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Enchanted Cellar offers discounted disguises Halloween costumes for rent on campus By STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN Aggie News Writer
For the eighth consecutive year, UC Davis students have an array of costumes available to rent from the Enchanted Cellar Costume Rentals at the theatre and dance department, located in the basement of Wright Hall. The Enchanted Cellar offers students recycled costumes from stage productions put on by the department. Students can rent costume kits, which come with a costume and wig or hat, or separate accessories, all for 50 percent off the tag price. “Most of the kits range from $60 to $150,” said Roxanne Femling, the costume shop director. “UC Davis affiliates always get 50 percent off and this year for Halloween, we’ve extended that discount to the Davis community.” This year’s price also includes the cost of dry cleaning. With three changing rooms full of costumes, wigs and accessories, students have plenty of options. Costumes of well-
Final agreement reached between librarians’ union and UC Librarians raise concerns over meritbased salary program
By MUNA SADEK Aggie News Writer
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The Enchanted Celler also rents out a variety of accessories such as hats and wigs. known characters, from categories such as Harry Potter, pirates and classic superheroes, hang alongside more obscure costumes such as a character from the Hitchcock film The Birds. Costumes from science fiction movies and superhero movies tend to be the most popular.
somewhere else, they can find a legit-looking one here for half the price,” said Joanna Kaplan, a veterinary medicine graduate student and employee of the shop. “These costumes are way better looking than
“Captain America immediately left,” Femling said. Other popular choices include costumes from Star Trek, Star Wars and Indiana Jones, as well as Marie Antoinette and Anthony and Cleopatra. “If students don’t want to work on a costume because it’s too expensive
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Landscape Architecture students host first PARK(ing) Day
Yesterday, UC Davis students reclaimed parking spaces for human use along E Street, between First and Third Street. The spots were occupied from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m. The event, PARK(ing) Day, was held with approval from the Davis Police Department. Organizers from the landscape architecture program said the purpose of the event was to emphasize the need for more people-space in the urban environment. Eighteen projects from the upper-division studio class Social
Factors in Landscape Architecture were on display in downtown. Those from the UC Davis Arboretum donated plants to the students. The projects featured reusable products such as used boxes, newspapers, bottles, old bike wheels and other items. Tara Hanlon, a program representative for the landscape architecture program, said the event normally happens worldwide in midSeptember, but this is before the school year
begins for the quarter system. “This is our first time doing PARK(ing) Day in Davis,” Hanlon said. “There’s always been interest in getting landscape architecture programs involved in this event.” Senior landscape architecture major Weijing Marx constructed a web of yarn connected together by poles, with newspaper hearts hung up to them. She also hung letters that said “one heart, one whole.” “I put different colored poles and let people choose where they wanted to place the hearts,” Marx said. “It’s interesting to see where they want to put them. It represents the differences among us; how we all dress differently, look differently, but the ‘one heart, one whole’ sign shows how we’re all connected.” Kathleen O’Leary, a senior landscape architecture student, said she created a croquet set-up, with benches, because she wanted people to have a place to sit and something to do. “We got to choose what part of the street we put on project on,” O’Leary said. “I included a lot of fake lawn because the owner’s of Pinkadot [the store which her project was in front of] complained about the lack of greenery on E Street.” — Text by Angela Swartz — Photo by Aaron Juarez
Oct. 10, after continuous deliberation, an agreem e n t was announced between University of California Librarians and the UC system. The American Federation of Teachers Union announced the new program, which proponents said honors the work of the University of California librarians, while keeping in mind the strained economic state of the university system. Of the 350 UC librarians that the agreement covers, 33 UC Davis librarians are affected. Discussion, which began in June, was limited to 2011-12 salaries covered by the four-year contract, which is set to end September of 2012. An agreement was reached on Sept. 28. The agreement reached entails eligibility for librarians to participate in the annual merit program for 2011-12, as academic employees. Axel Borg, president of the local University Council — American Federation of Teachers (UC-AFT) 2023 of UC Davis, and current wine and food science bibliographer at Shields library, has been working as a UC librarian for 27 years. “We want to have a contract in place and one of the things that made it important for us was that the university decided in going into bargaining to not fund the merit salary actions that were earned by librarians until bargaining was done. It was unclear to us whether they would make it retroactive or not,” Borg said. The librarian series, constituted of assistant, associate and full librarians, holds employees that are and are not represented by the union. Those who are not represented received their
merit pay during the negotiation period. The university elected to withhold pay for those represented within the union. “As it was they did make it retroactive and we felt that while the university was legal in doing, that it was damaging to librarian m o r a l e,” Borg said. Irisa Tam / Aggie The agreement constitutes participation in a one-time meritbased salary increase program for 2011-12, which will cover performance evaluation as well. Librarians are able to increase salaries by improving skills and undergoing merit review periodically to move up a step system. The interval for review ranges from one to three years, depending on librarian rank. Expectations for review will grow as the intervals increase, Borg said. Those who show little to satisfactory progress have the possibility of becoming retained or dismissed. The UC-AFT represents non-senate faculty and librarians of the University of California, and negotiates statewide collective bargaining contracts and establishes the rights of employment as a UC librarian. Head of negotiations and president of UC-AFT Santa Cruz Local 2199, Mike Rotkin, explained the University Administration has decided that they are no longer going to range salary adjustments or Cost of Living Increases (COLAs), but would rather base increases on merit. “They have cooked up the fiction of ‘merit-based’ salary programs … [and] will end up excluding a handful of librarians who will re-
