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News iN BrieFUC Davis files lawsuit against U.S. Bank for breach in contract

On Friday, UC Davis filed a lawsuit against U.S. Bank for a breach in their contract. U.S. Bank allegedly broke their agree-ment with UC Davis on March 1 when the bank announced the

closure of its branch on campus. The closure of the branch came after UC Davis student protesters blockaded the bank in an attempt to get them off campus. The bank either closed early or did not open

on over 30 separate days. Twelve of these protesters now face misdemeanor charges by the Yolo County District Attorney. UC Davis Spokesperson Claudia Morain commented on

the lawsuit in an interview with The Davis Enterprise. “We did it reluctantly after sev-eral months of trying to resolve it and avoid litigation,” she said. “We did it in the best interest of

the campus community, which the agreement was intended to support. We remain open to a negotiated solution.”

— Hannah Strumwasser

Republican presidential candidate stops by UC Davis

ASUCD scholarship applications due by May 8Ron Paul promotes message of “liberty,” bashes big government

Thousands in scholarships available to all returning

undergraduates

By MICHELLE MURPHYAggie News Writer

Thousands packed the Quad last Thursday evening to attend the campaign ral-ly of Dr. Ron Paul (R- Texas) where he spoke about the “fight for liberty.” The republican presiden-tial candidate’s emphasis throughout the night was pro-moting liberty and reducing the power of the government. ”We really need a revolu-tion because we are not mov-ing in the right direction. This country has drifted off so it’s time to change the direction. We have to argue the case for freedom,” Paul said. For 45 minutes Paul criti-cized the war in Afghanistan, the Federal Reserve, the Patriot Act and the actions of the Drug Enforcement Administration in overriding states’ drug laws. “Federal Reserve is an in-strument for the growth of big government, as well as an instrument for undermin-ing liberty. The more govern-ment does, the less liberties we have,” Paul said. Paul also spoke about the need to repeal the Patriot Act — stating that American citi-zens should not have to sacri-fice liberty for safety. Paul was received with cheers of “President Paul” and the crowd chanted “End the Fed” throughout the eve-ning. An estimated 3,000 peo-ple showed up to hear Paul speak with some perched in trees to get a better view of the candidate. Mike Pinter, third year chemistry graduate student and leader for the Youth For Ron Paul at UC Davis, was happy with the turnout and hoped people enjoyed Paul’s message. “I really think he is polish-ing the way he presents a lot of

By MAX GARRITY RUSSERAggie News Writer

ASUCD’s newest scholarship aims at trying to alleviate financial burdens that nearly every undergraduate stu-dent experiences. The scholarship consists of four $500 scholarships and three $1,000 scholar-ships and is given out during Fall and Spring Quarter. Eligibility for the scholar-ships consists of being in good academ-ic standing (at least a 2.0 GPA), having no current disciplinary sanctions and being a returning undergraduate student. Students who have various skills and achievements, such as exceptional lead-ership capabilities or are a first genera-tion college student or who have provid-ed service to the community, are encour-aged to apply. “This is our association’s attempt to lift financial burdens off of students,” said third-year political science, internation-al relations and human rights major and ASUCD Vice President Yena Bae. “We’re trying to put money back into student’s pockets.” The original endowment for the schol-arships was started in 1999 with a $50,000 transfer of funds from the ASUCD Reserves to the ASUCD Awards Endowment Fund. Ten percent of the accrued surplus at the end of each fiscal year is transferred to the scholarship fund to be allotted to scholar-ship winners. Up until last year the endowment had been somewhat forgotten. “For the past four years it kind of got pushed off to the side,” Bae said. Last spring, former ASUCD Vice President Bree Rombi and former Senator Andre Lee kick-started and helped pass Senate Bill 63 which brought back the scholarships and created the ASUCD Scholarship Committee. “It is a great opportunity for under-grads,” said Publications Coordinator at the Internship and Career Center (ICC)

Nathan Chan / Aggie

republican presidential candidate, ron Paul, visited the UC Davis campus Thursday night.see PAUL, page 2 see sCHOLArsHiP, page 4

Q & A: Anthony Palmere

UC Davis student to represent California at the Democratic

National ConventionSam Mahood is the youngest male elected from his district

Meet Unitrans’ new general manager

By STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN

Aggie News Writer

The Aggie: What does the position of general manag-er entail?Palmere: “The General Manager is the career staff person responsible for Unitrans. Because so many of Unitrans essential func-

tions are performed by stu-dents under the supervision of student managers, much of what the General Manager (GM) does is related to pro-viding direction, advice and mentoring for students. The GM, like the other Unitrans career staff, provides conti-nuity for the overall direction

By ANI UCARAggie News Writer

On April 29 the Democratic National Convention Caucus for the 3rd Congressional District was held in Fairfield, California. The 2012 Democratic National Convention will be held in Charlotte, North Carolina this up-coming September. The ballot consisted of eight candidates –– all males of differ-ent backgrounds. In this district, males and females run in sepa-rate elections with four spots al-lotted for females and three for males, with one additional spot for an alternate. Running on the platform of “Energy-Activism-Dedication,” was 22-year-old graduating se-nior, Sam Mahood, a political sci-ence and communication double major. Alongside Mahood were his two running mates, Secretary-Treasurer of the California

Federation of Teachers Jeff Freitas and Chairman at City of Woodland Parks and Recreation Commission Joe Romero. “We are running because we believe in the Democratic Party’s core values and President Obama’s vision for the country,” read their campaign flyer. The caucus was open only to registered Democrats living in the 3rd Congressional District. With the support of their friends and co-workers, Mahood and his running mates swept the votes and were declared the three offi-cial delegates for the district. Ecstatic about their victory they are, “going to be amongst dele-gates throughout the country and we are all going to be working to-ward the same goal of getting President Barack Obama re-elect-ed,” Romero said. Mahood accredits his early involvement and energy to the

Shazib Haq / Aggie

Anthony Palmere is the new General Manager of Unitrans.

see UNiTrANs, page 2

Zach Land-Miller / Aggie

sam Mahood will be attending the Democratic National Convention to vote for President Obama’s renomination.see DeMOCrATiCs, page 3

I have an enemy. It is an old enemy, and like any great adversaries, we

cannot seem to do without each other. Like the Joker to my Batman, I know this enemy will forever taunt me, and that nothing but one of our deaths will end our fearful standoff. Who is this enemy? If you know me personally, you will have already guessed. Yes my friends, my great nemesis is the sun.

I am a very pale girl. The picture up there above this column doesn’t do my pallor jus-tice; if I float too low in the waves at the seashore, life-guards evacuate the beach due to sightings of a Great White shark. When I go ski-ing I have to wear a mask, or the children will become convinced they have seen an empty parka and pants jetting down the mountain. I can’t skydive naked — they would lose me in the clouds. I don’t tan, is what I’m saying here.

