November 13, 2012

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tuesday, november 13, 2012

Wild turkeys rampant across town Feeding of turkeys leads to population increase

Mark Allinder / Aggie

Davis has begun raising awareness about the hazards of feeding wild turkeys. Wild turkeys develop aggressive tendencies when residents feed them.

By MEREDITH STURMER Aggie News Writer

The City of Davis has recently begun stepping up efforts to raise awareness about the hazardous effects of residents feeding the local wild turkey population.

The turkeys were first noticed in 2006, when about six male turkeys began frequenting the Davis Cemetery.

Six years later, the turkey population has increased dramatically and has become concentrated in the Davis neighborhoods Covell Park and Rancho Yolo, around the North Davis Greenbelt.

“Animals need various elements to support reproduction: food, cover and water. These turkeys are finding all of

these here,” said City of Davis wildlife resource specialist John McNerney. “In the urban setting, there is an absence of significant predation, and when combined with feeding in a concentrated area, the population increase is amplified. It [feeding] increases the impact.”

The primary danger of feeding wild turkeys is not simply an increase in the number of turkeys around Davis, but an increase in turkeys behaving aggressively towards people.

“Naturally, turkeys are fearful of predators, but when they lose that natural fear they become more aggressive, especially in the mating season when male turkeys have higher levels of testosterone,” McNerney said. “Those are the animals

which we begin to be concerned with.”

In 2006, the original turkeys around the cemetery did begin exhibiting aggressive behavior, leading the city to undertake trapping efforts.

“It was successful, but we confirmed that turkeys are difficult to trap. It takes a couple weeks so it is very labor intensive. They are very smart animals and they remember it for many years, surprisingly, so females will tell their young not to go into the traps,” McNerney said.

“Trapping is not a good solution.”

Residents may be unsure as to how to react if approached by an aggressive turkey.

“The proper response would be negative reinforcement — yelling loudly,

City of Davis implements “no burn” wood burning ordinance Ordinance to be in effect from Nov. 1 to Feb. 28

Courtesy of Andrea Vergata

The City of Davis issued Ordinance No. 2397, placing restrictions on wood burning. The ordinance was issued to maintain Davis air quality in winter.

By MEREDITH STURMER Aggie News Writer

On Oct. 23, the City of Davis issued urgency Ordinance No. 2397, placing restrictions on wood burning.

The ordinance adds Chapter 39A to the Davis Municipal Code, and was declared as urgent due to the importance of the matter to public health and safety.

According to the ordinance, the goal is to restrict emissions from indoor and outdoor wood burning during the “cold weather season” of Nov. 1 through Feb. 28. These burning devices include indoor fireplaces and wood burning stoves, along with outdoor fire pits.

Wood burning will be prohibited during a “curtailment period,” days when the city has determined that the

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air quality is already unhealthy for sensitive populations such as young children and the elderly. If the concentration of fine particulate matter is forecasted as exceeding 25 micrograms per cubic meter within the City of Davis — the federal standard that is unhealthy for sensitive populations — it is considered a curtailment period and the burning of wood is prohibited.

“I think it’s a good idea,” said UC Davis alumnus Bruce Guttin. “I’m allergic to wood smoke, and anything that inhibits proper oxygen consumption is dangerous for some people. It’s very sensitive for them [Davis City Council] to restrict it.”

A report by the Davis Wood Smoke Scientific Advisory Committee confirmed the toxicity of wood smoke.

The Natural Resources Commission of the City of Davis has also analyzed

the health impacts of wood burning.

“The Davis Wood Smoke Scientific Advisory Committee confirms … the dangers posed by the accumulation of wood smoke in neighborhood ‘hot spots’ due to the use of residential wood burning devices,” the ordinance said.

Additionally, the ordinance states that the cold weather during these months increases the negative impact wood burning has on the air quality due to the increase of surface temperature inversions. These inversions cause pollutants, such as those from wood smoke, to become concentrated and trapped close to the ground, worsening air quality and exacerbating many respiratory or cardiovascular conditions.

“I lived with a wood burning stove for about three years, and it’s an efficient manner to heat the house,” Guttin said. “But in a dense urban environment, its effects on health and the environment are very different than out in the country.”

The City of Davis will notify residents if it is an “okay to burn” day via a burn status update posted on the city’s website. Each day there is a burn status update for the current day along with the forecasted burn status for the following day.

There are certain exceptions to the ban, however. The ban does not apply to wood burning devices being used in a structure that has no gas or electric heat. It also does not apply during power outages and does not restrict the use of manufactured fire logs.

“It’s a traditional holiday thing, and you don’t want to deny people that experience,” Guttin said. “But it does have its residual effects on people’s health and the environment. In the

Forecast I don’t know about you guys but I forgot how cold Davis gets this time of year! Luckily, this week looks slightly warmer. Don’t forget to bundle up anyway!

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spraying it with water or hitting it with a broom. Don’t let the turkey be the dominant organism,” McNerney said. “The danger is when people try to run away — they may trip or run out into traffic trying to avoid them, or if they’re on a bicycle they may swerve into traffic.”

Beyond Davis, students have had threatening experiences with aggressive wild turkeys.

“I was hiking when I was eight and we stopped for a snack when a large group of wild turkeys came up and tried to steal our food,” said Amber Yao, a second-year communication and economics double major. “They were almost the same size as we were, so we ran away. It was actually pretty scary.”

Not all Davis residents have had negative experiences with local turkeys.

“When they first came five or six years ago, everyone was excited, especially the kids. Some people think they’re a nuisance, but other people are charmed by it. The most common complaint seems to be the poop,” said a resident in the Covell Park neighborhood.

