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FALL 2016 Sept. 9

Last day to sign up for direct deposit

Sept. 19

Quarter begins

Sept. 21

• First day of instruction • Last day to file Planned Educational Leave Program (PELP) petition with full refund

Sept. 23

The Buzz

Oct. 4

Last day to: • Make payment to meet the late fee payment deadline • Drop 10-day courses • File petitions to change from full–time to part–time status • File petitions to declare a minor with the College of A&ES and the College of L&S Dean’s Office • File PELP petition

Oct. 6

• Last day for waitlist • Last day to add classes

Oct. 18

Last day to: • Drop 20-day courses • File for course materials fee waiver

Oct. 25

Last day to: • Opt for P/NP or S/U grading • Change units of a variable-unit course

Nov. 11

Veterans Day

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Transfer students seek social network at new school !"#$%&$'(#!)$* !"#$%&"'($)"#**+",-&* Every year, UC Davis greets a wave of eager 18-year-olds running straight from high school into college. But among the masses are students who are often older, a little more mature and have more experience under their belts. Luckily for transfer, reentry and veteran students, UC Davis offers a wealth of resources to assist them.

“I’m lucky enough to have several friends that already study at Davis, but I am still a little apprehensive about joining social circles at school,” Disha Bahl, a second-year genetics and genomics major and incoming transfer student said. “Of course I’m excited to be part of this community. But really, I want to make friends beyond the ones I already know.”

Bahl has already found a number of back-to-school events, such as the Involvement Fair on Oct. 5, to help her make connections in her new home. Bahl hopes that interactions with the peers at the fair will eventually blossom into friendships, as does Megan Hosking, a thirdyear biology major and another incoming transfer.

“I’m really looking forward to joining a club. As a transfer student, I want to be able to meet new people that are interested in the same subjects that I am,” Hosking said. “I want to become a dentist, so I know that I am definitely going to join the pre-dental club.”

Hosking also plans to utilize First-Year Aggie Connections (FYAC), a program for new students.

“I learned that FYAC was available to students during my orienta-

tion,” Hosking said. “[The program] makes it possible to find people with the same interests as you, and you learn interesting facts about other subjects and school.”

FYAC members collect in groups united by a shared purpose or interest. They meet regularly throughout a quarter, along with staff and faculty who facilitate discussions about transitioning into life at a new school, and introduce details about campus culture and traditions.

At orientation, Hosking also learned of the Student Academic Success Center (SASC) and believes that the tutors at SASC are the first people she’ll turn to when she runs into academic challenges. However, Bahl wishes that her orientation had offered even more in the realm of academic resources.

“I felt lost in terms of registering for my classes, and in making sure all my units transferred over and lined up,” Bahl said. “I know that I have major advisers in the College of Biological Sciences and I feel like I’ve been proactive myself in seeking those advisers out, but I really wish that orientation leaders would have spent more time talking oneon-one with transfer students about their worries.”

According to Ryan Downer, fourth-year English major and chair of ASUCD’s Transfer, Reentry & Veteran Committee (TRVAC), as a transfer student himself, the first thing he would tell a nontraditional student that had concerns about their academics would be to visit the Transfer, Reentry and Veteran Center (TRV) on campus in Dutton Hall.

“TRV is like a specialized counseling unit,” Downer said. “The people that are staffed there were or are transfer, reentry or veteran

UC Davis’ STEM survival guide How to successfully navigate a STEM undergraduate career; advice from STEM major advisors

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There are few sentences more dreaded than “This book is mandatory.” And yet, if after searching Amazon, the “Free and For Sale” Facebook page and your standard black-market websites, there is still no hope of a matching ISBN, an equally awful sense of doom ensues.

You find yourself in the Bookstore. And so, while waiting in a line that loops around campus, touches one of Saturn’s rings and then circles around the store at least four more times, turn to NOLA based rapper Pell for some comic relief. Described by Okay Player as “a distinctive mixture of rap and southern singjaying —

Freshman year can be notoriously overwhelming, but, luckily, for first-years in need of advice, there are plenty of resources available.

Emma Martinez, Lori Bergum, Kate Creveling and Natasha Coulter, four of the many science, technology, engineering and math (STEM) major advisors at UC Davis, sat down with The Aggie to offer their best advice to freshman and others in the undergraduate STEM major realm at UC Davis.

Emma Martinez, staff advisor for animal science majors, urges freshman and transfer students to take their first quarter slow by limiting themselves to two science courses and 12 to 13 units.

“It’s really great for freshman at the end of the quarter to go away being like ‘Yeah I did it! I got straight A’s, I feel really good about it,’ rather that walking away being like ‘I’m on academic probation,’” Martinez said. “It’s really hard to recover emotionally from the latter.

When you end on a good note, you want to come back and continue it.”

In addition to starting off slowly, Martinez advises freshman to take advantage of the resources that UC Davis has as both a research institution and as home to the top-ranked veterinary school in the world. “[The Veterinary school] offers internships […] They allow students to intern in specific areas at the veterinary hospital. They can do things like cardiology, radiology, small animal surgery [and] large animal surgery,” Martinez said.

Martinez also recommended Animal Science 49: Animal Management Practices, a two unit Pass/No Pass course that allows students to work at different animal facilities on campus.

“A lot of times that can be used as a segue into a more hands-off, management-style internship,” Martinez said.

That internship opportunity could be key for a student when he or she is looking for a job later on, but exactly how important it is depends on what career the student wants.

“If someone is considering veterinary school, the number one thing we tell them to focus on is their GPA. Veterinary school [acceptances] average around a 3.6 GPA, which is roughly an A- to a B+,” Martinez said. “If they’re thinking graduate school […] we

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7:30 a.m.: “Sleepwalker” by Emily King

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Monday morning, as you chase your bus down the street, frantically dodging cars while jaywalking through a major intersection, take the time to dance around in your untied shoes (still balancing that coffee with the unscrewed lid) to the words of Emily King, the 2016 queen of 90’s R&B: “I feel my body move without me again / Like a sleepwalker, getting closer to you.”

9:50 a.m.: “Clanky Love” by Royce Wood Junior

!"#(+$%#+$',%-.,'$ .#/0%'($)"#**+",-&* On July 11, University of California (UC) President Janet Napolitano approved a $3.3 million plan to increase access to food resources across all 10 UC campuses. The initiative comes after an online survey administered by the UC found that a large percentage of UC students suffered from some form of food insecurity.

“The funding, which includes $151,000 for each of UC’s 10 campuses, is in addition to the $75,000 per campus that Napolitano allocated in 2015 to address the immediate challenges of ensuring that students have ready access to nutritious food, and reflects the UC Global Food Initiative goal of promoting a nutritious, sustainable food supply,” said the UC Office of the President in a press release.

Of the 66,000 students who were given the survey, 9,000 of them completed it — a 14 percent response rate. The UC Nutrition Policy Institute (NPI), which evaluated the surveys, found that 19 percent of all UC students marked their food security as “very low,” which the USDA defines as “reports of multiple indications of disrupted eating patterns and reduced food intake.”

Another 23 percent described their food insecurity as “low.”

“While we found that food-insecure students reported having to choose between food and living expenses more so than students who were food-secure, we also found that half of students wanted FOOD ACCESS on 12

When your class gets out an hour early, and the most taxing part of the period was pretending to read the syllabus in sync with your professor (while actually texting your friend, “Class out early.

Lunch?”), celebrate with this upbeat track by blues/alt-rock/funk artist Royce Wood Junior. It includes all the necessaries for a makeyou-smile track: quirky keyboard intros, background “ooh’s” and “ah’s” and a chorus that tempts incorporating the word “clanky” into your daily vocabulary.

Check out Junior’s track, “Honeydripper,” for a funkier sound and an applaud-worthy use of synth.

1:00 p.m.: “Queso” by Pell

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THE ESSENTIALS:

Linda Katehi timeline

FROM BIKE GEAR TO SHOWER CAPS

On August 9, 2016 Katehi resigned as UC Davis Chancellor

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Six essentials you need to bring to Davis and six places to find them if you forgot them at home ANH-TRAM BUI / AGGIE

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From the frantically-shove-heaps-of-belongings-into-the-car on move-in day students to those with overly organized packing-list spreadsheets, there’s usually at least one (often essential) item everyone forgets when moving to college. Luckily, the City of Davis is home to many businesses that provide all kinds of essentials for busy students.

Bike lights To keep safe during late-night bike rides to Dutch Bros or In-N-Out Burger, a bike light is a must. UC Davis Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS), as well as the UC Davis Police Department, offer free bike lights at their locations on campus.

“I got my bike light [at TAPS] the first week of school and my life has forever changed for the better,” said Rosalia Park, a second-year clinical nutrition major. “I was [...] in and out of TAPS in two minutes.

[Now] I don’t have to worry about Davis cops pulling me over and I don’t have to [...] use my cell phone [light] anymore.”

For more specific quality lights, stores such as B&L Bike Shop provide other selections.

Snacks Whether you’re a regular at the UC Davis Dining Commons or a home chef at your own apartment, keeping a variety of snacks in the pantry is always a good idea.

Students often stock their cabinets with chips, granola bars and other goodies from the Trader Joe’s located in the University Mall. Another place to find munchies is the Davis Farmer’s Market, open every Wednesday night and Saturday morning at Central Park.

“They have [...] the fancy popsicles you

can get,” Park said. “[They also sell] fruits and vegetables [...] and apple juice. They also have great hats!”

Another local Davis shop is Ikeda’s California Country Market, located on Mace Blvd. in East Davis. Though Ikeda’s may be far for bikers, the Unitrans bus system can easily take students (for free) to the location to purchase a plethora of fruit or other goods.

“If you want any seasonal fresh fruit, [Ikeda’s] is a really great place to go,” said Keiko Fong, an Ikeda’s employee and fourth-year biochemical engineering major at UC Davis. “[It’s also good] if you need snacks for studying or if you need to get a gift for someone. Or if you want pie. Like, so much pie.”

Ikeda’s also sells tamales and, in the summer, a popular fruit freeze similar to a sorbet.

Trendy clothes A flattering outfit for the first day of class is always handy to have. Davis has various boutiques that are popular among students for an array of casual to vintage clothing.

Especially popular is ShopCuffs, a boutique that opened this year.

“I didn’t really know about [ShopCuffs] at the beginning of the year,” said Alexandra Nicolopoulos, a third-year civil engineering major. “Once I found out about it, I went a bunch because they have really cute stuff and it’s inexpensive too.”

ShopCuffs sells everything from rompers to vintage hats.

“They [have] a bunch of cute summery clothes that [are] really good for Davis [...] when it’s hot out,” Nicolopoulos said.

Other thrift stores and boutiques close to campus include Pinkadot, Boheme Hip Used Clothing and the Aggie Reuse Store, which sells clothing and other recycled items.

If getting your picture on the Activities and Recreation Center Intramural Wall of Fame is on your bucket list, getting yourself the proper gear is a must. Soccer & Lifestyle is located downtown on 2nd Street, and serves over fifty club teams in northern California. The shop sells soccer gear as well as other sports accessories, from rugby cleats to World Cup jerseys.

Need some ideas for delicious snack spots and fun activities during Welcome Week? Look no further — The California Aggie has the answers right here!

