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INTRODUCING THE CLASS OF 2022 Demographics, information on incoming freshmen, transfer class

BY P R I YANKA SHR EEDAR campus@theaggie.org

UC Davis community members denounce website, which has doxed thousands of individuals

BY AA RO N L I SS campus@theaggie.org

Canary Mission, a website and social media initiative, recently posted the pictures and personal information of a number of UC Davis professors and students, including English professor Margaret Ferguson and Jewish studies professor David Biale.

Canary Mission, which has been the subject of widespread condemnation from a number of groups, has effectively doxed over 2,000 students and 500 professors for any critique of Israel. The group equates any form of what is perceived as anti-Zionism, including support of the Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions movement, with antiSemitism and racism.

In 2016, the national group Jewish Voice for Peace posted a letter signed by over 1,000 university faculty members condemning the website “as an effort to intimidate and blacklist students and faculty who stand for justice for Palestinians.”

Biale, a Jewish studies professor and the author of over 10 books on Jewish history, explained his perception of Canary Mission.

“It’s essentially a spying operation they run on college campuses, to police faculty if they don’t agree with their views and to post them on their website,” Biale said. “As far as that goes, they have as much right to the first amendment to anyone else.”

At the end of last school year, ASUCD passed a resolution condemning Canary Mission, with joint support from the Muslim Student Association (which authored the resolution) and Aggies for Israel. Dozens of students filled the Mee Room where Senate meetings are held, and so many students showed up to denounce the group that they spilled into the halls.

The resolution cited the operation of watchlists like Canary Mission as a threat to “the security of student activists” which creates “a toxic atmosphere of fear and paranoia among fellow students, thus infringing upon students’ ability to freely express their opinions.”

Dana Topousis, UC Davis’ chief marketing and communications officer, responded to the posting of personal information of university faculty members and students.

“We recognize and empathize with the concerns being expressed by all members of our campus community about the postings,” Topousis said. “The campus has various resources available to support members of our community who wish to discuss their concerns and perspectives related to the postings.”

A recent op-ed published in The Aggie and penned by Adnan Perwez, the former president of the Muslim Student Association, spoke about the importance of university-led action.

“Holding our university administrators accountable, asking them to protect our rights and ensuring that Canary Mission cannot continue campus-wide surveillance is the least we deserve for fighting for the truth to prevail,” Perwez said in the piece.

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UC nurses to finalize contract with 15 percent pay raise Contract settles as negotiations stall with UPTE, AFSCME

BY SABRI N A HA BC H I campus@theaggie.org

On Sept. 29, after a year and a half of bargaining, the California Nurses Association (CNA) voted to ratify a new five-year contract. Under this contract, over 14,000 nurses at five UC medical centers and 10 student health centers will receive a 15 percent pay increase over the next five years.

“We won new language addressing infectious disease and hazardous substances as well as stronger protections around workplace violence and sexual harassment,” said Megan Norman, RN, UC Davis, in a CNA press release.

Shirley Toy, a UC Davis nurse and CNA member said pensions were the most important issue for CNA members.

According to the press release, the union began

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the fight to protect pensions over three years ago — speaking at Regents meetings and sending postcards to UC President Janet Napolitano.

The UC was providing a 401k option for new hires in place of previous pension plans, Toy said, but the new contract will maintain the current pension and benefits plan.

“A 401k would mean that new nurses would not have defined benefits, and so their retirement would be like an investment that could go up [or] down based on the stock market,” Toy said. “It’s just not a very stable thing that you would want to count on as being your source of retirement. We set out to preserve the pension, which we did.”

Toy did say, however, that CNA did not manage to successfully negotiate all of its original demands.

“We would have liked to have better call pay,” Toy said. “Nurses have to be on call and ready to come to the hospital within 30 minutes. Right now, UC Irvine nurses get paid $8 on call, and that’s not even enough to have a babysitter in line to take care of your child if you have to go. We were also trying to get paid paternity leave. UC has given that to the graduate students, but they didn’t want to give that to us, so we didn’t get everything we wanted.”

A press release sent from the UC Office of the President addressed the new contract.

“This agreement supports the continuing hard work and dedication of our nurses,” UC’s Vice President of Human Resources Dwaine B. Duckett said in the release. “Leadership from both sides

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worked hard at the table to resolve a very complex set of issues. This is a good, fair deal.”

Toy also mentioned inequity in pay for nurses at UCSD and UCI compared to the salary for nurses at other UC campuses. In the new contract, “San Diego and Irvine got a little bit more across the board than other UCs to try to fix that inequality,” she said.

Another part of the contract concerns per diem nurses who, as Toy explained, are “nurses who are not career, they don’t get benefits and if they’re not needed then they don’t work.”

“Before our contract, most per diems would not have those just cause union rights unless they worked 1,000 hours in the preceding year,” Toy said. “We were able to bargain [to ensure] people who have worked for the university for five years and who have worked 2,000 hours would have permanent rights.”

According to Toy, this was a significant issue for the union, in order to protect both the jobs of per diem nurses and the patients they serve.

“If you could be fired for any reason, then you’re less likely to speak up for your patient or speak up if you see something wrong,” Toy said. “We were able to extend those union rights to the people who work per diem and that gives them the ability to be a better patient advocate because they’re able to speak up without fear of being fired.”

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CANARY MISSION RELEASES PERSONAL INFORMATION OF UC DAVIS STUDENTS, FACULTY WHO CRITICIZE ISRAEL

This fall, UC Davis welcomed 9,300 freshmen and transfer students to campus. These students were part of the 41,946 students offered acceptance out of a record number of applications, totalling just over 78,000.

On July 11, 2018, the UC Office of the President released information on the demographics of the incoming freshmen and transfer class of 2022.

“From a record 78,024 applications for freshman status, UC Davis admitted 32,179 applicants, an increase of 4.0 percent over last year’s 30,945,” stated a brief released by University News. “Among 17,671 transfer applicants, the campus admitted 9,767, a decrease of 5.7 percent from the previous year’s 10,354.”

The brief also highlighted the increase in the number of in-state students offered admission — 475 more than in 2017. This growth continues UC Davis’ trend of enrolling the most California residents out of all the UC campuses, a streak UC Davis has maintained since 2010.

“This year, California residents account for 19,448, or 60.4 percent, of the admitted freshmen,” the brief stated. “A total of 7,840, or approximately 80.3 percent, of the transfer students admitted are from California. The campus admitted 968 more California freshman applicants and 493 fewer California transfer applicants than last year, for a net gain of 475 California residents.”

The number of incoming students who identify as members of historically underrepresented groups has increased, according to application data provided by admitted students.

Additionally, the percentage of underrepresented minority students increased from 10 percent to 30 percent from the Fall of 2010 to the Fall of 2017, according to a UC Davis Special Visit Report from January 2018.

“Most of the growth has occurred in the number of Hispanic students, with an increase of more than 2,500 students over the last eight years,” the report stated. “The number of African American students has increased by more than 300, and the number of Native American students has increased by about 30.”

Further information regarding admissions statistics and more specific highlights in terms of ethnicity, residency and source school type can be found on the UCOP website.

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Concrete slabs at risk on I-5

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Overnight emergency closures planned on freeway

He robbed for her, how sweet September 20 “Reporting party believes the smoke detector to her room had recently been replaced with another unit that contains a hidden camera and requesting officer assist to check it with her. Reporting party believes her ex husband is harassing her.”

“Reporting party was scammed into paying a known suspect for tickets via bank transfer — ID packet complete.”

“Reporting party just noticed a spare sized tire laying in the roadway and nearby motorists inadvertently driving over it.”

“Complaint of a live band or live music being performed outdoors, specifically a female singing via amplified sound.”

“Reporting party could hear a male subject outside of her bedroom. Reporting party thinks the subject said ‘I robbed him for you’ — reporting party is afraid and is locked in her bathroom — negative description.”

September 22 “Noisy bathroom fan, while on lower level fan turned off.”

“Dogs barking all night last night and all day today.”

September 23 “Subject on the playground swing by restroom. Subject shouting out obscene lyrics and appears to have urinated on himself.”

September 24 “Female causing disturbance and took another customer’s drink, refusing to leave when asked and smoking in close proximity to the door.”

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Concrete slabs on the Interstate 5 freeway are at risk of failure and have posed problems for vehicles. Nighttime emergency closures are currently planned so that these risks can be addressed.

Dennis Keaton, the public information officer for Caltrans District 3, elaborated on why the concrete is at risk.

“Just over age, wear and tear and a lot of traffic use over the years made it come apart,” Keaton said.

The concrete slabs are found on the surface where commuters drive, which could directly affects vehicles.

“This is on mainland surface, not on the bridges,” Keaton said.

