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Volunteers shave heads for the fight against childhood cancer

UC Davis Cancer Center and deVere’s Irish Pub collaborate on St. Baldrick’s eventsBy MICHELLE MURPHY

Aggie News Writer

In the fight against child-hood cancer, the UC Davis Cancer Center and deVere’s Irish Pub are working to-gether to sponsor this year’s St. Baldrick’s day events, which are hosted and or-ganized by Keaton Raphael Memorial. During these events, vol-unteers of all ages will shave their heads to raise mon-ey for pediatric cancer re-search. The first event will take place today at 5 p.m. at the deVere’s Irish Pub in Sacramento, followed by another event this Thursday at 5 p.m. at the deVere’s Irish pub in Davis. Henry deVere White — son of Dr. Ralph W. deVere White, the director of the UC Davis Cancer Center — decided to hold the St. Baldrick’s events at his pubs as a way to give back to his father’s life long mission to cure cancer. “Historically, St. Baldrick’s started in pubs,” deVere White said. “It started in Boston with a couple law-yers who decided to raise $17,000 on the 17th of March. It’s now turned into this international organiza-tion that [raises money for pediatric cancer research].

courtesyGLeslie Garcia and Nicole Ekedahl were among those who shaved their heads as part of St. Baldrick’s week last year. This year there will be events on Monday at deVere’s in Sacramento and Thursday at deVere’s in Davis in support of St. Baldrick’s. These events are organized by the Keaton Raphael Memorial and sponsored by the UC Davis Cancer Center and deVere’s Irish Pub. See CANCER, page 5

Dodgeball Palooza stirs up competition at the ARC

Neighborhood Navigator: Central DavisResidents describe its location as best in Davis

Students take part in a 24 hour dodgeball tournamentBy GHEED SAEED

Aggie News Writer

This year set a record high lev-el of participation at Dodgeball Palooza, with over 100 teams com-peting for a coveted spot on the Activities and Recreation Center’s (ARC) Wall of Fame. Dodgeball Palooza began in 2004, and in 2011, only 76 teams competed. Intramural (IM) Sports Manager Zal Dordi said that Dodgeball Palooza is a lot of fun, and win-ners get championship T-shirts and their picture on the Wall of Fame. Players have the opportunity to play for one of three leagues: Men’s/Women’s league (six play-ers each), CoRec league (three men and three women), or the two vs. two tournament, whereby

any combination of players have the right to compete. The two vs. two league was introduced for the first time this year. “This is my second year. I’ve learned a lot from last year; I’ve gotten three hours of sleep this year as opposed to zero last year,” said IM Sports Manager Zal Dordi. Dodgeball Palooza took place Friday and Saturday. Players came prepared for competition both on the courts and on the “runway,” and costumes attracted a great deal of attention since there was also a costume contest involved in the event. “It’s fun reffing Dodgeball Palooza, some players get real-ly into this. It’s all fun and games

By CLAIRE MALDARELLIAggie Staff Writer

This week’s installment of Neighborhood Navigator takes us to the apartment com-plexes surrounding campus, otherwise known as Central Davis. Residents of this area describe it as the most convenient place to live, with the best Mexican food in town. Aptly named for its likelihood of being found in the middle of any given map of Davis, Central Davis is bound on the north by West Covell, on the east by the railroad tracks, on the west by Highway 113 and on the south by Russell Boulevard. Bordering

on Downtown Davis, Central Davis is home to a plethora of popular Davis business-es, shopping centers, parks and of course apartment complexes. Located just a few blocks past down-town, at 804 East Ninth St., is Tamarack Apartments. With just 24 units, residents describe this small apartment complex as a hidden secret. “It is a really small, cute complex. We are on F and Ninth, which is not downtown so we don’t have to deal with downtown traffic. We are super close to the Davis Greenbelt which is awesome for running, biking or

NEwS IN BRIEF

President Yudof condemns

recent on-campus

anti-Israel acts University of California President Mark G. Yudof re-leased an open letter to the UC students, faculty and staff mem-bers asking them to “foster a cli-mate of tolerance, civility and open-mindedness.” Thursday’s statement specif-ically addressed recent anti-Is-rael incidents on UC campuses. He condemned those heckling speakers at the UC Davis Feb. 27 event “Israeli Soldiers Speak Out.” He also condemned vandals on the UC Riverside campus who de-faced the Israeli flag displayed by the Jewish student organization Hillel, scrawling the word “terror-ists” across it. He wrote that the system’s cen-tral office has worked with UC campuses and various groups, to revise policies on student con-duct. He wrote the policies work to prevent acts driven by religious or racial bias. He stated UC is work-ing with the Museum of Tolerance and the Anti-Defamation League to improve campus climate for all students. “With our Chancellors, I remain committed to the principle of bal-ancing protection of free speech and promoting strategies to fos-ter an environment where all stu-dents, faculty, staff members and guests can feel safe and respect-ed — no matter their individu-al characteristics or viewpoints,” Yudof stated.

— Angela Swartz

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Students took part in Dodgeball Palooza this weekend. winners will have their picture put up on the ARC wall of Fame.

brian Nguyen / Aggie

Residents of Tamarack Apartments, located at 804 E. 9th St., call the complex a “hidden secret.” See CENTRAL, page 5

See DODGE, page 2

Somebody broke up with me once, so I complete-ly identify with Adele

and her music. Even one year later, listening to the power-house crescendos and vocal fire of “Rolling in the Deep” still takes me back to the memories of that one person who said he didn’t find me at-tractive. It’s nice to know that, in terms of heartbreak, some-one else out there is on the same level as I am.

