Today’s weatherPartly cloudyHigh 62Low 40

ForecastI’ve realized that this cold weather is becoming tiresome. Therefore I, the all-powerful Aggie Weather Forecaster, command the weather to become warmer this weekend! Get outside and enjoy the spring

temperatures.Kenneth Doss, atmospheric science major

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Terrafugia Inc. announced that its prototype flying car has completed its first flight, meaning they may begin to sell the flying car within the next year. Don’t be alarmed if you look up and

the sky is full of cars.

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Davis Bee Sanctuary celebrates grand opening

Bee lovers gather to sample honey, attend workshops

By KELSEY SMOOT Aggie Features Writer

For some, the thought of a bee sting conjures up the fear of ana-phylactic shock, and potential-ly, fatality. Others consider bees

to be an extreme annoyance and try to avoid them if possible. But a group of local bee enthusiasts known as the Davis Bee Collective views bees as pertinent members of the ecosystem as well as gentle, cooperative creatures.

In order to educate the public and create a safe space for bees, the Collective held a grand open-ing of the Davis Bee Sanctuary on Sunday afternoon.

Located behind the Domes on Orchard Park Drive, the Bee Sanctuary’s apiary, or bee yard, serves as a place for bees to swarm and nurture their young. Additionally, the sanctuary is an educational garden where people can learn about keeping bees and harvesting honey without using chemicals.

The grand opening was attend-ed by a diverse crowd of inter-ested bee supporters, including small children, students and ex-perienced beekeepers. Free sam-ples of honey were distributed, and several workshops were giv-en on beekeeping tactics.

The Bee Sanctuary is home to thousands of bees, as well as doz-ens of different flowers and sev-eral types of fruits. The sanctuary features a labyrinth-shaped walk-way, seven hives that are current-ly occupied by bees and a myriad of gardens, including raspberries, shrubs, perennials, and catnip.

The garden portion of the api-ary implements modern tech-niques, such as hugelkultur, to make the area cost effec-tive and environmentally effi-cient. Hugelkultur is essentially a raised garden comprised of bur-ied wood. The wood provides nu-trients and air pockets for roots of plants and holds water, diminish-ing the need for irrigation.

Derek Downey, a member of the Davis Bee Collective who grad-uated from UC Davis with a de-gree in engineering in 2009, said that one of the most important functions of the Bee Sanctuary is

to provide bees with a source of food year-round.

“The flowers we planted have different blooming times, so the bees have a constant food source,” Downey said.

Downey, who has been bee-keeping for seven years, de-scribed the sanctuary as a place where aspiring beekeepers can keep their bees, use shared tools and information and collect hon-ey during the summer. In January, he taught a workshop on building beehives.

The Collective is open to any aspiring beekeepers, and new members can build a hive to keep at the Bee Sanctuary.

“We provide the tools, and each hive costs $40. If someone was to build the same hives on their own, it would cost them several hundred dollars,” Downey said.

Additionally, Downey said the bees are often misunderstood, as well as underappreciated.

“They support us. We use them. They account for $16 billion of value from their pollination in food production in America. Without them, the quality and quantity of food would decrease dramatically. Every third bite you eat, you should thank a honey-bee,” Downey said.

Fellow bee lover Melanie Lataste said that her work at the Davis Bee Sanctuary can be attributed to her natural love of wildlife.

“I used to be a biologist, so bees are a natural attraction for me. If you get to learn from them, you get completely seduced. I’m al-ways afraid to get stung, though; I’m a very cautious person. But to be a beekeeper and think that you’re never going to get stung is an illusion,” Lataste said.

Downey also acknowledged the reality of bee stings, but said there is a way to minimize the possibility of a sting.

“You get stung once in awhile. It doesn’t bother me anymore. I’ve built up immunity to it. The best way to get over a fear of bees is to learn how to calm the mind when you’re opening a bee hive,” Downey said.

Sophomore theatre major Sarah Salem said that her residen-cy at the Domes gives her a front row seat to Davis Bee Sanctuary.

“Since I live right at the Domes, I can get honey from friends. The whole process of just watching how the bees live together is in-teresting. It’s like a little universe,” Salem said.

In addition to the honey that the majority of the bees at the sanctuary produce, the apiary has the means to produce wax, lo-tion, lip balms, candles and med-icine from some of the herbs.

“The easy way out is to go to the store and buy stuff. The better way is to talk to your neighbors. The bee sanctuary is entirely do-nation-based,” Downey said.

For those interested in getting involved with the project, the Davis Bee Collective meets at the apiary every Sunday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. Additionally, they post information about the Bee sanc-tuary on DavisWiki.

The bee lovers hope to contin-ue to expand the Bee sanctuary and possibly connect it with some of the gardens at the Domes.

“You get into beekeeping for the honey. You stay for the bees,” Lataste said.

KELSEY SMOOT can be reached at features@theaggie.org.

By STEPHANIE B. NGUYENAggie News Writer

Aside from being the start of Spring Quarter, this week is also National Public Health Week.

The UC Davis Department of Public Health Sciences is observing National Public Health Week by sponsoring a symposium on campus this Thursday.

Keynote speaker Ron Chapman, Director and State Health Officer for the California Department of Public Health, will be discussing health equity

in California.“We hope this event will bring aware-

ness to public health and teach our guests about the different avenues of public health,” said Crystal Saetern, student affairs officer for the UC Davis Master of Public Health Program.

Student Affairs Officer Amber Carrere agreed.

