Today’s weatherMostly clearHigh 73Low 55

ForecastIt’s been gorgeous lately, but I feel sorry for the Band-uh students

in the parade who were wearing those heavy wool uniforms. At least it wasn’t raining on the parade like it’s going to be raining

Wednesday night into the wee hours of Thursday morning.Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science major

Aggie Forecasting Team

Chance of rain Morning showers

Thursday

High 67Low 49

Wednesday

High 69Low 52

Lets take a step back and say “Happy late birthday” to the oldest living man. Jiroemon

Kimura turned 115 years old on April 19. What’s his secret? Eating food in small portions!

Mimi Vo

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Goodwill makes plans to build new donation-only site in Davis

Mixtape Society throws back to the ’90s

Star Wars-style lightsaber battle filmed on the QuadWith computers, students can use the Force too

New club exchanges mix CDs

Endorsement by board of supervisors a matter of discussionBy EINAT GILBOA

Aggie Staff Writer

The Yolo County Board of Supervisors met on April 16 to discuss revoking their decision to endorse Goodwill’s use of public bonds to fund a new Davis donation site. On April 10, the board voted 5-1 to ap-prove the building of Goodwill donation centers in West Sacramento and Davis. The board was asked to make a finding that the Goodwill center was in the pub-lic interest. If that finding had been made, Goodwill would have been eligible to issue tax-exempt bonds. The subsidy comes in the form of not charging taxes for financing, which means California taxpayers would be subsidizing that location. Supervisor Don Saylor requested recon-sideration of the Davis location based on “unanswered questions about Goodwill’s operations,” said Supervisor Jim Provenza at the April 16 meeting. “It didn’t seem that proper notification had been made with the existing resale non-profits in Davis,” Saylor said. “Right after the meeting on April 10, I talked with All Things Right & Relevant and the SPCA about what they thought might be the impact on their efforts, and they were very concerned.” As Goodwill is quite a bit larger than the two local organizations, qualms were ex-pressed that the organizations were not giv-en a proper chance to compete. “What I was opposing was the town board of supervisors endorsing special funding at a lower interest rate,” said Ruth Shumway, president of All Things Right & Relevant and R&R Thrift.

All Things Right & Relevant is an organi-zation that gives its money to mental health agencies and employs mental health cli-ents. All of the donations given to the agen-cy stay within Yolo County. “Goodwill is a giant corporation. The goods that people are donating to them are leaving the county,” Shumway said. “Since the board is for the county, we said, ‘What’s

going on here?’” Shumway was troubled by Goodwill re-ceiving endorsement, as it would be hard-er for local nonprofits to gain access to the same funding. She was also worried about Goodwill di-verting the stream of donation away from local agencies. “There is us and SPCA and we’re all wait-

ing for the same consignment donation,” Shumway said. All Things Right & Relevant recently opened bonds on an open market in order to finance their move to a new location. “We even said, if you’re handing out en-dorsements, we’d like you to endorse us as a project that’s been in business for al-most 20 years,” Shumway said. “We’ve nev-er asked for help, and it all stayed in your county.” Saylor agrees that it would best benefit Davis to have donations remain within the community. “All our donations from the communi-ty get recycled into community benefits,” Saylor said. “Goodwill would take donations to other communities, and revenues from sales would go to Goodwill operations.” Saylor said Goodwill will proceed with their Davis donation site, but it will not have a public tax subsidy. “The county is not contributing to an un-even playing field,” Saylor said. The organization plans to open its do-nation-only site within the next couple of months. “They have signed the lease already and are in the process of doing modifications to the space in the shopping center on Covell,” Saylor said. The Board of Directors will be meeting with Goodwill as well as with All Things Right & Relevant for further discussion. “We look forward to meeting with Goodwill the week of April 30 to find out what’s going on,” said Kim Kinney, execu-tive director of the Yolo County SPCA.

EINAT GILBOA can be reached city@theaggie.org.

By CHELSEA MEHRAAggie Features Writer

Think back to the good ol’ days when your music player didn’t come in various candy-colored shades, but in black and gray. Or when your songs weren’t listed alphabetically by art-ists’ last names but serendipitously started playing, and when your mu-sic didn’t have elaborate cover art-work but had to be labeled on a thin, white strip of tape with a Sharpie. The UC Davis Mixtape Society (UCDMS) realized many of us might be nostal-gic for this former, arguably less con-venient, age when sheer music, not medium, was of peak importance. UCDMS is a new student club that began in Fall Quarter for members to exchange mix CDs. Though the first few meetings may be bumpy, they promise that just like a fine wine,

By LANI CHANAggie Staff Writer

It is remarkable how often Star Wars sneaks into the daily vernacular. How often are people overheard referenc-

ing Wookiees, stormtroopers, miscel-laneous droids or their own imaginary Jedi skills? Even an innocent passerby who has never seen any of the six Star Wars films could recognize a heavy rasp riddled with respiratory distress

as an attempt to imitate Darth Vader. Well, consider a strip of the Quad the most recent context for the use of the Force. A simple search on YouTube for “UCD Lightsaber Battle” will lead to a minute-long video, created by junior biochemistry major Stephen Leung, of two UC Davis students engaging in some pretty real “aggressive negotia-tions.” And not with fliers or petitions, but with lightsabers, complete with the appropriate visual and audio effects. “It was fun. We wanted to do it in public, where a lot of people could see it,” Leung said. “The Quad is the most public place on campus. We didn’t want to act like Jedi, though. We want-ed to be as normal as possible — just normal students.” Leung’s idea to have a choreo-graphed lightsaber fight played out in a flashmob-type demonstration on campus, premiering on YouTube after months of editing. The finished prod-uct captured the well-rehearsed fight

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Goodwill will open a donation only site in Davis within the next couple of months.

