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Students leaving the stadium Saturday night, after Oklahoma State’s victory over Kansas, felt the shocks of a 5.6 magnitude earthquake. It’s

thought to be the strongest in the state’s history.

Justin Chan

Baggins End Domes get shown some love

Arrests at Shields Library raise questions over students’ rights

Golden Horseshoe stays here

Conflict continues over future KDVS

radio tower

UC Davis topples Cal Poly for third straight season

Two students searched and arrested last month for theft

Four day project brings student co-op back to life

Local environmental groups voice their opinions, look to appeal decision

By SIERRA HORTONAggie News Writer

The Baggins End Domes, a student hous-ing co-op created in 1972, has been a staple to the UC Davis commu-nity for almost 40 years. Housing up to 25 stu-dents at a time, Baggins End is a place renown for its uniqueness, centered around eco-friendliness, complete sustainabili-ty and a passion for “cre-ativity, inspiration, ini-tiative, personal growth and diversity,” according to the Baggins End Vision Statement. In July 2011, The Domes were deemed uninhab-itable due to supposed

safety issues and a lack of compliance with the American Disabilities Act (ADA). Student Housing indefinitely closed The Domes, despite residents’ wishes. From Thursday to Sunday, the Baggins End Domes were finally able to undergo renovation and restoration, an endeavor made possible by the Davis community, students and the Solar Community Housing Association (SCHA). SCHA, a local 501(c)(3) non-profit organization, was approached by mem-bers of the Domes com-munity earlier this year and decided to take on the project.

“After looking at the project and determining the feasibility of it, it felt like it was a great invest-ment in our community,” said Ben Pearl, the SCHA project manager. SCHA is currently in the final steps of a process that would grant it a lease to manage the Domes prop-erty for the next five years. “Our mission is to cre-ate environmental con-sciousness for the provi-sion of affordable, cooper-ative housing. We’ve been licensed by the universi-ty to perform the neces-sary renovation work for the Domes Co-Housing community here,” Pearl said. “I think the Domes are at the root of the en-

vironmental conscious-ness movement, it pro-vides the first opportu-nity for a lot of people to live a more sustainable, low-impact lifestyle.” The entire project was supervised by licensed contractors and building professionals who guided members of the communi-ty and student volunteers in various tasks, from cre-ating an entirely new ADA-accessible path to painting or gardening. “Everything needs to be updated at a certain time. Change is notable and tran-sient. If you let things dete-riorate, the beautiful ex-periences of a community

By MUNA SADEKAggie News Writer

Two suspects were searched and later arrested at Shields Library for possession of stolen property by UC Davis Police on Oct. 26 at 9:30 p.m.The UC Davis Police Department de-clined to comment further on the de-tails of the case. “It had nothing to do with our of-ficers barging into the library and randomly searching people for no reason,” said Debra Svoboda, re-

cords clerk at the UC Davis Police Department. California petty theft under Penal Code 488 PC, which the crime was filed as, pertains to the theft of an item or services that are of $950 of value or less. Penalties for the com-mitting of a petty theft under Penal Code 488 can include six months in a county jail, three years under proba-tion or $1,000 fine. According to Shouse Law Group, if the suspect has no other theft-related convictions, and the item stolen was

$50 or less, a California theft attorney may be able to reduce the charge to an infraction. This will then only re-quire the payment of a $250 fine. Donald Dudley, director of Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) at Davis, said that students are entitled to the same rights as others with regard to search and seizure. “The UC Davis Police Department is no different than any other po-lice department,”Dudley said. “SJA

By CAELUM SHOVEAggie Sports Writer

With its back up against the wall, the UC Davis foot-ball team came out and played its most complete game of the year. The Aggies were quick and balanced on offense, strong and unrelenting on defense, and avoided cost-ly mistakes in all phases of the game. The 24-17 victory over the Mustangs brings the Aggies to 3-6 on the season, 1-2 in Great West Conference play.“I thought the coaching staff did a great job,” head coach Bob Biggs said, refer-

ring to his coordinators and assistants. “On both sides of the ball we knew exactly what we wanted to do and were very well prepared. We went out and executed.” The game started om-inously after Cal Poly re-ceived the opening kickoff and quickly worked down-field before kicking a field goal to take the first lead of the game. As it turned out, it would be the only Cal Poly score in the first half and its only lead of the afternoon. Once the Aggie offense got the ball in their hands, it sped it up and spread it out

By SIERRA HORTONAggie News Writer

KDVS, the UC Davis stu-dent-run radio station is in the process of obtain-ing a new radio tower, one that would allow it to po-tentially increase its lis-tener base from 200,000 to 500,000 listeners, with a greater area of influence spanning Woodland, all of Yolo County, as well as Sacramento. As KDVS looks forward to this, some members of the Davis community are op-posed to the implementa-tion of the 365-foot tow-er, with worries over its im-plications for the environ-ment as well as for agricul-tural tourism and for those who will be living near the

tower. Results Radio, a private broadcasting company currently located in Santa Rosa, is building the tow-er and will be leasing it to KDVS. The tower will be lo-cated 150 feet south of the Yolo County Landfill. The plans for this tower have been in the works for over a year, and was originally ap-proved by the Yolo County Board of Supervisors on Sept. 14, 2010. Due to complications with the Federal Communications Commission (FCC), Results Radio was not able to build the tower in the allotted time and requested a one-year extension which was approved on Sept. 19, 2011.