Last Spring Quarter, The Aggie distributed polls to determine the “bests” in the city of Davis, from “Best Pizza” to “Best Place to Dance.” Below are some notable winners from The California Aggie’s 2016 “Best of Davis.”

Best Coffee: Dutch Bros

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Bike fenders Though seemingly unnecessary, fenders will come in handy when rain storms hit and avoiding the infamous “freshman stripe” becomes a top priority.

As home to many bikers, Davis is also naturally home to many bike shops. Located at 610 3rd St in downtown, the previously mentioned B&L Bike Shop sells fenders, among other bicycle products, to aid in a number of weather struggles.

Another popular place for bike gear is T&M Bike Shop in the University Mall across from Segundo Residence Halls. “[T&M] is really good,” Fong said.

“They’re [...] fast and usually a lot less busy than the Bike Barn [on campus].”

Local bike shops are always there for students at their muddiest.

Shower cap Use it for your hair if you want, but in Davis, shower caps are also handy as bike seat covers in rainy weather. Shower caps can be found at at Target, Rite Aid and other convenience stores around town. Don’t take this recommendation too lightly. This is your opportunity to be trendy, economical, and – most importantly – dry!

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With these weapons under your belt, tackling the 2016-2017 UC Davis school year should be a breeze.

Happy shopping!

The Aggie revisits last spring’s “Best of Davis 2016” polls.

Located in South Davis, Dutch Bros is a drive-through cafe that provides coffee for commuters, bikers and pedestrians 24 hours a day. Not only does the cafe offer a wide variety of sweet, tasty coffee drinks like the “Kicker” and the “Caramelizer,” but its staff is also known to be very friendly, welcoming and sociable.

“Whenever people come here, it’s not just about the coffee; it’s about the experience,” said Jimmy Gibbs, a Dutch Bros employee. “When someone pulls up to the window, it’s our job to make sure that that person is leaving with a better day than they had when they

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Best Coho Food: TxMx Grill The ASUCD Coffee House, better known as the “CoHo,” is a prominent eatery on campus located by the Quad.

The CoHo marketplace is comprised of stations that serve diverse foods ranging from quiche to pho. The station that stands out for the “Best CoHo Food,” however, is TxMx Grill.

TxMx Grill serves a wide variety of Mexican-American dishes including taco salads, burritos and quesadillas.

Its proximity to dorms and classrooms, inexpensive prices and delectable foods

May 7, 2009 - Linda Katehi appointed chancellor of University of California, Davis (UC Davis).

November 18, 2011 - Katehi requested Occupy movement protesters at UC Davis Quad to remove tents.

Non-compliant protesters were pepper-sprayed by campus police officers.

February, 2016 - Accepts board position with DeVry Education Group in Florida March 1, 2016 - Resigns from DeVry board position.

DeVry board members earn $70,000 annually with stocks estimating $100,000 additionally.

March 3, 2016 - Katehi found to have received $420,000 from John Wiley & Sons, a textbook publisher. She served on the board from 2012-2014.

March 4, 2016 - Katehi apologizes, pledges her $200,000 textbook stock to a UC Davis student scholarship fund.

March 9, 2016 - UC President Janet Napolitano steps in, says Katehi made mistakes but insists she should stay despite those mistakes.

March 11, 2016 - Mrak Hall sit-in begins. Protesters call for Katehi’s resignation.

April 1, 2016 - Fire Katehi walkout occurs at the Quad; hundreds of UC Davis students, staff and faculty walk out of class in support of the university regents would be firing Katehi.

April 13, 2016 - The Sacramento Bee acquires documents establishing that UC Davis spent at least $175,000 to rid online references of November 2011 pepper-spray incident, to improve Katehi’s and the university’s reputations.

April 15, 2016 - Mrak sit-in ends peacefully.

April 25, 2016 - Napolitano requests Katehi’s resignation.

April 27, 2016 - Katehi placed on paid investigative administrative leave.

April 27, 2016 - Ralph Hexter appointed Acting Chancellor of UC Davis.

April 27, 2016 - UC President Napolitano sends out Katehi’s suspension letter. Details of the letter questions her daughter-in-law’s employment and her misuse of public funds.

August 9, 2016 - Katehi resigns as UC Davis Chancellor.

August 10, 2016 - Katehi receives $424,360 with retirement and health benefits. Per her contract, she plans to be a UC Davis engineering professor after one year.

make it one of the most popular on-campus lunch spots for students.

“The Coho is my favorite place for food on campus because of the variety it offers, and I eat at TxMx most often,” said Kendall Larson, a fourth-year English and classics double major, in an email interview. “My life would not be the same without their taco salads: they are delicious, and only $3 without meat, which is perfect for a student on a budget!”

also located right across the street from Regal Cinemas, CREAM is the perfect dessert spot for anyone enjoying a dinner or movie night downtown.

“CREAM is the best dessert in Davis because of its cookies, sandwiches and more,” said Marianna Shaw, an employee at CREAM, “[And the shop is] open late for you.”

Best Pizza: Woodstock’s

Originating in Taiwan, boba tea has become a trending drink among Davis students and residents, with numerous boba shops opening in the city over the past few years. Sharetea, a worldwide boba chain, recently opened a Davis location October 2015, and since then, it has already won the title of Davis’ best boba.

Sharetea is located diagonal to the Social Sciences and Humanities Building on 3rd Street, making it a great place for students to grab a cup of cool, sweet boba tea during breaks between classes. The shop’s menu includes drinks such as Hokkaido pearl milk tea, Oreo milk tea and passion fruit green tea.

If you’re hungry for some fresh-baked pizza, Woodstock’s Pizza in Downtown Davis is the place to go! The company opened its first pizza parlor in Corvallis, Oregon in 1977. `Since then, Woodstock’s has opened restaurants in seven cities throughout California, including Davis.

Its secret sauce recipe and sauce-filled crust makes Woodstock’s pizza a unique, delightful dining experience. In addition to savory combos like “Kickin’ Carnitas” and “Pesto Primavera,” a signature dessert pizza, “CinnaBread,” is also offered on the menu. Additionally, in 2014, Woodstock’s was listed in PizzaToday’s “Top Five Independent Pizzeria” chains in the nation.

Best Dessert: CREAM Cookies Rule Everything Around Me, or CREAM, first opened in Davis September 2013. The dessert chain, which originated in Berkeley, California, is best known for its ice cream cookie sandwiches. Customers choose from a menu of ice cream flavors and freshly baked cookies to customize the sandwiches to their personal preferences.

CREAM is located Downtown on 1st and F Street. Only a short walk away from restaurants like Thai Canteen and Paesano’s, and

Best Boba: Sharetea

Best Place to Dance: The Davis Graduate By day, The Davis Graduate, or “The Grad,” is a restaurant and sports bar that serves classic pub grub, including pizza, burgers and hot wings. But by night, it becomes a lively dance club, complete with colorful lights and a large dance floor.

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Davis Farmers’ Market hits the stands for its 40th year City of Davis’ downtown farmers’ market continues to bring feel-good food

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The Davis Farmers’ Market (DFM), which was one of the first four California Department of Food and Agriculture (CFDA) certified markets in the state, is celebrating 40 years of weekly fresh food and fun.

The market is held year-round, rain or shine — thanks to the uniquely covered Pavilion located at Central Park — and includes the traditional farmers’ market offerings of fresh produce as well as bread, cheese, meat and local food trucks.

In 1976, a few recent UC Davis graduates, including Martin Barnes, Jeff and Annie Main, Henry Esbenshade and Ann Evans, came together to form the DFM. “Today, the Davis Farmers’ Market runs two markets in Central Park, as well as the UC Davis Farmers’ Market, and

since June 2011, the Sutter Davis Hospital Farmers’ Market,” Evans said in “Story of the Davis Farmers’ Market.” “Over 70 percent of the vendors come from within a one-hour hour drive of the market, and 50 percent stay year-round.”

The DFM collectively draws an estimated 10,000 visitors weekly.

“I went a few times [to Picnic at the Park] last year, which was actually my first year ever going,” said Elissa Diep, a second-year biological sciences major. “It was really fun to hang out with friends and also get a chance to try food from local farmers and bakeries. As a freshman, it was a great way to get away from food at the [dining commons].”

The Central Park Farmers’ Market location has a year-round morning market on Saturdays from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. There is also a Picnic in the Park event on Wednesdays from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., featuring music, local restaurants and regular

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farmers’ market vendors at Central Park.

“We’re going to stay, and I think we figured out [a] plan [of ] what students like,” said Randii MacNear, market manager.

“We sell ‘market dollars’ and students can also use Aggie Cash [in exchange for market dollars].”

This is especially convenient for freshmen who receive Aggie Cash as part of their dining plans. MacNear went on to explain that first-year students can also receive a voucher through the dining commons and the UC Davis Student Health and Wellness Center for a free fruit or vegetable at the market.

The DFM comes to the UC Davis Quad area (in front of the ASUCD Coffee House) on Wednesdays before Picnic at the Park during Fall and Spring Quarters. There is also a smaller market at the Sutter Davis Hospital on Thursdays from 10 a.m. to 1 p.m.

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UC Davis offers various health resources for students Student Health and Counseling Services provide physical, mental health resources to all students

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UC Davis’ Student Health and Counseling Services (SHCS), the department of the university devoted to student wellness, provides various physical and mental health resources for UC Davis students.

At the SHCS Student Health and Wellness Center, students can receive treatment for various issues and ailments.

“In addition to basic medical care, we provide consultation services in a variety of specialties including sports medicine, orthopedics, psychiatry, endocrinology, podiatry, acupuncture and nutrition,” said Thomas J. Ferguson, medical director for the Student Health and Wellness Center, via email.

Although having the Student Health Insurance Plan (SHIP) is helpful, Ferguson stressed that it is not necessary to receive treatment at the Wellness Center.

“While we cannot bill outside insurances, most services are relatively inexpensive and can be accessed via referral from a primary care provider in our clinics,” Ferguson said. “The most important thing I would like to remind our students is that you do not have to have our student health insurance plan in order to use our services!”

With a dual presence in both the Student Health and Wellness Center and in North Hall, SHCS also provides mental health services to all students with free initial sessions.

“SHCS provides a variety of mental health services,” said Sarah Hahn, counsel-

ing director for SHCS, via email. “Our main service is that we offer individual counseling, couples counseling and group counseling to all registered UC Davis students at no cost at the time of service, since we are supported through student fees.”

Although all resources are valuable, Hahn sees one resource as particularly helpful and underused: the SHCS website.

“Aside [from] the direct mental services that SHCS provides, SHCS website provides [a] wealth of information [that is] related to mental health issues,” Hahn said. “This resource tends to be overlooked and/or under-used. However, the website includes not only the details of our direct services but also information on various topics of mental health […] and links to other resources.”

Former director of the office of advocacy and student representation, Sam Alavi, firmly believes that because each student has their own needs, each resource is just as important as another.

“Our campus is so diverse that every student comes to UC Davis with certain needs and struggles and most students end up using health resources at some point or another while at UC Davis,” Alavi said via email.

“And that’s what makes health resources so important; there are no ‘valuable’ or ‘less valuable’ resources.”

Alavi is passionate about making sure that mental health resources are available to those who need them.

