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VOLUME 132, ISSUE 48 | THURSDAY, May 30, 2013
Police actively investigate alleged hate crimes, double homicide
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Protesters demonstrate in front of the Monsanto campus in Davis as part of the worldwide March Against Monsanto.
Suspect in March beating due in court June 7 By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie News Writer
UC Davis Police are continuing their investigation of an alleged hate crime that occurred on May 12 near the UC Davis Arboretum. According to the UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD), neither the victim nor the suspects are UC Davis students. The police report stated that the incident occurred when the victim was walking along Levee Road, and the suspects slowed down near the victim. The suspects then allegedly exited the vehicle, a burgundy Jeep SUV, and repeatedly assaulted the victim, physically and verbally with “sexual-orientation bias slurs.” UCDPD Lt. Greg Murphy said the police are actively investigating the crime but can’t reveal too much information right now because it might jeopardize their search. “We talked to the victim, victim’s father and one of the other people from the suspect’s car,” said UCDPD Sergeant Don Malloy. “The case is still open and we are investigating.” Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and Mayor Joe Krovoza sent an email to the campus community addressing the crime. “While such behavior is inconsistent with our values, so too, is silence or indifference in the face of such a crime,” the email stated. “As Chancellor of UC Davis and as Mayor of the City of Davis, we want everyone to know that our communities deplore crimes of bias and that we are speaking out to reassert our lack of tolerance for acts of hatred and bigotry.” See HATE on 10
Movement attempts shutdown of Monsanto office in Davis Activists vocalize anger, concerns over GMOs By MEREDITH STURMER Aggie News Writer
As early as 6 a.m. on May 24, around 100 protesters had already gathered at the Davis office of Monsanto Company at 1910 Fifth St. — known to most as just Monsanto — to express their discontent with the actions and legacy of the multinational agribusiness corporation. “We’re just trying to spread awareness about their history and eventually bring them down,” said Kim Sloan, lead activist with the Anti-Monsanto Project (AMP) who was present at the protest. The protest was initiated by the Anti-Monsanto Project, a movement composed of over 30 North-
ern California groups and organizations, as part of the worldwide March Against Monsanto movement. The movement aims to “bring awareness to health, agricultural, environmental and political issues associated with Monsanto,” according to the demand letter issued by the AMP. That letter, according to Sloan, was sent to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), the California Department of Agriculture, Gov. Jerry Brown and California Attorney General Kamala Harris, among others, as part of the lobbying efforts of the AMP. The AMP lobbied at the Capitol on May 22, in addition to marching at the Capitol on May 25 and attempting to shut down the Davis Monsanto
UC President presents report on state of UC system Report outlines recent trends in financial aid, applicant pool By LILIANA NAVA OCHOA Aggie News Writer
University of California (UC) President Mark Yudof presented the Board of Regents with a report outlining the current state of the UC system, in comparison to the previous six years, during a May 15 regents meeting. “To the best of my ability, I’ve tried to outline the good, the bad and the ugly — and there’s some of each,” said Yudof in a UC Newsroom press release. Yudof has been president for the past five years and will be retiring in August. Yudof’s “white paper” report was drafted with the intent of providing a data-driven report about what has occurred in the past six years within the system in regard to trends and policies that might await his successor. “With a transition in sight, he thought it his duty to document what had transpired in the past six years — framed not by opinion or memory, but as a set of neutral facts. It is an unusual report in this way, and it also is what makes it so effective,” said Peter King, UC Office of the President public affairs director.
The report outlines the financial aid trends that have occurred throughout the past six years. From the 2007-08 fiscal year to the current one, there was a 27 percent decline in UC state general fund allocations from $3.257 billion to $2.377 billion. Despite the decline in general state funding, tuition has nearly doubled in the previous six years from $6,636 to $12,192. Although the University has experienced a decrease in state funding, in 2011-12, 65 percent of UC undergraduates received financial aid, with the average being $15,784 per student. Four out of 10 UC students with family incomes less than $50,000 are Pell Grant eligible, which according to the report, is almost double the average in comparison to other public universities admitted to Association of American Universities. The report also outlines trends in enrollment, applicants and graduation rates. There is a 23 percent increase since 1997 in four-year graduation rates with three out of every five UC students now earning a diploma. “Graduation rates for undergraduates have risen dramatically over the past 20
years, and it is taking less time than ever for them to complete their degrees,” said UC Provost Aimee Dorr in a UC Newsroom press release. Enrollment has also increased significantly, with 238,252 undergraduates enrolling for the next academic year, an increase from 213,646 students in 2006. In addition, the applicant pool has also increased. Since fall of 2006, there has been a 32 percent increase in undergraduate applicants. UC Merced and UC Riverside have the greatest applicant growth, at 57 percent and 47 percent, respectively. The applicant pool has also grown more diverse. For example, for the first time in UC history, Latinos were the largest ethnic group among applicants. Moreover, for the Fall 2012 freshman class, 45 percent were first-generation college students and 26 percent came from homes where the primary language was not English. “My reaction was that [President Yudof’s] instincts were correct — that his vision of a data-driven, neutral document was the right approach. It has been well-received by a broad range of interested Californians,” King said. Yudof’s full report is available online at the UC website.
office. Protesters blocked off the driveways leading into the office parking lot from Fifth Street, although the building was still accessible from a back driveway. On multiple occasions, drivers, possibly Monsanto employees, attempted to drive into the lot from Fifth Street before realizing they were blocked and driving away. Protesters formed a human chain across the back driveway at approximately 7 a.m., but let police officers through. “We’re just out here keeping the peace,” said Davis Police Lt. Ton Phan. “So far there have been no issues and we like that.” At approximately 7:30 a.m., a man on a bicycle approached the chain, telling the protesters, “I’ll run you down,” if the protestors refused to move and let him pass. See MONSANTO on 10
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Shrem Art Museum to break ground next year
DIRTY BUSINESS: a guide to campus bathrooms
University still seeking funding for museum
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By LAUREN MASCARENHAS Aggie News Writer
Plans are in motion to open the new Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art at UC Davis next year, but the university still needs at least $5 million to outfit the building and officially launch. The capital budget for this project is $30 million, which has been approved by the Capital Resource Management group and will be provided by donations and campus funds. In addition the start-up costs, the university aims to raise an endowment of $5 million to $20 million to allow the
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ONLINE museum’s program to expand, according to Karen M. Nikos, senior public information representative at UC Davis in an email interview. “There are four components to launching the new museum: an architecturally signif-
icant building, an innovative program, an endowment to sustain the institution and the art collection to be exhibited in the new galleries,” Nikos said. See MUSEUM on 10
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Support giving blood
Janelle Bitker Editor in Chief Hannah StrumwasseR Managing Editor Jonathan Wester Business Manager BEAUGART GERBER Advertising Manager Muna Sadek Campus Editor Claire Tan City Editor BECKY PETERSON Opinion Editor Elizabeth OrpinA Arts Editor ADAM KHAN Features Editor KENNETH LING Sports Editor Hudson Lofchie Science Editor RICHARD TRUONG Copy Chief Brian Nguyen Photography Editor Janice Pang Design Director
ASUCD At the May 23 ASUCD Senate meeting, senators voted to eliminate the BloodSource line items from the ASUCD budget. In the past, ASUCD has designated $1,250 for BloodSource — $1,000 goes to room reservation fees that BloodSource later pays back, and $250 is used for advertising. The chief driving force for this decision was because senators believe BloodSource discriminates against the queer community. It harkens back to the UC Davis Principles of Community, which rejects “all manifestations of discrimination, including those based on... sexual orientation.” At $250, the divestment is essentially a symbolic gesture, which is slightly ironic given ASUCD’s previous lack of support for Ethnic and Lavender Graduations earlier this quarter.
We are all for fighting discrimination, but fighting BloodSource doesn’t seem like the most productive way to do so. Thankfully, ASUCD’s decision doesn’t actually prevent BloodSource from coming to UC Davis — but it does prevent BloodSource from looking to the Association for advertising, and it does potentially prevent students from knowing when blood drives are happening. By withdrawing support, we are hurting a local nonprofit’s efforts to save lives, and more importantly, we are hurting the people depending on BloodSource for survival. The real problem is the FDA policy, which doesn’t accept donations from any man who has had sex with another man since 1977. It also bans donations from any woman who has had sex with one of these men in the past year. The
FDA says this population is at increased risk for HIV, hepatitis B and other infections. BloodSource isn’t necessarily supportive of this policy, though the bank needs to follow it, just as every other blood bank follows it. In fact, the American Association of Blood Banks (AABB), American Red Cross and America’s Blood Centers — a network of blood centers that BloodSource is a member of — all called for a change in 2006, stating that the FDA’s ban is scientifically unfounded. BloodSource is not the enemy. We agree that the FDA’s deferral policy is outdated, discriminatory and should be protested. But lobbying the FDA is a more effective route that the Association should consider, rather than discouraging students from giving blood to those in need.
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Online course evaluations A new online course evaluation tool is currently being developed for use starting next fall. UC Davis is the one of the last UC campuses to implement online course evaluations for undergraduate courses. It is about time the University made plans to implement online evaluations, especially when nearly every other UC has done this, as well as some of the graduate programs on campus. The current system of paper course evaluations is inefficient for a number of reasons. It is detrimental to the environment because it wastes paper. It’s also a waste of time —
professors and teaching assistants are not able to see the results of the evaluations for up to six months after they are completed. This is problematic. Without feedback, professors and teaching assistants are unaware of how they can improve their teaching. However, steps will have to be taken to encourage all students to fill out the evaluations because they will not be pressured to do it in the classroom. UC Riverside and Stanford give students incentives for completing the forms, such as making grades available to students sooner. This is one idea that UC Davis can
implement to motivate students to complete the evaluations. The program is aimed to be compatible with the new UC Davis student portal, which will combine SISweb, MyUCDavis, Smartsite and Class Search Tool. Students will be able to access it starting Fall 2013 and will use it for Winter 2014 registration. A new portal is needed to fix the issues with the current system. Having multiple sign-ons to access each website can be confusing and inefficient. These changes are welcomed and we feel they will better serve the UC Davis community.
Men’s rights
Memorial Day
SEX & SOCIETY with MARISA MASSARA
THE ANARCHIST with BRIAN MOEN
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n writing a column titled “Sex & Society,” it makes sense that many of my pieces would deal with women’s issues. After all, rape, body image and gender stereotyping are all exclusively female challenges, right? Wrong. Though these matters are most commonly associated with women, they affect men, too. Some issues, like female-on-male rape and negative body image, are almost completely ignored when it comes to men.
Women are not the only ones who are confined to traditional gender roles Many people even believe that a woman can’t rape a man. This belief is often based on the assumption that physical arousal automatically equals consent or desire. However, it’s entirely possible for a man to have an erection — a physiological response — while being sexually assaulted, in the same way that some women get wet or even orgasm in the same situation. This assumption can cause a lot of shame for victims, as well as perpetuate ignorant ideas about the nature of rape. Men who are raped by other men also face an incredible social stigma. While men who are sexually assaulted by women are often told that they should “feel lucky,” men who are violated by men must face a culture that treats male-on-male rape as a joke (“don’t drop the soap”).
