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Organic community in Davis fights for Prop. 37 Monticello hosts panel to discuss GMOs By JULIE WEBB Aggie News Writer
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Organic farms came to Monticello on Sunday to sell their organic produce. Monticello held an open panel regarding Prop. 37, a proposition requiring the labeling of genetically modified goods, later that day.
Davis Fall Festival to celebrate Halloween early Festival will have more activities this year By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie News Writer
The annual Davis Fall Festival is back this Saturday. “We have the Fall Festival on this weekend every single year; this is probably our 30th Fall Festival at least and it’s a celebration of the harvest and the abundance of what’s available at the market,” said Randii MacNear, market manager of the Davis Farmers Market. MacNear said the festival is a sort of customer appreciation day. “We decorate the market beautifully with corn stalks, fall colors and themes,” MacNear said. “We have a little bit James Kim / Aggie of a Halloween theme and it’s sort of just celebrating the harvest, which is really what the Farmers Market is all about.” The festival will be held at Central Park during the normal Farmers Market time,
from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. Many vendors will be at the festival. “We try and bring the farm to the market a little bit,” MacNear said. “We just try to kind of connect the children to agriculture.” Additionally, the Farmers Market tries to bring many animals to the festival. The California Raptor Center will bring rescued birds. Woodland farmer Jim Neilson will bring about six or seven baby pigs for petting. Last year, there was a llama at the festival; a few years ago they had a pony and chickens. Some other booths include Davis High School's Future Farmers of America (FFA) pre-selling tritips and Christmas trees, and local 4-H clubs hosting craft booths for kids. Central Park Gardens will give away free flower seeds and hold a plant sale. UC Davis Chemistry Club and
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The small crowd at Monticello at 630 G St. was vocal during the discussion about Proposition 37 on Oct. 21. Earlier that day Monticello hosted a small Food Day event, in which various farms showed up and sold organic food. The Prop. 37 campaign advocates “The Right to Know.” The proposition was drafted in order to label genetically-modified foods, or GMOs. It gained support from a number of organic food growers, who would be exempt from the proposition, but the opposition ranges from Pepsi Co. to DuPont. Many people seemed to have made up their minds already about the initiative. “I have a strong hate for GMOs,” said Robert Winiecki, owner of High Grade Harvest, an organic plant supply store. Becky Winters, owner of Bliss Creations, a local raw dessert business, had a similar opinion. “I think people have the right to make an informed decision,”
she said. This was Monticello’s first Food Day event after the announcement of “National Food Day” last year. The event was a small precursor to the discussion, starting at 4 p.m. and lasting over two hours. The panel discussion, hosted by UC Davis Slow Food, was there to increase awareness about GMOs. The panelists included two organic farmers, Sally Fox and Jim Eldon; Tom Fendley, who is the political director for Prop. 37; and Dr. Kent Bradford, director of the Seed Biotechnology Center and a professor at UC Davis. Desmond Jolly, a UC Davis agricultural economist, moderated the discussion. Many of the panelists discussed reasons for wanting foods labeled, including not knowing what was in such foods, and the ability of genetically-modified crops to have adverse affects on the environment. The proponents of Prop. 37 state that this labeling process would not be as difficult as some
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Two robbed at gunpoint in Downtown Davis Two Davis residents walking westbound on Second Street approaching A Street were robbed by two male subjects Sunday at around 10:05 p.m. One of the robbers brandished a silver handgun, demanding that the two residents turn over their property. The two residents complied, handing over their cell phones, a wallet and a duffel bag. The first suspect is described as an African American male, about 6’2”,
180 pounds and 20 to 23 years old. He was last seen wearing a long-sleeved black-and-white striped shirt and blue jeans. The second suspect is described as a Hispanic male, about 5’10”, 180 pounds and 20 to 23 years old. He was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, gray hoodie sweatshirt and blue jeans. — Claire Tan
Davis Police catches indecent exposure suspect On Sunday at around 3:15 p.m., the Davis Police Department (DPD) was dispatched to Common Grounds Coffee at 2171 Cowell Blvd. Employees noticed a man masturbating inside the shop. They believed it was the same man who had indecently exposed him-
self at the location on Aug. 13. The next day, the DPD confirmed it was the suspect who had committed the act in August. He is identified as 43-year-old Vladmir Vecherkovskiy from Sacramento. — Claire Tan
Campus Community Book Project promotes diversity and awareness through books Project encourages open dialogue among students and community By SASHA COTTERELL Aggie News Writer
After the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, the Campus Community Book Project was developed to spread diversity and encourage conversation among students, faculty and the surrounding community. A book is selected each year and events that correspond to the reading are planned to coincide with the theme of the book. The project is a sector of the Office of Campus Community Relations. The office hopes to promote diversity and inclusiveness on campus, as well as within the community. There are two committees involved in the book project: a selection committee to select multiple book possibilities, and a planning committee to plan corresponding events after the book has been chosen. The selection committee goes through a strenuous selection process to select books. To reach a consensus in time, they begin in the summer and have all the events planned by fall quarter. The Warmth of Other Suns: The Epic Story of America’s Great Migration by Isabel Wilkerson was selected this year. The selection focuses on the migration of millions of African-Americans from the South to the
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North. Though the topics can seem weighty, many who participate in the program believe it to be a worthwhile experience. “The most important objective of the Campus Community Book Project is to engage the campus community in dialogue about issues related to diversity and crosscultural issues,” said Mikael Villalobos, chair of the program and administrator of Diversity Education with the Office of Campus Community Relations. The project aims to overcome adversity and promote multiculturalism by having participants talk openly and honestly about race and culture. To ignite this dialogue, the planning committee has created a variety of events to engage people of all backgrounds. “There are art exhibits, library exhibits, films — many different ways to get involved and join in on the discussion. It’s a way for everyone to be on the same page and discuss certain things and just learn from each other,” said Samantha Huynh, fourth-year history and political science double major. There are a number of students who attend because the book is being used in their class. According to Villalobos, they gain an entirely different perspective from attending the events that correspond with the book. Forecast Tut-tut, looks like rain.
