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Jazz & Beat Festival celebrates its seventh year

Arts & Culture

Arts Editor

October 3, 2013

On Oct. 4 and Oct. 5, the John Natsoulas Gallery will be hosting its seventh annual Jazz and Beat Festival. Featuring various Jazz, spoken word and dance performances, the festival celebrates the art and culture that came about in the 1950s Beat Generation.

Hosted by the Davis Cultural Action Committee, the Jazz and Beat Festival features exclusive performance the many jazz musicians, world-renowned poets and painters. These include performances from the Linda Blair Dance Group, the Cave Women, the Brubeck Institute Jazz Quintet with Performance Painting by Victoria Smith, Davis High School Jazz Band with Performance Painting by Myron Stephens and a special guest musical group sponsored by the Mondavi Center.

John Natsoulas, a long-time Davis resident, is the owner of the gallery and is responsible for running the annual event and finding the local artists to participate in the festival.

“We want to celebrate these brilliant iconoclasts in an environment similar to what would have been during that era. I want to preserve the element of collaboration that was so vital to the movement. Art, poetry and music will all be accompanying one another across different stages to create a type of performance art that was unique to the Beat Generation,” Natsoulas said.

The festival celebrates the Beat Generation of the 1950s, a period of art and literary Renaissance in America during which young artists valuing anti-conformist values found liberty of expression within this group of free-thinking collaborationists. Their art lives on in intimate festivals such as this one, where some of the most intriguing art of the era will be exhibited.

“The Beatniks were young talented people, who did not necessarily have a lot of money and spoke like pseudo intellectuals, very comparable to today’s hipsters,” Natsoulas said. “They found the need for spaces where they could express themselves artistically, and that’s where the Jazz Club phenomenon came about. That’s the inspiration behind this event.”

An especially exciting part of the event is the Jack Kerouac poetry contest on Friday evening, in which many local University as well as High School students will participate. Artists get the opportunity to share their poetry in honor of one of the greatest American poets and Beatniks, Jack Kerouac, in the presence of poets such as Indigo Moor, Phil Weidman and D.R. Wagner.

“The festival gets the whole town involved, especially with the Kerouac poetry contest. In a way, it is paying homage to the Beatniks in its own right by involving the Mondavi Center, the University and the High School. It becomes a performance based on collaboration, which was a vital element of the Beat Generation,” Natsoulas said.

D.R. Wagner, a UC Davis lecturer in design, has been performing at the event for many years and will be reciting some of his poetry from two of his recently published books, Breaking and Entering and 97 Poems.

“Natsoulas does a fantastic job at picking the artists, music and poetry of the time. He really has a clear vision of the Beat Generation, and owns one of the few galleries that actually really makes sense. It’s an honor to participate,” Wagner said.

UC Davis professor, head of Davis Cultural Action Committee and poet Andy Jones, is the master of ceremonies and organiser of the event. In the past, he taught many courses on the Beat Generation and has found it to be the center of many of his professional studies.

“The poetry contest on Friday night is a great opportunity to experience quality poetry, a great place to freely experiment with poetry. It is rare that you get to have poets performing to such phenomenal jazz ensembles,” Jones said.

Participants also have a chance at winning prizes, such as the opportunity to recite their poem in accompaniment to a world-class orchestra.

“I want the youth to be able to express themselves, and I think the poetry contest is a great opportunity for that. The festival offers different ways for younger artists to be linked to the Beat pathos. By involving the younger generation, it maintains the spirit of intellectual curiosity that is associated with the Beat Generation,” Jones said.

Admission to the event is free, and complimentary refreshments will be provided. For more information about the event, please visit natsoulas.com.

LARISSA MURRAY can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.

Column: Progressive Philalethist

Opinion

Opinion

October 3, 2013

Imagine, if you will, a utopia. What do you see? Do you see an industrious commune devoid of property rights, where everyone works according to his ability and receives an equal payout, as Thomas More and Karl Marx proposed?

Or do you see an individualist society, one in which those who work the hardest get the most handsome rewards and laziness results in poverty, as Ayn Rand and other libertarian and objectivist thinkers suggested?

All of these philosophers set forth ideas for bettering society, and their ideas have influenced nations around the world. Every tidbit of public policy takes its ideas from some philosophical principle.

Vladimir Lenin, in attempting to build a perfect society, borrowed heavily from Marx’s Capital. His goal, of course, was to create a classless society like the one Marx theorized.

When implemented, however, Lenin’s Marxist policies created a dearth of resources and a general sentiment of discontent among the people.

Let us make an abrupt jump to America, 1981, where charismatic, pro-business Republican Ronald Reagan has just been elected president. Reagan introduces new, laissez-faire economic policies known collectively as “Reaganomics”, which take root in Rand’s classic conservatism. If implemented properly, they should result in industrial growth, efficient spending, and smaller government.

Yet, in practice, these policies slowed growth, accrued the largest national debt the country had ever seen, and significantly increased taxes on all but the richest Americans.

Of course, neither Lenin nor Reagan intended for their policies to harm their respective nations. So why did they? Because they were rooted in theory instead of fact.

When philosophers, economists or other respected figures devise theories on how society should work, they almost always fail to account for some hidden variable.

Marx, when creating his ideal society, didn’t account for human behavior. It never occurred to him that, when class mobilization ceases to exist, people lose their incentive to work.

Conversely, Reagan believed that business owners and CEOs would use their new tax breaks to create jobs; instead, they hoarded the capital themselves and widened the income gap to unprecedented levels.

Here is another seemingly unrelated example: I support capital punishment. If someone murdered a family member of mine, I would want to see the bastard fry. Wouldn’t you say the same?

If you answered yes, then great! Let’s vote in favor of the death penalty! But here’s the catch: you just voted for a policy that has killed at least 13 innocent people (and likely more, given the 138 death row inmates who have been exonerated since 1976), and cost California alone an estimated $4 billion in taxpayer dollars.

Herein lies the problem with arguing ideologies: ideologies can achieve what they set out to do, but the side effects can prove more detrimental than the problem itself.

Lenin’s policies did create an egalitarian society: they made everyone equally poor and miserable. Reaganomics successfully combated inflation and unemployment, but left the nation in a massive debt hole, vastly increased the concentration of wealth and disparity of income, and raised the poverty rate.