These men also have to deal with the myth that male rape victims and perpetrators must be homosexual, a presumption that ignores the fact that most rapists and their victims are heterosexual (according to the NYC Gay and Lesbian Anti-Violence Project). Negative body image, especially in relation to the media, is another discussion that seems entirely devoted to women. However, a recent study by the University of Toronto revealed that one in every six people diagnosed with anorexia is male. On the other side of the spectrum, many skinny guys feel social pressure to “bulk up.” In the same way that Barbie dolls leave their impression on young girls, so muscle-clad action figures and Herculean comic book heroes influence boys. Kids’ toys can also reveal one of many societal gender imbalances that primarily affect men. While it is now widely acceptable for girls to play with toys traditionally targeted to boys, many parents are still hesitant to buy their little boy a pink plastic tea set. Women are not the only ones who are confined to traditional gender roles. Men, especially straight men, are expected to be tall, strong, aggressive and powerful. They’re told that a real man is the breadwinner of the family. A real man pays for his date. A real man is sexually experienced. A real man doesn’t cry. Straight men also face a unique struggle with their sexualities. On a recent episode of the “Savage LoveCast,” Dan Savage discussed See MASSARA on 11
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n Monday, like every Memorial Day, the cultural sphere was flooded with messages about thanking veterans for your freedom. Although the holiday honors fallen soldiers, social networking sites such as Facebook abounded with pictures reminding us that the military is the foundational source of our lives, liberties and freedom to buy a doublecheeseburger for only 99 cents. The last time a veteran fought for anything close to American freedom
The problem that I speak of is of the system itself, not veterans was in the 1940s. Of course, we should remember every fallen soldier, but we should not fall victim to the deification of military service that blurs our thinking and forces us to support the military system and its horrors, confusing the system with the soldiers. I don’t want anyone to be unclear about my message here, as this is a loaded and complicated subject. Veterans should not be treated like a problem themselves. They are not. We should not consider them categorically as wrongdoers. That would be a major mistake, one that progressive movements made in the 1970s, blaming veterans for the horrors of the U.S. War Against the People of Vietnam (I gave that war a more accurate name, as you can see). The problem that I speak of
is of the system itself, not veterans. Vets are among that system’s primary victims. That system — the military industrial complex, the capitalist war machine — profits immensely from war, and it does all that it can to instill in the population beliefs that will make them docile, ready to accept bogus reasoning that justifies horrific, antidemocratic violence primarily aimed at civilian populations. The whole veteran worship lie is just a way to indoctrinate people into the militaristic ideology of the U.S. government. It is meant to evoke emotions in us and get us to stop thinking that the military is a machine driven by politics. It is a way to get people to think that militarism is the source of our liberation. It is not. It is a primary source of our enslavement to a military-corporate sponsored sham of an electoral system. (The banking system is even worse in this respect — but that is another issue). Did you hear Obama and Romney talk about how we needed to only increase that military machine, never curtail it? Could it be more obvious? Neither side can resist the influence of military corporations, their sponsors. Sure, at some points in the past fighting was necessary to ensure freedom, but if you want to thank the people who are actually preserving all of the goods of freedom right now, you should be thanking teachers, investigative journalists, whistleblowers, peace activists and the people who spend their lives doing the massive See MOEN on 3
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Why I laugh
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LAUGHING THROUGH LIFE with MARCI MONTANARI
ANALYZE THIS with BEN BIGELOW
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can clearly remember walking down the hospital hall, preparing to see my friend’s dying grandfather, John. I had become attached to this gentle, kind man in the two years I had known him. His wife, Mary, met us in the hallway. She explained how John’s condition was deteriorating. In her aged face I saw the depths of grief and an utter loss of control. Her soft brown eyes were misted with tears. “The nurse was trying to dress him today and he sat up and said, ‘I’m just an old stubborn Lutheran German farmer!’ and then laid back down in bed unconscious!” she said.
If I give even one person a moment of joy, then my writing, editing and obsessing is all As she recounted this incident, she began to laugh a hearty laugh, as did all those around her. When she looked up, she sighed and said, “It just felt so good to laugh.” I believe that humor is immensely powerful. From laughter we attain a sense of freedom. When we really laugh hard, we feel overcome by joy. For a second, at least while in the act of laughing, worries are not at the forefront of our consciousness. And sometimes that second of relief is like a tiny space where we can be free. And that sacred space rejuvenates us enough to find the strength to pick up our burdens and continue onward. The reason I write humorous anecdotes is to try to offer people that laugh-out-loud experience. If I give even one person a moment of joy, then my writing, editing and obsessing is all worth it. I try to display real-life situations that stress personal imperfections or missteps. So much of the time we compare ourselves to others. We feel that we aren’t as polished, or intelligent, or talented, or beautiful as the person next to us. We fail to acknowledge our common humanity. Our failures, strengths and flooded toilets make us human. If we learn to love ourselves and others despite our imperfections, we create a far more accepting, healthy mindset. We learn to embrace our
messes and see that everyone else has the same dirty dishes in the sink. When we react to adverse situations with anger or frustration, we allow negativity to overcome us. Sometimes we take our anger out on other people, damaging our relationships. We develop a sense of hopelessness. If we can laugh about at least some of the negative situations we face, we render them powerless, or weaken the blow. I’m not suggesting that every problem in life can be laughed away. This is clearly not the case. But laughter can frequently soften pain. When my father spoke at his college roommate’s funeral, he told an anecdote about “Krekler” that is one of my favorites. Krekler, not unlike many UC Davis students, was struggling to balance engineering coursework, school and friends. One day he came into class exhausted and fell asleep at his desk. He didn’t just fall asleep, though — he fell out of the desk and landed sprawled out on the floor in front of an entire lecture hall. My father told this story, and a wave of laughter swept through the people attending the funeral. For a brief second, they all shared happiness. They had a communal realization that life is short. A precious memory that makes you laugh has immense power to turn sadness into an appreciation for life’s little moments. In the end, the littlest things always seem to be the biggest. I often think of one of my favorite Bible passages about an amazing woman, that says, “She is clothed with strength and dignity and she laughs without fear for the future,” Proverbs 31:25. I love that laughter is a form of strength. It’s not just fun — it’s encouraged. It gives us the mindset to continue forward with hope. Although stories about an overflowing toilet, or whacking a fellow bus passenger might not be earthshattering, or written with perfect rhetoric, I hope that for some person out there these stories have given a tiny moment of freedom. I hope to deliver a little taste of happiness that helps that person continue forward through the good and bad parts of everyday life. For more from MARCI MONTANARI, e-mail mcmontanari@ucdavis.edu, follow @MarciLaughs on Twitter, or see marcimontanari.wordpress.com.
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h, technology. The giver of light. The bringer of information. The creator of worlds both Orwellian and Farmvillian. In the sunrise of the digital age, in the shadow of Silicon Valley, I can sit and marvel at the technology that surrounds and permeates life, and I can see how it has changed our world for the better. Skype connects loved ones across time and space. Facebook and Twitter helped spark the Arab Spring. And Wikipedia lets me discover if Home Alone really did make more money than Home Alone 2. (It did.) But for all the praise heaped upon
Only most of the diners there prefer to stare at phone screens instead of their friends’ faces technology, Sherry Turkle, author of Alone Together, believes it influences our behavior and values in very potent and not always positive ways. In her book, Turkle expounds upon her study of how robots and social networks isolate us from each other. Instead of making lives easier, it can make life confusing and cold. We need look no further than our own dining commons for evidence. Only most of the diners there prefer to stare at phone screens instead of their friends’ faces. Games like Doodle Jump become more important than relationships. This even surprises Kevin Durant, who expresses his disapproval eloquently: “Doodle Jump? Man, that’s messed up.” Champions of social media claim that it democratizes speech. And to an extent, it does. But this democratization also debases quality writing and original thought by throwing them among the riff-raff of the internet. Should your friend who thinks The Avengers was a cinematic masterpiece really be considered alongside a New York Times journalist? I’m not so sure. Furthermore, Facebook allows you to “like” things such as colon cancer. Like colon cancer? Who in their right mind likes colon cancer? It’s a disease that can make you carry around a bag of your own excrement — not a hot, 20-something grad student you met at your friend’s party.
LETTERS TO THE EDITOR
Regarding ‘Citizens United’ Money has always played a role in politics, but the abuse of money has been exacerbated with the 2010 Supreme Court ruling in Citizens United v. the Federal Elections Commission, which [opened] the floodgates for massive spending on electoral campaigns with effects that have already skewed the political process. Take, for example, the recent House race in South Carolina. Republican candidate Mark Sanford, the one who admitted to cheating on his now ex-wife Jenny, did not receive any funding from the National Republican Congressional Committee. However, he was still able to win 54 percent of the vote over Democrat Elizabeth Colbert Busch even though the latter had $425,000 of ads from the Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee and had led in several pre-election polls. Sanford won because money from Super PACs and other special interests poured into ads attacking Colbert Busch. Citizens United rules that since corporations and other special interests are legally “people,” they are entitled to the same First Amendment right to free speech as individuals like you and me. It also ruled that since money is equal to speech, then these special interests have the ability to donate unlimited amounts of money to political campaigns via Super PACs, organizations that run advertisements for or against candidates or ballot measures but are forbidden from donating money directly to campaigns. These Super PACs are harmful to our democracy. On one hand, this system requires
politicians to be either very wealthy or wellconnected to run for office. On the other hand, once elected, politicians begin to respond to their wealthy backers, not to the people that they should represent. Thus, politicians begin to pass laws and perform other actions that harm the public interest. These include obstructing efforts to curb global warming, passing higher interest rates on student loans and working against laws intended to reform election spending. We are already beginning to see the effects of Citizens United. The eternal deadlock in Congress is a manifestation of this disastrous decision, as Congresspeople refuse to compromise on their issues — because they have been paid big money to advance causes that help the special interests. This deadlock has already resulted in the dreaded sequester, and I don’t know about you, but I hope that we don’t have to go through another one. Today, ASUCD will debate a resolution stating its opposition to Citizens United. This is part of a nationwide campaign whose ultimate goal is a Constitutional Amendment to reverse the effects of Citizens United. If you want to reclaim democracy, if you want to tell your children that they can someday become president, if you want a Congress that actually passes laws rather than blocking them, contact your ASUCD senators and urge them to approve this resolution. The fate of our democracy depends on it. Dial Hoang First-year atmospheric science major
Technology masquerades hollow, empty gestures — for example, sharing a picture of a soldier — as genuine and legitimate action. Admittedly, sharing is caring. Still, walking up to a service member and shaking his or her hand seems to be a more appropriate Memorial Day activity than clicking a link. They may have fought and died for our freedom to shop in our pajamas, but we should at least try to get out of the house — and houseboats — to thank them for their service. But for all the distance injected into our lives by technology, Turkle sees a glimmer of hope in a frail, imperfect place: us. We can change, she argues. We can reexamine our relationship with technology, and more importantly, with each other. And all it takes is conscious effort and purposeful acts. I saw this action taken by a friend of mine who I’ll call “Chris.” Chris invited me and two other friends to dinner at his house because he feels he doesn’t see enough of us. People lose touch when the daily grind takes over. Chicken, rice and asparagus were his way of saying “I treasure your friendship, in a platonic fashion of course.” Cooking them all said, “I don’t want you to die from salmonella.” Chris inspired me, although I only gave his restaurant a three-star rating on Yelp (A long wait to get in and only tap water? I’m not an animal). He made me want to connect with my friends and family in a more intimate, real manner. So I picked up my pen and wrote a few postcards, complete with Disney movie stamps. Technology can bring us together. Still, we shouldn’t forget to look up sometimes from the interfaces that launch a thousand apps. For all you know, you might see a face that could launch a thousand ships, much to my Greek homie Homer’s delight. Or exasperation. I’m not quite sure which, since he’s dead and I can’t ask him. But I think he’d agree with me when I say that we can choose to invest in each other, in life, in love. And that mentality, that investment, is something truly worth sharing. BEN BIGELOW thanks UC Davis veterans and active duty personnel for their sacrifice, and Chris for his perpetual inspiration. He can be reached at babigelow@ucdavis.edu.
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amount of research that it takes to create an understanding of our insanely complex system, an understanding which we can use to effectively make the system work democratically. Society is like an engine. Take out the radiator or the spark plug or whatever, and it won’t work. No one part is more necessary than another. They are all necessary — all of the economic niches, from nurses to factory workers to firemen. So, to say that military service is on some special level of necessity is wrong. Military service is like the car’s bumper. It only comes in handy when the rest of the unit faces a collision. It doesn’t actually make the car move. The way that our military has been used is like the bumper of a bumper car, driving us into wreck after wreck, from Korea up to Iraq/Afghanistan. These only made us less safe, less free. These only made military corporations stronger, richer and more able to influence ideology and policy.
One veteran who deserves waves of accolades is Bradley Manning. That military system that you’re supposed to worship told massive lies about the nature of our wars. You can see for yourself on WikiLeaks what Manning exposed at great personal risk. It is beyond clear, given internal documentation, who the military works for and how. It works against us, only to make us more beholden to it and its fellow cronies. You’re supposed to thank vets. But why? Because we value freedom from coercion for every human being (and we are supposed to believe, falsely, that the military is the ultimate source of that). Freedom from coercion is indeed a supreme value. If we are going to actually uphold it, we should think properly about the military as a system and veterans as victims of that system’s ideology. We should stop allowing that system to murder those veterans that you are thanking. That’s a real thanks, not some meaningless flag waving. BRIAN MOEN thanks fellow countrymen with his actions, not empty slogans. He can be reached at bkmoen@ucdavis.edu.
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30 / Thursday Shinkoskey Noon Concert: UC Davis Korean Ensemble 12:05 to 1 p.m. Yocha Dehe Grand Lobby, Mondavi Center Katherine In-Young Lee, director of the UC Davis Korean Ensemble, is proud to present a free performance.
Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series 4:10 to 5 p.m. GBSF Auditorium The Biomedical Engineering department is pleased to welcome Dr. Norbert Pelc, chair of the Department of Bioengineering at Stanford University, as their distinguished speaker Refreshments will be served prior to his seminar. Professor Pelc will speak on “Recent and Future Directions in CT Imaging”.
‘Ensemble Explorations’ 7 to 9 p.m. 120 Wright Dramatic Art MFA candidates Peet Cocke and Andrea del Moral present Ensemble Explorations. Cocke directs Heaven on Earth by Charles Mee and del Moral directs three selected scenes, including one from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet. This performance is free-of-charge and will be followed by an audience talk-back session.
