April 17, 2012 by The California Aggie

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TUESDAY, APRIL 17, 2012

Students and alumni propose campus credit union Student-run credit union may replace U.S. Bank in the MU By JUSTIN ABRAHAM Aggie News Writer

Irisa Tam / Aggie

With the departure of U.S. Bank from its Memorial Union (MU) location, conversation about the future of banking services in the university has engendered alternative options. One group of students and alumni is beginning the process of installing a student-run credit union to take up the financial role that U.S. Bank once served on campus. “Sure, we got U.S. Bank out of the MU, but what does that accomplish?” said Chandler Hill, a junior economics major. “There is a legitimate need for financial services in our community.” Hill initially introduced the proposal and established a Facebook group composed of students and alumni to act as an organizational committee. The enterprise would require startup capital amounting to approximately $300,000 to $400,000, according to Hill. “That is actually about as much as it might cost to start up a new Jamba Juice,” Hill said. “Those numbers entail finding a place to have this credit union, to buy an ATM or the software for having a vault or a teller system.”

nificant portion of money would have to come from alumni endowments and private investors. Some drawbacks prevent more widespread support for the plan. Members would not enjoy the same accessibility to ATMs and numerous physical branches provided by larger banks. Credit unions also typically offer a smaller variety of financial products. Regarding the campus community, it is uncertain whether revenue from a credit union would be able to match the $167,000 that U.S. Bank provided last year to student services. Despite these disadvantages, the alternative business model of a credit union could potentially address some grievances against the presence of commercial banks on campus. A major difference between credit unions and commercial banks is that in a credit union, members who hold accounts share collective ownership of the business. In this proposal, membership would be extended exclusively to current UC Davis students and alumni. “Banks exist to deliver profits to their shareholders, not to their customers,” said Artem Raskin, a recent political science graduate from UC Davis. “A financial institution that gains a competitive advantage from being located on the premises of a public university should be democratically accountable to the students of that university.” Compared to commercial banks, credit unions also tend to offer lower interest rates on loans and higher returns on deposit accounts. According to Hill, lower rates and a member-oriented attitude would mean that students and alumni would have greater access to

Besides wages and the initial fixed cost, the credit union would also have to pay rent to Student Affairs for a space at the MU, which was approximately $8,000 per month for U.S. Bank. Although the credit union would be student-owned and -operated, ASUCD would be unable to provide any financial assistance, according to ASUCD Senator Kabir Kapur, a political science a n d philosophy double major.

“Funding wouldn’t be able to come from ASUCD because of the budget cuts we’re making this upcoming year,” Kapur said. Both Kapur and Hill agree that a sig-

News iN Brief

Armed Suspect Robs Radio Shack On Sunday, the Davis Police Department (DPD) was dispatched to the 634 G St. Radio Shack around 6:45 p.m. in response to a report of an armed robbery. After a preliminary investigation, officers determined an unknown suspect entered the store, took out a handgun and demanded money and an Xbox 360 video game system. There were no injuries. The suspect fled on foot and proceeded northbound on G Street with an undisclosed amount of cash and the Xbox. The suspect was described as a Hispanic male adult, about 18 to 23 years old, 5 feet 10 inches tall, weighing about 220 pounds and with brown eyes. The suspect was wearing a black hooded sweatshirt and black sweatpants. He also had a black scarf wrapped around his neck. Davis Police Officers are still investigating the case. Anyone with more information is asked to contact the DPD at (530) 747-5400. — Angela Swartz

Picnic Day PreWeek Events This week is Picnic Day Pre-Week. There will be events on the Quad every day leading up to Saturday. Tuesday, Tug o’ War, noon to 1 p.m. Wednesday, Cow Milking Contest, noon to 1 p.m. Thursday, Mini Carnival, noon to 1 p.m. Trivia Night at the Silo, 6:30 to 7:30 p.m. Friday, Entertainment Showcase, noon to 1 p.m.

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GiveLocalNow campaign calls for increased local donation

— Hannah Strumwasser

UC Davis Symphony Orchestra returns from tour of Spain Group experiences 10 days of encores and sightseeing

Programs help foster healthy nonprofits in Yolo and surrounding area

Gail Catlin

Courtesy of the Nonprofit Resource Center

By EINAT GILBOA Aggie Staff Writer

Gail Caitlin, executive director of the Nonprofit Resource Center in Sacramento, recently gave a pre-

sentation in Woodland on behalf of GiveLocalNow, a campaign aimed at increasing philanthropy in Placer, El Dorado, Sacramento and Yolo County. “The goal of the event was to encourage organizations and to tell their local impact story,” Caitlin said. The Yolo Community Federation hosted the event. “We have hosted nonprofit roundtables in the past and it seemed like a good time to do another one,” said Meg Stallard, president of the board for the federation. “We hope to do it again in the fall.” Stallard explained that GiveLocalNow’s purpose is to help different nonprofit organizations in the county with their own fundraising, and discover and address any other needs they may have. “The program began five years ago as a conversation between the Nonprofit Resource Center and the Sacramento Regional Community Foundation about how we could best help the nonprofit sector,” Caitlin said. “The impulse was to look at philanthropy in the

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Courtesy of Philip Daley

Christian Baldini conducted the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona.

By LANI CHAN Aggie Staff Writer

On Wednesday night, the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra returned from its long-await-

ed performance tour of Madrid, Granada, Valencia and Barcelona. The orchestra, made up of over 100 UC Davis students, affiliates and community mem-

bers, drew as many as 2,000 audience members enthusiastic to see an American group play the works of Debussy,

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ICC’s Countdown to Summer! Welcome to week three of the Internship and Career Center’s (ICC) Countdown to Summer! Each week the ICC will highlight a task that will help you be prepared to land a job or internship by summer. Breaking the process down to weekly tasks will make it less daunting and will

Today’s weather Mostly sunny High 71 Low 46

yield success. Week 2: Attend the Spring Internship and Career Fair. Over 120 organizations are coming to recruit people who are clever enough to get into UC Davis and dedicated enough to complete the rigorous coursework here. In oth-

er words, they are looking for you! Many students have been able to land a job through connections made at one of our Internship and Career Fairs. Here are some reasons you would benefit from going to the fair: Increase the chances of your resume being looked at. When

Forecast It is with great pleasure that I announce this week’s coolest high temperature: 71° F! I also will take this opportunity to thank the wise person who decided to open the Rec Pool this weekend. I’ll be there signing weather forecasts all weekend. Alex Neigher, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

you submit a resume online, it doesn’t always get the attention it deserves. At the Internship and Career Fair, you have an opportunity to physically hand your resume to someone who will either look at it and make a decision or hand it off to the person who will.