So how should you determine which ideology to believe in if you can’t base your opinion on general principle? Study history. Much of politics consists of hypotheticals: when we vote, we vote for the candidate whose policies we believe will benefit our country more.

Perhaps next time you vote, see if these policies have been tried in the past, and to what degree they experienced success.

Don’t discount a seemingly illogical policy that hasn’t been tried before. Keynesian economics brought the country out of the Great Depression and resulted in prosperity, despite initial criticism from pundits that its fundamental logic was flawed. They quickly rescinded their comments when they realized that what failed in theory succeeded in the real world.

Keynesianism soon became a staple of modern economic thought, proving the critics wrong. Its success forced academics to rethink their fundamental beliefs on how the world worked. In order to make progress, they needed to have their tenets destroyed to pave the way for new ideas.

This is how society becomes more efficient: when a historically accepted idea begins to fail, we must scrap it for a new, often untried one. Either this idea fails miserably and politicians learn never to implement such stupid legislation again, or the idea enjoys success and we have a new standard of thought.

Without trying and failing, progress is impossible, and even the most resounding successes leave room for improvement.

If you want to accuse ZACH MOORE of being brainwashed by the filthy liberal media, email him at zcmoore@ucdavis.edu.

UC Davis Men’s Soccer Preview

Sports

Sports Editor

October 3, 2013

Teams: UC Davis vs. UC Irvine; vs. Cal State Northridge

Records: Aggies, 4-4-1 (0-0); Anteaters, 5-2-2 (0-0); Matadors, 8-1-0 (0-0)

Where: Aggie Soccer Field — Davis, Calif.

When: Friday, Oct. 4 at 4 p.m.; Sunday, Oct. 6, at 3 p.m.

Who to Watch:

Although the season and school year have only just begun, several players have already established themselves as threats on the pitch. Leading the team in goals, junior forward Matt Sheldon has scored three goals in the first 10 games of the season, two of which have been game-winners. Sheldon’s three goals is half of the Aggies’ six goals this season.

Another stand out player is senior captain and midfielder Alex Aguiar, who has racked up 23 shots on goal, the highest number of shots by any Aggie so far this season. It also places him third in the Big West. Hopes are that his continued attacks on goal will eventually begin to land in the back of the net.

“Staying focused and continuing to have the confidence to take shots on goal are key,” Aguiar said.

The upcoming games against the Anteaters and Matadors will be an excellent opportunity for Aguiar to capitalize on his propensity to shoot.

Senior goalkeeper Omar Zeenni has been a rock in the defense this season. A seasoned veteran, he ranks No. 9 all-time in the Big West, with a 1.00 career goals against average. Currently this season Zeenni has 27 saves, and a goals against average of 0.87. He will need to come up big against the tough opponents this weekend.

Preview:

The excitement of another school year can only be increased by one thing: the start of fall sports for the UC Davis community. The cool breezes of fall and changing leaves can only indicate one thing for the players on the UC Davis men’s soccer team: a whole new opportunity to dominate out on the pitch.

After ending the 2012 season with a solid 10-7-4 record and 7-3-0 in conference play, the Aggies hope to improve on an already strong 2012 season. Unlike many students who have only recently returned to Davis, the men’s soccer team already have 10 games under their belt.

The Aggies started off slow, with their opening game against Chico State on Aug. 25 ending in a tie and the next two away games versus Portland and Oregon State ending in losses.

“We’ve been in some tough battles this season, been on the wrong end of some of these results,” said coach Dwayne Shaffer. “I kept telling the guys to continue working hard because things will eventually turn our way.”

As the team begins to pick up steam this season, Coach Shaffer’s confidence in the Aggies’ abilities is beginning to be warranted. With wins against Seattle University, Saint Mary’s, University of San Francisco and most recently a huge 2-1 victory over No. 19 ranked New Mexico, the Aggies hold a respectable record of 4-4-1.

A sweep of this weekend’s opponents would not only establish a winning streak but give UC Davis a 2-0 record in conference play, placing the Aggies at the top of the Big West Conference. However, sweeping this weekend’s opponents will not be an easy feat.

“We play an extremely difficult schedule in one of the highest-rated conferences in the country,” coach Shaffer said. “It’s not going to get any easier for us when we return home, hopefully our non-conference schedule has prepared us for another Big West run.”

Not only is coach Shaffer confident in the team’s abilities but the players are up for the challenging schedule they face this fall as well. Senior midfielder Alex Henry feels good about where the team is at so far this season.

“Confidence levels are pretty high, especially coming off the win against Mexico,” Henry said. “The back line has been strong and we’re starting to get our offense going.”

Henry went on to emphasize what the team will need to do this weekend to get two wins over Irvine and Northridge.

“Playing well together as a team; sticking to both sides of the ball; staying focused and sticking to our game plan,” Henry said. “If we do those things I think we’ll come off the weekend with a couple victories.”

– Sloan Boettcher

Guest Column: The assembly line university

Opinion

Opinion

October 3, 2013

The first, ancient universities were tiny; a handful of students lived with their teacher, who was a great sage. The teacher carefully chose students for their potential and taught not only facts but philosophy (“love of wisdom”). Many students of these sages became sages themselves or political leaders.

Today’s universities have drifted far from their roots at Plato’s Academy. Universities today have thousands of students, hundreds of professors, and a large administrative staff. Most Americans now go or want to go to a university; a university education is no longer unique.

Teachers no longer handpick students; premade algorithms now choose students. To accommodate thousands of students, universities became factories.

Just as an industrialist measures a factory by its output, many states measure their universities by the number of students enrolled and the number of degrees conferred. The more students enrolled, the more degrees conferred, the more funding the state gives. The more funded the university, the bigger and “better” it is. A bigger university produces more graduates, which earns more funding, which grows the university. It is an endless cycle.

The more graduates like me built on the assembly line, the less attention the university can give to me as an individual. To the university, I am not an individual, only a unit of production. I am not unique, I am one of many.

When my university has thousands of students, personalizing my student experience is next to impossible. The university sees me as a student ID number, not a person. We students travel along pre-made major paths to a degree many have earned before us and many will earn after us. The option to “create your own major” already exists at many universities, but is not mentioned to students beyond a short reference in the general catalog, much less encouraged. When we create our own majors, we become unique, not one of many.

As a student, mechanized classes give me little opportunity to become independent or go above and beyond. They teach me as if programming a computer: facts to memorize, definitions to know, scantrons to fill in. Most classes enter data into me as if entering data into a spreadsheet. My task in most classes is memorizing, not understanding.