News iN BrieF

Campus radio station KDVS seeks funds

Tuesday

Musik Quiz9 p.m., donations encouragedLuigi’s Slice, 213 E St.Features special guests and surprises

wednesday

Fundraiser Night at sophia’s9 p.m., donations encouragedSophia’s Thai Kitchen, 129 E St.DJs Dogtones, Mr. Glass and more

Thursday

Dance Party at Delta of Venus9 p.m., $2-10 donations122 B St.Mr. Glass, DJ Howard and eclectic DJs

Friday

show at robot rocket

residence 8 p.m., donations encouraged633 M St.Riana Marela and Predictable

saturday

Fundraiser showsAt Bows and Arrows, 1815 19th St., Sacramento8 p.m., $5G. Green, Burgers and more

At Robot Rocket Residence, 633 M St.8 p.m., donations encouragedEmily Jane White, The Fancy and Joe Boekbinder

sunday

Finale Party9 p.m., donations encouragedThe Attendance Office, 1315 L St.DJ OddJob and more

The annual KDVS 90.3 FM fundraiser started Monday and will contin-ue through Sunday. An organization funded by ASUCD, local business-es and listeners, KDVS gets half its income from its audience. In order to provide the communi-ty with shows and pro-gramming, KDVS is ask-ing for donations. Depending on the pledge amount, a thank-you gift consisting of mu-

sic, books, shirts or DJ services is given in ex-change. Cash, credit card and personal checks are accepted, and donations are tax-deductible. For more information, visit fundraiser.kdvs.org. Check out these events in order to contribute and support this nonprofit, student/volunteer-run, freeform and college/community radio station.

— Elizabeth Orpina

Davis Volunteer and Service Fair today

Today is the Davis Volunteer and Service Fair. Hosted by ASUCD, the event will give stu-dents an opportunity to explore different volun-teer options. Creating a service fair was part of the platform of ASUCD Senator and sophomore international relations

and psychology double major Anni Kimball. Over 50 organizations will be at the event with information about ways to give back to the com-munity. The fair will take place on the Quad from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

— Hannah Strumwasser

see MiXTAPe, page 2

see sABer, page 5

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UC Davis Mixtape society members (from left) Jennifer Dijaili, Gregory Tam, Adrianna sung and evonne soon listen to mix CDs at a recent club meeting.

Courtesy of Stephen Leung

stephen Leung (right) and David Chang (left) battle it out.

Nothing stays the same after we leave college. There’s more

time for naps, we can drink coffee at Peet’s and enjoy the weather instead of star-ing face-down at illegible notes, and we can read for pleasure instead of doing it out of fear of public humili-ation from our English pro-fessor. I, on a more annoy-ing hand, was blind-sided by how abruptly my friendships changed. We used to be tied by metaphorical umbil-ical cords and now I’m lucky if I know what part of the country they’re in. It’s pretty jarring when that familiarity is taken away. Our BFFs and BFFLs and BF4Es might not last as long as we thought. I categorize friendships into three groups now: friends who will be at my wedding, those who are just attending and those not in-vited. And don’t tell me I’m the only one who’s planned this out in their head su-per early. Single people can make preparations too. We already know who be-longs in each category: co-workers and the people from high school that are nice to us now, but we know were talking shit about us six years ago, won’t be get-ting wedding invitations. Our groomsmen/brides-maids will be the people that know us the best and ask for a shout-out in our column like Julie Athans did (yup, that’s all you get, hun). Who else do you think is going to do all of our bitch work to get wedding events off the ground and not get paid? We can’t have a wedding party that’s 50 people deep. Come to terms with the idea that not everyone can be your compadre. Since we were in close proximity to people around our age for so long, and probably because we came to college with a total of two friends, we go to great lengths to gain the trust and love of everyone. We’re spreading ourselves thin amongst the people we know instead of giving all of us to a select few. Some friendships will end up fall-ing to the wayside no matter

how hard we try to hold on. It’s not coming from a place of malice when our friends stop reaching out to us the way they did when we lived up the street from them. I was pissed when I wasn’t getting calls or texts from people to see if I was alive. “I’m here, all by my-self! Did anyone remem-ber?” We’ll feel sad and fu-rious until we realize there is so much going on in our friends’ worlds besides our lives. As hard as we’re work-ing to get our shit together, they’re doing the same thing. They’re working to afford the move to New York or stress-ing out waiting to hear back from a potential job or grad school. It’s an out-of-sight, out-of-mind experience that happens no matter what. It’s best to allot the ap-propriate amount of time to the people in our second family. The ones you had a

few classes or hit the bars with might not be your priority. Make sure

to wish them well, hope for their success and be glad that, for a little while, you shared a connection with them. Even if you don’t see them very often, a part of them will stick to ya. Devote your time and en-ergy into cultivating the re-lationships that mean the most to you by being more active in strengthening the connection with your bes-ties. Call them instead of writing nonsense on their Facebook wall. Don’t let work or relationships keep you from reaching out. Tell them things about your past or share your hopes for the future. If they don’t seem in-clined to share their deep-est, darkest secrets, let them know you’re ready when they are. These people that are going to be making toasts at our wedding recep-tion need us even when they don’t ask for it. If you can’t live as close to them as you’d like, go out of your way to visit them for no reason oth-er than missing them. Or be obnoxious like me and beg them to move to L.A. with you until they cave. Leaving our friends af-ter a weekend vacation is stress-free when we’re with the people we know we’re stuck with for the rest of our lives. When we think about the future, they’re the friends we’ll be hav-ing Sunday dinners with and bitching about our kids to. Hell, if they’re able to put up with our craziness, what’s so bad about keep-ing them around?

If you’re a best friend of JAZZ TRICE, you better’ve read this! He’ll be expecting a call. For everyone else, there’s jazztrice526@gmail.com or twitter.com/Jazz_Trice.