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You may be signed up for an interview on the spot! Some companies will look at your resume and, because of the way you present yourself and your background, will sign you up for an interview on the spot or within the next couple

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PICNIC DAY: T-Minus 5 days. I can hardly contain my excitement. Mimi Vo

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TODAY Preweek: Tug o’ War Noon to 1 p.m. Quad 10-person teams competing for a prize. The sign-ups for the event have passed, but feel free to go watch.

Baseball 2:30 to 5 p.m. Dobbins Stadium Watch the Aggie baseball team play against California State University, Sacramento.

Meet the Author 8 to 9 p.m. ARC Ballroom Lisa Randall, a professor of physics at Harvard University, will give a public lecture based on her recent book, Knocking on Heaven’s Door: How Physics and Scientific Thinking Illuminate the Universe and the Modern World. Admission is free.

WEDNESDAY Preweek: Cow-milking Contest Noon to 1 p.m. Quad Partake in this classic UC Davis event.

Voice Recital 3:30 pm 115 Music Watch this free voice recital as the students of Zoila Muñoz and Jonathan Nadel perform.

Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous 7 to 8:30 p.m. Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road Free yourself from excess weight and/ or obsessional thoughts about food and body image. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Meetings are open and free to the public. Visit foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.

Information Session on Undergrad Research in Humanities, Arts and Cultural Studies 7 to 9 p.m. 194 Young Hear from a panel of professors in the fields of humanities, arts and cultural studies about the ways you can get involved in undergraduate research. Includes a presentation on the resources available to students at the Undergraduate Research Center and a Q&A session.

Poetry Night Reading Series 8 to 10 p.m. John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. The Poetry Night Reading Series is proud to welcome award-winning poet Molly Peacock on a special night.

The Midnight Club: What We Are

9 to 11 p.m. University Club/Nelson Hall, UC Davis “What we are is where we’ve been” is a participatory late-night ritual investigating intimacy, presence, existence and desire presented by the UC Davis Institute for Exploration in Theatre, Dance and Performance. All are welcome to join, but this performance is rated R.

THURSDAY Shinkoskey Noon Concert 12:05 to 1 p.m. 115 Music Watch this free performance of selections from the Empyrean Ensemble’s April 22 “Songs, Whispers, Tales and Utterances.”

Risk of Medical Imaging: Separating Fact from Fantasy Noon to 1 p.m. Cancer Center Auditorium Come watch Dr. William R. Hendee, of the medical school of Wisconsin, speak about radiology doses and the risks of CT scans. You must RSVP to Desiree Lazo by April 16 to attend. E-mail her at desiree.lazo@ ucdm.ucdavis.edu.

“Between Two Worlds” Movie Showing 4 to 6 p.m. Andrews Conference Room (2203 Social Sciences and Humanities) “Between Two Worlds” is a personal essay film created by Alan Snitow and Deborah Kaufman telling five riveting stories that go beyond political postures to reveal the passionate debates over identity and generational change inside today’s American Jewish community. There is a post-film discussion with Professor Clarence Walker, followed by a Q&A with the filmmakers, moderated by Professor David Biale.

Guest Speaker: Gnostic Scholar, Christopher Berry 7 to 8 p.m. 194 Young The Belfry is pleased to announce its 2012 St. Augustine Lecture will be given by The Rev. Dr. Christopher Berry. Following the lecture, a reception will be held at the Belfry, located at 216 A St. The lecture and reception are both free and open to the general public.

American Red Cross Club (ARCC) General Meeting 7:10 to 8 p.m. 119 Wellman Attend the ARCC General Meeting for information about the club. 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.

police Briefs WEDNESDAY That’s why it’s a restroom Someone was sleeping in a public restroom on Research Park Drive.

THURSDAY Dream car A man was passed out in a red Camaro on the side of the freeway near Mace Boulevard.

Really hates Twilight A child was walking with a stake in in his hand on Loyola Drive.

FRIDAY

Shoot first, creep later Someone took a picture of the person sitting next to them in the library on East 14th Street.

They should switch to Twitter A man was using a rifle to shoot pigeons for being loud on Matisse Street.

Needs a back-up plan Someone was being harassed for doing a bad parking job on E Street. Police Briefs are compiled by TRACY HARRIS from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact TRACY HARRIS at city@ theaggie.org.

correction In the April 16 article “Picnic Day leaders, students ask you to ‘Handle Your Shit,’” Jennifer Mappus’s name was misspelled. The Aggie regrets the error.

our faces off. Plus, it’s better to let out some steam once every two weeks than becoming the regular at the local bar. You don’t want to be those people. No one likes those people. Jazz The rest of the time, you Trice should be clocking as many hours as possible at your job(s). Always let your boss know your availability for more shifts or hours. Instead of being addicted to Eurodance music on a Friday night, learn to fall in love with your work. For a few more years, we possess the energy to work 70-hour weeks. It’s the head start we’ll need he quarter-life crisis is to be the successful 30-yearsomething adults don’t olds our parents were. know about or shrug Choose the times to live off as nonexistent. Thanks to like a rich person and a poor our craptastic economy, job person. If we can afford it, buy market and tuition, we twen- a round of shots every once in ty-somethings won’t make a while. On the flipside, at our more money in our lifetime job, act as if we’re constanton average than our parents ly on the cusp of being fired. did, the first time since the These days, we pretty much young adults are. We’ll of the Great be doing a Depression. The rest of the time, you should better job We owe more be clocking as many hours as than our money, have co-workers possible at your job(s) shittier jobs and makand start faming more ilies later. It’s pretty bleak. I moola. Who do you think want to skip to 40, when I’ve will be granted extra hours or earned a steady amount of get the promotion at the end wealth. I want success. I don’t of the year? Two rounds of want to worry about rent ev- shots! ery month. And I want a That safety net our parents damn puppy already! yap at us to keep will come in Let’s be real: I love spend- handy. From here on out, take ing money as much as any- 10 percent of your paychecks one else. I blame GQ and and put them into your savDetails for giving me my dis- ings account. Don’t cry — I gustingly expensive taste know it’s tough. Seeing monand admiration for design- ey you can’t use? Torturous! er clothes and electronics. But you’ll be less stressed out At the same time, it was the knowing you can get yourself guys in those magazines I as- out of a random bind. pired to be. Not just because At the same time, we can’t of the slick suits, but the idea be scared of investing in our of becoming a man who’s future. A reliable car and comachieved his life’s goals and fortable bed are necessary made a respectable living. purchases we can’t shy away Here are the ways we’re from. A decorated apartment told to be better off finan- feels more like a home. The cially: never miss a car pay- more we accumulate for ourment, check our accounts selves now, the less we’ll have twice a week, eat less fast to spend when we’re in comfood, establish good cred- mitted relationships or have it, stick to a budget, invest in kids that take all of our hardFacebook. All true. Do them. earned money away from us A good money-saving like selfish monsters. Sound trick? Cut out your social familiar? Better enjoy it now life. “NO! I don’t have to go while you can. to school ever again! All I My favorite tip: It’s great want to be is social right to splurge on ourselves now!” Of course we do. once in a while! We’re too But we’ll never be as “so- old to get gifts as often as cial” as we were in college. kids so we have to buy them Sometime between age 22 ourselves. If you indulge, and 95, we’ll become those make sure it’s on things that people whose highlight of will last long or that will be their week is the latest epi- used every day. Can’t afsode of CSI: Bakersfield. ford it now, put it on men Going out means money tal layaway. If we set a date on gas, dinner, cover, drinks, and stick to the plans we’ve fourthmeal. Doing that two or made, it’ll feel a lot more remore nights a week? Dumb. warding when we finally get For now, limit yourself to two that TV or puppy (it’s totally nights or one long weekend mine this Christmas). a month when you go out or have reunions/three-day E-mail, tweet me if you wanna reach me. benders with your friends. If you wanna page me, it’s 2012. Stop. These are the times to have a jazztrice526@gmail.com or twitter.com/ dinner and a movie or dance Jazz_Trice.