A computer can only memorize data; it cannot understand the data’s meaning or connections to other fields of study. A computer outperforms any human at storing data without loss or error; most classes merely train me to be a poor version of a computer. I desire novelty, change and uniqueness; not endless, mindless, monotonous repetition of formulaic actions.

I am rarely encouraged to be curious, to discover on my own, or to devise my own way to learn. I am to learn following a one-size-fits-all model, to do laboratory procedures as a trained monkey following instructions, instead of as an experimenter.

I am not unique; I am one of many.

Mechanized education produces nearly identical and interchangeable people, not wise leaders and philosophers. Mass-produced goods are cheap and easily replaceable, just as mass-produced employees are. When it breaks, find another one. Don’t spend time trying to repair it; it is one of many. Just hire a new one.

Mass-produced goods have no spirit, no personalization and no uniqueness. The rare wise leaders and philosophers cannot be replaced — they are unique, not one of many. Mass production began with the noble desire to open university education to all, but resulted in mechanization: the only way to “educate” thousands of students at once.

William Conner is a fourth-year biochemistry major. He can be reached at wrconner@ucdavis.edu.

Pregnant mothers’ immune systems contribute to autism in children

Science & Technology

Science Editor

October 3, 2013

Autism and schizophrenia diagnoses are at an ultimate peak. Fortunately, a recent study published in the Journal of Neuroscience and conducted within the UC Davis Center for Neuroscience and Department of Neurology offers groundbreaking research about these neurodevelopmental disorders. Lead author of the study Kimberley McAllister, a professor and a researcher at the UC Davis MIND Institute, suggests that the risk of having a child with autism or schizophrenia might be higher if a pregnant mother contracts a viral infection.

The study is the first of its kind to help scientists understand how maternal immune activation affects a newborn’s neuronal and synaptic development.

“Our research indicates that immune molecules on neurons in the developing brain, control the formation of connections, and that process can be altered by a peripheral immune response during gestation,” McAllister said in an email.

The study focused on MCHI molecules — immune molecules found in the brain. McAllister and her team injected pregnant mice and rats with poly(I:C), a double-stranded RNA synthetic which mocks a real viral infection and tricks the immune system of the rodents. Thus, it activates their system without actually infecting the animals.

Myka Estes, a fifth-year graduate student in McAllister’s lab, gave the following comment regarding her interest in this field of research.

“I was diagnosed with an autoimmune disorder and experienced cognitive complications from the disease,” she said. “This experience piqued my interest in how maladies of the immune system can affect brain function.”

The team used two test groups of rodents. In one group, the animals’ immune system was activated, and in the other, it was not. The newborns of the animals who were treated with the poly(I:C) viral infection showed greater levels of the MHCI molecules found in the brain. Similarly, in the group whose immune systems remained inactive, the levels of immune molecules did not show significant changes. Such a method helped the researchers report for the very first time that high levels of MHCI impairs neuronal ability from the newborns’ brains to form synapses — chemical signals that pass between nerve cells. The team was also able to identify the first molecular pathway of MHCI molecules, which aids in synaptic regulation.

Though contracting a viral infection while pregnant is a risk factor for having a child with autism, it still is only a risk — and not a guarantee — that a child will develop autism. According to Judy Van De Water, a professor and director of the UC Davis Center for Children’s Environmental Health, a subset of the population is likely to have an increased risk of developing autism.

“Boys are at an increased risk over girls, and siblings of an affected child are at increased risk by 20 percent,” said Van De Water.

With the flu season coming up, pregnant mothers all around are warned to be cautious. As far as the study is concerned, the results are promising, yet it is only the first step in improving interventions for developmental disorders.

Research isn’t the only way in improving the lives of children with autism and their families. Kirkland Washington III, a behavioral therapist at Capitol Autism Services and a 2012 UC Davis graduate, shares his experience with working with children with autism.

“Patience is extremely essential and an understanding that who you are working with won’t necessarily understand what you’re asking of them or be able to communicate their wants or needs at the time,” he said.

With the help of research and altruistic people combined, there seems to be hope to make these disorders less prevalent.

JASBIR KAUR can be reached at science@theaggie.org.

Jiu-jitsu balances workplace stress

Features

Features Editor

October 3, 2013

UC Davis alumnus Ryan Danz is set to publish a law book about martial arts called Jiu Jitsu Jurisprudence.

Danz graduated in 2000 with a bachelor’s degree in managerial economics and has spent the last 13 years making a name for himself nationwide. He’s competed on “The Apprentice” and the 2012 season of “The Amazing Race”. When not on TV, Danz spends his time studying law and Brazilian jiu-jitsu, a martial art primarily focused on grappling and ground fighting.

The book will be published by Jonathan Malysiak of ABA Publishing, the book publishing division of the American Bar Association, which typically publishes legal material.

“I was approached by the publisher after I was on the Amazing Race,” Danz said. “They saw my background in law and in jiu-jitsu.”

According to Malysiak, ABA typically publishes books of a very different nature.

“[Jiu Jitsu Jurisprudence] touches on lawyers and the life of a lawyer but it doesn’t talk about law,” Malysiak said. “It doesn’t talk about statutes or anything like that, like so many of our other books do, it’s just much more of a holistic, very very personally driven narrative.”

Malysiak believes this could be a major stepping stone for ABA publishing as it will branch out to a completely new potential audience.

“I think with Ryan’s book we’re showing a slightly more personal side, that hopefully will attract people to our books who possibly might have never known we existed or that we published books,” Malysiak said.

At the moment, that personal side belongs to Danz. Despite his history in law, he points out that his book is written with much more than lawyers in mind.

“When I say it’s a book for lawyers, it’s really for professionals, it’s really for people, anyone that goes to an office and sits and works at a desk every day,” Danz said. “It’s not really a question of ‘are you a lawyer or not?’ It’s ‘do you work and have stress in the workplace?’”

Danz’s book will focus more on life than law. He stresses jiu-jitsu as a way to cope with his life inside and outside the office.

“They reached out to people that had an audience or platform and asked if they’d be interested in writing a book on whatever it is they’d done to sort of balance their law life with their normal life, and for me that was jiu-jitsu,” Danz said.

The book may be a unique departure in content and style from typical books published by ABA, but its focus on jiu-jitsu was sought by the publisher, and Malysiak is assured that the message will not be lost on the public.