Dealing with concrete slabs is not a minor feat, as they measure to up to 18 feet in length.

“Lengthwise, they’re 10 to 18 feet — widthwise, they’re about 12 feet,” Keaton said.

“Thickness is somewhere in the neighborhood between 9 to 11 inches.”

“The 70 [concrete slabs] were discovered on the Southbound direction between just south of the highway 50 and 5 interchange to Pocket Road in South Sacramento,” Keaton said.

“They vary in size and location, so they are not in one area. But because of this incident we wanted to make sure that this wouldn’t occur somewhere else. Our inspectors then located 70 areas.”

These risky slabs must be replaced, seeing as they can no longer be simply repaired. Deanna Shoopman, the chief public information officer for Caltrans, indicated that the problem must be completely fixed.

“They keep Band-Aiding it over and over until you can’t Band-Aid it any longer,” Shoopman said in the Sacramento Bee. “It needs to be rehabilitated.”

Caltrans has now started the repair process on areas in need of rehabilitation.

“We are a part of a contract where the damage has been repaired in some of the areas,” Keaton said. “The actual concrete slabs were dug out and replaced with new concrete slabs.

That’s basically the way we are going to handle it from here on, until the larger project gets started at the beginning of next year. This is a project that is supposed to start in the spring [to] early summer, where it’s going to rehabilitate sections of the I-5 from the Sacramento River to just south of Pocket Road in South Sacramento and take care of most of the damage like concrete or any kinds of cracks.”

The I-5 freeway encompasses a majority of California, and according to a document presented by the Transportation Concept Report, “I-5 extends 796 miles in California, from the International Border Crossing at San Ysidro to the California/Oregon Border. Within District 3, I-5 extends 127 miles through Sacramento, Yolo, Colusa and Glenn Counties on relatively flat terrain.”

“I-5 serves as the transportation backbone of not only California, but also the Pacific Northwest, and is the only Interstate that reaches to both Mexico and Canada. Within District 3, I-5 is an Interregional Road System (IRRS) route.”

According to the report, “this major northsouth facility plays a critical role in California’s economy by accessing a multitude of interstate, state and local facilities, providing throughout to accommodate high volumes of commute and interregional traffic, along with rapid growth in interstate/IRRS freight movements.”

Because of the vast impact the freeway has on California, the overnight work is essential in order to replace the concrete slabs.

“For now, the most serious cracks that we’ve located will be replaced through the slab replacement project,” Keaton said.

BY CLAR A ZHAO campus@theaggie.org

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New food and drink app Hooked comes to Davis App offers deals, discounts at 50 Davis locations including Lazy Cow, KetMoree

A new food and drink app for college markets, called Hooked, went live in Davis on Sept. 17.

Tim Rothwell, a Hooked co-founder, said the app enables and incentivizes college students to discover new restaurants with exclusive deals and savings.

UC Davis is the 40th university to launch the app on its campus. In Davis, over 50 local restaurants have partnered with the app for the new school year, including Lazy Cow, T4, TOGO’s and KetMoree.

To use a Hooked deal, students tap the “Use Deal Now” feature while inside of a business to redeem a deal and then display the deal to the business.

“Hooked is one of a few services available that specializes in driving customers in to businesses’ doors during slow times, versus delivery or prepared meal services that enables customers to stay at home,” Rothwell said.

Starting the week of Sept. 24, the com-

pany began hosting over four weeks of exclusive free food events with different restaurants. These free food events range from offering a single scoop of ice cream at Davis Creamery to a pulled pork sandwich at Dickey’s BBQ Pit, a personal pizza at Steve’s Pizza and a coffee at Cloud Forest Cafe.

“All deals on Hooked are at least 20 percent off and you can find many 50 percent off and BOGO deals as well,” said Audrey Cheah, Hooked’s sales and marketing manager at UC Davis, in an email.

“The app is open for anyone to use, but it was specifically created for the hungry and budget-conscious student.”

Hooked is also running an exclusive free trial for Davis local businesses from the months of September to December.

“I think [the app] will be very convenient since everyone is using their phone for everything nowadays,” said fourthyear managerial economics major Rannie Zeng. “I believe it will satisfy people’s needs and desire.”

The app is available for download on the App Store and Google Play.

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City Recruits Members for Police Accountability Commission PAC to be component of new police oversight plan

BY H A N N A N WA L I U L L A H city@theaggie.org

The City of Davis is accepting applications for the Police Accountability Commission (PAC). The PAC will enable a forum of open communication between the residents of Davis and the Davis Police Department. The commission is a part of the city’s larger police oversight plan, which will also include an independent police auditor.

The PAC includes planning a community outreach plan with the independent police auditor, providing input to police department policies and reviewing police misconduct complaints.

Within the community outreach plan, regularly-scheduled meetings will be conducted. These meetings will be open to the public and coordinated with organizations of unrepresented groups so that they have a chance to be heard.

“I expect that our culture around policing will gradually change from one of anxiety to one of trust and respect,” said Mayor Pro Tempore Gloria Partida. “Any encounter with law enforcement is fraught with stress and dread.

This is just the nature of our system. People that have either called the police for help or are having an encounter due to an infraction are having a bad day. The police from their position of power can hold the space these interactions take place in with empathy, respect and professionalism. This can really change a community.”

The proposal for a new police oversight system had been a work in progress since April 2017. After the former police auditor stepped down, a discussion arose about the

current state of the police oversight system among the Davis community. An incident with the police that occured during Picnic Day of 2017 also incited a call for change.

“In 2017, the [police auditor] chose not to renew his contract, so at that time the city council decided to take another look at our police oversight, hired some consultants to come,” said Carrie Dyer, the city’s administrative analyst. “One of the consultant’s recommendations was to change the auditor position a little bit and to create this Police Accountability Commission.”

This isn’t the first time that there’s been a revision in the police oversight system. In 2006, a three-part system was introduced for police oversight. This included a community advisory board, a police auditor and the police advisory commission. However, the former PAC disbanded in 2010.

This past PAC had three members — a former police chief and two attorneys. Their roles were to review citizen complaint investigations against employees of the Davis Police Department. The new PAC will be larger — with nine members and one alternate — and more diverse. At least two of these members should have had previous interactions with the DPD. One member, a UCD student, shall be appointed by UCD. The members will serve one to four years.

However, according to Francesca Wright, the People Power of Davis chair, PAC members should have more qualifications. The authorizing resolution stated that two of the members have had previous interactions with the police, yet these interactions could be both positive or negative. Wright, along with People Power, took the stance that these interactions should be limited to adverse ones.

“Recruitment should seek engagement with residents who have had adverse interactions with the police,” Wright said. “Law enforcement officers from any jurisdiction and anyone with ties to the [DPD] should be selected as members of the commission.”

Additionally, Wright expressed how it would be more beneficial if the commission had a role that wasn’t just an advisory role, but one that could measure progress on the goals it sets.

“First and foremost, the primary role of the commission is not to promote and is not an outreach arm — it’s to promote accountability,” Wright said. “They should employ outreach and community engagements strategies to identify what the communities want and metrics to measure progress towards those goals. Without metrics you don’t have accountability and what’s currently proposed does not provide accountability.

Yet, Partida hopes that the police department and the Police Accountability Commission will work together.

Once the applications are collected, the applicants will then be interviewed by the commission subcommittee. The city council will then appoint the members for the committee.

“Our hope is that it will be collaborative,” Partida said.

“The Davis Police Department has committed to embracing new policing policies. We recognize that often it takes a while to get from ideals to realities, but we have a good road map in place and expect to see good results.”

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Mid-Autumn Festivities A Moonlit Celebration of Chinese Culture

BY LAUR EN TR OP I O city@theaggie.org

Each year, Davis hosts and celebrates the Mid-Autumn Festival — an event that fell between Sept. 22 to 24 this year. While Chinese New Year is the largest holiday in Chinese culture, this time of year follows it as the second-most celebrated event.

Davis Community Church, the host of the event, offered several Asian dishes. Many wellknown chefs led cooking lessons to help those who attended create the same meals despite being far from home.

“I think the event was wonderful,” said Mengyuan Xiao, a Davis resident. “Many good performances. Some of them reminded me the high level of classical music performances that I watched back in China. It was an awesome experience to enjoy the art and food on Mid-Autumn Festival.”

Alex Jang was deemed head chef and had two other cooking experts by her side in making sure the festival was successful. Ting Dong was one of the other chefs alongside Jang and led tutorials on how to craft various dumplings. The third chef was Grace Moon and she taught tips and tricks on how to perfect Korean rice cakes.

“I am half Chinese and half Mexican, so I appreciate any time we can take inspiration from culture but tweak it too,” Jang said.

