November 14, 2013

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SERVING THE UC DAVIS CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1915

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AFSCME 3299 authorizes strike Service worker union to picket in response to bargaining impasse

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According to alexa.com’s list of top sites on the web, Wikipedia ranks as the sixth-most-visited website.

“I use it for science homework and looking up television shows,” said Marielle Palatino, a third-year biological chemistry major.

Palatino said she visits Wikipedia every day. She uses it for both research and personal interests. However, Palatino admitted she just doesn’t care enough to contribute or edit a page.

This is not unusual, as it seems a certain level of enthusiasm or skill is required to get involved. On the discussion page for

UAW local 2865, the UC Student-Workers’ Union, announced that they are to join in a sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299’s campus service workers.

A Nov. 5 expiration of their contract with the UC caused an expiration of the “No Strike Clause,” which prohibits the union from calling a strike.

The union’s current position in their bargaining efforts allows them to legally engage in three different types of strikes: a sympathy strike, an unfair labor practice strike or a grievance strike.

A UAW press release quoted an anonymous member, explaining that “this is a historic moment for the labor movement and the fight for public education at UC.We are standing with AFSCME against illegal and unfair labor practices at this university.”

Caroline McKusick, a member of the union’s executive board at Davis, explained on Nov. 13 in an email to the press that “the UC StudentWorkers Union UAW 2865, has announced that [they] will join the sympathy strike with AFSCME service and patient care workers at UC this November 20th.”

Members of the UC Student-Workers’ Union participated in a strike authorization vote from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6 across the University of California.

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Shields Library to host Wikipedia Edit-a-thon Workshop teaches students how to improve Wikipedia pages CHAD DAVIS features@theaggie.org

With a dulled piece of chalk, a professor scratches a harrowing message across the blackboard for the hundredth time: “Wikipedia is not a credible source.”

Almost by default, students know to separate academia from Wikipedia. Yet, Wikipedia is the first place you go to when you need a comprehensive list of “Hey Arnold!” episodes, the discography for a new musical artist you’ve discovered or just to read the plot summary for a movie you never made the effort to watch.

On Nov. 15 between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m., the Shields Library Instruction Lab will hold a Wikipedia Edit-a-thon workshop. The edit-a-thon aims to teach students how to edit Wikipedia and use library resources to create credible pages.

“You don’t have to be an expert in a subject to be a Wikipedia editor,” said Phoebe Ayers, a librarian at the Physical Sciences & Engineering Library on campus. “You just need interest and a willingness to research.”

Ayers will lead the workshop. She’s been editing Wikipedia for 10 years, and currently is a member of Wikimedia Foundation’s Board of Trustees.

Napolitano reveals plans for UC tuition freeze, transfers KATHERINE HAFNER The Daily Bruin University of California President Janet Napolitano has announced four new initiatives she wants the University to undertake, including a tuition freeze for the 2014-15 academic year and a significant reduction in the University’s energy consumption.

At a Board of Regents meeting at UCSF’s Mission Bay campus on Nov. 13, Napolitano called for a change in the UC’s tuition policy.

“I want tuition to be as low as possible, and I want it to be as predictable as possible,” Napolitano said at Nov. 13’s meeting. “Tuition cuts right to the heart of accessibility and affordability — two of the University’s guiding stars.”

Napolitano mentioned a couple of options for achieving a new approach, including cohort tuition, in which each class of undergraduates would enter the UC under the assumption their tuition will not significantly increase during their four years.

She said she wants a tuition freeze for the 2014-15 year to give the regents time to develop a new strategy for managing tuition.

Citing Governor Jerry Brown’s recent clean energy pact as inspiration, Napolitano also called on the UC to become a zero net energy consumer by 2025.

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UC Davis to offer marine and coastal sciences major

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Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute helps create new program

ATRIN TOUSSI campus@theaggie.org Collaboration between the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory and six departments within the Colleges of Letters and Science, Biological Sciences and Agricultural and Environmental Sciences has resulted in the creation of a new marine and coastal sciences major at UC Davis.

“This is the first time in UC Davis history that three colleges have come together in the creation of a major,” said Tessa Hill, an associate professor of geology and lead advisor of the marine and coastal sciences major.

Because the major involves three colleges, it took approximately a year before it could be approved. Each individual college reviewed the major’s requirements against its own criteria and then sent it to the Academic Senate for approval. Now after a year of evaluation, the marine and coastal sciences major is officially available for sign-up.

Development of the program was initiated by increasing student interest in the marine sciences.

“The current marine science courses are pretty popular,” Hill said. “But up until now, we couldn’t offer students a degree that focused specifically in this field.”

For this reason, the new Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute, which opened its doors on Aug. 1, was created to develop an undergraduate degree program that showcased UC Davis’ strength in the marine sciences.

Another of the Institute’s goals was to coordinate and develop a research program for students to gain hands-on experience of coastal and marine sciences at the Bodega Bay Marine Laboratory. The Bodega Marine Lab sits on California’s north coast and is a leading multidisciplinary facility that researches solutions to environmental problems in coastal ecosystems.

Students interested in the major but concerned about the requirements to switch s hould know that the core science courses required for the major are the same across most science majors.

“Since the major involves rigorous prerequisite preparation in mathematics, physics and chemistry during the first two years, almost any student with a science major can switch to the marine and coastal sciences major within their first two to three years at Davis,” Hill said.

After the first two years, students in the major will have the opportunity to choose a focus from one of four areas: coastal environmental processes, marine ecology and organismal biology, marine environmental chemistry and oceans and the earth system. The area of emphasis chosen by the student determines from which college they will graduate.

Students will also have a chance to participate in field research at the Bodega Marine Laboratory.

“The idea is for students to go live out at the Bodega Marine Lab and to take one quarter of courses out there,” Hill said. marine on 5

N E WS I N BR I E F Talamantes’ attorney declares doubt to her mental competency Court proceedings for a Davis woman accused of drowning her five-year-old daughter were halted on Nov. 8 after her attorney declared doubt to her mental competency to stand trial.

Yolo County Superior Court judge David Reed suspended Aquelin Crystal Talamantes’ case so she could go through court-appointed psychological evalua-

tion by a mental health professional.

According to The Davis Enterprise, Reed set a court date for Dec. 9 to rule on the competency issue.

“This is part of making sure that the process is fair,” said prosecuting attorney Ryan Couzens after the trial on Nov. 8.

Authorities claim Talamantes drove from her South Davis home on Glide

Drive to a relative’s house on Sept. 26 with her unresponsive daughter in the trunk. The events leading up to the daughter’s death occurred at Glide Drive, the family home in Davis. The daughter, Tatianna Garcia, died later at a local hospital.

The Sacramento County coroner’s office announced on Nov. 1 that the cause

of death was drowning, according to The Davis Enterprise. Talamantes has pleaded not guilty to felony charges of murder and assault on a child resulting in death.

Currently, Talamantes is in custody at Yolo County Jail and is being held without bail.

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14 / THURSDAY International Fair 11:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. | Student Community Center Multipurpose Room Connect with UC Davis departments, organizations and student groups about the international opportunities they offer on campus for students, staff and faculty.

WNT signaling modulators and osteoarthritis, the bone and joint connection 4:10 to 6 p.m. | 1005 GBSF The Biomedical Engineering Distinguished Seminar Series will continue with a talk by Dr. Nancy Lane, director of the Center for Musculoskeletal Health, endowed professor of Medicine and Rheumatology, director of the Academic Geriatric Resource Program, director of Building Interdisciplinary Research Careers in Women’s Health (BIRCWH) and doctor within the UC Davis Health System.

ITDP: LAKE & The Death Star Migration 6 to 7 p.m. | Egghead sculpture in front of Wright Hall This stilt-walking performance will commence at the Egghead sculpture, then cross the Quad lawn and conclude at the southeast outdoor corner of the “Death Star” Social Sciences building.

15 / FRIDAY Wikipedia Edit-a-thon 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. | Shields Library Instruction Lab Come learn how to edit Wikipedia. These workshops will feature a short class for new and beginning editors in how Wikipedia works and how to get started, and then a hands-on workshop devoted to improving articles using UC Davis library resources. The event is free.

Author Event: A Broken Music 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Avid Reader, 617 Second St. Join local poet Hannah Stein as she reads from her new book of poetry. The event is free.

Spoken Word and Jazz Beat Performances 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. Experience spoken word poetry with Jazz and Beat performances. This event is free and takes place every third Friday of the month.

Birdstrike Theater 8 to 10 p.m. | 3 Kleiber Hall, UC Davis Watch a UC Davis comedy troupe which specializes in Chicago-style long form improv and sketch comedy. The event is free.

16 / SATURDAY Author Event: Wonder and Delight 7:30 to 9:30 p.m. | Avid Reader, 617 Second Street Join designer and collector Dolph Gotelli as he discusses a book of his collected works. Also enjoy his wondrous Christmas displays, created by combining his various collections into exquisite celebratory installations. The event is free.

17 / SUNDAY Square Tomatoes Crafts Fair 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. | Central Park Come out for contra dancing and live music by Ken Kemmerling. Arts and crafts are for sale at bargain prices with no middlemen. The event is free.

Live Irish Music 4 to 7 p.m. | De Vere’s Irish Pub, 217 E St. Escape to Ireland. Enjoy the music plus drink and food specials. The event is free.

18 / MONDAY Composing Command-Line Apps With “Plines” 7 to 9 p.m. | Explorit Nature Center, 3141 Fifth St. The Linux Users’ Group of Davis will host a talk on “Plines.” Linux and other unix-like operating systems are famed for providing users with many small utilities that “do only one thing, and do it well,” and Plines provides a framework for easily building complete applications using this paradigm. The event is free.

19 / TUESDAY Fall Prized Writing Student Author Event 4 to 5 p.m. | 126 Voorhies Hall Three student authors will discuss the works that won them a place in the new edition of Prized Writing. The event is free.

20 / WEDNESDAY Acoustic Open Mic 8:30 to 11 p.m. | Monticello Seasonal Cuisine, 630 G St. Attend Timothy Nutter’s acoustic open mic. The event is free.

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New dining options available in downtown Davis Whole Foods expands into Jamba Juice space in Davis Commons ROHIT TIGGA

city@theaggie.org In recent weeks, several restaurants in Davis have opened, closed and even expanded. The Jamba Juice located in Davis Commons is closing and Whole Foods will be expanding into that space.

“We are very excited to be expanding our store; we will finally be able to satisfy consumer needs for more indoor seating,” said Kristen Tantarelli, the marketing team leader of Whole Foods in Davis.

Tantarelli was excited about these expansions and stated that it will be attractive to prospective customers. Considering the fact that the Whole Foods in Davis is relatively smaller than the average Whole Foods store, it is very beneficial for the shopping center to be gaining more seats.

Contrary to what was reported in a recent Davis Enterprise

article, Tantarelli said Whole Foods did not outbid Jamba Juice for the lease.

“A landlord from Fulcrum Property said the lease was available. Whole Foods was not ever sharing the lease; it was based on property,” Tantarelli said.

The general manager of Jamba Juice had a private discussion with the general manager of Whole Foods.

This December, Krush Burger, a burger joint that also operates several food trucks, will be coming to The Marketplace in North Davis near West Covell Boulevard. It will be located at the space once held by Rostini’s Italian Kitchen. The location of the original Krush Burger is on 10th Street in Sacramento.

“We have tested the market and Davis has a good community with more families and will provide steady business,” said chief burger flipper Davin

NE W S I N B RI E F On Nov. 14 at 7 p.m., the UC Davis Fil Am community will host a dialogue to discuss relief efforts for those in the Philippines affected by Typhoon Haiyan and the Bohol earthquake. The event will take place at the Student Community Center (SCC) in Meeting Room D. Monetary donations are accepted at the Student Recruitment and Retention Center in the SCC and will be given to the National Alliance for Filipino Concerns, an organization that works closely with grassroots relief organizations to ensure funds go straight to the community. Material donations, including but not limited to nonperishable food that doesn’t require water, electricity or can openers, basic medicine and first-aid kit supplies, candles and blankets, are also encouraged, although BRIDGE Community Mentorship and Advocacy Coordinator Robyn Huey encourages monetary contributions.

“The best way to help the situation is through monetary donations, because currently material donations are hard to deliver due to shut-down roads,” Huey said. “We ask that people spread awareness of the situation and continue to stay updated.”

Contact Huey at rfhuey@ucdavis. edu if you or anyone you know is hosting events to raise money for typhoon relief.

— Elizabeth Orpina

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This week in Senate LAUREN MASCARENHAS

campus@theaggie.org ASUCD Vice President Bradley Bottoms presided over the meeting.

Project Compost Director Noelle Patterson gave a brief update, discussing the new compost location at one of the fraternities near campus. Patterson expressed an interest in partnering with other fraternities and sororities to have more compost locations around campus.

ASUCD Business Manager

Janice Corbett gave a presentation on the budget for this year.

Sixteen out of 24 units currently have some type of reserve. There is currently $495,453 in reserves.

Nineteen units under ASUCD use the account.

The most notable budgets were the Experimental College, which became self-sufficient in 1994, currently with $15,375 in reserves. The Bike Barn has $4,556 in reserves, while the CoHo has $507,424 in reserves.

“We are not super proud that our reserves have been eroded

UC Student-Workers’ Union announces sympathy strike UC educators to join in Nov. 20 unfair labor practice strike PIO VALENZUELA

campus@theaggie.org UAW local 2865, the UC StudentWorkers’ Union, announced that they are to join in a sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299’s campus service workers.

A Nov. 5 expiration of their contract with the UC caused an expiration of the “No Strike Clause,” which prohibits the union from calling a strike.

The union’s current position in their bargaining efforts allows them to legally engage in three different types of strikes: a sympathy strike, an unfair labor practice strike or a grievance strike.

A UAW press release quoted an anonymous member, explaining that “this is a historic moment for the labor movement and the fight for public education at UC. We are standing with AFSCME against illegal and unfair labor practices at this university.”

Caroline McKusick, a member of the union’s executive board at Davis, explained on Nov. 13 in an email to the press that “the UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865, has announced that [they] will join the sympathy strike with AFSCME service and patient care workers at UC this November 20th.”

