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Today’s weatherMostly sunnyHigh 65Low 44

ForecastExpect deteriorating weather throughout the week. If you have any outside activities planned, make sure to do them sooner than later. Not to rain on your parade, but it may actually rain on your parade

by Friday (assuming you were planning on having a parade).Alex Neigher, atmospheric science major

Aggie Forecasting Team

A.M. fog Chance of rain

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High 62Low 45

Wednesday

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On the lucky 11/11/11, the Chapel of Flowers in Las Vegas was booked since the previous year with couples looking to tie the knot on this special day. The chapel hosted 80 wedding services

from 8 a.m. until 11:11 p.m. Looks like you should start booking for 12/12/12 before it’s too late!

Amanda Nguyen

Occupy Davis continues to camp in Central Park

Multiple movie screenings to take place on campus

Cowboys and girls unite at Davis Rodeo ClubBarrel racing, bull riding taught at club clinics

Free showings of The Help and A Clockwork Orange tonight

Today marks one-month anniversary of occupationBy CLAIRE TAN

Aggie Staff Writer

Since their occupation began Oct. 15, the participants of Occupy Davis have continued to stand in solidarity. Emma Kluge, a junior economics major, was inspired by Occupy San Francisco to coordinate Occupy Davis. The Occupy Davis site maintainer, Ian Holser, said he at first questioned why they should occupy Davis since it isn’t a symbolic target like Wall Street, the Federal Reserve or the Capitol. He said he realized later that the economic issues they are protesting affect society no matter where people are, thus the protest needs to be everywhere. “It’s difficult to say how many people are participating because not everyone is there at

the same time and we rotate,” said Artem Raskin, a junior political science major, as well as a participant of Occupy Davis. “But I think during the night as it’s getting colder, there’s less people.” Raskin said during their general assemblies, the number of people varies. He said big ones go up to 100, while the small ones fluctuate a lot. “There’s a fair share of students, but it is fairly diverse,” he said. “I’m guessing over half are students. There are probably more young people, but there are people of all generations present.” According to Holser, there is an active community behind the people camping and a dedicated batch who spend most of their time at the camp. “The way Occupy Davis has conducted themselves, we have

not had to conduct any formal action,” said Lt. Paul Doroshov of the Davis Police Department (DPD). “So far, our main concerns are personal safety, property damage and anything like that.” Doroshov said the DPD decided ahead of time to adjust its response based on the actions and behaviors of the participants. He said so far the occupy protesters have been cooperative. “We’re monitoring the campsite and we work cooperatively with some of their formal leaders,” he said. “At this point, it’s their action that will be our reaction.” According to Raskin, the community has donated tents, blankets and the like. He said Occupy Davis participants tend

By CHRISTINA NOVAKOV-RITCHEYAggie Features Writer

Early on Saturday mornings, while the rest of Davis is sleeping, members of the Davis Rodeo Club can be found at Horsequarters in West Davis practicing different styles of rid-ing that can be classified as “rodeo.” “The main objective is to get people who have never had any experience on a horse and tell them what rodeo is,” said Amanda Kaschube, junior animal genetics major and president of the Rodeo Club. “A lot of the rid-ers had never been on a horse before this year.” Davis Rodeo Club began 30 years ago, but eventually was disbanded due to insuffi-cient funding. In 2009 the club was resurrect-ed and now holds riding clinics every other week, with focuses on rodeo events such as reining, barrel racing, pole bending, saddle bronc, bareback riding, roping and even bull riding. They also hold monthly meetings and social events. The only requirement for potential mem-bers is an interest in rodeo. The dues for be-

coming an official member are $10 per quar-ter and active members must attend at least three events per quarter. Members can ride horses provided by club officers and Horsequarters, where most clin-ics are held, free of charge. So what is it that draws these riders — some of whom have never even been on a horse — to get involved with rodeo? Kimberly Ruble, first-year animal science major, said it’s in-credibly relaxing, contrary to popular belief. “[Rodeo Club] is relaxing. It is something fun to do,” Ruble said. “It’s not the stereotypical rough cowboy on the horse beating them,” Kaschube added. “It’s really relaxing while you’re there doing it.” On Nov. 5, the Rodeo Club practiced rein-ing, a style of riding in which there is a set pattern for the rider to follow on his or her horse at a quick pace. “[Reining is] a really technical style of rid-ing. Basic — but really technical,” Kaschube said.

News iN BrieF

UC Regents meeting cancelleddue to safety concerns

The UC Regents meeting scheduled for this week was cancelled due to concerns over potential violence. Sherry Lansing, chair of the Board of Regents, Vice Chair Bruce Varner and President Mark Yudof made an announcement Monday that the meeting was to be postponed due to known “rogue elements intent on violence and confrontation.” “By rescheduling, it is our intent to allow the business of the University of California to go forward, but in a manner that will allow the public, including students, to express their views on issues related to the university without putting their personal safety in

peril,” stated the press release. UC Student Regent Alfredo Mireles and Student Regent-Designate Jonathan Stein released a statement via Facebook, which said that they oppose the cancellation of the meeting. “We would support finding a way for student attendees to exercise their constitutional and moral right to protest while excluding non-student elements that raise the specter of violence and vandalism,” they said. The meeting’s new date and time is still unknown.

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Protesters participating in Occupy Davis have been living in tents in Davis’ downtown Central Park since the middle of October.

