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UC Davis football beats Idaho State 52-45

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UC Davis football beats Idaho State 52-45

In the first meeting ever between the two teams, the UC Davis Aggies and the Idaho State Bengals partook in a shootout that the Aggies eventually won by a score of 52-45.

This victory gives the Aggies an overall record of 3-4 with a 2-2 conference record, while the Bengals drop to 1-5 overall and 0-3 in the Big Sky.

The Aggie offense was unstoppable, rushing for over 300 yards while junior quarterback Randy Wright threw 309 yards and three touchdowns.

“We wanted to come out and establish the run, and once you establish the run, then play actions and boots become effective,” said head coach Bob Biggs. “That’s our identity on offense, we want to run the ball and set up the play action.”

While Wright was taking care of the aerial attack, the Aggie ground game was equally as dominant, racking up over 300 yards.

The rushing attack was led by sophomore running back Colton Silveria, who had 120 yards rushing and a touchdown.

Redshirt freshman Courtney Williams and senior running back Marquis Nicolis had 105 and 84 rushing yards respectively.

“I thought all our running backs ran well. We have a lot of confidence in our running backs,” Biggs said.

Williams, who had three touchdowns throughout the game, sparked the Aggies with a 55-yard touchdown run in the middle of the first quarter to give the Aggies the first points of the game.

“There are certain plays we like Courtney in there for because he is a very explosive runner,” Biggs said. “Courtney happened to be in on that play and did exactly what we thought. If he gets to the edge, you can’t catch him. He’s very fast.”

Wright did a phenomenal job with the passing game, spreading the ball around to ten different receivers.

Sophomore running back Dalton Turay led the team with four receptions but one was a nine-yard touchdown pass from Wright to put the Aggies ahead by two possessions early in the fourth quarter.

Wright’s 42-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver Anthony Soto before halftime also brought a lot of momentum to the team heading into the locker room.

At the end of the first two quarters, the Aggies held a 28-17 lead.

The Aggies defense had a hard time limiting Idaho State’s passing game that was ranked 4th out of 121 teams in the country. Bengals quarterback Kevin Yost threw for 374 yards and five touchdowns in the loss.

“We knew they were going to throw the ball and we didn’t get as much pressure as we thought we could get. I thought their quarterback did a marvelous job getting the ball up field and he bought time in the pocket and put the ball on the money,” Biggs said. “That was the one thing that was noticeable, we just couldn’t get enough pressure on their quarterback.”

The Aggie defense did a good job limiting the Idaho State ground game to only 55 yards. Junior safety Aarynn Jones and senior linebacker Jordan Glass both led the team with seven tackles apiece. The Aggie defense also accumulated six pass deflections throughout the game as well.

Next week the Aggies will continue on the road to face Northern Arizona, another team that plays in an indoor facility. Hopefully the Aggies can continue their offensive output playing under a dome next week as well.

JASON MIN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Editorial: Endorsing education

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The highly anticipated Nov. 6 date is approaching — the day we vote on the prospect of changing our nation for the better. But let’s put the presidential election aside and focus on Davis education for a moment.

The Yolo County ballot will contain four local measures. One of the four measures lands particularly near and dear to our hearts: the matter of local education.

We’d like to fully endorse Measure E in the hopes of maintaining quality primary and secondary education in Davis.

Measure E is a Davis Joint Unified School District (DJUSD) parcel tax. If approved, the measure will renew Measure A and expire July 2017 instead of June 2013, according to the DJUSD. Measure E will renew the existing parcel tax of about $200 a year, which raises $3.2 million annually for Davis public schools. It charges $17 a month per home and $2 a month per apartment unit.

Measure A currently funds science, history, foreign language and elective course programs in Davis schools. It also reduces English and math class sizes for K-6, retains counseling staff and the district’s funding, and protects teachers and school programs from state budget cuts if Prop. 30 does not pass on Nov. 6.

Gov. Jerry Brown’s Prop. 30 would prevent budget cuts to the state’s public schools and colleges by temporarily increasing personal income taxes on the highest earners in the state — those with incomes exceeding $500,000 a year — while also increasing sales tax from 7.25 percent to 7.5 percent. The money would go into a dedicated fund for public schools, preventing another $6 billion cut to already-meager school budgets.

