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Registration for muggle quidditch tournament now open Muggles hoping to “fly” in Harry, Ron and Hermione’s shoes are cordially invited to participate in UC Davis’ first Muggle Quidditch Tournament, to be held May 19 to 20.

From today at 10 a.m. through Friday at 5 p.m., first-years can register for the intramural (IM) tournament, based on the game featured in the Harry Potter books, through their Resident Advisors and all other students can create a team online at ucdavis.imtrack.com.

To join a pre-existing team, students can give their student ID numbers to the team captain. Registration is free for first-years’ residence hall teams and costs $30 for all other student teams.

Zal Dordi, competitive sports manager with Campus Recreation, said he hopes the tournament will appeal to alternative groups that do not typically participate in IM sports.

“Most IMs are mainstream, with the same demographics. We’re trying to bring in a whole new set of people,” Dordi said.

The tournament will be modeled after quidditch games played at universities such as Stanford and UC Berkeley. Dordi said costumes are recommended but not required and broomsticks will be provided.

— Erin Migdol

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Campus cashes in on big music Entertainment Council breaks even for large shows

By JUSTIN ABRAHAM Aggie News Writer

This past year has been especially exciting for the Davis music scene with prominent artists like Ke$ha, LMFAO, Cake, Drake, Bon Iver, The Shins and Steve Aoki gracing the stage and wowing the crowds at UC Davis venues.

Getting these artists to perform on campus is no small deal, however. From poster printing to the final act, the entire process involves serious finances.

The Entertainment Council, ASUCD’s student-run programming board, is responsible for bringing these big name acts to campus and is currently in the business of making sure students can foot the bill.

Several months before the actual performance, Entertainment Council undergoes extensive research to ensure that large performances would be good investments that would be financially feasible to the students.

“Checking out artist’s fan pages is actually a really great way to get an idea of how big the artist is because it says how many fans, or ‘likes,’ they have,” said Henry Chatfield, senior psychology major and director of Entertainment Council. “So Radiohead has almost 8 million likes so we probably won’t be able to afford them on our own, but Portugal The Man has 160,000 likes — that’s more doable.”

In order to move forward with a proposal for a large show, the ASUCD president, the Business and Finance Chair and the Controller must give a unanimous approval for the endeavor. Their main concern is whether a large show would be

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Many performers have graced the stage in Davis in the past year but planning for these events is no small act — it includes several months of planning and a lot of research. financially advantageous to justify access to Entertainment Council’s $100,000 large-show reserve.

For any show requiring access to the reserves, Entertainment Council must prove that it can break even after selling 75 percent of the tickets. A vast majority of shows do meet this threshold, so it means that even a show generating only a small profit, like Steve Aoki, is considered a huge success.

“Even though $60 doesn’t seem like much, it was a win-win situation for both

Despite low enrollment in some programs, UC Davis Summer Abroad thrives 860 students enrolled for Summer Abroad 2012

By LILIANA NAVA OCHOA

Aggie News Writer

Courtesy of Philip Schlein

UC Davis alumnus Lianne-May Tabuyo (front) and her fellow Aggies rides camels during the UC Davis Summer Abroad, Israel: Arab-Israel Relations program. in the future we think they’re going to go. The problem is if you cancel a course one year, it becomes much more difficult the next year,” said

Summer Abroad faculty director Eric Schroeder.

See ABROAD, page 5

Cycling team takes fourth in national competition

By DEVON BOHART Associate Features Editor

courtesy of Matt Sears

Chris Ng, senior chemistry major, rides for the UC Davis cycling team at a competition hosted by UC Berkeley in Crockett, CA.

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AggieTV’s Davis in a Day project to take place Thursday

By STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN

Bicycles more than just convenient transportation

Today’s weather

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Students to help create a Davis-centered documentary

Aggie News Writer

To some university students, the college experience expands beyond the wild fraternity parties, all-nighters and diet consisting of Hot Pockets and Top Ramen into a completely different world of unexpected adventures studying abroad.

With 43 different summer abroad programs to choose from at UC Davis, students can spend four weeks of their summer studying literature in Europe, South America or India, studying food science in China or genetics in the United Kingdom and Sweden. However, this summer, the number of summer abroad programs has decreased from 43 to 41.

Due to low enrollment, UC Davis Summer Abroad had to cancel their Costa Rica and South Korea programs. According to Education Abroad Center associate director Zachary Frieders, the canceled programs required 10 to 12 students, but since this number was not met, the programs were canceled.

“Our policy is that we hate to cancel courses, so often what we will do is send courses that are losing money rather than cancel them just because

the promoters and the students,” said senior Chinese and economics double major and Entertainment Council Financial Coordinator Leticia Cheng.

When shows do generate profit, the money is deposited back into the reserves and rolls over to the next academic year to be used for future concerts.

Entertainment Council would not share specific costs and profits for past shows.

Davis has one of the largest bicycle populations in the world. We ride bicycles for transportation, for convenience, even for fun.

But UC Davis is also home to a lesser-known sport in which bicycles are not solely a means for transport.

The UC Davis cycling team has 150 members. The team is first broken into two categories: the official racing team, with about 50 riders, and the club team, comprised of casual riders.

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Chris Ng, a senior chemistry major, was first enticed by the “fancy” bikes that he saw congregating for their daily rides and joined the team his sophomore year.

“It’s fun and you meet a lot of people and get to travel a lot; it’s one of the more unique sports there is in America,” Ng said.

“You have football, basketball and baseball, but when it comes to cycling, nobody really knows about it. People ride their bikes

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Thursday

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Students have a chance to become a part of Davis’ cinematic history this Thursday.

Around this time each year, AggieTV produces a special project that usually allows UC Davis students and community members to collaborate to showcase Davis’ unique environment. Last year’s project was the LipDub, and this year, AggieTV wants students to participate to create a user-generated documentary illustrating life in Davis.

Inspired by Ridley Scott and National Geographic’s documentary Life in a Day, which is compiled of footage of life events taking place in 24 hours from individuals around the world, the project is intended to recreate the idea on a smaller, citywide scale.

