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New Poverty Research Center comes to Davis

UC Davis receives a $4 million grant to create center

By CHARLOTTE YOUNG Aggie News Writer

The U.S. Department of Health and Human Services has given UC Davis a $4 million grant to establish a research to study the causes and effects of policies regarding poverty in the United States. Davis was chosen as one of three schools, along with Stanford University and University of Wisconsin-Madison, to host a center based solely on researching poverty in the United States.

“Being chosen to lead one of only three national poverty research centers in the country is

a tremendous recognition of our faculty’s intellectual capacity, and of the excellence and multidisciplinary breadth of their research,” UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi said in a press release.

“Their efforts will help to inform and guide research and public policy around this most urgent issue.”

As a part of the grant, the UC Davis Center for Poverty Research is to use some of the money to fund research at other institutions, as well as finance both undergraduate and graduate poverty studies

See POVERTY, page 3

News iN Brief

New zero-energy community officially opens On Saturday, the UC Davis West Village held its grand opening ceremony.

The West Village community is the largest net-zero energy community in the United States.

The community will house approximately 6,000 people, including UC Davis faculty and students. The Sacramento City College’s UC Davis Center and the new university research center uHub will also be housed at West Village.

“UC Davis West Village illustrates our commitment to cut-

ting-edge research in sustainability and the value and impact of public-private partnerships,” said UC Davis Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi in a statement. “The success of these partnerships demonstrates what can be achieved when innovations in design, science and engineering come together for the public good.”

The event on Saturday included a ribbon cutting ceremony, an open house and speeches by university representatives.

— Hannah Strumwasser

Solar Community Housing Association signs lease of the Domes On Oct. 11, the Solar Community Housing Association (SCHA) signed a license agreement with the university regarding the Domes, a UC Davis cooperative housing community.

Last school year, the university announced that it would not be renewing student leases for the Domes due to safety violations. After a long “Save the Domes” campaign, supporters of the Domes hope that this contract, which is the first form of written agreement between SCHA and the university, will lead to a five-year ground lease agreement between SCHA and

the Domes.

“We’re not out of the woods yet, but we’re in the home stretch,” said SCHA project manager Ben Pearl in a statement. “We’re grateful for the university’s cooperation, and we look forward to working with the Davis community to re-open the Domes.”

Domes supporters hope that once the lease is signed they can begin renovations of the Domes to address the safety concerns.

Supporters are planning a “Community Rebuild” from Nov. 3 through Nov. 6.

— Hannah Strumwasser

Stroke-awareness walker passes through Davis Mycle Brandy, a 60-year-old stroke survivor, passed through Davis Sunday on his “Walking Across America” mission to raise awareness about strokes. Brandy is currently traveling from San Diego to Seattle, WA for organizations such as the National Stroke Association.

After his first walk from Newport Beach, California to Washington, D.C., he received a letter from President Barack Obama congratulating him on finishing his journey.

He began his current trip on July 17 and walks about 20 miles a day. He was hoping to finish on Nov. 11, but because of financial setbacks, he expects to finish on Nov. 22. He said he has been invited to walk across Africa and is considering doing a walk along

the eastern U.S. Brandy has suffered four strokes, with the most major one occurring in 1997, leaving him in a wheelchair for a year and a half. He was also formally a singer and after his first stroke, he lost 80 percent of his hearing. He said he still sings, but it’s much more difficult.

“My message has always been the same,” Brandy said. “When I was younger I thought strokes were an old person’s disease, but it isn’t. I have a friend whose son had a stroke in the womb and people in their 20s and 30s who have as well.

“It’s important to remember you are not invulnerable and should stay in shape,” he said.

–– Angela Swartz

Wolk emerges as second Davis City Council candidate On Thursday, Davis City Councilmember Dan Wolk announced his candidacy for the June 2012 city council election. He joined the council in February when former Mayor Don Saylor left to become Yolo County Supervisor.

“We can no longer kick the can down the road. It is the responsi-

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bility of my generation and this City Council to address these challenges. I refuse to saddle my children with these problems,” Wolk said in a press release.

A kick off “Wolktoberfest” celebration will be held on Oct. 21, at 6:30 p.m. at 2801 Second St. –– Angela Swartz

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Report on athletic change meets resistance at town hall Dempsey report suggests reconstruction of UC Davis athletics

By TREVOR CRAMER Aggie Sports Editor

Sweeping change has been proposed to the UC Davis Athletics Department.

As part of the university’s continuing search for a new Athletic Director, the Chancellor’s office sponsored the release of an analysis completed on Oct. 5 regarding the future of the athletic department.

The Dempsey Report The so-called Dempsey Report (named for Cedric Dempsey, former NCAA commissioner and head of the commission doing the analysis) recommended radical change, beginning as soon as possible.

Dempsey’s research developed four models for the future of UC Davis athletics. The first is to remain at the status

quo, maintaining the athletics department as presently constituted.

While Dempsey acknowledges this model as a possibility, he recommends against it — instead pressing for models that he feels will lead to the growth of UC Davis as an athletic power.

His other three models stress the move of UC Davis away from an “educational model” and toward a “business model.” The three proposals outline strategies for UC Davis to dominate the Big West Conference (the conference most UC Davis sports currently compete in), compete at the level of the more prestigious Mountain West Conference or to compete at the level of the Pacific 12 Conference, considered by many to be one of the most powerful conferences in the nation.

Each of these three

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Former chairman of the UC Davis Academic Senate Dan Simmons spoke at the town hall meeting on Thursday. proposals requires that UC Davis redistribute the money spent in the athletics department.

The report cites that UC Davis spent over 21 million dollars on athletics last season, a number that exceeds other institutions in the Big West, and is just nine million behind most universities in the Mountain West. As the

report points out, however, due to UC Davis’ 23 sports programs (well above the NCAA Division I requirement of 14) UC Davis spends just under $30,000 per student-athlete, well below other comparable institutions.

Dempsey sees an increase in per-athlete

See DEMPSEY, page 4

ASUCD commissions

Get to know your student government

By HANNAH STRUMWASSER

Aggie Campus Editor

It’s the beginning of the year, and the Associated Students of UC Davis (ASUCD), UC Davis’ student government, is gearing up for the upcoming school year.