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“The program brings together subgroups who may not see themselves as having something in common. It cuts across all of the different groups, can be integrated as material for students, is a springboard for diversity of the campus and reaches out to people in the community,” said Cynthia Goldberg, a member of the planning committee. In an effort to involve the whole community, all the events are available to the public and almost all of them are free. Moreover, the events do not only take place on the UC Davis campus, but there are programs planned at Davis Senior High School and in Sacramento. Villalobos said that to get involved people just need to attend the events. The Campus Community Book Project will have two more events this month, on Oct. 24 from noon to 1 p.m. at Lecture Hall 1222 at the UC Davis Health System in Sacramento, as well as another on Oct. 30 from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. at the Underground Bookstore in Sacramento. A full list of upcoming events can be found at the Office of Campus Community Relations website or on their Facebook page. SASHA COTTERELL can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
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The Enchanted Cellar All Day 17 Wright Visit the Enchanted Cellar for Halloween Costume Rentals at UC Davis. There is a 50 percent discount for UC Davis students, faculty, staff and affiliates. The Enchanted Cellar will be open until Oct. 31. Appointments are preferred. Call (530) 752-0740 or email rcfemling@ ucdavis.edu for an appointment. For more information, go to theatredance.ucdavis. edu.
Library 101: Catalogs, Databases and Services Noon to 1 p.m. Shields Library Second Floor Instruction Room Attend this hands-on introduction to finding books, research articles and other items at the UC Davis General Libraries given by Lee Riggs and the Shields Library Instruction Staff. Learn about library privileges and services as well as how to discover print and digital materials in our collections. This basic orientation to the library is suitable for any discipline and all your questions are welcomed.
Study abroad in your major: UCEAP options just for you Noon to 1 p.m. Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street Learn about UCEAP “Special Focus” discipline-specific programs as well as finding courses in your major offered by host institutions taught in English. Also, find out how to work with your department major adviser in order to still graduate on time.
Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous 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. Go to foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.
Davis Shakespeare Ensemble: Radio Macbeth 8 to 10 p.m. Arboretum Gazebo Davis Shakespeare Ensemble presents this original version of Shakespeare’s haunting tragedy, inspired by the format of 1930s radio plays, featuring live sound effects and an original score. The performance will continue through Saturday. For ticket reservations email boxoffice@shakespearedavis.com, call (530) 802-0998 or visit shakespearedavis. com.
THURSDAY UC Davis Energy Institute Fall 2012 Seminar Series 2:30 to 3:30 pm 1003 Kemper Hall Join Dr. Merwin Brown, Co-Director, Electric Grid Program, California Institute for Energy and Environment (CIEE), as he discusses “The Real Reasons We Must Have a Smart Grid for the 21st Century.” There is no cost and all are welcome to attend.
Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship Info Session
Active Shooter Survival Workshop
5:10 to 6 p.m. URCenter, 2300 Student Community Center Learn about research funding opportunities for undergraduates through the Provost’s Undergraduate Fellowship. The fellowship provides funds for undergraduates to pursue research projects or other creative activities under faculty supervision.
5:30 to 7 p.m. King Lounge, Memorial Union (second floor) The Campus Police Department will be putting on a workshop that covers the five steps to help increase your chances of surviving an active shooter. Reservations are not needed.
Circle K International Fourth General Meeting 6 to 7 p.m. 6 Olson If you are interested in doing community service, developing leadership skills and gaining friendships then attend the Circle K International meeting to see what the
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frightened to seek medical help. According to Planned Parenthood, in the America of the 1960s, illegal abortions accountKatelyn ed for an estimated 5 to 10 Ringrose thousand deaths a year. By making abortion illegal, society conditioned women to be ashamed of their choices, silent with their stories and uninformed of medical processes. In 1969, Jane Roe discovered that she was pregnant. Although her pregnancy was unsought, it was illegal for her to have an abortion because Texas law alefore the invention lowed only victims of rape of modern medito have access to the procal techniques precedure. Her case reached venting pregnancy, womthe Supreme Court and in en wore amulets, ingest1973 Roe v. Wade declared ed herbs and took part in the criminality of abortion anti-fertility rituals, while unconstitutional. males wore condoms Today, each of the states made from chemicalare allowed to place indisoaked vidual relinen or strictions It seems to me that women are on aborthe intestines being forgotten. tion, as long of a goat. as women But what are allowed hapto abort bepened when these unrefore fetal viability — a date liable prophylactic meausually placed on the 24th sures failed? week of gestation. Women The earliest written record do not have to resort to of self-induced abortion is unsafe abortion out of from 1550 B.C. Egypt, when fear. Women are not insigwomen countered unwant- nificant peoples and their ed pregnancies with vagirights are not held as secnal suppositories made of ondary to the rights of a poisonous plant fiber, cerfetus. tain animal dungs and oxyCurrently, abortion in tocin-mimicking herbs. The the United States is huningestion of toxins, like mer- dreds of times safer than cury and quinine, was also in countries where it is illeeffective, albeit extremely gal. According to the World dangerous. Vigorous jumpHealth Organization, an esing — a technique generaltimated eight women die ly attributed to Hippocrates per hour from unsafe proce— doesn’t work, but is a lot dures around the world. healthier than liquid metal. As a college student in Although the need for liberal California, I am abortions remained, laws happy with the fact that and attitudes regarding my reproductive health abortion were — and are needs are currently be— in constant flux. ing met. But this might not In the United States hold true in the future. from 1861 to 1973, abor In spite of the strides we tion was criminalized and have made, attitudes toa majority of states didn’t wards abortion are becomallow it at all, even at the ing increasingly negative. risk of maternal death. Politicians, like the now inDoctors who performed il- famous Todd Akin and Joe legal abortions risked imWalsh, are noted for their igprisonment and the loss norance of medical processof their medical licenses, while Mitt Romney supes. Yet regardless of the le- ports cutting federal fundgality, women continued ing for Planned Parenthood to have abortions. These — whose funding has unsafe abortions, done been recently cut in such by the pregnant women states as Texas, Indiana and themselves or by unskilled Oklahoma. persons, came with health Planned Parenthood prorisks. vides affordable birth con In the 1950s, dangerous trol, STI testing, vaccines abortion-inducing douch- and cancer screening for es, made from Lysol and women. Abortion only acClorox, were sold illegally. counts for a three-perMy mother, who rememcent portion of Planned bers this, thinks of wire Parenthood’s entire budget coat hangers as symbols of and, by law, none of the fedthis era. Using items such eral funding that Planned as coat hangers to induce Parenthood receives can be miscarriage carries the allocated towards abortion. risk of punctured uterine Women, especially those of lining, hemorrhaging, ina lower-income bracket, will fertility or even death. suffer if Planned Parenthood Women could pay huge funding is cut. amounts of money to have It seems to me that womunregulated practitioners en are being forgotten. perform D&Cs, dilation and In a time when American curettages, a surgical proce- voters are divided on the isdure. Can you imagine the sue of abortion, it is imporfear these women felt, not tant to remember our past. only during the abortion but It is up to the American peoalso after? What if compliple to make sure that womcations arose or someone en in need continue to have found out? Women were not access to safe and legal only frightened of legal remedical care. percussions but also of social stigma. If complications KATELYN RINGROSE would love to discuss from unsafe abortions did more on the topic of women’s rights, arise, women were often too email her at knringrose@ucdavis.edu.
