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Gary May selected as next UC Davis chancellor GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY / COURTESY

UC Board of Regents to vote on appointment later this week

BY ALYSSA VA N D E N B E R G campus@theaggie.org

University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano announced her selection of Gary May as the new UC Davis chancellor on Feb. 21. May currently serves as the dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering.

“Gary May is a dynamic leader and an accomplished scholar and engineer with a passion for helping others succeed,” Napolitano said in a press release. “He was chosen from an extraordinarily talented pool of candidates because I believe he’s the right person to guide UC Davis to even greater heights, advancing academic and research initiatives, building a stronger community with students, faculty, and staff, and furthering relations with the larger Davis and Sacramento areas.”

May will replace Ralph J. Hexter, who has served as interim chancellor since Napolitano put former Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi on investigative leave last April. Katehi resigned as chancellor in August.

“I could not be more pleased, nor more excited, to serve as the next

chancellor of the University of California at Davis,” May said in the same press release. “UC Davis is renowned for its excellent education and research, for providing its diverse student body with exceptional pathways for upward mobility and leadership, for giving its faculty opportunities for impactful discovery, and for serving the state and nation in areas of critical need. These values speak to my spirit, and I cannot wait to join the campus community.”

Both Brian Riley and Elly Oltersdorf, the graduate and undergraduate representatives, respectively, on the Chancellor Search Committee, approved of Napolitano’s choice for chancellor.

“Out of the final candidates, Gary May was by far my top choice,” Oltersdorf said via email.

Both Riley and Oltersdorf had previously considered resigning from the committee because they felt that their voices were not being heard enough throughout the selection process.

Although Riley hopes to see more transparency in the future when selecting administrators, he supports May as the new chancellor.

“Ideally, we’ll be able to progress to a better and more transparent

selection process in the future,” Riley said via email. “That being said, we did get a stellar candidate who was chosen. I’m satisfied with the outcome this time, but not the process.”

ASUCD President Alex Lee is also hopeful that May can successfully lead UC Davis.

“After speaking briefly to the student members of the Chancellor Search Committee, I am optimistic of the announcement,” Lee said via email. “I hope next year he will prove to be a worthy as the chief administrator (who can balance the books and keep operations running smoothly) and leader for campus climate. I hope he will be able to make much needed reforms and seriously engage with students in shared governance.”

The UC Board of Regents will meet on Feb. 23 to vote on the appointment.

If approved, May will begin this role on August 1, becoming UC Davis’ seventh chancellor.

In the meantime, Hexter will continue to serve as interim chancellor for the university.

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Stack parking comes to UC Davis lots

Davis’ Historic City Hall building to be put up for sale

NEW PARKING PROGRAM AIMS TO INCREASE PARKING AVAILABILITY DURING RAINY SEASON

CALIFORNIA REDEVELOPMENT AGENCIES REQUIRE DAVIS TO SELL HISTORIC CITY HALL

BY KAI T LYN C HEU N G campus@theaggie.org

A new parking program referred to as “stack parking” was implemented by Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS) in the Quad Parking Structure and in Lot 47 on Monday, Feb. 13. The program is in operation Monday through Friday, 7:30 a.m. to 6 p.m. and will conclude at the end of Winter Quarter.

TAPS implemented the new parking program in response to an increasing number of students who are driving to campus during Winter Quarter due to weather conditions. Stack parking increases the number of spaces available by allowing parking behind cars in an aisle once all spaces are full. Drivers leave their car keys with an attendant from a thirdparty vendor (Corinthian International Parking Services), and the car is then moved by a professional parking attendant if other drivers need to leave the structure.

According to the TAPS website, stack parking is unlike valet parking, because cars are self-parked and no extra fees are charged for the car moving ser-

vice.

“Stack parking allows drivers to self-park in an available parking space where their permit is valid [...]The driver will exit their vehicle, lock the car and provide the door/ignition key to the attendant on duty,” the TAPS website reads. “A claim ticket will be provided to the driver for reclaiming the vehicle/key later. The attendant will move the vehicle only as necessary to allow safe exit by another vehicle, or to move it to a regular parking space if one becomes available. Attendants do not accept tips or collect fees of any kind.”

Stack parking is only a temporary solution provided by TAPS while it works to develop other strategies to solve the increasing demand for parking spaces without excessive spending for construction of a new parking structure.

Some students believe it would be much more user-friendly to build a new structure altogether.

Hannah Lau, a third-year veterinary science major, is skeptical about stack parking as a solution to the lack of available spaces on a daily basis.

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BY BIANCA ANTUNEZ city@theaggie.org

The City of Davis must sell its Historic City Hall due to a statewide call for cities to dissolve any properties formerly funded by the Redevelopment Agency (RDA), which dissolved in February of 2012. The state hopes to return the property taxes to public agencies within Davis, such as the Davis Joint Unified School District or Yolo County services.

California has distributed money to revitalizing broken-down cities, and, while some cities desperately needed the funds, cities like Davis used them for less dire projects. The city chose to invest in properties like the Historic City Hall, the U.S. Bicycling Hall of Fame, the Dresbach-Hunt Boyer Mansion and the parking garage above the Regal Holiday Cinema.

“The state wanted [the money given to the cities by the RDA] back so we are complying with the state’s orders,” said Brett Lee, Davis city councilmember. “We are going to put it out on the open market and see who bids for it.”

The state looked through all of the properties that stemmed from finances provided by the RDA and allowed cities to retain ownership of properties that still serve public and/or government use.

Davis’ Historic City Hall, however, now houses a restaurant and bar, which does not necessarily provide any type of public service. As a result, the state now requires that Davis put the property on the open market.

“Davis has initiated the early stages of marketing for its historic city hall,” said Stacey Winton, a City of Davis media and communications officer.

“Located at 226 F. St., the vacant building has not been used for city affairs but contains a restaurant, Bistro 33, in both the building and outside patio.

Despite losing ownership of the property, the city will gain access to bond funds from the state once it is sold. Once the real estate has been dissolved, the city will also receive 21 percent of the proceeds, with 33.5 percent going to the Davis Joint Unified School District, 25 percent to the county Educational Revenue Augmentation Fund and the CITY HALL on 13

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Elizabeth Spiller appointed as new dean of College of Letters and Science COURTESY

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BY D E MI CACE RE S c am pu s @ thea g g ie.org

Interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter announced Elizabeth Spiller as the new appointed dean of the College of Letters and Science on Feb. 2. Spiller is currently an English professor and dean at Virginia Tech’s College of Liberal Arts and Human Sciences. She previously served as associate dean in the College of Arts and Sciences at Florida State.

Spiller received a Bachelor of Arts in English literature at Amherst College and a Master of Arts and Ph.D. in English and American language and literature at Harvard University. She specializes in early modern literature and culture, with an emphasis on the history of reading and on literature and science.

Spiller has written two books, one in 2004 entitled Science, Reading and Renaissance Literature: The Art of Mak-

ing Knowledge, 1580-1670 and another — Reading and the History of Race in the Renaissance — which was published in 2011. She also edited a two-volume collection entitled Seventeenth-Century English Recipe Books: Cooking, Physic and Chirurgery.

She has been awarded two fellowships from the National Endowment for the Humanities and is the recipient of a Fulbright Scholarship.

Spiller has accomplished much in her career while working as a dean, having established the Destiny Scholars program, a four-year scholarship for underrepresented and underserved student populations at Virginia Tech.

She also led a committee charged by the provost that created a system to provide salary raises to nationally-distinguished faculty across the university at Florida State.

Spiller looks forward to coming to UC Davis to interact with students,

faculty and staff.

“A university is never a set of buildings or a place, but a community of people who share a vision about the humanly transformative nature of education and knowledge,” Spiller said. “I am looking forward to meeting and working with students, faculty and staff, and the alumni of the College to learn more about that vision and how best to expand upon it.”

Current interim deans Susan Kaiser, Alex Navrotsky and Li Zhang, of the three Letters and Science divisions, agreed to continue serving as vice deans through the first months of the transitional period after Spiller’s arrival. They wished her a smooth transition and believe that the college will continue to thrive under her leadership.

“We look forward to welcoming Elizabeth Spiller to the College of Letters and Science and ensuring a smooth transition to a new leadership model

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Davis community meeting sparks discourse on cannabis policy

City facilitates discussion on marijuana regulations in Davis

BY B IANC A ANT UN E Z ci ty@th ea ggi e .o r g

With the passage of the Adult Use of Marijuana Act (Prop. 64), cities across California are creating their own policies and regulations for medical and non-medical (also called “adult-use”) cannabis usage. On Feb.1, the Davis City Council and its staff held an unofficial meeting to hear the thoughts and concerns of community members regarding cannabis use and to increase the transparency of city decisions.

With over 100 people present, there was an unusually varied mix of ages — even high school and college-aged individuals were fairly well-represented at the discussion. The community responded to a number of questions presented about outdoor cultivation regulations and zoning and about regulation on cannabis businesses like delivery services or dispensaries.

The city currently has a moratorium on outdoor cultivation and dispensaries in order to determine what regulations should be put into place to help minimize any negative outcomes; however, the city will enforce a strict schedule to discuss and draft appropriate policies in a timely manner. Davis plans to issue licenses for cannabis businesses and cultivation beginning in January 2018.

“Right now we do not allow medical

cannabis dispensaries and I think there was an overwhelming sense that it was something we should consider,” Mayor Robb Davis said. “I think there was a strong push by many of the people there to allow for limited outdoor growing, too.”

Davis addressed public health concerns about safety, quality control and labeling. His goal is to ensure that some cannabis products, such as edible cookies or candies, are properly labeled to avoid any over-use or accidental use by vulnerable groups, including children who may be unaware they are consuming cannabis.

The focus of the discussion was to increase the accessibility of cannabis for medical purposes and to increase residents’ ability to obtain it. There may be some benefits to recreational use — such as tax revenue — but the city also wants to ensure that a new legalized controlled substance regime is safe for all community members.

Brett Lee, a Davis city councilmember, made note of such concerns, such as the proximity of cannabis businesses to schools, but he noted that a majority of the people at the meeting were supportive of the change and were not against adultuse either.

“It was more about the detail of it, like ‘Oh we don’t want to have the rules too onerous,’ or ‘It would be nice if local businesses could be involved as opposed

to outside businesses,’” Lee said. “The discussion had moved beyond ‘yes or no’ in terms of legalization and into, ‘It’s legal, so let’s make it as convenient and local friendly as possible.’”

The city had decided to focus on medical cannabis policy this year, since medical and adult-use cannabis are separate issues.

“A lot of the work that we do in cannabis policy is working towards shattering the stereotypes and propaganda that has been perpetuated over the decade […] without any real scientific rationale or background,” said Eric Gudz, the chief operating officer of Integrate Cal Community Partners, an organization that develops community strategies in the cannabis industry. “Since cannabis has been lumped in with other substances and associated with the black market, a lot of the issues people associated with cannabis and cannabis trade or commerce are really more of a product of [that].”

Gudz said that many of these concerns were flushed out during the meeting, which helped create a productive community discussion. He commended the Davis City Council for its support, reason and diligence during the process.

There will be one more community outreach meeting (date TBA) before city staff will draft proposed regulations. From there, it will go to the planning commission before reaching city council for a verdict on policy.

for the college,” Kaiser, Navrotsky and Zhang said in a joint statement. “We are confident the College will continue to thrive under Dean Spiller’s tenure.

She is a respected scholar and experienced administrator. And she will bring a new vision and vigor to the college, creating new opportunities for scholarship and learning among our faculty, staff and students.”

Hexter also released a statement to UC Davis Dateline regarding Spiller’s appointment.

“We have found the ideal candidate to serve as our Letters and Science dean as we move back to a single-dean model,” Hexter said. “A distinguished scholar and accomplished administrator, Elizabeth has a deep understanding of the history of the liberal arts and sciences and their place at heart of the modern research university.”

Spiller will begin her tenure as dean on March 6.

News in Brief: Ali Baba participates in nationwide boycott LOCAL DAVIS RESTAURANT CLOSES DOORS FOR “A DAY WITHOUT IMMIGRANTS”

BY SAMANTHA SOLOMON c it y@t he aggie . org

Imagine a day in the U.S. — people going about their everyday lives — but minus an important and sizable portion of the community. This is the idea pushed by participants in “A Day Without Immigrants”, or, as referred to by some social media accounts, “A Day Without Latinos.” On Feb. 16, many immigrants across the country boycotted work and school, and they protested by avoiding everyday activities, such as shopping.

The protest occurred in direct response to President Donald Trump’s remarks on deportation of undocumented immigrants and his promises to build a wall on the border of the U.S. and Mexico. President Trump has also previously advocated for the “extreme vetting” of Muslim immigrants from seven predominantly Muslim countries.

So what exactly did this national event entail?

Restaurants closed. Schools reported fewer students. And, while the economic impact of an America without immigrants is not clear, experts predict that the U.S. economy and workforce would fall into disarray without immigrants.

“If all immigrants were just to disappear from the U.S. workforce tomorrow, that would have a tremendous negative impact on the economy,” said Daniel Costa, the director of immigration law and policy research at the Economic Policy Institute in an interview with ABC News. “You’d feel an impact and loss in many, many different occupations and industries, from construction and landscape to finance and IT.” Ali Baba, on 3rd street, was a Davis participant of the protest. The restaurant closed its doors on Feb. 16, stating the purpose for its closure in a note in the window.

“In response to Donald Trump’s administration’s new unconstitutional immigration laws we have chosen to participate in a national strike so the nation can see what Hispanics do for our country,” the Ali Baba management said in the note.

Ali Baba apologized for any inconvenience, and the restaurant added that it would reopen the next day.

According to a 2014 report from Economic Policy Institute, although immigrants make up about 13 percent of the U.S. population, they contribute nearly 15 percent of the country’s economic output.

Restaurant closures in the Washington D.C. area included six food outlets in the Pentagon and three dining options at The Architect of the Capitol. Over 1,000 businesses closed in Dallas alone. Schools also saw a significant drop in attendance, with only 60 percent of students attending school in the KIPP Austin Comunidad charter school network in Austin, Texas, and the attendance rate down by 35 percent in the Fort Worth Independent School District.

In the aftermath of the protest, however, some employees were told by employers to not come back to work. Employers like Jim Serowski, founder of JVS Masonry in Commerce City, Colo., knew of his employees’ desire to participate in the protest, and he stood by his decision to fire those workers.

“It’s about work ethic,” Serowski said in an interview with CNN. “They were warned: ‘If you do this, you’re hurting the company, and if you go against the team, you’re not a member of the team.’”

ASUCD President vetoes amendment for creation of Judicial Council Flores, was passed on Jan. 26 with a vote of 9-1-1.

Senator Sofia Molodanof voted against the measure while Senator Shaitaj Dhaliwal abstained.

“ASUCD Constitutional Amendment #49 was placed on the Fall 2016 ASUCD ballot and passed with an 86.49% affirmative vote, effectively dissolving the ASUCD Court,” Flores wrote in the amendment. “Given the necessity for an adjudicating body in student government, this Amendment seeks to creVeto included revision abandoning creation ate a new, functioning Judicial Council in ASUCD. of oversight committee for judicial council Additionally, this Amendment creates a Judicial

BY KEN TON G O L DS BY Council Oversight Committee. This Committee, ca mpu s @ th e a ggi e .o r g comprised of ASUCD officials from each branch of government, would maintain the power to either Last month ASUCD President Alex Lee issued a concur with or overrule the Judicial Council’s ruling.” series of vetoes on legislation passed by the student The JCOC, which would have the power to overSenate, including a revision veto on a constitutional turn decisions by the Judicial Court by a two-thirds amendment to create a Judicial Council and a Judi- majority, would have consisted of three voting memcial Council Oversight Committee (JCOC). bers, the ASUCD vice president, the chair of the JuConstitutional Amendment #50, authored by dicial Council and the chair of the IAC. the Internal Affairs Commission (IAC) chair Nick Lee’s revision of the amendment removed the GENESIA TING / AGGIE

proposition of the JCOC, saying that the Judicial Council should have final say on any ASUCD decision.