Richard Harris, a member of the DJUSD School Board and the one who put Measure E forward, told the Editorial Board if Prop. 30 fails, a new parcel tax would add an additional $42 to the current $200 tax in order to offset the costs of a potential $3.7 million budget cut. Harris said Davis has a very strong school system that is well-supported by the city and UC Davis, and if there is no renewal, about 8,600 students would be affected.

“Higher education is useless if K-12 education fails,” he said.

Conversely, Jose Granda, an opposer of Measure E, a candidate running for the DJUSD School Board and a professor at CSU Sacramento, told the Editorial Board he supports public education but still had issues with the measure.

Granda purported senior citizens who don’t have to pay parcel taxes are deliberately bribed by the DJUSD School Board to approve Measure E. He also said it’s not fair that the measure only considers residency, since those who live in apartments pay less than those who live in homes, regardless of income. Additionally, he said approximately 500 students are from out-of-town and do not pay the parcel taxes, thus receiving free rides to education.
“Taxpayers are not an ATM machine,” Granda said. “People voting are putting money in education, not knowing the fine details.”

While we understand and have considered both stances on Measure E, we believe the measure will do more good than harm to Davis’ local education. We don’t agree with Granda’s demand that every Davis resident should be paying equal taxes, because Davis has such a high turnover rate for residency.

It’s already bad enough that we can relate to extreme slashes to school budgets. Plus, we like kids.

The Pantry receives complaints over lack of diversity

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The Pantry receives complaints over lack of diversity

During a Sept. 27 ASUCD Senate meeting, Romana Norton, Counseling and Psychological Services (CAPS) counselor who was involved in the creation The Pantry, expressed concerns over the unit’s recent underutilization. These comments stemmed from complaints from students claiming that The Pantry’s staff and interns do not consist of people who represent enough minority groups on campus.

“People want to get things from people they know,” Norton said during the meeting.
The senators agreed that The Pantry is being underused and agreed to discuss the issue further outside the meeting.

Founded two years ago, The Pantry is an on-campus organization run by students, aiming at providing food for UC Davis students who are struggling financially.

Norton said that she thinks The Pantry goes through misuse.

Some students who consult with Norton revealed that they feel uncomfortable and reluctant to get food from people of different ethnic groups than them. Norton also said that students who may not necessarily need The Pantry are using it more than students who need it.

“It can be a problem when you think you are getting food from people who don’t understand you,” Norton said.

For the purpose of protection, Norton declined to reveal the name of the students who originally expressed unease in using The Pantry.

The Pantry’s current director and junior cultural anthropology major Quincy Kayton said that they hire staff and interns through ASUCD Job Link.

“Each staff member, intern and volunteer in The Pantry represents a diverse background and range of experiences that are unique to them, just as the student body represents an individual array of experiences and concerns,” Kayton said in an email interview.

Rosa Gonzalez, a fourth-year human development major, is currently working at The Pantry and said she thinks that the unit does have diversity in the working group and that any people who would be interested in volunteering are always welcome.

Norton said that because hiring for The Pantry was set up by ASUCD through Aggie Job Link, it is on a first-come, first-served basis.

According to Norton, students who are in better financial conditions working at The Pantry may deter students who need the food the most.

Quincy disagreed with this statement over an email interview and said that this claim is unfounded.

“It is impossible to judge the financial stability of a student simply by looking at them,” she said.

Many students who are most often using The Pantry do not share this worry, either.

“People there are nice. I try to come here like three times a week. It saves money and time,” said a fourth-year who has been using The Pantry since it was founded.

Norton and Kayton are meeting to discuss the complaints. No consensus has been reached at this point.

The Pantry is located on campus in 21 Lower Freeborn and is open Monday through Friday from 9 to 11 a.m. and Monday through Thursday from 5 to 6 p.m. Students must present a valid UC Davis student ID Card.

MENGSHI SHAO can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Letter to the editor

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In response to the “Fit and happy” article by Alan Lin published in The California Aggie, we at Health Education & Promotion (HEP) are excited to see the encouragement of physical activity among UC Davis students.

There are many benefits to students who fit in at least 30 minutes of physical activity every day, most days of the week, and new research shows that those 30 minutes can be broken up into 10-minute segments that are often easier to fit into busy schedules!

UC Davis and the City of Davis have a wealth of resources to make physical activity fun and, for those who might get bored with their routine, find ways to change things up.

We want to share a new resource: HEP’s Physical Activity map (maps.shcs.ucdavis.edu), available on the Student Health and Counseling Service’s website. On this interactive map, students can locate exercise facilities, programs and resources on campus and around town ranging from dance classes to bike and running paths.

