Volume 1 | Issue 17 | May 1, 2015

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Volume 1 | Issue 17 | May 1, 2015
IN THIS ISSUE...
Academic Dates and Deadlines
SHA Events
SHA Events
Late Night Board Game Night
Friday, May 1 | 10 PM ‐ Midnight | Primero Grove
Lounge
Campus Department
Announcements
Midterms hitting you hard? Stop by the Lounge to
have a snack and games break!
Past Aggie Readers
Open Courses
Sorority and Fraternity Life
Updates
Registered UC Davis Student
Groups
housing.ucdavis.edu
Student Housing Calendar
myucdavis
Schedule Builder Tool
ucdavis.edu
Just in Case App
TAPS Guide to Getting Home
Social Survival Guide: Skills for
College Life
Academic Dates and
Deadlines
May 1: Pass/No Pass Deadline
May 4: Fall registration times
available
May 23: Fall Pass 1 registration
begins
June 5: Fall Pass 1 open
registration ends
Past Aggie Readers
Did you miss the last issue of the
Aggie Reader? Click here to
access past issues.
SHA Facebook Group
Connect with other SHA
Contact CA Mackenzie with any questions,
[email protected]
Marshmallow Catapults
Saturday, May 2 | 6:30 PM | Colleges Community
Center
We will provide supplies; your job is to provide the
creativity. Come design a catapult that will be able
to shoot marshmallows. Which awesome design will
be able to shoot them the furthest? Come find out!
Contact CA Meghan with any questions,
[email protected]
Cupcake Decorating
Sunday, May 3 | 3 PM ‐ 4:30 PM | Primero Grove
Lounge
Come decorate and enjoy some sweet treats!
Contact CA Mackenzie with any questions,
[email protected]
Mother's Day Card Making Come make a nice card for your mother or mother
figure for their special day! What better gift to give
than something that is hand‐made!
Multiple Events
Saturday, May 2 | 6:30 PM | Colleges Community
Center
Monday, May 4 | 4 PM | Arlington Farm Study
Lounge Tuesday, May 5 | 6 PM | Lexington Lounge
residents and find out about
events with the SHA Facebook
group. Click here to join.
CAMPUS DEPARTMENT ANNOUNCEMENTS
ARMY ROTC | Get Involved
Army ROTC is the perfect opportunity to help you succeed. Through elective classes, labs and field
training exercises, you will receive firsthand experience on what it takes to lead and motivate
others, and how to conduct missions as an Officer in the Army, Army Reserve or Army National
Guard. The program provides the skills and experience that will help empower success in any
competitive environment. Upon graduation and completion of Army ROTC, you will earn the title
of Second Lieutenant and equipped with a set of leadership and decision‐making skills that
ultimately will make you a valuable commodity in any professional industry. Scholarships are available and are awarded based on students' merit and grades. Additional
allowances will help pay for books and fees. Army ROTC even offers a stipend of up to $5,000 a
year. To learn more about the requirements and other information, please contact Mr. Gary Suen
at RM 127 at Hickey Gym or at [email protected].
UC Davis Athletics
Friday, May 1
Track and Field ‐ Causeway Dual | All Day | Toomey Field
Saturday, May 2
Softball vs. Cal State Fullerton | DH ‐ Game 1 at Noon, Game 2 at 2 PM | La
Rue Field
Sunday, May 3
Softball vs. Cal State Fullerton | Noon | La Rue Field
Friday, May 8
Baseball vs. CSUN | 2:30 PM | Dobbins Stadium
Saturday, May 9
Baseball vs. CSUN | 1 PM | Dobbins Stadium
UC Davis students admitted free with valid UC Davis ID card. For more information visit
ucdavisaggies.com
Do you want to be on the 2015‐16 UC Davis Cheer or Dance Team? If so, open tryouts are coming
up on May 16 and all Aggies are encouraged to show‐up. The Aggie Cheer and Dance teams
represent UC Davis at many athletic contests, campus and community events and are a source of
Aggie Pride and campus spirit. Click here to learn more about these teams and how you can be on
them next year.
46TH Annu al La Raza Cu ltu r e Days
Our Struggles Empower Our Resistance NUESTROS DESAFIOS FORTALECEN NUESTRA RESISTENCIA Friday, May 1 For a complete listing of events click here for a PDF flyer or
visit the Facebook event. La Raza Cultural Days, will be celebrating the different cultures within the
Xicanx/Latinx community. Come and enjoy delicious food from Latin America and Caribbean
countries that different organizations will provide.