Actually, I’ve always carried a torch for strong female vo-calists who need no man. Even for someone who’s nev-er been spurned by a lov-er, there’s something so vi-cariously empowering about seeing a chanteuse turn her romantic crises into multi-platinum-selling discs. After all, nothing speaks louder than a lyrical middle finger and a stack of record profits higher than Big Ben. Well, ex-cept for maybe the legions of fans like me.

It’s hard to pinpoint any single trait that draws us to Adele so magnetically. For me, it was initially her abil-ity to pull off lumpy oat-meal-hued sweaters as well as her prominent chin, with the music itself coming in a close third place. In any case, whether it’s some form of powerful cockney voo-doo or simply the maternal charm of her ponytails keep-ing the rest of the world’s at-tention, it’s working: 21 has held the top position on the Billboard charts for 23 weeks and Adele’s fan base contin-ues to swell.

If I had to venture a guess on behalf of the fans, howev-er, I would say that the com-mon reason for our devotion is that we didn’t even realize we had all suffered our own love life traumas until Adele came along. Before songs like “Someone Like You” there was still the possibility of re-calling our past breakups as amicable and mutual, but that’s no longer an option.

Thanks to the intense emotional content of her re-cord, as well as my desire to associate with it, I now reg-ularly find myself looking back misty-eyed at three-week-long relationships and one-night stands, thinking “we could have had it all…”

I assume — because Adele seems to really resonate with a vast audience and also be-cause I like to think every-one emulates me to a certain extent — that this style of thinking is a popular one.

It’s certainly an easy mind-set to adopt; with ballads like Adele’s, all it takes is one lis-ten before you start to re-member all of your previous relationships as tumultuous, heart-rending affairs. Perhaps it’s the lyrical content or the gusto of her delivery, but there’s something about her style that just makes the lis-tener feel understood.

Never mind the fact that I’ve never watched an old flame move on and get hap-pily married, when I’m lis-tening to “Someone Like You,” the piano alone is so poignant I could swear that I’m the one who has just en-dured a soul-crushing break-up. I still can’t tell you what

exactly it means to “Set Fire to the Rain,” but when that song comes on

the radio I create my own definition of the phrase and belt it out as though I coined it. Therein lies the beauty of lyrics that are just vague enough that I can find a way to make them about me.

Personally, my favorite thing about Adele’s sopho-more album is that she never makes it too explicit she’s tell-ing a story about herself and her own life. Since the lyrics center around the highly-re-latable topic of breaking up/romantic issues without ever being too case-specific, lis-teners are left with plenty of room to interpret the songs’ material in a way that best matches their own lives.

In my eyes, Adele is like the fairy godmother of scorned lovers everywhere, guiding us toward the realization that we’re perpetual victims but simultaneously teaching us to own it. So what if some-times “owning it” entails tak-ing memories of perfectly harmonious breakups and/or insignificant failed relation-ships and re-imagining them for dramatic effect? This col-umnist has certainly never lost any winks over a little ex-aggeration.

All things considered, what matters most is the fact that associating with Adele’s music in this way provides us with an avenue to turn the listening experience into one of self-discovery. It may be the case that all we’re re-ally discovering is how effec-tively we can draw parallels between our brief flings and the lengthy romance docu-mented in 21, but hey, since when was music about the artist’s story anyway?

How bad was your breakup on a scale of 1 to Adele? Let DYLAN GALLAGHER know at dylaaaaan@gmail.com.

My first computer was an iMac. It was purple, I was eight

and it was love at first sight. I only used Macs then, and I still only use Macs now.

Although lately, it seems that a transformation is brew-ing within Apple, and my al-legiance is not as strong as it once was. Both the company and the industry are moving in a new di-rection. Last Wednesday, at the new iPad unveil-ing, CEO Tim Cook declared that we now live in a “post-PC” world, a world of tablets, e-readers and smart-phones. It has been less than 20 years since Steve Jobs re-turned to Apple and built the brand we know today. And yet, the world is already something entirely different.

I’m not sure that it’s the post-PC era yet, but fairly certain that in the near fu-ture it will be. Whatever the case, Tim Cook’s prophe-cy got me thinking: Could I still remain devoted to Apple under new manage-ment, in a new era? In a post-Jobs, post-PC world? Is brand allegiance like he-reditary politics? Do we just buy into the products and ideas that we grew up with?

Apple, and all that it stood for, undoubtedly shaped my worldview on technolo-gy. I had already committed myself to the cult of Mac by the time I had reached read-ing age and was ready to use computers. It was the same year the “Think Different” campaign was launched, fea-turing portraits of Ghandi, Einstein and other “round pegs in square holes.”

I went to see if Apple’s company culture lived up to its campaign message for myself. At 1 Infinite Loop Cupertino, California — the address of Apple’s main cam-pus — there aren’t many suits, ties or polished leath-er shoes. In fact, when I vis-ited, there were none. There was no corporate uniform to speak of. Apple, right down to its dress code, championed individuality above all else.

Apple and its products seemed so contrary to the status quo which, for me, was its main appeal. The company was the scrap-py, under-appreciated un-

derdog of the tech industry taking on Microsoft’s au-thoritarian rule of the PC market. And, honestly, who doesn’t love an underdog.

The tables have since turned, with Apple leading the pack in profits as the dominant force in smart-phone and personal com-puter sales. The authori-tarian rule now belongs to Apple. It’s a scary thought, seeing how some compa-nies veer off course when drunk with power (see cur-rent financial crisis).

