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UC DAVIS STUDENTS USE ASUCD SERVICES EVERY DAY: WHAT IS IT, HOW TO GET INVOLVED Association employs over 1,000 students, organizes events such as Picnic Day, Whole Earth Festival MACLEAN HARTFORD / AGGIE

The connective organization overseeing a diverse range of activities and opportunities throughout UC Davis — from serving students in on-campus eateries to serving their needs in student government, to bussing students to and from campus, organizing events such as Picnic Day and the Whole Earth Festival and providing a myriad of employment opportunities — is the Associated Students of UC Davis (ASUCD). “One thing I didn’t necessarily realize, especially my first year, is exactly how much ASUCD really does and how many services we provide for students on campus,” said current Senate Pro Tempore and third-year economics and environmental policy analysis and planning double major Jake Sedgley. “I personally use ASUCD services every day, and I’m sure that most of the campus does [as well].” ASUCD manages a $14 million budget which is allocated to fund student services, activities and events. According to second-year economics and political science double major and ASUCD President Michael Gofman, “a small majority” of total funds is dedicated to student wages. “ASUCD is one of the largest student-run organizations across California, if not the United States,” Gofman said. “We employ over 1,000 students on this campus in a very diverse field of opportunities that lets students get into the fields that they’re interested in or the topics that they’re interested in [...] with a lot less experience than is otherwise necessary. We help students skip the unpaid internship step. Even if the work they’re doing here is unpaid, it’s by students, for students.” The ASUCD government has three branches. The Executive branch is headed by the ASUCD

president, vice president and controller, the Legislative branch is comprised of 12 elected senators as well as various commissions and committees and the Judicial Council acts as the Judicial branch. There are seven commissions focused on a diverse array of specialized areas, including commissions on gender and sexuality, academic affairs, business and finance and ethnic and cultural affairs. There are also a number of active committees focused on topics including advocacy for disability rights, sexual assault awareness and oversight on the allocation of student fees. Within the association is a variety of almost two dozens units focused on student services, media, advocacy and event organization. Units such as the CoHo, Unitrans and the Bike Barn perform services for UC Davis students and faculty as well as Davis community members. “Unitrans bus drivers are all students,” Gofman said. “The dispatch for Unitrans is also all students. In addition, Tipsy Taxi [is] a student-run organization that helps students late at night. All of the operations — the dispatch, the operations, the repairs — [are] all students. Same with Unitrans — the repairs, the mechanics. They have three paid, career mechanics that teach a small army of students those skills that are going to help them go on in life.” The Pantry, located in the basement of Lower Freeborn, is an ASUCD unit which aims to combat food insecurity on campus by providing meals and personal items for students. Other units, such as Picnic Day and the Whole Earth Festival, are focused on specific campus events. Grace Gaither, a 2018 UC Davis alumna, served as the chair of the board of directors for Picnic Day 2018 and helped oversee the organization and planning of the event. “Picnic Day is the largest student-led event in the

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nation,” Gaither said. “We have over 70,000 visitors on that day and over 200 events, including Doxie Derby — which is where little weiner dogs race — and liquid nitrogen sorbet, [...] the chemistry magic show, the chemistry show, which is different, and a whole bunch of exciting events that are put on by and for Aggies and family [and] alumni. It really is a showcase for students and it’s the UC Davis open house.” Planning for the next Picnic Day begins immediately after the event ends. Picnic Day 2019 will take place on April 13 and interested students can get involved with the planning of the event in several different ways. “We have 16 directors, including chair, and each one of those has their own, separate assistants,” Gaither said. “[Students] can become an assistant director, they can apply for that on ASUCD vacancy. We also have volunteers. There are so many different positions, and you don’t need a specific major to get into any of them. We’re very inclusive. For instance, you don’t need to be an animal science major to be the animal events director, you just need to have great communication skills.” In addition to Picnic Day, the Whole Earth Festival is an annual student-run event which also takes place every Spring Quarter. “The Whole Earth Festival is a three-day event that happens every Mother’s Day weekend,” said fourth-year Spanish and political science public service double major Monica Dwight, who served as the director of Whole Earth Festival 2018. “It’s a festival focused on art, music and sustainability. It’s a zero-waste event. There’s multiple different stages and different craft vendors. All of the crafts that they sell are hand-made which is pretty cool. Lots of different things going on, lots of different people that come. It’s a good time.”

Students can get involved with the Whole Earth Festival by being on staff or volunteering at the event. Additionally, students in bands might consider performing at the festival. Dwight, who was also involved with the unit Campus Center for the Environment, said she encourages students to find their niche. “For me, the biggest thing from ASUCD involvement was [that] it opened a lot of doors for me in terms of opportunities,” Dwight said. “Getting involved in that capacity allows you to learn more about the resources we have on campus and just makes you feel a little more rooted in UC Davis. My time as director has made me feel a lot more rooted in UC Davis than I have felt my other three years when I was here. From a sentiment standpoint, you really connect with UC Davis and you connect with a lot of people who are really passionate.” Sedgley, who transferred to UC Davis from community college, said he sees a lot of room for improvement in the representation of the transfer population. He strongly encourages transfer students to get involved with ASUCD in any capacity In addition, Gofman, who was elected to Senate as a first-year student, said that talking with former ASUCD officials when he first arrived to campus helped him discover the issues he was passionate about and the areas he wanted to improve. “There’s a ton of jobs, and the easiest way to get involved is to visit [the] ASUCD vacancy [website],” Gofman said. “Figure out what interests you. Do you like bikes? Do you bike a lot? Do you want to repair bikes? Sell bike parts? Apply for a job at the Bike Barn. Do you care about the environment? Get involved in [Campus Center for the Environment]. Whatever you’re passion is, ASUCD has a niche that will satisfy it.”

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NEW HIRES AT UC DAVIS Key appointments ready to serve UC Davis in Aggie Square, law, student affairs

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UC Davis has recently hired individuals to fill key leadership roles with the Aggie Square initiative, the Office of Campus Counsel and in the Student Affairs office. UC Davis Chancellor Gary May appointed Robert Segar as the Aggie Square planning director, effective June 7. In addition to his new role, Segar will continue to serve as associate vice chancellor of campus stewardship. The Aggie Square project will be a technology innovation hub to showcase and implement the scientific and engineering work at UC Davis into market initiatives in Sacramento and the surrounding cities. According to a UC Davis News article, Segar’s role will primarily consist of guiding the people, programs and activities at Aggie Square as it develops. In the article, May offered his support and reasoning behind the selection. “Bob has played a central role in the growth and transformation of the UC Davis campus over the last 25 years, and I can’t think of anyone more qualified to live and breathe what Aggie Square should become,” May said. “He understands the complexities involved in such a major project, and he has a demonstrated ability to work with a variety of communities to identify and achieve shared goals.” Segar’s past achievements have included planning the construction projects known as the Interstate 80 “front door” — comprised of the Buehler Alumni Center, the Mondavi Center for the Performing Arts, the Manetti Shrem Museum and other surrounding buildings. Segar has also worked on public landscape projects. In an interview with UC Davis News, Segar spoke of his commitment to the Aggie