Members of the UC Student-Workers’ Union participated in a strike authorization vote from Oct. 31 to Nov. 6 across the University of California.

With 96 percent of those who participated voting in favor of authorizing a strike, UAW 2865 was able to call a sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299.

According to the UAW 2865 website, “turnout was record high” for the vote to authorize a strike.

Meanwhile, negotiations are currently ongoing for a new contract between the University of California and the UC Student-Workers’ Union, which represents over 13,000 graduate student instructors, readers, tutors and TAs. Some of the union’s grievances stem from large class sizes, low compensation and affordable housing for graduate students. With continuing negotiations, the union hopes to implement new provisions on a statewide basis to improve working conditions.

“We are fighting for smaller class sizes … the right for undocumented students to be hired as TAs [and] are also fighting for competitive compensation,” said Duane Wright, chair of the UC Davis unit of UAW 2865 and a Ph.D. student studying sociology, in an email interview.

Undocumented students pursuing graduate degrees and who are required to TA are left to change their programs or to TA without compensation.

“Nobody should be working for free at this university,” Wright said.

The union is also demanding that the UC provide at least one gender neutral bathroom in each building in order to accommodate with the needs of transgender students and workers.

“Collective bargaining is the best way for the union to defend the workers’ rights,” McKusick said.

The union believes that because

over time,” Corbett said, who also discussed making financial information more available to members of ASUCD. Senator Miles Thomas expressed a desire to have senators more involved in discussions surrounding finances in ASUCD. “I want a member of the legislative branch in on every single conversation about the budget,” Thomas said.

ASUCD President Carly Sandstrom discussed reaching out to UC Davis alumni for donations.

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class sizes are too big, both the undergraduate and the graduate students’ work and education is impeded. Larger class sizes equate to less one-on-one time with each student, a detriment to the quality of education.

Affordable housing for graduate students is one of the union’s major concerns. In the U.S., affordable housing should not exceed 30 percent of a household’s gross income.

For the graduate student-workers, this is “$425 per month for pre-tax income,” which Wright notes, is nowhere near the cheapest cost of housing in Davis.

“In the case of the AFSCME sympathy strike [they] felt it was necessary to honor their picket line to send a clear message to university management: TAs will not stand by and do nothing while the administration violates the rights of service workers,” Wright said.

Though the union announced a sympathy strike to support AFSCME, Wright said that “hopefully it won’t come to [them] having to go on a ULP strike over these issues.”

Still, student response has been mixed.

Laura Harvey, a fourth-year technocultural studies major, explained that she favors larger classes.

“The TAs talk more in a larger class, and when the TAs talk more, the subject is easier to understand,” Harvey said.

The concern among union members, however, is very real.

“96 percent versus four percent — that’s something to pay attention to,” said Juan Miranda, chair of the UC Davis Graduate Student Association.

Tim Johnson, a graduate student instructor pursuing a Ph.D. in Spanish literature said that he personally has no TEACHERS on 3

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features@theaggie.org Question I work at an accounting firm, and I quit my job a couple weeks ago after giving my boss 30 days notice beforehand. He seemed okay with me leaving at first. But after I left, he wrote me an email accusing me of not finishing my work.This is false. I did finish my work, and I gave him plenty of time to hire my replacement, who I personally trained to take over my accounts.

Still, he says he will not give me my final paycheck until I come back to work for him and finish off my accounts.

I’m afraid that if I don’t come back to work for him, he’ll lie to future employers when they call for a reference and say I was a dishonest employee or something.

Can I do anything to get my final paycheck? Can I stop him from badmouthing me to other employers?

— Jessica W. Sacramento, CA Answer Yes and yes. He must give you your paycheck, and he cannot lie about you to other employers.

Giving an entire month’s notice was incredibly generous of you, and the employer should be happy to have an employee who made the transition so easy for him.You did not have to give your employer advance notice before leaving.

That whole “two weeks notice” thing is just a custom; it’s not the law.

When you give more than 72 hours of notice before quitting, your employer is supposed to have your final paycheck ready for you on your last day of work. Even if you give less notice than that, he is still supposed to send you the check within 72 hours after you quit. In fact, according to section 203 of the California Labor Code, for each day he refuses to give you your final wages, he will owe you a penalty. That daily penalty will equal the same rate at which you were paid.

For example, if you were paid $120 per day, the employer would owe you $120 for every day he refuses to give you your final paycheck. This penalty keeps adding up, and tops out after 30 days. And if he

does wise up and offer to pay you, you cannot try to dodge the paycheck in order to rack up penalty pay. California law is a good deal for you, and a bad deal for him.

As for the badmouthing issue, you have protections there, as well. Labor Code section 1050 says that any employer whose employee has quit cannot use “misrepresentations” to attempt to prevent the former employee from getting a new job.

In other words, the employer cannot lie about you to try to stop your new boss from hiring you. Even if you had been fired instead of quitting voluntarily, this law would still protect you: Your employer cannot make misrepresentations to stop you from obtaining employment, or else your employer is guilty of a misdemeanor.

In addition to the criminal penalties for an employer’s lies, an employee also has the independent right to sue the employer. After winning such a lawsuit, you would be entitled to triple the normal amount of damages (i.e. the money you lost because of your employer’s lies).

To get this started, you can file a claim with the California Department of Industrial Relations. Tell them what happened in plain English, and they will investigate your boss’s behavior.

But before going through with all this, an employee in your situation might want to simply discuss this with her former boss, preferably in writing. She could send him an email with a link to this column, and explain that she intentionally gave him in advance an entire month’s notice to ensure that he would not be left hanging. She only wants what is owed to her, and she would be willing to waive the daily penalties (which add up quickly!) if he immediately stops withholding wages. The employee could throw in a request for a positive letter of recommendation while she’s at it, since the employer, at this point, would probably give a negative reference if asked.

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AFSCME Cont. from page 3 With 96 percent of those who participated voting in favor of authorizing a strike, UAW 2865 was able to call a sympathy strike with AFSCME 3299.

According to the UAW 2865 website,“turnout was record high” for the vote to authorize a strike.

Meanwhile, negotiations are currently ongoing for a new contract between the University of California and the UC Student-Workers’ Union, which represents over 13,000 graduate student instructors, readers, tutors and TAs. Some of the union’s grievances stem from large class sizes, low compensation and affordable housing for graduate students. With continuing negotiations, the union hopes to implement new provisions on a statewide basis to improve working conditions.

“We are fighting for smaller class sizes … the right for undocumented students to be hired as TAs [and] are also fighting for competitive compensation,” said Duane Wright, chair of the UC Davis unit of UAW 2865 and a Ph.D. student studying sociology, in an email interview.

Undocumented students pursuing graduate degrees and who are required to TA are left to change their programs or to TA without compensation.

“Nobody should be working for free at this university,”Wright said.

Following the recent appointment of Janet Napolitano as the 20th UC president, a growing number of campus organizations and students involved with AB 540 and immigration-related issues have voiced their concerns.

Record numbers of undocumented immigrants were deported during Napolitano’s reign as the Secretary of Homeland Security, and immigration activist students fear that the AB 540 advocacy movement may now be hindered across the UC system.

Passed in California on Oct. 12, 2001, Assembly Bill 540 allows undocumented students who meet eligibility requirements to pay in-state tuition at California community colleges, state universities and UCs. Only a week after meeting with approximately 25 student representatives at UC Davis, Napolitano publicly announced that she would allocate $5 million in financial aid and resources for undocumented students. The $5 million is to be divided between all the UCs, and each university will decide how their portion is used.

The meeting prior to her announcement took place on Oct. 24 at the UC Davis Welcome Center, and Ana Maciel, a second-year political science and Chicana/o studies major went to it, hopeful that Napolitano would address AB 540 needs. After the meeting concluded, she was still skeptical.

“We need [Napolitano’s] support. Coming from a background of Homeland Security, we are a little hesitant,” Maciel said.

As a first-generation and AB 540 college student, Maciel believes many AB 540 students are unaware of the resources available to them, as she herself had been unaware until she attended a presentation about AB 540 at a Chicana/o retreat.

Also an active member of SPEAK, a student-run organization focused on supporting undocumented students, Maciel strongly advocates for a campus center for them.

“We need a place on campus with paid staff who are specifically trained,” Maciel said. “We need a safe zone for AB 540 students.”

After becoming a representative of the California Dream Network, a statewide alliance of

The union is also demanding that the UC provide at least one gender neutral bathroom in each building in order to accommodate with the needs of transgender students and workers.

“Collective bargaining is the best way for the union to defend the workers’ rights,” McKusick said.

The union believes that because class sizes are too big, both the undergraduate and the graduate students’ work and education is impeded.

Larger class sizes equate to less one-on-one time with each student, a detriment to the quality of education.

Affordable housing for graduate students is one of the union’s major concerns. In the U.S., affordable housing should not exceed 30 percent of a household’s gross income.

For the graduate student-workers, this is “$425 per month for pre-tax income,” which Wright notes, is nowhere near the cheapest cost of housing in Davis.

“In the case of the AFSCME sympathy strike [they] felt it was necessary to honor their picket line to send a clear message to university management:TAs will not stand by and do nothing while the administration violates the rights of service workers,”Wright said.

Though the union announced a sympathy strike to support AFSCME, Wright said that “hopefully it won’t come to [them] having to go on a ULP strike over these issues.”

Still, student response has been mixed.

Laura Harvey, a fourth-year technocultural studies major, explained that she favors larger

college campus organizations that seek to advance immigration reform, Maciel believes that their mission must be enacted at the federal level as well.

“We need to escalate and make sure that our demands are listened to and that they are actually acted upon by Napolitano,” Maciel said.

In terms of the overall structure of the meeting, Maciel stated that it could have been organized in a clearer, more effective manner.

Efrain Delgado, a third-year student majoring in environmental science and management and co-chair of SPEAK, shared Maciel’s opinion that the meeting was disorganized.

About two weeks before the meeting, Delgado received an email requesting him to call a specific number. Some time later, Delgado discovered that it was an invitation to the meeting.

“There was no way to find out who would be there [at the meeting],” Delgado said.“We were not able to find out the location and time over email either.”

After the student representatives met with Associate Vice Chancellor Milton Lang at the Alumni Center, they were sent to the Welcome Center to directly connect with Napolitano.

Once Napolitano introduced herself to the group, each student had the chance to address their own concerns or specific questions.

Other than Maciel and Delgado, the meeting included a wide variety of students ranging from undergraduate to graduate to law school students. While the students each came to the meeting with individual goals in mind, Maciel and Delgado said they all worked to gain Napolitano’s assistance in solving AB 540 issues.

“I talked to Napolitano about a budget for AB 540 for a resource center, but instead of saying yes, she asked me how to establish a center,” Delgado said.

“She steered away from having to answer the question and didn’t commit herself to anything.”

Delgado said that he recommended UC Davis strive to establish a center similar to UC Berkeley’s Dreamers Resource Center.

After hearing the news about the $5 million pledge, both Maciel and Delgado had mixed feelings.

“At first, I was ecstatic that she has taken the initiative to make that one of her priorities in her

classes.

“The TAs talk more in a larger class, and when the TAs talk more, the subject is easier to understand,” Harvey said.

The concern among union members, however, is very real.

“Ninety-six percent versus four percent — that’s something to pay attention to,” Miranda said.

Tim Johnson, a graduate student instructor pursuing a Ph.D. in Spanish literature said that he personally has no grievances with his working conditions.

The cap on students in classes he teaches is 25, and going above the limit “has happened, but rarely,” he said.

Johnson is a member of UAW 2865 and voted in favor of strike authorization.

“I’m privileged that I’ve been provided a job for me to survive at school instead of having to look elsewhere to provide for myself; but I am worried about being exploited and that’s why I’m a member of the union,” Johnson said.

On Nov. 18, UAW 2865 plans to participate in a noon Pro-Education,Anti-Repression rally on the second anniversary of the UC Davis pepper spray incident to speak out against increasing police presence and declining educational quality at UC. The rally, hosted by the union, will be held at the Quad on Nov. 18. Issues protested by the rally are listed on the event’s Facebook page.

Among their grievances are rising tuition, UC President Janet Napolitano’s history of deportations,TAs’ low pay and high class sizes. n

first couple months as President of the UC system,” Maciel said.

“However, after looking into how that money has been proposed to be distributed, I believe there should be more funds.”

Similarly, Delgado is unsure that Napolitano’s pledge will be sufficient enough to establish more resources on campus.

“It’s a start. With it being so early in her term it’s impossible to tell whether this was a genuine gesture from her or whether it was just something she did to tame the waters while she settles in,” Delgado said.

Adela de la Torre is the Vice Chancellor of Student Affairs, and Delgado said that she told him that the school is waiting for the students’ input before proceeding to use the money.

“Whether that’s true will be seen,” Delgado said. “And if what we are asking for in that proposal ends up getting funded by this money.”

Currently, Delgado and other students are brainstorming a proposal that specifically addresses how the funds can be appropriated. Along with a resource center and trained staff, the proposal includes a request for state-funded work study and a low-cost housing program at UC Davis.

According to Maciel, one of the most challenging aspects in addressing AB 540-related issues is primarily due to the fact that the AB 540 community is left unacknowledged.

“People not only need to get informed, but [need to] know what AB 540 is,” Maciel said. “If you know what it is, you are able to comprehend the experience of others.”

Mayra Llamas, a contact for AB 540 students at the Student Recruitment and Retention Center, also believes that AB 540 is in need of dire clarification among the general population.

“We need to demystify AB 540 and its definition,” Llamas said.

In addition to redefining AB 540, Delgado believes that Napolitano can directly support students by continuing to deliberate with the AB 540 community. “[Napolitano] shouldn’t let this $5 million donation be her last effort to help this community out,” Delgado said. “It can only do so much and with it not being sustainable for the future, the need for more work is still present.” n

TEACHERS Cont. from page 2 grievances with his working conditions.

The cap on students in classes he teaches is 25, and going above the limit “has happened, but rarely,” he said.

Johnson is a member of UAW 2865 and voted in favor of strike authorization.

“I’m privileged that I’ve been provided a job for me to survive at school instead of having to look elsewhere to provide for myself; but I am worried about being exploited and that’s why I’m a member of the union,” Johnson said.