“There seem to be quite a few attorneys these days who are turning to Brazilian jiu-jitsu specifically, but also to other forms of martial arts and other types of meditation to help them both in the law practices but also in their personal lives, their family, their friends,” said Malysiak, who speaks with many attorneys as part of his role in the ABA.

Friendship in particular turns out to be an important aspect of Brazilian jiu-jitsu, and part of what keeps Danz active in the sport.

“One of the things I talk about in the book that’s powerful in jiu-jitsu is the camaraderie,” Danz said. “In addition to learning the sport and being taught, the guys create a very powerful environment for people to develop friendships.”

Reading and working with Danz on the book, along with speaking to other lawyers who share Ryan’s interest in Brazilian jiu-jitsu, Malysiak has learned how jiu-jitsu and the friendships made in the sport translate to a mechanism for coping with work and life stresses.

“There’s just something about the atmosphere, the whole camaraderie that a lot of people who participate in Brazilian jiu-jitsu experience with their sparring partners on the mat that has a lot of positive benefits, both personally and professionally,” Malysiak said. “It’s kind of a release, I guess.”

Camaraderie may be an important channel for the potential benefits of jiu-jitsu, but Danz’s jiu-jitsu instructor, Rafael Ramos believes the benefits are at the individual level.

“By practicing jiu-jitsu one can gain discipline, lose weight, improve flexibility and, most importantly, confidence,” Ramos said.

Confidence turned out to be essential to the completion of Danz’s book. With his large social media following, writing and being read was nothing unusual to him, but writing a book was a whole new challenge.

“The way of the world now, especially with social media, everything seems to be so condensed,” Danz said. “So I was always fine with kind of sharing things on my blog or in a blog format or 140 characters and making that the extent of my writing.”

His passion for practicing jiu-jitsu and his hard work at writing culminated in a 200-page learning experience.

“I never thought my writing was good enough to write a book and I never thought there’d be an opportunity to write a book, but that obviously wasn’t the case,” Danz said. “I looked back on it and I’m glad I did it. I’m excited for the book to release, but it takes a lot out of you.”

Danz has UC Davis to thank for his ability to write the book. Despite being a managerial economics major, he maintains that one of his best classes was an English class.

“I really developed my writing there … it finally did come in handy and I wish I would have taken more English classes,” Danz said.

Danz has always been in the business of learning: starting a business, traveling the world, practicing jiu-jitsu, writing a book; all in the interest of new experiences.

“I think his biggest quality is that he doesn’t have a big ego,” Ramos said. “He doesn’t care if today he didn’t ‘win’ every sparring session that he participated in as long as he learned something that will help him on the next session.”

NICK FREDERICI can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

Column: Tune in

Arts & Culture

Arts Editor

October 3, 2013

Welcome to MUSE’s newest column. From the title, I’m sure you can deduce that it will primarily discuss music. What kind, you ask? Well, good sir or madam, I will tell you what kind: ALL KINDS. I love talking about music, and this column will act as a relay mechanism for my personal opinions about it.

I will discuss what is getting played at parties around campus, what people are listening to, what bands and songs I think are weird, which ones I like — pretty much anything you can think of.

I’m going to start off by simply stating that I don’t enjoy a lot of mainstream music: I tend to gravitate away from “swag”-focused music and toward music from the heart. I enjoy music in which the artist actually has evident emotions.

Although I’m not the biggest fan, I feel that there IS evident emotion in Country music. Yes, classical Country (like Johnny Cash) and soft, slow Country (like the song “She’s Everything” By Brad Paisley) contain emotion, but that’s not what I’m going to talk about right now.

I’m talking about the Country music that mothers, daughters and many men alike, all adore. The stuff you hear at day parties and rodeos. I know a bunch of people out there love Country, and I know a ton of people hate it. Personally, I don’t hate Country. I am by no means a fanatic (I cannot tell apart or even name two songs by Tim McGraw, Blake Shelton or Keith Urban), but if a Country song comes on, I won’t be one of the people who instantly stands up and screams angrily “What the hell? Who put this on?!”

I find Country to be soothing and relaxing, which is a feeling I think I share with almost all other Country fans. Most Country songs I hear are about romance and about having a good time — these are things that I’m sure the Country artists are passionate about, and things that are also easy to relate to.

Country music is easy on the ear, it keeps the energy up, and it rarely gets too heavy. It’s simple — Country artists rarely try too hard or overcomplicate their songs. I suppose this all is what makes Country music so desirable for parties — especially day parties it seems.

Although there is obviously emotion present in Country songs, all songs within the genre (regardless of the artist) sound the same to me. Maybe I just haven’t developed my Country palate enough yet, but every male Country singer’s voice has the same deep, wholesome, manly, “twangy,” sexy tone.

In addition to my vocal peeves, the guitar featured in Country music seems to be very limited in terms of sound variety. It seems to either be a simple, constantly repeated acoustic strumming pattern (like in “The Good Stuff” by Kenny Chesney) or a rough, loud electric guitar riff paired with heavy rock style drums (like Tim McGraw’s “Truck Yeah”).

This lack of variety is totally understandable — I get it, there is only so much an artist can do within a given genre. And people like these riffs and this party style of country, so why not keep making the music?

A sidenote about Country music (that I noticed while writing this article) is that almost 100% of country album cover artwork features the singer, in the outdoors, often on a field, wearing a cowboy hat, staring at the camera. It gets old really fast.

To all you stubborn Country fans, you might like a band called Drive-By Truckers. They have Southern accents, they utilize heavy rock guitar (like in the song: “Highway 72”), but there is an alternative and very unique sound and feel to their style.

Their songs are genuine, from the heart (great examples include: “Carl Perkins’ Cadillac” and “Outfit”), and just sound freakin’ good. They have a great pair of guitarists who make use of the slide (“Late For Church”) which designs a cool, “warpy” guitar sound.

They have a ton of upbeat stuff that I could easily imagine hearing at parties. Their themes are sometimes similar to that of mainstream country and sometimes different, but as a band “Drive-By Truckers” are easy to relate to, moreso than the more popular country artists.

Yes, there are some Country bands that even I can enjoy listening to. And even though Country music is not my cup of tea, I still believe there are redeeming qualities to it, just as there are in Polka, Disco or Jazz. In this column, I will delve into what those are, even if it pains me to do so.

