Saturday 10 to 6 p.m., Sunday 12 to 5 p.m.

The Artery, 207 G St. Artists Christopher Dewees and Shannon Marie Moore play off each other’s styles to provoke audiences.

Moore’s sculptures showcase fantasy and myths while Dewee’s artwork uses real-life organisms and objects as “printing blocks” for his images.

Seeing Sound

March 9 to April 15, Tuesday to Sunday, 11:30 - 5 p.m.

Pence Gallery, 212 D St. Offering a highly interactive experience, this exhibit features work by seven artists and musicians from the Sacramento area. This experience requires visitors to look, play and listen, all while blurring the line between sound and visual art.

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How do you feel about the Kony 2012 campaign?

“It’s a killer situation. Resistance against child armies is important. We should have been doing this a long time ago.”

“I think the campaign is focused on white people doing something that’s not really that helpful. But, I mean, it’s good that it’s being recognized.”

“I’m glad that it’s finally blown up. My friend was in Invisible Children and she tried to tell people that it’s important. But I guess Facebook got the word out there. Whatever works.”

Reuben Torres sophomore landscape architecture major

Text by kelsey smoot Photos by Evan Davis

Danielle Shaw

English graduate student

Maxine Sarai junior international relations major

“It’s a good movement. I actually posted the video on my Facebook page. I’ve heard that there were opposing opinions saying that this was about the white man saving the poor African children, and I don’t agree. At least something is being done.”

Dave O’donnell first-year genetics graduate student

“I’m indifferent. I don’t care.

People make a big deal out of things. That’s life; stuff happens.”

Nicolo Guevarra senior math major

“A lot of people are looking at this situation superficially.

As horrible as his crimes are, I resent the patronizing attitude of the people who made the video. I advise people to look into what’s really going on, instead of going based on sentiment.”

Carlo Massimo Ellis senior comparative literature and Italian double major

“The issue is that the campaign is hyper-focused on one person. It distracts from larger problems that need to be dealt with.”

Matt Franks English graduate student

“It’s a positive movement, but I don’t necessarily have enough info about it. There’s really only so much you can do.”

Corey Hobbs first-year electrical engineering major

“The intentions are good, but I’m not completely buying it.

Awareness is the first step, but there has to be something following it.”

Alejandra Perez

fifth-year senior art and anthropology double major

“The video is genius. I think making this guy as famous as the Kardashians is smart. However, I think that giving money directly to organizations on Africa as opposed to using a middle man could be better.”

Yael Steinberg senior English and art studio double major

“It’s a good campaign to put [Kony’s] name out there. However, I’m not sure if the people who made the video had the best tactics.”

Ally Conner junior animal science major

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Playing video games not a waste of time, according to recent studies

By Josephine Woolington

Oregon Daily Emerald, U. Oregon

Whether it’s Angry Birds, World of Warcraft or SimCity, research has found that playing video games can improve the way people think.

Within the last few years, several University studies have shown that video games can boost creativity, reaction time and decision-making.

Researchers at U. Rochester found that video games improve decision-making by 25 percent without sacrificing accuracy. And a new study published last month by researchers at North Carolina State U. found that playing World of

Warcraft boosts cognitive ability in older adults.

Jason Allaire, coauthor of the study and World of Warcraft fan, had his 84-year-old grandmother try the game. After two hours of playing the game, Allaire said his grandmother was surprised how mentally tired she felt. Allaire and other psychologists at North Carolina State U. then designed a study for adults aged 60 to 77 to test their cognitive skills — such as attention and memory — while playing World of Warcraft. After participants played the game for 14 hours during a two-week period, researchers found the participants improved their cognitive function, especially those with previously low cog-

nitive function.

“Video games used to be considered mindless and it was thought that when you’re playing, you’re just letting your brain rot,” Allaire said. “I would think that playing these kinds of video games, or any video game that requires cognitive skills, is just another way to exercise the brain.”

Most research on video games has focused on how games can increase aggression and lower GPAs for students who spend more time watching a screen than hitting the books. But studies focusing on how games can improve cognitive function and creativity show that the 72 percent of American households that play a video or computer game aren’t

just wasting their time.