Square project “I have always viewed campus planning as an opportunity to connect people to their place and to each other, and I am thrilled the chancellor asked me to dive into this major initiative,” Segar said. Michael Sweeney, who was promoted on April 1 to the role of chief campus counsel from the position of senior campus counsel, has worked at the UC Davis Office of Campus Counsel for 11 years. Sweeney spoke about his legal work and why he originally came to UC Davis. “I had been a civil rights attorney for about 10 plus years,” Sweeney said. “I loved it. [...But] I wanted to work at the forefront of public policy, taking my skills as civil right litigator and working for an entity where I feel like I can make that impact. I was working for the California Attorney General’s office at the time, which I loved, and I thought there was only one public entity that was better than the California Attorney General’s office and that is the University of California. [...] I have been here for 11 years and it has been great.” Sweeney spoke proudly of two major accomplishment form this year. His work with the Center for Advocacy, Resources and Education on “privacy issues around domestic violence” resulted in the implementation of a statewide law to further the protection of victims of domestic violence at the UC, California State Universities and community colleges. For the second project, Sweeney worked with the AB540 and Undocumented Student Center to help high school students who dropped out because they needed to care for their families. Under the previous law, the student would not be eligible for AB540 benefits if they dropped out of high school. Sweeney worked to enact a state law that allowed a way for students to become eligible for AB540 at the CSU and UC university systems. “I wanted to make sure that there was a pathway for our undocumented students so that they can return to community college, succeed and become AB540 eligible for CSU and UC system,” Sweeney said. “Working with the director of the AB540 center and our [government] relations folks, we came up with a legislative proposal to expand AB540 to support California students who return to college, succeed and make them eligible at CSU and UC.” The AB540 associated law passed the California legislature and became effective on January 1. Sweeney, a graduate of UC Berkeley and the University of

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San Francisco School of Law, said what makes UC Davis students special is its kindness. “I’ve seen on numerous occasions where I am entering a building, everybody is holding the door open,” Sweeney said. “No one wants to go first. Everyone wants to ensure that the other person goes in first. I think there are a lot of kindness and courtesy and caring about everybody else. I think that is the Aggie way.” Emily Galindo was appointed as the interim vice chancellor for Student Affairs on May 1. Galindo’s started her 34-year career at UC Davis as a temporary clerical employee in 1984, when she then moved to an assignment at what was previously known as the storehouse, where office supplies were stored. In 1992, Galindo became the Student Housing assistant director, where she worked in human resources. While working full-time at UC Davis, Galindo earned her undergraduate degree in organizational behavior at the University of San Francisco and her Masters in Business Administration from Golden Gate University. In 2007, Galindo assumed the role of housing director after the previous director retired. After a selection process was complete, Galindo was named executive direct of housing in May of 2008. “What started as just a job that I needed to take care of myself and my one-year old has turned into a quite a career,” Galindo said. Galindo discussed what she would like to bring to her new position. “I think that I have an unique perspective of how the university works,” Galindo said. “My career journey has just spanned over more than three decades. I have also had different roles within the campus and interacted in different ways [...] under four different chancellors. Those are the kind of things that give you some perspective that I think is helpful as we provide leadership. I think that I feel strongly that student affairs professionals care about students and their success. That is at the heart of what we do.” Galindo also discussed her priorities for the coming year with the Division of Student Affairs. “I want for the division to continue to do the things that we know have served us well,” Galindo said. “I think that we need to look for ways to enhance our services. We will always look to our students for input, because they are the ones that are living the college experience. And I think that input is so important.”

WHAT DO PROFESSORS DO DURING SUMMERTIME? Summer are spent working, traveling, giving back to the community

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So, you’re looking to get involved on campus? Well, you’re in luck. UC Davis has a plethora of clubs and organizations for you to peruse during your time here. In fact, we have over 800 student organizations, 23 NCAA varsity teams, over 60 Greek chapters (both professional and social), an array of on-campus jobs, and over a hundred majors and minors. With a student body of over 35,000 students, there’s an immense amount of variety on this campus. It is easy to mix and match different extracurricular activities in order to find ones that most benefit you as an individual. Perhaps pairing a theatre club with a professional fraternity would make you happiest. You could do that, or you could combine a club sport team with an on-campus job at Undergraduate Admissions where you give tours to prospective students. UC Davis makes it possible to find organizations, clubs, or jobs for everything that you’re passionate about, be it related to your field of study or not. In general, simply exploring the UC Davis Center for Student Involvement (CSI) website can give you a lot of clarity on steps to take toward finding a group for you. It gives you a breakdown of organizations associated with certain colleges or majors and has a list of reasons about the benefits of getting involved.

An great tool toward involvement is, of course, the yearly involvement fair. This year, it will take place on October 10 on the West Quad. There, you will be able to find a multitude of clubs and organizations lined up at tables just waiting to enthusiastically tell you about what they do and who they are. Since it is so early in the school year, it’s a great way to find a group to benefit you throughout your entire academic year. Another way to find a group is by participating in recruitment events for Greek life on campus. Panhellenic holds recruitment for its social sororities within the first week of school, and several social fraternities advertise recruitment for their chapters around the same time via A-frames on campus or on social media platforms. In additional to social chapters, UC Davis also has a multitude of professional fraternities and sororities that can be discovered at the involvement fair or through events held throughout the first weeks of the quarter. Social media platforms, such as Facebook and Instagram, are common places to find events for Greek chapters, but it is just as feasible to find out about one through an advertisement drawn on a chalkboard in one of your classes. Though it can be intimidating to put yourself out there, UC Davis has enough different kinds of involvement to find a college family for any student, so long as that student is willing to search. Make sure to take advantage of opportunities and events that allow you to get to know new people. You never know where you’ll find a great, new opportunity.

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Summer in Davis can be spent playing sports outside, learning new skills, traveling, hiking, performing research, playing music or taking classes. Some UC Davis community members may be wondering: what are some of our favorite professors doing when school is out? Gwen Arnold, an assistant professor in the Department of Environmental Science and Policy, has some time this summer for travel, writing and research. “So, for me, the summer is about catching up on all the research that got put on hold while teaching!” Arnold said in an email interview. “It’s possible to get research done while teaching, but never as much as you’d hope. And for those of us who don’t teach in the summer, it’s a time to dig into work without having to take as many breaks for meetings with students or with other faculty, both of which are scarcer on campus in the summer.” Arnold plans to spend a few weeks during the summer visiting colleagues and family in Europe and has set aside a week to write academic papers during a cabin retreat. Arnold plans to visit Ohio, West Virginia and Pennsylvania to interview community stakeholders about governance during the boom and bust cycles of the fossil fuel extraction economies.

Duane Kouba, a senior lecturer in the Department of Mathematics, enjoys spending summer playing basketball and teaching. Kouba coached on the UC Davis basketball staff for 18 years and has spent the last several summers promoting basketball participation in Filipino youth. “My latest charity in the Philippines is to give away basketballs to children, youth, and adults in very impoverished neighborhoods in Cebu City,” Kouba said in an email interview. “I have spent time each summer in the Philippines for the past eight summers. I swim, bike, and play lots of street basketball, where I meet so many others who share my passion for basketball. It’s been my pleasure to give away hundreds of basketballs to my Filipino and Filipina friends there. It serves to lift their spirits as well as mine.” Kouba has worked with programs such as COSMOS and SASP, teaching mathematics to middle and high school students in the Sacramento and Davis area. For a couple summers, Kouba taught mathematics to Vietnamese students at the middle school and high school and Filipino students at the university level. Some professors and lecturers remain on campus to teach summer courses for students in Davis. Arnold and Kouba may be spending this summer away from teaching UC Davis students, but their time will be spent on valuable research and enriching travel experiences.