Ok, quick aside. I’m aware that this pale skin has afforded me white priv-ilege my entire life and will continue to do so. Sunburn is nothing compared to a lifetime spent experienc-ing the subtle and overt rac-ism that people of color deal with on the daily. You know what I bet really stings? Being treated like a second-class citizen.

Whew! Now that we’re past the heavy stuff, let’s get to the science! What is a tan? It’s actually pret-ty straightforward. UV rays stream down from that smug son-of-a-gun up there, strike us fragile lit-tle gut-sacks, and cause all kinds of havoc with our DNA. The DNA starts to get all screwy or whatev-er the science term is, and the rest of the cell is all “yaaaargh, damage alert!” The skin turns red to block even more damage, and if you’re a natural tanner that red eventually converts to brown pigmentation on your skin cells, also known as melanin.

Here’s a cool thing. You know how sunburns feel warm? That’s all the blood rushing to the site of the damage to try and repair it. I don’t exactly know how blood fixes body damage

but it’s still a cool thing to know, right?

Now here’s something I wondered. Why on Earth did a certain group of peo-ple in the U.S. get so in to tanning, while in other places people bleach their skin to get paler? Well, as with so many of my ques-tions, the answer to this one is, “fancy French wom-en and colonialism.”

So in the 20’s, Coco Chanel was basically the most important rich lady on the planet. She’s the person behind the brand Chanel, and back then she was the shizz; no rich bored woman’s wardrobe was complete without one of her suits. Coco was also a Nazi sympathizer and pos-sible spy, but that’s neither here nor there.

So our girl goes on a vacation to the French Riviera, comes back with

a sun tan, and the for-merly pale-obsessed high society dames are like “what

the what?!? I want one of those!” Just like that, be-ing tan went from signaling that you were lower class and had to work outside, to showing that you could af-ford vacations to the Riviera and bikinis made of uni-corn hair or whatever.

Meanwhile, in the colo-nized countries Europeans had spent centuries insist-ing that they were intellec-tually and physically su-perior to the dark-skinned people they were busy op-pressing. For example, in India the British followed an explicit policy of select-ing the lightest and most amenable local people — who were often mixed-eth-nicity — to designate as their next-in-commands, basically bumping them way up the new class hier-archy and giving them all kinds of privileges. In a lot of places the attitude that pale is preferable has stuck. And you can bet your boo-ty that America’s new cul-tural colonialism, from the Hollywood films that flood foreign markets to the mostly white top-40 radio stars, haven’t done much to change the association be-tween whiteness and power and glamour.

So yeah. Now we live in a world where Tan-Mom be-comes an internet celeb-rity for putting her 6 year old daughter in a tanning booth and putting her at risk for skin cancer, and women across the world risk horrible facial scar-ring in pursuit of paleness. Coco Chanel, I am so mad at you!

If you were also surprised that this turned in to such a serious article, feel free to e-mail KATELYN HEMPSTEAD at khempstead@ucdavis, because sometimes even frivolous columnists get mad about social justice issues.

It’s Friday — the night is young and you and your crew are trying to de-

cide what to do. Pregame? The bars? Biking? Walking? 10 p.m.? 11:30? The demo-cratic decision-making pro-cess, as you know, is slow. Getting five people up and out the door takes sophis-ticated coordination and considerable effort Thankfully, Guinness re-leased a clever video earlier this year, featur-ing a high-ly-trained sheepdog and seven dudes, to help struggling souls round up their friends. The video demonstrates an effective way to herd your friends away from the couch and into a pub (that, of course, serves Guinness). The tried-and-true practice of sheep herding, using equal parts fear and coercion, is one way to rectify your case of Friday night indecision. But if a disciplined border collie isn’t at your disposal, I’d like to propose an alternative. Meet group MMS — the best thing since sliced bread and your new best friend. You can send a text to multiple people and those recipients can re-ply to the whole party. No one is left behind because all the responses are cat-alogued into one running thread. Every person in-cluded in that group MMS will have received that text and will have the ability to respond. For once, you and your crew can be on the same page, at the same time. Unless you are the friend not included in the group text — which feels a lot like Angelina Jolie’s leg at the Oscars — just a bit out of touch. The problem with group messaging is that it is large-ly proprietary. In other words, if you don’t have the same kind of phone that your friends do, you won’t be able to group text with them. The pity. The non-Blackberry-us-ing friends of Blackberry users were the first to ex-perience group text FOMO (“fear of missing out”). BBM, aka Blackberry Messenger, created an ex-clusive club of crazed mo-bile addicts. They tapped away until their thumbs

were nearly defunct, but not for nothing — BBM was a great service. So great, in fact, that Apple stole it for their (very) similar iMes-sage software so that iP-hone users could vigorously exercise their thumbs too. What made BBM so ad-dictive? Its utility, which is why other mobile mak-ers were so eager to incor-porate the same product into their phones. The best-loved feature of BBM was probably its real-time deliv-ery and read receipts. BBM users can also send mobile instant messages, pictures, audio recordings, map lo-cations, files and emoticons to each other over the data network or Wi-Fi. If the net-work isn’t available, mes-sages are sent as SMS (stan-dard text messages). All this will sound famil-iar to iPhone users because, well, Apple took the tech-nology as their own when

they un-veiled iMes-sage last fall. Google Voice brought group mes-

saging and the like to Android users …but still, the problem of proprietary software remains. That one friend with the wrong cell phone will just have to be left out of the group text, like Angelina Jolie’s leg. But there are apps, lots of them, trying to fill that gap in the mobile space. Kik, who offers what BBM, iMes-sage and Google Voice do for free, may be the most popular multi-platform messaging app. But I pre-fer Skype’s group messen-ger, GroupMe. At Coachella, holding up glowing neon sticks just didn’t cut it — my group relied on GroupMe to keep in touch. You can view a map of your group’s loca-tions and send or hide cer-tain messages in the thread. Facebook Messenger is another such app allow-ing its users to reach their Facebook friends who are on their phones or the web. This Facebook app stands on its own, apart from the normal mobile app which is probably why it runs so well. The mobile sphere will only see a rise in group messaging apps in the fu-ture to meet the desire for real-time collaboration tools. Since these apps al-low you to send messages for free, charging for texting may have run its course. It’s also a nice nod to the days of AIM — the days of group chat and knowing when your buddy is typing. Group MMS is indisput-ably practical but there is one downside — the con-stant stream of pings from friends who never stop, in the words of Ke$ha, blow-ing up your phone.

NICOLE NGUYEN wants to know when you feel FOMO. Contact her at niknguyen@ucdavis.edu.