Responses to my last column included “not as inappropriate

as I expected” and “needs moar buttseks.” I’m go-ing to ignore both of those comments (for now…) and write as per a sugges-tion I got from a reader earlier this spring. Today, my unconventional con-ventionalists, I bring you a Spotter’s Guide to Grad Students! A look at the weird and wonderful cast of characters you will meet on your journey to-ward your degree, whatev-er it may be. The Prisoner — Caught in a bad project (Google that phrase, now!), this student rarely leaves the lab, venturing out only for seminars and their allot-ted caffeine ration. Some are enslaved by their advi-sor’s draconian work ethic. For others, their research funding and lust for life are linked and both ran out af-ter their first winter quar-ter. High risk of dropping out and becoming happy, healthy and successful. The Hipster — Grad stu-dent of lore and stereo-type. Can often be seen reading poetry at the Beer Shoppe or TA-ing your “Bi-curious Malagasy Transcendentalism” class. Can be distinguished from hipster undergrads in that they actually have read Kerouac. You probably nev-er heard of his/her thesis topic, but that’s okay be-cause nobody will ever read it. L’Étranger — Bane of in-tro science classes: the TA with the indecipherable ac-cent. Depending on the culture of the home coun-try, will spend all of their time either in lab work-ing alone or in lab drinking with everyone. Values the UC Davis brand far more than you ever will. May also be a Prisoner, but willing-ly so because they know no alternative. The Two-Body Problem — A pair of post-baccalau-reates in a committed re-lationship, with or without metal finger bands. Equal in interest and IQ, they ex-

ude relationship success. Smooth sailing ahead as long as they both graduate at the same time and find a job in the same universi-ty, or at least the same state. Future three-body problem. The Golden Boy/Girl — Hate to borrow a term from Ph.D. Comics, but it’s an apt descrip-tor. Constantly winning awards and fellowships, Golden Boy’s every exha-lation is published in a high-impact-factor jour-nal. Will do more in the three or four years it takes him to graduate than most academics do by the time they’re tenured. Also bet-ter than you at sports and has his own rock band and/or fragrance line. The Sleeper — Never at seminars unless they are catered, the nocturnal Sleeper can’t be bothered to wake up early or main-

tain a reli-able pres-ence in labs. Can be seen wander-ing aimless-ly at any-

place other than its cubicle. Easily lured with food, but can’t pay attention and di-gest at the same time. The Humanist — Having graduated with a useless degree in a pointless sub-ject and having no job pros-pects outside a Starbucks, the Humanist hopes to change their fortune by graduating with another useless degree in the same pointless subject and then be overqualified to work at Starbucks. Can and will use “post-structuralism,” “menstruation” and “Paul Revere” in the same thesis proposal/playbill/pickup line. The Overgraduate — Indistinguishable from the undergraduates in hab-it if not in appearance. Still parties, drinks and does extracurricular activities as if they were still in col-lege and didn’t have bet-ter things to do like re-search and aging. Will buy you beer, but you bring the snacks. The Mountain — Fixed and unmoving, the Mountain has been in your lab for so long even the professor can’t remember. The Mountain is the rock on which the lab stands, for it’s the only one who still knows how to use the archaic and essential equipment that no one else ever trained on. Has elevat-ed writer’s block into an art form. Legend has it the re-cord holder’s thesis topic is the breeding of apterous porcines, and they won’t graduate until it’s done!

MATAN SHELOMI hopes he has represented/offended everyone equally, and can be reached at mshelomi@ucdavis.edu.

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women’s lacrosse game2 to 4 p.m.Aggie StadiumWatch the Women’s Lacrosse team play against Saint Mary’s.

Using your temperament as an effective tool in communicating, influencing, and getting along with others5:15 to 6:45 p.m.Second floor, Room E, Student Community CenterAs a leader, your most effective way of communicating is through your actions. This session with facilitator Richard Osibanjo will help students identify and understand their behavioral patterns and learn what their behavior communicates to others.

wednesday

world Malaria day at Uc davis 20129 a.m. to 4 p.m.1041 ValleyIn recognition of World Malaria Day and in support of the Roll Back Malaria Program in promoting education and research in the fight against malaria, students and researchers at UC Davis engaged in vector biology and genetics research will come together to discuss their research. This free event is sponsored by School of Veterinary Medicine, National Institutes of Health, and Institutional Training Grant in Vector Biology to UC Davis.

tibet burning discussion2 to 4 p.m.217 ArtThe former prime minister of the Tibetan government in exile will lead a discussion about the resistance and repression in Tibet today.

dance dance davis4 to 6 p.m.Davis Art CenterIf you want to be a part of a flashmob on May 9, go to this event for free dance lessons.

food addicts in recovery anonymous7 to 8:30 pmDavis United Methodist Church, 1620 Anderson RoadFree yourself from excess weight and/

or obsessional thoughts about food and body image. Food Addicts in Recovery Anonymous (FA) is a 12-step fellowship based on the principles of Alcoholics Anonymous (AA). Meetings are open and free to the public. Go to foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.

Kp Meeting of the 43rd annual whole earth festival7 to 8 p.m.Student Community Center (across from Chem 194/Bike Barn)Learn the history of the festival, reconnect with your loving community, schedule Non-Violence Training, explore KP responsibilities and discover a little bit about yourself.

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poetry in the garden: andy Jones and bob stanleyNoon to 1 p.m.Wyatt Deck, Old Davis RoadThe UC Davis Arboretum invites fans of good writing and beautiful gardens to enjoy a reading by poets Andy Jones and Bob Stanley. Parking is available for $7 in Visitor Lot 5, at Old Davis Road and A Street. For more information, please call (530) 752-4880 or visit arboretum.ucdavis.edu.

biomedical engineering seminar series4:10 to 5 p.m.1005 GBSFGo to this seminar to listen to Dr. Nicholas Kenyon give his lecture “Nitric Oxide at the Interface of Therapeutics and Biomarkers in Asthma.”

arts Versus science debate8 to 9 p.m.UC Davis Conference CenterMartin Perl, winner of the 2005 Nobel Prize in physics, and his son, Jed Perl, art critic for The New Republic, will discuss the creative process in science and the arts. Their discussion will be moderated by Dean Simonton, distinguished professor of psychology at UC Davis. The event is free and open to the public.

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true dedicationPeople were shouting for everyone to start celebrating Picnic Day before sunrise on A Street.

safety in numbersEighty people with open containers were walking down Oeste Drive.

it was an emergencySomeone called 9-1-1 to discuss which drinking games to play on Russell Boulevard.

wrong holidayTwenty people were allegedly smoking marijuana on Stanford Drive.

Make (hard) lemonadeA large group was on a roof throwing lemons at people walking by on Anderson Road.

Just let it slideSomeone was passed out on top of a play structure at a park on Danbury Street.