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HOW TO FIND SECONDYEAR HOUSING Be prepared and know your resources when apartment-hunting

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Transitioning to off-campus housing after a year in the dorms is difficult. In the dorms, staff clean the common areas, dining commons provide hearty meals, and an RA lives right down the hall. This adjustment is made more difficult by the fact that students have to find housing and people to live with all on their own, then navigate rental agreements, security deposits, bills and transportation to and from campus. After all, many freshmen will be going home-hunting blind with no experience, stepping into the world of monthly rent and maintenance calls and “wait, PG&E and water are separate things?” Thankfully, you don’t have to do everything on your own. UC Davis has many resources for firsttime students moving out of the dorms. The university coordinates an Off-Campus Living program each year in the dorms to educate students on some of the ins and outs of off-campus living such as signing leases, budgeting, financial aid and handling roommate conflicts. “Winter quarter is the time we hold a number of these events,” said Brandon Petitt, the director of the office of student development, in an email inter-

view. “The apartment meet event is an opportunity for current residence hall students to meet potential new roommates or others who want to branch out, find someone new, and keep their options open.” ASUCD Housing Day is another event useful for apartment seekers, in which local complexes come to campus to advertise and provide leasing information. While this happens in January or February, there are plenty of information resources all year round. There’s the Davis Housing Guide, available in the Student Housing Office, and the Community Housing Listing, a database for students and Davis community members. You can also look to social media to find both housing and housemates. There are several dedicated Facebook groups created for and by students for finding and advertising potential roommates, rooms, apartments, and houses. This may be particularly useful if you don’t yet know many people in Davis or started searching late. As with all social media though, the key is caution. Talk to your contacts, discuss expectations, costs, and lifestyles, and make sure to meet them in person before you sign a lease. You’re throwing the dice when you choose to live with a stranger; it could be a wonderful surprise or just a surprise, period. “I would recommend that they start with the

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Davis offers multiple modes of transport for a variety of needs

What separates Davis from many typical cities is its love for alternative modes of transport. Nearly 47% of people bike to campus, over half the amount of people who get around by car. With cycling being such a popular way to travel around Davis, there are a lot of programs to make it easier. One of the newest programs that launched in May at Davis is the JUMP bike project, the first fully electric bike-share system. “JUMP Bike-share is a great option for students who want to ride around Davis but don’t actually want the burden of maintaining a bike or worrying about its security,” said Ramon Zavala, the transportation demand manager of Transportation Services at UC Davis. “You pay a simple subscription fee, use the app to find a nearby bike, unlock the bike with your account code, and ride. It’s electricassist which means it boosts your pedal power au-

students they have already met in the community,” Petitt said in an email interview. “I also think it’s important to decide on what type of living environment you want to live in, find the students who share the same needs and then act as soon as you can. Students who procrastinate on any of those fronts may find themselves settling for something they do not want.” The kind of people and the kind of lifestyle you’re looking for are both important. Getting along well with others in your household will make your life much easier. For apartments, cost and convenience should also be considered carefully. The distance of an apartment from a bus line or grocery store, for

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example, can be an decisive factor when apartmenthunting. “Start early and always consider location,” said Stephanie Yu, a fourth-year undergraduate studying neurobiology, physiology and behavior. “I think some people forget that transportation’s a big issue, and if you don’t have a reliable way of getting to school that can be an issue. It could affect your academics or just frustrate you.” Here in Davis, bikes can go just about anywhere. But even if you can commit to a fifteen minute daily commute to campus, bringing groceries back from HOUSING on 13

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tomatically. When you reach your destination just lock up to a bike rack and either put your ride ‘on hold,’ to ensure the bike is there when you return, NAME / AGGIE or end your ride and allow someone else the opportunity to take the bike.” If you want your own bike, there are plenty of resources for that too. UC Davis has a bicycle program that hands out free helmets, so students don’t have an excuse when it comes to staying safe, and offer free lock cuts to all registered bikes on campus. Even if the bike isn’t registered, it can be registered on the spot and the lock will be cut for free. “The Bicycle Program is there to guide all aspects of cycling on campus for students, staff and faculty” said Aaron Curtin, the bicycle program coordinator at Transportation Services at UC Davis. “[We] oversee bicycle infrastructure, bicycle parking, route management, safety education, and advocacy on the political landscape locally, statewide and nationally.” TRANSPORTATION on 13

Food: Best Sandwich: Ike’s Love and Sandwiches Best Asian Grocery Store: Kim’s Mart Best Late-Night Snack: In-N-Out Burger Best Breakfast Burrito: Ali Baba Best Burger: Burgers and Brew Best Dessert: Davis Creamery Best Sushi: Mikuni Best CoHo Food: TxMx Best Indian Cuisine: Raja’s Tandoor Best Chinese Food: Dumpling House Best Breakfast: Crepeville Best Pizza: Blaze Best Thai Food: Thai Canteen Best Mexican Food: Guadalajara Drink: Best Boba: Tea 4 U Best Bar: G Street Wunderbar Best Coffee: Philz Best Brewery: Sudwerk

Academics: Best GE Course: NUT 10: Discoveries and Concepts in Nutrition Best Place to Study: Shields Library Best Professor: Dr. Bryan Enderle Campus Life: Best Student Group: Camp Kesem Best ASUCD Unit: The California Aggie Best On-Campus Animal: Tercero Cows Best Method of Transportation: Biking Best Place to Work on Campus: The CoHo Best Place to Nap: Quad Hammock Best Bike Shop: Bike Barn Best Egghead: Bookhead Best Public Art: Eggheads Best Picturesque Location: The Arboretum Best Place to Take a Date: Farmers Market Best Campus Event: Picnic Day BEST OF DAVIS on 13

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FAVORITE DAVIS SPOTS

Aggie photographers share their favorite places in and around Davis

The arboretum is a great place to escape from the school setting while still being at school. (ALEXA FONTANILLA)

Rock Climbing along Putah Creek has to be one of my favorite parts of going to UC Davis. (TREVOR GOODMAN)

The radiant colors of the Arboretum in fall will always be my favorite Davis find. (KAILA MATTERA)

Head to the greenhouses behind Kleiber and, if youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;re lucky, Ernesto will tell you one of his classic plant puns. (ANH-TRAM BUI)

Just a five-minute bike ride away from the dorms is the Student Farm, where student interns and volunteers gain in-field experience working with sustainable agriculture and food systems. (DIANA LI)

The Ann E. Pitzer Center has to be my favorite place to go to when I want to recharge myself with music. (JORDAN CHOW)

You truly know what it means to go to an ag school once you live across from the cows at the dorms. (JULI PEREZ)

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Watching movies is a great way for me to take a break from school and relax. (JONATHAN HSU)