“A lot of students don’t know what’s happening in public health,” Carrere said. “It’s a good time to showcase what’s going on, not only in the state, but local-ly as well.”

Organized since April 1995 by the American Public Health Association, the week-long awareness event aims to highlight issues and bring recognition to contributions to public health.

According to Saetern, Chapman will discuss causes of statewide health ineq-uity, including how social determinants of health contribute to the inequity.

The event will be held in Medical Sciences 1C, room 180 from 5 to 7 p.m.

STEPHANIE B. NGUYEN can be reached at campus@theaggie.org.

By ANGELA SWARTZAggie City Editor

The Davis Farmers Market will celebrate the debut of The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook this Saturday. This event coincides with the official release of the book.

This will be the first of several Market Cookbook Day events to headline the cookbook.

Co-authors Georgeanne Brennan and Ann Evans will be there to sign cookbooks. Customers with cookbook gift cards purchased from the Market can redeem them at the Market Shed. The UC Davis Dining Commons will offer “tastes of cookbook recipes” at each Cookbook Day.

In the book, Winters resi-dent Brennan and former Davis Mayor and food activist Evans

praise the Davis Farmers Market and the local food showcased there every week.

The book details eight reci-pes to adapt to any season, fol-lowed by four chapters with each chapter containing about 20 rec-ipes. Alice Waters, Chez Panisse founder and food activist, wrote the book’s foreword.

Davis Farmers Market Manager Randii MacNear said the Market plans to use the cookbook as a platform for events throughout 2012.

“When the cookbook goes on sale April 7, The Davis Farmers Market Cookbook is going to claim a top spot on bookshelves of home cooks and farmers mar-ket lovers everywhere,” she said in a press release.

“The Farmers Market has spawned all kinds of side proj-ects, including the school

Crunch Lunch program, the RISE (Recycling is Simply Elementary) program in the schools, and much more,” said Davis Mayor Joe Krovoza in an e-mail. “It’s given us a great per-manent rain/shade canopy that hosts many other events. The book is just one more example of the FM as a hub of numerous great things.”

MacNear added that this is the first time the Market has launched a cookbook, so this is a big deal for them.

The authors are also signing books and selling the books at the new UC Davis Farmers Market at the campus Silo today. This soft launch will be from 11:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m.

Other cookbook signings at the Market are: May 26, 10 a.m. to 12 p.m. and June 16, 10 to 11 a.m. Additional signings are

scheduled for this fall. The book costs $24.95.

ANGELA SWARTZ can be reached at city@theaggie.org.

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UC Davis East Quad Farmers Market today

Today is the first day of the UC Davis East Quad Farmers Market at the Silo. The on-campus farm-ers market, which used to be on the Quad, is a place where students and faculty can buy fresh produce. The mar-ket is co-sponsored by UC Davis Stores (former-ly UC Davis Bookstores), Campus Recreation and Unions, Student Health and Counseling Services, Students for Sustainable Agriculture, UC Davis Dining Services, the Davis

Farmers Market and the Davis Food Co-op. “It’s going to be a fes-tive atmosphere, more fun than walking a pro-duce aisle,” said Jason Lorgan, associate director of the UC Davis Stores, in a press release. Opening day festivi-ties will include music, face painting and button making. The market will take place every Wednesday through June 6, from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.

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Symposium to be held in observance of National Public

Health WeekState Health Officer Ron Chapman to be keynote speaker

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The Davis Bee sanctuary, located on Orchard Park Dr., offers a safe space for bees to gather and an educational experience for visitors.

Davis Farmers Market Cookbook will be released this SaturdayAuthors will be present for book signing and book distribution

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The idea to write the Davis Farmers Market Cookbook was conceived by the co-authors Brennan and evans about three years ago.

State and local funding short-falls will cause the closure of the Yolo County Library branches, which will be closed April 8 to 9. These days will be staff furlough days for the Davis, Winters, West Sacramento, Clarksburg, Esparto and Knights Landing branches. “Yolo County Library’s on-line services will remain avail-able during these closures,” Yolo County Librarian Patty Wong said in a press release. “Meanwhile, no items will be due or accrue fees for these two days.” The parking lot for the Mary L. Stephens Branch Library in Davis will be inaccessible April 7 to 10 for resealing and restrip-ing work. The library will still be open on April 7 and April 10.

— Angela Swartz

Public library closed Sunday and Monday

From March 26 to March 28, the Supreme Court of the United States

heard the first arguments for and against President Obama’s health care law. The Affordable Care Act was passed by Congress two years ago, drawing up a storm of controversy from the time of its initial inception to the casting of the final vote.

At the cen-ter of the con-troversy is the debate of wheth-er the gov-ernment, un-der Obama’s leadership, over-stepped its constitutionally granted authority by forcing Americans to get health care coverage. Should the bill have even been on the House and Senate floors for votes in the first place? Other concerns include how much the over-haul would cost, and who would pay for it. The right claims that Obama is slowly turning the United States into the s-word. And there is noth-ing more heinous and despi-cable on this planet than so-cialism, of course.

You see, the United States is a very individualistic coun-try. Individualism is em-bedded in its history and has influenced its evolution over the years. As a coun-try, our philosophy is that people should pull them-selves up by their own boot-straps and do it all on their own. The American dream is reserved for those who put in the work, for the self-made men and women. Understandably, after years of hard work, it’s hard to let someone take a portion of the fruits of your labor away from you. It’s even harder when that someone happens to be the government.

