March 5, 2013 by The California Aggie

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Man arrested for marijuana possession On Friday after 8 p.m., Davis Police arrested 27-year-old Brenton Dumas of Davis for possession of marijuana with the intent to sell and for carrying a concealed weapon. Officers were patrolling the area due to recent vandalism when they discovered Dumas at the bike tunnel behind Davis Commons. Dumas was found with 5.6 ounces of cannabis and a fixed-blade knife. He was arrested on suspicion of possession of more than one ounce of pot and possession of concentrated cannabis. It is not yet known whether Dumas has any relation to the vandalism. — Claire Tan

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Exercise biology major could combine with NPB Committee reviewing possible outcomes By KELLEY DRECHSLER Aggie News Writer

Admissions to the exercise biology (EXB) major will be suspended for the 2013-14 school year, and the major will potentially be combined with the neurobiology, physiology and behavior (NPB) major. In the spring of 2012, a committee formed within the department of NPB to reorganize the exercise biology program in the face of budget cuts, increasing enrollments and declines in the number of faculty members. The committee includes professors Dave Furlow, Mark Goldman, Tom Hahn, Samantha Harris, Gaby Nevitt and Marty Usrey. The goal of the committee is to find a way to combine the increasingly popular exercise biology and NPB majors into a combined program. The committee hopes that through the reorganization, the school will be able to use limited resources for the exercise bi-

ology major more efficiently, promote increased collaboration across departments and offer courses to students who are interested in research, graduate school or careers related to integrative biology. “Either it needs to be an impacted major or combined with another major,” said David A. Hawkins, professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior. Currently, the NPB major has approximately 950 students and the EXB major has approximately 650 students. Approximately 60 percent of the students in biological sciences majors declare an emphasis in NPB. “I think the exercise biology major involves a lot of what is not offered outside of the other biology majors,” said Megan Barrett, an exercise biology peer advisor. The committee unanimously decided that combining the available resources for both majors into one program with the option of emphasizing in specialties within the combined program would be the most effective and efficient action.

Human Gross Anatomy class offers unique experience Undergraduates work with cadavers in unique experience By RITIKA IYER

Aggie Features Writer

Working with real human body specimens as an undergraduate student is a rare opportunity at most universities across the nation. But here at UC Davis, all students have the chance to learn by doing in Cell Biology and Human Anatomy (CHA) 101, also known as the Gross Human Anatomy class offered this Winter Quarter. “The overarching goal [of the class] is to give students a very thorough understanding of how the human body is put together and how it works,” said professor of cell biology and human anatomy Dr. Douglas Gross, who teaches CHA 101. Introduced 40 years ago, around the time the UC Davis Medical School was established, Gross Human Anatomy has been taught by Dr. Gross for the past 17 years. “There are probably maybe three or four other courses somewhat like it in the entire country,” Dr. Gross said. “It’s very rare to have human gross anatomy taught with human cadavers and there’s very few, if any, that teach it at the level we teach it at.” The class is split into a four-unit lecture and a three-unit laboratory section, totalling at seven units. Both exercise biology and anthropology majors are required to take both parts in order to graduate. During Pass 2, the course is open to upperclassmen of all majors. In a typical lab section, about 50 students are divided into four groups, each group complete with a specimen for examination. Undergraduate and graduate students who have previously taken the class act as laboratory aids, teaching the material and managing students handling the specimens. “Gross anatomy is anatomy that you can see with the naked eye, anatomy that you can see and feel, touch, handle,” Dr. Gross said. “What you want to get out of it is an appreciation for the organization and three-dimensional structure of the human body and how that relates to how the human body both functions and dysfunctions.” The specimens that students work with go through a lot of careful dissection and examination before coming to the laboratory facilities in Haring Hall. Bodies are donated to the university through the UC Davis Body Donation Program. Professionals are then able to use the bodies in various ways, including using them for instruction in the School of Medicine, using them in the CHA 101 class and for research purposes. Current the university has 250 body parts. When the class first started, Dr. Gross and his teaching staff received two full cadavers every year to prepare new specimens from. But about five years ago, a $3,500 fee was placed on each body by the donation body program, resulting in the class receiving only one body every alternate year.