I’ve been amazed by how much I’ve learned from the Manetti Shrem museum over the past two years. Between the museum’s various art exhibitions and series of lectures, the museum has offered a space for knowledge, beauty and progress. (MACLEAN HARTFORD)

SUMMER AT THE BARN The design building Cruess Hall is one of my favorite places to explore because it features amazing student art. (MEENA RUGH)

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Whenever I feel homesick, I enjoy going to the top of the Hutchison parking lot to watch the sunset. (VENOOS MOSHAYEDI)

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EMILY STACK Editor-in-Chief OLIVIA ROCKEMAN Managing Editor HANNAH HOLZER Campus News Editor KAELYN TUERMER-LEE City News Editor TARYN DEOILERS Opinion Editor OLIVIA LUCHINI Features Editor LIZ JACOBSON Arts & Culture Editor DOMINIC FARIA Sports Editor HARNOOR GILL Science & Tech Editor

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Emily Stack, Editor-in-Chief The Aggie’s office in Lower Freeborn is a maximum-security facility; the big doors are always locked from the inside, and the main entrance has a code to open the door and a second alarm code, both of which only the managers know. No one gets into the office who shouldn’t — no one, that is, except hapless freshmen who forget things in the office and need to get them after everyone else has locked up and left for the day. I trotted up to Student Services and asked if they could please get facilities or maintenance to open the office, whereupon they helpfully gave me the door key that bypasses the code. What they didn’t give me was the code to disable the alarm, or a warning that there even was one. I opened the office and promptly set off the alarm — which notifies the UC Davis Police Department — and had to call the editorin-chief in a panic, remind him who I was, have him call off the cops, and shamefacedly apologize for my rookie mistake. (Luckily, we weren’t charged the $100 fee for false alarm calls.) It’s been three years and I’m now in charge of monitoring the alarm, but I’m still a little skittish around it. Olivia Rockeman, Managing Editor As a San Diego native, my experience with “weather” before moving to Davis was a low of 65 and a high of 80. I arrived to my freshman dorm with the classic Southern California wardrobe: 10 bikinis, flip flops, workout clothes and one sweatshirt for those frigid 62-degree winter days. That November, I came down with the freshman plague and experienced Davis’ torrential downpour for the first time all in one week. I was so sick with the flu that I shivered in my bed, even under a pile of blankets. My neighbor, Alessandra, noticed that my lips were turning a dangerous shade of blue. She came into my room and used the “hot” setting on my hair-dryer to blow warm air into the room to keep me from getting too cold. Later that week when I was feeling better, my roommate and I took a Unitrans bus to Target and purchased a space heater. I still use it to this day. Moral of the story — come prepared. Davis’ weather will surprise you. Hannah Holzer, Campus Editor I often forget that I live in the city of Davis. Both years I’ve been at UC Davis, I’ve either lived on campus or very close to campus, so I tend to ignore the actual residential parts of the city. But one weekend, I was hired to dog sit for close family friends. I ventured onto Unitrans thinking (incorrectly) that I could figure out public transportation (I was wrong) and got off a few stops too early. Trapped in the suburbs of Davis, I got lost in an apartment complex and ended up walking over a mile to what I thought was the correct neighborhood (wrong again). I attempted to unlock the door to what appeared to be the right house (it wasn’t) until I realized a decorative stone placed next to the front door engraved with the last name of the family who lived there. This was not the right family, nor was it the right house nor was it even the right street. Then I backed away slowly, rerouted Google maps, walked another quarter of a mile and found the right house. Just when I thought I’d successfully made it, the right key to the right house failed to work. A neighbor had to come and help me and we struggled for about 15 minutes to open the door. As a last-ditch effort, I tried the key for the dozenth time and the door magically opened. My advice: maybe just don’t venture away from your dorm area. Kaelyn Tuermer-Lee, City Editor My most embarrassing freshman moment was actually from high school. Being a nerdy 14-year-old, I not only had a large backpack half the size of me, I also had even more binders that somehow wouldn’t fit. Plus a lunch box — that’s right, my mom packed me lunch every day of high school. In addition, I carried a travel mug filled with hot chocolate, of course, as those were my pre-caffeinated days. As I rushed to take the stairs to my next class during the five minute passing period, one of the binders I was carrying slipped and hit my foot, causing a domino effect. Naturally, I tripped over said binder, and all of the sudden I was that embarrassing

freshman who somehow managed to fall up the stairs. Why I thought I needed 1.5-inch binders in the first place for high school classes still puzzles me, and I still cringe when I think back to that day. Taryn DeOilers, Opinion Editor I initially came to Davis as an environmental policy analysis and planning major. Before coming to my senses and realizing that I am not a scientist by any stretch of the imagination, I promptly switched into comparative literature — but not before I slogged my way through such STEM classics as chemistry, calculus and biology. It was Winter Quarter, and I wasn’t doing too hot in biology. I consistently scored below average on all my tests and labs, and I absolutely hated the material. Yes, meiosis is fascinating, but to actually know the minute details? No, I’m okay. Let’s keep the mystery alive. But I knew my GPA was on the line, so I decided I was going to absolutely crush the final. I studied almost non-stop for a week in advance, walked into that classroom the day of the final feeling like a superstar and walked out feeling — well, not quite like a superstar, but maybe an above-average-star. Take that, science! Not so hard after all, huh? Maybe I could even be the next Elon Musk or whatever. Yeah, no. I got a low D even with the curve. Somehow I still passed the class, but that was my wake-up call that perhaps science wasn’t in my future — and that’s okay. So, freshmen out there: There are a lot of weird, pointless “competitions” between the majors. Material engineers think they’re better than math majors, math majors think they’re better than English majors and everyone thinks they’re better than comparative literature majors. Don’t listen to any of that nonsense. Find what you’re truly interested in and go wild — because there’s nothing better than actually wanting to be in a classroom. Liz Jacobson, Arts and Culture Editor Unlike my colleagues, I unfortunately don’t have a wild, crazy story to share. However, I will offer my most sage piece of advice: do not wear your Aggie card around your neck on a lanyard. Don’t do it. I know it’s so tempting. You think, it’s just so convenient! But DO NOT DO IT. I am only so passionate about this cringe-worthy freshman faux-pas because I too, wore my Aggie card around my neck for all of my first year. I understand why we do it. Freshman use their Aggie cards for everything: to get into their dorms, to procrastinateworkout during their first round of midterms, to eat at the Dining Commons, or use up all of their Aggie cash at the Segundo Market within the first three weeks of the quarter. So if it’s so convenient, why do I advise against the lanyard? It’s a dead giveaway that you’re a freshman and that only increases your chances of being the victim of a group of upperclassmen yelling “FRESHMEN” out of their car window on Russell Boulevard, which is just downright annoying. So, my advice is to just keep it in the small pocket of your backpack. Olivia Luchini, Features Editor I believe that my most embarrassing freshman moment probably stemmed from the fact that I became lactose intolerant when I turned 18 because my body decided that I should have an impossible time eating at the dining commons. Basically, I started getting dairy sensitive late in high school, but I’m nearly certain that I now have a dairy allergy. Predictably, a lot of the cuisine offered at dining commons is very dairycentric. You’ve got that pizza, that cheesy pasta, some frosting on pastries in the morning, and so on. For someone who was used to eating dairy for her entire life, I was like, “What’s the worst that can happen?” Munch. Munch. Munch. The worst that can happen is communal bathrooms. So, a cute little detail that I should probably include is that dairy makes me yack, and while other saucy teens might be yacking due to some cool shenanigans, I was doing it because I just LOVE garlic bread. I had two ideas about what my floor MISTAKES on 13