The resident also commented on the possibility of people feeding the turkeys.

“Over the years there have been local campaigns about not feeding wildlife, like the ducks in the Arboretum. It’s very important not to feed wildlife,” the resident said. “I’ve never seen people feeding them around here.”

The City of Davis, however, wants to make the gravity of the feeding problem known before it gets too out of hand.

“We’ve stepped up our efforts to target the communities. The North Davis population has become more of an issue,” McNerney said. “We’re using local media like the Davis Enterprise, and a type of social media called Nextdoor. We’d like to see more households participate.”

These efforts are not just limited to social media. Other points of outreach are being used to raise awareness about the importance of not feeding the turkeys. If the feeding continues, the turkey population will more likely exhibit aggressive behavior, in which case the city may have to resort to trapping.

“We staff tables at local events like the Farmers Market and various public venues to hand out pamphlets,” McNerney said. “It’s important just to get out there and talk to people about the turkeys.”

MEREDITH STURMER can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

News iN Brief

Occupy UC Davis plans to assemble at UC Regents Meeting today The University of California Board of Regents meeting is scheduled to take place Nov. 13 to 15 at UCSF Mission Bay to discuss finance, compensation, health services and campus buildings, among other agenda items.

The Regents are also set to consider tuition increases for 61 professional degree programs throughout the UC. Members of Occupy UC Davis plan to collect at the meeting in opposition to the possibility of a push toward gradual privatization of the UC system, according to organizers.

“We can’t let top UC management frame our future as inevitable privatization,” a release from UC StudentWorkers Union stated. “Student groups and unions are planning huge mobilizations for the next year to roll back tuition, cuts and the resegregation of higher education.”

For information on the Regents’ meeting agenda, visit regents.universityofcalifornia.edu.

— Stephanie B. Nguyen

Free holiday blues workshop on Wednesday Need to battle bouts of the holiday blues? Attend a free workshop hosted by Child Care Services on Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the Veterans Memorial Center Game Room, located at 203 W. 14th Street.

David Hafter, a marriage and family therapy counselor from Victor Community Support Services, will give advice on how to manage the stress during the holidays and how to access community resources.

The workshop will identify holiday stressors, such as stress from visiting family or having a tighter budget, and offer ways to minimize them.

To register for the workshop, contact Libby Wolf of Child Care Services at (530) 747-8236.

— Claire Tan

Enough about Prop. 30, let’s talk about the porn stars in L.A. who have to wear condoms now.

Maybe condoms are more comfortable than herpes? Maybe.

Janelle Bitker

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TODAY

Sikhism — What is it all about?

International Education Week All Day Enjoy activities throughout the week of Nov. 12 through 18 put on by the University Outreach and International Programs. For more information, go to uoip.ucdavis.edu.

Dramatic changes in Bird Populations in the Napa Marsh 7 to 8 p.m.

Florence Douglas Senior Center, 333 Amador Street, Vallejo Join to learn about the process, management plans and overall restoration success of lead field biologist for U.S. Geologic Survey Tanya Graham and her research on early tidal marshes. The event is free and refreshments will be provided. For more information, go to napasolanoaudubon.com.

WEDNESDAY Walk with Warren Noon to 1 p.m.

Gazebo, Arboretum Join Warren Roberts, superintendent emeritus of the Arboretum and famous storyteller and punster, for an always engaging noontime exploration of West End gardens. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

THURSDAY Pawn or Queen: The Role of the “Performer” in 21st-Century Music 3 to 5 p.m.

115 Music Watch the free performance of Seda Röder playing the piano.

Shinkoskey Noon Concert: A Sonic Journey of European Piano Music 12:05 to 1 p.m.

Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center Watch the free performance of musicians including Bernd Richard Deutsch, Beat Furrer, Seda Röder and Helmut Lachenmann.

7 to 9 p.m.

International House, 10 College Park With November being Sikh Awareness Month in California, International House and Sikh Cultural Association invite you to an informative session about Sikhism, its core principles, history and the current issues being faced by Sikhs in the post9/11 world and Wisconsin shootings.

You will get the chance to ask questions.

Refreshments will be served.

Yolo Natural Heritage Protection Joint Powers Agency Board Meeting 5:30 to 7 p.m.

Atrium Training Room, County Administration Building, 625 Court Street, Woodland Go to the Yolo NHP JPA board meeting to discuss Yolo County national heritage issues. More information can be found at yoloconservationplan.org.

UC Davis Energy Institute Fall 2012 Seminar Series 1:30 to 2:30 pm 1003 Kemper Hall Join Dr. Larry Baxter, a professor from the department of chemical engineering at Brigham Young University, as he discusses Cryogenic Carbon Capture. There is no cost and all are welcome to attend.

UWP Conversations with Writers series: Adair Lara 5 to 6:30 p.m 126 Voorhies Adair Lara will talk with her audience about her book Naked, Drunk and Writing: Shed Your Inhibitions and Craft a Compelling Memoir or Personal Essay. For more information, go to writing.ucdavis. edu/events.

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.

police briefs Fatal Attraction

FRIDAY

Someone’s girlfriend came at them with a knife on Pole Line Road.

Rage on, Aggie There were two party complaints in the same area on A Street.

Punch-drunk On G Street, an intoxicated girl hit someone on the head because he wouldn’t drive her home, so he threw water on her.

SUNDAY

Pho-king hell On Third Street, Pho King’s windows were vandalized and the business banners were torn down.

MONDAY Don’t Be Afraid of the Dark

Divine calling Someone got a call from a “reverend” telling him to go to CVS/pharmacy to pick up a paper entitling him to $2.1 million on Ganges Place.