Some say the health care law is the antithesis of American ideals because it rewards people who, for whatever reason, can’t get health care on their own. If you can’t do something for yourself, then why is it any-one’s responsibility to do it for you? Why must taxpayers once again pick up the slack? Inequity is a fact of life, and attempting to reduce it can only lead to an increase in overall inefficiency.

It’s a mentality that runs

counter to the one that I was raised with, the one that shapes the lens through which I view society today. When I start to think a little too highly of myself and my accomplishments, my mom wastes no time in remind-ing me that I would be noth-ing and nowhere without the hard work and sacrifice of herself and my father. (“You think are grown now, huh? Think again!”)

It’s the same with health care. People act like certain groups (i.e., the poor, the old, those with pre-existing con-ditions) only take from soci-ety without giving back, while others give and seem to get nothing in return. I don’t be-lieve this is true. We are all de-pendent on each other. We are all needed to make the system work. Access to health care can be a matter of life and death. As a community, is it fair to say that only those

who can af-ford it, or the ones with the most pow-er, deserve the best

chance at life? According to the Institute

of Medicine and the Census Bureau, an estimated 137,000 people died from 2000 to 2006 because they were unin-sured. This happened in one of the richest countries in the world. These people shaped lives, contributed to the economy and had families and friends, and the self-pro-claimed greatest nation on the planet let them down.

Sometimes I think we get so caught up in defending our personal liberties that we forget the bigger picture. Life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness … we all want it, so why not help each oth-er achieve that goal? The ex-tremes of socialism are in-deed counter-productive in a country like the United States. However, some of its principles can potentially be very beneficial, especially in times like these where ineq-uity is gradually turning the “United” in United States into “Divided.”

It appears that the law may not get the majority votes it needs due to the individu-al mandate that requires all citizens to have some sort of health care. If the Supreme Court strikes it down due to purely legal concerns, I would understand. However, it would be sad to see such beneficial and much-need-ed reform be cast aside forev-er post-ruling due to partisan politics.

We’re talking about real people and real lives with real health concerns. Let’s not for-get that.

Contact PAMELA NONGA NGUE at pamnonga@ucdavis.edu for more super insightful, super deep remarks on the current state of our world.

It has been a sad week, as the first week of April is wont to be. Many of us

lost something close to our hearts and even closer to our mouths. No, it was not through a prank gone wrong, but rarely have I felt so fool-ish. I’m speaking, ladies and gentlemen, of the epidemic felt on faces across the coun-try: mustache removal. Everyone goes through the five stages of grief in their own way. I cannot help all of us through each indi-vidual step. But the path to acceptance is often paved with shared stories and the best thing we can do for one another is offer our support. I would like to start laying my path with you today, and I hope you will help me on my journey. I remember the day I started growing my mouth eyebrow like it was only a month ago. I was just a boy then, fresh faced and ea-ger, but still I knew that day held weight. A great man once said, “With great mus-tache comes great opportu-nity,” and it has never been my wish to let Peter Griffin down. My manscaping days had just begun, and beneath my nose grew a garden of opportunity. It was my re-sponsibility to groom it to perfection. Our society has blos-somed into a beautiful butterfly with the help of men with lip caterpillars. Albert Einstein and Alex Trebek made knowledge and learning something the cool kids did. Martin Luther King Jr. reminded us dreaming shouldn’t al-ways be so distant from re-ality. Tom Selleck brought sexy back before Justin Timberlake was even born. Ned Flanders and Charlie Chaplin have shown us mustaches are stage cur-tains; what lies behind them is magical and mysterious. I felt it was my turn to be like these great men –– to mat-ter. It was my turn to put a hat on my lip and change the world. I was no Tom Selleck. My Popsicle broom was more likely to sweep away wom-

en. My cookie duster only knew the answer to hid-ing crumbs, Trebek and Einstein I was not. MLK helped remove some ab-horrent qualities from our country. I only had a soup strainer. Ned and Chaplin have entertained millions for decades. My lip tick-ler only provided endless laughter for my parents. On April 1, as I stared into the mirror sobbing and moaning through Adele’s “Someone Like You,” I knew it was time to admit I had fallen short. My mustache was leaving me. I couldn’t be the man it needed me to be. My flavor saver and I just didn’t have what it took this time around. Don’t for-get me, I begged, only yester-day was the time of our lives. Sometimes it lasts in love, sometimes I shave instead. But for me, it isn’t over. Today, I mourn the loss

of a dear friend. One I saw every morning, one that ac-companied me in ev-

ery picture, made brushing my teeth like shampooing a dog, turned sneezing and blowing my nose into para-noid schizophrenia. Overall, he was one that bonded me with men across generations and gave me some great memories. It is not goodbye, though, more of a see you later. Jesus returned in three days, but resurrections have changed over the years. This return to glory will have to wait eleven months. But it is a welcome wait; it will give me time to prepare. I won’t let my next lip caterpillar go to waste. Next spring, my butterfly ef-fect will change the world. I hope sharing my sto-ry helped you as much as it helped me. Before I leave, I would like to share more about myself and how I en-vision our relationship de-veloping as we go forward. Together, I believe we can get through this and accomplish many things. If you couldn’t tell, this col-umn is written by a guy, for guys, about guy things. That doesn’t mean this is a “No Girls Allowed” club, but don’t say I didn’t warn you when your boyfriend gets angry because you know things you shouldn’t. That’s your fault. Learn to keep a secret or two. I’m kidding, a little bit. But seriously, don’t say anything. I’m starting to back myself into a corner here, so I’m just going to go. Ladies, good luck. Gentlemen, I’ll see you around.

