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Measures and propositions on the Nov. 6 ballot A summary of four measures and 11 props
By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie News Writer
The election this November has a number of decisive measures and propositions on the ballot. The Aggie summarized the four measures and 11 propositions on the Nov. 6 ballot to inform voters of what to expect. “As far as I’m concerned, the most important thing to James Kim / Aggie keep in mind is that your vote counts. You should go to the polling place and cast a ballot,” said Freddie Oakley, Yolo County Clerk/Recorder from the Yolo County elections office. The details on the measures were compiled from Ballotpedia. org, and information on the propositions was collected from the California General Election
Voter Guide. More facts on each can be found at voterguide.sos. ca.gov/propositions.
Proposition 30 Prop. 30 is Gov. Jerry Brown’s tax initiative to fund education. It aims to increase taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years and the sales tax by a quarter cent for four years. The money would be used for schools and public safety realignment funding. The impact would increase tax revenues through 2018-19, with an average of about $6 billion annu-
ally. Planned cuts to education in 2012-13 would not occur. If the proposition is denied, major cuts to public education will take place and there would be no increase in taxes. Proposition 31 Prop. 31 would establish a two-year state budget. It would change certain fiscal responsibilities of the legislature and governor, particularly local budgeting and oversight procedures. Additionally, local governments would be able to change the application of laws governing state-funded programs in order to develop their own procedures for developing state programs. A No vote on the proposition means that the responsibilities of the governor and legislature will not change. Local governments would not be given funding for new plans to coordinate services or the authority to develop their own procedures for administering state programs. Proposition 32
Voting Yes on Prop. 32 would prohibit unions and corporations from using money deducted from a worker’s paycheck for political purposes. They would be subject to additional campaign finance restrictions. It would prohibit union and corporate contributions to candidates and their committees, and contractor contributions to elected officers and their committees. The measure would cost the state and local governments about $1 million annually to enforce the requirements. A No vote would mean the existing laws would not be altered. Proposition 33 This proposition would change the law to allow auto insurance companies to set prices based on drivers’ previous auto insurance with any company. Drivers with history of prior coverage are allowed a proportional discount, while those with no history of previous coverage would have increased costs. Proposition 34 Prop. 34 repeals the death penalty and replaces it with life im-
New wine bar features self-serve wine tasting Vini offers 80 different wines from around the world
prisonment without the possibility of parole. It applies to existing death sentences. Additionally, it would give about $100 million to law enforcement agencies over the next four years for investigations of homicide and rape cases. The fiscal impact would be savings of about $130 million annually, within a few years, but this could vary. Proposition 35 This proposition increases penalties for human trafficking crimes. Offenders would have increased prison sentences and fines. It would also require human traffickers to register as sex offenders, and release all of their internet activities and identities. It would cost local and state governments a few million dollars annually to address human trafficking crimes and an annual fine revenue of a similar amount, which would be dedicated to human trafficking victims. Proposition 36 Prop. 36 revises the Three Strikes law to impose a life sentence only if the new felony
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How loud are you? Intel visited UC Davis this fall for their “Make Noise for Ultrabook” challenge. Students from participating campuses were invited to scream or cheer as loud as they could for the chance to win new Dell Ultrabook devices for their school, an estimated cost of $10,000. Schools from across the country have submitted videos of their
ear-piercing screams, including University of Colorado, Denver; University of Texas, Austin; and Virginia Tech. To view and vote for UC Davis’ entry for the “Make Noise” Challenge, visit apps.facebook.com/ m a k e n o i s e u l t ra b o o k . Voting ends Nov. 5. — Muna Sadek
Experimental College The Experimental College is currently holding a photo scavenger hunt that began Friday and will continue until Friday. Participants in groups of two to four must take photographs that include all members with certain objects listed in the hunt’s instruction sheet. This includes pictures taken with a cow, with a carved pumpkin or with a Unitrans bus driver. Groups must also Madison Dunitz / Aggie
The wine in the self-serve stations is kept fresh through the use of inert gases pumped directly into the bottles. Customers use prepaid cards to operate the self-serve stations.