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that! The moment I lost your attention I suddenly have very urgent matters to attend to on my phone. How serendipitous!” But beside being a merAndrew ciless, ruthless, coldPoh blooded killer of time and a fantastic way to look preoccupied, our phones serve as our ever-present and ever-faithful social Swiss army knives. They really do everything! Even vibrate. Therein lies the conundrum. With our o you’re at your faphones being so “essenvorite, fervently fre- tial” to our lives, there quented, friendis a level of disconnect ly neighborhood café, that comes with them. whittling away at your It’s hard to define what 10-page thesis on “Why genuine human interacbanana peels turn from tion is. But my gut is tellyellow to brown,” which ing me that two people you’ve totally had the who are sitting face to past six weeks to work face, yet simultaneously on, but that dastardly transfixed by a 4.7 inch charlatan known as “life” active-matrix organgot in ic lightyour way. emitYou’ve got to save your Between ting diode every manual dexterity for Angry screen, painswouldn’t Birds after all. takingfit that ly peckedbill. out line, you stop to check And it doesn’t stop your emails, your text there. You can now lemessages and of course, to gitimately end relationbrowse Facebook and post ships with a few words a status along the lines of sent via your amazing lit“Stressed out to the max! tle screen. You don’t have Why does this paper have to talk to said person perto be due on the same sonally. In fact, you don’t day as my Intermediate even need to hear their Symbolic Logic midterm?” voice. All of this is done on It’s your friend’s birthyour wonderful little day? Who ever heard smartphone. Chances are about sending them it’s an iPhone, America’s birthday cards or baking little darling. a cake? A quick “happy Once exhausted of your bday” via text will suffice. immediate go-tos for “reSpelling out the word charging your mental bat- birthday is just too untery,” you decide to take a necessary. You’ve got to look around the café and save your manual dextersee what your fellow paity for Angry Birds after trons are up to. all. You observe a young Don’t get me wrong, couple at an adjacent ta- with the advent of ble, and your eyes begin smartphones, the world to mist over in awe and has become a vastly difadmiration. ferent place — in many They’re sitting, facways a better one. But it ing each other, eyes cast seems that some of us downward, engrossed have forgotten what it in their phones. Ah, how was like before Apple’s sweet love can be! Their wondrous black rectmutual fixation to their angles descended from phones is symbolic of heaven and into our their adoration for each pockets. other. Should we even both Blessed is the day er going back to the simwhen two people can pler days where two peohave sincere human inple could chat over a teraction between one coffee without fear or another without even want of checking their speaking! phone? When the pre Everywhere you go, ferred mean of passpeople will have their ing time was a yo-yo? phones whipped out; Back to the days where they may genuineyou would check to see ly be busy in imporif you had your pocket tant matters like getwatch and handkerchief ting their next high score in your pockets before on Temple Run, or they leaving rather than your may be passing the time cell phone, wallet and in some inane manner keys. Or are those days like reading the news as dead and gone as the or checking up on the dinosaurs and vampires? weather. It honestly doesn’t They also make exmatter either way. How cellent social commas. people choose to spend We all know the maneu- their time together is enver where you’re with a tirely up to them. I, for friend and they sudden- one, would like to put a ly bump into someone little more attention into they know, or need to ex- my relations with peocuse themselves to the ple. So if you ever see me restroom: the cell phone fidgeting with my cell gets pulled out automat- phone while I’m in the ically, as if it were the presence of others, you most natural response. have full permission to One swift, fluid hand swat it out of my hands. motion into your pocket and out comes the cell ANDREW POH is always checking his email phone. on his smartphone, so don’t hesitate to get in touch with him at apoh@ucdavis.edu. “Oh would you look at
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Doc Joe is a psychologist and attorney who has consulted with and advised people of all ages. Katy Ann is a licensed marriage and family therapist, who, like Doc Joe, has counseled and advised people of all ages. The discussion and advice offered in their column is not offered as a clinical recommendation or as a substitute for clinical treatment. Rather, Doc Joe’s and Katy Ann’s comments are intended to stimulate thought, often with a sense of humor. Sometimes they agree; sometimes they don’t. So, read on… Dear Doc Joe and Katy Ann, I am a sophomore in a large state university. I would say that things are going pretty smoothly, but I am having trouble making decisions about my love life! I’ve only had one previous girlfriend, and I don’t have much experience to guide my decisions. Here’s the situation. I’ve been dating “Jill” since February of this year. We met at a Valentine’s Day party, and we immediately hit it off. So, we decided to hang out
for a few weeks, and soon decided that we were “going together.” Until last week, I never felt pressured by the relationship. Jill is very pretty, smart and easy to be around. I really do like her. Well, last weekend, we went to the wedding of a mutual friend, and when Jill said, “That could be you and me in a year,” I almost passed out. All I could think to say was how pretty she would look in a dress like the bride’s. Doc Joe and Katy Ann, I’m only 20 years old, and I feel lucky if I can find my shoes in the morning, let alone start a family. Help! Dave, in California Dear Dave, Doc Joe: Dave, you’re not alone. Sometimes I have trouble finding my shoes too. Katy Ann: Joe, I think his point was that he has a lot of maturing to do, and that he does not feel ready for such a major commitment. Doc Joe: Oh, I see your point. I find that many guys have a difficult time knowing when it’s time to commit. I wonder if the guy