We also offer great tips on how to start exercising and much more on the Physical Activity Resources page found at shcs.ucdavis.edu/workit.

We wholeheartedly support The California Aggie in promoting students fitting physical activity into their lives so they can reap the benefits of improved health, mood and even academic success!

Cathy Huang
Christian Servera
Physical Activity Student Assistants
Health Education & Promotion
Phone Number: (530) 752-9652
Student Health and Counseling Services

Letter to the editor

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We at Health Education and Promotion (HEP) greatly enjoyed Katelyn Ringrose’s Oct. 10 column on condom history. It was a fun read and quite informative! We appreciate her shout out to the Love Lab, our mobile cart that offers students free safer sex supplies, including 10 free condoms.

HEP would like to reiterate that any student can visit the Love Lab located on the third floor of the Student Health and Wellness Center during the hours HEP is open (Monday, Tuesday, Thursday and Friday from 8 a.m. to 4:30 p.m. and Wednesday from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.) as well as when the Love Lab is out on campus.

To find out where the Love Lab will be stationed around campus, check out and “like” the “UCD Love Lab” Facebook page to find the schedule and information on our large selection of free products.

We also want to mention that the Love Lab is not just a great place to pick up safer sex supplies. When students stop by the cart they can watch one of our Love Lab volunteers (wearing white coats) demonstrate how to use a male condom, insertive condom and dental dam. Students can even win limited edition buttons when they teach back the proper steps during our Watch It, Teach It, Win It! campaign.

We encourage any students who are sexually active now, or plan to be in the future, to stop by the Love Lab and learn more about ways to protect their own and their partner’s sexual health.

Sam Wall and Rosa Gonzalez
Sexual Health Student Assistants
Health Education and Promotion
Student Health & Counseling Services

Square Tomatoes Craft Fair continues and expands

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Davis’ Square Tomatoes Craft Fair is back this month with even more vendors, activities and booths. The fair was started in August and the community has taken such a liking to it that it is slated to continue each month.

This month it will be on Sunday, Oct. 21 from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. between 6th and G Street, right next to the Davis Food Co-op.

Sally Parker, the founder of the event, started the fair after she saw the success of weekly craft fairs in Eugene and Portland, Ore.
“I wanted Square Tomatoes to be a direct market, like an old-fashioned Farmers Market, where artisans bring their work directly to visitors without a large payment to a middleman,” Parker said in an email interview. “Visitors avoid paying the 50 percent markup normal to retail sales of crafts. Both vendors and visitors get a huge bargain.”
However, the event itself seems to have very little to do with square tomatoes. Meant as a spoof, Parker named it after Davis’ unique but controversial agricultural invention: the square tomato.
The fair has live music, food booths, comfort zones and hands-on craft tutorials. People can learn crafts from an experienced teacher. Many of the vendors at the craft fair are current or former instructors at the UC Davis Craft Center, including Parker, who teaches “Models, Molds and Microsculpture,” a shortcut in the silver and bronze casting process. Dede deGraffenried teaches bronze casting, Monica Riche taught sewing and Carol Wheaton taught knitting.
Other vendors include local artists and shop owners of the Etsy website.
“I like to describe our craft fair as a Farmers Market for artists. We had our first craft fair in August and that was all done by Sally,” Riche said in an email interview. “In this month’s fair, I will be teaching people to make [Día de los Muertos] pendants, also called sugar skulls. I will have polymer clay out and everything available to have people come and make their own pendants.”
This month’s fair will have a storytelling contest. Parker will tell the story “High Noon at Twilight.” She says she is putting a new spin on the story of an antisocial corpse who refuses to decompose or stop talking until he is outwitted by a mediocre violinist.
Dr. D, a former professor at UC Davis, and Denise Hoffner are the two other storytellers.
“Dr. D. will tell ‘Huge,’ a story of Davis genetic engineering gone awry. Denise Hoffner will tell ‘Magic at the Crossroads,’ about an event in the life of a Davis crossing guard,” Parker said. “So far we have three storytellers, but grandstanders with good lungs are welcome to join if they go to the website and submit their story ahead of time.”

Ron Goldberg, Wendy Silk and a bass player will be doing a few riffs in the background to stories. They will also be playing before and after the contest.

