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tuesday, october 9, 2012
Phone application records live reactions to presidential debate UC Davis professor unveils new app at Law School By DANIELLE HUDDLESTUN Aggie News Writer
Brian Nguyen / Aggie
Law student John Hollis uses the real-time application at the UC Davis law school last Wednesday. The app was developed in conjunction with multiple universities to provide researchers unprecedented data.
Davis/Berkeley Shuttle increases rates
A brand new, real-time smartphone application was unveiled last Wednesday night at the UC Davis Law School at King Hall. Seventy-five to 100 participants were hosted at a presidential debate viewing party and were invited to cast their live reactions to the debate via the app. Co-founder Amber Boydstun, an assistant professor of political science at UC Davis, drafted the idea for the app with others from UC Davis, the University of Maryland, College Park and the University of Arkansas, Little Rock. “We have been working on it for over a year. It is really interesting to figure out how people respond to different cues and specific behaviors,” Boydstun said. This app provides research information as to how viewers respond to rhetoric, such as when candidates focus the conversation on issues that are advantageous solely to them, neglecting the real question. “The app allows instant polling
on a larger scale than has been possible in the past, and is envisioned as a way to help engage the Facebook generation in politics,” according to a press release on the app. The students who participated in the event were able to view their live results on a large television screen. According to the results, Obama received the most positive responses when he spoke on tax break elimination, but had a negative response overall on his fight for the middle class. Meanwhile, Romney was able to gain support with his energy and trading ideas to boost the economy, but fell short with his energy policy positions. Fifty-two percent claim that Romney won the debate; however, 60 percent say they plan on voting for Obama. Fifty-six percent of the students identified themselves as Democrats and 27 percent as Republicans. Some felt that the app could be improved. Student Gordon Ballingrud participated in the
See PHONE, page 2
Davis Neighbors’ Night Out deemed a success 110 block parties held, down from 123 in 2011
Students weigh pros and cons of transportation options
By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie News Writer
The Davis/Berkeley Shuttle recently increased its fare from $9 to $11. The change was effective starting Oct. 1. The intercampus bus provides transportation between the Davis and Berkeley campuses on weekdays, for students, faculty and staff. “We haven’t raised rates since 2009, so the increase is actually overdue to address the program deficit due to increased salary and benefit costs. Even with the increase — which is $1.35 over the current price — the Davis/Berkeley Shuttle is still the cheapest way to travel between Berkeley and Davis,” said Michelle Arnold, communications and training manager for facilities management, in an email interview. When comparing rates between the shuttle and an Amtrak ticket, the shuttle is the cheaper option. A oneway Amtrak ticket is between $14 and $23, according to a flyer distributed by Fleet Services at UC Davis. With the shuttle, there are fewer options regarding timing. It runs between 7:30 a.m. and 8 p.m., making two round trips in that time. For Davis students traveling to Berkeley, they have the option of going at 7:30 a.m. or 4:30 p.m. There are still some students who prefer to use other modes of transportation over the shuttle. “I would rather take my car than the Berkeley shuttle because I haven’t had a good experience with them in the past. They have bad timings and I’ve found their customer service to be very poor. There was an instance when I needed to cancel a reser-
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Davis Neighbors’ Night Out was held across Davis last Sunday. Over 110 block parties were held.