Similar to the United States government, ASUCD is made up of a legislative, judicial and executive branch. Within the legislative branch, there are commissions, groups of students who do specific work for the association. Along with planning events, commissions also see bills that are seen by the senate, and give the senators their opinions on the bills before they are voted on.

All commissions have 9 commissioners and 4 alternate commission members.

Commissioners are hired at the end of Fall and Spring quarters, but there are sometimes midquarter openings for students who want to get involved.

With more acronyms than the amount of cows in Davis, ASUCD can be confusing to new, and even older students.

External Affairs Commission The External Affairs Commission (EAC) works to in corporate UC Davis into a larger community.

“The main goal of my commission is to bridge the gap between the association and all things external of it (mainly the City of Davis),” said Carly Sandstrom, EAC chair.

EAC helps put on events in order to combine the UC Davis community and city of Davis community, such as Music on the Green and Davis Neighbors Night Out. Sandstrom said that she hopes students will continue to attend these events and encourage relationships between students and the greater Davis community.

“So many people say they chose Davis because they loved the community it had, and there is no better way to keep that community alive by spreading the spirit to downtown, in class, and anywhere around town,” Sandstrom said.

Business and Finance Commission The Business and Finance Commission, chaired by Brian Barnett, reviews legislation

and handles internal audits of ASUCD units.

“Audits enable us to develop direct working relationships with the units and allows us to look at their budget and their current operating model to see if it is reflecting the appropriations in the budget,” Barnett said. “This is really a great way for us to have a direct impact on other parts of the campus, by directly benefiting the services that students use everyday.”

Internal Affairs Commission The Internal Affairs Commission (IAC) works to regulate ASUCD policies and operations, according to Sergio Cano, IAC chair. IAC works to improve the functioning of ASUCD, and sometimes gives the senate their opinion on bills.

“Our Commission does not necessarily have a direct impact on this campus, however, we recommend policies for ASUCD that may directly affect the students. For example, Internal Affairs Commission oversees all (fee or policy) ballot initiative that the students may vote on,”

See ASUCD, page 3

Yolo County Library’s eBook collection available for Kindle Library sees influx of people downloading books

By CLAIRE TAN Aggie News Writer

The Yolo County Library now offers a selection of eBooks for Amazon.com’s e-reader, the Kindle. “[We] currently have leased rights to 846 eBooks which include 717 Kindle books,” said Davis Branch Library Manager Jay Johnstone in an e-mail. “The collection was started last year and continues to grow as we add more titles.”

Checking out Kindle books is similar to checking out library books.

“Just like other library books, if the Kindle book is checked out, you can reserve it and be notified by e-mail when it is ready,” Johnstone said.

“Unlike other library books, a Kindle book loan cannot be renewed.”

According to Johnstone, a Kindle book is leased for the usual

Forecast Wow! Although we are expecting some pretty boring weather the next few days (warm afternoons, sunshine, cloudless skies) get ready for some non-boring midterms in your future! Study hard my fellow Aggies.

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book borrowing policy of three weeks. Once the lease period ends, the content is disabled.

The Yolo County Library has a link on its homepage that directs people to the library’s digital media collection site. From there, people can begin checking out and downloading eBooks and audio books.

“Yolo County Library digital books and audio are made available in Kindle book, Adobe EPUB, Adobe PDF, WMA and MP3 formats through our partnership with Overdrive.com,” Johnstone said. “[They] are compatible with a huge variety of computers and mobile devices including Windows and Apple, smart phones, iPod, iPod Touch and tablets such as the iPad, Nook, Sony e-reader and Galaxy.”

According to the Yolo County Library, in order to check out and down-

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Kara Johnson, a junior biomechanics/genetics double major, is taking advantage of the new Yolo County Library’s eBook collection that is now available on her Kindle. load digital media, a person needs a valid library card and internet access. A person also needs a computer or device that meets the system requirements for the type of material a person wishes to download and the free software for the computer or device on which a person wants to use the material, available

through the digital media collection site.

“In order to read Kindle books licensed by the Yolo County Library, the user needs a Yolo County Library borrower’s card,” Johnstone said. “Picture identification and proof of current mailing address are required to

See KINDLE, page 2

For those of you who have never had a boyfriend during football season ... good luck.

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TODAY

motivations behind it and what it means for the future of science.

Yolo NHP JPA Meeting 5:30 p.m.

County Administration Building, Atrium Training Room, 625 Court St., Woodland Learn about the Yolo County Habitat/ Natural Community Conservation Plan Joint Powers Agency.

Peace Corps Information Meeting 6:30 to 7:30 p.m.

125 Olson This is a general information meeting for people who want to learn more about the Peace Corps and the application process.

Student Nutrition Association Meeting 7 p.m.

6 Olson The Student Nutrition Association is holding its first meeting of the year.

Linux Users’ Group of Davis Meeting 7 to 9 p.m.

Yolo County Public Library Davis Branch, Blanchard Meeting Room, 315 E. 14th St. Ariel Waldman, interaction designer and founder of Spacehack.org will speak about what it means to hack space exploration and science, why it’s important, the

TUESDAY The House Free Yoga and Meditation Classes Meditation 11 a.m. to noon, Yoga 2 to 3 p.m.

TB-16 The House Peer Counseling Center is offering free yoga and meditation classes for students. Take advantage and relax!

WEDNESDAY Transfer Reentry Veteran Center Scholarship Writing Workshop 3:30 to 4:30 p.m.

1226 Dutton Hall The TRV Center presents a workshop for students seeking aid in paying for college.

Go to this annual event to learn how to competitively write for scholarships.

To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, e-mail dailycal@theaggie. org or stop by 25 Lower Freeborn by noon the day prior to your event. Due to space constraints, all event descriptions are subject to editing, and priority will be given to events that are free of charge and geared toward the campus community.

Senate briefs ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Oct. 13, 2011 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Coffee House. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, present Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD senator, present Miguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, present Emmanuel Diaz-Ordaz, ASUCD senator, present Andre Lee, ASUCD senator, present Amy Martin, ASUCD senator, present Mayra Martín, ASUCD senator, present Tatiana Moana Bush, ASUCD senator, present Darwin Moosavi, ASUCD senator, present Matthew Provencher, ASUCD president pro-tempore, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present

Appointments and confirmations Liam Burhe, Maggie Mei, Stephanie Johnson and Tiffany Lee were confirmed to the Academic Affairs Commission.