Store to begin liquidation sale this Friday

Sweet Briar Books to close after sales drop

By ANGELA SWARTZAggie City Editor

This month will mark the final chapter for one local Davis book-store. Sweet Briar Books, located at 654 G Street, will close follow-ing a liquidation sale, which be-gins Friday. Sales on the entire invento-ry — books, CDs and DVDs — will start at 20 percent off. Owner Sharon Segal is also selling 42 ma-ple bookcases and 10 maple ta-bles with cubbies. Segal said she hopes to be done with the sale by Nov. 24, taking down the shelves by the last week of December.Segal said she decided to close the store after a dramatic drop in

sales, which started around last Christmastime and continued into 2011. “I have to close because of a combination of a bad economy, a drop in sales in the book world in general and a high vacancy rate in my mall,” Segal said. “There are four empty storefronts out of nine available spaces here and mine will be the fifth.” Segal, a native to Seattle, WA. and resident of Davis since 1989, said when she first moved into the space on June 1, 1996, busi-ness was good at the mall. She said she is uncertain about her own future plans once the store is closed. “I’m hopelessly out of date,” she

said. “I’ll have to retrain for some-thing else, as I’ve been a booksell-er for 16 years.” “The community has been sup-portive the entire time my store has been open. I just want to thank people for all of their en-couragement and support. This is a special community and the store wouldn’t have lasted as long as it did in any other community.” Segal will maintain the busi-ness’ normal hours, until its clo-sure, which are Monday through Thursday 1 to 6 p.m., Friday and Saturday 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Sunday noon to 5 p.m.

ANGELA SWARTZ can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

Brian Nguyen / Aggie

The owner of Sweet Briar Books, in the G Street Shopping Center, will close the store’s doors following liquidation sales.

Shazib Haq / Aggie

Students and community members alike gathered to rebuild the Domes this past weekend.

See FOOTBALL, page 2

Brian Ngyuen / Aggie

Freshman running back Colton Silveria rushed for two touchdowns against the Cal Poly Mustangs on Saturday.

See TOWER, page 3See DOMES, page 6

See SHIELDS, page 2

The pastor who pre-dicted the end of the world a few months

back was, I think, real-ly on to something. Given that his followers sold their homes, spent huge sums of money on billboards and advertisement trying to tell the world – or, as much of the world that drove by their bill-boards and advertise-ments – that it (“it” being the world) is ending. Excuse me, “was” ending.

I’m not saying he was wrong, clearly reality al-ready did that; all I’m say-ing is that I think he was on to something. Mostly be-cause I’ve found proof I want to share with you all that I think is as convinc-ing as anything else that the end of the world is coming. And, if not the whole world, then at least the parts of the world where people hap-pened to pass by those bill-boards and advertisements.

Those are the places where the strangest head-lines come from. I’m not saying the people there make conscious decisions to do weird things. I’m say-ing there is an osmotic bal-ance to weirdness, and when you’ve got a sign as soaked in it as “the end of the world is here, in a week,” it’s bound to rub off.

I’m thinking of head-lines like, “Man beats wom-an with frozen armadillo.” The article stated she was planning on serving it to friends, or family, none of whom would’ve had an ob-jection to it because it was in Texas and vegetarians do not exist down there, be-cause they’ve shot all of them.

According to one of many articles I read, the pastor’s followers were “crestfallen” when he said, basically, that he was off by five months and, oops, the Earth will ac-tually be obliterated on Oct. 21. This meant nothing, of course, to the driver who accidentally put the Oscar Mayer Weinermobile in re-verse instead of drive, and

rammed it through an el-derly couple’s garage door. Doomsday? Maybe not, but close.

The pastor felt so terrible when his doomsday mes-sage did not come true that he left home and took ref-uge in a motel with his wife. When I read that, I won-dered if it was somehow as-sociated to the hotel in China that was set on fire when fireworks exploded too near it. That one seemed, initially, apocalyptic. But, in revisiting the details of the story, it was because the ho-tel had been made out of pa-per. Which, and maybe I’m judging, seems like an obvi-ous no-no.

“The globe will be com-pletely destroyed in five months,” the pastor said, to someone, somewhere, presumably beside a bill-board. This wasn’t enough

to produce the actu-al end of the world, but it was certainly enough for

people in other parts of the country to sell their homes because, ha ha, who needs a house when the Earth is ready to crack open like an egg and dissolve into noth-ing? “Not me!” (said people who now regret it).

It’s good if you haven’t breathed too easily yet ei-ther, though. Because the pastor has re-evaluated his exacting calculations that put the end of everything sometime between now and some other time, and is now promoting Oct. 21 as the day to end all days. Oh, wait. Never mind, breathe easily. That was a bust too. Though still not enough of one to subdue the panic of the people in and around the IRS, who, has reported to people other than myself that three years or so ago, the pastor’s radio station re-ported that it received $18.3 million dollars of dona-tions. This seems like a lot until their total assets are considered, which are up-ward of $100 million. (Cha-ching! Armageddon’s as big a blockbuster now as it was when it was in theaters!).

When I read that sort of thing, it makes me wonder if anyone is home in these places. Which, they proba-bly are, just not near the bill-boards or signs. Because there, all the houses are for sale and there’s every chance you’ll meet your own end at the hands of a crazy and his frozen armadillo.

Tell your secrets to EVAN WHITE at emwhite@ucdavis.edu. It should be understood he won’t keep them for you, but will delight in hearing them.

This past weekend I worked as part of the Davis Model United

Nations to hold a confer-ence for some rather high-achieving high school stu-dents. Since I have little in-terest in debate and even less interest in politics, I helped at the event as a fa-vor to a friend, and per-haps to my resume as well.

However, the confer-ence did provide me with some interesting in-sights on life, Libya and Chuck Norris’ ability to re-solve international crises.

For those of you who have no idea what the Model United Nations, or MUN is, just assume that in gener-al its members are very driv-en individuals fond of de-bating, political issues and turning extremely long names into even more com-plicated acronyms.

Two things stood out to me at the conference. The first was the unavoidable presence of pre-pubescent teenagers dressed like tiny CEOs. Their enthusiasm was completely infectious. If you stood near them for too long you would start to think that you too could solve world hunger, get into Harvard Law or maybe even get a date with that cute boy in the 10th grade.