A studylast year from psychologists at Michigan State U.’s Children and Technology Project found that playing video games also enhances creativity.

In the three-year study, researchers looked at 491 middle school students and found that those who played more video games were more creative. The students were shown two pictures: a photo of an egg and a photo of an elf-like figure looking at its reflection in water. The students were asked to draw objects around the egg, title the drawing and then tell a story about it. Students were then asked why they thought the elf was looking at itself.

The study’s leading author,

Linda Jackson, said children who consistently played video games produced more creative responses.

“If you’re trying to figure out how to kill the enemy, you have to think of something that is not obvious,” she said. According to Jackson, this type of thinking and also navigating in a threedimensional space may be why video games improve creativity.

Jackson said video-game playing can also serve as “training wheels” to succeed in science, math and technology­ fields. She said she has friends who attribute their career success to their video game skills.

“Good things can happen playing video games,” Jackson said.

Future U. California students may be asked to declare sexual orientation

By Jessica Rossoni

Daily Californian, U. CaliforniaBerkeley

Future U. California students may be asked to disclose their sexual orientation upon accepting an admissions offer to a UC campus.

Recent legislation and efforts to obtain this information were introduced with the goal of improving campus data and resources available for students who identify as lesbian, gay, bisexual or transgender. However, UC officials say this will not be implemented for the incoming class.

Both the CSU and the UC may request information about a student’s sexual orientation on the Statement of Intent to

Register in order to protect students not comfortable with sharing their sexual orientation with parents or guardians.

The Board of Admissions and Relations with Schools, a committee within the systemwide Academic Senate, recommended in January that the UC work to gather this data in an effort to comply with AB 620 — state legislation passed in October 2011 that requires the California Community Colleges and California State U. to collect demographic data on sexual orientation and requests the same of the UC. Although the UC collects data on ethnic groups, socioeconomic status and other demographic categories to track issues such as retention efforts

and graduation rates, Academic Senate Chair Robert Anderson said there is currently no method in place to measure how LGBT-identified students fare on UC campuses.

“We collect data on other groups, and it’s time that we treat LGBT people the same way,” he said. “I think this is a very reasonable aspect of expressing our diversity.”

According to Jesse Bernal, diversity coordinator at the UC Office of the President, discussions around this issue were already circulating prior to the passage of AB 620. Bernal said that a final decision on how to implement these efforts is “definitely at least a year out.”

Lawrence Pitts, UC provost and executive vice president for

academic affairs, will make the final decision on how and when to implement a plan for the UC. “We have an internal group that has been investigating the challenges to gather this information and how best to go about it,” Bernal said.

Similarly, CSU spokesperson Liz Chapin said that efforts at the CSU are also far from finalized. She said the CSU is still exploring the issue, but adding the question to the registration statement may be the best option.

“The bill does not have any specific timeline,” Bernal said.

“The only specificity is whenever you update forms, you need to now include sexual orientation.”

Including sexual orientation in demographic efforts is largely uncharted territory at universi-

ties across the nation. According to Bernal, Elmhurst College in Illinois was the first to ask for this information in its application — a practice it began for the 2012-13 academic year.

Andrew Albright, a gay ASUC senator, said that coming to Berkeley from a conservative town was “like a breath of fresh air” and that UC Berkeley consistently ranks as one of the top schools in the country in terms of friendliness toward LGBT students.

“But that doesn’t mean that we can’t do more work,” he said.

“I have friends who are called ‘faggot’ walking down the street, and I know people who have been forcibly kicked and beat at a party. Microaggressions happen every day, even in a place like Berkeley.”

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baseball PREVIEW Teams: UC Davis vs. San Jose St.; St. Mary’s Records: Aggies (8-8); Spartans (9-8); Gaels (10-6) Where: Dobbins Stadium; Municipal Stadium, San Jose When: Friday 2:30 p.m.; Saturday (at San Jose) 1 p.m.; Sunday 1 p.m.; Monday 2:30 p.m.

Who to watch: Senior pitcher Tom Briner, who has made the transition from closer to starter look easy this season, pitched his first career complete game shutout last weekend. He has walked only one batter in 26.1 innings, ranking him No. 1 in the country in walks per nine innings.

Did you know?