“I am returning CA#50 with a veto and recommending deletion of JCOC because I believe an appellate jurisdiction for the appellate jurisdiction is redundant,” Lee said in a statement regarding his veto. “If it is for this new Council to make judicial decisions under the Constitution, it does not make sense for another body to overturn their decisions.

Especially as 2/3 of the JCOC are members of the Executive and Legislative Branches, who both historically have been opposed to judicial rulings.”

In an email interview, Lee described the unnecessary nature of having the final word be given to the branches who originally write the legislation before sending them to a judicial board.

“Allowing members of the Legislative and Executive to overturn Judicial rulings as the last appellate power is not only redundant but defeats the very purpose of Judicial Review,” Lee said. “What is the

point of having another branch to check the other two if the original two (who first saw the legislation [IAC] and later at the vote and signing [VP]) can just reinforce their original will? It makes no sense to me that there is a mechanism for which the two other branches can just reassert their will. JCOC is the highest appellate power and thus the last word.

So it makes no sense for the two branches to have the first and last word if you are seeking to have judicial checks. There definitely is an imbalance of power and renders the Judicial Council a useless piece of our already over-bloated ASUCD bureaucracy. If Judicial Council is to be created, it needs to be able to stand on its own two feet and not be rendered useless from the get go.”

Molodanof, who voted against the amendment, said that the significant inclusion of members from the other ASUCD branches in the JCOC did not

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BY J EANNA TOTAH campus @ th e a ggi e .o r g

Dysmus Kisilu fulfilled his dream of becoming an Aggie by participating in the Energy Institute for Young African Leaders at UC Davis in the summer of 2016. Now, Kisilu is working closely with farmers to reduce food waste in Kenya.

After a successful program last summer, students interested in addressing energy problems in their countries will have the opportunity to participate in the Mandela Washington Fellowship by attending the second Energy Institute at UC Davis from June 16 to July 30.

The six-week program will welcome 25 fellows, aged anywhere from 25 to 35, from sub-Saharan Africa to engage in workshops and coursework to improve their home countries’ energy conditions.

These fellows have already made large environmental impacts in their home countries, but the program will boost their leadership skills within the energy sector of their career paths by enabling them to collaborate with the UC Davis community.

For Kisilu, a fellow from Kenya, the institute gave him the tools he needed to tackle food misuse.

“One-third of the world’s available food either spoils or gets thrown away — that’s enough to feed everyone in the world for two months,” Kisilu said via email. “[With] a population expected to increase [by] two billion by 2050, we cannot afford to allow these losses to continue.”

Jennie Konsella-Norene, the institute’s administrative director, said that competition for the fellowship is immense; there were 60,000 applicants this year, but only 1,000 will be accepted. Fellows will then be divided among the 38 institutes around the U.S., and 25 leaders will be allotted to each. At the end of the program, fellows will travel to Washington, D.C. to network and participate in discussion panels with U.S. leaders.

There are three themes for applicants to choose from: civic leadership, public management and business and entrepreneurship. Recently established as the most sustainable university in the world, UC Davis was selected to be a public management institute, but it was also awarded a concentration in energy policy. Academic director Peter Hartsough does not consider the special curriculum to be a coincidence.

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Davis’ Whole Foods Market shuts down

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Local Whole Foods closes Feb. 12

BY KA E LYN T UE RM E R - L E E ci ty@th ea ggi e .o r g

After five years of providing business to students and locals of Davis, the Whole Foods Market on 1st Street closed on Sunday, Feb. 12. The Davis location

was one of nine Whole Foods Markets across the country to permanently close.

The Whole Foods Market in Davis was located in a small shopping center along with several other eateries. The closure was part of an evaluation nationwide to determine which Whole Food’s loca-

tions were underperforming. The local market faced competition from other supermarkets and stores in the city, such as Safeway, Trader Joe’s and the Davis Food Co-op. Whole Foods markets itself on its organic food that does not use artificial preservatives, colors, flavors, sweeteners

No experience? No problem: Niche clubs exist on campus LAURA LONG / AGGIE

BY M ARLYS JEANE featu res@ th e a ggi e .o r g

Muscles strained under the power of his bow, Jason Sures trained his eyes at his target 70 meters away. Droplets of hail pelted the top of his head and shoulders as he gauged where to aim, taking into consideration the weather and the wind. He let his arrow fly and watched it sail through the haze of hail. A smile spread across his face as it sunk into the faraway target. “[This is] the memory where I thought ‘this is awesome,’” said Sures, a fifth-year psychology major. “[As my first outdoor archery tournament], it was [...] an amazing experience. It might not sound so, but in the moment it gets your adrenaline going.”

When he first came to Davis, he felt “a little stir-crazy” and wanted to get involved, so he looked up clubs on campus and right at the top of the list was the UC Davis Archery Club. Although he had no previous experience, he was adopted into the small group of students working to revitalize the club and quickly found his community.

“We started about three years ago,” Sures said. “We were a very small club at the time, we only had about five bows to lend out to people, and at that time more than 50 people would want to come [to our lessons]. It’s so hard to

Unique organizations offer students opportunites to feel integrated, involved tell them no. But all the money we made went to purchase more equipment, [...] so now we have more than 30 bows [and] we’re about 35 [people in the club] consistently.”

According to Sures, movies like The Avengers and The Hunger Games have recently inspired a large number of students to become involved in the Archery Club. Regardless of whether someone is a beginner or a seasoned pro, the Archery Club opens its doors to anyone willing to have fun or seeking to be a part of a community.

“We’ve had some good archers come through us,” Sures said. “They actually weren’t archers to begin with. We trained them through our club and they became some of the top in the nation, so that’s exciting. Hopefully we’ll get some more too.”

The Archery Club draws a crowd looking to engage in a specific sport, but another similar club on campus is the Davis Historical Fencing Club. It was officially established five years ago, but when second-year entomology student Seiji Yokota joined, he took it upon himself to revive the club, dedicating time to recruitment, websites, social media, reserving practice space and partnering with an established fencing school in Sacramento.

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It’s a farmer’s life for me Students from diverse backgrounds pursue agriculture

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BY G ILL I AN ALL EN featu res@ th e a ggi e .o r g

With four undergraduate colleges and over 100 majors to choose from, many students leave UC Davis without ever scratching the surface of the agricultural sciences.

However, agricultural science is the backbone of education for the 7,491 students in the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences (CAES).

Geoff Koch, a fourth-year sustainable agriculture and food systems major, attributes his budding interest in agriculture to growing up in a rural town in Southern California, where his family owned a couple of acres of land, horses and chickens.

Throughout his life, Koch watched his friends participate in Future Farmers of America (FFA) and the 4-H organization. FFA is a national organization for American youth that promotes and supports agricultural education through classes and contests. 4-H is based in agricultural education but also allows students to explore a broader range of topics such as public speaking and computer science.

“After high school, I explored different jobs working in construction, on a fishing boat and largely in food service, but none of these were professionally interesting to me,” Koch said. “I learned I was interested in working with food, but I wanted to move up the supply chain. UC Davis attracted me for its sustainable agriculture and food systems program and its emphasis on agricultural science with a social science context.”

Growing up in a family that raised its own chickens and eggs, Koch said that he naturally gravitated toward agri-

culture and was especially interested in where food comes from. Koch currently works for Next Generation Foods, a successful rice-farming company operating out of West Sacramento that supplies to local industries and universities, including the UC Davis Dining Commons.

“I’m interested in sustainable design in agriculture, onfarm design and how it can affect agricultural-ecological concerns,” Koch said. “This job has introduced me to nutrient management, ecosystem services and how design can affect and improve those situations on the farm. Agriculture is all about how you can make small changes that can have big impacts.”

After graduation, Koch hopes to continue working for Next Generation Foods, which has offered him a full-time position and salary. While Koch is grateful for this opportunity, his ultimate goal is to attend graduate school and eventually start his own business.

“My business idea will probably take on a lot of different forms,” Koch said. “I want to explain and uncover a lot of things that are misunderstood about agriculture and help it do a better job of representing itself. When agriculture is better communicated to the world, a lot of the public’s concerns about it will sort themselves out.”

Besides public concerns about the agricultural industry, Koch has a personal mission to learn more about the control of large sectors of the economy by a few players, and he questions what these players will do with the power they have. Koch stressed that consumers should let industries know what the public expects of agriculture because, with more knowledge on the subAG STUDENT on 12

or hydrogenated fats. Although this is a healthy benefit, many students could not afford the price tag associated with the products.

“I think it affects students for the most part,” said John Tuquero, a Verizon Wireless employee in the shopping center in which Whole Foods was located.

Despite the fact that not all students or residents could afford the prices at Whole Foods, the store was a common location for students to grab a bite to eat while studying.

“It saddens me that Whole Foods is closing because it’s not just a grocery store, but also an outing where people can connect together,” said Forrest Pasturel, a first-year environmental policy and analysis major and former employee at the Whole Foods in Los Altos. “It was at a very convenient spot, and would have been near my future apartment.”

However, others argue that people would go to Whole Foods but not actually purchase enough for the company to make a profit.

“That’s why it closed down –– people used [Whole Foods] as a hang out spot and not to purchase,” said Mike Silva, another Verizon Wireless store employee. “[Whole Foods closing] also provides more opportunity for local stores, like Trader Joe’s, to grow.”

Davis students, employers and residents are wondering what will move into the place of the Whole Foods on the Fulcrum Property.

“I’d love to have something in there that would generate sales tax revenue for the city –– it’s something that we critically need,” said Mayor Robb Davis.

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“It just feels out of place, not having a Whole Foods in Davis,” Pasturel said.

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Since the inauguration of President Donald Trump, researchers and scientists have expressed concern about a series of removals of publicly funded information and data on official government websites.

These researchers have attempted to salvage pieces of digital information that might be suppressed by the new administration.

“The new administration — the new federal administration — was broadcasting pretty broadly a certain approach to issues like climate change to issues like the environment, and whenever there is a shift of administration, there’s the risk of budgets being reduced in certain areas — there’s a risk of neglect with certain websites,” said Kevin Miller, the UC Davis university archivist. “I think what most people fear is the very direct kind of removing of easy access to certain types of data on government websites, and we saw that on day one — we saw that on Jan. 20.”

Earlier this month, Shields Library hosted the #DataRescueDavis event, in which community members from UC Davis helped archive scientific data related to climate change and the environment. The event, sponsored by DataRescue, a project by the University of Pennsylvania, is only one in a series which plans to address concerns about the removal of federal climate and environmental data by the new administration.

Miller, who also leads the Archives & Institutional Assets Program at UC Davis, a project that works with university staff and faculty to collect and preserve their research, noted the new efforts to preserve data.

“Again, agnostic of politics our principal is that lots of copies keep stuff safe,” Miller said. “And so, the more that we back up this data, the more legitimate and well-organized access points that we create for the data, the more that it’s backed up on servers that are under different control, the better it is for the life of the data and the better it is for the public in terms of their access.”

Nicole Karsch, a campus organizer for CALPIRG, said that, since noticing the removal of public information, organizations like hers have found new ways to combat the suppression.

“One of the things that has been of attention especially since this election has been the data that has been taken off of the websites of our government or other attacks to government data like regulating the EPA or overseeing scientist reports before they release them,” Karsch said. “So all of those kind of concerns of having one elected official who’s not a scientist per se or an expert in their field, kind of having power to regulate the information that’s released is of concern to the public interest and so research fellows of ours are working to preserve data and make sure people know that the data being taken away is happening.”

Since the removal of climate and environmental data, other researchers have scrambled to preserve data that might go against the new administration’s interests, including UC Davis’ Violence Prevention Research Center, which has downloaded data related to gun violence.

For Karsch, who is currently working with CALPIRG to ban fracking, the various issues faced by the new administration are better fought against in a concerted effort.

“I think I’ve more than before, a coming together of groups from different communities who recognize the need to preserve [data],” Karsch said. “So partnering with groups that maybe haven’t worked together so much before to recognize the need to have a concentrated effort, and partnerships and movements to do things, everything from preserving data to recognizing different groups being affected by different policies, it’s all kind of one group of people who, I think if we can align all of our problems, [...] can fight together as a group against many issues.”

Diana Zaragoza, a third-year psychology and Chicano/a studies double major, said that witnessing the removal of scientific data has prompted her concerns over who controls publicly-funded information.

“Giving [Trump] full control is giving him the ability to censor,” Zaragoza said. “I know that when he censored these pages, his excuse was that they were going to review them and publish new information, but I don’t necessarily buy into it. I don’t think that it’s fair to anybody. When you Google ‘White House’, that’s one of the first pages that comes up, and I think it should be available to everybody, it’s really the layout of the American government.”

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WOMEN’S HEALTH: AN ISSUE OF HUMAN HEALTH Structural changes in government affect women’s health; minority groups, lower income groups to be severely affected

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In his first 21 days in office, President Donald Trump made many controversial picks for his cabinet, including the appointment of Tom Price as health secretary. Price is a staunch opponent of the Affordable Care Act and an advocate for the defunding of Planned Parenthood, and members of the UC Davis community and health and human rights groups across the country are worried about the possible consequences of this appointment.

Confi is a student organization on campus that works with its parent organization, Confi.co, to promote women’s health.

Members table at the Memorial Union, host on-campus events, such as an upcoming self-defense workshop for all genders, and conduct other outreach events with the community. “[For] Prop 60 [which dealt with condom use and pornography], we wrote up our own little packet and gave it out,” said Melina Tessier, a fourth-year global disease biology major and Confi’s advocacy founder. “We also had resources from Planned Parenthood that we gave out. It was cool to have our own opinion, and to be able to voice that [in light] of how women’s health was changing.”

During the election, Confi tabled on campus and at the Davis Farmer’s Market to talk to the Davis community about public health and propositions related to women’s health in California. Post-election events have motivated Confi to continue its efforts in women’s health advocacy.

“Because a lot of things that have been happening

in the current administration have to do with bigger aspects of policy and healthcare, you can’t really get into that unless you are someone in policy,” Tessier said. “So we thought about things that really impact our community [...] and we’ve really just been trying to do more toward [providing] resources that can be used.”

Although there are various resources on and around campus for safe sex, according to Tessier, many people don’t know enough about them to take advantage of what’s being offered.

“There were so many people that were worried about not having IUDs and also getting IUDs right before the administration started,” Tessier said. “So we put [safe sex products] together so our community would realize the resources they have around them. In the kits we hinted towards different resources that provide these services, like the Student Health Center and various others.”

Many reproductive rights groups worry that these types of services will not be accessible if plans to defund Planned Parenthood and other preventative medicine institutions are carried out.

The issue of abortion, which is highly contested due to the interplay of various religious and political sentiments, has also been in the forefront of the new presidential administration’s plan of action.

“When they close clinics or defund certain programs, the rate of abortion doesn’t go down; it’s the rate of maternal death that increases,” said Hailey Barab, a fifth-year genetics and English double major. “Abortions will still happen, they’ll just happen illegally, with no safety precautions.”

According to Barab, a Confi member who works

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in three different clinics around the Davis area, these clinics provide more than just abortion services.

They also make preventative medicine accessible to low-income populations that might otherwise not be aware of these services.

“Taking away those resources would be taking away not just abortions, but all the other things that go with it [...including] the loss of normal gynecological exams and preventing cervical or breast cancer,” Barab said. “Even if [people] go in for birth control, the provider will ask them some basic questions about pap smears and annual exams, and if they see that there’s an abnormal result, they can [take preventative measures]. If they hadn’t gone into the clinic and hadn’t been asked that question, they might not have found out they had cervical cancer.”

Teen health clinics also identify issues of mental health and address possibly harmful behaviors.