TYLER WEBB will be bumping the coolest tunes in his crib incessantly. To find out what he’s listening to, contact him at arts@theaggie.org.

Davis Farmers Market continues to grow, give back

Features

Features Editor

October 3, 2013

The Davis Farmers Market began with only three farmers in 1976, and has since grown to attract around 7,000 shoppers every Saturday.

Yolo County is known as one of the nation’s greatest agricultural powerhouses, and the Farmers Market, open Wednesdays and Saturdays year-round, is a place for consumers to connect with their farmers in a way they might otherwise not experience.

“[The farmers] are like artists who aren’t appreciated until they’re gone,” said Jake Clemens, a longtime market patron. “[The interaction] makes them feel appreciated for their hard work.”

The Davis Farmers Market has been a key community center in the City of Davis since its founding, especially after a covered structure was built to accommodate the market year-round in 1993.

“We come to the market even when we don’t need anything,” Clemens said. “It’s the pulse of the community. If there’s a problem in the city, this is where people come to talk about it.”

Students are also encouraged to stop by. In fact, the market’s hours were even extended until 1 p.m. on Saturdays to improve its accessibility to students, according to Randii MacNear, the manager of the Davis Farmers Market.

They can also visit the market at the UC Davis Silo on Wednesdays from 11 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. during Fall and Spring Quarters.

“Students have told me that it’s hard to feel at home at UC Davis, but we try to make the market feel like home in a friendly community,” Macnear said.

As students may not often buy food in bulk, the market is an ideal place to find produce.

According to Clemens, shoppers can buy single items, like one apple or one peach, and those purchases, however small, can benefit the community.

Supporting the growers of the Davis Farmers Market also lends aid to many lower income citizens of the City of Davis. Many growers from Davis provide food to the Food Bank of Yolo County, which is then distributed to people and families in need in the community.

Even though the City of Davis and Yolo County are considered to be part of the breadbasket of the nation, 17.5 percent of people in Yolo County are considered to be food insecure — which means that they don’t have enough food to eat on a daily basis, according to the Feeding America “Map the Hunger Gap” map.

Some of the food that is donated by farmers is sent to five Davis elementary schools. This donation provides free and reduced priced meals for students who are living below the poverty line.

In this way, supporting the growers at the Davis Farmers Market also supports the health of all of the citizens of Yolo County.

“[The Farmers Market] is a gem for the entire community,” Saylor said.

Seventy percent of the goods at the Farmers Market are produced less than one hour away, according to the Davis Farmers Market website, and there are many benefits to shopping locally.

Buying food directly from its producers allows you to interact with the farmers. You can chat with farmers about how the food was grown or made, and ask for suggestions about the best way to prepare it.

“The market is creating a relationship between the growers and consumers,” said Don Saylor, the district two Yolo County supervisor.

Growers love seeing customers enjoy the literal ‘fruit’ of their labor. Farming is not for the faint of heart, and it is often difficult for local farmers to maintain a market segment in competition with large factory farms.

The Davis Farmers Market is open from 8 a.m. to 1 p.m. on Saturday mornings year-round in Central Park on Fourth and C streets, as well as on Wednesday nights. From March 20 through Oct. 30, the market is open from 4:30 to 8:30 p.m., and from Oct. 31 through March 13, the market is open from 2 to 6 p.m, also in Central Park.

TAYLOR CUNNINGHAM can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

News in Brief: Portion of Dairy Road to be painted for higher visibility

Campus News

Campus Editor

October 3, 2013

The roadway leading north from Hutchinson on the former West Entry Parking Structure of the Pavilion will be painted with green paint, transforming it into the first green bike lane in Davis created for the purposes of enhancing visibility.

The decision to create the green bike lane occurred approximately a year ago during a campus Bicycle Committee meeting, according to Bicycle Program Coordinator of Transportation and Parking Services (TAPS), David Takemoto-Weerts.

“The portion of roadway that heads north from Hutchison Drive on the west side of the Pavilion Parking Structure and includes the turns entering and exiting the parking structure have been a source of confusion for some cyclists and motorists, neither of whom understand what lane position they should take when on this short stretch of roadway,” Takemoto-Weerts said in an email.

“I think the green path is wonderful. It provides a highly visible signal to bicyclists and automobile drivers. It shows and leads bicycles to where they should be riding,” said John F. Hess, a member of the Board of Directors for the Davis Bike Club.

Green paint is utilized either as extensions of bicycle lanes or inside them to increase awareness of bicyclist to motorists, thus deeming them a traffic control device according to the U.S. Department of Transportation.

“The edges of standard bike lanes are delineated with white lines. Green bike lanes fill in all or some of the space between the white lines with green paint. The purpose of the green bike lanes is to improve circulation and safety for bicyclists and drivers. North of Hutchison Drive, the green bike lanes will position bicyclists in the center of Dairy Road,” said Charles Alexander, who is the project engineer who designed the green bike lanes and a member of Charles Alexander of Fehr and Peers, a transportation consulting firm.

According to Takemoto-Weerts, the construction of the green bike lane is expected to be complete within the next few weeks and available for use once the green paint dries.

– Liliana Nava Ochoa

Former UC President home to be renovated

Campus News

Campus Editor

October 3, 2013

On Sept. 17, the University of California Board of Regents voted to spend $620,000 in order to carry out plans for renovations and repairs to the Blake House.

The Blake House, a 13,000 square foot mansion located four miles away from UC Berkeley, has been home to previous UC Presidents and may be used to house new President-elect Janet Napolitano. Napolitano began her term on Sept. 30, and was therefore not able to vote for the renovations on the house.

UC Regents policy states that it is required for all UC Presidents and Chancellors to live in houses provided by the Regents of the University of California.

“As part of their official duties, executive officers are responsible for extending official hospitality to important visitors and guests in conjunction with official functions. The University, therefore, provides executive officers and members of their households with suitable housing as their primary residence to perform the administrative, ceremonial and social duties required of their respective positions,” the policy stated.

The renovations will be paid for through the Searles Fund, a private fund given to the UC Regents in 1919 by Edward F. Searles. According to a University Office of the President statement on the Searles Fund, the fund was donated as a share of stocks that now has a market value of $188 million.

“According to the regents’ minutes, he [Searles] placed no restrictions on the endowment, other than that the gift be applied ‘in such manner as the regents should deem proper to the uses of the University,’” the statement said.