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Alumnus nominated for Occupy Wall Street, Davis and campus Sports Illustrated contest Steve Wampler recognized for climbing El Capitan now, Sports Illustrated. On Friday, Wampler was named one of three finalists in the Sports Illustrated It took Steve Wampler 20,000 pull-ups and Gillette Sweat for Greatness conto reach the top of El Capitan. test, which recognizes the ath Over the course of six days in letic accomplishments of ordiAugust 2010, Wampler used a nary Americans. self-designed pulley system to The winner will be deterhoist himself up the 3,000-foot mined based on a combination Yosemite rock formation, beof judges’ evaluations and the coming the first person with results of an online vote. The cerebral palsy to complete the grand prize? A trip to New York daunting climb. City for the Sports Illustrated “[By the end] I was so exSportsman of the Year awards hausted and dehydrated and event and $25,000. I lost 10 pounds and I was Steve Wampler “The outcome we weren’t exhappy it was over, but I really alumnus pecting [from the climb] was didn’t take it in until a couple the overwhelming support from days later,” said Wampler, who kids and parents and around graduated from UC Davis in 1992 with a the world saying, ‘Now I can look at mydegree in environmental engineering. self and my kids differently, and you Though it took a few days for Wampler showed us that anything is possible,’” to process his achievement, news of Wampler said. the climb quickly caught the attention Wampler’s decision to climb El of the likes of “Ellen DeGeneres”, “ABC World News with Diane Sawyer” and See WAMPLER, page 3
By ERIN MIGDOL Aggie Features Editor
Today’s weather Partly cloudy High 77 Low 47
This past Friday, the nationwide Occupy Wall Street movement came to the UC Davis campus. Students chalked the Memorial Union court-
Forecast Davis will be looking pretty dry for the next week or so. With that in mind, keep your rain jacket in the closet but bundle up and expect clear, chilly mornings. Kenneth Doss, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team
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yard with messages about Occupy Davis. The UC Davis Police were called, and the students and police officers had a quiet conversa-
tion about the chalking issue. — Text and photo by Hannah Strumwasser
CONGRATULATIONS! You survived the end of the world. Michelle Huey
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TODAY October Book Faire 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. Women’s Resources and Research Center, First floor North Hall Each quarter the Joy Fergoda Library at the WRRC hosts a book fair where books can be purchased for under $3. Proceeds will be used to buy new books for the library. Nonfiction, fiction, poetry and more! The faire will be open until Friday.
Energy Institute Seminar Series 3 p.m. 1003 Kemper Hall Dave Erickson of Erickson Energy and Environment will discuss modeling aggregated energy use and renewable options for a county RESCO.
Undergraduate Research Center Info Session 5:10 p.m. 409 Surge IV Learn about research funding opportunities for undergraduates through the President’s Undergraduate Fellowship. The fellowship provides funds for undergraduates to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision.
Show Yourself Talent Showcase 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. Technocultural Studies Building The Experimental College is throwing a showcase for creative talent.
TUESDAY Quarter Abroad Info Session Noon to 1 p.m.
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Education Abroad Center, 207 Third St. Suite 120 Join the Argentina Language and Culture Program information session to learn how you can spend Spring quarter learning Spanish in Mendoza, Argentina! Meet the professor and talk with advisors about logistics like financial aid.
(A)sexual Screening 5 to 7 p.m. LGBT Resource Center, University House Annex Watch a brand-new documentary introduction to asexuality, followed by discussion.
WEDNESDAY Asexual Spectrum 101 5 to 6 p.m. LGBT Resource Center, University House Annex Learn about asexuality, demisexuality, grey-asexuality and the ace community.
Whiskey Dawn Concert 9 p.m. The Davis Graduate, 905 Russell Blvd. After taking Nashville by storm, rising California “new country” buzz band Whiskey Dawn returns to their home state to perform in concert at The Graduate. Tickets are $9. 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.
books for research papers, by appointment. Dianne Klein, a media relations representative of the University of California Office of the President, said the university has 12 systemwide unions and depending on the union, some contracts will last for one to five years and both sides are given the option to petition the agreement, as done for this case. “It is an issue of fairness, but it is also keeping in mind the financial constraints of the university, so this was negotiated in part of the collective bargaining process, and with the librarians. It was nothing controversial, it was amicable, we are certainly happy that we reached an agreement. They are academic employees so they were eligible as well for the across the board increases as part of the academic staff,” Klein said. The salary increase program began Oct. 1, yet the agreement continues to raise concern. Borg said he is worried about staffing levels. “I read things about what the chancellor is saying about excellence, and I’m wondering how we can have a library that supports excellence when we are losing so many people,” Borg said. “It seems that as we lose people we just divide up the responsibilities and give more and more work to fewer and fewer people.” The librarians’ union intends to continue to press for pay increases that will bring them up to the level of CSU librarians, Borg said. “We have other issues, but the pay disparity is our central concern. It is a problem both for our members and for the university libraries as institutions.”