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The reality of commencement didn’t hit me until mid-Winter Quarter of my final year. It was around week six, graduation was almost three months away and I, a senior, didn’t have much time left in my undergraduate career — which, to be quite honest, freaked me out. In that moment, I could almost begin to understand the stance that many parents adopt as they grow older — the whole, “I’m young at heart!” thing they say to their kid when they’ve had one too many glasses of wine or one too many bottles of beer. And, while I’m not old by any means — I’m definitely not my parents’ age — I soon discovered that there are a few singular experiences that I, as a college student, and only I, a college student, could possibly pass off as appropriate. Like bleaching my hair blonde, which I did a

week after this realization struck me — much to the delight of my mom. Or skipping classes to wait in a line all day for a concert in Sacramento after deciding to attend on a whim only five days before. Or going out the night of your best friend’s birthday until the wee hours of the morning, despite having classes later that day. I brought this whole “shoot your shot” thing up to a close friend of mine the other day, while we hung out at a pre-graduation reunion of sorts — he’s also a graduating senior, so I figured he’d understand where I was coming from. And he did, while laughing at the products of my collegiate version of an “existential crisis,” before telling me a story from our freshman year that I found quite poignant: He and some peers had been running around the Death Star the first week of their first year at Davis, playing a kind of bastardization of “cops

and robbers” and “hide-and-seek” — he couldn’t remember which — when suddenly the group of freshman were stopped by an upperclassman. My friend remembers the stranger nostalgically waving vaguely in the direction of campus, as he said wistfully, “Man, savor this while you can… time goes by fast.” And only now, standing here at the precipice of graduation, can my friend and I truly begin to understand the implication behind those words. So here’s my advice as an outgoing senior to all incoming freshmen — one piece of advice that I waited too long to learn: take any opportunities that fall into your lap that you want to take. Don’t worry about classes, don’t worry about grades — if it would make you happy, if it’s a once-in-alifetime chance, if it requires you to skip classes for a day or two, go for it. Grades are important and necessary — they’re the reason we’re all here — but your GPA makes up only half of all college

experiences. The rest lie in those times when you prioritize your own experiences above grades, whether that’s as drastic as travelling elsewhere, or merely taking the day off to sit in bed and binge-watch a new Netflix show. Go out on a limb; join clubs (even if for one meeting), or put yourself out there in all things possible — even the non-academic. And if your professors, who are too far removed from the youth, discourage you, please remember this: They were college students once, too. They’ve probably made some questionable decisions themselves. So when you find yourself at a crossroads, ask yourself, “Which will I remember later?” Don’t be like me and wait until the final few months to cram every college experience into three months. You have four years — go out there and use them wisely!

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In the wake of move-in day, several first-years are jazzed to get a new lease on life with a brand new sense of independence. As we all know, the most accurate way to express this independence comes in three options. For one, you can go get your once-long, “Little House on the Prairie” hair cut into a shaggy bob and post a picture captioned “Oops,” as if you ran with scissors. Secondly, you could get a small tattoo in a spot that literally no one will ever see just so you can feel a little tough. Lastly, you can get a Bob Marley poster.

Bob Marley was one of the greatest musicians of all time, as he inspired peace and love in his listeners. What better way to commemorate that message than with a $2 poster from the end of an aisle at Target? There is no better way. New first-year Toby Pepper learned this beautiful lesson when he moved into his dorm just this morning. When he walked into his new room, there was a tall figure clad in armor made of Hot Cheetos bags and Amazon boxes. He declared himself to be a Knight of the Dining Commons Tables. He unsheathed a sword, which — hey… is that just a rolled-up Bob Marley poster? He rolled the little plastic wrapper off of this high-quality product, revealing the ULTIMATE Bob Marley poster. It was one of a billion lil’ Bob Marleys that melded together in red, yellow and green creating an ombre effect. It was beauty. It was grace. It was Bob Marley’s damn face. Toby Pepper took the poster in his hands. “Why are you giving this to me?” Pepper asked.

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“I don’t know anything about Bob Marley.” “You don’t need to,” the knight said. “All you need to know is that this guy probably smoked a lot of weed, and that’s probably a part of college culture based on what you’ve seen in ‘21 Jump Street.’” In a cloud of Axe body spray, the knight disappeared, leaving Toby Pepper with more questions than answers. “Father, what’s a weed?” Toby asked, turning to face his father. It was no use. With the Bob Marley poster came one consequence: He was now too cool for his parents. Parents cannot come within 500 feet of a Bob Marley poster. That’s science. Toby laid in bed that night looking up at the angelic face of Mr. Marley. He wondered what he’d do if he was stuck in a lil’ bedroom with a stranger and no dad and probably no weed to the best of his knowledge. “Won’t you help to sing these songs of freedom?” Bob Marley sang softly from the poster. “Sing? It’s 2 a.m. and this guy next to me is a major snorer, but I don’t have the heart to tell him,” Pepper said. “Besides, what freedom? College blows so far. All I got was a poster and a shirt that says ‘Aggie Pack’ when they clearly should have called it the ‘Aggie Alliance.’” “All these facts are true,” Marley sang softly once more to no particular rhythm. “However, did you know that in college you can eat pizza every day and see minimal consequences?” Pepper sat up straight in his bed. “I think I might like it here,” he sang back to Marley.

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Between textbooks, tuition, housing and food, the expenses of the average college student stack up. Luckily, there are plenty of places to work all over campus for students with a variety of talents and interests Starting at the Tercero Residence Halls, The California Aggie spoke to fourth-year managerial economics major Emily Eby, who works as a Residence Hall Advising Team peer advisor. “We’re here for freshman to come pop in with questions, help them with scheduling, course planning and referring them to other areas of campus,” Eby said. “I know it’s really confusing, especially coming in as a first-year, but it’s really rewarding to clear things up for students and make sure they know they’re on the path to graduate.” Eby aspires to become a teacher or professor in the future and she said that her job as a peer advisor

was where she figured out that she really liked working with students. Unitrans buses are constantly dropping off and picking up students in the Silo area. Many students find employment with Unitrans as drivers or in a variety of other positions, from payroll to marketing. “We service the community as well as the students,” said fourth-year psychology and Spanish double major and Unitrans driver Daniela Gomez. “It’s great to see things outside of Davis. The passengers [...] are really chill, and I like driving because it’s really calming when you know the routes.” While many students know the Peter J. Shields Library as the go-to place to study, it also provides employment opportunities. “Working at the library is a wonderful experience, mostly because you get to help a lot of people and it makes me happy to explore all the cool resources UC Davis has to offer,” said fourth-year English and history double major Macyn Kopecky,

