By ADAM KHANAggie News Writer

Monday marked the official launch of the new Meatless Mondays program in the ASUCD Coffee House (CoHo). ASUCD Senate Bill 10, which passed on Oct. 4, allocated $875 for the fund-ing of the program, which includes dis-counted prices on vegetarian and vegan options in the CoHo every Monday. Rather than discontinue the avail-ability of any meat-containing item, the bill aims to promote sustainability and healthier lifestyles by offering tradition-ally underserved items at lower rates. For example, Monday featured a $1 discount on all items containing Tofu Roja in the TxMx Grill. "[Tofu Roja] is a local organic tofu that we marinate and bake in a CoHome-made enchilada sauce," said Darin Schluep, interim food service direc-tor for the Associated Students Dining Services. For each week, a list of the updated prices can be found online. A kickoff event took place Monday to promote the healthier alternatives and raise awareness of the recent change. The Coho was reserved in the evening for a free showing of the documentary Food Inc., which chronicles the rise of unhealthy diet and conglomerate take-over in the American food industry. Dietitian Jill Burns, who currently works at the Sutter Health Hospital and lec-tures at CSU Sacramento, was also pres-ent for a Q&A session after the screening while free vegetarian food was served. Justin Goss, who co-authored the bill, is excited for the future of Meatless Mondays. "We want to push more education, and focus on that. I see this as sort of the first strike — building up general knowledge about the benefits of reduc-ing meat," he said. Tanzi Jackson, chair of the Environmental Policy and Planning Commission, who also assisted in the implementation of Meatless Mondays in the resident hall dining commons, worked closely with Goss to get the proj-ect up and running. She emphasized the importance of choice in the CoHo through stressing the need to reduce meat consumption without completely forcing meat off the menu.

"We don't want to infringe upon an in-dividual's rights to whatever they want to eat," Jackson said. The concept has been well-received according to Jackson, who states that both the Environmental Club and Sodexo employees have shown support, among others.

The program also serves as a potential source of revenue for the CoHo, a zero-net unit of ASUCD, by boosting eligibili-ty for a sustainability grant. "The business end is ecstatic, because this would become a great source of sus-tainability," Goss said. For now, Meatless Mondays is limited

to the dining commons and the CoHo, but Goss is confident that the prospects do not end there. Exactly how is yet to be determined. "If it becomes successful, we want to ex-pand the reach of the program," he said.

ADAM KHAN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

Today’s weatherPartly cloudyHigh 67Low 48

ForecastPerfect shorts, t-shirt and flip-flop weather if you ask me, but most other people would say these are nice days for a blanket and some

hot chocolate, or a Snuggie for my roommates.

Tyson Tilmont, atmospheric science majorAggie Forecasting Team

Morning showers Sunny

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High 67Low 48

Missed the career fair? Come check out the event “Networking for Success,” hosted by Alpha Kappa Psi, on Wednesday from 6-9 PM at the ARC Ballroom! Companies attending include Google,

Cisco, Target, Intel and Liberty Mutual.

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Shooter Survival Workshop Thursday

An Active Shooter Survival Workshop will be held Thursday by the UC Davis Police Department (UCDPD). The 90-minute event will be open to all students, fac-ulty and staff and will address the five main steps that increase chances of survival in the event of a shooting: “Escape, cover, hide, play dead and as a last resort, at-tack the attacker,” a press release stated. Police Chief Matthew Carmichael, who will instruct the workshop, designed the course specifically for the campus community. Workshop participants will also learn how the active shooter scenarios relate to people outside the UCDPD. “[The workshop] emphasizes the need for communi-ties to pre-plan for catastrophic events and shows them how to identify an active-incident safe space in the cam-pus environment,” the UCDPD stated in the release. The workshop will take place at 5:30 p.m. in the King Lounge, located on the second floor of the Memorial Union.

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Tofu roja is offered as a meatless option at TxMx. Meatless options are discounted on Mondays in an effort to encourage sustainable food options and healthier living. AsUCD senate Bill 10 allocated $875 for the program.

Whole Foods grand opening Wednesday

On Wednesday, Whole Foods Market will open its fourth Sacramento area store located at 500 First St. in the Davis Commons. Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza will be present at the 9:45 a.m. bread-breaking ceremony that will commemorate the event. Doors will officially open at 10 a.m. Whole Foods will offer local products from within 100 miles of Davis. The store will have a wide selection of meat, baked goods, seafood, prepared foods and other food products. The 19,741-square-foot store replaces the former Borders location. There is free two-hour parking for cars and 40 parking spots for bikes. Free Wi-Fi is also avail-able inside the atrium and outside. Store hours are 7 a.m. to 9 p.m. daily.

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By LAUREN MASCARENHASAggie News Writer

Chancellor Linda P.B. Katehi was honored as one of the leading women in Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) this past Tuesday at the 2012 California STEM Summit in San Diego. The STEM summit is a gathering

of educators, innovators and lead-ers from all areas of the STEM field who come together to change the way STEM is taught in schools and to highlight progress that is already being made. “I was very honored. I’ve worked hard to improve the participation of women in the STEM field,” Katehi said.