46th Annu al La Gr an Tar deada
Saturday May 2 | 11 AM ‐ 6 PM | UC Davis Campus, Outdoor East Quad
Free Event | Open to the Public Student Performances, children activities including pinata and bounce house Opening Prayer Blessing and Danza by Danza Azteca Quetzalcoatl Citlalli Live Music and Entertainment Headliner: Raskahuele Mariachi: Maria Monarcan Banda: Tamborazo Del Valle Samba Dance Performance: Brazilian Center for Cultural Exchange of Sacramento 13 XICAN@/LATIN@ STUDENT FOOD BOOTHS | Menu items include: Elotes ‐ Sigma Omega Nu | Mango Y Pepino ‐ MEChA | Bacon Wrapped Hot Dogs ‐ Alpha Pi Sigma
Sorority Inc. | Funnel Cakes ‐ CALESS | Chocolate Covered Bananas ‐ Clinica Tepati | Tacos
Dorados ‐ Gamma Zeta Alpha Fraternity | Chicharones con Cueritos ‐ Hermanas Unidas | Nachos
with Meat, Cheese and other Toppings ‐ Hermanos Macehual | Caramel Apples ‐ Mujeres
Ayudando La Raza | Snow Cones ‐ La
Raza Pre‐Law Association | Ham Tortas ‐
Sigma Lambda Gamma Sorority | Fresas
con Crema ‐ SPEAK | Sodas ‐
Xican@/Latin@ Graduation For complete event details visit the
Facebook event.
SHADES OF PRIDE | Pr ide Month 2015
Pride Month 2015 at UC Davis has arrived!
Join the LGBTQIA Resource Center for a Pride Month kick‐off event with
food, refreshments, music, friends, and raffles prizes.Everyone is welcome and make sure to
check out all of our Pride Month events! Click here for a PDF flyer of events.
How to Get Involved in Resear ch
Become involved in undergraduate research to help develop necessary skills
in your field, to boost your resume, and to hone your interests in a particular
field. It's a great opportunity available to all undergraduate students at UC Davis. Come to our
seminar "How to Get Involved in Research," to learn the tools you'll need in order to approach
professors and land a position in the research environment of your choice! Tuesday, May 5, 2015 | 12:10 ‐ 1:00 p.m. | Meeting Room D, Student Community Center Sponsored by: Undergraduate Research Center, 2300 Student Community Center Students are welcome to contact URC to make an appointment to see an Undergraduate
Research Advisor. Just call us at 530‐752‐3390 or email us at [email protected] to schedule a time
that works with your class schedule.
Celebr ate Under gr adu ate Resear ch!
Did you know that in a survey of 2014 UC Davis graduates that 91% of UC Davis undergraduate
felt that learning research methods was important?
The UC Davis Undergraduate Research Center (URC) is organizing a weeklong celebration of the
outstanding undergraduate research at UC Davis with the first annual Undergraduate Research
Week May 1‐ May 8, 2015. The week begins with the Undergraduate Research, Scholarship, and
Creative Activities Conference (May 1‐2).
There will be activities throughout the week offered by different departments, colleges, clubs, etc
to highlight the undergraduate research performed in their unit or by their students. For example
the School of Veterinary Medicine plans to offer poster sessions and lab tours. The University
Library will be hosting poster sessions all week. And the Undergraduate Research Center will be
presenting workshops and student seminars. Attend the daily URC‐sponsored seminars in the SCC
and be entered in the Undergraduate Research Week prize raffle!
Are you part of a student group or department? We invite campus units and student groups to
organize activities for the week to celebrate research and creative pursuits. You could also table.
Rally your department or student club to highlight undergraduate research and design
accomplishments.
To include your activity in the program schedule for the week, please contact Lolita Nelson‐Adkins
[email protected] or [email protected]. Schedule for the week will be posted soon! Check it
out at: http://urc.ucdavis.edu/researchweek/index.html
Stu dent Health and Cou nseling Ser vices
4th Annu al W or k it W eek
May 4 ‐ 8 Student Health and Counseling Services is hosting the 4th annual Work It
Week celebrate Physical Activity Month and encourage students to get at
least 30 minutes of physical activity each day. To fit activity into your busy
schedule, you can split it into three 10‐minute bouts.
Don't miss out on the rad prizes, club activities, and FREE fitness classes taught by instructors
from Campus Recreation and Unions!
Kick‐off Work It Week with 80's style Resistance Band Workshop on Monday, May 4th from 4:00‐
4:45 pm in the ARC Group Exercise Studio. Then join us Wednesday, May 6th at the Farmer's
Market for Recess on the Quad from 11:00 am‐1:30 pm on the West Quad for FREE prizes, fun
activities, and more! The first 50 participants will also get a FREE Work It Week t‐shirt! For more
information and events visit shcs.ucdavis.edu/workit.
10+10+10, Get your 30 minutes in!
Brought to you by Student Health and Counseling Services and Campus Recreation and Unions,
with a special thanks to all the organizations for participating in this year's event.