31 / Friday ‘Anonymous’ 8 to 10 p.m. Wright Main Theatre Directed by Jarrell Iu-Hui Chua, Anonymous is a collaborative collection of personal stories illuminating the daring vulnerability of embracing womanhood. Traveling along divergent paths, Anonymous illuminates the real-life events of the performers, defining in their terms what it means to be female and feminine in a male-dominated society in moments that are funny, painful, poignant and surprising.
1 / Saturday Yolo County Animal Services Shelter Open House 10 a.m. to noon 2640 East Gibson Road, Woodland CA Join all of us at Yolo County Animal Services to celebrate the beginning of the ASPCA Rachael Ray $100K Challenge! Learn about the animal welfare world, the furry friends it protects and the people who make it all work, play fun games, win prizes, eat delicious food and maybe even adopt the newest member of your family.
Storytime Through the Seasons: Down Under the Eucalyptus 1 to 3 p.m. Parking lot near A and first streets
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Fallen Aggie soldiers honored at Memorial Day event New MU memorial, kiosk to be dedicated to student service members By SASHA COTTERELL Aggie News Writer
On May 23, about 100 people gathered to honor Aggies who lost their lives at war during a Memorial Day event. The names of the Gold Star Aggies — 135 fallen soldiers from World War I through the Iraq War — were read aloud as part of the ceremony outside the Memorial Union (MU), the building that was originally dedicated to student service members in 1955. “The department of Campus Recreation and Unions, under leadership of Executive Director John Campbell, has been preparing for the renewal project of the building. Through research into the history of the facility, they felt that bringing the meaning of the Memorial Union back to the attention of the campus was very important,” said Amy Shuman, HR analyst and executive assistant at Campus Recreation and Unions. Victor Garcia, a veteran of the Iraq War and a transfer/ reentry advisor in the Veteran Affairs office, said that the MU is a major part of the campus community, but unfortunately most people do not know the meaning behind it. “For a lot of students and the community, the MU is such a part of our daily lives, but a lot of them do not understand why it’s important,” Garcia said.
Garcia also added that the Golden Memory Book, a book that lists 134 Aggie casualties (the most recent death has yet to be added), is located in Griffin Lounge next to the fireplace, but most students do not realize it is there. The plan is to make this ceremony into an annual event to honor the Aggie soldiers who passed away and to create greater knowledge of the history of the building. “This year, we set the foundation for a ceremony that will become an annual event. It’s not necessarily the details of the ceremony that are most important to expand, but rather that through this event, we can increase awareness of the history and meaning of the Memorial Union,” Shuman said. A new entrance to the MU is set to be constructed near the current north entrance. In addition, a kiosk will be built inside where the names and stories of the Gold Star Aggies can be viewed and permanently honored. “The department of Campus Recreation and Unions seeks to make the Memorial Union feature a prominent part of the renewal so that all who visit it will know a piece of the history and will have the opportunity to learn more,” Shuman said. ASUCD President Carly Sandstrom said these new additions to the MU would be an excellent way to honor Aggies who served the country. “We are recognizing and re-dedicating this Union to those Aggies who were courageous and selfless enough to risk their lives to fight for our country. We are honoring our student heroes for their bravery and sacrifice to protect us,” Sandstrom said. SASHA COTTERELL can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
Five Davis neighborhoods top Atlantic’s list of most bikeable Old North Davis is most bikeable neighborhood in U.S. MICHELLE TRAN / AGGIE Bicyclists ride through downtown
Explore the natural and cultural world of Australia in this program for children and families. Take part in readings and hands-on activities about traditional Australian culture in the Arboretum’s spectacular Australian Collection. Sponsored by the Arboretum Ambassadors and Target. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880.
Davis, which was recently named as one of America’s most bikeable neighborhoods.
Davis BeerFest 2013 2 to 5 p.m. Sudwerk Brewing Co. Citizens Who Care, in partnership with Sudwerk Brewing Co. in Davis, presents its ninth annual benefit BeerFest. Over 100 handcrafted beers will be available for tasting. Included in the admission price are a commemorative glass, brewery tours, live music and food such as grilled sausage sandwiches. Proceeds will benefit Citizens Who Care, a nonprofit agency in Yolo County that offers social support and services to the frail elderly and their family caregivers.
2 / Sunday UC Davis Symphony Orchestra 7 to 8 p.m. Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center Christian Baldini, music director with the UCD Symphony Orchestra, along with conductor emeritus Kern Holoman, are proud to present a performance featuring the works of Tchaikovsky, Van Gils and Dvořák. $6 Students and children, $12 for adults.
3 / Monday The Wreck : A dance-work-in-process 8 to 10 p.m. Wyatt Pavilion Theatre The Wreck: A dance-work-in-process is a collaborative performance event conceived by dramatic art MFA student Mary Ann Brooks and performance studies Ph.D. candidate Kevin O’Connor. It investigates the intersections of post-racial and environmental crisis and is part of the ongoing “Improvising While Black” research of MFA candidate Brooks. The event is free of charge.
4 / Tuesday Music of the Ancient Maya: New Avenues of Research 4 to 6 p.m. 226 Everson Mark Brill, from the University of Texas, San Antonio, will be discussing the music of the ancient Mayan people. Join him for this free Valente lecture.
SickSpits Poetry Slam 7 to 10 p.m. Art Annex, TechnoCultural Studies Building SickSpits, UC Davis’ official spoken-word collective since 2005, is having their third end-of-the-year slam, featuring performances from comedian Michael Taber, UC Davis freestyle group OGC and more special guests. If you’re interested in performing, have two 2-3 minute long pieces prepared and sign up to compete by emailing schaubj2@gmail. com or messaging the group at facebook.com/SickSpits.
5 / Wednesday UC Davis MFA Dramatic Art Design Showcase 3 to 7 p.m. Wright Main Theatre Meet scenic designer Travis Kerr and costume designer Loree Sweger and discuss their work for stage and screen.
Davis Shakespeare Ensemble Reading Group: ‘As You Like It’ 7 to 8 p.m. 1615 5th Street Davis Shakespeare Ensemble’s Shakespeare Reading Group is back and ready to read Shakespeare’s classic As You Like It. RSVP now by emailing davis.shakespeare@gmail.com.
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By TAYLOR CUNNINGHAM Aggie News Writer
On May 17, The Atlantic magazine published a list of the 25 most bikeable neighborhoods in America, based on ratings given to each neighborhood by Bike Score, an extension of the Walk Score and Transit Score. Davis had five neighborhoods in the ranking and Sacramento had seven. Professors from Simon Fraser University and the University of British Columbia helped to develop the methodology for rating cities. The rankings are based on thousands of voters from the community near the headquarters in Seattle, Wash. Voters suggested over 100 factors that make a city bikeable. “Bike Score provides a 0-100 rating of the bikeability of a location based on the availability of bike infrastructure (lanes and trails), the hilliness of the area, nearby amenities and road connectivity, [in addition to] the number of bike commuters,” Walkscore CEO Josh Herst said in an email. The first Bike Score came out in May 2012, with rankings for only 10 U.S. cities, and today they offer a Bike Score for over 100 U.S. cities. Based on a city’s bike score, cities are put into categories: Biker’s Paradise (90-100), Very Bikeable (70-89), Bikeable (50-69) and Somewhat Bikeable (0-49). Old North Davis was rated as the number one bikeable neighborhood, with a perfect score of 100. Two other Davis neighborhoods, Old East Davis and Downtown Core, also received perfect scores, along with neighborhoods in Madison, Wis., Boulder, Colo. and Eugene, Ore. University Avenue in Davis was given a score of 99.8, and Interland/University Research Park in Davis received a score of 99.7. The high ranking that neighbor-
hoods in the City of Davis received from Bike Score doesn’t come as a surprise to David Takemoto-Weerts, TAPS Bicycle Program Coordinator. “Biking became popular in Davis in the 1960s, before the city started to promote it. [Davis is] flat, has mild weather year round and is surrounded by farmland. If you lived in Davis, your commute was relatively short in the 1960s — two to four miles,” Takemoto-Weerts said. In the 1960s, when Davis started to become a pioneering bicycle city, a much higher percentage of the city’s population was involved with the university than today, so any efforts to improve bikeability on campus inevitably spread to the surrounding city. “The city and campus have a symbiotic relationship,” Takemoto-Weerts said. Several of the top Bike Score cities in the U.S. are known as college towns, including Cambridge, Davis, Berkeley and Boulder. The bikeability of the UC Davis campus was greatly influenced by Emil Mrak, who was the chancellor of UC Davis from 1959-69. He aimed to make the campus more bicyclefriendly and in 1967 introduced the bicycle-only blocks around campus. He also made sure that bike parking was available at every building, close to the major entrances to encourage students and faculty to bike to class. The City of Davis was the first city in the U.S. to implement bike lanes in 1967, no small feat. “It wasn’t an easy process, [the project] had to go through Caltrans and various legislatures for approval,” Takemoto-Weerts said. In 2006 Davis became the first city to earn the Platinum BicycleFriendly Community Award from the League of American Bicyclists. The City of Davis is also home to
the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame. Jimmy Fong, a transportation program specialist for the City of Davis, said that the city plans to improve bikeability for its residents. “We want to improve safety, continue to educate bikers and incorporate infrastructure updates for problem areas,” Fong said. “In 2017, the 50th anniversary of bike lanes in Davis, we will celebrate with a festival. We want to move up to the Diamond BicycleFriendly Community award.” The highest-ranking neighborhood on the Atlantic’s list is Old North Davis, which is getting ready to celebrate its 100th anniversary. It was the first suburb of Davis. Old North Davis spans from G Street to the railroad tracks, and from Fifth Street to Seventh Street. Steve Tracy, the president of the Old North Davis Neighborhood Association, said that the neighborhood is working to improve bikeability for its residents. “For 10 years we’ve been lobbying to reduce the lane count on Fifth Street to two lanes and add bike lanes, which will be happening this summer,” Tracy said. Old North Davis will begin to charge for parking in their neighborhood, something they haven’t done in the past. Parking passes will cost approximately $75 annually, and the revenue will be used to improve safety for bikers and neighbors. Tracy credits the neighborhood’s high Bike Score to the amenities that are available in Old North Davis. “All kinds of day-to-day services are available in North Davis; the Davis Co-op, restaurants, a lumber yard and more. It is the best place to live in Davis; I’ve been here for 40 years,” Tracy said. TAYLOR CUNNINGHAM can be reached at city@theaggie.org.
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You’re majoring in what? Interview by SASHA COTTERELL Amie Patel is a fourth-year landscape architecture major. What is landscape architecture (LDA)? Landscape architecture is the planning and design of outdoor spaces. The world which you see outside of a building is designed by a landscape architect. It is such a broad major/profession, and there are so many different opportunities for LDA majors to explore after graduating. Why did you choose LDA as your major? I came to Davis as a math major, but I knew pretty much straight away that I wanted something more creative and more environmentally focused. LDA is great because you get to be creative and fluid in your designs, but there’s still a pretty strong science and factual base from which you derive your designs off of. It’s great to use knowledge and research from your lecture and lab classes and to input them into a design which has so many different functions. And all of the classes and things you learn are very relative to what’s going on the world today, environmentally. A lot of our classes are focused on how to make the world stronger for longer. How does the process to becoming a LDA major work? You enter as a pre-LDA major, and your freshman year you take the basic GE courses everyone else does. But sophomore year you start your pre-LDA classes where they teach you basic drafting and design concepts, which [are] really the foundation of everything. Winter Quarter you go through a portfolio process where you create a short portfolio of your work along with a personal statement really showing who you are and why you want to major in LDA.
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This is submitted to the faculty for review, and usually around 30 students are accepted each year.
During an exam, a TA noticed that a student was looking for extended periods of time in the directions of the students sitting around him. It was made clear that this was not simply a case of wandering eyes when the student was observed clearly trying to discern what was on his neighbors’ exams. Furthermore, he did not simply look once, but the cheating was noticed again at least 15 minutes after the TA first noticed his actions. On one occasion, the student was looking both directly at his neighbor’s paper when he realized the professor was standing no more than 10 feet away. Upon noticing the professor, he quickly turned his head and looked as if he had been caught doing something. Because it is explicitly against the rules to look at another student’s exam, he accepted probation through graduation and 20 hours of community service.