Emily Chen was confirmed to the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission.

Nicole Aiyoung, Farsam Fraz, Eric Will and Sabrina Diaz were confirmed to the Elections Committee.

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Consideration of old legislation Senate Bill 2, authored by Diaz-Ordaz, co-authored by Caitlin Alday, Alvarado, Anderson, Bush, Diaz-Ordaz, Espinoza, Gonzalez, Hernandez, Hubbard, Kindg, Martin, Montelongo, Pathak, Phan, Sekhon, Wren, Zabaleta, and Zepeda, introduced by Diaz-Ordaz to allocate $4,000 from Senate Reserves to Aggies of Color for the Student of Color Conference (S.o.C.C) being held Nov. 11 to 13, 2011. Both the External Affairs Commission and the Business and Finance Commission expressed concern about the high amount of revenue being asked for. A motion was placed to amend the amount of the grant to $2,500. After a heated discussion involving the public and the senators, the amended version of the bill passed with a 9-3 vote. Repicky, Sterling and Meyerhoff voted no.

Senate Bill 106, authored by Sergio Cano, introduced by Cano, to expand oversight of the ASUCD Elections Committee, was vetoed

by President Thongsavat.

Senate Bill 107, authored by Cano, introduced by Cano, to address listserv usage in the Election Codes, was vetoed by President Thongsavat.

Meeting adjourned at 10:35 p.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. CHARLOTTE YOUNG compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Gray in an e-mail. “The ability of folks to download onto their Kindles has resulted in many more people coming to Yolo County Library to take advantage of this opportunity.”

Johnstone said the availability of borrowing digital media in various formats has allowed for a wider audience to have access to library material, especially since Amazon’s Kindle has such a large user base.

“The week after Amazon announced that Kindles could read library eBooks, the Yolo County Library experienced a 16 percent increase in checkouts of digital materials and an increase of 62 percent in reservations on digital items,” Johnstone said.

The eBooks will be available at all eight branches of the Yolo County Library system: Clarksburg, Davis and South Davis, Esparto, Knights Landing, West Sacramento, Winters and Yolo.

Cont. from front page obtain a free Yolo County Library borrower card.”

The library card works similarly to an online credit card purchase.

Johnstone said in order to borrow Kindle books, people have to go to the Yolo County Library website to access the Download Media icon. Then they can search the catalog for an item to check out and place it into the checkout cart. From there, they can check the item out on their library cards. He said people would then be directed to use their Kindle readers to download the material from Amazon as though they were buying it.

Since the library has added Kindle compatibility to their eBook collection, it has seen a surge in the number of checkouts on digital media.

“We have seen a huge interest in downloading books,” said Assistant Yolo CLAIRE TAN can be reached at city@ County Librarian Elizabeth theaggie.org.

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friends mostly, to speculate with shock about the freak chances that took my life, which does little to console me.

More times than I care Evan to remember people have White asked, “What do you mean you don’t swim in your pool? Even if a shark somehow survived the chlorine, how would it get there in the first place?”

Though I’m not religious, I turn to the bible for an answer. Citing of course the second plague of Egypt. ut what if a shark “Listen,” I say, “if hundreds of thousands of frogs could gets you?”

I was discussing fall from the heavens, a with a friend his plans to go single shark doesn’t realscuba diving off California’s ly seem like that much of a stretch.” coast. I mentioned that When I told my mother, large numbers of elephant seals populate the Farallon years ago, that I was afraid of swimming in the pool Islands, which are just offalone, she too tried to comshore. And, lest he forget, fort me. “Why would you seals assured the presence think it matters to sharks of Great White Sharks. if you’re alone or not?” She When he told me he was going further south to dive, said kindly, pointing out the factual error of assuming I reminded him that acI would ever be safe anycording to the Discovery Channel, the migratory pat- where. “Sweetheart,” she continued, “they’d come terns of Great Whites are for you relargely ungardless.” known. So, “Did you know that more than two Instead of assuming the waters thirds of all shark attacks happen the sage nearer the in less than five feet of water?” advice a child equator were hopes to somehow safer seemed like a mistake. receive from a parent, it’s become the thought that Right then, a commercial for a beach resort came keeps me from doing almost everything. on the television. It had, Invited to a beachside among other things, three wedding, I’ll say, “Did you giant beachside pools. I know that more than two heard him snicker slightly.

“What’s so funny?” I asked. thirds of all shark attacks happen in less than five feet He made a little joke about of water?” Asked to a lakethe kind of person who’d side barbeque, I answer fly to a beach paradise and that tiki torches and bonswim in the pool instead of the ocean. “It’s just so ridic- fires are fine but “did you know bull sharks can surulous. How stupid can you vive in freshwater?” be?” he said, chuckling.

It’s times like those that I know he wasn’t referI see in the faces of othring to me deliberately; I ers a glimmer of pity. It’s just couldn’t help but feel those moments, which are offended on behalf of evfleeting and rare, where eryone else who apprecifor a short while I become ates the worldwide danan observer looking in at ger of sharks. And besides, I hadn’t gone my whole life my life. I watch the choices made and the opporavoiding lakes and swimtunities passed over. I can ming pools to turn around see every clear summer’s and be made fun of for it.

My fear started as a child. day when the thermometer read 100 degrees; 105; Through my continued pa110; times when I looked tronage to the Discovery longingly at the pool.

Network, it has done nothDeciding, ultimately, not ing but get worse. Add to to chance it. that the widespread availability of video clips such as, I can even see a much younger me, sitting on the “Sharks Invade New Jersey steps of the patio beside my Beach” and “Sharks Invade mother confessing a deepFlorida Coast” and “Sharks rooted, terrifying fear…

Invade Lakes in Australian “They’ll come for you.”

Golf Course,” and it’s hard for me to accept any body of For a moment then, I feel sorry for the boy. I know water as ever being safe. he’ll grow into a man who Even resounding logavoids the ocean out of fear, ic doesn’t comfort me. and pools out of principle; That is, out of rougha man for whom beach rely 310,000,000 Americans, sorts are out of the quessharks slay about five antion, because he knows that nually. This means nothsharks are everywhere, even ing to me. Not because I off the shores of paradise; don’t feel empathy, but because if I ever ventured into a man who I’d like to think isn’t actually me. the surf, I know I’d be one of those lucky, select few.