“That’s what we did here, and I was able to share with everyone who took the class and ate the food that a delicious and filling meal

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can be healthy too. We all came together as a community, cooked, had a good time, learned new things and shared great meal together and gave thanks. I am looking forward to more opportunities to share with communities how to cook simple, delicious, healthy and cost-effective meals for themselves and their families.”

Each year, the festival takes place around the time when the moon is brightest and fullest, in the middle of the fall season. It is a custom derived from the moon sacrifices conducted once the correlation between the movement of the moon with the changing of seasons was figured out. Since harvests are affected directly by seasonal changes, the Chinese would sacrifice crops to give thanks; hence why food and the moon are such celebrated objects over these few days.

Near the UC Davis campus, many also gathered together in celebration and split moon cakes. International centers surrounding the campus on Sept. 23 from 6 to 8:30 p.m. opened their doors to students in hopes of forging a sense of comfort and familiarity for the rising Chinese population at the university.

“I had the opportunity of actually being present at a Mid-Autumn event this year and believe everyone should go if they ever have a chance,” said Caroline Crawford, a second-year computer science and design double major. “It is such an interesting and unique festival, and I plan on going to them for years to come.”

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FINDING THE RIGHT ORGANIZATION ON CAMPUS Students offer variety of suggestions for joining right organization during first weeks of school

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When coming to campus, many students hope to find organizations and communities that best fit their professional and personal interests. Almost every student is involved in some form of an organization on campus, and joining an active community can be one of the best ways to grow accustomed to UC Davis.

With over 800 clubs and organizations on campus, it can be difficult for students to find one that best fits their interests and needs.

Through the Center for Student Involvement, many students find a community and a home in an organization that they invest their time into while at UC Davis. So joining the right organizations can be an extremely important decision for many students and the methods to finding clubs can be crucial.

Mansi Jain, a second-year design major, offered some unconventional methods for finding out more about what organizations UC Davis has to offer. She suggested using social media, as most organizations on campus have Facebook pages to help convey information to those who want to be involved and to create upcoming events to share with the public.

“Facebook is one good way to find informational meetings or events coming up,” Jain said. “If you already have a lot of friends at Davis and someone clicks ‘interested’ or ‘going’ on a Facebook event, that shows up on my newsfeed.“ Professors who are involved with or provide resources for clubs can also aid and support students that may be interested in getting more involved.

“Some professors do mass email lists specific to a college or major,” Jain said. “Especially for the design major, we often get emails from professors or advisors that say we have x, y and z clubs with events this week or suggest open positions in clubs that can be applied for.”

While Jain mentioned that she finds information on many upcoming events organically, she emphasized the importance of word

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of mouth as well. Students that have more experience at UC Davis can offer helpful insight to those that are getting introduced to the community for the first time. Such students have gone through much trial and error to find the organization that fits their needs the best through their time at UC Davis.

“I ask a lot of my friends who are involved in clubs for advice on getting more involved, too,” Jain said. “I talk to one of my roommates about this a lot; she’s involved in a lot of business specific clubs on campus, like DWIB [Davis Women in Business], because that’s the field that she’s interested in. I hear a lot about different upcoming events from her.

I also ask my friends what kind of clubs they’ve been to and what their experience is like, and that helps me narrow down orgs [siq] that might be interesting to me.”

Alyson Evans, a neurobiology, physiology and behavior major recommended taking advantage of UC Davis resources, to find out what organizations are available on campus.

“I would definitely go to the club fairs, where a lot of organizations ask you to write down your email to contact you about future events and meetings. If you do you receive emails about upcoming meetings, you should definitely show up,” Evans said. “I also went on one of the UC Davis websites, and typed in keywords that I was interested in like

DEVO LEICHTER APPOINTED AS NEW INTERIM SENATOR

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Former Judicial Council member aims to restructure, improve “problematic” bylaws

BY H A N N A H HO L ZE R campus@theaggie.org

The Sept. 27 ASUCD Senate meeting saw the confirmation of Devo Leichter as the newest member of the Senate table. The fourth-year political science major will fulfill the remainder of Danny Halawi’s term, who announced his resignation from his Senate position in early May. Halawi was one of three senators elected during the Fall Election last year to resign early. Daniella Aloni was

confirmed as an interim senator in April to fulfill the remainder of Andreas Godderis’ term, and a third interim position, yet to be filled, has now opened after Jake Sedgley’s recent resignation.

Leichter believes ASUCD is undergoing a kind of “identity crisis,” which is hindering its ability to operate as effectively as possible.

“A lot of ASUCD is these different limbs that come off Senate that don’t necessarily always tie back to Senate very well, [and] there’s always this degree of separation within the association itself between the different

‘dance.’ From there, I went to their Facebook pages to find more information on the club and to see if they had any upcoming events or meetings.”

Wesley Yu, a UC Davis alumnus, agreed that utilizing unconventional methods on social media can help students find organizations on campus. The social aspect of the different pages has increased communication among students and has allowed streamlined information from interest organizations to reach the general student body.

“A lot of organizations publicize their clubs and events on class pages,” Yu said. “Coming into college as a transfer student, there was a lot of information about upcoming informational sessions on my transfer page. That’s how I initially got involved in the orgs [siq] that I joined.

Sharing your interests on social media can also help UC Davis clubs find you. I have a photography account on Instagram with ‘UC Davis’ in the bio, and some of the officers DM’d me to let me know about the organization and to invite me to join.”w Finding and joining an organization sometimes means finding a community, which can feel like a daunting task. With so many resources offered by UC Davis, and an abundance of students eager to help one another, individuals can definitely find a place where they can grow, either personally or professionally, for the rest of their college careers.

moving parts,” he said. “We need to regroup and figure out ways to stay interconnected more and figure out what our purpose [is] here on campus.

We don’t really have a whole lot of people coming to us and … we’re not coming to them very well.”

Leichter served as a member of the Judicial Council and was part of a select group of appointed students tasked with re-establishing ASUCD’s third branch of government after students voted to abolish the judiciary body two years ago.

Leichter did not fulfill the entirety of his term on the Judicial Council — a council member position is a two-year term, and Leichter served in his position for about one year.

During his time serving on the council, Leichter studied the ASUCD Bylaws closely and found a number of flaws and areas of concern. He is approaching his position as an interim senator with a running start, with serious plans to improve ASUCD’s governing codes.

“I’ve already written a constitutional clean-up amendment — it’s basically our constitution, but edited to get rid of inconsistencies, being more clear with the terminology and structured in a way that makes sense,” Leichter said. “I’ve already written a bill to rewrite the elections code. Senate hasn’t addressed that yet which is a problem because last election was problematic.”

Last year’s Winter Election was characterized by a large number of candidates, disqualifications, a number of allegations, a lawsuit and a recall attempt. Leichter said witnessing the election from his position on the Judicial Council was a unique experience. The large number of cases filed with the council concerning the election was “not a good sign,” he said.

A case filed by a former Senator which alleged voter fraud was dismissed by the council because of a bylaw requirement that all complaints concerning an election be filed before the announcement

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of election results. Required to uphold the bylaws in his position as a council member, Leichter said he felt the requirement was unfair and he has chosen to remove it in the amendment he recently drafted.

“In the cases where information might come out after an elections closing, there should be ways to remedy that,” he said. “Whether that results in automatic disqualification of a member or impeachment of a member, it should be on the table and it should be dealt with in an appropriate manner, which I don’t believe it was. Once again we see the bylaws proving problematic for its own cause.”

Leichter said the cases brought forward during the election revealed larger cracks in the association.

“From a pure legal standpoint,” he said, “it was interesting to see how the bylaws were sabotaging themselves.”

He also discussed last year’s attempt to recall ASUCD’s executive team from their positions.

The attempt to file a recall petition ultimately exposed a convoluted process resulting from “years of legislative tinkering.”

“There’s so many overly-complicated aspects to the bylaws that either people aren’t following or don’t fully understand — or both,” he said. “It’s important that we go back and make a core set of laws that are clear and structured. People who are not within the ASUCD government can look at those and get a clear picture of how things are run, [but] it’s not in a place where it’s easily accessible for everyone.”

Leichter hopes to adopt the Housing Advising for Undergraduate Students unit and Unitrans and work with the Aggie Public Arts Committee and Mental Health Initiative.

“I want to be someone who is friendly and accessible to anybody, inclusive to everybody and able to listen,” he said.

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So you want to nap on campus A comprehensive list of all places to snooze at UC Davis

BY RABIYA OBEROI features@theaggie.org

So you were up late last night, tapping the keys on your computer and getting that essay in just in time before the deadline. The single most important thing that could get you through your day without snapping at your co-worker or professor (aside from, of course, coffee) is good nap.