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today energy institute Spring 2012 Seminar Series12:10 to 1 p.m.1003 Kemper HallJoin Dr. Paul Erickson, Associate Professor, Dept. of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, UC Davis, as he discusses The Use of Structured Catalysts to Enhance Steam Reforming of Natural Gas (Hydrogen Production). There is no cost and all are welcome to attend. Vanderhoef lecture7 to 9 p.m.International House Davis, 10 College Park in DavisAttend this talk given by UC Davis Chancellor Linda Katehi. She will be delivering the third annual Vanderhoef Lecture on international education. A reception will be held at 6:30 p.m. with her talk beginning at 7 p.m. For more information call (530) 753-5007. Uc davis dance team tryout clinic 8 to 11 p.m.Upper Hickey Gym, Main GymAttend this clinic to prepare for 2012-13 UC Davis Dance Team auditions. Clinics are highly encouraged for everyone who is interested in being on the team.

tUeSday Birds, wildlife, people & architecture of india7 to 9 p.m.Florence Douglas Senior Center, 333 Amador, VallejoNapa Solano Audubon member John Glover will show photos from a recent trip to India. Join him on the journey viewing ancient architecture, people and the wildlife of this

fascinating, colorful country. The Audubon general meeting starts at 7:00 p.m. and the program will be presented at 7:30. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. For more information, go to www.napasolanoaudubon.com.

wedneSday walk with warrenNoon to 2 p.m.Arboretum Gazebo, Garrod DriveJoin Arboretum Superintendent Emeritus Warren Roberts for a lunchtime stroll. Enjoy the glorious spring weather, see the demonstration flower gardens in full bloom and get a little exercise. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu. dance dance davis: final rehearsal6:30 to 8:30 p.m.Vanderhoef Studio Theatre, Mondavi CenterAttend this final rehearsal for the UC Davis flash mob occurring at 6:30 on May 9 at a surprise location on campus. All participants must attend. Kp Meeting of the 43rd annual whole earth festival7 to 8 p.m.Student Community Center (across from Chem 194/Bike Barn)Learn the history of the festival, reconnect with your loving community, schedule Non-Violence Training, explore KP responsibilities and discover a little bit about yourself.

Battle Heart disease7 to 9 p.m.FreebornHelp battle heart disease with this event sponsored by Alpha Pi Sigma. There will be free face painting and a raffle.

This ASUCD Senate meeting was scheduled to begin Thursday at 5:15 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the May 3, 2012 meeting location, the Mee Room in the MU. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 5:17 p.m.Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, present, arrived late, left earlyYena Bae, ASUCD vice president, presentKabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, presentJared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, presentBradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, presentJustin Goss, ASUCD senator, presentAnni Kimball, ASUCD senator, presentPaul Min, ASUCD senator, presentDon Gilbert, ASUCD senator, presentJoyce Han, ASUCD senator, presentErica Padgett, ASUCD senator, presentBeatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, presentPatrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, presentYara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, present

appointments and confirmationsJosh Oelfat was appointed to City and County Affairs. presentations Don Ho said Creative Media is trying to add three new programmers and graphic designers, which would cost Creative Media $31,000. They are also looking to new ways to bring in income. He said they are working on the branding of ASUCD. He said they were thinking about pooling the publicity line items from other units together to get the $31,000.

A representative from Aggie Pack gave a presentation on the unit. Goss asked why the Aggie Pack Firetruck was not completely fixed by Picnic Day, as the senate table had been promised. Executive director UCSA Matt Haney and

president of UCSA Claudia Magana gave a presentation on the group. They discussed the history and the goals of UCSA along with its victories over the past couple of years. They mentioned that the day of action will be May 17 in Sacramento and they have been meeting with the UC Office of the President regularly. They summarized their projects and goals for this year. Internal Affairs Commission Chair Sergio Cano asked what they wanted Davis to do in relation to their presentation. Haney said that ultimately they would like Davis to re-join UCSA, but that all Davis students are invited to lobby with UCSA whenever they would like.

Unit director reportsMadeline Soriano, director of Cal Aggie Camp, said training weekend was last weekend. She said that they have 46 new staff this year. She said they are more than halfway full for campers. public discussionWendy Lu said that the ASUCD Fair is on Wednesday.

Crisologo Smith said he does not think budget hearings should be held on Whole Earth Festival weekend and that it would be rude to do to WEF coordinators — especially because WEF is an ASUCD unit.

Controller Melanie Maemura said that this conversation was taking away from the importance of budget hearings and that Budget Hearings unfortunately had to be scheduled for that weekend so senators would have enough time to discuss the budget. Meeting adjourned at 12:43 a.m.Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu.

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his policies and philosophy. Obviously, the foreign policy, drug war and civil liberty stuff is on the forefront, but just the basic message of liberty, I think is really starting to resonate with people,” Pinter said. “The way he presents it makes a lot of sense.” Paul’s libertarian, small gov-ernment campaign is unlike both President Obama and republican presidential candidate, Mitt Romney, according to Pinter. “Both sides of the political spec-trum are being financed by the cor-porations that are destroying this

country through the help of the gov-ernment of course,” Pinter said. Yet, not everyone in attendance was moved by Paul’s visit. “I think it was kind of weird that [Paul] came here. I mean, most peo-ple are unregistered or registered democrat, so he’s not going to get much out of this at the primary. I feel like Ron Paul is kind of a silly figure. I don’t know if people are taking him that seriously,” said first year envi-ronmental policy analysis and plan-ning major Thea Walsh. However, senior civil engineer ma-jor Brandon Jones was impressed by Paul’s campaign approach. “The other political candidates are pretty party politics. He seems to be a lot more moderate, which I like,” said

Jones. Paul has been appearing at colleg-es and universities across the nation, including California universities such as UC Berkeley, UCLA and California State University Chico — with a min-imum of 5,000 people in attendance. Paul is one of two republican can-didates left campaigning for the GOP nomination. According to the New York Times, 1,144 delegates are needed to secure the nomination. Mitt Romney currently has 847 dele-gates and Paul has 80 with 962 dele-gates remaining. The California republican primary will take place on June 5.

MICHELLE MURPHY can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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of the organization, as well as longer-term projects such as budgeting, grant management and capital projects. I also work close-ly with our partner agen-cies, especially the City of Davis, as well as other campus departments.”

What do you hope to bring to Unitrans?“Unitrans is a remarkable success story of a campus and community service so I want to continue the sense of pride in what has been accomplished in its 45-year history. I also want to make sure that safety and cus-tomer service remain our primary objectives. Having been in the public trans-portation industry for over 30 years, I bring a sense of perspective and knowledge about other transit systems and how that can help us make improvements.”

What is the best part about working for Unitrans? Are there any cons?“I think the best part of working for Unitrans is en-ergy and intelligence of the people who work there — both the students and ca-reer staff. It is a real treat to see the creative solu-tions that they come up with when confronted with a challenge. I also enjoy be-ing part of the city and cam-pus efforts in encouraging alternative transportation. Davis is a well-recognized leader in that area. The dif-ficult part about the job comes every spring when we lose so many great peo-ple to graduation. Of course, we are happy that they are moving on to in their cho-sen field, but it is a little sad to have to say goodbye to so many people who have put so much of their time and talent into Unitrans.”