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The entertainment Council showed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last week in sci Lec 123. Movie screenings like this usually cost the entertainment Council around $800.

sHAwCing TipsSHAWCing Tip #2: Can’t Take My Eyes Off of You

Human beings were born with hunter eyes. Our eyes evolved to catch game out in the wild, spotting potential prey and dangers at long distances with natural light to guide us. Nowadays, most of our hunting occurs on a computer screen, Facebook stalking friends and cranking out numerous papers; this mixture of close-ranged focus and artificial lighting strains and tires eyes. Looks can kill. To combat this, researchers recommend placing visual rest-spots around your work area. These can include photos,

artwork, plants — whatever puts your eyes at ease. By alternating your focus between your laptop screen and these rest-spots, you allow your eyes to take a break from the artificial lighting and colors. What if your eyes are already strained? Researchers suggest vigorously rubbing the palms of your hands together and then placing the bottom of your palms over each eye. The heat from your palms relaxes your eye muscles and encourages blood flow to the area. Finally, true eye warriors will follow the 20-20-20 rule. Developed and recommended by the American Academy

of Opthamology, the rule dictates we take a visual vacation from our computer screens every 20 minutes to look at an object 20 feet away for at least 20 seconds. We’re just looking out for you.

The ASUCD Student Health and Wellness Committee (SHAWC) aims to promote and address important health-related issues on campus. We serve as the liaison between ASUCD and campus health organizations, clubs, and resources. If you have SHAWCing suggestions, questions, or tips, please e-mail us at shawcucd@gmail.com and/or “Like” our Facebook page.

By STEPHANIE B. NGUYENAggie News Writer

Each quarter, several organizations on campus bring film screenings to students for little to no cost. The Entertainment Council, a branch of ASUCD, as well as the Sexual Harassment Education Program, strive to screen mov-ies that are fun, relevant and even contro-versial. Both organizations have working relationships with production companies that have licenses to screen the movies be-

fore they are made available to the rental market or released on DVD. Film screen-ings usually cost about $800. “We like to bring relevant movies that stu-dents will enjoy,” said Anna Hossnieh, the cinema coordinator for the Entertainment Council. “Harry Potter is a good example of this. We knew the DVD was not out yet so we figured being able to see the film in a lecture hall before the DVD release would excite Harry Potter fans on campus.”

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A Davis rodeo Club member shows off her barrel racing skills, just one of the many different rodeo events that the recently resurrected club focuses on.see rODeO, page 2

see MOVies, page 2

see OCCUPY, page 4

First impressions: I’m a tall Indian girl, who can seem reserved

and awkward at first. However, if you see me at a party where they’re blast-ing some ghetto rap music, you will probably see me cat-daddying it up. My love of rap and hip-hop mu-sic has resulted in a direct correlation to my recent attraction to African American men. Yes, people, I have been hit by jun-gle fever. I don’t know what it is, but for some reason I’m rarely attracted to men of my own race, much to mother’s appall. My friend Nicole thinks I am attracted to black men because they are much cooler versions of Indian men, which may or may not be true. I guess I kind of brought this crazy obsession upon myself. This past summer, while flipping channels, I found a VH1 Behind the Music documentary on Lil Wayne. This resulted in me buying a shirt with Weezy’s face on it and attempting to call the local radio station to win concert tickets. While watching the doc-umentary, I became even more hooked on Drake (yes, wheelchair Jimmy from “Degrassi”). Not only did I download the leak of his album Take Care (in stores today!), I also pre-or-dered it on Amazon just to support him. I’ve got post-ers of him and he is my cur-rent phone background. I’m not crazy, just a tad ob-sessed. This past weekend I won tickets to see him live in December, so my life is pretty much made. While doing more chan-nel surfing over the sum-mer, I ultimately land-ed on BET’s “106 & Park”, where they play the top 10 hip-hop/rap music vid-eos. The show soon became a daily ritual that I would make time in my lacklus-ter schedule for. Something about being able to identi-fy the obscure rappers that showed up randomly in the music videos made me feel like a music connoisseur. To add more excitement to this ritual, my broth-

er and I would have Rick Ross grunting competitions while watching the music video for DJ Khaled’s “I’m on One.” Pretty soon, it be-came second-nature to spit Busta Rhyme’s rap in “Look at Me Now” and memorize the songs on ‘Ye and Jay’s “Watch the Throne.” By the end of summer, I was not only darker in skin tone, but also had a great-er understanding of African American culture, or at least rap music. There was only one thing left to do: start scouting out those men. Many of my closest friends began to knowingly point out black guys to me. They were now aware that my type had shifted from tall brunette men to tall African American men and helped me scout out these hotties. Most people are tak-

en aback when they hear about my obses-sion with rap mu-sic. I re-

cently came out to my fra-ternity about my attraction to black men and hip hop. Here was this quiet Indian girl who seemed like noth-ing more than a hard-work-ing student and now she’s in the living room teaching people how to dougie and yelling about how much she loves Drake. I’m not one of those girls that will exclusive-ly date black guys, though, I’m still open minded to men of all types. I did get an application to join the Black Student Union, but I’ve been a little too in-timidated to turn it in be-cause I lack the confi-dence to go in there and check it out. My jungle fever, although recent, has become a huge part of all aspects of my life, as strange as that may sound. I’ve gone from listen-ing to alternative bands like Linkin Park and Incubus to rap music from the likes of E-40 to Childish Gambino. This music has also got-ten me more into danc-ing because who doesn’t want to take a hip-hop class where you learn to dance to your favorite songs? Not only do I enjoy dancing and listening to rap and hip hop, but I feel like I have become more open-mind-ed through the experience. So next time you’re at a par-ty, don’t be surprised if you see me trying to jerk and cat daddy at the same time to impress that hot Drake look-alike in the corner. Don’t hate, I’m just being me.