Somebody turned the light on while a burglar was in their apartment; the burglar freaked out and ran away on Sycamore Lane.

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

the age of their home and the types of heating devices that are being used.

According to the City of Davis’ website, if the city receives complaints regarding wood burning on a no-burn day, up to two letters of warning will be issued to the wood burner. After a third complaint, they will be referred to the city’s Code Enforcement program. After repeat violations, they are subject to citations up to $100.

burn

Cont. from front page past, many people burned coal or wood for heat. I’m sure it was a contributing factor to many respiratory conditions.”

Davis residents can also apply for a waiver if their economic situation is such that burning wood is necessary to heat their household. To apply, residents must include information such as their gross monthly income, the number of MEREDITH STURMER can be reached at people in their household, city@theaggie.org.

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lic and shared. For example, using curse words was not common in my parents’ province in the Philippines. I’d never my family curse in JHUNEHL heard English, so when I startFORTALEZA ed going to school in the United States, it was so off-putting to hear other people use curse words.

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I think there is a unique Since first-generation bond that forms beyouth often identify with tween immigrant parents that struggle, they are and their first-generamore likely to be obedient tion children. They tend to their parents out of reto come from less fortuspect and gratitude, rathnate backgrounds, often er than simple obligation. having to struggle with At home, my parents language barriers, social usually speak “Taglish,” prejudice and financial a hybrid of Tagalog and hardships in order to give English. Whenever I hear their kids a good future.

Taglish from Filipino Immigrant parents Americans outside of want their children to my family, I’m naturaladvance socially and ec- ly drawn to them. For me, onomically in America, Taglish is different from but many also want standard English not just them to hold on to their because of how it sounds, cultural roots. but also because it im This identity strugmediately calls to mind gle to preserve one’s her- every childhood experiitage — while also strivence — every scraped ing to succeed in a new knee my parents comcountry — is a narraforted, every good grade tive that most immigrant they praised, every diffifamilies share. cult moment they carried With that being said, me through.

I think appreciating our Once the unique lanparents’ quirky language guage quirkiness we habits gives us a way to share with our parents is maintain that connection stifled — whether out of with our history and culJoy Luck Club-like emtural identity. barrassment or too long Now, appreciating our a separation from our mother tongue more may roots — there are few not seem like a big deal things that can replace compared to the adverit. sity our parents faced to No matter how much get us to America, but I we may love the food, think it’s a crucial step the dances or the clothes that needs to be taken in of our culture, there’s order to fully recognize a key element that is the sacrifices they made lost to us if we don’t unfor us. derstand or value that I specify language beunique language our cause it holds a differparents speak. ent cultural value than Having that language alany other aspect of one’s lows us to unlock a whole heritage — even more family history. It gives us so than traditions, artisboth a means to undertic styles or foods. It alstand as well as a means to lows us to maintain ties act. It gives us the ability with our cultural roots no to transmit our thoughts matter what part of the in a personal way that only world we go to because our loved ones can truhumans employ lanly understand. Without it, guage every day. We are our entire family dynamic shaped by it, and so are would be lost. our thoughts and innermost aspirations.

There’s a quality about JHUNEHL “why is spam musubi so language that’s persongood?” FORTALEZA can be contacted at al and private, yet pubjtfortaleza@ucdavis.edu.

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able amount of skill and talent. The profession as a whole needs as many qualified, passionate individuals as can be found, but these people aren’t becomDERRICK ing teachers, frequently beLEU cause of the stigma and low pay.

So what can be done about the situation?

The simplest way, of course, is to pay teachers more. Higher-paying jobs will naturally attract more people with better qualifications.

But many people will hen people think think this pay raise unof highly profesdeserved. Teachers’ salasional careers, ofries will be the first things ten they’re thinking of ulcut in a crisis. That’s why tra-desirable professions a pay raise is only part of like doctors, or dentists, or the solution. lawyers. These are the ca I believe that the rereers that mom and dad quirements for becoming love to brag about. They’re the super-sexy careers that a teacher need to be more rigorous. There needs to be people talk about with a teaching school, the way shiny eyes. in which Let’s doctors go face it. A big reason Teachers have to deal with 20 to medical school, and to 40 hyperactive and loud why these a very difprofesstudents at once ficult state sions are or licensing so popuexamination. lar is because they’re high If you set the standards paid and way up there in terms of social status. Don’t for becoming a teacher get me wrong, a lot of these high, people will rise to the careers are glamorous for a occasion; and as those peoreason. They serve very im- ple rise, so too will pubportant functions in our so- lic perception of the occuciety. But so do many other pation. You can’t think of teachers as incompetent careers. when their qualifications Like, for instance, are on par with a doctor’s. teachers.

And yes, teachers do The education system is in dire need of highly qual- have to obtain credentials.

They jump through hoops, ified, highly skilled teachbut not to the extent of others, but there aren’t nearly enough people trying to fill er disciplines. The U.S. needs skilled professionthose positions.

Why is that, exactly? Why als in order to have the best teachers giving children the are there so many peobest education. ple studying for years trying to become doctors and No doubt, people will ask: What is the justificalawyers, but not nearly as tion for putting prospective many people trying to beteachers through such rigcome teachers? orous programs? Does an People don’t respect elementary school student teachers. really need somebody that While everybody seems specialized? to agree that teachers are The way I see it, teachers important, they don’t conwon’t spend all that extra sider them the best and time and money learning brightest of their generaabout education specificaltion. It’s almost as if the atly, but rather about all the titude towards the profesother fields necessary to sion is that anybody can truly optimize the learning teach, and people who become teachers are the peo- capacity of their students.

