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tuesday, october 23, 2012

Meatless Mondays comes to the CoHo Vegetarian options to be sold at lower prices once a week

By ADAM KHAN Aggie News Writer

Monday marked the official launch of the new Meatless Mondays program in the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo).

ASUCD Senate Bill 10, which passed on Oct. 4, allocated $875 for the funding of the program, which includes discounted prices on vegetarian and vegan options in the CoHo every Monday.

Rather than discontinue the availability of any meat-containing item, the bill aims to promote sustainability and healthier lifestyles by offering traditionally underserved items at lower rates.

For example, Monday featured a $1 discount on all items containing Tofu Roja in the TxMx Grill. "[Tofu Roja] is a local organic tofu that we marinate and bake in a CoHomemade enchilada sauce," said Darin Schluep, interim food service director for the Associated Students Dining Services.

For each week, a list of the updated prices can be found online.

A kickoff event took place Monday to promote the healthier alternatives and raise awareness of the recent change.

The Coho was reserved in the evening for a free showing of the documentary Food Inc., which chronicles the rise of unhealthy diet and conglomerate takeover in the American food industry.

Dietitian Jill Burns, who currently works at the Sutter Health Hospital and lectures at CSU Sacramento, was also present for a Q&A session after the screening while free vegetarian food was served.

Justin Goss, who co-authored the bill, is excited for the future of Meatless Mondays.

"We want to push more education, and focus on that. I see this as sort of the first strike — building up general knowledge about the benefits of reducing meat," he said.

Tanzi Jackson, chair of the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission, who also assisted in the implementation of Meatless Mondays in the resident hall dining commons, worked closely with Goss to get the project up and running. She emphasized the importance of choice in the CoHo through stressing the need to reduce meat consumption without completely forcing meat off the menu.

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Tofu Roja is offered as a meatless option at TxMx. Meatless options are discounted on Mondays in an effort to encourage sustainable food options and healthier living. ASUCD Senate Bill 10 allocated $875 for the program.

"We don't want to infringe upon an individual's rights to whatever they want to eat," Jackson said.

The concept has been well-received according to Jackson, who states that both the Environmental Club and Sodexo employees have shown support, among others.

News iN Brief

Shooter Survival Workshop Thursday An Active Shooter Survival Workshop will be held Thursday by the UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD).

The 90-minute event will be open to all students, faculty and staff and will address the five main steps that increase chances of survival in the event of a shooting: “Escape, cover, hide, play dead and as a last resort, attack the attacker,” a press release stated.

Police Chief Matthew Carmichael, who will instruct the workshop, designed the course specifically for the campus community.

Workshop participants will also learn how the active shooter scenarios relate to people outside the UCDPD. “[The workshop] emphasizes the need for communities to pre-plan for catastrophic events and shows them how to identify an active-incident safe space in the campus environment,” the UCDPD stated in the release.

The workshop will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the King Lounge, located on the second floor of the Memorial Union.

The program also serves as a potential source of revenue for the CoHo, a zeronet unit of ASUCD, by boosting eligibility for a sustainability grant.

"The business end is ecstatic, because this would become a great source of sustainability," Goss said.

For now, Meatless Mondays is limited

to the dining commons and the CoHo, but Goss is confident that the prospects do not end there. Exactly how is yet to be determined.

"If it becomes successful, we want to expand the reach of the program," he said.

ADAM KHAN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Katehi receives STEM award Chancellor hopes to increase female participation in engineering

By LAUREN MASCARENHAS Aggie News Writer

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi was honored as one of the leading women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) this past Tuesday at the 2012 California STEM Summit in San Diego.

The STEM summit is a gathering

of educators, innovators and leaders from all areas of the STEM field who come together to change the way STEM is taught in schools and to highlight progress that is already being made.

“I was very honored. I’ve worked hard to improve the participation of women in the STEM field,” Katehi said.

Katehi was one of 12 women who received the Leading Women in STEM award, and she was specifically recognized for the adoption of next-generation science standards.

“Women have made some tremendous contributions in the field, and it is important that we recognize

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— Muna Sadek

Whole Foods grand opening Wednesday On Wednesday, Whole Foods Market will open its fourth Sacramento area store located at 500 First St. in the Davis Commons.

Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza will be present at the 9:45 a.m. bread-breaking ceremony that will commemorate the event. Doors will officially open at 10 a.m.

Whole Foods will offer local products from within 100 miles of Davis. The store will have a wide selection of meat, baked goods, seafood, prepared foods and other food products.

The 19,741-square-foot store replaces the former Borders location. There is free two-hour parking for cars and 40 parking spots for bikes. Free Wi-Fi is also available inside the atrium and outside.

Store hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

— Claire Tan

Today’s weather Partly cloudy High 67 Low 48

photo of the week Brian Nguyen / Aggie

The train annihilated time and space when it was introduced. Time and space was further ground into the dust when we were able to take the Internet with us wherever we went. I took the train a lot this past summer, and time and space lost its meaning. The 96.8 miles turned into two and half hours which turned into two and a half minutes after I plugged in and checked out. I decided not to one day and I realized the way back home is beautiful. And apparently, there are banjo lessons.

