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Jennifer Wagelie, left, the UC Davis Manetti Shrem Museum’s academic liaison talks Friday about Mike Henderson’s “Non-Violence” to students from a studio art appreciation class.
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UCD museum has insights for all By Monica Stark Enterpirse staff writer In the Scientific American article “Why So Many People Have Pets,” human “attraction to animals may be subconscious, driven by biological and social forces that we do not fully acknowledge.” It’s not a far stretch then that Introductory Companion Animal Biology students are naturally attracted to The Manetti Shrem Museum’s “Roy De Forest: Habitats
for Travelers” exhibit as dogs and other animals dominate the 50 prints that were drawn from a recent donation of 400 works to the museum. De Forest (1930-2007), whose funk and “nut art,” a term he coined in which the art reflects the nuttiness of the artists themselves, joined the UCD art department in 1965 and taught there for 27 years. A general-education class, Companion Animal Biology consists of science students
from across campus and is taught by Distinguished Professor Anita Oberbauer, who’s the Executive Associate Dean of the College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences. Unlike many university art departments that house museums, The Manetti Shrem Museum operates under the Office of the Provost and the Chancellor, akin to the library or the Mondavi Center, according to Randy Roberts, deputy director of the museum. She
explained that it intentionally serves an interdisciplinary community with exhibitions and programs that go beyond those already interested in art. It also introduces art as a way of thinking and finding new perspectives, sparking discussion across different study areas. The museum’s Leadership Collaboration Committee advises on exhibitions, programming and “university
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Mental health court celebrates grads
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VOL. 125 NO. 34
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By Aaron Geerts
By Anne Ternus-Bellamy Wednesday was a big day for Adrian Rodriguez. He’d taken time off of work, watched a YouTube video that morning to learn how to tie a tie, and was now sitting in a courtroom at the Yolo County courthouse, wearing that tie with a matching suit jacket and listening as a judge asked him if he had anything to say. He did. “I want to, first of all, apologize publicly to my mom,” Rodriguez said. “Sorry it took so long to become me. The real me,” he told his mother as she sat in the back of the courtroom, wiping away tears. “My mom’s always done the
Facing public skepticism from lawmakers over his push to penalize oil companies for excessive profits, Gov. Gavin Newsom has dropped that proposal in favor of an alternative that would pursue a similar aim through regulations. The governor’s office said late Wednesday that it plans to put forward an amended bill in the coming days that would create a watchdog division within the California Energy Commission to investigate alleged price gouging by the oil industry and authorize the commission to set through its rule-making process a threshold above which profits would be penalized. Dana Williamson, Newsom’s chief of staff, said the shift in approach was the result of months of consultation with legislators, who broadly felt that an appropriate penalty would best be determined by industry experts.
A year after entering Yolo County’s Mental Health Diversion
The school board meeting on Thursday wasn’t nearly as volatile as the one on March 2. However, the lengthy updates for the Local Control Accountability Plan and the Extended Learning Opportunity Program extended the meeting long into the night. The meeting started out with board President Lea Darrah stating that a member of the public recently raised concerns about the scope of the board’s reporting after closed session during the regular board meeting on March 2. “We sincerely regret any confusion related to reporting out after closed session,” she said. “In order to correct any potential errors, we want to provide a more detailed report regarding
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Adrian Rodriguez receives his certificate of completion from Judge Janet Gaard after a year in Yolo County’s Mental Health Diversion Court. most she could for me,” Rodriguez told the court, “and I just couldn’t do it.” But in the end, he did.
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