These kids looked at the keynote speaker, who had worked in the real United Nations doing incredi-ble and inspiring but very vague things, and saw what they were sure they would achieve.

But those were high school kids. The col-lege students who staffed the event held a similar drive and vigor, but they also had a seed of doubt that was missing from the younger generation.

These senior “MUN-ers” are some of the most in-formed, intelligent, well-traveled and decorated peo-ple you’ll ever meet. They keep up with current events, love to lead whenever pos-sible and know how to talk your ear off while still keep-ing you interested.

That’s why it was so sur-prising when one of these talented and vivacious MUN members, who had already graduated from college, said that out in the cold, hard job market they didn’t care about his extensive MUN

leadership experience.Even though he men-

tioned the harsh realities of the “real world” in passing, what he said stuck with me because it spoke to a great-er fear that I, and many in my generation, share.

Don’t believe me? Then just look at the Occupy Davis tent city that has sprung up in Central Park to protest the crap econo-my, crap health care system and crap outlook on the American Dream.

The world outside of our cozy school environment seems even more threaten-ing of late, because times have gotten so bad that even our hard work, unique backgrounds and hope-ful drive just aren’t enough anymore. Everyone else scouring the market for a job has equally good moti-vation and experience.

And if the real word refuses to accept what has defined our lives for years, then

what do our lives become? More importantly, where do we go from there?

To answer those ques-tions, I return to those chipper high school-ers who spent the week-end pretending to be the UK, Djibouti and the oth-er member countries of the United Nations.

They all fought like pol-iticians, trying to get their voices heard, their stanc-es acknowledged and their resolutions passed. They had to deal with the differ-ent social and political cri-ses we threw at them to in-tentionally screw up all their hard work.

But the high schoolers kept trying, like the del-egate representing Brazil who attempted to quell a terrorist uprising in Libya by enlisting Chuck Norris for a covert operation. Unfortunately, Norris was killed by Bruce Lee before he could complete his mis-sion, but Brazil’s noble at-tempt to solve this new problem showed both re-solve and dedication.

That’s what politics is, at-tempting to solve unsolv-able problems and nego-tiate with opponents who will never relent or support you. Both metaphorical-ly and literally it’s the same struggle we’ll have to wage against the real world once we graduate. No one is go-ing to hand us opportuni-ties or solutions to magi-cally make the world a bet-ter place, so we have to do it ourselves.

Life in these troubled times is undoubtedly going to throw us one crisis af-ter another, but it’s our job to soldier on and not rely on Chuck Norris to solve all our problems. Or not, you choose.

KATE ZARRELLA wants to hear how you plan to save the world at kazarrella@ucdavis.edu.

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national society of leadership of success orientation8 to 10 p.m. 2 WellmanLearn about the leadership program and events for this year. More information and sign-up forms are available at www.davisnsls.org. Orientation is free and open to all majors through sign-up.

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endowed lecture on race relations and family law4 p.m.1001 King Hall Join Professor Angela Onwuachi-Willig as she presents the 2011 Bodenheimer Lecture on Family Law. She will explore the Rhinelander v. Rhinelander trial as a simultaneously tragic and inspiring story about race and family relations in our society.

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uc provost pitts open forum 9:30 to 10:30 a.m.King Lounge, Memorial Union UC Provost Larry Pitts will discuss any topics of interest to the campus community, including UC’s budget status, undergraduate and graduate student fees and UC’s online course initiative, among others.

careers in genetic counseling6:30 p.m. 194 YoungLearn from a UC Davis alum about exciting career options as a genetic counselor.

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ASUCD Senate meetings are scheduled to begin Thursdays at 6:10 p.m. Times listed are according to the clock at the Nov. 3, 2011 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings. Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, absentBree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, presentYena Bae, ASUCD senator, presentMiguel Espinoza, ASUCD senator, presentEmmanuel Diaz-Ordaz, ASUCD senator, presentAndre Lee, ASUCD senator, presentAmy Martin, ASUCD senator, presentMayra Martín, ASUCD senator, presentTatiana Moana Bush, ASUCD senator, presentDarwin Moosavi, ASUCD senator, presentMatthew Provencher, ASUCD president pro-tempore, presentBrendan Repicky, ASUCD senator, presentRebecca Sterling, ASUCD senator, presentRyan Meyerhoff, ASUCD senator, present

appointments and confirmationsAnne Litak was confirmed as the Director of Whole Earth Festival.

consideration of old legislationSenate Bill 18 authored by Lee and co-authored by Alday, Bae, Bush, Cano, Martin, Martín, Meyerhoff, Moosavi, Provencher, Repicky, Rombi, Sterling, Stone and Wren, to institute the Campaign for ASUCD Scholarships. Barnett,

Montelongo, Kimball, Lu, Link and Sandstorm were added as co-authors. The bill passed unanimously. Senate Bill 21 authored by Maemura, co-authored by Au, Juarez-Munoz, and Truong to implement the Long-Range Plan for the ASUCD Refrigerator Services, passed unanimously. Senate Bill 23 authored by Ozedirne and co-authored by Sterling to amend the Lobby Corps budgets to reallocate $1,624 from the employee pay. The bill was tabled. Senate Bill 24 authored by Internal Affairs Commission to amend the procedures for Internal Affairs Commission Indictment Hearings, the bill was tabled.

public discussionAlexander Wold of the Academic Affairs Committee brought up the issue of Saturday finals. He said that it can be discrimination against Jews for finals to occur on Saturdays, for it is their holy day, and making them rearrange finals around their religion is unfair. The Closed Session minutes from last week were approved. Meeting adjourned at approximately 10 p.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. CHARLOTTE YOUNG compiles the senate briefs. She can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

drunk on campus A graduate student was referred to Student Judicial Affairs (SJA) by the UC Davis Police Department in connection with an alcohol violation. The police were drawn by loud noises coming from a lecture hall on campus during the night, and encountered the student. Upon questioning him, the officers found that he was intoxicated and arrested him for being drunk in public. Although he was not charged with anything, he was still required to come in and meet with a Judicial Officer, at which time he did admit to the misconduct. The student agreed to Disciplinary Probation and also agreed to meet with someone from Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS).