Katehi was one of 12 women who received the Leading Women in STEM award, and she was specifi-cally recognized for the adoption of next-generation science standards. “Women have made some tre-mendous contributions in the field, and it is important that we recognize

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The train annihilated time and space when it was introduced. Time and space was further ground into the dust when we were able to take the Internet with us wherever we went. I took the train a lot this past summer, and time and space lost its meaning. The 96.8 miles turned into two and half hours which turned into two and a half minutes after I plugged in and checked out. I decided not to one day and I realized the way back home is beautiful. And apparently, there are banjo lessons.

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As I was driving my 95-year-old great-grandmother to

her doctor appointment, she pulled out two Ziploc bags of slightly stale Lucky Charms and made me eat some, chastising me for starving myself even though we had just had lunch at Chipotle. I think this is something most grandparents have in common — our grandmas care too much. And we of-ten don’t pay attention to or we forget to acknowl-edge just how hard they work for our benefit. I mean, think about it. These women just nev-er stop try-ing to feed you! I mean, I NEVER leave a friend’s house hungry. Ever. And it’s funny how they conveniently forget that they already fed you half an hour ago, so while you’re still digesting the last elab-orately cooked meal they made you, they come out of the kitchen with some new, mouthwatering con-coction. Then another hour later when you plead that you really are full, they also miraculously go deaf and plop that third giant lump of rice and chicken on your plate anyway. These women do all this preparation for us despite the troubles of old age. I would say no, but it’s not that easy. Not only is the food blow-your-mind delicious, but how can you disappoint those wrinkly, genuine, ear-to-ear smiles? When you encounter one of those, the last thing you want to do is offend them by rejecting their hand-prepared meals. And this grandmother-ly hospitality doesn’t just stop at the kitchen. As we were stopped at a red light once, my Lola (“Lola” is Tagalog for “grandma”) gasped and pointed out the window at a blonde woman in an ex-pensive, bright green con-vertible. Lola was so con-cerned about the poor woman’s “broken car with no hood,” that she pulled out her last two dollars and demanded that I roll

down the window so she could help the woman raise money to fix her car. They may be frail and forgetful, but they have such big hearts and so much to teach us. In their generosity and kindness, it’s hard to imagine what a hard life many of them must’ve had. As I watch this jolly old woman eat pancit — a Filipino dish similar to chow mein — I can bare-ly tell that she only made it to seventh grade because she had to drop out and help raise her younger sib-lings. This nearly centu-ry-old woman sitting in front of me volunteered as a nurse at a U.S. military base in the Philippines during World War II. If I didn’t ask, I would have never known that she was forced to marry a man at 18 who ended up beat-ing her and abusing their children. I wouldn’t have known that she had to run away and raise her five children on her own. It’s because of stories like this that I don’t like

the idea of leav-ing grand-parents at old folks’ homes. When I

used to volunteer at a re-tirement home in Oakland a few years ago, I realized that sadly some of those senior citizens hadn’t had a visitor in almost 30 years. I didn’t even know it was national Grandparent’s Day last month. If I knew I would’ve celebrated this special day with her. The other night as I gave my great-grandma a bath, she said wistfully, “I used to give you baths, and now you’re giving me baths!” Then she turned to face me and asked, “What year is it again? Nineteen eighty—” And for the third time that day, I responded, “No, Lola, it’s 2012.” I used to be annoyed by this chore, but now I cher-ish every opportunity I have to pay her back for the life she worked so hard to provide for us. When I’m old and reach-ing senility, I hope I’m as caring as this woman sit-ting before me, now drink-ing coffee and watching her favorite telenovela dra-ma on the Filipino chan-nel. This woman who al-ways — and I emphasize always — makes sure ev-eryone she encounters has food to eat even if she hasn’t eaten herself. This woman who, I’m proud to say, I’m a descendant of.

JHUNEHL FORTALEZA likes to hang out with old people. She’d love to hear stories about your grandparents at jtfortaleza@ucdavis.edu

I can clearly recall getting back a math quiz from my first grade teacher

that had red marks all over the place. My parents tried to solve my difficulties by tutoring me in their spare time. Unfortunately, they both had work, leaving only a bit of time at night and on Saturday mornings. One day, my dad came home with a game called Math Blaster and taught me how to play. From then on, I’d come home ev-ery day and spend 30 min-utes playing through Math Blaster on the com-puter. The best part for my par-ents was that I could do this alone. I won’t claim that my math quizzes at school sudden-ly came back with big gold stickers, but there were definite improvements. I was learning. Trying to learn arith-metic sitting in a class-room or being tutored by my parents wasn’t work-ing for me and was just making me hate numbers. Math Blaster, though, was a game — not a quiz or a test. It engaged me and en-couraged me to actively try to do well at math. The funny thing about kids is that they’ll actively engage in almost anything, as long as it’s presented the right way. In today’s pub-lic schools, it’s hard to get students engaged and in-terested. Not all students happily lose themselves in pure learning. But games can engage and teach in ways that sometimes par-ents and teachers cannot. Traditionally, class-rooms focus primari-ly on auditory learning. However, games can bring together elements of visu-al and kinesthetic learning to teach the students who normally slip through be-cause they learn different-ly. This potential for im-provement of learning is especially true for kines-thetic learners, who need to learn by doing. A game offers the unique opportunity of letting a student experiment with-out concern for material