Forecast Perfect shorts, t-shirt and flip-flop weather if you ask me, but most other people would say these are nice days for a blanket and some hot chocolate, or a Snuggie for my roommates.

Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

Wednesday

Thursday

Morning showers Sunny High 67 Low 48

High 69 Low 48

Missed the career fair? Come check out the event “Networking for Success,” hosted by Alpha Kappa Psi, on Wednesday from 6-9 PM at the ARC Ballroom! Companies attending include Google, Cisco, Target, Intel and Liberty Mutual.

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TODAY The Enchanted Cellar All Day 17 Wright Visit the Enchanted Cellar for Halloween Costume Rentals at UC Davis. There is a 50 percent discount for UC Davis students, faculty, staff and affiliates. The Enchanted Cellar will be open until Oct. 31. Appointments are preferred. Call (530) 752-0740 or email rcfemling@ucdavis.edu for an appointment. For more information, go to theatredance.ucdavis.edu.

How to find a UCEAP program that won’t break the bank Noon to 1 p.m.

Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Find out how to make study abroad a part of your Aggie degree and find unique funding sources.

Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session 4:10 to 5 p.m.

URCenter, 2300 Student Community Center Learn about research funding opportunities for undergraduates through the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship.

The fellowship provides funds for undergraduates to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision.

WEDNESDAY Library 101: Catalogs, Databases and Services Noon to 1 p.m.

Shields Library Second Floor Instruction Room Attend this hands-on introduction to finding books, research articles and other items at the UC Davis General Libraries given by Lee Riggs and the Shields Library Instruction Staff. Learn about library privileges and services as well as how to discover print and digital materials in our collections. This basic orientation to the library is suitable for any discipline and all your questions are welcomed.

Study abroad in your major: UCEAP options just for you

Noon to 1 p.m.

Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Learn about UCEAP “Special Focus” discipline-specific programs as well as finding courses in your major offered by host institutions taught in English. Also, find out how to work with your department major adviser in order to still graduate on time.

Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session 5:10 to 6 p.m.

URCenter, 2300 Student Community Center Learn about research funding opportunities for undergraduates through the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship. The fellowship provides funds for undergraduates to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision.

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. Go to foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.

Davis Shakespeare Ensemble: Radio Macbeth 8 to 10 p.m.

Arboretum Gazebo Davis Shakespeare Ensemble presents this original version of Shakespeare’s haunting tragedy, inspired by the format of 1930s radio plays, featuring live sound effects and an original score.

The performance will continue through Saturday. For ticket reservations email boxoffice@shakespearedavis. com, call (530) 802-0998 or visit shakespearedavis.com.

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Police Briefs WEDNESDAY Communing with nature Someone was self-completing on the bike path on DaVinci Court.

O’ holy night Two males appearing to be under the influence of alcohol or drugs were passed out in St. Martin’s Church on Hawthorne Lane.

Sour grapes An intoxicated male was attempting to start fights because he was upset after being refused at DeVere’s on First Street.

THURSDAY

SUNDAY Girl gone wild A female was lifting her shirt up, flashing people and acting crazy on Fifth Street.

Absolutely nutty

Class act Someone sitting in a parked silver Mercedes was snorting cocaine off of a mirror on Second Street.

Two men were trying to cut down a city walnut tree on Fifth Street.

Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org.

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costs, equipment concerns and sometimes safety concerns. A game could have students design a building while forcing them to keep in mind structural integrity.

Derrick Upon the design compleLeu tion, the game can model various natural disasters, allowing the student to test for practicality in an environment where failure is acceptable.

Frequently in classrooms, mistakes are stigmatized. Students know that if they mess up, if they do poorly on one thing — can clearly recall getting there will be huge conseback a math quiz from quences. They’ll get a bad my first grade teacher grade, or their teacher will that had red marks all over be upset or they’ll break the place. My parents tried something. This isn’t necto solve my difficulties by essarily a bad thing betutoring me in their spare cause it teaches caution time. Unfortunately, they and makes students more both had work, leaving careful, but too frequentonly a bit of time at night ly it leads to students being and on Saturday mornings. too afraid to try.

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Math Blaster, though, was There’s no doubt about a game — not a quiz or a that. You’d have to outtest. It engaged me and enfit every school with comcouraged me to actively try puters capable of handling to do well at math. the programs, while also The funny thing about acquiring the programs kids is that they’ll actively themselves. And then the engage in almost anything, schools would have to as long as it’s presented the deal with the bureaucratic right way. In today’s pubnightmare of incorporatlic schools, it’s hard to get ing video games into their students engaged and incurriculum and obtainterested. Not all students ing permission from parhappily lose themselves in ents and figuring out how pure learning. But games exactly to use the games to can engage and teach in teach. ways that sometimes par People worry about the ents and teachers cannot. costs of education and pol Traditionally, classiticians love to cut educarooms focus primarition funding all the time, ly on auditory learning. but they don’t seem to conHowever, games can bring sider how important edutogether elements of visucation is as a long-term inal and kinesthetic learning vestment. Of course eduto teach the students who cating an entire nation is normally slip through beexpensive. Of course it’s cause they learn differenteasier to leave it as is and ly. This potential for imnot fix it. provement of learning is The basic idea is that in especially true for kinesthe future, it pays off huge thetic learners, who need dividends. And it does. And to learn by doing. it will. But it needs help to A game offers the unique do it. opportunity of letting a student experiment withTell DERRICK LEU your favorite educational out concern for material game at derleu@ucdavis.edu.