“There are many student activists right now, including myself, who are working on

getting more funding for mental health resources,” Alavi said. “We advocate for more health resources and more diversity in services and staff so that when a student decides to take initiative in regard to their health, there will be resources available that fit their needs and identities.”

One way that SHCS is working toward improving services is by hiring a larger staff.

“As we hire new counselors, we are also concentrating on bringing onboard clinicians who have skills and experience working with the diversity that exists here at UC Davis,” Hahn said. “This diversity encompasses not only diverse cultural backgrounds, but also non-traditionally-aged students, transfer students, student veterans, student parents, first-generation college students and students across the spectrum of gender and sexual-orientation identities.”

Alavi also reaffirmed the importance of reducing the stigma associated with mental illness.

“Students know there are health resources on campus, but do not utilize them because of social stigma and difficulty getting appointments when the counseling center or health center is so busy and under-resourced,” Alavi said. “So even once we get to a place where students know that these health resources are available to them, we have to make a safe and supportive enough environment so students will feel comfortable seeking the available resources.”

More information about SHCS can be found on its website.

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BIKE CITY, USA Davis leads as unofficial “Biking Capital” of the US

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Davis may be a small town, but it’s a big deal to bicyclists since the city is consistently named one of the most bike-friendly places in America.

The League of American Bicyclists, a non-profit membership organization, seems to agree, awarding Davis a Platinum Bicycle-Friendly Community (BFC) Award in 2006. As of today, Davis is one of only five cities in America to achieve this status.

“Davis is really a leader in the United States in terms of investing in biking infrastructure and having a ton of people who bike,” said Ken McLeod, the state and local policy manager for the League of American Bicyclists.

Davis is currently seeking to become the first city to achieve Diamond status (cities are ranked, in ascending order, Bronze, Silver, Gold, Platinum and Diamond). So far, efforts to increase the ease with which Davis residents can ride their bikes have been successful.

“We have over 11 square miles of Davis and we have over 100 miles of designated bike paths,” said Bob Bowen, president of the US Bicycling Hall of Fame and publicist for the City of Davis.

Since the city of Davis first became incorporated, residents have been advocating for city improvements that encourage bike riding.

“In 1967, the city of Davis installed the very first bicycling lane on a street in the US […] we had to have state legislation passed and signed by then-governor Ronald Reagan,” Bowen said.“Since BICYCLE on PAGE 13

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The UC Davis College of Engineering hosted its fourth annual C-STEM Girls in Robotics Leadership (GIRL) Camp this summer. The GIRL Camp is a week-long program that teaches 7th and 8th grade girls the principles of engineering and technology through problem-solving activities.

The campers learn about programming in the Ch language, a user-friendly C/C++ interpreter and by using Linkbots, a modular robotic platform created as an introduction to robotics for young engineers.

Participants are given a real-life problem, such as marine pollution, and must brainstorm how their robots can find a solution.

The camp also strengthens the girls’ leadership and public speaking skills by having them display their solutions in a video presentation.

The GIRL Camp was founded by UC

Davis engineering professor Harry Cheng in hopes of giving young girls a head start in C-STEM education.

“The GIRL Camp is geared towards the girls solving a problem, such as a problem of global impact and presenting [their solutions] using video,” Cheng said. “The girls learn about robotics, the basics of engineering and computer programming. They also learn about women in C-STEM and improve their confidence by taking on leadership roles and working in teams.”

Since kickstarting in 2013, the program — free for those accepted — has seen an increase in interest and applications. The GIRL Camp has also expanded to different locations in northern California, including Woodland, Sacramento, Mt. Diablo and Benicia.

“This year, we really wanted to work with the school districts to bring the camp to them and make it convenient for the students,” Cheng said. “We wanted to give

girls an opportunity over the summer to create a background of technology to bring back to their classrooms during the academic school years.”

The campers begin the week with little to no coding knowledge, and are taught the Ch language as they learn to control the Linkbots. The girls use teamwork, creativity and determination to figure out how to solve their assigned problem. According to Cheng, by the

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UC Davis offers a wide variety of majors in science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM), but large class sizes and limited office hours in these heavily impacted majors can make it difficult to find academic help or study partners. Luckily, UC Davis’ wide array of STEM-related clubs provide an opportunity for academic support and

preparation for graduate schooling for STEM students.

In addition, these clubs give students opportunities to socialize in smaller, more comfortable group settings and develop skills to help apply their classroom knowledge to real-life settings.

“We have a number of resources to help students with career development,” said Chelsey Souza, Chemistry Club vice president and third-year pharmaceutical chemistry major. “These resources range

from company visits from AMPAC Fine Chemicals & Cosmetic chemists [and] visiting companies like Genentech, the Department of Justice and E&J Gallo Winery.”

In March, Chemistry Club organizes its Annual Career Conference in Chemistry to further students’ career development.

Jamie Allen, a UC Davis alumna, is now the student activities coordinator at the Center for Student Involvement

end of the week the girls are noticeably more confident in their programming and leadership abilities as they present their solutions to the other campers.

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(CSI). Allen assists club officers with registration requests, fundraising applications and answering questions about campus policies.

“More and more, Registered Student Organizations (RSO) are reaching out to their alumni networks, working with recruiters or planning career fairs,” Allen said. “[RSOs] are really becoming a place where members can find support to become successful students at UC Davis and successful professionals after graduation.”

Other STEM clubs emphasize the integration of classroom knowledge into real world applications.

For example, Adam Zufall, a fourth-year aerospace and mechanical engineering major and president of the Space and Satellite Systems (SSS) club, will be leading the team in the 2017 design competition known as CanSat. “The competition, sponsored by the American Astronomical Society, American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics and NASA, judges teams on their design and execution of the project, taking into account factors like prelaunch calculations, structural integrity, budget planning and ultimately the degree to which the actual mission succeeds or fails,” Zufall said.

SSS club provides students an opportunity to work in teams to succeed.

“Fall Quarter is typically spent on research and preliminary designs, winter on

final designs and prototyping, then spring on final building and testing,” Zufall said.

Students in the club can explore aspects of the project that particularly engage their interests.

“Since the project encompasses many different technical fields — namely aeronautical, electrical, mechanical and computer engineering — the members of the club are likewise varied in their interests,” Zufall said.

Going on their second year in the CanSat competition, SSS club eagerly awaits the chance to prove themselves against this year’s challenge.

The Association for Women in Mathematics (AWM) Student Chapter is another STEM-related club at UC Davis. Their goal is to help women overcome negative stereotypes and the perceived limitations that females in mathematics may feel. “[The AWM Student Chapter] promotes a greater understanding of the impact women have in the mathematical sciences, and encourages women as they prepare for careers in the field,” said Soo Lee, a third-year mathematics student and officer for the club.

AMW not only provides social support, but academic support as well. The club is open to all students regardless of gender or major.

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RESEARCH DISPROVES GENDER-BIASED GAMER MYTH UC Davis professor Cindy Shen disproves gender bias myth in videogames

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With a research-backed coup de grace, Cuihua “Cindy” Shen, associate professor in the UC Davis Department of Communication, delivered a powerful “GAME OVER” to the myth that men perform better than women in video games.

Shen conducted a study that utilized data from over 9,000 players of the American online multiplayer game EverQuest II and 2,000 players of the Chinese online multiplayer game Chevaliers’ Romance III to compare the performance of men and women. “[Using two games] gave us the opportunity to test the same question in two different cultures,” Shen said.

One of the catalysts to Shen’s research was an incident called Gamergate that occurred in 2014, when a female game designer was attacked and harassed online by the gamer community. This controversy lifted the seal on the deep-rooted misogyny and sexism within the realm of videogames and opened the floor up for researchers like Shen to lay out the facts.

“In terms of numbers, women are a very important demographic [in the gamer community], almost making half of all gamers,” Shen said.“Because of this Gamergate incident, my colleagues and I started to question: is the prevailing stereotype that women make worse gamers than men really true?”

Taking the study out of the lab and into a real world context, Shen and her colleagues used controlled variables such as skill level, character choice and playing time to prove that, in both the U.S. and China, there is no performance gap between male and female videogame players The origins that laid foundation for these biases to form manifested themselves within the early game industry, said Colin Milburn, director of ModLab and professor at UC Davis in the English, Science and Technology and Cinema and Digital Media Departments.

“The video game industry, from its very origins, was focused on a young male consumer as its idealized image,” Milburn said. “The U.S. in particular, [had] the young, white male as the predominant consumer of video games.”

Despite evidence of a radically changing consumer base, that image of the white, male consumer has persisted, and the mainstream industry continues to perpetuate and cater to the fiction of an idealized male consumer, Milburn said.

Amanda Phillips, English professor at Georgetown University and former IMMERSe postdoctoral fellow at UC Davis’ ModLab, is a gamer herself whose experience has been limited due to the expectation of harassment from hostile male gamers.

“I have actually avoided a lot of multiplayer games for that reason,” Phillips said. “I make sure [when I do play multiplayer games] that I’m only playing with people I know.”

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The animosity in gamer culture comes out of the fact the world is already racist, sexist and homophobic by nature — it uncovers the fact that it’s not a problem with gamer culture, but with culture itself, Phillips said.

Shen’s field of research begins to chip away at the heavily biased backbone of the gamer world. “[Shen’s] research is helpful because one of the first steps to getting rid of these biases is to accept the fact that women play games,” Phillips said. “People of color play games, queer people play games — they’re all part of the online gamer community.”

Looking beyond the seemingly ever-present biases and antagonism in the video game community, there are feats — such as Shen’s — that are changing the gamer world.

“Many independent videogame developers are helping to diversify the field and change the scope of what games are and what they can do,”

Milburn said. “We see games changing, the field of games as well as the players changing.”

Milburn hopes that the industry aims for more conscious efforts towards diversity in hiring, as well as changing the gaming industry’s marketing practices to be more responsive to its real existing player base.

Shen sees progress stemming from within the videogame designer community as well.

“It would be really nice if we could get more female game designers,” Shen said. “A lot of these problems manifest themselves when it’s a male gamer designing a game for men to play. If we can get more females in a designer position, I think games will start changing.”

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1/%()*%4)(!"3 +D,;+3=*E2=".C#3F+"2 Welcome back to school, everybody. It’s an exciting time to be alive and you’re in college to experience it. What luck!

So get involved. Join a club, get politically active or — and this is the big one — pick up a (print!) copy of the Aggie.

Particularly for the opinion section.

Entering my fourth year on the opinion desk, I can say with complete objectivity that this quarter has the deepest bench of opinion columnists in at least that many years.

The Aggie hired seven writers with voices that are uniquely their own. With an eye for both national and local trends, they are informed on their unique subjects, which range

from study abroad to the role of comedy in social and political discourse. It’s an exciting time to be alive and these writers exemplify why.

As a note: Columnists alone do not determine the quality of an opinion section. That depends on editorials, cartoons, humor and, most importantly, guest opinions. We want to hear from you, the community, on issues that are personal to you and that you find important. We want letters. If the press is to remain an essential part of democracy, it requires the active participation of readers.

To submit a guest opinion, email opinion@theaggie. org. For a letter to the editor, email editor@theaggie.org.

We welcome any and all submissions for consideration. edu from Tuesday, Feb. 16 to Friday, Feb. 19.

