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Dairy Field to open winter quarter Student fees fund Dairy Field renovation, campus enhancements By JESSICA GRILLI Aggie News Writer
Brian Nguyen / Aggie
The Dairy Road Recreation Field will be fully operational beginning winter 2013. The renovation will cost $4.5 million.
Renovation on the Dairy Road Recreation Field, one of two fields on the west side of campus used mainly for intramural sporting events, is drawing to a close. Located across the street from the Hutchison Field, next to the UC Davis Dairy, the field is a common area for sport practices and informal games. The renovation is estimated to cost about $4.5 million. John Campbell, executive director for the department of Campus Recreation and Unions (CRU), said that despite some complications with overseas shipping meeting delivery dates, the overall project is expected to be completed by its scheduled date at the end of fall 2012 and it will be fully operational for the start of winter 2013. The initial estimated date of completion was October 2012. The new field will incorporate a synthetic play-surface that will allow activity during the raining
UC Davis alumnus develops DavisWiki app Aggie News Writer
In an effort to make it easier to find locations and geographical references in the Davis area, Keyan Kousha, a 2012 graduate of UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in computer science, developed a DavisWiki iPhone app. As a nonprofit, location-based wiki, the app depends on its users to share, add and edit locations. “The app is absolutely incredible, the amount of information that it gives is fantastic. The specific details … [make] navigating the campus as a freshman who's really not that familiar with it yet much, much easier,” said Alex Parella, a first-year computer
science major. Kousha was getting sick of having to use DavisWiki at home and was having trouble finding information about local businesses and buildings’ open hours and days, their history and other details. DavisWiki is a community wiki for the city of Davis. Users can edit and add information about the local area. “It made a lot of sense, so then it clicked. Someone else wasn’t going to develop it, so I did,” Kousha said. Kousha started developing the app in winter 2011 with the help of the classes that he took as a computer science major, as well as with assistance from UC Davis professionals. One of the professors Kousha approached was Prem
Devanbu, a software engineering professor in the UC Davis department of computer science. “They [students] come bounce ideas off of me … [and] draw in my experience,” Devanbu said. Devanbu believed that it is important for undergraduate students to make their own applications and to be able to understand programming. He does not single out just computer science majors, but believes that all majors should know how to program. “I am very passionate about this; I think every graduated UC Davis student should be able to do this [programming] — you should know
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Entrepreneurship Fund hosts expert panel today
Application has reached 700 downloads so far By KAMILA KUDELSKA
season. Because the field enjoys frequent use, both students and faculty involved in the project are eager for its completion. Students living in the Tercero residence halls often need to bike around the construction site on their route to central campus. However, according to Stephanie Saiz, a first-year civil engineering major, she and many other students are not bothered by the short-term inconveniences of the project. “No one seems to have a problem with it,” she said. With such a thorough renovation of the field, including new turf, carpeting and storage and restroom facilities, the question of where funding for this project comes from arises. According to Campbell, 100 percent of the funding for the facility is obtained from student fee reserves. “When I presented to [various student advisory committees], we had proposed numerous
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UC Davis graduate Keyan Kousha developed a DaviWiki iPhone application to help people find locations within Davis.
An ASUCD Entrepreneurship Fund (E-Fund) panel, titled “Start-Ups, SociallyConscious Business, and You,” will be held today at 5 p.m. in Griffin Lounge at the Memorial Union. The event will feature entrepreneurs and investors that will share personal perspectives and provide advice to those looking to venture into entrepreneurship. Experts will also speak on technology start-ups, non-profit management versus a socially-responsible business and investors’ approaches to viable start-ups. Those in attendance are encouraged to meet and talk with speakers and other guests in the social mixer that will follow the panel, according to the event news release. Guest speakers will include Wil Agatstein, executive director of the UC Davis Institute for Innovation & Entrepreneurship; Tom and Amanda Arthur, CEO and vice president of Sales for OptTown, respectively; Hoss Bozorgzad, angel investor and founder and CEO of GCR Inc.; Roy Choi, CEO and executive producer of kollaboration and Vanessa Errecarte, former director of the California Fire Foundation. More information can be found on the ASUCD Entrepreneurship Fund Facebook page. — Muna Sadek
Davis Volunteer and Service Fair today on Quad
ASUCD Senate candidates participate in election forum All 14 ASUCD Senate candidates participated in a forum at the ASUCD Coffee House yesterday at noon. The event, sponsored by the ASUCD Elections Committee and moderated by The California Aggie, gave candidates the opportunity to explain their platforms, goals and priorities to student voters in attendance. Each candidate was given one minute to answer each question and the floor was later opened to audience questions. Questions asked included topics such as the
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relationship between UC Davis administration and students, maintaining transparency at the Senate table, advancement toward a greener campus, ethnic graduations and ways in which candidates planned to complete their campaign platforms. Kirby Araullo, Olivia Brown, Armando Figueroa, Lee Lo and Alyson Noele Sagala are running with the SMART (Students Matter: Activism, Retention, Teamwork) slate; Felicia Ong, Kevin Pelstring,
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Jonathan Yip, Robert Helfend and Tal Topf are running with the NOW slate and Liam Burke, Maxwell Kappas, Davis Belcher and Gloria Chen are independent candidates. ASUCD Senate elections will take place Nov. 13 to 16 and more information can be found at the ASUCD Fall Elections 2012 Facebook page. — Muna Sadek —Photo by Brian Nguyen
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A volunteer and service fair will be held today on the Quad from 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. The fair will offer students the opportunity to learn how they can contribute to the community and learn about existing on- and off-campus community service opportunities to get involved in and promotes student involvement and leadership experience. Over 60 charity and service organizations will be present at the fair. “We're all looking to expand our resumes through various jobs and internships, and luckily we are exposed to many opportunities to do so while attending UC Davis,” Emily Alice Gerhart, external affairs commission chair said. “However, the sense of gratitude and accomplishment that comes with volunteering is an experience unlike any other.” — Muna Sadek
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TODAY HELP meeting 6 to 7 p.m. 206 Olson Attend this meeting for HELP, a community service club that works with the homeless. There will be free snacks.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous
Geysers Enhanced Geothermal Systems Demonstration Project.” There is no cost and all are welcome to attend.
