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Eric Pape’s life remembered Mental health, criminal justice system discussed at rally

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BY AHASH F RA N CIS city@theaggie.org

Students, family members, residents, community leaders and activists all gathered in front of the Memorial Union patio on Thursday, May 17, to remember Eric Pape, a former UC Davis student.

They also continued the conversation his death generated about mental health and injustice in the criminal justice system.

“He was incredibly kind,” said Dave Griffin, a friend of Pape’s. “Sensitive. Smart. Smart as hell.

Generous. We — all our friends — met him at the Kava Bar [...] We talked long and hard about philosophy, life, struggles with mental illness. My favorite memories of Eric were just talking into the midnight, standing in the parking lot [...] And again, just that kindness and warmth. Simple stuff.”

Eric Pape committed suicide on May 4 of last year. Pape had been struggling with mental health issues throughout the year, feeling depressed, isolated and anxious after leaving his family and girlfriend to move to Davis. Eric checked himself into the Sutter Davis Hospital on Jan. 13 of last year.

Age is just a number 14-year-old Tanishq Abraham set to graduate from UC Davis with biomedical engineering degree this spring TANISHQ ABRAHAM / COURTESY

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Most people at the age of 14 are concerned about entering their first year of high school, but 14-year-old Tanishq Abraham will be graduating from UC Davis with a bachelor’s degree in biomedical engineering.

At the age of 7, Abraham began taking part-time classes at American River community college and then graduated from high school at the age of 10. The following year, Abraham started taking full-time classes at American River and graduated from the community college at 11 years old. Then a little over two years ago Abraham transferred to UC Davis where he began to pursue a biomedical engineering degree. Abraham explained why he chose Davis and biomedical engineering as his field of study.

“Because I am younger I didn’t have many options,” Abraham said. “So I couldn’t choose somewhere far away, but I also think UC Davis is a really good school and my mom was an alumni there.”

Biomedical engineering is known to be one of the hardest majors an undergraduate student can pursue. The field is diverse in the sense that it includes knowledge from science, engineering and math, which is the primary reason Abraham chose it. Unlike most students, Abraham found balancing the course load more challenging than the actual material itself.

“I think the material wasn’t too difficult,” Abraham said. “It was more all the different assignments, homework and tests which can be a lot of work, but material-wise it wasn’t too bad.”

One of Abraham’s favorite courses at Davis was the differential equations class taught by his favorite professor, Professor Tavernetti. Some of his other favorite courses at Davis were biomedical electives such as biofluid mechanics and biophysics.

Aside from school, Abraham has also participated in numerous clubs on campus, his personal favorite being the Biomedical Engineering Society.

“The biomedical engineering club hosts many different fun activities like the make-a-thon,” Abraham said. “The make-a-thon is kind of like a hackathon but for engineering students students.

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According to the hospital staff, he was hyperventilating and pacing around the room, growing agitated as he awaited treatment. His anxiety increased and, according to a nurse, Pape grabbed at him as he entered the room. The altercation grew violent, and Pape dislocated the nurse’s shoulder. Police arrived and, because of a mental health block, made only a report on the incident. Three months later, as Pape’s mental health was showing improvement from treatment at an outpatient facility, Pape was arrested on a felony battery charge. He was accused of inflicting serious bodily injury during the altercation. Pape struggled with he stress and anxiety of the long court case and the potential felony charges, and on May 4, 2017, he took his own life.

The rally was organized by the Mental Health Initiative with help from William Kelly, a graduate student and local activist. As part of the rally, the Mental Health Initiative put together a visual of 24 backpacks arranged in columns. The 24 backpacks served to represent each of the 24 UC Davis students who, according to the Student Health and Counseling Services, have taken their own lives since 2012. Members of the Mental Health Initiative were especially excited by the prospect of meeting and hearing from Pape’s mother, Patti Pape, who had flown in from Southern California to speak.

“Eric was a giant redwood,” Pape said during the rally. “He was solid, he was dependable, he was ever-present and what we thought was resilient, but [...] it is apparent to me that my son was not treated properly in a medical setting with the dignity and respect that other sick patients get. Consequently, he was not treated with dignity and respect by the criminal justice system […] Eric was not a criminal.

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solve the problem within a weekend. I did this for the part two years and I was one of the top competitors and second place in a couple of awards there, which was a fun experience.”

When he’s not studying, Abraham enjoys playing ping-pong, watching movies and using Twitter, which he uses to check the news and stay up-to-date on things going on in the world, including science and technology advancements, politics and pop culture.

“My Twitter handle is @iScienceLuvr,” Abraham said. “Twitter is my major hobby [...] I like to tweet about science and technology online, different events, my day-to-day life, and it allows me to interact with my friends, fans and followers.”

Abraham’s impressive intellectual capability has been broadcasted on numerous platforms. Before attending Davis he was interviewed by Conan O’Brien as well as other national television hosts. The child genius has also spoken at a NASA conference and two TEDx Talks.

Since he started attending Davis, Abraham has also worked as a researcher in a lab. For the past two years Abraham has been working with artificial cells in Dr. Tan’s biomedical engineering lab. In addition to his research work, Abraham has also written a literature paper, which he has presented in four different conferences.

“We works with artificial cells which are not really cells,” Abraham said. “They are more like vesicles that are able to produce proteins, kind of like actual cells which are able to produce proteins, and we focus on using these cells for biomedical application. I’ve been working on mathematical models of the body and I’ve also been working on a literature paper that will be published pretty soon.”

At the age of 14, Abraham has accomplished more than most people accomplish during their time as an undergraduate. But being a college student at the age of 14 doesn’t come without its disadvantages.

“Being a 14-year-old has certain limitations, such as staying up at night or being on campus during the weekends,” Abraham said.

“I can’t always do that, but sometimes other students in my classes might expect me to be there, but I have different limitations than them which is sometimes hard to understand.”

Both of Abraham’s parents have been dedicated to his education and have been driving him to and from school daily.

“My parents usually have to chauffeur me around,” Abraham said. “One of my parents will usually drive me to class, and I have class pretty much every day and some quarters I have class from 9 a.m.to 9 p.m. so my parents chauffeur me around during that time.”

With regard to the college-level teaching style, Abraham explained patterns he has noticed over the past two years.

“There are a lot of professors who are really good at research, but they aren’t really good at teaching,” Abraham said. “That’s just one example of how community college has its advantages in teaching styles. I really enjoyed my time at community college, but some of the professors here aren’t the best at teaching but are really good at research [...] which is something that needs to be solved, we need more professors who are good at both research and teaching.”

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the courts.”

According to his mother, Eric was “never a violent person.” Many of the speakers, including Patti Pape, called out the the District Attorney’s office — who prosecuted Eric — Sutter Davis Hospital and the University of California, Davis itself for failing Eric and failing the 24 other students who have committed suicide since 2012.

“May is mental health awareness month,” said Tracie Olson, the Yolo County public defender who fought to exonerate Pape of the felony charges pressed against him. “It’s been celebrated since 1949, yet in the last years you would think we would have made more progress […] When it comes to our criminal justice system, we need to advance our understanding of mental illness so mental illness is not punished […] In the case of Eric Pape, he was in a hospital emergency room because he was suffering acute mental distress. He should have been diverted into treatment, not into a prisonhouse.”

Among the many community leaders who attended the rally were Dean Johansson, David Greenwald and Mayor Robb Davis. Davis spoke to the crowd at the end of the ceremony, calling the criminal justice system “broken,” and accusing the state and the system of “criminalizing mental health.”

“How a case like this gets charged a felony — that’s a broken system,” Davis said.

“If our administration and our criminal justice system did not disproportionately target people of color and people with mental illness — which Eric falls into the latter category — he might still be here today,” said Samantha Chiang, a fourth-year English and psychology double-major and president of the Mental Health Initiative. “Our law enforcement and administration must take accountability.”

Aggies Vote Rally Held in Quad Event encouraged students to vote in upcoming California primaries, other community issues DANIELLE MOFFAT / AGGIE

From left to right: Adam Hatefi, Delaine Eastin, Kevin de León, Eric Gudz, Dean Johansson

BY CLAR A ZHAO campus@theaggie.org

On May 21, several student organizations including ASUCD, Davis College Democrats and RISE came together to hold the Aggies Vote Rally in the Quad.

The rally featured several notable speakers, including Delaine Eastin for California Governor, Kevin De Leon for U.S. Senate, Dean Johansson for Yolo County District Attorney and Eric Gudz for Davis City Council.

According to Adam Hatefi, a second-year political science major and event coordinator at the rally, the goal of the event was to have “a place where [students] could come together, get candidates to come and speak and get students registered to vote.”

At the forefront of the rally was an effort to encourage students to register to vote in the upcoming California primaries, since it was the last day to register.

“In California, primaries are important because we have [a] top two primary system, so the two candidates that receive the most votes go on to general election regardless what party they’re from,” said Lauren Low, a second-year community and regional development major and a staff member to ASUCD Senator Alisha Hacker.

However, the primaries were not the only issue of focus of the event.

The speakers spoke about a variety of issues and problems with the current political system, including racial profiling conducted by police officers, inadequate support for individuals suffering from mental health issues and increasingly unaffordable rent that has forced many students to sleep in their cars.

“One major issue with the housing developments [...] is that even though most of Davis’ population are students, they are not actually registered to vote in Davis,” Low said. “A lot of housing developments that could be really beneficial to the student population are voted down because a lot of the long-term residents in Davis don’t want them.”

The speakers emphasized the importance of the vote in dealing with these issues and facilitating change.

“The reality is that college voices are not being represented in the U.S. Senate, and when it comes to debt free college education, immigration reform, universal health care, clean energy and climate change, millenials have to have their voices heard,” De Leon said. “If they don’t get involved in politics, politics will get involved with them whether they like it or not.”

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A VOICE IN THE CRIMINAL JUSTICE SYSTEM District Attorney’s Victim Services Division promotes services to migrant community

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PROFESSORS OF THE UC DAVIS SCHOOL OF LAW WEIGH IN ON SUPREME COURT CASES

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As a part of the Victim Services Divisions’ outreach efforts to migrant communities in Yolo County, the District Attorney’s office has been adamant about ensuring that the community is aware of available services in case migrants become victims of crime. Migrant camps open during the spring, offering places for seasonal field workers to live throughout Northern California. Most of these workers are Latino, and every year, the Yolo County DA sends its bilingual staff to these camps to provide information on how they can assist as well as to welcome the community.

Laura Valdes, the Victim Services Program manager, elaborated on how the program started.

“Victim Services Program started back in the 80’s with the Southern California’s Constitution requesting every county to have a victim services program,” Valdes said. “It’s been around for quite a while.”

The program provides assistance to victims who were indicted.

speech clauses of a baker from Colorado who refused to make a wedding cake for a same-sex couple. Although Colorado has a civil anti-discrimination law in place to protect customers such as the couple involved, this case was appealed to the Supreme Court in order to determine if constitutional law protects Gerrymandering, human rights, sexual orientation, the baker’s choice to deny service. Professor Brian travel bans and corporations taken up Soucek and Professor Emeritus Alan Brownstein both weighed in on the case. Soucek works on anti-discrimination law, specifically pertaining to issues of sexual orientation and refugee and asylum cases, while Brownstein focuses on church-state issues.

Both scholars agreed that, regardless of the ultimate decision made by the courts, the nature of their writing could have immense impacts on the precedent going forward. A broad-reaching decision could allow business owners to deny services to peoPHIL RODER [CC BY 2.0] / FLICKR ple belonging to many identity categories based on religious preference. A narrow decision, converseBY STE L L A SA P P I NGTO N ly, could simply allow specialty bakers to refuse to features@theaggie.org make wedding cakes for same-sex couples if doing so Gill v. Whitford would conflict with their religious beliefs.

This case takes up partisan gerrymandering, in “On the side of the same sex couple that wanted a the state of Wisconsin. The case was reviewed by a cake, there’s several decades of precedent that says that three-judge federal district court and was argued by you don’t get [...] an expressive or religious exemption the Supreme Court on Oct. 3, 2017. Professor at from antidiscrimination law,” Soucek said. “On the the UC Davis School of Law Christopher Elmen- cake baker’s side [...] probably his best case is one out dorf focuses his work on the connections between of Massachusetts where in the annual St. Patrick’s Day law theory and political science and empirical data. parade [...] did exclude a gay rights group [...] and the Concerning this case, Elmendorf wrote and submit- Supreme Court said, ‘Yes, parades are a form of exted an amicus brief, or a friend of the court state- pression, parades are inherently expressive.’ He wants ment, on behalf of political scientist Eric McGee. to say that his cakes are also inherently expressive and The brief informed the court of the efficiency gap, that he shouldn’t be compelled to say, as he thinks his developed by McGee. cakes do, ‘I celebrate this marriage.’”

“The efficiency gap is a measure of the relative Brownstein, like Soucek, gives more credence to number of wasted votes cast for each party, where arguments that invoke the free speech protections wasted vote is defined as a vote that was not neces- of the Constitution. According to Brownstein, an sary to win any legislative seat,” Elmendorf said. argument that hinges on the free exercise clause may Elmendorf explained gerrymandering for the lay- not hold up in court given the precedent set by Emman. ployment Division v. Smith.

“Gerrymandering is the design or drawing of leg“What’s a more serious argument is the baker’s islative districts for the purpose of achieving political claim that the anti-discrimination laws application advantage,” Elmendorf said. “In this case, the judge to him in this context violates the free speech clause, district court found that the Wisconsin legislative because it compels him to communicate a message map was an unconstitutional partisan gerrymander. that he objects to,” Brownstein said. “The free speech That was a very unusual and momentous decision clause not only prohibits the government from stopby the three judges of the district court. So it was ping people from speaking, it also prohibits the govalmost a foregone conclusion that the U.S. Supreme ernment from compelling people to speak.”