MEDHA SRIDHAR loves her dark chocolate. If you want to accompany her to a BSU meeting, contact her at mdsridhar@ucdavis.edu.

In my column last week I opened with a remark about how college can

be scary. Truth be told, it is not. Graduating from col-lege is scary. I have no doubt the ad-justment between college and the real world will be more difficult than the one between high school and college. After all, the only difference between high school monoto-ny and col-lege life is not living with your parents, short-er school days and the priv-ilege to spend Tuesday nights playing beer pong on a broken-off closet door in the dorms. How did I ever get used to that? The change so many of us are faced with now is much more daunting. Breaking away from my cookie cutter routine of picking a class schedule and arranging a 16-hour work week around it will be difficult. So I’m just sup-posed to pick a city to move to, pick a profession to pur-sue and then get a job? At least that will be easy. This is the pre-life cri-sis I am trying to explain. A 40 year-old male can reas-sure himself of his mascu-linity during his mid-life cri-sis by buying a sports car when he starts balding. That 43 year-old woman can re-spond to her own mid-life crisis by starting to get her coug’ on. What options do we have? Everyone is expect-ing us to come out of college with a smile on our face, full of youth and vigor, and ready to take on the world. I think the more realistic expecta-tion would involve me on my parents’ couch filling out an application to the Starbucks my Mom’s friend manages. Even with the econo-my down and jobs few and far between, my fate to become a slightly over-qualified barista is not yet sealed. Many people choose to go to grad school, but enduring two more years of classes with only half the time to adjust to the local college culture just doesn’t sound appealing. Nor does the option of stay-ing in Davis for grad class-es, a life where the majori-

ty of the social interactions you experience would in-volve people asking if you still go here when they see you on campus. With the plan B of an ex-tended education out the window, I could always con-sider the option of trav-el. When pondering the idea of going to the London Olympics this summer, I thought fondly of watch-ing the U.S. basketball team in action. Then I realized this would land me back in America two weeks lat-er, sans whatever money I had saved up to leave col-lege with. I also could make plans for a long stay in Thailand or somewhere ex-otic in South America on the cheap, but I’m pretty sure I can think of about 15 inspi-rational movies reminding me that I can’t just run away from my problems. Having pointed out the

flaws sur-rounding these alter-natives to becoming an adult, I have start-

ed my preparations to face the music. Perhaps it really is time to throw in the towel on no-shave November and the other college shenani-gans. In reality, I should be suiting up to look for a job in an attempt to keep up with my roommate who has been pulling in five-part in-terviews every other week. That would at least be a change in my current rou-tine of feeling guilty for not attending career fairs and peaking-out my average daily productivity at doing laundry. It remains undetermined whether I am more likely to find myself in a suit and tie heading into the chal-lenging environment of the workplace, or throwing on sweatpants to spend an af-ternoon playing Windows XP Pinball in my parents’ garage. For the mean time, I will do all that is in my power to not only ensure my future, but as I have said before, enjoy the time I have left. This means that I will be scouring Craigslist for po-tential job opportunities, but also using it to look for a free couch to put in my backyard. I will still take in the local party scene, but with a greater focus on im-proving my ability to chat people up. A pre-life crisis can be disheartening but that doesn’t mean you have to abandon your college per-sona completely. Keep hav-ing fun, but consider focus-ing on your future a bit be-yond what classes to take next quarter.

If you have any tips on how to fail more classes, you can reach AARON WEISS at atweiss@ucdavis.edu.

THURSDAY

Hanging outSomeone was walking around with a coat hanger on C Street.

Getting hammeredSeveral people were hammering on a house on Sycamore Lane.

Relish the challengePeople were fighting about the usage of condiments on Russell Boulevard.

SATURDAY

Fired up

People were spraying fire extinguishers on vehicles on F Street.

SUNDAY

Small-scale offenseThere was loud music at Sharps and Flats Apartments on Drew Circle.

Drive the point homeSomeone threw a knife at a vehicle and it got stuck in the car on Chiles Road.

Police Briefs are compiled by TRACY HARRIS from the city of Davis daily crime bulletins. Contact TRACY HARRIS at city@theaggie.org.

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charles b. Rangel international Affairs program info Session10 to 11 a.m. for staff and advisors, 11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. for students307 South HallLearn about the Department of State’s Rangel Program, which offers a Summer Enrichment Program in Washington, D.C. for underrepresented undergraduates and a fellowship for graduate students.

Speaker Series: Afghan Trauma panelNoon to 1:30 p.m.UC Davis Silo, Cabernet RoomLearn how the UC Global Health Institute’s Center of Expertise on Migration and Health is participating in rebuilding a civil society in Afghanistan. Featuring Maliha Zulfacar, the first woman ambassador in the history of Afghanistan.

Trans Resource panel: Social, legal, & Health issuesNoon to 3 p.m.2016 HaringLearn about resources available to trans- and gender-variant people at UC Davis and in the surrounding community. This panel will feature representatives from Lambda Law, Gender Health Center, and Student Health and Wellness Center. The first half of the panel will discuss health issues and the second half will discuss social and legal issues.

Fashion and Design Society Model casting callNoon to 4 p.m.120 CruessIn preparation for two spring fashion shows, FADS will be having a model casting call today and Wednesday. Both female and male models are needed.