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Cont. from front page them,” said Chris Roe, CEO of the California STEM Learning Network (CSLNet). “Women are also underrepresented in the STEM field so it is important to highlight them so they can serve as role models.”

Women today hold only 25 percent of the STEM jobs in the U.S. “I believe we can change those numbers,” Katehi said.

Katehi stressed the fact that if more women are going to be involved in careers such as engineering, their STEM education has to start early.

“Girls make a decision about what they want to do in middle school; that’s where we have to inform them,” Katehi said. “We have to make them believe that they can make it.”

Katehi, who trained as an electrical engineer, has since been a part of

down the window so she could help the woman raise money to fix her car.

They may be frail and forgetful, but they have such big hearts and so Jhunehl much to teach us. In their Fortaleza generosity and kindness, it’s hard to imagine what a hard life many of them must’ve had.

As I watch this jolly old woman eat pancit — a Filipino dish similar to chow mein — I can barely tell that she only made it to seventh grade because s I was driving my she had to drop out and 95-year-old greathelp raise her younger sibgrandmother to lings. This nearly centuher doctor appointment, ry-old woman sitting in she pulled out two Ziploc front of me volunteered as bags of slightly stale Lucky a nurse at a U.S. military Charms and made me base in the Philippines eat some, chastising me during World War II. for starving myself even If I didn’t ask, I would though we had just had have never known that she lunch at Chipotle. was forced to marry a man I think this is something at 18 who ended up beatmost grandparents have in ing her and abusing their common — our grandmas children. I wouldn’t have care too much. And we ofknown that she had to run ten don’t pay attention to away and raise her five or we forget to acknowlchildren on her own. edge just how hard they It’s because of stories work for our benefit. like this that I don’t like I mean, the idea think of leavThese women do all this about it. ing grandpreparation for us despite the These parents at troubles of old age women old folks’ just nevhomes. er stop tryWhen I ing to feed you! I mean, used to volunteer at a reI NEVER leave a friend’s tirement home in Oakland house hungry. Ever. a few years ago, I realized And it’s funny how they that sadly some of those conveniently forget that senior citizens hadn’t had they already fed you half an a visitor in almost 30 years. hour ago, so while you’re I didn’t even know it was still digesting the last elabnational Grandparent’s orately cooked meal they Day last month. If I knew made you, they come out I would’ve celebrated this of the kitchen with some special day with her. new, mouthwatering con The other night as I gave coction. Then another hour my great-grandma a bath, later when you plead that she said wistfully, “I used you really are full, they also to give you baths, and now miraculously go deaf and you’re giving me baths!” plop that third giant lump Then she turned to of rice and chicken on your face me and asked, “What plate anyway. year is it again? Nineteen These women do all this eighty—” preparation for us despite And for the third time the troubles of old age. that day, I responded, “No, I would say no, but it’s Lola, it’s 2012.” not that easy. Not only is I used to be annoyed by the food blow-your-mind this chore, but now I cherdelicious, but how can you ish every opportunity I disappoint those wrinkly, have to pay her back for genuine, ear-to-ear smiles? the life she worked so hard When you encounter one to provide for us. of those, the last thing you When I’m old and reachwant to do is offend them ing senility, I hope I’m as by rejecting their handcaring as this woman sitprepared meals. ting before me, now drink And this grandmothering coffee and watching ly hospitality doesn’t just her favorite telenovela drastop at the kitchen. ma on the Filipino chan As we were stopped nel. This woman who alat a red light once, my ways — and I emphasize Lola (“Lola” is Tagalog for always — makes sure ev“grandma”) gasped and eryone she encounters pointed out the window at has food to eat even if she a blonde woman in an exhasn’t eaten herself. This pensive, bright green conwoman who, I’m proud to vertible. Lola was so consay, I’m a descendant of. cerned about the poor woman’s “broken car with JHUNEHL FORTALEZA likes to hang out no hood,” that she pulled with old people. She’d love to hear stories about your grandparents at jtfortaleza@ out her last two dollars ucdavis.edu and demanded that I roll

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many national organizations involving science, engineering and education, and said she faced challenges in her career because she is a woman.

But the advancement of women in the STEM field is encouraging to the next generation.

“I feel like women in the STEM field are representing themselves more.

People trying to bring us down don’t really have a leg to stand on,” said first-year animal science major Bryana Ramirez.

Katehi said that attitude toward women in the STEM field has come a long way since she was a university student.

“The glass ceiling is still there, but change is happening,” Katehi said.

“We work against some stereotypes.

My hope is that as we have more and more women in engineering, those stereotypes will change.”

Katehi recently received a nearly 4 million dollar grant from the National

Science Foundation for a program that will increase female — particularly Hispanic female — participation in STEM. “We want to improve the number of Latina faculty in the STEM field because we have very, very few of them in a time when we have a growing Latina undergraduate and graduate population,” she said.