What type of work do you plan to do once you graduate? What kind of jobs can you get with this major? I’m hoping to get a job at a landscape architecture firm, but the possibilities are endless. LDA opens up so many doors in the design world — LDA grads are always doing new and really exciting things. I personally am very interested in urban design and designing for cities. What has been your favorite LDA class? Studios are always the best classes. As an LDA major you are required to take four upper division studios that are really challenging, but really rewarding. They’re also really great because each is focused on a different topic, all of which are really relevant to a current issue in the world. I’ve had a studio where we had to come up with a design intervention for one of the California state parks that was on the closure list. The challenge was to create a design that would bring activity and revenue into the park to help keep it running. On the flip side, I’ve had classes that were focused in reactivating really urban neighborhoods in San Francisco. The studios range from a lot of different topics, and they help you decide and understand what direction you want to go in after graduation. Who is your favorite LDA professor? All of the LDA professors are great, and so different in their focuses. The best thing about the LDA department is that even though it’s fairly small, the professors are all unique from one another and they are all so helpful. They all have different focuses which really helps us as students to really understand the different
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Amie Patel realms of landscape architecture, and for me it’s helped me get a better understanding what direction I want to take, because we have such a great faculty that shows us everyday what they’re working on. What has been the best part of being an LDA major? The best part about being an LDA major is the feeling of accomplishment that you get when you’ve finished a project that you worked really hard on. It’s different than finishing a really hard math assignment, which I’m sure is a great feeling. But when you’ve finished your posters for your final presentation, or when you’ve just given a really great presentation, no matter how tired you are, you just feel so good. And you have visual proof of all of your hard work and effort. Another great part about LDA are the friends that you make. Because the class sizes are so small, you get to know your classmates really well and it becomes a sort of family. We’re always in studio together either working and learning from one another. And you get a really strong support system. SASHA COTTERELL can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
A student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) when a TA grading lab reports recognized answers from the previous quarter’s solution key. The professor had posted the solutions to the lab from the previous quarter on SmartSite, but it was made clear that the students had to do their own work. A number of students had answers identical to what was posted by the professor online. The Judicial Officer issued a censure to the student, warning that repeated behavior could result in more serious consequences.
Double trouble While grading quizzes, a TA noticed two students had virtually identical answers to all parts of a quiz, which happened to be distinctly wrong. The two quizzes were next to each other in the stack of quizzes, indicating that the pair were next to each other when the quizzes were collected. Although cheating was not directly observed, the probability of the quizzes being so similar and next to each other as well was incredibly small. Consequently, the students were referred to SJA, and accepted deferred separation as well as 15 hours of community service.
WEEKLY WEATHER Short Term Forecast It’s going to be a hot one! As usual, the weather in Davis undulates between hot and cold, so the cool weather last weekend will be followed by hot weather this weekend. High temperatures on Thursday, May 30 will be in the mid to upper 80s, while the low temperatures will be in the upper 50s. On Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, we should see daytime temperatures in the mid to high 90s (and possibly 100 on Saturday) and warm nighttime temperatures in the low to mid 60s. Stay hydrated and avoid outdoor exercise in the daytime heat this weekend! Justin Tang, atmospheric science major
Long Term Forecast Get ready for summer because next week is going to continue the hot weather from this weekend. With sunny skies, we can expect consistently high temperatures throughout the week. Expected Highs: Low to Mid 90s Expected Lows: Low 60s Megan Simone, atmospheric science major
Climate Average temperatures for this time of year typically range in the mid 80’s. In general, the next ten days are expected to be about 5 to 10 degrees above normal. The hottest day in the forecast will be on Saturday, June 1, where we will approach the 100 degree mark. The record high for this date was set back in 2001 when temperatures reached 105 degrees.
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Senators close ASUCD budget By AGGIE NEWS WRITERS The ASUCD Senate table considered the remainder of the 2013-14 budget during the May 23 senate meeting. The budget for General Programs was seen. Controller Eric Evans said audit fees are increasing to cover taxes. The executive team, ASUCD President Carly Sandstrom, Vice President Bradley Bottoms and Evans spoke about Aggie Pack and its branding. Evans said more jobs will be created, and funding for tube socks was cut — the money for them will come from elsewhere. Aggie Pack representatives explained that they need money for outreach, as they measure their success through outreach. The table discussed lowering Aggie Pack personnel stipend from $49 to $42. The executive team was not friendly to lowering the pay and the motion failed. Armando Figueroa opened the budget for Educational Opportunity Program (EOP). He discussed fundraising, as this year they will fund the Special Transitional Enrichment Program (STEP) for low-income students. Steven Baissa addressed funding for the Cross Cultural Center (CCC). He said that UC Davis is the only UC campus with this sort of program. He strongly
encouraged the table to consider increasing funding, as funding amounts have been the same historically and they will need more to accommodate a growing student body. The budget remained the same at $5,000. The table then considered the funds for BloodSource. Chucha Marquez, chair of the Gender and Sexulaity Commission (GASC), said the organization “demonizes” queer donors, as there is a regulation in place that prohibits men who have had sex with men to donate blood due to an increased risk for HIV. The executive team said it is unfair to punish the organization for a federally imposed law. The motion to remove the advertising and holding account line items for BloodSource passed with an 8-3-1 vote. The budget for the Aggie Public Arts Commission (APAC) was then discussed. The budget closed with some cuts. The Student Government Administrative Office budget was seen. The senators discussed reducing hours. The motion passed. The ASUCD Entrepreneurship Fund requested more money for the unit. The budget closed at $6,201, an increase from the previous year’s budget. The table then discussed funds for Safe Boat. Safe Boat
representatives said they are aiming to become less dependent on the Association. The executive team asked about Safe Boat Education, which pays for Houseboat 101 pamphlets that include information on first aid. The table also discussed the amount of funding Safe Boats received from the Club Finance Council (CFC). One of the main topics of discussion was the consideration of $200 needed to purchase toiletries, such as tampons and condoms. Figueroa motioned to amend the Safe Boat Education/Awareness line item, to allocate $130 to it instead. The budget closed with some cuts. The budget for Environmental Policy and Planning Commission was then seen. The budget closed without any changes. The table discussed reopening the KDVS budget. Because the unit is under the Campus Media Board, any amendments to the budget must go through them. The table can only pass or fail the budget. After much debate, the table opted to leave the budget as is. They discussed meeting with the Media Board, but the Media Board couldn’t find the time to assemble. AGGIE NEWS WRITERS can be reached at campus@theaggie.org
Last week’s observed temperatures and rain (May 23-29) (Hi/ Lo): Thursday:......74/44 Friday:..........78/46 Saturday:......78/49 Sunday:........80/51 Monday:........67/50 Tuesday:.......78/57 Wednesday:..80/61 Brian Rico, atmospheric science major
Weather Story A new bill is being crafted to make the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration shift some of its funds from Climate Research towards the research of forecasting. This is due to reactions from the latest string of storms in the Midwest, the crazy weather from the winter, and the greater than average expected season. Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major
POLICE BRIEFS city@theaggie.org
23 / THURSDAY Bending the rules Somebody believes college students are vandalizing the “No Parking” sign at the corner of Picasso Avenue and Cezanne Court by bending it more and more so that it becomes increasingly hidden by a tree.
25 / SATURDAY Fair game Someone was concerned for the welfare of a panhandler and their child as both were fair and in the sun with no protection on West Covell Boulevard.
Surprised party Four females walked into somebody’s apartment on Cowell Boulevard, but the person didn’t know them and wanted them gone.
26 / SUNDAY Nip in the bud On Bermuda Avenue, a person has twice found flower petals left at her doorstep in the past few months and believes someone is leaving them there to figure out if anyone is home.
Cause for alarm Someone’s husband has been out of town and the door to his room left closed, but his alarm clock just started going off for the first time in several nights on Ipanema Place.
28 / TUESDAY Summer’s here and the time is right A female was dancing and skipping back and forth across Fifth Street, and the reporter suspected she may be on drugs.
Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org.
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MUSE ical Something, is an LA-based indie trio, blending hip-hop and rock with a California vibe.
sicians, the Concert Band includes members from over 30 majors, alumni and community members. Come see their final performance of the year.
UC Davis Chamber Choir Spring Concert
POETRY Poetry in the Garden with Zach Watkins Thursday, May 30, noon, free Wyatt Deck, UC Davis Arboretum A composer, musician and poet, Watkins graduated from CSU Hayward with a bachelor of arts degree in music and now lives in Sacramento. Come to the Arboretum for an afternoon of poetry with Zach “OmegaZ” Watkins.
SickSpits Poetry Slam Tuesday, June 4, 7 p.m., free Art Annex The UC Davis-based collective spoken word artists invite you to their Third Annual Poetry Slam, featuring special guest performances by Michael Taber, Tha Dirt Feelin and DJ Odd Job. Poets can sign up to compete with their roughest, rowdiest two to three minute pieces.
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Friday, May 31, 6 p.m., free Kleiber Hall The UC Davis Chamber Choir, a student-run vocal ensemble, invites you to their spring concert. Singing largely chamber music, madrigals and occasional modern music, DCC’s a cappella repertoire this spring includes work by Eric Whitacre, spirituals, traditionals like “Down to the River to Pray” (think O Brother, Where Art Thou?), “Moon River” (think Breakfast at Tiffany’s) and other beautiful music.
Friday, May 31, 6 p.m., free The Quad Come out to ASUCD Exec & Entertainment Council’s first ever Lawntopia! Feel free to bring out lawn chairs and beach towels to the Quad to enjoy live musical entertainment. The headlining band, Rad-
2013 Master of Fine Arts Exhibition June 1 to 22, free The Nelson Gallery The MFA candidates in the Fine Arts Andrew Armas, Jason Engelund, Evan Jose, Sarah Julig, Andrea Muñoz Martinez, John Tronsor and May Wilson present their work at the Nelson Gallery on June 1. The installation runs until the end of June. Opening Reception is June 7, 5:30 p.m.
UC Davis Symphony Orchestra Sunday, June 2, 7 p.m., $6 student and $12 regular Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center The UC Davis Department of Music presents the UC Davis Symphony Orchestra. They will perform selected pieces from Tchaikovsky with the Concerto Competition Award winner and Van Gils, the Composition Award winner, along with Dvorák’s Symphony No. 7 in D minor, op. 70.
Alicia Murphy Wednesday, June 5, Noon, free The Quad A 21-year-old singer, songwriter, guitarist and drummer, Alicia Murphy performs quirky, catchy songs about random occurrences of everyday life. Enjoy this UC Davis student’s unique sound, dubbed “humble pop,” for free entertainment on the Quad.
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Wednesday, June 5, 7 p.m., $6 student and $12 regular Jackson Hall, Mondavi Center In their quarterly concerts at the Mondavi Center, the Concert Band performs classic works, transcriptions of symphonic pieces and pieces from band and wind ensemble. Made up of over 55 mu-
OTHER Monsters, Inc. screening Thursday, May 30, 7:30 p.m., free Rock Hall ASUCD Entertainment Council hosts a screening of Pixar’s Monsters, Inc. Though they fuel their world through children’s screams, the monsters themselves are terrified of being contaminated by children. Enjoy the comedic antics and adventures of Sulley and Mike Wazowski once they discover Boo has followed them into their monster world.
Armadillo Music & KDVS Vinyl & Music Fair Sunday, June 2, 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., free Davis Senior Center, 646 A St. Here’s your chance to get your hands on some vintage vinyl, cassettes, CDs and DVDs. With over 50 tables, both vendors and customers in search of new music are welcome to buy, sell and exchange goods. Food will be sold and music will be provided by KDVS. Early birds can enter the event at 8:30 a.m. for a fee of $5. — Cristina Fries
NEWS IN B RI E F One Way Productions presents The Hiding Place One Way Productions is an award-winning theatre company that will be opening an inspiring new drama, The Hiding Place, on June 13 at the Veterans Memorial Theatre. Ingrid Laurentiis-Wilson, a John McGrath Theatre Arts Scholarship recipient and SARTA Elly Award-winning playwright, brings to life the incredible story of Corrie ten Boom. Adapted from the bestselling book first published in 1971 by ten Boom and Elizabeth and John Sherrill, The Hiding Place recounts the true story of witnesses of the Holocaust. In World War II-era Holland, Corrie (Talia Vlaovich) and her sister Betsie (Krista Mackin) secretly shelter Jewish refugees from the Nazis in their quaint Dutch home until their arrest and incarceration in four different concentration camps. The story recounts the heroic efforts of the two sisters, who sacrificed their freedom to protect the persecuted Jewish community. Their story is serious yet truly inspir-
By ANTHONY LABELLA Aggie Arts Writer
Xbox One's unknown audience Last week Microsoft finally unveiled its upcoming console — the Xbox One. The company mentioned how the system will be consumers’ one main living room device in order to justify the name, but let’s all just agree Xbox One is a silly name. Far more concerning are the details regarding the successor to the Xbox 360. My Aggie Arcade column a couple of weeks ago outlined a short wishlist for Microsoft’s big reveal of the Xbox One. The main things I wanted to see were plenty of games, a small emphasis on Kinect and
ing and brings awareness of the Holocaust to the younger generation. The efforts of the ten Boom sisters have not been forgotten. Similar to Anne Frank’s inspiring story, their story affected the hearts of many. To pay tribute to these role models, hundreds of people visit their home in the Netherlands to see the hidden room built behind the false wall. The Hiding Place brings to life their secretive and stressful lives and offers a deeper understanding of what life was like for Holocaust survivors. Showings will take place at the Davis Veterans Memorial Theatre on June 13 and 14 at 7 p.m., June 15 at 2:30 p.m. and 7 p.m. and June 16 at 2:30 p.m. Tickets for the performance can be purchased for $15 at 1wayproductions.org. Discount group tickets are available. — Larissa Murray
an explanation of the system’s always-on requirements. Well, it turns out that Microsoft didn’t feel like doing any of that during the event. Instead, the company showed no live demos, revealed that Kinect will be bundled with the system and only created more confusion regarding internet connection requirements. In fact, I’d say “confusing” is the one word that best sums up the event. The biggest source of confusion stems from that fact that I don't know what kind of audience Microsoft is targeting with the Xbox One. A large portion of the video game community thought Microsoft’s event was a disaster, myself included. Instead of emphasizing the Xbox One's prowess as a
ASUCD, KDVS, Student Alumni Association collaborate for Lawntopia Get ready for yet another round of free musical entertainment with the ASUCD Entertainment Council’s (EC) event Lawntopia. Sponsored by KDVS and the Student Alumni Association (SAA), Lawntopia starts at 6 p.m. on May 31 on the Quad with live bands and food sales by Woodstock’s Pizza and the CoHo hot dog cart. Headlined by the SoCal band Radical Something, the musical lineup also features local Davis band OYLS and other surprise guests yet to be released by EC. EC encourages all attendees to bring beach towels, lawn chairs and picnic food. For more information, go to their Facebook page at facebook.com/asucdec or visit ec.ucdavis.edu.