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“If the program gets combined, many aspects of the major will go away. The degree will be limited in terms of the coursework,” Hawkins said. The committee emphasized the importance of continuing extensive competitive research in the area of organismal biology, including neuroscience, physiology, animal behavior and exercise biology. One of the committee’s goals is to provide an adequate exercise biology program for the students who are already in the major while continuing to organize an integrated NPB and EXB major for future students. “My experience with the EXB major has been excellent thus far, and it would be a shame if incoming students were deprived of the opportunities and options that the major offers,” said Shannon Harcus, a thirdyear exercise biology major. Harcus said she believes that the administration should try to find a way to combine

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Master gardeners emphasizes sustainable, waterwise gardening Program offers free classes, gardening advice By MEREDITH STURMER Aggie News Writer

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Haring Hall is home to the anatomy lab, where CHA 101 is held. “We are under a lot of pressure,” Dr. Gross said. “We have become ultra careful about the care of the specimens to try and preserve them for longer, and we try to recover more specimens from the medical school and bring them over to our collection.” Specimens aren’t the only thing becoming harder to get. Since the course is fairly popular, seats fill up quickly, leaving some students with priority registration times unable to get in. For some people, waiting your turn in line is worth it. Fifth-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major and current CHA 101 student Sunny Singh decided to stay at UC Davis for an extra year just so that he could take the class. “[My registration for the class is] mostly out of interest and to prepare myself for what I’ll be taking in the fall,” Singh said. “I’ve been taking physiology classes for three years, but I haven’t taken any anatomy to put all of them into perspective.” Dr. Gross said students in about 40 different majors take the class, explaining that there are many different academic disciplines that go into understanding how the human body works, such as physiology and biochemistry. “Our approach is from a structural standpoint — how is the body structurally put together that allows it to do the things that we know it does?” Gross said. “[We teach] at a level very similar to that which we teach our medical students.” Singh feels that the class is challenging, but worth the effort. “The content is great, you definitely have to spend a lot of time on it,” he said. “Once you know it though, you are just amazed.” As a fairly interactive class, the CHA 101 lecture often includes volunteer demonstrations of technical anatomical concepts. Some students have been able to take the skills they have learned from these presentations and

apply it to their own lives. “I have a friend in the class that I work out with, and he was showing me the proper way to work out,” said third-year biochemistry major Zishan Mohsin, who wishes he could find time to take the class himself. Dr. Gross said that students interested in healthcare-related careers such as physical therapy, pharmacy, nursing, dentistry or medicine need to understand the structure of the human body in order to be successful. Contention of the class’s future lies in the fact that Haring Hall is under scrutiny, with the possibility of demolishing the ancient building from dangerous asbestos levels, according to Gross. Because the specimens are stored in Haring, the future of the class is also up in the air. As technical as the course can be, Dr. Gross makes it absolutely clear that a large focus lies in the utmost respect for the specimens provided for the students. “This is a very different kind of laboratory than any other kind of laboratory on campus,” Dr. Gross said. “You are not dealing with a beaker, or a chemical solution or a DNA extraction, but these are the remains of peoples’ mothers or fathers or grandparents, sisters or brothers, and they gave an amazing gift of their body to our students.” Students can pay their respects to the donors and their families at the annual memorial service held in Freeborn Hall in April. “It can be emotionally challenging for [students] to be dealing with an actual dead human body, some may have never even seen a dead body before,” Dr. Gross said. “The only thing they can do that is disrespectful, besides poor behavior, is not to learn — because this person gave their body to them to learn from, so they almost have a moral obligation to really use it and learn well and value that gift.” RITIKA IYER can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

Forecast The rain is back, and this one could be a good amount of rain. Some estimates show us getting .25 to .5 inches of rain overnight tonight. Enjoy it while it lasts. We need it, and now I won’t have to wash my car for a while. Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