In addition to the craft booths and storytelling activities, the fair will also have food booths by Kathmandu Kitchen and Davis Creamery.
“I hadn’t heard about the craft fair until recently, but it seems like a typical Davis event, kind of like the Farmers Market, but with crafts, and that’s always fun,” said Pauleen Truong, a third-year communication major. “The fact that they have food booths by Kathmandu and Davis Creamery just makes the event even better.”
For people who want to take a break from the activity and just relax, there is a spot to do that. A booth called the comfort zone has wicker chairs, free iced tea and shade for those who want to just relax.
“I think it’s a great way to spend a Sunday, especially this month’s because we are doing a storytelling contest for anyone who has a great imagination, and tarot readings,” Riche said. “Students might find the craft fair inspirational for their own projects, learn about the Davis community and understand the reasons for having local markets.”PAAYAL ZAVERI can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

Campus hosts record number of international students

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This quarter, there is an estimated 1,120 international undergraduate students at UC Davis, about 680 of whom are new.

This number is approximately 70 to 80 percent higher than the number of international students in previous years; last year, for example, there were 344 international students.

With increased undergraduate admissions throughout the UC system, the number of admitted international and exchange students is rising as well.

“UC Davis is committed to increasing California, out-of-state and international student numbers,” said Moira Delgado, the outreach coordinator for Services for International Students and Scholars (SISS). “In general, most campuses are moving toward internationalizing in the broad sense of the term: sending more students abroad, increasing international students and internationalizing the curriculum.”

Still, many students are apprehensive about the growing number of out-of-state and international students out of fear that they are taking their place within the system.

According to the Student Fees Fact Sheet by Budget and Institutional Analysis, national and international students pay $12,711.82 per quarter, while California residents pay 5,085.82.

“I’ve seen a steady increase in the number of international students occupying seats in lecture halls, in the library, at the MU — everywhere,” said fourth-year chemical engineering major Kent Ly. “I suspect that the university is accepting more students from abroad to bridge the gap in funding since non-Californian students pay more than twice the typical resident in tuition and fees. I fear that instead of directly addressing the real issue — which in this case is tuition hikes — the UC system will resort to decreasing the number of California-based students admitted in favor of accepting more international and out-of-state students.”

Despite the negative response, many international students remain optimistic about their role on campus and what they can offer.

“I think I can empathize with their views to some extent,” said fourth-year design major Madevi Sun-Suon, an international student from Cambodia, about the negative response from in-state students. “For example, when it comes to financial matters, I think the UC should prioritize Californian students because the UC is a public university. The same goes for admittance. However, I do think having more international students can also bring benefits for the school because they bring in more diversity and a different perspective for the campus community. Our world is so interconnected that being open-minded and having a more international perspective is useful for everyone.”

To help incoming international students acclimate to American university culture, new seminars are being offered at the Student Academic Success Center that focus on American cultural values. In addition, the International Students Club was recently formed to help students more easily integrate themselves into the campus community. SISS also launched a mentoring program that serves a similar purpose.

Delgado said that the presence of international students is an asset to the campus.

“International students bring incredible diversity to our campus and it is not only an opportunity for them to learn about U.S. culture but also a wonderful way for U.S. students to learn about other cultures,” Delgado said.

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

News in Brief: ‘Educate’ phone app garners responses to vice presidential debate

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Voter opinions to the vice presidential debate between United States Vice President Joe Biden and Rep. Paul Ryan were collected through a new real-time smartphone application co-developed by UC Davis political science assistant professor Amber Boydstun.

The Educate application was released by React Labs Oct. 3 at the UC Davis School of Law at King Hall on the night of the first presidential debate.

1,472 people reacted via the application to the vice presidential debate.

According to a summary of the reaction results, Biden was preferred as the debate winner, with 57 percent in his favor. 10 percent of respondents said that the two candidates tied.

53 percent identified as Democrats, 31 percent as Republicans and 16 percent as independent/other.

Reactions were also categorized by specific topics and debate style.

Further information on the application can be found at reactlabs.com.
— Muna Sadek

Phi Delta Theta house demolished

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Phi Delta Theta house demolished
If anyone has passed by 336 C St. — across from the Farmers Market —  recently, they would notice that a vast, empty lot has replaced the Phi Delta Theta house.

The project began on Sept. 17 when the asbestos was removed from the house’s exterior. The actual demolition of the house took place Sept. 24.