video game console, the company focused on television services, easier-to-navigate menus and other categories that speak to a far broader audience. Perhaps Microsoft intends to take Nintendo’s approach with the Wii and market the Xbox One as a system for families and more casual audiences. The fact that Kinect is now required seems to support that particular viewpoint. But when I think back to last week’s event, I remember Microsoft did not fully commit to such a vision. Microsoft still teased 15 exclusive games in the first year, though only one was actually shown (Forza Motorsport 5). The company also mentioned how next month’s E3 will be a bigger showcase for the system’s upcoming library of games, which always proves to be true. But how many of those exclusive titles will be Kinect-based? And how many of them will feel like rehashes of past releases with prettier visuals? Even worse are the reports regarding restrictions on used games. It’s a controversial issue that doesn't necessarily apply to me since I don't purchase used games, but if you want a subject that will rile up the
—Tanya Azari
video game community, then this is it. Xbox One owners will be required to install game discs to their hard drives. At that point the disc is no longer required, but that doesn’t mean friends can then borrow the game free of charge. Once a game has been tied to an Xbox Live account, subsequent users will have to pay a fee to gain access to the disc. That fee will likely be the full price of the game. What does that mean for retailers like GameStop or services like GameFly? Well, I can’t see them surviving with those kinds of systems in place. It’s like a big middle finger to companies that rely on used games sales. Microsoft has said it does still have plans for used games, but here we are a week later with no actual details. I can’t help but feel cynical after the reveal event. It seems like Microsoft is trying to be everything to everyone, but no video game company has ever truly succeeded with that kind of mentality. Some people have said we can’t truly judge the system until we see Microsoft’s E3 conference in June — I sure hope they’re right. ANTHONY LABELLA can be reached at arts@ theaggie.org.
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‘AnonYMOUS’ ...tells stories of women
Choreographed and written by : Avery Lincoln, Cynthia Arellanes, Jaki Joanino, Jarrell Chua, Kristen Rulifson, Manami Ii, Maribel Lopez, Micaela Cirimeli, Monica Ammerman and SusanJane Harrison. Directed by : Jarrell Chua Friday, May 31 and Saturday, June 1, 8 p.m., Main Theatre, Wright Hall Free of charge
Art collection features dance, film, written works By JOHN KESLER Aggie Arts Writer
The Department of Theatre and Dance presents Anonymous, a multimedia collaboration inspired by real stories of real women. The show will feature videos, text, participatory sculpture and dance. The stories are inspired by the lives of the collaborators, who all bring their experiences to the table. “These are stories about being women,” said Jarrell Chua, an MFA candidate in dramatic arts and the director of Anonymous. “These are our struggles, our joys and our experiences.” Anonymous came to be while Chua was working with a group of women last year. “I was trying to do a different piece and it wasn’t cohering very well. I thought, ‘What do they all have in common?’ and the only thing I could come up with was that they were all women,” Chua said. The project was made possible by a grant from the Puffin Foundation, a group from Teaneck, N.J. that, according to Chua, specializes in funding projects that don’t normally get funded.
“I found the Puffin Foundation while researching grants for a class I was taking. I actually wrote them for this grant as the final project for that class. I wasn’t expecting to get this grant, and now I am doing this show when my thesis is due,” Chua said. Chua was influenced by Anna Halprin’s “Life/Art Process,” which was developed in the 1970s and is discussed in Chua’s thesis. “It involves taking personal life material and developing it into art, as well as recognizing the interchange between life and art and how art can influence people’s lives,” Chua said. For this piece, Chua asked her collaborators to think of a personal experience that was very strongly related to womanhood. “We drew pictures of these experiences in order to extract it. Then we wrote it to extract it more, and then we danced for it. That’s how we came up with the material for this collection,” Chua said. Maribel Lopez, a fourth-year psychology and dance double major, is one of the contributors and collaborators on Anonymous. Lopez shares how she contributed to the piece by drawing from her personal life.
“My contribution to this piece was a lot of my own stories, sharing and reflecting as a woman and the woman I’ve become. Personally, it was a way of reflecting on my relationships with my parents and how they have molded who I am and reflect who I want to be,” Lopez said. Another contributor is Kristen Rulifson, a fourthyear neurology, physiology and behavior major. “My contribution was to share my story and to inspire other women to share theirs. I have tried to incorporate what women can do, the risks they can take and the strengths they have to feel empowered. I think that through this piece, my purpose is to inspire women and men to think about these issues and concerns that women face,” she said. Rulifson enjoyed working with Chua. “It’s been an experience, and I have learned so much about myself,” Rulifson said. “We work in a very creative process and in a safe space, so the movement that we generated has been real and novel, a reflection of our sensations that we feel as part of our identity as women.” Chua felt lucky to have this opportunity. “It’s been an interesting journey and a real pleasure to work with these women, and they’ve been inspiring both artistically and personally,” Chua said. JOHN KESLER can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.
Summer 2013: Gu i d e to m u s ic a n d m ov i e s By ANDREW RUSSELL Aggie Arts Writer
Look forward to months of new releases in music and movies. MUSIC Boards of Canada — Tomorrow’s Harvest (June) The Scottish wizards of instrumental electronica, better known as BoC, have defined the atmosphere of the new millenium with their enigmatic, daydreamy instrumentals. After an eight-year break following their last full-length work, the initial singles from Tomorrow’s Harvest point toward a new, brooding direction that is simultaneously tranquil and troubling.
singles from West’s highly anticipated new album, including a punk/industrial-influenced aesthetic coupled with harsher vocals, percussion and bass. It has yet to be seen whether West’s status as mainstream genre flagship will help to steer his contemporaries away from the dominant pop/ club-rap sound with this change in style. MGMT — MGMT (June) MGMT’s latest single “Alien Days” suggests an expansion and refinement of the neopsychedelic grooves the band ventured into on 2010’s Congratulations. While it was this stylistic transformation that alienated some of the early fans of “Kids” and “Time to Pretend,” the new album may prove to be a smart commitment and a further chance to improve their new sound.
terial about twice each decade, a new album is quite an event. Although no singles have yet been released, the word is out and the buzz is steadily increasing, enhanced by the group’s showing at Coachella last month and by the fact that this year marks their 20th anniversary. Washed Out — Paracosm (August) Original chillwave creator Ernest Greene’s breezy production is tailor-made for the summer season; for those unfamiliar with his work, his 2009 single “Feel it All Around” has been the unofficial theme song for the popular sketch show “Portlandia.” On his second album, Greene is sure to elaborate on the perpetually chill aesthetic he helped create. FILM
Kanye West — Yeezus (June) The harder-edged trends of hip-hop’s left field have left their imprint on the first few
Wu-Tang Clan — A Better Tomorrow (July) For an acclaimed group who releases ma-
Man of Steel (June 14) It is a sure sign of the long struggle to drag
an old-time superhero into the contemporary age that the creative reigns of the Superman franchise are being handed to Zack Snyder, whose gritty yet artistic visual style made 300 and Watchmen some of the most mesmerizing of action films. Working with producer Christopher Nolan, Snyder may just succeed in making the man of steel a more frequent visitor to the big screen. Monsters University (June 21) Pixar’s 14th feature-length film will also be the third sequel (in this case, prequel) for the immensely successful animation studio. The story revisits the early scaring days of Mike and Sully as they are first introduced to each other in their college fraternity. Lone Ranger (July 30) Walt Disney’s latest family-friendly action film has the chance to spark a new franchise See SUMMER on 11
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Science +Tech THIS WEEK IN SCIENCE Green Fuel Researchers from Lawrence Livermore National Labs have recently developed a process that some might call the environmental savior. This new process removes CO2 from the atmosphere and at the same time creates highalkalinity, carbon-negative hydrogen, which can be used for both fuel and to offset the acidification of the ocean. The hydrogen can be used as fuel in any hydrogen-fuel capable vehicle and would work to de-acidify the ocean in the same way alka-seltzer works to neutralize the acid in your stomach.
Living with pests with ALAN LIN • science@theaggie.org
We’ve all seen them: aphids, dandelions, cockroaches, rats, bread molds, racoons, pigeons and many others. We’ve seen these unique and resilient organisms deemed pests by so many. These creatures are often considered objects to be exterminated or controlled, and for good reason. They harbor disease, they eat what isn’t theirs (according to us, at least) and they can ruin a perfectly ordered garden.
rampant in areas where spiders were the predominant form of population control. Without spiders, we could literally be knee-deep in insects within a few years. Moreover, some bird species whose diets may depend heavily on spiders would experience a food scarcity and have no other option but to find new sustenance or die. The resulting behavior of the birds could result in increased competition with other animals, causing a
Adaptable Brain You may have heard the term “neuroplasticity” before. It refers to the brain’s ability to continuously adapt to new situations and environments. Doctors from the University of New South Wales Black Dog Institute have discovered that the brains of people with depression are far less “plastic,” and are far less able to adapt to new situations. This means that “depressed” brains are less able to learn and retain new information, and are less able to create new connections between different areas of the brain.
Electric Cement Researchers working with the Department of Energy and Argonne National Labs have just figured out how to turn liquid cement into liquid metal, essentially turning the cement into a semiconductor that can be used in electronics. This new material can potentially replace silicon as a conductor in electronics, paving the way for cheaper, more durable products without the need for the rapidly dwindling silicon supply.
Space Rocks The Oort cloud is an enormous “cloud” of comets, asteroids and tiny planetesimals that surrounds our solar system. Astronomers from Yale University have recently identified an asteroid from the Oort cloud that is moving slowly enough that we will potentially be able to study it and learn a great deal about the origins of our solar system. The object is completely frozen, so it contains preserved samples from the early years of solar system formation.
... we humans are participants in a system that extends far beyond our own needs I’ll submit that before we go and try rounding up all of these living things and giving them the same treatment as the western black rhinoceros or the American bison, we take a step back and consider a few things. Thinking like an ecologist (or a child), it becomes abundantly clear that all of these organisms eat and are eaten by others. The removal of any significant proportion of any of their populations would have a tremendous impact on the surrounding trophic levels, otherwise known as participants in food webs, otherwise known as things that eat other things. For instance, many people are fearful of spiders, but if we were to dramatically thin out their numbers in a short enough time frame, the results would be unpleasant to say the least. The spider’s primary prey, winged arthropods (bugs), would have considerably fewer predators and their populations would soon run
UCSD engineering team creates medical nanosponge
Mutant Cockroaches
Aggie Science Writer
Cockroaches love sweets, as many of you know. That is why the traps we set for them are so successful. The traps are filled with sugary sap that draws the roaches in, and traps them. But like something right out of a nightmare, some roaches have actually evolved to find the taste of sugar to be bitter and distasteful, allowing them to avoid the sugary deathtraps. The researchers from North Carolina State University have found that the roaches will actually cringe and attempt to distance themselves from any source of glucose. The best part? This evolution is most definitely our fault.