What are three words to describe the Unitrans community?

“Dedicated, energetic, fun.”

What characteristics do you look for in a Unitrans bus driver?“Initially, we look for some-one who is responsible and interested in customer ser-vice. Once the driver train-ing process begins we also look at their progress in driving a bus safely — which they must master before be-coming a driver.”

What’s your favorite bus route?“I like to ride the bus on weekends, especially the O line, and see the diversity of our ridership going to lots of different destinations.”

What is a pet peeve you have about bus passen-gers?“My pet peeve is actually with car drivers who do not let a bus back into the traffic lane when it is pulling out of a stop. The bus may have 40 or more people on it wait-ing to move, but the one

person in the car feels like they have to get in front of it and keep all those people from getting to where they are going.”

Where do you see Unitrans heading in the future? What can be improved?“I think the key for Unitrans’ future is sus-tainability — both envi-ronmental and financial sustainability. Unitrans is a key ingredient in a more sustainable transporta-tion system for the cam-pus and the city and it needs to be part of a menu of transportation options which allow people to live car-free (or at least with reduced auto-use). At the same time, the only way it can perform that role is if it is well-managed and forward thinking so that it has the funds needed to keep improving its service and facilities.”

STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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By Karina Contreras Aggie Arts Writer

Shelly Gilbride decided that because she wasn’t teaching or writing she would do something crazy: start a flash mob in Davis.

“[It happened] when I wrote a paper about people engaging in art not only in classrooms or dance halls,” said Gilbride about starting a flash mob.

Not only did she decide to do something that has never been done before in Davis, but she also took all of the steps for the dance routine from the people in Davis. She cataloged dance steps for two weeks and strung them all together.

During the rehearsal held at the Davis Art Center on Saturday, Gilbride and around 29 people practiced the dance routine that will take place Wednesday, May 9. This re-hearsal was one of the four rehearsals for those who will be participating in the flash mob. Currently 170 people are registered to show up and dance.

“When I started this my goal was to get 100 people to do it,” Gilbride said. “I don’t know how many will show up.”

While Gilbride teaches Davis citizens and students, she also tells them where her inspiration for each dance move came from. Some dance moves came from her two one-year-old boys while others came from random people in Davis.

“I went up to some boys and asked them to show me a dance move,” Gilbride said. “They said they didn’t like to dance and I asked them what they did like and they re-plied that they liked to fight.”

From these boys, Shelly came up with a dance move for the flash mob dance

routine. Shelly wants the Davis flash mob to

be a creative shared experience between Davis residents and students. There are 30 flash mob participants who are in modern dance classes and 20 to 30 peo-ple who know the dance routine well in

the community.“I didn’t want the dance moves to be

hard so I took some dance moves from be-ginning dance class,” Gilbride said.

The inspiration for the opening routine move came from the bicycles in Davis and while Shelly was showing everyone the move a little girl said something that in-spired her even more.

“We [people] don’t move our hands [back and forth] while bicycling,” the lit-tle girl had said and everyone laughed. Gilbride then said “Well, we will be ab-stract bicyclists.”

“I want to bring dance in peoples’ lives because it’s fun,” Gilbride said. “For the actual day of the flash mob those people who know the dance well should go to the front so others can watch.” There will be a live band who will play while the flash mob performs the dance routine.

Shelly moved from New York City to Davis and has lived in Davis for six years.

“There is a vibrancy here that is under-appreciated. I don’t know if I could do this flash mob anywhere else — especially in a place like New York City,” she said.

The final rehearsal will be held tonight at the Mondavi Center from 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. and the actual flash mob will be held at a Central Davis location on Wednesday, May 9 at 6:15 p.m.

KARINA CONTRERAS can be contacted at arts@theaggie.org.

Dance Dance DavisDavis flash mob to be held on Wednesday in Central Davis

By MUNA SADEKAggie Associate Editor

In response to the Cruz Reynoso Task Force Report that investigated the November 18 pepper spraying of student dem-onstrators, the University has re-leased a series of proposed action items to improve campus protest management and administrative communication.

The investigation was re-quested by Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi and was headed by Former California Supreme Court Associate Justice Cruz Reynoso. Reynoso was appoint-ed by UC President Mark Yudof.

Announced last Wednesday, the proposed action plan will include review of campus po-lice operations and a heighten-ing of university constituent in-volvement in major decisions. The University said efforts are al-ready underway.

In the report, the Reynoso task force highlights its expectations of the University to implement all recommendations while con-sulting campus community stakeholders.

According to the proposed ac-tion plans the University will as-sign a campus task-force to make revisions to campus policies, concerning free speech and civ-il disobedience, as well as to im-prove communication between administration and the campus through the creation of a cam-pus Community Council.

“[The campus Community Council] intends to proactively

engage in community dialogue and community building,” the report states.

It will serve as a medium for communication between ad-ministrators and staff, students, alumni, emeriti and community members.

“The Campus Community Council is an important step toward greater collaboration among campus stakeholders precisely because it is so inclu-sive — with student, academ-ic, staff and administrative rep-resentatives gathering regular-ly to address issues of impor-tance to them,” said UC Davis Spokesperson Barry Shiller in an e-mail interview.

The task force report also calls for “external review of UC Davis police department pro-tocols and procedures,” which the University responded to by involving the California Commission on Peace Officers Standards and Training (POST) to review Police Department operations.

In the event of another fu-ture large scale incident, the task force recommended the development of National Incident Management System/Standardized Emergency Management System compliant procedures and protocols to es-tablish uniform procedures to assist in properly managing the event.

The University will also review its Principles of Community so that it is better implemented and will create a system wide in-

ter-agency support system that would require the support of campus decisions by parties who are involved or responding.

Kase Wheatley, a sustainable agriculture and food systems ju-nior and a student who was pep-per-sprayed, is not convinced of the University’s efforts.

“It’s the same thing every year… they come up with ‘rec-ommendations’ to make the campus a ‘safer’ place then they slap the word ‘community’ or sustainable on whatever the change in policy is,” he said.

Kroll Report recommenda-tions are also included in the proposed action plans. They un-derscore the importance in the establishment of a well-defined structure of operating rules for leadership through identify-ing what constitutes acceptable and unacceptable protest be-havior and scheduling formal meetings.

Shiller said improving campus protest management is a top pri-ority for administrators.

“It clearly also matters a great deal to students, faculty, staff and the entire UC Davis community. Clearer, contemporary protest management policies, police re-forms and better administrative coordination and decision-mak-ing protocols are all important steps in ensuring that our com-munity never again experiences what occurred last November,” he said.

On Friday, UC officials re-leased a separate report that ex-amines policies and practices in

regard to UC-system responses to campus protests.

According to the Friday press release, UC President Mark Yudof appointed General Counsel Charles F. Robinson and the dean of the UC Berkeley Law School, Christopher F. Edley Jr., to identify an ideal set of prac-tices that should shape univer-sity responses to future dem-onstrations following incidents of police involvement on the Berkeley and Davis campuses last November.