Court would not only simply hear the case [...] but Regardless of the potential the free speech clause also that the court would schedule the case for oral has to protect the baker, Brownstein ultimately finds argument and would end up writing a pretty careful that cake-baking may be closer to conduct than opinion or set of opinion.” speech, which the government is able to control in Thus the court takes up the question of wheth- this case. Soucek is aware of the impact this could er the republican-drawn legislative map was offered have on the UC Davis community in the case that an unconstitutional partisan advantage in elections. the court decides on the side of the baker, whether The Supreme Court questions the decision-mak- their decision is supported by the free exercise clause ing of the lower court at the same time that it in- or the first amendment. terrogates its methods to arrive at the decision and “California is like Colorado, it has laws that whether gerrymandering is “justiciable.” protect against sexual orientation discrimination According to Elmendorf, this case is important to so if you poke holes in those laws in Colorado you the electoral process and the courts and also impor- would being poking those same holes in California,” tant to voters everywhere.

Soucek said.

“All citizens have an interest in being fairly represented,” Elmendorf said.

Trump v. Hawaii Masterpiece Cakeshop, Ltd v. Colorado Civil For the third time since he was sworn into office, Rights Commission President Trump has proposed a travel ban on cerThis case takes up the free exercise and free tain countries. This time, it will be reviewed by the

“It entails helping victims through the criminal justice process — making sure that they understand what the criminal justice process is about and working as a liaison between them, the DA, law enforcement and any other agency that they come across,” Valdes said.

The DA’s office, in turn, sends out its bilingual staff members to reach out to the community.

“There’s a number of bilingual staff here in the victim services program, being that the population in Yolo County has a large percentage of Spanish-speaking people,” Valdes said.

“We’ve been reaching out to the migrant community and the Spanish-speaking community for at least the last eight years. Ever since Jeff came on board as our DA, he started encouraging us to go out and provide services to the underserved population. A lot of us come from Spanish-speaking communities or even from migrant communities — it was natural way to go and to reach out to that community.”

Lisa Baker, the CEO of the Yolo County Public Housing Authority, collaborated with the DA’s office to bring awareness during the Spring Fling Egg Hunt.

Supreme Court. Argued on April 25, the intent of the ban will play a big role in determining its constitutionality. Professor Soucek weighed in on Trump’s discourse surrounding immigration from majority-muslim countries.

“The question is whether all the things that he said about keeping Muslims out of the country — even though he said it during the campaign and said it at the time of the first ban, because he’s never really distanced himself from that language — the question is whether we should interpret the third ban in the same way as a Muslim ban, which then would be potentially constitutionally problematic because it seems to be based in religious animus,” Soucek said.

Should the immigration law be based in fear or hate, there will not be a constitutional protection for it. Unfortunately drawing parallels to Korematsu v.

United States, in which false justification was given to support the internment of Japanese Americans, Trump’s lawyers must prove that immigration from these countries poses a threat to national security.

“What is the intent behind banning people from these set of countries, and if the intent is ‘We need to do this for national security,’ then [...] the courts are definitely going to defer to the executive branch on that. If, however, they picked certain countries because they want Muslims out, then that makes it a much worse case for the president. Korematsu [...] accepted the government’s claim that national security made the internment necessary. The government has since said that they gave misleading information to the court. Even though it’s never been explicitly overturned [...] it’s widely assumed to be one of the Supreme Court’s worst cases.”

The outcome of the Supreme Court’s decision will have an immediate and certain impact on the UC Davis community not unlike the anxieties already felt about Trump’s attitude toward migration on the U.S.’s southern border. According to Soucek, students, faculty and friends alike will find Davis inaccessible.

“The list of affected countries of course includes countries that Davis students come from and that relatives or fiancés or others of Davis students come from, and so the travel bans have certainly had a tangible effect on [...] who’s able to come here. If they’re denied student visas due to the travel ban obviously they won’t be able to come to or continue at Davis.”

Jesner v. Arab Bank, PLC Although this case has already been decided officially by the court, Martin Luther King professor of law William S. Dodge, explained how it case seems to establish a more nuanced decision in its language than its “head count.” The court here made a decision on the culpability of the Arab Bank under the alien tort statute for funding acts of terrorism.

“If you’re just counting heads, the right decision on customary international law won out, even though it doesn’t become the holding of the court,” Dodge said. “The court fractured in the case, but basically it held that foreign corporations couldn’t be sued under the Alien Tort Statute. Justice Kennedy wrote a broader opinion for three judges saying that probably corporations more generally couldn’t be sued. Justices Gorsuch and Alito wrote narrower opinions that were restricted to foreign corporations. Justice Sotomayor [...] was joined by three of

“The event is really popular, especially because of children’s activities during the spring vacation break,” Baker said. “The event often reaches families who wouldn’t necessarily come to a meeting about victim’s services or health issues such as hypertension or diabetes screening, but who will bring their children for an event and attend the fair to learn about these issues.”

The event brings together a fun tradition for kids, in addition to serving as a place where social services and health partners can make an appearance.

“We host [the Spring Fling Egg Hunt] annually at our main campuses during spring break,” Baker said. “They involve a traditional egg hunt and bunny for the kids along with a health and services fair with our social service and health partners. It gives children a fun thing to do during spring break while school is out and lets families connect with services in an engaging way.”

Ricardo Lopez, the client services coordinator for Yolo County Housing, noted how the Spring Fling Egg Hunt started.

“Our agency has held this event annually for over 7 years at our large campuses in our portfolio,” Lopez said via email. “It is designed to provide families with health, education, and social service resources through our partners and give local children the opportunity to meet our Spring Fling Bunny, with the purpose of developing wellness among our families and neighbors while building community.”

The DA’s Victim Services Division attended this year’s egg hunt in Las Casitas in West Sacramento as well as Yolano Village and Donnelley Circle in Woodland.

“We set up a table and we were passing out some of our outreach products that we have with our information on it and encouraging people that if they were victims of a crime — or if their neighbors, relatives or friends were victims of a crime — that they can contact us,” CRIMINAL JUSTICE on 11

her colleagues [...] that took the position that corporations were no different in this respect than individuals and both could be sued for human rights violations.”

This case took up the funding, by the Arab Bank through New York, of terrorist actions by Hamas in Israel, the West Bank and Gaza. Dodge filed an amicus brief given his expansive knowledge of the Alien Tort Statute of 1789, which allows the U.S. federal courts to try a case brought in the U.S. that violates the international customary law, or the law of nations.

“The question in that case was whether corporations can be sued for human rights violations in U.S. court under the Alien Tort Statute. I wrote an amicus brief [...] to try to help the court understand how customary international law rules are determined and what their relationship is to the remedies that the domestic system may provide. The brief was joined by a bunch of international law scholars, some international judges and trying to provide just the basic primer for the court on customary international law.”

In addition to the Alien Tort Statute, the Sosa standard is also significant to discourse around violation of customary international law. This standard was developed in a previous case and establishes the human rights violations punishable under the Alien Tort Statute.

Dodge explained that, while it’s incredibly difficult to charge an organization like Hamas with human rights violations, some scholars are opposed to this case being brought in a U.S. court in the first place.

“You had foreigners suing a foreign bank in U.S. court, and that was one of the reasons that a majority of the court thought that the case shouldn’t be brought here in the United States,” Dodge said. “It’s being brought to get at the folks that are funding or facilitating the terrorism because it’s hard to sue the terrorists themselves.”

Dodge finds that, despite the conflict on this level of the case, its content and aims may be extremely relevant to UC Davis students concerned with human rights and international justice. He locates this case within the realm of “accountability” for international wrongs in the domestic sphere.

“One is just the basic question of international human rights and accountability for violations of international human rights,” Dodge said. “We’re lucky that in Davis there aren’t many violations of international human rights, but there are many places in the world and many people in the UC Davis community care about what happens in the rest of the world. This case is about accountability for that.”

Animal Science Products, Inc. v. Hebei Welcome Pharmaceutical Co. Ltd. Argued on April 24, this case is an antitrust suit against a Chinese vitamin C seller to the United States. This case contends with international comity, accepting the law of another nation as represented by its own lawyers and the sometimes contradictory trade laws and consequences of two nations joined by commerce. Professor Dodge, with a focus on international law and in collaboration with another law professor, filed an amicus brief with the Supreme Court.

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In memoriam: Susan Williams Professor Williams’ colleagues share her legacy as marine ecologist, distinguished professor

BY SABRINA HABCHI campus@theaggie.org

Susan Williams, a distinguished professor of evolution and ecology at UC Davis, passed away in late April in a car accident. According to her obituary, Williams “was recognized as one of the most renowned marine ecologists in the U.S. and globally,” and she consistently encouraged other women to pursue careers in marine science.

Professor Tessa Hill, who worked alongside Williams at the Bodega Marine Laboratory, spoke to Williams’ mentorship.

“Professor Williams was the director of Bodega Marine Lab when I was hired, so she was influential in the start of my career,” Hill said.

“She also oversaw three other faculty hires the year before, so she was very influential in the growth and expanding reputation of the marine lab during that time. She was a wonderful colleague and she was a wonderful mentor to my students and other students.”

Hill also mentioned the impact Williams had on students because of her ability to give students who came to her office her undivided attention.

“She was really known for the generosity she had with her time,” Hill said. “When you sat down with her, she focused entirely on you and what your questions and needs were. That’s deeply meaningful to students who would sit in her office and ask questions and get her full attention. She was really, really generous with her

attention, mentoring students, and supporting colleagues.”

Speaking to Williams’ extraordinary mentorship capability, Hill reflected on a time when she and some of Williams’ former students nominated Williams for an award on campus.

“It was the Consortium for Women in Research and she was honored as an outstanding mentor by that group,” Hill said. “Her students and I nominated her for the award and they had a banquet to celebrate her. We were all there to celebrate with her. It was really wonderful seeing her recognized for something that she just did without being very loud or boastful about.”

Hill said that Williams “paved a pathway for women in science” throughout her career as a marine ecologist.

“She did many things early in her career that paved a path for women to follow, including being an aquanaut — she lived underwater at a research station in the West Indies,” Hill said.

“She was the first woman faculty member at Bodega Marine Lab and the first female director at Bodega Marine Lab. Women, students and other women faculty, like myself, looked to her for guidance and for examples of how we could manage this career and this life.”

According to Hill, Williams will be known around campus and in her field as a caring and hardworking individual.

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In memoriam: Janice Corbett UC Davis alumna, Cal Aggie Alumni Association, ASUCD leader described as example of Aggie Pride

BY ELIZABETH MERCADO campus@theaggie.org

Janice Corbett passed away from cancer in her home on Sunday, Apr. 29, at 47 years old. Corbett graduated from UC Davis in 1994 with a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics and psychology.

Corbett returned to UC Davis in 2003 to work as the membership manager for the Cal Aggie Alumni Association. She eventually became the associative executive director of CAAA. In the workplace, Corbett was held in high regard among her peers for her enthusiasm in all aspects of her job.

“She is a very proud Aggie” said Richard Engel, the assistant vice chancellor for alumni relations and executive director of CAAA. “She was very strict in holding to our traditions and values [...] and the principles of community that this campus has.”

In 2013, Corbett became the business manager for ASUCD, where she continued to serve Aggies by working with senators, unit directors and other ASUCD officials to ensure that the association remained financially stable and cost-effective.

Alex Lee, a former ASUCD president and UC Davis alumnus, spoke about Corbett’s dedication to serving ASUCD even if the work led to long hours at the office. Lee recounted times when Corbett would be particularly pressed for time and have to rush out of the office after hours of working with students.

“Janice was always prioritizing everyone else,” Lee said. “She’d spend her nights and weekends with us and somehow find time to make sure her kids are taken care of and go to their myriad of activities.”

Corbett’s legacy can be seen in the relationships she formed with her family, coworkers, students and friends — groups which tended to overlap.

“She looked at every ASUCD senator and elected officer as somebody she’s serving and charged to take care of, to help their budgets, to make sure they could fulfill everything they did,” Engel said.

After her diagnosis, Corbett took on the label of a “Mama Warrior” and, with the help of her loved ones, she created a collective of Aggie Warriors.

T-shirts created by Corbett, which the Campus Store temporarily incorporated into its inventory, displayed Corbett’s label of perseverance. These Warriors were an embodiment of Corbett’s definition of Aggie Pride and a display of its significance in her battle with cancer.

In her own words, “Aggie Warriors take what they are given and create amazing solutions to make a better world and UC Davis institution. [To] those who are helping me to look for the rainbows and remind me to ignore the rain, thank you for helping me to stand Aggie strong and Mama Warrior on.”

Corbett resided in her mother and father’s house in Davis during the later stages of her illness. Her father, Herb Wimmer, recounted Janice’s desire “not to make much of her illness” to others, but she received “boxes full” of cards daily. She would regularly remind her father to check the mail and the two of them would read through messages from former students and loved ones.

“It’s very heartwarming for a father to see, amazingly heartwarming to see what she meant to people,” Wimmer said.

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Black Family Day brings together family, students, community UC Davis, surrounding community celebrates 47th annual Black Family Day

BY GEORGE LIAO campus@theaggie.org

The 47th annual Black Family Day took place at UC Davis on May 19, hosted by the Cross Cultural Center. Students, family, faculty, alumni and members of the Davis community as well as people from across California traveled to UC Davis for the event.

Louis Bland, a parent of a UC Davis student, came to the event to visit with his son, who is a first-year student.

“We [have] known about the event for several years, so we thought we [would] come up and spend a day, check out the scenery and have a good time visiting our son,” Bland said. “We are here just enjoying the event, sharing the cultural experience.”

Reggie Alexis, a Davis community member, talked about why he came to the event.

“Obviously, there are not a lot of people of color in Davis, so I thought since people are gathering up and [making] it known that we are here, I just want to come and support,” Alexis said.

Student co-coordinators of Black Family Day reflected on the event. Miles Hall, a third-year English major at UC Davis and a co-coordinator of Black Family Day, offered his thoughts.

“Black Family Day is a celebration, a day of networking, a day of joy and happiness,” Hall said.

“And it is a day all of this campus facilitates an experience that does not really happen [every day].