Senior Dayne Quist threw his own complete game last weekend as well, retiring 20 straight batters in the process.

Quist has struck out 33 batters, Tom Briner ranking him No. 14 senior nationally and No. 1 in the Big West Conference.

Preview: The UC Davis baseball team continues to play top-level competition as it prepares itself for the grind of conference play.

The Aggies have used outstanding pitching and an excellent balance of veteran players with a talented youth movement to prove they belong.

“We have some injuries and we talked a lot about the fact that we have guys who can pick up for us,” said head coach Matt Vaughn.

“It’s just a matter of getting into the right situation and executing that when we get the chance. Those guys are doing it. We’ve got a good young group of players that can step in and play and it’s been a long time since UC Davis had a group of freshmen like this who can step in and play right now.”

Senior outfielder Brett Morgan leads the Aggies in runs scored with 12 and is second in hits, while fellow senior outfielder

David Popkins is second in runs and leads the team in walks with eight. Junior third baseman Paul Politi leads the team in hits (20) and RBI (11). Senior catcher Scott Kalush is the stable rock behind the plate and when he steps up to hit.

Freshman outfielder Kevin Barker leads UC Davis with a .389 average and in doubles with six.

Another freshman outfielder, John Williams, has hit the only Aggie triple of the season, and is second on the team in RBI and walks.

Austin March and Alex “Tino” Lipson, both freshmen, as well as sophomore Evan Wolf, have been sparks coming off the bench.

The three weekend starters (Quist, Briner and Anthony Kupbens), all seniors, as well as the entire pitching staff in general, have been exceptional.

The UC Davis pitching staff has thrown a total of 106 strikeouts, while having walked just 40 batters. That 2.43 average per nine innings ranks 19th in the country. The Aggie closer, sophomore Harry Stanwyck, has a 2.19 ERA and 13 strikeouts in 12.1 innings pitched.

While this balance makes the Aggies a very dangerous team, routine plays turned into mistakes have been its demise. UC Davis has played in only four games in which they have not committed a single error, while there have been 10 games where the Aggies have committed at least two errors. If these mistakes are solved, this UC Davis baseball team could make a strong push in the Big West.

The Aggies play a threegame series versus San Jose State, alternating between Davis and San Jose, beginning Friday, although weather could postpone the series.

— Russell Eisenman

softball PREVIEW Teams: UC Davis vs.Virginia; vs. No. 3 Washington; vs.

No. 13 Arizona; vs. BYU Records: Aggies, 9-17; Cavaliers, 16-5; Huskies, 23-1; Wildcats 16-4; Cougars 13-7 Where: Titan Softball Complex — Fullerton, Calif.

When: Thursday at 9 a.m.; at 11 a.m.; Friday at 3:30 p.m.; at 7:30 p.m.

Who to watch: Senior Kelly Harman is making a huge impact for the Aggies in her final season at UC Davis.

Harman leads the team with a .422 on-base percentage and 10 runs scored on the year.

The senior, who split her time between shortstop and first base in the Aggie Stampede II, tallied two home runs in addition to driving in the winning run against Idaho State.

“She’s a multi-talented athlete,” said coach Karen Yoder. “I’m proud of her.”

Did you know? This weekend’s Judi Garman Tournament in Fullerton will be the Aggies’ fourth tournament in Southern California in just five weeks. Unfortunately for UC Davis, it is only 3-10 when playing in Southern California.

With conference play starting on March 31 against UC Riverside, the Aggies will need some big wins this weekend in order to have some momentum going into the regular

season.

Preview: UC Davis faces stiff competition in the Judi Garman Tournament, as they will face a couple of nationally ranked teams in No. 3 Washington and No. 13 Arizona.

The Aggies’ opener against Virginia will be a great challenge for the Aggie batters, as the Cavalier pitching staff has an impressive 1.82 ERA this season.

In the second game, UC Davis will have an opportunity to avenge an 11-3 loss earlier in the season to the Huskies. Washington, with a great balance of offense and pitching, has gotten off to a scorching 23-1 start that has propelled them to a No. 3 national ranking.