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Cont. from front page of days. Learn about companies and careers. Are you still trying to decide which career is a match for you? Come to the fair and ask people about their jobs and career paths.

Tips for preparing for the career fair: Fine tune your resume. Your resume is very important. It represents you, your abilities and your accomplishments. Come to the ICC on the 2nd floor of South Hall to have it reviewed and edited, either by a peer advisor or at one of our Resume Rescues held Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday before the fair. Also be sure to check out the “Write a Winning Resume” webshop on the ICC website. Dress for success. Recruiters notice wellgroomed students; first im-

did not last, making the rest of the year quite awkward, but he got an A. Ultimately, nothing can stop true love. I’ve met at least two married couples, Matan all professors in their fields, Shelomi who first met as student and TA! They simply had the wisdom to keep their urges in check until after the class was over. Remember, the prohibition is solely on teacher-student relationships. Otherwise, we’re all adults. Once the class ends, anything goes. Let the his wouldn’t be an games begin! That’s a good Aggie column with- metaphor for dating, right? out at least one article I’ve talked to some of on sex, so here it is! Those of my peers about this (what you who know me person- else would we talk about? ally probably saw this com- Research? Pfff!), and the reing. Those of you who know sponses are expectedly dime very personally have al- verse. Some indeed menready seen ... actually, I’m tioned having a phenomenot going to finish that joke. nally sexy student in their Before their first years as class and the frustration teaching assistants (TAs), of having to wait until the end of the all graduate quarter to students attend an ori- We’re intellectuals, above the do anything it e n t a t i o n drinking age and don’t live in about (and could covering dorms, so that’s a start you imagthe basics ine having of teaching, grading and the myri- to wait a whole semester?). ad forms of plagiarism one Some got flattering comcan expect (we know what ments about their looks on you did last midterm …). Of their TA evaluations. Others all the rules and regulations seemed quite oblivious to drilled into us (heh, drilled), the whole matter. One of my one stood out in my mind: grad student buddies TA-ed Under no circumstances is a big introductory bio class a teaching assistant to date recently and I met some of or be in a relationship with a his students. This column in mind, I asked if any of their student in their class! Ever! It makes sense: Having classmates had unrequited your lover in your class is crushes on their TA. Turns a conflict of interest, com- out, most of them. Male and promising your impartiali- female. Were his lectures ty (heh, compromising). If that good? the relationship occurred I’ve gotta admit, I was a bit before the class starts, you disappointed that nobody must either break it up or ever came up to me with a find someone else to teach completely inappropriate but for you. If the relationship flattering request while I was occurs during the class, a TA. Not that I have that high however, you’re in hot, sexy an opinion of myself (though my lectures are that good); I water. Why date a graduate stu- just thought that kind of bedent? We’re intellectuals, havior was normal, like in above the drinking age and the scene in Indiana Jones don’t live in dorms, so that’s where a student has “Love a start. We also tend to be You” written on her eyelids older, providing the whole and slowly blinks at Harrison cougar/male-equivalent- Ford. I even planned out my of-cougar set of benefits. response: Then there’s basic physical It’s the Friday before the attractiveness. If you think Monday final exam, and a the late teens are great, wait student comes into my of‘til the mid-twenties! Most fice wearing the completeof all, the “forbidden fruit” ly wrong outfit for an entoaspect of teacher-student mology practical. I say I’m relationships makes them here to fix the cable … wait, mysterious and alluring: wrong fantasy. I remind her like sex with vampires. Pale, how she needs to do well on this final to pass the class. poorly-written vampires. Lusty lapses do occur. I She leans on my desk and had a friend in undergrad says she’ll do anything to who hooked up with his in- ace this exam. I ask her, termediate Mandarin TA. “Anything?” You bet I respected that! He “Anything.” managed to get an older and “Great! Go home and more experienced wom- study!” an to risk her career just to sleep with him. That’s roll- MATAN SHELOMI’s married … to Science! ing a twenty for charisma You can try your luck anyway at mshelomi@ right there! The relationship ucdavis.edu.

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to drive traffic to GiveLocalNow’s website, allowing donors to find participating organizations more easily. The Nonprofit Resource Center also helps to nurture organizations through capacity building as well as providing workshops and learning environments. This is so that nonprofits can get the latest information. “We want to help nonprofits tell their stories on the web and be available for the kind of support and donations they are going to receive,” Caitlin said. For Caitlin, it’s all about appealing on a personal level and helping nonprofits share their stories to reach more potential donors. “The organizations need to connect with their donors, and make clear what they do and how. They need to develop trust through transparency and make their guiding values clear so that people of similar values are attracted to what they’re doing,” Caitlin said. Danielle Chonas, executive director at

pressions count! Be sure to come well groomed and dressed in business attire. Check out “Dress for Success” on our website. Watch the “Prepare for the Fair” webshop or come to a “Prepare for the Fair” workshop at the ICC. This webshop/workshop will provide you with all the information you need about what to expect from the fair and how you can prepare. Look up the list of companies coming to the fair. On Aggie Job Link there is a list of all the companies signed up for the fair. Do your research and decide in advance which companies you will talk to at the fair. The Internship and Career Fair is on April 19 at the ARC Pavilion from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. The UC Davis Internship and Career Center (ICC), located on the second and third floors of South Hall and online at iccweb.ucdavis. edu, has decades of success helping to launch Aggies on their professional paths, and its services are FREE to currently enrolled UC Davis students.