Black students on campus are one of the smaller populations, and Black Family Day is designated

for them, their peers and their families [...] to come and to share in different activities that highlight things that are important to our culture.”

Raven Holmes, a third-year biological psychology major at UC Davis and another co-coordinator for Black Family Day, offered her impressions of the event.

“The experience varies person by person,” Holmes said. “For me, Black Family Day is not only a historical event that has been occurring for 47 years, it is a cultural celebration, a familial celebration and it is a day in which we celebrate Blackness in all forms, all ages, all shapes and all sizes.”

The event involved collaboration among the student co-coordinators for Black Family Day. “The committee made this event so special,” said Sydney Stanford, a fourth-year communication major at UC Davis and a co-coordinator. “The children’s fair, the entertainment, the food vendors and non-food vendors, those were the people that made this event so special.”

Bruce Smail, the director of the CCC, said the students who organized the event “did a great job of pulling this together.”

“There were elements of Black Panther, the movie that was very specific to the Black community, that was embedded throughout this area,” Smail said. “For instance, in the children’s section, there were games that reflected the movie. Some of the quotations on the T-shirts were indirectly connected to Black Panther as well.”

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STEPPING INTO THE WORLD OF EDUCATION

A closer look at one of UC Davis’ most influential minors

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The UC Davis School of Education was founded in 2002 on the principles of leadership, community and commitment to education. The school offers a wide range of courses and programs for students to explore — among them, the education minor. Education encompasses a diverse and robust curriculum, making it one of UC Davis’ most sought-after minors.

“We are the largest minor on campus,” said Tracy Falk, the student services advisor for the UC Davis School of Education. “We have over 300 active students. We pull from human development, psychology, sociology, English, communications, so it’s really a neat mix of students.”

Falk explained the logistical aspects of the education minor: the curriculum is not limited to courses offered by the School of Education exclusively and can include a broad array of courses from multiple fields of study.

“We have courses offered in education for the electives, [but] we also have some specific courses outside of education that are offered by different majors [that] have an education theme or an educational context.,” Falk said. “We try to give people a variety of topics to choose from.”

Falk emphasized the quality of the staff and faculty members that work in the School of Education. According to Falk, the unyielding passion for education that each faculty member possesses is what really makes the program exceptional.

“One of the most excellent pieces of the school

would be our faculty,” Falk said. “They are very committed to teaching. Being here at a UC school, they’re also very committed to research and they have active research and grants and projects, which they share with the Ph.D. students as well as their undergrad. But first and foremost, our faculty are teachers, and what students rave about is how they really enjoyed their classroom experiences and they really enjoyed working with our faculty.”

Jacqueline Rodriguez, a third-year human development major and prospective education minor, says that her hands-on research experience with one of her professors solidified her passion for pursuing education as a career.

“I want to get my teaching credential and further pursue special education,” Rodriguez said. “I took EDU 115 with Nicole Sparapani, [who] specializes in children with autism. I’m actually doing research with her right now. She’s amazing in her work and I really enjoy working with [her].”

Danny C. Martinez, an assistant professor of language, literacy and culture in the School of Education, says that the education minor aims to give students a holistic sense of the inner dynamics of education and how students can expect to apply that knowledge to their everyday lives.

“The education minor is a series of courses that allows students to get a taste of what they may be encountering in different fields within education and some of the issues that are really important for the field of education at the moment,” Martinez said. “We really want students to think about how schooling has many components to it, how complex schooling is and the attempts that people have made [...] to make schooling a better experience for folks.”

According to Martinez, the curriculum allows students to analyze education within a sociopolitical lens, incorporating many relevant issues that have molded the education system into what it is today.

“We try to make very clear the inequities that have existed in the schooling system and how some of those inequities were purposeful,” Martinez said. “Schools were designed so that a certain demographic within the United States could maintain their social positions while others continued in positions that weren’t as fortunate.”

Martinez says that having that knowledge of education gives students a more comprehensive perspective of the world, which is why students from so many different fields are attracted to the minor.

“Many of the students in my classes who want to go into education want to become teachers,” Martinez said. “I’m seeing more students who want to do education research. I have many students who are interested in [education] policy. We have students who know that education isn’t where they’re going in their careers, and they simply want to know more about the education process.”

Whether they plan on pursuing a career in education or not, Martinez believes that students who decide to explore the education minor are exposed to invaluable lessons and experiences.

“I think what’s substantial about [the education minor] is that we’re giving students a range of experiences to think about,” Martinez said. “Students who know they want to become educators, students who don’t know, or students who are just taking a GE — they’re leaving with some experience around their education.

They understand how education should be a productive, transformative experience.”

Thong Hy Huynh Awards Presented to Active Davis Community Members Four awards given to those who improve Davis community

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

Four community members and organizations accepted the Thong Hy Huynh awards for their involvement in helping improve the Davis community on Tuesday, May 15. These recipients received awards in four categories: civil rights advocacy, community involvement, young humanitarians and lifetime achievement.

The Thong Hy Huynh awards are presented each year in memory of the death of Thong Hy Huynh, a former Davis High School student who was stabbed at the school in a racially motivated incident. After his death in 1983, the award was established to raise awareness of social justice issues in the community of Davis. This award is presented each year to community members and organizations that advocate for diversity, community, social justice and equal rights. The Davis Human Relation Commission leads the nomination process.

The civil rights advocacy award was presented to Wendi Counta, the executive director of the Progress Ranch. This award was given to an individual that the Humans Rights Commision felt helped the disadvantaged and disempowered in the community. Counta and Progress Ranch give boys ages 8 to 14 facing homelessness a temporary home. Progress Ranch provides professional mental health assistance to the boys while also maintaining a homelike environment.

“I’m surrounded by people who are passionate about what we do, and we have a wonderful program here in Davis and it stands out in this field,” Counta said.

“I am strengthened daily by the resiliency of the boys that we work with, and there’s nothing like having the Davis community to support our boys. They really change because of our community and how much they [...] support them.”

The community involvement award was presented to Greg Wolfe, a rabbi who has been an interfaith leader in the Davis

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community for over 20 years. Wolfe received his award for promoting positive human relations, equal opportunities and civil rights in Davis. His congregation consists of over 260 families.

“To be able to be honored for something you had really loved to do and is so important [...] there’s really no words to express what that means,” Wolfe said. “I am so proud of [the] community for the work that we’ve done in building bridges between the two communities and of course there is a lot more work to be done.”

The next award that was presented was the Young Humanitarian Award to the Student Solidarity Task Force. The group was formed in Fall 2014 as a response to incidents of racism, homophobia and anti-Semitism. The group consists of people from many racial and ethnic backgrounds.

One of the reasons that the SSTF was presented the award was through six panel discussions, in which minority groups spoke about their experiences in the Davis educational spaces.

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“The students of the SSTF embody some of the best of this generation,” said Will Arnold, a Davis city councilmember. “A sense of responsibility based on personal experience, universal well-being and an approach to change that insists that our capacity to listen to all voices and perspectives directly affects our ability to solve all of the problems of the present and of the future.”

The lifetime achievement award was presented to Gwyneth Bruch, a Davis High School teacher. The award is given to someone for their significant civil rights efforts over a long period of time in Davis. One of the reasons that Bruch

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Graduate students in the design department at UC Davis work on many diverse projects in pursuit of their interests and passions following the completion of their undergraduate degrees. Lanwei Su, a graduate student at UC Davis working toward her MFA in design, began a project designing smart clothing and wearable devices that address healthcare and environmental issues. Her focus is on designing fashionable hoodies that provide a filter from smog and pollution. Growing up in China, where wearing surgical masks is commonplace due to the bad air quality, she decided that there should be a

better, more efficient and more fashionable way to address the issue.

“I grew up in Beijing and lived there until I was 21,” Su said. “For the past six to eight years the air pollution really intensified and has begun to affect people’s everyday lives, including mine and my family’s. It’s gotten to the point that you can smell a burnt, ashy smell every day.

You have to wear those surgical looking air masks all day if you’re outside, which I think is really inconvenient, and a lot of those masks are defective so they’re not filtering smog or any toxic gas. They’re just surgical masks that only keep your own bacteria in, not working to filter the air.”

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was given the award was because she put on drama productions that highlighted social justice issues.

“When several incidents of hate occured on the DHS campus this fall, [Bruch] announced that she would be looking for a production that would help the community understand and process events that are both well understood and difficult to reconcile,” said Lucas Frerichs, a Davis city councilmember. “[Bruch] embodies so much of what the Thong Hy Huynh award is intended for: abiding personal and professional commitment to justice and civil rights.”

On May 16, bicyclists rode for nine miles through Davis together without saying a word. Their journey was part of an international bicycling event called the Ride of Silence, which happens every year on the third Wednesday of May. The Ride of Silence originally began in 2003 after a man riding a bicycle in Texas was struck by a school bus. Now, the event has spread all across the world.

The Davis Ride of Silence started its journey at Ken’s BikeSki Board shop at 7 p.m. A crowd of around 50 gathered around the Davis Bike Club organizers, Ellen Winder and Andre Hamel. Many in attendance were part of the Davis Bike Club. Others came along to ride and remember their friends and family who died while biking.

Ellen Winder, one of those who organized the event, asked if anyone wanted to mention any of those people’s names.

One by one, people called out names of those that have died or have been injured by cars.

Brandon Wiers, standing all the way in the back called out, “Cristobal Heitmann,” with several in the audience nodding as they recognized the name. Patricia and Brandon Wiers were

not riding in the event themselves, but they had come to offer their support and remind people of how painful it can be to lose someone just so recently.

“We have a granddaughter whose fiance [Heitmann] was in a headon collision,” Wiers said.

Heitmann had just attained his master’s degree from the Department of Plant Sciences at UC Davis. He was killed on April 17 while riding his bicycle in an accident involving a motorcycle in Redding.

As the police escort arrived, everyone got ready to go. Cyclists wore red and black bands to show that they were thinking about those that have been hurt.

“Please remember to ride in silence,” Winder said.

With signs marking their procession, they biked slowly at under 12 miles an hour, culminating their nine-mile journey at the Davis Bicycling Hall of Fame. Wil Uecker, treasurer of the Davis Bike Club, thought the ride through Davis went well. Uecker started attending the Ride of Silence three years ago.

“It was well attended,” Uecker said. “Everybody stayed together.

The police escort was essential for people to stay together. The [Davis] Bike Club paid for the police escort.”

To Winder, the ride serves a two-fold purpose. It allowed for attendees to both pay their respects to friends and family as well as remind drivers how bicyclists are very vulnerable.

“I hope people who see our procession are more attentive when around bicycles,” Winder said.

Like Winder, Miller has found biking to have a significant impact on the community.

“It was really wonderful,” Miller said. “Usually I just listen to music. It’s really quiet in total silence. It’s nice exercise. It does bring awareness and attention to how vulnerable bikes are.”

Miller is no stranger to how dangerous drivers are toward bicycles.

He attended to honor a friend of his parents’ who was struck by a car right before retirement. Miller wants a bigger sign for the procession in future years. For example, he suggested that they use a trailer or something big so that drivers in particular can actually see what their procession is for.

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KILAUEA VOLCANO ERUPTION Despite breaking news, the volcano has been erupting for over 30 years

BY G R AC E SI M M O NS features@theaggie.org

Hawaii is an island paradise known for its jaw-dropping beauty, rich culture, and active volcanoes.

Located along the southeast coast of Hawaii, Kilauea is one of the five volcanoes that make up the big island of Hawaii. In the past month, the eruption of Kilauea has hit the front page of nearly every national news organization. Although a volcanic eruption may be perceived as an apocalyptic event of great concern and magnitude, this current activity is quite ordinary.

Despite the breaking news coverage of Kilauea, this is just the most recent phase in an eruption cycle that has been in effect since the early 1980s.

The effects of this volcanic eruption are predominantly localized, including evacuations and the closure of Hawaii Volcanoes National Park. However, with tourism season approaching, they are expected to have a economic impact statewide.

“Kilauea has been erupting since 1983, and so what is happening now is entirely typical of what has happened over the last 30-odd years,” said Kari Cooper, a professor in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. “It’s just that it has started in a new location recently and that’s why the press is interested in it.”

The activity is centered around the East Rift Zone, where 22 new fissures have emerged. Fissures are long cracks or openings in the ground that allow magma to surface.

“We call it magma below the surface and then lava once it gets to the surface,” Cooper said. “The fissures allow the magma to get to the surface and then you get some, what we call, spattering, meaning [volcanic rock] gets tossed out of the ground some 10 to 30 feet up in the air and then it also feeds a lava flow.”

Volcanic eruptions are often overdramatized in movies, with embellished scenes of lava encompassing entire villages, sending people running for their lives. But in reality lava is generally only harmful to immovable objects. “[Lava] is less directly hazardous to people usually because it doesn’t move very fast in this particular

area,” Cooper said. “People can typically walk fast enough to get out of the way. So unless you were caught by surprise or surrounded by a lava flow, it is very unlikely to be in danger for your life.”

Along with lava and spattering, the fissures are also emitting harmful gases into the atmosphere.

“They emit volcanic gases such as sulfur dioxide and chlorine bearing gases, which can form hydrochloric acid and steam,” Cooper said. “All magma has some amount of volcanic gases dissolved in them when they are formed deep below the surface. And then as they come up to the surface, those gases come out of solution.”

An analogy to this process, Professor Cooper explained, is like opening a bottle of soda.

“The amount of gas that is contained in the magma varies depending on the path that it has taken to the surface, and so you’ll get different amounts of gas with different phases of the eruption,” Cooper said.

“Sometimes the plume is more acid rich or hazardous than other times because of the particular nature of the magma that is coming up at that time.”

Plume referred to the steam emitted from the fissures which contains ash and volcanic gases.

“There are both short-term, acute hazards which are mainly going to be affecting people who are susceptible to respiratory problems, and then there are the long-term, chronic hazards,” Cooper said. “Say if you live downwind of it for your entire life, you might start to notice some effects.”