costs, equipment concerns and sometimes safety con-cerns. A game could have students design a building while forcing them to keep in mind structural integrity. Upon the design comple-tion, the game can mod-el various natural disasters, allowing the student to test for practicality in an envi-ronment where failure is acceptable. Frequently in class-rooms, mistakes are stig-matized. Students know that if they mess up, if they do poorly on one thing — there will be huge conse-quences. They’ll get a bad grade, or their teacher will be upset or they’ll break something. This isn’t nec-essarily a bad thing be-cause it teaches caution and makes students more careful, but too frequent-ly it leads to students being too afraid to try. Games, however, en-courage trial and error. If you mess up in a game, you only have to restart. You haven’t actually lost any-thing and you are free to

continue ex-perimenting. There are innumera-ble benefits to video games in an educa-

tional situation. Games are designed to engage their players. They can be ad-justed to fit people who learn differently. They can simulate cause and effect and encourage experimen-tation. They provide a safe place for students to learn what it takes to succeed. People might say that using video games as an educational platform will be extremely expensive. There’s no doubt about that. You’d have to out-fit every school with com-puters capable of handling the programs, while also acquiring the programs themselves. And then the schools would have to deal with the bureaucratic nightmare of incorporat-ing video games into their curriculum and obtain-ing permission from par-ents and figuring out how exactly to use the games to teach. People worry about the costs of education and pol-iticians love to cut educa-tion funding all the time, but they don’t seem to con-sider how important edu-cation is as a long-term in-vestment. Of course edu-cating an entire nation is expensive. Of course it’s easier to leave it as is and not fix it. The basic idea is that in the future, it pays off huge dividends. And it does. And it will. But it needs help to do it.

Tell DERRICK LEU your favorite educational game at derleu@ucdavis.edu.

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Food addicts in recovery anonymous7 to 8:30 p.m.Davis 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.

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them,” said Chris Roe, CEO of the California STEM Learning Network (CSLNet). “Women are also underrep-resented in the STEM field so it is im-portant to highlight them so they can serve as role models.” Women today hold only 25 percent of the STEM jobs in the U.S. “I believe we can change those numbers,” Katehi said. Katehi stressed the fact that if more women are going to be involved in ca-reers such as engineering, their STEM education has to start early. “Girls make a decision about what they want to do in middle school; that’s where we have to inform them,” Katehi said. “We have to make them believe that they can make it.” Katehi, who trained as an electri-cal engineer, has since been a part of

many national organizations involv-ing science, engineering and educa-tion, and said she faced challenges in her career because she is a woman. But the advancement of women in the STEM field is encouraging to the next generation. “I feel like women in the STEM field are representing themselves more. People trying to bring us down don’t really have a leg to stand on,” said first-year animal science major Bryana Ramirez. Katehi said that attitude toward women in the STEM field has come a long way since she was a universi-ty student. “The glass ceiling is still there, but change is happening,” Katehi said. “We work against some stereotypes. My hope is that as we have more and more women in engineering, those stereotypes will change.” Katehi recently received a nearly 4 million dollar grant from the National

Science Foundation for a program that will increase female — particular-ly Hispanic female — participation in STEM. “We want to improve the number of Latina faculty in the STEM field be-cause we have very, very few of them in a time when we have a growing Latina undergraduate and graduate population,” she said. CSLNet and their partners are working to provide women and all California students with high-quality STEM-learning experiences. “We are providing students with the opportunity to learn about what STEM is through after-school programs across California,” Roe said. “A number of our partners across the state have programs that are specifically designed at targeting young girls and getting them interested in the STEM field.”

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I was disturbed to note that your Oct. 18 editorial entitled “Learn How to Bike, Seriously” provided incorrect instructions for hand signals. Seriously. According to the DMV Vehicle Code Section 22111: All required signals given by hand and arm shall be given from the left side of a vehicle in the following manner: 1) Left turn – hand and arm ex-tended horizontally beyond the side of the vehicle.

2) Right turn – hand and arm ex-tended and bent upward beyond the side of the vehicle, except that a bicyclist may extend the right hand and arm horizontally to the right side of the bicycle. 3) Stop signal – hand and arm extended and bent downward be-yond the side of the vehicle. Also, bicyclists should not “pre-tend” to be vehicles. The DMV considers bicycles to BE vehi-cles — which means that we bicy-clists are subject to the same rules

of the road as cars. So in addition to using hand signals, bicyclists must stop at all stop lights and stop signs — even if no cars are in sight. Thank you for your attempt to keep the students safe, but please make sure you have all the facts correct next time.

