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MONDAY, January 14, 2013

Dancing for a cause

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Eight burglaries in 10 days

Community gathers to benefit UC Davis Children’s Hospital

The Davis Police Department (DPD) received eight burglary reports between New Year’s Eve and Wednesday. The reports came from East, West and South Davis.

Three of the burglaries occurred when the residents were present. One occurred on Tuesday at 10 p.m., in which a resident’s doorbell rang and by the time the resident came to the door, the suspect was gone. The resident noticed a male subject riding away on a bicycle, and discovered a removed window screen. The resident described the subject as a 25-year-old Hispanic or white male.

Out of the eight burglaries, the suspect gained entry to six residences through an open or unlocked door or window. One was through unknown means and another was completed when a window screen was removed with no entry.

Stolen items included jewelry, electronics and wallets.

The DPD recommends residents lock their doors and windows, trim back trees and shrubbery that may obstruct windows, place locks on exterior gates, activate home security, acknowledge those at the door if you feel it’s safe and form neighborhood watch groups.

The DPD can be reached at (530) 747-5400.

— Claire Tan

Gov. Brown proposes $250 million increase in state funding for UC, unit number cap A new state spending plan was announced Thursday by California Gov. Jerry Brown.

Both the CSU and UC systems would be set to receive a $250 million increase in state funding should the proposal be agreed upon.

Brown also proposed to cap the amount of quarterly and semester units that can be taken by UC and CSU students. According to Brown’s budget proposal, this would potentially enable students to receive their degree quicker and free space for other incoming students. In the first two years of the proposal, UC students will not be allowed to accrue more than 270 quarterly units and CSU students 180 semester units.

“This policy will encourage students to identify an educational goal and reach it in a timely and efficient way, focusing on the courses necessary to complete their educational goals, while still allowing for some exploration of other subject areas,” the proposal stated.

According to a Jan. 10 news release by the University Office of the President, almost half of the money that UC would receive is revenue that was promised in return for the system’s resolution to forgo a tuition increase, though the UC saw a $750 million reduction in state funding.

In the release, Patrick Lenz, UC’s vice president of budget and capital resources, said that it is important to acknowledge that income from tuition amounted for 38 percent of the budget gap resulting from cuts in state funding.

“The rest of the shortfall was met through spending cutbacks, efficiencies and alternative revenue sources,” he said in the release.

courtesy of Arianna Oneto

An impromptu dance train breaks out during the Davis Dance Marathon in the ARC Ballroom. The marathon raised over $7,000 for the UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento.

By MARIA MARCELINA CRYSTAL VEGA Aggie Features Writer

Whatever you do, don’t sit down!

Music shook the walls of the ARC Saturday night as Davis experienced its first dance marathon, which raised

over $7,000 to help benefit the UC Davis Children’s Hospital in Sacramento.

The free event was held in the ARC Ballroom from 6 p.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday morning, and was put on by the Davis Dance Marathon (DDM) group on campus with the help of the Children’s Miracle Network and other sponsors.

“Basically, everything we do, we do for the kids,” said Eddie Yoo, president of the DDM group on campus.

The night included performances from live bands, dance groups on campus as well as a DJ on site to keep

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More than just words Nonviolent Communication Class comes to UC Davis

By MARIA MARCELINA CRYSTAL VEGA Aggie Features Writer

With the winter months getting chillier, hopefully the relationships you have built with the people around you are not doing the same. Whether you are having problems with your significant other, friends, parents, boss or roommate, there is one workshop coming up that may be of great benefit to you.

The UC Davis Experimental College opens its doors to a new class starting Wednesday called “Nonviolent

Communication (NVC): Bring Compassionate Honesty into Your Relationships,” to help community members work through struggles in a nonviolent way.

“Nonviolent communication is geared around helping people connect at the level of feelings and needs with the intention of avoiding triggering the fight-or-flight response,” says Adam Leach, the instructor of the class.

Leach has spent over a year dedicated to studying NVC and teaches a biweekly NVC practice group at St. Martin’s Episcopal Church. Leach

said that if both people in a situation talk to each other in this manner, their chances of resolving the issue increase exponentially.