Though the building went down relatively easily, the cleaning up of the space took another 10 days.
Jeff Marschner, the historian and construction chair of Phi Delta Theta, detailed the building’s storied history via an email interview.
“The north side of the former structure was once the Davis Presbyterian Church, located at Fourth and F Streets. It was built in 1870,” Marschner said. “In about 1912, the church outgrew the building, so they sold this structure, which was then moved to Fourth and C, where it was remodeled into a student boarding house. Within a year, it became the home of the local Calpha Fraternity (California Agricultural Fraternity).”
The residence would then go on to house an Army Signal Corps group during WWII, and would be reclaimed by Calpha after the war in 1955. The Calpha Fraternity would subsequently become the Epsilon Chapter of Phi Delta Theta.
In 2002, the Phi Delta Theta chapter in Davis disbanded, and the house was left in the custody of the Phi Delta Alumni group. It had originally been slated to be remodeled, but initial inspections showed that the entire building would need to be revamped from the ground up.
“The final decision: just too cost prohibitive,” Marschner said. “An alumni survey found no support for the rehab project.”

In 2010, the Phi Delta Theta chapter was recolonized, and it seems that the legacy of the building may continue to live on.

Tim Zeff, the Alumni Board treasurer, said that remodeling the house would have cost roughly the same as tearing it down, since the entire foundation needed to be reworked regardless. If they were to renovate the old house, they would have to lift it off the foundation and place it back on top once the foundation work was completed.

“The structure was antiquated and in need of modernization to fit in with the needs of today’s students,” Zeff said. “Though the new house will be smaller in terms of square footage, it will still hold the same number of people.”

There are plans in the works for a new building, slated to be opened by September 2013. This building will house 19 beds in single and double configuration, with a dining and living room that will be estimated to accommodate 75 people.

Max Tipp, vice president of the Phi Delta Theta Epsilon chapter and a senior international relations major, shared his thoughts on the upcoming housing project.

“We’re really looking forward to the new and improved real estate on the block and are very grateful to our alumni for making all of this happen,” Tipp said. “They truly are wonderful men and I, for one, feel extremely obliged to be a part of this organization.”

ANDREW POH can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

Column: Small screen

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Books brick us up in houses or quiet corners of rooms to let us enjoy a lonely experience. Movies bring us out in the open, where we walk into dark rooms and enjoy an experience with strangers. Art galleries bunch us up with people who are just as stupid but not as dumb, so we’re pumped with pretentious conversation while scratching our heads at certain things and staring in amazement at others.
Is TV left to the bottom feeders of those searching for enjoyment? Is TV the hobby of the brain-dead, the mindless many who are able and willing to pour hours into a poor investment of recycled entertainment? Some will say TV has the potential for greatness; I say TV has done plenty to stake its claim as an art form.
Art is a matter of context, sometimes broad but often specific to individuals and settings. There are schools of thought that would lead some people to understand that anything and everything is art. For the most part, however, art follows certain conventions.

Art is aesthetic, which means that it has a quality that can be seen or felt, but not necessarily understood. Art is thought-provoking, but the quality of art is that it creates a change in our thought or makes us aware of how thoughtful we can be.

Using this criteria, we can plainly see how painting, song, film, literature and photography all became staples of art; they are things that we can clearly categorize under so vague a term. It’s odd that TV remains virtually untouched in serious thought about art, considering its similarity to these “standard” artforms.
Good television falls somewhere between books and film when we consider its usefulness as an art. It allows for much greater characterization than the standard two-hour movie, but it faces the same difficulty in doing so without the use of extensive text, which books can afford.
Shows like “Breaking Bad” and “Mad Men” go deep into exploring characters, putting them through trials that show us their weaknesses but also how strongly they can rise above them. They challenge convention and stereotypes to make us question their motivations and where our own loyalties lie after our hero is broken down, or takes a patient and subtle turn toward becoming the villain.
This is fiction with all the magic and subtlety of film, with all the depth of the greatest literature. It is just as thought-provoking as the most disturbing forms of art — in that it changes something in us — enjoyed by the masses.

Those who understand it eat it up; those who don’t are either the upturned noses of society or the true bottom feeders who live off the facets of television produced just for them.

What keeps us from recognizing TV as art? The scraps reserved for the bottom feeders.

Certainly not all TV is art: Daily airing soap operas and reality TV shows flood the networks with shit when too much time is left over. Art takes effort and creativity; in the case of television, it can also take a lot of money. A 24-hour cycle of never-ending TV is bound to pick up a lot of dead weight in the form of reproducible plot lines on interchangeable sitcoms, repetitive game shows and reality TV, and stories that never end, which is the case for soap operas.