Nameless Magazine expression Redefined6:30 to 9 p.m.Griffin Lounge, Memorial UnionEnjoy a night of music, art, fiction, poetry and more with the literary and arts community at UC Davis. E-mail namelessquarterly@gmail.com for more info or if you want to perform.

Men’s basketball vs. Uc Santa cruz7 p.m.ARC PavilionSnow night! Two hundred fifty lift tickets will be distributed to fans.

phi beta Sigma Family Feud8 p.m.KleiberThis game night is part of Phi Beta Sigma’s Blue and White Week.

ASUcD entertainment council Screening: A clockwork orange8 p.m.194 ChemistryA Clockwork Orange will be screened for free as part of the EC’s Cult Classic Movie Night.

weDNeSDAY

Hepatitis b plushie workshop

11 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.Wellman 201Make a stuffed plushie and learn about the Hepatitis B virus, infecting approximately 400 million people worldwide, sponsored by Team HBV.

Alma cautiva Maya bean project plant Sale11 a.m. to 3 p.m.Davis Food Co-op, 620 G St.Non-profit group Alma Cautiva will sell ornamental plants to raise money for an upcoming trip to do agricultural education in Guatemala.

Speaker Series: international Fashion Show12:10 to 1 p.m.UC Davis Silo, Cabernet RoomThis show, sponsored by International House Davis, will feature traditional clothing from a variety of countries. The models will also share stories about their backgrounds and speak about what their diverse clothing represents.

Funding Your international internships and Studies panel1:10 p.m.114 South HallA panel of speakers will showcase paid internship and grant opportunities.

Teach in Korea Application workshop3:10 p.m.234 South HallGet tips on how to be a successful applicant.

women’s basketball vs. San Jose State7 p.m.ARC Pavilion

Film Screening: waltz with bashir (israel) 8:30 p.m.1001 GiedtThe screening is sponsored by the First Annual International Relations Student Association Film Festival.

Davis entrepreneurs Meeting5:30 to 7 p.m.Little Prague, 330 G St.Farrell Hehn of MarketingMessageCoach.com and David Chan of ADpublishing.org will be hosting a free seminar, featuring guest speaker Corley Phillips, director of Sacramento Entrepreneurship Academy. Open to both students and professionals.

Anti-cyberbullying program6 to 7:30 p.m.Mary L. Stephens Davis Branch Library, 315 East 14th St.UC Davis clinic attorneys and law students introduce parents and teens to the social and legal consequences of cyberbullying, sexting and sextortion at this free presentation.

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Entertainment Council showed Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part 2 last week in 123 Science Lecture. “It’s definitely a good and cheap way to spend a random weekday eve-ning,” said junior chemical engineer-ing major Kent Ly, who attended the Harry Potter screening. “Go with the right people, and you get good com-pany. You get to be around a group of other college students.” In the past, the Entertainment Council has screened such pre-re-leased films as 500 Days of Summer and Twilight, as well as classics such as Pulp Fiction, Raiders of the Lost Ark and 10 Things I Hate About You. A free screening of the cult classic A Clockwork Orange will take place to-night. The Entertainment Council re-ceives funding from ASUCD and is usually able to bring screenings to students free of charge.

“For movies like Harry Potter, it costs more for the screening rights, so we charge a small fee, usually around $1 to $2,” Hossnieh said. The Sexual Harassment Education Program will screen one movie per quarter through its Sex & the Cinema series. Films are chosen to be contro-versial and stimulate discussion. “The main purpose is to show a popular movie that has some type of gender and/or sexuality issue in or-der to attract a large student audi-ence,” said Moira Delgado, the ed-ucation specialist for the Sexual Harassment Education Program. “We want to get the word out that our program exists for students. We feel that students are the most vul-nerable population and tend to know the least about their rights and responsibilities.” In the past, films such as Black Swan, Milk, Precious and Juno have been screened. Tonight, the Sexual Harassment Education Program will screen The Help. Following the screening, Counseling and

Psychological Services (CAPS) will co-facilitate a discussion on Wednesday in 325 North Hall at noon. “[The purpose is to] talk about the gender and race issues in the film, in-cluding the controversy of the race of the author,” Delgado said. The program funds the screen-ings with help from its co-spon-sors, including CAPS, Health Educators Program, Student Health and Wellness Center, Cross Cultural Center, Women’s Resources and Research Center, Campus Recreation and the Office of Campus Community Relations.

Sex & the Cinema presents: The Help Tonight, 8 p.m. at 123 Science Lecture

The Entertainment Council presents: A Clockwork Orange Tonight, 7:30 p.m. at 194 Chemistry

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

MOVIEScont. from front page

This riding clinic was di-vided into three groups: be-ginning, intermediate and advanced. The beginning group of riders focused on learning the moves required of them and their horses in the pattern, while the in-termediate and advanced groups of riders focused on perfecting their form and increasing their speed. In the intermediate group, Kaschube first dem-onstrated the pattern her-self. After the members watched her perform the routine, each then took turns on the horse. First, they would perform the routine the best that they

could remember, and then they would receive feed-back from Kaschube before repeating it to see how they could improve. Despite this training, however, the Rodeo Club is actually not given per-mission by the university to compete as a team, due to perceptions of the dan-gerous nature of rodeo. Kaschube said, however, that rodeo has changed a lot from its former image. “People think [rodeo is] this rough and tough thing, but nowadays it is actual-ly pretty gentle,” Kaschube said . Riders who do wish to compete, such as many of the Rodeo Club instructors, enter competitions as in-dividuals and often attend

these competitions togeth-er. Whether or not they in-tend to compete, howev-er, Kaschube said that her goal is to help the members to continue improving their riding skills and expanding their skill set. The Rodeo Club currently has 50 registered members, and about 15 to 25 partic-ipants for each of the rid-ing clinics. Saturday’s rein-ing clinic had 17, the “per-fect” amount according to Kaschube, because that way there is a good horse-to-rid-er ratio. “They have so many dif-ferent horses. There’s a draft horse here. I’d never rid-den one before I got here. They’re so cool and so tall,” said junior animal science major Journey Fury.