Started by NVC guru Marshall Rosenberg in the 1960s, NVC was a product of taking the methodology behind nonviolent action and using it as the basis for communication. Since its inception, NVC has worked its way into spiritual practice, parenting techniques and educational tools.

The workshop will be centered around providing people with tools and

See VIOLENCE, page 3

— Muna Sadek

UC Regents meeting scheduled for Tuesday The UC Board of Regents is scheduled to meet Tuesday at 3 p.m. at the UCSF Mission Bay Community Center. The meeting will run until Thursday.

The Board is set to discuss Gov. Jerry Brown’s proposed budget and the UC budget for 2013-14.

Patrick Lenz, UC’s vice president of budget and capital resources, is scheduled to give a presentation highlighting the state budget recommendation and Brown’s proposals for the UC budget, according to the meeting agenda.

The fourth annual Accountability Report will also be discussed. The report addresses issues of diversity in race, gender and ethnicity of UC faculty, along with campus climate. This will include systemwide efforts to increase diversity of faculty in science, mathematics, engineering and technology (STEM).

The agenda also notes that online education at UC will be discussed — in particular, massive open online courses (MOOCs), online courses that are free of charge for enrolled students, currently employed by other top universities.

Live audio broadcasts of the meeting’s open sessions will be made available online at regents.universityofcalifornia.edu.

— Muna Sadek

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ASUCD Entertainment Council and Sigma Nu kicked off EC’s new house show series with K Theory on Saturday. K Theory is a dubstep-electronica duo from Berkeley. The entrance fee to the show was $3. The show started at 9 p.m. with FreeFall taking the stage, and K Theory began its set at 10:40 p.m.

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Pizza and Info Session: Paid internships with StudentsFirst 2:30 to 3:30 p.m.

1100 Student Community Center Learn about internship opportunities for undergraduates and graduate students with StudentsFirst, an education reform advocacy nonprofit. For further information, go to studentsfirst.org/jobs.

The Agency and Impact of Mobile Musicians: Case Studies from the Ethiopian Diaspora 4 to 6 p.m.

226 Everson Join Kay Kaufman Shelemay, professor of music and African American studies at Harvard University, as she gives a free talk about the roles of musicians in establishing and sustaining new communities.

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Orientation Leader & First-Year Experience Information Session 3 to 3:45 p.m.

Student Community Center, Meeting Room E Do you want to share your Aggie Pride?

Then consider applying for orientation leader or first-year experience peer adviser positions in Student Housing. This info session will outline the positions, selection process and application instructions. For

Garth Lenz TED talk 5 to 6 p.m.

2 Wellman Join Garth Lenz, a prolific photojournalist who who has recently documented the changes to the Alberta Tar Sands in the Boreal forests of Canada.

WEDNESDAY Orientation Leader & First-Year Experience Information Session 4 to 4:45 p.m.

Tercero Main Lounge Do you want to share your Aggie Pride? Then consider applying for orientation leader or first-year experience peer adviser positions in Student Housing. This info session will outline the positions, selection process and application instructions. For more information, search for the Facebook event page.

THURSDAY Transfer Reentry Veteran Center Internship Workshop 3 to 4 p.m.

16 South Hall TRV invites all transfer students to join us with guest speaker Kay Nelson from the Internship and Career Center. Learn how to find, apply for and secure internships.

Please email trv@ucdavis.edu to RSVP.

Senate ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Jan. 10 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.

Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present Beatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, present Bradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, present Liam Burke, ASUCD senator, present Armando Figueroa, ASUCD senator, present Don Gilbert, ASUCD senator, present Joyce Han, ASUCD senator, present, left 7:50 p.m., returned 8:20 p.m.

Maxwell Kappes, ASUCD senator, present Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, present Paul Min, ASUCD senator, present, arrived late at 6:20 p.m.

Felicia Ong, ASUCD senator, present Alyson Sagala, ASUCD senator, present Tal Topf, ASUCD senator, present Melanie Maemura, ASUCD controller, present

Appointments and confirmations Lane Lewis, Chelsea Sweeney, Luis Curiel, Jodie Lisenbee, Edgar Nunez, Andrew Carstens and Hannah Hill were all confirmed to be Gender and Sexuality commissioners.