Not every picture tacked to the wall can be art, but is a blank canvas not a symbol of art to be? Is a camera not as much a tool for creating art when it is aimed for the small screen than when it is aimed for the big screen?

The scraps of television slow the pace of its journey toward being considered a legitimate art form. However, they are a necessary evil, a placeholder for the future, like when someone turns a blank canvas into a beautiful painting and you can’t help but think that before there was art, there was nothing.

NICK FREDERICI has never seen Jersey Shore; spam him with clips at nrfred@ucdavis.edu.

Column: Davis vs. Goliath

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Davis is a little town, a quiet village. Every day like the one before.

But Saturday was different.
The Aggies, facing off with eighth-ranked UC Santa Barbara, faced quite a tall task. The last time UC Davis beat the Gauchos was back in 2008, when they were ranked above UCSB and got to the second round of the NCAA tournament.
That was the Aggies’ only win over the Gauchos in the past 6 years. UC Davis holds a 1-8-1 record against UCSB in the last 10 matchups.
But what are all these numbers I’ve thrown at you? Does it prove that this game was a fluke?
By no means. These are to show you that, even though Saturday’s game was on the same level of epic proportions as the we-blew-up-the-Death-Star moment, or that a-1-year-old-boy-defeated-Voldemort incident, it shouldn’t be seen as an aberration.
This should not be looked at as Aggies playing the best game of their lives today, but a breakthrough, the shattering of that wall that was in place due to many factors, none of which are a lack of talent.
Once junior Alex Henry drilled his kick into the top of the opposite corner of the goal, everyone celebrated like the game was over.
But for those last couple minutes, UCSB threatened to score and send the game into overtime. If you want to set a record for the longest time holding your breath, try watching the Aggies’ play the closing minutes of a game while in the lead.
But so far, this is one of the greatest wins of the UC Davis men’s soccer program’s recent past. This is a trend that we can track, that head coach Dwayne Shaffer knew his team was capable of.
“This is what I projected that we’re capable of, since last year we were so young but played and fought every game,” Shaffer said. “We tied the national record with 11 overtime games and I thought we were on that path again this year with 11 overtime games, but now I think we’re starting to get into a groove.”
Now, if this groove is anything like Emperor Kuzco’s, it’s obvious that it will take more than a soccer juggernaut that is scary beyond all reason to throw it off.
The Aggies showed last year that they can handle the top teams in the country. UC Davis took down then-No. 6 UCLA in overtime. Who scored the goal that broke the Bruins? None other than Alex Henry, who is turning out to be quite the giant killer.
“UCLA was a huge win because we were relatively young and it wasn’t expected by anybody because they’re one of the most storied programs in the country,” Shaffer said. “UCSB has been on the top of the conference for so long, in a conference that is one of the best in the nation for men’s soccer.”
Yet, the victory over the Big West Conference powerhouse UCSB means much more to the Aggies.
It’s not just a victory over a top-10 team in the nation. It’s not just a conference win that puts the Aggies in a good position to battle for an NCAA tournament berth and a league title. Nor is it just another victory that stretched UC Davis’ winning streak to four games.
It’s all about where the Aggies are at this point in time. UC Davis, as Shaffer said, has been getting better every day as time goes on.
Since Shaffer signed the huge class of 2014 — the class that consisted of Alex Aguiar, Henry, Omar Zeenni, the Reese brothers and Kevin Schulte to name a few — and the talented class of 2015, UC Davis soccer has been on the rise.
The Aggies continue to develop and cultivate young talent and the lagging wave is starting to really break through. This could be a turning point in Aggie soccer history.
This sort of win will be good for team morale and players will be able to see they have a world-class soccer program here at UC Davis, adding to the prestige of the school and sport.
A full stadium of 1,344 fans showed that some people have figured out that UC Davis soccer is something special. Beating a team that holds every attendance record possible — UCSB pulls in over 60,000 fans every year, averaging close to 5,000 people per game, including the game against Cal Poly that brought in close to 14,000 fans (way more than our football stadium can even hold) — is something like a David vs. Goliath story.
But no longer should UC Davis be considered the underdog that has little chance of winning. The Aggies aren’t just a thrilling team to watch. They’re extremely entertaining and they can beat anyone in the country.
This is what UC Davis soccer is capable of. The Aggies have five more games remaining in the season, all of which will put them to the test. Two against Sacramento State, one more against UCSB and two matchups with Cal Poly.
The Aggies are 6-4-4 on a four-game winning streak and in second place in the Big West. We’ll wait and see, a few games more. There may be something there that wasn’t there before.
What we can be certain of, though, is that these games will be intensely electric. A shining new era is tiptoeing nearer, so be prepared.
MATTHEW YUEN is feeling the pain of Derek Jeter’s fractured ankle. Send your Get Well Soon cards to him at sports@theaggie.org.