By MEE YANG
Aggie News Writer
Among a string of new businesses in Downtown Davis is Vini Wine Bar. Owned by former Davis resident Jeff Day, the bar officially opened on July 15 and is located on 611 Second St. across from the Varsity Theater. At the bar’s center, there are three circular self-serving stations with three others strewn across two adjacent walls. Above each wine bottle is a tasting note that has information about the type of wine, a description of the wine and the origin. “Today there are some wine bars like this in Napa and Obispo,” Day said. “Both feature wine from that region, but what makes mine different is that I have 80 wines from around the world.” The wine bar features jazz-inspired murals and a long white marble bar. A large flat-screen TV shows black-andwhite jazz icon series from the ‘60s while jazz is played, adding a finishing touch to the jazzy atmosphere. The main attraction, however, is the Enomatic wine preservation system that is used to keep the wine fresh. According to Enomatic USA, an enomatic system is a state-of-the-art wine preservation and serving system
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that uses inert gas to displace the air in open bottles of wine, allowing them to stay fresh for up to 30 days. Because wine oxidizes quickly, the quality of taste is noticeable after two or three days, Day said. The enomatic system, however, keeps the wine fresh by emitting argon into the bottle via a tube. Argon weighs two and a half times heavier than air, allowing it to prevent oxidation of the wine. Unlike other wine bars where customers normally purchase by the glass or the bottle, Vini customers purchase a tasting card in which a minimum of $10 can be added. Each circular wine system has two card slots on opposite sides in which the card is put in and remains there until the wine has been completely poured. The cards can be kept as a souvenir or for future refills. Every pour of wine is defaulted to two ounces, so if more is needed, then more than one purchase would be necessary. Day used to serve by the glass until he found that he was wasting the wine because people would purchase only one or two pours from a bottle. “We would open a bottle to do a glass and nobody might come for two or three days that would want the same wine,” Day said. “Because wine oxidizes really
quickly, you could tell the difference after a day or so.” To ensure that the wine stays fresh, Day now only keeps a certain amount of wine bottles such as six reds and six whites for those who do not want to purchase the card, but would like to purchase by the glass. So far, the place has received positive reviews from customers, Day said. The place has seen a flow of college students and an older demographic, but it’s more of an adult-driven venue. “I come two or three times a month,” said Aaron Shreve, a political science graduate student. “Most places in Davis don’t have a wide selection like this. The system’s really fun to try different wines, and cool because there’s no wait. The vibe is really different, laid back, quiet and nice.” Other than wine, the bar also serves beer and hummus, meat, olives, grapes and crisp and cheese plates provided by Stone’s Catering in Davis. Customers may also purchase wine bottles to go. Vini Wine Bar is open Tuesday from 3 to 11 p.m., Thursday through Saturday from 3 p.m. to midnight and Sunday from 3 to 8 p.m.
— Muna Sadek
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UC Davis textile science alumna Antonia Huang is abroad with the UC Education Abroad Program (UCEAP) in Australia. She is pictured with 14 other exchange students on Fraser Island, Australia.
MEE YANG can be reached at city@theaggie.org.
Forecast Expect dry and warm weather during the first part of the week, followed by a chance of rain on Halloween evening. We will have to wait and see if Mother Nature gives us a trick or a treat... Brian Rico, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team
take a picture with the words “Experimental College” on it and tag the Experimental College on Facebook. The first-place team will receive free Experimental College membership for all group members and limited-edition T-shirts. Photos and names of group members can be emailed to director@ecollege.ucdavis.edu.
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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.
Photo scavenger hunt All day Davis Join the Experimental College’s photo scavenger hunt that started last week and continues through this week, ending on Friday.
Scholarship Writing Workshop Noon to 1 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Learn how to write an award-winning personal statement for your scholarship application. We’ll compare real examples and help you avoid some of the most common mistakes that put your application to the bottom of the pile. Bring your drafts!
Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session 4:10 to 5 p.m. Undergraduate Research Center, 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
Careers in the arts: a brownbag lunch series 12:30 to 1:30 p.m. 148 Everson Join Lindsay Martin of Lord Cultural Resources in this seminar sponsored by the Programs in Art History and Art Studio. For more information, email lctheis@ucdavis.edu.