Scholarship Workshop 3 to 4 p.m. 16 South Here’s your chance to get your questions answered about receiving scholarships at UC Davis. Attend this workshop sponsored by the Transfer Reentry Veterans (TRV) Center.
7 to 8:30 pm Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road Free yourself from excess weight and/ or obsessional thoughts about food and body image. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Meetings are open and free to the public. Visit foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.
Conversations with Writers series talk featuring SacBee journalists
Men’s Basketball Game
6:40 to 8pm Northeast Corner of the ARC Pavillion Salsa Adicción is a student-run Latin dancing club that offers free lessons in Salsa, Bachata and more. Join for a quick beginners review, followed by an intermediate Salsa lesson with guest instructor Clayton Rodriguez. No partner is necessary.
7 to 9 p.m. The ARC Pavilion Watch the men’s basketball team play against Menlo College.
THURSDAY UC Davis Energy Institute Fall 2012 Seminar Series 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. 1065 Kemper Join Craig Hartline, senior geophysicist for Geysers Technical Services, Calpine Corporation, as he discusses “The Geysers Geothermal Field, with a Focus on Seismicity Analysis and the Northwest
4:30 to 6 p.m. 126 Voorhies Three Sacramento Bee journalists will gather to talk with students and faculty as part of the University Writing Program’s Conversation with Writers series.
Salsa Adicción Meeting
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ence I would probably be unable to do something like this or at least at the pace I ended up doing it. I think I did some of it well. I don’t think I would have built such a robust application without my past experience,” Kousha said. Since the app is a location-based wiki and depends solely on the users to update and add locations, Kousha is depending heavily on the amount of users to expand the app. By only advertising on the UC Davis Computer Science Club’s Facebook page, the app has had reached about 700 downloads. Kousha is hoping that the number of downloads will increase to make the app more pertainable and effective for the entire student and Davis population. “There are very few cities like Davis; it is very unique. Kind of like truffles, it is rare to find … [there are] a lot of things to do, a disproportional amount of young and progressive [people] which allows DavisWiki to work,” Kousha said.
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Cont. from front page something about English, writing, math and programming,” Devanbu said. “These days a lot of analysis uses computers. We are trying to make a freshmen seminar about programming, a course which is required for everybody, so that everyone will have an idea of programming.” Additionally, Kousha believed his undergraduate training taught him the fundamentals and theory of how to develop such an app but he still needed to teach himself a lot of the technology, such as temporal databases, REST web services and iOS development. Temporal databases contain a built-in time aspect, while REST web services are one of the leading design models for the World Wide Web. iOS development refers to developing apps for Apple’s operating system. Kousha said he values his computer science major experience and believes that it will be important for his future dreams. KAMILA KUDELSKA can be reached at “Without computer sci- city@theaggie.org.
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prises a total budget of $4,991,000.00. The new field will allow for up to six teams to play at a time. The renovations to the field will also mean less fuel usage, exhaust and noise from lawn mowers. “The project will benefit student activity and community events with the ability of the synthetic turf to accommodate high use and lack of downtime required by traditional natural turf fields. [It] will complement department and campus initiatives to reduce staff hours for maintenance of outdoor facilities,” the Student Affairs website states. The new field will also include lights on the field, restrooms, a walking trailer on the perimeter and a perimeter fence.