A couple months ago, NPR’s “This American Life” dedicated an entire epi-sode on labor malpractice at Foxconn, Apple’s manu-facturing site in China. The narrator Mike Daisey was also a self-proclaimed “wor-shipper in the cult of Mac.” What Daisey uncovered — the sweatshop conditions, the underage laborers — was

disturbing. A week lat-er, The New York Times ran a front page sto-ry on the al-

legations. Apple was in the spotlight, and it didn’t look pretty. It was the first time my devotion had wavered at all.

Marco Arment, creator of the site Instapaper, wrote a blog post on the derogato-ry term “fanboys” (well, in my case, fangirl) which he defined as someone who is “blindly and irrationally devoted to a product” and “whose opinions and ar-guments can therefore be completely disregarded”. This quote has been ring-ing in my ears ever since.

So, I’ve resolved to put an end to my fangirl tenden-cies and look at technology with some clarity. Two of my friends now have Windows phones which, upon clos-er inspection, I found to be one of the most beauti-ful user interfaces I’ve seen in a while. I always thought Apple had a leg up on the competition at the very least in terms of aesthetic. But the Windows phone was so graceful and animated — something I had never asso-ciated with Windows, ever. For a moment, I wondered if I had just found an iPhone alternative.

My stubborn commit-ment to Macs has every-thing to do with growing up Apple. The platform you started on is probably the platform you’ll return to time and time again.

But now that the platform is changing, and the indus-try is shifting its attentions to mobile and the web ... I think allegiances will too. The post-PC era may just break this one infinite loop.

If the iPhone, iPad or iPod is the apple of your eye, let NICOLE NGUYEN know at niknguyen@ucdavis.edu.

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today energy institute/Bae/plant Sciences winter 2012 Seminar Series12:10 to 1 p.m.1003 KemperJoin Professor McDonald to discuss Transient Production of Cellulase Enzymes in Harvested Leaves and Professor Dehesh who will discuss High Energy Biofuel Production via Reprogramming of Carbon Flux from Starch to Oil. Summer abroad info Session1 to 2 p.m.Study Abroad Center, Third and A StreetsLearn about the Costa Rica summer abroad program, “Costa Rican Communities.”

tUeSday Softball game1:30 to 4 p.m.La Rue Foftball FieldWatch the Davis softball team play Colorado State. Baseball game2:30 to 5 p.m.Dobbins Baseball ComplexGo watch The Aggies baseball team play the University of San Francisco. open auditions for the way of water6 to 10 p.m.Lab BThe UC Davis department of theatre & dance puts on The Way of Water in April and is holding open auditions. Prepare a 1 to 2 minute contemporary poem that speaks to you and displays the use of poetic text. Please provide a resume and headshot. Sign up for AUDITIONS in Art 101. Using raptor flight Behavior as a tool for careful repowering of a wind farm7 to 8 p.m.The Florence Douglas Senior Center, 333 Amador St. Vallejo, CA

This talk will offer steps for reducing negative impacts through the repowering of existing wind farms. Everyone is welcome and refreshments will be served. For more information, visit the website: napasolanoaudubon.com.

wedneSday walk with warrenNoon to 2 p.m.Arboretum Headquarters, LaRue Road, UC DavisJoin Arboretum Superintendent Emeritus Warren Roberts for a lunchtime stroll in the UC Davis Arboretum. Parking is available for $7 in Visitor Lot 47. For more information, call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu. H.e.l.p. club Meeting6 to 7 p.m.146 OlsonGo to the last general meeting of the quarter to learn about the club’s community service programs and find out how to get involved in the community. Food will be provided. “cliMate refUgeeS,” film showing6:30 to 9 p.m.UC Davis, Plant Sciences Building, Room #3001The UC Davis Blum Center for Developing Economies, with co-sponsors, will be hosting the film screening of “Climate Refugees,” a documentary about the “human face” of climate change. This film highlights the plight of international communities who are already being impacted by global climate change and portrays the real costs on a global scale of continued increases in GHG emissions.

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correctionIn the March 7 article titled “UC tries to increase diversity post-Proposition 209,” Shelly Meron was quoted as saying “Since the implementation of race neutral admissions, the university has worked very hard within the primaries of the law to increase diversity in the ways we can,” while she actually used the word “parameters” not “primaries.” The Aggie regrets this error.

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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 March 8, 2012 meeting location, the Memorial Union’s Mee Room. The ASUCD president is not required to attend senate meetings.

Meeting called to order at 6:10 p.m.Adam Thongsavat, ASUCD president, present, left early Bree Rombi, ASUCD vice president, presentBeatriz Anguiano, ASUCD senator, presentBradley Bottoms, ASUCD senator, presentJared Crisologo-Smith, ASUCD senator, presentDon Gilbert, ASUCD senator, presentJustin Goss, ASUCD senator, presentJoyce Han, ASUCD senator, present, left early, returned at 8:39 p.m.Kabir Kapur, ASUCD senator, present Anni Kimball, ASUCD senator, present, left early, returned at 8:39 p.m.Paul Min, ASUCD senator, presentErica Padgett, ASUCD senator, presentPatrick Sheehan, ASUCD senator, pro tempore, presentYara Zokaie, ASUCD senator, arrived late at 9:02 p.m.

confirmationsKevin Pelstring was sworn in as Chief Justice.