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UCDMS will age well with time. The group meets monthly in Wellman 202, a large, sterile, white lec-ture hall that looks more suitable for an MCAT review session than a small, motley crew of the mashup-obsessed and hip-hop crazed. Every get-togeth-er has a theme — Halloween’s “Give You Goose Bumps,” Valentine’s Day’s “Under the Covers,” April’s “Shaken not Stirred” — and if you bring a CD mix, you are guaranteed to leave with someone else’s. While they don’t actually trade cas-sette tapes, as their club’s name sug-gests, members do continue the tradi-tion of listing the CDs’ songs on make-shift cases. UCDMS officer Sowmya Murali, a junior economics major, has gone so far as to wrap her CD in class notes and Saran Wrap. To obtain one of these artfully craft-ed mixes, you leave the decision to luck. Every member who brings a CD chooses a card from a deck, which contains pairs of matching suits. Those with matching suits swap CDs. “[This method] introduces others to varied tastes. Your eyes can open, and by chance, you will not only con-nect with your exchange partner, but also to surprisingly different kinds of music,” said UCDMS founder Evonne Soon, a junior environmental sciences major. The idea to start a Mixtape Society at

UC Davis wasn’t entirely a unique one. Soon got the concept from attend-ing a San Francisco Mixtape Society meeting. The turnout, although low, brought together a bunch of randoms, Bay Area kids who crawled to 22nd Street with open ears and bootlegs in tow. Almost immediately, she knew her friends would die for something sim-ilar back on campus. After asking per-mission to use the name “Mixtape Society,” she rang up her four closest high school friends at UC Davis. Officers Murali, junior neurobiol-ogy major Adrianna Sung, junior mi-crobiology major Jennifer Dijaili and senior chemical engineering major Joel Luo worked to create the club’s vi-sion: to share music and get to know other peers passionate about music, they said. From sweatpants to chunky sweat-ers to framed glasses, the group’s par-ticipants are as distinct as their mu-sical tastes. At once, techno/elec-tro house music is bumping on a Mac in one corner of the room, while the surround-sound speakers spit Proof||Theory, the hip-hop duo of UCDMS member Gregory Tam (stage name Classified Flow) and his UC Berkeley friend Mustafa Eisa (stage name Eis). “To have a proof, you need to have a theory and me and Eis are trying to prove ourselves to everyone else out there theorizing,” said Tam, a sopho-more exercise biology major. Some may be budding musicians,

others dubstep aficionados. However musically attuned you are, UCDMS members said they welcome all mu-sical tastes. Sung admitted that she didn’t listen to all the songs on the CD a fellow club member gave her last month. “[But] I liked certain songs I never would have encountered otherwise,” Sung said. It’s this newfound, light-illuminat-ing sense that the club hopes to im-part on all those who attend now and in the future. “A club,” Soon said while fiddling with her business card, “should al-ways be looking outwardly, towards someone who can eventually carry the torch.” UCDMS plans to start holding so-cial events for the larger community, potentially extending its musical arms to Entertainment Council concerts or hosting artists of its own choos-ing. However they choose to grow, monthly meetings, listed on the UCD Mixtape Society Facebook group, will always be running amok at 6 p.m. in Wellman 202. As everyone exits the room at the request of an MCAT tutor, the voice of Lily Allen slowly fades to the close of a screen where laptop stickers of a girl-boy bathroom sign, a yard sale and an old man remind us that the best con-coctions are made from a mix of ec-centrically linked, accidentally assem-bled ingredients.

CHELSEA MEHRA can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

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The term “arms race” might seem a bit archaic at first glance. After all, the quest

for bigger bombs and missiles with longer range was the mecha-nism that made MAD, or mutual-ly assured destruction, a real pos-sibility. Yet the notion of an arms race is not just an ancient relic, a throwback to a time when grade-schoolers practiced huddling un-der desks and the Commies were our arch-nemesis. The arms race is alive and well. Last week, India announced that it had successfully tested a mis-sile with a range that put Shanghai within reach. Called the Angi V, it can hit targets in a 5,000 kilometer radius. Now why would India do this? One obvious reason is to estab-lish a sense of parity with China. Now China has made no secret of its desire to become a major mil-itary power. In recent years, it has announced double-digit increas-es in military expenditures, tested advanced tactical jets and beefed up its navy. Whatever China’s in-tentions may be, they have India glancing warily at the creeping sphere of Chinese influence. This

missile is one way for India to push back. India is not alone in reacting in a less-than-positive way to-ward Chinese ambitions. Burma, now Myanmar, has turned strong-ly toward the West and away from its Chinese patron over the last year — an outcome that has sur-prised many international observ-ers. Vietnam is conducting navy exercises with the West this week. Countries in the region, while not openly clamoring for an increased American mil-itary presence, certainly didn’t complain when President Obama announced a re-newed commitment to maintain-ing strength in the Pacific. So India’s missile test heralds the beginning of an Asian arms race, yes, but it also reflects the underly-ing wariness of other Asian coun-tries to the prospect of a dominant China. However, India’s test also brings other issues into play. The first is the issue of Pakistan. Long bitter enemies, it probably won’t be long till Pakistan tests its own long-range missile in an effort to match India’s capabilities. The prospect of two nuclear-armed neighbors with long-range missiles who also happen to be rivals with a history of armed conflict is not a pretty one. Another issue is the ongoing ef-forts to negotiate with Iran. Why shouldn’t Iran say, “Well, hey, if India can acquire these weapons, why can’t we?” An extension of this argument might be, “Well, hey, if India and Israel and (insert nucle-ar-armed country here) can have nuclear weapons, why can’t we?”

And, quite honestly, they would have a point. A distinction can be made about the fact that India is a democracy and Iran is not, and further that India is a less threat-ening, more stable country. Yet an arms race in Asia will certain-ly not help negotiations with the Iranians, and there’s a good chance it will hurt these efforts. Finally, there’s the simple ques-tion of why a nation with close to 40 percent of its citizens living in

poverty would want to be de-voting enormous sums of mon-ey into an arms race. The idea that the best way to achieve pari-

ty is through weapons has plen-ty of holes. Wouldn’t the best way to maintain parity be to build a na-tion that has a burgeoning econ-omy, a highly educated populace and a high standard of living? I don’t know about you, but spend-ing all that money on, say, a better higher education system in India or an infrastructure program just seems like a better idea. Of course, all this logic applies here in America, as well. We spend over $500 billion a year in defense-related expenditures. I’ll let you figure out all the other things we could be doing with that money (hint: one of them is reversing the gutting of our higher education system throughout the country). So congratulations, India. You’ve managed to make the world that much less safe, all with one simple missile test. Talk about a big bang for your buck — no pun intended.