As a private fund for the benefits of the UC, the regents reserve the money for expenses not covered by the state government. The Searles Fund has previously been used to purchase and maintain homes for the President and Chancellors, as this is something that the state government does not pay for.

“If UC were to redirect this money to other purposes for which state support is needed (salaries, educational costs, etc.), the university would lack this mechanism to pay for those operational necessities that the state won’t pay for,” the Searles Fund statement said.

$250,000 of the $620,000 that the regents have approved to work on the house will go toward hiring an expert to inspect whether the house will be liveable after renovations are finished. The other $370,000 will go toward security upgrades, kitchen renovations, and deferred maintenance such as painting, roof repairs, and electrical and plumbing maintenance.

UC Spokesperson Brooke Converse said that the use of the Blake House after the inspections has not yet been decided.

“It is still unclear whether or not President-elect Napolitano and future presidents will be able to live at the house,” Converse said.

In 2008, a UC Newsroom statement was released regarding housing for previous President Mark Yudof.

“Because of its age and significant deferred maintenance issues, Blake House suffers from a variety of condition problems, including the fact that it sits on an active geologic slide, which causes continual foundation movement and related structural issues,” the press release stated.

The total estimated cost of repairs and renovations now adds up to $3.5 to $6 million. The house has fallen into further disrepair after not being lived in since 2008. New homes in Kensington, the area in which Blake House is located, range in price from $800,000 to $2 million.

Previous UC President Yudof voted not to allow renovations for the Blake House when he became President due to the current recession the country and the UC system was in. UC Regents made accommodations for Yudof to live in a house in Oakland that was rented for $11,550 a month.

Similar housing arrangements have been made for Napolitano while preliminary plans for the Blake House take place. She will be living in a house in Oakland that will cost $9,950 a month.

If homes for UC Presidents continue to be rented at this price, they will “eclipse the cost of renovation within 15 years,” according to the UC Regents’ agenda.

Blake House was donated to UC Berkeley in 1957. This fact is one reason that UC Regents are reluctant to selling the house and buying a new one.

“If Blake House is sold, the money would go to the Landscape Architecture Department at UC Berkeley,” Converse said. “It could not be used for buying a new house.”

Students from the Landscape Architecture Department at UC Berkeley currently work and take care of the Blake Garden, located outside of Blake House. Although the house has not been kept up since 2008, the garden is still thriving.

Blake Garden manager Lauri Twitchell commented on how the possibility of Napolitano moving into the Blake House will affect the Blake Garden.

“The past presidents have all been supporters of our program as a landscape laboratory for the UC Berkeley Dept.of Landscape Architecture and Environmental planning … We are open to the public and admission is free. I assume that will remain the same and there has been no indication that it will change,” Twitchell said in an email.

Converse said that the house is important to restore because it previously housed so many UC Presidents. The UC Regents would like to continue the tradition of housing UC Presidents there.

If it is decided that the house will not be appropriate for Napolitano and presidents after her to reside in, the UC Regents agenda stated that other possible uses for the Blake House are a location for entertainment and fundraising, for holding lectures and classes, and also for guest housing.

The amount of time it will take for renovations for the Blake House to finish is currently unknown. Converse said UC Regents are “hoping to bring something back by the January meeting.”

MELISSA DITTRICH can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Column: Stay tuned

Opinion

Opinion

October 3, 2013

If you are an up-and-coming musician and have chosen to bless the world with your unique and refined talent you must not take this decision lightly. Street musicianship is not a job; it’s a lifestyle. Well, hopefully it’s not a job. Stay in school, kids.

There are two types of street musicians. Well really, there are far more than just two, but we will speak in grand generalizations to save time.

The first is the artist with something to prove. This wandering soul seeks to convince the audience and themselves that they have something worth sharing. This works as a wonderful motivator in the beginning. The quest for validation drives the performer forward, and with each compliment or sizable tip the artist feels a fierce rush of ambition, every tidbit of praise fueling the search for the next. This cycle however can easily crumble.

The problem is that if the market is flooded with compliments, their value starts to decrease at an alarming rate. Before you know it, praise will be expected and you will receive it, not with grace and appreciation, but instead with the air of someone collecting their monthly paycheck. Do not let yourself fall into this routine of entitlement.

The second type of street musician stands on more solid ground. This musician separates him or herself from their work, and feels pride in their craft in the same way a parent might when hearing that their child is succeeding. This sense of pride rarely deteriorates into entitlement.

Question your motivations. Obviously what you seek foremost is to be seen as a music maker: bringer of joy and inspiration to those going about daily tasks, shedding meaning onto otherwise drab lives, creating art! Unfortunately there are often other roles you unintentionally fill.

These include: conversation disturber, space taker and in the rare but not unheard of case, dirty hippy. You must embrace all of these roles in order to feel truly comfortable playing on the streets.

You must also realize, that in the nature of all art, you will never be appreciated by everyone. On your best day, there will still be someone nearby who finds your performance incessant and distracting, and on your worst you will be ignored.

But as those who intend to take up the trade of entertaining strangers, you must understand that sometimes, for whatever reason, you will be virtually invisible to the public you have subjected yourself to.

I deal with this confusing douse of insecurity by assuming there is something wrong with my audience; but again, this tactic is only necessary if you feel entitled to their acknowledgment.

The trick is to remain separate enough from your music that you can appreciate it as if you were a member of your audience. As a chef you would want to enjoy the taste of your own food without getting fat; it is the same with music.

So now that you have considered the philosophical nature of your desire to perform for the public, where do you go from here? Personally I feel the simplest solution is to start small.

Sit in a corner and play guitar quietly. Maybe mumble a bit of your favorite song while avoiding eye contact with anyone who passes. If you have stage fright, this method has the added benefit of everyone being too weirded out to approach you.

Second step is to dress well enough to deter assumptions that you’re homeless. Nothing too fancy — take a shower before you leave, perhaps wear shoes. This step is important in allowing you to maintain your small corner of public space without some store owner or other public authority explaining to you that you can’t sleep here.

Step three is to ignore the first step. There’s no point in being quiet or humble. Relax and feel confident! You might as well, if you embarrassed yourself then it was a good learning experience, and if you’re under 25 like me, even the strangers who aren’t your biggest fans are generally pretty merciful.

Remember that while street performance requires a symbiotic relationship with its audience, you are also doing this for yourself. Sharing your talent with strangers can be exhilarating.