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On Saturday, Davis residents had the opportunity to learn about cacti, succulents and other native California vegetation through free public classes held at the Central Park Gardens. Classes are offered between September and June, with a total of approximately 18 classes offered annually. Classes are taught by master gardeners certified by the University of California Cooperative Extension’s Master Gardener program. According to the website of the California Master Gardener Program, the program aims “to extend research based knowledge and information on home horticulture, pest management and sustainable landscape practices to the residents of California.” “All the basic stuff is focused on teaching people how to do sustainable gardening,” said Peg Smith, master gardener. “We also offer more esoteric classes on topics such as orchids and bromeliads.” According to Smith, master gardeners train for six months before taking a certification exam. In exchange for the training and information received, they give back their time in the form of unpaid volunteering — including teaching public classes, such as those offered at the Central Park Gardens. Classes have covered topics such as basic vegetable gardening, soil care, mulching, composting and vermiculture — composting with worms. Water-wise gardening techniques are also emphasized. “We do try and teach people water conservation techniques,” Smith said. “Most people overwater their lawns. If you want to reduce your water usage on a lawn, extend the amount of time [the lawn is watered for] but lessen the amount of water. Even in the summer a deep soak once or twice a week is all you need.” Other water conservation techniques include more environmentally friendly methods of irrigation, such as using a more water-efficient sprinkler system, or water-wise plantings which require less water to thrive. According to Smith, another beneficial change is to make the switch from a lawn to a meadow with native grasses and flowers. “Many of the plants also attract beneficial insects,” Smith said. Many classes also focus on integrated gardening, a technique which not only allows for water conservation but also often leads to a more diverse and aesthetically pleasing environment than just a lawn. Smith said integrated gardening takes into account the microclimates which occur in almost all gardens, such as spots that receive direct sunlight versus semi-shade spots. “You define the microclimates and choose your plantings based off of that,” Smith said. “You mix everything together — the herbs, the flowers, the vegetables.” Evaluation forms are distributed at the end of each workshop to ensure that they are serving the interests of the public well. “A big part is getting the feedback,” Smith said. “We want to make sure the programs are appealing to people.” Some workshop attendees, such as certified nursemidwife and self-proclaimed succulent-lover Holly Moen, are in the process of transitioning from a lawn to a more drought-tolerant hardscape. “We’re tearing up a little bit of the front yard and all of the backyard,” Moen said. “We’re all looking for ways to conserve water.”

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So apparently, The House offers free meditation and yoga classes! Look into it, as it may be a temporary cure for the upcoming finals stress. Joyce Berthelsen

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TUESDAY Professional Education Showcase Noon to 1 p.m. UC Davis Galleria Learn how professional education opportunities in 18 growing industries, including project management, green building and health informatics, can advance your career. Free parking will be provided.

Nina Amir and Chris Higgins Panel 4 to 6 p.m. 126 Voorhies The University Writing Program is proud to welcome Nina Amir and Chris Higgins for a panel on blogging, as part of its Conversations with Writers series. Nina Amir is an editor, author and life-coach. She’ll be discussing How to Blog a Book: Write, Publish, and Promote Your Work One Post at a Time. Chris Higgins, best known for his work Mental Floss and This American Life, will discuss The Blogger Abides: A Practical Guide to Writing Well and Not Starving.

WEDNESDAY (Un)heard: Transmasculine People of Color Speak! 10 a.m. to 7:30 p.m. LGBT Resource Center The UC Davis LGBT Resource Center will host an audiovisual installation featuring photographs and stories of transmasculine people of color. From 6 to 7:30 p.m., there will be a special talk by the co-artist and creator, Asher Kolieboi. The event is free and open to the public.

THURSDAY Contested Politics of Knowledge in the Public University 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. Student Community Center, Multi-purpose room Come for a symposium that invites leaders at the forefront of engaged scholarship to provoke a critical conversation about the prospects of the transformation of the public university through engaged scholarship, which seeks to build and apply knowledge in ways that both inform social change and reflect critically on the politics of knowledge itself.

Faith and Eco-Feminism 7 to 8 p.m. 198 Young Join Dr. Rosemary Radford Reuther, author and professor, as she talks about faith and eco-feminism, sponsored by The Belfry.

Men’s Basketball vs. Long Beach State 8 to 9 p.m. The Pavilion Join UC Davis men’s basketball as they host Long Beach State. The game will be nationally televised on ESPN2! Be part of this historic game. Free shorts will be given out to the first arriving students.

Idea Fair 5:30 to 7 p.m. 1127 Kemper Join the Computer Science Club for an opportunity to get together and brainstorm with people of different skill sets and experiences. Learn about project management and team building and join an idea/project/app/game spawned by fellow students. You do not need extensive coding skills to join this event.