“We are using a similar premise of filming 24 hours from different points of view, but plan on exploring different themes, filming styles and guidelines to create a film that is uniquely our story of Davis,” said sophomore pre-landscape architecture major Danica Liongson, AggieTV project director. “AggieTV is really hoping to involve all of campus and the community. Giving everyone the opportunity to share their days, alongside thousands of others, will give the rest of the world an idea of what makes our campus and our community so great.”

The 24 hours will take place this Thursday, as everyone is encouraged to film 30 seconds to 5 minutes of their day on any video-recording device to sub-

mit to AggieTV by Saturday.

According to Liongson, there were two criteria that needed to be met when deciding which day the event would take place — It needed to be a Thursday and it could not overlap with any major events.

“We want to capture the hustle and bustle of a weekday — people going to class, offices and businesses humming with productivity — as well as the fun atmosphere of a Davis weekend,” Liongson said.

Many students are looking forward to submitting footage, including junior communication major David Ou, online promotions assistant for the ASUCD Entertainment Council.

“Davis in a Day is a great opportunity for students to show what Davis means to them,” Ou said. “It’s also a great way for others to learn about things around the campus and city that they didn’t know about before: obscure eateries, hidden places and unknown bike trails.”

Junior psychology major and AggieTV senior news reporter Hinano Akiyama looks forward to the end product.

“I think the part we are most excited about is what we have yet to discover,” Akiyama said. “We’re hoping to see parts of students and the community that you would not expect otherwise: moments that will delight, surprise, perhaps inspire and altogether bring us a little closer. We’re inviting students to share a snippet of their own lives, however unique or mundane.

We want to hear your story.”

STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Everyone, you have less than a week to find the perfect Mother’s Day gift. Think about being thoughtful, not about breaking the bank!

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Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous

TODAY Free All Levels Yoga 9 to 10:15 a.m.

Davis Free Peoples School Meet us at the Yurt at the Domes for a gentle yoga introduction. No experience necessary. Bring a mat if you have one.

Contact nina.vuoso@gmail.com with questions.

Birds, Wildlife, People & Architecture of India 7 to 9 p.m.

Florence Douglas Senior Center, 333 Amador, Vallejo Napa Solano Audubon member John Glover will show photos from a recent trip to India. Join him on the journey viewing ancient architecture, people and the wildlife of this fascinating, colorful country. The Audubon general meeting starts at 7 p.m. and the program will be presented at 7:30.

Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. For more information, go to napasolanoaudubon.com.

WEDNESDAY Walk With Warren Noon to 2 p.m.

Arboretum Gazebo, Garrod Drive Join Arboretum Superintendent Emeritus Warren Roberts for a lunchtime stroll.

Enjoy the glorious spring weather, see the demonstration flower gardens in full bloom and get a little exercise. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

H.E.L.P. Club General Meeting 6 to 7 p.m.

Woodstock’s Pizza Attend the general meeting to learn about our community service programs (e.g., feeding the homeless, tutoring foster children and more) and find out how to get involved in the community. We will be simultaneously having our fundraiser at Woodstock’s Pizza so enjoy some pizza and support the homeless.

Dance Dance Davis: Final rehearsal 6:30 to 8:30 p.m.

Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi Center Attend this final rehearsal for the UC Davis flashmob occurring at 6:30 on May 9 at a surprise location on campus. All participants must attend.

7 to 8:30 p.m.

Davis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson Road Free yourself from excess weight and/ or obsessional thoughts about food and body image. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Meetings are open and free to the public. Visit foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.

Karma Patrol Meeting of the 43rd Annual Whole Earth Festival 7 to 8 p.m.

Student Community Center (across from Chem 194/Bike Barn) Learn the history of the festival, reconnect with your loving community, schedule Nonviolence Training, explore KP responsibilities and discover a little bit about yourself.

Battle Heart Disease 7 to 9 p.m.

Freeborn Hall Help battle heart disease with this event sponsored by Alpha Pi Sigma. There will be free face painting and a raffle.

THURSDAY Spanish Conversation at Delta of Venus Cafe 7:30 to 9 p.m.

Davis Free Peoples School Practice your Spanish with a friendly group while sipping on tea. Es muy divertido. Contact sferrandiz@ucdavis.edu with questions.

Claudia Erreguin and Ari Polsky’s Senior Art Studio Exhibition Reception 6:30 to 8 p.m.

Basement Gallery, Art Building Show will be up from May 6 to 12; check out the pieces of art majors and graduating seniors.

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.

Police Briefs FRIDAY

A woman who appeared to be on drugs was playing on a trampoline on Evergreen Court.

Everyone loves Rodney Someone was yelling “Rodney” repeatedly for unknown reasons on Olive Drive.

Sounds like a dopey spot There were marijuana plants growing next to a bike trail near San Marino Drive.

Dislike An unknown person on Cranbrook Court was using someone’s phone to post on Facebook.

SATURDAY Don’t jump to conclusions

Bless you Someone broke into a house on Grande Avenue and left a box of tissues without taking anything.

Fangs for the visit There was a snake on someone’s front porch that needed to be removed on Caravaggio Drive.

Police briefs are compiled by TRACY HARRIS from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact TRACY HARRIS at city@ theaggie.org.

should tailor how we dress to be an expression of our most desirable traits.

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Cont. from front page every day but they don’t realize that some people actually race.”

Cycling can be divided into four disciplines. The most popular at UC Davis is road biking, which 90 percent of the team’s members participate in.

The second most popular is mountain biking, and the two other types of cycling are called track and cyclocross, with only one or two riders each.

“There are different bikes for different disciplines,” Ng said. “You can’t interchange the bikes [since] they are specific for the disciplines.”

Ng said he owns four bicycles, each designated for a different type of riding, but some people on the team own as many as nine. While Ng mainly trains for road races, he has competed in every category.

Many riders said that they like to try other disciplines, but they focus mainly on one, like senior exercise biology and philosophy double major Danielle Haulman, who said she has done it all but still has her preferences.

“Riding on the road is definitely my preference,” she said. “I love riding in hills or mountainous areas, but Davis is nice and flat, too.”

Haulman has been riding for 12 years and was originally influenced to ride competitively by her family. After being so dedicated to this sport, she said she eventually found her niche in road cycling and has focused on that aspect for the past three years.