Cont. from front page main on the old salary scale until their next merit review, when they will likely be moved up to the new scale and recoup the 3 percent they are being denied in this settlement. It is window dressing,” he said. Librarians of the University of California system are currently being paid about 19 percent behind comparable librarian positions at the California State Universities (CSU) and less than librarians at all community colleges within a close radius of a UC campus. “We have estimated that 40 percent of the librarians hired over the past 10 years have now left UC for positions elsewhere. That is a huge turnover rate and it leaves the remaining UC librarians with workload problems since they have to do their own work as well as that previously done by the librarians who have left and not been replaced. UC is in denial about this,” Rotkin said. The biological and agricultural sciences department of the Shields Library, where Borg works, currently has only two librarians (Borg and Ruth Gustafson), which support all of the biological and agricultural sciences on the UC Davis campus. The work of a librarian, Borg explains, ranges from a wide variety of technical to academic work. Librarians oversee the ordering of books, journals and DVDs, and catalogue and process new library entries. Some, like Borg, work with the faculty when they need a class given in support of their instruction. Undergraduate and graduate students are also invited to work with librar- MUNA SADEK can be reached at campus@ ians to find articles or theaggie.org.
Sports correction In Thursday’s article entitled “Football preview,” it was stated that UC Davis plays in the Big West Conference. UC Davis football is a member of the Great West Conference. The Aggie regrets the error.
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sus among travelers that they are instead a miserable group of loveless individuals. In another instance, a friend of mine told me recently about a flight she Evan made from Texas into LAX, White with a suitcase full of homemade ceramic dishes. “They ran them through,” she said, “and the TSA guy stopped me. I figured it’d be fine when he saw that it was just cups and tiny plates and stuff.” Apparently the man was anything but fine. Actually, he was so un-fine that he t’s amazing the funny grabbed a mug out of the things you’ll notice in an suitcase and held it up in airport if you’re open to the air exclaiming, without observation. reserve, that it was a C-4 For example, because it explosive. was more fun to enjoy the She said she told him it benefit of the doubt, I aswasn’t C-4 and that he said sumed the people in front of it probably was. So she reme were right when one said sponded, “Where the hell to the other, “Did you know that the French word for ‘god’ would I get C-4?” to which he said, “Are you asking is our word for ‘dildo’?” me?” So then when he said I was in line at an airport there was waiting to no way to board my It would be unfair to say that be sure it flight, so I didn’t have TSA agents, too, are failures, I wasn’t, she grabbed a way to suppose the mug check the and threw it informaagainst the wall. tion. Which made it better, This type of story almost actually. I didn’t care if it was true. More interesting was re- always ends with concession, though. The prospecvisiting the mornings I spent in Sunday school and adjust- tive passenger would give in, relinquishing the damned ing my memory accordingly. Instead of pointed remind- item to the guards. Or, in the ers about God’s undying love, case of the grapes, smash them on the floor with their they became suggestive idifeet before proceeding to the oms that lent themselves to gate. my new appreciation of humor in the Bible. “Dildo loves There was something to my friend’s story about the you, don’t ever forget that, mug, however, that stuck and you should love Dildo with me; something that too,” etcetera. made this man remain in my Then, when I got on that mind long after I heard the airplane, I found a paper story. vomit bag that had “Do not I’ve seen homemade ceplace back in seat pouch ramic dishes in thrift stores once used,” written in bold before. Though, even reon one side. I realized a long garding the ugliest of them, while ago that shoving a not once did I think to mybag of sick into the back of a self, “Everyone here is going chair almost always ended to die if that serving platter in catastrophe. So, instead, touches fire.” I thought of the person for But clearly TSA agent had. whom the tip might actually So, what was the harm of givbe helpful. ing him the benefit of the I imagine him or her as doubt? Wasn’t the alternasomeone who holds the pative potentially much, much per bag delicately in one worse? What if in the future I hand, careful to avoid touching the moist, distended bot- didn’t notice an old lady holding a cigarette off to the side tom. Someone will press the of a thrift store? What if I igbutton to summon a flight nored her as she picked up an attendant, “ding!” and say, “I earthenware platter, only mowas going to stuff it back in ments before an impromptu the seat, but then I read the explosion? note. Here, you take it.” How magnificent would it Then, of course, comes be to say I’d been the one to the flight attendant. If a job throw myself at her, knockrequires formal attire and ing the cigarette out of her there’s still a chance it’ll inhand and saving everyone? volve carrying a sack of puke How wonderful to admit latto a garbage can it seems hard to say that person hasn’t er, to news crews and reporters when they ask how I had failed in a relatively major known, that, well, I just had a way. hunch … It would be unfair to say that TSA agents, too, are failures, I suppose. EVAN WHITE can be reached at emwhite@ However, it seems to be ucdavis.edu. Though he responds to yelling as well. a wide-ranging consen-