And where should you take this nap on a campus flooded with thousands of under-caffeinated, sleep-deprived students? The answer is, shockingly, not on the desk of your next class.

The CoHo: This might sound a little odd since you may think that there’s barely even a spot to sit and eat your sandwich in peace there, let alone rest your eyes and recharge. Really, most of the time, tables at the CoHo aren’t fully occupied — there are people sitting on one side of them which makes the space look occupied as you pass by.

But if you’re courageous enough to ask them or a spot at the other end, most people say yes.

“It’s possible,” said third-year theatre and dance major Katie Halls. “I’ve taken a nap at the CoHo at one of those comfy green booths.”

The CoHo draws in hundreds of earbud-wearing students looking for a quick rest. If it isn’t your lucky day though and you don’t end up finding a comfy spot, at least you’re close to the magic tonic — COFFEE. Third floor of Shields Library Some may say that it’s smelly, gross and not humanly possible to take a nap at the library, but desperate times call for desperate measures.

“There’s a perfect spot right next to a window on the third floor, to just stretch out,” said second-year clinical nutrition major Julia Lobo.

“Don’t go to the 24-hour reading room, though, because people just eat and don’t shower and it

smells gross.” (There’s your warning).

Nonetheless, the library just might be your go-to if you have classes till late in the evening— When everything else is closed, it will still be open, providing you with quiet, private spots to take a quick nap or just enjoy some alone-time after a long, stressful day of social interaction.

The Hammocks Getting a hammock is like going to the DMV and returning within 2 hours, it puts you in a good mood. It’s rare and you usually have to run to get what you want.

You get the idea. Nonetheless, it’s worth a shot. The hammocks on the Quad in front of the Memorial Union are the most popular, in-demand spots to take a nap during Spring Quarter.

The location is prime, there is just enough shade and sun whether you want to read a book and relax or take a power nap.

“Once after class, I was super tired and was lucky enough to find a hammock,” said second-year biochemistry and molecular biology major Jiayi Peng. “It was a blessing. It really was.

I fell asleep for a good thirty minutes and woke up so relaxed.”

Wyatt Deck/Arboretum This spot is mainly used for graduation photoshoots, nature photography or as a calm corner to prepare yourself for the day. It is located just about a five-minute walk from Olson Hall and is an easily accessible location if you want a little break from the constant rush and noise on campus, or just a chance to simmer in the beautiful nature that campus offers. Unlike the CoHo or the library, it is quite possible to take longer, more relaxing naps here due to its lack of foot traffic. Plus, you’ll get to see a ton of the famous Davis squirrels.

Check out these napping spots on campus if you like. Good luck and happy napping!

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Traversing the UC Davis Campus Students provide tips on getting around confusing campus

BY ALYSSA HADA features@theaggie.org

Navigating campus can be difficult as a new UC Davis student. Roundabouts are confusing and dangerous, everyone is in a panic to find their new classes and buildings seem nearly impossible to find across the vast campus. Quarter after quarter, it becomes easier to make your way around, but veterans of this initial struggle gave advice to make your transition to navigating campus for the first time a bit easier.

“I primarily utilize Google Maps to find my new classes,” said Katelin Hermone, a fourth-year design student. “To get around campus, I type in the name of the hall on Google Maps. I would usually go to the classroom the day before I had the class so I wouldn’t have to be navigating on my phone on the day of. I also try to remember where main landmarks are to help me navigate, like remembering where certain streets are. I made a mental note of where California Avenue is because it’s a major road where I happen to have a lot of my classes too.”

Other popular landmarks to note or familiarize yourself with include the Silo, Memorial Union and Peter J. Shields Library, as many classes and buildings are near these central locations on campus.

Hermone noted that navigating campus when new students arrive has always been stressful and difficult due to the general confusion of most new students who are unfamiliar with the main landmarks.

“I normally bike around campus to get around,” Hermone said. “But during the first few weeks I avoid biking in busy areas because I know that bike accidents are more prone to happen when people are confused or lost.”

Andrea Tong, a fourth-year psychology major, noted how she continuously utilizes efficiency apps on her phone to help her get around campus during her time in Davis. UC Davis’ cam-

pus spans over 5000 acres and different spots on campus can continue to be confusing to find throughout a student’s time here.

“I kind of cheat to navigate around campus,” Tong said. “Normally, what I do – especially if I’m concerned about finding my classes on time – is have a picture of a campus map on my phone. This is so helpful when I’m figuring out my schedule so I have enough time to get to my classes. I look at where each of my classes would be on the map and visualize the distance between my classes.”

Tong added that, while it can be confusing at times, making your way to class does get easier over time.

“Everyone at Davis is really helpful and you can always ask around for help or directions,” Tong said. “After your first year at Davis, you definitely get the hang of what kind of classes you’re going to get. If it’s the same kind of class, they usually stay in the same building and that definitely makes it easier to find later on.”

Kris Lee, a fourth-year economics major, also relies on a digital application to help him navigate campus when finding different locations becomes confusing.

“The thing that worked for me the best was the UC Davis campus map,” Lee said. “You just input the building name onto the campus map, and it would use landmarks to help you navigate to your location. Know your landmarks, like the Memorial Union or the Silo. The campus map would help to navigate you to your location based on its proximity to another main building on campus.”

As a returning student, Lee had some words of encouragement to individuals who may be worried about the maze that is the UC Davis campus.

“Make sure you look both ways before you cross bike paths,” Lee said. “Getting around campus definitely gets easier; it might take some time to get used to things, but once you do, navigating campus becomes easy.”

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Token hiring does little to empower women in the workplace New California bill requires at least one woman on company boards

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California Gov. Jerry Brown signed a bill into law on Sunday that will require publicly-held corporations to add women to their boards of directors. The bill, which makes California the first state to implement such a standard, will require companies headquartered in California to include one woman on their boards by 2019 and between two and three by 2022, depending on the size of the board.

While The Editorial Board supports female empowerment in the workplace, Brown’s mandate is condescending. Women should be able to earn their seats on boards because they deserve it, not because companies are required to appoint them as a result of government intervention.

The new law is expected to meet legal challenges — Brown himself said that “there have been numerous objections to this bill, and serious legal concerns have been raised,” according to the L.A. Times. Jessica Levinson, a clinical professor of law at Loyola Law School, said, “It’s a clear gender preference in that you are saying you need to single out women and get them on boards. The question is can you make that preference and will it hurt men.”

Though it’s unclear whether or not the initiative will be implemented in the long run, the fact that Brown, in conjunction with the state of California, felt compelled to craft such a mandate in the first place points to a fundamental issue in the corporate world. Women are viewed as weaker and in need of additional help to find success equal to their male counterparts. Women are often a “token hire,” appointed in order to increase diversity, and are chosen for their gender and not for the perspectives they can bring to the table.

Even though companies will now have to include women

on their boards to avoid fines of up to $300,000, there is no guarantee that male-dominated boards will actually take women’s voices into account.

The bill is meant to apply to all companies headquartered in California, but a majority of those are incorporated in Delaware and will likely take legal action against the mandate, arguing that they should be governed by Delaware law. More than 80 percent of California companies in the Russell 3000 are incorporated in Delaware, meaning that the bill may only apply to a small handful of organizations.

For this reason, the bill acts more as a publicity statement to boost Democratic lawmaker’s credentials as November midterm elections approach.

Additionally, companies usually appoint board members who are already successful founders, presidents or chief executives of other organizations. Though the mandate appears to be well-intentioned, it likely won’t uplift women from lowerlevel positions because board members, regardless of their gender, are chosen from upper management roles. For example, the three women on Apple’s board of directors, Susan Wagner, Katherine L. Adams and Andrea Jung, all hold presidential or CEO positions at Apple or elsewhere.

In order for women’s opinions to be heard in business, initiatives to promote and empower women first have to come from companies themselves. The Editorial Board urges companies — in California and beyond — to invest in diversity when hiring for lower-level positions. This will give women, as well as minorities, the chance to grow and lead within their organizations, eventually resulting in a wider range of voices at the top.

America’s myth of “pulling yourself up by your bootstraps” RISING COST OF HIGHER EDUCATION HAS SENT STUDENTS INTO EXTREME DEBT

BY HA N A D I JO R DA N hajordan@ucdavis.edu

The United States has long been known as the land of opportunity, the place where any individual can form their own rags-to-riches story. While this isn’t necessarily untrue today, it’s definitely more difficult as we’ve progressed into a knowledge-based economy — where a high school diploma is no longer enough to secure employment.

In August of 2017, the unemployment rate was 2.4 percent for college graduates and 5.4 percent for high school graduates.

It’s important to note that the number of people included in the labor force statistics has declined, as those with bachelor’s degrees are greatly underemployed, with many relying on internships.