Some of the members, including Fury and Ruble, had to sell their horses be-fore coming to college, so Rodeo Club gives them a means by which to continue riding, training and just be-ing around horses. Besides this benefit for former horse owners, Fury made it clear that it is a great experience for everyone interested in riding. “Every horse is a different challenge that I like to try to solve,” Fury said. “You feel like you accomplish some-thing so big when you figure them out.” For dates of upcoming clinics and to learn how to join, visit davisrodeo.com.

CHRISTINA NOVAKOV-RITCHEY can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

RODEOcont. from front page

OPINIONtuesday, november 15, 2011 3the california aggie

Occupy cal

Stop beating students

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Protests are all the rage now — literally and figurative-ly. My home, the Yay Area,

has been making news cycles with images of police clashing with Oakland and Berkeley protesters, Occupy Wall Street remains a fix-ture in daily news and Tea Partiers continue to crash political events and institutions. To the horror of some, the ju-bilance of others and the con-fusion of few, authority is being challenged from all sides. And yet, these sides have not found a common enemy in their com-mon enemy. Perhaps the best example of this was found in a recent episode of National Public Radio’s “Tell Me More”. Host Michel Martin brought together a representative from the Tea Party, an Occupy Wall Street participant and a public intellec-tual invested in the idea of these groups working together. What could have proceeded as a round table discussion on shared val-ues and potential alliances quickly devolved into an episode of “The Jerry Springer Show”. From this I learned two things. First, public radio really can be scandalous. But more important, these are two groups who deny their allegiance to either politi-cal party but are unable to work together because of the old left-

right split. Both representatives spoke to the fundamental, philo-sophical difference in their form of civil disobedience. That’s not surprising, as the concept of civil disobedience itself has a compli-cated genealogy. Neither bad-ass founding fa-ther nor patriotic revolutionary in-troduced the practice of civil dis-obedience. Of all people, civil dis-obedience is attributed to Henry David Thoreau, a poet and author best known for Walden, or his re-flections from liv-ing the simple life in nature on the land and dime of his buddy, Ralph Waldo Emerson. His essay Civil Disobedience was the product of his frustra-tion with the American practice of slavery and recent imperialist move to expand into Mexico. In it, he begins with the claim that gov-ernment cannot be justified and writes, “That government is best which governs least.” This is the Thoreau conservative protesters like to channel. He then moves to scrutinize de-mocracy, arguing that rule by ma-jority hardly produces virtuous rule. He wonders on paper why he should “... resign his conscience to the legislator.” Thoreau argues that everyone has a conscience for a reason, and that reason is to do what he or she thinks right. Maybe this is the Thoreau chan-neled by Occupy protesters, who have balked the system to set up their own mode of autonomous existence. Later in the essay, he calls for revolution in order to challenge an inherently unjust system. His form of revolution, often associated with the title of his essay, calls on the reader to disengage from the government, to cease following the government’s unjust laws and pay-

ing taxes used for unjust purposes. Decades later, his readers would include Mahatma Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., both of whom were clear in identify-ing their demonstration tactics with the conclusions reached by Thoreau. Gandhi placed Thoreau among the “most moral men America has produced.” The Reverend King noted in his autobi-ography his tendency to frequent-

ly reread this es-say, drawing the conclusion that “... noncoopera-tion with evil is as much a moral ob-ligation as is co-

operation with good.” Recently, both the Tea Party and Occupy Wall Street have identi-fied their role in carrying forth that legacy. Where there was an opportunity to find common ground, many attacked the Tea Party’s claim to King, citing a fun-damental difference between the Tea Party’s message and the ide-als of the Civil Rights Era. The Tea Party, for its part, sent out e-mails last month comparing images of flag-bearing Tea Party protesters to grungy Occupy Wall Street protest-ers, apparently to suggest a funda-mental difference between the dis-tinctly American spirit of revolu-tion and Occupy. Although Thoreau’s praxis of civ-il disobedience has been associ-ated with protest movements for different reasons by both the left and the right, I’d like to think his brand of revolutionary change was apolitical, unconcerned with what side of the aisle the chips fell. If current movements are turn-ing their back to each other, may-be this shows that our movements for change aren’t as invested in change as they think.

You can protest RAJIV NARAYAN at rrnarayan@ucdavis.edu.