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tant than everything else. You have to pay for food, collars, leashes, litter and, of course, a never-ending assortment of toys. Vet visits are yet anothKate er essential, but expensive Zarrella part of caring for our furry friends. Having proper vaccinations and health checkups can save your pet’s life, but making sure to spay or neuter your pet means that you’re helping to stop the cycle of abandoned animals. ince before the advent There are so many amazof the Air Buddies moving animal rescue groups ies, people have recognized that tiny, fuzzy animals out there dedicated to finding loving homes for discardare really cute. So naturally ed pets. Unlike the people when one of my friends got who get their animals from an adorable puppy, suddentheir friends, my best friend ly everyone needed a baby adopted a devilish and fluffy mammal. kitten named Puck from a Don’t get me wrong; it was awesome. This sudden desire rescue organization run by crazy cat ladies. for pets meant that I could It’s difficult to describe the cuddle and play with a wide women who run the rescue, variety of fuzzy woodland but I should start by saying creatures. The best thing about these that I watched one of them have an earanimals, nest converapart from We found that having a puppy is sation with their adorable faces surprisingly similar to having an a cat. They meowed at and natural infant each other tendency to for a full five lower your blood pressure, was that they minutes. I still wonder to this day were all strays. what they were talking about. Not only were my friends To adopt a cat my friend cool for having a pet, they had to fill out a 10-page were also awesome for resquestionnaire and undergo a cuing them from turmoil, CIA-style interrogation with homelessness and a rough the master cat lady to make life of crime on the streets of sure the friend wasn’t a cat Davis. Similarly to The Blind Side, murderer. It was one of the most unbut with less football and comfortable conversations more fur. I’ve ever witnessed, but I ap The only problems with preciate why the lady conowning – or in my situation stantly insulted my friend by pet sitting – a young, enthuimplying that she was a terrisiastic animal are the likelible pet owner. hood that you’ll get mauled She said, “I speak for the and the huge responsibility that comes with raising a pet. cats.” What she meant was that it was her responsibili I’m not kidding about the ty to make sure the animals mauling, either. My friends’ would never be in a situation dogs would bite everything. where they needed to be resBeyond the usual chew cued from again. toys and occasional sheet As I said before, part of the of homework, these dogs difficulty of owning pets is chewed our shoes, the chord their inability to speak. They to our lamp and even manrely wholeheartedly on us to aged to bite my housemate’s keep them happy, healthy boob. and safe. We found that having a But, sometimes, even puppy is surprisingly similar to having an infant. They the best intentions go awry. People like me and my cry a lot, need constant atfriends can mean well when tention, poop whenevadopting a pet, but not realer they feel like it and they ize the amount of responsihave the potential to choke bility that comes with raising on anything. a living thing. And since they can’t talk, There are so many compliyou’re forced to try and read cations that come with owntheir mind to figure out what ing pets. Both the joy and they need. stress of pet ownership come That’s not even menfrom overcoming the obstationing how fast they grow. cles, learning how to fix the People tend to assume that problems. little baby animals will stay So, I think it’s time to emlittle, but my friend’s pit bull, brace our furry friends and Luna, is proof that one week enjoy a good game of fetch can mean the difference bein the park … or not, you tween being able to get on choose. the couch or not. But the bills that come along with owning pets are KATE ZARRELLA wants to hear your crazy pet more frightening and impor- stories at kazarrella@ucdavis.edu.
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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. 20 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. 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, arrived late at 9:05 p.m. Emmanuel Diaz-Ordaz, ASUCD senator, present, left early at 8:32 p.m. 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, absent Matthew Provencher, ASUCD senator, present Brendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, present Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD senator, present Ryan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, absent
Presentations UC Davis Police Chief Annette Spicuzza and Cliff Contreas presented the new Bike Education and Enforcement Program. Students will now receive citations, and then have two weeks to complete a $70 online Transportation and Parking Services Traffic School. The $70 fee comes back to campus to support and grow the program, and hopefully fund more bike officers.
Appointments and confirmations Viktor Avita, Jodie Lisenbee, Ellison Ma and Trang Tran were confirmed to the Gender and Sexuality Commission (GASC). Ashleigh Crocker, Elizabeth Mathews, Tracy Kwatani, Julia OetherKAst, Annie Patel and Brenna Jones were confirmed to the Aggie Public Arts Committee (APAC). Izzy Bronstein, Melissa Coy and Adam Coe were confirmed to the External Affairs Commission (EAC). Desirae Costello was confirmed to the Academic Affairs Commission (AAC). Adam Reese Godfrey was confirmed as the Student Police Relations Chair.
