October 30, 2012

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tuesday, october 30, 2012

Entertainment Council to be relocated, Creative Media expands

ASUCD Senator Yara Zokaie steps down

Unit Relocation and Space Allocation Committee responds to unit expansion proposals

Senator responds to increasing pressure within association

Brian Nguyen / Aggie

The Entertainment Council (EC) will be moved into the former AS Papers office in Lower Freeborn. The move will allow EC and Creative Media to expand their operations.

By MUNA SUDEK Campus News Editor

The Unit Relocation and Space

Allocation Committee (URSAC) has voted to relocate the Entertainment Council (EC) to the former AS Papers space located in Lower Freeborn and

to have Creative Media expand its programming unit into EC’s current

See URSAC, page 2

Brian Nguyen / Aggie

Yara Zokaie

By ADAM KHAN Aggie News Writer

Yara Zokaie, former ASUCD senator and alumna of UC Davis, officially resigned from her position on Oct. 18.

Although Zokaie currently attends law school at the University of San Diego, the former senator elected to retain her seat after graduating from UC Davis last June until the expiration of her term at the end of Fall Quarter.

However, Zokaie was no longer on payroll and ASUCD President Rebecca Sterling informed her earlier in the quarter that she was ineligible because she was no longer a UC Davis student.

In her letter of resignation delivered to ASUCD last week, Zokaie states that the rigors of attending law school have rendered her incapable of serving as a long-distance senator, and that she has subsequently stepped down in the best interest of the student body.

For the past four weeks, the unexpected aftermath from the former senator’s

decision rocked the third floor of the Memorial Union as a wave of frustration and polarization settled over ASUCD. Zokaie resolved to keep her position in direct resistance to ASUCD President Rebecca Sterling, whom she believed was pressuring senators to vote on legislation as she saw fit.

Normally, once a Senate seat is vacated early, a “countback” is initiated to find the next runner-up in the previous election in order to fill the seat. However, since runner-up Charlie Colato also graduated last year, a replacement senator would be named by Sterling and confirmed by the Senate. Thus, Zokaie felt that vacating the seat would allow Sterling to select a temporary senator that would vote her way.

Such claims follow on the heels of accusations that various Senate members, in several private meetings, pledged allegiance to Sterling with their votes. Sterling denies any such meetings have

See ZOKAIE, page 2

California may lose 100 dairy farms CDFA, rising feed prices and drought hurt farms

By JULIE WEBB Aggie News Writer

Abigail Alcala / Aggie

The price of dairy products in the United States is expected to rise. The UC Davis Dairy Farm is located by the Tercero Residence Halls.

Most people know the old slogan: “Happy cheese comes from happy cows, and happy cows come from California.” For the past few years, however, dairy farms have been struggling to keep afloat.

The California dairy industry produced over 2 billion pounds of cheese in 2011. In fact, California ranked second in the nation for highest cheese production, according to the California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA).

However, that may change in the near future.

In Yolo County, there are only two dairies, including UC Davis’ own.

Merced tops the list for the highest amount of California dairies at 258, with over 268,000 head of cattle.

See DAIRY, page 2

News iN Brief

Halloween Treat Trail Winters Haunted Forest on Wednesday open until Wednesday From 2 to 4:30 p.m., Downtown Davis will host its annual Treat Trail on Halloween.

Families will be able to trick-or-treat at local businesses.

Downtown businesses along First, Second, Third and Fourth streets, as well as businesses along B, C, D, E, F and G streets, will participate in the candy-giving. A list of all the businesses

Today’s weather Sunny High 75 Low 52

participating can be found at davisdowntown.com/events/ halloween-treattrail.

The event is recommended for children ages 10 and under.

Also, for the first time, Varsity Theatre on 616 Second St. will show It’s the Great Pumpkin, Charlie Brown for free.

— Claire Tan

The third annual Haunted Forest event will end on Halloween from 7 to 10:30 p.m. The event is located in the forest at 9084 Winters Road, tickets are $15 each, cash only.

The event is hosted by Sam and Sherean Maynard and is for adults and teens of Winters, Esparto, Davis, Woodland, Vacaville and other cities, with the mission of giving a scary, yet exciting, Halloween experience.

This year, the event has

been open for 10 nights.

Last year, it was open for four nights.

“We love facilitating an event that’s fun and scary,” Sherean Maynard said.

“There’s been an unbelievable large amount of people coming through.”

Sherean said that next year, there will be ticket discounts for college students.

Children ages eight and under are not recommended to attend.

Forecast Expect sun for the majority of the week, with a chance of rain on Thursday. For those that haven’t invested in a fender, I suggest you do so. And best of luck on midterms!

Raymond Chan, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team

— Claire Tan

Students attend Meals with Mrak Organized by Student Assistants to the Chancellor, Meals with Mrak aims to bridge the gap between students and campus leaders though round table discussions over breakfast at the dining commons.

The most recent breakfast took place last Wednesday with Rich Shintaku, assistant vice chancellor for Student Affairs.

Topics discussed ranged from student life on campus to the transfer and international student experience.

