Jan. 16, 2014 by The California Aggie

THE CALIFORNIA AGGIE VOLUME 133, ISSUE 12 | THURSDAY, JANUARY 16, 2014

SERVING THE UC DAVIS CAMPUS AND COMMUNITY SINCE 1915

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Rochelle Swanson, Daniel Parrella initiate campaigns

TAYLOR CUNNINGHAM city@theaggie.org

Two more candidates have announced their bids for the upcoming Davis City Council election. Daniel Parrella and Rochelle Swanson will be running against a third candidate, Robb Davis, for the June 2014 election. As of now, two City Council seats will become available in June, but if mayor Pro-Tem Dan Wolk wins the fourth Assembly District seat, a third seat in City Council will open up. Rochelle Swanson has been a member of City Council for the past two years, and is seeking re-election in order to continue her work with the City of Davis. “There is still work to be done on issues, specifically getting our fiscal situation truly sustainable for the long term so that we can preserve and enhance the quality of life for all citizens of Davis,” Swanson said. On the other side is Daniel Parrella, who had to drop out of UC Santa Barbara because of rising tuition and cost of living, which is something that he said he sees happening in Davis and hopes to prevent. “We are rapidly becoming a town of boomers and college students with nothing in between … we need to find ways of keeping young families and young professionals in Davis,” Parrella said in an email. According to Parrella, this would also increase the city’s revenue and balance the budget. Parrella would like to create a business park, which, he says, would generate hundreds of jobs for graduates, while also producing revenue to pay for the services that the city provides citizens. “My biggest hope for the City Council moving forward is that we create a sustainable economy that produces highpaying jobs,” Parrella said in an email. According to current City Council member Brett Lee, finances are the biggest issue that the City of Davis faces moving forward. “City Council is struggling to pay for infrastructure costs.We haven’t been taking care of the roads, and it’s something that we’ve deferred for many years,” Lee said. “We also need to set more money aside for the future.” While Swanson is aware of the financial problems that the city is facing, she said that the economic future of the city is bright. “Even with all of the cuts that we’ve made, we’ve started looking at revenues,” Swanson said. “As we continue to move forward, we’re being efficient in our spending.” To Swanson, economic expansion and city-university involvement go hand in hand. “Leveraging taxes with the University, and adding more industry and manufacturing will help the city utilize the student resources we have,” Swanson said.“It also creates hands on experience for students.” When asked about the relationship between the University and the City of

“BREATHE FREE” CAMPAIGN

USES BUDGET FOR SIGNS, STICKERS $74,868.25 looks small to University, significant to students NAOMI NISHIHARA features@theaggie.org

The cost of implementing “Breathe Free UC Davis” has reached $74,868.25, according to the Smoke and Tobacco Free Communication Budget. Beginning Jan. 1, “Breathe Free” has banned all smoke and tobacco products across campus, and signs announcing this mandate began going up in September 2013. In total, money spent on signage, meaning ash urn stickers, door stickers, window clings and banners, have dominated the budget, costing $67,580. Program communication has an allotted $77,000 for this first year, and an additional $15,000 for the next, after which the policy’s success will be evaluated and future funding will be considered. While this amount appears mod-

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Members, senators rally to save Experimental College

BRIAN NGUYEN / AGGIE Loshandra Ostrava, music teacher for 14 years, gives a student a music lesson at the Experimental College.

HANNAH KRAMER features@theaggie.org Estevan Sanchez, a second-year African American and African studies and sociology major couldn’t get away with

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ject the welcoming spirit of our campus and support the educational approach the campus is taking in introducing the new policy,” Brady said in an email. Clark stated however, that the new policy, which also bans products like ecigarettes, has banned things that have no effect on other people. “The question I have is: why is it the responsibility of the University?” Clark said. “It is a totally personal decision that they’re trying to modify. Is this the best use of the resources of the University?” The resources spent on “Breathe Free UC Davis” were largely allotted toward communication, and within that fund, were primarily spent on signage. Throughout campus, there are currently several hundred signs on or near building entrances, building exteriors,

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est within the University’s $3.8 billion yearly budget, it still presents a philosophical issue, according to Professor Gregory Clark of the Economics Department who is a member of the Budget and Planning Committee. “It’s not so much the money, because it’s amazing how much we spent,” Clark said. “I think it’s more of a philosophical issue, of who decided that this was a good expenditure of the resources of the University.” Barbara Brady, director of Communication, Administration and Resource Management for “Breathe Free,” said that the communication program’s goal is to affect cultural change around tobacco use in the Davis community, an outcome which they believe will manifest itself over time. “The design and messaging of our signage program are intended to pro-

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skipping Jiu-Jitsu practice at the Experimental College (EC). “There have been times when I’ve thought about taking a day off, but I see other students on campus and they say, ‘Hey! You’re coming today, right?’ There

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Wa nt to r un fo r AS UCD S enate o r P res i dent / Vi ce- P res i den t ? Petition s are available begin n in g at 10:00 A M on Januar y 2 1st in t he Student Gover nm ent Adm i ni st rat i ve O ffi ce (S G AO) on th e t hird flo o r of t he Me mo ria l Unio n, r oom 348. A ll you n e ed to d o is co llect i s 1 25 st u d en t s ig n at u res for S en ate an d 250 co mbine d signat ure s fo r Pre side nt / Vice - Pre side nt ! Pe t it io ns will b e d ue by 4 : 00 P M o n Ja nua r y 28 t h. Thi s i s a great oppor tu n ity to h ave you r voice h eard on c ampu s!

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is a great vibe and respect there, and the people care and want you to come back,” Sanchez said. In light of the recent suspension of the experimental on 10

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