By CLAIRE TAN Aggie City Editor
Lucas Bolster / Aggie
The Davis/Berkeley shuttle fare increased from $9.65 to $11.00, effective Oct. 1. vation due to a misunderstanding and was not able to get a refund for it,” said Stephanie Johnson, a thirdyear political science major. “However, it is a good option if the timings work for you because even with the fee increase it’s cheaper than Amtrak and it picks you up from campus.” Additionally, it is not a guarantee that rates won’t increase again in the future. “Since the drivers are represented employees, union agreements determine labor costs. Fuel and
maintenance costs are not within our control either, so it is hard to predict what will happen in the future,” Arnold said. “We have and will continue to take measures to increase business to cover our increased costs. Some examples include establishing an online waiting list to ‘rightsize’ the bus when ridership increases on certain routes. Additionally, we purchased a dedicated vehicle for the Davis/Berkeley Shuttle service to decrease the costs
See SHUTTLE, page 2 Forecast
It’s finally getting colder! Get ready for that jeans, sweater and boots weather. Written by Amanda Nguyen Weather report courtesy of www.weather.com
Sunday marked the seventh annual Davis Neighbors’ Night Out. Once afternoon peaked, neighborhoods around Davis began to host block parties ranging from various types of potlucks — dessert,
BBQ or dinner — to ice cream socials. About 110 block parties were held across the city. Students, Davis residents and members of the City Council of Davis were in attendance. “Highlights included visits from [the] UC
See NEIGHBOR, page 2
News iN Brief
Used vehicle auction Wednesday The California Department of General Services will be holding a vehicle auction Wednesday, Oct. 10. The auction will include used cars of various makes and models and will begin at 9 a.m. after viewing and registration. The auction will end after the last vehicle is auctioned and bid-
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ders will have until 4 p.m. to submit a complete payment to take the vehicle off the lot. All vehicles will be subject to additions and deletions, according to the California Department of General Services website. The vehicle auction will take place at 5950 Chiles Road in Davis. Viewing and registration begins at
7:30 a.m. and ends at 9:00 a.m. For more information and a list of vehicles that will be auctioned visit The office of Fleet and Asset Management page on the California Department of General Services website. —Muna Sadek
You’ll be happy to know, the quarter will already be a third way over after next week. ...wait, didn’t we just start school last week? Amanda Nguyen
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THURSDAY
Autism Awareness Association First Meeting
Depression Awareness Day: ASAP Screening and Webinar
7 to 8 p.m. 158 Wellman Join the Autism Awareness Association for its first meeting.
9 to 10 a.m. 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. 1:30 to 2:30 p.m. 3 to 4 p.m. Online and in ARC Meeting Room 1 The webinar will be presented by Dr. Joseph Hullett of United Behavioral Health. Employees can view this presentation at their own desks at the specific times listed. ASAP will be hosting the 10:30 a.m. webinar along with a free depression screening. Please join us while we discuss the signs, symptoms and treatment of depression. For information about how to join the webinar and for links to your campus Employee Assistance Program webpage go to: universityofcalifornia.edu/ news/article/28349. If you have any further questions please contact ASAP at (530) 752-2727.
WEDNESDAY Author Q&A and Book Signing Noon to 1:30 p.m. The Fielder Room, Memorial Union Join Sandy Lerner in a talk about her new novel Second Impressions, the first historically and socially accurate sequel to Pride and Prejudice. The presentation will be followed by a Q&A period and a book signing. The event is free and open to the general public.
Biking 101 1 to 2 p.m. 16 South Learn the ins and outs, resources and safety measures that come with riding your bike on campus with this workshop presented by TAPS affiliates Leslie Mancebo and David TakemotoWeerts.
The Liquid Hotplates Fall Auditions 7 to 9 p.m. Student Community Center, Meeting Room E If you can sing, come out and audition for the premier a cappella group at UC Davis, the Liquid Hotplates.
Walk with Warren Noon to 1 p.m. Gazebo Join Warren Roberts, the Superintendent Emeritus of the Arboretum and famous storyteller and punster for an alwaysengaging noontime exploration of West End gardens. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum. ucdavis.edu.
Biking 101 Noon to 1 p.m. 114 South Learn the ins and outs, resources, and safety measures that come with riding your bike on campus with this workshop presented by TAPS affiliates Leslie Mancebo and David Takemoto-Weerts.
Poetry in the Garden: Spring Warren and Jill Stengel Noon to 1 p.m. Wyatt Deck Hear Davis poets Spring Warren and Jill Stengel share their unique work. This is a free public event. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu. To receive placement in the AGGIE DAILY CALENDAR, email 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
Divine intervention
Stucc-on you A man was loitering in someone’s backyard saying he was a stucco inspector.
Babies sitting babies Someone saw a 6-year-old girl pushing a 6-month-old in a stroller without parental supervision, swinging him around and sitting on him on Fifth Street.
Goth party of one A female in all-black clothing was lying drunk in the gutter on the corner of J and Fourth Street.
Someone called in saying there was an intruder downstairs, and then stated she thought that the two people who had come into her house were dead and that the Lord had killed them.
SUNDAY Deterred gent A man was reported for carrying bottles of blue liquid, supposedly for selling them as cleaning supplies without a permit.