So get out there! Risk looking stupid, don’t get kicked off private property and add some melody to the world.

To win a rap battle, challenge ELLY OLTERSDORF at eroltersdorf@gmail.com.

Men’s tennis season opens with Aggie Invitational

Sports

Sports Editor

October 3, 2013

Event: Aggie Invitational

Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center — Davis, Calif.

When: Saturday, Oct. 4 at 9:00 a.m.; Sunday, Oct. 5 at 9:00 a.m.; Monday, Oct. 6 at 9:00 a.m.

The Aggie Invitational is the UC Davis men’s tennis team’s home tournament in the fall, and will feature some of the best tennis on the west coast, according to Aggie head coach Eric Steidlmayer. The tournament will be played at the Marya Welch Tennis Center on the UC Davis campus and runs from Oct. 4 to 6, with play commencing each morning at nine.

The invitational features three separate brackets, called the A, B and C brackets, and the Aggies have players competing in all three. This means that there will be plenty for the Aggie Pack to cheer about.

Steidlmayer leads the men’s team into his second season as head coach. He previously coached at UC San Diego for 14 seasons. His teams there made 12 consecutive NCAA Division II postseason appearances, and his tenure at UC San Diego is highlighted by a 20-0 season in 2011.

Steidlmayer helped to improve the Aggies’ overall team record by three games in his first season and also helped each player’s individual performances improve sharply. He has brought a winning mentality and a dogged determination to UC Davis men’s tennis.

The men’s team features a number of key returning players and will also include some important new cogs as well. The returning top players include seniors Parker Kelly and Kyle Miller, and sophomore Brett Bacharach. These three started all of UC Davis’ matches last year and will look to help provide veteran leadership to the three standout freshman who supplement the men’s tennis roster.

High school All-American and 34th nationally-ranked prospect Alec Adamson leads the new class along with James Wade, ranked 45th nationally, and Bryce McKelvie.

“All three freshmen bring a good fighting spirit, a calmness to themselves and are good players,” coach Steidlmayer said.

This up-and-coming team will put their new mentality on show at the Aggie Invitational and will be challenged by the likes of the nationally-ranked Oregon, as well as Stanford and California, amongst others.

At the very least it will be an interesting litmus test for a team whose goals are to make the conference championships and be nationally-ranked by the end of the season.

— Vic Anderson

Column: Watts Legal

Campus News

Campus Editor

October 3, 2013

Question: I just moved into a new house last month. This month, my landlord told me he’s selling the house, and I’m not sure what’s going to happen next. Can he kick me out? — Kayla F., Davis

Answer: Not as long as he still owns the building. Your landlord signed a lease with you, and that lease is a binding contract between you and him.

There are, of course, certain ways to get out of a contract, such as when the purpose of the contract is frustrated by external events beyond the parties’ control. Your landlord normally has to send a maintenance crew to fix problems, but if an arsonist sets your house on fire, for example, you’ll have a tough time demanding that he unclog the charred remnants of your toilet or fix the lock on the heap of ashes that used to be your front door. Conversely, if he no longer owns the building, he can’t ask you to stop throwing so many parties, since it’s not his house anymore.

While he owns the house, he’s bound to obey the lease, which, like every lease in California, promises you “quiet enjoyment” of the premises. This means you’re entitled by law (specifically California Civil Code section 1927) to the exclusive possession of the house without disturbance. Although the landlord can sell the house, he can’t harass you during the sale. I’m assuming your landlord is using a real estate agent, who will probably want to show the house to potential buyers. That’s fine, but he has to give you proper notice in advance. He can’t show the house outside of normal business hours: No 3:00 A.M. surprise visits, and no unannounced tours of your bedroom while you’re getting out of the shower in the morning. As long as the landlord owns the house, he can’t kick you out simply because he’s planning on selling it. He can’t force you to move by intentionally making your life miserable, either.

The new owner of the house, however, might want to change things. If she wants to live there, she might try to get you to leave. But in buying the house, the new owner has signed a contract with the old landlord agreeing to take over all the old liabilities and responsibilities attached to the house. This includes things like the electricity bill, property taxes — and people still living there. Unless your lease has a clause canceling your lease in case of a sale (which is unlikely), the new landlord has to abide by the lease and let you stay. The old landlord should transfer your security deposit to the new landlord, so when you move out, you’ll get your deposit back from the new landlord. Don’t forget this a year from now. If the new landlord doesn’t refund your deposit within 21 days, or if the old landlord didn’t transfer the deposit like he was supposed to, you’re entitled to sue for triple damages plus attorney fees.

Question: In season 2 of Breaking Bad, attorney Saul Goodman told Walter White to give him a dollar so White would be protected by attorney-client privilege. Is that all it takes? Just a dollar, and the attorney is yours?
— Conrad O., Sacramento

Answer: It actually takes less than a dollar to establish an attorney-client relationship, though the exchange of money definitely makes the relationship clearer. Lots of lawyers (including every public defender in the country) represent clients who don’t pay a dime, but they’re still their clients’ lawyers. Their conversations are still protected by the attorney-client privilege, which means that the lawyer can’t go around telling people incriminating or confidential things about their clients.

You can’t just throw a dollar at a lawyer and assume he’s your lawyer. Until he tells you he’s representing you, and until you explicitly agree to that representation, he’s not your lawyer, and talking to him is just like talking to anyone else. You don’t have to exchange money, but you do have to make sure both of you agree to initiate an attorney-client relationship. Incidentally, a lawyer’s newspaper column or a radio call-in show are obviously not intended to establish an attorney-client relationship, and should not be construed as actual legal advice. Anything you read on the internet should serve as a starting point, not the end.

Poetry sparks revolution

Arts & Culture

Arts Editor

October 3, 2013

On Oct. 4, UC Davis’ English Department is set to host day two of “Poetry and/or Revolution,” a conference created to continue discussion about the changing political tides and whether poetry has role in it. The event is a gathering of 13 poets hailing from the Bay Area and the United Kingdom.

Amid the recent years of political turmoil on a local and global scale, people are starting conversations around the rapidly changing times. Many of these contributors are artists and, in particular, poets.

UC Davis English professor and poet Joshua Clover, UC Santa Cruz professor and poet Chris Chen, and Mills College professor and poet Juliana Spahr are the organizers of the event. Their purpose for holding the conference stems back to a recent meeting in the UK called “Militant Poetics” in which remarks were made regarding Occupy Oakland — a happening in which Clover, Chen and Spahr were involved.