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Yolo Arts, attested that having a conduit to help increase philanthropy could be beneficial to the organization. “It is important for us as an organization to recognize the value we provide in the community,” Chonas said. “We are the only organization in the county that furthers art. We employ people, and artists deserve to work too.” Not only is GiveLocalNow open to involvement by nonprofits around the county, but Caitlin also said that they would like to see nonprofit student-tostudent organizations get involved as well. “We invite student organizations to get involved so we can bring programming to them too,” Caitlin said. “We know from our research that the millennial generation is already a very strong philanthropic generation. There is great potential and we want all people to connect with causes they care about.” EINAT GILBOA can be reached city@theaggie.org.

state government to begin operations. At the university level, the plan would have to be approved by both Vice Chancellor John Meyer and the Unit Relocation and Space Allocation Committee, a permanent body under ASUCD that determines office space allocation among ASUCD units. ASUCD would be able to provide a lot of support because of its close relationship with the administration,” Kapur said. “Several senators were really excited or thought that it was a really cool idea.” Hill is animated about having a financial model that works for students and anticipates a favorable response from the community. “I really want to see this done for the good of the student community, so that we can have a better claim to fame than pepper spray.”

Cont. from front page loans. “You can’t necessarily go to a bank to get a loan for a bike or a new venture idea because they don’t understand the needs and wants of the university,” Hill said. U.S. Bank’s termination of its contract with UC Davis opened up the possibility for other financial institutions to come to campus. The next step for the group is to simultaneously gauge student interest and to raise awareness. Once the project has garnered enough student support, organizers would have to draft a business proposal to submit to the California Credit Union League for revision and guidance. “That probably might take anywhere from now until the end of the quarter,” Hill said. “It’s a fast process.” Ultimately, the credit union would have to obtain JUSTIN ABRAHAM can be reached at a charter from the federal or campus@theaggie.org.

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Student newspapers

Support needed It’s no secret that the future of student newspapers is in flux. With new, easier ways for news to get out, fewer and fewer consumers are reliant on their morning paper. Along the same lines, advertisers are finding cheaper, more cost-efficient manners to promote their product than in a daily newspaper. With decreasing income, student-run newspapers are finding it harder and harder to keep up the same level of production while not sacrificing their editorial and financial independence. Newspapers, like The Aggie, have been forced to cut production by slashing pay and days of publication. One of the most visibly impacted college papers has been The Daily Californian from UC Berkeley. That paper is currently running a $200,000 budget deficit. In an attempt to cover this gap without sacrificing their financial and editorial independence, managers at The Daily Cal put a student referendum on the Associated Students of the University of California (ASUC) ballot, asking for a $2-per-semester student fee paid toward the newspaper. We applaud The Daily Cal for coming up with a plan like this that doesn’t sacrifice its editorial or financial independence while still raising funds from an outside source. The Daily Cal was asking its primary consumer — the UC Berkeley students — to donate $4 a year, roughly the price of one Starbucks latte, so that students would continue to get the toplevel journalism and reporting colleges need. Unfortunately, ASUC President Vishalli Loomba issued an executive order that was upheld by the ASUC

Senate, nullifying the ballot referendum, citing a UC policy that student fees shall not be used for the support of a nonuniversity organization. The executive order is being appealed in the ASUC Judicial Council, but there’s a good chance the executive order will be upheld. The Daily Cal is fully independent from UC Berkeley, as it pays rent for its on-campus facilities and doesn’t receive any funding whatsoever from administration. The application of this UC policy to this referendum, however, is questionable. Calling The Daily Cal a “non-university organization” is a stretch, seeing as the paper has offices on the UC Berkeley campus and has a long and storied history covering the school for over 140 years. Regardless, The Daily Cal will now have to think of another way to cover its current budget deficit without sacrificing its editorial and financial independence. And they will, whether it involves exploring new income sources or more cuts. College newspapers pride themselves on their autonomy and ability to report on their respective administrations and student governments without the fear of being censored. It is our responsibility to provide our consumers — students, faculty and community members — with unbiased news and information about the decision makers on campus. An informed campus is a better campus. We at The Aggie are not in pristine shape budget-wise but we’re not deep in the red, either. But regardless of what our bottom line says, we will stay financially and editorially independent so we can continue to put out the best paper possible.

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Unfair requests The quarter-long project of the Winter Quarter Chicano/a Studies 171: Mural Workshop class was canceled. Set to be painted on the North Wall of the Student Community Center (SCC), this mural was created by the nine-student class led by Assistant Professor Maceo Montoya. Generalized figures were used to represent a diverse population of 32,000 UC Davis students and the goals of the SCC and its organizations. Created to deal with issues relevant to a variety of affiliations, this class took on a large responsibility. It’s nearly impossible to represent every single individual on our campus in a single mural. While essentially working with the SCC to produce preapproved designs, this class also reached out to interview students and staff from organizations at the SCC to converse about experiences and themes pertinent to the development of the mural. While they realized that it’s impossible to embody the spectrum of the UC Davis student body, the students focused on creating universal images meant to reflect a spirit of openness, acceptance and appreciation. Which is why we, along with the creators of the project, are extremely confused as to why there was backlash and anger expressed at the presentation of the mural design for public comment. Small, specific changes were mutually agreed upon, but major ones were proposed as well. Requests for better representation of body types, sexu-

alities, hair types and cultures were made to the class months after original discussion took place. Students and staff made accusations that not all races were embodied in this threepanel mural, a set amount of space that doesn’t necessarily allow for a perfect population representation in the first place. SCC administrators didn’t defend an academic class after previously approving and praising the work before the unveiling. Instead, the students received an e-mail asking them to remove or change threefourths of the mural, leading the class to cancel the project. Those not involved with the original discussion and growth with the project should not have dominated the discussion. Focus was skewed and aimed at all the wrong aspects of this contribution to the campus. It’s insulting that carefully thought-out student work is being censored for not accommodating impossible expectations, and the ridiculous request should be retracted. Disappointing as it is that a UC Davis organization is restricting art and backing out on original support for a student project, instead of asking disheartened students to redo their work, why not give them more space to accommodate all requests? And while it’s understandable that all projects require drafts, discussion and collaboration, pressuring students to change their designs after months of decided and highly contemplated concepts is misleading, frustrating and disconcerting.

