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Four Cal Poly student attended a Model United Nations Conference in Quito, Ecuador in January.

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Becoming better global citizens was just a bonus for four Cal Poly students who participated in a Model United Nations conference in Quito, Ecuador in January. As representatives of the university’s Model UN club, political science juniors Tim Black, Keiko Osumi, Sarah Prince and senior

Casey Adams learned international diplomacy by taking part in pretend crisis situations as representatives of a country different from their own.The three juniors also took home awards.

The Model United Nations program, run by the National Collegiate Conference Association, is a nonprofit organization that teaches global issues to college students from around the world. The program is designed for

students to engage in issues similar to those faced by the real United Nations. Each school is assigned a country and each student is divided into a committee meant to represent their assigned country. The committees look at topics such as nuclear proliferation and the illegal detainment of diplomats. see Ecuador, page 2

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The Pride Center at Cal Poly will hold this quarter’s first Ally Training workshop Feb. 3, which is open to students, faculty, staff and community members interested in becoming allies for the Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender, Queer and Questioning (LGBTQ) community.

The Pride Center defines an ally as “a person, often straight, who is accepting and supportive of the LGBTQ community.” Although it’s impossible to figure how many allies are among the Cal

Poly community, but each training session usually produces about 10 to 15 allies.

“Too often, when people speak hate, they do it out of ignorance,” said Anthony Rust, a biological sciences junior and Mustang Daily sex columnist. “Ally training is about empowering people in an area they might not be familiar with.”

Ally Training is a two-hour workshop held twice every quarter that empowers people to show support through action, backed by knowledge. Two sessions are planned for Feb. 3 from 10 to noon, and 2 to 4 p.m. in the Uni-

versity Union, room 219. Training is also slated for Mar. 3, however times for that day have yet to be announced.

Prior to Spring quarter 2009, Ally Training was called Safe Zone training. Since then, the program has been modified and now offers a process of becoming accredited. After attending the two-hour workshop, allies can self-select for their name to be listed on the Pride Center Web site. The Pride Center urges those who have participated in workshops before Spring 2009 to attend the newly see Ally, page 2

A presentation about deregulation and American government was given by Princeton lecturer Eduardo Canedo on Tuesday, Jan. 26, in the Agriculture building.

The goal was to shed light on a subject that he said is an integral part of society although it is rarely understood.

Deregulation is defined as the lifting of government control over industries, companies and basic goods. It affects everyone’s lives in different ways from what job a person holds to the food they eat.

For college students, deregulation and regulation can control seat availability for classes, student and parent loans and credit cards.

Brought to Cal Poly by the College of Liberal Arts and the history department, Canedo was asked to speak about deregulation’s importance to society and how it affects everyone.

Canedo, who has a Ph.D in history from Columbia University and is a member of the Princeton Society of Fellows, began his lecture by saying that this is a very exciting time to discuss deregulation in America.

Canedo said that conventional economic models are defunct regarding the crisis. It’s lax regulation, he said, that contributed so highly to corporate oppression in the past. As a society though, taking a look at the present-day problems from a historical standpoint is important.

“American capitalism is in disarray, it’s taken a serious blow.

The political edifice is beginning to crumble,” he said.

Canedo broke up the lecture into three main topics: the history of regulation and deregulation in America, why it’s come about and some preliminary prospects for regulatory reform.

Canedo outlined how regulation has been a growing trend since colonial times, during which early American government regulated the prices that merchants could justly charge consumers.

Canedo marked examples like the slave trade in the South during the 18th century, the creation of the Federal Trade Commission

in 1914, the 1920’s, the Progressive Era (when people fought against the emergence of corporate monopolies such as the railroads), and when the government and economy began to grow once again.

The New Deal Era of the ‘30s and ‘40s through the post-war America of the ‘50s gave way to the formation of a number of influential, regulatory bodies including the Federal Power Commission and the Small Business Administration, showing the strengthening and expansion of governmental regulation.

The rising trend from then on, until Lyndon B. Johnson’s “Great Society” movement (1965), sought to alleviate many of the major issues of the 60’s incuding delinquency, Medicare, urban renewal and most of all, Vietnam, according to Canedo.

During this time, middle class consumers became more aware of the power they held as the majority. With a more obvious line between class powers came higher expectations from consumers.