On Nov. 18, UAW 2865 plans to participate in a noon Pro-Education, Anti-Repression rally on the second anniversary of the UC Davis pepper spray incident to speak out against increasing police presence and declining educational quality at UC. The rally, hosted by the union, will be held at the Quad on Nov. 18. Issues protested by the rally are listed on the event’s Facebook page. Among their grievances are rising tuition, UC President Janet Napolitano’s history of deportations, TAs’ low pay and high class sizes. n

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World Food Center names Roger Beachy founding director

POLICE BRIEFS 4 / MONDAY Leaf well enough alone A resident of G Street yelled at a gardener for blowing leaves into her yard and then attempted to hit him in the face.

Center to enhance food production research MELISSA DITTRICH

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Devil’s advocate A woman accused someone’s 15-year-old sister of being possessed by the devil on B Street.

Forbidden fruit A woman on G Street was trying to preach at the produce department of a grocery store and was grabbing at customers and the manager.

8 / FRIDAY Kicking the habit Someone is having an ongoing problem with a neighbor coming up to the door and repeatedly kicking it on Buchanan Street.

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A male was carrying a large stick and swinging it at people on Olive Drive.

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On Oct. 31, Roger Beachy was named founding director of the new World Food Center (WFC) on campus. Beachy will assume his position as director on Jan. 1, 2014. Beachy is known for his internationallyrenowned work as a plant biologist.

“Under Roger Beachy’s leadership, the center truly has the potential to help keep California in the forefront of providing products and technology that help feed and nourish the world, offering tremendous economic value to our state,” said UC Regent Fred Ruiz at Beachy’s appointment.

Associate Director Josette Lewis said that Chancellor Katehi and her

advisory committee considered candidates both on and off campus before deciding on Beachy.

“Dr. Beachy’s experience with the national food and agriculture industry will bring international visibility to the World Food Center,” Lewis said.

The WFC will gather faculty and experts from all fields at the UC Davis campus. Research will be used to discover new and efficient ways to meet the rising demand of food production as the world’s population grows.

“The World Food Center will elevate the impact of research at UC Davis,” Lewis said. “We would like to help expand the agriculture and food systems on an international level.”

Founding Director Roger Beachy said the WFC will combine the expertise and knowledge across various disciplines at UC Davis in order to address global food security. UC Davis is internationally known for its agriculture programs, which will help bring awareness to the programs that the WFC will promote.

“UC Davis’ extensive experience in this area shows what’s possible through discoveries and innovations applied in a real world setting,” Secretary of the California Department of Food and Agriculture Karen Ross said at the appointment.

The exact goals of the WFC will be established over the next year, according to Beachy. One main goal that the Food on 13

Nothing to pooh-pooh at Someone heard a neighbor shouting for help on Inner Circle because the person was locked in the bathroom, but was unable to gain access as the exterior doors of the neighbor’s house were locked.

U.S. Green Building Council presents UC system with green building award

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Award recognizes West Village project, Mondavi Institute winery

Short Term Forecast Good luck to everyone who has midterms this week. Remember to study hard but still sleep and drink vitamin C because people are getting sick.

Today High 72, Low 46, light winds (5-10 MPH), sunny Friday High 68, Low 46, light winds (5-10 MPH), sunny Saturday High 65, Low 40, light winds (5-10 MPH), mostly sunny —Emily Rives Long Term Forecast We can expect some clear dry weather and some warmer temperatures.

Sunday high 66, Low 40, Mostly clear, light winds Monday high 70, Low 43, Clear, Light Winds Tuesday high 72, Low 43, Clear, Calm Wednesday high 74, Low 43, Clear, Calm — Tyson Tilmont Almanac 11/6: 74/45 11/7: 78/49 11/8: 77/45 11/9: 76/45 11/10: 76/45 11/11: 73/44 11/12: 72/50 Climate Report High pressure, dry conditions, and above normal temperatures continue to dominate the weather here in Davis, preventing the arrival of fall weather. Good news for those who want to enjoy the outdoors; bad news for our drought situation. These pleasant and dry conditions could continue into Thanksgiving so we may experience a rainless November this year; this has only happened five times since 1887!

—Justin Tang Weather Story We’re not getting any rain anytime soon, but at least they are clouds to look at. Here’s some of the common clouds that might come floating along: Stratus: its like fog, they define cloudy days Cumulus: your typical poofy, cotton ball cloud Cirrus: the high altitude whispy ones *BONUS: Mammatus- not as common, but they are wicked awesome, they look like breasts. Totally worth googling!

—Aggie Forecast Team

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city@theaggie.org On Oct. 29, the U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Northern California Chapter held its annual Green Building Super Heroes Awards Gala recognizing the entire University of California system amongst others for their commitment to sustainable innovation in California.

UC Davis was singled out among the campuses for its new West Village complex, as well as the winery and brewery portions of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Institute for Wine and Food Science.

“Northern California leads the country in green building, and these award winners exemplify the region’s spirit of innovation,” said Dan Geiger, executive director of the USGBC’s Northern California Chapter in a press release.

The USGBC additionally recognized UC Berkeley for its sustainable campus design as well as Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory for the renovation of one of its laboratory buildings.

John Meyer, Vice Chancellor of Administrative and Resource Management for UC Davis accepted the award.

“I think it just recognizes the leadership role the Davis campus takes on sustainability matters,” Meyer said. “It’s very helpful in telling that audience the significant role UC Davis plays in stewarding resources.”

The Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) system was created in 1998 by the USGBC. Aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions and reducing waste, the system evaluates buildings and communities based on criteria such as water efficiency, indoor air quality and energy consumption.

The UC system’s adherence to green building standards, also known as LEED, has allowed it to stand as

a vanguard of sustainable building practices in California.

The rating system appraises a building using these metrics and awards it a rank ranging from LEED Certified to Silver, Gold and Platinum.

The Teaching and Research Winery and August A. Busch III Brewing and Food Science Laboratory is a 34,000 square foot complex housed inside of the Robert and Margrit Mondavi Institute. The building contains processing facilities for milk and other foods, as well as a winery and brewery.

Not only is the facility home to the world’s first LEED Platinum certified winery, according to a UC press release it additionally boasts the highest LEED score of a building at any university.

This facility is only one of the 140 LEED certified buildings spread across UC, which hosts more LEED buildings than any other university in the country.

Located west of Highway 113 and encompassing the Ramble and Viridian apartment complexes, the West Village project has been heralded as the largest planned net-zero energy community in the country.

Designed as a partnership between UC Davis and a private contractor, the project aims to reduce its net energy consumption to zero while supporting apartments, a community college campus and UC Davis’ planned “uHub” research center.

According to a press release from West Village, the complex will achieve this through a combination of “aggressive energy efficiency measures” such as high efficiency light fixtures and air conditioning as well as the extensive use of solar power.

This focus on sustainability is made possible mainly by the UC Sustainable Practices Policy established by the UC Office of the President in 2004.

This policy stipulates that all new UC construction and renovation must at least be certified LEED Silver.

Additionally the policy sets out other campus wide sustainability goals, such as reducing water consumption by 20 percent, achieving zero waste and lowering greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels, or 50 percent of the current output.

According to Mary Hayakawa, executive director of Real Estate Services for UC Davis, Davis is constantly trying to surpass expectations.

“We look for how we can push the envelope on every project,” Hayakawa said. “The standard is [LEED] Silver, we strive for Gold.”

This commitment to sustainable infrastructure can be seen in the numerous LEED buildings throughout campus, such as the Gold-Certified Student Health and Wellness Center and newly-built Student Community Center, which received a Platinum rating.

According to a UC press release, the combined effect of these energy efficient measures have helped save the UC system over $128 million in energy expenditures since 2004.

Julianne Nola is assistant director of Design and Construction Management at UC Davis. She said the progress made by UC Davis and the entire UC system is due in part to California’s conducive environment for green energy.

“California is already known for being a leader in sustainability,” Nola said. “We already had the roots, now we’re just feeding off of that. So we’re able to do more and more.”

For Nola, however, designing efficient and sustainable architecture is not all about the awards or recognition. Making a facility that achieves a balance between usefulness and sustainability is the ultimate goal.

“For the university, the question when constructing efficient buildings is not “what will get us an award?” but rather “what do we feel is going to make a good building?’” Nola said. n

NEWS FR O M ARO UN D THE WOR L D Supertyphoon Haiyan/Yolanda displaces thousands

According to UN reports, over 660,000 people have been displaced

by Typhoon Haiyan. The death toll is currently estimated to be over 10,000 and continuing to rise. People are now struggling to find basic necessities such as food, water and blankets. The typhoon ripped through the Kabisayaans, an island group directly in the middle of the

Philippines. The airport in Tacloban has been blocked with debris, hampering relief efforts, but aid officials have stated that relief organizations will soon be able to access areas in need.

US Postal Service to Deliver Amazon Packages on Sundays

Following a $16 billion budget deficit in the previous year, the United States Postal Service is partnering with

Amazon to offer Sunday delivery of packages. Pilot programs will start soon in major cities, such as Dallas, Houston, New Orleans and Phoenix. This will come at no extra cost to the recipient of the package.

Number of International Students in US Swells

The number of international students in American colleges is at an all-time high,

with 819,644 enrolled in the past year.

According to a study by the Institute of International Education, these students are an especially important source of funds and contribute approximately $24 billion to the U.S. economy, while comprising four percent of the overall student population. The number of American students abroad has also increased to WORLD on 12

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Davis hosts first Startup Weekend Students consider event unique opportunity for innovation DANIELLE BROWN

city@theaggie.org From Nov. 16 to 17, Davis is hosting a Startup Weekend sponsored by Hacker Lab and Davis Roots. Hacker Lab is an organization that travels to different cities and partners with local organizations to host Startup Weekend Hackathons.

Davis Roots is the local organization that Hacker Lab has partnered with. It is a nonprofit startup business accelerator that attempts to promote early forward thinking.

A Startup Weekend is a weekendlong program that gives entrepreneurs or people with a good idea an opportunity to see if their ideas have any merit and if they could possibly succeed in the business world.

Allyson Shoemaker, a fourth-year human development major, said she believes Davis is the perfect place for a Startup Weekend because of the general

attitude of UC Davis students.

“There is a large population at UC Davis that is known for involving themselves in forward thinking research and developments,” Shoemaker said. “It would be a good thing because there is no business major or school at Davis, therefore it would allow students who would have liked to be focused on business to have the opportunity to do something handson within their interests.”

The cofounder of Hacker Lab, Eric Ullrich, seems to agree with Shoemaker and said he believes that Davis will present exciting opportunities that other towns would not offer.

“The way Hacker Lab works is we pick a place to host the Startup Weekend and then find local people to speak at them. This is the first and only time we will probably come to Davis. We thought Davis was a good location because it is a college town and there is a big engineering program with lots of students,” Ullrich

said.

When asked if most of the people signing up were Davis students Ullrich said it’s split evenly.

“We are expecting around 100 participants and they are programmers designers and more. We have a bunch of workshops all weekend and Friday night we have an opening part and that’s when ideas are formed and people start working,” Ullrich said.

U.S. News & World Report 2013 stated that the UC Davis undergraduate engineering program is ranked 32nd nationally and tied for 17th among public schools with North Carolina State University and the University of Colorado, Boulder. Their program has grown over the past several years.

Dashiel Barrett, a third-year engineering major, agrees that the engineering department will provide many participants for the program.

“Davis definitely has a large enough

engineering program to support a Startup Weekend. It seems like events like this that cater to innovative students go well in Davis,” Barrett said.

Madison Monaham, a first-year communication major, has only lived in Davis for several months but believes she can already see the initiative students seem to take on in response to events such as this.

“I believe Davis students are presented with amble opportunities that help spark creativity. Our school is in fact now ranked ninth for public schools. We are lucky to be in such a strong scholastic environment.

This event will provide students with the perfect opportunity to vocalize their creativity,” Monaham said.

The ticket prices vary from $34 to $54 depending on whether or not the ticket is bought before Nov. 16. The program starts Nov. 15 at 5:30 p.m. and ends Nov. 17 at 12 p.m. and is located downtown at 212 F St. n

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Davis alum collaborates with E-40, makes “top of the line wine” Earl Stevens Selections pioneers hip-hop’s new drink of choice ERIN LOCKETT

features@theaggie.org Assisted by a UC Davis viticulture and enology alumnus, Earl Stevens — more commonly known as Bay Area rapper E-40 — has come out with Earl Stevens Selections, a collection of high-quality wines made in Napa Valley.

Steve Burch who graduated from UC Davis in 1998, is the winemaker behind Earl Stevens Selections. Burch and his company, California Shiners, have made wines for other celebrities as well, including Michelle Branch and Adam Carolla.

In E-40’s 1992 song “Carlos Rossi,” he calls jug wine a “top of the line wine.”

Now, Earl Stevens Selections features three higher quality wines: Function Red, a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Zinfandel grapes, a Moscato and a unique Mangoscato, which is a mango flavored Moscato, at a staggering 18% ABV. As a former winery owner, Burch said he feels like there are many advantages for helping celebrities make their wines.

Since celebrities have a large fan base, getting bottles out of the warehouse is generally never a problem.

“I have more fun with these wines because people want to buy them. The wine business is hard. It’s not about what I want to drink; it’s about what’s going to sell,” Burch said. “But obviously, it’s going to be good.”

Burch and E-40 came to the winemaking scene through different avenues.

“The first wine I ever drank was Carlos Rossi Rind. I used to see older people drinking it and I couldn’t wait to be of age to drink it myself. I liked the taste — it was sweet,” E-40 said.

E-40 also said that knowing the right people and being a good guy helped this project unfold.

Burch, however, attributes his success in the winemaking world to his education.

“UC Davis is the only reason I got where I am today. It’s the education you get at UC Davis and the science background that really prepares you for every opportunity,” Burch said. “I’ve done everything. I’ve owned my own winery.

But no matter what I do, I always rely on my education.”

According to Burch, his position at California Shiners is safer than owning his e-40 on 5

an article about pencils, Wikipedia editor Fritz Jorn attached a photograph of two pencils resting on the edge of a protractor. The caption reads: “I noticed that Americans tend to sharpen pencils a lot sharper than Europeans. Looking into this I found typical sharpeners here in Europe with a 23° point, or even 30° in case of softer color pencils.”