Like moths to a flame
SATURDAY
Several intoxicated people were trying to climb up a light pole on Cowell Boulevard.
Some vehicles were spinning donuts in the intersection at Shasta Drive and Rio Grande Street.
Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org.
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Shields Library, and in Berkeley, it does so at the West Gate entrance on West Crescent Circle. “While we certainly understand that nobody likes to pay more for something, the majority of our respondents so far have indicated that the rates would not deter them from using the service, as they recognize that the Davis/ Berkeley shuttle continues to provide the most affordable service between destinations,” said Richard Battersby, director of Fleet Services, in an email interview.
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Cont. from front page involved with renting it from the Charter Bus program.” Fleet Services released a survey after increasing the rate in order to learn more about the people who use the shuttle service. They concluded that most people use the shuttle for personal use. The survey is aimed to help Fleet Services keep improving their service. Reservations for the shuttle can only be made online at the Fleet Services website. In Davis, the shuttle picks up and drops off PAAYAL ZAVERI can be reached at city@ at the south side of the theaggie.org.
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phone Cont. from front page polling at the debate. “The new app was fantastic, though I thought the choices were a bit limiting. The options of ‘agree’ and ‘disagree’ seemed to be surrogates for ‘approve’ and ‘disapprove,’ as I think we were supposed to choose them whenever we had
neighbor Cont. from front page Davis cheer team, Gunrock and our hallmark, double-decker Unitrans buses,” said Gary Sandy, UC Davis senior executive director of the Office of the Chancellor, in an email. “Each of them toured parties and represented UC Davis. UC Davis Police and [the UC Davis Fire Department] visited two parties on campus, one at West Village and the other at The Colleges [at] La Rue.” City of Davis Community Partnership Coordinator Stacey Winton said to encourage more UC Davis students to be involved, the city and ASUCD delivered
Romney enjoys tax advantages that allow him to pay a lower tax rate than the rest of us and that in his tenure at Bain Capital, he fired a lot of people and ended up Kevin with huge profits from failPelstring ing businesses. While that might not excite you to vote for him — it doesn’t provide any insight to what he would do with the presidency (a public, NOT private, institution) or what Obama can do to continue to improve the economy. Show me the policy. Is it wrong to expect presith the economy idential candidates — to still struggling to whom we are expected to get on its feet and give our time, money and a tepid recovery, the battlethe keys to the White House field is set, and the most ef— to sit down and spend fective policy arguments time making policy before will revolve around job creation and economic growth, they campaign? Goals and objectives are fantastic but right? As James Carville fain the absence of mechamously posted on the wall nisms by which to accomof President Bill Clinton’s first presidential campaign, plish them — they are purely fantastical “It’s the (see Newt economy, Campaigns should educate — Gingrich’s stupid!” Voters al- not mislead, misrepresent or promises for $2.50/galways vote distract lon gas and from their a permacheckbook — some more literally than nent colony on the moon). others — right? With unem- Rhetoric provides energy, viployment stubbornly sitting sion and an idea of what our country should look like, above 8 percent nationbut the presidency is not a ally and Gross Domestic ceremonial position (see the Product growth less than Queen of England) — it is 2 percent, the presidency the inventor-in-chief. seems ripe for the picking You may not always by anyone with a plausible have a friendly Congress recovery policy. Where then, is that grand but you damn well better jam enough policy propospolicy debate? Where are als down their throats until the competing policy prothey listen and cough up a posals from Barack Obama signable bill. Call me a “poland Mitt Romney — the icy wonk” but I want your Keynesians versus the laissez faire soldiers? Who’s tell- blueprint for the country before we give you the ing it to us straight — that the reality is, cutting govern- office — I’m not going to vote based on your bumper ment spending will physisticker or your expensive cally remove GDP and slow negative campaign ads. the economy? — and may lead to recession. Who is ar- The campaign website shouldn’t be full of cheap guing that we all must be talk but filled with bold, deprepared for inevitable and necessary sacrifice — to bite tailed policy proposals so the American people can the bullet and cut the debt see all your cards laid out for future generations? on the table and get the de Instead the candidates spend the most time chalk- bate they deserve. Campaigns should eduing up out-of-context slocate — not mislead, misgans (see “you didn’t build represent or distract. that,” “corporations are Want an educated people”) to create imagpopulace? inary positions for imag Educate them. inary candidates to run Formulate real policy and