Consideration of Old Legislation Senate Bill 12, authored by Sterling, co-authored by Jen Urrutia, to allocate $202.48 from Senate Reserves to ASUCD Basement Gallery, passed unanimously. The table agreed that it would like
to see more collaboration between the Basement Gallery and ASUCD, if it is funding them. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 13, authored by Lee, co-authored by Margaret Badish, Shell Sumerel and Robert St. Cyr, to allocate $8,555.88 from Capital Reserves to fund capital costs for a new Bike Barn retail location in the Memorial Union called the ASUCD Bike Hub; and to make amendments to the Bike Barn annual operating budget to reflect new income and expenses. Lee said he likes the bill a lot because it will provide new positions for students. The bill was tabled until the location of the new store could be confirmed. Senate Bill 16, authored by Lee, co-authored by Badish, Sumerel, St. Cyr, to allocate $12,634.16 from Capital Reserves and $1,598.78 from Bike Barn Equipment reserves to fund equipment replacement, equipment upgrades and service expansions for the Bike Barn and Bike Garage. The table discussed what kind of camera the Bike Barn really needed, and ultimately lowered the amount from around $800 to around $650. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 15, authored by Lee, co-authored by Martin and Don Ho, to eliminate the position of Webmaster from the ASUCD Bylaws and ASUCD 2011-12 Annual Operating Budget, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 17 authored by Martin, co-authored by Ho and Lee, to implement procedures for making requests to Creative Media. Ho said that this would help Creative Media prioritize website projects. Repicky said that he thought it gave Internet and Networking Committee (INC) a lot of power. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 10, authored by Lee, co-authored by Kabir Kapur, Maggie Mei, Erica Padgett and Patrick Sheehan, to put software and virtual application purchases and development under the jurisdiction of Capital Reserves, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 11, authored by Lee, co-authored by Bae, Schrimmer and Sterling, to nullify pending permanent status for the Aggie Public Arts Committee and continue special committee status for the 2011-12 year. Lee said he thinks they need to get more things done and that they need more time before they become a permanent committee. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 14, authored by Lee, co-authored by Ho, to transfer the Club Finance Committee Fund allocation in the ASUCD Annual Operating Budget to the Club Finance Council line item. Sterling and Espinoza agreed that there should not be money accessible for students. Thongsavat said he was going to veto the bill. The bill passed unanimously.
Unit Director Reports
Riverside as the teams jockey for position in the Big West standings. Cont. from page 4 And once the Aggies make written all over it. the playoffs, the madness will UC Davis will follow that undoubtedly follow them with matches against Cal there. UC Davis will have State Fullerton and UC a reasonable shot at win-
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Jason Alpert, editor in chief of The Aggie, announced its new website, which will be more user friendly, have more graphic options and be a better money maker. The new website will affect how an article gets from the writer to the paper. The planned launch date is Oct. 31. The unit director of Refrigerator Services, Eddie Truong, said that the unit has been a major success. He said he would like to repair broken refrigerators, and that he wants the unit to develop more realistic budget and an effective marketing strategy. He would like to rent out extra refrigerator units to students living in apartments. Truong also said that institutional memory has been a problem, and he wants to update director’s report so there is more current info that future directors can benefit from. Furthermore, he said that unit has always gone over budget, and they need to address it. Lee said that it was the best unit director report that he has heard.
Public Announcements Lee announced that the ASUCD Blood Drive is on Nov. 1 and 2. Espinoza said early registration applications for the Students of Color Conference (S.O.C.C.) are due Friday.
Public discussion Rudy Ornelas, chief court justice, announced a court decision regarding an Internal Affairs Commission vacancy posting. Martin said that she doesn’t understand why there was an official court deliberation. Lee said that ASUCD senators don’t have a way of resigning, they usually just put up a vacancy posting. After a long conversation between the table and Ornelas, the table decided the deliberation was void because a senator had not requested the deliberation. Cano said he wanted a closed session meeting. Lee motioned for a closed session next meeting. President Thongsavat vetoed Senate Bill 3 last week. There was some controversy about whether or not he vetoed the bill in the right amount of time. About the bill, Thongsavat said that he felt some of the clauses went too far and he thought it was a little bit “too much.” Carly Sandstrom said that she felt it was unnecessary. After a long conversation, the table overrode the veto in an 8-1-3 vote. Ho said that he is working with Campus Copies/Classical Notes to start a t-shirt printing business.
Meeting adjourned at 11: 13 p.m. Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis. edu. HANNAH STRUMWASSER compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
ning the Big West and making an NCAA Tournament appearance — but as Coach Dwayne Shaffer always says: “Once you make it to the conference tournament, anything can happen.” And should they make
it that far, you can bet that anything will include a string of dramatic finishes — and yes, a healthy dose of overtime. TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.