Students are encouraged to sign up to join the Meals with Mrak 2012-13 Breakfast Series

Wednesday

Thursday

Partly cloudy

Possible showers

High 67 Low 51

High 66 Low 49

online at ucdsac.wufoo.com/ forms/fall-2012-meals-withmrak and must explain why they would like to participate and what they would add to the conversation.

Because the breakfasts are held in small groups, spaces are limited.

Future Meals with Mrak will be held on Nov. 5 with Rich Shintaku and Adela de la Torre, vice chancellor for Student Affairs, and on Nov. 19 and Dec. 3 with Adela de la Torre and Ralph Hexter, Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor.

— Muna Sadek

The fear of being without a cell phone is called nomophobia. One of the most common phobias these days? Probably.

Amanda Nguyen

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TODAY

sponsored by the UC Davis Department of Design. For more information, contact Annabeth Rosen at arosen@ucdavis.edu.

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 Wednesday.

Appointments are preferred. Call (530) 752-0740 or email rcfemling@ucdavis.edu for an appointment. For more information, go to theatredance.ucdavis.edu.

Photo scavenger hunt All day Davis Join the Experimental College’s photo scavenger hunt that started last week and continues through this week, ending on Nov. 2.

Basics of Registration and Hidden Resources Noon to 1 p.m.

16 South Hall Attend this workshop sponsored by the Transfer Reentry Veterans (TRV) Center.

Teach for America On-campus Info Session 12:10 to 1 p.m.

114 South Hall Join thousands of leaders in Teach for America by helping students in lowincome communities reach their full potential. Attend this info session to become a competitive applicant for this program. The next application deadline is this Friday, Nov. 2.

Careers in the Arts: A Brownbag Lunch Series 12:30 to 1:30 p.m.

148 Everson Hall Join Lindsay Martin of Lord Cultural Resources in this seminar sponsored by the Programs in Art History and Art Studio.

For more information, email lctheis@ ucdavis.edu.

WEDNESDAY Basics of Registration and Hidden Resources Noon to 1 p.m.

16 South Hall Attend this workshop sponsored by the Transfer Reentry Veterans (TRV) Center.

THURSDAY Poetry in the Garden: Indigo Moor and Judy Halebsky Noon to 1 Wyatt Deck Indigo Moor is a multi-genre, awardwinning writer. Judy Halebsky, also an award-winning poet, spent five years in Japan as a Japanese Ministry of Culture fellow. Parking is available for $7 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and A Street. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

UC Davis Energy Institute Fall 2012 Seminar Series 1:30 to 2:30 pm 1003 Kemper Hall Join Tim Mason, senior consultant for Black & Veatch, as he discusses “Trends in Renewable Integration and Co-Location.”

There is no cost and all are welcome to attend.

Undergraduate Published Literature Read 4 to 5:30 p.m.

126 Voorhies Support undergraduate students who write and publish. Two UC Davis students will read their Prized Writing awardwinning essays. A Q&A session will follow the readings. All are welcome to listen and ask questions.

YCA meeting 6:30 to 8 p.m.

500 ASTF Join the Young Cattlemen’s Association for its November meeting to learn about the beef industry and to meet the club.

MOVE film showing 7:30-8:30 3 Kleiber Hall Attend this movie viewing of Invisible Children’s new documentary film MOVE and hear firsthand from a Ugandan speaker about growing up in fear of being attacked by the LRA. Invisible Children is a nonprofit organization that wants to bring justice and awareness to the LRA atrocities that are happening right now in East and Central Africa in an effort to stop the violence.

Poetry Night Reading Series

Men’s Soccer Game 3 to 4 p.m.

Aggie Soccer Field Watch the UC Davis men’s soccer team play against Cal Poly SLO.

What Design Matters?

4:30 to 6:30 p.m Art Annex PUBLIC’s founder Rob Forbes, who also founded Design Within Reach, shares his thoughts on why design matters and the vision behind PUBLIC. This event is

8 to 10 p.m.

John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St. Attend this poetry reading with Sandra Gilbert.

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 Coke, not cola

FRIDAY Parenting, you’re doing it right A woman shoplifted a 30-pack of Keystone, put it on top of her baby in a stroller and walked out of the store on Russell Boulevard.

Pothead protocol Somebody reported people smoking marijuana and requested that the police advise people to close their windows on Pole Line Road.

SATURDAY The Deathly Halloweekend Over 100 people were drinking in their front yards and sitting in the street on Pole Line Road.

On Russell Boulevard, a man offered someone coke, but the person thought he was talking about soda until he gestured to the type you snort.

Swinging from the trees People were passed out and loitering in the plot at The Trees on Lake Boulevard.

A meaty crime On L Street, someone ordered veggie pizza only to find that it had chicken on it, and as the restaurant remade it with chicken again, the man thought the employees did it on purpose.

Police briefs are compiled from the City of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact EINAT GILBOA at city@theaggie.org.

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dairy Cont. from front page Dr. Frank Mitloehner, who studies agriculture and air quality, says that there are a few reasons for this.

“California has a milk and cheese market that’s separated from the rest of the United States and the prices for milk and cheese are determined by the California Department of Food and Agriculture. It’s a very complex system that’s not really understood,” Mitloehner said.