CSLNet and their partners are working to provide women and all California students with high-quality STEM-learning experiences.

“We are providing students with the opportunity to learn about what STEM is through after-school programs across California,” Roe said. “A number of our partners across the state have programs that are specifically designed at targeting young girls and getting them interested in the STEM field.”

LAUREN MASCARENHAS can be reached at campus@ theaggie.org.

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Prop. 30

Pass it On Nov. 6, college students across the state will be lining up at polling stations to cast their votes. This election is particularly important.

Proposition 30, which would increase sales tax by 25 cents for four years and taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years, could have a direct impact on a college student’s everyday life. If Prop. 30 does not pass, UC students will face a 20 percent tuition increase due to trigger cuts, beginning Winter 2013.

Students must make it a priority to vote and make sure to vote Yes on Prop. 30.

While some argue against raising taxes, education is worth it. Without the quality of the UC and CSU systems, California would not be the state it is today. It is the job of Californians to ensure funding for these institutions.

Others say the proposition won’t actually help public education because it’s not directly increasing funding for education. However, the sad truth is that we are now just looking to stay afloat.

In a conversation with UC student newspapers, Gov. Jerry Brown said that the fail-

ure of Prop. 30 would mean that the UC system would lose $250 million, which will mean a $2,400 increase in tuition for all UC students.

Students should be aware of the impacts this proposition could have on them.

If the proposition does not pass, tuition could rise from $12,192 to $14,630, and that does not include individual campus fees.

For some students, this trigger cut could mean the end of their college careers.

For others, it could mean taking out new loans, which could potentially change their lives in the future, if they are unable to get a well-paid job when they graduate.

Education must be regarded as a right, not a privilege, if we are looking to overcome the debt we face as a state.

The UCs have already strayed from the Master Plan, and to allow an increase in tuition would make these supposedly “public” institutions even more exclusive.

So, college students, for the sake of your bank account, the quality of education and the future of California, vote Yes on Prop. 30.

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Letters to the editor I was disturbed to note that your Oct. 18 editorial entitled “Learn How to Bike, Seriously” provided incorrect instructions for hand signals.

Seriously.

According to the DMV Vehicle Code Section 22111: All required signals given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of a vehicle in the following manner: 1) Left turn – hand and arm extended horizontally beyond the side of the vehicle.

2) Right turn – hand and arm extended and bent upward beyond the side of the vehicle, except that a bicyclist may extend the right hand and arm horizontally to the right side of the bicycle.

3) Stop signal – hand and arm extended and bent downward beyond the side of the vehicle.

Also, bicyclists should not “pretend” to be vehicles. The DMV considers bicycles to BE vehicles — which means that we bicyclists are subject to the same rules

of the road as cars. So in addition to using hand signals, bicyclists must stop at all stop lights and stop signs — even if no cars are in sight.

Thank you for your attempt to keep the students safe, but please make sure you have all the facts correct next time.

Cynthia Weller

Staff member of Department of Neuroscience, Physiology & Behavior

Boutique classes

guest opinion

Keep ‘em coming

Re: ‘Major Issues,’ Oct. 18

Many UCs offer a small number of unique classes that focus on specific and unconventional subject areas. Many argue that these classes prove to be of no real use after graduation.

These classes, appropriately and often called “boutique classes,” are quite popular among students here at UC Davis — and they should be.

We’ve all heard of classes like tractor driving, beer brewing, gardening and mushrooms, mold and society (who doesn’t want to learn about the exciting world of fungi?!). Most, if not all, students enrolled in these classes are not taking these classes to fulfill some sort of major requirement but because these classes are just plain awesome.

Clearly, none of the undergraduate students here are attending a vocational school with specialized classes of the same topic. Why not use this time to hone our mechanical skills

or learn about a random subject like “The Simpsons” in depth?

UC Davis encourages students to explore subjects that are not normally required for their majors. This is a beautiful thing — we’re in higher academia because we believe in learning for the sake of learning, not for a monetary end result. For example, students are invited to create their own special-interest classes as well.

So if you’re itching to bring the exciting world of hairless cats or seahorse reproduction to your fellow students, you are welcome to do so.

We say keep the boutiques coming. You never know if you will graduate to work as a cartoonist for “The Simpsons” or become the primary tractor operator on your family farm. Everyone needs a class worth talking about that they look forward to attending weekly, in between copious amounts of biostatistical organimicrogeochemistry homework.

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Elizabeth Orpina Arts Editor Matthew Yuen Sports Editor

By NICHOLAS VRDOLIJAK Fourth-year geology major

Mister Chang: I write in response to your article entitled “Major Issues,” about how wonderful it is to major in English. Your article lacks any modicum of support for your assertions and is both explicitly and implicitly counterproductive to your cause.

You attempt to convince people of the value of majoring in English by stunning your audience with dick-jokes and innuendos? Two years of studying and that’s what you can come up with? Essentially, it is bad and you should feel bad.