Dana Wilke, Phillip Tran, Haley Proehl, Kelly Kong, Naftalli Moed and Jessie Chen were all confirmed as Environmental Policy and Planning commissioners.

Ashley Cheung, Gheed Saeed, Lauren Ashe, Matt Remick, Veena Bansal, Michael

Small and Brian Jordan were all confirmed as Outreach Assembly members.

Lance Hackney was confirmed again as Internal Affairs commissioner.

Chandler Hill, Yvonne Hsiao, Chris Telfer and Saima Ghani were all confirmed as Business and Finance commissioners.

Rahul Sachdev, Dana Sever, Hannah Bloom, Eva Poon and Pooja Boinapalli were confirmed as Academic Affairs commissioners.

Consideration of old legislation Senate Resolution 34, authored by Sergio Cano, to revamp the election and disqualification process, passed unanimously.

Public discussion Ed Chinedum Muo asked not to be confirmed to the Academic Affairs Commission, citing his disapproval with not being selected as a full commissioner.

Public announcements Anguiano encouraged members of the table to attend 39 2.0 on Monday, a program to spread knowledge about UC Davis Satisfactory Academic Progress and campus resources.

Meeting adjourned at 11:09 p.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. CHANDLER HILL compiled this senate brief. He can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

EDITOR’S NOTE: Full disclosure, Chandler Hill, who compiled the Senate Brief, was also confirmed as Business and Finance Commissioner Jan. 10.

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When will UC Davis fiCont. from page 4 nally put it together? Well, 16-point Mustang lead the season isn’t quite over. vanish. Jumping through In fact, we’re only halfway the smallest window of done. In a couple weeks, all opportunity of a botched of this could be completepass attempt, Hawkins ly laughable and the Aggies caught and released midcould be near the top of air. The ball fell through the Big West Rankings. as time expired, giving the Search your feelings, you Aggies the buzzer-beater know it to be true. victory by a score of 69-67. They have the talent, The Aggies took this they just have to put it tomomentum and were tak- gether. Cue Yoda’s tradeen down by UC Santa marked phrase. Sports Barbara. The Gauchos make so much more sense have emerged as perenni- when you make them al showings near the top of movies. the Big West Conference, but have struggled this MATTHEW YUEN has a very bad feeling year. Back-to-back wins about this quarter. It could be the weather against Cal Poly and UCSB or it could be his human anatomy class. would have been very en- Send spiritual hot chocolate to sports@ theaggie.org. couraging for this emerg-

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taught me that as quickly as I can get hot and bothered, I can cool down and resolve conflicts.

Elli Communication is the Pearson most important skill I’ve On The learned in my life thus far, and I learned it the best Fringe way — by actually doing it — here at the Domes.

Domies also agree to cook dinner for each other four nights a week, lend our hands at twice-amonth work parties, take responsibility for a community chore and attend f Bilbo Baggins attendtwice-monthly meetings. ed UC Davis, he’d no At these meetings, we doubt live at Baggins use the esoteric hand End, also known as The gestures popularized by Domes. Bilbo could have Occupy and only pass debeen my neighbor, too, because Baggins End is where cisions with 100 percent approval. We decide on isI call home. sues ranging from wheth Baggins End? What the er or not to host a bumpin’ hell is that? Oh! Are those party, to building an enthe freaky white igloos betirely new structure on the tween the Activities and property.

Recreation Center (ARC) The end result of conand West Village that dirty sensus work is for evhippies live in? I heard the eryone to feel they have people living there aren’t been heard and considallowed to eat anything ered. Hopefully, going they haven’t grown in their through such a process garden, don’t shower and will accomplish a task poop in buckets. The igloo while also building trust things — Domes, I guess in the community. they call them — don’t Trust? Sounds like some have kitchens or bathhippy-dippy bullshit to me rooms, either. …

Yep. All true. I poop in If trust is hippy-dipbuckets and haven’t showpy bullshit, then I considered since I moved in. I er myself beshitted. I’ve also enjoy eating babies. found no

place else I Alright, can argue And as far as pooping in alright. with someEither you buckets goes — we don’t one until I are overcurrently... am in tears whelmingone night ly gullible, and vigorchuckling to yourself, or are blatant- ously bump and grind with them to R. Kelly’s “Ignition ly confused. Let me dispel Remix” the next. When those myths (all of which your life is this intertwined I have been asked about with other folks, it gets real, before). fast.