Leaving behind a handful EVAN WHITE can be reached at emwhite@ ucdavis.edu. of the remaining citizens,

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Dear Gabby

Halloween & senior flings Dear Gabby, I’m not sure what to do for the Halloween weekend. I’ve heard rumors about the block parties and Radcliffe being really toned down or a straightup no-go this year, and I’ve never been in Davis for Halloween. Are they worth checking out? Any alternatives you might suggest?

— Joeyboi Dear Joeyboi, Halloween is decidedly the most anticipated holiday (for college students) of the year for several reasons. The main reason is, of course, being able to disguise yourself as literally anything and getting away with it. Unfortunately, it’s also one of the most unanticipated holidays of the year for the Davis Police Department and neighbors who don’t appreciate their streets being covered in red

plastic cups. Because things can reach whole new levels of chaos on this night, police officers are ready to roll a party at the drop of a mask. So if you want to go to a party, get there before the cops do.

The opinions about Radcliff Drive change from person to person — some say it’s awesome and some say it’s a waste of time. I say if you’ve never done it before you should check it out at least once and come to your own conclusions.

It is, after all, a Davis tradition, and chances are you’ll only be there for 20 minutes before the cops make an appearance, anyway.

Personally, I like going because you run into people you didn’t expect to see, some of the costumes are hilarious, some are gross and creepy and after hanging out there for a bit, I leave and hit up the next party. If you have the luxury of being 21+ then you can scope out the bars downtown.

A couple of reminders I’ll leave you with: Don’t walk around outside with an open container (especially if you’re not 21 yet) because a cop will stop you and a $300 ticket will suck. Forget the “plan” of going to 10 different places and instead just go with the flow — it’s Halloween, not a guided tour of the town. Finally, go to the costume store now.

Before you know it the 29th rolls around and you’ll find yourself scrounging for the scraps. If all of the above

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tempted to fit 30 people into two small tables. But everyone squeezed together, talked together and ate together.

To me that was one of the Kate greatest instances of love I Zarrella saw all weekend. My family, like any family, has its share of hurt feelings, complicated relationships and pet peeves.

If people decided to act childish or be selfish, the dinner could have been the very World War III at Benatar had it that I mentioned earlier. right when she said, “Love is a battlefield”. Everyone chose love, rather than war.

Though parachute pants, The bride and the groom fingerless gloves and jean already knew that they jackets have all lost their were devoted to each othappeal, love still continues er, but despite their better to wage war. instincts, they decided to Don’t believe me? Just have a wedding and let all watch “Jersey Shore”. of us in on their secret.

Ronnie and Sammi get in I’ve often thought that fights all the time. marriage is overrated and The couch in my livthat modern weddings ing room can attest to the have become ridiculous afgreat romances, losses and sometimes even angry fairs. The perfect example wrestling matces that love being Kim Kardashian’s recent nuptials, which I’m has brought to my roompretty sure involved 20 mates. The past few days, tons of rhinestones and a we’ve had a friend crashpony. ing on our couch because But the love, and Rabbi who her boyPersonally, I think the reason officiatfriend, had been jerks love hurts so much is the reason ed the ceremony reto her. why it’s so important ... minded So, why us all that then do we weddings are public belove? And perhaps, more cause they are a celebraimportantly, why do we tion not only of the coucontinue going back to the ple’s love for each othsame people over and over er, but for the love their even though we know it friends and family hold for will just mean digging the trenches and starting World them, as well.

The love we have for War III? our siblings and parents, Maybe like Ke$ha says, friends and families, often love is our drug. When we cause us the most pain and can’t snort a line or take anguish, but that’s because a hit we get those terrible they also have the potenwithdrawal symptoms. tial to sustain us as nothing Personally, I think the else can. reason love hurts so much is the reason why it’s so im- Except perhaps, cookies. portant, because we have to For that reason, I think we need to sound the battake risks and make sacritle cry, fire the artillery and fices to make it work. Love is a commitment to not give continue to beat the crap out of love. I’m not sugup on someone. gesting that you need to This weekend I saw love stay together with that onin action when my brothagain, off-again boyfriend, er and his college sweetheart got married. In all the or make up with that cousyears they’ve been together in who you’d secretly like to punch in the face.

I’m sure they’ve done their But I do think that we share of fighting. But they need to assess our commithave a relationship based ments to those around us on trust, mutual respect, and remember that somecats and fine alcohol, so I times making personal sacstrongly believe that they rifices for the love of others will continue to do well in can reward us in ways we life. never expected.

Thanks to the wedding, I was able to see my exten- Perhaps my mom was right when she accidentalsive and somewhat complicated family all together ly misquoted Pat Benatar and said “Love is a Ferris for the first time in a long time. The rehearsal dinner wheel.” Maybe love really is a strange ride that goes was like Thanksgiving on around and around in cirsteroids. cles, simultaneously inspir Luckily, no one was ing awe and the fear that stabbed with a carving you might plummet to your knife like you see on the death at any moment. holiday episodes of TV So let’s hop on that crazy medical dramas. Although ride and enjoy. Or not, you I’m pretty sure an unlucky waiter did accidentally take choose. a wayward pizza box to the face.

KATE ZARRELLA would like to say hello to all The restaurant was not those she loves. Send her some love back at kazarrella@ucdavis.edu. amused by the way we at-

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doesn’t suit your liking, you can always buy a plastic hollow pumpkin and go trick-or-treating!

Dear Gabby, I will be graduating this June and most likely leaving Davis forever. I’ve been on a few dates with a really cute, smart guy and I think there might be potential.

I don’t want to get too involved and attached, but I also don’t want to keep things between us super casual. What should I do?

— Broken up or Broken Hearted Dear Broken up or Broken Hearted, I say go for it! It’s your senior year, graduation is right around the corner, the real world is anticipating your arrival and the possibility of a little romance lingers. If you are emotionally strong and can stay relatively detached from someone, or if you’re somehow immune to heartache, then you should release your inhibitions and have fun. Don’t ruin possible romance with, “What if things don’t work out,” “I’m moving back home in the summer” and “I don’t want to fall in love right now” because one, it’s a clichéd cop-out, and two, falling in and out of love is part of life. It’s part of the real world and in eight months you will be thrown gently tossed into that world. Don’t go into a rela-

tionship with high expectations. Enjoy the Yoloberry dates, Arboretum picnics, Farmers Market outings and the study (a.k.a makeout) sessions. I can’t say that you and this guy will live happily ever after, but I can say that waking up in someone’s arms on a cold winter morning before the alarm clock goes off is way better than waking up cold and late for class. Davis has seen some pretty cold winters so maybe this smart cutie showed up just in time. Try not to think about problems that don’t exist.