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Re: ‘Major Issues,’ Oct. 18By NICHOLAS VRDOLIJAK

Fourth-year geology major

Mister Chang: I write in response to your arti-cle entitled “Major Issues,” about how wonderful it is to major in English. Your article lacks any modicum of support for your as-sertions and is both explicitly and implicitly counterproductive to your cause. You attempt to convince people of the value of majoring in English by stunning your audience with dick-jokes and innuendos? Two years of studying and that’s what you can come up with? Essentially, it is bad and you should feel bad. After your lengthy introduction, in which you treat us to the mas-ter storytelling techniques taught exclusively to the master-race of English majors, you state, “Fewer people pursue a degree in English, and consequently, the field’s not as competitive as it could be.” Am I to conclude that English majors are not “lazy and intellectually in-ferior” from this? You continue, “The nature of the English curriculum is also more conducive to strong aca-demic performance, as the grad-ing scale is more subjective.” This statement is a non-sequi-

tur. Let’s analyze your logic here: A: Grading in the English depart-ment is subjective, therefore B: studying English is conducive to strong academic performance. B does not follow from A.I cannot see how subjective grad-ing leads to strong academic per-formance unless you are sleep-ing with your instructor or oth-er unprofessional behavior is tak-ing place. I dare suggest that this strong performance is caused by the field’s lack of competition that you mentioned earlier. A more parsimonious argument, don’t you agree? I do hope that your logic is not typical of the “multiple equally valid arguments” made in English class; it is unfortunately typical of this article. You argue that studying English engages you in constant critical thinking, that it makes students better “writers, thinkers, and com-municators.” Science and math-ematics teach those qualities as well. Technical subjects encourage students to analyze statements by following the lines of logic used as support. Terms are defined rig-orously and specifically in order to reduce ambiguity. Implications and doubts are investigated. As a

science major I find myself filled with a passionate curiosity about the world and how it works. When someone makes a questionable statement, I seek out the evidence. Perhaps reading literature helps you better understand motiva-tions and subtlety (and teaches you to “become better at lying,” apparently), but studying science helps me discover truths about the world not limited to the tran-sience of language and humanity. The perk of better job prospects after college is just that, a perk. You easily discard the entire field of statistics in order to ease your jealousy of this, but I don’t mind. Your article reeks of desperate insecurity in your choice of ma-jors and I implore you to come to peace with your decision. Lashing out with lame jokes and whining about people being critical is not the way to win hearts nor minds. English is a fine field of study and yes, people sometimes jump to conclusions. Don’t help them. Persuade them with maturity and eloquence, not by waving around your literary cock. A person’s life decision is nobody’s business but their own and I do not place judg-ment on anyone for studying English. You don’t make it easy, though.

On Nov. 6, college students across the state will be lining up at polling stations to cast their votes. This election is particularly important. Proposition 30, which would increase sales tax by 25 cents for four years and taxes on earnings over $250,000 for seven years, could have a direct impact on a college student’s every-day life. If Prop. 30 does not pass, UC students will face a 20 percent tuition increase due to trigger cuts, beginning Winter 2013. Students must make it a priority to vote and make sure to vote Yes on Prop. 30. While some argue against raising taxes, education is worth it. Without the quality of the UC and CSU systems, California would not be the state it is today. It is the job of Californians to ensure fund-ing for these institutions. Others say the proposition won’t actually help public ed-ucation because it’s not di-rectly increasing funding for education. However, the sad truth is that we are now just looking to stay afloat. In a conversation with UC student newspapers, Gov. Jerry Brown said that the fail-

ure of Prop. 30 would mean that the UC system would lose $250 million, which will mean a $2,400 increase in tu-ition for all UC students.Students should be aware of the impacts this propo-sition could have on them. If the proposition does not pass, tuition could rise from $12,192 to $14,630, and that does not include individual campus fees. For some students, this trigger cut could mean the end of their college careers. For others, it could mean taking out new loans, which could potentially change their lives in the future, if they are unable to get a well-paid job when they graduate. Education must be regard-ed as a right, not a privilege, if we are looking to overcome the debt we face as a state. The UCs have already strayed from the Master Plan, and to allow an increase in tuition would make these supposed-ly “public” institutions even more exclusive. So, college students, for the sake of your bank account, the quality of education and the future of California, vote Yes on Prop. 30.

Many UCs offer a small number of unique classes that focus on specific and unconventional subject ar-eas. Many argue that these classes prove to be of no real use after graduation. These classes, appropri-ately and often called “bou-tique classes,” are quite popular among students here at UC Davis — and they should be. We’ve all heard of class-es like tractor driving, beer brewing, gardening and mushrooms, mold and so-ciety (who doesn’t want to learn about the exciting world of fungi?!). Most, if not all, students enrolled in these classes are not taking these classes to fulfill some sort of major requirement but because these classes are just plain awesome. Clearly, none of the un-dergraduate students here are attending a vocation-al school with specialized classes of the same top-ic. Why not use this time to hone our mechanical skills

or learn about a random subject like “The Simpsons” in depth? UC Davis encourages stu-dents to explore subjects that are not normally re-quired for their majors. This is a beautiful thing — we’re in higher academia because we believe in learning for the sake of learning, not for a monetary end result. For example, students are invit-ed to create their own spe-cial-interest classes as well. So if you’re itching to bring the exciting world of hairless cats or seahorse reproduc-tion to your fellow students, you are welcome to do so. We say keep the boutiques coming. You never know if you will graduate to work as a cartoonist for “The Simpsons” or become the primary tractor operator on your family farm. Everyone needs a class worth talking about that they look forward to attending weekly, in be-tween copious amounts of biostatistical organimicro-geochemistry homework.