If you would like to share your mustache story, start a mustache support group or complain about the last paragraph, you can contact NOLAN SHELDON at nosheldon@ucdavis.edu.

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Uc davis Summer abroad expedited enrollment period8 a.m. to 5 p.m.Education Abroad Center, Third and A StreetFor students interested in taking their college experience global this summer, UC Davis Summer Abroad is introducing a new expedited enrollment period, allowing students to secure their spots in a program in a single day.

Student Farm introductory tour10 to 10:50 a.m.North entrance to the Bowley CenterTake this tour to learn more about how to get involved at the student farm.

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. Visit foodaddicts.org for other meeting locations.

Shakespeare reading group — richard iii7 to 8:30 p.m.Pence Gallery — “Learning Center” Upstairs, 212 D St.The next Reading Group is right around the corner to broaden your knowledge of Shakespeare by reading Richard III. No prior knowledge is necessary. Students $8, Adults $10. RSVP by e-mailing davis.shakespeare@gmail.com or calling (530) 802-0998.

pledge orange7:30 to 9 p.m.106 WellmanJoin the Sikh Cultural Association of UC Davis in an interactive and informational session about Bhai Balwant Singh Rajoana, who is on death row in India due to discriminatory and inhumane policies of the government of India against Sikhs and Punjab.

Jordan’s Beard and yogoman Burning Band8 to 10 p.m.Luigi’s, 213 E St.Jordan’s Beard and Yogoman Burning Band will be laying down grooves for a funky dance party, welcome to all.

relay For life team meetings 8 to 9 p.m.212 WellmanWe will be going over important event details and answering any last-minute questions, so please get at least one (or all!) of your team members to attend! It is mandatory that one team member attend at least one meeting.

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Student Farm introductory tour10 to 10:50 a.m.North entrance to the Bowley CenterTake this tour to learn more about how to get involved at the student farm.

Summer abroad info Session: israel, “arab-israeli relations”Noon to 1 p.m.Education Abroad Center, Third and A Street

Come listen to the instructor talk about this summer’s UC Davis study abroad program in Israel!

Shinkoskey noon concert12:05 to 1 p.m.115 MusicWatch this free performance of Jonathan Nadel on tenor, Laura Reynolds on oboe and Megumi Chen on piano. Works include Vaughan Williams’ Ten Blake Songs for voice and oboe, and songs by Schumann, Strauss and Donaudy.

Biomedical Seminar Series4:10 to 5 p.m1005 GBSFListen to this seminar about Cardiac CaMKII signaling in heart failure, arrhythmias and transcriptional regulation, given by Dr. Donald M. Bers.

the counter-cinema of the Berlin School4:10 to 5:30 p.m.53A OlsonListen to a talk given by Professor Marco Abel, Associate Professor, University of Nebraska about the Counter-Cinema of the Berlin School, filming the nation in the age of neoliberalism.

Jess Meets angus8 to 10 p.m.Lab A, WrightUC Davis Ph.D. candidate in performance studies Jess Curtis will perform his latest work, Jess Meets Angus, at UC Davis as part of the UC Davis Institute for Exploration in Theatre, Dance and Performance. Performances will continue through Friday at the same time and location.

relay For life team meetings 8 to 9 p.m.212 WellmanWe will be going over important event details and answering any last-minute questions, so please get at least one (or all!) of your team members to attend! It is mandatory that one team member attend at least one meeting.

the poetry night reading Series 8 to 10 p.m.John Natsoulas Gallery, 521 First St.Scot Siegel and Laurie Glover will be giving a poetry reading followed by a performance of Relapse by the Davis Shakespeare Ensemble.

Friday

Junior recital3:30 pm115 Music Watch this free performance of works by Bach, Beethoven, Liszt and Chopin by Katherine Chu on piano.

Student Farm introductory tour3:10 to 4 p.m.North entrance to the Bowley CenterTake this tour to learn more about how to get involved at the student farm.

Meet the artist reception5:30 to 8:30 p.m.Chase Bank, 304 Main Street, WoodlandGo see the art exhibit of Joseph Bellacera.

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By AMY STEWARTAggie Science Editor

When it comes to fitness, there are a lot of myths out there to talk about. Because people’s bodies can be so different, and because there are many different regimens specially made for different people, wad-ing through all the claims can be very difficult. One movement is known as “confusing your mus-cles.” The claim is that doing all of your exercis-es in the same way leads to your muscles adapting to the regimen, making

the exercise less effective. Therefore, you should vary your tech-nique in or-der to confuse your mus-cles and pre-vent them from adapt-ing to the ex-ercise, making your workouts more effective. Supposedly.

Unfortunately, this is another movement with an interesting idea that doesn’t really pan out. Yes, your muscles do

adapt to exercise, so you should in-crease your routine as you become s t r o n g e r and intro-duce a va-riety of ex-ercises to s t r e n g t h -en different m u s c l e s . H o w e v e r , this adap-

tation is slow and for the most part happens as your muscles heal after a routine, not during the routine itself.

There are exercises that strengthen specific mus-cles, so tailor your rou-tine to what your body needs. Introducing too much variety into your routine, especially when you’re first starting a workout plan, is more likely to confuse you than your muscles. As always, if you’re con-fused about whether a workout is right for you, you’re better off talking to a doctor than listening to fad fitness advice.

AMY STEWART can be reached at science@theaggie.org.