Those wacky igloos are Keepin’ it real is based called Domes. They are in trust. How can I be real made of fiberglass and inwith you about my opinsulated with polyurethane foam and were built by stu- ions and feelings if I don’t trust that you will respect dents as an experiment and honor them? in alternative living back Building trust can be in the 1970s. There are 14 done with cooperation. But domes total, and 13 are occooperation is not an ancupied by two students swer, it’s a process. Not a each. what, but a how. It takes Domes residents — the form of whatever is called Domies — do regshaping it. ularly eat food from their While meetings and gardens, but still frequent work parties offer Domies Trader Joe’s and the Davis a scheduled time to coFood Co-op. There are inoperate with one anothdeed some Domies who er, the real work of coopshower less than the comerative living is day to day. pulsively-American once a It is communicating about day, but I doubt you have the minor annoyances to to look far to realize that avoid snowballing frustrathis is hardly a Domestion. It is listening instead exclusive trait. And as far of speaking. It is learning as pooping in buckets goes that you still need to learn — we don’t currently, but more and rejoicing in that you should Google the humility.

Humanure Handbook. It’s Living in the Domes is pretty cool. wondrously silly, reliably So, maybe some peoloving and entirely frustratple living at the Domes, ining at times, and I wouldn’t cluding myself, are a little weird, but this is not the trade it for anything else.

If you’ve ever been in love unifying trait amongst us. with a place, then you’ll unAfter all, weirdness is subderstand the feeling I had jective to our own norms. when I returned after being Watching television is away all winter break. My weird to me, but it may not chest began to swell, my lips be for you. grinned and I exclaimed to What unifies those at myself, “I’m dome!!”

Baggins End is the desire, or willingness, to live cooperatively. Cooperation If you have any other questions about round permeates our daily lives. living, feel free to contact ELLI PEARSON at erpearson@ucdavis.edu.

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dance Cont. from front page people dancing throughout the marathon. Signs were strewn on every wall encouraging people to stay on their feet for the whole eight hours. Though entrance was free and there were plenty of activities to participate in, like playing Just Dance 4, taking a silly picture at the photo stand, making headbands out of pipe cleaners at the craft table or even taking advantage of the abundance of free food available, there were also plenty of incentives to donate.

Participants could donate $10 and get a full meal, $25 for a DDM T-shirt and $100 for the ultimate prize — a DDM survival package.

“It’s definitely not a new thing,” said Caroline Balagot, family relations coordinator for the DDM, who mentioned other universities around the country having dance marathons of their own to benefit children’s hospitals.

“We’re just trying to bring the dance movement and culture over to Davis,” Balagot said.

The DDM group, which started in January 2011, makes it a priority to

as nichey as science-fiction and really can only be appreciated as you get to know the characters and see how they Michael change as people over the Figlock span of several episodes.

Geekly While several people on the crew of Serenity — Mal, Weekly Shepherd, Inara, Simon — all do grow throughout the show, I became engrossed with “Firefly” when I personally connected with some of the mythic figures that these characters are drawing upon.

Malcolm is an antihero — pulled perfectly out of a fao there has been no ble, fairy tale or Western — point in all of the time and is a magnificent basI’ve spent working on tard. Though he is emotionmy film studies major that I ally distant, often makes bithave not seriously grappled ing and rude jokes, and is an with the question of whether or not Joss Whedon’s sci-fi TV outlaw in the eyes of proper society, it is obvious that show, “Firefly,” is the greatest there is a both soft-spoken thing to have ever occurred and yet tremendous resolve in front of a camera. expressed in his choices.