According to the CDFA’s website, many different components of the milk market are taken into account by monitoring milk, butter, cheese and other products at the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. Then they take economic factors into account such as feed, labor, utilities and veterinary care. Each class of milk product has a different price, with “fluid milk” ranking the highest. However, when fluid milk production peaks during the summer, the chief consumers — school children — are absent, resulting in low prices.

In an email, UC Davis professor of animal science Ed DePeters, who studies cattle and milk production, spoke of low milk prices.

“High supply of milk must be met with high demand for milk and dairy products,” DePeters said.

Because of the extreme variability of milk prices, the CDFA creates a “milk pool” by combining the total amount of money of different milk

Zokaie Cont. from front page “There has never been a time where myself, or representatives from my office, have vowed with current senators to ‘stick together’ and vote the same — the Executive Branch does not even have a vote on the Senate table,” Sterling said in an email interview.

Sterling has also publicly announced her willingness to cooperate and find a temporary senator that Zokaie was comfortable with.

Earlier this quarter, Sterling issued a letter to Zokaie informing her of her illegitimacy as a senator due to ASUCD bylaw 703, which states that student leadership positions must be filled by enrolled students only. The ASUCD Constitution (Article I, Section 3) also states that “graduate and professional students may not vote in the ASUCD elections and cannot hold an elected or appointed office in ASUCD.” Several members of ASUCD saw this action as an attempt to forcibly remove a member of the legislative branch, and as an abuse of power on behalf of the executive.

Sterling, however, stands by her actions.

“I relayed the message to [Zokaie] and the Senate table that both our Bylaws and our Constitution were being violated by allowing for a nonUC Davis enrolled undergraduate and enrolled professional student to serve as an ASUCD Senator,” she said. “I did not remove her, yet I did relay the message that she had removed herself from the position by making herself ineligible to serve. I did state the facts, I did not take any action, let alone any ‘forcible’

products, and paying them out to dairy farmers.

“What’s clear is that California dairymen receive much less for their milk than other states,” Mitloehner said.

But dairy owners contend with another challenge — the price of feed for cows.

Although the price of milk remains stable, feed prices have gone up in the last few years.

“Approximately 40 percent of today’s corn produced in the U.S. isn’t going to animal feed or human food, but into fuel — mainly ethanol,” Mitloehner said.

According to the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), corn grown for ethanol is predicted to compete with feed over the next 10 years. In 2010, corn grown for ethanol began to seriously compete with corn grown for feed when ethanol production surpassed feed production at 5 billion bushels.

The USDA claims that in the next few years, the cost of corn and other crops used for ethanol will be at “historically high levels.”

However, ethanol isn’t the only reason for corn prices increasing.

“Corn and soybean prices affect the prices of other feeds. Plus the drought in the Midwest this summer also impacted price of corn and soybeans,” DePeters said.

The increased price of corn also means the increased price of alternative feed.

“The reason that’s such a problem is that the feed costs are by far the most important cost — more than 70 to 80 percent of the cost is on

feed, and when these prices go up then your revenue goes down,” Mitloehner said.

These problems force out smaller, less competitive dairies, although some larger dairies have been hit too.

“There are predictions that we will lose 100 dairies here in the next month,” Mitloehner said. “Personally, I think that although we’re losing dairies, I don’t think we’ll lose cows.”

The USDA’s most recent report on rising costs in agriculture suggests the same thing. The report talks about record-high costs for milk for the country, while the number of dairy cows has declined.

The USDA Agricultural Predictions to 2021 report suggests that large dairy operations are on the rise, while small operations will fade out.

“The decline in cow numbers slows somewhat toward the end of the projection period as the transition in most regions from smaller, diversified farms to larger, specialized dairy operations matures,” the report states.

According to the report, this means in the next 10 years, big farms will overtake small farms. Small farms may not have the ability to withstand the future of dairy costs.

“Costs of environmental regulations continue to increase for dairy producers. Banks are also tight with money so loans are difficult for dairy farmers to obtain during times when things are bad. [Agriculture] is often cyclic with good and bad times,” DePeters said.

Mitloehner believes that

the only real solution is a reevaluation of the U.S.’ priorities.

“A long-term solution is to think really critically if we should grow food crops for fuel. I’m very skeptical of growing corn for ethanol,” Mitloehner said. “For example, if you get rid of a 20-, 30-, 40-acre dairy [and replace it] with a development — if you look at the environmental impact, it’s really a question of which landform is more helpful to our land use.”

In a statement issued by Karen Ross, secretary of the CDFA, she announced the creation of the Dairy Future Task Force to address issues for dairy.

The announcement gave some background on failing dairies.

“Many dairies are still trying to recover from the 2009 crisis which saw record losses in the industry and they simply didn’t have enough equity to see them through this crisis,” stated the announcement.

However, the statement also lists some reasons to be hopeful.

“The minimum price [of milk] has increased approximately 30 percent since June 2012 and is now among the highest prices on record.

Class 4b milk, which is used to make cheese, is also up in recent months by about 30 percent,” the announcement stated.

In the end, California may not lose its happy cows — just some happy farmers.

action.”

As of June 2012, Zokaie has not been scheduled to receive her usual salary as senator.

“As far as we know, [Zokaie] hasn’t been turned in for anything to be paid.

She last received a check on the 20th,” said Kathy Wilton, office manager with ASUCD Student Services.