Unit director reportsAnthony Palmere, the Unitrans assistant general manager said that Winter has been the highest ridership quarter for Unitrans and that ridership is up 2.5 percent over last year. The new service to West Village is doing well, with up to 900 riders a day. Andy Wyly, the maintenance assistant general manager, said that they are re-powering buses with compressed natural gas engines. He also said they are talking about buying used double-decker buses. Finally, he said that the old bus that they sent back to London landed last week, and will be put in a museum soon.

Tessa Artale, director of the Campus Center for the Environment (CCE), said that the resident garden in Segundo

is doing well. She said that CCE has been talking about the California Higher Education Sustainability Conference, which is coming to UC Davis in June. She said that CCE is looking to establish a sustainability major, with an overarching goal of creating a sustainability GE requirement. Artale also said that CCE will be taking over the bookstore bag ban from former ASUCD Senator Darwin Moosavi.

Alisa Kim, director of Project Compost, said that their new vehicle is doing well. She said that they talking about a new place to keep the electric vehicle, so it can be plugged in and locked up. Kim said that Project Compost is getting involved with Farm to College Night in the dining commons. She also said that Project Compost is looking for new ways to bring in money to the unit, in order to offset the new budget cuts to ASUCD.

consideration of old legislationSenate bill 78, authored by Martin, introduced by Sheehan, to reform the procedures for quarterly reports, passed unanimously. Senate bill 74, authored by Martin, co-authored by Cano, Goss, Meyerhoff and Rombi, introduced by Martin, to create the Committee on Committees, a permanent committee of the ASUCD Senate, passed unanimously.

Senate bill 46, authored by Renslo, co-authored by Abergel and Cano, introduced by Zokaie, to amend the Long Range Plan for the Experimental College, passed unanimously.

Senate bill 64, authored by Burke, co-authored by Ho, Kimball and Sheehan, introduced by Sheehan, to allocate $1,470 from Senate Reserves to provide transportation to a conference, Science Technology Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) for Girls, at UC Davis. Brian Barnett discussed spending rules for the Senate Reserves. Bottoms said he wasn’t sure if student fees should be spent on kids who do not attend UC Davis. Sheehan explained why the bill should be passed. Bottoms said that he changed his mind. The bill passed unanimously.

Senate bill 69, authored by Goss, to restructure the unit adoption process. Crisologo-Smith said he was concerned about unit directors picking their own senators for adopted units. It passed 7-1-4. Crisologo-Smith voted no.

Senate Bill 76, authored by Cano, introduced by Goss, to outline confirmation procedures, passed unanimously.

Senate bill 77, authored by Cano, introduced by Repicky, to outline veto procedures, passed unanimously.

discussion of legislation previously passedSenate bill 66, to update the Election Codes to properly reflect current technology and update the clauses concerning the Voluntary Spending Agreement, was vetoed by Thongsavat. Thongsavat said he was concerned about many issues of the bill. Thongsavat was concerned about the definition of evidence in the bill, whether or not the Elections Committee is able to decide what is acceptable for campaign photos. Thongsavat suggested Student Judicial Affairs as a body that could help regulate elections and campaign practices. Goss and Repicky said they did not feel that the bill made anything worse than it already is. Barnett said that he thinks that something being appropriate or inappropriate is very subjective. The veto was overridden in an 8-2-1 vote. public announcementsAnguiano said that on Tuesday the Student Recruitment and Retention Center will be putting on The Lounge for people to come study and learn about Graduate School admissions. There will be free scantrons and blue books.

Closed Session

Meeting adjourned at 11:44 p.m.

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

and I recommend students come out next year to watch or play,” said IM Sports Referee Derek Boyce. Students and ARC em-ployees alike emphasize the fun and excitement as-sociated with Dodgball Palooza. “It’s the only opportunity to play dodgeball at Davis, so we take advantage of

it,” said junior internation-al relations major Ashton Russo. Many students enjoyed the event, and said that they would be returning next year. “The thrill of the game keeps us coming back; it’s a rush I’ve never experienced before,” said junior com-puter science major Matt Banks.

GHEED SAEED can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

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legendary former head coach Sandy Simpson and current head coach Jennifer Gross. And yet all that these se-niors have given to the UC Davis women’s basketball program makes the pros-pect of never seeing them play again just that much more frustrating. They de-served to go out in far bet-ter fashion and there is still a chance that they could. The women’s NIT will make its selections today,

and with UC Davis cur-rently in the top 150 na-tionally in terms of RPI, it is on the bubble for tour-nament selection. The WNIT does not hold a candle to an NCAA Tournament appearance, but it could give these se-niors one more chance to show what they can do, and more important-ly to help diminish the memories of the aberra-tion of a game that played last Tuesday on Hamilton Court.

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

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By DOMINICK COSTABILEAggie Features Writer

I’ve always thought that my responsibili-ties as a student were far greater than even I could imagine — until I became not only a student, but a resident at the student hous-ing cooperative known as the Domes, aka a “domie” (at least for a day). When I visited the Domes on a Friday af-ternoon, there were residents outside work-ing on homework, as well as some finishing up the week’s tasks on the grounds. It can be easy to take the upkeep of a living situ-ation for granted when the outside of vari-ous dorms and apartments around campus are maintained by landlords or UC Davis Student Housing. But a significant amount of work goes into maintaining the Domes, which includes a four acre plot of land that bears rich soil and a diversity of plant life as well as environmentally-sustainable dome-shaped housing structures. In fact, all of the upkeep is done by Domes residents. The Domes, located off-campus on Orchard Park Drive, have been undergo-