Colin Ferguson, a graduate research fellow in geochemistry who got his undergraduate degree at UC Davis in 2015, further explained the effects of the volcanic gases.

“It doesn’t really affect local life normally very much because the trade winds carry the gases from the main crater off the island and out toward the ocean,” Ferguson said. “And it’s always being monitored.”

Cooper and Ferguson explained that most healthy individuals are not at any major risk of inhaling these gases for short periods of time. The main threat is posed to those with already weakened respiratory and immune systems.

“Basically with volcanoes, no matter the type [of volcano] they are, where they are, you get a lot of CO2 and steam coming out,” Ferguson said. “And you get some sulfur coming out either in the form of hydrogen sulfide or sulfur dioxide. So those two main components of sulfurous gases or carbon gases can create acid rain locally.”

Again, although this may sound alarming, volcanologists and geologists express the normalcy of this activity that has been ongoing since the start of the eruption in 1983.

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ment, and then the volcanic gases are coming out, they mix with the water and then they make acid which rains out nearby,” Ferguson said. “So there has been this problem with Kona coffee for a while now where the acid rain has been attacking the coffee crop due to a change in prevailing winds.”

The effects on the agriculture near the summit is just one way that Kilauea’s eruption has impacted the island economically.

One major devastation to the locals who live near the volcano is the loss of homes and destruction of roads.

“In terms of local effect, there have been 30some houses burned,” Robert Zierenberg said, a professor emeritus in the Department of Earth and Planetary Sciences. “There are only two major roads that connect [locals] to the rest of the island.

One of those roads has already been covered by lava, so you can’t get out that way — the other road has cracks and hot gas is coming out, so it could turn into another fissure.”

According to Time magazine, as of May 25 at 1 a.m., Hawaii county has evacuated 2,000 residents in Leilani and surrounding neighborhoods.

“At this point, all the people who live on that side of the island have no way to get to their homes anymore or no way to escape from them,” Zierenberg said. “So the local effects are quite devastating to the people who live in that area.”

The more significant and widespread economic repercussions the eruption is having on Hawaii is the hit to the tourism industry.

“In Hawaii, tourism is a big part of their economy and people are canceling their trips to Hawaii because people are worried about the eruption,”

Zierenberg said. “The Hawaii Volcanoes National Park [receives] a couple million visitors a year, and right now it’s closed, so that will have a big economic effect on the island in general. So the effects are not really too worldwide, but if you live in Hawaii there can be a lot of hardship for people who have lost their houses or are losing their income because of this.”

As for predictions for how long these events will continue, experts are unsure.

“That is the question that everyone wants the answer to, especially the geologists who are in charge of volcanic safety, and unfortunately we don’t know what the volcanoes going to do,” Zierenberg said.

Cooper conveyed a similar sentiment.

“I think in volcano science we are at a stage where we could, in theory, in the next 10 or 20 years, get to the point where we could make probabilistic predictions like we do with weather now,” Cooper said.

“What we would need is a better understanding of what is going on below the surface in volcanos because eruptions are all started by things that happen below the surface. And so we need to have a better understanding of signals that we measure at the surface like changes in earthquake activity, changes in volcanic gas emissions and how to interpret that in terms of what is going on below the surface and then what that means in terms of whether something is going to erupt or not.”

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Fatal stabbing at Sonoma State University Sonoma State community shaken, supportive ALLEY PERRY / COURTESY

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Sonoma State University was the site of a fatal stabbing on Sunday, May 13. The incident occured at the Sauvignon Village student apartments, where a dispute broke out between two men. Tyler Bratton, a 19-year-old, has been accused of fatally stabbing a 26-year-old Sonoma County resident. Neither individuals involved were students.

The Petaluma Police Department has taken charge of the investigation, but was clear to assert that this incident presents no threat to Sonoma State students.

“It was an isolated event and it wasn’t random, so there is no real threat to the campus,” said Tim Lions, the Petaluma Police Department lieutenant.

“It just happened to be an incident that occured at a Sonoma State apartment.”

Notifications were sent out to students who lived in the apartments or on campus, but most students who lived outside of the apartments did not receive any type of immediate notification.

The event — which occured during Sonoma State’s finals week — appeared to have been sufficiently contained, and resources were quickly offered to students. However, complaints and concerns from students rose to the surface.

“I had a lot of friends who were upperclassmen and lived off campus that weren’t informed,” said Alley Perry, a second-year English major at Sonoma State. “My friends that didn’t live on campus were upset that they didn’t get notified and didn’t hear about it until they looked at social media.”

The university did offer counseling, alternative housing options and notifications for the students living on campus.

“We reached out to students and let them know that counselors were available, and we wanted to make sure they had a place to go, so we offered hotel rooms,” said Paul Gullixson, the associate vice

president of strategic communications at Sonoma State.

Sonoma State has also had to deal with the fires leading to campus evacuations in October 2017.

Resources were also offered after this incident, with 50 hotel rooms being reserved for students after the campus fatality. No students, however, took the university up on this offer.

“People were able to find accommodations with their friends or relatives nearby,” Gullixson said. “I think it’s just another example — similar to what happened after the fires — that people really responded with a sense of community and people really took care of each other and supported one another, and that the resiliency of the campus emerged once again.”

Violent acts occurring on college campuses, such as school shootings, have increased dramatically in recent years. Although this was not a random act of violence, the fact still stands that any event like this can be traumatic.

“It’s a tragedy that a young life was lost and of course that it took place on a university campus,” Lion said. “School should be a safe place for students to go focus on learning and not have to worry about violence [...] that is the tragedy of it.”

The Petaluma Police Department is still in the process of locating two persons of interest for this case.

“We have the suspect and don’t think anyone else was involved, but they are most likely just witnesses,” Lion said.

The Sonoma State administration believes that this event and the way it was handled speaks to the solidarity and support that makes up Sonoma State University.

“It’s been a difficult year for this region and the campus, but people have showed great strength and support and really have reached out to make sure everyone is cared for, and this showed through in the incident,” Gullixson said.

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NFL favors false patriotism

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Leaders put an "end" to kneeling with unconstitutional requirement

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The National Football League announced on May 23 that all players and league personnel must “stand and show respect for the flag” during the national anthem. Teams whose players fail to comply will be fined, and individuals who do not wish to stand may stay in the locker room and wait for the anthem to end.

The new policy comes after months of controversial and divisive debate sparked when then-San Francisco 49ers quarterback Colin Kaepernick took a knee to call attention to police brutality and other forms of injustice that black individuals face in America.

Kaepernick and all those who eventually joined him were met with contempt from many fans, who stated that the players were disrespecting the flag, nation and military through their protests.

The NFL’s top officials agreed: “It was unfortunate that on-field protests created a false perception among many that thousands of NFL players were unpatriotic.”

Yet taking away someone’s ability to protest is, ironically, far more unpatriotic than the anthem protests themselves. The flag and “The Star-Spangled Banner” are evidently symbols of the country’s commitment to freedom, justice and equality.

But, as the kneeling NFL players pointed out, America fails to fulfill such principles when unarmed black men are killed by the police and mass incarceration of people of color plagues our justice system. And when the rights supposedly secured by our Constitution are not truly upheld, individuals must use their voices and platforms to speak out against these injustices.

This is not unpatriotic. Rather, it is the epitome of patriotism: kneeling in reverence to these ideals and pledging allegiance and commitment to a better America that actually lives up to its promises.

The players attempt to shake Americans from their complacency through their protests — to disrupt their entertainment and force them to reflect on the grim realities of racial disparities. The league’s leaders, a group of all-white men, initially promised to reach a compromise with the Players Association, which represents the players, about 70 percent of whom are black. Instead, NFL leaders banned kneeling outright, ultimately sending the message that issues affecting black communities are worth turning a blind eye to — that watching football is more important than the lives of the players themselves.

Unsurprisingly, President Donald Trump — who previously referred to the kneeling players as “sons of bitches” — supports the new policy, even stating that those who decide to take a knee shouldn’t be in the country. It’s concerning, to say the least, that the leader of our country supports a move that stifles the First Amendment in exchange for the fetishization of the flag and a watered-down, intellectually lazy version of patriotism, in which citizens must have absolute, unquestioning respect for their country’s policies. This blind devotion to America is not patriotic, and Trump’s encouragement of silencing dissent that takes a critical eye to the country and doesn’t adhere to his ideology is startling and dangerous. Trump doesn’t understand — or worse, doesn’t care — that protests should be uncomfortable, disruptive and convicting.

The Editorial Board finds the NFL’s decision a cowardly, complacent attempt to muzzle free speech, a spit in the face of constitutional rights and a step backward from achieving equality for all Americans.

Incels: Misogyny on the dark web THE DARK WEB HAS PROVED FERTILE GROUND FOR MEN WHO HATE WOMEN

BY R EBE CC A BI H N-WAL L AC E rlbihnwallace@ucdavis.edu

The dark web has long been a haven for some of the most unpleasant aspects of society to burrow. This is the world of trolls and trolling, we tell ourselves; these are people who have too much time on their hands, who have nothing better to do all day. These are people who can’t stand the fact that they’re irrelevant. Nobody takes them seriously.

However, as the #MeToo movement has evolved, amplifying already controversial debates about consent and sexual harassment in the public sphere, a disturbing backlash has begun to emerge on the internet that is far more dangerous than this country might have anticipated. Specifically, an online group has emerged in recent years that calls themselves “incels,” or “involuntary celibates.” Incels declare themselves sexually frustrated and blame women for their unhappy celibacy. Some have professed a desire to create a “war on women,” and approximately three have been responsible for mass shootings in the last four years. Normally, groups like these have stayed underground, thus failing to garner much attention. But with the rise of populism in the United States and the intersection of white supremacy with deeply misogynist views, they have gained a disturbingly substantial following in the more unpleasant depths of social media and the like.

The incel movement can easily be passed off as one for “guys without dates,” a harmless subgroup for the desperate and lonely. Picture a baggy-clothed 20-something eating potato chips and watching television in a basement somewhere. But the sexism and violence

expressed in their comments is indicative of something much darker at play. Doubtless, we are living in an era where the definition of manhood is rapidly changing, where those previously in power have been taken to task for actions that just 10 years ago would not have been considered worthy of attention.

It’s this shift, perhaps, that’s partially responsible for the backlash emerging online and in the public sphere about women’s place in society. The underlying social belief that sex and entertainment are a man’s due have been called into question, and some apathetic young men, it appears, hold tight to this misogynist ideal. Interestingly, although they have limited access to the opposite sex, incels are highly specific about what kind of women they prefer. “Good” women are modest and submissive. “Bad” women speak their minds and dress provocatively. It’s a pathetic caricature that would be easy to laugh at if it weren’t so dangerous.

As a woman, it didn’t come as much of a surprise to me that there are groups like this emerging on the internet. Debates about consent on college campuses and beyond have reminded us that there remains a contingent of people who firmly believe in their own sexual supremacy and who are disinterested in the feelings and thoughts of others over their personal needs. Indeed, one only has to scroll through the comments on YouTube or Facebook or Reddit to find the underbelly of society raging at full tilt, an American subset screaming for attention and recognition. I still believe, however, that the incel movement is indicative of a larger problem in the U.S. as a whole. Our president has been accused of sexual assault and harassment, has openly endorsed a candidate who was accused of

having inappropriate affairs with teenage girls and has not hesitated to make his contempt for powerful women clear. With a White House that condones, if not accepts, such conduct on the part of the man in charge, and that has taken a deeply traditional stance on women’s professional and reproductive rights, it’s easy to see why such subgroups like incels would feel emboldened and empowered.

Incels tell me something about womanhood that I already knew but didn’t want to think about: Somewhere out there, there’s someone who hates you simply by virtue of your sex. Somewhere out there, there’s someone trying to take away your power. And somewhere out there, there’s someone who wants to harm you. There have always been people like this. But in today’s America, they’ve been given an unprecedented voice, a space that renders their actions both permissible and justified.

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Can Netflix-banning Cannes be damned?

Private data harvesting to stop Cambridge Analytica scandal ANunlikely INDUSTRY INafter FLUX FLUNKS, GETS FLACK

BY BENJAMIN PORTER bbporter@ucdavis.edu

The conflict between cinema purists and the emerging power of online streaming recently got a lot of media attention due to the decision by the Cannes Film Festival to ban Netflix films from competing for its prizes. Netflix responded by pulling all of its films from screening at the festival, canning Cannes altogether.

I take neither side in this debate because it’s stupid and shouldn’t be happening in the first place and only is happening because both sides fail to recognize what’s actually in their best interests.

This debate has been framed as a battle over the “future” of cinema and the “definition of cinema.”

One side believes that the history of cinema must be honored and that the experience of seeing a movie on the big screen is an essential part of what makes a movie a movie. Earlier this year, Steven Spielberg even claimed that films produced by Netflix should not be eligible for Oscars. Meanwhile, the supporters of streaming services believe that a film is defined based on the form, not on the method of viewing and the business model of the distributors.

As with every dispute ever, simplifying this down to a polarized two-sided argument eliminates all nuance and does a great disservice to both

sides, whose proponents become blinded to their common interests and values. The Hollywood Reporter points out the irony of film purists despising streaming services so much, even though it’s companies like Netflix, Amazon and Hulu that are actually doing more to finance the type of art-house and auteur cinema that film festivals like Cannes pride themselves on celebrating — the type of works that may not otherwise get produced.

Netflix (unlike Amazon, for example) has always stuck to the idea that its content should be made immediately available to its subscribers.

By law in France, films can’t be streamed until three years after screening in theaters. Therefore, laws would need to change or Netflix would need to compromise its business model in order for a solution to be reached. The idea of promoting and honoring films that can’t be experienced in a theater is seen as blasphemous by traditionalists.

All films made with craft, care and intent deserve to be seen, regardless of how they were produced, so it’s difficult to reconcile the strict positions of each party.

Despite this stubbornness, there are less obvious reasons that make streaming more problematic for the future of the idealized cinematic experience.