Resignation letterBy YARA ZOKAIE

Former ASUCD Senator

Editor’s note: This letter was orig-inally sent to members of ASUCD government.

I, Yara Zokaie, would like to resign from my position as an ASUCD senator. I chose to keep my position be-cause President Rebecca Sterling was pressuring senators to vote how she told them (even while her policy decisions repeatedly proved catastrophic for the associ-ation) and because she refused to agree to pick an impartial replace-ment we could both agree on. I wish I could say my resigna-tion proved my faith in the exec-utive branch has been restored. However, after witnessing the

president attempt to forcibly re-move me — an act which violat-ed the separation of powers and demonstrated she does not un-derstand the constitution and by-laws which are the foundation of our association — I am indeed all the more troubled. This, coupled with the executive allowing the ju-dicial branch to crumble under an incompetent chief justice and re-fusing to cooperate with the legis-lative branch, shocked me. Maybe our president is overcommitted and simply did not make ASUCD her priority, or maybe she sim-ply doesn’t care about a balance of powers and working with those who will not blindly agree with her. I wish it was not so difficult to tell. However, the demands of be-ing in law school have caused me to fall short of my duty to my

units. Because I believe our units are the backbone of the associa-tion, it is only fair that I resign. I will arrange for my paycheck to be picked up and donated to the Experimental College, as it was my goal to secure better funding for their gardens during my term. I do not think anything will be a “wake-up call” for our execu-tive — so I wish those who think for themselves the best of luck in working with a closed-off, in-competent executive. For all those who are looking towards a recall election — while your reasons are warranted, I urge you to focus that energy on voter registration. It’s an exciting time to be an Aggie! I cannot wait to see how much you accomplish, even with the unnecessary obstacles in your way.

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By DEVON BOHARTAggie Features Editor

UC Davis was created under the premise of being an agricultural school. While the campus has evolved to accommodate stu-dents of many fields of study, various agri-cultural aspects of campus have remained intact, including the Young Cattlemen’s Association (YCA). Created in 1994, the YCA has goals of education, promotion of the beef indus-try and the preservation of the future of beef production, all with the hope to increase student involvement in the cause. “The [YCA] is a club dedicated to pro-moting the beef industry. We want to bring it to students, we want students to have an opportunity to go out and work with industry professionals,” said YCA presi-dent and third-year animal science major Jaylene Scott. Scott, as well as vice president Grace Tobias, a second-year animal science major, and media coordinator Kiha Twisselman, a third-year human devel-opment major, all came from a ranch and attribute their involvement in the YCA to their upbringing. “The three of us grew up raising beef cat-tle so it was kind of a natural step for us to get involved in this club,” Tobias said. “We have a background in beef production so we are able to bring it to other students but we all want to go back in the industry one way or another.” Having grown up raising cattle, all three club members said they share a love for the industry, despite pursuing slightly different careers. Scott wants to work for the USDA and Twisselman is hoping to teach agriculture to high schoolers. “It’s something we are all really proud of,” Twisselman said. “I am a sixth-gener-ation cattle rancher so it’s always been in the family. That’s why I am really passion-ate, because I grew up with it.” Tobias, Twisselman and Scott all said that being cattlemen is rewarding and is their motivation for their involvement in the club and the cause. “It’s a lifestyle that needs to be preserved because I learned a lot from living on a ranch,” Scott said. “We want to carry on that legacy that [our family] has given us. We want to promote agriculture and stay involved and I think YCA gives us the op-portunity to do that.” The club is not only for people who are interested in raising cattle or for an-imal science majors, however. Scott said that people from any background or any field of study are welcome to join the YCA. “We definitely have well-rounded peo-

ple from all different majors and all differ-ent backgrounds,” Twisselman said. “I am not an animal science major; I’m [a] hu-man development major which is kind of random. We are trying to reach out to oth-er groups on campus.” While the club is called the Young Cattlemen’s Assocation, there is more to it than raising cattle. It addresses all aspects of the field of beef production. “If [you] are interested in learning about different production steps of beef or you just want to learn about nutrition or you just want to get out there and see what’s going on, that’s what our club is dedicated to; we’re trying to promote the beef indus-try,” Scott said. To carry out this overall mission, the club offers various educational opportuni-ties to show students the benefits of beef in both the economy and in their diets. They hold various events, including attending state and even national cattlemen’s con-