ing renovations for the past several months after being temporarily closed last year. Applications are currently being accepted for residency for the upcoming Spring and Fall quarters. I spent most of the day with Ellie Pearson, a sophomore sustainable agriculture and food systems major, and we worked on some final touches in landscape design around her dome. There was some weed-ing, watering, and raking to be done and I helped rake and transport the dead leaves and weeds to a green waste pile. While this was a very small task, it was some good hard work nonetheless. It’s been a long time since I’ve maintained any land-scape whatsoever, and this work was very self-fulfilling. “It’s very efficient for space, not using un-necessary material,” said Anne-Marie Litak, a senior English major. “Whether it’s plant-ing or making murals, it’s all fulfilling and project-oriented.” There are different committees that han-dle different aspects of the property, includ-ing maintenance, compost, gardening, trea-

sury and even a bee committee, which is re-sponsible for taking care of the hives, and a chicken committee that’s in charge of the coop, especially once it gets hens. “We want to take the responsibility on because we want to do it. We want to gain skills in sustainable agriculture but also in construction,” said Domes resident Rasheed Hislop, a graduate student in the International Agricultural Development group and head of the garden committee at the Domes. “The positions are volun-tary, based on what is needed and what res-idents want to do.” Each committee meets every Monday to discuss updates on what has been done and what is left to do as well as propose possible additions to the Domes or changes in cer-tain methods of maintaining the grounds. To take a break from the garden, we went to check on the bee hive and the form of ir-rigation Domes residents practice called hugelkultur. It’s a process in which dead wood that would otherwise be disposed of is buried for sufficiently raising garden beds, enriching the soil and offering longer

periods of growth. There is a valuable lesson to be learned at every turn when residing at the Domes. While continuing some landscape design, Pearson told me about the Davis People’s Free School, which started last year. It offers classes at the Domes to anyone in the community. Subjects range from yoga to gardening. “There’s also a couple of courses happen-ing through environmental engineering and landscape design,” said Veronica Pardo, a graduate student in community develop-ment. “Engineers are drafting a conceptual design for a new structure on site to house residents. It will have earthen components so it would have some elements of round-ness to it, but not a dome.” I walked into three of the domes and was instantly in awe of how spacious and differ-ently designed each one was. Every dome has a wall which hosts the kitchen and bath-room as well as a loft that can be reached by a ladder. However, with this standard lay-out, residents have freely customized the inside and outside of each. “All the domes were made from the same mould,” Litak said. “Each one has a stan-dard size but all the interior set-ups are dif-ferent and unique.” On Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday nights there is a vegetarian potluck dinner that is open to the entire UC Davis commu-nity at the Domes’ common area. I went to my first dinner on a Wednesday night and to say it was a feast is quite an understate-ment. Most of the food came from the gar-dens, and an additional comfort came from a solar panel which heats the floor through a water heater. All meetings, meals, and events are held in the “commons” dome, which is freely open to anyone wanting to host an event, fundraiser, workshop or to simply study. This is also where applicants for residen-cy in the upcoming Spring and Fall quarter come to get acquainted with domies. “We want to make the Domes more avail-able to students from different studies and backgrounds,” said Sheryl Sensenig, a se-nior agricultrual and environmental educa-tion major. “It’s a lot more than one type of person, it can cross many different majors, colleges, and communities.” Seven domes are almost finished being renovated and there are a large number of applications being accepted for the Spring and Fall quarter. Apply online at https://docs.google.com/a/ucdavis.edu/spread-sheet/viewform?formkey=dGxUWVhsLTBEVFVfQWt2MGRoMk1iTnc6MQ. The dead-line is March 13 for Spring quarter residen-cy and May 1 for Summer/Fall residency.

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

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Domes residents work to maintain a sustainable, eco-friendly living community on the four acre plot of land.

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In Review: Drake at the PavilionRap artist tears up stage at Wednesday’s concert

By PAAYAL ZAVERIAggie Arts Writer

I am literally speechless after the Drake concert; this concert was that amazing. I’m going to attempt at conveying how much fun it really was. After waiting in line since noon and nearly getting trampled by fanat-ical, Drake-obsessed girls trying to rush the Pavilion when the doors opened at 7, I was able to get right in front the stage: right in front of Drake. We were close enough that we could almost touch him. I don’t think my excitement truly started until the black curtain dropped and Drake appeared on stage. The opening acts, ASAP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar, warmed up the crowd well, with the highlight of the opening acts was ASAP Rocky coming off the stage so those close enough could touch his hand. But nothing compared to Drake. It’s hard to pick out the best moment of the

show so I’ll name them all. He first ap-peared on stage amid flashing lights and the screams of thousands of his fans and opened with “Underground Kings” off his most recent album, Take Care. He danced his way across the stage to make sure everyone had a chance to see him. I don’t think I’ve ever screamed so loud in my entire life, and I know that two of my friends almost started crying when he came out. When he reached “Shot for Me” on his set list and noticed that it was a girl in the crowd’s 21st birthday, he took a shot for her. That girl must have gotten the best birthday present ever. In the middle of the show, Drake took a pause to acknowledge the crowd. He went around the entire Pavilion and called out to people from each section. People went crazy wanting Drake to see them, some getting on other people’s shoulders, and some jumping as high as they could. One

girl even tried to flash him, and of course people with signs waved them around. It was a welcomed break from the non-stop music, and it was definitely very funny with Drake cracking jokes the entire time. “I was so ecstatic when Drake saw my ‘se-duce me’ sign and said ‘Seduce you, yeah I could do that.’ I think I almost died; it liter-ally made my night. And it was worth the wait. This was definitely the greatest thing that’s ever happened in Davis,” said soph-omore exercise biology major Jasmine Visla. There were a few times when Drake pointed at me and my friends, and it felt like he was singing directly to us. Oh my god. It was amazing. Everyone was going crazy with excitement the entire time, sing-ing and dancing along to the songs. Even during the more personal, soulful number “Lord Knows,” he commanded the atten-tion of the crowd as they clung to his every word and emotion.