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Whenever there is a discussion on the use of psychedelic

drugs, such as acid or psi-locybin (mushrooms), for medical rather than rec-reational uses, two polar-ized opinions tend to ap-pear. One group will always emphasize the dangers of these drugs: They may tell stories about people who had bad trips, or were ar-rested for acting oddly or violently in public. The oth-er group will then comment on how research shows that these drugs have many medi-cal ben-efits and few neg-ative side effects. The first group may think that the second are drugged-out hippies or drug addicts trying to jus-tify their habit. The sec-ond group may think that the first are parroting DARE propaganda without re-searching the true science of these compounds. The truth? As unsatis-fying as it is, it’s hard to say. There are interesting clues as well as contradic-tions. Recent research from London conducted func-tional MRIs on volunteers after they received an in-jection of psilocybin, the functional compound in “magic mushrooms,” and found that there were de-creases in the activity of the parts of the brain that co-ordinate the flow of infor-mation through the brain, which the researchers said induced a state of “uncon-strained cognition.” However, researchers in Switzerland did similar re-search except they had the subjects eat the mush-rooms and wait for effect onset. They had the ex-act opposite result from the team in London; those same areas of the brain were activated in their re-search, rather than reduced as in the London research. Why would the same drug have the complete-ly opposite effect? One of the obvious differences is that the London research-ers injected the psilocybin, which produced an imme-diate but short “trip,” while the team in Switzerland used the much more com-mon method of eating the mushrooms and waiting for the onset of the effects. The two most impor-tant factors in figuring out the effect of a drug is in the dosage and the rate at which the body process-es it. Psilocybin is relative-ly quickly converted by the

body into its active form psilocin, which is what causes the trip. However, even if the absolute dosage of psilocybin is the same for both researchers, eating the mushrooms will cause the compound to be processed by the body much more slowly than injecting the drug. Not only could this change the effect itself, but the methods may also cause different levels of anxiety due both to using a needle and the fact that injecting the drug causes a virtually instant trip, rather than the much more gradual onset of eating the mushrooms. The most commonly-used psychedelic drugs are psilocybin, lysergic acid di-ethylamide (LSD, aka acid) and mescaline. Psilocybin and mescaline occur nat-urally in certain species of mushrooms and cac-ti, respectively, while LSD is a synthetic drug de-rived from the fungus er-got. Though these com-

pounds are produced in very dif-ferent ways, they have similar ef-fects: eu-phoria,

changes in perception and visual and mental halluci-nations. There is a great deal of evidence that there are pos-itive effects of these drugs; for example, psilocybin has been found to decrease symptoms of depression, cluster headaches, obses-sive compulsive disorder and anxiety related to ter-minal cancer. Reports of le-thal doses of psilocybin are very rare and the overall toxicity of the drug is very low. However, people unpre-pared for its effects can ex-perience panic attacks or nausea. Those side effects may sound inconsequential to people who have never experienced a panic attack, but they pose a real danger to those prone to anxiety. I do want everyone to understand that just like any other drug, whether it is legally prescribed, illegal-ly obtained or found in na-ture, there are side effects and consequences. There’s a lot to criticize about the “War on Drugs,” but the le-gal inconsistencies have made the medical effects of these substances difficult to study reliably. The unfortunate fact is that legality is rarely a good indicator of how dangerous it is; alcohol and cigarettes are both legal but cause an astonishingly high number of deaths. Legality is also a poor indicator of strength — possession of psilocy-bin-containing mushrooms is outlawed (with a few ex-ceptions) while the much more intense substance salvia is still legal in most states. The bottom line here is to be careful of what you put in your body, no matter what it is.

AMY STEWART can be reached at science@theaggie.org.

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UC Davis researchers have found a method for using an electronic nose to detect if fruit has fully ripened, which in the future could reduce costs for farmers harvesting crops, as well as give researchers a more ob-jective tool for measuring fruit flavor and maturity. The electronic nose, called zNose, uses a technique called gas chroma-tography to separate and identify the chemical compounds that cause aro-ma in a blended fruit by vaporizing the compounds. Each compound va-porizes at a different time, which al-lows the user to detect which com-pounds are present in the juice. “We use aroma compounds pro-duced by fruits during the ripening process as markers to distinguish between fruits harvested at differ-ent maturity stages.” said Simona Vallone, a graduate student in the department of plant sciences at UC Davis. The researchers tested the zNose’s ability to detect the ripe-ness of melons in a laboratory set-ting as well as in the field. They

found that the technique was able to differentiate between the differ-ent stages of maturity. “The mixture of the aroma com-pounds are separated [by gas chro-matography] so you can look at the composition of the aroma mixture,” Vallone said. “During the fruit ripen-ing process, qualitative and quanti-tative changes in the aroma profile occur and we use that information to evaluate if the fruit is ripe or not.” The biggest difficulty the research-ers faced was not in using the device, but in the vast amount of data they collected. They soon found that the software provided with the zNose was not able to efficiently process all the information, so coauthor Nathan Lloyd had to program a new one. “We’re hoping that [Nathan Lloyd’s software program] is going to help other labs who are interested in using the electronic nose,” said Florence Negre-Zakharov, assistant profes-sor of plant sciences at UC Davis and lead author of the paper. “It avoids a lot of caveats of data analysis that you can fall into if you’re not careful with data interpretation.” Negre-Zakharov said that the re-search is important for farmers try-