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Last Wednesday, nine UC Berkeley protesters, after a peaceful march to Bank of America and a noontime rally on Sproul Plaza, vot-ed to set up an encampment in front of Sproul Hall, the UC Berkeley administrative building, to begin the Occupy Cal movement. After ignoring a dispersal order by the cam-pus police department, the peacefully-organized protest-ers were immediately con-fronted by police using bru-tal violence, resulting in the arrest of seven individuals. Such an aggressive response by police toward non-violent protesters is extremely de-plorable and not justified un-der any circumstances. Widely circulated vid-eos and photographs depict the police striking students with batons and using exces-sive force in making arrests. It is abundantly evident that the severe tactics used were completely unwarranted by the nature of the non-vio-lent protest. While those par-ticipating, by ignoring the or-der to disperse, were all le-gally subject to arrest, it is ex-pected that the police make the arrests in a non-violent manner. Instead, educated individuals passionate about drawing awareness to the troubles facing higher edu-cation were confronted with unprovoked brutality by the very group of people charged with the task of protecting them. UC Berkeley Chancellor Robert J. Birgeneau said that

police were “forced to use their batons” to enforce a UC Berkeley policy that states that the encampment pre-sented “safety, space and conflict issues.” Campus Police Chief Margo Bennett further justified the use of vi-olence, saying “linking arms in a human chain when or-dered to step aside is not a nonviolent protest.” Through these comments, police and administration are blurring the line between what constitutes as violence in an attempt to frame the sit-uation in a manner that casts blame on the protesters. Under no circumstanc-es do non-violent actions warrant a violent response. Furthermore, even if the am-biguous definition of violent protest is accepted, police are still seen in videos brutally responding to protesters who were neither linking arms nor refusing arrest. The purpose of the Occupy Cal movement is not to gen-erate tension between po-lice and protesters, but rath-er to draw attention to the state’s decreased invest-ment in higher education. We stand in solidarity with the students of UC Berkeley who should continue to ex-ercise their right of expres-sion to question the current course of the public universi-ty system. We call out to UC Davis students to voice their own opinions about the pressing issues facing our university, state and country.

food resources on campus In addition to the great re-sources of where to get grocer-ies around Davis in the arti-cle “Grocery roundup: Where to buy food … and what to do when you run out of swipes” on Sept. 22, we at Health Education and Promotion (HEP) would like to add two additional resources. First, there is a brand new Wellness Garden located on the South side of the new Student

Health and Wellness Center on La Rue Road. Although the Wellness Garden is relatively small, we ap-preciate it when students walk by and pick a tomato or two right off the vine, or cut a few leaves of basil for their dinner that night. It is an amazing spot on campus for free produce and we encourage people to come harvest what they need. We just recently planted our fall/winter garden! So come by in a few weeks for some free fresh produce!

A second resource we would like to call attention to is the Fruit and Vegetable Map, which is posted on Davis Wiki, developed by HEP. The map is an excellent resource for students to find fresh produce around their neighborhood.

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student health insurance fees unfair Students should be aware and careful with their financial bills be-cause the university has a slick way of making money. This is a warn-ing for students to pay special at-tention of a hidden fee. Students do not understand that they are al-lowing the university to take their money without authorization. This issue is critical in relation to health insurance. Rather than requesting insurance, the univer-sity puts the onus on the student to opt out of having health insur-

ance specifically provided by the university. This burden and con-fusion can cause unnecessary debt of hundreds of dollars for the student. In all fairness, the universi-ty policy should be that students opt in to the insurance, not the current policy of requiring stu-dents to opt out. This is especially crucial for freshmen and transfer students who have stacks of pa-perwork to fill out and could eas-ily miss the requirement that they sign a waiver in order to relieve the pain of paying unnecessary health insurance for another plan

when they are already covered by their parents’. This mandatory health insur-ance fee may be just another way for the university to take an un-necessary amount of money away from the students who are already overburdened by the tuition in-crease. Even in the event of a hu-man or technological error, no help is provided to give the stu-dent his or her money back once the University has taken it.

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By LANI CHANAggie Features Writer

This week, organizers for Camp Kesem, a week-long sum-mer camp for kids whose lives have been affected by cancer, will be holding info sessions to recruit student volunteers to help plan, fundraise and work as counselors. UC Davis is just one of 38 schools across the nation that holds a camp for kids who have or have had a parent diagnosed with cancer. The camp, which runs for six days and five nights and hosts up to 80 kids, offers a chance for kids to enjoy a fun-filled week of activities they may have missed out on due to their parent’s illness. The camp, held at Camp Jones Gulch in Santa Cruz, is free to campers and funded by dona-tions. It provides a safe space for each camper to forge much-needed support systems. “‘Kesem’ means ‘magic’ in Hebrew,” said Kristin Horn, se-nior psychology major and the organization’s co-chair. “It’s kind of corny, but it’s really a perfect way to describe what happens. Campers start at age six and can continue coming to camp until they are 16, and there’s the coun-selors who are college students. It’s amazing to see people of such a wide age range learn from each other and grow with each other.” Since the percentage of kids who have dealt with cancer at a young age is small, many feel alienated in school and in social environments.

Arriving at camp is comfortable for each camper because they know that everyone is there for the same reason, Horn said. “I’ve had campers come up to me and say that it was nice show-ing up in a place where the ice was already broken,” Horn said. “They don’t have to have that ini-tial conversation where they have to tell people, when they first meet them, what their situation is.” Kesem counselors work hard to give the kids an outlet so they can let loose and have the best time possible, providing activities such as ziplining, rock climbing, and arts and crafts. After each fun-packed day, the counselors facilitate ‘cabin talks’ in the eve-nings, which provide the thera-peutic aspect of the camp. “The cabin chats are a chance for them to open up and share their personal experiences,” said Andrew Taverrite, senior com-munication and political science double major. “It’s a chance for them to relate to one another and know that they’re not the only one out there.” The nightly cabin chats can be challenging, as they remind each participant why they are there, but the Kesem counselors said that the process is definitely a re-warding one. “You can tell when some of the kids are having a harder time than others — they’ll act out be-cause of their situation,” said Vincent Shea, sophomore biolo-gy major. “They are dealing with social problems outside of school because they feel uncomfortable.