Sergio Cano, Internal Affairs Commission chair, feels differently than Sterling.

“She does not have constitutional authority to command the ASUCD Senate nor the ASUCD Elections Committee. The ASUCD Senate has sole discretion of how they wish to settle this matter,” he told The Aggie earlier this month in an email interview.

Cano believes that the matter should have gone to the ASUCD Court, because the issue centered around the interpretation of the Constitution and Bylaws. He also gave an argument against Sterling’s interpretation of Bylaw 703.

“I would agree that it is a constitutional matter at this point, since the ASUCD President has referenced Bylaw 703 as her prime directive for acting in her position. However, she has interpreted this to include ‘enrolled Undergraduate of UC Davis student,’ which does not explicitly state so, since enrolled student is ambiguous at this point.”

Under normal circumstances, such contentious issues are referred to the ASUCD Court for a final verdict. However, the Court is currently defunct in that it lacks a Chief Justice, who is appointed by the President.

Sterling has yet to choose a new one. As such, conducting business with the Court is in itself another challenge.

“It is a difficult time to

be in ASUCD since there is quagmire of opinions,” Cano said. “This is why the ASUCD Court should be the perfect venue to settle this as it is an indirect body away from political influence and they have the ultimate authority in interpreting the governing documents of ASUCD.” Zokaie believes such difficulties within ASUCD are a direct result of the executive branch.

“I think ASUCD has become severely dysfunctional because of the executives’ incompetence and noncooperation,” she said.

President Sterling, however, wholly believes that Zokaie did not deserve to keep her seat. “[Zokaie’s] attempt to continue serving after enrolling and beginning law school in San Diego was irresponsible, and disrespectful to the Association and the student body. UC Davis students deserve representatives who serve in their positions to better the Davis community.”

Reactions on the Senate table were also mixed.

“I think she should have resigned when she decided to go to law school,” said Senator Erica Padgett. “We’re at a loss of a senator to represent the student body on campus. I think she’s doing a disservice to the student body by not giving a replacement, and having worked with the President who was open and willing to find an adequate replacement, I think it’s a shame.”

Senator Justin Goss said he was initially in favor of Zokaie keeping her seat.

“I was more in favor of her getting to hold her seat and participation to some extent rather than let the President hand-pick a senator,” he said.

Senator Patrick Sheehan

believes that Sterling, as president, should not have the option to remove any elected legislator.

“It was weird in that things like this should have gone to the Court, but the Court wasn’t in the position to do things quickly,” Sheehan said.

However, as time dragged on and tensions mounted, Zokaie’s recent resignation has left members of ASUCD questioning whether any of this was worth the struggle.

“I think it was an appropriate time for Zokaie to resign, where we don’t look like a super illegitimate body, but whatever effect she was going for was carried through,” Sheehan said.

Goss has also reconsidered his position.

“While I did think that protecting the Constitution was important, when it comes to this actual vacancy of the seat, the drama just isn’t worth it,” Goss said.

The senators agree that for now, things at the Senate table have returned mostly to normal.

“I just wish things had been resolved earlier,” said Senator Don Gilbert.

According to Goss, a replacement is being looked into but it could be a lengthy process. He said that the position must be stated as “vacant” online on the ASUCD website and a minimum of two-thirds of the applicants must be interviewed before the president can select the candidate that she sees most fit. The table is given the option to confirm the candidate or ask the Interviewing Committee to re-evaluate the applicants and present another candidate.

JULIE WEBB can be reached at city@theaggie. org.

ADAM KHAN can be reached at campus@ theaggie.org.

OPINION

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editorials

KDVS bill

Pass it KDVS recently submitted a bill asking ASUCD for $36,000 in order to purchase the equipment needed for the KDVS tower relocation project. This new tower would eliminate the already existing threats from encroaching stations that interfere with KDVS frequencies.

This new tower would allow the station to reach the greater Sacramento area, opening up opportunities for more donors and advertisers. This could one day lead to KDVS being a zero-subsidy unit under ASUCD. If this bill doesn’t pass, KDVS may become a strictly online radio station. The encroaching towers would limit KDVS’ broadcast to only Davis and potentially Woodland. This would be disastrous for the 13-year-long project and KDVS as a whole.

This would be extremely disappointing, as KDVS is kind of the shit. This campus radio station is not only known internationally, but it’s also quite special in our nation. They have one of the largest music collections on the West Coast and we’re the only campus in America that can say that we have a record label.

KDVS has a long history of fostering upcoming tal-

ent — they promoted Green Day and DJ Shadow got his start as a student DJ for KDVS. This station is also vital to anyone interested in radio production, event planning, marketing and business management.

The ASUCD Senate wants to allot around $25,000 to KDVS, but members of the station say that $36,000 is the lowest KDVS can afford to ask for. They’re already pulling money from their own reserves and if ASUCD doesn’t loan them this money now, KDVS will just have to go back to ASUCD for help anyway. Under the current plan, KDVS will pay back the loan in 10 years with the money that already goes toward upkeep of the existing transmitter.

This bill was presented at last week’s Senate meeting and was pushed until this Thursday for another discussion. Today it revisits the Business & Finance Commission to better inform ASUCD about how the money will be spent.