FRIDAY New Directions in Medieval European and Islamic Art 2 to 4:30 p.m. 101 Wright Hall The ways in which we understand and interpret art and architecture made during the Middle Ages (ca. 300-1500 A.D.) have changed significantly over the past two decades as new methodologies have come into use and new archival information has been brought to light. Join scholars from institutions across Northern California, all of whom received their Ph.D.s within the past ten years, as they offer innovative perspectives on buildings and artworks from throughout medieval Europe and the Islamic world.

SATURDAY 4th Annual Art of Painting Conference 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. John Natsoulas Gallery The Art of Painting in the 21st Century is an annual conference geared toward nurturing dialog on contemporary painting and the shared ideas that define current trends in the field. Many painters work alone, an isolated process that deprives the artist of thriving debate until the work is shown. The conference provides a unique venue for artists to participate in panel discussions and breakout groups and attend lectures by some of the most exciting visionaries in the field, including Glenn Brill, Kelly Detweiler, F. Scott Hess and John Seed. Five downtown Davis student exhibitions, curated by the instructors of Northern California universities and colleges, are meant to encourage youth participation and community involvement.

SUNDAY Sixth Annual Dog n’ Jog 8 a.m. to Noon Davis Arboretum Join the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for the Sixth Annual Dog n’ Jog race. Fitness-minded dogs and their twolegged running buddies will team up for a 3K, 5K or 10K run through the beautiful Davis Arboretum. Register today at sites.google. com/site/dognjog2013. For more information contact dog.n.jog@gmail.com.

The Myth of American Innocence: A Conversation with Barry Spector 3 to 4 p.m. Davis Public Library Join author Barry Spector as he talks about his book, Madness at the Gates of the City: the Myth of American Innocence. Spector looks at America through the lenses of Greek mythology, indigenous wisdom and archetypal psychology and traces the big stories by which we define ourselves as Americans back to our roots in the earliest days of the colonies, all the way to the social, political and economic crises we’re struggling with today. Find more information on the book at madnessatthegates.com. 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 Money doesn’t grow on trees

TUESDAY A little birdy told me.... On Hartley Street, someone’s neighbor told her that he shoots birds, and she wanted to know if it was against the law to shoot birds.

FRIDAY

An unknown suspect knocked over a large bonsai tree valued at $500 on Bianco Court.

SUNDAY World War What A male was wandering around Motel 6 on Chiles Road in a camouflage jacket, ranting about World War I.

Traveling pharmacy There was an RV parked next to CVS Pharmacy on Covell Boulevard, out of which subjects were smoking out of a glass pipe with a torch to it.

Name of the game An unknown male kept calling someone; he knew what her name was, but refused to tell her his name on Allegre Way.

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Good things come in small packages Somebody found a light blue Tiffany box with a white ribbon and a note that said, “Now you have to find out the people who did this to you” on Impala Place.

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Tennis The UC Davis tennis teams had a very eventful couple of days this weekend on the courts. The women had two dual matches, one at home and the other in San Jose, while the men competed at the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship down in San Diego before a dual match with Villanova. At the La Jolla Beach and Tennis Club, the Aggies brought a full roster down to compete in the 124th installment of the doubles competition. Coaches Eric Steidlemeyer and Michael Meyer, who are in their first years coaching UC Davis, returned to UC San Diego, where Meyer graduated in 2003 and Steidlemeyer coached for 14 years. The duo of coaches won two rounds to reach the round of 32 before falling 6-2, 6-1 to the UCLA team of Clay Thompson and Alex Brigham. Also falling in the round of 32 was freshman Brett Bacharach and senior George Horowitz to a team from the University of San Diego. Highlighting the Aggies’ performances at the tournament was the tandem of senior Toki Sherbakov and freshman Adam Levie, who reached the round of 16 at the prestigious tournament. UC Davis’ top doubles team took down a team that was competing without any collegiate affiliation, then downed a pair from Boston College in the round of 64. The Aggies’ best win was over the team of Michael Grant and Johnny Wang, two players from secondranked USC. When the Aggies wrapped up competition at the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles tournament, they went on to play Villanova on Sunday. UC Davis walked away with a 7-0 win to keep the Wildcats from winning their second