This past weekend, she competed in a national competition in Ogden, Utah, and the UC Davis team took

pected there to be a lot more streaking here! I’m not asking for UCSB levels of licentiousness, but I’m disappointed. All you have is the recently developed Matan “Undie Run.” I witnessed Shelomi it this year. Less than 50 students participated, all in speedos or undergarments. Pathetic! Why, when I was in college, I and hundreds of students would run around our Quad twice a year, completely naked, in the freezing snow, uphill both ways and watched by dozens stute readers will reof tourists with camercall that I am not from here. I was born as while a band played in their boxers. Maybe it’s an and raised and went to East Coast thing? Still, I’ll college on the East Coast say this about the Undie (double-plus points if Run: The few of you who you remember where). I’d ran are in terrific shape! say coming to California Let’s just say the streakwas a culture shock for ing student body at my me, but I honestly haven’t alma mater tended to be seen the alleged differless Natalie Portman and ences between the coasts. more John People on Lithgow. both sides That I swam more in Boston Perhaps tend to the biggest vote blue, than I do here in Davis is disappointcall their blasphemous! ment for college me is how towns “The People’s Republic of X” and political this campus is, or love sushi. I guess the weir- at least has become since you-know-when. What dos must live in that wide happened to the supposed expanse in between.

That’s not to say this par- apathy of Davis-ites? If I wanted to go to a school ticular campus hasn’t surprised me. For example, the wracked with protests and ethnic tension, I would smell of manure isn’t nearhave gone to Berkeley. As ly as pervasive as I expected, so that’s one stereotype exciting as it is to have witnessed the Birth of a proven wrong. Bike friendMeme, I liked this school liness? Check. Picnic Day? better when the students Awesome. Whole Earth cared more about their Festival? Cool. The nation’s classes than their criminal best Farmers Market? The records.

Student Farm? The Meat Lab? The Bike Church? The I’ll end this by holding up a mirror to this campus’ Craft Center? Icing on the vaunted “diversity.” Honky, gluten-free, vegan hemp please! I’m not saying Davis cake. These boons are isn’t diverse, but there’s a unique, so take advantage reason why we have nine of them while you can! Of Thai restaurants and nine course, there are elements of this area I could do with- sushi bars while the only Ethiopian place shut down. out, and things about the Granted, I’m a bit biased: East I miss. If only I had a I’m a New Yorker. My stanforum by which my rants dards for a “diverse camcould reach a wide aupus” – like my standards for dience. Oh wait, I do! “big city,” “high rent,” and Excellent … “edible bagel” – are a bit I loved the first snow in higher than yours. Also, I college, because all the think “Seinfeld” is hilarious.

Californian and Floridian I had to travel 3,000 miles freshmen would run outbefore I met people who side with eyes beamdidn’t. ing, joyfully trying to The minority group I catch snowflakes on miss the most here in the their tongues and making snow angels. The hon- West is my own: Jews.

There don’t seem to be a eymoon period ended lot of us here, though there the next day, when they are some on this campus saw that the snow hadn’t who don’t like our kind melted and realized they and are quite vocal about would be living with this for a long time. I certainly it. Nuts to that! I’m Jewish and Israeli and proud of don’t miss the winter, but I do miss the indoor pools both, and if you don’t like it you can bite my Hebrew open all year round. The Rec Pool closes in the fall? National Kosher Frank. All Beef. Foot long.

Really? That I swam more in Boston than I do here in Aw crap, this became a sex column again.

Davis is blasphemous!

Another peeve: between the warm winters and the MATAN SHELOMI is also a Yankee fan; deal with it! Send hate mail to mshelomi@ stereotype of sexually libucdavis.edu. erated California, I ex-

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fourth place.

The competitive cycling season lasts from February to April, with a national competition to end the season. An average of 10 teams from the California/ Nevada region compete in various locations each weekend.

Ng said that there are three events for road cyclists: road races, time trials and criteriums. Criteriums are his favorite because they are shorter, but the time trials, a race against the clock, are the UC Davis team’s most successful race.

“Four people ride as fast as possible and they rotate around so that everyone saves their energy enough to go faster,” Ng said. “That’s the bread and butter of our team. We usually win that.”

In cycling, specifically in the road biking aspect, there is more to it than just pedaling. The cycling team coach of 12 years, Judd Van Sickle, has been racing for over 15 years and said that a common misconception is that you have to pedal hardest to win.

“The strongest rider is often bested by a smarter racer,” Van Sickle said.

“Tactics, energy conservation, teamwork and a dose of luck factor in as much as raw ability.”

These things all contribute to the team effort in the sport. There are certain roles that every team member is given to succeed in a given race.

“We’re not just trying to stand out individually to go out and get the win and the glory. What we do is we try to get as many people finishing in the top 15 for the most points,” Ng said.

“It’s not really that different from other sports. Everyone plays a different role in the race. Everyone has a job and you’re working together,”

Haulman said. “Your teammates need you, in a tactical aspect. You might be sacrificing yourself in terms of having to do a lot of work in the race so another teammate can relax and sprint to the finish.”

After running cross-country, playing soccer and swimming, Haulman has turned her attention to cycling because of what she called a combination of an individual’s sport and a team sport.

“It’s not just an individual sport like a triathlon or running where you have to be fit and be able to push yourself, but it’s also a team sport in the sense that you have teammates in the race but the goal might be for your teammate to win and you’re just there to sacrifice yourself to help them reach that goal,” Haulman said.

Cycling is also like other sports in that it requires a lot of time to be considered a good cyclist, with some of the cyclists putting in up to 20 hours a week riding, translating to 250 or more miles.

“A good cyclist can either win a lot of races or is a good team player,” Ng said. “If you want to be good, it takes a lot of time, a lot of commitment, but if you are just trying to have fun with it, it doesn’t take too much time.”

Haulman also likes to also ride for enjoyment, aside from the competition.

“It’s not common for people to stay with one sport for as long as I have, but there’s something about going out and riding even if you’re not training,” Haulman said. “You can just go out there, outdoors. There’s nothing else that compares to it.”