ing to efficiently harvest their fruits. “For a tomato, it’s easy to see when it ripens,” said Negre-Zakharov. “For something like a melon, it’s not so easy to see.” Negre-Zakharov also thinks that the technique for using the zNose will also be helpful for researchers in fruit and vegetable breeding programs. “The breeders often rely on visual characteristics, some taste their fruit, but they don’t really have an objective measure of the quality of their fruit,” Negre-Zakharov said. “This technol-ogy could be used as a more objec-tive assessment of flavor quality.” The research was funded in part by the US Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a program seeking to in-crease consumption of fruits and vegetables by improving their qual-ity and safety. The project is a col-laboration between UC Davis, the USDA and the University of Florida. Funding was also provided by the seed technology company Harris-Moran, which grew the melons the researchers used for the research. The zNose was developed by Electronic Sensor Technology, Incorporated from Newbury Park, Calif. Ken Zeiger, a sales and market-ing representative from Electronic Sensor Technology, Inc. says that UC Davis is one of several research insti-tutions that are looking at the zNose for food science applications. “I’ve been working with sever-al people in that area,” Zeiger said. “We’ve been testing everything from melons to onions, and we’re waiting for the results on that. Basically, we have a very sensitive, portable gas chromatograph.” Ultimately, Negre-Zakharov con-siders this technology “pretty cum-bersome, but feasible compared to the machines we use on a regular ba-sis for our research.” She and the other researchers hope that the technology will contin-ue to develop, becoming more por-table and affordable so that fruit and vegetable quality will improve.

AMY STEWART can be reached at science@theaggie.org.

The nose knowsAn electronic nose can detect when fruit is ripe

courtesySimona Vallone prepares a melon to be analyzed for ripeness.

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By Madhurya ManoharThe Daily Free Press (Boston University)

The U.S. may have the capacity to store about a century’s worth of America’s carbon dioxide emissions underground in deep saline aquifers, according to a study published last week by Massachusetts Institute of Technology scientists. The scientists found that using carbon capture and storage, or CCS, is “geologically viable,” according to the study. CCS is a process that in-volves capturing carbon dioxide emissions at such sources as pow-er plants and compressing and in-jecting them into reservoirs for long-term storage. The nation produces about six gigatons of carbon dioxide per year, the equivalent of about twenty mil-lion barrels of oil per day, said Ruben Juanes, the researcher who led the study and a professor of energy stud-ies in the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.

Researchers found deep saline aquifers – geological formations sit-uated deeper than one kilometer un-derground that hold saline fluids in their pores – presented feasible stor-age conditions for these emissions. Deep saline aquifers could hold up to 20,000 billion metric tons, accord-ing to the study, and CCS could hold deposits of carbon dioxide for up to 20,000 years, he said. The nation’s carbon dioxide emis-sion rates have hovered at about 5.5 billion metric tons per year since the late 1990s, according to United Nations data. “Human emissions have been in-creasing in a sustained fashion ever since the advent of the industrial rev-olution,” Juanes said. The study sought to determine the best methods for injecting liquefied carbon dioxide to increase the max-imum capacity of the aquifers, ana-lyzing such factors as injection rates and pressures. It determined the op-timal conditions for employing CCS.

The study also faced constraints such as “uncertainty in geologic stor-age capacities and sustainable injec-tion rates.” It attributed the first issue to differ-ent procedures of calculating large-scale capacity. Injection rates of car-bon dioxide also caused problems due to an accumulation of pressure. In order to estimate the storage ca-pacity for the U.S., researchers trans-posed data related to the behavior of fluid carbon dioxide and constraints on injection rates onto a model that applied the nation’s known deep sa-line aquifers, according to the study. The aquifers are distributed throughout the country, but clus-ters of them center in such areas as the Southeast, including Alabama, Georgia and South Carolina, and the area bordering Lake Michigan – Illinois, Indiana and Michigan. Storage technology similar to CSS has already been implemented in a number of places, Juanes said, in Norway and Algeria.

U.S. can store 100 years’ worth of carbon dioxide underground,

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After an impressive home stand against conference opponent UC Riverside, the 12-22 Aggies proved that they are a real threat in the Big West Conference. UC Davis won the bookends of the three-game series against the now 18-17 Highlanders who came into Davis with a five-game win streak. Freshman pitcher Justine Vela was fan-tastic over the weekend with 20 strike-outs and only two earned runs allowed in the Aggies' two wins. Although UC Davis was shutout in the second game, the Aggies furiously responded in the rubber match, win-ning 9-1 in the shortened five-inning game. The experience from junior Megan Guzman and seniors Kelly Harman and Rachel Miller proved vi-tal as they combined to tally 13 of the team's 18 hits in the series.

The series win gave UC Davis a 2-1 Big West Conference record to start the league campaign.

Sunday — UC Davis 3, UC Riverside 1Vela dominated from the start with four straight strikeouts and would not allow a Highlander hit until the sixth inning in the series opener. The Aggie offense also provided quick run support with freshman Cassandra Ginnis scoring one of her two runs on the day off of a Miller sacrifice fly in the first inning. Although UC Davis was held to three hits on the day, patience at the plate paid off with the Aggie offense combin-ing for seven walks.

Sunday — UC Riverside 8, UC Davis 0The Aggies struggled in all aspects of the second game as the offense man-aged just four hits. UC Riverside scored four runs over the first four innings to jump out to a 4-0 lead. Three Aggie errors in the sixth in-ning errors allowed the Highlanders to

stretch their lead to 8-0. UC Riverside was also able to hold off multiple Aggie rally attempts in the fourth and sixth innings to put away the game.

