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Blagojevich indicted on federal corruption charges Mike Robinson associated press
CHICAGO (AP) — Ousted Gov. Rod Blagojevich was indicted Thursday on charges of trying to auction off President Barack Obama’s vacant U.S. Senate seat along with new corruption allegations that he tried to extort a congressman. A sweeping 19-count federal indictment alleges that
Blagojevich discussed with aides the possibility of getting a Cabinet post in the new president’s administration, substantial fundraising assistance or a high-paying job in exchange for the Senate seat. Obama’s deputy press secretary, Josh Earnest, said the White House would not comment. The indictment does not allege see Indictment, page 2
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Technicians from Northrop Grumman start the unmanned helicopter the company donated to Cal Poly. Rachel Glas mustang daily
Though it never left the ground, a helicopter donated by the engineering firm Northrop Grumman caused a bit of a spectacle on campus yesterday.
About 100 engineering students and faculty came to the engineering plaza to see the unveiling of the $200,000 piece of equipment. The helicopter is currently unmanned, or remotesee Chopper, page 2
nam y. huh associated press Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich talks to the media outside of his home after arriving home from Springfield, Ill. in this file photo.
Congress votes on budget alternatives Andrew Taylor associated press
WASHINGTON (AP) — The Democratic-controlled House approved a budget
blueprint drawn to President Barack Obama’s specifications Thursday and the Senate hastened to follow suit after administration allies rejected alternatives from liberals and conservatives alike.
j. scott applewhite associated press House and Senate Republicans gather on the House steps on Capitol Hill in Washington, D.C. Wednesday to draw attention to their opposition of President Obama’s budget.
The vote in the House was 233-196, largely along party lines, for a $3.6 trillion plan that includes a deficit of $1.2 trillion. The country wants “real change, and we have come here to make a difference,” House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., said as both chambers worked on plans to boost spending on domestic programs, raise taxes on the wealthy in two years’ time and clear the way for action later in the year on Obama’s priority items of health care, energy and education. Republicans in both houses accused Democrats of drafting plans that would hurt the recession-ravaged economy in the long run, rather than help it, and saddle future generations with too much debt. “The administration’s budget simply taxes too much, spends too much and borrows too much at a moment when we can least afford it,” said the Senate Republican leader, Mitch McConnell of Kentucky. Despite the rhetoric, there was no suspense as lawmakers engaged in an annual budget ritual destined to end in approval of the blueprints drafted by Obama’s supporters and supported by the White House. In the House, that meant voting first on doomed alternatives drafted by progressives, the Congressional Black Caucus, Republicans and
a splinter group of conservatives. In the Senate, it meant a day of sifting through nonbinding proposals often meant to score political points. The House plan called for spending $3.6 trillion in the budget year that begins Oct. 1, according to the Congressional Budget Office, compared with $3.5 trillion for the Senate version and $3.6 trillion for Obama’s original plan. The House plan envisioned a deficit of $1.2 trillion for 2010, falling to a projected $598 billion after five years. The comparable Senate estimates were $1.2 trillion in 2010 and $508 billion in 2014. Obama’s budget would leave a deficit of $749 billion in five years’ time, according to congressional estimates — too high for his Democratic allies. To reduce the red ink, Democrats reduced Obama’s proposed spending, ignored his call for another $250 billion in bailout money for the financial industry and assumed that his signature tax cuts of $400 for individuals and $800 for couples would expire in 2011. The day’s events capped a busy three months for the Democratic-controlled Congress that took office in January. Moving with unusual speed, lawmakers see Budget, page 2