DEVON BOHART can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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Stafford loans

Get low If new legislation is not passed, this July the interest rate for Federal Direct Stafford Loans for 7.4 million students will rise from 3.4 to 6.8 percent.

Doubling the college loan interest rate places a greater burden on the shoulders of students already struggling to carry debt at existing loan rates. It is difficult enough as it is to find a job post-grad to pay off these loans, while at the same time there are few other financial aid options. This is unacceptable in a country that prides itself in having such an educated population.

Mark Kantrowitz, publisher of Finaid.com, told The San Francisco Chronicle that if a student took out $9,000 of unsubsidized loans over four years at 6.8 percent instead of 3.4 percent, it would cost an additional $1,800 over 10 years. It would cost an extra $4,075 over a 20-year repayment period.

Though it is true that these

rates are lower than getting loans from a bank, the government should not be making students pay more. As the future contributors to the economy, students should not have to be in debt longer.

It is very likely that there will be some sort of bill passed to keep the rates at 3.4 percent since it would be inconvenient for a hike to come with elections coming up this November.

There are Republican and Democrat versions of a bill to keep the interest rate at 3.4 percent for at least a year. The Senate is voting today on whether to start debating the Democratic plan.

Though each measure uses different means to finance the around $6 million funds needed to cover keeping the interest rates at the lower percentage, they both would keep the rate the same. It is vital that Congress makes a bipartisan effort to ensure that students can afford to pay off loans.

Academic calendar

Time to reschedule At the end of this week, UC Berkeley students will officially end their Spring Semester, welcoming graduation or summer break. Meanwhile, here at UC Davis, students still have six more weeks left to slave away in Shields while spring weather and potential naps on the Quad beckon ever so temptingly.

Undoubtedly, as we stress over our second round of midterms and the onset of finals, UC Berkeley students will be starting summer internships and jobs, many of which they snatched away from talented, qualified Aggies simply because they were able to start sooner.

Boasting one of the most prestigious reputations of any local university, UC Berkeley students already pose stark competition to Davis students, especially when it comes to local jobs and internships. However, Berkeley’s academic calendar gives Cal students yet another distinct advantage in garnering summer work, as many positions advertise a starting date in late May. So, what’s a distraught, job-seeking Aggie to do?

Unfortunately, the options are limited and largely ineffective — either have a resume that is so fantastic the employer will willingly wait for you, or scour the internet for the few jobs that actually start after the end of Spring Quarter. If the latter is achieved, students should be prepared to be rushed into positions that start only days after the end of finals, allot-

ting only the bare minimum of much-needed and welldeserved relaxation time.

UC Davis’ academic calendar is additionally detrimental to those graduating, who cannot fill the void of summer by taking additional classes.

This year will end the latest due to the added week during winter break.

In April, the unemployment rate for workers under age 25 was 16.4 percent while the overall unemployment rate was 8.1 percent. It is hard enough already for anyone to get a job in the current economy, but UC Davis’ academic calendar puts students at a unique disadvantage.

The solution is simple: UC Davis needs to change its academic calendar to match those of top-tier universities in order to make students more competitive. Whether or not this requires a shift from a quarter to a semester system is uncertain, but the change must be made regardless.

All university students are feeling the pinch of tough economic times. Sending in resumes simply to be ignored and getting rejected from unpaid internships are not exactly self-esteem boosters.

Under these circumstances, the suggestion of ending school five weeks sooner may not seem to be very consoling. But you never know — a changed academic calendar could mean the difference between landing a great internship and spending another summer waiting by the phone.

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Letters to the editor Campus dialogue I have been on this campus for four years. Never have I been scared or hesitant to state my opinions, despite many of them being in the minority on campus. However, one of my personal views is a common one around town, yet you would not know it.

I support the state of Israel and so do most of my fellow peers, but many of them are scared to voice this opinion. One reason for this is because of activities that occur on campus like those taking place this week. Various groups demonize Israel to the point of accusing the state of committing genocide, amongst other absurd accusations including it being an apartheid state. In an apartheid state, do all citizens have the right to vote no matter what race, religion, gender or beliefs? Does everybody have equal access to public transportation, health care and education?

I don’t think so, yet in Israel every citizen does have these rights.

With Israel being demonized so often on campus, many Israel supporters on campus are hesitant to show their opinion.

Freedom of speech is a core right in the U.S., as well as in Israel, but students are scared to voice their opinion because they have seen other supporters get their freedom of speech revoked. A recent example of this is a couple

Jonathan Nelson

Obummer

T

eam Obama is probably beginning to sweat by now (assuming they haven’t already been doing so for months).

The president needs strong job growth reports from now until Election Day, and the latest numbers on newly created jobs (115,000 for the month of April) are simply not going to cut it.

Regardless of whether it is his fault, voters are tired of waiting for the economy to return to normalcy. The man who four years ago attracted swooning crowds, a commanding electoral victory and a 70 percent approval rating upon taking office is headed toward a loss this November. Worse, it would be a loss to Mitt Romney, the say-anything Republican nominee who has flipped, flopped and rolled his way into the Republican nomination on the back of a nominating process filled with pathetically inept and shockingly backward competition (cough Rick Perry cough).

Yet Romney might not be the only person on the ballot who has been willing to say anything to get elected. Obama wanted to win in 2008, and if it took a field of broken promises to do so, then so be it. Remember closing Guantanamo Bay? Or his promise to raise the federal minimum wage? Apparently that was change he forgot about.

If Team O is going to score a deuce, then they are going to need the full coalition that propelled

of months ago when two Israelis came to campus to speak about their lives growing up in Israel.

They consistently were interrupted and unable to finish their presentation. Is their freedom of speech being diminished to the point that they cannot even discuss their innocent childhoods?

I do not only advocate for Israel supporters to use their freedom of speech, but those who question and disagree with the state as well.

Dialogue is important as it is in any issue. However, when one side does not allow the other to voice their opinion and may not even recognize their right to exist, what are you supposed to work with? The first step to resolve a conflict is to admit the other side exists. Once this step takes place I know that dialogue will become a lot easier. I support a dialogue and am willing to take part in it any chance I have.

Last year, I attended an event in which I suggested an idea of having groups from both sides write and sign a document recognizing the other’s existence. This document would state that they would be willing to engage in dialogue and try to somehow reach agreements on at least some issues on our own campus. If we cannot agree on anything on our own campus, how are agreements going to be made on an international level?