After your lengthy introduction, in which you treat us to the master storytelling techniques taught exclusively to the master-race of English majors, you state, “Fewer people pursue a degree in English, and consequently, the field’s not as competitive as it could be.” Am I to conclude that English majors are not “lazy and intellectually inferior” from this?

You continue, “The nature of the English curriculum is also more conducive to strong academic performance, as the grading scale is more subjective.”

This statement is a non-sequi-

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By YARA ZOKAIE

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science major I find myself filled with a passionate curiosity about the world and how it works. When someone makes a questionable statement, I seek out the evidence.

Perhaps reading literature helps you better understand motivations and subtlety (and teaches you to “become better at lying,” apparently), but studying science helps me discover truths about the world not limited to the transience of language and humanity.

The perk of better job prospects after college is just that, a perk.

You easily discard the entire field of statistics in order to ease your jealousy of this, but I don’t mind.

Your article reeks of desperate insecurity in your choice of majors and I implore you to come to peace with your decision. Lashing out with lame jokes and whining about people being critical is not the way to win hearts nor minds.

English is a fine field of study and yes, people sometimes jump to conclusions. Don’t help them.

Persuade them with maturity and eloquence, not by waving around your literary cock. A person’s life decision is nobody’s business but their own and I do not place judgment on anyone for studying English.

You don’t make it easy, though.

Resignation letter

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feeling strongly about something?

tur. Let’s analyze your logic here: A: Grading in the English department is subjective, therefore B: studying English is conducive to strong academic performance.

B does not follow from A. I cannot see how subjective grading leads to strong academic performance unless you are sleeping with your instructor or other unprofessional behavior is taking place. I dare suggest that this strong performance is caused by the field’s lack of competition that you mentioned earlier. A more parsimonious argument, don’t you agree?

I do hope that your logic is not typical of the “multiple equally valid arguments” made in English class; it is unfortunately typical of this article.

You argue that studying English engages you in constant critical thinking, that it makes students better “writers, thinkers, and communicators.” Science and mathematics teach those qualities as well.

Technical subjects encourage students to analyze statements by following the lines of logic used as support. Terms are defined rigorously and specifically in order to reduce ambiguity. Implications and doubts are investigated. As a

I, Yara Zokaie, would like to resign from my position as an ASUCD senator.

I chose to keep my position because President Rebecca Sterling was pressuring senators to vote how she told them (even while her policy decisions repeatedly proved catastrophic for the association) and because she refused to agree to pick an impartial replacement we could both agree on.

I wish I could say my resignation proved my faith in the executive branch has been restored.

However, after witnessing the

president attempt to forcibly remove me — an act which violated the separation of powers and demonstrated she does not understand the constitution and bylaws which are the foundation of our association — I am indeed all the more troubled. This, coupled with the executive allowing the judicial branch to crumble under an incompetent chief justice and refusing to cooperate with the legislative branch, shocked me. Maybe our president is overcommitted and simply did not make ASUCD her priority, or maybe she simply doesn’t care about a balance of powers and working with those who will not blindly agree with her.

I wish it was not so difficult to tell.

However, the demands of being in law school have caused me to fall short of my duty to my

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I do not think anything will be a “wake-up call” for our executive — so I wish those who think for themselves the best of luck in working with a closed-off, incompetent executive. For all those who are looking towards a recall election — while your reasons are warranted, I urge you to focus that energy on voter registration.

It’s an exciting time to be an Aggie! I cannot wait to see how much you accomplish, even with the unnecessary obstacles in your way.

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UC Davis students involved in promoting beef industry Young Cattlemen’s Association sheds light on truths on beef production

By DEVON BOHART Aggie Features Editor

UC Davis was created under the premise of being an agricultural school. While the campus has evolved to accommodate students of many fields of study, various agricultural aspects of campus have remained intact, including the Young Cattlemen’s Association (YCA).

Created in 1994, the YCA has goals of education, promotion of the beef industry and the preservation of the future of beef production, all with the hope to increase student involvement in the cause.

“The [YCA] is a club dedicated to promoting the beef industry. We want to bring it to students, we want students to have an opportunity to go out and work with industry professionals,” said YCA president and third-year animal science major Jaylene Scott.

Scott, as well as vice president Grace Tobias, a second-year animal science major, and media coordinator Kiha Twisselman, a third-year human development major, all came from a ranch and attribute their involvement in the YCA to their upbringing.

“The three of us grew up raising beef cattle so it was kind of a natural step for us to get involved in this club,” Tobias said. “We have a background in beef production so we are able to bring it to other students but we all want to go back in the industry one way or another.”

Having grown up raising cattle, all three club members said they share a love for the industry, despite pursuing slightly different careers. Scott wants to work for the USDA and Twisselman is hoping to teach agriculture to high schoolers.

“It’s something we are all really proud of,” Twisselman said. “I am a sixth-generation cattle rancher so it’s always been in the family. That’s why I am really passionate, because I grew up with it.”

Tobias, Twisselman and Scott all said that being cattlemen is rewarding and is their motivation for their involvement in the club and the cause.

“It’s a lifestyle that needs to be preserved because I learned a lot from living on a ranch,” Scott said. “We want to carry on that legacy that [our family] has given us.