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any wrongdoing by Obama or his associates. Prosecutors also accused Blagojevich and members of his inner circle of scheming to line their pockets with millions of dollars in ill-gotten gains, squeezing contractors, hospital owners and others seeking state business for kickbacks they planned to split after the governor left office. “I’m saddened and hurt but I am not surprised by the indictment. I am innocent,” Blagojevich said in a statement. “I now will fight in the courts to clear my name. I would ask the good people of Illinois to wait for the trial and afford me the presumption of innocence that they would give to all their friends and neighbors.” His brother, two former aides, a former fundraiser and a lobbyist were also indicted. Blagojevich’s wife, Patti, was not indicted. The indictment alleges Blagojevich told an aide he wanted to stall a $2 million state grant to a school that was championed by a congressman until the lawmaker’s brother held a political fundraiser for the governor. The congressman’s identity wasn’t released. It also says Blagojevich was involved in a corrupt scheme to get a massive kickback in exchange for the refinancing of billions of dollars in state pension funds. Convicted fixer Tony Rezko paid Blagojevich’s wife, Patti, a $14,396 real estate commission “even though she had done no work” to earn it and later hired her at a salary of $12,000 a month plus another $40,000 fee, the indictment said. And, according to the indictment, Blagojevich told an aide he didn’t want executives with two
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financial institutions getting further state business after he concluded they were not helping his wife get a high-paying job. Others charged were former chief of staff Alonzo Monk; another former chief of staff, John Harris; brother Robert Blagojevich; onetime chief fundraiser Christopher G. Kelly; and Springfield lobbyist-millionaire William F. Cellini. Prosecutors said Harris has agreed to cooperate. Blagojevich was indicted on charges of racketeering conspiracy, wire fraud, extortion conspiracy and attempted extortion, and making false statements. Most of those charges carry a maximum sentence of 20 years in prison and a $250,000 fine. Blagojevich, 52, was arrested Dec. 9 on a criminal complaint and U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald had faced a Tuesday deadline supplant it with an indictment handed up by a federal grand jury. The Democrat’s arrest led to his political downfall: The Illinois House impeached him Jan. 9. The Senate convicted him and removed him from office Jan. 29. Blagojevich’s administration has been under federal investigation for years and Kelly and Rezko already have been convicted of federal crimes and are awaiting sentencing. Thursday’s indictment said that in 2003 — the former governor’s first year in office — Blagojevich, Monk, Kelly and Rezko agreed to direct big-money state business involved in refinancing billions of dollars in pension bonds as part of a deal with a lobbyist who promised a massive kickback in return. The lobbyist wasn’t identified. Rezko raised more than $1 million in campaign contributions for Blagojevich and also was a major Obama fundraiser.
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Former Illinois Gov. Rod Blagojevich leaves his house through an alley entrance in a December 2008 file photo. A federal grand jury handed down a 19-count indictment against Blagojevich on Thursday, on charges he engaged in a “wide-ranging scheme to deprive the people of Illinois of honest government.” The 19-count indictment against Blagojevich, his brother, two former aides and two businessmen, accuses Blagojevich of corruption involving billions of dollars in state pension bonds
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operated, but it has the capability to be autonomous, which means it could function independently on missions, according to Poly aerospace engineering professor Rob McDonald. He said he hopes numerous engineering disciplines will take part in the project including aerospace, mechanical and electrical and computer science as part of senior and master’s projects. Computer and electrical engineering professor Lynne Slivovsky wants to enable the helicopter to perform search and rescue missions in the mountains for lost hikers using video telepresence or virtual reality software. The helicopter was originally used as a test helicopter. “We used it in risk reduction, to fly different payloads as a test bed for the Fire Scout,” said Northrop Grumman engineering technician Victor Siebold. The MQ-8 Fire Scout is an unmanned autonomous helicopter