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on the agenda include hiking, arts and crafts, sleeping under the stars and learning to identify Cont. from front page plants and animals. Wampler said Capitan was born out of a desire he made the program more physito bring awareness to the Wampler cally demanding than it was when Foundation, his nonprofit organi- he attended it, to better challenge zation that provides wilderness rec- campers with mental disabilities. reation programs to children with “It’s an hour and a half by four physical and mental disabilities. wheel drive to get into camp. The Wampler created the Coronado, kids are wide-eyed, nervous, wonCalif. based foundation in 2000 dering where they are. They have with the help of his wife, Elizabeth, to learn what they’re capable of after discoverdoing,” Wampler ing that the Sierra said. “There are Vote for Stephen Wampler to win a lot of campNevada summer camp he atthe Sports Illustrated and Gillette ers now that are tended as a child, graduating out of Sweat for Greatness contest Camp Nejedly, the program and at sportsillustrated.cnn.com/ had been closed. going to college, which is so re The Lafayette greatness. warding for us.” native journeyed to the camp every After deciding to year from ages 9 to 18. It was there tackle El Capitan, it took Wampler that he learned just how much he a year to design the pulley syswas capable of. tem he used to climb the moun “I knew I could do whatever tain, in which he utilizes a system I wanted. It’s how I got into UC of ropes to pull himself up while Davis — I didn’t want anything to seated in a lightweight chair. He stop me,” Wampler said. “It taught hired a film crew to create a docume that I could do anything, and mentary of the event, called Wall: I learned what I couldn’t do and The Journey Up, which is currentwhat I needed help with.” ly making its way around the film Wampler reopened Camp festival circuit. Nejedly in 2002, which camp- The climb also earned him a ers can attend free of charge and nomination for the 2011 ESPY is staffed by volunteers. Activities Award for Male Athlete With a
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Disability. Wampler Foundation executive assistant Tiffany Lees first met Wampler at the film’s premiere in September. Her initial reaction to Wampler’s climb was disbelief. “[But] after the first time I met him, I said, ‘Of course he did it.’ There’s no way he couldn’t have done it. There’s nothing wrong with him,” Lees said. “It’s like he’s sitting in a wheelchair because he wants to, not because he has to. There’s nothing that can stop that guy.” For Lees, Wampler and his foundation provide a source of support for families of children with disabilities. Without the proper communication, parents and kids will always be stuck at the starting line, said Lees, whose 14-month old son Dylan was recently diagnosed with cerebral palsy. “Being at the camp and being in an environment with similar children is all of the motivation in the world to say, ‘There is nothing that can stop me,’” Lees said. “[They’ll say], ’You went hiking? I went hiking at summer camp this summer.’ It’s confidence, self esteem and a learning experience.” Foundation volunteer Melissa Murfey said Wampler is a source of inspiration not only for people with cerebral palsy, like her two-yearold son Laird, but for anyone who
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Alum Steve Wampler uses his pulley system to climb El Capitan. thinks they can’t do something. “I don’t know how anyone wouldn’t be inspired by him. People get so down on what they don’t have, and if you look at him, he can do whatever he wants,” Murfey said. “See what he’s been able to do with only a bit of the functional movement the rest of us have.” It’s messages like these that Wampler aims to impart during his many speaking engagements, and to the kids at his camp. “I’m trying to get the message
across that people that are disabled are just like everybody else. I want them to come away from what I talk about and think about how they can inspire themselves,” Wampler said. “I’m not saying they have to go climb El Capitan, but they have to a sense of adventure and self reliance. Life is too short to sit around and feel sorry for yourself.” ERIN MIGDOL can be reached at features@theaggie. org.
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THE BACKSTOP 4 Monday, october 24, 2011
The california Aggie
Mistakes cost Aggies
Trevor Cramer
It’s torture
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ast year’s UC Davis men’s soccer was compared to the mantra: Giants baseball — its torture. The tag line summarized the string of dramatic victories that led to San Francisco’s Championship season last year. UC Davis men’s soccer fans thought last season’s run of a then-record six overtime contests and numerous more one-goal losses constituted high drama. Those UC Davis supporters had no idea what they would be in for in 2011. Never before has an Aggie team played in so many dramatic contests, and just when you think the run of close matches must come to an end, UC Davis finds a way to play yet another nail-biter. Just a single game this season has been decided by more than one goal, but the drama goes well beyond that. This team simply does not know how to finish a game in 90 minutes. Nine of UC Davis’ 15 games this year have required at least one extra period, just two behind the NCAA Division I record of 11 overtime games in a season. That string includes four double-overtime affairs and a streak of fivestraight overtime contests at home that was snapped in late September. Add to that the two games against Cal Poly that