We want to promote agriculture and stay involved and I think YCA gives us the opportunity to do that.”

The club is not only for people who are interested in raising cattle or for animal science majors, however. Scott said that people from any background or any field of study are welcome to join the YCA. “We definitely have well-rounded peo-

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The Young Cattlemen’s Association participates in Picnic Day. ple from all different majors and all different backgrounds,” Twisselman said. “I am not an animal science major; I’m [a] human development major which is kind of random. We are trying to reach out to other groups on campus.”

While the club is called the Young Cattlemen’s Assocation, there is more to it than raising cattle. It addresses all aspects of the field of beef production.

“If [you] are interested in learning about different production steps of beef or you just want to learn about nutrition or you just want to get out there and see what’s going on, that’s what our club is dedicated to; we’re trying to promote the beef industry,” Scott said.

To carry out this overall mission, the club offers various educational opportunities to show students the benefits of beef in both the economy and in their diets. They hold various events, including attending state and even national cattlemen’s con-

ventions, open to any student.

“It is a great opportunity for students to learn about the different steps and phases about what goes on in beef production. Also, you get to meet a lot of people,” Scott said. “It gives you a great opportunity to see what jobs are involved with the beef industry.”

Also, the YCA holds stock shows. On Dec. 1, the club will have the Davis Stock Show, where students have the opportunity to show livestock in a competitive arena.

“It’s a great opportunity for students to get hands-on livestock-handling experience,” Scott said.

This hands-on experience is important, Scott said, because it is the best way for people to learn about the industry in a positive way.

“When you go out there and work with the animals, you come to appreciate the effort that goes into raising them. The whole lifestyle is dedicated to raising a quali-

ty product and making sure they have the most humane treatment,” Scott said. “We want to push harder about getting our club out on campus and getting a more positive image for beef. I know that not everybody on this campus supports the beef industry and a lot of that comes from misinformation. We want to teach people about the benefits of being involved in not only the beef industry but the livestock industry as well.”

Despite opposition to beef in our community and our nation, Tobias said that the beef industry is important, regardless of where you are from.

“We want to get the word out that what we are doing is a crucial part of what our economy is and what our life is, even for the people that live in the cities and the suburbs,” Tobias said. “We are an integral part of the community.”

DEVON BOHART can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

UC Davis student wins first at the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant Natasha Malhotra dances her way to the top

By RITIKA IYER

Aggie Features Writer

People enter beauty pageants for many reasons that vary from a chance at fame to the glamour that being a contestant entails. But before third-year UC Davis neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Natasha Malhotra was crowned the winner of the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant 2012 on Sept.

29, the talent portion of the contest was the only thing on her mind.

Dancing has always been one of Natasha’s major hobbies and the reason why she decided to participate in the pageant after her mother, Kiran Malhotra, brought it to her attention.

“It was for my own happiness,” Natasha said. “I don’t dance to win, but I really like entertaining people.”

The pageant, put on by India Waves Network and sponsored by the Swagat Foundation, was held at the Fremont Hilton Hotel and hosted high school and college contestants. Natasha was awarded $5,000 of the total $10,000 in scholarship money given to winners.

Since Natasha has competed and performed several times for dance, her mother said she thought of the pageant as another opportunity for her daughter to showcase her talent, with the added possibility of winning money to help with her academic costs.

“I didn’t even think of it as a beauty pageant. It was an opportunity for her to show her talent,” said Promila Rastogi, Natasha’s aunt who helped her throughout the pageant.

Kiran, who lives in Switzerland for her job, could not be at the pageant, and therefore relied greatly upon Rastogi and Natasha’s friends during the pageant process.

“I was the pageant aunt,” Rastogi said.

“I helped her change backstage and compose herself to make sure she wasn’t nervous.”

After going through an interview and series of contestant cuts since January, Natasha was chosen as one of the top 12

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Third-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Natasha Maholtra won the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant on Sept. 29. Maholtra was awarded $5,000. competitors in July for the final show.

The pageant consisted of walks in a western outfit and traditional Indian clothes, a talent portion and a Q&A session. An Indian clothing store in Berkeley sponsored Natasha’s traditional clothing, and many of Malhotra’s family members chipped in money for her to buy a western outfit, described best as a prom dress.

“I liked wearing different clothes that you don’t usually wear,” Malhotra said.

Even though Natasha said the experience was fun, the preparations for the pageant were challenging and there were several times she wanted to drop out. “[Rastogi] was a great support for her,” Kiran Malhotra said. “I was not nervous, but I definitely felt a little guilty being a mother and not being there.”

Natasha said her favorite part of the entire experience was performing a

Bollywood number on stage of her own choreography.

“I was there for fun — that kind of showed when I was on stage,” Natasha said. “I think my strength is my expressions when I dance. Judges can see that difference. It’s like Broadway, where you have to act, too.”

Prior to the competition, Malhotra said she had no expectations for the pageant or for placing.

“Being on stage and dancing was more important than the prize money,” Natasha said. “I wouldn’t say the money was an incentive, but I’m glad I got it. It was like a bonus.”

However, according to third-year biological sciences major Jessica Payumo, a friend who watched the pageant, Natasha’s chance of winning was high.