My idea was turned down, but I still hope for future dialogue.

Everyone has the right to criticize Israel because they have freedom of speech. Just make sure that you let the other side use their right of freedom of speech, as well. I hope in the future students are not scared to voice their opinions on any issue, especially those that are near and dear to their heart.

Alexander Wold

Senior, political science and economics

Principles of Community Dear Senior Campus Administrators, It’s clear you’re being put in the difficult position of having to live up to the Principles of Community.

I personally think that’s an unreasonable expectation. If you were capable of that it would’ve happened already. Instead, I have a suggestion for you — from your very own playbook. Why not try the old “Lower the Bar” play and revise the Principles themselves?

It’d be just like what you’ve been trying to do for the past two and a half years with the Core Principles of Intercollegiate Athletics. You know, make the hammer shape the hand.

Paul Medved

Class of ’78

Obama to victory last time. This I spoke with Raffi Dadain, one includes young voters, minorities of the students involved with and gays. Well, it seems like the demonstration. He pointed Obama and Co. assumed that out that most nations still do not these groups would vote for him recognize the genocide for what again, regardless of what went it was — genocide. This includes down. So they were ignored. Sure, our country. Yet he and other work was done on the margins, Armenians held hope that this and occasionally it was even would change under Obama. Why? significant. The repeal of Don’t Because he promised to do so.

Ask, Don’t Tell is a good example.

Yet the president has reneged on There are, however, some this promise. This has prompted gaping broken a furious promises that response from But the anger and letdown of could end up the Armenian derailing the Obama’s old coalition will also be community. president’s dream Raffi said that a big factor of a second term. he worked as a Take the issue volunteer for the of immigration. He specifically Obama campaign last time. But promised a comprehensive this time, he is going to sit it out. immigration bill during his first The letdown from Obama’s broken year. What happened? Nothing. promise is too much.

Needless to say, minority Worse, the White House releases advocates were outraged. a letter each year to commemorate Another big promise broken the genocide, except that they was his pledge to extend the never actually use the word Employment Non-Discrimination “genocide.” It is a slap in the face Act to include discrimination to the Armenian community, and against sexual orientation and it is going to cost him desperately gender identity. This was a very big needed votes. issue in the gay community — a If the President does indeed lose community that also happened to on Nov. 4, post-mortem analysis be one of his biggest fundraisers will revolve around several issues. last round. Yeah, that did not Yes, the economy will be the main happen. Whoops. issue. But the anger and letdown You do not have to go far to find of Obama’s old coalition will stories about groups who were also be a big factor. It remains made promises by Obama in 2008, to be seen whether the pain of a only to be disappointed and let broken promise is greater than the down. They can be found right notion of what would be akin to here on this campus. the second coming of Bush. The Last Monday, the Armenian choice will be between a candidate Student Association held a several- who lied and a candidate who is hours-long demonstration in probably listed in the dictionary front of the MU to commemorate under the word “flip-flopper.” the Armenian genocide. As much Regardless, this year’s election as 75 percent of the population is shaping up to be an ugly, was massacred between 1915 depressing affair. What an to 1923. It was and is horrific to Obummer. contemplate. Nearly 100 years later, the genocide still stands as It’s surprisingly enjoyable making puns off of Obama’s the pivotal event in Armenian name. Send JONATHAN NELSON yours at jdnelson@ ucdavis.edu. consciousness.

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David Popkins’ sacrifice fly.

baseball Cont. from page 6 the eighth inning off junior Ben Burke and added a solo home run off freshman Raul Jacobson in the ninth for a 12-6 advantage.

UC Davis added one in the bottom of the ninth after Lipson led off with a triple and scored on senior

Sunday — UC Davis 5, Cal Poly 4 Lynch gave UC Davis an early lead with a two-run shot in the bottom of the first. The Aggies doubled their advantage in the second to extend the lead to four.

Freshman Spencer Koopmans made his fourth start of the year,

keeping the Cal Poly hitters at bay until a solo shot from Haniger in the top of the fourth.

The Mustangs tied it up in the fifth after a two-run homer, a string of base hits and an error by the Aggies. Despite fading at the end, Vaughn was impressed with the spot start from the freshman.

“This was a tremendous start

for him,” said Vaughn. “It’s a great learning experience for him as a freshman; it’s going to be key for him going forward.”

The UC Davis bats were quieted until the eighth, when Eric Johnson’s two-out single drove in Barker to give the Aggies the lead and ultimately the victory.

Lanza pitched 4 and 2/3 innings in relief, limiting the Mustangs to

three hits and striking out six batters, including the first two in the top of the ninth, and then getting Haniger to fly out to right to end the game.

UC Davis makes a short trip to Reno on Tuesday to face Nevada.

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Sutter Davis Hospital named as one of nation’s top hospitals Selection based on 10 areas of statistical data

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Data company Thomas Reuters published their first hospital ranking study nine years ago.

By CLAIRE TAN

Associate City Editor

On April 16, Thomson Reuters published its 19th edition study abstract of the 100 Top Hospitals in the United States. Sutter Davis Hospital is on the list of top small community hospitals in the nation. This is the hospital’s second consecutive year and third time being recognized.

Thomson Reuters is a data company that provides information to improve the quality and cost of healthcare, financial, media and other markets.

The 2012 100 Top Hospitals study took

six to seven months and consisted of 2,886 hospitals. There were five categories of hospital classification: major teaching hospitals, teaching hospitals, large community hospitals, medium community hospitals and small community hospitals.

The study looked only at short-term, acutecare, non-federal U.S. hospitals.

According to a Sutter Davis Hospital press release, 10 areas were evaluated: mortality, medical complications, patient safety, average patient stay, expenses, profitability, patient satisfaction, adherence to clinical standard of care, post-discharge mortality and readmission rates for heart attack,

heart failure and pneumonia.

The study abstract states Thomson Reuters reviewed five years of data, 2006 to 2010, to study the rate of change in performance.

“In 1993, when we started the study, hospitals tended to use medians as their targets,” said Senior Vice President of Thomson Reuters Jean Chenoweth. “We felt that having national benchmarks as the target would help raise the performance of the hospitals.”