Click here for a PDF Flyer | Click here to join the Facebook event
Theatr e and Dance Event New s: Spr ing Season
Our Spring season will include " The Light and Dark Arts: A Radical Magic
Show," directed by Granada Artist‐In‐Residence Aaron Gach, who will be
playing with the age‐old theatrical strategies of hiding and revealing, literally
teaching our students magic. This production will draw parallels between
magic acts and issues such as economic manipulation, political deception,
vanishing resources and social transformation. Performances are May 28‐
June 6, 2015 at the Main Stage Theatre in Wright Hall. Main Stage Dance Theatre performances are scheduled for May 7‐17, 2015 at the Main Stage
Theatre in Wright Hall. This production will be directed by faculty member David Grenke and is
sure to entertain. The 15th Annual Film Festival is scheduled for May 20 & 21, 2015 at the Varsity Theatre in Davis
at 10PM. This student‐driven project is known to sell out and is one of the more popular arts
activities on campus.
Tickets may be purchased in advance through our box office at Wright Hall. Box office can be
reached at (530) 752‐7111, or by email at [email protected]. Tickets are also sold at the
theatre door starting one hour before curtain time (pending availability). Please note that we do
not currently sell tickets through the Mondavi Center. Complete ticket and group rate information
Moobilenet is Retir ing
The UC Davis campus is retiring the moobilenet wireless service on May
5, 2015. When moobilenet ends May 5, anyone still using it will need to switch to
one of the other campus wireless services ‐‐ namely, eduroam or
moobilenetx.
Also on May 5, the campus is expanding ucd‐guest to the rest of the campus. For additional
information visit http://technews.ucdavis.edu/news2.cfm?id=1988.
OPEN COURSES
ECM 1: The Design of Coffee
This very popular course offers you a chance to learn how to
transform raw coffee beans to an icy and refreshing cup of Joe.
Rejuvenation in a cup!
GE Credit: 3 units of Science and Engineering; Visual Literacy and
Scientific Literacy
Learn more at: http://bit.ly/SAVEAp Frequently Asked Questions
Will I really get to roast and brew coffee in this class?
Yes! The core component of this class is a weekly 2‐hour lab session, where you will do
experiments involving coffee. Examples include taking apart a Mr. Coffee brewer to analyze how
it works, measuring the pH of coffee versus brew time, and examining the energy usage of
different roasting profiles. In every lab session you will get to taste the resulting coffee, working
with your group to ultimately make your unique design for the best‐tasting cup of coffee.
I don't drink coffee. Does this class require me to drink it anyway?
No, you can take the entire course without tasting any of the coffee, and doing only visual and
olfactory (smelling) sensory analyses. However, one of the things you will learn in this class is that
properly prepared, fresh roasted coffee can taste nothing like the bitter stuff you might have
tasted before. Some coffees even taste sweet without adding sugar. Moreover, a fun part of the
class is the blind taste test at the end of the quarter, where you get to complete with your
classmates Iron Chef style.
I only drink decaffeinated coffee. Is decaf available?
Yes. For students who cannot or choose not to consume caffeine, decaffeinated green coffee
beans are available for both roasting and brewing.
I've heard engineering courses are difficult. Is this class going to destroy my GPA?
No! This class is designed as a general education course for students who are not majoring in
engineering. All grades will be based on a curve using standards appropriate for a non‐
quantitative, freshmen level class.
Will I get GE credit for this course?
Yes, this class counts as 3 units of Science and Engineering credit for GE. The course also satisfies
3 units of both Scientific Literacy and Visual Literacy.
Why is this class in the department of chemical engineering? Are we going to be adding weird
chemicals to the coffee?
Absolutely not! During the entire course we will use only green coffee beans and water. As we will
discuss in the class, chemical engineers apply quantitative reasoning to a tremendously wide
variety of industrial applications. Quite a lot of our graduates are actually hired by the food and
beverage industries. But the main
goal here is to introduce students to how chemical engineers analyze things, using coffee as a fun
(and delicious!) example.
Native Am er ican Exper ience (NAS 10)
Monday‐Thursday | 10 AM ‐ 11:40 AM | Summer Session One (June 22‐July 31, 2015)
Professor Steven Crum (Western Shoshone), Department of Native American Studies (NAS), UC
Davis
Interested in taking an Exciting 2015 UC Davis Summer School Course? Take Native American
Experience (NAS 10)!
This course provide an overview of the significant histories, life‐ways, and issues ithat revolve
around the past and contemporary Indigenous cultures of the Americas. The course will look at a
number of important topics, including cultural, economic, and political resurgence of Native
American peoples of the United States. Gaming and Casinos is an example of economic
resurgence.
Because NAS follows a Western Hemispheric approach to the study of Indigenous peoples,
lectures will cover important events that have taken place in those Latin American nation‐states
that have sizable Indigenous populations. This includes Bolivia, Ecuador, Guatemala, Mexico, and
Peru. Some of the topics will be the Chiapas Rebellion of 1994 and how and why Evo Morales
became the first Indigenous president of recent times to be elected to the Office of the
Presidency of Bolivia in 2005.