against. let the voters decide with all Romney is quick to point of the facts, not only rhetoric. to Obama’s 2008 camWe shouldn’t have to translate paign, claiming it was built the “visions” and campaign on cheap words and empads into what you would do ty rhetoric, yet invents false with the highest office in the policies and ideologies (see country for you. We shouldn’t SOCIALISM) from three words Obama uttered in ref- have to wait and hear what you’re going to do until after erence to the “roads and bridges” that businesses rely we cast our vote. It’s your job to scare the on to run. From this stateliving daylight out of us ment, they created the enwith the hard truths and tire Republican National Convention theme, “We built inspire us about the fuit,” and spent the entire con- ture. But if you’re not going to tell us how you’re govention talking about their ing to fix it — I think you’re commitment to creating misunderstanding the job jobs as if simply by saying it enough times, they could cut you’re applying for. unemployment in half. Obama spends a good If you have anything more to offer than cheap talk, email KEVIN PELSTRING at portion of his campaignkpelstring@ucdavis.edu. ing reminding people that
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a positive or negative reaction to one of the people onstage,” Ballingrud said. “Still though, I think it could use a bit of tweaking as far as the options, it seemed to work well in gauging people’s reactions, and I thought it gave me a great outlet to express dissatisfaction or satisfaction with particular issues, statements and behaviors in general.” He also commented that having the results posted so quickly was slight-
boxes of brownie mix to students in neighborhoods having a party along with a letter from ASUCD requesting the students to make the brownies as well as attend the party. “Target donated the brownie mix. ASUCD and city staff delivered 112 boxes of brownies to UC Davis students,” Winton said in an email. Davis residents hosting the potlucks and ice cream socials said their parties were successful, with residents and students intermixing and getting to know each other. “We had about 25 or so attend, including about eight college students who live in nearby rentals,” said Davis resident Shannah
ly distracting and he wondered how it affected the users. However, he did find it successful in allowing viewers to provide real-time responses. Boydstun says she is excited because the app provides controlled data and real-time results across the country in a way that is engaging to students. DANIELLE HUDDLESTUN can be reached at camus@ theaggie.org.
Whithaus in an email. “We put on an ice cream social, which worked well — all the neighborhood kids came out to enjoy cones and sundaes, and we had all kinds of toppings brought by neighbors from all around the block.” Whithaus said her favorite part of Davis Neighbors’ Night Out was that all the neighbors could get together to meet each other, catch up with folks they didn’t see often and enjoy an afternoon of chit chat while the kids played. Organizers saw different levels of attendance. Davis resident Steve Fineberg said in an email that the neighbors had a good time despite the turnout being less than half of
what it had been in previous years. Conversely, Trish Whitcomb, manager at The Colleges at La Rue, said their party was such a success that food ran out. The event was held by Tandem Properties and ASUCD. “I think our students really enjoyed the event because it was a great opportunity for them to meet their new neighbors,” Whitcomb said in an email. “This event is important because it truly represents the essence of Davis – people care in Davis – about our neighborhoods, our families, our students, our businesses and our university.” CLAIRE TAN can be reached at city@ theaggie.org.
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Bill clinton
Don’t miss it Today, former President Bill Clinton will speak on the Quad at 10:30 a.m. It certainly says something about UC Davis that we are a destination for a wellknown political figure. While Clinton’s decision to visit Davis is likely related to the proximity to the state capital, the fact that UC Davis is becoming a more prominent and successful university certainly played a part in grabbing Clinton’s attention. This year, UC Davis was named the No. 8 public university in the nation by US News & World Report and ranked No. 3 (tied with UC San Diego) within the UCs. It’s exciting to see UC Davis recognized for its excellence, and Bill Clinton’s visit is yet another form of recognition for our school. Regardless of political affiliation, every student should
be on the Quad this morning, taking advantage of an amazing opportunity to see national politics in action on our very own campus. The upcoming election could easily change the lives of every college student in America, so college students should be showing that they care. We hope professors understand if their classrooms are pretty empty this morning. The Davis College Democrats should also be commended for coordinating with the California Democratic Party to organize the Bill Clinton event. It’s encouraging to see student groups being proactive in getting important information to the students. So, Mr. Clinton, welcome to our university. And students, we hope to see you out there this morning.