Edley and Robinson met with students and staff in public fo-rums at various UC campuses to discuss the 50 recommenda-tions which will remain public for three weeks to allow time for public comment before they are implemented.

“This report highlights the re-sponsibility, shared by all mem-bers of the university commu-nity, to ensure that the rights of free speech are respected – in fact honored – and that peace-ful, lawful protests exist on our campuses. At the same time, it is important to recognize the role that civil disobedience may play in such demonstrations and the attendant consequences,” Robinson said in the release.

E-mail and YouTube vid-eo comments will be accept-ed until May 25 at campuspro-testreport.universityofcalifor-nia.edu and will be taken into consideration when drafting the final report.

MUNA SADEK can be reached campus@theaggie.org.

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State Senate approves four Wolk measures

The State Senate voted on Thursday to approve four mea-sures by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis).

One of the initiatives, Senate Bill 1274, allows Shriners Hospital for Children in California to bill insurers for services provided to patients with insurance coverage. The legislation aims to enable the hospital to pay costs and maintain services for patients without insurance.

The measure provides the hospital with a narrow exemp-tion from state law prohibiting hospitals that directly employ physicians from billing for ser-vices — a law to protect physi-cians’ ability to make indepen-dent patient treatment deci-sions. The bill was passed with a 36-0 vote.

“Shriners Hospital serves over 30,000 children with highly spe-cialized health conditions in California every year, regardless of their insurance coverage,” Wolk said in a press release. “My aim is to ensure this charitable organization can continue to provide these children with top notch care.”

The Senate also approved three other Wolk initiatives in-cluding SB 1219. This measure continues the state’s plastic bag recycling program, set to end this year, and continues the col-lection of other plastic products accepted by the program.

SB 1495 prevents delays to time-sensitive operations at the Port of Stockton. SB 1415 clari-fies state law to ensure certifica-tion of health and type of trees grown to produce olive oil and promote a healthy olive indus-try in California.

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environment he grew up in. “We are lucky because Yolo County is a great place for young people that want to get involved politically,” said Mahood. As the only delegate from Davis that won, Mahood was also the youngest male to have been elected from the district. “I relish being the youngest delegate,” Mahood said. “I am proud to represent the young people for they truly are a huge part of the Democratic Party.” “It really means a lot to be young and to go to the Democratic National Convention,” Romero said. “We get to go and see the President and represent California!” As an active member in the Davis College Democrats (DCD) chapter on campus since he was a first year, Mahood attributes every-thing he has learned and been involved in to the organization.

Representing the official branch of the Democratic Party at UC Davis, the DCD, “aims to dispel the image of youth apathy by engaging young people in the political system by registering voters and working to increase youth turnout in elections,” said Executive Director of the Yolo County Democratic Party Kelsey McQuaid. According to Mahood, the chapter’s energy, encouragement and contribution played a vi-tal role in his win. “As Sam’s home chapter, it was our re-sponsibility to support our candidate in whichever way possible,” said current DCD President Albert Aramayo. “We organized carpools to Fairfield and our members helped Sam talk to all the voters that were present.” As the president of DCD during the 2010-11 school year, Mahood said “the organization has opened so many doors for me,” Mahood said. “Over the past few years, Sam has not only represented the DCD, but he has rep-

resented UC Davis in the state level serv-ing as the Vice President of Finance of the College Democrats,” Aramayo said. “I now look forward to what he will be doing in the national level.” Mahood and his running mates have now become endorsed by prominent elected of-ficials and Democratic leaders such as State Senator Lois Wolk, Assemblymember Mariko Yamada and Woodland Mayor Art Pimentel. In the time leading up to the big conven-tion Mahood and his partners will be fund-raising in an effort to pay for the expenses of getting to Charlotte, NC. Hoping to gain further support, “we will be looking to form a political action committee,” Mahood said. Those interested in joining the team are encouraged to contact Sam Mahood at sm-mahood@ucdavis.edu. The Davis College Democrats meet Wednesdays at 6 p.m. in Olson 106.

ANI UCAR can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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By DOMINICK COSTABILEAggie Features Writer

The responsibilities of being a UC Davis student can sometimes interfere with that nostalgic urge to just get outside and con-nect with nature. A common compromise could be taking a stroll through the Arboretum. Multi-tasking by taking in the spring bloom and possibly making some progress on an assignment. But there is another place not very far away from campus — another environ-mental refuge that encourages direct in-teraction with the deep natural history and habitat surrounding Yolo County: Stebbins Cold Canyon Reserve. Located 45 minutes west of Davis, be-tween the Putah Creek State Wildlife Area and Lake Berryessa off Highway 128, Stebbins is a nature preserve operated by the University of California’s Natural Reserve System (NRS). Before becoming a part of the NRS in

1980 a handful of UC Davis professors were using the space to take their classes out for natural history training in the 1960s and 70s, said Reserve Director Jeffrey Clary. “There were investors that were going to develop the land into a dirt bike type of area until UC Davis purchased the land and it became an educational as well as recreational resource for UC Davis and the community,” Clary said. Today, visitors can hike along Putah Creek, observe wildlife and conduct research. Each year, entomology professor Susan Lawley has taken her freshwater microin-vertebrates class to Stebbins to observe the abundance of Putah Creek’s aquatic insects. “The creek is temporary for most of its length and fishes are excluded by a small wa-terfall downstream,” Lawley said. “Without fish predation, the insects are abundant and bold. We can see their adaptations to current and watch how they feed and get oxygen in an aquatic environment.” While a good portion of the University

of California reserve sites in the NRS are strictly designated for educational and re-search purposes, Stebbins is an exception, providing a natural refuge for both the sur-rounding community and UC Davis. A three-mile loop is the only challenge that comes between the determined hik-er and a rewarding view of Lake Berryessa. The well-maintained trail makes for a mod-erate trek along Putah Creek and its natu-ral habitat. Also, if you decide that there is not enough time in the day for a three-mile trek, then the two-mile canyon hike may work just as well. Guided hikes, which meet up at the gate at Highway 128 every Friday and Saturday at 10 a.m., are led by NRS staff as well as interns involved in the science education outreach program. “The guided hikes have a conversational structure,” said Anna-Katarina Kennedy, a senior wildlife, fish, and conservation biol-ogy major. “Experts in geology, natural his-tory, botany and entomology, will lead the

hike, but it is completely open to all levels of input.” One of the short-term goals for the sci-ence education outreach program is to have a self-sustaining student-led initia-tive that increases student and communi-ty awareness of what Stebbins has to offer, Clary said. Clary and Kennedy said that some of the program’s long-term goals are to enrich the diversity of the reserve’s use such as using the reserve for various exercise class-es, yoga classes, poetry readings or guided night hikes. “Because Stebbins is an extension of the campus, it just makes sense for students to be taking ownership of an initiative both to educate themselves and to educate the community,” Clary said. To find out more activities offered at Stebbins, visit http://nrs.ucdavis.edu/stebbins.html.