were both decided within the final six minutes and you have very stressed groups of players and fans. And not only have the games been close, but the Aggies have also gone to overtime in all of their highprofile match-ups. UC Davis’ biggest homewin of the season came in an overtime thriller over then sixth-ranked UCLA — a game that featured more ups and downs than most teams go through over the course of a season. A month later UC Davis had a chance to stun another nationally ranked opponent when UC Santa Barbara paid a visit to Aggie Soccer Field, but failed to capitalize on late chances before losing 2-1. The Aggies then followed that with their 2-1 overtime upset win over No. 4 UC Irvine Wednesday, in a game no one would have predicted they could win. “I guess it makes the fans stay in their seats,” said sophomore midfielder Alex Aguiar. “We’ve been working our butts off through every game and these [dramatic] wins are just that much more exciting.” With a record of 4-3-2 in overtime contests, it’s hard to guess how any of these games will end, a proposition that causes Aggie fans just a little extra stress on top of the already tense soccer scene. And for those faint-ofheart Aggie fans, I have some bad news: Don’t expect the madness to end anytime soon. UC Davis is preparing for a dogfight in the unpredictable Big West Conference. They currently sit tied for first in the league, and are nearly assured a place in the Big West tournament, but there is still a lot left to play for. A top-two finish in the conference would give the Aggies home field advantage in their firstround playoff game, and should it hold on to its to position in the standings, UC Davis would host all of its tournament games. The Aggies’ next match is a rematch with UCSB, a team that is bound to make a late-season run, and a game that has overtime
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Costly turnovers lead to Great West Conference loss football By CAELUM SHOVE Aggie Sports Writer
For this 2011 UC Davis football team, the pieces are not falling into place. Early in the season, it was the Aggie defense that was overmatched against powerful offensive opponents. Later, as the defense began to settle, it was the offense that struggled to move the chains and put points on the board. Then, last week against the University of Texas, San Antonio, the team started to click, earning its second win of the season. The offense was able to establish the run, providing a balanced attack that was backed up by a solid defensive effort. This weekend at the University of South Dakota, though, a strong performance by the Aggies was undone by costly penalties and a season high five turnovers. UC Davis was able to execute its game plan on both sides of the ball, and ultimately outplayed the Coyotes in all phases of the game. However, the turnovers were too much to overcome, and the Aggies fell 27-24. “We played very well defensively and got the kind of balance we wanted offensively, but the turnovers cost us,” Head Coach Bob Biggs said. For UC Davis, the second half turnovers proved to be the most costly. With the score tied at 17-17 partway through the third quarter, sophomore quarterback Randy Wright threw an interception that was returned 66 yards for a South Dakota touchdown. It was the only score of the third quarter. In the fourth quarter, the hard work continued to unravel. A fumble by Wright on a South Dakota sack deep in UC Davis territory set up a quick field goal for the
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Randy Wright and the Aggies struggled with turnovers and penalties as they lost to South Dakota. Coyotes, making the score 27-17. Wright fumbled again on the following UC Davis possession, but the Aggie defense was able to hold. A quick touchdown drive orchestrated by Wright cut the deficit to three, but with only one minute remaining in the game. The onside kick by UC Davis’ senior Sean Kelley was a good one, but the bouncing ball was recovered by the South Dakota, and time ran out on the Aggies. When looking at the final score, Biggs lamented the third quarter, in which the Aggies failed to put any points on the board. “At that point I really thought we were outplaying them, but we just couldn’t take advantage of some of the opportunities we had,” he said.
Asked about why the team was unable to capitalize on opportunities, the 19-year UC Davis head coach was quick to point to penalties. The Aggies were flagged 11 times for 99 yards in the game. “They just seemed to come at untimely moments,” Biggs said of the penalties. “We got into their territory and then found ourselves backpedaling. “Those are the kinds of things that hurt you in the long run because they take us out of opportunities to kick field goals. As it turns out, that’s the difference in the game.” Going forward, the Aggies will need to eliminate the mistakes, but also build on what was a strong performance on both sides of the ball. On offense, UC Davis outgained
the Coyotes both in the air and on the ground, while rushing for over 100 yards for only the second time this year. Defensively, the Aggies executed their game plan perfectly, and were unlucky to give up three touchdowns. “I felt (the defense) played great,” Biggs said. “Our goal was to stop the run and we held them under 100 yards. We did exactly what we wanted to do. “We have to keep fighting. We’re smart enough to realize that we can be a pretty good football team, but we have to eliminate the mistakes that are causing us not to win games.” For all football news and updates, you can follow CAELUM SHOVE on twitter @CaAggieFootball. He can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.