Fortunately, Ayers said this level of pedantic discussion isn’t necessary to edit Wikipedia. An editor can do anything from fixing a sentence and adding facts to creating new pages.

“Everyone is welcome. New editors, experienced editors, everyone in between,” Ayers said.

Ayers said Wikipedia doesn’t have any hard rules — just guidelines and policies. Editors do their best to ensure pages are factual, properly cited and written from a neutral perspective.

Likewise, the workshop will be relatively informal. It will begin with a short lecture, familiarizing new editors with the website’s features and guidelines. Afterward, editors are set loose to edit and create articles as they please.

Ayers will be available to answer any questions and provide guidance to those who need it.

Ayers said students have a unique opportunity to improve the encyclopedia’s content.

“This is the first time there’s been a project like this based out of the university library,” Ayers said.

She is well aware that students should never directly cite a Wikipe-

dia page. However, the sources at the bottom of a page are often credible enough for an essay. “[Students] can take what’s in the library — high quality resources — and make sure those are used in the articles,” Ayers said.

She believes people should do what they can to better a website they use daily. According to Ayers, her goal is for students to realize that editing Wikipedia can be fun and a great opportunity to learn something new.

“I have a couple articles I’d like to write,” said Jarrod Rowe, a secondyear English major.

Rowe said the information for some musicians’ and poets’ pages seem to be insufficient.

“I would like to take part in making that information … available to people who are interested in it,” Rowe said.

Rowe is a musician and songwriter, and his previous experience led him to consider editing a page. Ayers also said that working on pages you don’t know anything about is also a great way to start learning new things.

“There’s lots to be done that doesn’t require knowing about a subject,” Ayers said. “You just have to be committed to doing enough research.”

If the idea of research isn’t appealing, Ayers said there are still plenty of things an editor can do to improve a page.

Wikipedia is a nonprofit organization, relying entirely on the contributions of its users. For those who want to start giving back, Ayers’ workshop will show that it’s easy to get started.

She said students are welcome to the workshop at any time and only have to stay as long as they want. n

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Another one of the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s main goals is to create closer telecommunications and research connections between the Bodega Bay Lab and the UC Davis campus.

“This is in order to establish new research collaborations that normally wouldn’t have happened,” said Rick Grosberg, professor of evolution and ecology and the Coastal and Marine Sciences Institute’s founding director.

Already in progress is another one of the Institute’s plans: the creation of a headquarter for marine scientists, from both campus and Bodega Bay, to work and meet with students and peers.

The 1,200 square-foot space currently in development at Storer Hall will include a library and a localized area for future seminars, workshops and conferences.

Students interested in the major will find that it can prepare them for research positions in government laboratories or in private laborites, K-12

teaching, policy positions and consulting positions. Students can also choose to pursue graduate degrees.

So far, student reaction to the creation of the major has been positive.

“I think this is a great idea,” said fourth-year environmental sciences and management major Alyssa Obester.

“I really like that it isn’t focused on one aspect of marine science. It will also create awareness of the Bodega Marine Lab, which I don’t think a lot of people know about.”

Fourth-year wildlife, fish and conservation biology major Sonia Harris, agreed.

“I’m glad that this major is here for incoming students, though I am a little upset that it wasn’t an existing major when I started here, since I really wanted to come to Davis with a marine science major,” Harris said.

For those looking to add or switch to this major, marine and coastal sciences advising is located in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences on campus. n

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phone during one of the UC Davis Jazz Ensemble’s performances.

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Prepare for an evening of swing and soul, brought to you by fellow Aggies. On Nov. 20, the UC Davis Jazz Ensembles will be performing at the Mondavi Center.

Both the University’s Jazz Combo and Jazz Big Band will be performing that night. The Jazz Combo comprises of eight musicians, collectively focusing on small-group jazz and improvisation. The Jazz Big Band, on the other hand, comprises of more musicians and focuses on large-scale, elaborate pieces.

Sam Griffith is the director of both ensembles. He describes how each group ultimately manifests different and unique sounds.

“For the combo, the personalities of the musicians are really going to shine,” Griffith said. “You’re really going to get to hear and find out more about a few of the individual performers. The big band is much more focusing on the effort it takes for the entire group to come together and play this music. It’s going to be very challenging. Some of the tunes they’re playing are especially difficult and there’s a lot of musicians in the big band. So it’s really going to be about all these musicians coming together and playing exciting music.”

The performance will showcase a variety of music that dates from the 1930s to the 1960s. The Jazz Combo will specifically focus on the music of hard bop drummer Art Blakey, while the Big Band has a more diverse program in store.

Second-year philosophy and political science double major and tenor saxophonist Nick Jensen expressed his excitement for one of the pieces.

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TUNE IN TYLER WEBB • Aggie Arts Writer • arts@theaggie.org

LAKE, Death Star Migration brings performance to campus landscapes

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On Nov. 14 at 5 p.m., a group of UC Davis undergraduate and graduate students will move across campus on stilts as part of a performance entitled “LAKE and The Death Star Migration.” The group of eight stilt walkers will start in front of Wright Hall near the Eggheads, and travel across the Quad to the southwest corner of the Humanities building, known as the “Death Star.”

The performance will be directed and choreographed by Deidre Morris, a graduating Master of Fine Arts candidate in interdisciplinary arts who is using the piece as a “practiceas-research” project for her upcoming thesis.

Morris, who has 13 years of stilt experience herself, took students with levels of experience ranging from formal training on stilts to those with little to no experience in physical performance mediums, and provided them with five weeks of

instruction on stilt walking leading up to the performance.

“It was a challenge, to different varying degrees for everyone,” Morris said. “It’s frightening to get on a pair of stilts for the first time because you’re fighting your instincts a little bit, but then once they’ve got the stilt walking and started really working with it it’s very beautiful.”

Morris also feels there is an activism component to the piece.

“The other part of this that’s sort of intriguing to me is the human impact on ecosystems,” Morris said.

“I’m trying to prioritize what the performing arts can contribute to that, and contribute to the understanding of the relationships that humans have to places.”

Morris said that in her initial formulation of the piece she was intrigued by how frequently she found that urban landscapes intersect with the migratory pathways of different heard animals.

All of these elements allowed Morris to develop the piece in the current form.

“It’s not inside the theatre; it’s not a traditional performance in that way. It’s interactive in some ways and that’s intriguing,” Morris said.

The Death Star Migration is a free performance.

Addressing all types of music You can’t teach an old mouse new tricks

A sad truth about music is that artists get old. Although it is often hard to remember, they are humans just like us. This means that they, no matter how badly we want them to, never stay the same for very long.

It is tough to imagine young superstars like Wiz Khalifa, Lady Gaga or Lil B getting old and wearing out, but we are reminded of their mortality when we compare songs like Eminem’s “Mockingbird” (2005) and “The Real Slim Shady” (1999).

“Mockingbird” has an entirely different, darker style, and is an example of how Eminem’s life experiences shaped him as an artist. This change is entirely reflected in the way his musical style and themes developed and matured.

The song is an emotional, serious message to his daughter about his lack of involvement in her life. The emotion in this song relates to the conflict between his fame and family life — an issue that young Eminem, while writing “The Real Slim Shady,” had not encountered yet. It’s pretty cool to see the way artists can change, but at the same time we become nostalgic of the way they used to be.

I tend to prefer music from artists in their earlier stages. They are full of life at

this point, but in a naïve and more relatable way.They have not yet become altered by the “famous musician” lifestyle, and they perform in their most natural style.

For the most part it seems that artists do one of two things as they get older: sell out and adopt a more mainstream sound, or become boring and unable to deliver the “punch” they once had.

There are certainly exceptions, like Eminem,The Beatles,Ween and The Cure.

As these artists developed, their style matured independently of what the music industry expected of them. They stayed true to their style and innovated their aesthetics.

Modest Mouse, despite their indie style, seems to have fallen down the mainstream route.

They recorded the album Sad Sappy Sucker in 1994, before they even got signed to a label, and its lo-fi and untampered with quality sounds amazing.

Songs like “Four Fingered Fisherman” and “Worms vs. Birds” feature such simple lyrics, but can be infinitely interpreted in a metaphorical sense. When listening, one can tell that the band made these songs for the love and beauty of music, not to subscribe to anyone’s expectations. The songs are incredibly original and unlike anything else.

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MUSIC PROFESSOR PUBLISHES NEW BOOK MUSE speaks with Carol Hess about Latin American art music COLEMAN SAWYER arts@theaggie.org

art music in the U.S. during the Pan American movement of the 1930s and 1940s.

Professor of music Carol Hess recently published her third book, entitled Representing the Good Neighbor: Music, Difference, and the Pan American Dream.

The book investigates the reception of Latin American

MUSE: Why did you choose to write about this topic and what did you aim to accomplish through your research on the subject?

Hess: I started my career writing about Spain. I wrote two books on Manuel de Falla, a Spanish composer who moved to Argentina as a result of the Spanish Civil War in the 1940s and that led me to become interested in Latin America and how Latin American music is understood in the United States. I decided that I would make Latin American art music my focus while keeping in mind that it is a marginalized area in music scholarship and wanted to answer the question why that is.

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The cast of Spring Awakening participates in rehearsals for upcoming shows.

Artist-in-residence to direct Tony Award winning musical AKIRA KUMAMOTO arts@theaggie.org The UC Davis Theatre and Dance Department is set to present Tony Award winning musical Spring Awakening under the direction of Granada Artist-in-Residence Stafford Arima.

Spring Awakening was originally a play written in late 19th century Germany by dramatist Frank Wedekind.The play covered topics that were controversial at the time including teenage pregnancy, homosexuality, institutional corruption and abortion. In 2006, a musical adaptation of the play debuted, incorporating rock ballads by composer and singer-songwriter Duncan Sheik.

The musical is a coming-of-age story, following the sexual awakenings of multiple teenagers under the constraints of 19th century Germany. The characters each begin to explore their physicality and emotions all while attempting to overcome the obstacles of censorship, institutional authority and

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their own innocence.

The cast of the show is composed mainly of UC Davis students. The actors vary from freshmen to graduate students to staff members, each studying various majors.

The show is famous for portraying raw scenes of human struggle and emotion. Specific issues touched upon, like sexual abuse and suicide, have been carefully worked upon in order to convey serious, thoughtprovoking scenes.

“It deals with very challenging themes, and we’ve been very cautious and careful to talk a lot with the student actors about keeping an open environment so we’re not brushing past those difficult issues,” said assistant director and choreographer Chris McCoy. Though the subject matter may be heavy, the lessons put forth are meant to be relatable to the audience, especially teenagers and young adults. The show is supposed to reflect the journey from childhood to adulthood, a universal experience.

“What I like about the show is that there’s

drew Bird, acclaimed singer, songwriter and multi-instrumentalist who is wellknown for his incorporation of violin and fiddle to his indie rock and folk tunes. He is kicking off his solo tour of California in Davis, and will be playing hits from his most recent albums, Break It Yourself and Hands of Glory.

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As part of the San Francisco Opera Grand Cinema Series, the Mondavi Center will be showing high-definition screenings of famous operas, one of which is George Gershwin’s classical and jazz performance in the quintessential American masterpiece, Porgy and Bess.

KDVS presents Everyone is Dirty, a grungy, psychedelic and violin-wielding band from Oakland.

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UC Davis Department of Music presents this trio with Laura Reynolds playing the oboe, Patricia Shands playing the clarinet and David Granger playing the bassoon.

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Mick Flannery, premier Irish performer and songwriter, will be making his Central Valley debut here in Davis. The contemporary folk musician will be performing songs from his past three albums, Evening Train, Red to Blue and White Lies.

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something that everybody can relate to,” said fourth-year neurology, physiology and biology major Johnny Wylie, who will be playing the role of George. “The issues that we touch on in the show are things that every person has been through to a greater or lesser extent.”

Fourth-year communication major Jessica Walsh will be playing the lead role of Wendla. She has found that behind the difficult lessons, the musical really offers a message of hope.

“The show is really about relationships and how important it is to really love and accept everybody,”Walsh said.“It shows that no matter what someone is going through, all you should do is give them love and acceptance because that’s all anybody really needs.”

Even amongst some dark themes, the musical showcases an array of lively songs. The pieces include “The Bitch of Living,” a song about sexual frustration and fantasy amongst pubescent adolescents, “Totally Fucked (!),” an angsty ballad about the corrupted school system and “Mama Who Bore Me,” a plea to parents to stop hiding information about sexuality and reproduction from their children.

Almost all of the songs feature original choreography by McCoy and utilize a mix

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Davis High School puts on the Broadway Musical Pippin, which tells the story of a young medieval prince on a deathdefying journey to find meaning in his existence, struggling between choosing a simple life or a life of glory.

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The Davis Musical Theater Company will be presenting Oliver!, a musical performance based on Charles Dickens’ classic novel. The timeless holiday tale recounts the story of the orphan, Oliver Twist, who endures a miserable existence in a workhouse and then is sold to an undertaker. He escapes and finds solace with a group of juvenile delinquents, who teach him how to pickpocket in the busy streets of London.

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This one-of-a-kind theatrical experience melds drama with comic books.

Inspired by the pulp serials of the 1930s, this colorful performance involves three actors that voice dozens of characters that make use of incredible sound effects.

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UC Davis comedy troupe Birdstrike Theatre, which specializes in Chicagostyle long form improv and sketch comedy, is presenting its second mini-show of the season.

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Known for her ability to be musically versatile, she has been referred to as “Nashville’s best kept secret.” She will be performing melodic hits such as “Eager for Your Love.”

of props including chairs, jungle gym-like high rises and flashlights.

Second-year psychology and dramatic art double major Jen Beall is the dance captain for the show and has enjoyed the big dance pieces.

“My favorite song is ‘Totally Fucked (!)’ because there’s lots of high energy and there’s so much going on with the dance,” Beall said. “There’s one part of the song we like to belt out as loud as we can; it’s really exciting.”

Director Arima hopes to convey all of these elements coherently in the production all while keeping the show unique to the UC Davis cast.