Cont. from front page funding models, including loans against reserves, but it was generally felt that it was important to pay the project off completely and that use of fund reserves was an appropriate use of these sources,” he said. Campbell explained that the funding from each campus-based fee reserve is distributed as such: $298,431 from Campus Enhancement Initiative (CEI) Fees, $250,000 from the Student Activities and Services Initiative (SASI), $1,192,569 from the Facilities and Campus Enhancement Initiative (FACE), $2,500,000 from CRU Income Reserves and $750,000 from Student Service Fees through the Student Affairs Divisional JESSICA GRILLI can be reached at Reserves. This com- campus@theaggie.org.
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minds and sound hearts — the act of sleeping every night can be one of dread. Personally, not only do I have trouble falling asleep, but I Andrew also have difficulty stayPoh ing asleep. The double whammy. I boarded my windows up because the whisper-thin slivers of sunlight that cut through the slats of my window blinds can actually wake me up. Incidentally, I was wracking my brain the ed, bleary eyes other night trying to stare listlessly at come up with my next the red digital num- column idea. I’m probbers as they tick upward ably going to spend toat an alarming rate. night trying to figure out 4:42 a.m. what I’m going to bring 4:43 a.m. you guys next week. It’s 4:44 a.m. an endless loop of be Each arriving minute draggled bed sheets and brings with it a sense of askew pillows. impending anxiety and a If I’m to fall asleep myriad of questions and then I need to think thoughts, about thus further falling We sleep to forget. exacerbating asleep, No, wait, that’s drinking. this cycle of but if sleeplessness. I think Your eyes about shift from falling the stoic clock, which of- asleep then I can’t fall fers no solace, to the asleep. It’s an uncomcomforting stucco lines fortable paradox that I’ve undulating gently on the realized one too many ceiling. times while lying in bed And just when your during the wee hours of eyelids finally begin to the night. feel heavy and the call of According to the sleep feels like it’s whisCenters for Disease pering right into your ear, Control and Prevention, the roosters start crow50 to 70 million U.S. ing, the sun’s rays beadults have a sleep or gin to peek pervasivewakefulness disorder. ly through the blinds One of the prevalent and an entirely new day causes listed is ’round looms menacingly at the clock access to techyour bedpost. nology. What a surprise! From then on, the I mean, first we got rest of the day is a shit computers that sit on storm. Your pants are your lap, so you could inside out, your socks masturbate under the don’t match, you drank covers without havtwo double mocha shot ing to use your imaginaespressos with light froth tion any more. Then withand ate a Pop-Tart for in the span of less than a breakfast. You’re nodding decade we get computoff in lecture, sneakers in our palms, so we ing into the bathroom don’t even have to deal stall at work to get some with the weight of a small shut-eye on top of the brick on our laps while toilet and you’re nodding trying to get ourselves off at the wheel — ahem, off. Or, I guess you could handle bars. be using your computer We’ve all suffered for similar self-gratifying from varying degrees of pursuits like Tumblring, sleep-related problems. tweeting, Facebooking, These afflictions range Instagramming, whatever. from being unable to Technology could be fall asleep, to being unthe explanation why it’s able to wake up, to being also reported that the unable to get anyone to largest proportion of peosleep with you. ple (43.7 percent) who Why is sleep such find that they unintenan essential part of our tionally fall asleep during lives? We sleep to forget. the daytime are those in No, wait, that’s drinkthe 18 to 25 age bracket. ing. Well, we sleep to re Does this mean we juvenate and restore our should cut back on our bodies. A good night’s technology use? There sleep is always a beauare some people that suftiful thing; I think most fer from genuinely serican agree with that. ous and deadly sleeping And for some people, disorders like sleep apsleep comes easily. For nea and narcolepsy. They others, even if falling can’t be helped, save with asleep isn’t easy, once actual medical attention. they are asleep, they be- But for the rest of us, are come a veritable boulwe actually all suffering der: staunch, immovfrom some form of inable and adamant. Those somnia? Or are our lifeare probably all synstyle choices the real culonyms, but I like to write prit behind the bags unin threes. My apartment- der our eyes? mate can sleep through an air raid. I’ve even ANDREW POH can’t sleep most nights, so seen him do it before. if you’re up at 4:44 a.m. and would like to But, for others — those keep him company, contact him at apoh@ not blessed with clear ucdavis.edu.