“We are mandated reporters,” Barab said. “If someone comes in who’s being abused, hurting themselves, ... [or plans] to be hurting someone else, we must report it. Also, if they talk about being depressed, we go through the PHQ2 screening, [a depression diagnostic test], and if they answer yes to the questions, we send them to behavioral health [to get help]. So again, they might come in for birth control and be seen because they didn’t know it wasn’t normal to have little interest or pleasure in daily activities.”

The defunding of institutions that help low-income communities is part of a lethal cycle that perpetuates poverty, a concept similar to what anthropologists have referred to as structural violence.

“I think it’s very cyclical, because people who are

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fitting to that demographic [that come to the clinic] usually don’t have education,” Barab said. “I’ve helped teach sex education at different high schools and middle schools, and I’ve met kids that didn’t know that sex led to pregnancy. Cutting funding would definitely hinder people with lower economic status — exactly those who need it more.”

Because of this complicated interplay between race, gender and class, the issue of women’s health is considered a human rights issue by many academics.

“I think that [these policy changes are a] blatant use of power, amassed power that cancels all meaning of democracy,” said UC Davis anthropology professor Marisol de la Cadena. “And it’s this amassed power that’s wielded, dealt and enforced on definitely very gendered lines, with a notion of health that would reinstate patriarchy.”

According to de la Cadena, incoming policy adjustments are “not far from the idea that men should decide for women.” “[It is] not right [...] that men should make decisions for women,” de la Cadena said. “They think women are incapable of their decisions. That’s what I think may be the very harsh underpinning of these ideas.”

The Women’s March in Washington, D.C. and its sister marches across the nation on Jan. 21 are evidence that reproductive rights groups across the country are mobilizing.

“You have to fight it,” de la Cadena said. “You cannot just take it all. You have to confront the power that wants to enforce itself. You have to generate mechanisms to say no and to fight. Don’t be victims.

Don’t allow the power to victimize you.”

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The University of California (UC) will retract a $300 million line of credit and a $150 million interest reset contract with Wells Fargo by April of this year. $200 million has already been retracted, and the remaining $100 million will be divested after a replacement bank is found. This follows the termination of the $25 million commercial paper contract with Wells Fargo by the UC in November of 2016.

In September of 2016, the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) fined Wells Fargo $100 million for secretly opening unauthorized banking accounts for existing customers. Federal investigators discovered that Wells Fargo employees had created two million fraudulent bank and credit accounts under the names of existing customers since 2011, prompting the California state treasury to suspend its Wells Fargo investment. The national bank was fined $185 million for these violations.

Wells Fargo is currently part of a banking conglomerate that provides a $900 million line of revolving credit to The GEO Group, the private prison and immigration detention company, and a $135 million line of credit to the private prison group CoreCivic. In August of 2016, the U.S. Department of Justice confirmed its intention to withdraw from privately-operated prison contracts.

Last year, the Afrikan Black Coalition (ABC) successfully pushed the UC to divest $30 million from private prison companies.

Wells Fargo has also faced accusations, lawsuits and settlements regarding racially discriminatory and predatory lending to African Americans and Latinos — it settled with the Justice Department for $184.3 million in 2012.

Recently, Wells Fargo received negative press for helping fund the North Dakota Access Pipeline. Wells Fargo is one of several large banks providing loans and support for the construction of the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Francisco Ferreyra, a third-year community and regional development major at UC Davis and the environmental sustainability officer of the UC Student Association, said that Davis residents and several student groups asked the Davis City Council to also take action against the Dakota Access Pipeline.

Students who received a questionnaire from Tina Curiel, a third-year transfer student and sociology major, responded that, if they were in a class with a formerly-incarcerated student, they might feel that such a person should have to share their past with future colleagues. Curiel, who was present while students took the survey, did not reveal that she had been formerly incarcerated.

“There was definitely a proportion of the students we interviewed that [...] didn’t know what somebody who has been incarcerated might look like,” Curiel said. “[That] is why I am really open about my past. It’s our job to challenge what that image looks like.”

Groups like Project Rebound, established in 1967 at San Francisco State University and now at seven other California State Universities, and the Underground Scholars Initiative (USI), founded at University of California (UC) Berkeley in 2012, provide formerly incarcerated students with support, including tutoring and networking. Presently, UC Davis has no such group to support formerly-incarcerated students enrolled at the university.

Caleb Martinez, a fourth-year political science and policy major at UC Berkeley who is the transfer and outreach lead coordinator for USI and a formerly-incarcerated student himself, said that USI has contacts with several formerly incarcerated students enrolled at UC Davis.

“All of us [at USI] have made it here through support [from] our community or, in many cases, being fortunate or privileged enough to have mentors,” Martinez said. “We feel like we provide resources and opportunities [...] to people coming out of detention to help them [arrive] here at Berkeley or at other institutions.”

Both of Curiel’s parents struggled with incarceration, addiction and poverty, and she struggled with heroin addiction and served differing amounts of time in prison from age 18 to 23. After receiving a possession charge, she enrolled in a yearlong, state-run program that, along with the fear of prolonged incarceration, was a turning point. After her release, Curiel had no financial support, but, with the help of her sister and a 12-step program, she was able to find a job and started taking classes at Modesto Junior College (MJC).

In February, interim Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter announced to UC Davis Dateline that Lauren E. Lindstrom will be the new dean of the School of Education.

Currently, Lindstrom is the associate dean of Research and Faculty Development in the College of Education at the University of Oregon. She will begin her post at UC Davis on June 1, succeeding interim Dean Paul Hastings.

The UC Davis School of Education was founded in 2002. According to its website, the school is ranked number 51 out of more than 250 schools, as of 2017.

The majority of students are pursuing teaching credentials or Masters of Arts in education. 222 undergraduate students are also currently enrolled in the education minor program.

Lindstrom served at the University of Oregon for 25 years and received three degrees: a Bachelor of Science in human services, a Master of Science in special education and a Ph.D. in educational leadership.

As a researcher, she is recognized internationally and nationally for her work in special education, in particular in assisting youth with disabilities in making the transition from high school to employment and post-secondary education opportunities,” Hexter said to Dateline.

Hastings explained that the School of Education was looking for a leader in educational research who would be a strong proponent of the research in education being conducted by the school’s faculty. The school required a leader who understands the breadth and diversity of the field of teaching across all ages and communities. It was

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Gary May, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano’s pick for the next chancellor of UC Davis, marks a welcome change for a university plagued in recent years by careless leadership and avoidable controversies.

May, who earned master’s and doctorate degrees from UC Berkeley, and who currently serves as the dean of Georgia Tech’s College of Engineering, will start his tenure as chancellor on Aug. 1, provided the UC Regents vote to approve him on Thursday.

Like former chancellor Linda Katehi, who resigned last year amid backlash surrounding her moonlighting activities on the boards of for-profit universities, May will likely bring to UC Davis a special focus on STEM fields: science, technology, engineering and mathematics.

He will also be responsible for ensuring that as UC Davis’ student body grows, and as its campus becomes more prominent in Sacramento, that it does so in a sustainable and effective way. “[May] was chosen from an extraordinarily talented pool of candidates because I believe he’s the right person to guide UC Davis to even greater heights, advancing academic and research initiatives, building a stronger community with students, faculty, and staff, and furthering relations with the larger Davis and Sacramento area,” Napolitano said in a statement.

May has cited his experiences as a Black man in the sciences to highlight the need for and benefits of more inclusive academic environments. May spearheaded initiatives to enroll more minorities and international students in the College of Electrical and Computer Engineering at Georgia Tech. He has notably argued that diversity should play a larger role in how universities are ranked by the U.S. News & World Report.

Such leadership is long overdue at UC Davis, where African Americans only made up 3.5 percent of the student body in 2016. May would become UC Davis’ first African American chancellor, and the only one to currently serve in the UC sys-

tem.

By picking May, Napolitano signaled that she wants to keep attention centered on developing UC Davis’ already-strong STEM programs. It’s a noble goal, but she and May must understand the importance of liberal arts to a public university’s mission.

May has written on the need to keep the arts separated from STEM fields. While his point that combining the humanities with the sciences “dilutes the essential need and focus for STEM” is reasonable, that argument does not necessarily preclude the fact that the sciences don’t exist in a vacuum.

It would benefit students of such disciplines to further understand the ethical, historical and sociological implications of their studies — especially in a political environment that seems to value objective facts less and less.

This political environment has also made college campuses — and especially UCs — hotbeds of protests, activism and all the tensions that can arise as a result.

May remains largely untested in dealing with these issues, and he would be well-advised to treat demonstrators with respect while simultaneously fostering a commitment to freedom of expression.

There are positive signs he will. In an email to students at Georgia Tech after President Trump’s immigration ban, he wrote, “the College [of Engineering] remains committed to diversity and inclusion, and we continue to value the intellect and talents of scholars from around the world.”

But May still must take immediate steps to hold himself to higher standards of accountability and transparency than Katehi, whose tenure was marred by efforts to scrub the internet of pepper-spray references, allegations of nepotism and a host of other ethical questions.

If he does follow through, the Editorial Board is fully confident in May’s ability to take the pragmatic and responsible approach to higher education that UC Davis students deserve.

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Corporate America fires back at Trump in advertisements HOW COMPANIES ARE STAKING OUT A POLITICAL STANCE IN THEIR ADS

BY JAZMI N G ARC I A msjgarcia@ucdavis.edu

You only need to watch this year’s Super Bowl commercials to see that product ads have become increasingly political, particularly to speak out against President Trump. Corporations seized one of sport’s biggest stages to let their political preference be known.

Considering that CBS charges around $166,666 per second of airtime, the motives behind these decidedly political ads are worthy of consideration. While Super Bowl ads are notoriously edgy, the fact that many of them chose to express political dissent against the President somehow feels even more cutting-edge.

This move feels unprecedented; we don’t see ads criticizing political figures outside of the campaign season. But these are product ads.

And here we are, with Coca-Cola countering Trump’s #MakeAmericaGreatAgain with #AmericaIsBeautiful.

The Super Bowl also saw ads from Budweiser, Airbnb, 84 Lumber and Audi — all objecting to some of Trump’s policies.

Budweiser depicts the plights of the immigrant by following a German man being discriminated against in his attempt to make America his home during WWII. Many thought the commercial was directed at Trump’s anti-immigration policies (reflected in his travel ban and his desire to build a wall along the Mexican border) because the man was portrayed as an underdog protagonist and a con-

tributing member of society.

In a similar vein, Airbnb aired a commercial showing several close-ups of racially and culturally diverse subjects.

With its slogan #WeAccept, the ad seemed to speak against Trump’s hateful rhetoric targeting marginalized communities.

While the aims of the commercial seem innocent, its content has met with plenty of criticism, especially in the comments section on YouTube, in which many thought that its political stance was needless.

As of writing this article, over 40 percent of viewers took contention with the ad — if “dislikes” are a metric of such a response.

These commercials are not anti-Trump in the sense that they explicitly show him or mention his name. They subtly address the social justice issues that have become media focuses since Trump started his campaign. Audi aired a commercial centered around gender politics. It showed a girl in a boxcar racing competition against mostly male competitors, and her father wonders whether he should tell his daughter that the hardships she will inevitably face are owed to society’s treatment of gender.

The fact that these commercials have been received so contentiously by some is remarkable given their soft political statements. Arguably, these commercials are only political in the context of our political reality. On their own, they advocate the importance of diversity, whether it be of ethnic background, thought, religion, culture and so on.

Over the past several months, the reactionary culture of online arguments has festered and grown. In these arguments, we’ve seen political dissent on both sides when it comes to supporting certain businesses and corporations. When these entities make political statements, deliberately or otherwise, they often face boycotts. Some on the left called for a boycott of Uber for its CEO’s support of Trump, and others on the right similarly called for a boycott of Starbucks for its statement in support of refugees.

The question of motives comes up again as we consider these companies’ strategies for publicity. The basic motive behind a commercial is to persuade viewers to buy their products.

So, why do these companies risk losing clientele through politics? The less cynical answer is that they want to be on the right side of history.

While the anti-Trump messages are meant to appeal to people who oppose his views, it’s important to note that they didn’t necessarily have to go the political route.

And yes, political ads get more attention in the media.

But that doesn’t mean that in its pursuit to gain publicity, an advertisement loses its credibility.

On the contrary, the marketing teams of these companies are, in part, using their spotlight to encourage positivity and unity in a divisive political climate.

While companies can easily drop $5 million on a Super Bowl ad, you can’t put a price on political solidarity.

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How technology can make healthcare more affordable NEW HIV, AIDS TREATMENT HAS BROAD IMPLICATIONS FOR HEALTH CARE

BY SHOHI NI M A I T R A samaitra@ucdavis.edu

A research team at the University of Nebraska Medical Center recently discovered a new pathway to open cell storage areas in the body to store antiviral drugs. The breakthrough, which uses LASER ART technology (long-acting slow effective release antiretroviral therapy), could revolutionize the way we administer drugs and reduce the number of doses of prescribed medicine a patient must take.

Conventional drugs that are taken once or twice a day, for example, would need only be taken once per month. This fact can have a huge global impact on HIV/AIDS health care by improving the efficacy of current antiviral drugs.

Possibly the most important benefit of this breakthrough is its potentially broad impact on all the medicines we use today. The best part: costs will be much lower. In a country where affordable health care is still a major concern, new technologies like this could dramatically lower costs, making health care far less expensive than it is now.

Over the last few weeks, a lot has been said about the pros and cons of the Affordable Care Act (ACA). The law was created to emulate the benefits of the health care systems of many other developed

countries, most of which have universal health care. Countries like Canada and almost all European countries have public healthcare systems that are federally funded and regulated. Similarly, the ACA attempts to lower insurance costs to expand coverage as widely as possible, especially for lower-income families. But it does little to address the underlying reasons why health care in the United States is so much more expensive than elsewhere.

Healthcare in the United States is a for-profit system. Hospitals and patients do not interact directly, and insurance companies act as the middlemen. Under this system, patients don’t have the benefit of choosing a hospital based on their financial situation because the cost of a procedure is never known until it’s already been completed. The medical bill is divided between the insurance company, the hospital, your medicine, the doctor and, of course, taxes. There are far too many players for what should be a much simpler process, and the expenses pile up as a result. Doctors earn some of the highest salaries in the United States, but often use it to pay off huge medical school loans well into their career. Other developed nations have higher levels of overall health and longer life expectancies than the United States. In the end, no one is really winning.

Instead of trying to get everybody insured so they can pay bills

that are already too expensive, perhaps it’s time to try a different approach to the issues facing American health care. Maybe it’s better to cut the costs instead of finding ways to cover them, which only results in more expenses overall. Eliminating the “middle man” — the insurance companies with a vested interest in our for-profit system — would be a good first step.

But to find better solutions we need to think long-term. For the sake of our environment and our pockets, we need to reduce waste and expenses. In the long run, the federal government would do well to pour more of its funds into healthcare and biomedical research, like many business giants in Silicon Valley have done.

The Chan-Zuckerberg Initiative has donated more than three billion dollars to its foundation for medical research that aims to make the world disease-free by the end of the 21st century. Philanthropists Eli Broad and Ted Stanley have donated to the cause of psychiatry and mental disorders like schizophrenia and Alzheimer’s disease.

Innovative technology, like LASER ART, can help us find simpler, pain-free medications that work more effectively. We may even be able to distribute rare medicines to the most remote and war-torn countries of the world. Medical research is as vital and critical to our well-being as healthcare as we continue to fight new diseases.

HUMOR Student takes quick study break after thinking about starting homework STUDENTS SHARE UNORTHODOX STUDY TECHNIQUES THAT ARE PROBABLY FINE

BY BRI AN LAND RY bjlandry@ucdavis.edu

When walking through the library, one typically sees busy students toiling away at their schoolwork.

But students can’t possibly be studying at all times, which is why many take breaks from their studies before, during and after their schoolwork.