Campus climate
Work harder In response to incidents of “racial intolerance and homophobia” on various UC campuses, UC President Mark Yudof launched the Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion in June 2010. The council, which is comprised of various administrators and cultural and religious leaders, was tasked with outlining ways UC can attempt to make their campuses more accommodating for students of ethnic and religious minorities by minimizing hate speech on campus. Plans of the report, which will come out in November, were met with skepticism and claims that the report was only created to silence these minorities, while little would be implemented. The council created a public survey for the campus communities of the UC system to participate in, giving them the opportunity to share their opinions on campus climate. In actuality, Yudof also recognizes that little can be done to completely remove hate speech completely from UCs. In his words: “We can’t do it.” This September, The Aggie, along with eight other UC campus newspapers, spoke with Yudof about various issues of concern to the UC system. Among those issues was the creation of the council, and in response from questions from editors at UC Irvine and UC San Diego,
Yudof was pragmatic. Yudof said that in an ideal world everyone would respond to the climate survey and the report would have an acceptable sample size. However, if the report does not garner responses from at least 30 percent of UC campus communities the report will not be accurate. This may be unlikely, considering many college students just don’t seem to care and the report would take 45 minutes to complete. While we value his frankness on the issue, we don’t think coming to terms with the nature of hate on campuses and the laziness of college students should be quite that easy. Yudof, who was a professor that taught the First Amendment for 30 years, explained that they have just about gotten it right, but we’re wondering if that is actually true. “I’m not planning on trying to go further than our constitution permits,” Yudof said. That statement is acceptable and we admire his realism, but more needs to be done to get people to actually care. The survey should be mandatory or an incentive should be offered for completion, not allowing students to register for classes until the survey is completed. While it is admirable that Yudof can be honest, the Office of the President could be doing more to get students involved in making our campuses hate-free.
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Letters to the editor Re: ‘UC Davis Cancer Center opens new building,’ Oct. 4 The UC system saved my life. I was diagnosed with stage one Wilms’ tumor just before I turned 3 years old, and I was treated at UC San Francisco. After having the affected kidney removed, I continued onto chemotherapy, receiving treatments every other week. I am now proudly cancer-free and dealing with minimal long-term side effects to treatment such as small
teeth and diminished abdominal muscles on my left side. For cancer patients and their families, having more high-quality cancer centers across California is a necessity, and communication between pediatric cancer experts and regular cancer professionals is vital, especially for children transitioning into adolescence and adulthood. Being a childhood cancer survivor, I am excited to see that the UC Davis Comprehensive Cancer Center
connected its pediatric center with the main location. It is a sign of progress that pediatric and non-pediatric professionals are making an effort to connect and communicate. It will surely make a difference in some young child’s life — fewer longterm side effects to treatment and more years ahead. Jennifer Sheffield UC Davis sophomore mechanical engineering major
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Sterling’s right, the editorial board is wrong By ANDRE LEE, BRENDAN REPICKY Former ASUCD senators
The editorial board’s accusation in its Thursday editorial that ASUCD President Rebecca Sterling “unlawfully” attempted to remove former Senator Yara Zokaie from ASUCD is misinformed and factually inaccurate. Zokaie’s actions — completing her coursework and graduating from Davis last spring, and enrolling in an outside law school this fall — necessarily entail she has resigned her seat. ASUCD Bylaw 703.2 states that only enrolled students may serve as a senator and Section 3 of the ASUCD Constitution states that graduate and professional students may not hold an elected or appointed office in ASUCD. These are in addition to university employment rules specifying that only undergraduate students may be student employees — a category that includes ASUCD senators. Although ASUCD has tradi-
tionally allowed for a grace period of one quarter after completion of coursework to continue employment, Zokaie exhausted this option when she did not enroll in this calendar year’s Summer Session. The “bylaws” that the editorial vaguely claims Sterling violated simply do not exist, and the premise that Zokaie, after leaving Davis and enrolling as a law student at another university, can somehow have the luxury of choosing whether or not to resign is nonsensical. The reality that Zokaie is no longer an ASUCD Senator is evidenced by the fact she was removed from university payroll due to her non-student status — something entirely outside the control of any ASUCD official. A commonsense understanding of university and ASUCD policy would clearly lead to the conclusion that Zokaie has resigned, de facto, by virtue of her actions. Since Zokaie has resigned, the Elections Committee is required
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to commence a count-back election, and if no student is eligible to serve from the count-back, then Sterling must post the vacancy for a specified period of time, after which she will make an appointment with the ASUCD Senate’s confirmation. This is exactly what Sterling is lawfully and responsibly attempting to do. Contrary to The Aggie’s specious assertions, the ASUCD Court has no stipulated or required role at any point in this process. To the best of our knowledge, the editorial board determined it was unimportant to seek out Sterling’s justifications. While the board is free to do as it pleases, it should have made a good-faith effort to listen to both sides before calling her actions “ridiculous.” More worryingly, the board appears to have been co-opted by one or two sources with a political agenda, and relied solely on those sources in condemning Sterling. The students deserve better from their newspaper.