Moreover, NAS 10 will give some coverage to Indigenous peoples living in three Asian nation‐
states that recognize the status of Indigenous peoples: Japan, the Philippines, and Taiwan. The
course will give attention to how the issues of Indigenous peoples of Latin America and Asia
compare and contrast with those of Native American people in the U.S.
NAS 10 fulfills a number of GE categories.
Required Textbooks
+ Eisler, Kim, Revenge of the Pequot: How a Small Native American Tribe Created the World's
Most Profitable Casino (2001).
+ Wilkinson, Charles, Blood Struggle: The Rise of Modern Indian Nations (2005).
SORORITY AND FRATERNITY LIFE UPDATES
Upcom ing Events
Spring quarter is in full swing and the sororities and fraternities on campus
are active as ever. Here is a list of a few upcoming events including
philanthropy events being hosted by our campus' sororities and fraternities!
For more information about individual events or chapters apart of our community, contact the
chapter leadership or visit our website. Good luck with the upcoming quarter and feel free to
contact us with any questions or concerns!
As always, you can check out the Rush and Recruitment Calendar on our website for more
information about upcoming recruitment events.
The Mar ch Against Sexu al
Delta Gam m a pr esents
Assau lt Hosted by Inter fr ater nity Anchor splash
Cou ncil
Saturday, May 2
Saturday, May 2 | 10 AM ‐ Noon The ladies of Delta Gamma invite you to their
The IFC of UC Davis will be holding the inaugural 3rd annual swim competition, Anchor Splash.
March Against Sexual Assault. All proceeds will The competition will consist of an inner tube
go to Empower Yolo. The costs of the event is
relay, belly flop contest, synchronized
$10.00, with that you get pizza, a t‐shirt and
swimming, as well as the competition to be this
entry into the event. year's Anchor Man. For more information please contact Wolfgang
Kern at [email protected]
Tickets are $3 presale and $5 at the door. For
more information and updates, visit the
Facebook event page here .
Lam bda Sigm a Gam m a Mr .
Gr eek Univer se
Delta Sigm a Phi Recycling
Com petition
Thursday, May 7 | 7:30 PM | Rock Hall |
Tickets: $5 presale and $8 at the door
Now ‐ June 3 6/3 Let the brothers of Delta Sigma Phi help your
chapter recycle‐ for a good cause! Delta Sigma
Phi will be facilitating a quarter long
The lovely ladies of Lambda Sigma Gamma
Multicultural Sorority, Incorprated Beta Chapter competition among IFC fraternities to see which
house can recycle the most cans and bottles
at UC Davis would like to invite you to their
over the course of the quarter. Delta Sigs will
11th Annual Mr. Greek Universe 2015! The
participating members of our Greek community collect and recycle the waste for you, and all of
the funds will be donated to the Cancer
will be competing in six different categories:
Toga Wear, Question and Answer, Swim Wear, Research Institute. The chapter that collects the
most recyclables will receive $100 to a
Greek Knowledge, Talent, and Formal Wear.
philanthropy of their choice. Proceeds go to support the California Head
Start Program. For more information, visit their
If you are interested in participating, contact
Facebook event page.
Cooper at [email protected] for more
information.
Chapter s Cu r r ently Not Register ed
Registered Student Organizations, students, and campus departments are advised to not
participate in any events or activities held by these organizations as they receive no oversight, or
liability coverage, and are not held accountable at the local, regional or national level. Students,
organizations, and departments who interact or seek affiliation with any of the organizations
listed below do so at their own risk.
Phi Alpha Phi Fraternity | Lambda Phi Epsilon Fraternity | Alpha Delta Chi Sorority | Kappa Alpha
Psi Fraternity Inc.
REGISTERED UC DAVIS STUDENT GROUPS
Colleges Against Cancer | Relay For Life
ARC Pavilion | May 16 ‐17 | 10 am‐ 10 am
Relay For Life is a 24‐hour event and all of the proceeds are used for cancer
research and providing assistance to those that are currently fighting cancer, survivors, and their
families. The 24 hours of Relay are filled with activities, games, performances, and emotionally
moving ceremonies. Relay For Life gives us the opportunity to celebrate those who have survived,
remember the loved ones that we have lost, and fight back against cancer.
If you are interested in participating in this year's Relay For Life you can start a team online at
www.relayforlife.org/ucdavisca.
If you have any questions feel free to contact us at cac‐[email protected] can also volunteer at
Relay! We have set‐up, day of and clean‐up shifts. Volunteer hours can be validated through the
American Cancer Society. If you have any questions about volunteering please contact Shayaan at
[email protected].
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