One such student is Michael Scarn, a second-year psychology major and artist of an a capella-dubstep cover album that reached the number-two spot on the a capella-dubstep mashup charts.

“I personally like to take some preparatory breaks before I start my work,” Scarn said. “It would be unrealistic to both think about

starting my homework and then actually start it. That’s just... a lot.

So I usually just do a little thinking about the work I need to do and then take my first break. It keeps me fresh. Keeps me going. If I didn’t take breaks all the time, I wouldn’t get any work done. And trust me, I get work done. You don’t get a summer internship at a mid-tier Northeastern Pennsylvania paper supplier by doing nothing.”

Scarn is not alone. Several other students have similar stories about how study breaks help them.

“Sometimes I’ll actually just go to the library and watch Netflix,” said Sarah Cube, a fourth-year communication major and human lawnmower. “The way I see it, just being in the library automatically makes me productive, so it doesn’t even matter if I waste all my time.

During finals week I’ll actually sit in the 24-hour study room for days watching Netflix. I’ll just absorb the knowledge from all the students studying around me by osmosis. I know it sounds strange, but from what I can tell, it really works. I’m getting pretty close to the numberone spot in my class, which they only give to the person whose GPA is closest to the number one. So, yeah, I’m going places.”

It’s becoming increasingly common for students to take a Netflixbased approach to studying.

In a move to show that she really is qualified to be Secretary of Education, Betsy DeVos has ordered the Department of Education to spend millions of dollars to get Netflix to stream The Apprentice so that public school students can have something “godly” to watch while taking study breaks.

New professor actually just two kids in a trenchcoat CHILDREN STACKED ON TOP OF EACH OTHER ATTEMPT TO TEACH A CLASS IN ORDER TO FUND LEGO HOBBIES

BY OL I VI A LUC H I N I ocluchini@ucdavis.edu

Even this late in the quarter, professors still manage to surprise us every now and then. This is especially true of mathematics professor Martin Jüsboks. After several long weeks of speculation, it was finally confirmed that Jüsboks was actually just two 8-year-old kids in a trenchcoat attempting to pass as an adult.

“We really should have caught this earlier,” said Nicole Monahan, a second-year physics major. “He kept on trying to have us ‘color’ for homework, which is odd because this is Math 17B.” Classmates of Monahan also expressed suspicion when they noted that Jüsboks only brought a Cars lunchbox and Nintendo DS to class.

But they figured he was just a quirky dude.

“I mean, his shoes were also dangerously small and lit up,” said Alex Polmer, a first-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major. “But that seemed rude to question in case he just happened to have tiny feet. My suspicions grew after he spelled ‘calculus’ as ‘Kal Q Less’ on the board. But then, like, every math teacher prefaces their class with the fact that they’re a crap speller. I just kind of assumed that stereotype was true with Jüsboks.”

The jig was up when a sneeze erupted from what would have been Jüsboks’ groin, but was discovered to be a kid named Ryan. A little face peered nervously out from between two buttons, and the upper half of this professor tried to blame the noise on the taco salad he had for lunch.

The upper half of this equation was a little boy named Peter, clearly the mastermind of this adventure.

“I needed to get the new Legos because the Lego Batman movie is coming out and I wanted to make those and I needed to make money because my mom said it was too much and I had enough Legos,” Peter said. “I know my dad gets money from his job so I thought I could get one too. Ryan wanted Legos too, so we took someone’s jacket and I found my mustache from my Mario costume from Halloween. I looked so big!”

This sheer genius tricked students for nearly an entire quarter. For this alone, UC Davis has decided to allow Jüsboks to finish out the quarter just to see where he goes with it.

“I’ve made almost enough to buy two Lego sets!” Peter exclaimed.

Ryan was less than happy with this result.

“Peter can’t even do multiplication tables,” Ryan said. “I should have been the head and everyone knows it.”

Pence Gallery to change name for "obvious reasons" BUILDING IN DOWNTOWN DAVIS WITHDRAWS INADVERTENT SUPPORT FOR CONTROVERSIAL VICE PRESIDENT

BY ET HAN VI C TO R ejvictor@ucdavis.edu

Davis’ 40-year-old Pence Gallery will be undergoing some changes in response to the results of the 2016 presidential election. The gallery — originally named after Joe Pence, a dentist — was gifted to the city by the Pence family. It offers classes, workshops and multiple art exhibits.

Since the election, protestors have been seen outside the Pence Gallery asking the organization’s board to reconsider its name. While the building has nothing to do with Vice President Mike Pence, citizens of Davis have taken it upon themselves to disengage entirely with President Donald Trump and his administration.

Members of the community have previously protested President

Trump. Just last week, Davis withdrew itself from all things related to Wells Fargo, given its involvement with the Dakota Access Pipeline.

“I’m not a fan of Pence. I’m a fan of the Gallery, but I will not set foot in there until the name is changed,” said Bernard Watson, a 40-year resident of Davis. “I have no desire to go back. I’ll get my art from the students until the name is changed.”

Watson announced that he will instead be going to on-campus art clubs and open mic nights in the meantime. Watson is not the only one with this mentality. He is, however, part of a group that others find ridiculous.

“Look, I’m not the biggest fan of Pence either, but Dr. Joe Pence was an incredible dentist,” said a lifelong Davis resident, 80-year-old Rose Russell, as she flashed a bright white smile. “We do not need to take out our frustration on someone who clearly had nothing to do

with the election.”

Protests are scheduled to continue until the gallery’s name is changed. There have been multiple appeals to the board, the first of which was shot down, but the second, third and fourth will all be heard — each with different suggestions for names that maintain the integrity of Dr. Joe Pence and his family.

The California Aggie reached out to the gallery for a comment but received no response.

As the saga continues, protesters continue to fight for what is right. Regardless of how one stands on the topic, activism for any cause should be respected.

Community members are using their voices to stand up for their beliefs. Moving forward, such advocacy should be expected as further controversial political decisions are made.

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SCIENCE+TECH Arboretum waterway restoration project underway Collaborative project will provide a cleaner, healthier Arboretum

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BY EMM A ASKEA science@theaggie.org

The thick, green Arboretum waterway is now a thing of the past, thanks to UC Davis professors and Arboretum staff who are launching exciting new programs to improve water health.

Andrew Fulks, the assistant director of the UC Davis Arboretum and Public Garden, is in charge of a program that will launch Feb. 27.

According to Fulks, the Arboretum waterway is used as a campus stormwater drainage system and has been maintained in that sense, but not with regard to water health.

“The waterway historically has not had anybody taking care of it from a biological standpoint,” Fulks said.

The Arboretum waterway is naturally inclined to have the infamous green appearance due to environ-

mental factors.

“In terms of how the system functions, it’s functioning exactly how we would expect when you have [a body of water with] solar exposure in the central valley that is stagnant,” Fulks said. “It is going to naturally grow algae.”

However, Fulks and his team have devised a plan to create a waterway that is healthy and clean.

“We needed to be able to move that water, the input source, all the way to the east end,” Fulks said.

“And in order to create flow we had to have elevation change, so the elevation change is going to be these new concrete weirs and they will provide a small drop, enough to keep the water flowing.”

Their vision for the waterway would not only make the water flow, but also change the functionality of the waterway, hopefully garnering more public engagement and making it more wildlife-friendly.

There are also plans to hire an overseer and to

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change the banks to encourage more biodiversity.

The project is expected to be completed over the course of four years in four phases, but that may change as the project advances.

Fulk encourages students to get involved, whether by coming out to watch the construction scheduled to start at the end of this month or by getting involved in internships offered through the Arboretum.

“We are going to have a student internship [...] those students will be working on designing and implementing the restoration of the banks in between the weirs,” Fulks said.

Working with Fulks is Randy Dahlgren, a distinguished professor of soil science who strives to connect the worlds of science research and education.

Dahlgren has put together a group of UC Davis undergraduate interns.

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UC Davis MIND Institute fuels crucial research needed to investigate neurodevelopmental disorders

BY SHI VA N I KA M A L science@theaggie.org

The human brain is one of the most complex organs in the body, yet obtaining brain tissue samples to study neurodevelopmental disorders has proven to be a difficult task.

The UC Davis MIND Institute Brain Endowment for Autism Research Sciences (BEARS), program was formed to acquire brain tissue in order for scientists to effectively study disorders such as autism and seek to advance human health.

The BEARS program strives to collaborate with scientists, communities and national advocacy organizations from around the world to foster new ideas about brain donation. The hope is for the collaboration to augment research and preventative treatments for brain disorders.

“In the field of autism research there is a chronic shortage of brains available for study,” said Dr. Ruth Weir, a postdoctoral research fellow in the MIND Institute laboratory of Dr. Cyndi Schumann. “Fewer than one hundred brains from individuals with autism have been studied over the last three decades, compared with tens of thousands of brains affected by Alzheimer’s disease.”

A major challenge to the brain tissue donation process is the short time window available for recovery and the process it takes to prepare the brain for research.

“From the time of death to when the tissue has been processed and frozen, we only have about 40 hours, hence there is a need for quick and successful harvesting and transport of specimens,” said Alicja Omanska, astaff research associate IV and the manager of the BEARS tissue donation program.

Currently, the BEARS program is partnered with Sierra Donor Services, an organ procurement organization that serves Northern California as well as Nevada. This service processes and keeps track of registered organ donors, using strategies like put-

learning real-world skills that are important in the job, we are learning something of international importance because we have waterways like this all over the developing world and in many developed areas,” Dahlgren said.

Dahlgren has worked on similar waterways in China, where he still conducts research.

“One of the things I have been doing for several years in China is looking at these nasty waterways that have no oxygen in them, life is very limited,” Dahlgren said. “[...] One of the things we starting working on there was doing a wetland restoration [...] and once we got it done I went, ‘Wow, that’s the same as the Arboretum at UC Davis that I can sample on my bicycle in 30 minutes,’ so it came together for me.”

Dahlgren ran a group internship in Fall Quarter, and will offer one again in the spring. As a part of the internship, students collect samples that provide Fulks’ team with feedback on their progress with the waterway.

“This is an opportunity for us to provide information to the restoration people on whether what they’re doing is having any value, so that’s something you often don’t know for quite a few years after you do restoration,” Dahlgren said.

Dahlgren believes that this is crucial for connecting what students learn in the classroom to real life experiences, and he hopes to have many more of these kinds of internships all over campus.

Sue Eebler, the associate dean for undergraduate academic programs in the College of Agriculture and Environmental Science and a professor of viticulture and enology, believes the project is important to the students and campus.

“It’s an experience that we value,” Eebler said.

“Students are not only able to get that hands on experience, but see that right away that things that they do have an impact on their community and their surroundings.”

With the launch of the Arboretum waterway restoration project, the Arboretum waterway that meanders through the campus has now become a symbol of UC Davis professors, students and campus staffs’ ingenuity.

“This campus is student-run and this [project] is just an extension of that,” Fulks said.

ting the pink donor sticker on an individual’s driver’s license.

However, donation rules and regulations do not apply uniformly to all bodily organs.

“Lots of people are unaware that brain donation is a very separate process to organ donation,” Weir said.

“I have spoken to many students about brain donation, and commonly hear ‘My driving license says I am an organ donor so my brain can go to science,’ unfortunately this is not the case.”

Near or at the time of death of an individual, relatives may notify an organ procurement center if they wish. The center then informs the family of the BEARS program. If they agree to have the brain donated for research, the MIND Institute is notified immediately and arrangements for tissue retrieval and transport are made.

“The brain donations that are collected by BEARS will facilitate a variety of types of research ranging from understanding causal genetic alterations, to appreciating the kinds of altered brain organization and connections that may be associated with disorders,” said David Amaral, the Beneto Foundation chair and the director of research at the MIND Institute.

The goal of the BEARS program is to acquire brain tissue from both individuals with a neurodevelopmental disorder and those considered to have typical development.

With these samples, scientists at the MIND institute and around the world can study differences between typically developing individuals and those diagnosed with disorders such as autism.

“To maximize the usefulness of each donated case, the two halves of the brain are processed separately,” Weir said. “One hemisphere is ‘fixed’ in the preservative formalin, and can be used for histological studies, looking at the cells through staining, whilst the other half is frozen and can be used for genetic studies.”

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Class to explore medical, physiological benefits, risks of cannabis, cannabinoids

BY E MMA SADLOWSKI science@theaggie.org

UC Davis undergraduate students can now enroll in a new science course that examines the physiological effects of cannabis on major organ systems in humans. Physiology of Cannabis (HPH 115) will provide students with an intensive overview of the health benefits and risks associated with medical and recreational marijuana usage.

The UC Davis School of Medicine faculty designed the course with the intention of educating biology, physiology or pre-med students on the effects of cannabis on the human body.

“The goal of the class is to give all of the students a very detailed understanding of how cannabis send signals in the nervous system and how they control cardiac and respiratory systems,” said Luis Fernando-Santana, the chair of the Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology at the UC Davis School of Medicine. “By understanding how that works, students will have a better understanding of how cannabis as a medical or recreational drug will impact our lives.”

Cannabis is often used to treat chronic pain and alleviate the effects of chemotherapy, according to Santana. However, the plant is often regulated and not easily accessible in every state. Medical use of marijuana is currently legal in 28 states, and recreational use is legal in eight states, including the District of Columbia.

Following the ratification of Proposition 64 in November 2016, which legalized recreational use of marijuana in California, the UC Davis School of Medicine faculty members pushed the notion of designing a class centered on the study of cannabis.

“With marijuana being approved for medical purposes in multiple states and recently with the vote in California that approved the use of marijuana for recreational purposes, we felt that it was imperative that we train our students and eventu-

ally offer courses to the general public,” Satana said.

Students enrolled in Physiology of Cannabis will analyze cannabinoids such as tetrahydrocannabinol (THC), chemical compounds secreted by cannabis plants that alleviate pain, nausea and inflammation.

The class will also explore the natural cannabinoids produced by human bodies (endocannabinoids) and dangerous, man-made chemical analogs that mirror the effects of cannabis (synthetic cannabinoids).

Yu-Fung Lin, an associate professor at the UC Davis School of Medicine and the course instructor, hopes that the class will enhance students’ scientific perspectives on cannabis.

“I think it is important that we provide the opportunity to educate students about what cannabis and cannabinoids are in terms of their mechanisms and evaluate the current literature on the potential risks associated with it,” Lin said.

The Department of Physiology and Membrane Biology is currently in the works of designing a cannabis class for UC Davis medical school students, which will have a stronger emphasis on the plant’s medical relevance. In upcoming years, faculty at the School of Medicine hope to design a cannabis course intended for students of any major.

Carson Moss, a fourth-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major, commended the School of Medicine for providing undergraduates with the opportunity to explore more focused interests.

“Ideas about the recreational and medical purposes of marijuana should be formed around facts,” Moss said. “I think educating people on topics such as this is one of the best approaches we have for these controversial topics. [...] Perhaps something like this would lead to better research in the future, as well.”

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3rd Thursdays at the Shrem New museum offers Davis community a night of art, culture

BY BET T Y W U arts@theaggie.org

For students who have yet to visit the recently-opened Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art, the museum’s interactive “3rd Thursday” events provide the perfect opportunity to explore UC Davis’ newest on-campus museum.

3rd Thursdays are hosted at the Shrem Museum on the third Thursday of every month from 5 to 9 p.m. The most recent event, on Feb. 16, offered several different activities, such as live performances by Sacramento Area Youth Speaks and DIY arts and craft events. This particular event focused mainly on the discussion of human rights in Middle Eastern countries and the encouragement of political protests. Human rights speaker Sarah Leah Whitson gave a lectured titled “As Aleppo Burns: Human Rights and International Justice in the Middle East,” and attendees were given the op-

portunity to make protest signs.