Basics of Registration and Hidden Resources Noon to 1 p.m. 16 South Attend this workshop sponsored by the Transfer, Reentry Veterans (TRV) Center.
WEDNESDAY Basics of Registration and Hidden Resources Noon to 1 p.m. 16 South Attend this workshop sponsored by the Transfer, Reentry Veterans (TRV) Center.
Men’s Soccer 3 to 4 p.m. Aggie Soccer Field Watch the UC Davis men’s soccer team play against Cal Poly SLO. To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, email dailycal@ theaggie.org or stop by 25 Lower Freeborn by noon the day prior to your event. Due to space constraints, all event descriptions are subject to editing and priority will be given to events that are free of charge and geared toward the campus community.
Senate Briefs ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Thursday meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend Senate meetings.
Meeting called to order at 6:14 p.m. Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, present Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present, arrived late Bradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, present Justin Goss, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, present Anni Kimball, ASUCD senator, present Paul Min, ASUCD senator, present Don Gilbert, ASUCD senator, present Joyce Han, ASUCD senator, present Erica Padgett, ASUCD senator, present Beatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, present Patrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, present
Appointments and confirmations Justin Lee was confirmed as the Student Health and Wellness Committee Chair. Andre Garcia, Irina Sushch and Zach Griffiths were confirmed to the Business and Finance Commission. Haley Proehl and Anjali Kadakia were confirmed to the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission. April Johnson was confirmed as an ASUCD justice.
Consideration of old legislation Senate Bill 17, authored by the Internal Affairs Commission, co-authored by Kapur and Lin, to clarify the ambiguity in Senate Bill 4 for the ASUCD Entrepreneurship Fund Permanent Committee. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 19 authored by Cano to amend the legislative processes for commission introductory procedures.
ASUCD Controller Melanie Maemura said the bill changes the legislation process completely. Crisologo-Smith said the bill is useful for noncontroversial bills and resolutions, allowing Senate to expedite the legislative process and increase transparency. Padgett was concerned with the fundamental change in the way legislation is introduced. In a 7-3-1 vote, the bill passed. Senate Bill 15 authored by Renner Burkle, co-authored by Kapur, outlines KDVS spending and allocates $36,000 from Capital Reserves to purchase equipment for the KDVS tower site relocation. Sheehan said the bill will improve external relations if there are more people in the sphere of UC Davis’ radio influence, but he is concerned with the amount allocated and argued to reduce the amount. Padgett said the tower will exponentially increase KDVS’ reach to the community. DiazOrdaz said that the potential expansion of listeners does not guarantee that people will listen. Crisologo-Smith said that they do not have the financial facts to vote in favor of the bill and that there are too many numerical ambiguities. The bill was tabled in a 7-4-0 vote for re-referral to the Business and Finance Committee.
Public discussion Mary Champeny, head news director of KDVS, said that the new tower will help promote campus events to the greater Sacramento area. Ben Castle, underwriter director of KDVS, said that there is great potential to reach out to Sacramento businesses for advertising, which can lead to rapid revenue growth.