For instance, a teachple who can’t get a better er could benefit from trainjob. ing in human development Is that right, though? I’d — childhood to adulthood. say that teaching is an inThey could also use traincredibly difficult job with as much responsibility as a ing in leadership, communication and psychology, doctor. especially in the different Teachers have to deal modes of learning and the with 20 to 40 hyperactive best ways to incorporate and loud students at once. them.

These students need to be Teachers are gateways successfully instructed in into the future. They can a wide range of subjects make or break a student’s while having their differchances at a better life in ing learning styles and approaches accommodated. the future. They are so important to our society, but Teachers must do this in adults don’t look up to spite of the many students them. In fact, frequentwho have no desire to be ly, they’re looked down on. sitting quietly in a classThey have so much responroom having knowledge sibility, yet they aren’t recforced into their heads. ognized for it.

Teachers have to do this A higher standard for enevery weekday for threetry into the teaching profourths of every year. And that’s not all; teachers need fession means that teachto maintain a safe, welcom- ers will be recognized for ing classroom learning en- the difficulty and responsivironment at all times, and bility of their work. The disappearance of a social stigthey must have the details of their lesson planned out ma will attract more talented, skilled individuals, ulbeforehand on a schedtimately improving the edule that often starts at 6:30 ucation experience of the a.m. and ends around 5 students. p.m. This is in addition to grading papers and receiving phone calls from conTell DERRICK LEU what you think about cerned parents after hours. improving teacher requirements at derleu@ Teaching takes a remark- ucdavis.edu.

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Correction

Senate briefs

On Nov. 7, The Aggie misspelled the name of a senate candidate as “Maxwell Kappas” in the news brief, “ASUCD Senate candidates participate in election forum.” The correct spelling is “Maxwell Kappes.”

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ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Nov. 8 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present, left early Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, present Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present 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 Molly Heber, Vivian Heh, Mariah Hoskins, Gabrielle Rosado, Kevin Sun and Gary Tam were confirmed as members of Aggie Public Arts Committee.

which is popular among students.

Information and notice of the B line addition will be available on the Unitrans website, the official Unitrans Facebook and buses as well.

Cherise Polines and Gheed Saeed were confirmed as members of Outreach Assembly.

Consideration of old legislation

Abhishek Khurana and Ben Trinh were confirmed as committee members of the Entrepreneurship Fund.

Brett Leutho was confirmed as the director of Whole Earth Festival.

Elaine Swiedler was confirmed as a member of the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission.

Unit director reports Anthony Palmere, general manager of Unitrans, discussed the current projects and developments of the bus system, including an addition to the B line route,

Senate Bill 19, authored by the Internal Affairs Commission, to amend the legislative process for commission introductory procedures was vetoed by Sterling. Cano argued that one of the primary reasons for this bill was to rewrite legislation that was already in use. Bottoms argued that the legislation would go against the ASUCD Constitution. The override of the veto failed in a 2-7-2 vote.

Senate Bill 20, authored by Lauren Cockrell, allocates $3,100 from Capital Reserves to the Experimental College Community Garden for landscaping, fencing and installing pest management.

Padget was concerned that the legislation should not be passed without specific fiscal quotes. Crisologo-Smith said that because all of the Business and Finance

commissioners had seen the quotes, he would consider the numbers accurate and verified. The bill passed 9-2-0.

Senate Resolution 2, authored by Sheehan, demands greater student influence and transparency in decisions concerning UC Davis Intercollegiate Athletics (ICA). Gilbert agreed that the ICA should be seeking cooperation with ASUCD, but also argued that it would be beneficial to table the legislation to allow time for the relationship between the new ICA director and ASUCD to develop first. The resolution was tabled.

Meeting adjourned at 10:20 p.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu.

JOANNA JAROSZEWSKA compiles the Senate Briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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ASUCD Elections

It matters The ASUCD Senate election starts today and runs through Thursday. It matters.

ASUCD has a huge presence on campus with an operational budget of over $11 million. It directly affects students through its units; Unitrans gets students to and from campus, the ASUCD Coffee House provides sustainable, nutritious food for students, the Association gives out $10,000 in scholarships yearly and ASUCD directly employs over 1,500 students. ASUCD senators directly influence all these things.

Historically, the turnout for ASUCD Senate elections has been abysmal. Out of 25,000 undergraduate students, only three to four thousand students actually vote. That is a turnout rate of 16 percent. We can do better.

This year is especially important. ASUCD faces what could be a perfect storm in the coming years. The ASUCD budget for the next fiscal year faces a huge hit from the Shared Services Center (SSC) tax and the University of California Office of the President (UCOP) tax.

Although ASUCD was exempt from the SSC tax this year, no guarantees have been made for 2013-14.

Likewise, the UCOP tax is being slowly phased in.

ASUCD only has to pay one third of the tax this year and will fully assess the tax over

the next three years. This means one of two things: increased student fees or cuts to our units. It is crucial that we elect competent, proactive senators.

Aside from the budget, senators fill many other crucial roles in our student government. They advocate for their adopted units. They write legislation and work on committees that manage ASUCD operations. They work on personal projects to improve the quality of student life on campus. Most importantly, they advocate for the students to protect and fund what is important to us. Ethnic and Lavender Graduations, the Student of Color Conference, KDVS and many others have been supported thanks to senatorial advocacy.

The elections are held over three days and can be found online at elections. ucdavis.edu. The process is easy — you rank your candidates in order of preference.

That’s it. ASUCD has polling stations set up on the Quad for students to vote between classes. You can do it from home. You can do it while falling asleep in lecture. You can do it on the bus to class.

There is no excuse for not voting.