Student debt in the U.S. has more than doubled in the past decade — throwing in rising tuition costs and a stagnant median household income makes college campuses increasingly defined by socioeconomic status.

A popular mentality in the United States, established by the country’s notoriety as the land of opportunity, is that one should be able to pull themselves up by the bootstraps. No assistance, no handouts — it’s on the individual to make something of themselves.

This is an argument commonly heard when discussing welfare or affordable education costs. And while pulling oneself up from the bootstraps was feasible then and now, the United State’s knowledgebased economy — in conjunction with a static median per capita income, rising tuition costs and increased student debt — has made obtaining a degree very expensive and subsequent “bootstrap pulling” that much more difficult.

Studies have shown that as family income rises, so do the chances

of going to college. This has become problematic as college prices rise faster than the income levels of many Americans. It’s far more expensive for this generation of college students to attend school than it was for their parents. For the 1987-1988 school year (adjusted for inflation), students at public four-year institutions paid an average of $3,190. In 2017-2018, that average has risen to $9,970 — a 213-percent increase. The average tuition for a private nonprofit four-year institution was $15,160; 30 years later, that average is $34,740 — a 129-percent increase. The amount of student debt in the U.S. has greatly increased in the past decade, rising from $600 billion to $1.5 trillion, the average debt being $30,100 per borrower with women holding the majority of the debt.

Middle class families are being squeezed out of financial aid, making college campuses more rigid in the socioeconomic diversity of the student body, with wealthy students who can afford tuition on one end and poor students who receive federal Pell Grants on the other. It’s important to note that Pell Grants go to families making less than $50,000 a year, with the maximum amount of money granted being $5,920. This may provide financial relief to lower income families, but it fails to protect them from debt and also excludes many middle class families who just miss the cut off.

When adjusted for inflation, the median per capita income has largely remained unchanged since 2000; the average American family also makes slightly less than they did 15 years ago. Albeit many products have become cheaper, the cost of some of the biggest expenditures of middle class families (housing, college tuition and health care) has increased at a rate that significantly surpasses that of inflation. The average American simply cannot keep up anymore, with more and more college students finding themselves having to pay for tuition on their own.

Technological advances, globalization and financial deregulation have created an income inequality that we have yet to bounce back from. In fact, the gap is only growing. With this growth, and with the median per capita income remaining stagnant, universities are looking to higher income families for revenue, while cutting off many middle class Americans from financial aid.

This ultimately serves to widen the gap and make universities unreflective of the economic diversity of the United States.

Affordable tuition isn’t a handout nor is it indicative of American laziness; it has become a basic tool necessary for employment and for supporting oneself or one’s family. Taking on tens of thousands of dollars in debt at 18 isn’t pulling oneself up by the bootstraps — it’s financial risk, one that many don’t pay off for several decades after graduating. Graduates simply don’t make enough annual income to pay back their loans. Not everyone wants to take on debt before they’ve started their independent lives. Those who choose to pass on accumulating debt by not pursuing higher education tend to make less and are often times perceived as “less than” by degree holders.

The current state of higher education institutions is set up to make affording tuition difficult and leave loans as the only answer, thereby perpetuating a cycle of student loan debt while further squeezing out middle class families. Education is becoming a more elusive tool to obtain in order to pull oneself up by the bootstraps. If we expect people to use education in this way, we should allow them to have an education in the first place.

Universities are becoming money making industries, and student loans pay the bills. If middle class (and poor class) families continue to suffer, income inequality will only fester and perhaps, one day, we’ll hit bottom. Similar to basic needs like access to clean water, the government may need to help make access to higher education

Could Turning Point USA be operating on campus?

CHARLIE KIRK’S STRATEGIC MODUS OPERANDI TO TAKE OVER STUDENT GOVERNMENTS NATIONWIDE

BY KAUSE R A DE NWAL A ksadenwala@ucdavis.edu

Turning Point USA is a 501(c)(3) that was founded in 2012 to organize conservative students on college and high school campuses. The founder Charlie Kirk has started several other projects in conjunction with Turning Point USA, such as Professor Watchlist, a racist and pro-fascist surveillance method to exploit ideas of justice and impunity. Professor Watchlist aims to expose and report professors that “discriminate against conservative students and advance leftist propaganda in the classroom.” This watchlist furthers the McCarthy-esque ideology that Turning Point USA enforces.

Although Turning Point USA is deemed a nonprofit, it operates as anything but. For instance, it is required to be nonpartisan and cannot endorse any political campaigns or candidates. However, Turning Point USA continuously invites pro-Trump speakers to its conferences and has contributed to two different candidates in the recent presidential campaign.

The nonprofit has claimed to have helped more than 50 conservative students get elected to student-body presidential

positions, even at predominantly liberal-oriented campuses. It aims to organize and formulate a dedicated cohort of conservative students rooted in supporting a limited government and limited liberalism in academia. For a campaign called Campus Victory, the organization raised more than $2 million to fund a longterm strategy directed at electing conservative students at top leadership roles on campuses across the nation. This right-leaning organization hired 12 full-time staffers for the campaign who were tasked with identifying potential conservative candidates for leadership positions in student government and offer support to them. This support sometimes came in the form of “stipends” that range anywhere from several hundred to a few thousand dollars.

Max Goldfarb, a successful candidate who utilized the organization’s support, attempted to defund the Muslim Student Association at the University of Wisconsin. Although his request was rejected, the committee ultimately decided to reduce the MSA’s budget. This is alarming, to say the least, and the work that Turning Point USA conclusively encourages does not seem to instill good intentions among its target demographic. To add to this, the organization’s claims of influence across several campuses do not appear to be true. Many of the college and high school

candidates that Turning Point USA claims to have endorsed do not attest to working with the organization. Thus, this implies that the nonprofit operates on fabrication and dishonesty.

Additionally, there is an overt racist ideology beneath the organization’s purpose, especially with Charlie Kirk’s views on how white privilege does not exist and how affirmative action is the reason for his loss of appointment to the U.S. Military Academy. Students are extremely impressionable and assume they are infallible, yet they fail to realize that Kirk is inherently trying to implement an ideology and dogma that operates on the facilitation of a form of McCarthyism.

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To avoid bias, we at The Aggie vow to no longer report on topics we know anything about

ANNOUNCING OUR NEW JOURNALISTIC ETHICS POLICY

BY BEN JA M I N P O RT E R bbporter@ucdavis.edu

At The California Aggie, we have a long-standing tradition of quality reporting on issues that matter to the student community, as well as a well-earned reputation for thoughtful opinion pieces that present many sides to important local, state and national issues. The last thing we would want is to be accused of bias or mistaken as “fake news.”

This is why we at The Aggie are announcing a new journalistic ethics policy. From now on, all of our employees will no longer report on any topics that they know anything about in order to avoid, and with any luck, forever eliminate any form of bias from our wonderful newspaper.

At the start of each quarter, all writers will be forced to sign documents pledging to remove themselves from the production of any story about which they have even rudimentary levels of knowledge or understanding. Disciplinary, and potentially legal actions, will be taken against any reporters who fail to internally disclose their knowledge on given subject areas.

In every week’s issue, we will publicly disclose all times that

serious incidents like these happen, but of course we hope that this won’t be a regular occurence.

It’s a well-known fact that when you learn more about any given topic, you develop a better ability to relay information about it to others. Since basically any and all forms of communication are bound to be biased in some way, we wouldn’t want our reporters to develop and exercise the expertise that allows them to pass any of this information on to you, our loyal readers. That would reflect the bias of wanting you to be more informed about the issues on which we are reporting. This would just be impossible to defend if and when we get accused of being fake news, because any time we are reporting on one story, that means we could be biased against the stories that we are not investigating further. By ensuring that none of our reporters pursue stories on which they could bring background knowledge, “relevant” sources, an angle or any direction whatsoever, we can hopefully prevent our own ideas and areas of curiosity from rubbing off on you.

Fake news is dangerous, and the scariest thing is that all news could be fake news. Any piece of reporting can spontaneously become fake depending on whether or not the reader likes or dislikes the story.

This has been proven time and time again when outlets like the CNN (Clinton News Network), the failing New York Times or the Amazon Washington Post publish major scoops on corruption and abuses within the Trump Administration, only for President Trump to brilliantly declare the stories to be fake or label the writers as “enemies of the people.”

If you feel like any of our articles are informing you or making you think about a topic in a new way, don’t hesitate to reach out and we will take immediate, decisive action to correct the error.

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How to fold your sheets: Aggie Dorm Tips

A FUN LITTLE GUIDE TO HELP YOUR SHEETS STAY UNWRINKLED, FRESH

BY CO N N E R SH AW cjshaw@ucdavis.edu

This is Conner here with Aggie Dorm Tips, your onestop shop for all the tricks you need to keep your dorm room fresh and tidy. Today, we’re taking a closer look at one of the most important tasks regarding room cleanliness: folding your sheets. Follow this guide exactly and you won’t be disappointed with your results. Let’s get started!