“A few participants had some comments to make about Occupy Oakland and the role of poets within that, and a bunch of us involved didn’t necessarily agree with these claims,” Clover said. “We wrote a letter of response, but rather than leave it at an angry exchange, we decided we’d work through our differences as well as our commonalities.”

The conference originated from a gathering in the UK called “Poetry and Revolution.” The gathering was brought to order in the midst of the Arab Spring — a series of political protests held in the Arab Nation beginning in December 2010. In the wake of the uprisings along with the recent anti-austerity protests in London, poets and scholars came together to discuss poetry’s part in these global affairs.

Marianne Morris, a poet and scholar from the UK, gave a reading at the “Poetry and Revolution” conference and became invested in the dialogues regarding the topic. Though she didn’t attend “Militant Poetics,” she felt the urge to contribute to the continuing conversation and will be attending the conference in Davis.

A follower and admirer of Occupy Oakland, Morris looks forward to hearing the perspectives of those who experienced it firsthand.

“I think the discussion will be interesting, particularly for the UK contingency, due to the ways in which being removed from habitual context [of what one’s used to] can open up space for new ideas and new ways of talking about things,” Morris said.

Though the event will provide a haven for attendants to converse about the Occupy Oakland commentary, its overarching purpose is to discuss how poetry and revolution relate to one another, or if they have any relation at all.

Some of the attendants have found it unclear whether poetry plays a vital role in society today, especially in regard to revolution, but many have found they personally connect their poetic work to the current political antagonism taking place.

Poet David Buuck found it easy to write with a radical basis after being submersed in the political movements of the last few years and will be reading some of his work at “Poetry and/or Revolution.”

“Given the events of the last several years around the world, the political uprisings and revolts raise new and vital questions for writers and artists everywhere,” Buuck said. “I try to think critically about politics in all my work, including at the levels of both form and content.”

The conference will offer a space for anyone who holds interest in revolution and/or poetics to voice their opinions and decide for themselves where poetry belongs in the changing current.

“I have no claim about what poetry ought to do. I’m not in favor of having a program in which it declares what the poetry’s purpose is,” Clover said. “For me, revolution comes up as a matter of course, not a matter of purpose. I don’t know if poetry’s a centerpiece of contemporary society that people need to be worrying about. Then again, maybe it is.”

Day one of “Poetry and/or Revolution” will be held at UC Santa Cruz on Oct. 3, day two will be held at UC Davis in Voorhies Hall 126 on Oct. 4 and day three will be held at UC Berkeley on Oct. 5.

For further event details, visit the UC Davis Humanities calendar online at dhi.ucdavis.edu/?tribe_events=poetry-andor-revolution or go to revolutionandorpoetry.wordpress.com.

AKIRA OLIVIA KUMAMOTO can be reached at arts@theaggie.org.

GRID Alternatives brings solar energy to Davis

City News

City Editor

October 3, 2013

GRID Alternatives, a nonprofit organization that offers solar technology to qualifying low-income households, partnered with the City of Davis in May 2013 to help Davis homeowners save money while being environmentally friendly.

The organization will install solar electric systems either at a low cost or for free for households that depend on those needed savings for their homes. These households are also a part of the Davis Home Improvement Loan Program, a program that became effective in spring 2013.

The Home Improvement Loan Program was created by NeighborWorks Homeownership Center Sacramento Region and the City of Davis in order to make housing more accessible and available to Davis residents.

According to the City of Davis City Manager’s office, the goals of the Home Improvement Loan Program include helping households who have family members with disabilities and seniors citizens undertaking home improvements in order to function more comfortably and easily in their own homes. This program makes home improvement projects and loans more affordable to the community members.

“The City [of Davis] chose to award the GRID Alternatives program through our federal HOME dollars and we are hopeful that they will be able to assist lower income residents who might benefit from solar on their homes,” said Kelly Stachowicz, City of Davis deputy city manager. “We see this program as a win-win: lower income residents save money on utilities and the community reduces our overall greenhouse gas emissions.”

Process of installation

GRID Alternatives will use renewable energy and energy efficiency services through this program so homeowners can save a huge percentage of their electricity bills every year. The organization currently has a couple of clients lined up to receive approval for the solar technology for their homes.

The process of installation requires a construction crew, 10 job trainees or volunteers and two days worth of time.

“The installation process starts with our Outreach Coordinators assisting homeowners through the application process,” said Becca Russell, special projects intern for GRID Alternatives, in an email. “Once the homeowner is approved, our construction crew designs a system that will provide at least 75 percent of the household energy use.”

Additionally, GRID’s program offers job opportunities for interested individuals. The program allows volunteers, job trainees, student groups and corporate work teams to train, learn and work with the solar industry. Workers are prepared for jobs in the expanding solar industry while helping families afford solar energy.

Net-green impact

The larger environmental impact of using solar energy can have a larger net green in the near future, but it is sometimes hard to tell.

“Because solar energy costs are heavily influenced by the particular permitting and grid tie-in costs, it is hard to say what an economic payback time would be,” said Associate Professor of civil and environmental engineering, Alissa Kendall, in an email.

However, Professor Kendall also said that some quick calculations would tell us the expected energy and greenhouse gas payback time.

“The energy payoff is around eight years for a solar cell that is certified to last 25 to 30 years,” said Professor Adam Moule from chemical engineering and materials science department, in an email. “This means that as long as the solar cell remains in operation for longer than eight years, it is making more energy than was required to create it in the first place.”

According to Professor Moule there is no drawback for any building or facility in California to install a small solar electric or photovoltaic system, including houses.

“There is a necessity to upgrade both the distribution grid and the transmission grid to accommodate the intermittent nature of solar power collection.” Moule said. “Part of this is to connect the cities together through a network, the other part will be to install electricity storage in the form of batteries, fuel cells, and mechanical energy storage devices.”

With proper implementation and usage, solar technology saves energy and money in the long run.

Russell said GRID Alternatives hopes to install solar electric systems on 15 homes in Davis by the end of 2014.

“This will create long-term savings for families living with low incomes, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and provide hands-on experience for volunteers, job trainees and homeowners themselves,” Russell said. “Homeowners are always very grateful for their solar electric systems.”

TAMMY LEE can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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