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Alright.

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He's looking.

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Oh, that's it!

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- A bird. A bird, yeah.

- Filming is over.

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Hey, Aggies!

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It’s Chancellor May and LeShelle and Pato, and it’s time for Thursday Thoughts!

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Today, we are at the Bell Acqua private lake

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in Rio Linda, where our Waterski Club at UC Davis trains.

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- With Pato but he’s distracted now.

- Yeah.

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Since 1976,

the Waterski Club has been a way

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- for our Aggies to engage in a fun and challenging physical activity.

- Sit.

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They compete in the Western Region for the National Collegiate Waterski Association

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and host “Free Lake Day” for students to try out the sport before joining.

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At Bell Acqua, a man-made

lake specifically for the sport,

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- they will host a tournament—

- Bye, bye!

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- Be back!

- Bye LeShelle and Pato.

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They will host a tournament on May 4th through the 5th, from

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8 am to sundown, wherever everyone is welcome to attend.

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For more information about the Waterski Club and Bell Acqua,

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check out their Instagram @ucdwaterski!

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Now onto your questions.

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Pato was clearly distracted.

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All right. Let's go to the questions.

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I’ll start.

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What advice

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would you give students

about taking on new challenges

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and stepping outside of their comfort zones?

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Like standing on a pier

by a man-made lake.

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And not falling in.

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Not falling in. Hopefully.

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What advice would you give to students?

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Students about new challenges?

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Oh, yeah.

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Well, my opinion is

life is about new challenges.

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You know, you could get bored.

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So, doing something new is apropos.

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I just think everybody should be doing something new.

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Yeah.

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So, don't be afraid to take risks.

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That's how you learn somehow.

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And, I think you should try to get some information

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about what you're going to try beforehand.

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But, or maybe you have a friend

or somebody to go with you.

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But go for it.

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That's the only way

you can have experiences.

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- As long as it's safe.

- Should be safe.

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Step outside your comfort zone.

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But it should be a safe comfort zone.

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I mean, you know, some people try things I wouldn't try.

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But, you know.

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What wouldn't you try?

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What is it?

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- Jumping out of a plane.

- You’re afraid of heights.

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- You know, something like that.

- Skydiving. You wouldn’t do that.

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That's right.

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- All right.

- None of that.

- All right. Your turn.

- Okay.

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How does joining a sport in college

help your future career?

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So, I didn't play a sport in college.

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But I will say this.

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Sports are a good way

to face challenges, learn

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about adversity, get some camaraderie if you're in a team sport.

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Push yourself to your limits

physically, mentally, emotionally

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and it's just a great way,

I find, to build character.

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And for the people that are observing the sports, the fans, it's a great way

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to build community,

to cheer for your team.

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All those sorts of things.

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You play tennis?

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Yeah, but I didn't play in college.

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But I do think, some of the best

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time management students are the athletes, because they have to balance practice

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and competing with academics

and professors and coordinating.

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So, sometimes I just find they’re

very good with time management.

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They have to be.

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Yeah.

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So, we're both sports fans.

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Yeah, we're sports fans.

But I didn't play a sport.

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- I just wasn't good enough.

- Yeah. Yeah.

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- But if we had something like water ski, you know that—

- Have you ever done it?

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- I've done waterskiing. Yeah.

- I've never waterski.

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- I mean, this is fun to do.

- Yeah.

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Yeah.

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I'm pretty good at sinking,

not at swimming.

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So, I know how to swim,

but I sink pretty effectively.

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I don't know what it takes to be

on the waterski team, but.

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Balance.

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I’m guessing.

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- All right.

- All right, my turn.

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I saw you on Saturday.

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What was your favorite part

about Aggie Day?

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I don't know.

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What was yours?

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- Well, I had four events on Aggie day.

- We did.

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So, we got to see a lot of students

and parents and guardians

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and people’s families.

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And, my favorite part is just how excited everybody is

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about potentially coming to UC Davis, getting a tour of the campus,

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learning about the various resources and things that are available.

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And I guess my favorite, favorite part is when we got the students to SIR,

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sign their Statement of Intent to Register,

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which means they actually are coming to UC Davis in the fall.

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So, we did that at our house

for a few students.

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You know, I just realized what SIR meant.

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You’re welcome.

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- SIR. SIR. SIR.

- We've been doing this for a few years. ladies and gentlemen.

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There's so many acronyms at UC Davis that means—

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By the way, UC stands for University of California.

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How often do you doodle?

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Probably not.

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I would answer for him, not.

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I answer doodle polls.

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Oh, that's a good one.

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I don’t really doodle.

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Yeah, I guess they mean not a doodle poll.

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I think they mean drawing. Yeah.

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I used to draw a lot when I was younger.

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Action figures, Batman?

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I used to draw comic characters

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I would guess that.

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And other things, but yeah.

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I don't doodle at all.

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Yeah. No, no doodling. All right.

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I think that was our last question

for this week.

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So, until we see you next time, Aggies.

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Stay healthy, stay safe. Go Ags!