HERE ARE YOUR FALL QUARTER COLUMNISTS Al i ce R o c h a Davis wouldn’t be Davis without a strong focus on agriculture. Alice Rocha, a third-year animal science major, will bring that focus to the Aggie with a column on sustainable animal agriculture and how it impacts the food system today. This paper ran a column last year on ethical consumption, which was partly concerned with the potential downsides of our eating habits. Rocha will expand upon those concerns, using her own experience working in a lab to inform her takes on some of the most pressing issues we need to start working through today, including how to feed nine billion people by 2050.

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M i ch a el C l o g sto n Michael Clogston will be the Aggie’s foreign correspondent this quarter. Writing from Sydney, Australia, he plans on redefining the study abroad column as something that can be used a tool for both students interested in travel and not. An Aggie veteran, Clogston previously wrote a column on the role of the superhero in modern society. He’s going to parlay that experience to effectively communicate what it means to be an American student abroad today.

S tel l a S a p p i n g ton There are few genres of art that can strike a nerve as profoundly as comedy at its best. That’s what Stella Sappington, a firstyear undeclared student, hopes to examine in her column on the role that comedy plays in the current political and social climate. Students have notably tried to disinvite guest speakers like the sharp-tongued Bill Maher from campus for what they perceive as threatening speech. How to reconcile words that may be offensive with principles of free speech is among many topics Sappington hopes to address head on.

Ta r y n D e O i l e r s Finding the intersection between the sciences and the humanities has long been an aim of academics and professionals alike. Taryn DeOilers, a second-year comparative literature and political science double major, plans to interrogate how these two fields have inspired, challenged and uplifted one another — using examples as unlikely as Iceland’s perennial singer-songwriter Björk. At a time when it’s not enough to consider an issue through the lens of just one discipline, DeOilers’ column carries a special weight.

Ni c k I r v i n UC Davis is just about as liberal as college campuses come. It’s hard to find a single student who doesn’t stake their political beliefs somewhere left of center. We found one in Nick Irvin, a second-year international relations major, who plans to go against the grain here at Davis and offer moderate to conservative opinions on the matters most pressing to the campus and the country at large. From the fallout of Linda Katehi’s resignation as Chancellor to the rise of Trump, no topic will be off the table for Irvin.

Ta m a n n a A h l u wal ia Few contemporary problems strike a chord among college students like that of gun violence. Tamanna Ahluwalia, a secondyear neurobiology, physiology and behavior major, wants to take a critical, nuanced approach to an issue which often sees flaming rhetoric dominating the conversation. She will consider the role this nation’s lack of gun control regulation plays in creating a culture of violence, misogyny and instant gratification. Her column is the latest to weigh in on a topic that requires more urgency since the gun-related tragedies in Sandy Hook, Dallas and Orlando.

J ea n et te Yu e Understanding that when minority groups are put at a disadvantage, we are all affected, third-year communications and psychology double major Jeanette Yue will be taking a hard look at issues affecting minorities today. From privilege to poverty, Yue hopes to show that issues affecting disadvantaged communities are not as black and white as often portrayed in the news and even in everyday discussion. Look for her column, titled “The Minority Report,” to bring otherwise ignored problems to light.

5)(()'$3'+,$(6)$)7.(+' 1/%!"#$$%&'(!!(' +"#$%&E$*+.//#+F%&/ UC Davis students and community, welcome (back)!

This year, for the first time since 2013, The California Aggie will be published in print weekly during the school year and distributed around campus every Thursday morning.

This return to print, which comes after a span of over two years during which The Aggie published solely online, is the direct result of the unbelievable effort of last year’s Aggie staff and of you, the UC Davis student body, voting last winter to fund the newspaper beginning this year.

I cannot fully articulate my appreciation for the

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Aggie staffers who worked countless hours last year to pass the "Print the Aggie" measure and get this 101-year-old publication back into print.

Because of last year's efforts, UC Davis is no longer the only undergraduate UC campus without a print newspaper, and thousands of students are no longer missing out on a service that should be ubiquitous on college campuses.

Now that we are back in print, however, we must work even harder to fulfill our duty of keeping the UC Davis community informed and engaged on a regular basis. The Aggie will do our best to provide news in a thoughtful, meaningful way.

We want to showcase the diversity, services and opportunities that exist at UC Davis, and we will continue to hold the administration and

elected student officials accountable for their actions and words. We understand and believe that, while entertainment can be a byproduct of effective journalism, it should never be the aim, and we welcome and encourage feedback from you, the readers.

The Aggie staff is thrilled today to produce this “Orientation Issue” for the UC Davis community.

In this issue, we feature clubs, organizations and restaurants, among many other services and establishments, that students may have not heard about before. Enjoy!

Moving forward, keep an eye out for copies of The Aggie in stands outside your lecture halls and elsewhere on campus on Thursdays. We have about 20 distribution sites currently, and we will

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actively monitor how we can be environmentally responsible with our printing.

The Aggie understands that the journalism industry is headed in a digital direction. We will publish new content daily on our website, and we will look for innovative ways to engage with the UC Davis community on social media.

I personally cannot wait to see students working on the crossword in the Coho or reading The Aggie out on the Quad on a sunny day. Newspapers have played a huge role in my life and education, and I hope they can do the same for you!

Please contact me with questions or concerns (or maybe even compliments!) at editor@theaggie. org.

Cheers to print journalism!

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CONCLUDING JAPAN, STARTING AUSTRALIA '!$()*+,#-$*-./01.2 !"#"$%&'$()*#+,-.&/0+* Nine weeks have passed since I began working here in Sendai, Japan, through UC Davis’ Japanese Children’s Home Internship Program (JCHIP). The program has given me the opportunity to work, play, cook and learn with over 30 kids at Komatsushima Kodomo no Ie — a children’s home. I’ve spent over 290 hours with these kids so far, and I still have a week to go.

The entire time that I have been here, I’ve learned more about Japanese living, customs and the differences between these kids’ lifestyles and my own than I could have imagined.

These children do not have the same opportunities as most of the other kids in Japan. Due to specific and unique circumstances, each of them has been placed in a children’s home, which is something similar to an orphanage, but it actually does not have an equivalent in America.

As a summer intern this year, my objective was to provide the children with a new friend and someone who could make their summer just as memorable — even if they don’t have access to the same resources that others may take for granted. I tried to provide this service the only way that I can: by letting them do what they wanted. They were given the freedom to make mistakes; I did what I could to entertain them.

There are things that I made sure I never did when I interacted with them: I never got mad at them, I always made sure to explain why something was wrong and I made sure they were having fun.

Something else that I learned that I didn’t necessarily expect was the amount of effort it takes to raise a child. I thought this retrospective look at child-rearing came up at a pretty pivotal time for me as a fourth-year who will graduate soon and head out into the “real world.” This made me consider my own experience and where I’ve come from in my almost 21 years of existence.

Raising a kid is hard. It takes a lot of re-

sources, time and effort. Every time I go to work, I see the staff hard at work not only making food, but making sure that the kids are learning everything they need to do to survive in life outside of school. The staff makes sure they know how to make a few dishes, how to clean up after themselves and others and how to do their own laundry. All of this in addition to making sure the kids aren’t misbehaving and that they are getting along well enough.

They teach pretty much everything that I, as a kid who was determined to leave my hometown for college, was taught by my mother and grandmother and got me to UC Davis in the first place. It makes me appreciate everything that they’ve done for me up to this point that has allowed me to grow and flourish into the person I am today. My appreciation for my upbringing is also enhanced by the fact that I was even able to come to Japan for this internship and use these valuable life skills to go to Kyoto, London and, this coming fall, Sydney, Australia.

Though I’m sad to have to leave these kids soon, I’m sure that the memories I’ve made will be with me for a lifetime, not to mention the skills I’ve picked up here at this children’s home. Learning how to better interact with kids from so many different and unique situations, how to plan out meals and make food for over 30 people, and how to take the little victories as they come has been invaluable.

I will be going to Australia this Fall Quarter as part of the internship offered by the University Writing Program. I’ll be taking 18 units, six of which will be from an internship with Holman and Webb Lawyers, a firm with offices throughout Australia. I don’t expect this program to be easy. I have never expected any study abroad program to be easy. What I do expect though, is to be challenged both intellectually and as a person.

To really make me think about the way I think and what I believe in — and maybe even change me in more ways than one. And I will certainly cherish the little memories and victories that come everyday, just like I’ve done here in Sendai, Japan.

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'!$1,3!2$4#. )- # 3 0 '"+0$."01&)*#+,-.&/0+* Growing up, I never excelled in STEM classes or even wanted to be a scientist. My burning passion for science never extended beyond the time I accidentally set an entire Bunsen burner on fire.

Still, I felt chained to the notion of engineering. After all, I had to keep in mind the job market, my future salary and, most importantly, the sweet, prestigious title gained from being an engineer.

In the past two years, I went from confidently wanting to be an engineer, to questionably wanting to be an engineer, to finally realizing the global chaos I would unleash if I actually became an engineer.

After months of existential deliberation and turmoil, I ultimately settled my issue with the only sensible solution: I started studying Comparative Literature. I know, I know. Now I can both read and adopt the title of Dostoevsky’s The Idiot.

So what exactly is driving me to pursue a socalled useless humanities degree?

Our era cherishes STEM degrees for good reason: we’re in the midst of a technological age, and science plays an intrinsic role in humankind’s advancement.

More now than ever, there’s a pressing need for STEM workers that isn’t going away any time soon.

Unfortunately, this increasing emphasis on scientific disciplines seems to be resulting in a decline in the number of individuals seeking humanities degrees. And for some, a degree in the humanities just isn’t taken very seriously.

In defense of the humanities’ importance, I’d like to take the time to discuss someone who is, well, timeless: René Descartes.

Let’s start with his impact on philosophy, since this will be one of the only times philosophy gets prioritized over math.

An independent thinker, Descartes unapologetically divorced his work from all formerly-established philosophical ideas. He nullified all preconceptions about philosophy, discredited his own senses and trusted only undeniable facts. During a time of severe conformity and stagnation within philosophy circles, Descartes kindled a radical movement toward skepticism that continues to influence philosophy today.

He eventually resolved his metaphysical inquiries by concentrating on science. The inventor of the Cartesian coordinate system and standard algebraic notation, Descartes developed many integral (pun intended) components of calculus and math analysis.

Perhaps he sounds villainous to most students, but contemporary math would be unrecognizable without his contributions.

Believing that all truths were entwined together, he successfully used mathematical facts to unspool philosophical ambiguities.

By weaving together two independent subjects, he simultaneously pioneered essential scientific and metaphysical processes — hence being dubbed the Father of Modern Philosophy and Father of Analytic Geometry. He almost has as many titles as a character from Game of Thrones: "René Descartes, First of His Name, Protector of the Two-Dimensional Plane, Breaker of Logic Chains."

Now, Descartes was obviously a genius in several subjects, whereas most of us are just lucky to be somewhat talented in anything at all. We can still learn a lot about discovery through Descartes’ work, though.

Innovation almost always blossoms at the crossroads of science and art. (I think my former government teacher said that — thanks, Mr. Adams!) We need science’s momentum, rationality and practicality in order to cure diseases, prevent and alleviate environmental damage and create electronics that we rely on every day.

But we also need the humanities’ balancing contemplation, empathy, and imagination to teach justice and morality, challenge established beliefs and help us appreciate our differences in cultures, religions and political affiliations.