Many movies made for streaming have a TV

aesthetic that makes them incomparable to more cinematic works. More importantly, streaming services facilitate a type of passive movie-viewing experience that allows people to pay less attention, be less engaged and not be as strongly impacted or moved.

It’s true that some films simply have to be seen on the big screen because they are immersive spectacles. Respecting cinema, however, is not about the amount of surface area a screen has; it’s about the amount of attention and thought you give it. A film demands to be scrutinized with the eyes. To not give a film the attention that its creators expect is disrespectful to their effort and vision and prevents the full effect of it from coming across.

If skillful and sensitive, the filmmakers have carefully calculated this impact. In scientific fields, the varying levels of precision of measuring tools require the scientist to account for uncertainty, which increases as more different measurements are taken.

Film works in the opposite manner.

All filmic techniques, such as language, lighting, cinematography, music, pacing, editing, narrative structure and staging, can be manipulated individually to contribute an overall tone that becomes more precise as more variables

are added. The convenience of streaming services like Netflix allows people to disengage and not to be in a mindset that allows them to absorb all of these elements.

The key is to offer your focus. The size of the screen is only sometimes relevant when considering whether we have fully enjoyed, experienced and appreciated a film. What is more important is having the consideration to experience any particular film in a way that will do it justice.

For these reasons, Netflix as had a “net” positive impact because it has expanded access to films.

It’s ridiculous to be so pureist about film when nobody has the same attitude about books of Picasso works or recordings of Mahler symphonies.

While nothing beats the big screen experience, streaming services and film festivals alike must realize that ensuring a healthy future for film should be less about preserving the house of worship and more about supporting everyone’s ability to have greater access to the content. This allows people to develop stronger appreciation for film, which is the common goal.

Only when people have this degree of love and respect for film can they realize that “Lawrence of Arabia” and “Dunkirk” deserve more attention than anyone can give while watching on an iPhone on the toilet.

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Sticking

Guy going in for a drink while addressing group misses straw — and respect of his peers

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EVERYONE SAW THAT, PRESTON

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Preston Troutman, a fourth-year

landscape architecture major, had just made a somewhat witty remark to his buddy Clint’s anecdote about shopping for the perfect summer mandals when it happened. Troutman drew his Yoo-hoo milk box to his mouth for a sip, while puckering his smirking lips, only to stick the straw an inch north-east of his mouth. The straw was on a trajectory to meet Troutman’s flexed upper lip, when his groping mouth realized something was wrong, very wrong.

He managed to correct the mistake by redirecting the bendy straw in the right direction, but not before at least two others had seen. Poor Troutman

attempted to act as though nothing amiss had occurred, hoping against all odds that no one had witnessed the shameful act.

Three people at the table were not watching when the event occurred. Two people, who were acting like they didn’t hear the remark — because they were tired of Troutman’s lame jokes — were pretending to be caught in an intense philosophical conversation with one another. (“When someone smiles at you, they’re showing you part of their skeleton.

Think about it.”) One person was surfing the FriendMatch app, obviously. But Beth Rock, a fourth-year engineering major, was watching.

“What a doof!” she said when asked for a comment. “I wish I had filmed it in slow motion.”

Elisha, a third-year French major and avid YouTuber at the next table over, also happened to see and was filled with immense schadenfreude. He repressed the faintest flicker of a smile at the failure.

“That made my day,” Elisha said.

He later posted a vlog to YouTube about the incident.

“You never know what will happen on campus to turn the bleakest of Week 9 days into small, radiant moments of joy. The next time the coffee stain on your shirt looks a little too much like cat pee for comfort, or the girl from your comparative literature class hesitantly gives you the old smile and nod when you flash her a big, toothy grin and a hearty, two-hand wave, remember: Somewhere out there, someone else is making a total idiot of themselves, too.”

Breaking: Man just wakes up after Picnic Day

ONE QUICK AFTERNOON POWER NAP WENT AWRY

BY O L I V I A LU C H INI ocluchini@ucdavis.edu

On Thursday morning, third-year philosophy

major Andrew Gerber jolted awake in the center of the Quad, wearing a bro tank and clutching a Hydroflask full of not-water. With a deep breath, he released his first words in weeks.

“This isn’t the Turtle House,” Gerber screeched through the driest throat known to man.

Students armed with final exam study guides and extra coffees promptly shushed Gerber. Did he not know? It’s week nine! We do not speak!

“Did I miss the Doxie Derby?” Gerber asked as he grabbed an unsuspecting first-year by the shoulders. “Who won? TELL ME IT WAS ANTHONY WIENER!” Everyone was confused. For starters, this dude

had been splayed out on the Quad for the past five or six weeks and, to be honest, the student body had assumed it was an act of political protest.

“I mean, I thought he was protesting the amount of work put on students with the stress of having to find a job, extracurricular activities and having to study well into the night… but now I’m starting to think that he was in a comatose state and we really should have done something…”

Chancellor Gary May said.

Fellow Quad-sitters finally understood what had happened: Gerber had taken the world’s longest Picnic Day power nap. For those unfamiliar with the concept, a local Picnic Pro described it.

“The name’s Chad Slice, Ph.D.,” Slice said as he popped the tab on a can of beer right in the middle of my foyer. “I’ve been studying

Picnic Day synergy for all seven of my years here. What we see in Gerber is a classic case of the afternoon, pre-second rally nap. This is often taken at 3 p.m., in the lull of the day. What our little trooper did was forget to set that timer for an hour. He trusted his little body too much… a rookie mistake.”

Slice removed his pair of 3D glasses with the lenses popped out, which I figure he was using as a way to look smarter or something, and grabbed Gerber by the cheeks.

“Listen here, fella, I’m going to tell you something that might blow your noggin,” Slice said, squishing Gerber’s cheeks harder and harder with each word. “First of all, did you know that the daddy seahorses carry the babies? It’s wild.

Secondly, Picnic Day was over a month ago and you’ve been sleeping. You’re probably failing at

least one of your classes. I mean, I haven’t gone to lecture either, but I’ve been checking Canvas, so I get it.”

Gerber began to cry, and they weren’t pretty tears.

You know when, like, a 10-year-old starts to cry and their whole face kind of vortexes into the center of their skull like they just ate a full bag of lemons? It was like that, but with a month’s worth of stubble decorated with pollen in the mix.

“You mean… you mean I missed the second rallying?” Gerber sobbed into Slice’s shoulder.

“And now I have to take finals?”

This is a cautionary tale to all who wish to celebrate Picnic Day with the vigor of Andrew Gerber.

May you familiarize yourself with your phone’s clock app and may you never miss out on those Picnic Day nights.

All-nighter? 8am exam?

We’re here for you, day or night.

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Coffee Culture Among Colleagues UC Davis researchers find that coffee aids group discussion

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From its origins in Ethiopia to its becoming an integral part of North American culture, coffee has been consumed since at least the 15th century. According to associate professor David Kyle of the Department of Sociology, coffee consumption being accompanied by the advent of specialized coffee salons, coffee shops and break rooms has made “coffee culture” more about the social interaction and less about the drink. UC Davis researchers decided to look more into the effects of coffee during social interactions by studying the effects of coffee on individuals’ performance in a group setting.

“For centuries, coffee rituals were as much about the gathering of friends and not just the drink,” Kyle said. “For example, soon after arrival in London in the 1600s, there were already 2,000 coffee shops in 1700. They were known as penny universities because for a penny a cup you could engage people from all walks of life in sustained discussion about any topic. I’m happy to see that UC Davis researchers are turning to the social dimensions of coffee consumption and culture.”

Two separate experiments were conducted to observe the effects of caffeine on group discussions, studying both the quality of discourse

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GZA of the Wu-Tang Clan visits UC Davis to speak about science, music

Hip-hop icon and lyricist GZA visited the Mondavi Center on May 21 for the final Chancellor’s Colloquium of the quarter. The speaking event, titled “Dark Matter: An Evening of Songs and Science,” was a collaboration between the Chancellor’s Office, the John Muir Institute of the Environment and One Climate.

“We wanted to bring a new, fresh perspective on science communication and engagement — reaching students who have been traditionally overlooked,” said Benjamin Houlton, the director of the JMIE, in an email interview. “GZA’s message of empowerment through scientific thinking, using hip-hop as a vehicle for teaching science, is a wonderful example of the kind of ‘uncommon’ solutions that are needed to drive innovation in the 21st century.”

Houlton introduced the One Climate initiative during his remarks. One Climate is an interdiscplinary project among many of the innovative departments at UC Davis. The goal is to win the battle against changing climate by harnessing all the knowledge available on campus.

“We saw GZA, specifically, as a great way to help us launch our One Climate initiative because he’s a great way to showcase hip-hop as a vehicle for science,” said Sara Nichols, the associate director of strategic initiatives at the JMIE. GZA told the audience he has been working on an album called “Dark Matter” — “a cosmic journey through the universe.” The songs would be complex scientific topics told in the lyrics of hip-hop, helping to keep alive the natural curiosity in the hearts of youth. GZA is one of the partners of Chris Emdin’s Science Genius, an educational endeavor focused on “utilizing the power of hip-hop music and culture to introduce youth to the wonder and beauty of science.”

“GZA’s Science Genius and his talks on ‘Dark Matter’ focus on the art of rap and the culture of hip-hop as a key to engaging youth in STEM,” Nichols said.

UC Davis study demonstrates importance of within-state variation

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California is the first state in the nation to require solar panels on all new homes. Currently, electricity production accounts for 20 percent of all statewide greenhouse gas emissions. The mandate is an effort to uphold AB 398, a bill passed in July 2017 to reduce California’s greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent from 1990 levels.

So how will this affect owners of new California homes?

“The CEC states that while the new standard will increase the cost of building a new home by

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“It’s not just about the science — it’s about using interdisciplinary subjects to engage students.”

To begin the program, members of Sacramento Area Youth Speaks performed spoken word poems. Poems of poverty, community violence, police brutality and struggling with personal identities were contrasted with declarations of talent, acceptance and empowerment.

“As Audre Lorde proclaimed, ‘Poetry is not a luxury,’” said Vajra Watson, the director of the Office of Research and Policy for Equity and the founder of SAYS. “At SAYS, we view critical literacy practices and the literary arts as an action, a process of reclaiming oneself in relation to the world. An education that empowers [and] fosters opportunities for students to become the authors of their own lives and agents of change.”

SAYS works with students who feel disconnected or left out of the education curriculum. When students are bored in the classroom — or when the chemistry lesson in the classroom feels so trivial compared to the poverty and injustice at home or in the greater community — students can struggle or be left behind. Using music and poetry could reach these students.

“Science communication is really about listening, learning and using analogies and metaphors for greater insight and impact,” Houlton said. “It takes time and dedication. There are many different ways to communicate science, and not all of them are equally effective. I like to communicate through values and personal experience and tap into discovery and imagination, which

Unanimous vote by California Energy Commission goes into effect 2020

The California Energy Commision voted 5-0 to require rooftop solar panels on all new single-family homes and small apartment buildings up to three stories tall. The vote took place on May 9 and the mandate will go into effect on Jan. 1, 2020.

Exemptions may be made in cases where solar panels are not feasible, such as in areas with excessive shade.

Remodels of existing homes will not be affected.

Closer look at gun fatalities

In 2016, California had one of the lowest death rates from gun violence in the country. This statistic has shifted since then, but the reality is more complex than “up” or “down.”

A study from UC Davis collected data on firearm-related homicides and suicides in California over a 16-year period, from 2000 to 2015. This data came from counties across the state and was analyzed by age, sex, race and population density to determine variations between different regions and societal groups. What researchers found depended on where they looked.

“Homicide is often thought of as an urban problem — and rates were highest in the most urban counties at the beginning of our study period — but we found that rates declined substantially in these areas since the mid-2000s,” said Veronica Pear, a research data analyst at the Violence Prevention Research Program and lead author of the study, in an email interview. “In Los Angeles County alone, rates of firearm homicide declined 54 percent since 2002 (the county’s peak). As a result, rates in the less densely populated areas in the middle of the state exceeded rates in the more metropolitan counties by 2015.”

This steep decline in firearm homicides in urban areas drove down the state’s overall homicide rate, despite increasing homicides in Northern and Central California. The reasons behind these changes are unknown. Suicide rates followed a different pattern.

Since the mid-2000s, suicides by gun have become slightly more common in California despite other methods of suicide increasing in frequency more quickly.

“In the United States, it seems that the majority of the deaths from firearm violence, or more than half of the deaths from firearm violence, are suicides rather than homicides,” said Magdalena Cerda, an associate professor in emergency medicine at UC Davis and associate director of the Violence Prevention Research Program. “But in California, we found that firearm homicide accounted for more than half the deaths from firearm violence. So I think one of the interesting things to look at is why is that happening — why we find different patterns in California relative to the United States.”

Nationally, black people are the most frequent victims of homicide, but in California, Hispanics were the most frequent victims of firearm homicide, at 45 percent, due in part to the high proportion of Hispanics living in the state. This is one of many statistics presented in the study that demonstrate a need for more research in regional patterns of firearm violence. Research attuned to within-state variations could determine key factors for suicide and homicide.

“Studying firearm mortality within a state basically enables us to identify the groups who are

California mandates solar power for all new homes

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an average of $9,500, it will reduce energy-related costs by about $19,000 over the course of a 30year mortgage,” said Shaina Nanavati, a UC Davis alumna and portfolio analyst at North Carolina Electric Cooperatives.

As a result of the increase in home prices, Energy Commission spokeswoman Amber Beck said that homebuyers can expect a $40 increase in monthly mortgage payments.

Homebuyers can also expect to save money on monthly energy expenditures since it costs more to draw electricity from the grid. Beck estimates a simultaneous $80 decrease in monthly utility bills.

“And these are just the conservative estimates,” Nanavati said.

Others believe that homeowners should be allowed to make the decision to install rooftop solar for themselves rather than having to purchase homes with mandated pre-installed panels.