DOMINICK COSTABILE can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

By LANI CHANAggie Staff Writer

Our House is definitely one of the more high-end restaurants to hit this town full of students with a miniscule budget for fine dining. So, I will start with a disclaim-er — because of fundage deficiencies, I am mostly unable to get the full experience that the owners intended their diners to have. Consider this the poor student’s re-view of a classy restaurant. However, while wining and dining my-self regularly feels excessive, somehow roaming the downtown bars once or twice a week is perfectly acceptable. Perhaps an-other disclaimer is needed here — call it graduation blues. But Our House turns into a bar at night starting at 10 p.m., where the full experience is easily accessible once you get past the line. For this reason, Our House’s pricey dinner options average out with cheap drink specials and food after dark. The cuisine is fantastic — making the restaurant worth a visit just to see the con-cept of the menu. If I’m going to pay that much for a meal, I’d like it to be innovative in some way — which the kitchen com-plies with. They have a very simple menu with not-so-simple food; items paired with unique sauces and sides I have not en-countered elsewhere. Their chicken picatta ($19), for instance, comes with a caper sauce and the fluffiest mashed potatoes I’ve ever had. Their spin-ach salad ($6.50), with what is simply de-noted as “sesame dressing” on the menu, is really a thick, sweet and cooling aio-li-type compliment that works really well with the goat cheese and almonds on top. Chicken corn chowder ($5) is overflowing with chunky meat and vegetables, making it really more like a stew you could eat with a fork. There seems to be more than initial-ly meets the eye which made getting the food more of a new experience than just receiving what you expected. Other food we tried at lunch included the grilled flank steak sandwich ($12, and only painless to pay for because it came with a $1 martini), the cheddar and smoked moz-zarella grilled cheese with tomato bisque ($11), a nice take on a classic combination, and the chopped caesar salad with bacon, and mac and cheese ($11). The food itself

was flavorful and I obviously enjoyed pick-ing from all my friends’ plates, but por-tions certainly could have been bigger. With prices that high, I fully expected to take home leftovers. The drink menu, available at lunch and dinner, is extensive and like the menu, demonstrates the work the owners put into creating a one-of-a-kind experience. I like how they have tried to harness many of the qualities of Davis into the atmosphere — most notably with the bike hanging as dec-oration from the ceiling but also with their Wednesday Farmer’s Market Muddle drink special. Every Wednesday they create a dif-ferent drink using whatever ingredients they find at the Farmer’s Market in Central Park — such as a strawberry mojito or lav-ender-infused lemon drop. As far as dinner itself, though, I feel it is only appropriate for special occasions. Entreés average upwards of $20 apiece. The gnocchi ($17) and baby back pork ribs ($22) were good, but I would still hesitate to pay three hours worth of on-campus work for something like ribs that my dad will willingly and easily barbeque a moun-tain of. My guess is that most of what custom-

ers are paying for is the presentation. The tableware is aesthetically appealing, the lighting is pleasant (skylights — yes!) and the servers put a large mason jar of water on your table to accompany your meal. The walls are grey with a unique sort of wood panel assembly as decor and there are mirrors and even some crystal chan-deliers on the ceiling. There’s even a baby grand piano and a booth fit for a prin-cess that’s enclosed with curtains draped around it if you want privacy. The food is certainly served in a sophisticated context. It’s all very cute and like something you’d find on Pinterest. Which transfers over easily to the lounge scene. The only issue I have with the lay-out is that the dance floor is awkward-ly situated close to the doors so that you have to fight through a tight cluster of peo-ple when you first walk in. But there’s still enough space for a DJ, which they have on most Thursday and Saturday nights, a center divider to provide a more mellow lounge area and a bar staffed with reason-ably attentive (but generous) bartenders. The Food Network is often on their TV — not that I go out to watch TV, but it is a nice touch. The decorators definitely utilized

space well making it a comparatively more comfortable bar than, say, the one across the street. And comparatively cheaper, at that. This place never charges a cover, at least as far as I know, and offers a great list of drink specials on Thursdays. Kamikazes, Long Island Iced Teas, AMFs and more are avail-able for $4 to 5. Each is served in a large 16-oz. cup and is extremely strong, almost too strong. But, as my friends said, hav-ing to share a drink because it’s so lethal you don’t know what to do with it is a good problem to have. The Our House lounge definitely works. The restaurant does too, for a higher price, but I think the experience is one worth having. How many restaurants in Davis will have three people waiting on your ev-ery need even when you come in wear-ing backpacks and only one of you orders food? I appreciate the effort put into cre-ating a location that is versatile and works in the essence of Davis. It’s a great spot for casual drinks, fancy dinner, dancing, or a lunch break between classes. I can say I will be returning.

LANI CHAN can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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Stephanie Perla. The Scholarship Committee goes over each applicant’s submission individually to decide whether they want to have the applicant come in for a face-to-face interview. Fall Quarter had nearly 400 applicants for the scholarship. The scholarships were created with the idea that all students should have a chance to win one. AB-540 students can also apply for the scholarship.

“I think that ASUCD did a great job in in-cluding all undergraduate students in the scholarships,” said sophomore chemistry ma-jor and Judge for Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) Oliver Fong. The ASUCD Senate is now starting a cam-paign to try to raise more money for their scholarship funds. Senate Bill 18 officially started the campaign. All applications for the ASUCD Scholarship are due by May 8 and can be sent in via asucd.ucdavis.edu/scholarships.

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combined eight birdies on the final sev-en holes in the tournament’s final round. It’s even more impressive that four of them came from sophomore Matt Seramin.

Those are numbers you would expect from a group of seasoned veterans, not a team full of freshmen and sophomores.

Now the Aggies will move on to the NCAA Regional, where last year Hansen

exploded into prominence by winning the individual title and earning a spot in the NCAA Championship Tournament.

It seems unlikely that anyone could repeat that feat for the Aggies, or that UC Davis could make a real run for a top national placing, but with the way this season has gone anything could happen.

And I’ve learned my lesson: I won’t be counting the Aggies out again any time soon.

TREVOR CRAMER can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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NAFTA enables export of obesity, report findsBy Kristen Yu

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The North American Free Trade Agreement’s liberalization of trade policies has allowed the United States to export obesity to Mexico, according to an April 5 study co-authored by David Wallinga. The report, which was published in the International Journal of Occupational and Environmental Health, suggests that the exportation of American goods such as processed food, corn and soybeans con-tributed to a 12 percent increase in obesity in the Mexican population between 2000 and 2006.

An individual’s food environment, or the nutritional resources available, influenc-es dietary habits, according to Wallinga, who conducted the research with Karen Hansen-Kuhn, Sophia Murphy, Sarah Clark and Corinna Hawkes, his peers at the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy. The number of unhealthy foods and con-venience stores selling such foods in an in-dividual’s vicinity affects the individual’s likelihood of gaining weight, he said.