It’s amazing what happens when they come to camp and by the end of the week they are able to open up and talk about their situ-ation with others.” While it may be expected that the kids might have a hard time articu-lating themselves, the Kesem coun-selors noted the maturity level dem-onstrated by the campers during the cabin talks. The campers are at varying stages in the process; some come to camp after a parent’s re-cent diagnosis, some parents have been in treatment for years, some are in remission and some have passed away. Because of the variety of experiences in dealing with can-cer, there are ample opportunities

for both campers and counselors to teach and support each other. Megan Choi, sophomore biol-ogy major and a coordinator in charge of camper care, remarked on the selflessness of each camp-er during cabin talks. “Not all the questions are di-rectly related to experiences with cancer. One of my favorite ques-tions to ask the kids is, if they had three wishes, what would they be,” Choi said. “One girl wished for nobody to be sick, for nobody to be sad and for nobody to be fighting. She was around 10 years old. It was amazing.” This week is Kesem Week, where the organization’s coor-

dinators will host informational sessions for those hoping to get involved with the organization. Students can apply to be coun-selors for the camp that will take place in Summer 2012, from June 17 to 22. Camp Kesem is looking for counselors who are currently college students and enjoy work-ing with kids. However, appli-cants do not have to have been closely affected by cancer to be-come Kesem counselors. “What is most important is that you are able to support kids in that situation,” Horn said. “We look for people who are funny and creative.” All students are encouraged to get involved, as it helps devel-op leadership and team-building skills and helps to raises cancer awareness, Taverrite said. “It’s such a good way to give back,” Taverrite said. “It’s a really great group of people that comes together for a great cause.” Horn said that one of the most valuable things she has taken from Camp Kesem is being able to see the campers’ development over the past three years, as many of the campers become regulars. “It’s great that I’ve had this since freshman year. I love it,” Horn said. “But just one year will change your life.” The first Camp Kesem info ses-sion will be held today at 11:50 a.m. in Olson 251. For a com-plete schedule of Kesem Week events, visit the Facebook page at www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=114369772008373.

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

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to bring their own food and water, although the community has donated food, as well. The camp also has a portable kitchen

and they use Central Park’s water fountains as one of their main sources of water. “We used to have electricity in the park until the city cut it out,” Raskin said. “So since we don’t have heaters, we dress as warmly as we can, although we are trying

to get propane tanks.” To pass the time, there are games at the campsite. Occupy Davis also organizes fun activities for the participants, and just recently the camp had a slumber party dance. “We invited the community and

it went pretty well,” Raskin said. Occupy Davis has four meetings per week. Its general assemblies are on Wednesdays at 6 p.m. and Saturdays at 1:30 p.m., and its regular meetings are on Fridays at 6 p.m. and Sundays at 4 p.m. “The main thing we are trying

to do is provide a space in which we can discuss the problems of our society and allow people who don’t really have access to a traditional political system to spread their voices,” Raskin said.

CLAIRE TAN can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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By Caelum ShoveAggie Sports Writer

The 2011-12 men’s bas-ketball season got off to a rough start this weekend as the team lost all three games it played in the Basketball Traveler’s Tournament at San Diego State. But fans shouldn’t start running for the exits just yet. The three tournament games were first regular season contests under new head coach Jim Les, who came to UC Davis this past spring after nine years in charge of his alma mater, Bradley. Les led the Bradley Braves to the sweet 16 in the NCAA tournament in 2006 and was 154-140 overall in his nine years there. Now in charge of the Aggies, Les is asking the players to adapt to his sys-tem, which focuses on physical up-tempo de-fense, something never seen under former head coach Gary Stewart. If anything, this week-end’s slate of games showed that the Aggies have yet to fully integrate Les’s strategy. They’re starting to figure it out, though, said Les, and the execution will only get better with time. “We need to play games,” Les said. “The guys need to get used to our system and doing it live. It’s a young group [and] they’re learning a whole new way of thinking and doing things. There’s a process that you need to go through in order to eventu-ally achieve success.” The five starters from the season opener against Southern Utah — Ryan Sypkens, Josh Ritchart, Ryan Howley, Tyrell Corbin

and Alex Tiffin — each garnered three starts this weekend, as Les never al-tered the opening lineup. Those five will not be the starters all season, though. Les will have key decisions to make upon the return from injury of Eddie Miller and Harrison Dupont, two presumptive starters. The coach is unwilling to risk further injury to his players by rushing them back to the court and clas-sified their status as both “day to day.” Friday –– Southern Utah 76, UC Davis, 75The contest against the Thunderbirds was the clos-est of the weekend. UC Davis was down 73-66 with 34 seconds re-maining before ratcheting up backcourt pressure and scoring two baskets, cut-ting the lead to 74-72 with 13 seconds left. The Aggies forced a turn-over and had a chance to tie the game or win, before turning it over themselves. After a UC Davis foul, Southern Utah made two free throws to extend the lead to four, and a UC Davis three as time expired did nothing to change the outcome. Despite the furious comeback, Les was dis-pleased with his team’s physical effort, as they were out-rebounded 43-23 in the game. “I thought Friday was an aberration for who we are,” Les said. “I really got into them after the game about how they performed in par-ticular on the defensive end and their ability to finish the defense and pay atten-tion to personnel and how guys need to be played.” Saturday –– Bryant 70, UC Davis 63The players took Coach

