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volume 131, number 105
monday, November 26, 2011 ,
Sigma Alpha Epsilon suspended from UC Davis Fraternity incurs five-year suspension for alleged alcohol violations By ADAM KHAN Aggie News Writer
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Sigma Alpha Epsilon (SAE) was suspended in April for serving alcohol to minors while on probation. SAE was put on probation after being suspended for two years in 2009 for stealing an A-frame, providing alcohol to underage students and injuring a pledge during a bid night event.
ASUCD senators-elect discuss goals, expectations By JOYCE BERTHELSEN and ALYSSA KUHLMAN Aggie Features Writers
Editor’s note: The Aggie interviewed the six newly-elected ASUCD senators. They will be sworn in at the ASUCD Senate meeting Thursday. The interviews are in alphabetical order by first name. Alyson Sagala Fourth-year political science and communication double major The Aggie: What are your goals as senator? Sagala: My goals as a senator are to make sure that we are creating a level of representation for Brian Nguyen / Aggie students that allows everyone to feel included and welcome and that they feel comfortable coming to Senate meetings, and being able to explicitly voice their opinions to the senators sitting on the table without being afraid that they’ll be laughed out or turned away or told that their concerns are unimportant, which has happened in the past. The Aggie: How was your campaigning experience? Sagala: My experience was amazing personally because I received so much sup-
port from people I didn’t even know a lot of the time, who just liked what I stood for and was running for. Overall, my campaign experience was really positive. I learned a lot of things, I met a lot of amazing people [and] I became really close with a lot of communities on campus. The Aggie: What do you think qualifies you to be the student voice by being senator? Sagala: My dedication. The fact that I feel like I worked extremely hard on this campaign. I network as much as possible to everyone on campus, because I want to make sure everyone’s getting an equal level of representation. I have a very open mind. I may not have been on a commission, but working on a unit gave me a very intimate perspective on how ASUCD functions as far as budget allocations and politics. I also think being able to receive the amount of votes I did get is already a strong factor showing that I was qualified. The Aggie: What have you taken away from campaigning? Sagala: Politics is not for the fearful. You have to be really aggressive. Don’t be afraid that people are going to be mean to you, turn you down, yell at you or ignore you. If you’re passionate about something, nothing should stop you. And that’s what I’ve learned the most. I became very passionate about this as the campaign escalated, and I learned not to let anything hinder me from achieving my goals, which was not
Sigma Alpha Epsilon, the oldest fraternity at UC Davis, was suspended in April for multiple allegations of serving alcohol to minors. The fraternity, made famous by its gentlemen motif, is not allowed to raise funds on campus, use university resources or be affiliated with UC Davis in any way for five years. The suspension follows on the heels of several other alcohol-related incidents with SAE in chapters around the United States, including the death of one student at Cornell University. "In October 2009, SAE was found responsible for theft of an A-frame sign taken from campus and used to advertise a rush event, providing alcohol to an underage student at a party at the fraternity house and engaging in conduct that threatened the health and safety of a person after a pledge was injured at a bid night event where alcohol was provided," said Joaquin Feliciano, Greek Life Coordinator with the UC Davis Student Housing Office
of Student Development. Subsequently, SAE had its fraternity status revoked for approximately two years. After its status had been reinstated, the fraternity was placed on probation for one academic year. In January and February of 2012, SAE was found guilty of serving alcohol to minors at two parties, a violation of their probation. "Because the group was still on conditional registration at the time of both of these incidents, UC Davis revoked its recognition as a registered student organization for a period of no less than five years," Feliciano said. The fraternity may apply to be reinstated as a registered student organization no earlier than the spring of 2017. Until then, the influence of SAE is virtually nonexistent. "Sigma Alpha Epsilon no longer has a presence at UC Davis," said university spokesperson Julia Ann Easley in a press release. Members of the Davis chapter of SAE did not respond to requests for an interview. The nation's largest fraternity, which boasts a presence in 250
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News iN Brief
Town Halls organized to discuss search for next vice chancellor of Student Affairs Town hall meetings will be held on Dec. 3 by UC Davis administration to discuss desired qualifications for the next vice chancellor of Student Affairs. Various constituent groups have also been invited to attend, according to UC Davis Dateline. University administration and Alberto Pimentel, a managing partner at Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates, will work in conjunction to assess the information gathered at