JONATHAN NELSON can be reached at opinion@theaggie.org.

Why shouldn’t Iran say, “Well, hey, if India can acquire these

weapons, why can’t we?”

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On Thursday, Interim Police Chief Matthew Carmichael was sworn in as the UC Davis police chief. Carmichael will hold the po-sition for one year, after which UC Davis will release a national recruitment call for someone to permanently fill the position.

Carmichael is taking on a difficult job. Former Police Chief Annette Spicuzza re-tired last Wednesday after five months of paid leave in the wake of the Nov. 18 pep-per spraying of students. The relationship between the stu-dent body and the campus police force has soured since that event, particularly with the release of the Reynoso Task Force Report.

“My top priority in the next few months is going to be rebuilding the relation-ship between the police and the campus community,” Carmichael said at the swear-ing-in ceremony.

A new police chief is not a solution, but an opportu-nity to enact the solution. If Carmichael keeps his word that officers will be going into the student community to listen to our concerns, then this personnel change could

be the beginning of a posi-tive relationship between the campus police officers and students.

However, this all depends on how the administra-tion views its own role in the events of Nov. 18. Spicuzza was not the only person list-ed as at fault in the Reynoso report; the entire police force and Katehi herself faced a great deal of criticism for their own failures on that day.

Katehi announced at the ceremony that some ad-ministrative changes are be-ing made as well. Oversight of the campus police will be moved from the office of Vice Chancellor of Administrative and Resource Management John Meyer to the office of Provost and Executive Vice Chancellor Ralph J. Hexter.

We recognize Carmichael’s courage in taking on this po-sition at such a difficult time. Though he’s only committed for a year, Carmichael needs to build a relationship with students.

This transition is not the time to celebrate. It is an opportunity to work at le-gitimately fixing student-police relations on this campus.

On July 1, 67 of California’s 278 state parks, beaches and historic sites will be closed. A budgetary move by Gov. Jerry Brown’s administration, the closures are a response to a cut of $22 million to the Department of Parks and Recreation.

Announced last May, the proposal was at first largely ignored because it was such an illogical notion that it appeared to be more of a ploy to dramatize the state of the budget crisis than an actual productive course of action. Former Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger tried to cut state parks in 2008, but abandoned the idea due to public outcry. Unfortunately, Gov. Brown does not seem to mind becoming the first governor to close parks.

The supposed savings of $22 million is less than 1 percent of California’s $9.2 billion budget deficit. In fact, the state legislative analyst reports that closing some parks will cost the state more than it would cost to keep them open due to expenses involved in locking up buildings and storing museum artifacts.

Even after this is taken into consideration, the state is likely to incur further costs after closures are finalized. Without any rangers, parks will be vulnerable to vandalism such as graffiti and illegal dumping. Backcountry campfires and illegal off-roading could cause wildfires, and marijuana farms could alter ecosystems and bring crime to nearby communities.

California’s state park system, the largest in the United States, generates more in visitor spending and tax revenues than is allocated to the parks annually. It also creates thousands of jobs, and many local businesses depend on state parks for their livelihood.

Closing state parks also carries inevitable environmental consequences. The image

of nature recovering from human use and flourishing to become a pristine landscape is comforting but unrealistic. Introduced plant and wildlife maintenance will halt, threatening native plants and wildlife with local extinction. Restoration projects will be abandoned and trails will go untended.

Even if such economic and environmental problems were somehow magically avoided, state legislators are looking at the issue from a purely budgetary perspective and are blind to the full implications of their actions. The state park system was not founded to generate revenue but exists to preserve California’s natural and historic lands.

Experiences in nature are sacrosanct and the true value of a state park is indescribable. By putting a price tag on parks, the state is devaluing the lifestyles and passions of many Californians.

Fortunately, there are a growing number of park supporters that have mounted campaigns to save the parks, working with local governments, volunteers and nonprofit groups. Their work has caused three of California’s parks to be taken off the closure list. However, this is largely temporary, and unless a long-term solution is found, these parks will likely lose funding after a few years.

Other creative solutions such as park management by counties and cities, legislation generating funding for parks and limited private management should be explored.

Sunday was Earth Day, an opportune time to begin thinking about what access to nature means to you. Write to the governor, make donations or volunteer — just make sure your voice is heard. But before you do anything, go out and visit a state park — while you still can.

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Davis Tweetup delivers dose of networking to de Vere’s

By ANDREW POHAggie News Writer

Local Tweeps gathered for the first official Davis Tweetup this place Thursday from 5:30 to 7:30 p.m. The event was hosted by de Vere’s Irish Pub, located at 217 E St. The Davis Tweetup is an ongoing project by Danielle DeBow and Blake Cooper. A Tweetup, which is a play on the word “meetup,” aims to bring together members of the community from all walks of life via the social networking service Twitter. According to DeBow, there are many Tweetups that are entirely business-oriented. Such Tweetups consist of business owners getting together to network and brainstorm strategies and ideas. Cooper and DeBow plan to take a different course with the Davis TweetUp. This Tweetup was the first event DeBow and Cooper jointly collaborated on, but there have been other Tweetups in the past. A Tweetup was hosted by Sacramento’s SacTweetUp when de Vere’s first opened its doors in Davis. 35 people were registered for Thursday’s event, but more were welcomed unregistered.