“The global political climate is changing dramatically. I’m aghast at some stories that [are] presented in the news, such as terrorist attacks and refugees,” said Kyle Collins, a Davis resident. “Sarah Whitson’s lecture was very informative and interesting. She presented so many data and facts that gave me a better understanding of the human rights situations in Syria.”

Outside the museum, a projector showed pictures taken from recent protests, including the Women’s March, which took place in Sacramento as well as other major cities.

The museum encourages people to share their protest photos as a way of amplifying the voices of their community.

“Showing the protesting images is a good way to educate people about their rights to express and stand up for their belief, it is especially imperative nowadays for the younger generations,” said Vernassa Clark, a Davis resident.

In addition to participating in these activities, 3rd Thursdays also provide the perfect opportunity to peruse the collection of artwork on exhibit at the Shrem.

Some current exhibits at the Shrem include “Out Our Way,” an inaugural exhibition that commemorates the founding chair of the UC Davis Department of Art, Richard Nelson and his colleagues, and “Hoof and Foot,” a video installation by Bay Area artist Chris Sollars that presents the symbiotic relations between the animals and students at UC Davis.

“I’m quite excited to come to the museum for the first time,” said Jinli Hu, a second-year economics major. “It is interesting to learn more about the UC Davis’ Art Department and see the art they created.”

The next 3rd Thursday event will be hosted on March 16. For more information, visit the Facebook event page. For more information about the Shrem Museum, visit http://manettishremmuseum.ucdavis.edu/.

Armadillo, KDVS collaborate to host Vinyl and Music Fair The perfect event for old-school music lovers ME E N A R U G H / AGGI E

BY SYD NEY OD M A N arts@theaggie.org

Armadillo Music, an independent record store located in downtown Davis, is one of the few places in the Davis area where music lovers can find quality vinyl, CDs and cassette tapes of all genres. On Feb. 25, Armadillo and KDVS 90.3 will be collaborating to host their semiannual Vinyl and Music Fair.

With over 40 vendors from all over California coming to sell, there is sure to be an abundance of all kinds of records catered to every music taste, from classic and jazz to heavy metal and reggae. In addition to vinyl, vendors will sell CDs, cassettes, DVDs, equipment and all types of music memorabilia. For those looking to get a first look at the selection, the fair is also offering early

entrance at 8:30 a.m before the event begins for a $5 fee.

“There’s going to be plenty of stuff like The Beatles, Led Zeppelin and Pink Floyd available,” said Paul Wilbur, the manager of Armadillo Music. “But if you’re looking for something special for those hardcore collectors out there, it might be worth it to come early.”

Despite the accessibility of music through mobile streaming in the modern age, records are making a strong comeback.

Many people desire a physical connection to artists and their music.

“I feel that vinyl provides a more authentic sound, especially when listening to tunes from decades ago,” said Laurasia Holzman, a third-year wildlife, fish and conservation biology major. “To me, it’s important to support this form of music because it pro-

vides a different experience of listening.”

The Vinyl and Music Fair has been going on for approximately eight years and happens twice per year. According to Wilbur, in the early years of the fair, attendees were mostly of the same demographic — men in their 40s and above looking to expand their record collections. Recently, however, the crowd has become more diverse, mixed with people of all ages from 11-year-old kids to seniors.

Hannah Presiado, a first-year environmental science major, is another young vinyl-lover and customer of Armadillo Music.

“The physical act of putting on a record and the smell of old records is really comforting to me,” Presiado said.

The Vinyl and Music Fair will be held on Feb. 25 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Davis Senior Center at 646 A St.

GETTING CRAFTY IN CENTRAL PARK Monthly crafts fair brings repurposed books, gemstones to community

BY C A RA JOY KL EI NR O C K arts@theaggie.org

The latest monthly Vintage and Crafts Fair took place on Feb. 12 in Central Park.

This fair will fill the heart of any craft lover; not only are there plenty of crafts to buy, but there is live music and food as well.

Here’s a look at some of the vendors that are there each month: My Booklandia: Unique literary home decor made from upcycled books Owner Gloria Pearson has been creating home decor out of books since 2013, when she decided to donate her abundant collection. However, she soon learned that when books are donated to places such as Salva-

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tion Army or Goodwill, if there’s no room for them, they oftentimes get dumped in a landfill.

“I thought of a better plan,” Pearson said.

“I started to make clocks and lamps out of my books, and then it turned into me buying books from all the places that would end up sending them to landfills.”

Her business has grown so much that she is no longer using her own collection of books and is instead forced to buy them.

This allows her to take requests from customers as to which books they want to be upcycled; the most requested book recently has been Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them.

Pearson can be found on Etsy or at local craft fairs in the Sacramento Area.

RePurpose Salvage & Furniture Steven Ropp’s craft booth started about eight years ago when he began making furniture and took an interest in reclaimed and recycled wood. This interest led him to explore industrial salvage and demo work.

Ropp likes to see things reused and repurposed rather than simply thrown away.

“From a practical standpoint I think people appreciate it too when [furniture] has some character instead of the same thing from IKEA,” Ropp said.

Ropp has a workshop in Sacramento and sells mainly custom orders.

His items can be found on Craigslist, Amazon, Facebook and at some craft fairs.

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Fun arts and culture classes to take in the spring Brighten up spring quarter with The Beatles, arts, natural sciences

BY BECKY LEE arts@theaggie.org

With the wide variety of classes offered at Davis, it can be hard for students to decide on a Spring Quarter schedule. Whether you’re looking for a fun four-unit class, seeking to expand your cultural knowledge or simply want a break from a heavy load of science classes, here are a few spring quarter classes that will be sure to spark your creative side.

MUS 116 — Introduction to the Music of The Beatles The Beatles, renowned for their songs like “Strawberry Fields,” “ Help,” “Hey Jude” and “Yesterday,” deeply transformed the music industry and altered the political sphere during the 1960s. While the band is known for its idiosyncratic music style, many remain unaware of the meanings behind its songs or even the band’s history.

Chris Reynolds, a professor of music, teaches a course about The Beatles every Spring Quarter.

“My Beatles class is about how to listen to music,” Reynolds said. “We’ll spend a lot of time talking about how one Beatles song relates to a song by Bob Dylan or by the Rolling Stones and how modern groups are echoing things that the Beatles did. I think it’s a course that ultimately changes the way people listen to music because they realize music says a lot of things that they didn’t realize were there.”

Though this is an upper-division course, it is open to almost any student who is interested.

“There is a big range of students who come into the class,” Reynolds said. “Some know quite a few Beatles songs and some know that the Beatles are important but know nothing about them. I enjoy talking to both groups. The groups that know a number of Beatles songs don’t realize what those songs meant when they came out and therefore don’t realize what the songs are trying to communicate.”

According to Reynolds, The Beatles’ music can be misunderstood. It does not exist solely as a spectacle, but rather as a collection of personal and political accounts from the 1950s to the 1970s.

“The Beatles’ songs are very entertaining but they are not just entertainment,” Reynolds said. “They are in many cases very serious, personal messages and personal expressions about problems in their lives or political statements. I think that people who know The Beatles’ songs still have a lot to learn about what they’re saying.”

The most important message you can expect to take away from this class is that music, like literature, is a work of art that needs to be analyzed to be fully appreciated.

“When I first taught the class, I was curious as to whether I would get tired of experiencing the Beatles so intensely,” Reynolds said. “It was quite the contrary. If you listen and don’t listen critically, you’re missing a lot.”

PLS 006 — Application of the Art and Science of the Beauty and Perfection of Flowers A perfect way to transition into UC Davis’ spring festivities is to learn about floriculture. Heiner Lieth, a professor of environmental horticulture, wanted to teach students about flowers since they are so integral to social customs, from the celebration of an anniversary or mourning the passage of a loved one.

“I was traveling in Europe and realized that this particular concept could work fairly well as a class,” Lieth said. “I ran it as a freshman seminar, which is limited to only 15 students.”

However, he did not predict that this course would become so popular.

The course’s increasing numbers have forced him to move into a larger classroom year after year.

“The first time I walked in expecting 15 students, there were actually 40 students,” Lieth said. “Not only were there students on the waiting list, there were students waiting to get on the waiting list. That was my first inclination that students would actually gravitate towards this class. It was never supposed to blow up like this, but now that it has gotten so big, I’m intrigued by it.”

This course teaches students how to distinguish different species of flowers and to use that knowledge in real-world applications. Heith created an assignment called “Flower Impact,” in which students gift flowers to someone and write about their reaction to receiving it.

The title of the course, “Flower Power,” derived from the counterculture movement, entices many students to take the course.

“Flower power was a slogan from the 60s and 70s and actually has been recycled many times by different industries,” Lieth said. “In the floriculture industry, flower power is used on the commercial side to describe flowering plants that have a lot of traction for people — they kind of ‘sell themselves’ if you will. The title of the course is not just ‘flower power.’

The full title of the class is something like ‘Flower Power: The Application of Art and Science of the Beauty and Perfection of Flowers.’”

ENT 001 — Art, Science and the World of Insects Entering a research university like UC Davis can make it difficult to indulge in artistic creativity while maintaining a rigorous schedule of tough STEM courses. However, entomology professor Diane Ullman proves that science is not separate from the arts; in fact, the two go hand-in-hand.

“The idea of the class is two-fold really,” Ullman said. “One is to bring together the arts and the sciences and let students explore the commonalities of those disciplines. We can benefit a lot from the different ways that we view the world. There’s a real borderland between the arts and sciences that isn’t explored that often, but it’s very rich and stimulates people to look for solutions to complex problems.”

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THIRD SPACE ART COLLECTIVE ORDERED TO VACATE PREMISES Davis collective launches fundraising campaign in search of new home

BY ALLY OV ERBAY arts@theaggie.org

A single point of infinite energy.

That’s all it took to create the universe.

Planets, atmosphere, water, life — the entirety of the universe generated from nothing.

The artists of Third Space Art Collective may not be wielding hydrogen gases and subatomic particles, but they’re certainly creating something.

They’re brandishing paintbrushes and re-purposing waste; threading plotlines at storytelling workshops; playing tetris with speakers for the night’s performance.

“In Davis there’s a lot of creative people, a lot of musicians, a lot of youth, and creativity coming together,” said Dylan Wright, one of Third Space’s co-founders and facilities managers. “So there’s a lot of music, a lot of people who want to get crazy with the visual and performing arts, and we realized that there was this void where it was critical. We just kind of took a deep breath and jumped into it — made it happen.”

Third Space’s mission remains consistent with its origins. The mixed-use facility, located on Olive Dr. in southeast Davis, serves as a community events space, a host for private and public studios and a hub for collaboration and creativity.

So when Third Space — the pulsing heart of the Davis art scene — was notified that it had to evacuate itsspace, the city’s cultural extremities were put in jeopardy.

“Third Space Art Collective, a nonprofit organization […that] serves as a unique creative and social hub for local artists and musicians, received an order to vacate their 6,000 square foot building by the end of April,” stated a press release by the collective. “The recent sale of the building means the Collective members need to find interim storage and raise money for relocation on short order.”

Since its inception in 2013, the art collective has hosted over 175 music shows, 32 art shows, 92 workshops, 41 theater events, 29 poetry and storytelling events and 70 other general events, according to its IndieGoGo campaign.

“In total we have served over 15,000 people in just 3 and a half years,” the campaign stated.

Third Space had been a longtime dream for its co-founders, but the vision only came to fruition in 2013.

Despite its relative youth, the space has become an important fixture for the Davis community.

“I believe that Third Space will soon be seen as one of the crown jewels of Davis. It already is, as far as I’m concerned,” said Dave Griffin, another co-founder of the collective. “This is such an amazing organization and such a special concept and group of people that it would be a crime if we didn’t utilize every resource possible to help it stay in Davis.”

In addition to its community outreach, Third Space has proven itself a safe and reliable space for both its artists and its visitors. And, in light of the “Ghost Ship” fire that killed 36 people at a warehouse concert in Oakland last December, these vital community art spaces are being scrutinized now more than ever.

“We’ve never had an incident with

the cops, never an injury. We’re a dry space (except for five to six times we’ve had a special one-time permit), we have a fat insurance policy and no one has ever lived there,” Wright said.

“On the tails of the Ghost Ship, I hear they’re closing down places across the country. The liability is insane.”

Third Space prides itself on this professional attitude. And though the organization may hold a business mindset, it operates as a nonprofit. In fact, the space was originally devised to house emerging artists who lacked the space or funds to kickstart their careers.

Basic membership at Third Space starts at $50 a month, but Wright noted this fee can be offset by volunteering in the shared space by cleaning, organizing and performing miscellaneous tasks that further the usability of the space.

“We saw that there was a huge divide in Davis between successful artists at the galleries, and all the hundreds, potentially thousands, of people who are artistic but don’t have an outlet, or don’t have a place to perform, or do their work or show their work,” Wright said. “So we felt that, as a service to the community, we would basically make this place available and most importantly, affordable.”

Making the space affordable for its studio renters remains a primary goal for the collective. In fact, the money accrued from renting these studio spaces is their primary source of income.

“These affordable opportunities, along with the communal work area, are such unique and important contributions to the Davis community,” said Emily Jones, Third Space’s publicity coordinator. “It really promotes creativity in our area, which is always important for any community, which in turn allows for artistic networks to form, which encourages more creativity and collaborations, and so on. It’s a positive feedback loop.”

For this reason, Third Space’s foremost objective is to find a new location. Without the physical space, their mission is intangible.

“Our primary goal is to find a new location for the Third Space community and mission to live on,” Jones said.

“Because we are a nonprofit, we struggle with affording the expenditures that come along with moving.”

A fundraising site has been established for the collective with a goal of $50,000. The amount would cover a variety of expenditures, including their first few months of rent and insurance, a deposit, storage fees and more. As of now, the fundraiser has raised $679 — only 1 percent of its goal.

The nonprofit organization has provided Davis with a safe, welcoming and collaborative environment for over 15,000 different people, yet its IndieGoGo has been backed by only 15 donors. The community benefit derived from Third Space’s existence is irrefutable, so why do their efforts reflect a drastically different number?

It’s precisely the same reason Third Space was conceived in the first place: artists lack the space, the material, the finances and, more importantly, the community support required to prosper.

“What I believe to be the most important function that Third Space serves to the community is as an incubator for entrepreneur[ial] artists,”

Griffin said. “Virtually every artist that has come through these doors has been a self-employed business owner on some level. People are using Third Space as a stepping stone to launch their careers. This isn’t just a bunch of kids playing with paint. These are serious working artists dedicated to their craft.”

One member recalls how, upon moving to Davis, Third Space became the first place she felt explicitly welcomed by the community. After kickstarting her own podcast, Lisa Cantrell received unparalleled support from other members of the collective. Someone helped her make pins and t-shirts for advertising, and she even received advice from an audio engineer at the collective.

“Third Space for me has been just crucial in terms of building a community here,” Cantrell said. “It’s not just a place where people make work or have their private studios, it is also a space where people come together and collaborate and make meaningful connections with another. And I think that is for me, a huge loss. The loss of that kind of community, of that kind of physical space where people come together, meet, formulate new ideas and then go off and do those things in Davis.”

Moving forward, Third Space and its members are in search of community support — whether that comes in the form of donations, physical help, suggesting ideas or attending events.

Though they are primarily in search of a new location, Third Space members are encouraging anyone with special skills or ideas to reach out on their website. Some of the collective’s members are even attending city council meetings to bring the issue to light on a larger scale.

“We are hoping to apply positive, constructive and cooperative pressure to the political community of Davis as well as the donor class and business community,” Griffin said. “So our efforts are multi-pronged and we are trying to use every tool at our disposal to help keep Third Space alive and functioning.”

The community has explicitly attested to such support, and the testimonials found on Third Space’s website make this apparent. A particularly poignant testimonial reads: “If Third Space ever died, Davis would become exponentially less cool.”

Another reads, “Third Space is a place that the people of Davis have built for themselves, and the amount of work evident is astonishing. This alone should be proof that the community cares deeply about its benefits.”