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With over 100 majors at UC Davis, from aerospace engineering to viticulture and enology, deciding what to study can be a daunting task. You have probably heard of majors in nutrition, animal science and international relations. But there are many, many more. Isabelle Guerrero is majoring in anthropology and minoring in art history. She hopes this combination will lead to her being a research professor in the future, where she can add to the fields she studied in. “Art history, as I like to think of it, is the study of the history of the world through the lens of art,” Guerrero said. “It is endlessly fascinating to un-

derstand how, for example, colonialism affects art within the Americas, or how Greek culture was influenced by Egyptian styles during the Ptolemaic era. In studying art history I hope to bring more emphasis into these more underrepresented cultures and help put forth a better understanding of how art is shaped by our history and how in turn how our history can be interpreted by the art that is left behind from different eras.” Plenty of students come into college bewildered about which major to choose. One way to figure it out is to get involved in clubs and take GE classes. Even if you decide on a major, what you do with it can always change. Advisors recognize that students change their minds all the time about what they want to do after college. Animal sciences academic student advisor Kathryn Jackson says most students study animal science with the intention of becoming a veterinarian, but that is not always the career path they end up on. “And by the time they [students] get to junior year, which is the time they apply to vet school, only about 60% of them actually decide to apply,” said Jackson. “But coming in, a majority, almost 100 percent, are intending to become veterinarians and UNDECLARED on 13

who works as an information desk attendant for the library research services. “It’s a very welcoming job, and without us a lot of students wouldn’t even know how to check out books.” Kopecky recommends the job to anyone who is “a friendly and outgoing person.” Additionally, students with an interest in computers and technology can work as Information and

Education Technology Computer Room assistants in IET computer labs all over campus, from the Memorial Union to Olson Hall. “I like that it relates well to my major and it’s very needed skills to have in the job market today,” said second-year computer science major Sammi Rowen. “We get to learn new softwares that help me in classes and in the future.”

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Davis has attracted people from myriad cultures and ethnicities, uniting different people and cultures together in one city. This melding of different people from different cultures means tons of different foods and cuisines to explore within Davis. Perhaps the most convenient, cheapest option is AliBaba, a Middle Eastern-Mexican-American fusion restaurant on 3rd and A streets. Owned by Ali Moghaddam, AliBaba serves up everything from shawarma to burritos to burgers. It’s located right

next to campus across from the Death Star and has cheap, delicious breakfast burritos that are served hot and ready within 10 minutes of being ordered. It’s a convenient place to grab a bite right before or between classes, and the friendly workers and owners make it even more of an attractive option. “AliBaba came just as a result of everything I wanted to eat and create,” Moghaddam said. “I love Mexican food, I love burgers and things like that, so I just put it together with my own food, shawarma and beef, and I tried to make something tasty and different.” One of the best Indian spots in Davis is Preethi Indian Cuisine on 2nd and G streets. Preethi serves Indian comfort food, giving customers dozens of options for curries and vegetable dishes, along with a variety of naan and rice dishes to complement it. Though it is a casual spot, Preethi has more of a sitdown atmosphere, so come here if you have some FOOD SPOT on 13

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GET TO KNOW YOUR DAVIS POLITICIANS An understanding of Davis City Council BY STE L L A T RA N city@theaggie.org

While Davis is a quaint college town, the city has a lot to offer in terms of local government. Students may be in their own bubble on campus, but it is important to be aware of what goes on around the city as well. Outside of dorm life, issues like housing can affect students in many ways, and students can be involved to spark different conversations and contribute their voices to the city council. Robb Davis Mayor Robb Davis has been mayor for two years and will be finished with his term by this July. He noted that the city has allowed him to be involved with the community, as he collaborates with a number of colleagues to set policy. “The city council selects the mayor, and I have been mayor for two years,” Davis said. “On the one hand, I don’t get to set policy any more than my colleagues. We set it together. I work with staff to determine meeting agendas, [and] it is my responsibility to enable the decision-making process. Beyond that, there is a lot of representing the city at a variety of events, whether it’s speaking at public meetings where people are upset or angry about something that has happened — like a hate crime or meetings with children at elementary schools — or scouts to talk about what local government means.” Davis acknowledged that the citizens are very involved with the city. “I think the engagement of the citizenry and local government is really admirable,” Davis said. “I think people get really engaged, and we have a thriving democracy. People volunteer their time to sit on

city commissions to advise the city council. There’s a broad community participation, and I think that’s a strength.” In addition, the city’s water, bicycling and park networks are important aspects of the community that Davis proudly emphasized. “We have one of the best bicycling networks in the country and our water, and wastewater infrastructure is very updated,” Davis said. “We are a pretty resilient community in that sense. We have an extensive network of parks so that people in their neighborhood have chances to be active.” Not only does Davis do a lot of representation for the city, but he also assists others in understanding the logistics of future plans. “I do a fair bit of writing and more technical speaking to interest groups to help them understand the challenges of the city and how we’re approaching to solve them,” Davis said. Davis included that he does his job in efforts to help the city thrive in a healthy manner. “I think that any of us that get into this role do it because we want to help the city become a healthier place — a place where people feel safe and secure,” Davis said. “We have really outstanding services for the community, and our goal is to make sure that public safety is taken care of. That’s inspiring because we get to participate in decisions that we believe collectively will advance to goodwill for the city.” Brett Lee Brett Lee, the mayor pro tempore of the City of Davis, will be the city’s official mayor this coming July. “Essentially, I’m a mayor in waiting,” Lee said. “In July, I will become the mayor. So what happens

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is that the top vote is designated as pro temp for the first half of their term, and the second part of their term, they become the mayor. I will be the mayor for two years as the last years of my city council term.” Lee wants to bridge students with the city more by providing them with more social accommodations. “I look forward to working more closely with the university on a variety of issues,” Lee said. “I think we can make the town even more accomodating for students and provide them with more social activities — not necessarily revolving around the bar scene, as the majority of students are under the age of 21.” Furthermore, Lee praised Davis’ environment and its welcoming community for students in particular. “I think Davis is a fairly welcoming community,” Lee said. “From the student perspective, I think students are well received by the community. I think that the students will find that the neighbors are fairly nice, and as a community, I think there’s some nice things to do in Davis. We have some good

movie theaters and restaurants that are pretty student-oriented.” Lee also addressed the housing crisis in Davis, and he hopes to alleviate the stress of finding a place to live. “I do hope to improve the availability of apartments for rental housing,” Lee said. “I think — in terms of what students might see — about a year ago, we passed a renters resource ordinance, and the idea is that it’s supposed to address the concerns of landlords and neighbors. In practice, this means that there will be a greater understanding of rights and responsibilities and the city will provide resources to help resolve any issues should things not go accordingly.” Lucas Frerichs City councilmember Lucas Frerichs summarized what it is like to hold a job on the council to the Davis Enterprise. “If someone has an issue […] to go out there and be responsive to it, I think fundamentally that’s what our job is all about,” Frerichs said.