ventions, open to any student. “It is a great opportunity for students to learn about the different steps and phas-es about what goes on in beef produc-tion. Also, you get to meet a lot of people,” Scott said. “It gives you a great opportuni-ty to see what jobs are involved with the beef industry.” Also, the YCA holds stock shows. On Dec. 1, the club will have the Davis Stock Show, where students have the opportunity to show livestock in a competitive arena. “It’s a great opportunity for students to get hands-on livestock-handling experi-ence,” Scott said. This hands-on experience is impor-tant, Scott said, because it is the best way for people to learn about the industry in a positive way. “When you go out there and work with the animals, you come to appreciate the ef-fort that goes into raising them. The whole lifestyle is dedicated to raising a quali-

ty product and making sure they have the most humane treatment,” Scott said. “We want to push harder about getting our club out on campus and getting a more positive image for beef. I know that not everybody on this campus supports the beef indus-try and a lot of that comes from misinfor-mation. We want to teach people about the benefits of being involved in not only the beef industry but the livestock industry as well.” Despite opposition to beef in our com-munity and our nation, Tobias said that the beef industry is important, regardless of where you are from. “We want to get the word out that what we are doing is a crucial part of what our economy is and what our life is, even for the people that live in the cities and the suburbs,” Tobias said. “We are an integral part of the community.”

DEVON BOHART can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

UC Davis students involved in promoting beef industry

Young Cattlemen’s Association sheds light on truths on beef production

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The Young Cattlemen’s Association participates in Picnic Day.

By RITIKA IYERAggie Features Writer

People enter beauty pageants for many reasons that vary from a chance at fame to the glamour that being a con-testant entails. But before third-year UC Davis neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Natasha Malhotra was crowned the winner of the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant 2012 on Sept. 29, the talent portion of the contest was the only thing on her mind. Dancing has always been one of Natasha’s major hobbies and the rea-son why she decided to participate in the pageant after her mother, Kiran Malhotra, brought it to her attention. “It was for my own happiness,” Natasha said. “I don’t dance to win, but I really like entertaining people.” The pageant, put on by India Waves Network and sponsored by the Swagat Foundation, was held at the Fremont Hilton Hotel and hosted high school and college contestants. Natasha was award-ed $5,000 of the total $10,000 in scholar-ship money given to winners. Since Natasha has competed and per-formed several times for dance, her mother said she thought of the pageant as another opportunity for her daugh-ter to showcase her talent, with the add-ed possibility of winning money to help with her academic costs. “I didn’t even think of it as a beauty pageant. It was an opportunity for her to show her talent,” said Promila Rastogi, Natasha’s aunt who helped her through-out the pageant. Kiran, who lives in Switzerland for her job, could not be at the pageant, and therefore relied greatly upon Rastogi and Natasha’s friends during the pag-eant process. “I was the pageant aunt,” Rastogi said. “I helped her change backstage and compose herself to make sure she wasn’t nervous.” After going through an interview and series of contestant cuts since January, Natasha was chosen as one of the top 12

competitors in July for the final show. The pageant consisted of walks in a western outfit and traditional Indian clothes, a talent portion and a Q&A session. An Indian clothing store in Berkeley sponsored Natasha’s tradition-al clothing, and many of Malhotra’s fam-ily members chipped in money for her to buy a western outfit, described best as a prom dress. “I liked wearing different clothes that you don’t usually wear,” Malhotra said. Even though Natasha said the expe-rience was fun, the preparations for the pageant were challenging and there were several times she wanted to drop out. “[Rastogi] was a great support for her,” Kiran Malhotra said. “I was not nervous, but I definitely felt a little guilty being a mother and not being there.” Natasha said her favorite part of the entire experience was performing a

Bollywood number on stage of her own choreography. “I was there for fun — that kind of showed when I was on stage,” Natasha said. “I think my strength is my expres-sions when I dance. Judges can see that difference. It’s like Broadway, where you have to act, too.” Prior to the competition, Malhotra said she had no expectations for the pageant or for placing. “Being on stage and dancing was more important than the prize money,” Natasha said. “I wouldn’t say the money was an incentive, but I’m glad I got it. It was like a bonus.” However, according to third-year bio-logical sciences major Jessica Payumo, a friend who watched the pageant, Natasha’s chance of winning was high. “I’ve never been to something like this at all, so it was interesting,” Payumo said. “I wouldn’t have believed it if she