“What we found is that there has been a change in obesity in Mexico, and it looks a lot like the obesity epidemic in the United States,” Wallinga said. “The Mexican food environment has evolved to resemble the unhealthy American food environment.”

An analysis of international trade poli-cies and obesity rates in Mexico revealed that obesity rates began to increase shortly after NAFTA’s inception in 1991, Wallinga

said.“If you look at the timeline of when peo-

ple in Mexico started getting more over-weight and obese, it coincided with NAFTA, so we wanted to dig deeper and see how changes in obesity coincided with changes in trade policies,” he said.

NAFTA’s loosening of trade regulations between the U.S., Canada and Mexico al-lows for an open flow of goods between the three countries, including food products detrimental to human health, Dartmouth geography professor Susanne Freidberg said. As a result, Mexico can import the products it does not produce itself or can-not produce cheaply.

Since 1991, Mexico’s importation rates of corn, soybeans, sugar, artificial sweet-eners, processed foods and livestock prod-ucts has increased, Wallinga said. The corn and soybeans are processed into high fruc-tose corn syrup and hydrogenated vegeta-ble oil, respectively, he said.

Increased consumption of processed dairy products, soft drinks, processed meat and ready-to-eat snacks high in fats and sweeteners can also be traced to the increased availability of these goods in the country, according to Wallinga.

“Mexico is exporting what we call healthy foods and importing more un-healthy foods,” Wallinga said.

NAFTA has also directly affected the Mexican economy by pitting the goods of small-scale farmers against mass-pro-duced American goods in the market-place, according to the study. Many farm-

ers cannot compete, creating a rise in un-employment.

In addition, NAFTA altered foreign in-vestment rules, intensifying American in-vestment in the Mexican food supply chain, Wallinga said. Beverages, oilseed processing and processed foods are the largest recipients of American investment, and investment in livestock production is also surging, according to the study.

Liberalized free trade policies have al-lowed U.S.-based fast food retailers such as McDonald’s to expand into Mexico, which is the largest regional market for Yum! Brand, Inc., the owner of Kentucky Fried Chicken, Taco Bell, Pizza Hut and Long John Silver’s.

Obesity annually costs at least $170 bil-lion in direct medical fees and reduces productivity, Wallinga said.

“Major policies like NAFTA and trade agreements in general are devised with-out really thinking about the health impli-cations,” Wallinga said. “We’re saying that, ‘Hey, obesity is a really expensive problem for any country to try and address.’”

The study was conducted over a period of approximately two years and is a con-tinuation of the Institute for Agriculture and Trade Policy’s research, Wallinga said. Data was obtained from the United States Department of Agriculture’s Global Agricultural Trade System and various sources of Mexico-specific data.

The rise in obesity may be linked to ad-ditional economic factors, according to Dartmouth economics professor Doug

Irwin.“I don’t know if they can directly attri-

bute the change in diets to the reduction in tariffs on U.S. food as opposed to the ris-ing incomes of Mexicans that make them more like Americans in terms of their eat-ing habits,” Irwin said. “So the question is how much of their result is due to NAFTA per se as opposed to other causes.”

Rising obesity rates in Mexico also rais-es concerns about the presence of food deserts, in which residents of poor urban neighborhoods must turn to unhealthy eating habits as a result of limited access to fresh foods, according to Freidberg. Ultimately, the underlying force of the in-stitute’s study is an “environmental deter-minist argument,” she said.

“I don’t think that the causes of obesity are so clear-cut,” Freidberg said. “It’s im-portant to note that there are far-reach-ing consequences of NAFTA for people’s health and well-being in Mexico, but that doesn’t necessarily mean that there’s a di-rect link between the importation of junk food and the rising obesity rate.”

Wallinga said he pursued his interest in the intersections between health, food and agriculture in medical school and empha-sized the importance of environmental programs at the College.

“The study makes clear why things like the Dartmouth Organic Farm and agri-cultural issues in general should be a lit-tle more integrated into the academic curriculum of an Ivy League school like Dartmouth,” he said.

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TrevorCramer

Hole new outlook

I have to admit something.Since the beginning of the year I have been

guilty of severely underesti-mating the UC Davis men’s golf team.

When I first spoke to Head Coach Cy Williams in September to preview the upcoming season, I entered the interview skeptical of the team’s outlook without 2010-11’s standout Austin Graham.

Then Williams told me that Tyler Raber — one of the Aggies’ two upperclass-men and arguably their best golfer — would be sit-ting out the season in or-der to improve his chances of breaking into the profes-sional ranks, and I thought the team was in a rebuild-ing mode.

With a roster composed of one junior, four sopho-mores and three freshmen, it seemed like an ideal year to get the younger golf-ers some experience, but it didn’t seem fair to expect much from this group.

Sure, Williams told me that their season goal was still to win a Big West Conference Title, same as every other year, but I just figured that was something he had to say.

And as the season pro-gressed, it looked like my instincts might be right.

There were some strong performances mixed in, but UC Davis proved to be in-consistent week-to-week, finishing near the top of some tournaments, and to-ward the bottom in others.

When the Aggies finished second at the Winchester Classic one week before the conference tournament I still didn’t believe they had a real shot to repeat as Big West champs.

Even when UC Davis took the lead in the sec-ond day of the tournament I was not convinced.

And in the tournament’s final day, it happened.

The Aggies fell behind to Long Beach State mid-way through the third round, and I assumed it was over.

I minimized the golfstat.com window I was using to track the tournament, and I returned to work.

It was only when I re-opened the window 30 minutes later that I realized the UC Davis had surged to overcome the 49ers, and against all odds had repeat-ed their Big West title.

I was surprised, but I shouldn’t have been. After all, the team did take the Big West title three times in the last four years, with the one loss primarily due to a hurt Graham.

The success over the past few season has been a combination of solid golf-ers and good coaching, but even with all of the success the program has had in re-cent years, this champion-ship may well be Williams’ biggest achievement yet.

He traveled to a con-ference tournament with a team that didn’t have a single senior to compete against much more experi-enced golfers.

And while sophomore Matt Hansen gained sub-stantial experience last year competing in the NCAA Regional and the NCAA Championship, none of UC Davis’ other four golfers had ever even competed in Big West Tournament. In fact, aside from Hansen, the re-maining four golfers had a combined total of 12 colle-giate rounds-played enter-ing the 2011-12 season.

But none of that mat-tered at the Big West Tournament. The team faced some obstacles, as it fell behind late on, but the Aggies kept their poise and continued to put the ball in the hole.

With their season on the line, UC Davis tallied a

Aggies top TigersUC Davis wins two of three against Pacific, stays in championship hunt

UC Davis battles winds in SacThe Aggies prep for next week’s Big West Championship

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By DOUG BONHAMAggie Sports Writer

In the biggest series of the sea-son, the Aggies, who came in to the three-game battle just one game be-hind first place teams Long Beach State and Pacific, seized two crucial victories against the Tigers to tempo-rarily grab first place in the Big West Conference.