“One of the exciting elements of Spring Awakening is coming to rehearsal and seeing the awakenings that are happening within the actors,” Arima said. “At the end of the day the message I hope audiences take away from the show is that you’re not alone. Everybody is going through a variety of awakenings within themselves and those awakenings never stop.”

Spring Awakening opens Nov. 21 at the Main Theatre in Wright Hall. Tickets can be purchased at the Mondavi ticket office or online at tickets.mondaviarts.org.

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MFA candidate Deirdre Morris performs a unique stilt-walk, beginning at the Egghead in front of Wright Hall, crossing the Quad lawn and ending at the “Death Star” Social Sciences building. Witness the interesting experiment of how humans belong in landscapes.

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The 19 dancers from the Pamela Trokanski Dance Troupe celebrate their 19th season with this performance that celebrates how we, as individuals and a culture, seek to maintain a sense of personal power over our destinies.

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november constellations and comet ison G E T H Y P E D U P F O R A C O M E T T H AT M I G H T N O T H A P P E N JUNETTE HSIN science@theaggie.org

The coming of winter means less sunlight but more starlight. The beginning of November hailed a rare solar eclipse, but the eclipse was only visible to viewers from the U.S. East Coast to the middle east. However, Davis astronomy aficionados can still catch the highly anticipated Comet ISON. Born from the primeval matter of the earliest days of the solar system, the ball of ice and rock is embarking on its first trip

through the inner solar system. When it nears the sun, its pristine surface will ignite and form a tail of gas and dust. Experts worry that ISON has a high chance of disintegrating due to the gravitational forces, solar radiation and extremely high temperatures from the sun. If it survives skimming just 730,000 miles above the surface of the sun at its perihelion — the point of an orbit closest to the sun — it will return and blaze in northern skies as the most dazzling comet of this century.

ISON is currently only visible by bin-

UC Davis begins breeding poultry for impoverished Africans Research focuses on combatting Newcastle disease

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oculars or telescope in Virgo. Check your calendars and hope for ISON's slated magnificent arrival after Thanksgiving.

The east hails the constellations of the new season while last season's constellations begin their yearly descent in the west.

Venus still beams mightily over the southwestern horizon at dusk. Nine p.m. unveils the glow of Jupiter and figure of Orion as they emerge together from the eastern horizon. The Orion Nebula, one of the few deep sky objects visible to the naked eye, hangs luminously from Orion's belt. Using

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science@theaggie.org Africa could be receiving some new hot, healthy chicks if Davis scientists have anything to say about it. Researchers from the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences at UC Davis and the School of Veterinary Medicine are working on creating disease-resistant, heatresistant chickens for hunger-prone areas of Africa. In particular, the work focuses on fighting Newcastle disease, which kills 750 million chickens every year.

“Newcastle disease is the number one disease that kills chickens throughout most of the developing world, so across Africa, South [and] Central America and across much of Asia. Newcastle disease kind of sweeps through rural villages once or twice a year and kills most of the chickens,” said David Bunn, director of the effort called Feed the Future Innovation Lab for Genomics to Improve Poultry.

With new technology and innovative genomics, the team hopes to breed fowl suitable for the most affected areas.

This isn’t genetic modification, but it’s a step up from traditional breeding. They examined local birds that can withstand heat and incorporated what they know of the genotype of American chickens that can resist disease.

“What we’re doing is … we’re going to be looking at three local breeds in East Africa … and then we’re looking at three breeds in Ghana, which is in West Africa … because we’re really hunting

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for genes and so we want to look at a diverse set of birds,” Bunn said.

In the United States, the collaboration with Iowa State aims to identify genes in American poultry that cause resistance to Newcastle disease.

While it may seem more logical to solve global hunger with energy-rich plants rather than needy animals, chicks bring in a lot of money for a community.

“The exciting thing about this project is that poultry is a very good income generation opportunity for small-scale agricultural producers … The poultry sector … is likely to grow in demand over time,” said Josette Lewis, associate director of the World Food Center at UC Davis.

Further, chickens don’t require much land or other resources, allowing them to be raised easily in rural and suburban areas.

When you crack the case, it’s not just about the food. Chickens create income for impoverished areas. In Africa, women and children often raise poultry for sustenance and salary. If chickens could be resistant to Newcastle disease and the heat of the desert, these women and children could have reliable means of nutrition and financial security.

Naftali Moed, a second-year environmental policy analysis and planning major, understands the importance of agriculture over industry in the developing world.

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A murder of crows congregate around Aggie Stadium at sunrise.

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UC Davis is no stranger to the crows that hover over campus. There seems to be a colony of them in particular areas around campus, especially the Silo.

Andrea Townsend, an assistant professor of urban conservation ecology in the Department of Wildlife, Fish and Conservation Biology, studies social behavior and disease transmission in birds, including the crows on campus.

According to Townsend, crows have a communal roost in the parking lot next to the Silo. They have what are known as staging areas — where a select portion of the crows from a larger group gather while they find their way to and from their bigger roost.The Silo could be serving as one of the staging areas for them.

“The reason that crows roost (and stage) together is unclear, but they of-

ten prefer well-lit city parking lots,” Townsend said in an email. “One hypothesis for why they roost communally is information sharing: they might learn from other birds at the roost about food sources and places to avoid. The campus has many attributes that crows prefer … the climate is relatively mild, [there are] brightly-lit urban parking lots and they can forage during the day in the agricultural fields surrounding Davis.”

Aside from the pure awe of noticing a huge flock of crows over you, one tends to begin to feel a faint sense of fear. There are so many of them that it is only a matter of moments before they poop on your bike, vehicle, or sadly enough, even you. On days like these, many Aggies begin to hope they don’t become the unfortunate victims of the crows flocking around.

For instance, Angelica Hernandez, a second-year clinical nutrition major, has seen so many of these glossy black

birds circulating above her when walking by the Sciences Lecture Hall.

“I have seen many people running with newspapers or books over their heads so that they won’t get pooped on. I have also noticed many cars and many bikes with bird poop on them,” Hernandez said.

Priya Tuvell, a third-year animal science major and nutrition minor, has also witnessed an incredible number of crows roosting in the trees when biking to campus. She has seen the most during the fall and winter quarters.

“The trees they would roost in are right on top of the bike paths on either side of the street, and the smell of all their droppings was pretty horrible,” Tuvell said.

Having an interest in birds, Tuvell knows that crows are aware of the food readily available to them.

“Lots of sandwiches left on benches, spilt rice or pasta are a steady source of food. Such carbohydrate-laden foods

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are not healthy for the birds though, and people should be careful to dispose of their leftovers in the compost, recycling or trash, instead of leaving the food out for the birds,” Tuvell said in an email.

The incredible influx of crows around campus has some costs. Carey Avery, the associate director of the Campus Planning and Community Resources and a facilitator of the Grounds and Landscape Services, stated that cost of cleaning up after the crow droppings is something the department has been trying to track for the last year, and the cost varies month to month.

“Eight hours of labor per month are spent to power wash the sidewalks from [the] crow droppings,” Avery said in an email.

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It could be possible in the near future to arrive to class looking just as good as when you left, not like you just biked two miles. FlyKly has recently unveiled their prototype for Smart Wheel, a pedal assist unit that can transform almost any bike into an electric bike. For a community like Davis, where biking is not just a form of transportation but a lifestyle, Smart Wheel and its mobile phone app are an exciting development.

The 9-pound Smart Wheel contains the motor, battery and electronics inside a unit that is affixed to a 29-inch rear wheel. It can replace almost any bike’s rear wheel and is simple to swap in and out. Smart Wheel’s motor turns on when you start pedaling to assist

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independent by providing people with control of their food source. It is this empowering aspect of agriculture to enable individuals to gain more control over their food and ultimately their society that is critical with regards to agriculture in impoverished areas,” Moed said.

As our population increases beyond all limits, strains on our food system will become more noticeable. There is a way, however, to minimize the pressure.

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you in your journey. It can help you reach speeds of up to 20 miles per hour and can travel up to 30 miles on a single charge. It will come in a variety of colors to suit bike frames and customer preferences.

Though hills are few and far between in Davis, Smart Wheel could assist you in climbing them; also, as you coast down the hill, Smart Wheel charges itself. You can also charge Smart Wheel in two to three hours by plugging it in; perfect for in-between classes.

The FlyKly app is compatible with iOS, Android and even Pebble smartwatch. The app is used to control the wheel through Bluetooth from its dock, called the Smart Light, that is attached to your handlebars for easy access. You can either attach your phone to the Smart Light through a sticky

pad or with built-in straps. Through the FlyKly app you can set the maximum speed that Smart Wheel will gradually accelerate to as you start to pedal; this can be adjusted on your phone as you ride. You can also keep track of your current speed, distance of your trip, trip time and Smart Wheel’s battery level.

The Smart Light holster also functions as a light, phone charger and dock. Smart Light houses a dynamo generator that allows you to charge your phone and light your path. Both the charging and the light can be set to start as you pedal, ideal for those late classes or late-night food runs.

Furthermore, Smart Wheel includes anti-theft tools.You can lock your bike, get notified if it is being stolen and track where it is using the FlyKly app.

Smart Wheel collects data about your

riding habits and routes which can be used as you please to enhance your biking journeys. There is also a feature where you can share your routes and habits with your friends. The FlyKly app is also able to suggest safer, faster and more fun route alternatives.

Smart Wheel will make biking to important events or gatherings more fashionable because you can dress for the destination and not the ride.

Though it can’t control the weather, it can ease the strain on your body to help keep sweat at bay. It could also help those that have to battle the strong winds to arrive to school not out of breath.

No price has been released, but the Kickstarter was opened to fund production. For more information, visit http://www.kickstarter.com/projects/ flykly/flykly-smart-wheel. n

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editorial from the board The Pantry food drive

ELIZABETH ORPINA Editor in Chief

Time to help out

CLAIRE TAN Managing Editor ADAM KHAN Campus News Editor

The Pantry’s holiday canned food drive started on Nov. 4 and runs through Dec. 13. This ASUCD unit and student-run organization aims to aid UC Davis students by making sure no one has to miss a meal or go without basic necessities due to financial reasons.

As the holidays and finals approach, the costs of living can be difficult to manage, especially with the onset of a new course load and subsequent textbook costs.

For those who find themselves choosing between essentials such

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as food and toilet paper and the required costs of college, The Pantry serves as a resource to help offset those burdens.

Operating almost entirely on donations from the community, The Pantry will depend on canned food drives to help stock up for larger crowds, especially around finals. Everyone deserves a good meal and to be equipped with basic hygienic materials.

Multiple units of ASUCD are participating by hosting canned food drive boxes in their offices, and we urge everyone to donate

to the cause. Some examples of items to donate include rice, pasta, cereal, toilet paper and toothbrushes. During your next grocery run, please consider grabbing a few extra items for those in need.

The Pantry is also looking for volunteers, so email thepantryvolunteer@gmail.com or visit thepantry.ucdavis.edu to learn more about this organization and help out. Let’s work together with The Pantry to combat student hunger, one non-perishable food item and toiletry at a time.

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Remember, remember, the 18th of November Two years after the pepper spray incident, it is time to gather on the Quad at noon to confront the reality of our university. In the past years, the largest unions at UC have been active in trying to preserve quality of education and service at UC in the face of increasing inequality and police repression.

Although each union’s demands are specific, they have in common an opposition to the privatization of the UC, the raising of its tuition, the lowering of its standards and the stark difference in pay between those at the bottom and those at the top.

In short, the same struggles that played out in the Quad two years ago as part of Occupy UC Davis

continue to haunt our campus. Two years ago, the focus of protest was a massive increase in tuition. This Nov. 18, with a former law enforcement official with no educational experience now at the helm of the UC system, we must gather to oppose police repression and defend quality education at UC. The UC depends on the work of TAs, readers and associate instructors, who are the frontline educators in most departments.

And yet, even as administrators get paid more and more, and tuitions go up and up, TA wages have been stagnant (dropping, if one calculates for inflation). Class sizes have gone up, and the ability of these educators to earn a living

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G-O-D and the GOP THE LEFT NUT with ZACH MOORE

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rowing up, my family drilled two unquestionable truths into my head: that Jesus died for our sins, and that Democrats wanted to destroy America.

As you may have guessed, the second one didn’t stick too well.

Whether you’re the staunchest, most Bible-thumping Republican out there or the most radical atheist Democrat, you’ve probably jumped to some sort of conclusions about me already. You might, like many

No wonder so many legislators believe in “traditional” values... people, think that Christianity doesn’t support my political beliefs or viceversa. But I’m not here to discuss my religion.

I’m not here to discuss my religion because this is a political column, and theology has no place in it.

Contrary to what Billy Graham, Rick Santorum and the Tea Party may argue, religious principles should in no way influence social policy.

You’ve probably heard the phrase “separation of church and state” thrown around quite a bit when discussing these matters. Though that specific wording actually appears nowhere in any official government document, our Constitution hints at it, guaranteeing free practice of religion.

In fact, some people have begun

and provide a quality education has deteriorated — even as the students they serve pay more for that education!

Monday Nov. 18 and Tuesday Nov. 19, the UC Student-Workers Union UAW 2865 will be bargaining with UC Administration here on the Davis campus for a new contract, one that pays us fairly and guarantees a quality education for our students. Join us in the Quad at noon on Nov. 18, and join us at the bargaining sessions, to show support for your frontline educators.

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to take the “free” practice of religion too literally. Though many churches respect the wall between the political and religious arenas, some have shamelessly intertwined the two. While freedom of speech is wonderful and people should have the right to endorse whichever candidate they choose, organizations advocating political candidates or otherwise supporting campaigns are required to pay taxes.

Churches are tax-exempt organizations, which means that, by law, they cannot urge their members to vote for certain candidates. But this does not always stop them.

In 1993, the IRS found that Reverend Jerry Falwell had illegally donated money to political action committees which, in turn, funded numerous Republican campaigns.

The law aside, one should quickly recognize this as immoral. Falwell, one of the most beloved Christian icons of our time, took donations from people who thought they were doing a charitable deed and threw them at conservative politicians who were by no means sick or needy. No wonder so many legislators believe in “traditional” values — it makes you wonder if these stances come from their hearts or their lobbyists’ wallets.