ASUCD Senate, we appreciate that you want to be fiscally responsible and are taking this matter seriously. We would like to urge you to pass KDVS’ tower bill. KDVS is your unit, and you should be proud to call them that.

Crime

Be safe Davis has been described by many as a cute, safe little farming town. However, this past month has proven such accusations of safety to be wrong.

Davis has gone creepy. And quite frankly, we are scared.

In October alone, three crimes have been rampant in the news, none of which bring comfort to the college students walking home late from the frat parties or sleeping in their apartment alone because their roommate left for the weekend.

Earlier in the month, a woman was raped by a stranger on the street who smashed her phone to prevent her from calling for help.

This past week, an indecent exposure suspect was caught and identified as a multiple offender, flashing innocent students in August. Lastly, two Davis residents reported being robbed at gunpoint last week, having to surrender their possessions to two thieves.

None of these crimes are minor offenses, and they should be cause for concern.

There is no apparent reason for the sudden noticeable spike in crimes and creepers in our town.

Davis is a college town, with half of its population made up of students, often young and vulnerable individuals just learning to live on their own. To protect ourselves, we need to take a few precautionary measures.

Don’t feel silly taking a self-

defense class — that means you too, guys. Learning the best ways to free yourself or paralyze an attacker can prevent you from becoming another statistic and in some instances save your life. UC Davis offers physical education courses in self-defense.

You can take a class at any martial arts studio, the UC Davis Police Department, Campus Violence Prevention Program (CVPP) and even the Experimental College.

The CVPP is a great resource with lots of tips and workshops for prevention and intervention. You can also download a document with 100 tips to prevent sexual assault.

Peruse their website to discover what they have to offer.

Another underutilized resource is the UC Davis Campus Safety Escort Service, intended to prevent anyone from becoming a victim of a crime when working or studying late. This service will take you anywhere you need to go on campus for free.

The Tipsy Taxi has a similar job, ensuring that all of the party animals make it home safely from anywhere in the city for a $3 fee.

So, with the knowledge of the crime rise in our sweet and once-thought-to-besafe town, do yourself a favor and buy some pepper spray or learn how to escape from a stranger’s grip. Nowadays, you never know what you will run into.

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Additionally, payment While we might not nofor performance will attice the effects now, there tract greater numbers will definitely be reperof potentially more talcussions in the future. ented people who might have viewed teaching as a We already don’t pay our teachers enough; it’s less practical profession, a small wonder that U.S. as they are more likely rankings on the internato receive better salaries tional scale remain at the working in the private “below average” to “aversector. age” range. We need to start There are, howevlooking at new ways to iner, many valid concerns vigorate our education sysagainst the implementatem. Education is one of tion of a merit-based pay the biggest, most imporsystem.

The largest of these con- tant investments of a nation, and one of the main cerns is that teachers will aspects by which a sucbecome corrupt. Instead of actually teaching, they’ll cessful society is measured. feed students answers and only cover material that Tell DERRICK LEU what you think about pertains to standardized teachers’ salaries at derleu@ucdavis. tests. As a result, students edu.

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No matter how crappy things may be with your family, take it yourself to initiJhunehl upon ate change. Don’t wait Fortaleza for someone to die before you say all the good things you love about them.

And family extends beyond the biological. Repair your relahree parties, a tionships now. Pride football game is the deadliest of all and an AggieTV sins because it stops us workshop I’m supfrom living full and truposed to be in charge ly happy lives. It’s what of — I had my plans set stops families from in stone for this weekreconciling, what turns end. On Friday, I’m petty disagreements supposed to go to a into years of bitterness free yoga class at 2 p.m. and what keeps young and work on my honpeople acting like they ors thesis from 3:30 to have all the time in the 5 p.m. world.

Things that I had But really, our parbeen looking forward ents are getting old. to for days now seem Our siblings are to lack their original growing up. luster. What would’ve Our dads may only been my last underhave a couple years of graduate football playing catch left in game doesn’t seem like them. Our little sisters a big deal anymore. may be too cool for us Missing the three parby the time we finalties to ly call be with them Don’t waste your time on back. my uncle is Earth crying over some boy or We will such never talking trash ... an easy again choice be able now, to have even though 45 minthe same kind of qualutes ago I was like, ity time with them that “Hell naw, I wouldn’t we could have right miss those parties for now. anything!”

My dad is one of 10 Half an hour ago, I siblings. The only two got a phone call saying times I’ve ever seen that my uncle’s lung him cry were also on collapsed and that trips to Vancouver he might not make it — once at his brothpast this weekend. As er’s funeral. The othI pack my things to er time on Christmas leave for Vancouver, I Eve when we were struggle in slight disfive hours away from belief to formulate reaching my grandthese sentences. pa and he received By the time you the call saying that we read these words on didn’t make it.

Tuesday, someone very And now, we’re makspecial to me may no ing the same trip. longer be alive.