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vice, a vibrating saddle, which “gave her complete satisfaction.” However, once 1920s pornography began to feature vibrators as instruments of pleasure, Katelyn doctors ceased offering to Ringrose masturbate their patients. Sex toys can even be humanoid. During World War II, syphilis caused an extreme amount of wartime death, and in an effort to combat the disease, Hitler approved the use of sex dolls as a hygienic alternative to intercourse. The top-secret Borghild Project ex toys aren’t a modequipped Nazi soldiers, acern creation. The earcording to SS doctor Olen liest recovered dilHannussen, with inflatable do is a 20-centimeter-long “anthropomorphic sexmasiltstone, made during the Paleolithic “tool era.” About chines” that had “artificial face[s] of lust.” 28,000 years ago, someone took time off from hunting Current consumers have access to all sorts of sex mammoths and gathering toys, from carved wooden berries in order to cut and dildos to the “MyVibe” iPpolish this large phallus. hone app. But after silicone replaced Sex toys stone and the When people are under the certainly aren’t rare. ice that illusion of a sexless world, According marked to a 2009 this era sexual shame flourishes. Indiana thawed, University sex toy study of adult Americans, construction became a lot 53 percent of women and less labor-intensive. “Dildo,” in case you have 45 percent of men have used a vibrator at least once been pondering the etyin their lifetime. These permology, most likely stems centages are roughly equal from the 16th-centuto the amount of peory Italian word “diletto,” ple that are married in the meaning “delight;” as in, United States, as well as “I am diletto to have purchased such an impressive the amount of 18 to 29 year olds who vote. The anodiletto.” Ancient Greeks nymity of the Internet alalso used dildos, which they called olisbos, only the lows consumers to circumvent restrictions on the sale Greeks tended to lubricate of sex toys, but hasn’t done theirs with olive oil. But the history of sex toys away with the ignorance, silence or shame surroundisn’t limited to wine and ing their use. spaghetti country. In 500 The Alabama Supreme A.D., Ben Wa balls, insertable metal spheres that rock Court decision on against each other and have Valentine’s Day 2007 to uphold the ban on the sale or the tendency to fall out at promotion of devices “usepotentially embarrassing ful primarily for the stimumoments, were invented lation of human genital orin Japan. Cock rings, made gans” epitomizes the rifrom the skin surrounddiculous amount of goving a goat’s eye socket — ernment regulation that is complete with eyelashes to add additional stimulation, present in American bedrooms. William H. Pryor, originated in 11th century China. These rings titillated former attorney general of Alabama, claims, “there is many of our predecessors as well as contemporary us- no fundamental right for a ers who promote the dried- person to buy a device to produce orgasm” while felflesh toys as more “natural” and of a “higher quality” low absolutist Dan Ireland than similar, more synthetic believes, “sometimes you have to protect the public cock rings. Until the mid-1900s, hys- against themselves.” teria or “wandering womb” The only sex-geared shop in Davis, Aella Boutique, was thought of as a female closed its doors last month. illness, and the symptoms included irritability, anxiety Because the Internet is so anonymous and conveand in some cases, sexual fantasy and vaginal lubrica- nient, consumers are choosing to buy toys in silence. tion. Women were encourWhen people are under the aged to visit their doctor, illusion of a sexless world, who would induce a “hyssexual shame flourishes. terical paroxysm” a.k.a. orgasm. Galen, a famous sec- People should be able ond century physician who to make, and not be made left a lasting impression on ashamed of, their own decisions because sex toy medicine, wrote that after his treatment, his previous- use is not something to be ly hysteric patient “was free frightened of. The same process pushing us to igof all the evil she felt.” nore sexual satisfaction is When masturbation bewhat is shaming us into igcame tiring on a doctor’s noring our sexual health. hands, vibrators — both Stop this cycle of shame by electric and steam-powgetting to know your own ered — proved more than body, with or without the effective. Vibration treataid of a sex toy. ment, whether medically legitimate or not, became extremely popular KATELYN RINGROSE would love to be able by the 20th century. At this to say “dildo” in a multitude of different time, the Princess of Wales languages. Please email her at knringrose@ owned a home medical de- ucdavis.edu.
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Smart therapy A nano-scaled fix for a big problem
By ALAN LIN
Aggie Science Writer
Much of disease treatment relies on a simple principle: find out what agents in the body are causing a problem and eliminate them. People can employ very broadsweeping measures to eliminate these problems. A good example of this is the use of antibiotics. For diseases like salmonella and tetanus, the use of the proper antibiotics can quickly and efficiently solve the problem. However, many diseases are much more problematic and can’t be dealt with in broad strokes. The treatments for these diseases are much more complex and require pinpoint accuracy in targeting afflicted areas. One such disease is cancer. Cancer, the unregulated growth of the body’s cells, is difficult to treat. The difficulty stems from the fact that the diseased cells are entirely native to the body; the treatments are targeting one’s own cells. The body’s immune system is great at detecting and eliminating foreign substances, but when the troubles are more domestic, it has trouble telling healthy cells from cancerous ones. As a result, the treatment options that kill the cancerous cells have the unfortunate side effect of killing the healthy cells as well. When chemotherapeutic treatments are administered in too high of a concentration, these potentially helpful drugs could end up being lethal. In a recent publication, professor of hematology and oncology at the UC Davis School of Medicine ChongXian Pan developed a way to dramatically improve the efficacy and safety of some cancer treatments. The improvement comes from changes to the delivery of the chemotherapeutic treatments through us-
age of nanoparticles called micelles. Micelles are aggregates of soap-like molecules that naturally form droplets when placed into an aqueous environment. The hydrophobic (water-avoiding) side of the micelle is repelled by water and forms the center of the drop. The hydrophobic side is used to form a protective coating around the chemotherapeutic agents meant to be delivered to a specific part of the body. The way micelles are directed to specific parts of the body is through ligands, signal-triggering molecules that bind to sites on corresponding proteins. These ligands can be artificially constructed to bind to any conceivable protein with complementary sequences of amino acids. Proteins are made up of sequences of amino acids, otherwise known as peptides. The peptide PLZ4 has been shown to preferentially bind to a structure on the surface of bladder cancer cells. The binding triggers the absorption of the micelle into the target cell. The binding process facilitates the emptying of the contents of the micelle directly into the cancer cell, allowing for much more efficient delivery of chemotherapeutic drugs. “The micelles … are stable during blood circulation and release the [medication] quickly when triggered by the microenvironment of a tumor,” said Yaunpei Li, a collaborator in the investigation. “Our micelle could prevent premature drug release [into the body].” According to Kit Lam, professor and chair of the UC Davis department of biochemistry and molecular medicine and a co-author of the article, the problem with freely administered cancer drugs in the bloodstream comes from developed resistance.