Therefore, science and the humanities aren’t just intertwined; when balanced perfectly, they bring out the best in one another.

That’s why I’ve come to terms with not being an engineer. If our goal is the advancement of mankind, and if advancement is often rooted in interdisciplinary collaboration, we shouldn’t neglect our personal skill sets. They could respectively help push humanity forward, even in the most microscopic way.

I still want that prestigious title, though.

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The tendency now by some men to overcompensate for perceived slights and threats to masculinity has invited a wide range of responses, from the sarcastic #MasculinitySoFragile to products like grenade-shaped bath bombs. “Masculine” Q-tips, advertised as a multi-tool for detailing, cleaning and building, have hit the shelves.

While the hashtag in particular uses humor to question the state of masculinity, there is an underlying issue here — some men really do believe that expressions of tender emotion and floral-scented soaps pose an existential threat to manhood and masculinity.

This is a ridiculous notion. Gender is a social construct, a made-up grouping that we have

allowed to hold meaning in society. And with our conception of gender comes gender roles — the behaviors, emotions and personality traits we deem appropriate for each gender to exhibit.

This means that masculinity and the attributes usually associated with it — strength, heterosexuality, inability to feel pain — are also made up. The same goes for femininity. There is no real reason a man is supposed to be the head of a household and a woman is expected to be more domestic. These are views based not on biology or anthropological fact but in traditions and stereotypes. No one is born to behave in masculine or feminine ways — at least not in the ways we have to come to define the terms. Rather, we are socialized from birth to believe in these constructs and behave according to them.

The question is this: if masculinity means being strong and tough and unafraid, why do some

men seem to be easily threatened by the mere notion of anything even vaguely feminine?

Frankly, it’s sad that some young men immediately default to defensive cries of “no homo” after expressing affection for another man. This is as if to suggest only gay men are affectionate or that being gay is unmanly, or that expressing affection and love for one’s friends is effeminate and therefore degrading for a man to do. This is one reason our current definitions of femininity and masculinity are harmful.

Expectations restrict people. They leave little room for variation, though they leave plenty of room for ostracism and judgement. Moreover, expectations imply that gender is fixed and binary, when in reality it exists on a spectrum. This means gender is not solely based on sex or gender identity but also on gender expression and how one chooses to behave and present themselves to others.

There shouldn’t be any limitations or expectations on how we express ourselves, and yet our current definition of masculinity restricts young boys and affects how men see themselves in relation to women. Gender roles can pigeonhole them into being emotionless, “tough” men who do not show weakness or vulnerability.

But the truth is that men do cry, and sometimes they might even want to talk about their feelings. Men are, despite gendered expectations, people capable of feeling the full range of human emotions. And they should not feel threatened by stereotypically feminine behaviors. Being feminine does not mean being weaker. Femininity is not the opposite of masculinity, and it is definitely not lesser than masculinity. Men should be allowed to like flowers and hug their friends without fear of social ostracization or having their gender or identity insulted or called into question. No one !"#$on$%&

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This time, however, the enemy may not be an overseas terrorist with radical religious beliefs, but

rather our own people — the neighbor you saw every morning walking his dog, the quiet guy in your math class, the person who sat next to you getting a haircut. The American psyche’s wounds are being opened once more and we are grimacing in pain.

Mass shootings have affected the dynamic of American public life in two important ways. The first deals with the collective psychological trauma inflicted on the masses. The second explores the subtle yet ubiquitous cultural, religious and social divides that these mass shootings have created.

Dr. Laura Miller, a social worker and psychotherapist, explained in a CBSDC interview last year that the collective trauma many Americans experience has perpetuated a daily defense mechanism that “can resemble the post-traumatic response of actual trauma survivors […] many people become more hyper-vigilant, less trusting of strangers and […] more paranoid in spaces they once associated with safety.”

Instead of being a safe place where refugees seek asylum, America has become a land filled with people who are distrusting, defensive and

paranoid, giving way to a deeply flawed collective attitude. Dr. Miller goes on to state that those with anxious or depressive tendencies also tend to be vulnerable to the psychological impact of mass shootings, with the shootings reaffirming their pre-existing notions that the world is a dangerous or cruel place.

According to one survey, 41.6 percent of college students list anxiety as their top concern and 36.4 percent list depression. College students dealing with pre-existing mental health conditions — conditions compounded by the recent increase in ,+-"6,-),$on$%7

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!"##$%&##'()$'*+#,-$*.$/*,0-1%$'*22#3#$'0+&4% DOES THERE NEED TO BE AN UNDERLYING MESSAGE IN “OFFENSIVE” HUMOR? !"#(/$%%,#(,22&-3/1VDVDSSLQJWRQ#XFGDYLV HGX On campuses big and small throughout the United States, invited speakers are protested, teachers are penalized and presidents are stepping down because of the content of their speech.

While the country embraces speech freedoms more completely than ever, there is a simultaneous and increasing demand for sensitivity. All speech, when heard by a broad audience, has the potential to effect serious change. College students in particular are demanding more respectful, more politically correct and more aware speech.

When Wesleyan University nearly shuttered its oldest campus publication after it published a student op-ed criticizing the Black Lives Matter movement, when the president of Claremont McKenna College stepped down after backlash for an email saying that a low-income Latina student has trouble fitting into the mold of the school’s typical student and when Yale students called for for two educators to step down after they questioned whether or not administration should lecture students on the potential cultural insensitivity of Halloween costumes — one should stop and wonder whether this kind of outrage really does contribute to the making of a more peaceful world.

This conflict, in which many who speak out against the restriction of speech are attacked, is riddled with irony. Students call for increased dialogue on controversial issues while silencing the people who may make disagreeable comments. Students abridge speech against those with unpopular opinions on topics like LGBT+ rights,

affirmative action and immigration as they become the majority, even though it was free speech that allowed those movements to become part of popular opinion.

There is even irony in the way some students protest the speech they dislike. These students are not of the opinion that right speech can trump false speech — they look to administration to take down those who speak against the issues they hold dear.

Comedians face the some of the most stringent sanctions on their speech if their material can be seen as offensive to any group.

Some comics are now forced to make the decision to either censor their acts or not join the lucrative college circuit at all. Students at the National Association for Student Activities “wanted comedy that was 100 percent risk-free, comedy that could not trigger or upset or mildly trouble a single student,” according to writer and social critic Caitlin Flanagan.

Not only do students condemn the comedians whose jokes are in poor taste, but the comedians feel similarly negative about the students. Although many individuals new to comedy rely on the exposure and compensation that colleges and universities can offer, comedians are increasingly unwilling to abide by what they view as unnecessarily strict standards of political correctness.

Chris Rock and Jerry Seinfeld have both said that playing on campuses is not as fun as it used to be, because many students have grown so sensitive. On whether or not a joke ultimately has an important message, Rock says that, “You can’t even be incorrect on your way to being correct.”

But some comedians are unphased by the climate on college

campuses. After a comment by Bill Maher during his talk show in which he compared Muslims to the Mafia, students at UC Berkeley protested his presence on campus, but he showed up regardless.

Maher told students that hearing things that are hurtful, offensive and wrong may not be comfortable or even “the right thing to do” — but can be funny and informative nevertheless.

Often the things that make us laugh do so because they are shocking, absurd, unacceptable or frightening. When Maher makes broad statements about Muslims, the public laughs because we know we shouldn’t make those sorts of generalizations — that they are untrue, ridiculous and a little shocking.

Students will no longer tolerate comedy that is crude for the sake of shocking the audience or getting a laugh. One student writing to Jerry Seinfeld said, “[I] believe there is a responsibility, especially when a well-known comic is talking about sensitive topics like race and gender politics, to have an underlying message to be said.”

College students live in an era in which the things they say and post may cast a shadow over them eternally. Social media perpetuates the life of words, and makes the stand up acts of comedians accessible at any time and by anyone.

People can argue that comedians uses stereotypes just for the sake of comedy, and that there is value and humor in the absurd and inappropriate.

But in our increasingly educated, connected and globalized community, the next generation of leaders seems to be saying that humor at the expense of others must do more than make us laugh — it must also make us think.

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First-year actually thinks he’s grabbing a hammock this quarter

Eager student accidentally arrives to first lecture 12 hours early

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Davis updated its transportation laws early September after a recent study by TAPS showed that Welcome Week bike accidents decreased 46 percent when skateboards, cruisers and some bikes were banned.

The city changed its laws to forbid “four-wheel objects, such as skateboards and golf carts” (Section 3.1.81e) on the UC Davis campus. The new amendment also lists “cruisers and bikes that do not have a second and third speed option” (Section 3.1.81g) as dangerous and prohibited.

UC Davis’ mobility assistance shuttles will be protected amid concerns that medical services would be hurt by the new ordinances.

“We are excited in the new, faster direction our campus is moving,” said David Landis, director of TAPS. “We felt that single-speed cruisers were actually slowing down the flow of traffic, which, as any experienced driver can tell you, is a danger to those on the road.”

While the move makes sense in terms of decreasing time on the road, there are economic and health concerns that surround the new change.

Students who currently have cruisers and bikes will now mainly have to resort to walking.

Bike shops say they will now be faced with a surplus of bicycles that have no function.

“While I understand the move, I don’t appreciate what it has done to my cruiser business,” said Tim Lillard, owner of Doug’s Bike Shop.

“Many students choose to go with the cruiser for its safer features.”

Accidents are expected to increase if students reject the law, which has become an increasingly likely prospect for such a bike-centric campus.

“The law was a knee-jerk reaction,” said a UC Davis biker who spoke under the condition of anonymity. “Just get off your phone and ride faster. Pay attention to the roads. Welcome Week is always a nightmare.

Students don’t know how to ride here, especially the new ones.”

Freshmen and transfers will have a difficult time adjusting to the fastpaced life that Davis now brings, but they are expected to spend less time on bikes than prior classes. For now, although the current state of transportation seems to be uncertain, once adjustments are made, students are expected to get to class in a safer and in less time.

As much as he didn’t want a change like this to occur, it’s something that Landis and TAPS said was “necessary for growth.”

First-year Darrell Nusbaum expressed optimism Wednesday that he would actually be able to grab a hammock on a the Quad at some point this quarter. His confidence comes despite previous studies of the hammocks showing that they’re only available to lay down in when you’re not anywhere near them.

“The thing that struck me about Davis when I was looking at schools was how friendly the people are,” Nusbaum said. “I’m sure people are aware of how long they’ve been using a hammock and would be more than willing to give up a spot if they saw someone else waiting.”

Research has shown that when access to the hammocks is limited, people experience a 37 percent decline in ‘good vibes’ and an even steeper 78 percent decrease in stretching out and contentedly saying ‘ahhh.’ One solution — to squeeze two people onto one hammock — seems to be working for some students, but remains relatively uncommon, with sources citing the discomfort that comes with close proximity to another human.

The hammocks were installed on campus several years ago amid increasing demand for spaces where students could take a break from skipping class, waking up past noon and a life of unprecedented freedom from home and the strictures of professional life.

But the need for hammocks quickly exceeded the number actually available for use — six for both the west and east sides of the Quad. Long lines and delays are common and angry students say the whole system is failing.