The very first tattoo I had Simon is an incredibly indone was of the Chinese telligent, educated doccharacters for “Serenity,” tor from the heart of the the name of the space-faring vessel of focus in “Firefly,” Alliance’s planets who has a prodigally brilliant sister, because there will never River. When he hears that come a time in my life when she is being experimented that show will not speak to upon after having been taksome very profound, innate en hostage by a super secret part of who I am as both an Alliance training facility, in aesthetic and moral being ... order to rescue her, he sacriain’t no power in the ‘verse. fices every chance he has at In the “Firefly” universe, being a successful doctor, vilthe Milky Way galaxy has beifies his name in many circles come a new frontier for huand condemns the rest of his manity. Something of a days to life on the run as a fuspace-age Wild West is born. gitive. And he does all of this While there is an expansive, without even blinky terconsidering minal-ed, Like any passionate love the alternaomni-govtive of abanernment affair, my relationship doning his stompwith “Firefly” has been a sister. ing around Simon’s tempestuous one. with giant love for River gray space is of supercruisers, the galaxy is prehuman proportions — it undominantly made up of setwaveringly and unquestiontlers, families, cattle-hands, ingly transcends everything sultry harlots and outlaws — about his life, his future, his everyday people all just trysociety — and is made briefly ing to get by. tangible to us, mere mortals, The events of the show are in the form of an awkward, set following a galaxy-wide diminutive rich boy from the war that ripped humanicore who knows nothing of ty in two. The central planhard life on the edge worlds. ets’ Alliance sought to bring Malcolm does what he the recently-settled planets’ can for this poor, naive man Independents under a single rule, a hard-fought dream — he brings him into his that was eventually achieved. merry flock of brigands — because, as Malcolm says, The captain of the Fireflyhe needs Simon’s passenger class vessel that we follow around throughout the show fare and a doctor onboard is named Malcolm Reynolds, his ship. But between them it is clear that there is an una man who, following fightspoken, mutual understanding in the war as a sergeant for the Independents, turned ing of one another’s resolve in the face of adversity. freelance spacecraft cap Despite circumstance, sevtain, i.e. outlaw, smuggler, eral of Serenity’s crew have all scavenger and oddjobber. found each other in the infiAs Malcolm drifts through space, “right” and “wrong” as nite black out of some common recognition of somehe had come to know them thing … more. Though Joss have become very dim lights Whedon’s dialogue is marked in the endless black of the as chirpy and lighthearted, newly unified galaxy. it’s the way in which “Firefly” Like any passionate love taps into something so much affair, my relationship with deeper that gives me goose “Firefly” has been a tempespimples of excitement. tuous one. I watched a single If at any point in your life episode of the show while it you have felt as though your was on air in 2002 and could not at all buy into its outward moral compass was at odds with the circumstance that appearance of space cowis reality, I could not recomboys, complete with brown mend a piece of fiction to dusters and snappy retorts. you more highly than I can I think that in order to rerecommend to you “Firefly.” ally get into “Firefly,” it takes “Burn the land and boil the having the DVD box set or sea, you can’t take the sky Netflix on-hand. I have alfrom me.” ways sort of imagined that that’s why Fox cancelled the show so early in its run — MICHAEL FIGLOCK in his brown coat can be it’s a strange concept for a reached via wave over the Cortex at mpfiglock@ cudavis.edu. show coming out of a genre

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visit the UC Davis Children’s Hospital several times throughout the year to meet the families who are receiving medical care. It also tries to raise awareness and raise funds for the hospital. The largest fundraiser prior to the DDM had been Miracle Munchies, which happened biquarterly in conjunction with the Theta Chi fraternity selling snack foods and drinks. All of the proceeds went to the Children’s Miracle Network and subsequently to the UC Davis Children’s Hospital, which will use the money for new tools and finding more ways to make the hospital family-friendly.

“It’s been quite a journey to get to this point,” Yoo said, in reference to last year’s cancellation of the 2012 DDM. The event was terminated early because the funding required would have exceeded the profits generated for the hospital.

Many members of the DDM obviously have a passion for what they do.

“For me, I guess it’s that these kids come into this world, and they don’t ask for this,” said Arianna Oneto, a member of the DDM group. “If we can provide some sort of normalcy for them, that’s a really big deal.”