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Professor of hematology and oncology Chong-Xian Pan developed a way to deliver chemotherapy drugs through nanoparticles called micelles.
“The free drugs enter the cell through pumps, and then … kill the cell, eventually,” Lam said. “With resistance, the membrane pumps get blocked and the drug has no way of getting in to act.” In the case of Dr. Pan’s work, the drug delivered is paclitaxel, a chemotherapeutic agent used in the treatment of breast, lung and bladder cancers. Unfortunately, paclitaxel has many adverse side effects when administered to the entire body, such as nausea, hair loss and toxicity to bone marrow. With the use of targeted micelles, the paclitaxel can be delivered directly to the cancerous regions of patients in higher concentrations and with fewer negative side-effects caused by nonspecific administration. The implementation of the treatment has shown promising results in research trials with animal subjects. Micelles with the targeted PLZ4 ligand were augmented with green fluorescent protein and showed that the nanoparticles preferentially bound to cancer cells in the bladder. Additionally in the experiment, the micelles were outfitted with different doses of paclitaxel to measure the efficacy of the treatments. For
the control group, subjects were given micelles containing no paclitaxel and merely a saline solution. The first experimental group was administered targeted micelles containing the standard dosage of paclitaxel. Finally, the second experimental group was given micelles containing triple the normal dosage of paclitaxel. Subjects given the standard dosage showed significantly higher survival figures and lower tumor growths than the control group. Subjects given the high dosage took the longest time for tumors to develop and showed the longest period of tumor control. Moreover, the high-dosage-treatment subjects experienced significantly longer life spans than subjects given the same dosage of paclitaxel with the absence of targeted micelles. The high-dosage treatment with the new delivery method promoted a far greater life expectancy with fewer negative side effects. “The prognosis for advanced bladder cancer has not changed for three decades. Our findings have the potential to significantly improve outcomes,” Pan said. ALAN LIN can be reached at science@ theaggie.org.
Female ovulation correlated to mate perception UCLA study shows attraction changes over course of cycle
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UCLA researchers have found a correlation between ovulation and a female’s perception of mates.
By NICOLE NOGA A ggie Science Writer
As winter approaches, it seems as though many people’s relationship statuses are changing to “single.” Winter is the most popular season to break-up, peaking right before the holidays. While most couples chalk it up to having mutual differences, one reason for the disenchantment may be more scientific than once thought. UCLA researchers have found a correlation with female mate perception and ovulation, meaning that during a woman’s most fertile period, she is more likely to be distant from her more acquiescent and stable partner, and temporarily prefer a “dominant” male. Joseph Gonzales, a doctoral student at UC Davis, explained that the “good genes” fertile women look for in males are aspects such as a V-shape body, height, angular features and facial symmetry. These characteristics are universal indicators of masculinity and originate from testosterone levels. If a male has softer features and perhaps a more docile disposition, he will be perceived as less attractive by women when they are fertile. “[These] types of ovulatory effects are quite fascinating and have been shown to affect both preferences and behav-
two Libertarians, would live together in a big house. They would compete in one debate every week on a different topic, and the audience could vote them off like Hudson American Idol. Lofchie To increase viewership even further, celebrities could be brought in to ask the questions (while still being fact-checked by Watson). All the candidates living together would spawn all sorts of drama and interactions that would give viewers better insight into what kind of people the candidates actually are. t may be too late to There could even be a True change anything for this Life segment where two conyear’s election, but let’s testants are locked in a room see if we can make the 2016 together for a few hours to election go a little bit bettalk. ter. Here are some ideas We would get to see that will make the elections Romney punch Todd Akin fairer, more fun, more fact- in the face for almost ruinbased and less discriminat- ing his campaign, we could ing against third parties. see Biden use “malarky” First big in everyday change: no conversaand the audience could vote tion, and we more human modthem off like American Idol. would see erators. You Newt lose his may have hair over not heard the being able to news about buy Tiffany a year ago that IBM made a jewelry. Obama would be supercomputer, Watson, that on the bench press, saycan understand human laning things like, “Before I talk guage. Watson should be giv- about how I get healthy, I en the questions to ask the want to talk about what becandidates. Not only will a ing healthy means to this computer be completely im- country and its people.” partial, but Watson would Now that is a show I would also be able to fact-check ev- watch. erything that each candidate We let the audience vote said in real-time. How can until there are only two debates based on fact be a candidates left, and then bad thing? people vote just like they Now for the Presidential would in a normal election. Election Game Show. The The game show idea takes show works like this. Allow all money and super PACs the third parties to particiout of the election, citizens pate in the debates. This siare more informed, and multaneously makes the let’s be honest …how aweelection fairer, and makes it some would it be to hear appeal to more of the popAmerican Idol’s Simon tell ulation. All the presidencandidates, “That was uttial candidates, consisting terly awful!”? of a few Democrats, a few Republicans, one or two from HUDSON LOFCHIE can be reached at science@ the Green Party, and one or theaggie.org.