Whether you choose to give this a shot or choose to go your separate ways before things get intense, enjoy your senior year and finish your undergraduate career with a bang! You’ll make the right choice; you’re a smart Aggie.

Got a question for Gabby?

E-mail ucdeargabby@gmail. com.

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Dining in Davis: Paesanos New Italian-American fusion restaurant opens downtown

By LANI CHAN

Aggie Features Writer

There’s something to be said for a classy restaurant that not only boasts a great happy hour and a variety of unique and delicious appetizers and entrees, but is also conveniently located in the heart of downtown, making it an easy walking distance to every movie theater and bar Davis has to offer.

The new Italian eatery Paesanos opened in early September, making it the third location in addition to the Sacramento and Elk Grove sites. When I heard that the owners were opening up a new location in Davis, I knew it would only be a matter of time before I’d make the time to try out Paesanos for myself. I rallied an admittedly large and obvious group of friends who were more than happy to grub and stake out a new restaurant with me, and made reservations for a Friday evening at 6:30 p.m.

That night, after anticipating dinner all day, a few of us decided we couldn’t wait to blow off steam after our long week and headed to the restaurant an hour earlier to catch the happy hour specials.

Since it was my first time in the restaurant, I couldn’t help but appreciate the ambience. The walls had a tasteful selection of Italian-themed

art all the way up to the refreshingly high ceilings, and the brown tones and soft lighting made it an instantly comfortable dining environment. The service, too, was pleasant right off the bat. Although it was clearly a peak hour of business when we arrived, the hosting staff was more than polite, seating us close to the bar and managing to take orders and serve us our drinks and appetizers before the specials ended at 6 p.m.

Paesanos’ happy hour menu includes all of the cocktails, wines and draft beers it usually offers, but for around half of the regular price. A few favorites were the watermelon lemonade ($4), sangria ($4 for a large glass) and the Island Girl Martini ($3).

Appetizers (all $4 each) took around 15 minutes to arrive, but when they did, we were more than satisfied with our hearty portions of deep fried, salty snacks that did more than just curb our appetites before dinner. The fried ravioli dish came with around 10 crispy pockets of spinach and cheese with marinara sauce on the side for dipping. We also ordered two plates of polenta fries, which were lightly fried on the outside and softer on the inside and served with balsamic ketchup and a gorgonzola cheese sauce for dipping.

Both appetizers were unlike anything I’d eaten before, and unusually filling. We could have easily split one of each among six people, but even with everyone ordering their own, each tab only came out to around eight dollars.

Not bad at all for a good drink and

a full stomach.

The hostess moved our group from the bar to a long table promptly at 6:30 p.m. and orders were taken by 6:45 p.m. After the waiter took our orders, rosmary focaccia bread was served for the whole table, with balsamic vinegar and garlic pieces on the side.

Although the appetizers and breadbaskets were delicious, the length of time it took for our entrees to be brought out was a bit disappointing. By the time everyone was served, it was 7:45 p.m., and few of us had any room to enjoy the supposed highlight of our meal. Truthfully, the majority of the main courses were packed up in Styrofoam boxes and consumed later in the night, but we did, slowly, get to taste a sufficient amount of dishes to get an idea of the range of the whole menu.

The handful of us that ordered sandwiches were pleased by the unique flavors. They could have been bigger for the price, but each did come with a nice portion of side salad. I ordered the Tacchino ($8.95), which came with deli turkey meat, sweet balsamic onions and Swiss cheese, definitely something I would order again.

Paesanos also offers a ton of tasty options for personal pizzas, from the Mushroom Formaggio ($10.95), which was a deliciously cheesy treat topped with huge slices of two types of mushrooms, to the Gorgonzola and Fuji Apple Pizza (also $10.95).

The pasta dishes, which seemed to be the kitchen specialty, were huge and served with

In review: Paesanos 139 G Street Hours: Monday through Wednesday 11 a.m. to 9 p.m., Thursday 11 a.m. to 9:30 p.m., Friday 11 a.m. to 10 p.m., Saturday 9 a.m. to 10 p.m., Sunday 9 a.m. to 9 p.m.

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garlic bread on the side. Gemelli Spinaci ($9.95) was a good, hearty portion of pasta twists on a bed of spinach with garlic cream sauce.

The Pork Fusili (also $9.95) was intensely flavored gingery braised pork served with pasta twists. The Spicy Creole ($10.95) was a different type of spicy, but still tasty, complete with shrimp, chicken, ham and sausage.

A particular favorite of the night was the Caribbean Salmon Salad ($10.95). It was decently priced for a seafood dish, with seared salmon, mangoes, goat cheese and candied pecans. Unlike the side salads that came with the sandwiches, the salad seemed

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Paesanos, 139 G St., also has locations in Sacramento and Elk Grove. very freshly tossed, and not at all soggy. A few bites made me sure of what I would order to eat upon my next visit.

In review, we found that while Paesanos offers quite the delectable assortment of entrees, the slow service doesn’t really leave room to showcase them, as they are overshadowed by their appetizers and their overflowing supply of free bread. But I found Paesanos to be a great place to begin a night out with good friends, unwind during happy hour and enjoy some unique Italian-inspired food.

LANI CHAN can be reached at features@theaggie. org.

“We serve as an advisory board to the ASUCD Senate on all academic matters at UCD. Cont. from front page Our commission researches, Cano said. recommends, and develops programs that improve acaAcademic Affairs demic life for the UC Davis Commission campus,” said Annemarie The Academic Affairs Stone, chair of AAC. Commission (AAC) works to increase communication Environmental Policy and between students and the Planning Commission senate table and between This commission is in students and professors. charge of making sure that

ASUCD and the UC Davis campus is environmentally savvy.