didn’t even place.” Rastogi praised Natasha’s stage pres-ence, describing her energy as some-thing very few people have. “She just lights up when she gets on stage. Whether it was the talking part or when she walked out on stage in her Indian outfit, you just want to root for her,” Rastogi said. “She just switches on. From her normal 150 watts, she be-comes 1000 watts.” Payumo said emotions filled the room when Malhotra was crowned. “She had a huge smile on her face; I think she was shocked,” Payumo said. “I did tear up a little bit, because there was so much anxiety.” Kiran was on speakerphone with Rastogi towards the end of the pageant so she could hear what the outcome would be. “I started to miss [my parents] a lot more,” Natasha said. “I wanted to share this experience with them.” After all of the time and work Natasha put into the pageant, Rastogi said she deserved first place. “It was almost like, ‘yeah, who else?’” Rastogi said. “It was a very happy culmi-nation to a long evening.” All of Natasha’s family and friends at-tribute her win to her ability to be her-self on stage, allowing her true person-ality to be displayed rather than a super-ficial front for the judges. “The main important thing is to be yourself,” Natasha said. “If you have con-fidence, you can get your point across.” For the future, Natasha said she is not interested in being a pageant girl, but rather continuing her dancing hobby while pursuing a medical degree. Overall, Natasha said the pageant was a way for her to express herself through dance and she was happy with the outcome. “She just wanted to go and dance, and that I think also came across. She wasn’t there to show up anybody, but just to have fun. And she really did,” Rastogi said. “Winning was just the icing on the cake.”

RITIKA IYER can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

UC Davis student wins first at the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant

Natasha Malhotra dances her way to the top

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Third-year neurobiology, physiology and behavior major Natasha Maholtra won the Miss India Star Scholarship Pageant on Sept. 29. Maholtra was awarded $5,000.

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Women’s soccer shows resiliency despite losses

UC Davis falls to Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge

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Hannah Hicks worked hard against Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge. The Aggies lost both games.

By KIM CARRAggie Sports Writer

UC Davis dropped to seventh in the Big West Conference after suffering losses to Hawai’i and Cal State Northridge this week-end.

Friday — Hawai’i 3, UC Davis 2 “It was a tale of two halves,” head coach MaryClaire Robinson said. Hawai’i took the lead early and never let it go as they topped UC Davis 3-2 in Friday’s Big confer-ence match. The Rainbow Wahine came out firing and they managed to put away two goals in the first half. Sophomore Krystal Pascua was the first to find the back of the net, sneaking one into the lower right corner of the goal. Three minutes later, fellow sophomore Tiana Fujimoto also found the lower right corner of the net to give Hawai’i an early 2-0 lead. Hawai’i’s offense came out fir-ing and managed to outshoot UC Davis 10 to one in the first half. The Aggies trailed for the re-mainder of the first half as the of-fense struggled to put any oppor-tunities together. “We found ourselves in a hole early,” Robinson said. However, UC Davis came out of halftime with a renewed vig-or and sophomore Lexi Poppoff scored the Aggies’ first goal of the day three minutes into the first half.

“Lexi had a great finish to get us back into the game,” Robinson said. The offenses were even-ly matched in the second half and the score remained 2-1 un-til Hawai’i managed to intercept a pass between Aggie defenders and boot it into the lower left cor-ner of the goal. With the score at 3-1, the Aggie offense went on the attack and tried to tie it up in the remaining 15 minutes of regulation. Junior Ashley Edwards made an unassisted score in the 86th min-ute to bring the score to 3-2, but the Aggies were unable to sneak in another goal and Hawai’i pulled away with the win. “It took us a bit to get our legs. Hawai’i was on us early. We made some adjustments at halftime and did a much better job of cre-ating chances and changing the momentum,” Robinson said. “I’m proud of how we came to-gether as a team to battle in the second half.”

Sunday — Cal State Northridge 1, UC Davis 0 The Aggies headed to Cal State Northridge for another con-ference matchup against the Matadors. Robinson wanted the Aggies to be more explosive from the start. “The goal is to start Sunday’s game like we finished [Hawai’i],” Robinson said before the game. Unfortunately, the Aggies were sluggish in the first half. The Matadors outshot UC Davis 9-3

in the first half. The only goal of the match was scored in the 22nd minute when senior Melissa Fernandez found the left side of the net off a give and go pass. CSU Northridge held the 1-0 lead to finish the first half. The Aggie offense picked up their game in the second half and they had several good opportu-nities but their shots were either blocked by the Matador’s goal-keeper or bounced off the bar. “Our focus, energy and produc-tivity, particularly in the second half, were excellent,” Robinson said. The late-game offensive bar-rage ultimately could not result in a goal and CSU Northridge pulled away with the win. Despite the loss, there were positives to be taken away from this weekend. “I’m proud of the work rate and mentality we brought,” Robinson said. Robinson also praised Jern and juniors Mary Beth Mazurek and Hannah Hicks for their poise and work ethic. “This team has shown such re-siliency. What a show of charac-ter. I’m so proud of this group.” UC Davis has two more con-ference matchups to play before concluding the season. While it’s unlikely that the Aggies will be making the conference champi-onship, the team’s youth holds many promises for next season.

KIM CARR can be reached at sports@theaggie.org.

INSIDEthe game with...