ior of men and women,” said Ryan Schacht, a human behavioral ecologist at UC Davis. “Women at or near ovulation have been shown to dress more provocatively, be more proceptive (seeking partners), prefer more masculine males and be more likely to cheat.” According to Schacht, men vary their behavior near fertile women as well. Men tend to give bigger tips to dancers at gentlemen’s clubs when the dancers are ovulating, and men also exhibit much more protective behavior when their partners are ovulating. Martie Haselton, a professor of psychology and communication studies at UCLA and senior author of the study, conducted studies with 41 undergraduate females in long-term heterosexual relationships. Using questionnaires, researchers asked participants to rate their mates at two different points of their ovulatory cycle: high fertility and low fertility. The questions were focused on their mates’ perceived sexual attractiveness, stability and suitability. Though the initial findings did not display any significant changes, an exercise in which the participants were asked to rate the closeness of their relationship revealed compelling results. With women who are mated to less attractive men, their closeness level dropped one point on a seven-point scale from their least fertile to their most fertile period. In women with attractive mates, on the other hand, closeness level ratings were observed to rise by one point from their least fertile period to their most fertile period. “A lot of research has shown that women’s preferences change over the course of the cycle, but this is the first time that these changes have been shown to have implications for relationship functioning,” said Christina Larson, the study’s lead author and a
doctoral candidate in social psychology at UCLA, in the initial press release. A separate study conducted to check for any anomalies solidified the research. Most scientists in this area and related fields agree that the effects of ovulation on mate selection are reminiscent of early human behavior. “The suggestion is that women, over evolutionary time, might have sometimes slept with a masculine male, other than their mate, around the time of ovulation, which would have allowed her to be pregnant with the healthy, masculine male’s child, while staying mated with her own less masculine mate,” said Phillip Shaver, a professor of psychology at UC Davis. “[He] might be a nice, loyal guy [and] would take care of her and the other guy’s child. This allows a woman to have the benefits of one guy’s ‘good genes’ … and the benefits of a loyal partner.” While this may concern some of the “nice guys” reading this article, rest assured the effects are temporary and psychological, meaning the changes in preference do not necessarily guarantee that a woman will seek other partners. “People of both sexes are occasionally attracted to people who are not their primary mates, including being attracted to movie stars, singers, etc. whom they will never actually meet, but this doesn’t necessarily disrupt a primary relationship because it isn’t acted on,” Shaver said. “In the same way that we are all attracted to sweet and fatty foods for evolutionary reasons, but do not always indulge our attractions to them, most of us can be momentarily attracted to someone other than our mate without having to climb into bed with that person.” NICOLE NOGA can be reached at science@theaggie.org.