If there are any issues that matter to you — increased funding for clubs, additional support for students in need, more lobbying or just having milk tea at the CoHo — vote.

Artwork in Davis

Keep it coming Next time you’re rushing to class, take a deep breath and observe the colors around you. Davis is just as alive as we are — plants are growing, buildings are under construction and artwork seems to spontaneously materialize in unexpected corners.

There are trees wearing sweaters near Cruess Hall, bike racks sporting lovely knits near the Social Sciences and Humanities building as well as various murals interspersed around campus and downtown.

The 35 new works of art in Downtown Davis were created by the Davis Mural Team in partnership with the John Natsoulas Gallery in an attempt to make Davis an art destination. Most pieces are on private businesses, but there are two on public property. One of these is in the Richards Boulevard bike tunnel, and it contains the combined ideas of all artists involved.

Though Davis is quite vi-

brant — especially in the fall — the addition of murals does a lot to brighten gloomy days and sketchy alleys.

The artwork tends to be a bit bizarre, surreal and disjointed in the we’re-not-exactly-sure-what’s-happening-but-it’s-awesome kind of way. It challenges the norms that life throws in our path and forces us to exercise our imagination. Perusing pieces is a great way to relieve stress and invoke your own creative energy.

Davis itself is a vast museum. Its gardens, fountains, sculptures, paintings and strange bike apparatuses say a lot about its history and culture.

So, if you often find your self obliviously jogging across campus just a few seconds before class begins, we highly recommend you set your alarm clock back a few minutes. Take the time to truly appreciate our city — and those who made it look so gorgeous.

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Recently, I had a chance meeting with a friend on campus, and the brief conversation led her to comment on my budding growth of facial hair. When I mentioned that I was partaking in the (in) famous occasion of No-Shave November, she immediately gave a huff of dismissal — something I understand. Up until this year, I had never given it much thought, considering it to be a superficial display of masculine body chemistry: “Look what I can do!”

But on the morning of Nov. 1, I took a look at my two-day remnants and thought – hey, that’s not too shabby. Admittedly, I’ve always wanted to try a beard — full, but cleanly cropped. I suppose that’s my love of folk culture talking. My current experiment with a circle beard (encompassing the mouth and chin — think Kurt Cobain) was very-well received. Had the time finally come when more would be better? I put down my razor.

The episode with my friend was the first time someone had actu-

Jason Pham

Facebook me maybe When I was a kid, we had these things called yellow books. They were mundane, archaic-looking items that people would use to contact their local pizza joint, orthodontist or occasionally the guy they met once at a party whose number they were too afraid to ask for.

As I approach adulthood, I realize we’ve traded in our yellow book for a more up-to-date novel — a Facebook, to be exact. A yellow book was fine and dandy when people still used their phones for communication — but in the age of sparkling technology and the ability to contact people with the click of a button, Facebook has become the obvious bestseller.

But with great power comes great rejectability. Now the mystery of dodged calls has turned into the mystery of dodged friend requests — a familiar but equally aggravating sequel.

As we ask ourselves where our friend request has gone for the past two weeks, we only have one question left: Has Facebook become the new rejection hotline?

I once knew this girl in high school. She was this strong, independent type who wouldn’t take crap from anyone. She was a tough cookie — up until she liked a boy.

One summer she traveled to

Nick Frederici

-bleepI still haven’t seen all of Eddie Murphy Raw. Not because I couldn’t sit through it, but because I saw it on TV. Of course, they cut a good portion of it so it can fit within a time frame — but what I really missed out on is the adult language.

It was hardly “raw” anymore — censored, no doubt, for my benefit as an underage viewer. What is gained from censoring the TV audience from bad language? Besides solidifying TV’s role as a third parent and role model, censorship is not for our benefit.

So, what is the purpose of censorship?

Ideally, TV censorship would create a program that most people could watch, would want to watch and would feel comfortable watching. It would set the standard for the ideal TV-viewing experience in which the audience could feel safe from offense and parents could let their kids watch unsupervised, without fearing they would see something annoyingly imitable.

In practice, censorship misses the mark entirely.

Thirteen Ghosts was all over cable TV for a while a couple years after its release. I saw the censored version a number of times and the unedit-

ally commented on sparse pencil lead dotting my cheek, and it got me to wonder how I could defend such a lackluster attempt.

The ability to grow facial hair is a rite of passage for men. To speak to biology, teenage boys glance into the mirror for years wondering when they’ll be able to sport the visual symbol of testosterone. Linguistically, we only have to look to the word itself — beard “growth” — to understand its desired effects.

In the social arena, the everprevalent media commonly correlates beards with manhood — think of all the masculine symbols in film (Aragorn, Tony Stark, the majority of male characters in “Game of Thrones” and “The Walking Dead”). Products aimed at exactly this idea — Just for Men beard dye comes to mind — also reinforce the idea while we watch targeted ads airing during football games. To be sure, not all symbols of masculinity carry facial hair, but the connection is undoubted-

ly there.

It is through this line of thinking (speaking nothing of the morality of them) that many college-age males seek to grow facial hair. The danger in everything, of course, is to risk and fail. The existence of No-Shave November trivializes the inherent uncertainty of testing out physical development. In any other month of the year, a guy might be put into the (admittedly rare) position to say “Oh, I’m trying to grow a beard out” — read: “I’m measuring my physical development.”

In November, we are allowed to put forth the simple excuse of arbitrarily not shaving. Our insecurities are protected by a veneer of masculinity. Silly? Yes. But effective. I’d rather my friend have dismissed me as temporarily machismo than in doubt. That’s what masculinity is, right?

