serving the uc davis campus and community since 1915 volume 128, number 20 www.theaggie.org tuesday, february 3, 2009 Former UCD police officer ASUCD Senate elections kick off didates also submit candidate Election to be held statements and information Feb. 11: on their platform issues. The Senate Candidates’ Debate alleges discrimination Feb. 18 and 19 Co-Sponsored by ASUCD Elections Committee The California Aggie provides each with 500 copies Location: Coffee House or By ANDRE LEE of platform fliers, and arranges MU Patio at noon Files $3 million lawsuit against regents, police chief Aggie News Writer for 30-second commercials on AGTV as well as KDVS Radio to Senate Candidates Dorm Forum By ALYSOUN BONDE Chang alleged that after the department dis- Barack Obama may already air the week of elections. Thompson Lounge, Aggie Campus Editor covered his sexual orientation, his supervisor be president, but in less than Each candidate will be held to Segundo North at 7 p.m. referred to him as “fucking fag” — a claim that three weeks, UC Davis students a $250 spending limit, must dis- Feb. 12: Former UC Davis Police officer Calvin was confirmed by two other officers present at have another important vote to close all donations and provide Pres/VP Ticket Debate and Chang filed a lawsuit yesterday against the the time, Chang said. That supervisor was lat- cast. the Elections Committee with Ballot Measures University of California Regents and UC Davis er promoted to internal affairs. ASUCD elections will take receipts for all expenditures. Coffee House or MU Patio at noon Police Chief Annette Spicuzza alleg- Immediately after his reinstate- place beginning at 8 a.m. on Students will select candi- ing racial and sexual orientation ment, Chang claims he was the vic- Feb. 18 and 19 online and at the dates through a choice-voting Feb. 17 discrimination, retaliation, fraud tim of further harassment and dis- Executive Ticket Dorm forum Memorial Union. Students will system in which voters rank Tercero Main Lounge at 7 p.m. and breach of contract. He is seek- crimination. vote to replace half of the sen- candidates in order of prefer- ing $3 million in damages. “Internal Affairs launched an in- ate’s twelve members whose ence. If a student’s first choice Feb 18 Chang, an openly gay Asian vestigation against me my first day terms expire winter quarter, as candidate wins with votes to Polls open at 8 a.m. American, alleges he was subjected back on the job in 2003 alleging I was well as for the ASUCD president spare or fails to meet a mini- to harassment including homopho- insubordinate for talking about my and vice president. In addition, mum vote threshold, that stu- Feb 20 bic slurs, a death threat and retali- discrimination complaint,” Chang students will approve or de- dent’s vote goes toward their Polls close at 8 a.m. ation by his superiors after filing said. feat three ballot measures: The next choice candidate. complaints. Calvin Chang Chang also received a handwrit- Green Initiative Fund (TGIF) dates Joseph Chatham and Chang, a UC Davis alumnus from former UCD officer ten death threat after returning to and two constitutional amend- A competitive season Chris Dietrich will compete 1992, has a long history of difficul- work. Police Chief Annette Spicuzza ment measures. The L.E.A.D. slate—the old- against L.E.A.D candidates ties with the UCDPD. First hired in said she “could not identify” which est remaining student slate—is Rebecca Schwartz and Lula 2002, Chang was terminated during his pro- officer wrote the note and in response to The Basics fielding six senate candidates Ahmed-Falol. All executive bationary period in 2003 and termed a “high complaints of discrimination, Chang alleges Sixteen senate candidates and an executive ticket. Two ticket candidates are current or risk” officer for his involvement in three traf- she asked him “Why don’t you leave?,” ac- and two candidates each for newly formed slates, ACT and former senators. fic accidents at the UC Davis Medical Center cording to a press release sent out by Chang’s ASUCD president and vice HEAD, will field three and two Dietrich, a former member in Sacramento. attorney. president have submitted pe- candidates, respectively, while of the now-defunct GO slate, However, Sacramento police records show Chang filed a civil suit against the UC re- titions by last week’s dead- an additional five senate candi- said he is running as an inde- only two accidents, both of which were de- gents in 2005 for discrimination and harass- line with the required 125 val- dates will run as independents. pendent because of the slate termined not to be Chang’s fault. After Chang ment. In April 2008, he agreed to leave the id signatures, bringing the total The current Senate is com- system’s failure to