Meeting adjourned at 12:45 a.m. Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN compiles the Senate Briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
If love really is a drug, maybe the cure to breaking the addiction is through detachment. After all, how can a heart be broken if it isn’t given Jason away? Perhaps those who Pham are romance-allergic are right in being safe rather than sorry. Maybe love is a battlefield that we need protecting from. And the only way to do that is by escaping the war that we voluntarily participated in. Possibly we’ve been giv In religion, when we ex- en the wrong idea our enperience trouble in our tire lives. Love isn’t this savlives, we often question ior that’s going to conquer the faith we feel toward all at the end of the day. our prospective divinity. In Instead it’ll have us crying love, experiencing trouble to our best friends as we in relationships doesn’t just contemplate why we keep cast doubts on deities, but putting ourselves through the same hell. dating as well. This situation makes me But is that a problem in wonder: Are religion and itself? After weathering our love really that different? From the ages of 16 to 20, many battles with love, it’s common tradition for not knowing whether we’d young singles to embark on come out alive or heartbrotheir mission for love. But ken, have we forgotten why after a couple years and a we entered this war in the handful of heartbreaks, it’s first place? We think apparent that love to them It’s often said that love is a is this that love ruthless sport. deadly isn’t all it’s drug that’s cracked sucking up to be. As young adults, we’re led the life out of us, when reto believe that love is an in- ally it’s our mentality that tangible idea we’re all capa- is killing us instead. After ble of finding in life. While all, every relationship is nobody said love was easy, different. nobody said it was going to We can’t live in fear of be this big a pain in the ass repeating our previous mistakes. Love is unpreeither. As we go from break- dictable. It can break your up to breakup, it only be- heart, but it can also put comes easier to be skep- it back together. After we tical of love’s existence, as find it, we tend to forget faith no longer seems like about all our unsuccessan innate mentality, but ful relationships and cona piece of advice we have centrate on the one that to constantly remind our- matters. We’re often told in life selves of. If love really is a religion to look before we leap, but we’ve been practicing this sometimes we take that entire time, are we slowly advice a little overboard. Sometimes we need a litbecoming atheists? Looking at religion can tle unpredictability to jump help us better understand full-heartedly in somewhy we’re so quick to thing, not knowing whethdiscard faith and adopt er or not we’ll be caught. That’s what most imporatheism. Buddhists believe that the tant things are like in life. mistakes we make in our Our future, religion, love. past life follow us into our We don’t know what’s going next one. Does the same the- to happen in the end, but something tells us to keep ory apply to relationships? As we move from part- believing. ner to partner, we’re con- Like going to church, stantly haunted by the maybe we need a weekghosts of relationships ly reminder that love is out past, incessantly remind- there, watching over us uning us of the sins commit- til we fall into it. ted in our previous affairs We can’t always quit and how difficult it is to when the road gets rough, forgive them. While, over otherwise we wouldn’t go time, we’re able to forgive anywhere. It’s best to just the sins committed by the get back on the horse and participants of a relation- keep on going. Whether ship, we remain unable to we’re headed to heaven or hell, love or heartbreak, forgive love. It’s often said that love there’s no harm in having a is a ruthless sport. If this little hope. is true, is getting out of Maybe the trick to findthe game the only way ing love is just keeping a to stop losing? Or are we little faith. Faith in the unthrowing in the towel too known and faith in love. When it comes to love, early? Those who have sworn don’t stop believing. off love believe it’s a drug killing us one heartbreak at JASON PHAM wants you to spread the love over at jpham@ucdavis.edu. a time.
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willy-nilly without thinking how a little consideration will cause people to interpret our categorizations in an entirely different way than we intended. Nick It’s odd to think we can Frederici associate a sound to a genre such as indie or pop, but we do. I spent all day asking everyone I talked with to describe pop music. An overwhelming majority said it was upbeat and catchy. When asked who embodied the pop genre, many said Taylor Swift. You hear a sound, and I was just as shocked as you enjoy it. It doesn’t be- you. long to the wind or the foot- A country singer, a singsteps or the chatter you’re er-songwriter, a musician used to hearing through- made famous for breakout your day; it rises above up songs is considered the them, maybe a reminder of poster-child for pop music? the familiar or something It makes sense; her muentirely different. Either sic is, in fact, popular. way, it’s made just for you. However, although a lot of You’re listening to a song. her songs follow the pattern Of course, when we hear a of the associated sounds of song, we don’t make a con- pop music, several of her scious effort to categorize it, still-popular songs don’t. but we do almost immedi- Pop, therefore, is at the ately recognize it as some- very least a majorly-flawed thing we either love or loathe. categorization of sound. When we do step back from Many songs with mass apour enpeal covjoyment er a broad Do you like the loneliness of a and take a range of single acoustic