“The main function of our commission is to advise the senate on environmental policy, especially pertaining to pending senate legislation,” said Margaret Link, chair of Environmental Policy and Planning Commission (EPPC). EPPC also hosts Earth Week on campus, and works with

other on-campus environ- topics such as gender eqmental groups to promote uity, more education surrounding transgender idenliving green in Davis. tities, consent, and support Gender and Sexualities of queer communities on campus,” said Caitlin Alday, Commission “The Gender and Sexualities chair of GASC. Commission works to in- Like other commissions, crease awareness of issues GASC reviews ASUCD senthat pertain to gender and ate legislation that pertains the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, to their commission.

Transgender, Queer, “When any legislation is Intersex, and Asexual com- proposed to Senate which munities which includes deals with or implicates gen-

der, sexuality, sexual assault or harassment, it goes through our commission where we review it as a commission, suggest changes, and ultimately vote on it,” Alday said.

eral new opportunities: expanded freshman seminar offerings relating to poverty, an upper division, interdisciplinary course (involving both undergraduate and graduate students) on poverty and additional seminars, conferences and events in which researchers from UC Davis and other universities present their research on poverty,” said Ann Stevens, chair of the economics department and director of the new center,

in an e-mail interview.

The center’s goal is to not only improve the vastly growing poverty epidemic in the United States, but also to allow further advances in the area of poverty research as a whole.

“The center will have four main themes: labor markets and poverty, non-cash components of the safety net (particularly education and health policies), intergenerational transmission of inequality and immigration and pover-

ty,” said Marianne Page, economics professor and deputy director of the center.

For students, the center will provide a plethora of opportunity for internships and classes to encourage poverty as a disciplinary field in various areas, including economics, sociology, psychology, political science, engineering, the school of law and the school of education.

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to begin seminars and other events soon thereafter.”

The first event will be held on Nov. 7, where some of the faculty will be giving presentations about “Why Poverty Research Matters.”

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The research center’s work will draw on the work of faculty, undergraduates and graduate students, in addition to creating a freshman seminar to encourage students to consider poverty research as a field of study.

“For UC Davis students, the center will lead to sev-

Field Cont. from page 5 couple of minutes into the second half.

Emily Mecke scored in the 65th minute to bring UC Davis within a goal, but the Golden Bears were able to hold off the attack and add a late score.

The Aggies also had a goal taken away on a questionable call when the referee ruled the ball hit a player on its way into the cage.

“It’s unfortunate, but what are you going to do? We just keep playing, control possession and finish. We’re hungry and so close we just have to keep fighting,” Campos added.

UC Davis will face conference foe No. 9 Stanford in Palo Alto on Friday, and then return to Davis for a rematch against Cal on Sunday.

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Emily Mecke scores UC Davis’ only goal in their loss to California.

campus for the center.

“The center is beginning almost immediately,” Stevens said. “It is not a new physical center — though we will have some physical space soon, but rather a set of activities. An initial event is currently being planned for early November, and we hope

All job openings for commissioners are posted on the ASUCD Jobs webpage, vacancy.ucdavis.edu.

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Dempsey Cont. from front page spending as the ideal method for reaching any of these three proposals.

In order to reach this level of spending, all three methods would require UC Davis to cut an additional five sports — dropping the total number to 18.

Further, UC Davis would be required to focus its spending on large sports such as football and basketball, by allocating fewer funds to smaller sports.

Finally, the Dempsey Report insists that UC Davis must increase the capacity of its sports facilities in order to continue building revenue for the athletics department. The report suggests that UC Davis add another 10,000 to 42,000 seats to the football stadium, and between 2,500 and 5,000 seats to the Pavilion, depending on the proposal.

The Controversy While UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi has stressed that this report is only meant to be a guide for the commission tasked with advising the chancellor on hiring a new athletic director, some people with knowledge of the situation take a much more cynical view.

“When you pick a consultant,” said former chair of the UC Davis Academic Senate Dan Simmons, “you pick the person who is going to give you the advice you were looking for.”

Indeed the Dempsey Report came under intense fire at

football Cont. from page 5 we were expecting,” Wright said. “Once we figured it out we were able to call some plays to capitalize on their alignments.”

Wright’s two favorite targets were junior Anthony Soto and sophomore Tom Hemmingsen, who finished with 86 and 85 re-

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Thursday’s town-hall meeting held to discuss the proposals.

The vast majority of speakers came out vehemently against the Dempsey Report, citing a variety of issues.

One of the main concerns raised was the lack of student involvement.

Opponents argued that when UC Davis chose to move to Division I in 2003 the students were heavily consulted, and the student body voted in favor of the move — even agreeing to accept an increase in student fees in order to facilitate the transfer. But this time, student opinions were not being considered, and very few students attended the town hall meeting.

Furthermore, according to a USA Today survey, more than 61 percent of the UC Davis athletics budget came directly from student fees. That contrasts with less than 30 percent at Cal Poly and Sacramento State.

“I am concerned that not enough student involvement has taken place on this issue,” said graduate student Erik Loboschefsky, who was an undergraduate at UC Davis during the transition to Division I. “Given that these issues are highly relevant to all students on campus, I am concerned that not enough even know what’s going on.”

Beyond that, opponents also expressed concern regarding the Eight Core Principles — a set of rules meant to limit UC Davis athletics in the move to Division I and to ensure that things were done in

ceiving yards, respectively, and tallied one touchdown apiece. While Hemmingsen produced excellent numbers for the second week in a row, he was quick to credit his quarterback. “[Wright] was looking my way and he made some great passes,” he said. “I’ve just been trying to do my job.”

Hemmingson also tacked on nine rushing yards and another 19 on punt returns.

the “Davis way.”

The Eighth Core Principles (known as the Inviolate Principles when they were created in 2003) are seen by many as one of the main reasons that UC Davis students and faculty agreed to make the transition to Division I. The cutting of four sports in 2010 was a violation of the fifth principle which states that UC Davis will seek not to cut sports, but instead to add them, and some fear that the principles could be thrown away completely.

Indeed the Dempsey Report calls for UC Davis to “evaluate and adjust the Eight Principles to more closely coincide with Division I … philosophies and practices.”

It even goes so far as to suggest that four of the principles could be done away with, stating “principles 3, 5, 6 and 7 contradict the philosophy of Division I institutions.”

Others took a less favorable view of revising the core principles.

“The core principles were a key part of the students voting in favor of the move to Division I,” Loboschefsky said. “We need to make sure that we consult the students before we remove them.”