who said, “You’ll know when it’s time,” ever knew it was time… Katy Ann: Dave, I think that your response to Jill’s comment at the wedding was kind and very romantic. But, you seem pretty clear that you are not ready to discuss marriage. You need to be honest. Do you think that you could tell Jill about your feelings for her, let her know that you want to be with her, but also let her know that you need time to do some growing up before you start a family? Doc Joe: Katy, you are such a romantic! Doc Joe: By the way Dave, to show that you care, remember to give her a nice kiss and a big hug after you discuss this! You sound like a guy who might be worth waiting for. Katy Ann: Doc, you’re not so bad yourself. Doc Joe: Well, there you have it. If you’d like to get Ask Doc Joe & Katy Ann advice, please contact us at askdocjoeandkatyann@aol. com. Include your name, state of residence and your question, along with a brief description of the situation.
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Wheeling in a new sustainable building School of Education plans for new building, evaluates recycled chairs to furnish classrooms
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By NAOMI NISHIHARA Aggie Features Writer
Davis emanates eco-friendliness. We ride bicycles and use public transportation. We eat local foods and drink free-trade coffee. The UC Davis School of Education, which
is in the planning stages of a new sustainable building, is joining the trend. The School of Education once held classes in the Academic Surge and offices in its own building. The new building, which will be next door to the current one, will unite the the school.
And sustainability is something that the school will be actively thinking about as the building plans go forward. “We’re going to do our best to make it a really sustainable building, but I just don’t know what factors will go into that,” said Harold Levine, the dean of the School of Education. “It’s way too early; we just started this process a few months ago.” With preliminary drawings in the works, students are preparing for the new facilities by evaluating the recycled swivel chairs. These chairs, called Nodes, are one example of the new building’s sustainable mission. The Node is a recycled-plastic chair for students that Eugen Dunlap, computer resource specialist at the School of Education, first saw at an all-campus sustainability meeting. It acts as a cornerstone for the sustainable building’s blueprints. The chair is manufactured by Steelcase, the designer for most furniture on the UC Davis campus, and for about two months, an example Node has been situated in the School of Education’s current building. “They put [the Node] in [so we could] get student feedback to see if it’s even worth it,” Dunlap said. “Sometimes you see something and you love it, but it’s not that practical.” But the Node has a lot to love. After being on the market for about two years, it has already received many environmental recognitions. It is SCS Indoor Advantage Gold certified, level 2 certified to the BIFMA e3 sustainability standard and MBDC Cradle to Cradle certified. “A lot of these are very high acclaims that are given to us from the industry.
We’re very proud,” said Gary Reed, senior accountant manager for United Corporate Furnishings, the dealership that represents Steelcase in the Sacramento area. According to the Product Environmental Profile, the chair is 16 percent recycled, 75 percent recyclable and is made of lowemitting materials. Though this chair is a possibility for the new building, the planning committee has yet to decide exactly how sustainable the building will be. “The campus will want to weigh in,” Levine said. “The architects will plan it. There are different levels of LEED certification, and all of that will have to be balanced by not only just me but also the other campus authorities who will help us design the building.” Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) is an organization that certifies buildings, ranking their sustainability and environmental levels. The UC Davis campus already has multiple LEEDcertified buildings, and the School of Education has the goal of achieving LEEDcertified status as well. The Node will cost more than the most student chairs on campus. “I have found that typically you’re probably looking at somewhere between a 10 and 15 percent difference in cost with the recycled content,” Reed said. Along the same lines, the new building’s level of sustainability will depend on cost. Levine also emphasized that it will be several years before the building is finished, as they’ll need to raise funds. NAOMI NISHIHARA can be reached at features@theaggie.org.
campus CHIC. By STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN
weather appropriate for cold mornings and warm afternoons.”
Eddie Heinrich, senior sociology and communication double major
Where do you find inspiration? “I’m a studio artist myself so I appreciate details and aesthetic in everything.”
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The Aggie: What are you wearing? Heinrich: “Everything is from The Gap and the shoes are from a thrift store. The shades are from Urban Outfitters.” How did you decide what to wear today? “I didn’t have time to iron any of it. Usually I don’t wear t-shirts. It was convenient and
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What pieces are you looking forward to wearing this autumn? “I guess I like layering, and outerwear always stands out the most as far as fashion goes. Scarves and sweaters for sure.” STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.