If you have ever taken leftover antibiotics for a common cold, you may have been contributing to a growing problem. Bacterial resistance to antibiotics seems to be a more frequent issue, and one that worries many professionals in the health field. Methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (MRSA) outbreaks are extremely difficult to combat when they occur, but in the near future, they may become easier to control. Engineers at University of California, San Diego have created a nanosponge that can safely remove a wide variety of toxins and pathogens from the bloodstream. A study using a lethal dose of a toxin from MRSA was administered to two groups of mice. One group was given an inoculation with nanosponges two minutes prior to the toxin and 89 percent of the mice survived. The other group was given the nanosponge inoculation after the toxin, and only 44 percent survived. In order for the nanosponge to work, researchers took a commonly used medical nanoparticle and coated it with natural red blood cell material. These new particles essentially act as decoys in the body, with the membrane camouflaging the particles. The artificial “sponges” outnumber natural blood cells by about 3,000 to one, and harmlessly absorb the toxins floating in the bloodstream. “With so many nanosponges, the chances of toxins interacting with [them] are much higher than the chances of [the toxins] interacting with natural red blood cells,” said Brian T. Luk, a contributing author of the study. “Upon coming into contact with a toxin, the nanosponge will absorb the toxin, thus neutralizing [it] and diverting it away from healthy cells. Eventually,
New Band-Aids infused with the building blocks of life could help heal wounds far faster than they normally would. These bandages are infused with RNA molecules that contain the genetic instructions for healing. The RNA can be delivered directly to the wound via the bandage. Surgeons can even use these bandages after internal surgery by implanting a dissolving RNA-infused strip on top of surgical cuts.
Bright Sound Believe it or not, there are still some things that science cannot answer. One of these things is why an air bubble can produce light when burst with sound waves. This phenomenon was first observed in the 1930s and is called sonoluminescence (light from sound). When an underwater air bubble is collapsed with intense sound waves, small bursts of light are emitted… and no one has any idea why. This may not be “this week in science” material, since we don’t know what it is, but it is very pretty. HUDSON LOFCHIE can be reached at science@ theaggie.org.
ALAN LIN tries to be a conscientious planet-mate. He can be reached at science@theaggie.org.
A sponge that cleans more than your kitchen
By NICOLE NOGA
Super Band-Aids
cascade of other struggles for food and further straining a damaged ecosystem. The overabundance of winged arthropods could result in overgrazing of plant matter or whatever items these flying bugs primarily eat and could ruin the ecosystem for everybody. Needless to say, removing a member of an ecosystem could have dire consequences. It is also important to consider that evolution is a very opportunistic tinkerer and natural selection is a relentless mechanism. Any unoccupied niche in an environment is asking for something to step in and take advantage of the situation. Cockroaches are successful because they’re resilient to so many would-be fatal living conditions. They don’t need to eat much or count calories and they reproduce very quickly in spaces that many overlook. They can also survive pretty much everything except a direct nuclear strike.
They can even have their heads cut off and continue to reproduce. Even if we did successfully engineer a system to wipe them out, something else would assume the then-empty role in a more tenacious way than we could imagine. These garden-variety pests as we like to call them don’t exist the way they do simply to be an inconvenience to us. They’re playing the game of life, and winning. Despite all of the things we do to make non-human/non-human-cultivated life a non-factor: urbanization, proper sanitation, removing the lion’s share of loose food scraps, carpet-bombing crops with insecticides, habitat destruction and the many other things that make humans an inopportune species to share a planet with, these organisms are not only skating by — they’re thriving. I’m not saying we should rapidly embrace the aphids, cockroaches, spiders and rats of the world. It’s often advantageous for us to remove them from our immediate vicinity for hygiene reasons. But it is important to consider that these organisms are participants in a system so prevalent, so natural that it’s very easy to lose sight of. The classical mantras of manifest destiny, exploration and conquering the unknown have been synonymous with progress and advancement. But in reality, we humans are participants in a system that extends far beyond our own needs. The tune of mastering the environment should be changed to one of finding a way of successfully coexisting.
the liver safely metabolizes both the nanosponges and the sequestered toxins without any discernible damage to the liver itself.” These nanosponges have been designed to absorb and neutralize a multitude of toxins and pathogens — not just those originating from MRSA. “Current treatments for toxins are tailored specifically to act against the molecular structure of a given toxin, and are therefore quite narrow in their use given the wide-ranging molecular structures of toxins,” Luk said. “We wanted to develop a system that could be used to treat a whole class of toxins, called pore-forming toxins. What all the toxins in this class have in common is that they lock into cellular membranes and punch holes in the membranes, causing the cells to burst.” Most anti-toxin platforms, or antidotes, must be custom synthesized to the individual toxin type. This is the reason different venomous animals have different antivenoms. The nanosponges, on the other hand, can remove a broad list of toxins, including snake venom and E. coli, which could revolutionize treatment for a wide range of ailments. “Instead of creating specific treatments for individual toxins, we are developing a platform that can neutralize toxins caused by a wide range of pathogens, including MRSA and other antibiotic resistant bacteria,” said Liangfang Zhang, a nanoengineering professor at the UCSD Jacobs School of Engineering and the senior author on the study, in the original press release. There is some concern, as with any new medical technology, that the risks may outweigh the benefits, especially since it has not yet been tested in humans. Yet the research team at UCSD is confident that when the nanosponges are introduced, they will be effective with no apparent risks at all. Other people in the medical field agree that the risk is minimal. “If the technology works as described, the risks are pretty minimal from a rejection standpoint. See SPONGE on 11
Real-life swipes By EMILY SEFEROVICH Aggie Science Writer
Imagine visiting the ASUCD Coffee House, loading up on delicious entrees such as a garden salad from Croutons, or a seam-bursting burrito from TexMex, pulling up to the checkout counter, and instead of desperately searching for plastic cards in your backpack, wallet or purse (ladies, can I get an amen), you simply swipe your finger to pull up your information and pay for your food. Thanks to engineers at the School of Mines and Technology (SMT) working in a new field called biocryptology, this reality might not be too farfetched. Biocryptology, currently used in products such as fingerprint door locks and retinal-scan identifications, is a real-life manifestation of science-fiction technologies of a bygone era. Biocryptology is a blossoming field of technology comprised of the functional combination of biometrics (the use of anatomical identification) and cryptology (the study of encoding private information). South Dakota’s student engineers are on the way to improving how college students experience and interact with financial transactions by way of the current plastic technology. This technology is a major step toward decreasing the inconveniences and increasing the security of students. Through the employment of smart fingerprint scanners, SMT is working to eliminate credit card-based shopping on its campus, and eventually, campuses nationwide. While credit card-based shopping presents its various problems, identity theft being the most daunting and common, this new biocryptic implementation seeks to forestall common security concerns. The new rendering of fingerprint-based shopping takes into account the various hazards that, in the past, have been associated with anatomical identification. Student engineers have developed a sure-fire way to hinder thieves who may attempt to use another’s prints via removal of a finger or limb by developing smart sensors that verify not only an individuals’ prints, but their functioning blood flow as well. While it may take a few years for systems such as these to become a reality at the University of California, at least you’ll get the chance to squawk at your grandchildren, “When I was your age, we had to use pieces of plastic to buy things!” EMILY SEFEROVICH can be reached at science@theaggie.org.
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DIRTY BUSINESS Do you have a favorite bathroom around campus? If you’ve ever been disgusted by the foul, stomach-churning smells wafting throughout the air of a campus bathroom or the unkempt mess of toilet paper scattered across the dirty floors, we don’t
blame you for being picky. From the best and newest restroom facilities on campus, to the worst and oldest ones that are still popular due to their location, we reviewed a handful of UC Davis bathrooms — men’s,
women’s, and gender-neutral. That way the next time you have to spend an unfortunate amount of time in the restroom, you can decide which place is worth using. Mark Burnside and Alyssa Kuhlman Aggie Features Writers
ASUCD CoFEE HOUSE
InfoRMATION Desk
Shields Library
OLSON
Next to the microwaves and the coffee line
Hidden in a hallway by the MU Computer Room
Close to the Library Computer room
Closest to the MU on the main floor
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 1-ply toilet paper
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: No check 1-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
Beyond the rows of endless books, when your brain needs a quick break from studying and your body reminds you that nature calls, you can use these surprisingly clean bathrooms. Unlike most of the bathrooms on campus, these ones contain shiny, black stalls that give an essence of professionalism. They are averagely clean, and while used by a fair amount of students, are never crowded. As Shields Library is also notorious for long hallways, their bathrooms are no exceptions, boasting more stalls in each bathroom than most on campus.
These bathrooms are two of the newest on campus, and home to CoHo employees. They are also known to be some of the better-stocked bathrooms. As they are among the more desirable bathrooms on campus, the female restroom is often busy with a line of women that can lead out the door. However, looks may be deceiving as the line moves quickly and these well-air-conditioned bathrooms with their eco-friendly dual flushing toilets are worth the wait.
Hidden among the bowels of the Memorial Union, these bathrooms have gained a reputation as one of the secret gems of the campus. However, upon closer examination, these reporters question the validity of these claims. These bathrooms have a unique smell that seems to be reminiscent of both cleaning solution and noxious fumes. Why anyone would choose these bathrooms — unless forced to given the long lines in the surrounding bathrooms — is a question philosophers will be pondering for ages. Is a secret bathroom inherently special or better? We think not.
WELLMAN
STUDENT COMMUNITY CENTER
Close to Kerr Hall
First floor
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 1-ply toilet paper
MEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: No check 1-ply toilet paper
WOMEN’S Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper
Among the more infamously sketchy bathrooms, these bathrooms do not boast a “fresh and clean” smell but rather provide an ample supply of graffiti, flyers and often broken bathroom stall doors. In the women’s restroom, one of the stalls has a broken toilet that has been covered with a large, black garbage bag for far too long. In the men’s restroom, you have what is probably the most awkward configuration of urinals you will ever encounter. Whoever decided that three large urinals protruding from the wall right in the line of sight of the main door should be punished. And in this case, an appropriate punishment might be leaving them in the bathroom for a couple hours. If the smell doesn’t drive them crazy, we don’t know what will.
GENDER-NEUTRAL Cleanliness Smell Appearance Well-kept: Check 2-ply toilet paper The bathrooms are undeniably some of the most beautiful on campus. Intricate light fixtures, slick doors and an altogether pleasing aroma make these bathrooms stand out among the rest. There’s one word that comes to mind when you open
Busy, busy, busy! These bathrooms are always hosting occupants with their natural urges, and in doing so, leave janitors little chance to tidy up after mobs of students. Toilet paper strewn around the dirty floors, lakes of water on the counters and overflowing trash cans decorate these facilities. In the men’s bathroom, you are likely to find at least one stall, if not two, flooded on any given day. But on the bright side of these unkempt pit stops, you can always find entertaining graffiti. It’s the UC Davis student’s form of Reader’s Digest, apparently.
Photos by Mark Allinder / Aggie TOP LEFT: Olson Hall women’s bathroom
the door and rest your eyes on these bathrooms: fancy. Eco-friendly toilets and all the works — even their soap smells like sweet, sweet nectar sent from above. The gender-neutral bathrooms, too, offer a clean, nice, private feel.
TOP RIGHT: Wellman Hall women’s bathroom BOTTOM LEFT: ASUCD Coffee House women’s bathroom BOTTOM RIGHT: Olson Hall women’s bathroom BELOW: Student Community Center gender-neutral
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MONSANTO Cont. from front page
The man biked through, and a protester asked if he worked for Monsanto. “Yes I do, and I’m proud of it,” the bicyclist said. In addition to the formation of a human chain, protesters employed the use of various chants such as “human need, not corporate greed” along with “hey, hey, no, no, GMO has got to go” and “hey, hey, no, no, shut down Monsanto.” Many protesters stood along Fifth Street with signs and were honked at by motorists, seemingly in approval. “This is the largest event we’ve ever had in Davis and and we’re expecting around 1,000 people to come through here today,” Sloan said. “On May 22, we lobbied legislators and sent out our demand letter, but today is about education. I believe highly in the value of public participation, especially considering what our government has done with Monsanto.” Monsanto and politics Sloan cited the Supreme Court ruling in Bowman v. Monsanto on May 13, in which the court ruled in favor of Monsanto and held that patent exhaustion does not permit a farmer to reproduce patented seeds through planting and harvesting without the permission of the patent holder — in this case, Monsanto. Monsanto has the patent rights to 96 percent of the GM (genetically-modified) seeds planted in the US, according to a fact sheet issued by the AMP. “Justice Clarence Walker was an attorney for Monsanto,” Sloan said. Sloan mentioned a number of other factors that have fired up the opposition against Monsanto, such as the failure of Proposition 37 to pass in the 2012 elections, a ballot initiative which would have required the labeling of GMO products sold in California. Monsanto was the leading financial contributor in the opposition campaign. A federal bill recently proposed by California Senator Barbara Boxer and supported by the AMP, the “Genetically En-
MUSEUM Cont. from front page
The museum is named in honor of proprietor of Clos Pegase winery Jan Shrem and his wife, arts patron Maria Manetti Shrem. The couple donated $10 million to the university in 2011, and the funds will be used for the museum. After a five-month competition, SO-IL, a New York-based firm, was named the museum’s design team in partnership with architectural firm Bohlin Cywinski Jackson and contractor Whiting-Turner. The team was among three finalists that were considered by a jury of faculty and professionals in the art and architecture fields.