The Chancellor’s office has also come under criticism for its handling of the Athletic Director search.

The panel tasked with advising Katehi features two alumni donors, both of whom are known for contributing large sums of money to UC Davis football. Skeptics believe this shows the direction that Katehi wants to take the program, and provides a clear bias in the

UC Davis was also able to move the ball on the ground against UTSA, something it had struggled to do prior to the game.

The Aggies notched their first 100-yard rushing game of the season, as freshman Colton Silveria led the team with 76 yards and two touchdowns. Fellow freshman Austin Edmonson tallied 56 yards on just 12 carries, helping UC Davis run out the clock

commission’s opinion.

Vice Chancellor Fred Wood, a member of the advising committee, however, was quick to point out that while both donors are directly connected to the football program, they have also donated to academic programs at UC Davis, and Wood claims they have the best interests of all athletic programs at heart.

Further, criticism has stemmed from what some perceive as the university’s rush to choose a new athletics director.

Wood has repeatedly stated that he believes that the decision will be made by the end of 2011, pointing out the advantages of making a choice as soon as possible in order to have someone on top directing the program.

Critics, on the other hand, point out that the decision to move to Division I was made over the course of a year, allowing students, faculty and administration to adequately inform themselves on the issues.

By contrast, this decision will be made in just a few months.

“To have this all done by the end of the calendar year, it seems really quick,” Loboschefsky said.

“I understand that there is a need to move quickly, but to within a short period of time come up with a complete reversal of what UC Davis athletics has stood for decades, it seems a bit ludicrous.”

While this decision will take months, some members in the athletics department believe that change has already begun.

Entering this school year, Wood

as they held the lead late.

“In the [previous] games we’ve gotten behind early, and that makes it tough to run the ball effectively,” said Head Coach Bob Biggs.

“Today we were able to keep them off balance when we got the early lead, and that was the difference.”

Defensively, the Aggies held the Roadrunners to just three points over the first three quarters before

opted to release a large percentage of the Athletics Administrative Advising Committee (AAAC) — the Administrative Advisory Committee charged with advising the Chancellor’s office on the academic standing and admission of student-athletes.

The turnover included the most senior members of AAAC, including the former chair and the Faculty Athletic Representative (FAR), who is “the main liaison between athletics and the institution.”

Sources close to the situation say that removing the most tenured members was a mistake, because it takes several years to become adequately familiar with the athletics system. These sources also intimated that the Chancellor’s office had opted for change in order to maintain better control of the board, one of whose charges is ensuring that proper channels are followed regarding student athletes’ academic evaluation.

Wood, however, provides a different explanation. He said that Katehi wanted to ensure that all AdministrativeAdvisoryCommittees received some fresh blood.

“You want to give a broad spectrum of people an opportunity to be a part of the committee,” he said.

Another town hall meeting regarding the search for a new Athletics Director, and the direction of UC Davis athletics as a whole, will be held at 5 p.m. on Oct. 26 at the UC Davis Conference Center.

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conceding a pair of touchdowns in the fourth frame.

UC Davis forced two turnovers and denied all three of UTSA’s fourth-down conversion attempts.

Freshman safety Charles Boyett led the Aggies with eight tackles, while junior linebacker Byron Gruendl notched seven. In Gruendl’s mind, the defensive performance was a team effort.

“We came out with a lot

more energy than we have in the past,” he said. “This whole team came together this we and did exactly what we needed to get us going.”

The Aggies will now look forward to Great West action, as their next four opponents will all be conference foes, beginning with South Dakota next Saturday.

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Much needed win UC Davis finds stride in Homecoming victory FOOTBALL

By TREVOR CRAMER Aggie Sports Editor

The Aggies were desperate for a victory.

Coming off a much-maligned loss to Humboldt State last week, UC Davis was hoping to get back on track as they headed into Great West Conference Play.

The Aggies did just that on Saturday as they dismissed University of Texas, San Antonio 38-17 in front of 8,876 fans at Homecoming 2011.

“After last week everyone was pretty down,” said sophomore quarterback Randy Wright, “but we just came back to work this week … it feels good that it paid off with a win.”

The victory moves UC Davis to 2-4 on the season.

Early on, it looked like the Aggies might be in trouble, as they fell behind in the first quarter, but UC Davis got on the board in the second when Wright found sophomore tight end Taylor Sloat for a touchdown.

The score turned out to be the start of a 38-0 Aggie run that put the game well out of reach for the Roadrunners.

Wright overcame a slow start to throw for career-

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Running back, Colton Silveria, rushed for 75 yards and scored two touchdowns in UC Davis’ homcoming win. high 320 yards and three touchdowns.

For the second year signal-caller, it was all about making adjustments.

UC Davis falls just short Aggies lose hard-fought match with Golden Bears

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By Russell Eisenman Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis made No. 12 California work hard for the NorPac Conference win on Friday night in Berkeley.

The Aggies fought valiantly and got to within one goal late in the match, but the Golden Bears were able to pull away for the 3-1 win.

With the loss, UC Davis moves to 3-9 for the year and 1-2 in NorPac play.

The Bears and Aggies had nearly identical statis-

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tics. Cal had an 11-9 advantage on shots but UC Davis put seven of its attempts on goal, two more than the Bears. The Aggies also held an advantage in penalty corners 5-4.

“I’m so proud of how we played,” said Head Coach Vianney Campos. “We were connecting passes, defending well, putting shots on cage, but they are a good team and find a way to score.”

Cal scored off a penalty corner just before halftime, and added another just a

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“[The Roadrunners] came out in a different defensive look from what

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UC Davis volleyball had a rough weekend, falling to both Long Beach State and Cal State Fullerton in straight sets on their road trip to Southern California.

The Aggies fell to 18-5 on the season and 4-4 in Big West Conference play. UC Davis currently sits fifth in the league, half a game behind fourth place Cal Poly.

The Aggies have struggled on the road recently, losing their last four contests aways from Davis.

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and sophomore Devon Damelio led the Aggies with nine kills apiece against the 49ers, while junior Caroline Mercado added 11 digs.

Whitson and senior Betsy Sedlak tallied nine kills each against the Titans, and Whitson also led the team with nine digs.

UC Davis will return to the court Friday when they return to Southern California to face UC Irvine.