Chenoweth said the organization never releases individual hospital ranks, and instead names groups of hospitals that can collectively set a national benchmark in each of the five classes.

“We buy [each hospital’s] information directly from the federal government,” Chenoweth said. “That’s why we can very honestly say that all of the data in the 100 Top is publicly available; anyone can buy it or download it from the web.”

According to Chenoweth, no hospital can apply to be in the study nor can they choose to be omitted.

“They’re in it because the data is already in the public databank,” she said. “They’re in the study whether they like it or not.”

Chief Executive Officer of Sutter Davis Hospital Janet Wagner said the hospital is very proud to be in the 100 Top Hospitals in the nation.

“We like to think we’re providing the absolute best clinical care to our community,” Wagner said. “It’s easy for me to say that, but when we have national validation that our hospital is one of the best performing in the country, it gives me a great sense of comfort that we are truly serving our community the best that we can.”

Wagner said she believes that Sutter Davis has great teamwork and the people are focused on service, quality outcomes

and safe patient care delivery.

“Number one at Sutter Davis Hospital is safe patient care delivery,” Wagner said.

“We’re in a community where we have one of the best universities in the country and I believe that our hospitals should also be one of the best in the country.”

There are a number of California hospitals on the list, Chenoweth said.

She said the benchmarks were first set by California hospitals because there were so many in the Top 100.

“Over time, the concentration of the winners has shifted regionally,” Chenoweth said. “This year, we see Texas, Florida, California and Pennsylvania with 10 or more winners. That’s really encouraging because it means the bar has been raised.”

According to Chenoweth, this includes setting a new, higher survival rate or lower mortality rate than previously, and shortening the length of stay.

“We’ve seen over five years, lengths of stay shorten significantly,” Chenoweth said. “Patient safety has also improved significantly.”

Wagner said when everybody is thinking about safe patient care delivery, the outcomes all around are better.

“Because the healthcare market is getting more competitive and we’re paid based on our outcomes, it’s imperative we do our very best,” Wagner said. “So every year, it gets a little bit tougher.”

Wagner said Sutter Davis Hospital learns a lot by speaking to patients and families.

“Our goal is to make the experience the best it can be given the situation,” she said. “The team at Sutter Davis Hospital is proud to be in Davis and extremely proud to provide a service that is nationally recognized.”

CLAIRE TAN can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

Project aims to improve the Foreign Language program in Haiti schools UC Davis students run Ann Prepare Lavni nonprofit

By ANDREW POH Aggie News Writer

Ann Prepare Lavni is a Haitian Creole phrase meaning “Let us prepare the future.” This nonprofit project, organized by students, aims to alleviate the costs of Haiti’s Foreign Language programs through the donation of hygiene supplies, school supplies and the training of Foreign Language teachers to better prepare them for educating the youth.

The project was co-founded by the Tavárez sisters Carolina and Lidia. Both of them hail from the Dominican Republic, which shares the island of Hispaniola with Haiti. Lidia attends Sacramento State and is majoring in neuropsychology, while Carolina attends UC Davis, majoring in Spanish with an emphasis in Latin American and hemispheric studies and education.

“I want to make a difference in the Haitian educational system, since I have personally witnessed this dilemma,” Carolina said in an e-mail.

She was born and raised on the Dominican side of the island until the age of 13.

Carolina first saw this project coming to fruition after receiving a grant for $20,000 from the UC Davis Blum Center.

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(PATA) grant allows students to travel in the summer to an undeveloped country to create a program that will benefit not only the country’s economy, but the country as a whole.

Tavárez and other volunteers will be heading to the city of Jacmel, a border city in the Dominican Republic, on June 23 and again sometime in December. Since Jacmel is a border city, the children are exposed to a multitude of languages including French, Creole and Spanish. There, they will work closely with foreign language teachers ranging from fourth to 12th grade.

According to Carolina’s research, 95 percent of the population only speaks Haitian Creole. She believes that studying a second language can open up entirely new doors for the children including “better communicative ability, cognitive development, cultural awareness, and job opportunities.”

In addition, the government offers a mere 1.8 percent of its support to education. Roughly half of the children do not attend school and of those who do, 80 percent need to attend private school due to the lack of public schooling options.

This project aims to spur better teaching methods and reduce the prohibitively high cost of education in Haiti.

The project has already received countless donations according to Monserrat Garcia, one of the first volunteers for the project. more large shows to UC Davis.”

According to Cheng, Entertainment Council spends only a few hundred dollars on promotional materials such as flyers and Facebook advertisements for shows that are fully hosted by promoters.

For the Cake performance last October, Entertainment Council had little financial involvement and was only responsible for getting the word out to students.

The shift toward greater promotional activities, instead of organizing shows, represents a transition in the role of Entertainment Council.

“Entertainment Council is essentially a liaison between the students and the promoters,” Cheng said. “We hesitate to move into fully promotional activities because Entertainment Council is still able to put on great films and host smaller shows.”

Cheng is hoping to see shows fully backed by Entertainment Council despite further ASUCD budget cuts and high prices for top artists.

“I’d like to see Entertainment Council go back to our roots of putting on our own shows,” she said. “Promoter shows are cheaper, but we want to be able to say that we, the students, organized this event and brought great entertainment to the community.”

While Entertainment Council-promoted shows can turn a profit, Chatfield does not want Entertainment Council to focus solely on making money.

“I think large-scale concerts are a very memorable experience that UC Davis students will remember when they get older and will reflect on when thinking of their time in college,” Chatfield said. “I want to help create that and bring the most relevant and memorable shows possible to UC Davis.”

Cont. from front page According to Tim Chin, senior technocultural studies major and assistant director of Entertainment Council, Entertainment Council also pays to drive down ticket prices for students. Entertainment Council paid $1,250 for The Shins show in April to reduce student ticket prices from $40 to $30.

“I don’t want students to say that they couldn’t have a great time because they didn’t have $35,” Chin said.

At $160,000, Entertainment Council has the third-largest operating budget of all of the subsidized ASUCD units, behind only the ASUCD Coffee House and Unitrans.