My uncle has had As a person who cancer for three tries to put her faith years, and we actualin God, I sometimes ly thought he was getbuckle under the presting better. I think sure of these tribulaabout my cousins — tions. What are we sup- his children — and posed to do when crymy heart starts aching no longer alleviates ing when I try to imagthe burden of a heavy ine how they must be heart? Where should feeling. Even though we turn? all five of them are I encourage you to adults with their own call your loved ones separate lives — one right now for no realives in Singapore and son and tell them how was still on his honeymuch they mean to moon, another resides you. in the Philippines with Don’t waste your his wife and three sons time on Earth crying — they dropped what over some boy or talkthey were doing to be ing trash about that at their father’s side. beezy on the bike path. We have a limitIn the grand scheme of ed time on Earth, but your life, what do they it’s hard to keep that matter? in mind when we’re Just because we’re in stressed out over midcollege, don’t inebriterms or frustrated ate yourself so often with our significant that drinking becomes other. I wish it didn’t a bigger part of your take this trip we’re life than your famiabout to make for me ly. Don’t let that be the to remember how valuonly way you meaning- able and precious evfully interact with peoery day is. ple around you. Create So I share this heartbonds that really mean ache with all of you as something. Will those a reminder before you people be there for you have to make a simiwhen you’re stuck on lar trip. Spend as much the side of the road two time as you can with hours away? Will they the people you love. be there for you when your party has run out JHUNEHL FORTALEZA knows that her of alcohol and you’re family is not alone. Feel free to email cleaning up the mess her your own stories at jtfortaleza@ they left? ucdavis.edu.

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UC Davis Confessions: Your real Facebook status New Facebook page reveals personal confessions

By JOYCE BERTHELSEN Aggie Features Writer

Facebook. The revolutionary social tool of the decade. It serves as a portal for family members to keep in touch, friends to share funny pictures and acquaintances to get to know each other better. But now, it also serves as a diary.

Over the course of a mere two weeks, the new UC Davis Confessions community page on Facebook has spread like wildfire through word of mouth and newsfeeds, reaching even the non-frequent social media users. Students express mixed emotions about the page, from creepy to ridiculous to funny.

With over 1,800 “likes” so far, the UC Davis Confessions founder, a psychology major, was surprised by the page’s fast track to popularity.

“I did not expect this page to get so popular,” the founder said in an email. “It took me by surprise when we reached over 300 likes within 24 hours.”

Founded on Oct. 16, UC Davis Confessions is a page where the founder and two other administrators post anonymous confessions people have submitted to them. To conceal identities, the page provides a link to an external website, where people can write their confessions into a text box, hit submit and reveal nameless confessions. The external link sends the submissions to the founder’s inbox, where they show up anonymously.

Although there are many confessions on the page, there are also movie quotes (namely from Mean Girls) and song lyrics, which raise the question of what the page is really about.

“This page is intended to be a place where students are able to express themselves anonymously,” the founder said. “A place to share thoughts, secrets, and ask for advice that they normally wouldn’t be

able to share elsewhere. It serves as an outlet source.”

When viewing the page, it seems that the founders have achieved this goal. Confessions range from personal relationship problems, sexuality and pranks on roommates to promiscuous acts on campus grounds.

The founder said they get over 200 posts every day and therefore try to keep the page as up-to-date as possible. However, some inappropriate material is not posted.

With numerous daily updates, the page has provided students with a new form of entertainment. “[When] I don’t want to study, it’s a tool of procrastination,” said Kelly Otsuka, a second-year undeclared life sciences major.

Otsuka said she uses Facebook approximately three times a week but had found out about the page through her roommate.

The page is updated frequently, which means Facebook users are constantly given new confession posts.

“I’ll probably spend like a good 10 minutes reading through stuff, and then I’ll try to log out,” said Leo Garcia, a third-year civil engineering major. “It’s really hard. It’s tempting, because everything’s so funny.”

With these reactions, the founder seems to have achieved her goal for creating the page.

“I wanted something different to take a break in between studies other than the usual YouTube videos [and] memes,” the founder said.

However, with anonymity comes cynicism.

Both Otsuka and the founder said about over half of the confessions are probably true, but others say differently, such as Garcia, who believes only 25 percent are true.

“I think people just enjoy getting ‘likes’ and getting people’s attention, so a lot of people like to blow things out of proportion to get that attention they want,” Garcia said.

He also said that a friend had submitted a confession.

“It was pretty funny. He lied about it, but

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My border collie, Denali, enjoys a beautiful sunset over Lake Tahoe during a trip organized by the Photo Club at UC Davis. She had been running around all day and was content to sit still for a few minutes while I shot some pictures - which worked out wonderfully since I had to take long exposures due to the low light - Mark Allinder

ursac Cont. from front page space on the third floor of the Memorial Union (MU).

The committee, which is responsible for determining space allocations and voting on space allocation issues as they arise for ASUCD units, voted on these relocations on Friday, following proposals received from unit directors in the fall requesting to expand their operations to the former AS Papers room in Lower Freeborn.

According to Melanie Maemura, chair of URSAC and ASUCD Controller, the committee held various discussions that included unit directors to arrive at their final vote.

“It was critical to make these movements in the beginning of the school year to accommodate the growth of [Creative Media] and the operations of Entertainment Council,” Maemura said in an email interview.

“Creative Media and especially Entertainment Council had been operating in spaces that limited their operations.”

Currently, the AS Papers space is being utilized by Aggie Reuse for storage.

The new unit aims to distribute items collected from landfills to promote environmental awareness through reuse of these items.