Some songs that he performed were not from Take Care, but were still crowd pleas-ers. It was a nice surprise from the songs we were all expecting. At the end of the show, Drake looked out at the crowd and said that it was really one of the best he’s seen during his tour. As difficult as it is to decide, some of his top performances were “Make Me Proud,” “Take Care,” “The Motto” and “Marvin’s Room.” Drake closed the show by going back to his hip-hop roots with “The Motto” and “Headlines.” Drake’s sound translat-ed well live, and the live band was a nice touch. I’ve had Drake on repeat the entire time I’ve been writing this review, and I can say that this was one event you didn’t want to miss. I think it was the most fun thing I’ve experienced at Davis so far. Every single minute was incredible.

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Drake, opened by ASAP Rocky and Kendrick Lamar, performed for a nearly sold-out crowd at the ARC Pavillion Wednesday night.

By Sophia DipaoloThe Dartmouth (Dartmouth College)

Teenagers who watch movies with scenes depicting alcohol consumption are twice as likely to begin drinking as those who are not exposed to on-screen drinking, accord-ing to a study conducted by researchers at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center. The study has attracted attention from multiple national news outlets such as Fox News and U.S. News and World Report. The study began in 2000 as a survey of teens in northern New England, according to James Sargent, a pediatrics professor at Dartmouth Medical School and one of the leading au-thors of the study. “The thing that’s striking about our re-search is how strong the data is across studies and across study designs,” Sargent said. The study — which surveyed 6,500 par-ticipants between the ages of 10 and 14 in the U.S. — regularly quizzed adolescents

over a two-year period about levels of alco-hol consumption and potential sources of influence, including movies and marketing, home environment, peer pressure and per-sonal rebellion. The study’s authors randomly selected 50 movies from the top 100 U.S. box office hits in each of the past five years, as well as 32 films that had grossed more than $15 million in the first quarter of 2003, the survey’s first year, ac-cording to DHMC’s website. Coders charted the number of seconds of on-screen alcohol use in each of these movies, as well as alcoholic beverage product place-ment. The researchers found that the adoles-cents had viewed approximately 4.5 hours of on-screen alcohol use on average, with many viewing more than eight hours. The participants who had been exposed to the most on-screen alcohol use were twice as likely as their peers to begin drinking, accord-ing to the study. They were also 63 percent more likely to progress to binge drinking.

Product placement in films plays a large role in motivating teens to drink, according to the study. While product placement for cigarettes has been forbidden in the U.S., it is “legal and commonplace” for alcohol companies to pro-mote their products in films, the study says. Drinking scenes, however, should be subject-ed to the same scrutiny as cigarette product placement, according to the study’s authors. Dartmouth psychology professor Todd Heatherton said the researchers’ findings re-flect the intentions of marketing, built on the premise that the portrayal of certain behav-iors can influence consumers. “I do think it’s very interesting, though, and a little bit scary, for parents especially to know how much the media can affect a child’s be-havior,” Heatherton said. n addition to documenting the effects of on-screen alcohol consumption, research-ers found that teens with friends who drank, felt the need to rebel or owned branded mer-

chandise featuring the name of a beer, wine or spirit company were also more likely to begin drinking and then progress to binge drinking. The study’s authors also found that parent drinking habits and availability of alcohol in the home were motivators for teens to drink, but did not necessarily cause them to prog-ress to binge drinking. Students interviewed by The Dartmouth said the results of the study were compelling. “I think growing up and seeing parents have a glass of wine at dinner encourages kids to have an image of alcohol that leads them to think of drinking as something to be done in an adult, composed situation,” Bridget Shaia said. Shaia said the results of the study are not surprising given the “powerful” role television and movies can play on influencing young people’s decisions. The study was published on Feb. 20 in the online medical journal BMJ Open.

By Sara KhanDaily Californian (University of

California, Berkeley)

Wealthy individuals are more likely to engage in unethical behav-ior, a new study from U. California-Berkeley and U. Toronto research-ers suggests. The study – which was published Monday in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences journal – found that those in high-er social classes are more likely to engage in behaviors such as cheat-ing, stealing and lying, due to being “less generous and altruistic” than their counterparts in lower social classes. “These findings suggest that it is the people who occupy relative-

ly high levels of wealth and rank in society who are more inclined to favor greed and behave uneth-ically, whether that means break-ing the law while driving, keeping extra change given to you at a cof-fee shop, lying to another person in the service of self-interest or even cheating in games,” said Paul Piff, a UC Berkeley doctoral student in psychology and lead author of the study, in an email. In the first and second of seven separate studies conducted with-in the overarching study, research-ers found that individuals in more expensive vehicles were more like-ly to cut off other drivers and pedes-trians with right of way. The rest of the studies required participants to report their so-

cio-economic statuses and take surveys about various scenari-os in which moral dilemmas ap-peared. Across the board, results showed that those from wealthier backgrounds were more likely to take valued goods from others, lie in negotiations, cheat to increase their chances of winning a prize and endorse unethical behav-ior at work than their lower class counterparts. The study suggests that the ten-dency for wealthy participants to engage in unethical behavior may stem from several factors. Members of the upper class have more priva-cy and independence in their pro-fessions and therefore associate less risk with unethical behavior than others may, according to the study.