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have enacted a $787 billion economic stimulus measure, cleared the way for release of $350 billion in financial industry bailout funds, approved an expansion of children’s health care and sent Obama legislation setting aside more than 2 million acres in nine states as protected wilderness. While they represented victories for the administration, the budgets merely cleared the way for work later in the year on key presidential priorities — expansion and overhaul of the nation’s health care system, creation of a new energy policy and sweeping changes in education. Major battles lie ahead, particularly over health care and energy. And while Obama made a series of specific proposals to fund his initiatives, congressional budget-writers avoided taking a position on his recommended curtailing of Medicare spending, for example, or imposing hundreds of billions of dollars in new costs on the nation’s polluters. The budget plans do not require Obama’s signature, but the House and Senate will have to reconcile the two versions before they can move onto the next phase of Obama’s agenda. “We are not that far apart,” said Rep. John Spratt, the South Carolina Democrat who chairs the House Budget Committee. One difference, seemingly arcane, involved the ground rules to cover work later in the year on health care. The House budget provides for a “fast-track” procedure that would bar Senate Republicans from attempting to filibuster the legislation Obama wants to remake the nation’s health care system. Republicans have warned that the prospects for bipartisanship will all but vanish if majority Democrats attempt to muzzle them. In a long day of debate in the House, Democratic liberals and Republican conservatives took turns Thursday presenting lost-cause alternatives that reflected varying priorities. The Progressive Caucus advanced a plan to spend hundreds of billions more on domestic programs than Obama, while cutting back on his defense budget. It failed, 348-84. Next came a proposal from the
Friday, April 3, 2009 developed by Northrup Grumman and currently used by the U.S. armed forces. By donating this helicopter, one of three donated to California universities, Northrup Grumman continues its relationship with Cal Poly, which includes serving on the Engineering Advisory board and providing grants and scholarships for research and hiring many Poly alumni. When asked why Northrop Grumman recruits Cal Poly students, Vice President of Engineering Logistics and Technology for its Air Combat Systems business area Frank Flores said it comes down to the campus philosophy. “San Luis Obispo students come ready to work,” he said. “They’ve had so much hands-on experience already and are really well-prepared right out of school.” Though plans to turn the helicopter autonomous are in the works, Flores said the possibilities to develop this helicopter are “only limited by imagination and possibly the courage of the engineers.”
conservative Republican Study Conference that would have cut Obama’s domestic spending proposals, and reduced taxes. It was defeated, 322-111. The Congressional Black Caucus proposed immediately repealing Bush-era tax cuts for wealthy taxpayers, while adding a new tax on couples making over $1 million. It called for greater spending on domestic programs,including education, transportation and job training. It fell, 318-113. House Republicans presented a comprehensive alternative, including a provision to eliminate the current traditional Medicare program as an option for anyone currently under 55. Upon turning 65, their Medicare coverage would come only from plans operated by private insurance companies. Their costs would be paid at least in part with government funds. Supporters said the change would prevent Medicare from going broke. The Republican budget was rejected 293-137. More than three dozen members of the GOP rank and file voted against it, and several officials said the internal opposition stemmed in large measure from controversy surrounding the Medicare proposal. The GOP budget would have cut deeply into Obama’s recommended spending levels for domestic programs such as education, parks and transportation, while cutting a variety of taxes and making sure that Bush-era tax cuts on the wealthy remained in existence. Republicans said their alternative would have spent $4.8 trillion less than Obama’s budget over 10 years, with significantly lower deficits. Senate Republicans decided not to produce a comprehensive alternative budget, although Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., and others advanced one that would have retained Bushera tax cuts, spent more on defense, and curbed spending on Medicare and other programs. It failed, 60-38, on a near-party line vote. Republicans also worked to limit Democratic options later in the year. They put the Senate on record against using fast-track rules to implement Obama’s energy policy, which they said would impose a new energy tax of hundreds of millions of dollars.