By NICOLE NOGA Aggie Science Writer
All research papers must start with researching your subject and finding legitimate sources. But what is the easiest and quickest way to get all that information? Here are just a couple of many underused resources that are available to all students. UC-eLinks UC Davis has a large store of electronic resources accessible online or in print for students to check out. Anyone can use this resource, but only UC faculty, students or staff have access to the UC-licensed e-journals and other full-text resources. All of these resources are available automatically when on campus, or through the Library VPN when off campus. Using UC-eLinks In order to use this resource, simply link to a local campus or UC systemwide catalog holdings and go to cdlib. org/services/d2d/ucelinks/ to see if it has a certain item either in print or electronic format at any UC campus. The item or items will be delivered directly to you if you use your campus document delivery service, or you will be notified when the item arrives at the library. If it is electronic it will come directly to your computer. If you need help you can use Ask a Librarian. This allows you to contact a librarian in person, via telephone, email or even on an online chat. UC Davis Harvest Catalog This is an online source of the UC Davis library. To use, simply choose the category you want to search for. The three most useful categories for research are listed below. Course Reserves In Course Reserves you can search by title, instructor or course name and find books the library has in stock for you to use. This is the best place to look for course textbooks or books that are related to the class. These tend to be hard copies since most are textbooks. Journals and Serials In this category you can narrow your search with your field choice and find sources on any number of subjects you want. The catalog will provide many options based on what keywords you search for, so mix up what you search for each time to get multiple sources. These are a mix of online and hardcopy sources. Electronic Journals Searching in this category you can narrow your search by author, title, keywords or a number of other fields. Since all of these are stored electronically, this is easy access for a late-night paper. If it is electronic you will see an online link with volume and date ranges. Follow the link provided to locate it and then you can use the PDF version to print. The UC system truly has an amazing catalog of research material. All of it is available with just a few clicks. KELLY MITCHELL can be reached at science@theaggie.org.NICOLE NOGA can be reached at science@theaggie.org.
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Culture week honors indigenous heritage Reading, film and ceremony events to conclude Friday
Mark Allinder / Aggie
The Cross Cultural Center is presenting Native American Culture Days (NACD) all week to raise campus awareness about Native American Heritage Month. NACD was established at UC Davis in the 1970s.
By MARIA MARCELINA CRYSTAL VEGA Aggie Features Writer
As November is Native American Heritage Month, the Cross Cultural Center (CCC) is presenting Native American Culture Days (NACD) this week on campus to spread awareness. NACD was actually established on the UC Davis campus in the 1970s during a time of social unrest as a way to celebrate Native American culture. “Native American people wanted a voice
on this campus and they established NACD along with the Native American Powwow to let people know that they are not historical — they are very much alive today, working to preserve cultures and carry on traditions and ceremonies,” said Melissa Johnson, the Native American staff program coordinator for the CCC. Johnson is a member of the Euchee tribe from the Muskogee Nation in Oklahoma. The theme for this year’s NACD is “Honoring the Indigenous Peoples of the Americas: Power in Unity and Strength in Diversity.” Johnson said they aim to in-
clude not only Native American culture, but other indigenous cultures as well. “We celebrate the indigenous peoples of the Americas and also put on diverse programs to reach out and touch all the bases of all the tribes, not just a specific tribe,” said Charity Hall, undergraduate program coordinator of Native American Cultural Days. “My personal goal is to overcome the visibility issue. We are underrepresented here at UC Davis; we are less than one percent.” Though Hall considers herself as part of many different ethnicities, she said that she identifies as a Native American, specifically with bloodlines tying her to the Blackfoot, Cherokee and Creek tribes. Native American Culture Days kicked off its first event of the week on Monday with the Sunrise Ceremony, a prayer for the week that was given on the East Quad at six in the morning. While the turnout was small, Hall was pleased to see the participants. “I thought no one would come because it’s 6:20 in the morning, but some people did show up,” Hall said. The Native American prayer was meant to start the week of events off in good fortune, which will be followed by a sunset ceremony at the end of the week to bring the festivities to a close. Yesterday, among other events, was a game of stickball, also on the East Quad, encouraging non-Native American students to join the celebration. “It was interesting and fun. I didn’t expect it to be so physical,” said Howard Tong, a first-year computer science and engineering major. Tong came to the event initially for extra credit for his Native American Studies class but said he got more out of it than a grade. Stickball is a traditional Native American game that is usually played during a celebration and gathering of the communi-
ty. Stickball is very similar to lacrosse, and the version played on the Quad involved players holding long wooden sticks with a small indentation at its tip to act as a hook for catching a leather band that has two balls attached to it, one on each side. Players run across the field and toss the band to their teammates in order to score a goal by touching a single goal post that has been staked into the ground. Another participant, third-year Native American studies major Justin Deaton, is one of the undergraduate co-coordinators for the Native American Powwow, which happens in April. Deaton is a part of the Southern Alabama Cherokee tribe. His passion for his culture is what influenced his decision on his major. “I actually majored in Native American studies because over the past three years, I’ve read several articles and books that highlight the grave injustices, misfortunes and horrendous deeds committed to the Native American population and their culture,” Deaton said. “It has been a mission of assimilation, termination, removal and basically death of the Native American and their culture.” He said he partakes in NACD due to his deep cultural connection and desire to educate others about this passion. “I feel that if I can educate one person who doesn’t know about native history or the indigenous people of this land, if I can help someone understand one thing that has gone wrong in our history, then I’ve done my job — to make sure that one wrong has been righted by my deeds,” Deaton said. A schedule of the rest of the week’s events can be found at the Cross Cultural Center or on the Cross Cultural Center website. MARIA MARCELINA CRYSTAL VEGA can be reached at features@ theaggie.org.