Monday — UC Davis 9, UC Riverside 1UC Davis wasted no time in the rubber match of the series as Miller, Guzman, and senior Kylie Fan all drove in runs in the opening inning to give the Aggies a commanding 6-0 lead. The offense would add three more runs by the fourth inning thanks to an RBI double by Miller and an RBI triple by freshman Amy Nunez. As overpowering as the Aggie offense was, Vela was just as good with six strike-outs and only one earned run on the day as the combined team effort allowed UC Davis to win in only five innings. "The team really came together in these games," said Ginnis, "and it showed." The Aggies return to action on Friday in an away series against Cal State Northridge.

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

Aggies respond at homeUC Davis wins first conference series against UC Riverside

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Senior Rachel Miller drove in a run to help UC Davis open a 6-0 first-inning lead in its win over UC Riverside on Monday.

Teams: UC Davis vs. Cal State NorthridgeRecords: Aggies 6-10 (2-2), Matadors 9-6 (2-3)Where: Marya Welch Tennis Center, DavisWhen: Wednesday at 2 p.m.Who to watch: Coach Bill Maze has cit-ed singles play as the strength of the Aggies’ w o m -en’s tennis team, and sophomore Kelly Chui has been a s t r o n g h o l d in the third singles slot. Chui has grabbed wins in six of her last sev-en matches and also is part of UC Davis’s No. 1 doubles pairing.Did you know? The doubles point is turn-ing out to be a tipping point for UC Davis. The Aggies have won the doubles point only four times this year, and they have emerged victorious each of those times. Yet, the Aggies have lost four matches by scores of 4-3, and in all of those, they won half of the six singles matches but dropped the doubles point. “We could have won a couple extra match-es if we’d won the doubles point,” Maze said. “I think we’ll get it together before the [Big West] Conference tournament.”Preview: UC Davis played two matches in Hawaii over spring break in preparation for the difficult sched-

ule ahead. The Aggies will con-tinue Big West com-petition today in a matchup with Cal State Northridge. “We have a hectic schedule in the begin-ning of the quarter, but I think we’re ready,” Maze said.

Despite the Matadors’ 2-2 league record, they, like the Aggies, are a very danger-ous team. CSU N o r t h r i d g e d o w n e d a tough UC Santa Barbara team in January, though the match did not

affect their conference standing. The Gauchos have since beaten both the Aggies and the Matadors in close matches. CSU Northridge is coming off a 5-2 de-feat to 67th-ranked UC Irvine, anoth-er Big West rival. The Matadors’ very strong doubles lineup will provide a challenge for UC Davis, who will find no easy matches on Wednesday. The Aggies will look to begin their push as they progress later in the sea-son, vying for a top spot in the conference. “It’s a big match for us because it will af-fect our seeding in the [Big West] tourna-ment,” Maze said. “We get to play them at home, the team’s look-ing forward to it and I think we have a great shot.”

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quarter and I wanted to look cute!

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By Jannee SullivanThe Arkansas Traveler (University of Arkansas)

The popular on-demand, media stream-ing company Netflix was reportedly in talks with cable providers about a partnership that would allow people to stream Netflix movies by adding Netflix to their monthly cable bill. The partnership could be tested in about a year, according to Reuters. The move comes as a step up in the com-petition with HBO, the award-winning pre-mium cable TV station. With nearly one-third of Netflix users considering canceling their service, accord-ing to a survey by Magid and Associates, a cable partnership could allow Netflix to in-crease their client base and retain subscrib-

ers by making it easier to access Netflix. Many cable companies, including Comcast, have knocked the deal. Comcast recently launched its own on-line streaming service, “Streampix,” in-stead of offering Netflix to customers. Netflix officials still have not relented. “It’s not in the short term, but it’s in the natural direction for us in the long term,” said Reed Hastings, CEO of Netflix, speak-ing at an investor conference last week. “Many [cable service providers] would like to have a competitor to HBO, and they would bid us off of HBO.” Some students have mixed feelings about the possible deal. “I think [Netflix is] fine just the way it is,” said Nikki Baynes, U. Arkansas fresh-

man child development major. “I don’t even have cable at my apartment, I just use Netflix on my computer.” If she wants to use a TV, she can access Netflix through a Playstation or other device. Derek Jones, UA sophomore mechanical engineering major, agreed that the service is fine the way it is for him, but said offer-ing Netflix through cable could greatly in-crease the number of users. “I usually use it on my computer or through the Wii on my TV,” he said. “That’s fine for me, but I can see that it would be really convenient not to have to hook up through a device that gets Internet.” Some students said the partnership is a good idea, though it may not be useful to everyone.

“I’m sure a lot of people would bene-fit and it would broaden their customer base,” Baynes said, “but I don’t even watch cable anymore because I have Netflix.” Cable companies have seen an increas-ing number of people “cord-cutting,” or cutting their expensive cable services in fa-vor of Netflix’s $7.99 service, according to Reuters. In a further effort to remain competitive, despite price hikes and fleeing subscrib-ers, Netflix has begun to produce original content. Netflix plans to have five original series available for streaming by 2013, ac-cording to Bloomberg. A cable deal could also help protect Netflix from changing data fees by internet providers.