DeBow, a UC Davis 2007 graduate, majored in communication and currently works at Nugget Market as its marketing and communication manager. “I just have always really thought that social media is a really interesting way to bring people together that maybe have never met before,” DeBow said. “An example of that is Blake, [whom] I’ve met on Facebook and have become great friends [with] and have very much the same goals for Davis TweetUp, which is to bring community members together and to bring students together so that they can learn [from each other].” Cooper, the current outreach coordinator at the Education Abroad Center, was born and raised in Davis and said he has extensive experience with social media. Cooper’s first foray into the world of social media was Thinkingten.com. This is a social site where writers are given a daily prompt and are allowed 10 minutes to write as much as they can about it. “I’ve got a lot of projects like this that are going on, but I’m really plugged in to the social media network at UC Davis as well,” Cooper said. “They were really excited about this. Maybe we can have more of a

networking for undergrad students, the same for grad students and faculty.” Cooper has been giving presentations focused on social media throughout the country. In November, he will be hosting a presentation in China based on “Social Media 101 and 201,” covering the basics and how to build innovative social media platforms. With the Davis TweetUp, Cooper said he wanted to bring people back to coffee shops and pubs to fuel some genuine face-to-face interaction, an alternative to staying plugged in and set adrift in the nebulous contours of the internet. In this sense, social media becomes more of a tangible aspect, rather than text and pixels on a screen, he said. The benefits of the Tweetup exist on many planes. Down to the most basic level, attendees get the opportunity to meet new people and possibly forge new friendships, Cooper said. Especially in a close-knit college town like Davis, the blending of students with community members can lead to the exchange of a lot of helpful and useful information for both parties, he said. On top of that, the local shops that

host the Tweetups benefit from increased exposure and an influx of customers. DeBow mentioned that during a similar event at Nugget Market, of the roughly 100 attendees that had shown up, nearly half had never even been to Nugget before. Justin Cox, editor and writer at the Davis Patch, was one of the many present at de Vere’s that evening. “Social media has been a huge way that Davis Patch has grown,” Cox said. “I’m here because there’s going to be a lot of people that I’ve interacted with online that I’ve never even met. I think putting human faces to screen names and Twitter handles is a good, fun thing to do.” Cooper has stated that Davis TweetUp has already been approached by several other local enterprises that would be more than willing to host the next Tweetup. Check @DavisTweetUp on Twitter for further information regarding future events. There may also be plans to expand into other social media outlets.

ANDREW POH can be reached city@theaggie.org.

By CLAIRE TANAssociate City Editor

A new way to support good causes is in town. Local nonprofit organization Reason to Party Sacramento will host a Spring Gala at 9 p.m. on April 27 at the Old Sugar Mill in Clarksburg. The proceeds will go to Sacramento Splash.

Sacramento Splash was chosen as the beneficiary for the spring gala because it met Reason to Party’s criteria.

“We’re currently working with Sacramento Splash, which is a local nonprofit that helps children go outside and explore nature and learn about science,” said Katie Mattesich, a co-founder of Reason to Party Sacramento. “A lot of local school budgets have been slashed and there’s no longer an opportunity for students to go on field trips.”

The theme of the gala will be Experience

the Elements. Consisting of the fire, earth, water and wind elements, the gala will have different themed areas, including outdoor fire pits, fire throwers, an indoor art installation and aerialists.

The event is limited to people age 21 and over. Tickets will be sold for $50, which covers the live performances, complimentary cocktails and appetizers. There is a $6 discount for anyone with a promotional code.

“The promotion code would make the ticket $44, a bit of a student discount, I suppose,” said Reason to Party Sacramento fundraising coordinator and senior communication and political science major Andrew Taverrite. “It’s used more as tracking who’s buying a lot of tickets — what demographics and what groups of people are coming through.”

Mattesich said the organization is giving out promotional codes to encourage people to buy tickets.

Reason to Party was founded in 2009 in San Francisco. Currently, there are two teams based in San Francisco and Sacramento. The nonprofit holds three events in the fall, spring and summer in both San Francisco and Sacramento.

“Essentially, it was created by a few entrepreneurs who were in the tech industry and thought that social networks should be utilized to bring together young professionals in a way that gives back to the community,” Mattesich said. “They launched the website and started running

charity events around the city where all the profits would go to a local charity, and in the process, it’d give young professionals opportunities to network, meet one another, give back to the community and have fun at the same time.”

Mattesich said the organization is focused on working with local charities because national nonprofits tend to have more resources to promote their organizations whereas smaller, more local charities may need more assistance with advertising.

“That’s where our social networks and media presence can really come in and help spread the word among the 20s and 30s crowd about ways to give back to the community,” Mattesich said. “Typically, we go through our networks and what that entails is telling our own friends to pass down the word to their friends so it starts in our own interpersonal networks and expands from there.”

Reason to Party expanded to Sacramento in 2011. Mattesich said since they only started last year, they focused on starting small.

“We sold over 250 tickets for our launch event,” she said. “This event, we look to sell over 600 tickets.”

Mattesich said they are looking into bringing Reason to Party to Los Angeles and New York.

“We’re going to have strategic planning and a vision process to put down on paper our actual model, so it can be replicated in

other cities,” she said. “So far, we’re really excited because it just happened very quickly and it’s been very successful.”

Taverrite said a lot of work goes into networking and planning events.

“We reach out to those in our networks who we tap out to be hosts, which eventually means they help us market and promote the event by giving their friends their promotional code and that really helps us get the word out there and get people to buy tickets,” Mattesich said.

Taverrite is also a fundraising coordinator for Camp Kesem, a college student-run summer camp for children with parents who have or have had cancer. Camp Kesem is currently looking into a partnership with Reason to Party.

“What caught our eye with Camp Kesem is what an awesome effort it’s made on the part of students and volunteers coming together and giving back to the community in such a meaningful way,” Mattesich said. “We are basically in the process of potentially considering Camp Kesem for our future event.”

Taverrite said he is trying to get more students involved in the organization.

“This is a great way to give back while also being able to dress up a little bit and have a great time,” Taverrite said. “The open bar is fun for everyone, entertainment is going to be great and it’s just going to be such a cool event.”

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

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routine, which was catered to fit the dimensions of his camera while ap-pearing authentic as well. “We needed to be able to incor-porate the routine into a linear pro-gression, so we had to restrict how much we went up and down,” said David Chang, a junior economics major, who joined in on the project after Leung proposed the idea for the video. “We had to develop it as we went through it. We didn’t want to keep repeating hits, didn’t want people to get bored.” This is not Leung and Chang’s de-but on YouTube. Last year, they pro-duced eight episodes of a sitcom in-spired by life in the first-year dorms, titled “Freshmen Fifteen.” “[This] video was just for fun, but lots of work,” said Leung, who said he had the idea a long time ago but just didn’t have the time and the people to work on it with him. Leung and Chang agreed that short videos such as theirs are a re-minder of the extensive production work that goes into such projects, no matter how amateur or professional