First, lay your sheet completely flat on a hard, even surface like your desk or the floor. You want the sheets to remain still during this process, so make sure the surface can accommodate the full length and width of the fabric.

Next is probably the most important step. Place your right hand in the center of your sheets and press down firmly. You

want the sheets to feel comforted by your presence, but you also want them to understand that you’re the big boss around here. If you have particularly sensitive sheets, you may use your other hand to lightly stroke their edges to ensure they understand you mean them no harm. You should keep your hand pressed down for at least ten minutes to ensure proper sheet folding etiquette.

Next — and this is critical — take your hand away from the sheets and exit the room. This is to let the sheets know that they shouldn’t get too attached to you and that after you fold them, you are not beholden to their presence. Sheets have a propensity to cry out during this stage, which sounds vaguely like a rustling bush or, in some cases, an albatross distress call. Despite these protests, do not acknowledge the sheets at this point. If you do, they may develop a codependency and attempt to strangle you in your sleep (the first step in sheet

mating rituals). Let the sheets sit there for about 12 hours, or until they appear golden brown.

Now this next step is a bit tricky. You might need to elicit help from a friend or roommate. Once you enter the room with the sheets, immediately do the hokey pokey, starting with your right foot. The sheets, upon witnessing this display, should scream a high pitched wail, move toward you in a lumbering slide and begin to convulse.

Keep the sheets at bay with a few swift kicks (which should be easy to do as you put your limbs in and out) until their movement ceases. If you complete the entire hokey pokey, the sheets should moan softly and fold themselves within 30 to 40 seconds.

And that’s it! You’re done. If you follow these steps exactly, your sheets will be perfectly folded with much less hassle.

Thanks for reading Aggie Dorm Tips.

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SCIENCE+TECH A case of sex and deception Parasitic blister beetle larvae exploit the sex pheromones of their host bee species, reap benefits

BY H A RN O OR G I L L science@theaggie.org

Abandoned by their parents on a blade of grass in the sand dunes, parasitic blister beetle larvae cluster together after hatching and laying dormant for an entire winter. Spring has come, and their chances of survival depend on their ability to secure a ride to a local bee nest, where there will be abundant bee eggs, nectar and pollen for feeding. The larvae resort to deception, emitting chemosensory signals that mimic the sex pheromones of female bees in a sly attempt to attract male bees to the aggregation. Once contact occurs, the larvae attach to the male bees and eventually to female bees through various acts of mating. Oblivious to the inevitable devastation of their home and young, the female bees transport the larvae to their nest.

The beetle larvae, M. Franciscanus, managed to pull off this complicated and deceitful stunt through the process of local adaptation. According to research lead by evolutionary ecologist Leslie Saul-Gershenz, the pheromones emitted by M. Franciscanus are blends of various compounds that are specialized to mimic the reproductive signals of their local bee species. The investigation included a series of transplant experiments that examined the interaction between the parasitic larvae and different host species, Habropoda pallida from California’s Mojave Desert and H. miserabilis from the coastal dunes of Oregon.

“Take an organism from its original location and move it to another location in a caged environment and compare it to the local organism,” Saul-Gershenz said. “We brought the larvae from the Oregon population to the Mojave desert because we wanted to see if the Habropoda pallida bees were attracted to them and vice versa, the larvae from the Mojave Desert were brought to Oregon to see if Habropoda miserabilis was attracted to them.”

In each geographic location, the host species sig-

nificantly preferred local aggregations relative to the aggregations from a different geographic location.

By becoming adept at tailoring its chemical signals and perching height to those of its host species, the parasitic larvae were able to target and attract the bees in its geographic location.

While not exactly what one would consider an honest living, similar examples of local adaptation can be observed in other species. For instance, the bolas spider shamelessly uses mimicry of pheromones of several moth species to lure its prey.

“This demonstrates that a single species can adapt and evolve in different ways depending on the local conditions,” said Jocelyn Millar, a chemical ecologist and a distinguished professor in the entomology and chemistry departments at UC Riverside. “Here, we showed that two different and isolated populations of the same meloid beetle species had evolved to adapt themselves optimally, in terms of both their behavior and the chemical signals that they were using to attract their hosts, to the two different bee species that were present in their local habitats in Oregon coastal sand dunes or the southern California desert respectively.”

Using electroantennography and complex chemical analysis, chemical ecologists Jocelyn Millar and Steve McElfresh were able to synthetically reconstruct the chemical components of the pheromones.

“Basically, what we looked for were compounds that were present in extracts from both the female bees, and from the beetle larvae, because we knew that the beetle larvae were mimicking the attractant from the female bees,” Millar said. “We then reconstructed that blend of compounds from synthesized chemicals.”

The knowledge from this research gives insight into interactions between species in ecosystems that are similar to this parasite-insect interaction and can be beneficial when trying to conserve a particular species.

“It is hard to envision a scenario where the bee

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perishes and the beetle doesn’t disappear along with it,” said Steven McElfresh of UC Riverside. “It shows that when we protect a single species we may in fact be protecting many species which depend upon it.”

One obvious question may still be lingering in the minds of readers: if the male bees can clearly see

that the aggregations are not female bees, why are they not able to evade this deception?

“For this particular mating system, olfaction is more important than vision,” Saul-Gershenz said.

“Mimicking a subset of the female pheromones is very important.”

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AFFORDABLE COLLEGE DECORATING A practical list of stores essential for nesting ALLYSON KO / AGGIE

Ikea Visit Ikea on a day when there is nothing to do because going to Ikea is more exciting than going to Disneyland. Their decor revolves around clean lines, minimalism and neutrality. Unfortunately, most Ikea items require assembling, but that’s what makes them so affordable. Remember to breathe when tackling assembly. Also, don’t forget to grab some cinnamon rolls on the way out.

Target Target’s Room Essentials collection provides an affordable selection of items that may not necessarily be decor, but can accentuate the style of the room nonetheless. Functional items such as coat racks, bookshelves, towels and laundry baskets can possess a coherent decorative style. Also, Project 62, a mid-century modern collection of pieces inspired by the era in which Target was founded, is an affordable style that suits Davis well.

a full-sized bed frame not including a headboard and baseboard. Frames with a headboard and baseboard included start at $100 and retain the same benefit of easy assembly and disassembly.

SPCA/Facebook Marketplace Thrifting for clothes is an obsession still going strong, especially among young people. Why not thrift for furniture? The local SPCA store on 3rd St. in Downtown Davis can be a treasure trove for patient and persistent shoppers. It also may require some vision and a little dusting, but that’s part of the fun. Craigslist is more suspenseful rather than fun, so I wouldn’t recommend that route. Instead, check out Free & For Sale or Marketplace on Facebook for finds in Davis and the surrounding area.

World Market

BY JOSH MADRID arts@theaggie.org

September marks the start of a new lease for many students, and they are tasked with turning a new space into their domain — home sweet home. Nesting plays a large role in ensuring a new environment is comfortable, but many students are also on a tight budget. However, aesthetics shouldn’t have to suffer, especially when there are several stores that are both stylish and affordable.

Amazon The company that will solely be responsible for humans never leaving their homes again in a few years is also great for decor. A good way to fill in empty wall space while adding personality is through wall art. On Amazon, it is available in a wide variety of options, such as canvas paintings, tapestries and 3D designs. Let’s ditch the act of haphazardly tacking up posters.

Hear me out. While World Market may be the most expensive selection on this list, they frequently have sales on small accent pieces that can upgrade a room to the next level of sophistication with items such as accent rugs, throw pillows and nightstands. World Market presents a rustic, eclectic style that is concise and modern at the same time.

Zinus Zinus bed frames are the quintessential actualization of the ideal college bed frame. They’re simple, sturdy and easy to both assemble and disassemble, which means they can be transported by car to new apartments. Their SmartBase line starts at $67 for

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service workers and professional and technical employees, respectively, are still undergoing contract negotiations which have prolonged over a year.

Asked why she believed the bargaining process took as long as it did, Toy said she thinks the “UC was waiting for the Janus Supreme Court decision,” and hoping it would weaken union activity.”

In a 5-4 ruling on the Janus v. AFSCME case delivered earlier this summer, the Supreme Court eliminated agency fees, effectively weakening the power of labor unions.

The CNA press release acknowledges Janus v.

AFSCME as “an emboldened corporate attack on working people.”

John de Los Angeles, a spokesperson for AFSCME, said that the UC has “not acknowledged [AFSCME’s] primary concern” of outsourcing which, he said, is forcing the union to consider a strike.