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Social media more damaging to college applicants By Lily Beatty
Daily Collegian (Penn State University)
The college application process can be overwhelming to high school seniors, and according to a Kaplan Test prep survey, the process has become even more of a challenge in the past year. The results from Kaplan Test Prep’s 2012 survey of college admission offices show a slightly increased use of Facebook and Google as a tool in application evaluations to about 26 percent and 27 percent respectively, compared to the previous year where Facebook was also used 26 percent of the time, but Google was only used 20 percent of the time. While this statistical jump is relatively small in relation to the year prior, the number of applicants who had damaging material found on their social networking pages that negatively impacted their applications nearly tripled from 12 percent to 35 percent this year. “The offenses we heard repeatedly
[from admission officers] were underage drinking, vulgarities, essay plagiarism, academic offenses and suspect material,” Colin Gruenwald, director of SAT and ACT programs for Kaplan Test Prep, said. Students’ social networking profiles might paint a different picture of the college hopefuls than they would like. “The traditional application—-, the essays, the letters of recommendation, represent the polished version of an applicant, while often what’s found online is a rawer version of that applicant,” Jeff Olson, vice president of data science, said in a Kaplan press release. His advice to students is to “think first, tweet later.” Of the schools polled, only 15 percent of admissions offices have rules in place to guide the use of social media in an application review process, according to the release. This leaves the majority of admissions offices with the ability to search for applicants with no restrictions, besides basic privacy settings.
But that does not mean that all schools are using the Internet as an evaluation tool. “It is not part of our evaluation process and I cannot imagine it ever will be,” David Gildea, associate director of marketing and recruitment for Penn State admissions, said. With social media and the Internet, there is a lot of information that may be or may not be factual, Gildea said. “It’s almost like using Wikipedia as an information tool. You cannot test its veracity,” Gildea said. “It’s a fun, anecdotal tool.” Gildea also said that with Penn State U. application numbers, it would be nearly impossible to search every student on the Internet. Penn State is not alone in its non-use of social media in the application process. The survey shows that about 25 percent of admissions officers are using social networking and 75 percent reported that they are not, Gruenwald said. “Although more than a quarter of admissions officers have said they go to Facebook
or Google, its still not something they do on a regular basis. We consider this a wild card factor,” Gruenwald said. Kaplan advised students to carefully monitor their privacy settings and to check their digital trail, Gruenwald said. Some students do take precautions when it comes to Facebook. PSU freshman Maria Reviello said she monitors the material that is on her Facebook wall. “I don’t upload pictures from parties and I do not use vulgarities,” Reviello said. Before Reviello applied to colleges, she untagged pictures that could be considered unprofessional. But even with these precautions, Kaplan advises to not post damaging material in the first place because the Internet has a long memory, Gruenwald said. “The last thing any student wants is to spend years building their academic credentials, only to have their application impacted negatively by an off-the-cuff comment or negative posting they never should have posted,” Gruenwald said.
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Junior Alex Henry (No. 4) scored the game-winning goal against eighth-ranked UCSB in the 85th minute. Henry’s efforts helped propel the Aggies to the top of the Big West Conference.
By VEENA BANSAL Aggie Sports Writer
When the word “clutch” comes up in conversation, junior forward Alex Henry is the first thing to come to mind. Henry has embodied every aspect of the word, with two huge game-winners against Cal State Fullerton and UC Santa Barbara this season. In general, Henry’s clutch performances throughout the Big West Conference have been a huge factor in UC Davis’s current position as the No. 1 seed. Henry, who recently garnered two Big West Offensive Player of the Week awards for his timely goals, sat down with Aggie Sports Writer Veena Bansal to discuss his thoughts on his performance, team dynamic, and expectations for the future of the men’s soccer team. What are your thoughts on being named to the Soccer America's Team of the Week and being dubbed the Big West Player of the Week two weeks in a row? I mean, I guess obviously I think it’s pretty cool to be recognized by others for what I do on the field, but at the same time I could not do it without the team. We’re all playing really well. Our
team’s really come together these past few games and I’ve just been lucky to have been on the end of a couple goals there. So I’m just fortunate and just excited to finish out the season strong, really. Were there any particular thoughts running through your mind before you struck the game-winners against Cal State Fullerton and UCSB? Really, I was just trying to give my team a chance against Fullerton. A ball came out and I saw the opportunity to take a shot so I did and lucky enough it went in. So that one was pretty lucky. And on the Santa Barbara goal, I just wanted to give my team a chance, you know, put it on the back post and, lucky enough, it went in also! What is your biggest motivation in soccer? I’d have to say my family. They started me when I was little, before I could even remember and I loved it so I stuck with it all my life. I’m just playing for my family and my friends and obviously to represent this school and get UC Davis out there in the soccer world and in NCAA sports. We’re all coming up with big wins across all the sports and that’s what all our student ath-
letes want to do — get UC Davis out there, get us well-known and hopefully get more fans out to all of our games. What are your thoughts on your performance so far? There’s always room for improvement. I’m excited enough to be on the ends of those goals and to be playing well this season. I know everyone around me has been working their butts off to play well also. Everyday we come out with a goal to get 1 percent better every single day so that’s what we try to do, improve on the little things and the big picture will all come together in the end. There’s always room for improvement. Are there any particular things you do to keep calm and focused toward the end of a match that is scoreless or in favor of the opponent? Well, really just keeping your focus, you know; by the end of the match your body’s tired, your team’s tired but you also know that the other team is going through the same thing so you have to keep reminding yourself that your opponents are too. And I just keep focusing on my breathing, really, and keep my focus on the game and not on any
uncontrollables. How is it being on the road with your teammates and prepping for away games? It’s a lot of fun. Road trips are one of my favorite things. I mean, I love being at home. The home crowd is great, I love home field advantage, but when you’re on the road we all like to have a great time. There’s a lot of little practical jokes we play on each other on the road and it’s just a lot of fun. This year we focused more on our road games because last year we didn’t get the results. But this year we’ve done pretty well on the road so far and we want to carry that into our last two road games. So we just like to enjoy ourselves, really, and we’re all having fun. Do you have any superstitions or particular things you absolutely have to do before a match? Well, I always put my left boot on first, so that’s a little superstition, I guess. But other than that, I just focus on my preparation, lots of visualization too. Just to visualize myself on the field, the team on the field, what I’m gonna do — which helps a lot when I’m out there. It comes naturally, [I] don’t have to think about it as much.