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UC Davis shocks No. 4 UC Irvine Aggies take first place in Big West men’s soccer By MATTHEW YUEN Aggie Sports Writer
It was a week the UC Davis players will never forget. In two nail-biters, the Aggies upset No. 4 UC Irvine in overtime and overcame a late deficit to defeat Cal Poly. “The team has been in so many tight games, we kind of have the ‘Here we go again’ feeling when we play overtime,” said coach Dwayne Shaffer. “Now we have an experienced group…you can see the progression as we’re now over .500.” The pair of victories vaulted UC Davis into a tie for first place in the Big West Conference at the league record of 5-2 — 7-6-2 on the year. Wednesday — UC Davis 2, UC Irvine 1 (OT) The Anteaters were playing at their home stadium, but never had a chance to feel comfortable in Wednesday night’s game. UC Davis knocked them off their first place standing, pulling off an overtime upset over the fourth ranked team in the nation. Sophomore Kevin Schulte scored both goals for the Aggies, but by no means was it a one-man show. The Anteaters played a strong first half and scored in the 28th minute. “Once they got that goal, they got better and we had to fight out of a hole,” Shaffer said. “But at halftime we made some adjustments, we were going at them and we were the better fitter team.” The Aggies’ stamina showed in the second frame, as Schulte headed the ball into the net in the 60th minute to tie the game. The game remained knotted at one as regulation expired and UC Davis entered its ninth overtime game of the season. Then, with a little over a minute remaining in the first extra period, Schulte dealt the blow that felled the Big West giants, knocking in the goal that stunned the Anteaters. Shaffer, though, knows it was not luck that carried the team to victory. “We were going at them so hard and we had so many chances to score,” he said. “Finally we got [the
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Freshman Matt Wiesenfarth scored the first goal in UC Davis’ 2-1 win over Cal Poly. first goal] and you could sense the second was going to come. Our depth took over.” Saturday — UC Davis 2, Cal Poly 1 Saturday looked like it might have been Cal Poly’s day. The Mustangs missed a penalty kick in the 24th minute of the first half, but found the net in the 66th minute when a strike from outside the box flew over the outstretched arm of sophomore goalkeeper Omar Zeenni and into the UC Davis net. The last time the Aggies played the Mustangs, freshman Matt Wiesenfarth knocked in a goal with six minutes left to lift the Aggies to victory. This time, Wiesenfarth didn’t wait quite as long. With eight minutes remaining in regulation, Wiesenfarth beat two defenders on the right side and tied the game with a shot that glided across the box and into the opposite corner of the goal. All signs pointed to yet another overtime game until the Aggies drew a penalty kick just four minutes later. With the pressure mounting, sophomore midfielder Alex Aguiar drilled a penalty kick that glanced off the goalkeeper’s hands and into the goal. “The guys are proving they can come from behind,” Shaffer said. “Once we got the first, I thought we were going to win.” Indeed, the Aggies held on for the final four minutes and took the 2-1 victory. UC Davis will continue its run through the Big West when it plays at UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday. MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie. org.
The struggles away from Davis continue for the UC Davis volleyball team. UC Davis fell in four sets to UC Irvine on Friday, extending their road-losing streak to five matches. During that stretch the Aggies have won just three sets. The loss moved UC Davis to 18-6 on the season, and dropped to sixth in the Big West Conference at the record on 4-5. The match got off to a good start for the Aggies, as they took the first set 25-21. UC Davis struggled from there, however, dropping the next two sets 25-19 and 25-13. The Aggies made a valiant effort in the fourth frame, forcing match-point four times before Anteater Shaina Olsen tallied the final two points to give UC Irvine the match with a 30-28 set win. Olsen finished the match with 19 kills and 12 digs.
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UC Davis tallied 34 attack errors and posted just a .091 attack percentage in the game — well below its .175 season average. The Aggies also struggled to control the net, posting just five blocks compared to UC Irvine’s 16. Junior Allison Whitson led the Aggies with 16 kills. Sophomore Jenny Woolway paced the team with 14 digs, while junior Caroline Mercado added 13. Whitson and fellow junior Kaitlyn Plum posted 10 digs apiece. Woolway also finished the contest with 36 assists. UC Davis will return home to face UC Santa Barbara on Friday and Cal Poly on Saturday. The Aggies lost to both of those squads when they faced them on the road earlier this season. — Trevor Cramer “If people have been here before, they’re going to find new things,” she said. “We got a lot of girls asking for French maid costumes last year, so this year, we pulled out costumes from the Rocky Horror Picture Show.” Students also have the choice of renting accessories separately to add to a costume they already have. Accessory rental prices range from $3 to $15, not including the additional 50 percent off students and faculty receive. Pieces include shoes, jewelry, wigs, hats, swords and corsets. The Enchanted Cellar is located in Wright Hall Room 17 and is open for Halloween costume viewings and fittings Monday through Thursday from 3 to 7 p.m., Friday from 2 to 8 p.m. and Saturday and Saturday from 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Appointments for fittings can be made by phone at (530) 752-0740 or by email at rcfleming@ucdavis. edu.
the ones in stores, plus they’re very unique,” said Vanessa Chen, also a veterinary medicine graduate student and store employee. The majority of costumes are handmade by the costume shop. The rest are purchased, donated or put together from items found at thrift shops. Femling and her team of seamstresses often add unique elements to costumes that are purchased in order to make them more distinct. The revenue from the rentals goes toward the theatre and dance costume department. “These costumes are high quality and it’s nice to recycle them since the materials aren’t cheap,” said undeclared first-year student Jean Liu, a costume shop employee. For Halloween this year, Femling has produced new costumes, including Catwoman, Emma Frost from X-Men and Nite Owl and Silk STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN can be reached at Spectre from Watchmen. campus@theaggie.org.