Les’s message to the court on Saturday, playing tough defense against a physical Bryant team. Seventy was the fewest points the Aggies gave up in a game this weekend, and the rebounding was there as well, with Bryant grab-bing only four more boards than UC Davis. Saturday’s contest was also the clearest represen-tation of the shooting abil-ity of this young UC Davis team. Sypkens was 4-8 from be-hind the arc, Howley was 3-5 and Ritchart led the way going 5-9 from deep. “The one thing that stands out to me daily is that we’re a very good shooting team,” Les said. “What I’m convincing them about is that we’re a defensive team that can score.” Sunday –– San Diego State 89, UC Davis 74The Aztecs, a sweet 16 team last year, provided the stiff-est competition of the tour-nament for the Aggies. San Diego State took a 48-29 lead into halftime and then used an 18-6 run in the second half to put the game out of reach. “We missed some really good shots in the first half,” Les said. “To come back in the second half and shoot 62 percent as a team [is great]. They key for us is when we go through those stretches where shots don’t fall, we’ve got to become stingier on defense. It’s a mindset.” The Aggies have anoth-er chance to get their first win of the season tonight against the Division III Banana Slugs of UC Santa Cruz at the Pavilion at 7 p.m.

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

By maTTheW YueNAggie Sports Writer

With much anticipation lead-ing up to this season, there is pres-sure on the UC Davis women’s bas-ketball program to play at the same standards as last year. The Aggies more than held their own this week, as they ground out two tough road victories to open the season. With a thrilling last-second victory against Pac-12 University of Washington on Wednesday and a back-and-forth battle with Seattle University, UC Davis is in a good position to pick up where it left off at the end of last season. The wins mark the first two of the season for the Aggies, as well as the first with Jennifer Gross as head coach.

“It feels great to start off the sea-son this way,” Gross said. “We feel confident about these wins, but we know we have to keep working hard.”

Friday –– UC Davis 69, University of Washington 68UC Davis completed a comeback in the closing seconds of the game to steal a victory from University of Washington at the Huskies’ home court. The Aggies’ season debut show-cased much of what Gross has pre-dicted will be the face of the team this year. “If you look at our stats, it’s hard to pick any one player that did ev-erything for us,” Gross said. Indeed, with a balanced attack from everywhere on the court, UC Davis found itself up 37-35 at the end of the first half. Yet, this lead vanished and the Huskies turned it into a 13-point

deficit with only 9:37 remaining. The Aggies chipped away at the lead until they found themselves ahead 67-65 with 31 seconds to play. When the Huskies converted a three-point play to gain the lead, UC Davis had eight seconds on the clock to pull out a victory lest their 23-8 point run over the past nine minutes went to waste. The heroine would be Blair Shinoda, whose layup put the Aggies up for good. The junior ended with eight points on the night, but of the Aggies’ final sev-en points, Shinoda contributed six of her own. Senior Hana Asano and junior Cortney French paced UC Davis with 12 points apiece in the victo-ry, but the win was a product of the entire Aggies’ lineup. “We really had to unite and come together as a group because we had to fight back,” Gross said. “We were extremely poised.”

Sunday –– UC Davis 66, Seattle University 62In what turned out to be an up-and-down game, UC Davis built a 15-point lead by halftime. As time went by, this lead would dwindle but the Aggies held on for their sec-ond win of the season. The Redhawks brought the score back within two points on several occasions, only to have the Aggies pull away in the tug-of-war matchup. Senior Samantha Meggison scored 18 points and nabbed sev-en steals, both of which are career highs. “The whole team really execut-ed down the stretch and it was a good learning experience,” Gross said. “We need to learn how to play in all different situations, whether we’re up 15 or down a couple, and we’re getting a lot of practice with that.” What had the potential to be a full-blown collapse fortunately nev-er turned into one, and UC Davis slipped by for its second victory of the season. “I’m really excited about how our team performed, both were team wins,” Gross said. “We had a lot of people step up and contribute.” The two victories in Seattle com-bine to make a good start of the 2011-12 campaign for UC Davis, and the Aggies will return to the Pavilion on Wednesday for their home opener.

You can reach MATTHEW YUEN at sports@theaggie.org.

SoCal heat too much for UC DavisAggies lose three games in San Diego tournament

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Junior Ryan Sypkens shot 4-8 from three-point range against Bryant on Saturday.

Aggies start with a bangUC Davis wins first two games of season

Men’s Water Polo UC Davis finished its reg-ular season over the week-end with two defeats against California and Stanford. With the losses, the Aggies finished the season 20-10. The weekend started with the home finale against No. 3 Cal, as the Golden Bears proved why it is in the hunt for a National Championship with a 13-6 victory. Senior Aaron Salit netted a hat trick in his final home appearance, but the Bears were just too much, domi-nating the game and taking an 11-3 lead into the 4th period. UC Davis traveled to California’s rival in Palo Alto on Sunday, but the sto-

ry wasn’t much different with a 12-7 defeat. The No. 4 Cardinal held a 7-2 lead at halftime, and the Aggies’ comeback was too little, too late. Salit again scored a hat trick, plus one, bringing his season total to 75 goals, the highest total amassed by a UC Davis player since Mike Gotelli set the school-record with 115 in 1997. The Aggies hope the stiff competition will pre-pare them for the Western Water Polo Association Championship, which will take place next weekend. UC Davis will enter the tourna-ment as the fourth seed.

— Russell Eisenman

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