Kristie Wu, Aggie Reuse director and fourth-year communication major, said they have not yet begun looking into new spaces for

storage.

“It shouldn’t impact us too much if we remain in Lower Freeborn. If we end up having to move our storage space somewhere far from our store location, a lot will have to be considered regarding transportation since we access our storage space frequently,” Wu said in an email interview.

One of the main reasons for the Creative Media expansion to the current EC space (the unit is currently based on the third floor of the MU as well) is the increase in student positions.

More space was required for its programmers and growing volunteer base, according to Maemura.

Henry Chatfield, director of Entertainment Council and overseer of the unit’s operations and about 15 staff members and interns, said that he was initially hesitant about the possibility of a move.

“I have spent a lot of time discussing it with our assistant director and we agree that it will be a positive change … It will relocate us in a space that is much closer to the other media and entertainment units — KDVS, AGTV,” he said in an email interview.

Because the new space is already connected to the unit’s equipment room, Chatfield said the move will not affect its functioning.

“We will be able to very effectively utilize the space with volunteer training.

The interest in our unit has also been rapidly expand-

ing and sometimes we can have over 30 volunteers at a meeting, so having a larger office space will be an obvious improvement in that respect as well,” he said.

Unit directors agree that the move will promote further collaboration in the future.

Anna Oh, executive producer of AggieTV and third-year film studies major, said a negative aspect of working in Lower Freeborn is that some days she does not get to see the light of day, but she agrees that Entertainment Council’s move to the basement will foster more opportunities for the units to work together.

“I definitely see greater future opportunities with our new neighbor on the Lower Freeborn Hall! It’s great that all media units will now be on the same floor,” she said in an email interview.

The timeline for the relocations is currently being determined, according to Maemura.

During the meeting, the campus radio station KDVS and AggieTV presented proposals for recording and filming studios, respectively.

URSAC voted to revisit the proposals after the completion of the seismic retrofit of Freeborn Hall. The proposals were added to longrange plans that are being compiled by the Internal Affairs Commission.

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he got the likes he wanted,” he said.

Others believe it to be an even smaller percentage.

“Maybe like 10 or 15 percent of them are true,” said Yasin Hosseinpur, a second-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major. “Some of them are just ridiculous.”

Otsuka said she believes the popularity of the page has caused more of the newer posts to be creepy. The increasing popularity could mean more submissions, thereby also increasing the likelihood of false confessions.

The supposed absurdity of some posts has caused some loss of interest in the page.

“First I thought it was funny and then I thought it was stupid and then I lost interest in it,” Hosseinpur said. “There are some things that are like, ‘Oh, I’m a girl and this is this.’ There’s no way you can relate to it and a lot of it is starting to be like that. It’s not much of a UC Davis thing as it is a general public thing, so it’s not fun.”

Still, some thought the page to be strange in the first place, but nonetheless amusing.

“I thought it was ridiculous,” Garcia said.

“I didn’t like it. I don’t like how people open up so easily and say ridiculous things. I just didn’t find it appropriate. Especially if you want to confess something, you don’t confess personal things to a nobody or people you don’t know.”

Despite how ridiculous Garcia said the page is, he still said he reads it due to the funny and amusing posts.

Since the creation of the page two weeks ago, other UC Davis Craigslist-like pages have sprung up, such as the founding of UC Davis Missed Connections on Oct. 20 and UC Davis Singles on Oct. 22. Whether UC Davis Confessions sparked these pages or if they have the same administrators is unknown.

JOYCE BERTHELSEN can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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Confessions from the last 24 hours “I just ate carrots and celery while watching porn.”

“I have seriously considered pole dancing as a side job to pay for college. I just wish there wasn't such a negative stigma surrounding it.”

“I was really attracted to the girl in the drag king contest. I'm a straight female...I think.”

“I made someone crash on their bike and I didn’t say sorry.”

“How do you get the smell of sex out of your room? Serious question.”

“I have a crush on one of the weekend lunch waitresses at Thai Canteen.”

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UC Davis sweeps UC Santa Barbara for first time in history Sheldon’s two goals lead Aggies to victory, first place in Big West

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Sophomore Matt Sheldon scored two goals against UC Santa Barbara on Sunday. The Aggies keep their position at the top of the Big West Conference.

By VEENA BANSAL Aggie Sports Writer

The UC Davis men’s soccer team defeated UC Santa Barbara in overtime Sunday evening, winning 2-1. UC Davis remains in first place with 18 points and an overall record of 8-5-4 with a Big West Conference record of 6-2. Sacramento State follows in second place with 16 points and Cal Poly is in third with 13 points.

UC Davis swept UCSB for the first time

in program history after a strong victory over the Gauchos on Oct. 13. This is also the first time the Aggies have won at Harder Stadium since 2008.

“It’s a great win for the team,” said head coach Dwayne Shaffer. “They’ve worked their tails off and right now they’re playing with confidence. They’re playing good soccer, they’re creating numerous opportunities to score and we’re playing to our strengths. We’re on top of the Big West standings again just like

last year so we’re doing the right things with the right kids in our program who are playing hard.”

The Gauchos scored the first goal of the match in the 28th minute to put UCSB up 1-0. Ema Boateng heeled a pass to Achille Campion, who then scored on the back post for his sixth goal of the season. Both teams continued to exchange the ball for the duration of the half until there were three seconds left in the first half.