guitar? moment sound to scrutistyles, nize the with overmusic, we find the answer lap from many other genres. in a genre, or a subgenre, or Elements from songs or a collection of genres, all of whole songs falling under which emphasize much-de- R&B, soul, rock, hip hop, etc. bated qualities. are put under the category The genre, in terms of of pop by record labels and music theory, is actually a radios and the audience, devery complicated tool that spite them skewing drastimost of us don’t try to un- cally from the sounds peoderstand because we al- ple identify to distinguish ready assume we do. A cat- pop as a genre. alogue of songs belonging Indie is worse off, systo each of the genres we are tematically reminding aware of is buried in our people of slower, laidsubconscious so that we back, quieter music, while can use them as an identi- in fact encompassing abfier of the genre and add to solutely every known the broken system of im- genre of music, even pop. proper categorization. Certainly, genres have Every so often, there’s a the potential to categorize guy or gal who, when the music and make it easier question of music taste aris- for us to find what we enes in normal chit-chat, re- joy, but many of them are plies, “I don’t like pop.” inappropriate and coun Well, that’s absurd. terintuitive. We need cat This defines the indus- egories that adhere to a try: categorizations used to sound, not to a number or mass-produce sounds that a demographic of listeners appeal to the most com- and certainly not to a cost mon demographic. For of production. example, pop — literally Genres in practical use short for popular — is used are meant to narrow a to distinguish sounds. search, not narrow minds. What this person literally We should never hear “inmeans is that his or her taste die music is just too slow in music is defined by the for my liking” or “I’m not amount of people who lis- in the mood for pop muten to it. Not an unlikely sce- sic, how ’bout something nario, but I think we’ve lost more laid back.” sight of something here. Ask yourself, what sounds “I prefer indie music.” do you enjoy? What is it Well, you prefer cheaper mu- about this category of music. “I’m a big fan of singer- sic that makes the sounds songwriter.” I understand, worth repeating? Do you you like people who are tal- like the loneliness of a single ented enough to write and acoustic guitar? The sadness sing their own music. “I’m in of a slow piano or the exan alternative band.” I have citement of a fast one? The no idea what you do, but I strong vibration of a repetimagine that when you fill itive beat? You know what out a multiple choice form, you like. Don’t let a genre tell you always check “other.” you what to do. We use and understand genres to identify sounds, NICK FREDERICI would love to see your but use them interchange- onomatopoeias; message him sounds at ably, throw them around nrfred@ucdavis.edu.
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Proposition 39 Prop. 39 will require multistate businesses to pay income taxes based on their percentage of sales in California. Multistate businesses would no longer be able to determine their own method of calculating their state taxable income that favors their own interests. About half the revenue would be dedicated to clean and efficient energy projects. The other half would go to schools. Revenues of about $1 billion annually are predicted.
is violent or serious. Those with two previous violent or serious felonies who commit non-serious, nonviolent crimes would be given shorter prison terms. It would revise existing sentences for those who are serving life sentences for non-serious or nonviolent crimes, and they would have shorter prison terms. It is expected to save the state about $70 million annually, with even great- Proposition 40 er savings over the next decade. This proposition allows voters to approve or deny the new State Senate Proposition 37 districts drawn by the California Prop. 37 would require companies Citizens Redistricting Commission. to label food made from plants or an- A Yes vote would approve the new imals with genetically modified mate- boundaries, while a No vote would rials. It would not allow those foods or reject them. If the proposition is reother processed food to be labeled as jected, the California Supreme Court natural. would appoint officials to adjust the There would be some increased districts. costs to the state to regulate the labeling of genetically modified food and Measure E governmental costs to deal with viola- Measure E is the Davis Joint Unified tions of the measure. School District parcel tax and, if passed, will allow a parcel tax of Proposition 38 $204 to continue for four more years. Prop. 38 would increase taxes on Additionally, if Prop. 30 is defeated, earnings using a sliding scale, for 12 the measure will allow the district to years. The revenue would go to K-12 levy another parcel tax of $242 per schools and early childhood programs, year. such as childcare and preschools. For According to Ballotpedia, this meathe first four years, it would also go to- sure needs a two-thirds majority to ward repaying debt. pass. The outcome of this measure Estimates say it would raise about will be particularly important for how $10 billion annually in the initial the candidates elected for the Davis years. School Board deal with continuing
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4 MONday, october 29, 2012
The california Aggie
UC Davis football pounded by Portland State 49-21
Aggies women volleyball dominate weekend series
Aggies allow 35 points in second half
Coach James Holmes earns 100th career victory By PK HATTIS
Aggie Sports Writer
Zach Land-Miller/ Aggie
The Portland State Lumberjacks played a very physical game against the Aggies on Saturday. The Lumberjacks ended the game with a win, with a total score of 49-21.