“Like everybody on this campus, we keep a very vigorous schedule,” said one of the hammocks. “But we weren’t designed to accommodate thirty-thousand students. This is our reality.”

Despite problems, students still ranked the hammocks as the best place to take a nap in the Best of Davis 2016. The hammocks narrowly beat out the Quad, the Arboretum and former Chancellor Linda Katehi’s office.

Nusbaum personally plans to lay watch over the hammocks by sitting nearby and making his move when a space becomes available. As of press time Thursday, he was still waiting.

First-year students are often prone to embarrassment when starting at UC Davis. Between learning (or at least trying to learn) how to bike on campus correctly and trying to find their way around our large campus (with many buildings named after mysterious men), starting college can be a difficult time.

Michael Podd, an incoming first-year chemistry major and medieval studies minor, hoped that he could get through his first day of college without any major problems. Nice try, Michael.

“What happened was that I took an evening nap and woke up at 8 o’clock. I thought that it was 8 o’clock the next morning, but it was actually just 8 o’clock the same evening. Don’t ask me how I didn’t realize that it was still dark outside,” Podd said. “Thinking I was going to be late for my first college class, I rushed to the Sciences Lecture Hall via the hoverboard that my mom bought me to get around campus. So when I arrived, I thought that I was just the first one to get there. I sat down in the front row of course and got ready for class. I waited for a long time, thinking that everyone was just running late. Turns out I was just an entire 12 hours early for class and by the time it actually started, I had fallen asleep and missed the whole thing. There’s always tomorrow,” Podd told The Aggie, not realizing that today was Friday.

Podd was joined by several dozen other first-years who were naturally attracted to the scent of a fellow first-year — explaining why these new students often travel in large, roving packs across campus.

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As a college town, Davis boasts restaurants and chains that attempt to appeal to college students by bringing the latest food hype to the city. Popular restaurants, such as Ike’s Place, and trendy foods, like hot pot and milk tea, have all entered the Davis food scene this summer.

In recent years, multiple milk tea locations have opened in Davis, including Mandro, Sharetea and Gong Cha, which all have have become popular boba hotspots. The latest, Meow Gee, recently opened in East Davis.

As a milk tea enthusiast, I immediately went to try Meow Gee when I first heard of its opening. The store features a light pink wall and offers free polaroids to its customers. It also has a fairly large interior, despite looking somewhat small on the outside.

Unlike other milk tea shops, Meow Gee offers a larger selection of food, including tea balls and noodle soups, and a smaller menu of fruit and tea drinks.

I tried both the rose milk tea and honey milk tea. Because the drinks at this shop are on the sweeter side, I would recommend reducing the sweetness to 30 percent or 50 percent. Aside from the sweetness, I thought the pearls were fairly soft and chewy, complementing the milk tea well.

In addition to milk tea shops, many other Asian-style shops have recently opened in Davis, including Tasty Kitchen, a Cantonese-style restaurant located in Downtown Davis on G Street. Similar to Meow Gee, the restaurant looks small on the outside, but it is actually very

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over an equally distinctive mixture of trap and dubby trip-pop that forms the rhythmic bed for his “postDrake flow,” few other artists could remedy the chaos around you.Better yet, every .28 seconds when a cashier asks, “Are you in the rewards program?” all you’ll be hearing is the sweet choral repetition of, “I got that mullah, mullah, mullah, mullah / Queso, queso, queso, queso.”

3:00 p.m.: “$150/Roll Widdit” by Healy Leaving class early is a seemingly fair trade-off for

spacious once inside.

The speed and efficiency of the customer service at Tasty Kitchen were above average. The servers were quick to take my order and bring out the food, but had trouble understanding English.

My friends and I ordered the crab meat with fish maw soup, beef curry, string beans with minced pork and the diced seafood and chicken with gravy over fried rice. Of all the dishes, the soup was my favorite dish, and I enjoyed that the waiter poured the soup for us. My least favorite dish was the beef curry. Although flavorful, the beef was tough and difficult to eat. Aside from the curry, the fried rice quickly became soggy from the gravy and was no longer edible despite only sitting there for about 20 minutes.

Overall, Tasty Kitchen is a decent restaurant. However, it is a bit overpriced for Cantonese food considering there are other, cheaper alternatives in Davis.

Cantonese food can also be found at Hong Kong Cafe, located near Pole Line Road and Cowell Boulevard. This cafe is fairly spacious and clean, and the menu offers a variety of food.

For a restaurant that only opened a couple of weeks ago, the service at Hong Kong Cafe was surprisingly quick and efficient. The waiter was courteous and made sure my friends and I had everything that we needed.

Along with good service, the food at Hong Kong Cafe was also delicious. Unlike Tasty Kitchen, Hong Kong Kitchen’s beef curry was easier to eat -- and certainly more flavorful. The fried rice was also an enjoyable dish.

Overall, I would recommend trying all three of these recently

the tedious reading of class policies and your professor’s semi-believable attempts to scare away potential students.

But, nevertheless, around your fourth syllabus readthrough, midterm dates and grading policies tend to blur together, and you really wish you bought that discounted pocket planner from Target.

Such stresses were, I’m certain, the inspiration for song “$150/Roll Widdit” by electronic/hip-hop artist Healy. Examples of its applicability: “I have never curved a class in my thirty years of teaching.” Just roll widdit.

“Your third midterm is on week 10, and your first one is tomorrow.” Just roll widdit.

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opened restaurants in Davis. Although some, like Tasty Kitchen, are a bit pricier, I would encourage everyone to give each of them a try at least once.

On August 4, Starbucks replaced Burger King at 403 Mace Blvd in South Davis. The new location features a drive-through, is well-lit and offers ample space for studying.

Ike’s Love & Sandwiches opened in Downtown Davis at 212 F Street, next to Blaze Pizza. Ike Shehadeh, the company owner, is a UC Davis alumnus, and many of the popular sandwiches are old recipes from his college days.

Ike’s offers a variety of unique sandwich combinations that cater to meat eaters, vegetarians and vegans. A few sandwiches are exclusively sold at the Davis location. Top local flavors include the ‘Yolo County’, which has pastrami, ham, Aggie sauce and American cheese, a veggie sandwich called the ‘Picnic Day’ and the ‘Room 107’ with fried chicken, Aggie sauce and American cheese.

Local boba tea shop Lazi Cow, located at 407 G Street, imported a brand new ice cream roll machine from China to introduce ten different ice cream roll flavors. The new machine keeps the milk cold and frozen as it is flattened out and fresh fruits and other ingredients are added. Fried ice cream is then rolled up and served with toppings added on top.

“Our most famous is ‘Black Hammer’ which has brownies, Nutella and Oreos. ‘T-Swizzle’ has blueberries and strawberries,” said Christopher Ahn, one of the founders of Lazi Cow. In addition to ice cream rolls, Lazi Cow serves milk teas, brick toast and build-your-own drinks.

textbook. But the material is relevant, organized and concise. I would know, I wrote it myself.” Just roll widdit.

7:00 p.m.: “Emotions and Math” by Margaret Glaspy You’ve already eaten three of your weekly meal preps and burned the pizza bagels you found in the freezer from finals week of Spring Quarter. Mom’s cooking sounds great, and the homesickness kicks in. Fortunately, with the combination of Glaspy’s growling vocals and imagery-infused lyricism, the frustration of long distance relationships, heartbreak and nostalgia itself never sounded so eerily beautiful:

“Counting all the days till you’re back / Shivering in an ice cold bath / Of emotions and math.”

Glaspy (who will make an appearance at San Francisco’s free Hardly Strictly Bluegrass Festival at the end of this month) released her debut full-length album earlier this summer. The album, also titled “Emotions and Math,” is deserving of your immediate attention.

11:00 p.m.: any track from Frank Ocean’s newly released content Just to serve as a reminder that anything, including your GPA, can make a comeback after a fouryear hiatus.

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with George Takei. During his talk, he will discuss growing up with his family in Japanese internment camps during WWII, his rise to stardom as a sci-fi icon and his remarkable media power in his fight for LGBTQ rights in America. There will also be a Q&A session, providing the audience with an opportunity to ask this incredible man about his story.

Alan Cumming Sings Sappy Songs is the best show for any musical theater nerd. Alan Cumming, a wellknown theater performer who has earned his stripes, will perform live on March 30 at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall.

His set will include reinterpretations of pop songs, stage classics and the sharing of entertaining and intimate stories. He will also be joined onstage by longtime collaborator Lance Horne.

Release The Hounds: An Evening with Julian Lage and Chris Eldridge | Aoife O’Donovan will be shown April 23 at 7 p.m. in Jackson Hall. This show features two artists with extraordinary talent and a complimentary sound. O’Donovan, who takes the stage with just her voice and guitar, is a mesmerizing performer. Lage and Eldridge follow her performance with acoustic sounds that push the envelope of traditional folk, bluegrass and jazz. At the end of the concert, the three musicians will join talents and sing in harmony.

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Kick off the new school year with bungee jumping, dance battles, jousting and more

Every year, students come together on The Quad to socialize and celebrate the beginning of the new school year. This event, known as The Buzz, will be held Friday, Sept. 23 from 6:00 to 10:00 p.m. and is a great way for incoming first-year students to acclimate to life at Davis.

The Buzz is put on by various campus departments, including the Center for Student Involvement, Campus Recreation and Unions and Student Housing. Each department provides a host of dedicated volunteers who spend hours making the event the best it can possibly be.

The Buzz is well known as a lively event with a variety of activities including bungee jumping and live performances.

In previous years, The Buzz has hosted famous acts like The Cataracts and Natural Roots.

Though there are no such planned performances this year, the evening will still showcase student performances, plus food from Woodstock’s and Open Rice Kitchen to keep attendees’ hunger sated.

Second-year psychology major Jay Chan attended The Buzz as a first-year, but, this year, he plans to work as a volunteer.

“I think it’s a cool event to go to because there are all these activities and free stuff,” Chan said. “I also really enjoyed being able to

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socialize with my friends and others. It was a good way to get a feel for what UC Davis is about and I think a lot of freshmen will have fun.”

Julie Rainier, a third-year community and regional development major, helped organize The Buzz in previous years, and will continue to do so this year. “[Last year was] pretty stressful […] there are so many things happening and so many people to keep in touch with, but it’s definitely a labor of love,” Rainier said. “I just feel it is so important to get involved on campus early on.

I know a lot of freshmen are a little reluctant to throw themselves into the fray, but once you do, you’ll be able to meet so many people and you’ll be glad that you took that step.”

To incentivize student attendance, coordinators have planned the events based on feedback from last year’s event; student volunteers have taken those critiques to heart.

“Some people wanted better food to be served and more lighting, among other things.

So we intend on making [these] aspects of The Buzz even better,” Chan said.

Second-year managerial economics major A.J. Patel said that he is looking forward to The Buzz, despite having been less engaged in school events in the past.

“I’ve never really liked going to stuff like that, but last year a ton of my friends went, while I stayed in the dorms twiddling my thumbs,” Patel said. “So yeah, I’m going this year for sure.”

To those UC Davis students who have yet to see a show at the Mondavi Center, you now have the opportunity to attend one show for free!

Here’s how it works: in order to receive your free ticket, students will need to either call the Mondavi Center at (530) 754-2787 or visit the Mondavi Center Ticket Office directly. Make sure to inform the ticket office of the student free ticket offer, and have your UC Davis ID ready. The offer is only valid for one price level two ticket.