This is not to mention the absurdity of their proposals. Zealots argue that, by allowing gay couples to marry and women to have abortions, the government somehow infringes upon their religion. Anyone with MOORE on 11

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lmost all of us have seen the advertisements for paid tutors around campus charging $30 or more per hour. Frequently, those advertisements are missing many of the tear-off contact info strips, indicating interest in their services.

However, professors and TAs offer office hours for free. Why, then, do we hire private tutors who know only the general subject, not the specific material presented in the class?

While private tutors can be useful,

... we should give each professor and TA a chance first instead of judging them... they should be a last resort after we have tried the professor and TAs. However, many of us make excuses to ourselves instead of giving office hours a chance first.

Many of us turn to one-on-one, paid tutors out of fear that we cannot get personal assistance in office hours because we will not be the only one there. However, we do not know how many people will be there until we show up. If other students are there, most of the time, we benefit from their questions.

In addition, if we have the courage to ask, many professors will make personal appointments outside of normal office hours.

In the rare case where we go several times and office hours are constantly

too full, private tutors can help. However, we should go to office hours several times before we draw that conclusion.

Sometimes, we feel or are told by friends that, while we can get personal help, a certain professor or TA cannot teach effectively and thus going to office hours wastes our time.

However, we forget that a professor’s inability to teach us in a lecture hall of hundreds of students does not mean the professor cannot teach us one-onone. Teaching hundreds of students at once is incredibly difficult; few have that gift.

For example, if a professor has a thick accent and we cannot understand what is said in lecture, we will find it much easier to understand when we are physically closer in office hours and can ask the professor to repeat what they said if we missed a word, which we cannot do in lecture.

Some professors and TAs really cannot teach, which is where private tutors can be useful, but we should give each professor and TA a chance first instead of judging them based on past experiences, word of mouth or ratemyprofessor.com.

To give professors or TAs a chance, we must ask for help, which embarrasses many of us and makes us feel foolish. Most professors and TAs will not belittle us for our ignorance; the fear is only in our minds. Most of them sincerely want us to learn and will spend their time teaching us if we have the courage to ask.

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The Band

COSMIC RELEVANCE with DANIEL HERMAN

STAY TUNED with ELLY OLTERSDORF

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ow to form a band.Well it’s no problem really.What do you need? Maybe Jimi Hendrix on guitar, Murdoc on bass, a drummer with a drum set that fills a room andthe drummer said he wasn’t sure if he could make it. No problem. a lead singer with a presence twice that size.

Ah, well Who needs drums? You were going for more of an acoustic sound anyways. Didn’t the kid with the ukulele say he could beatbox? Close enough.

Speaking of ukulele, that’s kind of like bass right? Turns out Murdoc wasn’t available.

Starting a band is easy — as long as

Do I want this band to include all my friends? Or do I want it to be good? you don’t have expectations. And why would you have any of those? You only have, oh, your entire life to build up any preconceived notions.

It’s really simpler than you think.There is only one ingredient necessary for making a band: people. As in two or more people who can stand each other long enough to pump out a song.This might sound like a pretty low standard. It’s not.

There are a few ways a band can form. Sometimes a jam sesh will go startlingly well and everyone will simultaneously realize that you’re all on to something. This, however, is rare, and waiting for it to happen isn’t a particularly strategic move. That is why I personally prefer the “joking” method.This refers to when you know some people who play instruments who you talk to on a regular basis, and you continuously suggest that you form a band. It starts out as a joke.

“Hey, we should start a band or something!”

“Haha, hell yeah!”

“Hey, but what if we start a band?”

“Heh yeah, we’d be awesome!”

“So band practice soon?”

“Oh, for sure.”

“Hey, so band practice this Saturday?”

“Oh yeah, looking forward to it, haha!”

“No, for real though.”

Whether it’s the carefully crafted subtlety of this method or fate, I can vouch that I, at least, have had a one hundred percent success rate. Of course, I’ve only tried it once, but really it only needs to work once. How many bands do you want to form anyways?

Band practice can reveal a number of

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common sense knows that this argument holds no weight at all; no one is forcing you to have an abortion and no one is making you or your kids gay.

Let’s say, hypothetically, that my religion not only allows for gays to get married but mandates it.The government, by not allowing them to marry, now infringes upon my religion.

Of course, you’re allowed to protest my religion. The same First Amendment that allows me to practice my religion allows you to protest it. But it doesn’t allow Congress to draft policies that prevent me from practicing it.

If we did base our legislation on the Holy Bible (which, of course, we should not), we should at least base it on the good verses, like James 2:15 to 16 (“Suppose a brother or a sister is without clothes and daily food. If one of you says to them, ‘Go in peace; keep warm and well-fed,’ but does nothing about their physical needs, what good is it?”) or Ezekiel 16:49 (“Now this was the sin of your sister Sodom:

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important things about the band. First tip: if they don’t show up, take the hint.

There’s no point trying to make music with someone who isn’t really interested.

It’s like a one-sided conversation — a level down from small talk.

Another important criteria of a wellfunctioning band member is how well they can take criticism. Perhaps you haven’t put much thought into how to tell someone that they are playing too loud or out of key. Perhaps you won’t need to. On the other hand you might have to spend a good five minutes strategically plotting how to bring up these issues without receiving a blank look and a passive aggressive shrug. This really isn’t the best use of anyone’s time.

That is why there have to be two sides to band relationships: personal and collegial.

You can’t form a band without any personal connection. Music is one of those mediums that will reflect the chemistry between the people making it. It is a blend, of course, of chemistry and effort.

Some people go into a relationship looking for their soul mate. When they find out that their partner isn’t a perfect match, they figure it’s time to move on to someone else. People often do the same with music. It’s a habit we all need to break. Don’t get me wrong, I’m all for true love. It is tempting to believe that your soul mate will one day be delivered to you in perfect condition.

Reality check: relationships take work.

They take compromise on both sides and a willingness to cooperate. Don’t get discouraged if things don’t work out perfectly for the first practices.

Think of them as awkward dates that could totally get better with time.

However, most people who have tried to form bands will inevitably reach the question: Do I want this band to include all my friends? Or do I want it to be good? In a perfect world you wouldn’t have to choose, but it is a valid question. Do you want to have a fun activity to do with friends or do you want to perform knowing that you have perfected your show as best you can?

Let me be clear, both options are wonderful. The most important part is that you give it a shot. A few tips: love who you play with and play what you love, don’t let ego get in the way of music, and if you’re going to have a trumpet player, please find out if they’re good, preferably before the performance. But more on that later.

Hey we should totally start a band or something! Contact ELLY OLTERSDORF at eroltersdorf@ucdavis.edu.

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waiting a midterm, I was sitting in my lecture hall freaking out. Of course I studied, but the nerves were getting to me, and I cycled through all the material in my head. I got so nervous that I decided to say a little prayer, hoping that my brain wouldn’t fail me on such an important day.

I looked around the room, and I wondered what was going on in the heads of the other students. Do my peers pray? And aside from scoring well on exams, how is prayer used on campus?

...it seems clear that their practices and beliefs hold great personal importance.

To get as many perspectives as possible, I asked various religious groups around the university, why do you participate in prayer? I received answers from members of Hillel (the student Judaic center), Davis Christian Fellowship, the UC Davis Meditation Club and the Islamic Center of Davis.

First, I asked a fourth-year why he likes to observe Shabbat (the Jewish day of rest) at Hillel. In response, he said, “It’s like a form of centering myself and removing myself from the rest of the week, setting aside problems and anxieties.” For him, prayer was finding “a moment of peace.” In addition, the communal aspect of hanging out with friends and eating Shabbat dinner added to his experience. On the whole, respecting the tradition separates him from the worries of the week.

Second, I heard from a fifth-year psychology student and member of Davis Christian Fellowship. For him, prayer helps him focus on a righteous life. He responded, “As a Christian, I follow Christ and His life serves a model on how to live mine.” And to follow Christ’s model, he voiced, “I pray because it allows me to have a time to re-focus and I also come away with a perspective that sees things through the lens of God.” To emulate Jesus, prayer is a way to talk to “God,” and keep at the forefront his teachings.

Next, I listened to a member of our school’s Meditation Club. She said that she practices meditation to “untangle [herself] from the drama of everyday life.” For her, it’s a mindset,

She and her daughters were arrogant, overfed and unconcerned; they did not help the poor and needy”) Hell, look at Jesus himself. I’m far from the first to point this out, but the way the Western world portrays him, Jesus was a radical, long-haired, anti-war hippie who went around challenging established religious doctrine and handing out free health care.The Jesus I grew up with was more John Lennon than Joel Osteen.

Still, I don’t go around saying that you should vote Democrat because it’s the Christian thing to do. I don’t care what you believe, and you shouldn’t care what I believe.

Whether you believe in God, Brahman, the Flying Spaghetti Monster or nothing at all, I won’t look at you any differently, and I expect my government to do the same. If people could accept that religion has no place in politics, we could stop focusing on trivial issues and move on to things that have a real effect our country.

If you were disappointed that ZACH MOORE didn’t take a jab at Reagan this week, email him at zcmoore@ucdavis.edu.

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“keeping presence in the present” and putting one’s energies in the now.

The nickname of the club is “Simply Being,” and for her, that summarized the freedom and truth she knows to recognize.

Lastly, I contacted the Islamic Center of Davis, and I corresponded with the recently retired Imam. For background information, he shared that “when Muslims say prayer, it is usually Salaa (structured prayer) that comes to mind, specifically, the five times a day required prayer.”

He adds that, “the beauty of Salaa is that it comes from the Arabic root word ‘Sila,’ which means connection.” For Muslims, saying prayer at least five times a day is the “connection that we maintain with God.” And this practice is vital for the link with holiness, because “we, as people, generally tend to be distracted, busy and caught up in life to the point of losing focus or spirituality, or even becoming heedless of God and our purpose in life.” In his opinion, we often get distracted from our goals, and reconnecting to “true reality … is a source of rest, peace, love, clarity and guidance.” For him, “prayer is priceless.”

For all these individuals, it seems clear that their practices and beliefs hold great personal importance.

Furthermore, it appears that prayer influences their frame of mind, coloring the meaning of existence.

But for those who don’t have a routine, what is a secular view on prayer?

One student said, “I can understand how prayer makes one appreciate life, but I think its repetitive nature makes [it] lose meaning.” Acknowledging that prayer works for some, he stated, “there are ways of accomplishing the effects of prayer for different individuals.” For instance, he says he habitually contemplates the priorities in life. But overall, he makes clear that “[he] try to reflect on the beauty of life all the time.” Whether listening to music, exercising through sport or enjoying the company of others, it can be accomplished in all settings if one has the intention.

Regardless of religious affiliation, it can be said that time could be wellspent focusing on what is important in one’s life, whatever it may be.

If you want to find the meaning of life with DANIEL HERMAN, he can be reached at dsherman@ucdavis.edu.

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they are busy and just want us to leave, but we should give each one a fair chance and not judge them all by the actions of a few. In those rare cases, private tutors can be useful.

However, if we go with the attitude of finding fault or arrogance in professors or TAs, we will find what we look for regardless of if the professor wants to help us, feeding the cycle of fear and judgment.

However, while most professors want us to learn, office hours are not for repeating what was said in lecture. When we ask for this, we show that we have not made an effort on our own first.

Our education is our responsibility; nobody can help us unless we first try to help ourselves.

Showing this laziness frustrates even the best professors and TAs. When we see this frustration, we call even

the most helpful ones arrogant, unhelpful or unable to teach, instead of realizing our own faults.

Thus, we think every professor and TA cannot teach, so we give up on office hours entirely for every class and turn to private tutors who will coddle us to keep us coming and paying, even though that is not in our best interest.

Instead, we should make our best effort to understand the material ourselves and only then go to office hours when we cannot understand a specific idea. By doing so, we go with specific, detailed questions that show the professor we want to learn and are trying our best to do so.

When most professors see that determination, they will go out of their way to help us. However, we must first show them our drive to learn.

To share your experiences with private tutors, contact WILLIAM CONNER at wrconner@ucdavis.edu.

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Initially starting out in an apartment hallway, Davis is Burning is now the largest drag show in the City of Davis.

Delta Lambda Phi hosts drag show fundraiser ERIN LOCKETT features@theaggie.org Davis is Burning is the largest drag show in town, featuring performers from UC Davis and the community.

The event is put on each year by the brothers of Delta Lambda Phi, a fraternity for gay, bisexual and progressive men. From humble beginnings, Davis is Burning has evolved into a highly successful event to help those in the LGBTQ community.

Davis is Burning is a collection of extravagant song and dance numbers. This year’s theme was Divas of Cinema, and was the largest Davis is Burning production to date.

Daniel Lathrop, a third-year women and gender studies major and the presi-

dent of Delta Lambda Phi, Xi Chapter, said the event has evolved greatly over the years.

“It started 24 years ago in one of the brother’s apartments. They used a hallway as a runway! Now we’re in Freeborn and putting on the biggest show yet,” Lathrop said.

Davis is Burning is not only meant to showcase freedom of expression, but also to raise money for the Trevor Project.

The Trevor Project was founded in 1998 and has served as a crisis and suicide prevention resource for troubled youth of the LGBTQ community.

Chris Peeters, a fourth-year political science major, stressed the importance of raising awareness for the services the Trevor Project provides.

“Sometimes it’s hard to realize how

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Vculek.

Vculek is optimistic about business in Davis. He said that even though Davis is a college town, the business will be able to thrive without college students. The current locations in Sacramento are in an urban, industrial location that only gets thriving business during lunch hours from workers; therefore, the restaurant hits a number of slow periods. Furthermore, because of this, they are unable to stay open for standard business hours.

The restaurant will offer 12 microbrews, which will be “satisfying to people looking to have a good time and wanting to relax.” According to Vculek, Krush Burger’s success is due to the options they offer customers — different concepts and mix-and-match options instead of one burger.

Huong Lan’s Sandwiches on 213 E St. closed down a month ago, and Judy’s Fine Grinders and Burgers will be taking its place. The restaurant’s grand opening was

much help you needed, until you look back and wish you had known about something like it,” Peeters said.

Some performers even said that drag itself can be an important tool.

One of the community performers, using the stage name Mia, said that drag shows make her feel empowered.