“People come from different backgrounds, and buying a house is not something people manage to do very easily,” said Shailaja Chadha, a third-year student studying sustainable agriculture and food systems. “An additional $10,000 can mean another five years of saving, by the end of which the house you were trying to buy is even more expensive. I think a more effective approach is to have major perks for implementing solar as opposed to forcing people to do so.”

Ultimately, policymakers will have to consider the trade-offs between short-term individual costs and long-term environmental impact.

“California has always been one of the most expensive states to live in,” Nanavati said. “But the benefit of reducing greenhouse gas emissions today is that the state will hopefully save billions of dollars in costs related to mitigating the worsening impacts of climate change down the line.”

itself and how participants felt about themselves and each other after the discussion.

“Undergraduate students who were moderate coffee drinkers were brought to a laboratory in small groups and given a group task among many other tasks,” said Vasu Unnava, an assistant professor in the UC Davis Graduate School of Management and author of the study. “In the first study, the target group consumed coffee while the control group did not consume coffee. In the second study, the target group consumed regular caffeinated coffee while the control group consumed decaffeinated coffee.”

In both studies, the researchers found that the group that ingested caffeine enjoyed their tasks more. The participants that ingested caffeine also found others in the group to be more receptive to their ideas. In the second study, researchers found that the caffeinated group was more focused on the task at hand. The results of the study show that a moderate amount of caffeine positively affects participation in a group discussion and makes participants feel better about themselves and their peers.

These results are preliminary and more research needs to be done, specifically addressing two gaps in the study. The participants in the study were coffee drinkers and participated in the study after avoiding coffee for a few hours. This makes it hard to tell if the coffee consumed in the study increased the alertness of the caffeinated participants or if the control group merely had decreased alertness. Another issue is that all of the group members had similar opinions about the topic of discussion, which was the Occupy Wall Street movement.

“One [way to resolve the gaps] is to give everyone a cup of regular coffee so there is no withdrawal effect,” said H. Rao Unnava, a profes-

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sor at the Graduate School of Management and co-author of the study.

“Following that, in a couple of hours, we can give one group caffeinated coffee and another group decaffeinated coffee and see if our results replicate […] It would be useful to see what happens when a topic is chosen that people disagree about. Would caffeine make people more agreeable?”

The current results can be applied to numerous other studies.

“There are many possible extensions of this research,” said Vasu Unnava. “We can look into group tasks that are harder to see if the effects replicate. We can look into group tasks where there will be significant disagreement and see if coffee helps. We can look into other ways of increasing alertness in people and see if our results are reproduced.”

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ARTS & Culture True crime podcasts Some noteworthy selections

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True Crime podcasts have recently garnered more attention. There are lots to choose from — but don’t worry, I did the dirty work for you and created a short list of the highlights.

My Favorite Murder — For those of you wanting to hear about different murders that have a beginning, middle and end to them — this is your show. Hosted

by Karen Kilgariff and Georgia Hardstark, these two comedians love a good murder story. They do not disappoint when it comes to their improvisation either.

For the first 20 to 30 minutes of the show, the hosts talk about their lives and current events. Then they each talk about a murder they either researched or saw on a crime show. What makes this podcast so great is that they are not just recounting facts, they are also having a discussion — making the terrible things you’re listening to not as eerie. There are currently 121 episodes and 70 “minisodes.” Like they always say, “Stay sexy and don’t

get murdered.”

Dirty John — This six-part investigative journalism piece is about deception, love and of course, murder. The podcast follows the relationship between Debra Newell, a successful businesswoman in Newport Beach, and John Meehan, the man she fell in love with via an online dating website. The podcast uses an interview format, with the host, Christopher Goffard, talking to Debra and her extended family — all of whom were all affected by Debra’s boyfriend.

Up and Vanished — This is an investigative piece involving the disappearance of Tara Grinstead who was a beauty queen and a school teacher. There are 24 main episodes, but there are also case evidence episodes, question and answer episodes and bonus episodes. What’s so interesting about this podcast is that the investigation

by Payne Lindsey actually helped solve the case. While listening to this podcast, you get a front row seat to the actual investigation.

Artist and Athlete: Maxine Aiello How Aiello balances opposite passions

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The UC Davis Basement Gallery recently showcased art from a handful of graduating seniors. In case you missed the exhibit, you can catch up here with the work of one of the artists, fourth-year economics and art studio double major William Zeng.

Focused on themes that elevate the importance of the everyday, Zeng’s artwork represents a significant departure from the subject matter of many artists, both historically and contemporaneously.

Using loose and painterly brushstrokes, Zeng’s pieces convey the frenetic energy of everyday life. The swirling motion reminiscent of completing a day of errands is consistently present throughout many of his works.

As students, many of us can relate to such demands since we typically have very busy schedules. However, these pieces do not view such situations negatively. Instead, they seek to elevate the importance of such mundane

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It seems many students have had a similar childhood experience: parents urging them to try a new instrument or sport, ultimately finding the niche activity that suits them best — often choosing between an individual artistic passion or finding joy in an athletic outlet.

Yet there are some who have found dedication in both, including second-year art studio and psychology double major Maxine Aiello.

“I have been doing art forever and really focused on that,” Aiello said. “I got really into sculpture after taking a class winter quarter, but I still do painting and drawing as well. I wasn’t super into sports, but I have been wakeboarding since I was about seven and when I saw there was a team on campus I tried it out and it kinda developed into a bigger thing.”

Aiello recognizes that each of her hobbies requires a different mindset or area of effort while participating, pushing her in different directions.

“I get different things out of both of them,” Aiello said. “When I’m making my

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“We are different” — that’s the slogan of Davis’ newest Mediterranean joint, The Halal Guys.

The eatery, described as a fast-casual food chain, is serving up classic Halal cuisine, including gyro and falafel. The restaurant is situated in assembly-line style, similar to that of Chipotle or Subway, and it’s known for its signature White Sauce.

Those who are unfamiliar may be wondering: what is halal food? According to The Halal Guys’ website, it’s a “complex melting pot of Middle Eastern and Mediterranean flavors” consisting of beef gyro, chicken, falafel, hummus, baklava and more. “Halal” refers to the Islamic dietary restrictions governing the butchering and preparation of meat.

On a late Thursday afternoon, the restaurant wasn’t busy, but it wasn’t empty either. I found the atmosphere behind the counter similar to that of a food truck, which makes sense considering that’s how Halal Guys started in the first place. It was 1990 in New York City when three founders opened their very first hot dog cart, named

moments as the foundations of life.

“I think I want people to have a feeling of gratitude toward their everyday life,” said Zeng.

“The everyday, the quotidian is something valuable and worth being honored.”

Yet another piece in the exhibit focuses on the social connectedness of individuals, featuring eclectic groups of figures. Pieces like this invite viewers to examine the relationships between the figures and groups of figures.

Through this invitation, viewers are stimulated and encouraged to consider the way in which our own lives are constructed around the social connections we experience moment to moment.

“A life is built around your family, your community and the people around you — even the people you wouldn’t feel a direct connection to,” said Zeng. “Just by physical proximity, you become part of a temporal community.”

Artists like Zeng provide a source of invaluable expression to the everyday experience of students at UC Davis.

To keep up with upcoming Basement Gallery exhibits, check out the gallery’s Facebook page.

art, it’s more emotionally expressive and helpful for me in that way. When I water ski, it’s more physically expressive.”

Moreover, time management has proven to be difficult, as Aiello often feels pulled in these different directions.

“I’ve learned that you can’t do everything all the time, and to focus on specific projects and take advantage of time that you do have,” Aiello said.

Yet, art and athletics seem to have more fundamental commonalities than initially expected. Aiello notices that both have granted her the opportunity of being comfortable with the uncomfortable — to not be afraid to fail. With her serious dedication to both art and water skiing, she has more mediums to experience personal growth through.

“Obviously the art I do is by myself, but both push me into different uncomfortable areas and trying new things and to improve,” Aiello said. “Learning how to fail is something I’ve gotten better at, and am less afraid to try new things on the water and I’m getting less afraid to make bad art and to start things and not like them later; letting yourself fail so you get better at it eventually.”

The sense of community and team makes

its way into both art and athletics “It definitely is an individual sport, but it is still very team oriented,” Aiello said.

“There is a lot of things we do together and comradery and team traditions and stuff. I definitely missed the team aspects of sports.

And with art, I still feel like I’m very much a part of the team. Most of my art classes are pretty small so you have to learn how to critique others but in a really supportive way.

Waterskiing is the same way.”

The community aspect of both creates a symbiotic relationship for Aiello; as she learns from one activity, she can improve in the same way for the other.

“I think it’s added a lot to my life to be a part of two communities; it helps me with my art getting more experiences,” Aiello said.

“There has been an improvement in my life since joining water ski. It’s good to try new things, to meet more people and have more experiences and have different conversations than you usually would [...] You can always weave it into your artwork in some way.”

Whether students occupy their time by physically training for an upcoming competition or by bending over their newest masterpiece, Aiello proves there is benefit in both — together or separate.

“The Halal Guys,” at West 53rd and 6th Ave. What started as a small street business soon turned into a renowned restaurant chain, with The Halal Guys expanding their brand all over the country and even internationally.

The menu is simple. Customers get a choice of either a sandwich or a platter, from there they can then decide whether they prefer chicken, gyro (or a combination of both) or falafel in their meal. Each platter comes equipped with rice, a small salad and pita, all topped with their famous White Sauce and Hot Sauce.

From there, visitors can also choose from a small variety of other snacks like fries, hummus and baba ganouj.

As a vegetarian, I elected to go for a falafel platter along with a side of warm pita and hummus. The service behind the counter was pleasant and moved swiftly. Near the end of the line the server squeezed a dash of hot sauce on top of my falafel. When I requested a bit more spice, the employee warned me.

“Are you sure? It’s really hot,” he said.

And he wasn’t joking. The hot sauce is seriously hot. However, if you’re into spiciness, just enough sauce provides the

perfect amount of kick to spice up the flavors of the platter.

To put it simply, I enjoyed my dining experience. The White Sauce was indeed unique, with a tasty flavor similar to that of tzatziki sauce or tahini, but not quite.

The falafel was flavorful, but not too crispy, and had a freshness to it that surprised me considering the assembly line style of service. The pita was served warm and soft with a well-sized side of hummus sprinkled in paprika and olive oil. Although the platter itself was nothing to be blown away by, it was these small aspects of the food at The Halal Guys that would make me return for another meal.

And although at first I wasn’t sure how “different” The Halal Guys could be from other halal-style foods I had tried, I could see now how this growing food chain has made a name for itself over the years. With its quick service, reasonably sized portions and convenient location, there’s certainly an appeal to Downtown Davis’ newest addition. So whether you’re a falafel fanatic or simply looking to try something new, The Halal Guys is worth checking out. It’s located at 500 1st St. and are open 7 days a week from 11 a.m. to 11 p.m.

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challenging is the social aspect of being a 14-year-old college student.

“I’ve been taking college classes with people who are older than me for seven to eight years now,” Abraham said. “I’m pretty much used to it, so it’s not too different for me. Outside of class, I like to hang out with my friends and study together.”

Abraham is set to graduate with a B.S. in biomedical engineering this spring, which he says is his proudest accomplishment.

“I’m really excited to be graduating,” Abraham said. “I think the fact that I’m going to be graduat-

ing from UC Davis at 14 years old in what I believe is one of the hardest majors out there is my greatest achievement.”

Starting next year, Abraham will continue to pursue his education in the biomedical engineering Ph.D. program here at UC Davis. Following the Ph.D. program, Abraham hopes to attend medical school and become a doctor, medical researcher and even someday become the president of the United States.

“I want to be a doctor so I can help people,” Abraham said. “I want to bring biomedical innova-

tion to the clinic like new diagnostic and therapy tool to people who really need them. [And] I want to become president because I want to change the education system in America and I want to allow people to pursue they want. I faced a lot of challenges getting to the place that I am today and I know that there are a lot of smart kids out there who also face a lot of challenges and want to pursue an education who can’t.”

Abraham would like to thank his parents and his sister who have continually supported his journey over the past eight years.

SUSAN WILLIAMS According to Cherr, Williams also wrote up a proposal that received funding for “top undergraduates all over the country to come to the Bodega Marine Lab to study for eight weeks.”

Another influential program Williams brought to the Bodega Marine Lab was one under the National Science Foundation.

Cherr said that this program benefited numerous people across a spectrum.

“This was a program that would take graduate students’ research and have the graduate students incorporate it into K-12 schools locally in the school systems,” Cherr said. “It was a benefit for both graduate students and the K-12 students because the graduate students and Susan would work really closely with teachers that were in the classroom so they could meet the core curriculum they were required to meet in science with a hands-on approach.”

When asked what made Williams unique, Cherr said that she appreciated work even if she didn’t fully

understand it.

“She understood and appreciated the interdisciplinary nature of what others did,” Cherr said. “She could look over somebody that was doing biochemistry or molecular biology and could appreciate the value of that, even though she might not completely understand it. I think she always had the big picture in mind.”

Hill described the ways in which she would remember Williams and the long-lasting impact Williams had on her.

“I will remember Susan as being an incredibly strong woman who also was deeply caring and fun and funny,” Hill said. “She supported people and saw people as whole people — we weren’t just scientists at work, she understood that we had other things going on in our life. She was like that too: she had a full, amazing life and an amazing husband and an amazing family and wonderful adventures around the world. I think that’s something we should all strive to do.”

beyond. Their friendship extended so far as to see Corbett plan the wedding of Lee and her husband, Mu Chou, in 2016. The couple returned to Davis from their home in Hong Kong to provide company for Janice in her final days.

“She just loved life,” Lee said. “And life loved her.”

Corbett’s memorial service was held on Tue., May 8. Her sister, Nancy Veatch, delivered a eulogy to family and Janice’s friends, among whom were over 10 years of CAAA employees.

“Janice lived her life guided by the hallmarks of our upbringing. Our parents, Herb and Christine,

always taught us to treat others with respect, to do the right thing when no one is looking, and most importantly to make the world a better place by working hard, living selflessly and exhibiting integrity and character in all you do. These lessons shaped Janice into the person she became. Even though she has now left us, I believe that she would want all of us to continue on in her mission to make the world a better place.”