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Drugs, originality, fear and politics were just a few of the topics covered by Slam Poet Ike Torres when he came to Cal Poly Wednesday night. Torres, a two-time member of the Sacramento Slam Team and the champion of the Sacramento Grand Slam in 2006, entertained students at the Chumash Auditorium during Another Type of Groove. “They’re lending me their ears and their thought processes,” Torres said. “I love being able to speak in front of a group that’s trying to do something with their lives and change the world.” While discussing hot-button issues, Torres wasn’t afraid to voice his opinion and wished others to do the same. “I wish people would have come up to me and called me out,” he said. “I think that’s what we need, that communication. We need to appreciate being able to listen to the next mans perspective and derive from that our own thoughts.” The main issue Torres tackled was race, particularly how it is portrayed in society today. He touched on specific aspects such as equality and immigration, recalling some of his personal experiences with a minority family in his message of inclusiveness. “We’re all human beings when it comes down to it,” Torres said. Torres’ energy and powerful lyrics made him a
hit with the audience. “I really liked his energy and delivery,” industrial engineering junior Pat Brennan said. “Ike is the sickest poet, and his lyrics are crazy concepts,” said architectural engineering senior and Another Type of Groove coordinator Josue Urrutia. “Just the way he puts things together with radical ideas, it’s just something you don’t think about every day.” Those in attendance were treated to high-octane lyricism. Torres, who works with the nonprofit group With Our Words, performed many of his verses loudly, emphasizing his passion for the subject at hand. At the end of his performance Torres received a standing ovation. “He came out the first poem screaming to the top of his lungs and everybody was ecstatic,” Urrutia said. The first part of the night was an open-mic session for anyone who wanted to share their poetry. Students performed verses on subjects like religion, love and friendship. The audience was friendly as every poet received a round of applause. Many of those who enjoy Another Type of Groove, including Urruita, said it adds something unique to the college experience. “It brings in diversity and other points of view,” Urrutia said. “If everyone was exposed to that then people could maybe change their points of view and understand each other better.” “Social interaction is something that has become
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Offensive video game consistent with Japan’s subway assaults profit from this reprehensible societal ill. In addition to the obvious problems inherent in and the rightful criticism directed at such a game, there Until recently, gamers and a concerned public had still exists deeper commentary about the implications seen it all. “JFK Reloaded,” released on the 41st an- of “RapeLay” and the culpability of a society that has niversary of Kennedy’s death, allows players to reenact first imagined through immeasurable perversion, then his assassination. “Super Columbine Massacre RPG!,” created through each chilling frame and, through its which includes original media images from that tragic hours of play, continually supported the program. school day, follows teenage gunmen Eric Harris and As a video game, it depicts the violation of human Dylan Klebold through Columbine High School on sexuality as normal, consequence-free entertainment, the day of the shootings. “Grand Theft Auto,” one of a hobby, a pastime, while also propagating the sickenthe most widely criticized video games, features vio- ing thought that victims enjoy their abuse. As a rolelence, crime, prostitution and the infamous “hot coffee playing game in particular, it represents the character mod,” which enables an interactive sex scene. Joining of the perpetrator as desirable, worthy, goal-oriented — and very quickly ascending — the ranks of offen- and attainable, while first justifying the perpetrator’s sive, insensitive, exploitive and demeaning role-playing rape of an entire family as revenge and then glorifying video games is the recently released “RapeLay,” the those actions as steps toward an ultimate victory. As title summarizing the distressing premise of an interactive story whose plot is to comthis Japanese game. mit a crime of a personal nature in Gamers play a wealthy man who a public that never once challenges was jailed as a “chikan” or subway the abuser, it moreover renders the pervert, after raping a young girl. crime a non-issue, approves the select commentary from other As revenge, the man has to terrortransgression according to public ize the victim, her sister and her unconcern and leaves victims with university newspapers mother by raping them. no network of support or sympaConsider the game a product of thy. Seen in Alexander’s article, that culture.As Slate.com author Leigh haunting image of transparent, almost Alexander writes, public transnonexistent bystanders — all witnesses to the portation in Japan has become a simultaneous violations that unfold in the subways — is rife with breeding ground and haven for “chikan,” who commit meaning. their crimes in the safety of crowds in order to mask Too easily, people who are aware of wrongs around their identities. According to a 2004 survey conducted them can become a casualty of indifference, neglecting in Tokyo, 64 percent of women in their 20s and 30s to speak out because of fear, perceived ineffectiveness said that they have been groped on subways and sta- or general lack of concern. Refusing to acknowledge tions. The frequency of the problem led to the instal- sexual abuse on the grounds that such discussion is lation of all-female train lines, available only during uncomfortable or inconvenient is just as much a crime rush hour. as the act of violation itself. Declan Hayes’ “The Japanese Disease” further The United States, for example, can simply disdelved into this issue, detailing the publications and miss “RapeLay” as a Japanese invention, a perverted programs that have grown from a culture consumed one at that, and