Skylar Collins UC Davis third-year Dramatic art

Cancun and surprisingly fell into a from the wrath of rejection? deep infatuation with a Chilean ac- Not quite. cent and the boy who spoke with it. With Facebook, an entirely new All was going well — she even add- realm of rejection takes place. In this ed the boy’s brother on Facebook. day and age, nothing is private. His, She left the South Pacific cheerful yours and everyone else’s answerand optimistic, believing that the ing machines are broadcasted to romance she experienced while on the world in the form of wall posts, vacation would where one can read continue once an untouched messhe returned ... this newly added feature that sage for days all to the States. while experiencing wasn’t included on his social Apparently, no the slow pain of luone warned this network’s terms and conditions nacy. poor girl that If the transition though she left into psychotic isn’t the country, the devastation of re- painful enough, we’re also no longer jection was still international. free from the anonymity a guy gives She added the boy on Facebook us when he deletes our number off within the following week of her re- his contact list. A removed friend off turn. When he hadn’t replied two Facebook can be even more menweeks later, she added him again. acing than not being accepted as a And a third time. Eventually she at- friend at all. tempted to message the brother to Why do we continue on in this find out why her Chilean romance crazed cycle of perpetual denial, hadn’t accepted her friend request when we know the answer lies right yet, only to find out that the broth- in front of us? Is our hopefulness acer had deleted her as well. She be- tually what makes us hopeless? gan to say the same lines all daters History shows that while technolsay when they take a trip down de- ogy evolves, the behavior of daters nial road. has been able to withstand the test “Maybe it just didn’t go through. of time.

I’ll just try it again.”

With history seemingly about to “Maybe he just wasn’t online that repeat itself yet again, maybe this is the generation where this behavior day, or week, or year.”

“Maybe he doesn’t even know stops. how to use Facebook.”

Maybe instead of wondering No matter how many maybes where our friend request has gone, she said, she just couldn’t face the we can log off Facebook and look fact that maybe he just wasn’t that for someone who’ll actually accept us. We can finally be able to face the into her.

Along with the delusional rejec- facts that maybe if they’re ignoring tion that Facebook has to offer, Mark you, it’s maybe because they don’t Zuckerberg forgot to mention this like you. And if they don’t like you, newly added feature that wasn’t in- then maybe they’re not worth your cluded on his social network’s terms time. and conditions.

Then, after all is said and done, Let’s pause for a second and imag- maybe, just maybe, we can stop usine a moment when we are miracu- ing the word maybe. lously added as a friend and become accepted into our love interest’s elusive inner circle. Are we entirely free Email JASON PHAM maybe at jpham@ucdavis.edu. ed movie at least once. This was one the war on profanity. of the stand-out moments in which I So this fantasy world endures — saw a strange trend in TV censorship. angry outbursts are reduced to whim A minor character is sliced in half pers of childish insults, but the violent vertically by a falling sheet of glass, results are in plain sight. and we see the whole thing. We even Who does TV censorship protect, watch as the half facing us slides and from what? Children will hear down faster than the other side, giv- dirty words outside of the television ing us a short anatomy lesson. set — what they’re not likely to see on In the same two and a half hours a regular basis is graphic violence and of viewing, we see the hilarious other elements of horror movies. antics of Matthew Lillard, who Is this choosy censorship a way of can’t get out a sentence without protecting the audience from the una few words getting “bleeped” for pleasantries of reality, while at the the sake of not offending the audi- same time introducing them to the ence with his dirty mouth. horrors and tragedies prevalent, but not often witnessed, My personal in the real world? favorite is when they digitally alter We are protected from offense by I don’t think teleone scene so that the helpful agents of some antivision censorship is instead of showsome big conspiracy cussing organization ... ing us an extendto make people aced middle finger, cept the world as a we see an angry fist that seems al- dangerous place, but rather to make most surreal in its innocence. them feel safe from the annoyance Censorship allows TV to play out a of bad words. I just think it’s broken, fantasy in which the audience can es- outdated and ineffective. cape reality and not be subject to the In the end, television is a source harsh ends of an emotional outburst of news and a form of entertainor an expression of colorful language. ment. It doesn’t attack its audiWe are protected from offense by the ence with foul language — it puts helpful agents of some anti-cussing on a show for us to enjoy. The fun organization, in order for us to live in we can have laughing at the awthe fantasy that is ideal TV. And what ful ways a program is censored is a sick fantasy that is. limited. The censorship is frank I can watch a dog sever another ly made useless by its obviousness, dog in half in a bloody car accident its failure to recognize highly offenand trip out on drugs with a horri- sive images and our own creativity fying string of hallucinations — all filling in the blanks. at a time that underage viewers are So, to that audience member that likely to watch TV. I’m sure the writ- we are afraid to offend — I think ers of “Family Guy” are in a constant we’d all appreciate it if you grew struggle with censorship, but for the up. battles they win that allow them to put some of the most disturbing im- NICK FREDERICI can sometimes be offensive; cuss him ages on TV, they constantly lose in out at nrfred@ucdavis.edu.

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Aggies top Big West finisher at NCAA West Regional Meet Cross Country women finish sixth, men place 15th

By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Editor

In the final meet on the west coast for the UC Davis cross country teams, junior Sarah Sumpter and sophomore Trevor Halsted led the Aggies in their respective races.

The women’s team placed sixth overall in the NCAA Division I West Regional, while the men closed at 15th on the Jefferson Golf Course in Seattle, Wash.

UC Davis placed eighth last year on the women’s side at Stanford and improved on that finish this year. Sumpter put up a time of 20:03 for 13th place, a couple slots ahead of junior Alycia Cridebring’s 16th place finish.