From the Aggie Eats Food Blog ...
Preethi’s South Indian specialities
Janelle Bitker / Aggie
The special combination of South Indian specialties — dosa, vada and idli with sambar — goes for $7.95 at Preethi Indian Cuisine. South Indian cuisine has landed in Davis for the first time with Preethi Indian Cuisine, which opened downtown last spring. Dosa — a crisp, thin crepe made of fermented rice flour and lentils — is a staple in South India, often stuffed with masala, onions or potatoes alongside chutneys. At Preethi, it’ll also come with sambar — a thick
lentil soup with vegetables and spices — for dipping. There’s also utappam, similar to dosa but thick, with toppings added to the batter. Other specialties: idli, soft, airy rice cakes, and vada, slightly chewy, deep-fried lentil fritters. All of which, of course, are served with chutneys and sambar. The familiar order of chicken tikka masala with naan
is still sounding better to you? Consider sharing the “special combo” of masala dosa, idli and vada for $7.95. Lentils don’t get much more interesting, or tasty. Preethi Indian Cuisine. 712 Second St., Davis. Open for lunch and dinner daily. Preethiindian.com — Janelle Bitker
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MEN’S SOCCER PREVIEW Teams: UC Davis 9-6-4 (7-3-0) vs. Cal State Fullerton 13-6-0 (7-3-0) Where: Aggie Soccer Field When: Wednesday at 2 p.m. Who to watch: Junior Alex Aguiar has been one of the Aggies’ most dangerous assets this year. He has been involved in five goals this season, including three of his own and two assists. The last time the Aggies faced off with Cal State Fullerton, Aguiar put away a penalty kick for one of the two goals UC Davis scored to take down the Titans. Aguiar has started all 19 games for UC Davis and has fired the most shots (35) and shots on goal (16) this season. Did you know: The Aggies are a testament to the statement “defense wins ballgames.” UC Davis ranked last in the conference in goals, assists and points. In the Aggies’ last nine games, they won seven contests due mostly in part to the fact that they al-
lowed one goal or less in each game over this stretch. UC Davis scored 13 of its 21 goals this season after the first half, and over the span of its six most recent wins, the goal that won it for the Aggies came after halftime. Preview: The UC Davis men’s soccer team has never won a game at the Big West Conference tournament. Last year, it scraped out a third-place finish in the league standings but was defeated by UC Santa Barbara at the Gauchos’ field in the first round. The Aggies have made the tour- Alex Aguiar nament twice in their time in the junior Big West, in 2008 and last season. If there was a year that UC Davis was to make a push far into the conference tournament, it has a better chance this year than those opportunities in the
past. The Aggies peaked at just the right time to win seven of their last nine games at the end of the season and grab the first-place title in the Big West Conference North Division. With this top finish, UC Davis earned the opportunity to host the first round of the conference tournament. Venturing onto Aggie territory will be CSU Fullerton. The Titans were defeated by UC Davis earlier this season by a score of 2-1, with both Aguiar and junior Alex Henry putting in goals. CSU Fullerton was second place in the Big West South Division with a 4-5-1 conference record and 8-11-1 overall. Recently, UC Davis took down Sacramento State to shake up the Big West
standings. The Aggies held onto their firstplace position with the victory. The Hornets were tied for second entering the game, but with the Cal Poly victory over UC Santa Barbara and the Aggies’ win, the Mustangs closed the season in second place in the North Division. The other semifinal match-up features Cal State Northridge hosting Cal Poly. The winners will face off with each other on Saturday. Recently, the Aggies had three players pick up All-Big West honors. Juniors Kevin Schulte and Omar Zeenni were awarded All-Big West Conference second-team titles, while junior Alex Henry was given an honorable mention. Kickoff is at 2 p.m. and costs five dollars for student admission and $10 for general admission. — Matthew Yuen
The Fluffies are here UC Davis welcomes therapy dogs in the Quad
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Therapy Dogs will be on the quad on Nov. 7 to relieve student stress. The dogs are back. The UC Davis Stress and Wellness Center’s Mind Spa has brought its quarterly event back to campus.
Therapy Fluffies are dogs that are brought to UC Davis to interact with students and help them to destress from the daily grind including ex-
ams, lectures and homework. “We host this event in hopes to relieve student's stress during the busiest times in the quar-
ter,” said Stephanee Gomez, a Student Health and Wellness Ambassador for CAPS. Enjoy the calming effects of
these furry and lovable friends in the Quad from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. this afternoon. — Devon Bohart
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I've known Mark since my sophomore year in high school. He's a pretty rad dude because he listens to those calming, yet intense bands like Hammock (check them out). And he's kind of cool too because he helps me a lot with homework and I think that every person should have a solid friend like Mark.