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Sunday — UC Davis 2, Cal State Fullerton 1 This past Sunday, the team extended its streak to three wins with a 2-1 win over the Titans. Over the last three games, the Aggies have outscored their opponents 6-2. Henry got the Aggies started offensively at the 8:59 mark, lining up a direct free kick but hitting the shot into the wall set up by the Cal State Fullerton defense. From there, however, UC Davis outshot Cal State Fullerton 7-3 in the first half. Junior Alex Aguiar then put UC Davis up with a successful penalty kick in the 36th minute. He kept the ball low and on the ground, slotting the shot just past Cal State Fullerton goalkeeper Robbie Hannon and into the lower right corner. It was Aguiar’s third goal of the year. The Titans put away the equalizer in the 63rd minute, however. Jameson Campbell’s header was deflected away by UC Davis goalkeeper Omar Zeenni and, after a scramble in the box, Ian Ramos was on hand to put it away and tie the game at one goal apiece. Henry then put the Aggies up for good with a goal in the 79th minute. After attempts by Schulte and junior Pat Reese were cleared away by the Titan defense, Henry controlled the clearance and hit a low hard shot from 35 yards out that
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Junior Alex Henry (No. 4) led the Aggies to its win against CSU Fullerton. Henry was named as Big West Conference Offensive Player of the Week. found the far right corner of the net perfectly. It was his first goal of the year. “We gave them life and allowed them the opportunity to score that goal and it turned into a good, hard game,” Shaffer said. “We responded and Alex Henry scored a great goal. I’m happy with my team. Aguiar led all players with four shots as UC Davis outshot Cal State Fullerton 17-8. “We’ve played an extremely difficult schedule and we’ve won three
conference games in a row so I feel like we’re getting better and better,” Shaffer said. “We have a big game coming up on Saturday against UC Santa Barbara so we’ll take a couple of days to rest and get our legs and our minds back and get prepared.” UC Davis wraps up a three-game homestand on Saturday, hosting UC Santa Barbara at 3 p.m. at Aggie Soccer Field. VEENA BANSAL can be reached at sports@theaggie. org.
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UC Davis extends Big West record to three straight wins Aggies get two thrilling Big West victories this weekend
overall and 3-1-0 in the Big West Conference.
Men’s soccer By VEENA BANSAL Aggie Sports Writer
This past weekend, the UC Davis men’s soccer team came away with two strong wins over UC Riverside and Cal State Fullerton at home. This marks the Aggies’ third straight win and a record improvement to 5-4-4
Friday — UC Davis 2, UC Riverside 1 A much-anticipated matchup against UCR went in favor of the Aggies by a score of 1-0 this past Friday. The Aggies battled throughout the first half, taking the first five shots and preventing UC Riverside from generating any offensive attacks.
Junior goalkeeper Omar Zeenni saved three goal attempts resulting in a scoreless first half on both sides. The UC Davis momentum carried into the second half and the Aggies’ efforts began to reflect positively. In the 57th minute, Zeenni came up with a huge save on Neil Ignacio’s shot, deflecting the ball after Ignacio fired a closerange shot. Just three minutes later, junior
Kevin Schulte gave UC Davis the 1-0 with his 60th-minute score on fellow junior Alex Henry’s indirect free kick on the far end of the penalty box. “I was just trying to make the shot,” Schulte said. “The sun was in my eyes – I was lucky to make it in.” Following the goal, the Aggie defense strengthened and limited the Highlanders to just two goals in the final 30 minutes of
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