Not sure what performance you’d like to spend your free ticket on? We’ve got that covered for you, too.

Of the Mondavi Center’s variety of performances, Bumper Jacksons is certainly one of the most unique.

Running from Oct. 5 to 8 at 8 p.m. in the Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, the band tells America’s story from New Orleans Storyville to the Appalachian hollers. The show pays homage to America’s rich music tradition but also adds its own DIY style. Unlike other performances, the music will include a pedal steel and trombone to round out the sound. This show is guaranteed to have you up on your feet dancing!

SFJAZZ Collective: The Music of Miles Davis and Original Compositions on Oct. 14 at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall is another great way to redeem the free ticket. This group of eight performers and composers brings to life new arrangements of Davis’ compositions, as well as some original pieces by the collective. This variety of new and old sound will certainly convert the audience into jazz lovers.

On Oct. 15 at 8 p.m. in Jackson Hall, George Takei will share his story with the Davis community — and this man covers it all.

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would tell them focus on the grades but be sure to include research. But for a student who is looking to enter into the career world, we tell them to really explore […] go do internships.”

Along with animal science, biology also comprises a large part of the STEM student body. Although most students enter the major hoping to go into a medical profession, Bergum, academic advisor for biochemistry and biology, urges them to follow non-major related passions while keeping up with schoolwork, partially for the sake of their careers.

“There’s kind of a misconception about ‘I’m studying science and I can just do science,’” Bergum said. “A lot of employers, specifically admissions for master’s programs and healthcare professional programs, are looking for a well-rounded student — [one] getting experience, developing relationships in labs or internships […] even study abroad or doing volunteer work.”

The life sciences make up only a small part of all STEM majors. Undergraduate program advisor for computer science Coulter urges students to get experience outside of the classroom, especially because computer science majors can add to their resumes by doing projects on their own.

“I think the largest thing that you can do to show your tenacity and determination for computer science is to show your interest in it in building whatever you’re interested in,” Coulter said. “If you want to do apps, just build an app.”

Theoretically, because a student could work in solitude, the computer sciences can be misconstrued by some as a “lonely” major.

Coulter maintains that UC Davis fosters a special com-

munity for the people in computer sciences.

“There’s a really strong computer science club that handles tutoring for lower division courses as well as organizing the hackathon and [other] fun gaming events for everyone to relax [at],” Coulter said. “Because it is a highstress major and it takes a lot of time to do this degree, [...] being able to balance that and enjoy your college time is really important, and the students in this major make that a priority.”

Computer science is just one of many aspects of engineering. Creveling, academic advisor for electrical engineering and computer engineering majors, believes that UC Davis offers engineering majors unique opportunities, especially when it comes to getting a job after graduation.

“Companies want our students. We have, at the College of Engineering, an entire corporate donor relations side,” Creveling said. “People in [the] industry donate to our college because they want first dibs on our students because they’re proven to be competent, successful contributors in the workforce. We have, as a college, great relationships with corporate and industry companies that have hired Davis students who want more of them.”

Creveling also urges students not to panic if they feel academically behind.

“There’s so much available to [engineering students] on campus, whether it’s through tutoring or programs, or clubs or research or career fairs. Everything they need to be successful is here,” Creveling said. “It’s really about them having the initiative to get out and get connected to it, and if they’re having trouble navigating or finding where to start, they should always see their academic advisor.”

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students themselves, and can be really helpful in addressing specific doubts and concerns about their experiences at UC Davis.”

Still, Downer feels that above all, what most transfer, reentry and veteran students are looking for is a support network. The first year at UC Davis can be difficult for students who don’t feel as though they are well-integrated within the campus.

According to Downer, veteran students especially feel alienated on campus. He and his colleague, fourth-year managerial economics major and TRVAC vice chair Salvador Cruz, collaborate on efforts to involve transfer students in the campus social scene.

“The mission of TRAVC is to promote awareness for, and provide services to, TRV students in order to help them academically and socially have the best experience possible for their time here at UC Davis,” Cruz said.

To succeed in their mission, TRAVC conducts a survey in which they interact with as many non-traditional students — especially veterans — as possible in order to represent them and their interests accurately.

Cruz and Downer have also conducted video interviews with such students to get a better idea of what they

are looking for at school.

“Another one of the things we’re doing this year are events that cater specifically to TRV students and provide a platform to interact and enjoy themselves,” Downer said. “It could be something as simple as Tuesday discount movie nights or meeting in the quad to play a sport. We want to build a social calendar throughout this year. Nothing too difficult to organize, but meaningful for the people that come.”

The center already hosts Transfer Coffee Tuesdays, where TRVAC routinely holds unofficial office hours.

Additionally, there are plans to ramp up their interaction with the TRV community by pushing their Facebook presence and tabling at the Memorial Union at least once a week.

Students like Hosking are grateful for UC Davis students’ willingness to introduce their peers to as many resources as possible.

“The people I met at UC Davis were so nice — the orientation leader was really helpful and I got to see a glimpse of what going to school was going to be like,” Hosking said. “It made me really excited for the upcoming school year.”

to receive more information on things like how to cook inexpensive yet healthy meals on a budget,” said Suzanna Martinez, an assistant researcher for NPI, via email. “This prevalence was slightly higher among foodinsecure students. We also know that transportation to markets was an issue among nearly half of students and this was higher among food-insecure students as well.”

The initiative includes a plan for the UC to coordinate with each campus to address their individual needs. Goals for the plan include increased food pantry storage and access, increasing student registration for California’s nutrition assistance program CalFresh and establishing and expanding awareness campaigns for student support services and food access.

Also on the list is to increase both the Swipe Out Hunger programs and communication about financial aid regarding housing and food costs, as well as to integrate food preparation and secure storage space into new student housing design and construction.

ASUCD Senator Ricardo Martinez, a fourth-year political science and philosophy double major, talked about how food insecurity has affected UC Davis students.

“Food insecurity in Davis has been growing over the past years, and it’s no coincidence it transpired at the same time when there has been a rise in tuition fees, living expenses and more,” Martinez said via email. “Many students are struggling financially, and as a consequence, they decide to either skip a meal or eat less than their daily intake. That should have never been the case; every student at

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Davis and other UC should be able to have healthy food at their disposal.”

These new objectives add on to the goals created in 2014, when Napolitano and the UC’s 10 chancellors created the UC Global Food Initiative. Since then, the universities have worked with students and staff to create new programs, including access to food pantries and emergency relief.

Claire Doan, a representative for UC Davis, explained that each campus ultimately decides what its students need to address concerns of food access.

“Students are away from home and managing their own food and finances for the first time,” Doan said via email. “They may lack the experience, knowledge and skills to efficiently manage a budget. Individual campuses decide what works best for their students and needs when it comes to food access. Overall, UC’s plan includes increasing food pantry storage and access, improving awareness for student support services, and enhancing financial aid communications to help with student budgeting.”

When asked about what UC Davis can do in helping improve food access, Martinez discussed his hopes for the administration to better work with its student body to find a solution.

“Specifically for UC Davis, I hope the current and imminent new administration works with students and the city of Davis to create a plan to end food insecurity as soon as possible,” Martinez said. “A meal a student cannot afford should not be a hurdle to their dreams. We need to do better.”

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should feel pressured or forced to conform to a gender assigned role.

To do so, we need to stop generalizing and stereotyping those around us based on their perceived gender. There is no way to determine behavior based on gender, nor can we use gender to excuse, restrict or dictate behavior.

So instead of focusing on traditional definitions of masculinity and femininity, we should focus more on being decent and respectful human beings to one another.

And if being decent isn’t a good enough reason, consider this: The American Foundation for Suicide Prevention reported that men are 3.5 times more likely to die by suicide than women.

When boys are taught to hide their emotions, it can become more difficult to discuss depression as adults. There is already stigma that comes with getting help for mental health issues.

Social enforcement of gender roles that punish men for being emotional and vulnerable, or admitting to hurt and asking for help, make the stigma that much worse.

Mental health issues are serious, and, while there are certainly other factors involved, in all likelihood, that fragile masculinity and pressure to conform do play a role.

No matter how small that role may be, the risk is far too great not to give it the attention it deserves.

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of our members are graduate students so they are able to provide insightful advice to undergraduates,” Lee said.

New STEM-related clubs establish themselves frequently at UC Davis, ensuring there is something for everybody.

The Chicano and Latino Engineers and Scientists Society, Black Community of Science: Unifying Blacks in Biological Sciences, Davis Robotics Club and Molecular and Cell Biology Club are only a few others that are a valuable resource to STEM students.

Oftentimes, joining a STEM organization can help new students at UC Davis feel right at home with their fellow Aggies.

“There is so much talent, passion and intelligence on campus,” Allen said. “I am lucky I get to help students as they work to achieve their goals.”

The UC Davis OrgSync Search Tool is available on the CSI website to obtain more information about on-campus clubs and organizations.

Information pertaining to STEM-related clubs and all other campus clubs can be found at csi.ucdavis.edu.

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late at night. On certain days of the week, The Grad hosts themed dance nights and lessons: country dancing takes place on Mondays, Fridays and Saturdays, while salsa nights occur on Tuesdays and Thursdays.

Best Place to Exercise: The ARC Do you wish for a convenient place to go for a jog or play basketball with some friends?

Students voted the UC Davis Activities and Recreation Center (ARC), conveniently located next to the Segundo Dining Commons, as the best place to exercise in 2016.

In addition to having over 200 exercise machines, the ARC also includes features such as an indoor track, basketball courts and a rock-climbing wall.

Moreover, it is open every day of the week, operating 20 hours a day Monday through Thursday. Best of all, entry into the ARC is free for students with a valid UC Davis student ID.

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at the camp to work on developing her own app.

“It was really amazing to me because we didn’t even teach [the campers] how to build apps,” Samad said. “It’s just the confidence of ‘I know I can do this!’ that was instilled in her went beyond the programming we taught at camp. It was really great.”

In addition to team building exercises and public speaking practice, the GIRL Camp also has women in C-STEM careers present empowering lectures to the young girls.

Samad was motivated to get involved with the GIRL Camp after noticing a lack of female students in her college engineering classes.

“Looking around my classrooms, I didn’t see the ratio of women to men that I would have liked to see,” Samad said. “That’s why I wanted to get involved with the GIRL Camp — I wanted to combat that problem.”

At UC Davis’ GIRL Camp, the campers also have the opportunity to explore campus and imagine themselves as college engineering students. Cheng hopes that this will encourage the campers to pursue higher education and C-STEM degrees in the future.

“I think it’s really important to start the students off young and implant that idea of what it’s like to be an engineer,” said Ada Liu, a third-year mechanical engineer major and UC Davis GIRL Camp coach. “The idea of engineering can be really abstract and almost scary, and I think this camp is a really fun way of introducing [engineering] to them.”

Cheng hopes that the GIRL Camp will continue to expand to different school districts in the future.

“We really hope that through this program the girls will pursue engineering majors and careers in the future,” Cheng said. “The GIRL Camp is only the beginning of C-STEM enrichment. It’s not just a one-week program; it looks into the bigger picture of the C-STEM program.”

“The ARC is the best place to work out because the hours are really student-focused and the equipment is always new,” said David Berrios, a thirdyear biochemistry major and ARC employee.