“I’ve never been to something like this at all, so it was interesting,” Payumo said. “I wouldn’t have believed it if she

didn’t even place.”

Rastogi praised Natasha’s stage presence, describing her energy as something very few people have.

“She just lights up when she gets on stage. Whether it was the talking part or when she walked out on stage in her Indian outfit, you just want to root for her,” Rastogi said. “She just switches on. From her normal 150 watts, she becomes 1000 watts.”

Payumo said emotions filled the room when Malhotra was crowned.

“She had a huge smile on her face; I think she was shocked,” Payumo said. “I did tear up a little bit, because there was so much anxiety.”

Kiran was on speakerphone with Rastogi towards the end of the pageant so she could hear what the outcome would be.

“I started to miss [my parents] a lot more,” Natasha said. “I wanted to share this experience with them.”

After all of the time and work Natasha put into the pageant, Rastogi said she deserved first place.

“It was almost like, ‘yeah, who else?’”

Rastogi said. “It was a very happy culmination to a long evening.”

All of Natasha’s family and friends attribute her win to her ability to be herself on stage, allowing her true personality to be displayed rather than a superficial front for the judges.

“The main important thing is to be yourself,” Natasha said. “If you have confidence, you can get your point across.”

For the future, Natasha said she is not interested in being a pageant girl, but rather continuing her dancing hobby while pursuing a medical degree. Overall, Natasha said the pageant was a way for her to express herself through dance and she was happy with the outcome.

“She just wanted to go and dance, and that I think also came across. She wasn’t there to show up anybody, but just to have fun. And she really did,” Rastogi said.

“Winning was just the icing on the cake.”

RITIKA IYER can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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UC Davis falls to Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge

Is there any positive you can take from this injury?

I’m hoping some aspect of Known for his long hair and my attitude and just being out game-changing plays on de- there with my teammates will fense last year, senior defen- show how much I want to be sive end Bobby Erskine has out there with them, just batgone through quite a change tling with them. in this past year.

I just try to be a mentor to First off, the hair is gone. the younger guys and try to Secondly, he hasn’t been able help as many people as I can. to play after he tore It’s also given me an his right Achilles earopportunity to focus lier this year against on other areas of my San Jose State which life that I couldn’t recaused him to sit out ally pay attention to for the rest of the in seasons prior. I’m year. graduating soon so Erskine was set I’m just trying to figto make a big imure that all out and pact for the Aggies just all the friendthis year after comships that I have ing off a huge cam- Bobby Erskine been better able to paign during his ju- senior recognize. nior year where he made All-Great West What are your plans Conference first team after after you finish up school in leading the Aggies in tackles Davis? for loss (9.5) and fumble re- I’ve been heavily involved coveries. with the UC Davis campus However, the injury hasn’t and just being in a bunch of stopped the captain from committees, including the making an impact on the Student-Athlete Advisory team in any way possible. Committee and Title IX Erskine sat down with Aggie Committee. I’m hoping to get Sports Writer Jason Min to dis- involved in sports administracuss his memories playing for tion of some kind and possibly UC Davis, what he’s up to now getting my master’s degree, so and what he plans to do in the maybe more school. future.

My older brother is a Navy Seal, so I’ve thought about goStarting from the beginning, ing down that road as well. I why did you choose to play know a bunch of Navy Seals football at UC Davis? from my hometown and grew It had to do with the tra- up in [a] Navy family so that ditions of the football team. might be a path that I want to It was a very successful pro- take as well. gram, a great school obviously and the coaching staff. I got Can you talk about being to know Coach [Bob] Biggs, part of the committee to seCoach [Mike] Moroski and lect the next football coach just saw what type of guys for UC Davis and what qualthey were. Overall, it was a ities you seek in Coach Bigg’s very easy decision for me. successor?

Being a part of this recruitWhat are some proud mo- ment committee has really ments you have had individ- opened my eyes on how imually and as a team? portant this decision is and Individually I’ve had a great what direction athletics will experience here at Davis. I take here. Football is such a was elected two-time captain huge sport and can spearhead by my teammates, which was the direction of an athletics a huge honor and very hum- program. bling, as well knowing that It’s been very fun and enI just had to step up for the lightening meeting some of team. these coaches. I’m very hon Team-wise, it’s just be- ored that Mr. Tumey would ing around the quality guys choose me and see me in that around me and grinding with light. It’s a very small group, them every day. More of the so it’s pretty much a few peobehind-the-scenes stuff that ple very high in administraothers don’t really see is what tion and then me, so it’s just I appreciate most. We’ve gone a humbling experience. I just through a lot, including some hope I can do justice to what good seasons and some not- they want me to do and proso-good seasons, but just the vide that player perspective friendships we solidified over on what I would think is necthe years is something I’m essary in the next coach. proud of.

In terms of what a potential coach should have, I beAre there any particular lieve our next coach should games that exemplify “the be a man of integrity, a humgrind” that you went through ble man, but at the same time with your teammates? knowing what it takes to win Yeah, the game against and not being afraid to chalCal Poly two years [2010] ago lenge the players. Just knowat their house. Coach Mark ing what Aggie pride is about Johnson, our defensive coor- and playing with that chip on dinator, just delivered a huge your shoulder are very immotivational speech that portant qualities that a coach kicked our butts a little bit and should have. we responded by coming back There are huge shoes to fill from a huge deficit and ended when you are talking about up winning the game.