their nature. The two had no prior di-recting, martial arts or acting experi-ence, yet they turned a simple fight scene using precarious white pipes as weapons into a Star Wars-inspired duel by means of extensive practice and post-production editing. Leung used accessible software programs Photoshop and Windows Movie Maker to create the effects. “The video is over 2,000 frames long and I had to draw the lightsa-ber in every frame by hand,” said Leung, who had to meticulously add in the accompanying visual ef-fects to make the fight look realis-tic. “That’s about 10,000 sabers. You have to start with white and then add the glow. And sometimes some-one’s body was in the way so I had to draw two. It took me five months.” He did find an outside camera-man who volunteered to shoot the project and who used the most tech-nologically advanced equipment in-volved. Jonathan Tse, a recently grad-uated UC Davis alumnus with a de-gree in film studies, answered an e-mail Leung sent to the UC Davis Film Club listserv which asked for some-one to help capture the footage. “It sounded interesting, so I said I’d do it,” Tse said. “I met them and

we practiced it a couple of times, then used a SteadyCam to film the fight in one long continuous shot. Looking at the finished product, it could have been steadier, but it was still good. Shooting it at UC Davis definitely made it unique.” The footage was also shot on the day of the general assembly on the Quad after the Nov. 18 pepper spray incident, adding a new dimension to the production. “There were more people than there ever have been on campus on that day,” Chang said. “We thought maybe we should wait, but then de-cided, ‘Whatever, let’s do it.’” Which meant that, in the early morning on that day, news corre-spondents stationed outside their vans anticipating action around the tents instead saw two guys rehears-ing their lightsaber duel. Except at that time, they were just sticks. “We were using pipes,” Chang said. “But they kept breaking! Stephen had really bad luck. He probably went through three of them.” But for the guys, the practice and ed-iting paid off. Check out www.theag-gie.org for the full lightsaber battle at.

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

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Mustang’s turn to take an ear-ly lead as Thweatt gave up two RBI singles in the first inning. She rebounded with some strong innings, however, with four strikeouts and only one hit allowed until the fifth inning. Although an RBI single by Ginnis would make it a one-run game, two defensive er-rors by the Aggies in the fifth inning allowed Cal Poly to add two unearned runs and ex-tend its lead to 4-1. UC Davis, which added one run in the sixth, could not muster up enough extra offense to keep up with the Mustangs as the home team added three more runs in the bottom of the inning to put the game out of reach.

Sunday — UC Davis 3, Cal Poly 0In the rubber match of the se-ries, the Aggies, led by Vela’s second shutout of the se-ries, took advantage of the

Mustang’s mistakes to return home victorious. Vela was even more dom-inant than her first outing as she only allowed two hits to go along with her nine strikeouts. On the other side, Cal Poly — the Big West leaders in fielding percentage and few-est errors committed — made two crucial errors, which re-sulted in two Aggie unearned runs. Senior Heather Zimmerman drove in one of those runs with a two-run homer in the sixth inning to seal the deal on the game and the series for the Aggies. “This is the time when the upperclassmen have the op-portunity to step up,” said Head Coach Karen Yoder. “They are putting us in cru-cial situations and helping us succeed.” UC Davis travels to play No. 19 Stanford this Wednesday in its final non-conference game of the year.

DOUG BONHAM can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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Sophomore Harry Stanwyck took over the mound from Quist for the ninth inning, retiring the side in order and striking out two.

Saturday — UC Riverside 7, UC Davis 6Popkins hit his fourth homer of the season and Morgan went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, but UC Riverside had a five-run third inning and then held off a late UC Davis ral-ly to claim the win in the second game of the series. Popkins’ home run gave the Aggies a 2-0 lead in the third, but the Highlanders came storming

back in the bottom half of the in-ning on a leadoff single and a Anthony Kupbens error to take the 5-2 advantage. “The big error that led to the five-run inning was Anthony’s error,” said Head Coach Matt Vaughn. “He didn’t pitch terrible, he strikes out their three and four hitters after that, but then he gives up a base hit that scores a run and we didn’t buckle down after that. Unfortunately that’s been our thing all season — one little thing goes wrong and we make it much bigger than it is. But Anthony knows that and he’ll come back strong.” UC Riverside tacked on anoth-er run in the fourth to extend its lead to 6-2, but the Aggies began

to rally in the sixth. Politi led off with a single and moved to second on a throwing error. Sophomore Spencer Brann singled Politi to third base and Morgan’s base hit brought home the UC Davis third baseman to make it a 6-3 ballgame. UC Davis tied it in the eighth when Morgan led off with a walk and scored on an RBI base hit from Lipson. UC Riverside re-gained a one-run advantage in the bottom frame. The Aggies managed to put run-ners on first and second in the ninth, but a pickoff at first base gave UC Riverside the hard-fought victory. Sunday — UC Riverside 8, UC Davis 0

Senior starter Tom Briner struck out five batters in six innings of work, but UC Riverside claimed the series over UC Davis after shutting down the Aggie bats in the finale. UC Riverside’s Trevor Frank threw a complete game, lim-iting the Aggie offense to just three hits while striking out four. Lynch, Politi and Heptig were the lone players to record hits for UC Davis. This isn’t the first time the Aggie bats have come up emp-ty on Sundays with such a con-gested schedule, and Vaughn ad-dressed that with his team before the game. “We have to figure something out for Sundays,” Vaughn said.

“You can say you’re tired, but everyone does it, everybody plays two weekends on the road in a row, and it’s nothing to whine or complain about. We just have to find a way to compete in every game we play in. We win Friday, have a great comeback effort on Saturday, and then not to compete [on Sunday] is just unacceptable.” UC Davis will travel to the University of San Francisco today for a matchup against the Dons. Sophomore Evan Wolf will take the mound for the Aggies, making his fourth start of the season and looking for his first victory, first pitch at 2 p.m.

RUSSELL EISENMAN can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

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UC Davis takes one of three in Riverside

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By RUSSELL EISENMANAggie Sports Writer

UC Davis won the first game of the weekend series against Big West Conference opponent UC Riverside with another strong pitch-ing performance from se-nior starter Dayne Quist, improving his record to a perfect 6-0 on the year. Senior David Popkins hit his team-leading fourth home run of the season in Saturday’s game, but the Aggies gave up six un-earned runs and their rally fell short. The Highlanders shut down the Aggie bats in the Sunday matchup for the se-ries win. UC Davis drops to 14-20 overall and 3-6 in the Big West.