Janice Corbett is survived by her husband, Larry, her sons Anthony and Dominic, her parents, Herb and Christine Wimmer and her sister and brotherin-law, Nancy and Steve Veatch.

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Corbett made lasting relationships in every space she worked in.

“There were many students that Janice served as their mentor but there were also students who looked at Janice as more than a mentor,” said Milton Lang, the former associate vice chancellor for student life, campus community and retention. “They looked at her as a teacher, as a coach, and some of them even looked at her as a parent; they respected her that much.”

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turns of this investigation made Serial one of the most popular podcasts to date. This specific murder case is the basis of the first season and has 12 episodes.

Hollywood and crime — This podcast is little different from the previous ones because it involves

reenactments. The premise of this podcast is trying to understand and piece together the golden era murders of Hollywood.

There is a heavy focus on the Black Dahlia murder case and the subsequent murders that might be tied to it.

class is normally taught in summer session, so if the eruption stabilizes and the park reopens we will try to offer the class. But right now it’s uncertain.”

When Zierenberg taught this class in the past, one of his students was Colin Ferguson, who was an undergraduate geology major focusing on volcanology.

“It’s a dream class,” Ferguson said. “One of those incredible experiences you’ll never look back on and regret having spent time in Hawaii studying an active volcano.”

With the class scheduled for Summer Session II, it is unclear whether the state of the volcano will allow geology students to travel to Hawaii for the field program.

“This eruption could stop tomorrow, it could be going on 10 years from now in the same place, and we really have no way of knowing that,” Zierenberg said. “But with each eruption we learn a little bit more and hopefully with every eruption will get a little bit better at answering those kinds of questions, but mother nature is in charge — we are not.”

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summit and has had instruments monitoring the volcano for the last hundred years.

Within the UC Davis Department of Geology, students have the opportunity to gain field experience by studying in Hawaii. Geology 138 is a unique summer session undergraduate volcanology course that travels to Kilauea to study at the summit.

“We wouldn’t be able to run it right now because the national park is closed and the students stay right at the summit of the volcano at what’s called the Kilauea military camp,” Zierenberg said. “The CLUB CRICKET CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

“One of the goals we have set for ourselves for the next school year is to host a tournament between UC schools,” Murali said. “We just had a successful small tournament with clubs in Davis and hope to make this an official UC Davis club for future tournaments.”

For people who are interested in cricket and

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first time, or as a refresher. We want students to be as comfortable in interview situations as possible. If we can take away anxiety about which fork to use and other protocol issues, our students can focus on the conversations and interactions, which means more opportunity to ‘Shine’ while they dine.”

Cirilo Cortez, the director of the Chicanx and Latinx Retention Initiative and the Student Center, spoke about his department’s contribution to the dinner.

“Initially, having the event at [the] center was one of our objectives to empower students by preparing them with preparation for what life will be like after they graduate,” Cortez said. “We do a lot of collaboration with the ICC, so, with a grant from Chevron, the idea was to bring a professional who is very familiar with dinner etiquette. Since the mission of the [ICC] program was to provide these opportunities to underrepresented students given we serve one of the Chicanx populations, it was very appropriate for us to host it here and open that up to the larger community as well so that we can create awareness of the new center.”

Cortez then offered his thoughts on the dinner.

“I think that these opportunities are very effective and beneficial,” Cortez said. “I think about my experience as an undergrad and not having too many of these opportunities in front of me and how I would have benefitted from having those as an undergrad going into my professional career. Skills that we take for granted [... are] so important when you are networking and getting to know future supervisors and colleagues in the professional world.”

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MURDER PODCAST Serial — This is another investigative podcast that follows the case of the 1999 murder of Hae Min Lee and the following conviction of her ex boyfriend Adnan Masud Syed. Host Sarah Koenig investigates this case to find the truth: is Adnan, the accused, actually the murderer? The twists and

Valdes said.

The program serves as a reference for those who are being prosecuted and will continue to raise awareness about such resources available to the migrant community.

“Every time that there is a case being prosecuted — when it’s a violent crime — it is referred to the Victim Services program,” Valdes said. “An advocate is appointed to that case, and we work in unison with the DA to be able to include the victim to have a voice in the criminal justice system.”

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“Her legacy is absolutely one of an incredibly hard-working, rigorous scientist who worked at the interface of some of the most interesting science, but also science that mattered to people and impacted people,” Hill said. “She cared very deeply about making sure that people had access to that science, that any person — senators, members of the media, students — had access to it.”

Another one of Williams’ colleagues gave multiple examples of Williams’ leadership and successes at the Bodega Marine Lab. Professor Gary Cherr knew Williams at both UC Davis and the Bodega Marine Laboratory.

“She was instrumental in working out details to bring four new faculty residents to the Bodega Marine Lab, which was a big deal at the time,” Cherr said. “She was also instrumental in acquiring our research vessel; it’s a 42-foot unique vessel and it’s something that she worked at both with financing and the details for us to be able to have a research vessel for coastal oceanography.”

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what the club has to offer, the good news is that no prior experience is required to join.

The club members are confident that once you join, you will fall in love with everything cricket has to offer.

“For people who are interested but don’t know anything about the sport, we are planning on host-

ing some information and practice sessions starting next [school] year,” Suresh says. “Cricket is that sort of sport where when you watch people play you automatically want to play, and I can give you my word that if you try out the sport at least a few times we will try our best to see how you can best fit in with the sport.”

are, to my mind, universal traits of humanity.”

GZA told the assembled crowd that he was “a scientist by nature, not by trade.” As a child, he was fascinated by electricity and was curious about its properties. He recalled static shock from carpets at home. A cousin who had plugged a kitchen utensil into an electrical socket was burned, but GZA’s family said it would have been worse if the cousin wasn’t wearing shoes with rubber soles. Another story was about being a youth in a Staten Island classroom and being asked to write something on the chalkboard.

Every time he would grab a piece of chalk from the tray, he would receive a shock and was curious what caused the phenomenon.

“Teachers could leverage hip-hop, but first they have to attune themselves to the music and attune themselves to what their students love to listen to and why,” Watson said. “Moreover, many students fathom the science of life — as GZA discussed with his friend who survived an electrocution because he had rubber-soled shoes on — but we rarely engage urban youth as natural scientists. Instead, we try and convert them to the sciences and this mismatch often fails to genuinely excite them about their own genius.”

Educating students can take many forms. Using art and music to share the wonders and mysteries of science is one way to reach students and inspire them. As GZA said about the universal language of the world, “All living things have music within them.”

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BOTH EXCELLENT BREATH FRESHENERS BEFORE A POTENTIAL KISS...

BY TERRY HUDSON

arts@theaggie.org I felt slightly transplanted out of Sacramento.

The restaurant looked like it belonged in Fisherman’s Wharf because there was lots of seafood and all the men had beards. But everyone else was dressed like Taylor Swift during her “Red” era.

Don’t worry, this wasn’t all just in my head; we were discussing this together and it made me like him even more. A defining characteristic of mine

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is that I notice the subtle details around me, so meeting someone that shared my investigative nature helped the conversation move along.

I ordered fish n’ chips, and he got pasta with clams (both excellent breath fresheners before a potential kiss). I hadn’t eaten all day so I was not eating gracefully — at all. He noticed and said, “It seems like you have a big appetite.” To which I replied, “Yep — it’s a bottomless pit!”

We talked about school and compared how awful our classes were. He was an engineering student, so he won that argument. I told him the hardest thing I do every week is figure out a story to write about in the newspaper. He wanted to be an engineer because he sought to create something that would stand the test of time. Meanwhile I wanted to write because a jumble of words can facilitate change and make you laugh along the way.

He said he admired that and I thought to myself — I’ll give this one a chance.

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suffering the most firearm violence and who, therefore, should receive more attention in terms of prevention and resources,” Pear said. “As an example, our study found firearm suicide rates to be three times higher in rural than urban counties.

County officials can use this information to inform how they allocate the county budget, perhaps putting more money into mental healthcare resources for rural residents. Public health practitioners can also use this information to target interventions to the groups at highest risk.”

Both future and current programs would benefit from more detailed information on firearm violence. As national firearm injury rates appear to spike and controversy over Second Amendment rights continue, knowing which projects have

made a difference in minimizing firearm casualties becomes all the more important.

“California has led the efforts to decrease firearm morbidity and mortality in the U.S., including expansion of background checks for all firearm transactions, limits on magazine rounds and a recent program to recover firearms among people who bought firearms legally which became prohibited afterward, among other programs,” said Alvaro Castillo, a postdoctoral fellow with the Violence Prevention Research Program. “The effectiveness of these programs is not well known yet, and that is part of the goal of the California Firearm Center and the Violence Prevention Research Program at UC Davis: to evaluate those programs and to provide information for decision making.”

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Dodge notes two primary questions guiding the case, the first being establishing the correct representation of the Chinese law that compulses sellers to fix prices and the second being the liability of sellers in the U.S. given the correct interpretation of Chinese antitrust law.

“The first question is, ‘How does U.S. court determine what foreign law is?’ That’s the question the U.S.Supreme Court decided to hear. There’s another question of what effect that should have then on their liability under U.S.antitrust law. The brief that I wrote basically just suggested that the

court should not decide that second question because the decision that the second circuit made [...] is in fact inconsistent with the way the Supreme Court has approached this question in two different lines of cases. I didn’t want the Supreme Court inadvertently, in deciding the first question, to prejudge the second question.”

This antitrust case, the decision for which has not yet been made by the Supreme Court, was heard by the second circuit court of appeals previously. That court decided that not only should U.S.courts accept Chinese law around price coordi-

nation as represented, it should dismiss the case based on international comity.

Dodge is fascinated by this case, especially in the context of the second question that the court could answer and the potential culpability of Chinese vitamin C producers profiting in a U.S.market. Furthermore, Dodge can identify the impacts that the outcome of this case could have on UC Davis.

“Consumers benefit when companies have to compete, whether that’s vitamin C sellers or people who sell the coffee that fuels UC Davis students.”

“Back when it got started, many of the students of color were trying to find sort of some space to recognize their experiences,” Smail said.

“I think the Black community was trying to find an event that brings together the Black community. It just became a tradition that annually there will be this big event that brings together Black students, faculty, staff, people from the community [and] the Bay Area. I heard stories of people coming from all the way from Southern California.

It is really an opportunity for the Black community to get together as well as the UC Davis community to come and experience the Black community as well.

Most of all, Smail is proud of his student staff and thankful for their

work.

“I am absolutely pleased with the work that the committee has done in celebration of the African diaspora in the community,” Smail said. “It is a huge event, because it does not happen in a few weeks.

They are planning all year long for this event. I think strategically all of these big events are in the Spring Quarter, so it allows our students to prepare in the Fall and the Winter. Our students are meeting on a weekly basis to talk about all the cultural events. They are working with their committees to plan their specific events. They are working with staff and community members to identify performers and doing contracts and making sure the word is out in the community.”

that she’s explored and the way that she’s thinking about it as a business, an engineering challenge, a fashion challenge and pulling it all together in a way that’s super exciting to see how far she’s come in a really short amount of time.”

He notes how, with the diversity of professors with ranging backgrounds and areas of focus, students may rely on the help of different professors in varying ways.

“A lot of times, for me personally, we help students figure out ways to work efficiently,” Maiorana said.

“Since my expertise is around prototyping, a lot of what I’ve helped Lanwei do is think about what are really fast ways to learn about some of the challenges that she’s facing.

There are certain technical things about filtration systems or masks or filtering that she knows way more about than I do. And because I’m working with so many different students, it would be impossible for me to be an expert in all of those different areas. What I can do is help them think about how to explore those things really efficiently and effectively. Some of the technological things she’s uncovering is way deeper than I could ever go because that’s not my domain area, but that’s quickly becoming her area of expertise.”

With the backing of her team and committee members, Su recently entered her project in UC Davis’ Big Bang! Business competition, which provides a forum for UC Davis and outside communities to collaborate, develop and test out business visions and plans. The competition offers resources for team building, education, mentorship and networking for aspiring and early stage entrepreneurs.

“I’m doing the Big Bang! competition and I’m one of the semifinalists right now,” Su said. “There

were 63 teams in the beginning and I think we’re in the Top 6 teams now.”

She notes how the competition, while giving her a place to compete for prize money and recognition, also gives her an opportunity to further develop and expand on her project.

“In the competition, the judges give you feedback and sometimes give you a mentor to help guide you and help you think about a business model, the revenue stream and financial position,” Su said.

“It helps give you more a business plan, which has helped me think of a different way that I can get into a design entrepreneurship.”

While Su is still working on developing and refining her smart clothing, she’s excited for what the future has in store for her and her passion project.

“I liked the idea to incorporate my project into a business,” Su said.

“I really want to work on this and develop it into a start-up — that’s my vision.”

Bri James, the founder of Scrumpt, a lunch subscription service for kids, and winner of the 2015 Big Bang! Competition, began her business as a side gig in her apartment with her mom. She’s now expanded to deliver lunch for Bay Area families and delivered over 42,000 meals in 2015. She noted her entrepreneurial mindset and how important it is to share ideas that may initially seem out of grasp for an individual on such a small scale.

“Your idea is worthless if you keep it to yourself,” James said in an interview with the Davis Enterprise. “‘I had the idea for eBay before it was ebay, or Uber before it was uber,’” she says of her friends.

“Kudos to all those who got their ideas out there.”

form and Genius Sports for quite some time. These companies act as compliance agencies for the leagues and monitor betting activity around the world. If any unusual or suspicious activities are happening on the betting market, they will pick it up and immediately alert the leagues to conduct an investigation.

For example, if a large amount of money or wagers were suddenly placed on a certain team out of nowhere, that would be an automatic red flag.

Let’s just say the Raiders and 49ers are playing each other in an upcoming game and the 49ers

are favored to win by 6.5 points.

Normally, you would expect the percentage of wagers placed on each team to be somewhat even.