take tipsy taxi An upperclassman was referred to SJA by the UC Davis Police in connections with an alcohol violation. In particular, officers were called to the scene of an auto accident, at which they found the student. When a sobriety test was administered, the student was found to be over the legal limit, and she was subsequently arrested for driving under the influence. The police forwarded the case to SJA, and when a judicial officer met with the student she

admitted that she had been intoxicated, and agreed to Deferred Separation and to meet with the people at Alcohol, Tobacco, and Other Drug Intervention Services (ATODIS). Although the student was charged with criminal charges, as SJA is a non-legal process students can still be found in violation separately from court rulings, and can be given sanctions independent of criminal sentences.

cough cough An upperclassman was referred to SJA on the suspicion of falsifying documents. Specifically, the student had provided medical papers on numerous occasions in order to get assignment extensions and make-up exams. The sheer number of excuses aroused the suspicion of university officials, who referred the matter to SJA. When a judicial officer checked the legitimacy of the documents, it was found that at least some were falsified, and so the student was called in. In the meeting, the student admitted to the misconduct, and agreed to a suspension of one year, deferred separation upon his return, and 20 hours of community service.

CAMPUS JUDICIAL REPORTS are compiled by members of Student Judicial Affairs.

— going no huddle with an empty backfield to start the game. The tactic worked perfectly. Quarterback Randy Wright was 5-5 on the first drive of the day, capping it with an 8-yard touchdown pass to Tom Hemmingsen to regain the early lead. The offense didn’t slow down after that, using a bal-anced attack to consistent-ly move the chains through-out the game. A strong performance from the offensive line led to 149 rushing yards for the Aggies, only the third time they’ve gone above 100 this year. It was running back Colton Silveria who was best able to take advantage of space provided, busting free for 65 yards and two touchdowns in the game. He also added 48 receiving yards. Silveria was named College Sports Madness Great West Player of the Week for his effort, the first such award the Aggies have garnered this year. Overheard in the Aggie Stadium press box, with UC Davis leading 21-3 at half-time, was a simple question, “Was that Randy Wright or Tom Brady out there?” Such was the difference between the Aggie offense from earlier this season and Saturday against Cal Poly. It was in fact Randy Wright who was on the field, and who finished the game 14-20 for 203 yards and 26 yards rushing. “He played with great composure [and] saw ev-erything really well,” Biggs said of his quarterback. “He made some great changes at the line of scrimmage for

our run game to be effec-tive. Randy was having fun and I just thought he played really well.” As strong as the offense was, the defense was even better. The Aggies shut down a powerful Cal Poly offense that came into the contest ranked first in the confer-ence in total offense and rushing yards. UC Davis held the Mustangs to their lowest point total of the season, while only allowing them to rush for 174 yards, well be-low their 240 per-game sea-son average. Defensive Coordinator Mark Johnson’s group forced Cal Poly into a lot of third-and-long situations, making the Mustang’s tri-ple option attack much less dangerous. On those third down at-tempts the Aggies were strong, only allowing Cal Poly to convert on 7 of 21 tries. UC Davis also record-ed five sacks against Cal Poly, compared to just sev-en from the previous eight games combined. For the Aggies, the win must feel great, but at the same time frustrating. Biggs described the team’s perfor-mance on Saturday as fast and complete, but more than anything, solid. With losses to Humboldt State and two conference opponents already in the books, UC Davis will now rue the season that could have been, had this team played more “solid” from the beginning. One thing the Aggies won’t lose sleep over is the Golden Horseshoe, now safely on display in the Bob Foster Team Center for the third straight year.

You can follow CAELUM SHOVE on twitter @CaAggieFootball or you can e-mail him at sports@theaggie.org.

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action cannot infringe on a student’s constitutional rights.” In order to make arrests, police had to have “proba-ble cause” and are not able to detain suspects with-out reasonable suspicion of guilt. Gabriel “Jack” Chin, pro-fessor of law at the UC Davis School of Law, with a focus in criminal law and procedure, said police need to have reason to be-lieve that a crime is being conducted, however many universities have a rule that the police can require anyone on the campus to show identification. “Because the campus-es are semi-public places, in some jurisdictions … if [someone] is causing trou-ble or committing crime …

then they can search you,” he said. In the event that the po-lice do not have probable cause for a search, a search warrant or special consent would be required.Students searched could not have objected to the search if they had probable cause. “They can be searched whether they agreed to it or not,” Chin said. In case of a dismissed charge, a California shop-lifting defense attorney may be able to arrange the re-payment of the value of the stolen merchandise, com-pleted community service hours or the attendance of anti-theft classes. Further information on the case can be found at the UC Davis Police Department’s online crime log.

MUNA SADEK can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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This week, students will elect another round of sen-ators to represent them on the ASUCD senate table. Voting began today at 8 a.m. and will end this Thursday at 8 a.m. Voters will rank candi-dates in order of preference through ASUCD’s choice voting system. If a student’s first-choice candidate either wins with extra votes or fails to meet a minimum vote standard, that vote goes to-ward the voter’s next choice candidate. This quarter, only seven students ran for six spots. The Aggie interviewed all seven candidates, and picked the candidates that we felt would do the best

job.