Bobby Erskine

By JASON MINAggie Sports Writer

Known for his long hair and game-changing plays on de-fense last year, senior defen-sive end Bobby Erskine has gone through quite a change in this past year. First off, the hair is gone. Secondly, he hasn’t been able to play after he tore his right Achilles ear-lier this year against San Jose State which caused him to sit out for the rest of the year. Erskine was set to make a big im-pact for the Aggies this year after com-ing off a huge cam-paign during his ju-nior year where he made All-Great West Conference first team after leading the Aggies in tackles for loss (9.5) and fumble re-coveries. However, the injury hasn’t stopped the captain from making an impact on the team in any way possible. Erskine sat down with Aggie Sports Writer Jason Min to dis-cuss his memories playing for UC Davis, what he’s up to now and what he plans to do in the future.

Starting from the beginning, why did you choose to play football at UC Davis? It had to do with the tra-ditions of the football team. It was a very successful pro-gram, a great school obvious-ly and the coaching staff. I got to know Coach [Bob] Biggs, Coach [Mike] Moroski and just saw what type of guys they were. Overall, it was a very easy decision for me.

What are some proud mo-ments you have had individ-ually and as a team? Individually I’ve had a great experience here at Davis. I was elected two-time captain by my teammates, which was a huge honor and very hum-bling, as well knowing that I just had to step up for the team. Team-wise, it’s just be-ing around the quality guys around me and grinding with them every day. More of the behind-the-scenes stuff that others don’t really see is what I appreciate most. We’ve gone through a lot, including some good seasons and some not-so-good seasons, but just the friendships we solidified over the years is something I’m proud of. Are there any particular games that exemplify “the grind” that you went through with your teammates? Yeah, the game against Cal Poly two years [2010] ago at their house. Coach Mark Johnson, our defensive coor-dinator, just delivered a huge motivational speech that kicked our butts a little bit and we responded by coming back from a huge deficit and ended up winning the game. Another one that stands out is the game against Sacramento State the same year, where there was a huge downpour, the worst condi-tions I ever played in. It was so bad we couldn’t walk through the tunnel be-cause it was flooded. The game was just a brawl, no one could really pass the ball so it was a battle of the run game and who could drag it out the best and we were able to come out on top.

How’s your injury and can you update us on how your rehabilitation process is going? I tore my right Achilles against San Jose State, which is determined to be around a four-to-six month recovery, so I’ll be missing the entire sea-son. The rehab facility and the people involved with it have really helped me along. It’s kind of been a waiting period to actually be able to start rehab and start moving the tendon, but the surgery went well. It’s always a bum-mer to miss your senior year due to injury when you know you have so much more to give, but to have other peo-ple reach out was a huge thing for me. It just made me realize how good I really do have it.

Is there any positive you can take from this injury? I’m hoping some aspect of my attitude and just being out there with my teammates will show how much I want to be out there with them, just bat-tling with them. I just try to be a mentor to the younger guys and try to help as many people as I can.

It’s also given me an opportunity to focus on other areas of my life that I couldn’t re-ally pay attention to in seasons prior. I’m graduating soon so I’m just trying to fig-ure that all out and just all the friend-ships that I have been better able to recognize. What are your plans

after you finish up school in Davis? I’ve been heavily involved with the UC Davis campus and just being in a bunch of committees, including the Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and Title IX Committee. I’m hoping to get involved in sports administra-tion of some kind and possibly getting my master’s degree, so maybe more school. My older brother is a Navy Seal, so I’ve thought about go-ing down that road as well. I know a bunch of Navy Seals from my hometown and grew up in [a] Navy family so that might be a path that I want to take as well.

Can you talk about being part of the committee to se-lect the next football coach for UC Davis and what qual-ities you seek in Coach Bigg’s successor? Being a part of this recruit-ment committee has really opened my eyes on how im-portant this decision is and what direction athletics will take here. Football is such a huge sport and can spearhead the direction of an athletics program. It’s been very fun and en-lightening meeting some of these coaches. I’m very hon-ored that Mr. Tumey would choose me and see me in that light. It’s a very small group, so it’s pretty much a few peo-ple very high in administra-tion and then me, so it’s just a humbling experience. I just hope I can do justice to what they want me to do and pro-vide that player perspective on what I would think is nec-essary in the next coach. In terms of what a poten-tial coach should have, I be-lieve our next coach should be a man of integrity, a hum-ble man, but at the same time knowing what it takes to win and not being afraid to chal-lenge the players. Just know-ing what Aggie pride is about and playing with that chip on your shoulder are very im-portant qualities that a coach should have. There are huge shoes to fill when you are talking about Coach Biggs and his staff and what they have done over the past twenty years having nu-merous successful seasons. It’s not going to be an easy role to fill, but it is a very ex-citing time for Davis and this hire will be a huge marker for where we want to go with athletics.

Can you talk about your ex-perience with Coach Biggs personally from the recruit-ing process to now just being his last year. Coach Biggs is a father fig-ure to many guys on the team. When I first started in the recruiting process a lot of coaches would make promis-es and then go back on their word, but Coach Biggs wasn’t like that at all. He was very upfront and honest from the very beginning. Two words that come up when I think about him are humility and integrity. He’s maintained that through his entire career here and while being very successful. All you hear about him is true, and he deserves every accolade and compliment he gets. I just hope we can send him out the right way with some wins.

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