What are some memorable moments you've had with the team this season? Our trip to Texas was pretty memorable. We got out there with a solid win. Ryan Gross came up with two big goals and that whole trip was just a great experience. I mean, yeah, that win against Santa Barbara was a lot of fun. They’ve had our number the past two years and we finally came out with a win against them which felt great. Those two were big moments in the year that’ll stick with me. Where do you see the team going for the rest of the season? I see us getting at least top two in the Big West. We’re shooting for that first seed in the Big West Conference tournament, which is first in the North, and I feel like we’re gonna make that. I think we’re gonna go strong in the Big West tournament and carry that into the NCAA tournament, which is what we’re all striving for. So as long we can keep our composure, stick to our game plan and just play our game and enjoy ourselves I think we’ll have a great chance to make those happen. VEENA BANSAL can be reached at sports@theaggie. org.
Young people disillusioned by political climate, survey shows By Nicholas P. Fandos
Harvard Crimson (Harvard University)
President Barack Obama’s lead among young people age 18 to 29 has increased slightly since March to 19 percentage points with less than three weeks until election day, according to a new survey by Harvard’s Institute of Politics released Wednesday morning. Obama, who won handily among young voters in 2008 but has seen enthusiasm for his campaign wane this time around, leads former Massachusetts Governor Mitt Romney 55 percent to 36 percent among young people, the survey showed. Obama’s lead among likely college voters, is significantly smaller, however, at 10 percentage points. Even as the president remains popular among young people, excitement about the election among that group continues
to dip. Though 67 percent of those surveyed said they were registered to vote, only 48 percent said they “definitely” plan to vote on Nov. 6. Among college students, only 63 percent of those surveyed said they are registered, compared to 79 percent in 2008. Only 48 percent said the “definitely” plan to cast a ballot on election day. “Unfortunately I think we’re headed for a serious step back in participation and turnout,” said John Della Volpe, the IOP’s director of polling, who oversaw the survey. “We’re looking at 4-5 million fewer voters under 30 years old,” he added. The reason, IOP Director C. M. Trey Grayson said, is that a growing number of young people are disillusioned by the stalemate in Congress and persistent weakness in the economy. Forty-three percent of those surveyed agreed it does not matter who is elect-
ed in November, Washington is broken. Additionally, 31 percent agreed that neither of the candidates represent their views. The IOP pollsters said this trend should be particularly troubling for Obama, who relied heavily on young people in 2008. While 52 percent of those surveyed said they think Obama will win re-election, Romney voters seem more committed to showing their support with 65 percent saying they will “definitely” vote compared to only 55 percent of Obama supporters who say they will “definitely” vote. Despite their disillusionment with Washington, most in the survey still favor Obama’s policy stances. The survey, which overlapped with the first presidential debate, showed young voters still trust Obama more than Romney on a number of issues from health care to foreign policy. Forty-seven percent of
young voters also said they trust Obama more than they trust Romney to deal with the ailing economy, the area where Romney is generally perceived to be the strongest. Only 28 percent said they trust Romney more. In evaluating the job Obama has done as president, 62 percent agreed that the problems he faced upon entering office are “so complex it takes more than 4 years to do the job.” Thirty-three percent disagreed, responding that “despite his best efforts, Obama has failed.” The IOP survey taken between Sept. 19 and Oct. 3, asked 2,123 18- to 29-year old U.S, citizens a range of questions about November’s presidential election and their political mood more generally. The survey has a 2.1-point margin of error. A similar survey taken by the IOP in March, showed Obama leading Romney 51 percent to 34 percent overall.
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Digital Adderall The Problem It’s late at night and a big paper is due tomorrow morning. There is an empty Word document staring angrily back from the monitor. What follows is a few minutes on Facebook, and then another few minutes spent checking emails, getting a snack, Youtube, etc. In retrospect, the hard part wasn’t having things to say; a lot of the real difficulty came from focusing long enough to just put ideas down on the page. Enter WriteRoom, a solution developed by Hog Bay Software designed to help reduce clutter and get words on the page. The Solution WriteRoom is an app for Mac OS, iPad and iPhone that clears the screen of everything but text and a blinking text cursor. There is no desktop, no icons, no buttons and no tools. The objective is to free the user from worrying about fiddling with the margins and fonts, as well as minimizing the ‘multitasking’ process. Focused Anywhere Writeroom utilizes the sync services incorporated by Dropbox.com to keep projects at your fingertips and accessible at all times. How much is it? Hog Bay provides a free version on their website and license keys for $9.99. However, when bundled with TaskPaper, a mobile open-format to-do list application normally available for $24.99, WriteRoom is included for $5.00. If WriteRoom isn’t for you, or if you don’t own a Mac, there are alternatives that run on Windows, including WriteMonkey and FocusWriter. — Alan Lin