No.1 — Jared Crisologo-Smith: Crisologo-Smith has a good knowledge of ASUCD, and he was passionate about his platforms to increase pow-er outlets and create a fund-raising resource guide. His simple, realistic platforms that would help the general student population. Despite the fact he would graduate before his term is up, he said he would stay on the table after he graduates to finish out his term. He would be an accessible, ef-fective senator. No. 2 — Charlie Colato: Colato was chair of Picnic

Day last year and had good ideas about how to im-prove ASUCD. His plat-forms to increase campus safety and sustainability seem very student-orient-ed and beneficial. While Colato was very fo-cused on Picnic Day, he is levelheaded and would do a good job spreading his expertise to other areas of ASUCD. No. 3 — Patrick Sheehan: Sheehan, who has interned for Senator Andre Lee and served on the External Affairs Commission, has a strong grasp of how ASUCD works. His platform of re-ducing bike theft is admi-

rable, and would help stu-dents in a direct way. Despite the fact that his oth-er platform — changing GE requirement grading op-tions — seems unrealistic, Sheehan’s knowledge about ASUCD and hold within the association would make him a positive addition to ASUCD. No. 4 — Yara Zokaie: Zokaie has experience in a vast array of organiza-tions and clubs on campus, such as being a tour guide and a T.A. for the Women’s Self-Defense course. Even though her platforms ap-pear to be far-fetched, she seems to have a good grasp

of how to get projects done. While Zokaie’s lack of ASUCD experience could be problematic, she could also bring a fresh perspective to the table. No. 5 — Justin Goss: Goss, the only independent running, has grand but com-mendable goals to lobby for lower UC fees and smart lighting on campus. His idea to collaborate with other UC campuses would make him an asset to the table. While Goss has almost no ASUCD experience, his new ideas would be both help-ful to the students and the table.

By CASEY SPECHTAggie Features Writer

Over 40 feet under the sea off the Channel Islands, the Aggie Scuba Club gathers together to capture an underwater vid-eo. As bubbles float up toward the surface, they unfold their club banner that reads, “Get wet and go deep with Aggie Scuba. Ninety-nine percent of the world’s population has nev-er breathed underwater, swum with sharks, seen the surface from 100 ft below it. We have. You can too.”

Aggie Scuba is a relatively new UC Davis club that started last fall when founder and pres-ident Austin Greene, a sopho-more aerospace science and en-gineering major, wanted to con-nect with other divers.

“It took off really fast. Right now we have about 60 people on our listserv and 30 registered members,” Greene said. “The cool thing about diving is that it requires a lot of responsibility, so people that join the club tend to stick with it.”

The club revolves around a shared love of the ocean, div-ing and ocean conservation. Whether you’re just starting out or as experienced as Aggie Scuba safety coordinator Roxanne Parker, a junior biological sci-ences major who has been on 500 dives, everyone is welcome in the club.

“We’re trying to connect peo-ple back to the ocean,” said Aggie Scuba communications manager Dustin Owen, a senior viticulture and enology major.

In addition to diving and con-servation efforts, members can kayak, go spear fishing and hang out on the boat during trips, Owen said.

Aggie Scuba will also help mem-bers get diving certified if they’re just starting out. The club has a close relationship with All About Scuba dive shop in Fairfield, CA, which is where people can get certified and rent gear.

The club averages one meeting and at least one dive trip a month to keep members active.

“We can get you gear, a ride, food, a place to sleep. We’ll get you diving,” Owen said.

Since scuba diving is already an expensive hobby, the club dues are kept low at $15 per quarter, all of which goes directly to the club to pay for t-shirts and offset the cost of trips.

To put it into perspective, div-ing certification costs $400, which is about the same price as a video game console, Greene said. But diving will get you farther than any video game, he said.

The club recently went on a dive trip to the Channel Islands with members of the scuba club at Cal Poly San Luis Obispo. The club trips allow members to meet fellow divers and experi-ence aspects of the ocean that

the average person will never see.

“No two dives are ever the same,” Greene said.

Fish, starfish, jellyfish, sea li-ons, lobsters and dolphins are just a few of the amazing crea-tures divers have seen on the club trips.

“Even if you dive off the same beach every time, it’s never the same because the ocean always drags something new in,” said Aggie Scuba dive coordinator Tristan Maass, an employee at the California National Primate Research Center at UC Davis.

This year, Aggie Scuba is planning to focus on its motto, “Conservation through explora-tion,” with their Shark Finning Awareness campaign.

“We wanted to bring awareness to something that not a lot of peo-ple know about, and not every-one knows how much sharks are needed,” said Aggie Scuba event coordinator Danielle Kronk, a ju-nior animal science major.

The campaign brings aware-ness to the fact that every year 100 million sharks are caught, their fins are cut off to be used in shark fin soup and then they are tossed back into the ocean to sink and die, Greene said.

There is more information, videos and posters available on the Aggie Scuba website for peo-ple to print out and give to their friends to spread awareness, with slogans such as “Fins belong in

the sea not in soup.”“We don’t want to tell people

what to do, we just want people to be aware of what’s going on,” Kronk said.

China is the main consumer of shark fin soup, and once the sharks are gone the ocean ecosys-tem will be in a really bad place, Kronk said.

“We live off the ocean wheth-er or not people want to admit it or not,” Greene said. “It’s com-mon sense. Why kill 100 million sharks for soup that doesn’t even taste good?”

To support the campaign, the club suggests signing petitions that are linked on their website, giving people posters and being

proactive.In relation to their conserva-

tion efforts, people interested in research diving are encouraged to check out the research diver program at the Bodega Marine Laboratory. The lab is always in need of research divers and the program prepares divers for just that.

“We’re at a research universi-ty, so we want the Bodega Marine Lab to be able to come to us for research divers,” Kronk said.

To learn more about Aggie Scuba, visit facebook.com/AggieScuba or aggiescuba.com.