“I think, in a word, [Third Space] is vital,” Wright said. “I think if you look through history, some of the most celebrated societies were those that had a vibrant art scene, or that which stands the ages is architecture and art and creative writing and performances.

Next to politics and wars, those are the things that people focus on and remember.”

In order to persevere, this vital community space requires support on more than a verbal scale, more than money and space and supplies.

Third Space requires a collaborative, community version of the Big Bang — a singular point of infinite energy, if you will.

Raindrop, drop top, this playlist is pretty hot hot

BY CAR OLI NE R UTTEN arts@theaggie.org

Your backpack is soaked, and your feet are cold and wet. At the very least, you’ve got the perfect playlist for your rainy day commute.

1. “Good Ol’ Fashion Nightmare” — Matt and Kim Even though you checked the weather the night before and you knew the rain was coming, no amount of mental preparation can help ease the chill down your spine in response to waking up to the sound of pounding rain. It’s a good ol’ fashioned nightmare. After contemplating whether to skip class or deal with the weather headon, the long walk to campus is no longer an option — “concrete and cracks won’t cut you deals.” Now you must brave the storm and commute to campus.

2. “Appreciate” — Lemaitre In times of true collegiate adversity, it is the random acts of kindness that make the sun shine on a cloudy day — the person who yields to you at the bike circle, the person who makes room for you on the bus, the umbrella-wielding student who doesn’t hit you in the face.

3. “Campus” — Vampire Weekend Just kidding — rainy days are a warzone that implement survival of the fittest. And with elephant-like memory, you definitely won’t forget the face of the person who splashed you as they biked quickly over a puddle in front of you. You’ll see them “walking across the campus” and think “I never want to see you again.” Hopefully the cheery and sophisticated sound of the boat-shoe-wearing New Yorkers of Vampire Weekend, who survived brutal winters

at Columbia University, will bring back your appreciation.

4. “Something Ain’t Right” — STRFKR As rain pours down on your face in despair, you question your decision to live three miles off campus in exchange for cheaper rent. The hectic commute: “was it something you needed or something you wanted?”

5. “I Don’t Really Mind” — Tame Impala The last step of the grieving process is acceptance. When you get uncomfortably close to someone on the bus, when you accidently ride your bike through a puddle or when your umbrella breaks in the vicious wind, you can only shrug and subtly headbang to some genius guitar solos.

6. “Congratulations” — Post Malone You made it to class. Give yourself a pat on the back and high-five that guy sitting in the aisle as you walk past him to take a seat. Why be surprised? You’ve “been balling since a baby” and you made it to Stats 13: “now they always say congratulations.”

7. “Sidewalks” — The Weeknd After the day is over, your pants are awkwardly soaked only on the front side and you feel both mentally and physically exhausted from the horror that is commuting during a rainy day. You have an existential breakdown as you question your decision-making abilities — who decided it was a good idea to deal with public transportation or biking on a rainy day? Tomorrow you decide to walk because “sidewalks saved my life / they showed me all the signs.” Shoutout to sidewalks for keeping us off the streets.

Harlow’s Nightclub presents Khalid 19-year-old brings soul, cutting-edge sounds to Sacramento

BY MYAH DANI ELS arts@theaggie.org

“That was Khalid with his hit song ‘Location,’” the radio blasted as I pulled around the corner to Harlow’s Nightclub in Sacramento. Hundreds of people were lined up outside to hear the young artist perform at the last stop on his United States tour.

The 19-year-old R&B singer, who has traveled the world due to his military family, has gained recent publicity for his breakout song “Location.”

Khalid discusses themes of love and emotion in his music. Along with his own music, he has been featured on tracks with artists such as Alina Baraz and Brasstracks.

The small night club quickly filled up as attendees of the sold-out show arrived.

Crowds of young people approached the stage as the DJ announced the opening act: Kyle Dion.

The 21-year-old singer-songwriter took the small, intimate stage. He immediately grabbed the crowd’s attention with his sultry voice and amazing stage presence.

Much like Khalid, he takes influences from R&B, soul, jazz and pop music styles. He performed several songs from his 2016 album Painting Sounds, along with others.

After Dion’s performance, the crew took a short 15-minute break to set up the stage for the main act. All of a sudden, Khalid’s voice resonated through the speakers as a narration about his life in El Paso, Texas began.

In his narrative, the singer describes his isolation throughout his school years, and how that sense of loneliness has driven him

to creativity in music. Following this brief anecdote, Khalid and his bandmates — who had been dancing next to me earlier in the night — took the stage. The crowd erupted with screams, waving hands and bright cell phone lights.

The set began with “Reasons,” a song about beginning a relationship, perfect for a concert on Valentine’s Day. The young performer interacted with the nightclub audience, touching hands, singing to Snapchat cameras and asking for feedback about love and exes.

Next, he performed “Saved,” followed by a cover of “Lost,” by Frank Ocean, during which the guitarist executed a jawdropping solo, sending the crowd into cheers. Khalid took time on stage during the solo for a little dance break, showing his fun and playful side.

He then led into a song from his new album American Teen, which comes out next month. Perhaps the most action-packed part of the night followed directly after.

The artist launched into his breakout hit “Location,” shouting “You all better know the words to this one!” The audience excitedly proceeded to sing along.

The night ended with “Coaster,” a song all about heartbreak and pain over an exlover. The teenager finished off the night by telling the crowd “I love you guys.”

There is no doubt that Khalid pours raw emotion into his music. His sultry, retro sound captivates audiences attention and reinforces themes of love and vulnerability.

Khalid’s new album comes out March 3, and his music can be found on Spotify, iTunes, YouTube and SoundCloud.

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“I think [stack parking] would be time inefficient,” Lau said. “You would have to wait for a car to be moved in order to leave the parking lot or get your keys from the parking services coordinator. In the case of an emergency it would be frustrating. I think it would be better if they just built a new [structure].”

Others, such as James Gonzalez, a third-year math major, see why stack parking may be useful.

Gonzalez parks early enough to avoid using the service, but he thinks it may help some people who arrive on campus later.

“I don’t have any problems with parking during the winter,” Gonzalez said. “I haven’t used the program so I don’t think it’s necessary but for some people who come later it might be good.”

More information on stack parking can be found on the TAPS website.

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create adequate representation for the student body.

“Basically, I didn’t agree with the JCOC portion of the bill, which is an appeals committee,” Molodanof said via email. “I wanted more student representation from the judicial board to be a part of the appeals team or to not have one at all. I didn’t like how other branches would have a say in appealing a vote by the judicial board (especially since the judicial board’s job is to act as a check). It didn’t really make sense to me that it could just be overturned by the majority of people from another ASUCD branch (exec and legislative).”

Lee said that since the dissolution of ASUCD’s judicial branch in the fall of 2016, concerns have been expressed to the Senate and administration over the need for judicial review. Since the Senate did not convene on Feb. 16, in solidarity with A Day Without Immigrants, the amendment will not be up for a vote on the winter ballot. According to Lee, Flores has stated that he will urge the next president to call for a special election in an effort to create a new judicial branch.

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“The strength of our renewable energy sector expertise [is] a big part of why we are the only institute that has an energy focus,” Hartsough said.

Hartsough added that the U.S. Department of State and International Research and Exchanges Board support the Mandela Washington Fellowship within the Young African Leaders Initiative.

“Two out of every three people in sub-Saharan Africa lack access to electricity,” Hartsough said. “So it’s a broad public diplomacy program.”

Konsella-Norene said that the fellows will participate in various projects, volunteer work and visits to the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, the California Lighting Technology Center, West Village and the UC Davis Solar Farm. Fellows will also collaborate with the UC Davis community by working with graduate students, undergraduate interns and policy-makers in Sacramento. “[The program] gives [fellows] an opportunity to talk amongst themselves and compare how things are done within their own countries,” Konsella-Norene said. “So they gained a lot just from talking with each other.”

Hartsough said the interaction between the fellows and the UC Davis community has natural benefits, as their alliance enhances “global awareness” and forms long-lasting bonds.

“When people return home they always think of themselves as Aggies,” Hartsough said. “[Fellows] think of UC Davis when [they consider] collaborating with a university in the future.”

Upon returning to Kenya, Kisilu began executing a Zero Energy Cool Chamber (ZECC) and training women to operate and preserve the ZECC. “The impact of this will be a reduction in post-harvest loss from 60 percent to less than 10 percent,” Kisilu said. “I am [also] working to reduce marginalization by creating jobs and fostering the next generation of young women entrepreneurs in Kenya.”

Hartsough and Konsella-Norene encourage UC Davis students to interact with the fellows this summer to strengthen their global relations. Kisilu said that he was inspired by the “power of youth to imagine, innovate and make a difference” as a result of connecting with the other fellows.

“The 24 young African leaders I met challenged me to dream bigger and aim higher,” Kisilu said.

“Both ladies and men are working on solutions to change the energy situation in Africa. It’s so motivating to know that you are not alone.”

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-ject and the natural changes that come along with progress, peoples’ concerns will continue to be addressed.

“There are really promising ideas and technologies that will improve workers’ safety and will make agriculture be able to feed more people, but also enable it to be a sustainable model that will improve environmental conditions and reduce negative impacts,” Koch said. “I’m excited for the potential of what myself and others can do in agriculture but it is an ongoing process. I would encourage people to look at agriculture, be critical and find sources of information that are credible.”

Gabby Franke, a third-year managerial economics major, with an emphasis on agriculture, grew up spending time on her grandfather’s egg ranch in California. Franke first became interested in agriculture through her pre-college involvement in FFA and 4-H. “I raised goats for the fair in high school and actually worked on a farm during one summer which was a huge part of what made me appreciate agriculture,” Franke said. “Through FFA I got a lot of experience in different parts of agriculture and even went to Foster Farms. I saw big, corporate agriculture but we would go to family farms too so I got a good taste of California agriculture.”

Franke is now giving back to FFA by working as a student events assistant for UC Davis’ 41st annual Field Day. The CAES hosts Field Day to provide high school students with the opportunity to visit Davis and celebrate their knowledge of agriculture. The students perform in contests ranging from livestock judging to agriculture computer applications.

While Franke is proud to be involved in the university’s largest agricultural event, she knows that this opportunity would not be possible without UC Davis’ ties to the agricultural industry and its strong extension programs.

“If you’re an agriculture student you kind of have an advantage in the classroom because most of the professors are doing their work in agriculture research,” Franke said. “These professors also bring their students into the research fold and give them hands-on experience. My [agricultural] background has helped me relate and understand curriculum on a deeper level compared to people who may not have this background.”

Due to the prestige of CAES, the college receives immense financial funding and support from the industry itself, as many alumni who become successful in the industry donate their time and money back to UC Davis. For this reason, Franke feels fortunate to study in this field and encourages other students to do the same.

“There’s this idea of corporate agriculture being evil, and I don’t have a lot of opinions on that, but actual farmers and people who do the work are hardworking and trustworthy,” Franke said. “Agriculture is always innovating itself, growing and flexing to serve and help people. It’s a great thing to study because there are always opportunities to do something to help change and improve our culture.”

Agriculture is rooted in tradition, but it has seen beneficial additions and updates, just as Field Day has.

Jamie Dehn, events coordinator for the Student Activities and Outreach of the CAES, is head coordinator of Field Day for the second year now.

“Something really cool that a lot of people might not realize about Field Day is that a lot of [high school] students who come to visit Davis wouldn’t necessarily to be able to afford to come see it were it not for FFA,” Dehn said. “In our Field Day class [AED 190] right now, about 75 percent of the students taking the class participated in Field Day when they were in high school and said that it was actually why they chose to come to Davis. It’s great to see young students here because many of them find themselves attending UC Davis and coordinating Field Day from the other end. It was such a big part of their lives and now it’s their way of giving back.”

Dehn does not come from an agricultural background, but, after meeting students through planning Field Day, she has a newfound respect for those who pursue agriculture.

“The amount of knowledge that these students have to know is amazing, and on the day of [the event], they come in and knock it out of the park,” Dehn said. “These kids really care about agriculture and a lot of them have plans to pursue it in college and make a difference, whether on their family farm or in the government [...], they’re going places.”

The industry is very human-focused, Dehn noted, and everyone in the field has a unique story as to what motivates them to succeed. UC Davis agriculture students use those unique backgrounds as fuel for innovation that will make feeding the world possible despite various obstacles.

“It’s a ton more than just wanting to go to school to be a farmer,” Koch said. “Agriculture touches every industry — technology, construction, engineering, biotechnology, chemistry, but there are [also] so many social aspects having to deal with workers’ safety and immigration. I came back to what I grew up with, and I’m never going to stop being interested in food and where it comes from and how important that is.”

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“I worked full-time when I went to community college, so two years took me like seven years with two semesters off,” Curiel said. “Funding [is a] struggle [...] more often than not for people that have served time. How do you prioritize school over survival?”

Two professors at MJC, including history professor Eva Mo, encouraged Curiel to apply to the honors’ program. Mo was not aware of Curiel’s background but recognized her talents and later assisted in her applications to UC Davis and UC Berkeley.

“She had so much potential and she just needed the space to explore her abilities,” Mo said. “The more opportunities she had to demonstrate that she can very well succeed, and do it with amazing grace and eloquence, the more she became convinced of the idea that she deserved these things.”

In addition to mentors, both USI and Project Rebound promote the importance of education for both currently and formerly incarcerated people. Mary Maguire, a Sacramento State professor and chair of the criminal justice division, said that she believes education has the power to create systemwide change.

“The correctional system just isn’t really set up to help people get out and be successful,” Maguire said.

“As a result, we have an incredibly high recidivism rate. I believe that education is going to make a difference in helping people get on their feet and be productive members of the community.”

Curiel has plans to become a public defender. She views education as a privilege that she can use to help those who do not have access to education. Additionally, Martinez said that he thinks education is unnecessarily politicized.

“For USI, [...] we feel that barriers have been placed [making it difficult for] us to receive education, in a way that it hasn’t been for other groups,” Martinez said. “Education is the equalizer, and it’s going to put our population on the platform to better advocate [...] for issues of people that were incarcerated or are incarcerated.”

Education is at the heart of third-year transfer student and sociology major Daniel Mendoza’s story.

Mendoza was incarcerated from ages 14 to 19 on charges of first-degree murder with gang enhancements.

Mendoza took college courses while incarcerated, and he was the first in the institution he was held at — as well as in his family — to do so. He had recently been sentenced to life as a juvenile, meaning he would remain incarcerated until the age of 23. At the time of the sentencing, Mendoza was enrolled at Sierra College, a community college, and showed the judge that he planned on continuing his education.

“Walking into that courtroom that day, [I thought] I was going to [...] serve more time,” Mendoza said.

“This community of people went up to the judge, wrote letters [and] were personally in the courtroom. The judge [decided to] release me with conditional terms. I got out in December, and started my first semester at Sierra College that January.”

Before his release, Mendoza spent his last four to five weeks in solitary confinement, with no human contact for 22 to 23 hours a day. His abrupt reintegration into society and community college was a struggle.

“I had anxiety, [...] I was always looking over my shoulder [and] sudden movements would freak me out,” Mendoza said. “I couldn’t find a job, [...and] I had no previous work history. For the next couple months, for my first semester, I would go to school, excited, of course, for the opportunity, but come back [...] and stay in my room all day.”

After getting involved with the Annie E. Casey Foundation advocating for juvenile justice, Mendoza became more vocal about his past and the change he wanted to see. At his community college, Mendoza approached his counselor about starting a support group for formerly incarcerated students, but was told that it was not the right place for such a group.

Now, in his second quarter at UC Davis, Mendoza said that he has already met five or six formerly incarcerated student peers who have also not found a safe space on campus.

“I can walk into the Cross Cultural Center and they can accept me as much as they want, but there’s always that negative stigma behind my story,” Mendoza said. “My plan here, [...] is [to] create some kind of support system. I don’t see [anything] around here that says, ‘You were incarcerated? That’s okay.’”