The number of consumer activist groups grew drastically as more people promoted better quality with lower prices and rallied for the deregulation of airlines to remove price restrictions and allow a freer expanse of flight routes.

Following this, Canedo said, came liberal regulation as the divide began to sharpen between the two major parties in the United States.

On the right were the neoclassical economists like George Stigler and Milton Friedman, and on the left were corporate liberalists like Ralph Nader. These “New Left” scholars didn’t seek to reform corporate regulation but promoted it by demanding stricter rules for big businesses.

Then came the Watergate scandal under former president Richard Nixon, which gave U.S. citizens more reason to analyze government power.

“Watergate gave rise to new politicians: neo-liberals,” Canedo said. “The popularity rate of government among the American people dropped from 76 percent to 36 during Vietnam, and then see Deregulation, page 2

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Stepping into the shoes of another person is exactly what Professor Craig Arceneaux, political science department chair, said he wanted the students to experience. Arceneaux, who has been the university’s program coordinator since coming to Cal Poly in 2001, traveled with the students to the international conference. Students from approximately 30 other schools from around the world, such as Universidad San Francisco de Quito and Universidad Icesi from Colombia, attended.

Arceneaux said the most important part of the conference is for the students to believe in their roles as diplomats and, in doing so, experience a way of learning different from lectures and textbook readings.

“When we’re able to go abroad, it really makes students realize that they’re global citizens,” Arceneaux said. “It makes students realize that it’s not just simply sitting in a classroom and reading about other countries, but that there’s actually events in people’s lives at work in different countries ...

Everything just becomes, obviously, more realistic after that.”

One way the program works to make the entire conference realistic is by assigning each student to a committee similar to those that are a part of the United Nations. As representatives of Turkey, Black was assigned to the General Assembly while Osumi and Prince were members of the Security Council.The purpose of the assembly is to appoint temporary members of the council and to manage the United Nations’ budget. Osumi and Prince were part of a group in charge of keeping peace and commissioning military action. Their first assignment was to deal with a nuclear distribution problem in Venezuela through Iran.

Osumi said representing a country that is not one of the five main powers in the United Nations helped her see that compromising an effective strategy.

“You see where international players, big or small, play in in that compromise for the better of all, not just the United States, which is the perspective we usually go in with,” Osumi said.

Osumi and Prince’s second assignment was to deal with civilians in armed conflict, but they were interrupted when the earthquake in Haiti hit. Osumi said they were able to use the real-life crisis as an example of a situation that the real United Nations might encounter by putting out a resolution similar to how the council would to resolve issues with humani-

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tarian aid. Creating a solution to the Haiti crisis is something Osumi said she won’t forget.

“You’re in a conference room, you have no idea really what’s going on in the real world because time kind of freezes for these conferences, but when Haiti happened and being able to say ‘Okay this is what we would do,’ putting ourselves in that real time pressure, was a lot of fun,” Osumi said.

“I mean it doesn’t affect how things

It just kind of reinforces that view that you want to make a change.

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turned out in the real world as much, but we definitely felt the pressure and saw how fast you need to act when it’s people’s lives at hand.”

Due to an odd number of students, Adams was assigned to Jordan and was a member of the International Court of Justice, the main function of which is to settle legal disputes between national states. Adams, who wants to go into law after college, said the conference gives students a deeper view into what they want to do later in life.

“It’s a lot like going to a career day, except it’s actually doing it and you get to experience everything that would go into that career if you wanted to do it, but it’s just like a mini-version,” Adams said.

Attending the conference not only gave the students a glimpse into a possible future career, but it also helped to widen their mindset from a strictly American viewpoint when looking at global issues and stereotypes of other countries. Adams was surprised at how well the Ecuadorian students spoke English. Going into the conference, Osumi had thought Colombia had many economic ties with drugs.

But after spending time with students from a university in Colombia, she realized they’re not as different as she initially thought.

“They respect education just as much as we do,” Osumi said. “While they still have a drug problem, so do

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we, and you have to respect that that’s not the stereotype you can put all their people under.”

Meeting students and ambassadors from all over the world wasn’t the only part of the trip that helped to shape the students. Black, who has traveled to different areas of Europe, said that prior to the trip to Ecuador, he had never seen poverty on such a large scale. What really hit home for Black was the average monthly wage in Ecuador.