The weekend series win in Stockton was marked by strong of-fensive performances, especially from UC Davis senior leaders Kelly Harman and Rachel Miller.

Additionally, freshman Justine Vela pitched well against the power-ful bats of now 33-18 (12-6) Pacific as she rose to the challenge of pitching all but three innings over the week-end due to an injury to fellow starter junior Jessica Thweatt.

In her 17 innings pitched against the Tigers, Vela gave up only three earned runs and added 25 strikeouts to her league-leading total.

With the series win the Aggies are now 22-27 on the season and 12-6 in Big West play with just one regular season series remaining.

Friday — UC Davis 6, Pacific 4Understanding the magnitude of

the series, senior Rachel Miller made sure the Aggies made a statement in the opener on Friday. With three dou-bles, a single and four RBI, Miller led the Aggies in one of the team’s best offensive performances of the year.

Fellow seniors Kylie Fan and Heather Zimmerman also combined to contribute three hits to the Aggies’ attack which tallied a season-high 11 hits in the game.

“[Our] seniors realize the impor-tance of an opportunity,” said head coach Karen Yoder. “And [they] are taking full advantage of it.”

With Miller and freshman Cassandra Ginnis scoring in the fourth inning, the Aggies would add four more runs in the top of the final inning to extend their lead to 6-0.

Vela, who racked up 11 strikeouts, had some trouble putting away the determined Tigers. Pacific scored four runs in a final inning rally before Thweatt entered and to get the final two outs and the save.

Friday — Pacific 1, UC Davis 0In stark contrast to the offensive ex-citement in the day’s previous game, the second half of Friday’s double-header was highlighted by a pitch-ers’ duel.

After striking out four of the first six batters of the game, starter Jessica Tweatt was forced to leave after a line drive injured her leg in the second in-ning. Vela would enter and carry on Thweatt’s momentum, allowing only four hits and one run in the remain-ing four innings.

On the other side of the plate, the Aggie offense found little success all game long as they managed just three hits.

Down 1-0 in the last inning, UC Davis had an opportunity to tie the game with a runner on second with one out, but a fielder’s choice and fly-out would end the hope of a come-back.

Saturday — UC Davis 3, Pacific 0In the rubber match of the series, UC Davis and Pacific would play for the head-to-head advantage and tenta-tive standing of first place in the Big West.

The Aggie offense, led by Harman’s three hit and two RBI effort, consis-tently pressured the Tigers as UC Davis scored in the first, third and fifth innings.

Ginnis continued her weekend success, scoring twice in the finale off of Harman doubles to bring her series total to four runs scored.

Vela put up strong numbers in her complete-game shutout as she al-lowed just four Tiger hits on the day to go along with ten strikeouts.

UC Davis’ regular season comes to an end next weekend when it travels to face Cal State Fullerton in a series that will determine the Aggies’ fate in the league championship race.

UC Davis currently sits two games behind conference leaders Long Beach State.

DOUG BONHAM can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

By KIM CARRAggie Sports Writer

With only one week left until the Big West Conference Championships the Aggies knew it was important to find their stride this week-end.

Despite the winds, UC Davis’ athletes combined for two wins and 12 second place finishes overall.

Freshman Raquel Lambdin represented the Aggie women in the win-ner’s circle this Saturday after spearheading a 1-2 Aggie finish in the 800m. Lambdin finished in 2:11.57 — a season best for the Camarillo, California native. She was trailed by sophomore teammate Melinda Zavala who fin-ished in 2:11.78 — a season best time as well.

Several other women claimed runner-up titles this weekend. Junior Melanise Chapman claimed second place in the 100m sprint — finishing in 11.59s. Freshman Ashley Marshall placed fifth in the 100m with a time of 11.95s. Fellow freshman Cekarri Nixon impressed in the 200m — finishing sec-ond with a time of 24.42s.

Senior Tonie Williams

placed second in the 400m after finishing in 56.83s. Junior Kayla Carter grabbed another runner-up title in the 100 hurdles. Senior Lauren Radke con-tinued her hot streak in the pole vault, finishing sec-ond after clearing 3.85m, while freshman Katie Barber nabbed another second place title in the high jump with a mark of 1.67m.

Sophomore Brandon Greenberg joined Lambdin in the winner’s circle for the Aggies. He tied for first in shot-put at a mark of 16.33m. Saturday’s perfor-mance earned him his sec-ond win of the season.

Other Aggie men post-ed strong performanc-es as well. Junior Kaio Sena finished fifth in the 100m posting a time of 10.92s. Freshman Corey Hobbs had another strong perfor-mance for the Aggies finish-ing 3rd in the 200m.

Junior Evarardo Villalobos claimed one of the second place finishes for the men in the 400m with a time of 50.33s. Sophomore Alexander Summers grabbed a run-ner-up finish in the 5,000m finishing in 15:29.58. Junior Michael Peterson nabbed the last second place ti-tle for the Aggie men in

the pole vault after clearing 4.90m; tying his season best performance.

The Aggies head down to Irvine, California next week-end to close out their season at the Big West Conference Championship meet. Head

coach Drew Wartenburg was impressed with his team this weekend.

“Despite steady winds all day we had a number of peo-ple simply put their heads down and compete,” he said. “Performances from peo-

ple like Cekarri Nixon... indi-cate that we’re beginning to add more depth to our trav-el squad at exactly the right time.”

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

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Senior Kelly Harman tallied 3 hits and 2 RbI in Saturday’s win over Pacific.

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NEwS IN bRIEfState Senate approves

four Wolk measuresThe State Senate voted

on Thursday to approve four measures by Senator Lois Wolk (D-Davis).

One of the initiatives, Senate Bill 1274, allows Shriners Hospital for Children in California to bill insurers for servic-es provided to patients with insurance cover-age. The legislation aims to enable the hospital to pay costs and main-tain services for patients without insurance.

The measure provides the hospital with a nar-row exemption from state law prohibiting hospitals that directly employ phy-sicians from billing for services — a law to pro-tect physicians’ ability to make independent pa-tient treatment decisions. The bill was passed with a 36-0 vote.

“Shriners Hospital serves over 30,000 chil-dren with highly special-

ized health conditions in California every year, re-gardless of their insurance coverage,” Wolk said in a press release. “My aim is to ensure this charitable or-ganization can continue to provide these children with top notch care.”

The Senate also ap-proved three other Wolk initiatives including SB 1219. This measure con-tinues the state’s plastic bag recycling program, set to end this year, and con-tinues the collection of other plastic products ac-cepted by the program.

SB 1495 prevents de-lays to time-sensitive op-erations at the Port of Stockton. SB 1415 clarifies state law to ensure certifi-cation of health and type of trees grown to produce olive oil and promote a healthy olive industry in California.

— Angela Swartz