Friday — UC Davis 7, UC Riverside 2Senior Dayne Quist contin-ued his season dominance with an eight-innings, 11-strikeouts performance in the series opener. Quist allowed two runs, only one of which was earned, en route to his sec-

ond double-digit strike-out game of the season. He struck out five straight in the first and second innings alone. Seniors Eric Johnson and Scott Kalush led the Aggies offensively, each going 3-for-3 at the plate. UC Davis jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first in-ning after Popkins doubled and moved to third on se-nior Paul Politi’s infield sin-gle. Sophomore Nick Lynch singled to score Popkins, and Johnson doubled to bring home both Politi and Lynch. The Aggies struck again in the third with a two-out rally. Johnson walked, se-nior Brett Morgan singled to right field and Kalush walked to load the bases. Freshman Evan Heptig drew a bases-loaded walk and redshirt freshman Tino Lipson singled off the first baseman’s glove, scoring Kalush and Morgan to give UC Davis a 6-0 lead. The Aggies added one more in the fifth after Kalush tripled and Heptig grounded out to short for his second RBI of the game.

Teams: UC Davis vs. St. Mary’sRecords: Aggies 5-10 (2-5); Gaels 3-11 (1-6)Where: Aggie StadiumWhen: Tuesday at 2 p.m.Who to watch: The first time the Aggies played St. Mary’s this year, junior Elizabeth Datino scored six goals and had three assists. Datino has been leading the Aggies as of late, tallying 15 points over the last three games. Datino’s strongest performance came against Stanford where she tal-lied nine points with five assists and four goals of her own. The Centennial, Colo. native also had three goals and an assist against Denver and seeks to continue her hot streak into the final game of the year.Did you know? UC Davis is playing St. Mary’s for the second time this season after a 16-13 victory earlier in the year.

The Aggies have dominated St. Mary’s recently, winning their past eight matchups, but the contests aren’t as one-sided as they appear. Five of the victories were by less than three points.Preview: The UC Davis Lacrosse team has been struggling down the stretch, but hopes to end its season on a high note with a victory over Mountain Pacific Sports Federation opponent St. Mary’s. Currently on a six-game skid, the Aggies are still suffering from the close loss against Stanford that eliminated them from the MPSF tournament. “The Stanford game really took a lot out of us,” said Coach Elaine Jones. “We are looking for another

chance to show that we are the team that can play the same as we did against Stanford.” After the Stanford game, the Aggies’ woes continued as they dropped

a disappointing game to Fresno State. UC Davis will now try to snap its losing streak against the Gaels, who recently lost to Stanford as well. Although it is a game be-tween two MPSF schools, the matchup will have no bear-ing on the conference stand-ings, as only the first match-up between the Aggies and Gaels counts as an MPSF match. The game will be

played an hour earlier than sched-uled and will take place at 2 p.m. at Aggie Stadium.

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By DOUG BONHAMAggie Sports Writer

After losing possession of first place following last week’s series against Long Beach State, UC Davis, which holds a 18-25 (8-4) record, is now back in command and in the Big West Conference championship hunt. With two impressive shutout victo-ries against the now-12-28 (4-8) Cal Poly Mustangs, the Aggies find them-selves in a four-way tie for first place in the conference with nine Big West games left in the season. Starting freshman pitcher Justine Vela continued her extraordinary

first-year campaign, totaling 19 strikeouts and allowing zero runs in her two weekend victories. Vela kept Cal Poly’s batters off balance all se-ries long, surrendering only five hits in her 14 innings of work. In the Aggies’ loss, junior Jessica Thweatt also pitched well as she struck out seven and gave up only two earned runs in over four innings pitched. Unfortunately, the Mustangs would score three unearned runs in their 7-2 win, as four defensive errors crippled UC Davis.

Saturday — UC Davis 4, Cal Poly 0UC Davis got off to a fast start in its road series when a sacrifice fly from senior Rachel Miller and an RBI double from senior Kylie Fan gave the Aggies an ear-

ly 2-0 lead in the first inning. In the bottom half of the first, Vela continued the momentum as she struck out the side. Cal Poly found little success against Vela, who tallied 10 strikeouts dur-ing the game. UC Davis added two more runs in the fifth inning when Miller doubled to knock in freshman Cassandra Ginnis and junior Megan Guzman. Although a Mustang single in the bottom of the fifth broke up Vela’s no-hit bid, Cal Poly never put togeth-er a substantial rally as it fell 4-0.

Saturday — Cal Poly 7, UC Davis 2In the second game, it was the

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“We need a third party to audit the protocols and policies of the

administration and to look over what they do now. It’s harder to make

changes from the inside, so we need help from outside.”

Kevin Pelstringsophomore economics and chemical

and material sciences major

“I think they should encourage the students to let the school know what

they really want. It’s because there is no specific channel to voice our

opinion.”engus chiu

junior psychology major

“They need to train the police on when to use force and how to use it properly. As long as they’re trained, then police action can be much more peaceful.”Larissa epsteinsenior animal biology major

“I’m confident in Katehi’s ability to lead and I’m confident that she would do what she needs to do.”Hannah Holland-Moritzsophomore biochemistry and molecular biology major

“I think there is a line of necessary force and there needs to be a better way to manage the situation. Communication here would be a huge asset.”Justin Irwinsenior neurobiology, physiology and behavior major

“Not much should be done except open up more channels of communication between the administration and students.”anthony tavansophomore managerial economics major

“I think it’s good that they took a step back to assess the situation.

By rushing, the administration took unnecessary action. In the future they

have to be much more patient.”Lance towner

senior civil engineering major

“Don’t allow the police to carry pepper spray. Don’t even have the possibility of causing lethal or harmful force.”Jennifer sedellcommunity and regional development graduate student

“I think they should set guidelines to identify specific places where students can organize. There should be more communication to be clear where they can or cannot gather.”Max Miaojunior cell biology major

“The police should analyze the situation better and not just jump to conclusions before acting.”Jon Lyfreshman biochemistry and moleculr biology major

“The report hadn’t said anything new that people already didn’t know, but there needs to be reorganization on

who takes order from who.”Hamza ahsan

sophomore chemical engineering major