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Letters to the editor Reynoso Report If only the Chancellor had let the police stage the tent removal operation at 3 a.m. instead of 3 p.m., the result would not have involved pepper spray (nor international publicity, nor the need for a fourmonth-long study, nor costly legal battles yet uncounted). This is all very likely true. But is that the main problem with which we, the (infamous) campus community, ought to be most concerned? The background provided in the report makes one thing perfectly clear: The leadership team that was involved in the decision-making about the protest was specifically created because campus protests on this same issue had become frequent and repeated over several years. The issue was something directly involving campus priorities. But the objectives of the team were to mitigate the impacts of the protests without apparently addressing the cause for the protest, the failure of the university to keep tuition from skyrocketing. 1) The main question not asked

Enough already Surprisingly enough (to this formerly trusting alum, that is), the Kroll team did its job. Likewise, the Reynoso committee did its job. Now, it’s our turn — the UC Davis community’s turn. It’s time for us to step up, ignore distractions and diversions, excuses and apologies, scapegoats and fall guys, and draw the only conclusion that can be drawn: UC Davis is, and has been

by the commission: Did the decision to remove the tents, per se, involve a violation of the free speech rights of the students attempting to protest tuition hikes and the privatization of the UC system? 2) If the rationale for the removal of the tents was in fact the fear that so-called non-affiliates were present, but there was a) a report from a key, appropriate university official that this was not the case and b) there were no further efforts made to ascertain if in fact nonaffiliates were really present, then it is entirely reasonable to suggest that this rationale was a pretext for other motivations for the removal of the tents — i.e., lowering the visibility (suppression) of the protest. What needs to be made clear is that the protest message the university wanted suppressed was not that students were outraged about tuition hikes. The students’ message went beyond that. The students setting up the tents were saying – in a very publicly effective way – that the university administration was no longer

worthy of its authority, that its repeated failure to keep public higher education affordable was tantamount to betrayal of its mission. This kind of message can be quite damaging to a public institution which claims it has a very high-minded mission. So the tents needed to come down. How important is it that taking down the tents might have been accomplished without the public relations fiasco that did take place? It is certainly not a trivial issue. But is that the one the public should focus upon? Of course, if your principal concern is the branding of UC Davis in the eyes of potential donors and wealthy families with children seeking a college education, then this may be the only issue that matters. How, in the future, can the administration more competently protect the image of the university? And not, how well does this university serve the interests of its students?

for nearly three years now, suffering from seriously and irresponsibly bad leadership, and it’s high time for that to change. These are challenging times, no question about it. But they also present a tremendous opportunity for this great university to further distinguish itself as a principled leader. Yet it’s been abundantly clear for some time now that principles themselves have no place in the value system of this adminis-

tration. Aside from a plethora of lip service about excellence and community, aside from the willingness and ability to cash obscenely large paychecks, the only thing this administration has proven itself really good at is dividing the campus community at every turn. Enough already. Well and truly enough already.

Richard Seyman

UC Davis Alumnus

Paul Medved

UC Davis Class of ‘78

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Perspective on protests from Spain By BRYAN STEELE

Junior, international relations and anthropology major

On Mar. 29, a general strike, or “Huelga General,” struck Spain with a historic and sobering dose of citywide solidarity. With 75 percent of flights grounded, a stopped public transportation system and police teams mobilizing in the city’s major plazas, Barcelona appeared to

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n Nov. 21, Linda Katehi stood before up to five thousand students and personally apologized for the

be preparing itself for a Zombie outbreak or coup d’etat. After following 2011’s Occupy Movement, and as a student from Davis in the recent aftermath of the pepper spray incident, I like to think that I’ve seen a lot regarding student protests and strikes, but the Spanish students’ protest of Mar. 29 really opened my eyes to the possibilities and inevitable hypocrisies of largescale student protests, with the riot-

like student assembly that ensued, here in Barcelona. Students at my host campus, Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona, blockaded entrances to the school in addition to vandalizing the majority of windows, walls and pretty much anything they could find. A physical assault on a faculty member was also reported in the days proceeding

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heartfelt apology to flat-out denial events three days earlier. She struggled to hold back tears as she of responsibility for the greatest failure in protecting students in referenced memories from her university history. “My instructions own past, of the struggle in her were for no arrests and no police home country of Greece during force. I explicitly directed the chief the ‘70s, of the morning when the of police that violence should be military junta in power sent tanks avoided at all to crush dissidents protesting the I’m having difficulty even writing costs,” she said unequivocally. regime. It was a about this use of logic, because, With the moving moment, release of the a tribute to her quite simply, there is no logic! Reynoso report personal past of last week, the activism and a gesture of common cause with the facts are finally coming out. In short, they are damning. None are Occupy movement. Yet, Katehi completely reversed accused more in the report than Katehi, and no narrative is more course the next evening during a town hall meeting. In the span See NELSON, page 5 of 24 hours, she went from a

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SYMPHONY Cont. from front page Schumann and Beethoven. Over the span of 10 days, the orchestra played four concerts in some of the largest and most beautiful halls in Spain, providing the group with a rare and extraordinary experience abroad. Under the direction of Professor Christian Baldini, the group performed, to persistently tumultuous applause, its repertoire of pieces it had been working to perfect since the beginning of Winter Quarter. “I am very proud to be the orchestra’s director. The students are highly committed, even though many of them are not music majors,” said Baldini, who said that his students’ dedication was one of the reasons he wanted to share their talents abroad. “It is very inspiring to me to work with them. We are a team together — each gives their best and we are excited to share what we do with other people.” The students were indeed excited to travel abroad to perform in beautiful, high-profile venues such as the Palau de la Música in Valencia. “When we got to Valencia, there were posters everywhere promoting our tour schedule,” said Meghan Teague, junior neurobiology, physiology and behavior major who has played violin in the orchestra since the fall of