“The university is increasingly outsourcing work that rightfully belongs to service and patient care unit,” de Los Angeles said. “Instead of giving this work to its alread- employed workforce, it’s actually pushing that work out to independent contracting companies who find outside workers to perform the work for much cheaper with few if any benefits and a higher risk of labor abuse. It’s creating huge inequities within a workforce. The university has failed to even acknowledge that this a problem.”

AFSCME is currently in the process of voting

on whether or not to strike for a second time, after a three-day strike last May. “The university has made its last, best and final offer which has been rejected,” de Los Angeles said.

“We’re calling for the strike because the bargaining process has been rejected.”

De Los Angeles said that the CNA has been very supportive of AFSCME’s cause, and that the UC has failed to recognize the requirement of service workers represented by AFSCME and UPTE in order for nurses to do their jobs to the best of their abilities.

“While they have settled their contract, it’s widely accepted by university employees that these various workers work in tandem with each other really as a cohesive team,” de Los Angeles said. “Though the nurses have settled their contract, they are very much concerned because the quality of the patient care that they are able to depend [on] very much depends on the other folks that they work [with].”

In the case of another AFSCME strike, Toy said UC nurses would not be able to strike in solidarity, as both CNA and UPTE did during AFSCME’s strike in May. Striking would be in violation of CNA’s new contract.

“It would be nice if we were still able to support AFSCME, if they end up going on strike,” Toy said.

“We feel like we’ve kind of paved the way. If UC has given it to the nurses, they can give it to the other unions too.”

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Across the nation, a noticeable sweep of conservative students were elected in student government leadership roles last year, specifically to the Associated Students of the University of California. Each UC noticed emerging leaders who were quite disparate in their beliefs from previous leaders in the respective positions — and the consequential wave proved it could not merely be a coincidence.

At Davis, it’s not crystal clear what slates or candidates have been endorsed by this organization, or whether it even operates here. Yet one thing is clear: this organization does not have any space in Davis

to thrive or cultivate.

Given the equitable culture activists hope to instill and the rise of marginalized groups feeling inferior, an organization that promotes this fear and intimidation is not welcome.

The Principles of Community is the statement our university abides by profoundly, yet if it is not unequivocally evident whether an organization — one that violates the commitments explicitly written in these principles — operates underground on this campus, it’s clear that we as a community have some digging to do.

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out from the pack during the NCAA West Prelims in May; he completed the competition with his highest mark in the men’s high jump, where he scored 2.06m/6-9.00 and placed 15th and 29th out of the total 48 contenders.

TJ Shorts II topped off men’s basketball’s season with a spot on the Big West conference first team and was named the conference’s Player of the Year and Newcomer of the Year – the first time in Big West history that a single player has won both awards.

He led the league with an average of 2.0 steals per game and was ranked No. 39 in steals among all players nationwide. He was also ranked No. 40 in Free Throw Attempts, No. 51 in Free Throws Made and No. 65 in Field Goal Percentage going into the Big West Tournament. During the last month of the basketball season, Shorts II led the team with an average of 21.0 points and 5.8 steals per game. 46 of his 130 assists earned throughout the season took place in the season’s final eight games; he also shot .788 at the line, .400 from three and .566 from the floor.

Recently, the men’s soccer goalie, Wallis Lapsley, earned his second Big West Conference Defensive Player of the Week award and a spot on top of our athletes-to-watch list. His first distinction was earned on Aug. 27, where he became the eighth Aggie in the program’s history to win multiple player of the week honors. His newest distinction was awarded after he allowed only one goal in 2 matches during his team’s match against Saint Mary’s College on Sept. 22.

Though these players each battled to earn their individual distinctions and records, they are united in that their successes have earned them spots in UC Davis history and will continue to put them at the height of the athletics conversation and the must-see list for the upcoming season.

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jah at Bishop Gorman High School in Las Vegas, Nevada. Gilliam couldn’t wait to check out Bishop Gorman’s top-notch facilities, including a massive stadium and stateof-the-art 41,000 square-foot training facility, both of which are comparable to many big-time universities.

No matter how the players chose to spend their time off, it was a much-needed break for the team given its success on the gridiron thus far.

“This is perfect timing coming off a tough game,” Olave said. “It’s been a lot of ground-and-pound so far, so this gives us a chance to make sure our bodies are healthy and sound. It lets us keep our momentum going into Northern Colorado.”

The Aggies have a tough journey ahead, with three of their next four games on the road. They also have a brutal stretch to end the season by hosting Northern Arizona, traveling to Eastern Washington and hosting Sacramento State in the Causeway Classic.

The team will need all the rest it can get in hopes of advancing to the FCS playoffs at the end of November.

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Canary Mission has uploaded political and personal information for individuals from hundreds of universities nationwide — including six UC campuses. The website’s header, and the top of every individual’s profile, reads “IF YOU’RE RACIST, THE WORLD SHOULD KNOW.” Individual profiles include a person’s picture, full name and the actions they have committed — including any protest of Israel’s policies or challenges to Israel’s authority.

In communication with The California Aggie, Canary Mission reiterated that any boycott of Israel is racist against Jews.

“Canary Mission is solely concerned with anti-Semitism,” an official from the organization said in an email. “Boycotting Israel is anti-Semitic. BDS is anti-Semitic.”

At press time, Canary Mission did not provide the name of the official drafting the group’s statements.

Furthermore, the group said it is “motivated by a desire to combat the rise in anti-Semitism” on college campuses.

The website has been condemned as an Islamophobic blacklist, meant to stifle job opportunities or prevent travel access. While some on the website have been revealed to have used Jewish slurs, many have simply engaged in varying levels of critique.

Biale found fault in Canary Mission’s tactics of

casting a wide net — grouping together those who criticize Israel with those who call for complete dissolvement of Israel as a state and those who use anti-Semitic slurs.

Biale and others said it is inaccurate to associate the most extreme positions of anti-Semitism with more moderate advocacy for Palestinian freedom.

“These Canary Mission people are not interested in nuance,” he said. “If you look at the people listed, there’s a lot of people who are very hostile to the state of Israel. People like me don’t fall in that category. I am a Zionist, [however] I disagree with certain policies of the government of Israel and I’m not embarrassed.”

A Canary Mission official claimed that Biale’s support of the BDS movement is anti-Semitic — “Fighting anti-Semitism is a universal value that must be supported by the left and right.”

Biale said that he did not have an inherent problem with listing his public views on the website. However, some of the information regarding his support and actions on Canary Mission is inaccurate, he said.

“The problem is, there’s pretty persuasive evidence that Israel is using this website to block people from entering the state of Israel,” Biale said. “The ministry of strategic affairs, they evidently have very close ties to Canary Mission.”

Russell Thomas, a fourth-year gender and sexual-

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ities major, and Madison Deluca, a UC Davis alumna, have had their information posted on the website.

The two said the most dangerous aspect of Canary Mission is its production of an online database which could be used by Israel’s government to restrict travel access.

The profiles of Thomas and Deluca list information about their respective associations with UC Davis’ chapter of the group Students for Justice in Palestine — including a detailed list of all events organized

by SJP the two participated in — and support of the BDS movement.

Both Thomas and Deluca’s pages includes screenshots of their personal social media accounts, places of employment, majors at UC Davis and personal images.

“We did not lose anything from being doxxed,” Deluca and Thomas wrote in a joint statement. “It was a gross invasion of privacy, being blasted on a social media platform like that, but fundamentally we didn’t lose anything. We are more worried about the folks who have family in Occupied territories.”

Margaret Ferguson, a former UC Davis English professor who resigned from her position as president of the Modern Language Association in protest of the Association’s position on Israel, had also been profiled

by Canary Mission. In February of this year, she cowrote an article arguing that “educators need to de-

nounce the smear tactics of Canary Mission.”

“Canary Mission is a scurrilous organization,” Ferguson said. “The very fact that they keep their funding hidden should alert us to be skeptical about their claims. They are eager to hurt undergraduates seeking jobs and they have no respect whatsoever for academic freedom.”

When the group was asked about funding — and Israeli departments such as the Ministry of Strategic Defense using Canary Mission to deny entry — a response sent by the group to The Aggie stated they have “no connection to the Israeli government.”

The group claims that any funds come through “supporters of our mission to fight anti-Semitism [who] donate through our website.”

Canary Mission did not deny that the personal information posted on its website had been used by the Israeli government or military.

“Individuals, journalists or organizations are free to use our material as they wish,” the group wrote.

Danielle Smith, a media correspondent for the UC Office of the President, did not respond to questions of how campuses should respond to the website, or whether the UC has a position on Canary Mission.