By JASON MIN
Aggie Sports Writer
The UC Davis Aggies returned home after two weeks on the road to play Portland State on Saturday. After going into halftime tied 14-14 with the Lumberjacks, the Aggies could not hang on as Portland State scored 35 points in the second half. The Lumberjacks ended the game with a win, with a total score of 49-21. “I thought they were much more physical than we were,” coach Bob Biggs said. “They leaned on us pretty good physically and we just didn’t have an answer. We couldn’t get a stop. Give them credit, but we just didn’t play with the same physical spirited effort that we have been playing with. They took advantage of it and they outplayed us.” Junior quarterback Randy Wright threw for 264 yards with two touchdowns and two interceptions. Wright and senior wide receiver Anthony Soto connected for two touchdowns in the first half, the third multi-touchdown game of Soto’s career. “Soto is just a great receiver to have,” Wright said. “He runs great routes so you always know where he will be and he has great hands.” The Aggie running attack was shut down in the first half, as they rushed for only 22 yards. The ground game improved in the second half where the Aggies ran for 82 yards in the half including a 20-yard touchdown run from senior running back Marquis Nicolis that was too little, too late for UC Davis. “It just wasn’t there. The same highspirited, flying around that we’re used to seeing all year long,” Biggs said. “I feel like it was the first time all season that the other team brought more energy and just outplayed us. It is disappointing to be honest.”
The team also suffered from mistakes throughout the game. The offense had two penalties that turned UC Davis conversion opportunities into punts. The Aggies also had a kickoff return touchdown negated and called back to the UC Davis side of the field due to a penalty. “We didn’t run the ball well. Our identity is to play hard, smart, and we have to be able to run the ball. We haven’t been a team with a lot of big plays throughout the season so we are on a razor’s edge when it comes to overcoming small mistakes,” Biggs said. The Aggie defense had a tough time stopping Portland State’s run game. The Lumberjacks’ running back DJ Adams ran for a total of 139 yards and a touchdown, while the rest of the team ran for 280 yards on the ground. “I thought Adams ran well and their team did a good job of blocking at the point of attack,” Biggs said. “We just didn’t have people at the point of attack when they were pulling their big guys and they just leaned on us. They were just physical on us moving us around and we just didn’t have any answers.” Junior safety Aarynn Jones agreed. “Today all we had to do was play assignment football, but we had some breaks in coverage and just didn’t do our jobs,” Jones said. Next week the Aggies will have a bye before they head to Eastern Washington for the final game on the road. “I have mixed feelings about bye weeks but maybe this is coming at a good time. We just didn’t have a good week at practice and now it’s time for the team to do a little soul searching,” Biggs said. “You’ve got to look in the mirror and ask, ‘Could I have done something better?’ then put it past you to learn from it.” JASON MIN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.