Curiel and Mendoza are in the process of brainstorming how to go about creating a support group for formerly incarcerated students. Maguire, who was also the former director for CSU Sacramento’s Project Rebound program, strongly believes in the importance of support groups for formerly incarcerated students at universities.

“The students that have been incarcerated have spent months or years in a really anti-social environment [...] where people assume [they are] essentially bad,” Maguire said. “These students need a different level of support to avoid that feeling of isolation.”

Formerly incarcerated students, whether enrolled at community colleges or four-year universities, continue to be defined by their past. Martinez, speaking about USI and formerly-incarcerated students, emphasized that support is still needed.

“It is still a stigma and still a barrier to be formerly incarcerated in society [and] on a campus,” Martinez said. “Many of us suffer from disabilities. We graduate from college and can’t find employment. Some of us are in college and can’t find employment. Many are food insecure [or] housing insecure. We always [need the] community support of everyone in any way they can.”

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high school, and when I came to university I didn’t want to stop this,” Yokota said. “Davis had a club but the president didn’t want to continue so I basically took it up again.”

The Davis Historical Fencing Club is a martial arts and combat sport group that practices historical European martial arts. The club is specifically focused on Renaissance-German style fencing and practices saber fencing a couple days of the week. A few members, including Yokota, practice long sword fencing on Sundays and even participate in long sword tournaments hosted out of town on occasion.

“When beginning here I struggled with this idea of isolation [...] so finding this club made everything great again,” said Lisette Landarverde, a second-year undeclared major and club treasurer. “I was nervous because I’ve always been an introverted, reserved person, but figured I had to do this and try to make it work and just show up. I never regretted it.”

Joining a club on campus can allow students to meet people from different fields of study who they would never have crossed paths with in a classroom setting.

The Formula Racing Team at UC Davis, for example, is a team of students who design and build an electric race car to the specifications given by the Society of Automotive Engineers and then compete in an annual competition. This community of students sounds like it should solely belong to engineers, but, in fact, the Davis team is made up of a diverse group of students.

“We’re very open to anyone,” said Colton Miles, a third-year mechanical engineering major and team manager of the club. “It’s not just engineering that we do, it’s business reports, design reports, cost reports, the operations of an entire team [means] there’s room for all majors. Right now there’s about about 30 dedicated people showing up every week.”

Like Sures with archery, Miles jumped into this club his freshman year with no prior experience.

After splitting his time between the team, PR and events, he realized his strengths and interests lied in operations and management. Today, Miles dedicates at least twenty hours per week to the team as manager, but he loves every second of it.

“We enjoy it or else we wouldn’t do it,” Miles said. “It’s easy in Davis [...] to feel like you’re all on your own. We work [together] every weekend. Sunday meetings are all day, but it’s a fun deal when you’re with your friends. A lot of the people on the team I’ve known for two to three years now.”

Another student who has made good friends through her club involvement is Hana Branigan, a fourth-year communication major and editorial director for Spoon University. This club is, as Branigan puts it, like a “food-y version of Buzzfeed.” The organization is worldwide with chapters at different university campuses with the mission to help the next generation eat more thoughtfully.

“It’s very millennial and personable and when you read [the posts] you feel like you get to know the writer [...] because their personality comes out a lot,” Branigan said. “I fell in love and I love the writing and I love food. I’m really passionate about food and nutrition too, so it was a perfect combination of all of that.”

As a transfer student, Branigan was anxious about the social setting in Davis, a new environment so far away from her home in Southern California. In order to find a home on campus, Branigan played trial and error with many different clubs until she found a couple, including Spoon University, that allowed her to feel like she was an integrated part of the community.

“I encourage transfer students to get involved in as many clubs as possible in the beginning. Don’t force it, but attend meetings that would be interesting,” Branigan said. “You never know what opportunities you’ll be thrown into, and some of these clubs will let you be integrated in the community and you’ll find your friends and you’ll feel like you’ve been here all four years.”

With 200 registered student organizations on campus, there is more often than not a club to suit everyone’s interests. And, if not, students can establish their own clubs around a common purpose or hobby.

“I definitely found a fantastic community of friends,” Sures said. “Davis is a huge campus, you have to make it small. So these clubs, like archery, is a great way to find your own niche in the campus and make your own space.”

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remainder to be dispersed among various organizations like the Yolo County Library and the Davis Cemetery District.

That process is now underway with the city looking to hire a commercial broker by this spring. While the new owner will gain rights to the property, the building is deemed a historical landmark. Therefore, no major structural changes can be made without first consulting the council and the city’s Historic Resource Management Commission.

While there hasn’t been an official appraisal of the property, the council estimates its value to be about $2.3 million. This number is too high for the City of Davis to consider investing in the property, according to city officials.

Mayor Robb Davis noted that the city will not seek to obtain the building. Although the decision and process has been difficult for the city, there are limited options. The building will remain in the public sphere and will continue to be valued as a historical space and part of the city’s history.

“We have to demonstrate to the state that we are maximizing revenue from that sale,” Davis said. “It would be difficult for us to demonstrate that we are purchasing it at market [value] if we get it at a rate that we can potentially afford so we are unanimous in saying that it should be sold at market rate.”

“We came to the city council and we asked them to stand in solidarity with Standing Rock and oppose the Dakota Access Pipeline,” Ferreyra said. “These oppressive forces of the fossil fuel industry, the finance industry, they don’t care about you or I. They care about two things: their profits and their reputations. The strategy for us on the ground is to hit them where it hurts, in those two spots. Divestment is a historically successful tactic.”

On Feb. 7, the City of Davis also ended its contract with Wells Fargo. It will be moving $124 million in banking services to another institution by the end of this year. Davis marks the second city embarking on this process, after Seattle finalized its divestment of $3 billion from Wells Fargo on the same day.

“Over the years, a couple of councils ago before I was on, there has been a desire to move more of our banking services to local or regional banks as opposed to large national banks that may or may not have real tight links to our community,” Mayor Robb Davis said.

Davis believes that these unethical practices do not constitute socially responsible banking — they are another factor in the council’s decision to divest.

Claire Doan, a member of UC media relations, explained the university’s rationale for severing ties with Wells Fargo.

“UC believes unwinding some of our credit relationships and suspending our investment banking relationships in tandem with the state treasurer were appropriate actions taken in light of the unauthorized bank and credit card accounts opened by Wells Fargo,” Doan wrote via email. “However, we value our long-standing relationship with the bank, and moving forward we want to continue to engage with new leadership as they reform their business practices.”

Connor Gorman, a UC student workers’ union organizer within the local Davis chapter, said that the ABC was “the school’s driving force” in a push to divest from Wells Fargo.

The ABC announced the divestment on its website and celebrated the victory.

“By taking a stand against the amoral practices of an enormous corporation like Wells Fargo, the Afrikan Black Coalition is pushing the UC to exhibit the kind of leadership necessary for the survival of communities unfairly targeted by a criminal financial system,” a post on the ABC website read. “We dedicate this small victory to the hundreds and thousands of our people who are trapped in America’s gulags. Through the organized struggle of our masses, we believe our liberation is inevitable.”

Ruben Pulido, the vice president and communications manager of corporate communications for Wells Fargo, wrote over email that the bank will continue to support the UC despite the divestment.

Pulido said that Wells Fargo does not deny lines of credit with private prisons.

“Since the 1970’s, Wells Fargo has proudly supported the University of California’s mission to be a world-class public research university system,” Pulido said. “And we stand ready to provide that vital support in the future. While we respect the seriousness of our country’s ongoing debate about the criminal justice system, we do not as a corporation take positions on public policy issues that do not directly affect our company’s ability to serve customers and support our team members. Due to chronic prison overcrowding, federal and state governments have for the past 30 years been contracting out detention services. People who want to change that should address their concerns with the appropriate government officials.”

Pulido added that the bank wields no influence in private prison policies and conduct.

“Wells Fargo is a bank,” Pulido said. “We do not set U.S. detention system policy; we have nothing to do with the setting or enforcement of laws; we don’t tell judges where to place people accused of or found guilty of violating the law; and we don’t tell the federal and state governments which companies should be awarded contracts. Wells Fargo holds no shares of either The GEO Group or CoreCivic. We have no seat on either company’s board of directors, and we do not dictate their policies or business models.”

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important to find someone who would work to make high-quality education accessible for all.

“Dr. Lindstrom, with her outstanding experiences in teaching, research and administration, fits all of the goals for the School in our hopes for a new dean who could help us advance our work,” Hastings said via email. “We’re very excited that we’ll have such a recognized leader in education taking us into our next chapter as a school.”

In addition to serving as the associate dean at the College of Education, Lindstrom is also currently conducting research. She has several active research grants and is planning to continue and extend her research program when she joins UC Davis.

According to a statement from Dateline, as an associate dean, Lindstrom provided leadership and strategic direction for all externally funded research operations in the college and coordinated faculty orientation, tenure and promotion. She was also the director of the Center at Oregon for Research in Education, overseeing and coordinating externally-funded research and outreach centers focused on improving educational outcomes for children and families. She communicated vital information about research and outreach activities to various audiences.

“Dr. Lindstrom’s record of being an engaged and active education researcher, as well as her leadership roles in the University of Oregon’s large and multi-faceted College of Education, have given her a depth of understanding and appreciation for the breadth of research that is being conducted at the UC Davis School of Education,” Hastings said.

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The hemisphere that is preserved and used for histological studies enables researchers to look at different areas of the brain to compare size and count of neurons. The other frozen tissue, used for genetic studies, allows scientists to look at gene expression, sequencing and other molecular studies.

“Without brains to study, we can’t find the cause, and without knowing the cause, we cannot move towards developing treatments,” Omanska said.

The BEARS program aims to reach more than just organ procurement centers. There are many community events, conferences and walks where BEARS representatives share information about the program in order to bring awareness to the importance of brain tissue donation.

“We also do a lot of outreach at Medical Examiner’s offices, and hospitals as it’s extremely important for doctors, chaplains and funeral directors to be aware that families have an option of donating their relative’s brain for research,” Omanska said.

The MIND Institute Open House on April 22 will have an information booth and a donor registry available for anyone wishing to learn more about the program.

The program also seeks to establish partnerships with other programs interested in promoting brain tissue donation, such as the Autism Tissue Program and the National Institute of Child Health and Human Development.

The need for brain tissue in neurological science research has also prompted the establishment of Autism BrainNet, a program that supports families through the process of brain tissue donation while ensuring the integrity of the tissue for research.

Both pre-registered and normal donations are accepted from anyone diagnosed with autism or related genetic disorders, such as Fragile X syndrome or Dup15q.

“We hope that students and the general public will be ambassadors for BEARS and Autism BrainNet spreading awareness about the need for brain donations,” Amaral said.

Pamona Purdy Jewelry Pamona Purdy, the creator of this jewelry business, learned the ropes of jewelry-making about five years ago from a friend in the same business. Her favorite type of material to use is gemstones. According to her, the different shapes help make each piece of jewelry unique.

“My favorite stones to work with and that happen to be the best sellers are turquoise and a pink stone called strawberry quartz,” Purdy said.

She sells her jewelry at a few craft fairs in the Bay Area, and Feb. 12 was her first time coming back to Davis in a long time. She is currently trying to transition away from craft fairs because it is a large time commitment. Instead, she is now working on getting her line into a few boutiques in Sacramento.

The next craft fair will be held in Central Park on March 12 from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Those interested can visit the Facebook event for more details.

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according to Santana. As medical and recreational marijuana laws continue to adjust over time, other universities may follow in UC Davis’ footsteps.

“It’s very likely that medical and recreational marijuana will expand their presences in the United States,” Santana said. “We need to prepare professionals for it.”

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added three more goals, senior utility Hannah Harvey had two and freshman attacker Kathleen Schafle, and utility Annie Kutt and center Mckenna Hauss, both sophomores, each scored one.

CSUB scored the first goal of the game Sunday two minutes into the contest. After the Aggies placed one in the back of the net and the Roadrunners answered, UC Davis went on a 3-0 run to lead 4-2 after the first quarter of play. The Aggies scored two more goals in the second quarter, entering halftime with a 6-3 lead. Kohlmoos and Kutt each scored in the beginning of the third quarter to increase the lead to 8-3. Although CSUB responded with a three-goal run of its own with 6:06 in the fourth, Hauss and Kohlmoos each hit the back of the net to finish the match and give the Aggies the 12-6 win.

“Today’s game was a good test for us because CSUB is a difficult team to prepare for,” said head coach Jamey Wright. “I thought we did a good job on getting shots on goal — it was really a great balanced approach from the team. We didn’t finish the counter opportunities as well as I hoped, so that was maybe one downside. We had maybe two or three counter attacks that we didn’t score that we should have had.”

Even though predominately composed of freshman and sophomore players, the UC Davis women’s water polo team has turned its play around these last few games.

“We are starting to turn around because the inexperience is starting to turn into experience and that is really good to see,” Wright said. “We have to improve our fitness level, our six-on-five’s, defense as well as our offense, and maybe build some more depth. It’s been good to watch and see the progression.

We have had the hardest schedule we have ever had and one of the youngest teams we have ever had and we just have to not listen to anyone else and trust the process.”

The UC Davis women’s water polo team continues its schedule this Saturday, Feb. 25, as the Aggies go on the road to Santa Clara, Calif. to play a doubleheader against Cal State Monterey Bay and Santa Clara.

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one of the best ones in the league in Mark Melancon. Melancon, a three-time All-Star, put up another fantastic season in 2016, playing for the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Washington Nationals. In 71.1 innings, Melancon recorded a 1.64 ERA with 65 strikeouts and 47 saves. It’s safe to say the Giants found their guy to hold down the fort in crunch time. With limited financial flexibility this time around, San Francisco made a bunch of smaller signings of lesser-known guys over the past few months. This will add significant depth to the roster, although last year’s lineup and starting rotation should remain mostly intact.

Colorado Rockies The Colorado Rockies are currently considered one of the biggest sleeper teams in baseball. The offense always seems to be there, but the ongoing question marks for this club involve the consistently mediocre pitching staff. Fortunately, for the Rockies, some of their young arms seem ready to emerge.

The pitching staff will be headed by Jon Gray, Chad Bettis, Tyler Anderson and Tyler Chatwood, but it remains to be seen if this will be enough to limit opposing offenses in 2017.

Additionally, Colorado sported the worst bullpen in the majors last year, one that compiled a grotesque 5.13 ERA, but the team hopes that the signings of lefty Mike Dunn and former all-star Greg Holland will help mitigate these woes. The club also made an intriguing decision to sign outfielder Ian Desmond to play first base, a position in which he has no professional experience, with a five-year, $70 million contract. Regardless, a full season of rookie standout Trevor Story, along with the acquisition of Desmond, will make the Rockies offense lethal in 2017.

Arizona Diamondbacks Just a year ago, the Arizona Diamondbacks seemed poised to compete in the NL West after adding Zack Greinke and Shelby Miller, but they fell flat on their faces and had an abysmal 2016 season, finishing with a 69-93 record. The loss of A.J. Pollock, their 2015 breakout star, to an elbow injury in spring, was a huge blow. Additionally, Zack Greinke’s disappointing season was overshadowed by the one of Shelby Miller, who had a downright disastrous season, finishing with a 6.15 ERA in 101 innings — yikes. The Diamondbacks are hoping that a full season of Pollock and outfielder David Peralta will make 2017 a bit brighter. Starter Robbie Ray is projected to breakout this season, and, if Greinke can bounce back and Miller can find his 2015 form again to put last season’s struggles behind him, the D-backs may be able to find themselves in the hunt for a wild card spot as a post-hype sleeper, but I still have my doubts.

