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volume 132, number 31
Yolo County creates travel magazine
Website aims to help roommates settle bills
YOLO strives to attract more tourists By GABRIELLA HAMLETT Aggie News Writer
The new Yolo County tourist magazine, YOLO, published its first issue at the end of January. Also known as “You Only Live Once,” the magazine capitalizes on the popular acronym as a way to showcase all the attractions Yolo County has to offer. YOLO has since been received with much excitement by the Davis community. The 10,000 copies printed — funded solely through paid advertisements — were distributed free of charge at all local hotels, one hotel in West Sacramento and two hotels in Woodland; the Davis, Woodland and Winters Chambers of Commerce; and the Yolo County Visitors Bureau. Irisa Tam / Aggie “It has been a great opportunity for local businesses to run with us, like the Sacramento Zoo and other businesses or places of interest for visitors that were unique to Davis — for example, the bike path,” said Nancy Hannell, advertising director for YOLO. Since its release, the magazine has been gaining support throughout Yolo County. “I think it’s a very good publication … it’s going to be a real useful tool for people interested in touring Davis and Yolo County,” said Alan Humason, executive director of the Yolo County Visitors Bureau. YOLO is a tourist-focused magazine that serves primarily as a hands-on guide for tourists and locals. “As Davis tries to become more of a tourist destination, the magazine will be a useful re-
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source for people coming in without having been here before and will also be helpful for locals to realize how much Davis has to offer,” said Tanya Perez, associate editor of YOLO. Publishing more than once a year is being considered, but for now the magazine will remain as an annual publication. “What we will do next year is still on the table ... this one will have a one-year shelf life. We won’t publish it again until next January, but after that we may do it twice a year,” Perez said. Perez, who is responsible for content, layout and pictures, felt the magazine would provide an alternative option to newsprint for tourists. “The content for the magazine came from our archives at the [Davis] Enterprise that we updated to create a consistent feel throughout the magazine. The goal was to have the photos tell the stories,” Perez said. Hannell also said she thinks it will be beneficial to parents of UC Davis students. “It’s a nice magazine to take home or to use while visiting,” Hannell said. Currently, YOLO is gaining more momentum as it becomes more well-known among visitors. “It’s a handy reference for lots of facilities and venues that we can use to give to people who are interested in more info,” Humason said. “Many of people do research online but there are still many people that need a physical representation, and the YOLO magazine certainly provides that.” GABRIELLA HAMLETT can be reached at city@theaggie.org.
Zenrow reaches out to college campuses
Lucas Bolster / Aggie
Zenrow is a website that facilitates bill-paying between roommates.
By PAAYAL ZAVERI Aggie Staff Writer
Zenrow is a new tool that offers college roommates a solution to handling and paying bills — a common grievance in college. “Like most useful applications, the founding team had a deep-seated need for Zenrow,” said Luke Langon, one of the founders of Zenrow. “At a certain point, almost every roommate gets fed up with the elongated process of handling rent and bills between each other.” The website allows roommates to post the quantity of each bill and calculate who owes what. It also keeps
track of issued payments. To make a payment for each bill, a PayPal button appears under the specified amounts and each roommate can pay their individual dues. According to Langon, Zenrow creates a central space instead of relying on many different modes of communication to handle payments between roommates. "I think anything that can solve potential conflicts over money is useful," said Deep Singh, a third-year mechanical engineering major. "Dealing with money can put serious strains on friendships so anything to ease
See ZENROW, page 2
Haiku are not just for English class Professors incorporate poetry in non-English courses By ALYSSA KUHLMAN
Haiku by Peter B. Moyle
Aggie Features Writer
A student makes his way to the front of the class and starts to sing a rap about fish. He’s chosen to sing his haiku about salmon, a haiku he’s been required to write for his class, Wildlife, Fish and Conservation 120, also known as Biology of Fishes. This is just one of the interesting perks Professor Peter B. Moyle includes in his classes: poetry. While poetry may seem a lost art to some, it is actually a unique skill many professors and graduate students here at UC Davis are incorporating into their classes. Just because you are not enrolled in an English course does not mean you will escape the experience of writing poetry in a fish biology class or a design class. Professor Moyle said he cannot ever remember not using poetry in his classes, even when he taught as a graduate student over 40 years ago. “In my fish class, I write a haiku on the board every morning and require students to write at least one or some other form of poetry. I also encourage them to place haiku in class essays, which is tricky but can be done,” Moyle said. He considers haiku to require surprising discipline when writing the five-seven-five syllable pattern. While Moyle wants his students to try their best at composing haiku, he also uses them for entertainment. Design professor D.R. Wagner is also a poet and teaches Poetry by Design.
Biking in white fog Black crows among dark branches: I think of hagfish. Haiku, year after year Evaporating like water After summer rain. “I teach Poetry by Design, which uses design principles as a basis for writing. I had them work with images that were very ephemeral. It’s the only drawing class [that I know of ] where you have to tell a story about [the art],” Wagner said. Wagner recently published a book called 97 Poems. This is one of over 20 books on poetry and letters Wagner has published. He said that his style does not seem to have changed, but rather matured over time. “I write in a variety of styles. It’s a lyrical [style], sometimes there’s a narrative to it, most of the poems seem to be atmospheric, there are different states of being [in them],” Wagner said. His topics tend to focus on angels, stars and the moon, as well as emotional space. “I tend to think that emotions are really void,
See POETRY, page 4
News iN Brief
UC Board of Regents to meet tomorrow The UC Board of Regents is scheduled to meet tomorrow at UCSF Mission Bay. The meeting will be held at the Conference Center beginning at 8:30 a.m. and will continue until Thursday. The meeting agenda includes the search for the next UC president, the systemwide Social Fundraising program, campus safety and security, court settlements involving UC
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and auditing practices. A select number of sessions will be open to the public. More details on the meeting, as well as links to stream the meeting live, can be found online at regents.universityofcalifornia.edu/meetings.html.
Alabama Shakes rock the Mondavi Center On Wednesday, Alabama Shakes held on to their audience’s attention at the sold-out Mondavi Center event. The southern rock band hails from Alabama and is currently touring with their debut album Boys and Girls. The band played most of the songs off of their album, along with some newer songs. Michael Kiwanuka and Sam Doores & Riley Downing opened. — Hannah Strumwasser
— Muna Sadek
Forecast Welcome to Paradise, my friends. It’s time again for the perfect spring California weather to take you away from the Hazy Shade of Winter to the Smokin’ weather of spring. Sundress season has now unofficially started as well, as I spotted the first dress of the season last week. Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major Aggie Forecasting Team
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Why didn’t the sun go to college? Because it already had thousands of degrees! May you all get above average grades this quarter! Good luck! Joyce Berthelsen