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gineered Food Right-To-Know Act,” is once again tackling the issue, and would require the labeling of GMO foods. Sixty-four countries, including China, Japan, Russia and all countries within the EU, currently require GMO foods to be labeled. “It’s a huge issue in California, but we don’t have as much power on the federal level, so we’re lobbying at the state level hoping to eventually reach the federal level,” Sloan said. “That’s our first step.” Protester motivations The event attracted both seasoned and first-time protesters, all of whom had slightly different personal motivations for voicing their concerns. “This is the first protest I’ve been to in my life,” said Sacramento resident Lynn Sagerdahl. “I’m not much of an activist, but I feel I don’t have a right to talk about it without doing anything.” Sagerdahl expressed concern about Monsanto’s GM seeds and their effect on bee population, holding a sign reading, “All we are saying is give bees a chance.” March against Monsanto pamphlets available at the protest cite connections between GM seeds and colony collapse disorder (CCD). “I used to go into my lavender plants and watch the bees, and in the last couple years there are less and less,” Sagerdahl said. “I don’t think companies like Monsanto see the big picture.” Sagerdahl was not the only first-time protestor at the event. “This is the first protest I’ve been to in my life. I’m passionate about this because it’s killing us and killing our kids,” said physician assistant and midwife Margie DiFelice. “I bought a house in 1989 right next to the fields and would see the planes flying over and spraying. I wouldn’t let my kids play outside then.” Also at the protest was Andrea Mrotz, leader and organizer of Label GMOs Vallejo/Benicia. Mrotz graduated from UC Davis with a degree in microbiology and is working to ban GMOs in Solano County. “I did genetic modification “We were looking at a number of things, including visitors’ experience, energy conservation, sustainability and what was most fitting for UC Davis — everything from design and aesthetics to functionality,” said Clayton Halliday, assistant vice chancellor of Design and Construction Management and head of the jury. According to Halliday, the museum will include spaces for teaching, appreciating and making art, and for students to spend time with one another. “The design envisions a new type of campus art museum, more open and participatory,” said Lias Papageorgiou, associate principal at SO-IL in an email interview. “The main idea is to blur the edges between
in the lab there, so I’m familiar with it,” Mrotz said. “I think a lot of people don’t understand GMOs and what exactly they are, and with my scientific background I want to spread awareness in my community [Vallejo/ Benicia].” Mrotz became involved in the cause around the 2012 elections when she began volunteering on behalf of the Yes on 37 initiative. After the election, she began working with the California grassroots organization behind the initiative, Label GMOs, and wanted to form a group in her community. “If Marin and Mendocino County can do it, why can’t we?” Mrotz said on banning GMOs. Mrotz, who held a sign at the protest, has a tattoo on her forearm of an ear of corn. On closer investigation, it is apparent that several of the kernels are drawn to resemble human skulls. “The biggest scare is biological contamination,” Mrotz said. “It’s not just about protesting, but educating people about the small things they can do, like gardening. We need more people speaking out to be heard.” Monsanto’s response Tom Helscher, director of corporate affairs for Monsanto, issued a statement via email regarding the protest. “While we respect the right of individuals to express their point of view on these topics, harassment of individuals is not an appropriate way to further their cause,” Helscher said. “At Monsanto, we believe we are making a contribution to improving agriculture by helping farmers produce more from their land while conserving natural resources such as water and energy.” Sloan connected her activism with the AMP to other issues of social justice she finds concerning. “It’s all one for me. The raping and pillaging of our environment, to me, is connected to violence against women,” Sloan said. “That’s kind of out there. But that’s my ideology.”
MEREDITH STURMER can be reached at city@theaggie.org.
inside and outside by creating a portfolio of interconnected exterior and interior spaces all with distinct spatial and lighting qualities that create a variety of opportunities for art display, learning and experimentation.” The design includes glass walls that connect itnterior and exterior spaces as well as a distinct 50,000 square-foot steel canopy. “We thought this was truly the most unique design. It was most fitting for UC Davis and most closely matched with the requirements that we set,” Halliday said. “Right when you walk in, you know it’s all about art and art education.” LAUREN MASCARENHAS can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
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Partida case ruling On March 10, Lawrence “Mikey” Partida was assaulted on I Street by Davis resident Clayton Garzon in an alleged hate crime. Judge David Rosenberg of the Yolo County Superior Court ruled on May 21 that Garzon will stand trial for assault and hate crime allegations against Partida. Garzon is due back in court on June 7 for arraignment. “They charged him for everything we wanted him charged for,” Partida said. Judge Rosenberg said that there is a significant amount of evidence for the allegations made against Garzon. “When considering all the evidence in this case, the court concludes… that the crimes committed in this case were based and motivated at least in part on bias against the sexual orientation of the victim,” Rosenberg said during the ruling on May 21, the final day of Garzon’s preliminary hearing. The attack left Partida with a fractured skull, bleeding in his brain and many bruises on his face. Additionally, he needed surgery to remove a piece of wood lodged behind his eye. According to The Davis Enterprise, defense attorney Linda Parisi argued that Garzon’s actions were not a result of bias. “Obviously I’m very disappointed by the ruling,” Parisi said after the hearing. “Mr. Garzon has lived a life that has embraced diversity in all areas and specifically including one’s sexual orientation.”
Krause said in an email. Chucha Marquez, ASUCD Gender and Sexuality Commission chair, said in order to prevent acts like this from happening, the campus culture has to change. “I think that much of the work that needs to be done to prevent things like this [from] happening on campus revolves around changing the culture of the campus, which is often homophobic,” Marquez said in an email. “I think ASUCD has a lot of resources available that can be utilized to spread awareness about the issues queer students face on campus and tips on being good allies to queer students.” Krause said that at least once a week a student expresses feeling the impact of oppression in their lives in Davis. These experiences range from being stared at to more forceful acts of hate like hate language. Marquez said the LGBTRC and ASUCD can offer spaces to build community and network because feeling supported by others and knowing there is a community to go to for help is very important. Assistant Chief Darren Pytel of the Davis Police Department (DPD) said prevention begins at the community level. “When hate crimes are reported to us, we publicize them so we can send out a strong message to the community,” Pytel said. “We work with student commissions, Campus, city awareness the city council and the comand prevention munity to emphasize tolerThe UCDPD website states ance and understanding.” that they take hate crimes very seriously and have de- Update on double homicide clared the campus a hate-free The DPD is also currently zone in accordance with the investigating the double hoHate-Free Campus Initiative micide of Davis residents from 2010. The initiative is Oliver Northup and Claudia a campuswide program with Maupin. educational programs, trainNorthup and Maupin were ing and activities designed to found stabbed to death in their stop further acts of hate. South Davis residence after Elizabeth Krause, assistant police showed up to perform a director of the UC Davis Les- welfare check on April 14. bian, Gay, Bisexual, TransTheir home at 4006 Cowgender Resource Center ell Blvd. remains a crime (LGBTRC), said hate crimes scene according to The Danot only impact the victim, vis Enterprise. but also groups of people Lt. Paul Doroshov said who share the identity of the they have not made any arperson who was targeted. rests but are actively search“The argument in favor of ing for leads. Davis Police hate crime ‘penalty enhance- have been working with the ment’ statutes is that the crim- FBI, the State Department inal acts (violent acts) that of Justice and other law enare motivated by bias against forcement agencies. someone because of an iden“We will release info if we tity that they hold do not only make an arrest for a case like victimize the persons in the this,” Doroshov said. actual incident, they also victimize entire groups of people who share the identity of the PAAYAL ZAVERI can be reached at person who was targeted,” city@theaggie.org.
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What happens to your email after you die? What are your rights as a roommate? WATT’S LEGAL? with DANIEL WATTS • GPVERMPRWATTS@GMAIL.com
Question: Who owns my Gmail account after I die? And who can access my Gmail account after I die? There’s some stuff in there I’d prefer my family can’t read, but I don’t know if they’ll be able to. — David M., Davis, Calif.
“suspend or stop a service” like Gmail at any time. They also say Google can change the terms at any time, and could terminate your service for violating any Google policies. One of those policies bans you from transferring your account to another person — including your next of kin.
You might also remind them that refusing to allow access is a breach of the lease, and might be grounds for eviction ... Answer: Nobody owns it. You yourself don’t even own it. You own the intellectual property rights in the content in your accounts (and those rights would pass to your heirs, just like any other property rights), but your use of Gmail, Yahoo! or any other web-based email service is subject to a contract you signed when you opened your account. Remember scrolling through those “terms of service” and then clicking on a box that said “Dude, I totally read this?” (I’m paraphrasing here). Those terms of service still apply. And those terms don’t specifically explain what happens to your account after you die. But they do say that Google can
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the constant pressure straight men are under to “prove” their sexuality. When a man comes out as gay, people rarely question his authenticity; though he faces other struggles, his sexuality is not called into question (with the exception of those who deny the existence of homosexual-
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along the line of the Pirates series. With the star power of Armie Hammer (The Social Network) and Johnny Depp, along with the directing talents of Gore Verbinski (Pirates of the Caribbean original trilogy), this western adventure has an auspicious start.
Although Google’s terms of service seem to ban transferring your account, Google does allow a deceased person’s next-of-kin to download the contents of their Gmail inbox. After you die, your family could get an order from a judge commanding Google to open up the account. Or a family member could just print out and send a copy of the family member’s driver license, a print-out of an email from you (to prove you actually talked to each other using the Gmail account), a death certificate and “proof of authority under local law that [the family member] is the lawful representative of the deceased or his or her estate.” Google will either send the contents of the inbox ity altogether). But if a straight man decides to try anal play, or crossdress, or even just watch Gossip Girl every once in awhile, his straightness falls under scrutiny. While women must struggle with sexual objectification, men must also face societal challenges to their self-worth. Male disposability is so deeply ingrained in our culture that few even notice it. Men still need to sign up for the draft, and are
Emmerich had finally cornered the market on giant robot and monster movies, the genre receives an intriguing outing from Guillermo del Toro (Hellboy, Pan’s Labyrinth), whose grotesquely intricate creations are often a mere visual bonus to strong storytelling.
on a CD or close the account entirely, depending on the request. Question: We have a roommate who is moving out at the end of the lease and is being profoundly difficult with respect to allowing us to see the bedroom so we can get a new roommate. They requested 24 hours notice, which we try to accommodate, but given our schedules, it is often difficult. The roommate says that if we don’t give them 24 hours notice, or if they don’t consent, that their rights are being violated. However, some laws I’ve read suggest that 24 hours is a reasonable amount of notice and that they can’t refuse to allow us to see the room. What are their rights? What are ours? What options do we have for getting a new roommate for the new lease year? We talked to our landlord, who agrees the tenant is being unreasonable, especially since our lease says that a tenant needs only four hours notice before the “landlord or his agent” shows the room. — Van T., Davis, Calif. Answer: 24 hours is plenty of notice. But it’s your landlord, not you, who has the right to show the room. According to California Civil Code section 1954, a landlord may enter the house to “exhibit the dwelling unit to prospective often encouraged to choose more dangerous occupations. The sacrificial “women and children first” dynamic tells men that their lives are relatively worthless, just by virtue of their gender. Feminists and MRAs (men’s rights advocates) are often at each other’s throats, engaged in a ridiculous battle over who “has it worse.” However, I don’t see how these two movements cannot be complementary. Just because each group focuses
Kick-Ass 2 (August 14) A promising first sequel in a superhero franchise that has not yet worn out its welcome, KickAss 2 goes all out in introducing a wild bevy of new heroes and villains, among them Jim Carrey in prosthetic makeup as asskicking patriot Colonel Stars and Stripes, Donald Faison as Dr. Gravity and a returning Christopher Mintz-Plasse as the audaciously titled The Mother Fucker.
Elysium (August 9) South African director Neil Blomkamp’s follow up to 2009’s District 9 stars Matt Damon as a citizen of an impoverished future Earth, Pacific Rim (July 12) who must find a way to infiltrate Just when you thought that the an extremely luxurious off-world ANDREW RUSSELL can be reached at likes of Michael Bay and Roland habitat known as Elysium. arts@theaggie.org.
or actual purchasers, mortgagees, [or] tenants.” And your lease, as you’ve quoted it, says that only four hours is enough notice before the landlord can exhibit the room. You, however, are not the landlord. You are a co-tenant. It seems your landlord is on board with you showcasing the house, though. One easy solution would be for your landlord to deputize you, preferably in writing, making you his agent. As his agent, you could enter the room with at least four hours’ notice (according to the lease) or 24 hours’ notice (according to California law). The landlord could write up something saying that “Van T. is my authorized agent and will exhibit your room to prospective tenants on June 5, 2013 at 5 p.m.” Post that on your roommate’s door at least 24 hours in advance along with a highlighted copy of the lease and California Civil Code 1954. You might also remind them that refusing to allow access is a breach of the lease, and might be grounds for eviction — and payment of the landlord’s attorney fees. Daniel is a Sacramento attorney, former Davis City Council candidate and graduate of UC Davis School of Law. He’ll answer questions sent to him at governorwatts@gmail.com or tweeted to @ governorwatts.
on the issues of a particular gender does not mean that they should automatically dismiss the issues of the other. Despite male institutional power and privilege, men still face societal and cultural challenges, and these challenges should be acknowledged in modern gender discourse. MARISA MASSARA can be reached at mvmassara@ ucdavis.edu.