represent all filed a complaint with Vice Chancellor of department as part of a $240,000 settlement number of senate candidates posed of ten L.E.A.D. and two students. Administration Stan Nosek for discrimina- in which the university promised to stop all to twenty for the winter quar- independent senators. “Over my time in ASUCD, I tion, UCDPD reinstated him in Nov. 2003, cit- ter election cycle. Independent presidential ing “some confusion” on the matter. See POLICE, page 5 In addition to petitions, can- and vice presidential candi- See ELECTION, page 5 Global warming Local journalists discuss reporting will continue for in Latin America a millennium, Brown bag lunch taps local resource for international perspective By ELYSSA THOME Columbia and Venezuela, humble origins selling trinkets nalism in Latin America than Aggie News Writer as well as journalism itself. to tourists near ancient ruins. the region itself. Sandoval said they enjoyed a “These are dream jobs for “Ten years ago this would study says Susan Ferriss and Ricardo full spectrum of experiences, reporters because you are on have been more on Mexico per Sandoval usually ask the ques- from talking to townspeople to your own and it’s pure journal- se,” Walker said. “Today it was tions. This time UC Davis stu- hosting diplomats. ism,” Ferriss said. “You go out more on journalism.” dents, staff and faculty inter- “It’s important to do that to and get the stories.” Ferriss and Sandoval cur- Experts say limiting emissions viewed them. get that added perspective,” As Ferriss and Sandoval de- rently live in Davis, making As foreign correspondents Sandoval said. scribed the for an easy commute. Walker today is still important in Latin America, the married “The main interesting said the university community journalists have interviewed thing that real- We hope to spark interest in and exciting should take advantage of the By ELYSSA THOME for a long time. powerful people including ly sold the ex- Latin America and link people places they’ve valuable resources in the city Aggie News Writer “The climate system chang- Vicente Fox and Hugo Chavez. perience for lived and cov- of Davis. es relatively slowly compared They spent decades living and me though, “ who are interested ered, they also In addition to writing for the The fight against glob- to the average human life working in Latin America and that made it talked about Bee, Sandoval and Ferriss also now work for The Sacramento life changing, Chuck Walker the state of recently co-authored the book, al warming will not be brief. span,” Spero said. “It’s like a HIA Director While scientists weren’t ex- big chugging engine.” Bee. was that we print jour- The Fight in the Fields: Cesar Ferriss and Sandoval were got to go out ” nalism now. Chavez and the Farmworker’s pecting Earth to reenter equi- He said a big engine pushed librium tomorrow, new re- onto another track will stay on campus for the most recent and talk to a lot Ferriss recit- Movement. Ferriss covers im- search shows the ecosystem on that new track for a long brown bag lunch presented by of average people.” ed a long list of positions for migration and Sandoval is will not cool for another 1,000 time. the Hemispheric Institute on Sandoval and Ferris both foreign correspondents that an assistant editor at The years. Because emissions aren’t the Americas. HIA brings in said being a part of the com- have disappeared. Sacramento Bee. A report published in going anywhere, it is espe- speakers from various fields munity and spending time in “There are still reporters ob- HIA’s next brown bag lunch last week’s cially impor- to discuss Latin America in its the country they were covering viously covering the region, but will be Feb. 11. Jesus de Loera, Proceedings tant to limit lunchtime meetings. helped them to find interest- what we consider professional a professor of mathematics at of the National The less we put in, the less the impact we “We hope to spark interest ing stories editors back in the journalists, there are fewer and UC Davis, will talk on the topic Academy of have. Spero in Latin America and link peo- states wouldn’t know about. fewer,” she said. “The vast ma- “Practicing Math and Science Sciences ex- irreversible change we will be said the po- ple who are interested,” said They discussed stories about jority of those jobs are gone.” in Latin America.” amines car- “ locking into tential levels Chuck Walker, director of HIA. the funeral of a U.S. Marine When the couple opened bon diox- m e n t i o n e d The couple discussed in Mexico and a man who be- the floor to questions, the au- ELYSSA THOME can be reached at campus@ ide emissions Susan Solomon in the re- their experiences in Mexico, came an archeologist despite dience asked more about jour- theaggie.org.