straight match. Villanova had played a match and earned their first victory the day before. After the loss to UC Davis, the Wildcats stood at 1-4. As for the women’s teams, two close matches resulted in two close victories over the weekend. UC Davis played in its first Big West match of the season at home against Cal Poly and got four singles wins for the 5-2 victory after winning the doubles point. UC Davis grabbed the doubles point for just the second time in 11 matches, giving them enough momentum to bring four singles wins to the table over the Mustangs. UC Davis got wins from junior Megan Heneghan at the top spot, sophomore Layla Sanders playing two, then juniors Melissa Kobayakawa and Nicole Koehly at five and six, respectively. Heneghan was the first off the court with a convincing 6-1, 6-1 beating over the top Mustang, followed by Koehly’s straight set win. The rest of the matches were much closer, all going into a third set. Senior Lauren Curry was ousted 7-5 in the third set before Sanders and Kobayakawa finished off their opponents. Junior Ellie Edles was caught in a tight battle in the fourth slot, but fell 7-5 in the third. Still, the rest of the team’s singles wins was enough to lift the Aggies over their rival Mustangs. The very next day, UC Davis traveled to San Jose State to face off with the 64th-ranked Spartans. The Aggies were wiped clean in doubles, losing all three before going into singles. UC Davis came back to make the singles play much more competitive. The same exact players that grabbed wins against Cal Poly were victorious in San Jose. Heneghan’s opponent retired

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Freshman Brett Bacharach (seen in this file photo) reached the round of 32 in the Pacific Coast Men’s Doubles Championship. from an injury after Heneghan took the first set 7-5. Then Edles and Curry both lost to put the Aggies behind 3-1. UC Davis chipped away at the lead, determined not to add another loss to their 4-7 record. Kobayakawa took down the SJSU player at the fifth singles slot while Koehly came back from a first set 6-1 loss and won the next two by identical 6-2 scores. Sanders was the last on court, locked in a tight battle. She had won the first set 6-1 before dropping the second set 5-7. The El Cerrito, Calif. native stormed back to take the third set 6-4 en route to lifting UC Davis to a 4-3 victory. — Matthew Yuen

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Students will suffer from sequestration Sequestration, enacted by the Budget Control Act of 2011, went into effect on March 1. As part of the deal reached in 2011 regarding the debt ceiling, $85.4 billion in cuts will be enacted, slashing budgets for federal agencies across the board. This is bad news for the United States, for California, for UC Davis and for us. It is the ill-begotten child of a dysfunctional congress that places politics and dogma above proven facts and the nation’s well being. It will have dire consequences for the University of California and its students. We must hold our elected officials accountable.There is a problem when so many Americans find Congress less favorable than lice, Genghis Khan and colonoscopies. There is a problem when those in charge of the nation don’t seem to care. More than $335 million in federal research support, the lifeblood of scientific research, will be lost as a result of the sequestration, according to the University of California Office of the President (UCOP). And according to The Davis Enterprise, UC Davis took in over $400 million of federal grants in 2011, accounting for approximately half of the total grant money coming in. The federal agencies responsible for these grants will be on the chopping block, facing budget cuts of 8 to 10 percent. This translates to cutting researchers, fewer grants, less research and the death of a generation of scientists, Jodi Nunari, professor of Molecular

and Cell Biology, said to The Enterprise. The sequestration will place higher education even further out of reach for many. Over 12,990 California college students will lose their financial aid or work study, the White House stated in a press release. Federal Work Study will be cut. Loans made after July 1 will see an increase in fees. Pell Grants will be reduced beginning 2014. Students will be hurt. We are looking at the result of a series of manufactured crises where the Republicanled Congress took the nation hostage until its demands were met. The debt ceiling crisis of 2011, precipitated by newly elected Tea Party congressmen, led to the credit agency Standard & Poor downgrading the United States’ credit rating from AAA to AA+. As part of the compromise to prevent the United States from defaulting on its debts, the sequestration was planned for the 2013 fiscal year if there was no bipartisan legislation to reduce the budget deficit. Bipartisan legislation was not produced, leading to the fiscal cliff at the end of 2012. A compromise was not reached until 2 a.m. on Jan. 1, after weeks of fruitless debate. The solution was simple: avoid the hard decisions and work by putting it off for another three months. Now we’re back to where we started: hurtling off the fiscal cliff. Thank you, Congress.