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By Betsy SwanbackOregon Daily Emerald (University of Oregon)

Sleep more, improve recollection. A new study from U. Notre Dame reached this conclusion after finding that going to sleep shortly after learning new informa-tion is most valuable for recalling the information in the future. Jessica Payne, a Notre Dame psychologist who spe-cializes in sleep studies, studied 207 subjects who regu-larly slept at least six hours per night. The study was fo-cused on how much information a subject remembers after learning it directly before sleeping. Participants studied either related or unrelated word pairs in the morning or evening, at 9 a.m. or 9 p.m., and would be tested on their ability to remember the word pairings 30 minutes, 12 hours or 24 hours later. Some of the word pairs were semantically related and some pairs were completely unrelated. This studied declarative memory, which is a person’s ability to remember facts and specific knowledge. “Following a 12-hour retention interval containing a night of sleep or a day of wakefulness, overall recall was superior in subjects who slept,” the study stated. These findings were similar at the 24-hour retest. At this point all of the subjects had received a full night’s rest, but researchers found that subjects who went to sleep shortly after learning the words remembered bet-ter than subjects who did not. “Our study confirms that sleeping directly after learn-ing something new is beneficial for memory,” Payne told Science Daily. “What’s novel about this study is that we tried to shine light on sleep’s influence on both types of declarative memory by studying semantically unrelated and related word pairs.” Jude Kehoe, a nurse at U. Oregon’s Health Center, stressed the importance of sleep for students. She dis-couraged irregular sleep patterns for studying because the body does not learn as efficiently with irregular sleep. The body can also only make up two hours of sleep, she said. “Our brain does all of this filing when you are asleep and the REM sleep helps students learn better,” Kehoe said. “If students would study during the day and then sleep eight hours, they would remember the informa-tion much better. When you don’t have sleep, it causes a stress reaction to go off in your body, with negative cas-cading effects.” Payne encouraged studying directly before sleeping for the greatest recall in the morning. “Since we found that sleeping soon after learning ben-efited both types of memory, this means that it would be a good thing to rehearse any information you need to re-member just prior to going to bed,” Payne told Science Daily. “In some sense, you may be ‘telling’ the sleeping brain what to consolidate.”

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By Alexis GordonThe Daily Free Press (Boston University)

Americans identify themselves as the worst tourists, with about 39 percent admitting they stole something from hotels and 66 percent reporting they check their email and cell phone while on vacation, according to a re-cent LivingSocial survey. The survey, which looked behind the “ugly American” myth, debunked the rumor that only 15 percent of Americans have passports, said Dave Madden, LivingSocial Escapes, North America general manager, in a press release. About 78 percent of Americans have visited at least one foreign country, according to the survey. “Americans turn out to be pretty active globetrot-ters, with the average person having visited at least four countries,” Madden said in the release. “Unfortunately, Americans have pretty low opinions of themselves as trav-elers, so it’s time to turn on that Yankee charm and im-prove our global image.” The survey also found Americans have about 16 vaca-tion days, fewer than other countries such as the United Kingdom and Canada, which have more than 20 vacation days. Out of these vacation days, Americans spend about four days outside of the country. Shimshon Erenfeld, owner of BLER Travel in Brookline, Mass. said the LivingSocial Survey was misleading. “I know that it is a debatable fact how many have a pass-port when I researched it; I have seen numbers from 20 percent to 50 percent, and it varies by state or even neigh-borhood,” Erenfeld said in an email. “It grew lately due [to] requirement to have one for Canada travel.” LivingSocial conducted its survey online with 4,000 Americans in the top 20 media markets and 1,600 others from Australia, Canada, the Republic of Ireland and the United Kingdom. Erenfeld said he has heard few complaints about Americans being bad tourists as far as causing damage and stealing is concerned. The bigger problem, he said, is that Americans do not travel enough compared to the country’s size, as well as its social and financial being. In Erenfeld’s 20 years of working in the travel industry, he said he has noticed the American citizens who do the most traveling and use his company’s services are first-generation immigrants.

Erenfeld also said in foreign countries, young people af-ter high school usually take about a year and a half to ex-plore Africa, South America, Australia and other regions. In the U.S., not as many young people do this and opt for a semester abroad in college, he said. Some American students studying abroad at the Instituto Internacional in Madrid said Americans get a bad rap be-cause they are just being “American.” “I don’t think Americans know how to act in their own country, so why would they go to another country where they would know how to act?” said Michelle Almeida, a ju-nior at Williams College. “There is something about being American that makes you sort of automatically [proud.] I think that when Americans go abroad they feel arrogant for being American.” James Kelly, a junior at Boston U. who is also study-ing abroad in Madrid, said Americans should try to learn more languages to make traveling more enjoyable. “If you really don’t have any idea of where you want to travel some good starting points would be Spanish, Arabic or Chinese,” Kelly said. Twenty percent of the 281 million participants in a 2007 American Community Survey reported speaking a lan-guage other than English at home, and many of them re-ported speaking English “very well.” But a European Commission survey shows 56 percent of Europeans from 14 different countries reported speaking more than one language. Elena A’lvarez Diaz, a receptionist at the No Name City Hostel in Madrid, said American tourists do make an ef-fort to speak Spanish to her. “I am really surprised that most of them try to speak Spanish, most of them are able to speak Spanish,” Diaz said. “It is really nice when they arrive in your country and they try to speak your language. So to me, I don’t have any problem with them. They are really nice.” The No Name City Hostel hosts between 10 and 20 American tourists per week, depending on whether or not there is a major holiday, Diaz said. The majority of Americans who do come to the hostel are students study-ing abroad and come to Madrid on vacation for about a week, she said. “To me it is nice just to say a few words in Spanish,” Diaz said. “I think in every country it happens the same. You be-come closer to the people and the foreign country when you try to speak the language.”

American tourists considered among worst in world