UC Davis’ bats will need to be hot when it plays the high-powered offense of Arizona, which averages almost seven runs per contest. The Wildcats have outscored their opponents 137-32 on the year and show no signs of slowing, seeing that they have shutout their opponents in six of their seven straight victories.

The final game of the weekend could be the Aggies’ easiest competition when they face BYU. The Cougars are led by Delaney Willard, who is fifth in the nation with a .500 batting average.

— Doug Bonham

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women’s basketball preview best thing.

Teams: UC Davis at Oregon State Records: Aggies (17-12); Beavers UC Davis has been in the WNIT for 18-12 (9-8) three of the past five years, including Where: Gill Coliseum — Corvallis, 2008 and 2010.

Ore. Preview: “We’re hopeful — When: Thursday at 7 p.m. we’ll wait to see. If we do Who to Watch: After the [get selected for the WNIT], pain the UC Davis seniors watch out because we’ve felt following last week’s loss got some seniors who aren’t to Pacific, you can expect sedone playing yet.” nior Samantha Meggison to These were the words come out firing. Meggison head coach Jennifer Gross earned first team All-Big had to say after the Aggies’ West honors after leading heartbreaking loss at the Aggies in scoring and rethe hands of Pacific that bounds. The Orange, Calif. Samamtha Meggison knocked UC Davis out of native will be a considerable senior the Big West Conference threat to opposing teams, as Tournament. she and the other seniors After receiving an atlead the charge in the last push of large bid into the WNIT, the Aggies their careers. will indeed continue into postseaDid you know? The Aggies have been son play. in this situation before. Of course, an The selection is a product of a NCAA Tournament appearance for tough preseason schedule that the second year in a row would have brought some early success, which been nice, but the Women’s National gave the Aggies the best national RPI Invitation Tournament is the next ranking in the Big West at the close of

the regular season.

Gross and the rest of the team, who cited the season highlights as the relationships they developed, are just glad to be playing together again.

“I am really excited for our team — we have a wonderful group of student-athletes who have worked hard all year long and stayed together through it all,” she said. “We are thankful for the opportunity to be playing together again.”

The WNIT may be a sort of step down from the NCAA Tournament, but this will be all about vindication for the Aggies. UC Davis will be looking to redeem themselves after a showing last week against the Tigers that almost ended the Aggies’ season.

This year, UC Davis and the Beavers yielded similar results against teams they both matched up with, including Stanford, Washington, Saint Mary’s and Cal State Northridge.

— Matthew Yuen

women’s waterpolo PREVIEW Teams: UC Davis vs. Maryland; vs.

Fresno Pacific Records: Aggies, 8-11; Terrapins, 10-3; Sunbirds, 4-15 Where: Schaal Aquatics Center When: Saturday at 1 p.m.; at 2:30 p.m.

Who to watch: Senior center Dakotah Mohr scored a hat trick last week against Sonoma State.

Did you know? The Aggie defense has allowed just 60 goals in 169 6-on-5 opportunities for a conversion rate of .355.

Preview: After dominating Santa Clara and Sonoma State by a combined score of 26-3 this past weekend, the UC Davis women’s water polo team is set to face off against two more opponents this upcoming weekend.

The Aggies will first square off cute the same as when we play anyagainst some stiff competition in No. one else.”

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Shortly after that game, the Aggies Maryland is currently riding a will face off against Fresno Pacific at five-game winning streak and has 2:30. claimed victories over tough compe- The Sunbirds will be trying to upset tition this season, including the Aggies to end their own No. 12 Indiana. three-game losing streak.

Fresno Pacific is still an NAIA “They are a pretty moteam on the verge of becombile, fast team,” said Coach ing a Division I program, but Jamey Wright. “Usually an Wright is not taking it lightly. east coast team will come “Although they are not to the west and suffer due an experienced team, each to the lack of competition game provides different in the east, but not anyobstacles for us to overmore with schools like come,” he said. “Hopefully Maryland.”

Dakotah Mohr our depth can overpower “We’re not going to do senior them.” anything differently from what we usually do,” Wright — Jason Min said. “We are going to try and exe-

ANARCHY

Moen and Norris’ show was born from what they described as a natural passion for political discourse. As friends outside the show, it is not surprising that they engaged regularly in politically themed conversation.