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In a recent NPR piece, UC Davis “Director of Energy Sustainability,” Amy Jaffe, was quoted saying, “Once we reduce our [oil] consumption, we can have the luxury of rejecting Canada’s oil.” As a UC Davis alumnus, I am appalled that this message, apparently supporting the ultra-dirty Keystone XL pipeline, came from my campus. Yes, it’s true that we need to reduce our energy consumption

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to process, gallon-for-gallon they dump about twice as much carbon pollution into the atmosphere as normal gas. Constraining access to the dirtiest and most polluting oil would result in more sustainable collective behavior. Joseph Stewart UC Davis class of 2008 Environmental Biology and Management

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Fugitives and celebrity bedfellows By JOE STEPTOE

Having followed the Christopher Dorner manhunt with the sort of scrupulous and morbid curiosity that today’s sensationalist mass media seems to arouse at every possible opportunity, I began to notice remarkable parallels with an incident not too dissimilar that took place across the pond back in 2010. I refer to the case of Raoul Moat who — two days after being released from prison — sparked the biggest manhunt the UK has ever seen after shooting his former girlfriend and her new partner before targeting a police officer the following day. While the grievances motivating the two fugitives derive from opposite sides of the law (Dorner being an ex-officer, Moat an exconvict), there are still some striking similarities to be drawn. The two shared a common enemy in declaring war against the police, and both published lengthy, aggrieved and hate-fuelled manifestos via social media in which they named targets, before going on the run and provoking widespread manhunts. Both expressed feelings of isolation and having seemingly relinquished any semblance of a desire to live, declared they were prepared to fight to the death: a fate they would both eventually endure. There is a more bizarre similarity, however, which edges each story into the realms of absurdity. Both cases compelled two unusual public figureheads to emerge from the fringes of celebrity back into the limelight, offering to liaise with their respective fugitives and bring each case to a swift and peaceful resolution. In the case of Dorner, cue Charlie Sheen, who, not too long after our perpetrator went on the run, posted a video on entertainment site TMZ.com urging his admirer to “Call me. Let’s figure out how to end this thing.” And as Sheen’s slightly less successful, slightly more eccentric transatlantic counterpart: Paul Gascoigne. Amongst the YouTube generation, Sheen’s perpetual tiger-bloodfuelled quest to waltz through life hoovering up any narcotics and/or prostitutes in the reach of his immediate vicinity has become such

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and our carbon footprint through smart government policies that change our collective behavior. But, if President Obama stands up to big oil and rejects Keystone XL, it would be just that — a smart government policy that would keep a huge amount of carbon pollution underground, where it belongs. Because Canada’s tar sands are so thick and take so much energy

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n this column I want to set aside the usual polemics to focus on some examples of heroic figures who provided us with enormous values in their pursuit of profit. If possible, I recommend listening to your preferred epic movie soundtrack while reading this, to enhance the experience (my choice would be Hans Zimmer – “Time”). In no particular order: J.P. Morgan: American financier who funded Thomas Edison’s research to invent the lightbulb. He later financed the railroad industry to make it more profitable and stable, and helped consolidate the steel industry to make it more profitable and efficient. His activities benefited millions in the U.S. economy and he ultimately became one of the wealthiest men of all time. James Watt: Scottish inventor who contributed enormously to the Industrial Revolution via his improvement on the steam engine (which at first was used primarily for pumping water). He made possible the wide use of steam for

a staple of US popular culture that he needs no further introduction here. Gascoigne’s rise to cult status perhaps warrants more of an explanation. Gateshead-born “Gazza” was best known for an illustrious soccer career spanning 19 years with nine different clubs before engaging in an interminable and well-publicized battle with alcoholism. He captured the hearts of the nation by emanating small watery particles of ultra-patriotism from his eyes during the 1990 World Cup semi-final, inexplicably reaching No. 2 in the UK Top 40 and attracting a cult following on the back of a baffling popular wave of “Gazzamania” before veering in and out of anonymity for the better part of the 21st century. Fast–forward to 2010 and, with the Moat situation culminating in a hopeless standoff with armed police, Gascoigne capitalized on a tenuous social link to the former bouncer to offer himself up as a mediator. During the standoff, Gazza rocked up in a taxi armed with a six-pack of lager, a fishing rod, a bucket of chicken and a dressing gown to coax Moat into submission. “Moaty, Moaty! It’s me, Gazza!” rang out the would-be peace cry from the scantily clad Geordie. Somewhat surprisingly, he was denied access to the gun-wielding fugitive. So what is it exactly that compels this bizarre calibre of celebrity to have such a vociferous presence in disputes between the public and police? Opportunistic publicity? Unconditional altruism? To take each argument in turn, the former certainly has cynics sharpening their pencils. Are both thinly veiled attempts at attentionseeking, last-ditch stabs at retribution in the discerning eyes of the public? Are they a mere fame-induced clutching at straws, aimed at prolonging cataclysmic falls from grace? Whilst neither intervention could reasonably be considered tantamount to UN peacekeeping missions, there is a case to be made that successfully negotiating a resolution would have surely secured the public salvation sought by both. On the other side of the coin, maybe it is a genuine concern for