If a significant amount of money is suddenly bet on the Raiders on the night before the game, especially from a small number of sources, that could be a sign of potential corruption.

Overall, the Supreme Court’s ruling will have a lasting effect on sports as we currently know them.

It’s just a matter of time for each state to enact its own laws and regulations, before we can go all-in on this new generation of sports.

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Hall expressed how he felt to have his family attend Black Family Day. “It means a lot to me personally to have a family day here because family is first to me,” Hall said.

“My parents have come up last year and this year was extra special because I was part of the planning for the day and [my family] got to see what myself and my peers’ dedication transformed into tangibly. To me, having them here means that it is a confirmation that I am active.

When they are actually here, they get to see my friends, what the university looks like and how I move about the university and the campus; it really is a great thing.”

Smail spoke about the history of the event.

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getting the student section really riled up. Their energy actually helps the game,” Rakela said. “I remember one time, we were playing against Cal Poly and everybody was cheering and screaming and I could see the coaches and the players looking back at us on Cal Poly’s team. For me, being an MC is so fun when you can see everybody having a great time in the crowd.”

Managerial economics major Kevin Zhao, another second-year intern and MC for Aggie Pack, reflected on a men’s soccer game he attended last year. The level of support the game received inspired him as a leader of Aggie Pack.

“It was a really packed game [...] and part of the reason of why [people] were there is that they wanted to be there,” Zhao said. “They wanted to show their support. It wasn’t just friends and family; it was actually a lot more people from the campus. One of my goals with doing this entire

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gig is to see students come out [to sports games] because they want to come out and support their school. I want them to have fun and to show some school spirit.”

First-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Anysa Razaghzadeh added to her colleague’s sentiment, sharing how Aggie Pack has impacted her college experience.

“I think that my favorite part of being involved in Aggie Pack has been the connections it has brought me,” Razaghzadeh said. “I have met so many amazing people, and many of them have become lasting friends. It has also made me love UC Davis even more than when I first came here.”

Aggie Pack continues to expand, with a growing staff, new projects and enthusiasm –– all in hope of leaving lasting impressions on its crowds and enriching the sports experience for UC Davis’ fans.

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While the issue hits close to home for Su, she noted how her passion for fashion and freedom of expression also drove her towards her project.

“The air masks make people appear sick,” Su said. “They strip people of their individuality because they have to wear such bland masks all the time. That worried me a lot. One time I was with a group of my friends and we were all wearing the air masks, but one of our friends, who was very interested in fashion, was not. She told me that she would never wear the air masks because of their appearance, and I think that was part of what inspired me to start this project as well.”

Su’s program is the UC Davis MFA in design, a graduate degree that unites theory and practice in a two-year program that encourages human-centered and sustainable design practices. Students collaborate with faculty within the department to blend individual-focused research and practice with an understanding of key issues in history and theory.

Su works with several UC Davis professors, including Tom Maiorana, an assistant professor in the Department of Design. Maiorana noted how enjoyable it is to be able to work with students on projects they’re so passionate about.

“Lanwei’s project is really exciting just because it has a really human component,” Maiorana said.

“It’s there to help people address the need of protecting themselves from smog, but doing it in a way that allows them to still be fashionable and express themselves. I think that’s a really neat need that she’s found to be able to explore that sort of thing. It’s also really exciting because Lanwei’s so committed to doing that project that it’s been fun to see all the different avenues SPORTS BETTING CONTINUED FROM PAGE 13

more details on the matter: 2.1 percent of Division I men’s basketball players and 1.2 percent of Division I football players had received requests to alter the outcome of a game that they were personally involved in. In addition, 0.8 percent of men’s basketball players and 1.3 percent of football players admitted to placing wagers on their own teams.

The NCAA has continued to try and combat this issue through educational programs such as the “Don’t Bet On It” initiative.

The NBA and MLB have already been employing sports data agencies, such as Sportradar, Per-

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SPORTS EXPANSION OF BETTING TO CHANGE SPORTS FOREVER Supreme Court’s latest ruling opens door for individual states to legalize sports gambling

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The United States Supreme Court officially repealed the Professional and Amateur Sports Protection Act of 1992 early in the morning of May 14, clearing the way for every state in the country to offer legalized sports gambling.

The ruling stems from a lawsuit between the state of New Jersey and the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL and NCAA. The Supreme Court made the decision that PASPA was unconstitutional.

From now on, it is up to individual states to determine if they want to allow sports gambling and, if so, come up with their own rules and regulations.

According to the American Gaming Association, Americans illegally wager about $150 billion every year on sports. Back in February, an estimated $4.7 billion was bet on Super Bowl 52, with only about 3 percent of that amount wagered legally.

With easier and safer access to sports gambling now, there’s no reason to believe that those numbers won’t continue to grow in the near future.

This ruling will stand to have a tremendous impact on all sports in America, at both the professional and collegiate levels.

The major sports leagues will surely end up receiving a cut of this revenue from bookmakers. Already, the NBA and MLB have publicly advocated for 1 percent of the profits, in order to fund compliance

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“GENTLEMAN’S GAME” MAKES ITS WAY OVERSEAS TO DAVIS Following cricket club at UC Davis

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Seeing the oval-shaped stadium and watching players take the field may cause people who have never seen cricket to wonder, “Isn’t this just baseball?” While similar to baseball in many different aspects of play, cricket is a completely different game — it was deemed the second-most followed sport in the world to soccer. With the first documented game of cricket taking place in England in 1646, this incredibly versatile, world-renowned sport is making its 5,000-mile journey to UC Davis in the form of the cricket club.

“I think the versatility of the sport is what makes it so unique,” said Ajay Suresh, a third-year electrical engineering and psychology double major and the club’s co-vice president. “People watch other sports with simple stuff and they make complex games out of them, but cricket is already a complex game with multiple formats to play in. So many things can affect it [the match] like dew on the grass or even the

efforts that would ensure the integrity of the game remains intact. After a closer look, this seems like an unreasonably high asking price. Sports bookmakers typically have a profit margin of around 5 percent, so in reality the leagues would be asking for about 20 percent of the money, which just isn’t realistic. No matter what happens, the leagues will be financially compensated one way or another because without them, sports gambling would be nonexistent.

This ruling will also possibly change the viewing habits and motivations for people who watch sports.

Betting will give people a reason to tune in to games that they would otherwise have no intention of watching. This will clearly affect stadium attendance and television ratings and drive engagement and interest even more. All of these things are very positive signs for the major sports leagues of the United States.

Sports gambling will also be a lot more visible in our society with this new legislation. The United Kingdom provides a preview of what to expect over here in the near future. Bookmakers have an incredible presence all over English soccer, with top sponsorship deals and naming rights to many of the teams. There are numerous stadiums that are named after bookmakers and many teams have these companies printed on their jerseys. In addition, these bookmakers run their own shops on seemingly every corner of every little town and city in the UK. With the levels of technological advancements player’s mood that day that can have a huge affect on the outcome.”

Started a little over two years ago, the cricket club at UC Davis was created to bring people together that admire and are curious about playing and watching the sport.

“The club was initially just friends getting together that love the sport,” said Akshay Murali, a third-year civil engineering major and president of the club. “We thought: why not take it one step to further to make it an official group and gather more people who are spread across campus to take it to another level.”

The cricket club plays at Arroyo Park in Davis, where it gives tips to newer players and teaches the sport to more people. The club is constantly gaining members, enough to play a full 22-player match.

There are countless types of people showing up to the matches, from players to spectators and admirers of the sport.

“It is basically for everyone because I am not a player,” said Namrata Vimal Kumar, a third-year chemical engineering major and the club’s other covice president. “I am a watcher and I am still an integral part of the club. We have socials where people can just come and get together to learn about the sport and we are always welcome to talk to people who have questions about it.”

While getting together and playing matches is the main aspect of the club, there is no limitation to the boundaries that the club occupies themselves in.

“We try not to limit ourselves in term of just playing on field,” Suresh says. “Cricket is a very versatile sport and people can follow it from the outside without actually playing like fanclubs, and we are open to that.”

For the future, the hope is to make the club an official UC Davis Campus and Recreations club sport and expand the sport throughout the campus.

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and innovation in our world today, as well as the growth of data systems and statistical analysis, the sky is the limit for sports betting. Don’t be surprised if, in the next decade, fans have the ability to walk up to a concession stand at a stadium, place bets on the game they’re watching live and collect their winnings all at the same time. The types of bets will go far beyond the traditional winners, losers and point totals.

One of the primary concerns regarding the idea of legalizing sports betting is the potential for “the integrity of the game” to be compromised and the outbreak of practices like point shaving. It’s not difficult to imagine a scenario in which players, coaches or referees are caught fixing a game to accommodate point spreads and game totals.

Point shaving scandals have been a commonplace

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While many factors contribute to the fan experience at college sporting events, one of the loudest is the student spirit section. Their energy can significantly impact the way fans, students and student-athletes alike think about sports games.

Since being founded in the winter of 1993, UC Davis’ Aggie Pack has grown to become the largest student-run spirit organization in the entire country. A unit supervised by ASUCD, its mission statement is concerned with increasing attendance –– specifically student attendance –– for sporting events on campus, with the ultimate goal of cheering loudly and supporting UC Davis’ athletes and their teams. Membership of this student-spirit group is completely free for all UC Davis students, and the group receives designated seating sections in Davis stadiums; Aggie Pack even provides their members free blue T-shirts to wear during sports games and also gives students the opportunity to

occurrence over the years, especially in NCAA men’s basketball, and numerous investigations have been conducted to prove it. Obviously, the NCAA has bylaws in place that forbid all student-athletes and athletics department officials from betting on sports.

Student-athletes automatically lose all of their eligibility if they’re caught being involved in any way.

The NCAA has conducted studies on sports betting among student-athletes in 2004, 2008, 2012 and 2016.

The 2016 study revealed that “11 percent of Division I football players and 5 percent of men’s basketball players reported betting on a college game in their sport (but not involving their team).”

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win tube socks, blue-and-gold beaded necklaces and free food. Students involved in Aggie Pack usually lead the student section in various cheers, chants and games.

As a veteran MC for Aggie Pack, third-year political science and psychology double major Kasey Carlson explained what goes into deciding which sports are given MCs. “We really focus on the student experience and the fan experience more generally for ticketed events,” Carlson said. “So that’s basketball, football, baseball, soccer, and these aren’t ticketed for students, but for the general population they are, so they bring in money. We want to make sure that people are leaving happy, so we put a lot of energy and effort into those. It’s just [about] where it’s appropriate and where we can hype people up for ticketed events.”

Aggie Pack, like many other college student sections around the nation, works to take care of the fan side of sports. For ticket-buying fans, spirit sections are a source of enthusiasm and entertainment.

They hold games and competitions during breaks in play, provide various free merchandise and add a positive energy to the game’s atmosphere. Being a part of a spirit section as a student also allows one to become part of a community and make new friends.

Enthusiastic student sections can also have an effect on the athletes competing. Home teams may experience a case of home field advantage with the roar of their fans behind them, while visiting teams may find the loud student section to be much too distracting.

MC Desi Rakela, a second-year communication and cinema and digital media double major, recalled a particular game where UC Davis’ Aggie Pack was able to make its presence known at Aggie Stadium.

“My favorite part for the football games is just

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Hammon makes history in process despite outcome

BY B RA D L EY G EI S E R sports@theaggie.org

After breaking the glass ceiling in 2014 by becoming the NBA’s first female assistant coach, Becky Hammon has made NBA history yet again. Hammon, who first made her name playing 15 years in both the WNBA and overseas leagues before her coaching, became the first woman to be interviewed for a head coaching job in the NBA. Though the job eventually went to former Atlanta Hawks head coach Mike Budenholzer, the fact that Hammon was interviewed was an important step toward a league which can truly call itself inclusive.

Though male coaches such as NBA legend Bill Laimbeer have become commonplace in the WNBA, the NBA has been slow to adopt the same level of inclusivity. Aside from Hammon, the Sac-

ramento Kings are the only other team to have hired female coaches, with former WNBA player and coach Jenny Boucek hired as a player development coach. Before Boucek, Basketball Hall of Farmer Nancy Lieberman worked on the Kings bench for one season in 2015. Prior to her short stop in the NBA, Lieberman served as head coach of NBA D-League’s (now the G-League) Texas Legends and is slated to become the first female head coach in Ice Cube’s Big3 basketball league, as she was hired by the team Power in March.

Although the act of interviewing a coach can often be an uneventful process in which many different people are considered, Hammon got far more attention than the average candidate because of its historic meaning. Some of this was positive, with current Spurs head coach Gregg Popovich voicing his support for

Hammon’s future as a head coach in the league. Spurs Center Pau Gasol, who has spent the last two seasons playing under Popovich and Hammon, also voiced his support for Hammon in a piece he wrote for The Players’ Tribune. While many people across the league and sports world voiced support for Hammon’s future as a coach, others were quick to voice dissent over the opinion.

While interviews rarely garner this amount of attention, people across the internet and in the media began to claim that Hammon would be “skipping in line” over men who they viewed as more qualified candidates, sparking a debate on whether Hammon’s four years under an all-time great head coach and 15 years as a professional player were enough for her to warrant such an interview. Responding to the controversy, outspoken ESPN NBA analyst Amin Elhassan

joined in the dissection, tweeting his own concerns over Hammon’s interview: “It’s not that hard. Name the last head coaching candidate with / - no prior NBA playing experience / - no prior meaningful head coaching experience / - less than 5 years assistant coaching experience, of which all has come from the second row.”

The path to becoming an NBA head coach is a tough one which most players and assistants will never conquer.

Although Hammon has put more time

on an NBA bench than recently fired coaches such as Jason Kidd and Earl Watson had put in when they first took head-coaching jobs, many still ignore her past accomplishments and experience in ways which male candidates most often do not face. As of now, no men’s team in any of America’s top four sports has ever hired a female head coach, and while Hammon may eventually break that glass ceiling, the road to doing so will always be met with opposition.

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