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Eileen Samitz, a member of the Davis Coalition for Good Planning, appealed the approval of this one-year extension during a meet-ing with the Yolo County Planning Commission on Oct. 27, 2011. “The bottom line here is that an out-of-town broad-casting conglomerate wants to put their environmen-tally degradative 365-foot radio tower, which would have three white glaring strobes, in Yolo County, yet they want to bring their business and their jobs to Sacramento ... Most people don’t understand how dev-astating and how bad the impacts will be from this tower,” Samitz said. The tower would be sit-uated in the Pacific Flyway, a route by which migrato-ry birds travel every year, which is worrisome to Samitz. “We would basically in-vite birds from all over the world to use the Pacific Flyway, and this radio tow-er would be putting them directly in harm’s way,” she said. In addition to the sheer size of the tower, worries also exist over the tower’s strobes, which would blink 40 times a minute at 20,000 candelas each. “KDVS values sustain-ability and if we thought that the tower would pose significant environmen-tal concerns, we wouldn’t support its construction,” said Neil Ruud, general manager of KDVS and se-nior political science ma-jor. “There are several radio towers already in the North Davis area and this tower’s approval is not unprece-dented. The tower’s impact on the environment will be negligible and I’m sure lo-

cal and federal officials, who have already approved this tower, will continue to support its construction.” The Davis Coalition for Good Planning is not the only organization in pro-test to the new tower. The Audubon Society, Tuleyome and the Sierra Club Yolano Group have also been fight-ing against the new tower and are all planning to sub-mit another appeal to both the Yolo County Board of Supervisors as well as with the FCC. “It is imperative that KDVS gets this tower,” Ruud said. “We’re disadvantaged as a small non-profit when it comes to protecting our fre-quency. We’re facing de-creased coverage as oth-er stations on 90.3 FM from outside Yolo County are seek-ing to expand their signals.” The station has been trying to get a new tower for over 15 years. Samitz and the Davis Coalition for Good Planing said that the negative as-pects of this tower greatly surpass any benefits it may create for KDVS or any oth-er radio station. “I’m a supporter of KDVS,” Samitz said. “But every time that tower goes off, 40 times a minute, people are going to say ‘KDVS is responsible for this too.’ And for what reason? There’s no compari-son for the costs and the im-pacts of what they’re going to cause on the environment and on the community.” “I’m an environmentalist myself and I’m sympathet-ic with any kind of argument on behalf of birds, the envi-ronment, the natural world, etc,” said Andy Jones, host of the KDVS show ‘Dr. Andy’s Poetry and Technology Hour’ for the past 11 years, said. “That said, I’d say that the cultural benefits of the KDVS tower would dramatical-ly outweigh any drawbacks. Primarily because I would

defer to the scientific judge-ment of the independent studies that have been done that show the possibility of bird strikes would be mini-mal, and that the site of the tower was chosen to affect as few people as possible.” Members of the commu-nity have the next two weeks to make their appeals, af-ter which Results Radio will be able to continue in their plans. “This tower will provide Yolo County with an even greater ability to broadcast its rich culture and support its hardworking small busi-nesses,” Ruud said. “Non-commercial edu-cational broadcasters like KDVS face an uphill battle in a lot of these situations and this tower will provide local individuals and or-ganizations with a mega-phone they won’t find any-where else. KDVS is student and community run, you just don’t find many radio stations like that anymore.”

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THE BACKSTOP

It was a massive win — a victory in a football ri-valry game to keep the

Golden Horseshoe in Davis for the third year in a row.

But UC Davis’ 24-17 win on Saturday could prove to have a much more long-last-ing effect than simple brag-ging-rights over our rival to the south over the next 12 months — it could prove to be the win that saves head coach Bob Biggs’ job.

Entering the weekend, UC Davis was 2-6, com-ing off a pair of tough loss-es and an incredibly under-whelming season to that point. Fans and media alike seemed to be bracing them-selves for an embarrassing defeat on their home field at the hands of the hated Cal Poly.

Indeed even the Mustang fans that made the five-hour drive to Aggie Stadium entered the game with con-fidence and boldness rare-ly seen by supporters heav-ily outnumbered by home-town fans.

And while no one seemed willing to take an outright public stance on the issue, the general rumbling around the UC Davis campus was that this might be the last year for Biggs.

Some argued that the UC Davis graduate did not have what it took to lead a program at the Division I level. They pointed out that since narrowly missing the FCS playoffs in 2009, the Aggies have taken huge steps backward over the last two seasons.

With a new athletic di-rector set to take over in the 2012-13 school year, it seemed like the perfect time to make a fresh start atop UC Davis’ biggest sports program.

All of that may have changed on Saturday.

The Aggies came out of the gates hot, and domi-nated the first-half against Mustangs.

UC Davis may have been outplayed in the second frame, but that would soon be forgotten as the team ran across the field to celebrate in front of the Aggie Pack.

The win over Cal Poly was a huge step in the right di-rection, and while even a win over a rival is only enough to keep Biggs off the hot-seat until UC Davis’ next loss, it could spark the Aggies to play well over the final two weeks of the sea-son.

With a winnable home game against North Dakota next week and another ri-valry match on the road at Sacramento State, it seems reasonable that UC Davis could ride this momentum to a 5-6 record.

True it would still be a los-ing season, and the Aggies can finish no higher than second in the mediocre Great West Conference, but a 5-6 finish is hardly worth firing a coach, especially when you consider that two losses came against FBS op-ponents (and strong ones at that).

Further, aside from the loss to Humboldt State (ad-mittedly a horrendous de-feat), this season has gone about the way most fans would have expected so far.

The Aggies have won their other three home-games, and while a road-win over either South Dakota or Southern Utah would have been nice, it certainly was not a lock.

And looking at the big picture, the future seems to be bright.

Quarterback Randy Wright is in just his soph-omore season, and is con-tinuing to improve, while young receivers like soph-omore Tom Hemmingsen and freshman Coery Galindo are emerging as playmakers in this offense.

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By MATTHEW YUENAggie Sports Writer

Going into the final two games of the season, the 2011 UC Davis men’s soccer program had the unique opportunity to go down in history for two different achievements.