Just 28 seconds later, sophomore Katie Fry finished the race in 33rd. Freshman Christine Hoffmann finished 47th for UC Davis with a time of 20:51 and senior Lauren Wallace rounded out the Aggies’ lineup with a 21:14 68th place finish.

“The Aggie women put together their finest team effort of the season, starting with an aggressive and well-executed start,” said head coach Drew Wartenburg.

Though the Aggies were not in the top two and thus miss the automatic qualifying spots into the NCAA Division I Championships, they still have hopes for making it into the national race.

UC Davis’ sixth place out of 28 teams was still better than No. 29 UCLA, which finished in seventh place in Seattle.

On the men’s side, UC Davis grabbed 15th place out of 26 teams, due in part to Halsted’s finish in the 20th slot.

Halsted posted a 30:12 time on the men’s 10k course for the second fastest time of all Big West racers. The Aggies didn’t have another runner finish for a while, until freshman Brandon Pugh posted a 65th place finish with a time of 30:50.

Freshman Amar Dholakia got his feet wet with a finish in 107th place while junior Nathan Strum crossed the line in 109th.

“We have known all season that we stand as one of the youngest teams in the region, and for this group to put a guy on the podium and creep into the final ranking with a top-15 finish is a great building block for the future,”

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Looking forward, some of the Aggies’ women runners have a chance to compete in the NCAA Championships in Louisville, Kent.

“We’ll … see if we got any individuals or the team into the national meet, and right now we’re sitting right on the outside of the bubble on both fronts,” Wartenburg said.

“Regardless, you can’t ask for more than for a team to run its finest race at season’s end.”

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UC Davis football comes up short against Eastern Washington

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UC Davis men’s soccer falls in Big West Conference Finals Aggies come up short in battle with Matadors

Blocked field goal ends upset bid

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Sophomore running back Dalton Turay scored two touchdowns against Eastern Washington. The Aggies lost 31-28.

By JASON MIN

Aggie Sports Writer

Entering the last road game of head football coach Bob Bigg’s career, the Aggies were determined to try and upset the sixth-ranked team in the nation, Eastern Washington.

The Aggies led 28-24 in the middle of the fourth quarter but could not respond when Eastern Washington quarterback Vernon Adams rushed for a touchdown with 8:13 left on the clock. With the score at 31-28, the Aggies tried a 52-yard field goal at the 41-second mark to tie up the game, but the attempt was blocked.

This was the fourth game this year the Aggies lost by one possession or less.

“Another tough loss, it’s been the story of the year,” Biggs said. “We were back to playing really spirited and tough football today but it’s a shame for the players and coaches who have worked so hard.”

The Aggies fell into an early deficit, trailing 14-3 at the end of the first quarter before the Aggies scored 22 unanswered points in the second quarter.

“We were down early but we weathered the storm,” Biggs said. “I thought we showed great resolve; we just kept fighting and got back into the game.”

The second-quarter scoring outburst was jump-started by a 72-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Randy Wright to sophomore wide receiver Corey Galindo.

Then sophomore running back Dalton Turay punched in two short touchdowns to give the Aggies a 25-14 lead going into halftime.

“Dalton Turay was running hard, breaking tackles and giving us inspiration. The offensive line was getting off and I was being smart with the ball and taking chances when I needed to,” Wright said.

The second half was a different story as the offense struggled to score with the tough field position that they were given.

“We moved the ball well but unfortunately we just had 80 or 90 yards to go — it seemed like every time I turned around we were deep in our own territory,” Biggs said.

The Eagles also dialed up the pressure on defense in the second half to stifle the Aggie offense.

“They started blitzing us a little more, caught us in some bad protection and we took a few sacks,” Wright said.

The Aggie defense did a good job preventing the high power Eagles offense from any big plays but eventually their playmakers stepped up and carried the Eagles to victory.

“They are a great team and they have plenty of playmakers who make plays when they need to,” Biggs said.

The one play coach Biggs pointed out was when the Aggies’ defense forced the Eagles into a third-and-long situation.The Eagles quarterback Kyle Padron then hit wide receiver Greg Herd for a 51-yard touchdown to cut the Eagles’ deficit to one possession with 4:17 left in the third.

“That play really hurt us because we were playing pretty well up to that point,” Biggs said.

Seniors Jordan Glass and Nick King each had a sack apiece and fellow senior Reece Ludwig led the team with eight tackles.

The odds were stacked against the Aggies coming into the game, facing the No. 6 team in the nation and an unfamiliar game time temperature of 29 degrees. However, the Aggies did not use this as an excuse for their narrow loss.

“It is cold out here but they had to deal with it and we had to deal with it as well,” Wright said.

This win gave the Eagles a record of 8-2 and also a share of first place in the Big Sky conference. The Aggies dropped to 3-7 and have one game left this year against rivals Sacramento State in the 59th Causeway Classic.

Not only is it a rival game, but it is also the final game of coach Bob Biggs’ career as he announced his retirement at the end of this year. It will truly be a historic game in UC Davis football history and one full of many emotions. Come out to the game this Saturday at 3 p.m.

JASON MIN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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Matt Wiesenfarth’s attempt at the goal in the 71st minute was blocked. The Aggies lost against CSU Northridge 1-0.

By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Editor

In an intense game for the Big West Conference title, the UC Davis men’s soccer team’s run came to an end at the hands of Cal State Northridge.

The game was a marquee matchup between the two top teams in their respective divisions, the Aggies from the Big West North Division and the Matadors from the South.

UC Davis was taken down by the single goal of the game, which was knocked in by CSU Northridge in the 15th minute to give them the 1-0 lead that they would hold onto for the rest of the game.