Since becoming a part of the DDM, Oneto has become a child life intern for the UC Davis Children’s Hospital and would like to be a child life specialist in the future.

The DDM group also had three “miracle families” — whose children currently receive medical care from UC Davis Children’s Hospital — join the festivities, giving them a separate room near the dance marathon where they threw a party in their honor.

“I can’t believe the turnout,” said Lindsay Walsh, mother of Sophia, one of the miracle children who is a patient at the hospital and has had several different surgeries since birth.

“The Children’s Hospital saved her life three separate times … we owe everything to UC Davis, and as a result, we choose to use UC Davis for everything she needs,” Walsh said.

Everyone can still donate to the DDM donor drive homepage until Feb. 1 at helpmakemiracles.org/ event/davisdm, and you can visit the DDM group’s website at davisdm.org for more information.

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VIOLENCE Cont. from front page tricks for working through problems that they have encountered with others using NVC. It will involve participation from each person by bringing their own experiences to the group and talking through different ways they can communicate

their needs using the methods provided by Leach.

“I think it’s very important.

Communication is one of the most important factors in any relationship,” said Samantha Ringhand, a fourth-year psychology major.

Ringhand says she recently became interested in NVC after taking a course on interpersonal communication and seeing it work in

real life.

“I think it’s important for college kids to learn this lesson not only [to] prepare for the real world, but also to enhance current relationships and reduce stress,” Ringhand said.

Louisa Jacquez, a third-year psychology student, agreed.

“I think stressing nonviolent communication is so important at the college lev-

el because it reinforces positive communication as well as attempts to protect and educate students on the consequences of talking in a violent manner,” Jacquez said in an email interview.

There are five basic lessons Leach will be emphasizing — empathizing, being nonjudgemental using observations, working with feelings, working with needs and us-

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ing requests rather than demands. Each class will be focused on one of these topics and students will work together to sort through their own experiences and how they could have used this method to effectively talk through the problem.

The workshop is an eight-week course meeting every Wednesday from 6 to 7:30 p.m. in the

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THE BACKSTOP 4 monday. january 14. 2013

The california Aggie

Hawkins for the win

Matthew Yuen

That’s no moon...

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he White House just denied a petition that called for the construction of a real-life Death Star.

A real Death Star.

Almost 35,000 people went on the White House website to sign for the construction of a space station that is no more a moon than what popped up when Remus Lupin faced a boggart.

I was extremely disappointed to hear the White House turned down the idea, despite all the upsides of an $852 quadrillion planet-destroying space station in a universe with no other life forms.

Still, fear not, because there is a whole Star Wars galaxy of treasure trove ideas that can be tapped.

Certainly we’ve already achieved the bionic hand.

Like this, there are many ideas that could have happened, but haven’t … yet.

In terms of UC Davis, there are a couple of things we’ve been hoping for that haven’t materialized.

First, the men’s basketball team, a team that had high hopes. They are a thrill to watch. Much improved over last year. But still, they’re at 5-10 on the year. That’s less impressive than we’d hoped entering the season.

Yes, sophomore Corey Hawkins has been a shot of adrenaline into the Aggies’ hurting roster this year. Yes, J.T. Adenrele has been a major force. Junior Ryan Sypkens has returned to the UC Davis team and exceeded expectations coming off of his season-ending injury from last season. Senior Ryan Howley has been pulling in rebounds like he’s a tractor beam.

So where is the problem?

The Aggies have all of the players and the talent to put things together. It’s pretty surprising, in fact, to see them at the bottom of the standings.

I feel like I’m saying this with every UC Davis sport, almost like putting “I have a very bad feeling about this” in every single movie, but it applies across the board: The Aggies are on the brink.

They’re close to breaking through, since the talent is there. They just need to get over that roadblock somehow. They always fall behind and create a huge hole for themselves. This, of course, makes for thrilling games and epic comebacks, but I think a couple of fundamental victories would do the Aggies, and their fans’ stress levels, some good.