The Aggies had the chance to seize its first ever number one seed in the Big West Conference as well as tie the NCAA record for most overtime games in one season.

UC Davis did make the record books, but probably not in the cat-egory it would have hoped.

With two ties in the final two games, the Aggies finished with 11 overtime games this season. UC Davis becomes the third team to get to this mark, following St. Louis University, who first set this record in 2003, and San Diego State, who tied it in 2009.

The ties against Cal State Fullerton and UC Riverside gained the Aggies two points in the Big West Conference standings, but it was not enough to secure UC Davis a first round home contest in the Big West tournament as it ended the regular season in third place, behind UC Irvine and UC Santa Barbara.

Wednesday — UC Davis 1, Cal State Fullerton 1 (2OT)UC Davis hosted the Titans on Senior Day, where Lance Patterson, Rene Cuellar and Matt Provencher

were all recognized in their last season game at Aggie Soccer field.

Yet, once the game started, all sentimental feelings were lost, as things quickly got intense. The teams battled back and forth un-til junior Dan Reese scored in the 70th minute.

But the equalizer came not three minutes later, when CSU Fullerton came right back and scored, to knot the game at 1-1.

The stunned Aggies created many more opportunities to pull out a victory but never converted. Through both overtime periods, the game remained at 1-1. The tie sealed the Aggies’ place in the con-ference postseason tournament.

Saturday — UC Davis 1, UC Riverside 1 (2OT)This season UC Davis has been the team to fall behind and make late game comebacks, but for the final two matchups of the season, the Aggies played the opposite role.

UC Davis pulled ahead in the 60th minute when junior John Joslin knocked in a shot on a give and go with freshman Matt Wiesenfarth.

Up 1-0, the Aggies simply had to hang on for the remainder of the game in order to cruise to a first place finish in the Big West stand-ings, and the entitlement to home field advantage in any postseason conference game.

Yet, with less than four minutes remaining in the game, Joslin’s first goal of the season was spoiled. The Highlanders found the goal in what resembled the Aggies’ usual

late game magic, forcing UC Davis to put the celebrations on hold.

It seemed the game was in the Aggies’ hands, as they controlled the ball for the better part of the game despite the lapse in the 86th minute. But the goal that would seal the deal on a final UC Davis victory never came.

The game remained tied through the duration of the two overtime periods to solidify the Aggies’ third place seeding in the Big West con-ference ahead of UC Riverside.

“I wouldn’t call it a disappoint-ment, but a better word would be frustrated,” said Head Coach Dwayne Shaffer. “We were three minutes away, and it would have

been a great achievement for our team and our school.”

The tie did not change the Big West standings, and UC Davis end-ed the season with 17 points and a 5-3-2 league record.

“We played well throughout the entire game and we deserved to win it,” Shaffer said. “I wanted the guys to win the Big West regu-lar season championship, but we will just have to try again in the tournament.”

UC Davis will now travel to face UC Santa Barbara on Wednesday in the first round of the Big West tournament.

MATTHEW YUEN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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By KAITLYN ZUFALLAggie Sports Writer

UC Davis travelled to Stanford on Thursday to compete in its third NorPac tournament since regaining varsity sta-tus in 2009.

Coming off of the momentum creat-ed by their recent 4-1 win against Pacific, the Aggies were optimistic about their play in the upcoming matches.

While that momentum was not enough to power UC Davis past Davidson’s strong offense in the first round, the Aggies were able to rally in their second match to end the season with a win.

Thursday — Davidson 4, UC Davis 1The final score of the Aggies’ match against Davidson doesn’t accurately rep-resent the tense battle that took place on the field.

UC Davis came out strong and took the initial lead off of a goal by junior Emily Mecke in the 14th minute of play. However, Davidson’s Finley Amato an-swered with a goal for the Wildcats five minutes later, tying the score at one.

The tie lasted for the rest of the first half and the game remained dead-locked for much of the second period.

But with fifteen minutes left on the clock, Davidson’s offense exploded, scor-ing three goals in five minutes and 23 sec-onds. The Aggies were unable to answer the sudden scoring outburst and the match ended with a final score of 1-4.

“[Davidson] did a really good job of exposing our strengths and weaknesses,” said Head Coach Vianney Campos. “We need [to be able] to make the changes.”

The loss matched UC Davis against Appalachian State in the consolation round the following day.

Friday — UC Davis 2, Appalachian State 0

The Aggies set the tone going into the off-season with a final win against Appalachian State.

UC Davis took control of the game with sophomore Cloey LemMon’s first half goal. LemMon’s goal was her sev-enth of the season, tying her with Mecke for the team high. Junior Nadia Namdari added a second point in the final min-utes of play to complete scoring for the Aggies.

Though offensively sound, the key to the game proved to be the strong de-fense put forward by UC Davis. Junior Conley Craven’s nine saves allowed for the Aggies to shut out Appalachian de-spite being outshot 17-14.

“Our defense was the backbone of our team on Friday … and will continue to be for the next few years,” Campos said.

The win gave UC Davis a final season record of 5-12.

After only their third season of division one play, the Aggies enter the offseason with high hopes of building off of the success that they found this season.

“We’ve basically encountered every situation possible,” Campos said. “We’ve experienced it all this season … we’re excited [going into the offseason]. The team has great morale.”

KAITLYN ZUFALL can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

VolleyballUC Davis’ struggles on the road con-

tinued this weekend as the Aggies fell to Cal State Northridge and UC Riverside — both matches finished 3-0.

The defeats extended UC Davis’ road losing streak to seven matches. Over that stretch the Aggies have won just three sets.

UC Davis fell to 20-8 on the season, 6-7 in Big West play. The Aggies are currently fifth-place in the conference.