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They are constructed of polymer cores that are unlikely to induce a strong immune response and they are also covered in host red cell membranes. The body will probably tolerate these things for a while,” said Stephen McSorley, an associate professor in comparative anatomy, cell biology and physiology at UC Davis. “The other issue is that even if they were rejected, they are designed to do their work so quickly that they don’t need to
be in the body for a long period. Anti-venoms work in a similar way, they consist of foreign antibodies (usually from horse or goat) that will eventually be rejected, but they act quickly enough that they neutralize the venom before that becomes an issue.” These tiny particles are making big waves in the medical field. Should these nanosponges prove successful in human trials, we should expect to see them entering the consumer market in a big way. NICOLE NOGA can be reached at science@ theaggie.org.
Public forums announced for vice chancellor for Student Affairs candidates The recruitment advisory committee for the vice chancellor for Student Affairs has scheduled interviews as well as public forums for two candidates. The first candidate’s public forum will be held Monday, June 3 from 2 to 3:30 p.m. in the Mondavi Center’s Vanderhoef Studio Theatre. The second candidate’s forum will be Tuesday, June 3 at the same time and location. The candidates’ names and CVs will be posted 48 hours prior to the interviews on Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi’s initiatives site, http://chancellor.ucdavis.edu/initiatives/vc-student-affairs/index.html. Members of the campus community are encouraged to attend these meetings and send comments about the candidates to vcstudentaffairssearch@ucdavis.edu within 48 hours of the second forum. Adela de la Torre is serving as in-
terim vice chancellor through July 31, or until her replacement is appointed. She was formerly chair of the Chicana/o Studies department, and in her interim role, she receives an annual base salary of $235,998, according to Dateline. She replaced Fred Wood, who left UC Davis last June to become chancellor of the University of Minnesota, Crookston. The vice chancellor for Student Affairs manages more than 750 employees and an annual operating budget of $657 million. Student Affairs oversees enrollment services, academic support, student housing, student health and psychological services, student life, campus community and campus climate, internships and career services, campus unions, the UC Davis stores and other capital projects. — Janelle Bitker
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Senior Paul Politi hit a single in last week’s game against Stanford.
A road less traveled A season of highs and lows for Aggie baseball By SHAUN MONCADA Aggie Sports Writer
The Aggies completed their season with a 19-37 record overall and finished with a 5-22 record in conference play. UC Davis may look upon this season as a down year, but there were some positive moments. In a season of struggles, the Aggies can view their experience as a platform to build off of in the future. Heading into the 2012-13 season, coach Matt Vaughn began his second year as head coach of the UC Davis baseball team. He came into the season with a young Aggie squad consisting of just a few seniors. “When you lose three starters — Anthony Kubpens, Dayne Quist and Tom Briner — in the same year, that is a big blow,” Vaughn said. UC Davis opened up their season with a giant victory against Pac-12 foe Washington. In a game in which the Aggies never trailed, the 8-4 victory marked only the second straight year that the Aggies opened up the season with a Pac-12 Conference member. The Aggies would go on to eventually win the four-game series. “For the most part we did a very good job,” Vaughn
said. “To get three wins against a very good Pac-12 — you cannot start much better than that.” The Aggies continued their early season success with a 22-4 decimation of San Jose State, which interestingly set a Davis school record for batters getting hit by a pitch, as seven batters trotted to first base the hard way. Davis would then begin to struggle mightily however, losing several non-conference series matchups against Utah, Oklahoma State, CSU Bakersfield and Seattle University. However, a 2-1 thriller at Dobbins Stadium against Stanford proved a high point in the season. Down 1-0 to begin the bottom of the ninth, sophomore John Williams crushed a 3-2 pitch to right field for a triple. Stanford would retire the next two batters, but Williams would eventually score on a costly Stanford wild pitch. The Aggies would take advantage of the error. With a single from senior Paul Politi and a walk to junior Steven Patterson, junior Nick Lynch connected on his first pitch with a single to right field, bringing Politi home for a walkoff win. “This was a big win especially coming off a tough series against Seattle University,” Vaughn said. Following the exciting Stanford victory, the Aggies would begin conference play on the road against 21stranked Cal Poly, which would lead to another streak of consecutive conference losses. Davis would lose their first nine conference games to fourth-ranked Cal State Fullerton and then Long Beach State. In what was statistically the toughest schedule in Big West play, the Aggies were
able to maintain consistent hitting throughout, ranking top five in conference with a .281 team batting average. Davis would pick up their first conference victory and series sweep against UC Riverside. In the sweep, Politi shined with two home runs and went 4-5 in their final game of the series. Patterson maintained a hot bat as well, as he went 3-5 with three runs and a game-high five RBI, including a solo home run. “We weren’t playing well but we were playing hard in that tough stretch,” Vaughn said. “To finally have our efforts pay off with some wins is fun.” However, following their series sweep of UC Riverside, the Aggies’ struggles in conference remained, losing season series to nationally ranked UC Irvine, Cal Northridge, Hawai’i and UC Santa Barbara. The Aggies’ bright spot during this span was a roadconference series victory against Pacific which saw junior Harry Stanwyck toss the Aggies’ first shutout of the season and of his career. The final stretch of the Aggie season also saw increased hitting production from Patterson, who held a team-high 13-game hit streak during his streak of 27 consecutive games reaching base. What separates a good team from a great team is learning from mistakes and hardships. While the Aggies lose several seniors who helped contribute to their conference leading 555 hits and third-ranked .283 batting average, the Aggies still hold onto key contributors such as Patterson, Williams and Lynch. Meanwhile, the inexperienced pitching staff gained valuable experience and playing time this season on their way to posting a 5.32 ERA. Hopefully, the Aggies can use these experiences as a chance to learn and grow as players. Maybe next year Aggie baseball will be on the rise. SHAUN MONCADA can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.
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backstop ready to take on that role. How has your strength and endurance grown since you came in as a freshman? I would say I’ve grown a lot since I started as a freshman. It took me a little to adjust from the shorter games we played in travel ball to the over two-hour games here in college, but my endurance has definitely improved. But I know there’s always room for more improvement. I want to be able to throw two or three games in a day and still feel strong. You’ve once again received top honors being named to First Team this year. How does it feel after an up-and-down season for the team to finish on a high note with both yourself and your shortstop receiving that honor? I mean, it feels great and I’m so glad our freshman earned that honor — she did amazingly this season. We did have a little trouble this year, but after this season we know where we’re at and that we’re capable of winning the Big West. There is extreme potential for the team we have here. BRIAN NGUYEN / AGGIE
Sophomore Justine Vela was named to the All-Big West Conference First team for a second year in a row.
However, one player that has consistently performed at a high level for the team both this season and last is sophomore Justine Vela. The Bakersfield, Calif. native has once again been named to All-Big West Conference First team for her second solid year of pitching for the Aggies. She finished off the 2013 season with a 2.03 ERA, the lowest average in the Big West. With two more years of ball ahead, there are high hopes both for herself and the rest of the team to do big things in the Big West and beyond. She sat down with Aggie Sports Writer Sloan Boettcher to discuss where it all began, her sports hero and her expectations for her next two years wearing Aggie Blue.
Inside the game with Justine Vela By SLOAN BOETTCHER Aggie Sports Writer
Although UC Davis women’s softball did not make it to regionals, sweeping Cal Poly with three big wins allowed the girls to end their season on a positive note.
The Aggie: How old were you when you first started playing ball? Vela: I started when I was like four or five playing tee-ball. But I didn’t start playing competitively till I was 10. Have you always been a pitcher or were
you the kind of player that covered every position on the field as a kid? When I first started out I played third. I guess I had trouble because my parents always said I had bruises on my shins. I started pitching when I was 10 after one of the other players on my team broke her wrist during a game and the coach asked me if I wanted to pitch. As a freshman, you came in and dominated throughout the season, being named to All-Big West Conference First Team and receiving the honor of Big West Conference Pitcher of the Year. How did it feel coming in so young and establishing yourself as the No. 1 pitcher for the Aggies? Was it intimidating at all or just excited to take on that role? I was definitely excited. There’s always a little nervousness as a freshman, coming in and playing Division I athletics. My club coaches prepared me for the experience that I was going to go through as a freshman and I knew I was going to be taught a lot here at Davis. I was definitely eager and
Third time’s the charm for Aggies at NCAA Championships Women’s golf finishes highest ever in NCAA finals By Sloan Boettcher Aggie Sports Writer
After a long four days of play, the UC Davis women’s golf team posted its best finish ever at the Division I NCAA Championships in Athens, Ga. With this being their third trip to the biggest event in collegiate golf, the ladies finished 16th out of 24 in the tournament, which included some of the best women’s college golf teams in the nation. The competition began May 21, with the Aggies finishing day one tied with University of Texas at 15th, thanks to outstanding performances all around. Freshmen Betty Chen and Andrea Wong each rose to the occasion in their national finals debuts, with Chen hitting a oneover 73 tying for 33rd individually and Wong ending with a 77,
putting her tied for 89th. Both of the Aggies’ seniors shot well on the first day as well, with Demi Runas posting a 74 putting her in 46th, and Amy Simanton firing a solid three-over 75 placing her tied for 64th. Rolling into day two, the team did not shoot as well as head coach Anna Temple would have wished, falling to 17th, tied with University of Oregon. “Today was an opportunity for us to move up and we didn’t quite take advantage of that,” Temple said. However, with two more days of golf left, the Aggies still had plenty of time to improve upon any mistakes made. Continued success out on the course from Runas and Chen kept the team in contention, with Chen shooting a 72 on day three and Runas going one-under 71.
Confidence levels were rising coming into the last day of play for the team as they finished tied for 13th on May 23. “We played well today,” Temple said. “We have a great opportunity to have everyone play well in the final round and leave this championship with a good result.” Although they dropped from 13th to 16th in their last round, the girls each contributed to the best finish in the team’s history. Sophomore Beverly Vatananugulkit stepped up her game, hitting four-over 76 and giving the team a solid backing for Friday’s finale. Despite not winning the tournament, the athletes can be proud of another highly successful season, establishing UC Davis women’s golf among the best in the nation. The team has qualified for three fairly recent NCAA
On a different note, I read that your sports hero is Bethany Hamilton, a wellknown female surfer. Obviously she is quite inspirational coming back after losing her arm in a tragic surfing accident, but could you tell me why in particular you chose her as your hero? I think the reason I chose her was because you have to be strong on the mound. If I let myself show any discouragement it rubs off on the team; being able to lose an arm and still wanting to go out and surf and push yourself to do that is very inspirational. I’ve always wanted to be very calm and not let my emotions show — if I’m off, I can throw the team off. I just know that the team feeds off the energy that I give. I always want to give off positive energy. And one final question — what are your hopes and expectations for yourself and the team for next year? Definitely to win conference and make it to regionals. After this year there is no doubt that there’s potential there. The biggest thing is to realize we have this talent and have the potential to win conference and go further than regionals. It’s definitely an obtainable goal. SLOAN BOETTCHER can be reached at sports@ theaggie.org.
national tournaments, including this year’s tournament. In the team’s past two appearances at the championships they placed 21st in 2008 and 20th in 2011. Finishing 16th is a new high for the athletes and sets the Aggies up for continued success coming into next year. The key throughout this season has been standout performances from every player on the roster. From freshman to senior, everyone played solid golf. As a result, the Aggies have picked up quite a few awards this season. Despite all the success the Aggies have had this year, they are looking forward to next year and hoping to improve their national standings once again. However, the team will have some gaps to fill in 2014, as they are losing two outstanding seniors in Runas and Simanton. Simanton began her career at UC Davis on a high note, as she was named Big West Freshman of the Year in 2010. Her success continued as she tied for 15th at the 2011 NCAA Finals and finished second twice at the Big West Championships. Simanton was a member of the All-Big West firstteam all four years as an Aggie. In her last tournament she finished
tied for 102nd, playing strong all week in Georgia. Although Runas was not able to end her collegiate career with a number one team finish, she still received great news while in Athens. On May 22, it was announced that she was the recipient of the Dr. Hubert Heitman Award as the outstanding femalestudent athlete of the 2012-13 season, the highest honor awarded to UC Davis student-athletes. Runas was highly deserving of this top honor, after playing an amazing four seasons with the Aggies. Over the span of her college career, she was chosen Big West Golfer of the Year three times and named to All-Conference first-team all four years. She ends her time at UC Davis ranked 18th in the nation, with two first place tournament finishes her junior year. Although UC Davis is losing two outstanding seniors, the Aggies still have six of eight returners. As the team finishes higher and higher each season in the finals, the numbers are in their favor to continue to improve upon those rankings in the seasons to come. SLOAN BOETTCHER can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.