therefore a Japanese problem alone. by a frightening combination of sexism, misogyny Thankfully, however, New York City Council Speaker and lasciviousness. “Finger Press,” a monthly maga- Christine Quinn, partnering with the New York City zine, contains timetables and lists of train lines ideal for Alliance Against Sexual Assault, has at least called for groping; “Chikan Tomo-no-Kai,” the Gropers’ Broth- a statewide ban of the game. If the public learns anyerhood, provides members with lectures, workshops, thing from the horror that is “RapeLay,” then let it be tips, strategies and training sessions on how to grope that the barely visible bystanders in the game never did without incurring legal consequence. end the abuse and, likewise, that unconcerned citizens The frequency of sexual assault throughout Japan’s in the real world will never stop injustice through paspublic transportation is disturbing enough; more trou- sivity. bling is that the execution of those crimes has become a course to take, a lesson to learn and a skill to master. This article was originally published in The Villanovan of Worst of all, the gaming industry in Japan decided to Villanova University. Raquel Ronzone
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You say you have a “sliver” of capitalism in you but in reality you are entirely capitalistic. Who provided you with clothes, with food, with that car you drive, with the glasses you wear, with newspapers you hope to one day write for? Guess what? It wasn’t sheer altruism that gave these to you... it was capitalism. The retailer sold you your clothes, the farmer grew your food, the autoworker built your car, the optometrist prescribed those lenses, and newspapers generate income with ads from businesses trying to make a profit! You can feign your hate of capitalism all you want and cry “people before profits,” but if it wasn’t for capitalism you’d be a naked, famished, blister-footed, crosseyed, without-anything-to aspire-to girl. — Rick Response to “Obama’s decision to remove CEO was right one — this time” Ouch! This hurts a bit.You mean to tell me that my degree in business administration is not worth very much? Your assertion may be correct, however, I am full of bright ideas and I have a kind heart and have been told by my liberal arts teachers that I have intrinsic value so I’m sure I will be okay. — Fred Bastiat Response to “An education by other means could be worth as much” I’ll believe the lowered rent when I see it. Last year, when Poly Canyon Village first started taking applicants, my rate for a two bedroom apartment off Boysen Avenue shot up by $200 per month! What added benefit did I see? Nil. The only “renovations” that I did see were where the state-required fumigation and a three-week botched exterior paint job which “spruced” up the appeal for new renters rather than improve the conditions of the actual apartments. I couldn’t even be reprieved of noise coming from the early morning paint crew who would boast about their off-time activities during the last few weeks of the quarter. Add to this that a renewal bonus of $200 off the first month’s rent is meager, and it reminds me that the property management companies take the large student population as moneybags rather than worthwhile tenants. Mustang Village, Cedar Creek, and Stenner Glen are prime examples of this mentality. — Jacob Response to “Student renters can expect to reap benefits of housing downturn”
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Cal Poly to hire Seattle’s Callero as new head coach 117-105
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out a coach since March 16 when Kevin Bromley was fired after nine As first reported by the Seattle seasons as head coach and 14 years Times, Seattle University men’s bas- with the program. Bromley comketball head coach Joe Callero will piled a 7-21 record and a 3-13 retake over as head coach at Cal Poly cord in the Big West Conference, today. missing the conference tournament A press conference has been set for the second time during his tenfor 4 p.m. in Mustang Hall to an- ure. nounce the school’s hirBromley compiled ing. a 99-145 overall record Callero guided the at the school after takRedhawks in their first ing over as interim head year back at the Division coach from Jeff SchI level to a 21-8 overall neider during the 2000record and a 13-8 record 01 season. against Division I foes. Callero comes to Ironically, Callero Cal Poly having led the also guided Seattle past Redhawks to a 117-105 Cal Poly 60-59 on a record in his eight years Joe Callero last-second shot by at the program, guiding Drew Harris last December in Mott them up from the Division II ranks. Gym. Cone interviewed several other Cal Poly athletic director Alison candidates for the job including Cone would not confirm anything current USC assistant and Central regarding the potential hiring of Coast native Bob Cantu. Callero, saying that she was working Callero was unavailable for comon putting something together but ment but Seattle University sports that she could not comment until information director Jason Behenna all the pieces were together and a said that the coach was taking care contract had been signed. of personal business before departThe Mustangs have been with- ing for San Luis Obispo. mustang daily staff report
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Stephanie Brown Trafton has competed on some of the world’s largest stages and been successful. The only Olympic gold medalist in Cal Poly history returns to her alma mater for the first time since winning the women’s discus in Beijing last summer to compete in the Cal Poly Invitational on Saturday afternoon. But she isn’t the only Olympian
to have donned the green and gold. Former Cal Poly high jumper Sharon Day will also participate. Day competed in the high jump in Beijing. Among the teams competing in the invitational are Fresno State, UC Santa Barbara and nearby Cuesta College. The Bulldogs are familiar with the field having been defeated by Cal Poly in a dual earlier this year. “Fresno went home a couple
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Former Cal Poly athlete Stephanie Brown Trafton celebrates after winning an Olympic gold medal in Beijing last summer.