Conversations that, apparently and inevitably, led them to form Anarchist Handbook, the formal product of their genuine interest.

“I do this in my free time, too,” Norris said. “I like to have conversations with people.”

One of the reactions he looks for, he went on to note, is hearing someone learn. That “I’ve never really heard that before” moment that is so rare and satisfying.

In Moen’s case, when asked what led him to an “Anarchist”-themed show on KDVS, a far cry from what might be considered normal, he described it as a long-festering suspicion and disbelief.

“I remember even as a teenager feeling like the messages I was getting from the mainstream media had assumptions built in that I thought were wrong and represented certain interests. And then reading people who wrote about it,” Moen said, citing authors like Noam Chomsky and Howard Zinn. Authors who, in his opinion, sought to assess society outside the framework of categorization given to people by the dominant institution.

I guess one could say, then, to pro-

Cont. from page 5 placed at all in case whatever function it has serves no purpose in society toward justice and fairness.”

Hardly the society-burning and citysacking some might think of. More like a dose of reason, if anything.

“We try to make [our tenets] very clear so it’s not some very authorial political speech that people can interpret in many ways,” Moen said. “Our objective on the show is to take contemporary political dialogue and evade the framework of discourse which is imposed by the prevailing institutions of society.”

In quasi-conjunction with the anti-corporate sentiment of something like Occupy, Anarchist Handbook takes on the stylization of something going against the grain. That is, one might call it an alternative of sorts with the label of constructive contrarianism.

“I think the objective of the show is to give people another voice that isn’t sponsored,” Norris, the other host and a 2009 Davis graduate, said over the phone. “A show that doesn’t have any real financial agenda other than that we want people to be more aware of their surroundings. I think most news media is just entertainment and doesn’t serve to benefit anyone’s mind or attitude. I guess our objective is to give people an alternative.”

pose a perhaps lofty comparison, that like Chomsky and Zinn, Moen and Norris are attempting the same on the local, Davis level. That is, seeking to assess our society, both locally and globally, outside the standardized framework of the everyday.

It wasn’t always Moen’s objective, though. At first he came into KDVS, like so many, looking for a music show.

“I got involved in KDVS last year volunteering, trying to get a music show,” Moen said. “Then I decided to do a public affairs show. It was my co-host Clay’s idea ... We came in and made a demo and [KDVS] accepted it. Not that KDVS advocates our views,” he added carefully. “They just thought our show was up to par.”

Anarchist Handbook has been on the air for some months now, and “it’s just getting going,” Coen said.

“We’re hoping to get really involved with local political movement,” he said.

“We talk about Occupy a lot on the show. We care a lot about society being organized on the local level, so we want to try to create a discourse for the local community.”

When asked if they’ve received any backlash, Moen said “not yet,” but they hope to soon.

You can tune into Anarchist Handbook at 9 a.m. on Fridays, or pull it up on the KDVS website anytime.

JAMES O’HARA can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.

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What should I do with dead batteries?

Well, we here at EPPC hate to be preachy, but there may be no way around this one. Since February 2006, California has banned all household batteries from landfills, so they can’t be thrown away in the trash. Household batteries contain potentially toxic metals such as cadmium, zinc, lithium and nickel. Add that to the fact that Americans purchase approximately 3 billion household batteries each year — roughly 10 batteries per person — and you can see where there might be a problem. So, what to do in Davis? After you have sorted your batteries by type (alkaline, lithium and rechargeable), take them to your nearest bat-

tery recycling location: · Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. · CVS Pharmacy (Longs Drug Store), 1550 E. Covell Blvd. · CVS Pharmacy (Longs Drug Store), 1471 W. Covell Blvd. · Rite Aid, 655 Russell Blvd. · Rite Aid, 2135 Cowell Blvd. · Hibbert Lumber, 500 G St. · Davis Ace Hardware, 240 G St. You can also go to the “multibins” on campus provided by R4 Recycling, found in convenient locations like the Memorial Union and the Activities and Recreation Center. This can be something you do once a year; just get a large zip lock bag going and recycle the batteries once it gets full.

You and I both know most Americans are not disposing of their batteries properly, so let’s continue to prove that UC Davis is the greenest campus around by recycling at the locations above.

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