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her first year. “It was really cool — we were in a café one morning and on the wall there was a poster of us.” Throughout the 10-day tour, the orchestra sought to represent the character and talent of UC Davis’ music department in a country with a vibrant culture and a great appreciation for art. “I wanted to bring my students to a different place and expose them to different audiences, which react differently than our audiences at home,” Baldini said. Performing abroad challenged orchestra members to perform in a different context, adjust to new performance halls and adapt from the routine they had grown used to in the Mondavi Center, Teague said. “We rehearse twice a week and always perform in Mondavi. We’re just always in Mondavi,” Teague said. “In each venue in Spain, the acoustics were very different, so we had to adjust our playing style in every hall. Some you had to play out and some you weren’t playing at all. It really changes the piece.” Audiences, too, were a surprise compared to what the orchestra was used to. “The one big cultural difference I noticed was that in Spain, it is customary for the audience to applaud as the orchestra leaves the stage,” said Abigail Green, junior music performance major and principal flautist. “When this happened at the first concert, I was very

nelson Cont. from page 3 explicitly rejected than her claim that the police acted outside of her directive. Instead, it was her faulty logic and failure to effectively communicate that would lead to the searing images and injured students from that fateful day. The night before students were pepper sprayed, Katehi’s leadership team met through conference call to discuss what should be done about the newly erected encampment in the Quad. Initially, the police were to remove the tents at 3 a.m. Friday. However, according to Chief Spicuzza, there were not enough officers to do this. She requested that the operation be pushed back 24 hours to Saturday morning. This was unacceptable to Katehi. In a show of reasoning so absurd that, in a less violent outcome, would be hilarious, Katehi stated that the tents simply had to be removed before Friday night. Why? She was worried about the use of alcohol and drugs, “and everything.” She believed that there were significant numbers of “non-affiliates” in the encampment and feared that this would result in the Quad becoming “a place for fun.” I’m having difficulty even writing about this use of logic, because, quite simply, there is no logic! The notion that there were a large number of nonaffiliates is completely debunked by the Reynoso report. Moreover, during the late-night conference call, her Assistant Vice Chancellor, Griselda Castro, had argued that this claim was patently wrong. The report stated that Castro spoke about this for 40 minutes. The response was “dead silence.” Yet Katehi was convinced otherwise and did not

surprised and didn’t know what to do.” Other than applause coming at unexpected times, Teague noticed it was a much more evaluative applause than what she was used to in the States. “After a piece there was more of an appreciation for how well the piece was performed,” she said. “Here people will clap for anything when it’s over. But there, I could tell there were definite differences in applause across the pieces.” The group sensed Spanish audiences had more familiarity with their material as well. “Apparently there was someone humming along to Debussy at one of the shows,” Teague said. The overall reception of the orchestra was overwhelmingly positive, according to orchestra members. After the last performance, the applause persisted long enough for Baldini to walk offstage and then onstage to encore applause 10 times. “The best thing that can happen to you as a performer is for the audience to want you to give them more,” Baldini said. “At our last concert, we had a completely packed, full house at the Palau de la Música Catalana in Barcelona. They didn’t want us to go at the end, so they kept clapping. We performed encore after encore.” Apart from being an exceptionally musically appreciative destination for the orchestra to visit, students likened the whirlwind tour to

change course. In doing so, she put the police in a position that was almost guaranteed to end uglily. Beyond her faulty logic, Katehi also failed to offer needed leadership about what the police could or could not do. Here, her claim that she instructed the police not to use violent force is exposed to be completely false. In fact, the only directive given to the police about use of force was from a conference call earlier in the day when Vice Chancellor Ralph Hexter stated, “We don’t want it to be like Berkeley,” and Katehi merely agreed. Nowhere does the lack of leadership become more evident than at this moment. Silence is not leadership. Neither is affirming vague notions of policy in the context of an emergency situation. And leadership certainly is not shifting blame onto others — in this case, the police who, Katehi claimed, acted outside of her “explicit” orders. The fact that, after such a stark failure, she could just days later state that she had clearly stated what the police could and could not do, is almost unfathomable. The chancellor’s heart may be in the right place, but her judgment is not. Her gesture of apology a few days after the incident may have been heartfelt, but her statement that she delineated the boundaries of police action is simply untrue. And while her desire to protect students from non-affiliates might have been commendable, the fact remains that, in the end, her actions led to far worse harm than the dangers any outsiders posed — outsiders that turned out to be a marginal presence at best. Personally, I think it’s time for accountability. I’ll leave the rest up to you. Send your thoughts about the Reynoso report, the Banker’s Dozen and events in general to jdnelson@ucdavis.edu.

While I can admire the unrivaled passion and allencompassing solidarity that the Catalan students have gathered together, I can’t help but be slightly disCont. from page 3 gusted at the hypocrisy of it all — the looting, the vanthe general strike. dalizing and destroying of the physical campus (not to My host university here in Barcelona has a repu- mention assaulting a faculty member). This vandaltation for being “more politically active” than its sis- ism closes the gates of healthy communication and ter universities in the city. This reputation most like- instead makes the students look like toddlers throwly stems from its highly ranked social science deing tantrums, not to mention that the students are departments, but upon returning to my campus after stroying what they are fighting for — their universithe protest, labeling the university “politically acty. While insurance might cover some of the damages, tive” seems like the naive equivalent of labeling a the university will ultimately have to pay for the damMichael Bay movie as an Academy Award nominee. ages caused by the students, and since the university Upon leaving the train and walking into my already struggles with a limited budget, they will most campus’s main entrance, the main student enlikely make the students pay for the damages. trance and plaza appeared somewhat like the afSo, despite “good” intentions, the students will termath of a war zone. Table barricades were half inevitably hurt themselves and their campus. We beaten down, walls were covered in blood-red can personally relate to their cause, as students at Catalan graffiti, windows were smashed in and a supposedly public university with tuition rivalthe on-campus bank was nearly completely deing private universities, but I can’t help but wonstroyed. It was almost like a horrible, twisted epider which type of student protest will prove to sode of “Extreme Makeover: Home Edition,” with be more effective: those of peace and strict nonchairs thrown into windows instead of a freshly violence at my home university in California, or landscaped garden. those of budding violence, vandalism and pasStudents assembled to protest a variety of sionate anarchism here at my host university in things, but mainly focused on the alleged “privaBarcelona? tization” of their campus, budget cuts and tuition Gandhi once said that “violent means will give hikes that result from the widespread economviolent freedom,” but with the lack of change and ic recession, similar to the UC-wide protests in continued decisions that seem to neglect student the fall, made infamous by the notorious “pepper voices, maybe violence will help raise the volume spray incident.” of the student’s agenda.

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SOFTBALL Cont. from page 6 cessful seventh inning rally as senior Kylie Fan hit a two-run home run to cut the lead to two. With two runners aboard, however, the Aggies were unable to sustain the effort when a pop-up by senior Kelly Harman ended the game.