If I knew how, I’m pretty sure I would be coach instead of Jim Les, who no doubt is doing his best to figure out how to get his players to click.

But clearly I don’t because I’m just a lowly reporter that states the obvious.

I know it’s unreasonable to ask for the UC Davis team to transform into a conference powerhouse overnight. But still, the fact that this start to the season has been disappointing is encouraging, because it displays the realization that there is more potential than there was last year.

At this point in the season last year, the Aggies were smack dab in the middle of their 18 game losing streak.

UC Davis has dropped six of their 10 losses by a margin of less than 10 points. This excludes the overtime loss to UC Irvine, but includes the three-point loss to Oklahoma State and the nail-biter against Nevada, which they fell by a score of 84-83.

The only game in which they actually seemed outmatched was when the Aggies faced off against Stanford.

No doubt there has been some restructuring with this team, and their recent victory over Cal Poly was one that could show glimmers of hope.

UC Davis pulled some late game magic that made the

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Epic buzzer beater gives Mustangs a long gallop home

By KIM CARR

Aggie Sports Writer

As the first half of Thursday’s game against Cal Poly drew to a close, most Aggie fans got up and left. The first 20 minutes of play certainly justified their decision to leave. UC Davis’ offense stalled and the team fell behind by 18 points early in the game.

However, a quick timeout and a completely new schematic started to change the direction of the scoreboard. The Aggies stopped trying to find the outside jump shots and started attacking the driving lanes to the hoop. Sophomores J.T. Adenrele and Corey Hawkins worked to cut the Aggies deficit to six points at the end of the half.

Head coach Jim Les noted the sloppy start but he credited the squad that closed the half.

“That group, they really got the energy going and it gave us something to build on in the second half,” Les said.

UC Davis came out of the locker room trailing 31-37 and they simply exploded at the start of the second half. Junior Ryan Sypkens led the charge with a gorgeous 3-pointer that swished in from the left side. The Aggies went on to score eight of the next nine points and Adenrele tied it up with 17:25 left in the game.

Once tied, the game became a grinding back and forth battle that kept fans on their seats with 11 lead changes to close the game. As the final minutes drew near, the Aggies started to stumble. This season has been plagued with late game disappointments and with 4:01 remaining Cal Poly started to pull away.

Head coach Jim Les called a timeout to try and focus his team.

“We’ve struggled with closing in the final minutes. It’s like we’re right at the door and we’re knocking and we needed to smash it in,” he said.

They came out of the timeout and turned the ball over to the Mustangs. Fortunately, Cal Poly was unable to convert the points and they gifted the Aggies with some free throws when they fouled senior Ryan Howley on the rebound.

UC Davis converted one of the free throws, cutting the lead to four and then Sypkens sank another three-pointer to cut the margin to one point. The Aggies managed to reclaim a threepoint advantage with 20 seconds on the clock

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Corey Hawkins (3) scored in the last second of the game against Cal Poly, handing UC Davis the game 69-67. The game was Cal Poly’s first loss this season. and it seemed like UC Davis was coming home with a win.

That is, until Hawkins fouled a Mustang while he was attempting a three-point shot of his own.

Cal Poly went on to sink all three of their free throws which tied the score at 67 apiece with nine seconds left on the clock and fans prepared themselves for an overtime finish UC Davis used the remaining time to inbound the ball to Hawkins who charged it down the court, kicked it out to senior Paolo Mancasola who attempted a 3-pointer that fell short and conveniently landed in the hands of Hawkins with .2 seconds left on the clock. Hawkins was falling backwards as he lobbed it up and landed just in time to

watch it swish through the hoop for the win.

The Pavilion exploded as players, fans and coaches all thoroughly enjoyed a communal celebration session. It was a deserved moment for this team which has fought hard this season and they were certainly happy to reap the rewards.

Hawkins gave all the credit to his teammates in a post game interview.

“Without those guys, I don’t make that shot.

All the credit goes to them,” he said.

Coach Les had plenty of praise for his team as well as for Hawkins’ strong performance.

“The best thing about Corey is that he never stops playing. He also has a gift for making those off-balance shots. You can’t teach that,” Les said. “Those guys, they deserved this. I like this. I could get used to this!”