weeks ago with dejected feelings so we expect them to come out here and turn it up another notch,” track and field director Terry Crawford said. The timing of the event is of significance to Crawford as it is the final home event of the season for Cal Poly, which still has several key road events remaining in the season before beginning the conference championships. We consider the end of April and May the championship season,” Crawford explained. “In early May we have a huge dual meet with Santa Barbara and it just happens that it’s our turn to go down there. To be competing at home at the beginning of our season leaves us a little bit frustrated in terms that we can’t put on some of our best marks as we go into the end of the season.” While Crawford would like to have a later home event, she said she was happy with the outlook for the weekend and said that she would have several options for different players. “The nice thing about this weekend is we’re going to have the flexibility to put some people in different events and try some different things,” she said. “We’re just coming off spring break and we’re happy to open our spring quarter with a home meet and another chance to test ourselves against our Central Coast rivals.”
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Cal Poly freshman Brian McPhee goes after a ball during his match against Oregon’s Mike Myrhed during Cal Poly’s dual victory on Thursday.
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The Cal Poly men’s tennis team started its homestand with a definitive win over Pac-10 foe Oregon Thursday. The Mustangs won two of three doubles matches and four of six single matches to send Oregon home with a loss. Cal Poly head coach Justin McGrath knew that the Mustangs would have to battle to win. “These guys are finally finding their identity,” McGrath said. “We are a fighting team to the bitter end.” The Mustangs (8-9) were led by the play of Andrew Gerst who won both No. 2 doubles and No. 2 singles. “As long as I’m playing solid and not making too many mistakes, I’m tough to beat,” Gerst said. “He’s a warrior,” McGrath said. “He’s our leader.” No. 2 doubles tandem Gerst and Alexander Sonesson and No. 3 doubles duo Brian McPhee and Nick Berger both won by a score of 8-3. “We played with a lot of energy and that’s when we’re at our best,” Berger said. Cal Poly was able to win the top three single matches with Robert Foy cruising to a 6-4, 6-0 victory at No. 5 singles. “I just wanted to play my game, be aggressive and get to the net,”
Foy said. No. 1 singles player Drew Jacobs (9-8) outlasted Marcos Verdasco. Playing on back-to-back days, Jacobs had just enough to pull out the win 7-5, 7-6 (8). “Coach just told us to be tougher than the other guy,” Jacobs said. “Then we’d come out on top.” Gerst (6-9) defeated Alexander Cornelissen 6-4, 6-2. “He was serving pretty well and solid off the baseline,” Gerst said. “But I knew if I could hang in there and weather the storm, I could get him in the end.” Epitomizing the team’s identity, Alexander Sonesson (4-9) came from behind to defeat Oregon’s Ayrton Wibowo 3-6, 7-5, 6-2. Already down a set, Sonneson charged back to take the set 7-5. D a r r y n Young (2-6) and Brian McPhee (2-3) both fought for —Justin McGrath three sets beCal Poly head coach fore falling in their matches. Phenom freshman Andre Dome did not play due to a sprained ankle suffered during the match against UCSB on Wednesday. He hoped to be back in about a week and is scheduled to undergo X-rays today. The team was encouraged by the emotional win and looked forward to building off the momentum with back-to-back triumphs. “We’re feeling good and we’re starting to click at the right time,” Gerst said.
These guys are finally finding their identity. We are a fighting team to the bitter end.