Saturday — Long Beach State 3, UC Davis 0 Jones-Wesley demonstrated why she received so many post-season honors last season in the second game as she held UC Davis to just three hits.

an entire study abroad experience and are already dying to return. “I loved experiencing another culture, and especially one so different from the United States,” said Green. “All of the cities we visited were so beautiful. I had a great time practicing my Spanish, and everyone was very accomodating. ” The cuisine, as well, helped make the experience for some of the orchestra members. “I can’t live without excellent olive oil, so this was a real treat,” Baldini said. “And the paella in Valencia is heaven. They invented it!” Another staple the Spanish are known for is their ham, which hangs in the windows of every market on the street. But apart from the Spanish food, the close proximity to other distinct cultures provided a chance for the orchestra to have a truly multicultural experience. “If I see another leg of meat I’m going to die,” Teague said. “But I had really great Moroccan food in Granada. Couscous, tajine, rice, baba ghanoush, hummus, mint limeade — it was the best food of my life.” Even with the language barriers, differences in food tastes and surprising concert etiquette, the orchestra was able to share with foreign audiences music that speaks to all cultures. “I can’t wait to go back,” Teague said. LANI CHAN can be reached at features@theaggie.com.

BASEBALL Cont. from page 6 and commanding all my pitches well, but really being in the moment and being excited to go out there for every single pitch has allowed me to have some success,” said Quist, in the understatement of the season. “Part of being a senior and realizing this is my last go-around has really helped me stay in the moment and enjoy that moment.” Despite the dominance from Quist, UC Davis headed into the bottom of the ninth inning tied with the Tigers with no runs. With one out, Politi stepped to the plate and drove the first pitch he saw over the left-field wall. “I was looking for a first-pitch slider, something in that I could drive, and that’s what the pitch was,” Politi said, who had very little time to celebrate his first home run of the season. “It was kind of a struggle, because you get really pumped up, but then you have to get ready for the next game.”

other two-RBI single to score Lipson and Heptig. In the bottom of the sixth, Lynch hit a double that scored Popkins and Lipson, and then Morgan’s RBI base hit allowed Lynch to come around for the Aggies’ second three-run inning of the ballgame. Stanwyck was called upon in the top of the eighth with two runners on base and the score 9-6. He limited the damage and got a 4-6-3 double play to end the game in the ninth after giving up a leadoff single. Sunday — Pacific 1, UC Davis 0 Senior Tom Briner pitched a fourhit complete game and UC Davis compiled 10 hits, but the Aggies were unable to bring home a runner and lost the series finale. “We pitched well enough to win three games, but this weekend is kind of the story of our year,” said Head Coach Matt Vaughn. “Quist’s effort and Briner’s effort were outstanding. We got a great effort out of the bullpen [Saturday]. We’re not scoring a lot of runs. Fortunately, our pitchers are keeping them from scoring a lot of runs so we can stay in these games.” Briner didn’t give up a hit until the fourth inning, and Pacific scored on a groundout in the top of the fifth. The Aggies led off the bottom of the ninth with back-to-back singles from Popkins and Politi. Lynch attempted to sacrifice bunt, but the ball went quickly to the pitcher who threw Popkins out at third. Johnson struck out swinging and Morgan then grounded out to second base to end the game. UC Davis has a rematch against Sac State this afternoon, this time at Dobbins Stadium. The Aggies will look to shut down the powerhitting Hornets in the Causeway matchup, first pitch at 2:30 p.m.

Saturday (Game 2) — UC Davis 9, Pacific 7 Nick Lynch went 3-for-5 with six runs batted in, and sophomore Harry Stanwyck picked up the two-inning save as UC Davis held off Pacific in a back-and-forth ballgame. The Aggies took a 3-0 lead after senior Eric Johnson drove in Barker in the second inning and Lynch’s single down the left-field line in the third scored Popkins and Lipson. The Tigers tied it in the fourth, but UC Davis responded in the bottom half of the inning. Kalush doubled, freshman Evan Heptig walked and Lipson was hit by a pitch to load the bases with one out. Popkins’ sacrifice fly brought RUSSELL EISENMAN can be reached at sports@ home Kalush, then Lynch hit an- theaggie.org.

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the No. 6 position, while Zamudio, Chui and Sanders all grabbed their second wins of the weekend. Zamudio won each of her four matches, going undefeated in singles and doubles on the weekend. “It’s a nice luxury to have, to be able to have great confidence that we can win anywhere in the lineup,” Maze said. “We’re a contender for one of the top spots in conference because we are so deep.”

Cont. from page 6 sophomore Nicole Koehly winning for the second time in as many matches. UC Davis seized five of the six singles matches to go up 6-0 with just junior Lauren Curry left on court. Curry had battled back to take the second set after dropping the first set, but came up a bit short in the close 6-4 third set. MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie. Junior Nicole Koehly got a win at org.

With the Aggies not providing any offensive threats, all the pressure rested on starter Thweatt. Thweatt responded masterfully with six strikeouts and only two hits allowed through six innings. Unfortunately for UC Davis, Thweatt’s outing ended abruptly in the final inning when the 49ers finally cracked open the scoreboard with an RBI double and a tworun home run. Down 3-0 in the bottom of the seventh inning, the Aggies showed heart by getting runners on second and third base before a Jones-Wesley strikeout ended the game.

After making adjustments from the past two games, the Aggies came out with great confidence to take the final game of the series. The UC Davis batters never backed down from 49er starter Jones-Wesley as she was eventually relieved in the fourth inning after allowing two RBI singles by juniors Kelly Schulze and JJ Wagoner. The game reached a crucial point in the fifth inning after Vela, following a defensive error, walked in a run in a bases-loaded situation to cut the Aggie lead to 2-1. With the 49ers on the brink of piling on additional runs, the count was 3-0 with two outs when Vela settled down to force the batter to pop Sunday — UC Davis 3, Long Beach State 1 out.

“She could have easily been rattled,” said Coach Karen Yoder. “But I was so impressed with how she battled back … and as a freshman I think that is wonderful.” Thweatt would end all 49er hopes of a comeback as she dominantly finished out the last two innings with four strikeouts. Freshman Amy Nunez also provided an insurance run with a solo home run in the sixth inning. The Aggies continue play this weekend in a three-game series at Cal Poly starting Saturday. DOUG BONHAM can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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Happy to be home UC Davis walks off with two wins over Pacific baseball By RUSSELL EISENMAN Aggie Sports Writer

The UC Davis baseball team’s weekend featured a doubleheader, a walk-off home run and stellar pitching as it took two of three from Big West Conference foe Pacific. The Aggies dropped a midweek clash in the Causeway matchup versus Sacramento State, but will have a chance to avenge the loss today in a rematch against the Hornets. UC Davis is now 13-18 overall and 2-4 in conference play.