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Sheldon shocks Cal State Northridge

Well-rested Aggies outlast Matadors Men’s SOCCER

By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Writer

The young UC Davis men’s soccer program got their first chance to play under the stadium lights at Cal State Northridge this season, and they seized their opportunity in the limelight.

In yet another overtime game, the Aggies pulled out a 2-1 victory over the Matadors for their second road win of the season.

“It’s great to get a win on the road, especially in our conference,” head coach Dwayne Shaffer said. “The last time we played them it was probably

our worst performances of the season so it was good that we came here and got a win.”

The game was knotted in a scoreless battle for the duration of the first half, but things quickly unfolded in the second.

Freshman Matt Sheldon recorded his first goal of the season in the 71st minute when the Aggies countered from a Matador attack. CSU Northridge turned the ball over and junior Dan Reese got the ball to Sheldon who found the net to break the goose egg tie.

The celebration was short lived though, as CSU Northridge evened the game again in the 78th minute.

This tie would stand for the remaining 12 minutes of regulation, sending the game into overtime.

Wasting no time, Sheldon recovered another Matador turnover in their goal box and scored to give UC

Davis a victory just past the 93-minute mark.

These were Sheldon’s first two goals of the season, and what a time for them to come. It also marked the first time an Aggie has scored twice in a game since 2009.

“Matt [Sheldon] came off the bench and scored both our goals,” Shaffer said. “That shows our depth played a big part in today’s game.”

Statistics would indicate that CSU Northridge had the upper hand in the game. They recorded 20 shots compared to UC Davis’ seven. Yet, only six Matador attempts were on goal, and sophomore goalie Omar Zeenni stopped five of those.

If there’s anything to be learned from these numbers, it is that they do, in fact, lie. Just as the game’s statistics reveal little about the result of

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In Review: The Zona Rosa Project Unique performance explores AIDS awareness

By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie Arts Writer

The Zona Rosa Project is not your average show.

Audience members are let into Wyatt Pavilion one at a time and led down a dark hallway by masked performers. They are led out onto the stage where more masked people lead them to their seats. This entrance initially confuses the audience members but looking back it seems like an attempt to involve the audience in the show.

The show tells the story of Dr. Francisco Estrada Valle who started the AVE foundation to spread awareness and acceptance for AIDS, discrimination and homophobia.

It tracks the evolution of gay rights in Mexico and the struggle for acceptance in a deeply Catholic,

soccer Cont. from page 5 the game, the Aggies’ 5-6-2 record neglects the close games and wins over higher ranked opponents.

“We played really good defense, plus Omar had five saves. It was definitely a 50/50 game, where we both had our dangerous opportunities in the game,” Shaffer said.

Following their 2-1 over-

traditional country.

The Zona Rosa Project was shown Thursday, Oct. 13 through Sunday at the Wyatt Pavilion.

Once the show starts, the masked performers start dancing on the stage. When the music changes, they start setting up the stage for the real performance.

This is when it is clear that this will not be your average show.

The story starts in November 2007 on Dia de Los Muertos when the two main characters meet. It switches between modern day and the past around 1987. We learn about Valle’s story through Johnny, an old friend of his, and their past together.

Switching between the past and present caused some confusion and mystery in the beginning for people who were not familiar with Valle’s story. It revealed information in pieces rather than all at once.

In the second act, Francisco and Johnny — a character based off of UC Davis Professor John Iacovelli — meet. However, it is still not clear who they

are exactly and what the nature of their relationship is. When it changes to the present, a new character is introduced; one of Johnny’s students is trying to set up a foundation for AIDS and we learn that the reason is because she has contracted HIV. Next, we switch back to 1987 in Mexico; we meet Johnny’s boss who is a perfect stereotype of an ignorant American. Her obviously degrading and racist tone when speaking to Francisco were some of the most humorous instances throughout the play.

Her character was meant to contrast and highlight the prejudice against homosexuals and people with AIDS, which is the show’s main focus.

When the plot switches to February 2008, it reveals that Francisco was killed in July 1992 and the mystery has never been solved. At this point the show focuses more on the AVE foundation and its social and political impact in Mexico. The extent to which Francisco was discriminated against because of AVE and his sexu-

time loss to UCSB last week, the Aggies had the week off, which meant they were well rested for their match-up against CSU Northridge.

“Our guys were physically and mentally prepared,” Shaffer said. “We worked less on fitness and more on recovery like ice baths and stretching. They needed that break.”

Before Saturday’s game, the Matadors were the sole leaders in the Big

West Conference. Now, the Aggies are tied for second place with Cal Poly and CSU Northridge behind No. 7 UC Irvine.

The win was UC Davis’s third in their past four games, propelling their conference record to 3-2.

The Aggies move on to UC Irvine on Wednesday, where they will take on the nationally ranked Anteaters.

MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@ theaggie.org.

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ality is finally realized. He was labeled as an enemy of the church and state.

In the next scenes, Johnny tries to uncover the mystery of Francisco’s death and to understand the meaning of their relationship. And the extent to which Francisco’s foundation has impacted Mexican society and gay rights is shown.

Johnny and Francisco’s relationship drives the plot.

As Francisco gets more involved with his foundation and starts to make an impact, their relationship slowly crumbles.

Rather than acting like a regular play, the performers in The Zona Rosa Project read their lines from a script while a narrator tells the audience what the situation is and what their actions are. This gives the show a different feel and seems like a post-modern take on acting. It certainly made the

performance more interesting. This makes the audience focus more on the meaning of the performers’ words and helps bring their point across more clearly.

However, without the actions the performer’s dialogue often seems overdramatic. Their voices convey emotional nuances to make their discourse believable.

When looking back to the beginning, the masked performers seem less confusing. The show starts and ends on Dia de Los Muertos so they represent the people who have died as a result of AIDS. However, their purpose in the show is still a little perplexing.

At the end of the show, they showed a clip of the real Dr. Francisco Valle.

At this point the show turned from just a performance into a real story.

Overall, The Zona Rosa

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Project is a very thoughtprovoking and remarkable show. It explores the overlap of personal and political issues in the foundation of AVE. Making the show different than usual helped convey the message. It is certainly something that will be remembered and will impact everyone who sees it.

PAAYAL ZAVERI can be reached at arts@ theaggie.org.