However, Thursday’s victory was short lived.

UC Santa Barbara came to town on Saturday night and their senior Alan Williams was simply unstoppable. He scored 28 of his team’s 66 points and effectively neutralized the production of the Aggies’ center men.

UC Davis did make some halftime adjustments and had a much better approach to finish the game but the offense was unable to close the hole the team had fallen into earlier in the game.

“We let them fall into a rhythm was too early and then we were rushed on offense,” Les said.

The 59-66 loss to UCSB drops the Aggies to 1-3 in Big West conference play. They head out on a road trip next week, facing Cal State Northridge and Hawai’i. Perhaps the loss will give them the hunger and the drive to earn some road victories to help right the ship.

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

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The Aggies celebrate after winning against Cal Poly.

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UC Davis fans celebrate The Aggies’ dramatic win against Cal Poly.

Mustangs edge Aggies by a nose Aggies continue search for first conference win

By PK HATTIS

Aggie Sports Writer

UC Davis played in two very different games this weekend, unfortunately coming up with the same result in both. The Aggies started the road trip by traveling down to San Luis Obispo on Thursday to face Cal Poly.

These two squads have held extremely competitive and close games in the past and their matchup on Thursday was no different.

Three pointers rained down from the sky and tough battles in the paint raged on throughout the evening, but the Mustangs came away with the win in the end by a score of 73-71.

The Aggies next traveled to UC Santa Barbara, where they took on their southern UC rivals — the Gauchos. UC Davis entered the contest with the same preparedness and confidence as any night; however, the buckets just wouldn’t fall.

The Gauchos came out aggressive, taking advantage of a well-traveled and exhausted Aggie team. UCSB took the lead early and never gave it back in a match that featured zero lead changes in favor of the Gauchos.

“The effort is there,” said head coach Jennifer Gross. “The consistency needs improvement.”

The Aggies certainly have proven to be more than proficient on both sides of the court; however, putting everything together on a consistent basis will be the next piece of the puzzle

for this young team.

Thursday—Cal Poly 73, UC Davis 71 Senior guard Cortney French nailed six treys and topped her career high with 26 points on the night, but it wasn’t enough as UC Davis dropped another close game to Cal Poly.

The first half was as streaky as they come, as each team fought to match their opponent’s offensive outbursts. After trading buckets for the first few minutes of the half, the Aggies found their stride, going on a 12-2 run and taking the lead 14-8.

However, the lead was short-lived and only two minutes later, the Mustangs responded with a 13-0 run of their own, reclaiming the lead 25-16.

Sophomore forward Sydnee Fipps ended the run with a three-point play of her own, but the damage had been done as the Mustangs took a 43-32 lead into halftime.

“Thursday was one of the better offensive games that we’ve had all year,” Gross said. “We executed well and hit big shots, but defensively and on the boards we made some mistakes and we felt that we needed to be better.”

The Aggies made several attempts in the second half to climb within striking distance and regain the lead. French knocked down four buckets beyond the arc in a row at one point in an Aggie run that brought them to within two

of the Mustang’s lead.

However, Cal Poly seemed to have an answer for every shot the Aggies took at them and two points was enough to put the game away for good.

Saturday—UC Santa Barbara 58, UC Davis 43 Sometimes in basketball, no matter how hard you try, no matter how many good shots you attempt, the ball just can’t seem to find its way into the hoop.

The Aggies unfortunately caught a bit of this basketball bug as they arrived in Santa Barbara and their offensive numbers suffered.

The Gauchos struck first and never gave up the lead, trading baskets early on before pulling away with a 15-point lead at halftime.

“We came out with a lot of great defensive intensity and urgency and played really well on that side, but we struggled to score,” Gross said. “I feel strongly that we’re doing some good things and when we put it together on both offense and defense we are going to be very tough to stop.”

Freshman forward Alyson Doherty dropped a career-high nine points on the night while leading the team with six rebounds.

“Right now our focus has to be on constant improvement, staying positive and focused,” Gross said. “Because although we came up a little bit short, we’re not far off.”

PK HATTIS can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.