Aggie Digest Cross country The UC Davis cross country runners pieced together strong performances in their respective races this weekend at the Big West Conference meet at UC Riverside. The men’s 8K course saw the Aggie men finish in fourth place as a team, an improvement from last year’s sixth place. On the women’s side, last year’s champions UC Davis had a very impressive race, but were dethroned by Cal Poly by a very slim margin. The Aggies couldn’t defend their Big West cross country title and finished a very respectable second place. Sophomore Trevor Halsted was the top finisher for UC Davis when he clocked in a 24:23.3 sixth-place finish. Freshman Brandon Pugh completed the course in 13th place, several spots ahead of freshman Cody Nguyen in 22nd, the next Aggie runner to finish. Junior Nathan Strum put in a 27th-place fin-
ish with a time of 25:37 while freshman Jordon Rushing closed in three seconds later for the 28th spot. The Aggies finished with a team score of 94, while the top finisher Cal Poly swept the field. The Mustang’s top-five performers were all in the top-10 places. Sarah Sumpter finished in second place in the women’s 6K course and was followed closely by junior Alycia Cridebring in third and sophomore Katie Fry in fifth, but the Aggies couldn’t put together the last two finishes that would put them at the top of the pack. The Aggies’ team score of 46 was just below the Cal Poly score of 43, which was a product of finishers in first, seventh, eighth, 11th and 16th. The Aggies’ freshman Christine Hoffmann clocked in at 17th and sophomore Raquel Lambdin put in a time of 21:21.9 to finish 19th. Unfortunately for
the Aggies, they were unable to steal the Big West title again as Cal Poly swept both the men’s and women’s side of the races. Sumpter lowered her time from last year on the UC Riverside Agriculture Course by almost a minute with a 19:44.4 time, but still placed over 30 seconds behind the impressive finish by Cal Poly’s freshman, Laura Hollander. The previous record on the course was 19:57 set in 2010, a time that Sumpter shattered by 13 seconds, but was blown away by Hollander’s 19:12.6. Though a heartbreaker for the women, both cross country teams have much to look forward to for the remainder of the year. The Aggies will host the Doc Adams Open at Putah Creek Reserve Course next week before the NCAA West Regional meet, which will be held in Seattle the following weekend. — Matthew Yuen
The Aggies took on the role of “spoilers” for this year’s Halloween as they pulled off two impressive road wins this past weekend. UC Davis continued its travels with a trip to Cal State Fullerton on Friday night to take on the Titans. The Aggies were coming off two tough losses the previous week against the University of Hawaii and Cal State Northridge but managed to bring home the win with a hard-fought 22-25, 26-24, 25-15, 25-19 victory. The Aggies moved on to UC Irvine the following evening and continued their solid play with a 25-13, 25-15, 25-16 rout of the Highlanders. Friday’s win marked the 100th of coach Jamie Holmes’s career as master and chief, leaving a mark on the volleyball world for all to see. Her career has spanned over 15 years, during which she has worked with five different teams, all of which benefited from her knowledge and ability to win. Friday — UC Davis 3, Cal State Fullerton 1 With the heavy influence of statistics in this day and age, many analysts refuse to admit that the phrase “clutch player” is anything but a journalistic hyperbole. However, outside hitter Allison Whitson proved once again that when the Aggies need that extra push for a win, she could
fill that empty statistical box under “clutch” with a convincing check mark. UC Davis’ skid looked like it was just beginning with a punch to the gut in the first set, losing 22-25. But when the pressure mounted, Whitson rose to the occasion, posting 15 kills to compliment her 19 digs as the Aggies were able to take the next three games in a row for the match victory. “We have had a tendency to give teams a lot of points through dumb errors,” coach Jamie Holmes said. “Shot selection, efficiency when we are attacking and getting our middle attack going — Devon Damelio that has been Junior our focus.” M i d d l e blocker Katie Quinn made sure to bring her hammer and nails as she acted as an impenetrable wall for the UC Davis defense with seven stuffs. Sophomore Valerie Brain and Junior Devon Damelio cashed in on the setting of Jenny Woolway adding 11 and eight kills, respectively, to the Aggies’ dynamic attack. Woolway finished with 36 assists of her own. Saturday — UC Davis 3, UC Riverside 1 UC Davis must have been ready to go home, because they made their last game of the road trip a quick one against the UC Riverside Highlanders.