They also have more resources to handle any possible repercussions of such behavior, the study states. The findings also suggest that the trend may exist because up-per-class individuals view greed in a more positive light than others do. After being encouraged to think of the positive aspects of greed in the final portion of the study, low-er class participants were as likely as their wealthier counterparts to en-gage in unethical behavior. “Upper-class individuals, who may be more likely to serve as lead-ers in their organizations, may … be more likely to have received eco-nomics-oriented training and to work in settings that hone self-inter-est,” the study states. “These factors may promote values among the up-

per class that justify and even mor-alize positive beliefs about greed.” Piff conceded that there are ex-ceptions to the findings, but main-tains that the general trend – one that he says may have contributed to the country’s current economic turmoil – remains consistent. “There are important excep-tions to our findings — for instance, the notable philanthropy of super rich individuals like Bill Gates and Warren Buffett — but in general, what we find in the lab resonates with patterns observed in timely political events, from scandalous acts of insider trading to the uneth-ical acts committed by financiers in the times leading up to the recent fi-nancial meltdown,” Piff said in the email.

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My argument to my fa-ther was that it was time to bring it back to the pubs.” The St. Baldrick’s Foundation is a volunteer-based charity committed to funding research to find cures for childhood can-cer. Since 2000, the char-ity has raised over $117 million dollars for life-sav-ing research and is second only to the government for the funding of pediat-ric cancer research. This year marks the 10-year anniversary that the Keaton Raphael Memorial has hosted the St. Baldrick’s events in the Davis area. During those 10 years they have locally raised over $4 million, ac-cording to deVere White. The money raised goes specifically toward pedi-atric cancer research and services for families going through a pediatric cancer diagnosis. Last year, the UC Davis Cancer Center received $100,000 from St. Baldrick’s to conduct pediatric stem cell research. Knowing how impor-tant charities like the St. Baldrick’s Foundation are for cancer research, UC Davis Cancer Center em-ployees Leslie Garcia and Nicole Ekedahl were mo-tivated to show their sup-port. At the Sacramento

Kings game on March 1, Garcia and Ekedahl shaved their heads early to promote the St. Baldrick’s events going on this week. Garcia said that despite her nerves at first, it end-ed up being a truly excit-ing experience. “You think you’re going to be nervous about it, but with all the support I got from family and friends, from donations, from co-workers, I just really felt compelled to do it and I felt so proud to do it,” Garcia said. Among those shaving their heads in Davis on Thursday is 5-year-old Zoe Olavarri. She was diag-nosed with an adult form of cancer that 20 years ago would have been ter-minal. However, thanks to the pediatric cancer re-search funded by the St. Baldrick’s Foundation, she is alive today. She is shav-ing her head in solidari-ty with other kids fighting cancer. deVere White was touched by Zoe’s pledge and encourages everyone in the Davis community to come together to raise money for other children fighting cancer. “A lot of times, you have people who are celebrat-ing their fifth or 10th year in a row doing it. We’ve had baseball teams show up and shave their heads in honor of one of their teammates. Mothers do-

ing it for their sons and daughters. Sisters doing it for their brothers to let them know that it’s okay they lost their hair,” he said. “That’s really what it is, a way to raise mon-ey and tell little kids, ‘It’s okay if you lose your hair, because look, I’m doing it.’” At the end of the day, the St. Baldrick’s events raise awareness about pediatric cancer, raise money for pediatric can-cer research and con-nect colleagues through-out the region all working to find answers for child-hood cancer, said Dorsey Griffith, senior public in-formation officer at the UC Davis Health System/Cancer Center. “It’s an inspiration-al event for everyone in-volved, whether you’re having your head shaved, watching a loved one have their head shaved, or sim-ply cheering on friends and making a contribu-tion, because you know that when it’s all over, you will have supported child-hood cancer research, and that’s what we need to do,” Griffith said. If you would like to sign up to be a shavee or do-nate, go to getbald.org. There is still time to form a team and make donations at both events.

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Track and fieldThe UC Davis track team kicked off its first out-door portion of their sea-son by hosting the Aggie Open on Saturday. With almost a thou-sand competitors, the Aggies were able to se-cure five individual vic-tories as well as three re-lay victories. The UC Davis women swept the 5000-meter run led by senior Sarah Sumpter with a time of 16:33.91. Senior Krista Drechsler followed her with a time of 17:01.99 seconds, good enough for second place, while sophomore Hilary Teaford took third with a time of 17:49.02. Senior Lauren Radke recorded her person-al best in the pole vault with a height of 3.86 me-ters to tie for first. Junior Kayla Carter won the 100 meter hur-dles title with a time of 14.42, running against a 3.2 meter per second

headwind. Junior Melanies Chapman was also able to secure an individual title by winning the 200 meter race with a time of 24.58. The Aggies also won both relays. UC Davis beat out Sacramento State to win the 4x100 event with a time of 46.86. The Aggies also won the 4x400 event with a time of 3:50.47 to edge out The Academy of Art. On the Men’s side, sophomore Karl Moran was victorious in the 400 meter hurdle winning with a time of 53.49, half a second faster than sec-ond place. He was also a member of the 4x400 re-lay team that won with a time of 3:16.63. Next week the team will travel to Sac State to face off in the Sacramento State Hornet Open.