“Drag really helped me get out of the bad times. I was always interested in it, but I was scared to try. Now that I do it, I feel like I really understand myself,” Mia said.

This year’s performance marked a new milestone, with the majority of the audience having never been to Davis is Burning before.

“When we asked how many people’s first Davis is Burning it was, the majority of the crowd responded that it was their

on Nov. 5.

There is another location of Judy’s north of Davis in Woodland, which has been open since 1997.

“We are looking to expand and open more restaurants because of our past success,” said representative of Judy’s Damon Silva.

Judy’s has won the Best of Yolo County award several times, and for four consecutive years.

In the past week since the grand opening, the restaurant has been bustling with customers during lunch and dinner hours.

“There are a lot of burgers places in Davis, but people keep on coming back to us because of our extensive menu, different sized burgers, and good service; we also have reasonably priced food, considering our quality,” Silva said.

So far, the most popular items on the menu have been the Texas Gold Cheeseburger and the Philly Cheesesteak.

Furthermore, The Melt, a casual eatery featuring grilled cheese sandwiches, soups and a variety of other items opened in the Davis Commons on the corner of First and E streets on Nov. 12.

first show,” Lathrop said. “We are getting a larger new student turnout than ever before.”

According to Lathrop, the event raised over $300 from ticket sales and from a donation box one of the brothers was holding while people waited outside in line. All of the money will be going toward the Trevor Project. “[This] makes us very proud, since there are so few of us, but we are still able to make a positive impact within our community,” Lathrop said.

Lathrop said that Delta Lambda Phi’s goals for next year are to increase attendance by involving more groups around campus in the show. “[We hope] we can include a broader representation of the student body at our shows,” Lathrop said. n

There are several other Melt locations at Stanford, Berkeley and San Francisco.

“We are trying to inch ourselves into the Sacramento market; however, moving to Davis will be nothing new because we are already open in other college towns,” said Chief marketing officer and member of the Board of Executives of the Robert Mondavi Institute at UC Davis Paul Coletta.

Coletta said that while The Melt does not need to do business differently in separate locations, the business nonetheless tries to connect with the local community.

“We appeal to a younger audience because they appreciate the technology that we use, like our order and pay system, status boards and free Wi-Fi at every location which doesn’t require signing in,” Coletta said.

With any purchase, The Melt also gives out free fountain drinks to anyone with a valid UC Davis ID, Coletta said. The Melt served over 2,000 people on its opening day last year at Berkeley, so they are optimistic about future business.

“We are looking forward to bring grilled cheese happiness to Davis,” Coletta said. n

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Other proposals include a “strike team” to improve transfer rates from community colleges, and finding ways to increase the number of inventions, patents and other research innovations produced

by UC researchers.

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WFC is currently working on and will be working on during the duration of the center is to collaborate with faculty.

“The World Food Center will assist faculty to achieve goals through collaboration to impact the food and sustainability of agriculture,” Beachy said.

Different groups of faculty from all of the UC Davis Colleges will be brought together to create new and efficient ways to enhance food production. One group that will be helping is the Seed Biotechnology Center (SBC), which works to enhance communication between UC Davis and seed industries in order to discover new ways for seeds to be used for agricultural and consumer benefit.

Director Kent Bradford said that one way the SBC will be helping is through hosting a networking program with other seed improvement programs, such as Seed Central. Seed Central is an initiative started by the SBC to energize the seed industry around UC Davis and ensure a collaboration between the university and the seed industry.

“We have programs around the world,” Bradford said. “One of the big things we can do is commercialize through those, because it will tie in with the goals of WFC.” Bradford also said that Beachy’s previous experience with plant science will be a great help to getting the WFC started.

“Roger Beachy is well-known in the plant community,” Bradford said. “He will be able to make connections with different plant scientists from all over.”

Beachy has previously worked as a professor of plant science and biotechnology.

He held the position of founding presi-

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own operation.

“I do a lot of cool stuff. I get to make wine and not have to worry about paying the electricity bill,” Burch said.

He claimed that this comfort relies on celebrity marketing.

“Nobody wants to drink what you want to make. Nobody cares. People want to drink a high quality product with a big name on it,” Burch said.

Shavika Singha, a fourth-year communication and philosophy double major works as a bartender and said she is familiar with hip-hop artists promoting alcoholic beverages.

“I think it’s nice to see rappers branching out from hard liquor. As a bartender, I get so many people ordering Ciroc and Armandale at clubs. It’s cool that hip-hop culture is expanding to something new and more sophisticated,” Singha said.

Singha said that wine feels like unfamiliar territory in hip-hop, and the fusion of the two is an exciting

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“If we get tuition right, if we get access for transfers right, if we invest in our own research and change the game on energy consumption, then UC will demonstrate to the nation, and beyond, the fundamental and unique value of a world-class public research university,” Napolitano said.

At a press conference on Nov. 13, Napolitano and other UC officials an-

dent of Donald Danforth Plant Science Center in St. Louis, Missouri. Beachy also conducted research in collaboration with Monsanto, Inc. that led to the world’s first genetically modified crop.

“Roger Beachy brings the perfect blend of scientific acumen, experience and vision that are critical for launching the new World Food Center on its proper trajectory,” said Chancellor Katehi at Beachy’s appointment.

Beachy said his background will help with directing because of his knowledge of plant science and also because of his experience with government policies.

“Knowing about the pressures brought to bear to change policy will help in doing this job,” Beachy said. “My hope is that we will be able to influence policy and have an impact globally.”

According to Beachy, Chancellor Katehi provided the WFC with a loan to get started on their work. Funding beyond that depends on the mission and goals that the WFC creates. Beachy also said that some of the funding will come from the private sector and that they also hope individuals will help sponsor the WFC once the goals have been established.

Lewis said that short-term goals for the first year of the center’s existence include engaging the campus more broadly, advancing fundraising and to put operational systems in place.

“We’re going to work on relating to other organizations on campus and getting them involved,” Lewis said.

Beachy said he looks forward to getting started and working with the Chancellor and faculty.

“We want consumers to look at how they think about agriculture and their food,” Beachy said. “This will help us all understand more about food systems.” n

swered questions about the new initiatives.

Nathan Brostrom, UC executive vice president for business operations, said Napolitano’s proposed tuition freeze would apply only to undergraduate tuition. Graduate and professional school students also pay undergraduate tuition in addition to their other fees.

She added that she has received a

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highest number to date. The largest portion of students hail from China, making up 28.7 percent of all international students. Other countries of origin include Saudi Arabia, India and Korea.

Following Morsi Ouster, Egypt Rewrites Constitution Delegates of Egypt’s constitutional assembly (commonly known as the “Committee of 50”) are writing an entirely new constitution. This is the second time in

“good response” from Sacramento so far about the tuition freeze.

The 2014-15 year would mark the third consecutive year under a tuition freeze, Brostrom said.

The administration intends to have a more detailed discussion about a proposed tuition policy with the regents — likely months down the road — before it would be implemented, he added. n

the past two years that a constitution has been rewritten, with the key difference between them being the ideologies of the main contributors. Secularists were kept out of the proceedings in 2012, when an emphasis was placed on sharia and unlimited funding was allocated to the Shiekh of the Azhar. With the current military government, political Islamists and Salafis (an ultraconservative branch of Sunni Islam) are not as powerful. A few members of the committee report feel that the exclusion is unfair, regardless of whether or not they have the same ideologies. Overall, the trend for Egypt’s current constitution is heading in a more secular direction. n

opportunity.

“I just love wine, and I wanted to hit a category that most recording artists haven’t hit yet,” E-40 said.

E-40 emphasized that being closely involved with the winemaking process is important. He said that being there for tastings, being hands-on with the process and understanding fans’ tastes will help his products succeed.

Burch is fortunate in that he can create wine comfortably, making use of his education and training without worrying as much about the marketing.

With E-40 covering that side, Burch was able to focus on the brass tacks of winemaking.

Burch said that winemakers going into the business with an air of narcissism miss the point of creating a great wine.

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David Johnson recently completed his documentary, “I Heart College,” featuring UC Davis students and staff.

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features@theaggie.org “I Heart College” is a brief documentary recently completed by Davis-bred David Johnson.

The documentary focuses on informing viewers about college and the reasons to go to college. A couple students and a faculty member from UC Davis are interviewed in it, and there are a number of references to UC Davis.

Johnson himself “hearts” college, and said that his time living in Davis inspired much of his success.

“Ever since I was young, I would go to the UC Davis campus. I would even go to classes,” Johnson said.

The city and college have always been important to him, and both are the biggest inspirations in his decision to make a documentary.

“Davis plays a major role in pretty much everything I’ve accomplished. I began playing basketball in Davis, I began writing in Davis,” Johnson said.

Johnson started his own publishing business, Davis Boy Publishing, several years ago, and named it after the city

he grew up in. He has published several books, had a few short ventures into professional basketball and says he attributes much of his motivation to his time spent in the City of Davis and on the UC Davis campus.

However, Johnson said that he believes success is linked to having certain knowledge, including information about college.

“There’s so many kids that don’t know anything about college,” Johnson said. “They don’t know about academic scholarships or studying for the SATs or recommendation letters.”

Johnson said the documentary is aimed at young people in general. Its goal is to give a broad overview of the benefits of going to a university. He hopes to motivate children to learn about higher education and to eventually decide to go, as well as to help the people who are already planning to go and are confronting different struggles.

“There’s other kids that grew up in families where college is mandatory,” Johnson said. “Young adults are put under a lot of stress, ‘you have to go to this university, you have to graduate.’ I wanted to make this doc to kind of ease

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Can you explain the Good Neighbor policy and the role that music had in shaping inter-American relations during the period?

During the 1910s and 1920s the U.S. and Latin America had a very troubled relationship. The U.S. would go into countries and intervene militarily or set up businesses in which local labor was exploited. After Roosevelt became president, there was a push to make the U.S. and Latin America closer due to the rise of fascism in Europe and the possible threat of fascist infiltration in Latin America.

The idea was that North, South and Central America had many points in common. In cultural terms, many countries in the Western Hemisphere felt they had something to say that was independent of European cultural tradition. Music was one of those cultural ties between the countries of the Western Hemisphere and played an important role in the exchange of culture between North, South and Central America.

What were some of the prominent composers and cultural icons that emerged as a result of the Good Neighbor policy?

On the U.S. side it was certainly Aaron Copland. He traveled extensively throughout Latin America conducting and performing his pieces. He handpicked compos-

their fears.”

Johnson said he hopes to get people knowledgeable about and attracted to college when they are young. He wants to reach people before they get into the mindset that college isn’t an option or might not be for them.

These efforts start at the grade school level, and Johnson has already claimed his first victory for the documentary.

Kris Corey, superintendent for the Fairfield-Suisun School District, said she was impressed by the documentary and plans to incorporate it into the classrooms in her district.

“We have a number of schools that are in the No Excuses University Network.

It’s perfect for them to show this video for promoting college for all students,” Corey said.

The No Excuses University Network is a program in which teachers commit to preparing children for college. Corey will be distributing Johnson’s documentary to principals and administrators at these schools.

The documentary showcases an assortment of individuals in various stages of life. UC Davis students and staff talk about their experiences in school. Others give the reasons they went to college and why they are glad they did, discuss-

ers for the Office of Inter-American Affairs and as a result they would come to the United States and perform their pieces. I specifically studied three Latin American composers — the first being Carlos Chavez from Mexico, whose ballets and orchestral arrangements were performed in the United States to large audiences. Another was the Brazilian composer Heitor Villa-Lobos. His music was performed at the 1939 World’s Fair in New York. He later began writing musicals and film scores and became very successful in the United States. The third was the Argentine Alberto Ginastera, who became popular during the Cold War years when the Good Neighbor policy had fallen off.

How receptive were Latin American composers to the Good Neighbor policy and what were the effects it had on the careers of those composers?

Many Latin Americans were not receptive to it at all. The United States’ involvement in the internal affairs of many Latin American countries resulted in widespread discontent in the southern part of the hemisphere. When the Cold War began, the threat of communist infiltration in Latin America was a very concerning issue to the United States. As a result, the Good Neighbor policy ceased to exist due the constant subversive activities aimed at ousting communists and other leftist groups in Latin America by the United States. There was a contingent of composers that were leaning to the left and didn’t really care for the United States in that regard. However, many Latin American composers benefited from the policy. They

ing their current jobs. Some mention the necessity of education and learning specific skills to make a good living.

Others talk about how college has made them a better person overall, providing them with the ability to network and communicate well with other people.

Minus a few, the selection of interviews was designed to appear random.

Johnson said he believes the randomness gives the documentary a more authentic feel and a greater variety so that his viewers can see the message from different perspectives.

“My goal is to reach everyone, but I know that adults kind of fall into their own mindset,” Johnson said.

For Johnson, the success of his documentary will mean the successful spread of knowledge he feels privileged to have.

“A lot of people want to hold their information to themselves, but in reality [that’s] not benefiting anyone,” Johnson said.

Johnson’s longtime friend, Liz Chalfont, wasn’t surprised to hear he had made a documentary. According to her, he is living up to his beliefs about spreading knowledge to everyone.

“He has a lot to say, a lot to tell people and a lot of encouragement to give to anyone that will listen,” Chalfont said. n

could receive government grants and had the opportunity to circulate their music in the U.S. I imagine that many of them put their political affiliations aside and simply looked at the experience of having [a] greater number of venues for their music and a new network of musical counterparts.

How important was music in helping the U.S. obtain Latin American countries as political partners?

I’m not sure if music or culture was wholly responsible for any set of diplomatic relationships. However, in terms of soft power — the idea that you don’t always have to pursue diplomacy by addressing specific political or economic issues, but that an atmosphere of cooperation and collaboration can be fomented by other means — was important in strengthening ties within the hemisphere. So I wouldn’t say it was critical, but it was important in helping bring the U.S. and Latin America closer in terms of culture.

What were the lasting effects that the Good Neighbor policy had on the musical development in the both the U.S. and Latin America?

I think it’s something that composers in different countries might look back on and say, what happened to PanAmericanism? I think the period did put Latin American music on the map. Now that we live in a more globallyoriented world we will now be able to widen our view of art music and increase our sensibility to new forms of music and alternative forms of programming. n

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Taking down New Mexico at the end of September lit a fire under the team. They went on to defeat UC Irvine at home in a huge 2-0 victory.