This total is comprised of the $100,000 large show reserves and $60,000 for promotions and other activities.

According to the 2011-2012 ASUCD Budget Summary, Entertainment Council was subsidized by the student government with $67,148, an amount that has decreased by more than $20,000 since 2010.

“A large scale show can easily cost over $100,000, so as you can see our entire operating budget can’t even handle one show of this magnitude,” Chatfield said.

In order to navigate around these fiscal limitations, Entertainment Council has recently been negotiating with promoters rather than hosting its own shows, as it has traditionally done. “[The promoters] handle a lot of the organizational aspects of the event like booking the artist, and Entertainment Council just handles promoting the event and connecting the students to it,” Chatfield said.

“Given the constraints of the budget, I believe that working more with promoters is the best way to ensure that we can bring JUSTIN ABRAHAM can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

“I knew this was going to be huge and now we have people in the Dominican Republic and Mexico helping us out,” Garcia said in an e-mail.

Garcia has been integral in spreading the word about the project. She will take part in a TV interview on May 8 with Univision on Channel 19.

Lidia Tavárez, Carolina’s sister and cofounder of the project, echoes Garcia’s sentiments.

“At first I thought it would be hard to get far for the two of us, but then I saw how others joined forces and got the ball rolling; it gave me faith and reassurance, and I know we won’t stop until we finish the job!” Lidia said in an e-mail.

Lidia created the Facebook page and website for the project: facebook.com/ AnnPrepareLavni and AnnPrepareLavni. webs.com. The project coordinators can be contacted at annpreparelavni@gmail.com.

They are accepting donations of notebooks, pencils, books and other school supplies, as well as hygienic supplies like shampoo, toothbrushes, socks and other supplies. Volunteers and monetary donations are also welcomed. The supplies will be used to assist Haitian children, who have been affected by the 2010 earthquake.

ANDREW POH can be reached city@theaggie.org.

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relative to last year is an increase of about 6.5 percent.

“We have 860 signed up for programs, which is an all-time high for us, and we’re the only summer abroad program in the UC system that actually grew this year,” Schroeder said.

The low enrollment in the two canceled programs is not a first-time phenomenon, since there has never been a year when no summer abroad programs were not cancelled, according to Frieders.

“Realistically, it’s not going to happen that you’re going to fill every spot, but, you know, 860 people, I’ll take that any day. That’s a huge number of people going on these programs,” Schroeder said.

Since 1998, the number of summer abroad programs has increased from six to 43 and is expected to continue increasing, according to Schroeder. The cost to study abroad in one of the summer programs varies between the programs, but starts at $4,000. Although studying abroad may be expensive, it is recommended that students do so, not only for the personal experience, but because it gives students an advantage over those who have not studied abroad when applying for a job or graduate school.

“First of all, it’s the best experience you’ll have as an undergrad. The other thing is that you never hear, ‘Oh, I regret studying abroad.’ You always hear people who are about to graduate and regretting that they never went abroad,” Sarkisian said. “For me, it was huge not only on the academic level, because the classes that I took abroad were so geared towards my interest, which just kind of shot me in a direction not only in my academics but for my career.”

For more information about summer abroad programs, visit summer-abroad. ucdavis.edu or ucdavisabroad.com.

Cont. from front page According to Schroeder, when enrollment is slow in a given program, the deadline may be extended or the summer abroad program may get in touch with students that may be interested in the program by giving an announcement of the program in a class that’s teaching within the subject of the program.

For example, if there is a literature summer abroad program with low enrollment, an announcement might be made in an introductory English or University Writing Program (UWP) course to advertise the program.

While enrollment was low in the South Korea and Costa Rica program, Schroeder claims that this is not an isolated event, and overall, this has not been a good year for study abroad programs in general.

According to Schroeder, the bad state of the economy and the fact that the additions of study abroad programs has increased faster than student growth have hindered enrollment for study abroad programs this year.

“I think there are definitely the countries that are very popular for study abroad, European countries, and I think it’s just because people know a lot about these countries and there’s a kind of pull towards going to those countries and there’s not as much information about the other ones. And I think that’s part of it. And I think the other thing is that it depends on the courses being taught,” said senior art studio and technocultural studies major and Study Abroad peer advisor Alex Sarkisian. Sarkisian has studied in Italy and Scotland.

Despite the cancellation of two programs, this year has been a good one for UC Davis Summer Abroad as student enrollment has increased compared to previous years. According to Frieders, there are approximately 860 students enrolled, which LILIANA NAVA OCHOA can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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“Proselytizing, or religious soliciting. Like when people go door-to-door. I don’t like it because I didn’t ask for it.”

“I would say cracking knuckles. My roommate does this weird dance before she goes to bed and every joint in her body cracks. I hate it!”

Russell Booker junior English major

Shaida Mirmazalleri first-year economics major

“I don’t like thin bathroom doors. If you’re a good contractor, you wouldn’t design thin bathroom doors.”

Julian Personius “I hate when people are driving and they junior economics major leave their turn signal on when they’re not turning. It makes me want to go Grand Theft Auto on them!”

Ally Conner junior animal science major

“I hate when people take water from the Brita filter and don’t fill it back up when they’re done. They just put the empty filter back in the refrigerator. Just fill it up again. It’s so annoying.”

“Mine would be one-ply toilet paper.

It’s so much less efficient. People think they’re saving money by buying it, but in reality you use 18 times as much to ensure cleanliness.”

Andrew Knight junior civil engineering major

Stephen Gordon senior biological sciences major

“When people don’t wear Aggie Blue on Aggie Pride Fridays. We have so much cool stuff to give out and we can’t unless they’re wearing it.”

“People asking me what I’m going to do after college. Because I have no idea. It makes me want to buy cats.”

Lillie Cross first-year dramatic arts major

Betsy Onstad senior economics major

“When I’m taking a test and someone is tapping with their leg and it shakes the seats. I need complete silence when I’m taking a test. “

“People who don’t yield at the bike circles. It’s so annoying when someone just cuts you off.”

Lynnette Torres junior political science and Chicano studies double major

Kristen Pitsenbarger junior animal science major

UC Davis conquers Cal Poly Aggies win series thanks to dramatic victories Johnson singled in the bottom of the eighth to put the Aggies ahead in the series finale, and freshman Craig Lanza earned his first collegiate win.