was scheduled as Parent and Family Weekend, I don’t think I’m making too big of a leap to assume that students were also sup posed to attend the game. The Aggie Pack secMatthew tion, roughly, amounted Yuen to a whole 200 students, less than my biochemistry class. Now, I have nothing against biochem, but things do seem odd when my class about enzyme structures and biochemical reactions — I might add that it is also right in the middle of prime nap-time — fills up, while the foot Those of you who were ball stadium had enough in attendance at the UC empty seats to house all Davis sporting events this the people that cried in Toy Halloween weekend got to Story 3 (I’ll never admit to see UC Davis football in whether or not this numtheir dominating performance in a convincing win ber includes myself). that put them on top of the I walked by the Aggie Big Sky Conference. Pack stand and was con And how about the base- fused as to why they weren’t swiping ID cards ball team taking down the to keep track of who got a Oakland Athletics in an exhibition match that preced- shirt and who didn’t. ed the iPhone 5 giveaways? That mechanism is to For prevent them from those of you who Your next chance will be men’s running out know that soccer against Cal Poly. It will of shirts so that everythe Aggies be a battle, guaranteed. one who football shows up team accan get a reward (thus pretually got dispatched by venting people like me Portland State by a score from just hoarding them). of 49-21, good for you. And for you who don’t feel Could this have been like you missed out on the because they didn’t even baseball game and the iPhave to worry about peohone giveaway, 10 points ple returning multiple times for Gryffindor. since, judging by the atten For everyone else who is dance, there wouldn’t be a shortage of shirts? That’s my confused and guilty right now, that’s about as good of theory — someone please correct me if I’m wrong. a Halloween trick as I can get in writing. Mischief at I am one of the peoits finest. ple who can be seen fre Still though, even if foot- quenting career fairs, etc. just to get all the free stuff ball pulled out a victory they are handing out, but, against Portland State, it for some reason, getting would have been a hollow an Aggie Pack shirt and win on Halloween weekthen leaving without even end. Why? The stadium was shame- making it into the stadium seems like it’s on a differfully empty on the beautient scale. ful late October day — an attendance of 7,826 in a Could it really hurt that stadium that has a capacimuch to stay for some of ty of over 10,000. Since this the game? If not for your
Hollow wins
UC Riverside may be having a tough season, but the Aggies were all business, sporting solid play with very few errors. Perfection is hard to come by in sports, but on this night, several Aggie players gave it a shot. Outside hitter Devon Damelio had a staggering .579 hitting percentage with 11 kills and zero hitting errors on 19 attempts for the night. “She hit about 58 percent so that was really neat to see,” Holmes said. Sophomore middle blocker Victoria Lee went 6 for 9 in her hitting attempts for the night, with zero errors of her own. “What was great about the Riverside game was that everybody on our team got to play,” Holmes said. “It was nice to see both the middles get some time, Holland [Seymour] on the outside, Mary [Schroeder] and Lindsay [Dowd]. That to me was really a highlight. That excitement really brought on a high level of performance.” Expect the Aggies bench — and the rest of the team for that matter — to be involved in next week’s tough games against UC Irvine and Long Beach State. UC Davis will look forward to its first home series in two weeks and will bring the high energy that will make the games thrilling. PK HATTIS can be reached at sports@ theaggie.org.
enjoyment, then at least out of respect for the players, coaches and staff that put on the game to represent your school? The football season attendance hovers around 40,000 over the season, which probably means around an average home attendance of 4,000 per game. Remember the capacity of Aggie Stadium? Whoops. The whole experience of college at UC Davis is different from your typical university. The framework for athletics is unique. You can’t go through your college career being embarrassed by your school’s athletics program if you don’t know anything about it. All in all, it was a pretty rough weekend for UC Davis. The Aggies sustained losses in women’s soccer, football and swimming and diving all at home before Sunday’s games. There are things to look forward to in Aggie Athletics, but you have to be present to witness them. My suggestion would, of course, be the men’s soccer team for starters. See where that takes you. UC Davis athletes are probably something like Lumiere, inviting you to their place to put their service to the test. You showed up and then oopsie-daisy. Just remember, we’re all in this together. And it is now that I realize that Troy Bolton and the East High Wildcats pull in bigger crowds than the UC Davis Aggies, and my suggestions turn to begs to please not let this happen. Your next chance will be men’s soccer against Cal Poly. It will be a battle, guaranteed. UC Davis is fighting for first place in the Big West Conference. Fill up the stands to prevent a hollow win on Halloween. MATTHEW YUEN knows it’s midterm season. If you’re stressed, it’s fine dining we suggest. RSVP to Be Our Guest at sports@theaggie.org.