“I’m very proud of my team; I thought we played well but unfortunately we gave up a nice goal,” said head coach Dwayne Shaffer. “We couldn’t recover from it, but overall I thought my team played very well and did all the things necessary to score a goal but it just didn’t go our way.”

The lone goal of the game came when CSU Northridge converted an opportunity in the middle of the box. The Matadors took a shot that shocked the Aggies, bouncing off the cross bar and down into the goal.

The best chance for the Aggies probably came about five minutes later. UC Davis had an opportunity in the goal box that, after some ball movement, found the goalie out of position at the edge of the box. Sophomore Ian Palmer fired a shot from outside the box that clanged off the crossbar and CSU Northridge escaped with the lead.

Both teams threatened throughout the game, playing with the feeling of urgency that came with the fact that the season was on the line.

“We created numerous opportunities to put pressure on Northridge, but unfortunately one didn’t go in for us today,” Shaffer said. “I thought we had the game in the second half but I tip my hat off to Cal State Northridge.”

The game got chippy as the intensi-

ty level rose in the high-stakes game. It seemed like just a matter of time that the Aggies would convert on one of their 14 shots, but the goal never came.

The Matadors got off only eight shots with three shots on goal, compared to UC Davis’ five on goal, but those numbers don’t mean as much as the 1-0 statistical advantage CSU Northridge had over the Aggies in goals.

Junior goalie Omar Zeenni played a good game in the goal, despite the one blemish on his record that was the impressive CSU Northridge goal that can hardly be pegged on Zeenni.

The UC Davis lack of goals shouldn’t necessarily be put on the Aggies’ offensive struggles, but is more of a credit to the Matador goalkeeper. Michael Abalos had several beautiful saves on shots that easily could have been goals for UC Davis.

This was the first time in the Big West Conference finals for the two teams that ended the regular season with identical 7-3-0 records in league competition, but Shaffer gives credit to the Matadors.

“Maybe the nerves got to both teams to start the game, but once we settled in, I felt like we played the same style and system that got us here,” Shaffer said.

“They’re a good team, and I coach college soccer for a living so I know how tough it is to win 15 games in a college season [like CSU Northridge did].”

The Aggies fall to 10-7-4 on the year with an 8-4 Big West Conference record, while Cal State Northridge wins the automatic bid into the NCAA Tournament that comes along with the Big West Conference Championship title.

UC Davis still had a chance to receive an at-large selection into the NCAA Tournament due to its first-place conference finish and several wins over strong teams in the season. The NCAA committee announced their selections on Monday.

MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

(Not) the same old road woes Underdog Aggies push Oklahoma State to a close finish

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Sophomore Corey Hawkins scored 13 points against Oklahoma State.

The Aggies lost 73-65.

By KIM CARR

Aggie Sports Writer

When UC Davis headed to Oklahoma last Friday, they forgot that they were the underdogs, slated to lose by a serious margin. Road games were not kind to the Aggies last year, but there is a new roster

and a new energy this season.

The game was a sparring match from start to finish. Oklahoma State was consistently ahead on the scoreboard but the Aggies kept the margin thin by winning the rebound advantage 43-29.

Every Aggie that hit the court grabbed at least one rebound

Friday night, but senior Ryan Howley was the standout contributor, earning a total of 13 rebounds in the game.

That is the kind of hustle head coach Jim Les has been emphasizing this season. He wants a squad with an unmatched work ethic on the defensive side of the paint and he saw the fruits of their labors on Friday night.

“The players were ready to work hard and compete against a talented team,” Les said.

Offensively, the Aggies were impressive but they were just behind the Cowboys for most of the game. UC Davis did manage to tie it up with five minutes left to play, but the Cowboys went on a lategame scoring streak that gave them the 73-68 win.

Redshirt freshman Corey Hawkins debuted his talents against the Cowboys on Friday and led the Aggies in scoring, earning 13 points in his first collegiate game.

Hawkins is the kind of explosive talent UC Davis has been craving.

He adds an incredible amount of talent to an already loaded offense, but more importantly he

brings a spark to a defensive unit that struggled all of last year.

The newfound depth of the roster had a profound impact Friday night. Many of the starters were sidelined by cramps or foul troubles and when Les called on his bench, they rose to the occasion.

Freshman Darius Graham scored seven points and snagged five rebounds in his collegiate debut.

Graham is another new addition to Les’ roster, and the Sacramento native looks to be another tenacious contender on the court.

Meanwhile, junior Tyler Les continues to hassle defenses with his shooting accuracy. He went 2-4 on three-point attempts, scoring six points and nabbing three rebounds during the game.

Junior Josh Ritchart continues to work hard in the paint and he managed to grab five rebounds for UC Davis on Friday. He also scored 10 points, which including sinking another three-pointer from the perimeter.

The team is still a long way from rejoicing, but this was the best road performance the Aggies have had in about a year.

Oklahoma State is a notorious-

ly loud arena with some serious crowd influence, but UC Davis was able to ignore the shouts and play their game.

"Even though the loss may sting, I told my players that they should be proud of their efforts. If we can continue playing like that, we will become a tough team to play against,” Les said.

The Aggie defense certainly kept this game within reach.

Unfortunately, some of UC Davis’ shots failed to fall in the basket, which caused the loss.

The Aggies will win if they can keep up the work load. Also, the big men in the middle need to avoid foul troubles, which sidelined sophomore J.T. Adenrele on Friday night.

Defensive rebounds lead to more offensive scores and that is the formula coach Les has been hammering home this year.

Luckily, the Aggies will have the crowd on their side when they come home to face Northern Arizona University next Sunday afternoon.

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

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