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Senior Paul Politi hit a walk-off in Saturday’s series opener against Pacific.

Wednesday — Sacramento State 11, UC Davis 4 Freshman Tino Lipson went 3-for-4 and junior Paul Politi and sophomore Nick Lynch contributed two hits each, but UC Davis could not convert and fell to its capital-city rivals. Trailing 8-1 in the top of the seventh, the Aggies made their move to get back in the game. Lynch led off with a single and ad-

UC Davis downed by Denver Aggies lose third straight game to conference opponent Women’s lacrosse By JASON MIN

Aggie Sports Writer

The UC Davis lacrosse team had a chance to snap its three-game losing streak coming into Sunday’s game against Denver. Unfortunately for the Aggies, the Pioneers put together a second-half stretch that extended their losing streak to four games. The game was tied 9-9 early in the second half until Denver outscored the Aggies 7-1 over a nine-minute period. This put the game out of reach, and UC Davis suffered its third straight loss to a Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponent. “We didn’t finish our shots and they finished theirs,” Coach Elaine Jones said. The Aggies started the game in a quick 5-2 hole before junior Elizabeth Datino scored one of her three goals to ignite the UC Davis comeback. The Aggies tied the game at 9-9 three minutes into the second half when freshman Elizabeth Landry had a nice goal off the assist from junior Anna Geissbuhler. From there Denver took over the game, going on a 7-1 streak during which Jenn Etzel scored three of the

vanced on a wild pitch. Senior Brett Morgan singled and senior Scott Kalush hit a sacrifice fly to score Lynch. Freshman Kevin Barker and junior Austin Logan hit backto-back singles to score Morgan. Lipson hit a sacrifice fly to score Barker and UC Davis was right back in the ballgame with the score 8-4. The Hornets responded in the bottom half of the inning, however, recording four hits, with three of them doubles to retake a commanding lead. The Aggies rallied in the eighth and ninth innings but couldn’t knock in the runners. Saturday (Game 1) — UC Davis 1, Pacific 0 UC Davis was happy to return to Dobbins Stadium for the first time in eight games, as senior Dayne Quist and third baseman Politi made it a homecoming to remember. With plenty of Major League Baseball scouts on hand, Quist (5-0) outlasted a pitcher’s duel with Pacific’s Michael Benson. Quist gave up only three hits and one walk while striking out nine. “I feel I’ve been throwing a lot of strikes

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Aggies sweep matches in strong weekend performance

Key doubles wins help UC Davis to two big wins

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Freshman Elizabeth Landry had a hat trick in the Aggies’ loss to Denver. Pioneers’ goals. Etzel ended up with six total goals and was also aided by the four goals from teammate Kara Secora. Datino and Landry led UC Davis with three goals each while freshmen Allie Lehner and Charlotte Morris both contributed two goals. “Landry did a good job of hustling and came up with a lot of draws,” Jones

said. “Lehner had some good shots along with Morris.” This week the Aggies will continue Mountain Pacific Sports Federation play with a game against Stanford University at Aggie Stadium at 7 p.m. on Wednesday. JASON MIN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Aggies cool down after hot conference start UC Davis wins one of three against Long Beach State

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UC Davis served up two Big West Conference victories over the weekend against San Jose State University and UC Irvine.

Women’s tennis By MATTHEW YUEN Associate Sports Editor

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Junior Kelly Schulze’s RBI single gave the Aggies a cusion in their 3-1 win over the 49ers.

Softball By DOUG BONHAM Aggie Sports Writer

Entering this weekend’s home series in sole possession of first place in the Big West Conference, UC Davis was slowed down by the great pitching of Long Beach State. Despite dropping the first two games of the series to the 49ers, the now-16-24 (6-3) UC Davis pulled out a big victory on Sunday to keep within one game of new conference leader University of Pacific. The series opener was plagued

with defensive mistakes as four errors by the Aggies led to three unearned runs and a two-run loss to Long Beach State. UC Davis settled down after the opener, and the second game featured a fantastic battle with last year’s Big West Conference pitcher of the year, 49er Erin Jones-Wesley. The Long Beach State ace outlasted Aggie junior Jessica Thweatt in the 3-0 pitchers’ duel. The Aggies battled to avoid the sweep in the series finale as three hard-fought runs were all the support needed for UC Davis pitchers Thweatt and freshman Justine Vela.

Saturday — Long Beach State 4, UC Davis 2 Vela started the game for UC Davis and worked through numerous difficult situations all game long as the Aggie defense struggled with four errors. Although Vela escaped bases-loaded situations in both the second and fifth innings with only one run allowed, the 49ers added three unearned runs in the sixth inning to give Long Beach State a 4-0 lead. UC Davis almost pulled out a suc-

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With a surplus of close losses littered throughout its season, the UC Davis women’s tennis team appears to be figuring things out at the right time. Some tinkering with the doubles lineup brought about good results, as the Aggies took convincing wins over San Jose State University and Big West Conference foe UC Irvine. “Sometimes it takes a while to get the right team, and it would have been nice to figure it out earlier, but better late than never,” Coach Bill Maze said. UC Davis defeated the Anteaters by a 5-2 match score on Saturday and then downed the Spartans 6-1 on Sunday to improve its record to 9-11 and 4-2 in conference. Saturday — UC Davis 5, UC Irvine 2 The Aggies lost to UC Irvine in the first round of the Big West Tournament last year, but quickly showed why they have been ranked as high as No. 58 in the nation this season. UC Davis took down No.

66 UC Irvine by winning the doubles point to quickly jump ahead. With a slight shift in the doubles teams, freshman Layla Sanders and sophomore Kelly Chui had an impressive showing in their 8-1 victory in the top slot. “The team played great and rose to the occasion by winning the doubles point, which has been tough for us,” Maze said. In singles play, junior Dahra Zamudio was first off the court with a 6-1, 6-3 win. The Anteaters took the next two matches on courts one and six, but UC Davis swept the rest on courts three, four and five. “It’s clearly the biggest win of the year,” Maze said. “There were a lot of impressive performances throughout the lineup and everyone contributed.” Sunday — UC Davis 6, San Jose State 1 In a non-conference match against the Spartans, UC Davis’s 6-1 win could be a sign of good things to come. The Aggies won the doubles point once again, with senior Dahra Zamudio and

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