San Diego Padres I’ll keep this one short. The Padres are probably the worst team in baseball, and they are also the most uninteresting team in baseball. Sorry, Padres fans, but you guys are going to finish last in the division this year. The Padres are in full rebuild mode this year, hoping to get some reps for their young outfield prospects Hunter Renfroe and Manuel Margot. The Padres are extremely young, so their focus this season will be solely on development and not their win total. The biggest piece of news this offseason for the Padres was the extension of first baseman Wil Myers. In 2016, Myers had a fantastic first half of the season, during which he hit 19 home runs, drove in 60 runs and stole 15 bases with a .286 batting average, but he significantly faded off during the second half of the season. The San Diego front office is obviously hoping that his first half is a better indicator of things to come, so it signed Myers to a contract that guarantees him $83 million over the next six years.

of its nine members.

“They have so much fun together,” Maze said. “It’s non-stop laughing, really. It’s great to see. They care about each other, and I think the more you care about each other the harder you try and the more you want to win for each other.” *** The man at the helm, Bill Maze, is in his 22nd season as head coach for the Aggies. Soft-spoken, yet not lacking a charismatic charm, Maze currently sports a bushy, dark beard streaked with grey, giving him the appearance of a wise and tranquil master of the art of tennis.

Maze is, in fact, regarded as somewhat of a tennis master; he was inducted into the U.S. Tennis Association Northern California Tennis Hall of Fame in 2014. He has been around the game all of his life, from his early years growing up in Bakersfield, California to his All-American collegiate career with the Stanford tennis team competing alongside tennis legend John McEnroe. For six years Maze toured on the Association of Tennis Professionals (ATP) circuit, competing in tennis’ most renown tournaments all over the world and eventually capturing a No. 87 world ranking.

Maze, despite being a man with such a wealth of success and experience, remains a kind and humble figure. He would rather talk all day about his players, not himself. When signaled that he would be questioned about his background and his playing days, Maze responded with a laugh, saying, “Let’s not do that.”

Nevertheless, he was asked about how his unique journey through the tennis world has helped him transition from his playing days into his role as a coach.

“That’s a good question,” Maze pondered. “I don’t think you have to have been a good player to be a good coach, by no means. When I first started [coaching] I thought, ‘well this shouldn’t be that tough,’ but it’s so different than being a player. That’s why I love it when my past players get into coaching and I love it when they call me and they say, ‘Coach! Gosh, I had no idea what you were going through, I’m so sorry I acted the way I did!’ I love those conversations.”

Just like winning a 16-and-under national tennis title or winning two ATP doubles titles, coaching tennis successfully is not without its share of hard work and dedication.

“There’s just so much to coaching, you never can get it down,” Maze admitted. “You just cannot perfect the job because every single day something new happens. There are just so many trials and tribulations and things that go on. Basically, the job is never boring.”

But is there something in particular that has motivated Maze to build such an impressive coaching tenure?

“I love Davis,” Maze responded with a smile. As it comes to coaching, Maze was a relatively late starter who began his career in his mid-30s; most other coaches start almost immediately after college or in their mid-20s. He describes coaching as something that he just fell into.

“When this Davis job opened up, I thought, ‘You know, I think I’m just gonna throw in my application,’” Maze said. “I’d never been to Davis and when I got here for the interview I thought, ‘Man, I hope I get this job.’ I loved it. I just loved the town. The feeling of it, I just knew it was right up my alley. But the reason I’m here, I mean, I’ve been sure about very little in my life, but when I got this job I thought, ‘Man, I’m just gonna stay until I retire because I love Davis.’ It’s my kind of place.”

Under his guidance, Maze hopes that the team will continue to build off its strong start to the season.

The Aggies will play the first two matches of their five game homestand this weekend, beginning Saturday with a match against Pacific that is set to get underway at 10:30 a.m.

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the board to boost the team to its third place collective finish. 37 points were collected solely from the 200 butterfly event, in which freshman Olivia Smith, freshman Cora McClelland, and sophomore Eva Chung finished fifth (2:03.79), seventh (2:05.20) and eighth (2:05.73), respectively.

The final event, the 400-yard free relay, was the icing on the cake for the Aggies, as the squad of freshman Jamie Pincin, junior Courtney Schultz, sophomore Iris Brand and senior Kirsten Brand finished in fourth place with a new season best time of 3:23.16, adding 30 points to the final score.

After the long weekend, the UC Davis women’s swim and dive team had much to be proud of; the combination of a bronze finish and an array of record-breaking accolades for many individual athletes will keep the Aggies on the map as tough competition in the chlorine.

This course offers three different studio sections, ranging from painting to glasswork. As both a scientist and an artist, Ullman realized that there is not enough encouragement for young scientists to stay innovative and artistic in college.

“One thing I’ve noticed now in my 22nd year at UC Davis, students come here and almost by necessity get really focused on their majors and courses that relate to their major, and they don’t always get a lot of opportunity to explore across these boundaries,” Ullman said. “Another goal is to have students connect what they learn from a classroom lecture environment with what they can do with their hands. Everything is pretty much intellectual and very focused on reading and searching for information in a written way.

This gives students the opportunity to do synthesis of information leading to visual literacy and working with their hands to create something.”

This introductory entomology course is different from an average science class at UC Davis. Students will not only learn about terrestrial arthropod diversity, but they will also apply that knowledge into making artwork, which will be displayed in an exhibition at the end of the quarter.

“We also want to give students the opportunity to collaborate and work in teams,” Ullman said. “We often do large-scaled group projects, so if you walk around campus out in the arboretum, there are many ceramic mosaic pieces and ceramic sculptural pieces that came from students in this class.”

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M a j o r League Baseball is on i t s way back

Aggie Sports columnist gives his 2017 outlook for the National League West

BY MI C HAEL W E X L E R sports@theaggie.org

Major League Baseball: I’ve missed you, my dear friend. When spring training rolls around, we baseball fans begin to feel rejuvenated.

It serves as a useful reminder that spring is coming, and these dark winter days just may be behind us.

Living in Giants territory here in Davis, let’s remind ourselves of what happened this offseason and take a peek at the outlook for every team in the National League West coming into the new season.

Los Angeles Dodgers The Dodgers enter as the favorites to win the division for the 2017 season. The Dodgers had many question marks after the 2016 season due to the unrestricted free agencies of Rich Hill, Justin Turner and Kenley Jansen, but the club decided to bring all three players back on multi-year contracts. In addition to re-signing

their core guys, the Dodgers filled a huge void at second base by trading one of their top pitching prospects, José De León, for the Tampa Bay Rays’ underrated second baseman Logan Forsythe. The first four seasons of Forsythe’s career were nothing to write home about, but, in the last two, he has really developed into a stellar player for the Rays, and he will bat leadoff for the Dodgers in 2017. In the 2016 season, the second baseman from Memphis, Tennessee hit 20 homers with 52 RBIs with a .264/.333/.444 slash line, which is a significant improvement over Chase Utley, the Dodgers’ primary second baseman last season. Additionally, the Dodgers signed Sergio Romo, the career-long San Francisco Giant, to a one-year deal to shore up the back end of the bullpen following the departure of Joe Blanton.

San Francisco Giants The Achilles heel of the San Francisco Giants in 2016 was the team’s inability to win close games as the result of a weak bullpen. The Giants blew an astounding 30 saves during the regular season in 2016, a number unmatched by any playoff team since saves become an official stat back in 1969. It was obvious the Giants were in the market for a closer coming into the offseason, and they signed NL WEST OUTLOOK on 14

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The UC Davis women’s gymnastics team started its weekend off with a big win on Friday, scoring 194.900 against Alaska Anchorage in the first of two meets against the Seawolves.

The win wasn’t the only positive takeaway from Friday’s meet — junior Alexis Brown had a strong night on the balance beam, tying a school record of 9.9 and holding strong in her other three events for a team-high total of 39.300 to help UC Davis come away with the victory.

The Aggies followed their stellar performance from Friday with a season-high score of 195.100 on Sunday, coming away with their second home win this week and sweeping Alaska Anchorage in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation home meets. Sunday’s win was the Aggie’s sixth consecutive victory.

Friday night’s win set the tone for the dual meet. UC Davis cleaned house on bars and vault, securing the top five spots while compiling a score of 146.175 following the final rotation.

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Brown wasn’t the only gymnast with a strong performance — senior Yonni Michovska, alongside fellow senior Katy Nogaki and sophomore Kara Jones, collected scores of 9.725 on vault, while sophomore Aya Suzuki helped the Aggies secure the victory in bars by tying her season-best score of 9.725.

Sunday’s wrap-up to the double meet ended with an array of season bests from both UC Davis and Alaska Anchorage.

Michovska showcased her expertise on the uneven bars with a near-perfect score of 9.900 that helped earn the squad one of two all-time top 10 scores for the evening. Brown followed her impressive Friday night performance with a solid showing Sunday, scoring 9.925 on floor exercise and a team-high 9.850 on vault. Sophomore Kara Jones helped UC Davis earn the second all-time top 10 score of the night by placing second on the balance beam with a score of 9.875, falling just short to an Alaska Anchorage athlete.

With a 10-4 record, the Aggies will look to continue their sixgame win streak in their home quadrangular against San Jose State, Seattle Pacific and Sacramento State on Friday, Feb. 24 at 7 p.m.

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UC DAVIS WOMEN’S WATER POLO DOMINATES IN AGGIE SHOOTOUT

BY RYAN BUG S C H sports@theaggie.org

It was a very successful weekend for the UC Davis women’s water polo team from Feb. 18 to 19 at Schaal Aquatics Center, as the Aggies won three of their four games, bringing their overall record to 7-11.

The start of the weekend was difficult for the Aggies, as they took an early loss in their first game on Saturday to Pacific, 11-8. Pacific, ranked 11th by the NCAA, was the 15th straight nationally-ranked opponent that UC Davis has faced so far this season. The 12th-ranked Aggies were not disheartened by the first game, however, as they took two impressive 19-6 and 19-4 wins against Sonoma

Aggies win three of four games over weekend tournament State and Occidental, respectively, going 2-1 on the first day of play.

Over the three games that the Aggies played Saturday, junior center Greta Kohlmoos scored a team-leading 12 goals, four each against Pacific, Sonoma State and Occidental.

Sophomore utility Annie Kutt tallied her first collegiate hat trick.

Sunday’s competition against CSU Bakersfield (CSUB) turned out to be a continuation of the previous two games on Saturday, as the Aggies picked up a 12-6 win following a dominating performance. Kohlmoos put an impressive four goals on the scoreboard, bringing her weekend total to 13. Junior utility Paige Virgil WWP BAKERSFIELD on PAGE 12

UPCOMING GAMES Men’s basketball (The ARC Pavilion)

Thursday, Feb. 23 vs. CSUN at 7 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Long Beach State at 5 p.m.

Baseball (Dobbins Baseball Complex)

Friday, Feb. 24 vs. Utah Valley at 2 p.m.

Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Utah Valley at 1 p.m.

Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. Utah Valley at 1 p.m.

Women’s gymnastics (The ARC Pavilion)

Friday, Feb. 24 vs. San Jose State/Seattle Pacific/ Sacramento State at 7 p.m.

Women’s tennis Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Pacific at 10:30 a.m.

(Marya Welch Tennis Center) Sunday, Feb. 26 vs. Air Force at 11 a.m.

Men’s tennis Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. Sacramento State at 1 p.m.

(Marya Welch Tennis Center) Women’s basketball (The ARC Pavilion)

Saturday, Feb. 25 vs. UC Santa Barbara at 2 p.m.

Softball (La Rue Field)

Wednesday, March 1 vs. Sacramento State at 2:30 p.m.

Women’s lacrosse (Aggie Stadium)

Wednesday, March 1 vs. Presbyterian at 4 p.m.

The UC Davis women’s tennis team is off to a solid 7-3 start this season. In a weekend trip to the heavenly Hawaiian islands from Feb. 10-12, the Aggies split their two matches, shutting out Chaminade 9-0 on Friday but falling to their conference foes, Hawai’i, by a score of 6-1 on Sunday in a match that was postponed the day prior due to rain. A week later, the Aggies split their two weekend matches yet again. UC Davis suffered a 4-0 loss to the UC Santa Barbara Gauchos on Feb. 18 in the team’s first conference home game, but then rallied on the road the next morning to edge Santa Clara with a 4-3 victory.

Freshman Nikita Pradeep was one of the bright spots in the tough loss to Hawai’i. She recorded the lone point for UC Davis, winning her singles match in an intense three sets. Pradeep, along with her fellow first-year teammate Kristina Breisacher, was stellar yet again in the Aggies’ win over Santa Clara. Breisacher and Pradeep, competing in the four and five singles spots, respectively, both won their matches in two sets. Their victories proved to be crucial in contributing to the team’s narrow victory.

“The freshman have been fantastic,” said head coach Bill Maze. “We are lucky to have them, and they have really been living up to what I thought they were when I recruited them.

They’re strong players, they compete well, they’re great sportswomen on the court and they do well in school. You can’t ask for much more than that.”

The team’s returning players have been competing fiercely as

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well. The junior trio of Lani-Rae Green, Kristy Jorgensen and Jessie Lee has continually battled fiercely in the top three singles spots. Jorgensen, who has played at the number-one spot in nine of the team’s 10 matches, leads her two other junior teammates with four victories. In the doubles number-one spot, Jorgensen and sophomore Kelsie Bryant have recorded six wins in the team’s 10 matches. This well-rounded play from the team as a whole is a positive byproduct of Maze’s recruiting process and his vision of potential players when he is scouting recruits.

“I look for attitude and effort and competitiveness out there recruiting,” Maze said. “It’s a skill, and I haven’t always gotten it quite right, but I think I have recently over the last few years. I don’t look at the results as much as I look at attitude and effort out there.”

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UC Davis womenʼs swimming and diving takes third place after four day competition

BY ALE X ARE CH IGA sports@theaggie.org

The UC Davis women’s swimming and diving team arrived at East Los Angeles College on Wednesday, Feb. 15 to compete in the four-day long Mountain Pacific Sports Federation (MPSF) conference championships, determined to protect its reign of the conference. Although the Aggies weren’t able to defend their collective MPSF Championship title from a season ago, they still established remarkable performances, which enabled them to clinch a third-place finish with 593 points, just behind second-place UC Santa Barbara (623.5) and the newly-crowned champion, the University of Hawai’i (717).

The MPSF Championship event was divided into eight sessions across the weekend, with each session featuring a different set of preliminaries and ranked events that determined which athletes would move forward into the next round of competition and how many points would be added to their team’s collective score. The Aggies took a little while to warm up and ended the first day in fourth place with 60 points, but they upped their focus and maintained a consistent thirdplace standing in each of the following days of competition to ultimately take the bronze for the entire championship run.

The MPSF Championship meet served as a platform for stellar individual performances from several Aggies. Sophomore Solie Laughlin racked up the accolades for a huge weekend and managed to defend all three of her freshman titles, securing her title as the 400-yard individual medley (IM), 200yard backstroke and 100-yard backstroke MPSF champion.

She also has become only the second Aggie ever to win three individual events at the championship. Laughlin’s 1:55.37 200 backstroke time broke the previous MPSF Championships record by nine one-hundredths of a second, and she placed first in the 400 IM with a time of 4:10.86.

Friday’s diving event at the Rose Bowl Aquatics Center in Pasadena, Calif., boasted two UC Davis athletes among the top 10 finishers. Sophomore Shaifali Goyal finished in second place with a score of 229.20 to gain 17 points for the team, and junior Angeli Proshak put up a ninth-place score of 195.40 for nine points. Goyal’s 229.20 was a personal best and a new school record on the platform.

Other notable performances include that of senior Marissa Brown, who finished third overall in the 1,650-yard free with a season-best time of 16:47.58. Even more astounding, however, was her 1,000-yard split, in which her 10:04.42 broke the school record by more than half a second. Senior Elise Roberts also outperformed her best time in the 200-yard breast by more than a second at 2:13.78 to land a second-place spot in the event, adding 17 points to the UC Davis score.

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