However, the team then continued their trend of inconsistent play, with losses to Cal State Northridge and Cal State Fullerton which was followed by a win on the road against UC Riverside.

Then, in one of the most exciting matches of the season, UC Davis took on a tough UC Santa Barbara team, which was undefeated in the league at that time. In a game that can only be described as a battle, the two teams forced the match into double overtime, where the Gauchos ended up on top, scoring the winning goal with less than a minute left in overtime.

Although the Aggies’ loss to UCSB was heartbreaking there were some highlights from the matchup, including Aguiar finally finding the back of the net, and racking up his first goal of the season.

“For me individually, finally getting the

goal to put us up 2-1 against Santa Barbara … that was really cool to finally get that goal,” Aguiar said.

In the first of two Causeway Classics on Oct. 26, the Aggies were shockingly upset by Sacramento State in a 1-0 loss at home. But in the last game of the regular season, the men redeemed themselves, defeating the Hornets in Sacramento, Calif. on Nov. 9. The Aggies were coming into that match with a win streak as they had defeated Cal Poly at home on Nov. 6.

With those two wins to end the season, the team clinched a berth into the playoffs as the second seed. They also earned home field advantage in the first round of the tournament.

The Aggies head into their first round matchup with confidence, but they have much bigger goals in mind. UC Davis has big ambitions for the Big West playoffs and possibly even beyond. “[We want to] win the conference tournament,” junior defender Ramon Del Campo said.

However, to win it all the team must first make it through the quarterfinals. They take on UC Riverside at home Nov. 12 at 2 p.m. n

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theme that is especially relatable to young adults. The band members themselves were in their late teens at the time they recorded the album, and the authenticity of this mood is hard not to notice. Not to mention, their drug use was in full swing in this young adult phase.

The next four albums that Modest Mouse produced developed this sound even further. They dropped the lo-fi quality of their sound but continued to make highly original music. Their first studio recorded album, This is a Long Drive for Someone with Nothing to Think About, is brimming with very authentic and beautiful songs. They trademarked a self-conscious,

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the Jazz band, because it has a really cool sax soli and that’s fun to play,” Jensen said. “[A soli] is where all saxophones play at the same time. It’s from a big band that happened in the ’60s, but it feels pretty current.”

While many of the performance pieces are nostalgic for another age, the ensembles expressed that they have been working hard to present them in a refreshing manner. Griffith explains how musical interpretation is a critical focus for both groups.

“Interpretation is a tricky thing we’re dealing with right now,” Griffith said. “With the Big Band, everybody has to interpret things the same or relatively close, otherwise we’re gonna have like 23 different interpretations. So far, the jour-

slow, spacey sound that I love. However, these albums placed Modest Mouse under US Billboard Chart’s watchful eye.

However, as Modest Mouse matured, their music started sounding more and more produced, and it began feeling less authentic. Songs like “Float On” and “Dashboard,” while popular, are vastly different from anything on This is a Long Drive... They feature catchy, fast-paced and poppy guitar riffs and drum beats — the total opposite of the slow, sad Modest Mouse I loved on the early albums.

When I saw them in concert last summer, I was expecting them to at least play a few of their earlier slow songs. Sadly, however, they only played their fast-paced popular songs. I was left wondering, “What happened to the original Modest Mouse?”

The truth is that young Modest Mouse will never

ney in that band has been about everybody coming together and playing things in similar styles.

The combo offers much more room for interpretation, adaptation and looking at things a little differently.”

New graduate student studying music and bassist player Alex Carlin shares his take on the ensembles’ progress thus far.

“I like the groups; I think everybody’s a great player and there’s a lot of good energy. I think we’re all beginning to play together pretty nicely,” Carlin said.

With a variety of music and style, the UC Davis Jazz Ensembles have seemingly prepared an exciting evening for Mondavi Center patrons. The performance is set to be full of personality and catchy tunes.

Tickets are $8-12 and can be purchased online at mondaviarts.org or at the Mondavi Center ticket office. n

exist again. And that is a large part of what makes their early music so beautiful and unique — nothing like it will be created again.

It is impossible to please every fan — there will be those in favor of and against every single change an artist makes. But if you find music you love, that music will always exist. It has already been created. Regardless of what the artist goes on to create, that slice of his/her life will be preserved perfectly, and will always be there when you need it.

I will always love Modest Mouse no matter what they do, because their original music is on my computer to stay — no one is taking them from me.

TYLER WEBB will be appreciating the classics all week long and can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.

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Junior forward Iggy Nujic attempts to grab a rebound in the victory against Holy Names University.

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AG G I E S S OA R OV E R V I S I T I N G H AW K S UC Davis men’s basketball gets its first regular season victory

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Four days after allowing the Portland Pilots to run up 100 points against them in a road loss, the UC Davis Aggies played suffocating defense and held Holy Names University to 54 points in their first regular-season victory.

Noticeably absent from pre-game warmups was junior guard Corey Hawkins, who showed up in an Aggies polo shirt despite no prior mention of any injury.

“We just aren’t sure,” said head coach Jim Les. “We have some more testing to do, so it’s just at this time we aren’t quite sure when [Hawkins] will be back and when he will be ready.”

Also absent from the starting lineup were senior guard Ryan Sypkens and junior forward Iggy Nujic, who were replaced by freshman forward Georgi Funtarov and junior guard Avery Johnson.

“We are just trying to look at some

different combinations,” coach Les said.

“We just want to continue to put guys in roles and challenge them.”

The game began with Holy Names University showing incredibly active hands, forcing the Aggies into eight turnovers within the first eight minutes. Senior guard Tyler Fry, the star of the Hawks team, managed two steals and five points in the first five minutes alone.

For the first 15 minutes of the game, the Hawks stayed extremely competitive with the Aggies, using a zone defense to confuse the UC Davis offense while hoisting up more shots from beyond the arc than anywhere else on the floor.

In response, the Aggies began to trap the Holy Names point guard at half court and play a much more aggressive defensive style. Sypkens came in and hit two straight shots from three-point land with around three minutes left in the half, leading UC Davis to an un-

Aggies face off against Pac-12 giants Tough test for UC Davis against third-ranked Stanford

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In a tough loss against former conference rivals Pacific, the Aggies found quite a few bright spots. One of which was the outstanding offensive performance of junior forward Brianna Salvatore. Salvatore, who played 30 minutes against the Tigers, had an efficient offensive night.

She went six for seven from the field, including three of four from beyond the arc. Salvatore was also flawless from the free-throw line and finished the night with a career-high 18 points. She also contributed four rebounds, four assists and three steals.

The Aggies need offensive options other than junior forward Sydnee Fipps.

Fipps, who has struggled from the field this season, is the offensive catalyst for the Aggies. However, players like Salvatore need to step up and shoulder some of the offensive burden.

As the schedule gets tougher, the Aggies will need continued production from all their players in order to take some of the pressure off of the preseason All-Big West nominee Sydnee Fipps. If Salvatore can continue playing at a high level, it will definitely open up opportunities for other players to score and hopefully help jump-start the Aggies’ season.

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UC Davis has scheduled games against two of the top teams in the nation this season. The Aggies will face off against both the third-ranked Stanford Cardinals and the first-ranked Connecticut Huskies.

The Stanford game will be on Nov. 12 at the Maples Pavilion and the Connecticut game will be on Dec. 5 at the XL Center in Hartford, Conn. Both of these games will be good tests for the Aggies. A win against either of these teams would be a huge momentum boost for UC Davis’ season.

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The Aggies head into one of the biggest games of the season licking their wounds.

After having a less than lackluster start to the season, UC Davis attempts to redeem itself against the perennial Pac-12 champions, Stanford Cardinals.

After two defeats at the hands of USC and Pacific respectively, UC Davis comes into the matchup with Stanford looking for its first win of the season. Part of the struggle the Aggies have had this season is due to the inefficiency of junior forward Sydnee Fipps. Fipps is shooting 28 percent from the field and has yet to make a three-pointer this season.

However, Fipps has shown signs of heating up as she managed to score an impressive 25 points in the loss to Pacific. This offensive outburst was due in large part to her efficiency from the

steady five-point lead at halftime.

If the first half was a nail-biter, the second half was anything but, as the Aggies thoroughly dominated the Hawks.

Sypkens hit two more threes within the first few minutes of the second half and UC Davis only allowed Holy Names to take two three-pointers in the first eight minutes of the second half.

The Hawks were held scoreless for a six-and-a-half-minute stretch in the second half, allowing the Aggies to build an insurmountable lead.

“In the first half, we were letting guys shoot open shots that are shooters and once we figured that out, that helped us a lot,” senior guard Ryan Sypkens said. “I think they were kind of on fire in the beginning, making some long shots.”

Senior forward Josh Ritchart and Sypkens continually feasted upon the zone defense which had confused the Aggies throughout the first half.

Ritchart had two dunks on back-toback possessions with 11:20 left in the game, capitalizing on miscommunica-

tions within the Holy Names defense.

The final score of the contest was 80 to 54 as UC Davis outscored the Hawks by 21 points in the second half.

For the Aggies, the clear leader of the game was Ryan Sypkens who led the team with 25 points on 70 percent shooting from beyond the arc. Sypkens fell one three-point field goal short of tying the UC Davis single game record, a record he shares with redshirt senior guard Tyler Les. UC Davis also got considerable help from Ritchart, who put up 16 points and seven rebounds, as well as freshman guard Brynton Lemar who added 11 points and six assists.

Holy Names was only able to break 50 points due to the efforts of senior guard Tyler Fry who scored 27 points to go along with five steals. Fry was the only Holy Name player to score in double digits and seemed to be the linchpin of the pesky Hawks defense.

Once again, the Aggies have had success against an inferior opponent, but must look forward towards the tougher task of taking on Utah in Salt Lake City.

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Aggies finish season strong with a win Co a c h M a r yc l a re R o b i n s o n e a r n s 2 0 0 t h w i n

Men’s soccer enters postseason seeking redemption Aggies square off against UC Riverside in Big West playoffs

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The women’s soccer team closed out their season on Nov. 3 with a hard fought 1-0 victory over UC Santa Barbara. The win provided a quality finish to the tough, but rewarding year for the Aggies.

UC Davis posted a final record of 6-9-3 overall, including a 3-4-1 mark in conference play. The record is misleading, however, as the Aggies were competitive in every single game. They lost five games by just one point. It is a very positive sign in what was an extremely taxing year for the Aggies.

“It’s bittersweet,” said head coach Maryclare Robinson. “The amount of opportunities we had, we walked away hungry, particularly against Iowa.”

UC Davis lost to Iowa, a Big 12 school, 1-0, in a hotly-contested match that saw the Aggies just unable to net a goal. This was unfortunately a foreshadowing of things to come as the Aggies would wind up close in so many games, but ultimately fall just short.

There are far more positives than negatives to draw from this season though.

The Aggies played an extremely difficult schedule this year and responded well, highlighted by a 1-1-1 record against Pac12 teams.

“The schedule was definitely a highlight. It definitely sets this year apart,” coach Robinson said. “Texas Tech is a top-25 team, and we managed the pressure well.

We were dangerous against everyone.”

The Aggies were physically drained after being on the road for nearly all of September, playing in San Francisco, Utah, as well as in New Mexico.

“It was hard, not a cakewalk,” coach Robinson said. “But that’s why we’re in Division I, to get an awesome opportunity to play such good teams so consistently.

We competed and played good soccer.”

The team’s schedule was certainly something to be proud of. So, too, was the team’s reaction to a hard first few weeks of

the season.

“How we responded was definitely a highlight,” coach Robinson said. “We had the opportunity to get into the conference tournament all the way to the end. We did much better, particularly in conference [games].”

The Aggies made some significant changes midway through the year, which is not easy to effectively do, including a formation switch from 4-3-3 to a 3-5-2.

This put more emphasis on controlling the middle of the field. A change in work rate and mentality within the team also helped to galvanize an exciting end to the season.

“We created much better opportunities,” coach Robinson said. “We’re there.

We’re knocking on the door.”

The last game of the year was perhaps the most memorable moment of the season. The Aggies earned their 1-0 victory over UCSB to ensure that the senior class remained unbeaten against the Gauchos.

This pressure-filled win kept the team in the conference tournament hunt. They were unfortunately eliminated from playoff contention later on in the day after other results did not fall the Aggies’ way.

The win also offered a brilliant way to send out the departing players on senior day and secured coach Robinson’s 200th win as UC Davis head coach.

“The win felt deserved,” coach Robinson said. “Our mentality was hard and the soccer was good. Number 200 is nice, but winning that pressure game was more. Everyone was on board.”

Five players were also awarded conference honors including seniors Ashley Edwards and Mary Beth Mazurek, who won first team honors. Junior Lexi Popoff, who came on strong in the second half and was awarded second-team honors. Sophomore Sienna Drizin won an honorable mention and Nicole Bouvia made the all-freshman team. These awards were a fitting end to the year, with a promise of future success to come.

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The UC Davis men’s soccer team isn’t finished yet. After shutting out Sacramento State in a highly-fueled rematch on Oct. 9, the Aggies now enter the playoffs with an 8-8-3 overall record. Finishing the regular season with a win has given the team a much needed confidence boost.

This year has been a bit of a roller coaster for the Aggies. They entered the season with high hopes after finishing just shy of winning the championships in the 2012 season. They lost to Cal State Northridge in heartbreaking fashion at the 2012 Big West Tournament championship game by the score of 1-0.

Although the Aggies fell just short of winning it all last season, they had strong

expectations for the start of their 2013 season. With six returning seniors ready to win a conference title, UC Davis expected a fast start to the season.

But the team had a bumpy first few games, starting the season off at 0-2-1.

The Aggies then snapped back, clinching their first win against Seattle University at the beginning of September.

The Aggies then fell into a pattern of inconsistency both home and away.

However, their victory over top-ranked New Mexico in Albuquerque, N.M. was one of the biggest victories of the season.

“One of the best moments of the season was definitely beating New Mexico at New Mexico,” senior forward Alex Aguiar said. “That was a big game for us on the road.” soccer on 15

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