Coach Biggs and his staff and Another one that stands what they have done over the out is the game against past twenty years having nuSacramento State the same merous successful seasons. year, where there was a huge It’s not going to be an easy downpour, the worst condi- role to fill, but it is a very extions I ever played in. citing time for Davis and this It was so bad we couldn’t hire will be a huge marker walk through the tunnel be- for where we want to go with cause it was flooded. The athletics. game was just a brawl, no one could really pass the ball so it Can you talk about your exwas a battle of the run game perience with Coach Biggs and who could drag it out the personally from the recruitbest and we were able to come ing process to now just being out on top. his last year.

Coach Biggs is a father figHow’s your injury and can ure to many guys on the you update us on how your team. When I first started in rehabilitation process is the recruiting process a lot of going? coaches would make promis I tore my right Achilles es and then go back on their against San Jose State, which word, but Coach Biggs wasn’t is determined to be around a like that at all. He was very four-to-six month recovery, so upfront and honest from the I’ll be missing the entire sea- very beginning. son. The rehab facility and the Two words that come up people involved with it have when I think about him are really helped me along. humility and integrity. He’s It’s kind of been a waiting maintained that through his period to actually be able to entire career here and while start rehab and start moving being very successful. All you the tendon, but the surgery hear about him is true, and went well. It’s always a bum- he deserves every accolade mer to miss your senior year and compliment he gets. I due to injury when you know just hope we can send him you have so much more to out the right way with some give, but to have other peo- wins. ple reach out was a huge thing for me. It just made me realize JASON MIN can be reached at sports@ how good I really do have it. theaggie.org.

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Hannah Hicks worked hard against Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge. The Aggies lost both games.

By KIM CARR

Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis dropped to seventh in the Big West Conference after suffering losses to Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge this weekend.

Friday — Hawai’i 3, UC Davis 2 “It was a tale of two halves,” head coach MaryClaire Robinson said.

Hawai’i took the lead early and never let it go as they topped UC Davis 3-2 in Friday’s Big conference match.

The Rainbow Wahine came out firing and they managed to put away two goals in the first half.

Sophomore Krystal Pascua was the first to find the back of the net, sneaking one into the lower right corner of the goal.

Three minutes later, fellow sophomore Tiana Fujimoto also found the lower right corner of the net to give Hawai’i an early 2-0 lead.

Hawai’i’s offense came out firing and managed to outshoot UC Davis 10 to one in the first half.

The Aggies trailed for the remainder of the first half as the offense struggled to put any opportunities together.

“We found ourselves in a hole early,” Robinson said.

However, UC Davis came out of halftime with a renewed vigor and sophomore Lexi Poppoff scored the Aggies’ first goal of the day three minutes into the first half.

“Lexi had a great finish to get us back into the game,” Robinson said.

The offenses were evenly matched in the second half and the score remained 2-1 until Hawai’i managed to intercept a pass between Aggie defenders and boot it into the lower left corner of the goal.

With the score at 3-1, the Aggie offense went on the attack and tried to tie it up in the remaining 15 minutes of regulation.

Junior Ashley Edwards made an unassisted score in the 86th minute to bring the score to 3-2, but the Aggies were unable to sneak in another goal and Hawai’i pulled away with the win.

“It took us a bit to get our legs.

Hawai’i was on us early. We made some adjustments at halftime and did a much better job of creating chances and changing the momentum,” Robinson said.

“I’m proud of how we came together as a team to battle in the second half.”

Sunday — Cal State Northridge 1, UC Davis 0 The Aggies headed to Cal State Northridge for another conference matchup against the Matadors.

Robinson wanted the Aggies to be more explosive from the start.

“The goal is to start Sunday’s game like we finished [Hawai’i],” Robinson said before the game.

Unfortunately, the Aggies were sluggish in the first half. The Matadors outshot UC Davis 9-3

in the first half.

The only goal of the match was scored in the 22nd minute when senior Melissa Fernandez found the left side of the net off a give and go pass.

CSU Northridge held the 1-0 lead to finish the first half.

The Aggie offense picked up their game in the second half and they had several good opportunities but their shots were either blocked by the Matador’s goalkeeper or bounced off the bar.

“Our focus, energy and productivity, particularly in the second half, were excellent,” Robinson said.

The late-game offensive barrage ultimately could not result in a goal and CSU Northridge pulled away with the win.

Despite the loss, there were positives to be taken away from this weekend.

“I’m proud of the work rate and mentality we brought,” Robinson said.

Robinson also praised Jern and juniors Mary Beth Mazurek and Hannah Hicks for their poise and work ethic.

“This team has shown such resiliency. What a show of character. I’m so proud of this group.”

UC Davis has two more conference matchups to play before concluding the season. While it’s unlikely that the Aggies will be making the conference championship, the team’s youth holds many promises for next season.

KIM CARR can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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