Sophomore forward Matt Sheldon man-

aged to equalize the game just a few seconds before the halftime buzzer. Freshman forward Ryan Gross crossed the ball over to sophomore defender Ramon Martin del Campo after Gaucho defender Peter Schmetz headed the ball away to the left sideline. In the midst of a tussle in front of the box, Martin del Campo managed to find a way to slip the ball to Sheldon, who tucked away the shot in the lower-left corner of the goal.

The Aggies were able to regroup and regain confidence during the halftime. UC Davis and UCSB continued to fight and battle each other for duration of the second half. Junior Omar Zeenni and the UC Davis defense shut off the Gauchos with 26 blocks. Zeenni finished the match with six huge saves.

“Omar was awesome,” Shaffer said. “He played outstanding. He’s performed well for us all season and when we needed him to step up and make some big saves today, he was there for us. Ramon was outstanding in the air and won many head balls.

[Sophomore] Brian Ford shut down their attack and [junior] Alex Henry and Gross were, once again, outstanding as fullbacks and helped us on the attack as well.”

The game proceeded to roll over into overtime as both teams remained tied at 1-1. Midway through the first overtime period, Sheldon captured the victory for the Aggies. Gross forced Gaucho goalkeeper Austin Mansker to come out of the box.

Sheldon took advantage of a rebound opportunity and struck a shot that was deflected away by defenders Daniel Welsh and Peter McGlynn. Sheldon capitalized on his second chance when the rebound came back to him.

“Sheldon had a great day and he has really turned his game up to another level in the past couple of weeks, which has been great and has helped our team tremendously,” said Shaffer. “The two goals that were scored both came off of set pieces and he was in the right place at the right time.”

The Aggies will host Cal Poly on Wednesday before finishing at home against Sacramento State. The game will begin at 3 p.m. at Aggie Soccer Field.

This past game, the Mustangs lost to Sacramento State 3-2 and hold third place in the Big West.

UC Davis and Cal Poly last met on October 16th when the Aggies won 1-0.

Expect this upcoming match to be exciting as UC Davis tries to extend its winning streak to three games on Halloween.

VEENA BANSAL can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Victory lap Women’s soccer senior class off with a win

By KIM CARR

Aggie Sports Writer

This year’s women’s soccer squad has battled through a season of hard-fought victories and tough losses, but Sunday’s game against UC Riverside gave them one final chance to come together and win.

The Aggies closed out the rough season on a high note with the victory over the Highlanders.

Friday — Cal State Fullerton 2, UC Davis 1 The Aggies started the weekend with a Friday afternoon kick-off against top-ranked Cal State Fullerton. The first half was a back and forth fight between offenses, but the Titans found the scoreboard first when sophomore Adriana Gjonovich snuck one past freshman goalkeeper Taylor Jern. The score came in the 42nd minute of the first half and it gave CSU Fullerton a 1-0 lead.

“We had one mistake [in the first half ] and they snuck one in,” said head coach MaryClaire Robinson.

The Titans were quick to find the back of the net again, when senior JeAnna Mazeau earned her fourth score of the season from seven yards out.

The UC Davis offense managed to cut the lead in half in the 71st minute when sophomore Kiele Argente punched in a straightaway shot from 20 yards out.

The Aggies initiated a last-minute offensive assault near the end of the game but they were unable to connect on any of their opportunities.

“I thought in the second half we had much better energy and we went forward and took it to them a little bit,” Robinson said.

The loss to Fullerton was frustrating and was the Aggies’ eighth game of the season decided by a one goal difference.

However, the team walked away with plenty of positives. The offense does not struggle to create opportunities so it is simply a matter of converting those opportunities into goals.

“We had much more success, particularly in the last 25-30 minutes, in terms of going forward and creating opportunities,” Robinson said.

Sunday — UC Davis 2, UC Riverside 1 UC Davis took the pitch for the final game of the season on Sunday afternoon in a battle for pride. Both teams were not eligible for bids to the Big West Conference Championship but there were plenty of seniors looking to close their collegiate careers with a victory.

The Aggies also managed to put an end to a five-game

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Junior Ashley Edwards scored the game-winning goal against UC Riverside on Sunday. The Aggies won 2-1. losing streak with a 2-1 victory over the Highlanders.

UC Riverside started the action when junior Andrea Morales managed to put one past Jern and the Aggie defense.

UC Davis responded in the 64th minute of the game when sophomore Taylor Duffner managed to steal the ball and even the score at 1-1.

The Aggie offense continued to chip away at the Highlander defense and junior Ashley Edwards scored the game winner in the 83rd minute off a cross pass from fellow junior Kirstin Holmberg.

“The most important thing for us was playing as a team and physically and mentally going into ev-

ery opportunity where we had the ball with intensity,” Robinson said.

UC Riverside had a late shot on goal but it was saved

by Jern, who came in to finish the second half after senior goalkeeper Kathleen Brandl earned her first start of the year to close out her senior season.

The Aggies missed the conference championship this year but they can head into the offseason with plenty of pride. UC Davis’ squad was primarily composed of young players and Robinson lauded their maturity all season long.

KIM CARR can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.