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By CAELUM SHOVEAggie Sports Writer

The UC Davis men’s basketball 2011-12 season came to a close on Thursday when the Aggies were eliminated from the Big West Conference Tournament by would-be champion Long Beach State. The 80-46 loss brought the Aggies’ final season record to 5-26; which is the most loss-es in a season in school histo-ry. After the game on Thursday, Long Beach State won two more games in the tournament, de-feating UC Santa Barbara on Saturday night in the champion-ship to seal its spot in the NCAA Tournament. The final game for UC Davis, which was truly a mismatch be-tween the eighth and first seed-ed teams, showed Head Coach Jim Les what he wants to see from his program in upcoming seasons. “I have a lot of respect for coach

Monson and the program that he’s built,” Les said. “[He had] the pa-tience to build a program and do it the right way, so I’m encouraged by that. [Long Beach State] is cer-tainly one of the models we want to look at and where we want UC Davis basketball to be in four or five years.” Long Beach State, the regular season, outplayed UC Davis for the third time this season. For the Aggies, it was the second loss in four days by 34 or more points. UC Davis was behind from the start in its first postseason game in two years as the 49ers jumped out to an early 6-0 lead. The Aggies brought the game to 15-12 midway through the first half, but Long Beach State took over from there. They steadily in-creased the lead to 20 points at halftime. The Aggies could not cut the deficit to below 25 points in the fi-nal 15 minutes of the game. “They showed why they’re a real-ly good basketball team,” Les said.

“We tried to take [back-to back Big West Player of the Year] Casper Ware out of production and oth-er guys stepped up. They’re sound offensively [and] they rebound the basketball very well. My hat is off to them.” Senior Eddie Miller was the high scorer for UC Davis in his fi-nal game as an Aggie. He scored 17 points and tallied three re-bounds in 37 minutes of playing time. The Aggies’ other senior, Adam Malik, scored five points in 12 minutes. Sophomore guard Tyler Les made three three-pointers in the game, bringing his season to-tal to 82. That number puts him second all-time in the UC Davis record book for three-pointers made in a season, one behind the record 83. Despite the blowout loss to end the season, the Aggies can head into the offseason feeling opti-mistic about the future. After an 18-game losing streak in the open-ing months of the season, UC

Davis was able to win four out of six games during a 16-day stretch in February. The Aggies will return four starters next season, and are los-ing only the two seniors. A core of this year’s freshman and soph-omores will all return, having gained a much needed season of playing time and experience. The team will also be bolstered by the return of Ryan Sypkens, who missed all but four games this season with a torn ACL. Ryan Howley will return for his senior season as well after missing the final 14 games of the year due to injury. “We have high hopes for next year,” Tyler said. “We’re excited about some pieces we’ve got com-ing back and also some new com-ers. We’re going to take some pos-itives from this year and correct some negatives and give it all we got next year.”

CAELUM SHOVE can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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THE BACKSTOP

It was a very strange feeling: a combination of shock, sadness, frus-

tration and confusion. The UC Davis wom-en’s basketball team stood in a line in the center of Hamilton Court, singing the alma mater as they do after every home contest. But this time it wasdifferent. The alumni were silent, the Aggie Pack stood in tentative respect and se-niors Hana Asano, Laurent Juric, Samantha Meggison and Kasey Riecks choked back tears as they paid re-spect to the Pavilion’s fans for the last time. The Aggies had been knocked out in the first round of the Big West Conference Tournament for the first time since 2009. While losing to the Pacific Tigers could not truly be classified as an upset, with two wins over its rivals from Stockton in the regular season, UC Davis would have expect-ed to come away victori-ous and book a place in the tournament’s second round at the Honda Center in Anaheim. It was a strange game from start to finish. From the Aggies’ bi-zarrely uncharacteris-tic 17 percent shooting in the first half and three pointers that were well off the mark, to the Pacific three pointer that rat-tled off the glass and in to kill UC Davis’ momen-tum right after the Aggies had cut the lead to single digits (despite what some Stockton media may say, I will never believe that Tiger Erica Mckenzie in-tended to bank that shot). From the final few min-utes of regulation to 15 minutes after the game ended when Riecks con-tinued to battle her emo-tions in the post-game in-terviews, one sentiment seemed to permeate all of those affiliated with UC Davis: it wasn’t supposed to end this way. The four of the Aggie se-niors are a group that has been a part of some re-markable accomplish-ments in their time at UC Davis. They helped the uni-versity in its transition to Division I, and were part of UC Davis’ most suc-cessful major sport at the Division I level. All four players con-tributed to UC Davis’ Big West regular season ti-tle in 2010, and Meggison, Riecks and Asano all start-ed on the Aggies’ NCAA Tournament team last season, while Juric was a major contributor off the bench. When healthy, the four players made up the core of UC Davis’ starting line-up this season. But this senior class was far more than just a group that accomplished a great deal on the floor. They were a group that will go down in the history of UC Davis women’s bas-ketball for setting records, winning conference ti-tles, helping the program evolve and most impor-tantly doing it the right way. Anyone who took just a few minutes to listen to the seniors’ post-game comments could tell that they cared deeply about the UC Davis program. “Everything that has happened these last four years has been incredi-ble,” Riecks said. “Being a part of this program is amazing. People don’t un-derstand how special this program really is.” Their work ethic and leadership skills have been lauded in depth by both

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Unhappy ending

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Aggies falls to 49ers to close seasonUC Davis optimistic for next year

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Senior Eddie Miller led the Aggies in his final game with UC Davis, scoring 17 points.