“UC has not received any requests for information from this organization,” Smith said. “All of the information on their website appears to come from social media accounts and other public websites.”

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Hutchison siblings hope to carry momentum through 2018-19 season Samantha and Thomas talk UC Davis golf, season goals

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Senior women’s golfer Samantha Hutchison and sophomore men’s golfer Thomas Hutchison both got off to a momentous start in the 2018-19 season. The siblings both captured titles in August before the collegiate season even began — Samantha took the California Women’s State Championship in Ojai, Calif., finishing 15 under with 16 birdies, and Thomas took the Northern California Golf Association Match Play Championship at Spyglass Hill. Thomas also won his first collegiate title at the Windon Memorial Classic hosted by Northwestern University at the Knollwood Club with a 4-under par, 68 strokes, on the final day back on Sept. 24.

If you ask Thomas Hutchison about what he expected going into Windon, winning the whole thing

certainly wasn’t on his mind.

“I wasn’t expecting to win,” Thomas said. “I was expecting to put myself in some kind of contention.”

Thomas admitted he got off to a slow start. He came out with a par on the first two holes, but things got a bit dicey when his third hole tee shot almost went out of bounds, resulting in a bogey.

Things turned around for Thomas when his tee shot on the fourth hole put him in good position.

He went on to birdie the fourth hole, which gave him a surge of confidence.

“That gave me a lot of momentum,” Thomas added.

After the fourth hole birdie, Thomas carried that momentum and birdied five holes for the day, putting him in the lead after the first two rounds, with a 64 in the first round and a 73 in the second round.

Thomas shot a 68 in the final round to edge out

Tripp Kinney of Iowa State, 205-207.

All told, Thomas birdied 17 times throughout the tournament’s three rounds. For the sophomore coming off a solid 2017-18 freshman season, the win at Windon may be helpful as the team enters upcoming tournaments.

“To pull it off gives me a lot more confidence to pick up more wins as the season goes on,” Thomas said.

Thomas added that he has been striving for a win for another reason. Samantha won her first collegiate tournament at the Battle at The Rock at Oak Quarry Golf Club in the 2017-18 season. She was named the Big West Women’s Golf Player of the Year in the 2017-18 season.

So is there a little friendly sibling rivalry? The siblings say that while they are competitive with one another, they also try to help the other accomplish as much as they can.

“Like I told him, his success is my success,” Samantha said. “I’m so happy, I feel like this is just the beginning for him.”

Samantha is now in her senior season, and throughout her golf career at UC Davis she has improved consistently.

The siblings noted that they worked on technique throughout the off-season and summer, and while Thomas put more emphasis on putting, Samantha focused on the mental aspect of golf, training alongside women’s golf head coach, Anna Temple.

“I think that has definitely helped me grow. Especially the past year-and-a-half, we just put in the work and it’s finally paying off, it’s a great feeling,” Samantha said.

With the improvement in technique and growth

in the mental aspect of the game, Samantha has seen the program make similar strides. The way Samantha sees it, this improvement in the program and the team has fundamentally changed the way women’s golf approaches match play.

“Our goal for the season is different now, the past couple of years I used to be like ‘oh we didn’t want to finish last,’ because we competed against such good teams all the time, like Stanford, UCLA and Northwestern,” Samantha said. “Now we’re focused on finishing first, second and third.”

With this change, Samantha noted that the different approach has also changed the team dynamic — a positive development for UC Davis women’s golf.

“It’s not like we’re playing scared anymore. We’re just hungry and we’re aiming higher and we’re landing higher,” Samantha said. “So this year, just have as many wins as possible, make it to regionals, make it to nationals and eventually a championship.”

UC Davis women’s golf finished 6th place in the team standings in its season opener at the Branch Law Firm/Dick McGuire Invitational hosted by the University of New Mexico.

After that, women’s golf headed to Ann Arbor, Mich. for the East and West Match Play Challenge hosted by the University of Michigan. The Aggies put on a strong and consistent performance throughout the tournament, and led after the first day. This brought the Aggies to match play against Ohio State, where they won 3-2.

Unfortunately, Iowa State, which UC Davis was set to play for the championship, withdrew from the tournament due to the death of one of its team members.

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Returning players to watch in the upcoming year The Aggie sports desk highlights last year’s standouts

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The start of the new school year for UC Davis falls right in line with the startup of the athletics season. With a number of successes across all 23 of UC Davis’ NCAA teams, multiple players have made names for themselves and emerged from the pack as vital forces for their teams and will be ones to watch in the upcoming months.

Men’s golf provides a dynamic senior-sophomore duo to keep an eye on as its season progresses. Senior Ryan Han earned his first Big West first-team honors last season. He led his team with a 73.17 stroke average and stood out at the conference championship with eight rounds at par or better, and scores of 67 and 68.

Han also ended the season in a tie for 6th place at the Wyoming Cowboy Classic and a tie for 19th at the El Macero Classic.

Sophomore Thomas Hutchinson was close behind his older teammate in success. He completed his rookie season as the only UC Davis golfer to appear in all 10 of the year’s tournaments. He was awarded Big West Freshman of the Year and second-team honors, and he matched Han with a total of eight rounds at par or better and a 73.24 average round. He ranked in the top-10 individual finishes in both the El Macero Classic and The Prestige at PGA West.

The two are already making waves in the new school year. Hutchinson competed in the Windon Memorial Classic men’s collegiate golf tournament on Sept. 23, where he shot his ca-

reer-best round of 64 – the lowest score shot by an Aggie since Matt Hansen in the 2011 NCAA Regional. Hutchinson ended the day on top of the 92-man individual leaderboard with a 36hole total of 137. Han shot a score of 76 in his first round, but was able to impress with a 3-under 69 in the second round to end up with 145 total strokes and in a tie for 22nd place.

Hutchinson was not the only aggie rookie to make headlines last season; Brooke Yanez of women’s softball earned multiple distinctions throughout her season. She became the second aggie ever to earn Big West Freshman Pitcher of the Year honors and the first freshman to win three Big West Pitcher of the Week titles since 2015. The left-hander ended her season with 15 victories under her belt and finished her regular season with an earned-run average of 1.75 – the second best ERA in the entire league. Her other recorded statistics, including a .184 in batting average against, a 187.2 in innings pitched, 190 strikeouts and 55 strikeouts looking earned her a spot on first team and on top of the must-watch list for the upcoming season.

Heading into his senior year, track and field’s Kyle Clancy wrapped up his third season as an aggie with a first place victory in the Big West Decathlon with a score of 7,181 points – the third highest in the university’s history. During the decathlon, Clancy earned the best pole vault score of 4.25m/14-10.00 and a second place 110 meter hurdles time of 14.64. Clancy also stood RETURNING PLAYERS on 12

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Bye week comes at perfect time for No.19 Aggies UC Davis football receives historic ranking as Fall Quarter begins

The UC Davis football team woke up to a nice surprise last Monday morning following the team’s 44-21 dismantling of visiting Idaho over the weekend, and a week off from game action wasn’t the only thing to celebrate. In the latest top-25 rankings released by Stats FCS, the Aggies came in at No. 19, their highest position on the poll since the team moved up to the Division I level in 2004. UC Davis trails only two teams from the Big Sky conference, Eastern Washington and Weber State.

The Aggies have enjoyed a 3-1 start to the season, with convincing victories over FBS opponent San Jose State, San Diego and Idaho, a team that just moved down from the FBS level this year. The only blemish was a hard-fought, 20-point loss to national powerhouse Stanford, a top-10 team in the nation and legitimate College Football Playoff contender.

This season, the team’s bye week perfectly coincided with the commencement of Fall Quarter, giving Aggie football players the opportunity to get accustomed to their class schedules and the daily grind of keeping up with schoolwork and athletics.

“The good thing about right now is that school’s starting and they have a chance to focus on school and get off on a really great start,” said UC Davis head coach Dan Hawkins. “I think that’s a real positive for us.”

In addition to the benefits felt in the classroom, the absence of a game at the end of the week gives players a chance to go home for a few days, visit with friends and family and simply relax.

“It’ll give them time to go home and get some of mom’s home cooking,” Hawkins said.

The players won’t have another window to leave campus for an extended period of time until the season concludes.

“We’ll get three days of work in, but they’ll get a

weekend off to be a normal person,” Hawkins said.

“We always talk about that quality balance of life and I think that’s important.”

Most players planned to return to their respective hometowns for a few days and many hoped to even catch their siblings in some football action.

Senior defensive back Isiah Olave, who comes from a talented family of football players, planned on traveling to watch his younger brother Josh, a sophomore defensive back, play at Azusa Pacific University.

Olave was also excited to catch another game on TV featuring his youngest brother Chris, a former fourstar wide receiver in high school and current true freshman at Ohio State.

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