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Trader Joe’s on a bicycle can be problematic (I speak from experience). You could look into the closest Unitrans route or arrange out a carpool. But whether you bus, drive, bike, or hop across the street to get to classes, it’s important to understand what you’re getting into. Houses, for example, may have unique requirements. “We didn’t know anything about co-signers and we didn’t know the difference between what you do for a house and what you do for an apartment,” Elizabeth Greif, a fourth-year animal biology major, said. “For our house we had to pay water, which I know at most apartments you don’t have to do. We also had to mow our own lawn. I guess it just depends, you need to know what questions to ask your landlord, and we didn’t really know what to do.” There are other options for second-year housing besides renting houses and apartments. Residential advisers live rent-free and are provided a meal plan in exchange for their work. Cooperatives such as

the Tri Co-ops are affordable living communities, brought together by shared ideas as much as shared space. A limited number of students are also able to apply for returning resident housing each year. Residents are emailed this information in January and go through the student housing application process. And there are plenty of ways to get support after you move out of the dorms. If the appeal of having a real kitchen dwindles quickly, you can buy meal plans. There is financial aid and groceries for low-income students through the Pantry and programs like CalFresh, and mental health support through Student Health and Counseling Services. Moving out is difficult, but there’s plenty of help available if you know where to look. Moving trucks and storage space are in high demand at the end and beginning of the school year. If you need either of these, look into them at least a few months in advance, particularly for storage.

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If you don’t want to bike around, there are two primary forms of public transport, UC Davis’ Unitrans and Yolo County’s Yolobus. And if you’re stuck on campus late at night after the buses have stopped running, UC Davis offers Safe Ride,

which will pick you up from anywhere on campus and drop you off wherever you need to go. The best part is, all of these services are free for UC Davis students. So no car? No problem.

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mates thought. First of all, they might have thought that I was gravely ill. This would add up because every time I threw up, one of them would come running into the bathroom offering to help. This was embarrassing because I quite literally did this all to myself. The second thing that they might have thought was that I was a raging alcoholic because this would always happen at night after I swiped in for some late night pizza. This would also make sense because sometimes I’d hear little feet walk in and then leave in a hurry, with no help offered and sort of “judgy” sounding footsteps. Basically, listen to your body and give it nutrients that it actually wants. Don’t eat cheese if you’re lactose intolerant, no matter how Italian you are. Oh, and eat a veggie when you get the chance. Harnoor Gill, Science Editor I like to repress all memories of freshman year of college when I can get away with it. When I am forced to reflect upon that year, as I am at the moment, my face assumes a very indecent, sour expression. Through the powerful psychological forces of repression, I have succeeded in burying the cringe-worthy memories so deep within my mind that it is almost impossible to recall. Still, one memory manages to penetrate my cranial surfaces. One day, I was playing table tennis with a friend at Cuarto at a late hour at night. Nobody seemed to be around, so we retreated into the goofiest of states and became very “loopy,” as my friend would say. I started singing and doing the god-awful “stanky leg” dance that was so popular a few years ago. Without warning, a few guys walk in and catch me with my back turned to them, doing the dance with vigor and passion. They were

quite amused and my friend nearly peed herself laughing. As for me, I was considering electrically shocking my brain to erase the humiliating memory. Anyway, I can now laugh at the memory and just remind myself not to take myself too seriously. Dominic Faria, Sports Editor My first year here in Davis got off to a hot start when I forgot to attend one of my classes on the very first day of instruction. Yes, despite setting my class schedule months in advance and moving into the dorms several days before the academic term actually began, I still somehow managed to forget entirely that I had TWO classes on my first ever day of being a college student. I only realized that I had failed to show up to the class later that evening while reviewing my schedule, ironically to make sure I was prepared for my classes taking place the following day. A panic attack ensued, while images of me being kicked out of the university flashed before my eyes. As I fought off the thought of packing up everything I had just moved into my dorm room, I ultimately gathered enough courage to email the professor of whose class I had missed. Should I say I was sick? Beg for forgiveness? Just tell the truth? Eventually I decided to be somewhat candid. I explained the reason for my absence; I had mistakenly read the incorrect time on Schedule Builder. After apologizing profusely, I sent the message and waited in agony for over an hour until the professor replied. She told me that it was no problem, and just come prepared for the next class. Crisis averted. I continued the quarter as if nothing happened. And that’s how I missed my freshman seminar on my first day of college. If I was able to bounce back from that, I think all of our newest Aggies can bounce back from anything.

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that’s usually because they are very compassionate people, they feel things very deeply, and they have a love of animals generally from the time that

they’re just a few years old.” Whatever you decide to study, the faculty and students at UC Davis are here to support you.

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time to kill, or if you’re looking for a feast with some friends. “[Preethi is ] our favorite restaurant in Davis,” said Justin Cupp, a third-year engineering major. “Go for the lunch buffet, as dinner portions are pretty small, and it’s fun to try a variety of dishes. It’s a great family-owned and operated restaurant.” And of course, any list of Davis’s frequented snack spots would not be complete without a mention of Teabo. Though there are nearly a dozen different boba spots in Davis, Teabo’s late-night hours — it’s open until 2 a.m. — and its hot and fresh food place it a rung above the rest. The warm atmosphere, steady chatter, wide selection of board games and mouth-watering scents all make this a

Davis staple. If you’re ever in need of a snack late at night, or you want a place to just hang out with your friends, Teabo is definitely the place to visit. “Teabo remakes every drink — if you don’t like it, there’s always special seasonal drinks, and the thai fries are bomb as hell,” said Rose Kim, a barista at Teabo and a fifth-year theater major. “Teabo has food past 12 and we close at 2, so it’s just a place for people to go after the bars or parties or concerts. Hit us up!” These spots are only a point to jump off of — Davis is an amazing, diverse place, with tons of restaurants and hang out spots. Feel free to explore them, try new things and learn more about the city and the people you share it with.

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A WORLD UNCHANGED

Peering back through 40 years of Davis history, similarities and differences This article first appeared in the Nov. 16 issue

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BY MA RLYS JEA N E features@theaggie.org

In 1909, what was known as The University Farm School opened its doors to 18 eager students. More than 100 years later, the campus now known as UC Davis boasts more than 35,000 students. Although the campus has shifted and grown over the years, UC Davis alumni remember their time as students being not so different from what students experience today. “Well, I mean, there’s the whole youth and phones and how electronics have come in, but [...] students are students,” said Sean Davis, who graduated in 1978 with a Bachelor of Arts in psychology. “For example [...] they procrastinate just as much as they always have.” Davis has been working at UC Davis for about 20 years now as a lecturer in computer science. Even though he’s an expert in computers now, Davis didn’t have the luxury of laptops and conveniently located computer labs around campus when he attended school here in the 1970s. “From the standpoint of computers, the basement of Hutchison was where the [only] computer was,” Davis said. “You went down there and you gave them your computer cards and you ran them through the computer and you’d pick them up the next morning with your output. It was just a big old computer which was raised up on special floorings.”