The Mind Map The Problem If you are like me, you’ll often start a paper with a perfect idea of what to write, and halfway through the first sentence, you’ll have completely forgotten what you are writing about. Your brain has all these ideas flying around, and it seems impossible to simply grab them in order and put them on a page. You could handwrite or type an outline, but it becomes cumbersome to cut and paste when you need to reorder something. In these situations, my savior is MindNode. The Solution MindNode is a mind mapping application for Mac OS and iOS platforms. It allows you to create a “map” of your thoughts, visually connecting all of your ideas into an organized, easy to view display. In essence, MindNode is an outline on steroids. You can drag ideas around, attach them to different nodes, color code, organize by importance and even export your mind map to a textual outline. MindNode even allows you to upload your mind maps directly to Dropbox or export them to a printable PDF document. Options MindNode has both free and professional versions. The free version, MindNode Lite, works amazingly, and I used it for years. However, the professional version adds in some functionality that makes mind mapping even easier. The professional version is a little pricy at $19.99 on the Apple App Store, but if organizing thoughts for papers has been a consistent problem for you, it may very well be worth it. Wrap Up There are many mind mapping applications out there, but MindNode has been my favorite because they constantly provide free updates to their software based on customer input. If you want to check out the alternatives, the best ones are FreeMind for Windows, Mac OS and Unix, and Visual Understanding Environment (VUE), also available for all three operating systems. Pro Tip I often use MindNode in conjunction with WriteRoom (see other Tech Tips article). If you happen to have a second computer monitor, you can full-screen your mind map on one screen, and have your distraction free writing environment on the other monitor. — Hudson Lofchie
free us from time-consuming tasks. The option to open multiple tabs while browsing online or doing computer work combines leiNicole sure time with time used for our jobs. DVRs alNoga lows you to fast-forward through commercials. Fast-food revolutionized the American lifestyle by allowing more time for leisure, work or responsibilities. While these are all great strides in the fight to maximize and utilize our time efficiently, a lot more time goes unnecessarily wasted. t is no secret that the When you wake up and planet is running out of press snooze several times resources, some faster for the five more minutes than others. Many sources of sleep, that adds to about predict we will run out of 10,000 wasted minutes evfossil fuels within the next ery year. That is seven full century. Global agriculture days a year that you will is producing more food never get back. When you than ever with less arable check your Facebook sevland, and still one in seven eral times a day for 10 minpeople are going hungry, a utes at a time, you spend number said to increase as 14,560 minutes a year on the population increases. that one social networking Besides site. If you the rehave moDo what interests you and spend sourcbile internet, es with time on things you feel are that number monetary is probably invaluable. signifimuch highcance, we er. Even simare losple things, ing things with biologilike making a decision cal value as well. The en- about where to get food for dangered species list for dinner or which cereal to aquatic animals shows buy add up to over 1,000 no signs of slowing its minutes. growth. In addition, more By now you are probathan 56,000 acres of rain- bly telling yourself there forest are lost each year is nothing you can do and hundreds of species to cut back on how you are destroyed or put in spend your time. We are danger. Due to the lack college students — some of knowledge about the with jobs, most with a deep sea and rainforfull load of units and all est species, and how they with daily responsibilimay be able to benefit ties that must be done. humanity, we may be los- True, there is no way to ing so much more than cut out school and work, we realize. but there is another way The global concerns for to get the most out of our resources are not new, but free time. there is one resource that It all starts with figurpeople fail to recognize ing out how you want to on a regular basis because spend your day. Have a it is so second-nature. A goal for the end of the day. resource that we use evSpend some more time ery day and can never get on something other than back once we have used the internet or television. it. A resource that we can Make a resolution to wake watch but never touch. up on time from naps and That resource is time. As when you sleep. Turn off you read this, you are the your phone for ten minyoungest you will ever be utes a day instead of for the rest of your life. checking in over and over There are 525,600 minagain. Use the new extra utes in a regular 365time on yourself. day year. In the average We often silently wish year of a full-time college we had more time to do student, 183,456 minthis or that, or to try that utes are spent sleeping, new hobby but we just got 139,776 minutes are spent too busy. You have time to working or doing educado those things, and intional activities (i.e. govest in your happiness. ing to class and studyDo what interests you and ing), 78,624 are spent do- spend time on things you ing leisure activities, feel are invaluable. Do 32,760 are spent travelnot wait and resign youring, 24,024 are spent eat- self to watching sand pass ing and drinking, and through the hourglass, be17,472 are spent groomcause time is irreplaceable. ing. About half of the time Many times, we find left over is spent perform- ourselves asking how we ing other responsibilities spent our day because it — visiting our families, seems like it went by too taking care of our pets, quickly or that we hardly washing our cars, waiting got any work done. Move in line at the post office, through life, moment to etc. The 24,048 minutes moment, with a purpose, left are used for activities and you will find yourself of personal interest. That asking that question less bit of time we take for frequently. Hopefully after ourselves amounts to only reading this, you can say 4.5 percent of our year. that the few minutes you Technology developdedicated were worth it. ment has allowed people to cut corners and multiNICOLE NOGA can be reached at science@ task. Dishwashers, laundry machines and the like theaggie.org.