UC Davis moves to 18-25 overall and 6-9 in the Big West Conference.

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Junior Paul Politi hit a walk-off single in the bottom of the 11th inning in UC Davis’ win over Cal Poly on Friday.

By RUSSELL EISENMAN Aggie Sports Writer

Despite its ace pitcher sidelined by injury, UC Davis cooled the Cal Poly hitters while keeping its bats hot in taking the series.

Returning home after an eight-game road trip, junior third baseman Paul Politi sent the fans home happy with a walk-off single on Friday. Senior first baseman Eric

Wednesday — Fresno State 11, UC Davis 4 Sophomore Spencer Brann went 3-for-4 with his first home run of the season, but Fresno State scored early and often to win the nonconference matchup in Fresno.

Brann was a triple shy of the cycle, hit a two-run homer in the top of the fourth and picked up two RBIs while scoring twice.

The Aggies scored first when sophomore Nick Lynch drove in freshman Kevin Barker with a sacrifice fly.

The Bulldogs, however, put up eight unanswered runs over the next three innings to take an 8-1 lead.

Brann’s two-run homer in the fourth cut into the lead, but the Aggies were only able to muster one more run, dropping the game 11-4.

Friday — UC Davis 5, Cal Poly 4 The UC Davis bats connected with the ball

all afternoon, picking up a total of 16 hits led by Politi’s 4-for-6 performance and walk-off single on a 0-2 count in the bottom of the 11th.

Senior catcher Scott Kalush hit a threerun home run in the bottom of the fifth inning, which gave the Aggies a 4-2 lead.

Senior Anthony Kupbens received the Friday start after a minor injury kept senior Dayne Quist out of action. Kupbens pitched seven innings, giving up just two runs while striking out five. “[Cal Poly is] the best offensive team in the conference,” head coach Matt Vaughn said. “The thing that was really special about today was that we had to move our pitchers up, and to get that effort out of [Kupbens] today on short rest is a special effort on the mound.”

The Aggies took a 4-2 lead into the ninth, but a Cal Poly rally tied the game off sophomore closer Harry Stanwyck to force extra innings.

Politi stepped to the plate in the bottom of the 11th with two outs and runners on second and third. After falling behind in the count 0-2, Politi drove a single into right-center field for the walk-off victory,

getting mobbed by his teammates shortly after touching first base.

“Paul set the tone today,” Vaughn said.

“He just put on a clinic in hitting and that’s contagious.”

Saturday — Cal Poly 12, UC Davis 7 Both Lynch and senior Brett Morgan hit home runs, and senior Tom Briner struck out five batters in seven innings of work, but Cal Poly scored eight runs in the final three innings, including a five-run eighth, to claim the victory.

Down 4-0 in the third, Morgan led off the inning with a solo shot to left, his first of the season.

Lynch then tied it up in the fifth when he hit the first pitch he saw over the left field wall to knot the game at 4-4 with a threerun shot.

The Aggies continued to rally in the inning to take a 6-4 lead.

In the top of the seventh, the top hitter in the conference, Mitch Haniger, tied the game with a bomb of a two-run homer to left field. Cal Poly then scored five runs in

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ICC’s Countdown to Summer!

Welcome to week six of the ICC’s Countdown to Summer! Each week the Internship and Career Center (ICC) will highlight a task that will prepare you to land a job or internship by this summer. Breaking the process down to weekly tasks will make it less daunting and will yield success.

This week we answer the question: “Networking: Why, What and How?” Networking: Is it important?

Networking is the process of getting to know people, especially those working in your field of interest or in a related field of interest. It’s an information exchange between you and people you know or acquaintances you identify through other relationships. It is estimated that about 80 percent of jobs are obtained through professional contacts, not job search sites. We need to network to be successful in to-

day’s job market!

Myths Debunked!

“I don’t know anyone who can help me! So, I can’t network.”

False! There is no need to have established connections; you have to make them. Say you are a plant science major interested in entering the marketing field. Ask your friend majoring in managerial economics to tell you when her favorite professor has office hours. Use your internet research skills to find companies, professors or professionals in marketing, send them a professional e-mail and request an informational interview (for more information check out our website). Bam! You have networked. It takes some elbow grease, not to mention courage, but it is worth it!

Before you know it, you will be the one providing assistance to others.

“People are not interested in helping me.”

False! Professionals want to help and can provide resources that may help you obtain opportunities. Remember, the people in your network were once in your shoes and have common interests and backgrounds, such as being a UC Davis graduate or being involved in biotechnology research. By networking, you are requesting information on a specific field. Your connections usually know of opportunities and will pass them along. Also, a member of your network may recommend you to someone they know, helping to expand your professional contacts.

Benefits Learn About Your Fields of Interest and Create a Support System

Networking helps you expand your knowledge about companies and opportunities available in your area of interest, helping to guide, refine and drive your career! Also, this network consists of professional associates who can help you stay connected, up-to-date and encouraged.

LinkedIn and Other Ways to Start Networking!

You can supplement, but don’t replace, your real life connections through networking sites such as LinkedIn. You can upload a resume and pertinent personal information, follow groups or companies that interest you and connect, like adding friends on Facebook, with professionals who are related to your field of interest.

LinkedIn is a career networking tool. It is NOT Facebook, so no relationship drama updates!

In fact, before you start your ca-

reer or internship search, clean up your Facebook; recruiters review Facebook pages of potential employees!

Hopefully, you are now convinced there are benefits that come from networking.

Creating professional relationships with company employees, professors, classmates and family are great ways to get started. The hardest part is starting! Remember to reach out in real life, too. There are many resources with helpful information waiting for you; the ICC is here to help!

Ritika Sharma has been with the Internship and Career Center (ICC) since 2010 and can assure you that job search strategies, such as networking, are the key to finding your career success. She is on LinkedIn as well, so add her! The UC Davis Internship and Career Center (ICC), located on the second and third floors of South Hall and online at iccweb.ucdavis.edu, has decades of success helping to launch Aggies on their professional paths, and its services are FREE to currently enrolled UC Davis students.