the individuals involved that provides the underlying motivation. Perhaps Sheen and Gascoigne truly believe their elevated public profiles may have been persuasive bargaining tools when it came to convincing the perpetrators to concede and turn themselves in, thus reaching a swift and peaceful conclusion. Indeed, Dorner explicitly described Sheen as “awesome” in his manifesto, and perhaps such admiration ought not be swept away so lightly. Similarly, Moat hailed from more or less the same area as Gazza, and while their acquaintance was fleeting at best, what could be more flattering to know that a local-born celebrity had your safety at the forefront of their concerns? A few words of comfort might have yielded the solace both fugitives sought, safe in the knowledge that a celebrity genuinely wants to see them survive their ordeal. Then again, both involvements could just be the products of excessively delusional narcissism, or vocalizations of egos ravaged by years and years of substance and alcohol abuse. No one can be quite sure what could have transpired had Gascoigne or Sheen been allowed to get involved. Perhaps their influence would have proved to resolve, rather than exacerbate, what were precarious and ultimately fatal impasses. The fact still remains that both situations culminated in bloody circumstances that nobody stood to benefit from. Two fugitives were stripped of the chance to stand trial for their crimes whilst the families of their victims were left bereft of justice and the sense of closure that accompanies it. Why not then, with any other more constructive options not forthcoming, simply allow the two celebrities to act as peacemakers in earnest? And should this yield somewhat more desirable consequences, why stop there? Why not have the pair strapped into a plane and parachuted into the West Bank? Probably best to leave the lager and fishing rod at home though, eh Gazza? JOE STEPTOE is an Aggie city news writer, and thirdyear political science and sociology double major. He can be reached at jsteptoe@ucdavis.edu.

transportation via steam boats stores by consistently providing and trains. His firm produced a wide range of goods at very low steam engines with great success prices and building stores in small for more than a century. Given towns close to Wal-Mart warethe importance of the Industrial houses to increase efficiency. He Revolution in reaching our current has given access to cheap and restandard of living, Watt’s contribu- liable goods to millions of people tion is staggering. and his company is now one of the Henry Ford: American industrial- largest employers in the world. His ist who applied the “assembly line” actions have greatly improved the technique to automobile produclives of the lower and middle class tion to make reliable cars affordable in the U.S. to the American Steve middle class, Jobs: Jobs was These examples clearly show that a co-founder of where they had previously only the pursuit of profit should not be Apple, Inc. and been available to helped create viewed as evil or ignoble the wealthy. Even one of the first as he became more commercially viand more successful, the wages of able personal computers. He made his workers improved (as he looked Apple into an incredibly valuable to attract the best workers around) company via the development of and the prices of his cars dropped. popular and useful items like the Ford later developed an airplane iMac, the iPod, the iPhone and the company that produced the first iPad. These products set new stansuccessful passenger airliner in the dards for a wide variety of prodU.S. ucts that make our lives more en Ray Kroc: American businessjoyable and more efficient, and man who turned McDonald’s into Jobs made billions in the process. an incredibly successful restau These industrialists, businessrant chain, giving people easy acpeople and inventors epitomize cess to cheap food they enjoyed. the productiveness and pursuit of He ensured that quality would be rational self-interest that is promaintained across the chain and tected and encouraged by capitalmade the restaurant so popular ism. These examples clearly show that it was generating $8 billion a that the pursuit of profit should year by the time he left. He also es- not be viewed as evil or ignoble, as tablished the Ronald McDonald I have argued in my past columns House foundation, which is in— and that in many cases everyvolved in various large-scale chari- one can benefit from the innovaty projects to provide children with tion and entrepreneurship that rehealth care and educational supsult from that pursuit. port, among other things. Sam Walton: The founder of Wal- TRISTAN DE LIEGE can be reached at tflenaerts@ Mart who revolutionized grocery ucdavis.edu.

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