Sophomore Devon Damelio led the Aggies with nine kills against CSU Northridge, while senior Betsy Sedlak added eight. Demelio also added nine

digs while juniors Allison Whitson and Caroline Mercado tallied seven digs apiece.

Whitson paced the Aggies with 16 kills against UC Riverside. Mercado posted nine digs while Whitson and fellow junior Kaitlyn Plum notched six each.

UC Riverside tallied nine aces in the match.

UC Davis will now return home for its final three games of the year as it tries to make a push for an at-large bid in the NCAA Tournament.

The Aggies will next take the court Friday against Cal State Fullerton in the Pavilion.

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Aggies bounce backUC Davis defeats Appalachian State to finish season

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emily Mecke scored Uc Davis’ only goal against the Davidson Wildcats.

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By KIM CARRAggie Sports Writer

The Aggies took the pitch Thursday evening with their best season in Division I his-tory on the line.

On their way to posting the best Big West Conference re-cord in school history, they defeated rivals Sacramento State and Cal Poly Pomona. They also earned a tie against 19th ranked UC Irvine, a golden goal win over Pacific and spent most of October building a five-game winning streak.

All of this added up to earn the fourth-place Aggies their first ever bid to the Big West Tournament.

Unfortunately for UC Davis, it was unable to finish the season with a win, fall-ing to UC Irvine 1-0 and be-ing eliminated from the con-ference tournament.

The Aggies finished the year 11-7-1, 4-3-1 in Big West action.

The Anteater offense fired early and often Thursday eve-ning. They totaled eight shots in the first half, four of which were on target. However, UC Davis goalkeeper Maria Magana refused to let any-thing past her, saving all four of UC Irvine’s attempts on frame.

The Aggies tallied three shot attempts in the first half but UC Irvine’s goalkeeper Jennifer Randazzo blocked the only attempt on goal.

Neither team managed to score in the first frame and the half ended with a 0-0 tie.

The Anteater offense broke through 18 minutes into the second half when UC Irvine’s Amanda Hardeman scored the game’s only goal off an assist from teammate CoCo Goodson.

The Aggies took four more shots before the game was over but none managed to find the back of the net.

UC Davis kept fighting the entire game. Senior Lisa Kemp took a shot in the 87th minute but it bounced off the crossbar. Junior Allison Kelly tried again just eight seconds later but her shot went high.

Despite the loss, the Aggies can head into the off-season with their heads held high. This team accomplished more in Division I play than any team in school history, largely in part to the contri-butions of the nine seniors that will be graduating this year.

UC Davis will start next season with plenty of new faces but Coach MaryClaire Robinson is not worried about a drop in play.

“We have a lot of depth on our bench. Our young play-ers have a lot of talent and discipline.”

The Aggies will have high expectations for themselves next year and look forward to kicking off their season next summer.

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

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Upset about the 9.6 percent fee increase for Winter quarter? It may comfort you to know that fee hikes are not a recent phenomenon — In January of 1992, UC Davis in-creased student fees by $550. Students gathered on Jan. 16, 1992 to protest the fee increase.

In an article published by The Aggie on Jan. 17, 1992, it was report-ed that “the protesters — chanting free education now — ... attempt-ed to enter the meeting room, but were met by a line of police officers and security guards.” So next time you’re protesting Mrak or occupy-

ing Central Park, think about the former Aggies who were doing the same. Former Aggie photographer Neil Michel took this photograph during the protests.

— Photo by Neil Michel— Text by Jasna Hodzic

Flashback Photo that are really intangible can deteriorate too,” said Anne Litak, a senior English major. “It gives you a second chance to renew a place and set an in-tention for the next version of it.” Litak was accepted to live in the Domes shortly before they were closed down, and vol-unteered in order to demon-strate how important it is to her. “These efforts are going to provide a bridge for the next five years, while this com-munity does what it calls ‘Designing Domes 2.0’. Domes 2.0 is going to be a collabora-tion between academics on campus, students and mem-bers of the community to cre-ate a volunteer-driven, sus-tainable living and learning center,” said Carl Boettiger, a graduate student in the pop-

ulation biology program who volunteered all four days. Boettiger also works with SCHA, who owns both the Sunwise and J Street co-ops in Davis. Doug Walter, a UC Davis alumni who received his master’s in Community Development, came out to volunteer despite having never lived at the Domes. “There’s nothing like hav-ing people living in a place to really get to understand it. I think that’s something that would be lost if we didn’t renovate the Domes,” Walter said. “It has been a great in-cubator for people who were taking whatever it was that they were studying, whether it was the sciences, arts, so-cial sciences, and integrating it into an agricultural con-text and into a broader social context.”

SIERRA HORTON can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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The Domes, built in 1972, faced closure this year until the SCHA reached an agreement with student housing.

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Evka Whaley-Mayda and Peter Dering participated in the rebuilding of the Domes, which took place this weekend.

More importantly, how-ever, is that over the past few games Biggs has devel-oped something UC Davis hasn’t had in past seasons: a running game.

Saturday’s 149 yards on the ground marked the third time in the last four weeks that the Aggies have rushed for over 120 yards,

and again, those yards are coming largely from fresh-men Colton Silveria and Austin Edmondson.

With that said, all of these improvements could still be a mirage.

After all, a short string of games is just one chapter in the course of a college football season, and things could easily fall apart over the next few weeks.

But if the season does continue positively from

here, it seems only fitting that the win over Cal Poly was the turning point.

Saturday’s game was the 40-year celebration of Biggs’ greatest game as a player — UC Davis’ 30-29 win over Cal State Hayward.

The so-called “Miracle Game” featured then-quarterback Biggs making several big plays down the stretch to lead UC Davis to 16-points in the final

20-seconds as the Aggies won the game.

Now it’s time for Biggs to complete a different kind of comeback — and this time his job may be on the line.

A quick word for the UC

Davis students wearing Cal Poly shirts in the Aggie Pack sections: SCOREBOARD!

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

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