News in Brief: Hero dog arrives at UC Davis from the Philippines

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Nearly one year ago, Kabang, or “Spotty,” a dog from the Philippines, jumped in front of a motorcycle to save her owner’s daughter and niece. She lost her snout and upper jaw in the process.
On Thursday, Kabang arrived at the UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine for examinations to discern what could be done to help her. She is estimated to stay for at least six weeks.
According to a UC Davis news service press release, Kabang underwent an hour-long preliminary exam that involved blood and urine tests.

Veterinary surgeons Boaz Arzi and Frank Verstraete are working to determine the best route through which to approach the problem. They anticipate that Kabang will require a minimum of two surgeries, one that would deal primarily on dental work and another that would attempt to close the facial wound. There are no plans of developing a prosthetic snout.

“We are confident we can improve her condition going forward,” Verstraete said in the release.

Kabang will not be made available to the media to reduce any added stress and risk of infection.

More information and updates on Kabang’s treatment can be found at vetmed.ucdavis.edu/vmth/small_animal/kabang.

— Muna Sadek

Aggies split weekend series

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Aggies split weekend series

The Aggie women’s volleyball team failed to extend their winning streak to three games, but still managed to split the weekend series, providing gritty matches and graceful sweeps for the large fan turnout.

Friday kicked off as anticipated — with a tough battle against UC Santa Barbara. UC Davis fought hard but ultimately lost the duel 25-21, 20-25, 25-11, 25-23.

Redemption could not come quick enough, as Cal Poly came to town the following night. This time, the Aggies were ready, making it a quick sweep in three games, 25-21, 25-11, 25-20.

Senior outside hitter Allison Whitson finished the weekend with a total of 18 kills while junior setter Jenny Woolway served up 73 assists of her own over the weekend.

The outstanding play of sophomore middle blockers Victoria Lee and Katie Quinn provided fuel for the Aggies all weekend, tallying a combined 15 blocks. Lee had 17 kills while Quinn had seven of her own for the weekend.

Friday — UC Santa Barbara 3, UC Davis 1

UC Davis coach Jamie Holmes predicted a marathon of a match against the Gauchos, and she was right on the money.

The box score will provide the stats, but what it can’t display is the quality of each rally that kept both teams on their toes throughout the match.

Santa Barbara came out aggressive, taking advantage of the Aggies’ shaky passing and timid serving.

“We want to improve the overall tone of how we’re playing the game in terms of our character and our personalities and presence,” Holmes said. “We were really quiet and isolated like six individuals on the court.”

In the second set, UC Davis began to gel as they rallied for the win behind the play of sophomore outside hitter Valerie Brain, who came alive with five kills in the second set.

Each rally seemed to take on a life of its own as each crushing hit turned into a spectacular dig by the opposite team.

Ultimately, UCSB’s aggressive attack paid off as their confidence helped them withstand a late surge by the Aggies in the fourth and final set.

Saturday — UC Davis 3, Cal Poly 0

Cal Poly may be a disappointing 1-18 for the year, but there was nothing lackluster about the Aggies’ three-game sweep on Saturday night.

For Lee and Quinn, it was their chance to establish themselves as legitimate pieces of the Aggies’ arsenal.

“They are young middles; this is their first time starting,” Holmes said. “Every time they play they learn about out-of-system play and about how to insert themselves out of system. That’s the learning curve for any young middle. But when we’re on and they are in system, it is really fun.”

Perhaps the biggest difference in the two games this weekend involved the Aggies’ ability to run the offense as designed by Holmes.

The Aggies improved their side-out percentage to an impressive 71 percent on Saturday as opposed to their disappointing 50 percent efficiency on Friday against UCSB.

The Aggies’ offensive game plan will be put to the ultimate test when they travel next Thursday against the number-one team in the conference, Hawaii.

“We’re going to have to have a mindset that we can go there and win,” Holmes said. “Hawaii averages 6,000 to 7,000 fans per game, so we’re going to have to enjoy that and love it.”