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of Major Risks. All seven of the convicted scientists were part of this committee. Now, not only has Italy ostracized a large group of experts that could have Hudson helped prepare for future Lofchie events, but it has created an environment completely unconducive to proper scientific work. “If scientists can be held personally and legally responsible for situations where predictions don’t pan out, then it will be very hard to find scientists to stick their necks out in the future,” said David Oglesby, an associate prof we could predict the fessor at the earth sciencfuture, what would the es faculty of the University world be like? There of California, Riverside in a would be millions of lotpress statement. tery winners every day. There would be no freak ac- Luckily, no other government in the world has cidents. The stock market ever sought to punish sciwould be zero risk. There would be no deaths by nat- entists for failing to predict the future, and hopefulural disasters. But we canly no government ever will. not predict the future; no However, there is an issue matter how accurate our at hand that is even largformulas, algorithms, hyer than this potheisolated inses and ... courts need to familiarize cident. Such predictions are, themselves with how scientific governmental actions they are research and predictions are indicastill just tive of an enactually work. educatdemic coned guessdition of governmental scies. We don’t criminalize entific illiteracy. Here we stock brokers for failing to have scientists, using evpredict a market crash. We ery tool available to them, don’t criminalize the car companies when someone working in the best intergets in an accident, and we est of millions of people, and they are now being don’t criminalize gas stapunished by the state they tion stores when we don’t worked so hard to help. win the lottery. As Maiami said, “In no Back in 2009, Italy was uncertain terms, this is the struck by a massive earthend of scientists giving conquake that resulted in 308 sultations to the state.” deaths and about 1,500 se I wrote a column last vere injuries. Leading up to the quake, Italy’s top geolog- week on the problems with scientific illiteracy in ical scientists registered increased seismic activity, but our own government. It is a well-known fact among made the assessment that seismologists that earthan earthquake was not imquakes remain nearly imminent. Specifically, they possible to predict with said that a quake was “unany kind of accuracy, and likely but not impossible.” a national government, Now, three years later, especially national court seven of the scientists involved in the quake predic- systems, should be well aware that scientific fact tion have been convicted should hold more weight of manslaughter and senthan emotional testimony. tenced to six years in pris While it is unconscionaon. Let’s cover that again: Italian scientists have been ble to try and downplay the heartbreak and despair of sent to prison for failing to losing loved ones, convictpredict the future. ing honest, well-intentioned Seismologists and sciscientists of manslaughter entists from all othdoes nothing to help the siter fields of study around uation at all. Not only does the world have voiced it not bring back loved ones complete outrage at the who were lost in the quake, Italian government’s acbut it will make scientists tions. By criminalizing think twice before sharing the failure of scientists information that could poto predict the future, this ruling has set a dangerous tentially save many, many lives in the future. precedent that will sig It is my opinion — one nificantly hinder scientfthat is shared by arguably ic research in the future. If scientists are afraid that every scientist — that governments and courts need making a mistake will to familiarize themselves land them in prison with with how scientific research a manslaughter charge, and predictions actually they will be too afraid to work. It is exactly this unpursue any sort of meaninformed behavior that has ingful research. In response to the Italian relegated Italy to an emgovernment’s ludicrous ac- barrassingly low ranking tions, many of the govern- on the Index of Economic Freedom, subpar public inment’s top scientists have frastructure, astronomicalresigned their positions ly high national deficit and in protest. Among those little to no governmentwho have left their posts funded research. is world-famous physi Let’s take advice from cist Luciano Maiami, forItaly on how to make lamer head of CERN and sagna, not on how to deal the (now former) head of with earthquakes. Italy’s top disaster committee, the National Commission for the HUDSON LOFCHIE can be reached at Forecast and Prevention science@theaggie.org
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Vitamins cut cancer risk By Christine Y. Cahill
Harvard Crimson (Harvard University)
A prevention trial performed on male physicians revealed that taking a daily multivitamin modestly reduced the occurrence of cancer in men, according to a study by Harvard Medical School researchers published Wednesday in the Journal of the American Medical Association. This study is the first long-term, randomized clinical trial to suggest the benefits of taking regular doses of multivitamins, according to HMS professor Howard D. Sesso, who is the study’s co-principal investigator. Similar studies in the past have involved high doses of single vitamins or other combinations that aren’t available to consumers, added the lead author, HMS professor J. Michael Gaziano. In the study, 14,641 male physicians over the age of 50 were given either multivitamins or placebos through the mail over the course of 11 years. “We [tested only physicians] be-
cause they reported their health information well and it was easy for us to consent them, because they understood what we were trying to do…and the importance of sticking with it,” said Gaziano, who works in Brigham and Women’s Hospital’s Division of Aging. According to Sesso, whenever a participant reported a change in their health—like the occurrence of cancer—their medical records were requested and examined by a committee of physicians that either confirmed or unconfirmed the initial self-report. The group that took the multivitamins experienced 8 percent fewer cases of cancer compared to the placebo group, according to Gaziano. “It was very well administered, and the controls were well randomized,” said David S. Chapin ’60, a participant in the study and an HMS professor. “The number of people and the length of time makes it so the results are believable.” While the study only involved
healthy males over the age of 50, Sesso believes the benefits might extend to other groups as well. “We seem to think that the mechanism of effect of a multivitamin is blind to who’s taking it,” he said. “If it’s the combo of all the vitamins and minerals together that interact together to potentially reduce cancer risk, it might not matter whether you’re a man woman or otherwise.” Sesso said that at least one third of all U.S. adults take multvitamins. Because of this fact, Chapin said that any findings about multivitamins are significant. “Vitamins are a multi-billion dollar industry in our country and people may be throwing away their money if there’s no benefit,” he said. While he said he believes the reduction in cancer rates in the study is fairly small, Chapin said that he will continue to take vitamins. “I’m not running out to buy them today, but the next time I’m in Costco, I’ll probably buy some vitamins,” said Chapin.
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pointed out some key issues with the proposition itself. “Mandated labeling is very important, but now we’re talking about labeling food that ‘may have been’ produced using genetic engineering. I don’t know how you could be any more vague to a consumer,” Dr. Bradford said. “Every fruit tree in the state is often two different species. I personally don’t think it’s so strange that we can graft a small piece of a chromosome to another species.” Monsanto was invited to the event, but did not attend. Fendley listed agricultural businesses Monsanto, Dupont, Bayer and BASF as the main contributors against Prop. 37. “They have a grip on political power in this country,” Fendley said. “That’s why it is such a great opportunity not to count on elected officials who are heavily influenced by these companies.” Monsanto and others have contributed over $30 million to the No on Prop. 37 campaign, while the support for Prop. 37 has raised a little under $10 million.
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Enter digits from 1 to 9 into the blank spaces. Every row must contain one of each digit. So must every column, as must every 3x3 square. Each Sudoku has a unique solution that can be reached logically without guessing.
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Abigail Alcala / Aggie
First-year Britney Larriva prepares for Preference Night in her dorm. She taught me how to put her hair in a sock bun and it was fascinating. It requires a lot of hairspray and concentration. Then I tried it and I learned that I should never be a hairdresser.
Zach Land-Miller / Aggie
Always nice to bike past a closed off block in downtown Davis and see a street skating competition at 11am on a Sunday. Apart from nearly being run over by a couple boarders I was glad to have my camera with me.
Aaron Juarez / Aggie
It was late afternoon and the sky above Lake Tahoe was a rich, deep blue — but too dynamic for my camera to accurately capture. Using a large rock as an improvised tripod, I took 3 bracketed photos and later blended them into the final HDR image.
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