The computer labs in places like the library and Wellman Hall didn’t exist either, but instead were lounges for the students. Wellman itself was a completely fresh design at the time and offered a funky, colorful atmosphere. “Wellman in the ‘70s was an amazing design,” Davis said. “The interior was all one big [...] trip. You’d go in and there’d be a band of blue on a wall coming down at an angle [...] and the tiles were blue. Then they had a picture of an electro-micrograph of a head of an ant on one of the walls.” When Davis was a freshman, he got to experience a whole different kind of Tercero as well. At the time, there were two clusters of six buildings titled the letters of the alphabet, and Davis decided he wanted to join the 64-person Pierce Co-op that occupied the G building. “They cooked for themselves down where Trudy’s of Tercero was [which] was called Trudy’s Fox Hole [during that time],” Davis said. “The co-op was more responsible, you-do-the-work-for-yourselvestype stuff; we cooked and cleaned for ourselves. That was a terrific experience.” Another student who happened to live in the Tercero Co-op at the same time as Davis is David Dodd, who graduated in 1979 with a Bachelor of Arts in German. Dodd recalls some of his favorite pastimes as a student — activities a little less popular with today’s student population. “We did stuff like going to the barns and jumping from the loft into the hay, believe it or not,” Dodd said. “We climbed the water tower. There was this place called ‘the Trestle’ [...] over the railroad tracks, and we would climb on the ladder and walk across. You could go across and go down through a trap door and watch the trains go by. It was quite a thrill.” One piece of campus culture that has remained through the years is none other than The California Aggie itself, a student-run organization then and now and something Dodd is proud to have been a part of. “[The Aggie] was the most fun,” Dodd said. “We were a daily [paper], so there was a lot of pressure. I don’t know how many hours I spent writing, but I was just a reporter then to staff writer in my freshman year. The next year I was campus editor, and that was really fun because I got to write anything I assigned myself.” Dodd enjoyed writing book reviews, album reviews and record releases, but was most stoked for concert reviews. According to Dodd, UC Davis experienced a booming entertainment scene,

UC DAVIS STUDENTS MAKE CHROME EXTENSION TO HELP STUDENTS BUILD SCHEDULES

Extension finds conflicts in student schedules, integrates professor ratings into Schedule Builder

This article first appeared in the Nov. 9 issue

BY CLA RA Z HAO campus@theaggie.org

Just in time for Winter Quarter pass times, second-year UC Davis computer science students Sergei Chestakov and Miguel Acevedo released a Google Chrome extension called Schedule Helper, which helps students choose classes and build their schedules more efficiently. With the extension, when a student searches for courses on Schedule Builder, different colors will indicate whether a course conflicts with other classes

in the student’s schedule, whether a class is full and whether the student has already selected that course. Additionally, the extension takes data from the website Rate My Professors and integrates it directly into Schedule Builder. When asked how they got the idea to create the extension, Acevedo said that he was in his dorm room one day last spring when Chestakov came in saying, “Wouldn’t it be cool if there was this Chrome extension that would automatically tell you if [a] class is conflicting?” According to Chestakov, he found the process

hosting breakout music groups at the time like The Talking Heads and The Police. “This was 1977, which was a historic year for rock androll,” Dodd said. “The big wave happened, all these bands broke that year. And we had this guy booking the Coffee House at the time, and he booked all these acts before they broke and they were at Davis as they were breaking. They would play in stadiums, and they would play in the UC Davis coffee house.” Room-sized computers, dorm-coop hybrids, a daily print newspaper and CoHo rock concerts are all aspects of Davis culture that have clearly changed through time, but something that stands out the most is the growth in the connection between campus and community. “When I settled on Davis and moved in, at first I wasn’t sure because it’s such a small town and it seemed like there wasn’t a lot to do or there wasn’t much to it,” said Thara Randawa, a 2009 graduate with a degree in biology. “My wife and I stopped in [Davis] within a few years after we graduated, and the town seemed very different. Downtown seemed [...] more active, like [UC Davis] had crept out into the city a little bit; more of that campus vibe had pushed its way out, which is cool.” Randawa and his wife went to Davis together a little less than a decade ago, and grew to enjoy their educational experience in a small college town — the most intrinsic characteristic of Davis that will hopefully never change. “We both really miss it,” Randawa said. “We love where we live now, but there’s something about the town. We both loved it a lot. California is a great place to travel, so anywhere we can work it in [our travels], we like to stop in Davis at the very least.” A lot has changed over the years, each decade characterized by its own unique contributions. Despite any changes to the campus or the culture, UC Davis students have always retained an affection and pride for their Aggie home. “A certain tradition at Davis [is] about being serious about school and at the same time being aware of the world, and to know that not everybody thinks the same way,” Dodd said. “You can’t really stereotype a Davis student the way you might a Berkeley student or a USC student, [...] and I think that’s part of the big strength of Davis. Anywhere you go out in the world you’re going to meet people who went to Davis. These people will show up throughout your whole life and you will have that instant connection of that [shared] place, and that’s what’s really cool.”

of building a schedule tedious, specifically because he had to first save the course into his schedule and then see if it conflicted with other classes. From there, Acevedo took the idea and spent a weekend attempting to make the extension by himself. The first version of the extension only indicated conflicts in the schedule. Over this past summer, Acevedo worked with Chestakov and they produced the second version of the extension, which includes the ratings from Rate My Professors. According to Chestakov, the hardest part of the process was learning new skills and technology as they went along. “I think the extension is really helpful for making a schedule without having to go back and forth between the search and the current classes as well

as going between Schedule Builder and Rate My Professors,” said second-year statistics major Jacob Fraysher. According to Acevedo, the pair actually completed the project before Fall Quarter started, but they didn’t release the extension until just a few weeks ago because they wanted to release it near pass time. The whole project took them between two and three weeks. Currently, Schedule Helper has reached almost 1,000 downloads. Students can download the extension for free at https://getschedulehelper.com. “I just wanted to create a tool that will save students time and make the process of picking classes a lot easier,” Chestakov said. “If it saves all the students that downloaded it one hour, I’ll be happy.”

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HUMOR

Freshmen: Do not feed

Comic: the Real Horror Story This comic first appeared in the Sept. 28 issue

BY JU LIE TOR R ES

BY E L L I OT W HI T E

For sale: textbook, used, like, once

This article first appeared in the Oct. 5 issue

A BRIEF STORY OF TRAGEDY

BY AARON LEVINS

vorite books, in which tough guys don’t give anything to the

adlevins@ucdavis.edu

women who give them everything. Have you read “A Farewell

To Arms?” I don’t give a shit. The cold light of the waiting room was piercing. I fum-

Finally, I find myself at the front of the line. I hand the last

bled with my keys in my pocket. It had been hours. There

money to my name to the cashier. He takes it, unaffected by

was a line at the door. I was awaiting news. It only took

my visibly exhausted and sweaty face. I take my receipt and

something simple like this to get worked up.

my book. I cradle it in my arms as I exit the building.

I had about $100 left to my name. I’d spent the rest of my

Before I’m out the door, I read the cover of the book. It

money just to get to this point, to stand here waiting in line.

reads: “Metaphysics, Version One.” The impassive blue book

Now I didn’t know what the outcome would be when I got

becomes white hot, as it suddenly occurs to me that I needed

what I wanted. The blue lights became harsher the longer I

version two. I check my person for my receipt. It is missing.

stood in line.

I walk to a garbage bin. I set the blue book inside and zip

Being a very masculine man is difficult. I’m a very, very

up my jacket. I pause for only a minute, and walk into the

tough guy who remains emotionally unavailable to the wom-

cold, rainy night. Before long, my figure has blended into the

en in my life. The way I treat women is reflected in my fa-

crowd.

This comic first appeared in the Oct. 5 issue

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