Best Place to Take Your Family: Davis Farmers Market One can enjoy countless fruits and vegetable stands at Davis’ widely acclaimed farmers’ market, which takes place every Saturday morning and Wednesday evening at Central Park in Downtown Davis.

Providing farm-fresh produce to thousands of visitors every week, the Davis Farmers Market is one of the

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then, Davis has always tried to pride itself on being bike-friendly.”

2017 is the 200th anniversary of the invention of the bicycle, and the City of Davis is gearing up for the landmark occasion.

“Not only is it the 200th anniversary, next year is the 100th anniversary of the incorporation of the city of Davis — the only town that has a bicycle in its logo — and it’s the 50th anniversary of the first bicycle lanes in America,” Bowen said.

Another historical biking institution, the Davis Bike Club, is also preparing for the new school year with its big event, the Foxy Fall Century. “[The race is Oct.] 15. There are three loops: a 100 mile loop, a 100 km and 50 km loop,” said Richard Waters, one of the original members of The Davis Bike Club.

Davis Bike Club, formed of approximately 500 members, has been active since about 1974, after the previous Davis bike club “Cal Aggie Wheel” disbanded.

Davis Bike Club has rides that go out daily. Information on all of these rides can be found on its website. More information on the League of American Bicyclists can be found at www.bikeleague.org.

For more information, visit the US Bicycling Hall of Fame in Downtown Davis, or take a look at its website.

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city’s biggest community events.

Vendors selling foods like hot dogs and tamales, and local bands performing live music also make the farmers’ market a relaxing lunch spot.

Overall, the Davis Farmers Market presents a cheerful, friendly atmosphere

that welcomes all visiting families.

The full “Best of Davis 2016” article can be found on The Aggie’s official website.

The California Aggie will produce its 2017 Best of Davis issue during Spring Quarter.

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media coverage of gun violence — are bound to have feelings of hopelessness, stress and paranoia, all of which take an indescribable toll on an individual’s psychological well-being.

The incessant and often sensationalized media coverage of gun violence has a profound impact on the cultural, religious and social relationships that exist between the American people, especially between those color and those not. Linking race and criminality has been identified in a study conducted

by Color of Change as a neurological process related to the rapid firing of neurons.

Every time a news report portrays a person of color associated with a crime or as a violent criminal — which it does much more often than it does a white person — the neurons in the brain that associate race with criminality fire. And the more often these news reports air, the more the link is triggered, and the more often these neurons fire.

Thus, prejudices against people of color are born.

This can potentially lead to an inherent mistrust between people of color and white people.

Think of the tension between white police officers and the black communities they patrol. Fol-

lowing the tragic shooting of Alton Sterling in Baton Rouge, President Barack Obama reminded the American public that when racial disparities exist within the criminal justice system, trust between law enforcement officers and the communities they serve break down.

It is important, however, to remember that this mistrust originally stems from that traumatized psyche, which attempts to defend itself by clinging to what it knows. Communities band together, shunning and viewing other communities, cultures and religions with a distrustful eye in an effort to preserve their own safety. Although a unification of those with common characteristics may seem effective, it is superficial and undermines the diversity America has worked so hard to protect. It fosters a cultural divisiveness that must be prevented.

This is not to say that communities must give up their cultural, religious or social identities, but, as Americans, we must strive to learn about and remain open-minded to the multitudes of cultures that surround us. Only then can the walls of mistrust start to come down and our psyche begin to heal.

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helps to produce a better, more equitable future, according to Milburn.

“Games have been becoming the dominant entertainment medium of this century. Games are shaping our culture. They tell stories about us as a culture,” Milburn said. “Addressing negative and inaccurate stereotypes is really important

when it comes from such an influential cultural medium.”

For anyone interested in learning more about videogames and culture or getting involved in videogame related research, check out UC Davis’ Department of Communication and UC Davis’ ModLab.

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career with SRA Elite in Sacramento.

Before graduating in 2009 with a degree in exercise biology, she decided to run professionally during her fourth year at UC Davis when she saw a fellow competitor from StanUC Davis alumna heads to Olympics in Rio de Janiero, Brazil, but falls short in 5,000m heat ford do the same.

Conley is coached by Drew Wartenburg, a former UC Davis track and cross country coach who is now director of Track and Field and Cross Country at the university. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It was clear she had a determined sense of pursuing goals,â&#x20AC;? Wartenburg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;There was a piece of her determined to succeed. She used it to drive herself.â&#x20AC;?

In 2011, Conly placed eighth at the USA Cross Country Championships and 10th in the 5,000m at the USA Outdoor Track and Field Championships. She has also set personal best times in the 5K (15:38.13) and the 1,500m (4:12.05).

Conley made her first Olympic team in June 2012, when she finished third in the 5,000m Track and Field Trials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;In 2012, she was a surprise to make that Olympic team,â&#x20AC;? Wartenburg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;All the preparation she had done put her in a place to contend. While we were excited, it was still a surprise.â&#x20AC;?

DRE W WART E NB E RG / CO U RTESY When she reached the 2012 London Olympics, she set a personal refornia, and began running at UC Davis 5,000m in 2008 is a current school reBY RYAN BUG SC H cord of 15.14.48, coming in twelfth sports@theaggie.org in 2004. cord, and she ranks number two on the in her heat.

She was one of the first Aggies to qual- UC Davis all-time ledger. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so happy to be there in 2012 In the greatest sports competition in ify for the NCAA Division I ChampionShe is ninth in the outdoor 800 â&#x20AC;&#x201D; it was very exciting,â&#x20AC;? Conley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I the world, athletes from across the globe ship, earning all-conference honors three (2:10.73) and 3,000 meters (9:45.85) enjoyed the moment but took it seriously compete in pursuit of being crowned times. She was Division I Independent and holds the indoor record for the and set a personal record [and] I was exthe greatest in their respective field. This champion twice in addition to All-West 3000m (9:19.16). cited for what the future may hold.â&#x20AC;? year, the Olympic Games made their way Region, and in 2008 she received All-Big â&#x20AC;&#x153;Sheâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s definitely a leader, you want to After London, she competed in to Rio De Janeiro, Brazil, and so did UC West Conference accolades. follow her,â&#x20AC;? said Lorin Scott, a former the 2013 IAAAF World Cross CounDavis alumna Kim Conley.

Her time of 16:17:51 at the NCAA teammate of Conleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s at UC Davis. try Championships in Poland and the Conley grew up in Santa Rosa, Cali- Track and Field West Regional in the Conley began her professional running IAAAF World Track and Field Champi-

THE FINAL YEAR OF VIN Beloved Dodgersâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; playby-play broadcaster enters final weeks of legendary career

BY M IC HAEL W EX L E R sports@theaggie.org

Sixty-seven years. Think about that. Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s pretty much an entire lifetime that Vin Scully has been the voice of Los Angeles. Vinny has been doing play-by-play broadcasting for the Dodgers since the young age of 22, and now at 88 years old, this is his final season. I tear up just thinking about it.

Chipper Jones, Derek Jeter, Mariano Rivera and David Ortiz are the prominent athletes of the past few years to have received farewell tours full of gifts and fanfare. The absence of Vin, however, will be different. In the lively and continually changing city of Los Angeles, Vin has been the constant. While the aforementioned athletes have had incredible impacts on their respective cities and the sport of baseball all around, Vinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s impact spans generations. His absence will feel as inconceivable to my 69-year-old father as it is to me.

Growing up an avid Dodger fan, I have grown accustomed to hearing Vinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s magnificent voice permeate through my household six months out of the year. His stories are calming. His tangents are poetic. His slip-ups (which now frequently occur due to old age) are welcomed. How else would we get funny nicknames like Zenkey, when Vin commonly and unintentionally combined the first and last name of former Dodgers star Zack Greinke.

Giants fans, donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t even try to hide it, you know you love him too. Youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve grown fond of his omnipresence. Most rival fan bases would attempt to degrade the legendary face of a rival organization, but how could you when he is so incredibly objective? Vinny loves his Dodgers, but he would never instill bias in his words. It is why he is the ultimate professional.

We will lament his absence, but in no way will this man be forgotten.His legendary calls will live on forever. From no-hitters to perfect games, World Series clinchers and walk-off home runs, Vin Scullyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s transcendent voice is embedded in the American pastime.

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onships in Moscow, finishing 12th in the 5,000m.

At the the Olympic Trials this year in Eugene, Oregon, Conley came in third with a time of 15:10.62, earning her a spot on Team USA. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I was so happy. I wanted to make it in the 10K but someone stepped on my shoe and I had to stop to put it back on,â&#x20AC;?

Conley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I turned my attention to the 5K. There was definitely a feeling of relief.â&#x20AC;?

That relief was not only felt by Conley, but also her family and friends who supported her throughout the trials. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Iâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;m so amazed at how far she has come and how hard she has pushed herself. She has really taken it to that next level,â&#x20AC;? Scott said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;It makes me really proud to know I got to run with her for a little while.â&#x20AC;?

In Rio, Conley ended her trip at 12th place in the 5,000m heat (15:36:00), which was not quite enough to advance to finals.

The 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo are still a possibility for Conley. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I intend to be competing in 2020 and hope to be contending for a spot on the team,â&#x20AC;? Conley said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I am running my first marathon this fall, [so] I could be back on the track in 2020 or competing in the marathon.â&#x20AC;?

Nobody sounded more excited to add to Conleyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s comments about the future than Wartenburg. â&#x20AC;&#x153;I think [Conley] has a tireless will to prepare, which makes a huge difference,â&#x20AC;?

Wartenburg said. â&#x20AC;&#x153;Part of the fun is the unknown of where the end game will be. [...] In the sense of longevity, in 2020 at age 34, who knows. I think this [running] is such an environment that she thrives in. In 2016, she is nowhere near thinking about any kind of swan song, so itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s full steam ahead for the immediate future.â&#x20AC;?

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BY BRYAN SYKE S sports@theaggie.org

In the time since The Aggie last adjourned, UC Davis has seen a huge amount of change. A new athletics director has stepped in, ending the interim term of his predecessor. A handful of UC Davis alumni competed in the Rio 2016 Olympics, from running to rowing.

The UC Davis menâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s water polo team was polled as a favorite for the upcoming season, both cross country teams whooped Sac State in the annual Aggie Open races and our football team played against the University of Oregon to kick off our season.

Itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s been a busy few months.

But thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s all behind us now. This column is to look forward, at the year we have in front of us. The Aggie sports desk will be at every game and major sports development on campus and will branch out to club sports and intramurals whenever pos-

sible. But our coverage wonâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t just stick to games. If itâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s even tangentially related to the field of athletics, youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll see us there.

As for my personal involvement in the community, I will try to take a somewhat different approach. Preliminary talks with the Athletics Department have been promising, and I have made it a goal to practice or observe firsthand as many UC Davis sports teams as I can.

This will only happen with the blessings of individual coaches and the support of the teams themselves, but I hope to show the larger UC Davis student population exactly how hard these athletes work every single day through the eyes of a (subjectively) overworked writer who struggles to make it to the gym once a month.

This is what the sports desk will aim to achieve this coming year. We want to be more involved with the UC Davis community, and will work tirelessly to make this a reality with thoughtful and quality journalism.

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