PK HATTIS can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

Senate Briefs

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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 Oct. 11 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend Senate meetings.Meeting called to order at 6:18 p.m.

Rebecca Sterling, ASUCD president, absent
Yena Bae, ASUCD vice president, present
Justin Goss, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, present
Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, present
Jared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, present
Bradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, present
Anni Kimball, ASUCD senator, present
Paul Min, ASUCD senator, present
Don Gilbert, ASUCD senator, present
Joyce Han, ASUCD senator, present
Erica Padgett, ASUCD senator, present
Beatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, present
Patrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, present
Yara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, absent

Presentations
The nonprofit blood donor organization BloodSource spoke about the FDA regulation that states that men who have had sex with men since 1977 are deferred as blood donors. Senior Medical Director Chris Gresens stated that the regulation was based on statistics, specifically regarding a trend upward in HIV-positive donors.

Crisologo-Smith expressed concerns about ASUCD supporting an organization that does not consider the FDA regulation discriminatory.

Appointments and confirmations
Julia Sweitzer, Jenna Wooster, Alison Kang and Shannon Smith were confirmed as External Affairs Commissioners.

Consideration of old legislation
Senate Bill 7, authored by Rivilis, co-authored by Goss, allocates $245 for a “Meals with ASUCD” program, by which students in the CoHo can receive vouchers to eat lunch with ASUCD officials. Padgett believed that the program would work better if the vouchers were distributed by Student Services, rather than by the pro tempore. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 9, authored by Han, co-authored by Bottoms, outlines the record-keeping guidelines for the ASUCD Scholarship Committee. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 10, authored and introduced by Goss, adds Meatless Mondays to the CoHo by making meatless options less expensive on Mondays. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 11, authored by Han, co-authored by Bottoms, outlines the record-keeping guidelines for the Champagne Committee. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate Bill 12, authored by Fong, co-authored by Cano and Dias, purchases 2,500 ASUCD brochures. The bill passed unanimously.

Consideration of urgent legislation
An urgent Senate resolution to support Proposition 30, which will help avoid significant budget cuts in exchange for a small tax increase, passed unanimously.

Meeting adjourned at 11:10 p.m.

Open positions within ASUCD can be found at vacancy.ucdavis.edu. ROHIT RAVIKUMAR compiles the Senate briefs. He can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Women’s soccer preview

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Teams: UC Davis vs. Long Beach State; vs. UC Irvine

Records: Aggies, 7-5-1 (2-1-0); 49ers, 9-5-0 (2-2-0); Anteaters 7-8-0 (3-1-0)

Where: Aggie Soccer Stadium

When:  Friday at 3 p.m., Sunday at 1 p.m.

Who to watch: Freshman Sienna Drizin is one of the fresh faces head coach MaryClaire Robinson has been talking about this season.

The Las Vegas, Nev. native has scored four goals for the Aggies this season including the game winner against Pacific last Friday.

Drizin and her teammates have combined for 20 goals in the first 13 games of the season.

Did you know? UC Davis has spent the last month on the road playing at away stadiums. This weekend they have a chance to earn the second — and possibly the first — rank in the Big West Conference in front of their home crowd.

Preview: First up on the agenda is the Friday match against sixth-ranked Long Beach State. The 49ers are coming off a tough 3-4 double overtime loss to Cal Poly last Sunday. UC Davis will have to start strong and play tough if they want to earn the win.

So far last year’s returners have paired well with the new additions to UC Davis’ squad.

“We’ve got a lot of fresh faces on the field this year which is refreshing,” Robinson said.

Long Beach State has a productive offense which will test the Aggie defense and new goalkeeper Taylor Jern. Jern played sharp in the goal this year which has earned her a .822 save percentage.

After the game against Long Beach, UC Davis has to face off with UC Irvine. The Anteaters are currently holding the second-place slot in conference and they are stopping in Stockton to play against Pacific before coming to Aggie Stadium.

UC Irvine has a 3-3 record on the road and the game will be a matter of offensive possession and finished opportunities.

“We’ve been doing a good job of getting people into goal-scoring opportunities and we need to continue doing that,” Robinson said.

UC Davis is focusing on the Big West Championship this year. To get there, they need to win these games this weekend and set themselves up with a higher ranking going into the playoffs.

Beating Irvine could earn them the second-place spot but the Aggies will remain behind frontrunner Cal Poly unless another conference rival is able to blemish their perfect 1-0 conference record.

— Kim Carr

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