town halls and then present it to the recruitment committee. Storbeck/Pimentel & Associates is a national executive search firm. Currently, four town halls have been scheduled in the multipurpose room of the Student Community Center, from 8:30 to 10 a.m., 10:30 a.m. to noon, 1:30 to 3:00 p.m. and 3:30 to 5:00 p.m. Students are encouraged to attend. University administration encourages those who are not able to attend the
town hall meetings to email qualifications that they believe should be present in the next vice chancellor to vcstudentaffairssearch@ ucdavis.edu. The position became vacant when former Vice Chancellor Fred Wood accepted a chancellor's position at the University of Minnesota, Crookston. Wood served as a UC Davis faculty member for 26 years. — Muna Sadek
Pizza delivery person robbed Tuesday night at 1880 Cowell Blvd., a pizza delivery person was approached by two male subjects demanding the delivery person’s money. According to the Davis Police, the subjects said they had a weapon, although it wasn’t drawn. The suspects are described as being in
their 20s, about 6 feet tall and wearing black sweatshirts. One was a white male adult and the other was a Hispanic male adult. They were last seen walking eastbound on Cowell Boulevard. — Claire Tan
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Local cookbook wins national prize Book celebrates Yolo County food, farmers By MEREDITH STURMER Aggie News Writer
The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook, written by Ann M. Evans and Georgeanne Brennan, recently placed first in the nonfiction category of the 2012 Writer’s Digest contest for self-published books. The authors were awarded $1,000 in prize money and the book will be featured in the March 2013 issue of Writer’s Digest magazine. This is not the only award the book has received, it also took home first place in the 2012 National Indie Excellence Book Awards in the Regional Cookbook category. “We were thrilled to win,” Evans said. “Especially being a cookbook in a non-fiction category, there is a lot of competition. It’s wonderful.” Evans is the co-founder of the Davis Farmers Market and the Davis Food CoOp and a former mayor of the City of Davis. She is also a UC Davis alumna who was awarded the 2012 UC Davis College of Agriculture and Environmental Science Award of Distinction for Outstanding Alumni.
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“Our goal was not only to showcase what an incredible market the Davis Farmers Market is, but to help the county become known for its amazing food and agriculture and to honor its local farmers,” Evans said. The book, which is published by Mirabelle Press, features recipes by both Evans and Brennan. Recipes are organized by season to exhibit the variety of ingredients available at the market throughout the year. According to Evans, an active cook, the recipes are not intended to be complicated or overwhelming. “They’re designed for people who love good, simple food,” Evans said. “But there are also some recipes for those who are feeling more ambitious.” The project began about three-and-ahalf years ago, when Evans and Brennan began seeing various cookbooks inspired by farmers markets. The Davis Farmers Market is unique, according to Evans, due not only to its scale but because it is one of only a few farmers markets to be held under a permanent structure designed specifically for that purpose. “We were looking for a new project, and Forecast We will have a dry and mild start to the week, followed by a rainy and windy weather pattern lasting from Wednesday through the weekend. Don’t say I didn’t warn you … Brian Rico, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team
we knew the Davis market was an amazing market,” Evans said. “Georgeanne has written over 30 cookbooks, I have a long history with the market, and we worked with the market for about half a year. We pulled together an amazing team.” In addition to being co-authors, Evans and Brennan are also business partners at their marketing and consulting firm, Evans & Brennan, LLC. The eight-yearold firm, according to the official Evans & Brennan, LLC website, specializes in food, agriculture and school lunch, with the goal of shortening the distance from farm to table in businesses, hospitals and particularly schools. “We work with school groups who want to implement a sustainable kitchen,” Evans said. “We want lunches to be a joyous time for children.” Evans’ involvement with local agriculture began while she was a student at UC Davis living in a vegetarian co-op house downtown. “We cooked meals together to save money, but there wasn’t really a place to purchase the kinds of foods we ate in bulk,” Evans said. “We started a buying
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The “Davis Farmers Cookbook” placed first in the 2012 Writer’s Digest contest in the self-published nonfiction category. The book is available at the Avid Reader, ACE Hardware, the Davis Farmers Market and club to purchase products in bulk from local farmers such as cheese and dry goods,
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