The group’s tour guide said the average wage is 200 U.S. dollars a month, approximately $2,400 a year.

The entire economic situation in Ecuador made him realize how sheltered he was growing up in San Diego.Two images that stayed with Black were seeing homes with no roofs and an immense amount of looting on the streets. Black said he wondered about the state of the rest of the country when the capital was in such poor shape.

“You can see houses falling off the hillside and you realize how important the decisions that these people make are,” Black said. “I feel like I already have a commitment to make the world a better place. It just kind of reinforces that view that you want to make a change.”

That commitment showed at the conference as well. At the end of the four-day conference, three of the students were recognized with awards voted on by their peers and the chair of the program. Osumi and Prince won first place for their outstanding delegation among the security council committees by staying “in character” as representatives of their assigned country. As a group, Osumi, Prince and Black won the distinguished delegation award for their representation of Turkey. Arceneaux said winning the awards shows not only that the students were learning, but that they took advantage of their learning. “(Traveling) makes them think and makes them recognize that life takes place very differently in different countries and they need to be a little more aware of how their own understanding of places and events and how they might be perceived elsewhere,” Arceneaux said.

For Adams, who has participated in the program for eight years, the Model United Nations club has helped him gain a different perspective each time and learn to appreciate “the other side of the coin.” Without appreciating others’ views and assimilating a little into the culture they’re visiting,Adams said it’s hard to be successful and take everything they can from the experience.

“I feel like, if I’m going into law, you can’t argue a case and not know the other side, and I feel like that’s the beauty of Model United,” Adams said. “For example, if you’re Jewish, and you have to (represent) Palestine, you’re forced to learn the other side of the issue whether you want to or not, and you have to be passionate about it. I think that’s a great skill that you especially learn when you go to an international conference, you have to learn how to take yourself out of it and be what you need to be to succeed at the conference.”

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again to 25 percent after Watergate.”

After Nixon resigned, and Gerald Ford’s term ended, Jimmy Carter was elected to office.

This “recent history” as Canedo phrased it, is some of the most important insight we have to look at in order to think about today’s issues, such as health care and tax reform.

By analyzing what has happened a relatively short time ago, Canedo hopes to shed more light on what the underlying issues are and derive more educated judgments, to help solve the issues.

Between the presidency of Jimmy Carter and today, the power shift from party to party has changed as have the approaches to regulation and deregulation by the government.

Though American government has always been largely bipartisan, Canedo gave examples of how both parties have been able to find common ground on many controversial topics like securing social security and energy efficiency, to make wellthought-out laws that work effectively.

It was not until the very end of Bill Clinton’s presidency that

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formatted training sessions.

Regardless of format, the goal has remained constant: educate and create a safe resource.

“If you can create one ally and share that knowledge, they become a little point of light,” said Bryn Smith, Americorps Promise Fellow for the Pride Center and MultiCultural Affairs at Cal Poly.

“It’s the ripple effect … that’s powerful.”

But just getting to the workshop might be a big step for some. Because participants are predominantly straight, some may not know what to expect.

“It’s not like you have to walk into a rainbow room where we are flying a huge pride flag,” Rust said. “The people that participate are empowered with information. A lot of the time it’s a group conversation.”

Activities are designed to facilitate understanding of common LGBTQ and ally experiences, tackling issues like terminology and homophobia through group discussion.

There are four levels of ally development related specifically to becoming an ally to lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, queer and questioning persons: aware-

Tuesday, February 2, 2010 the United States saw a huge divide between the parties, Canedo said. Under George W. Bush’s two-term reign, the gap began to grow and has led the country into an age of butting heads on topics anywhere from health care reform to the War on Terrorism to global warming.

The two ruling parties not agreeing on policy is a huge factor in the economic crisis in the United States, he said.

Cal Poly history instructorJames Tejani, who invited Canedo here to speak, said that students should be aware of issues such as these, because it directly and primarily affects their futures.

“What students learn here (at Cal Poly) are the things they will take with them into the future,” Tejani said.

Vincent Luschinger, a mechanical engineering junior said that although it’s hard to wrap his brain around the topic sometimes, he understands that the legislations made today are the laws he’s going to have to deal with in the future.

“I’m not always interested in politics, to be honest. But I know that government regulation can be good and bad,” he said.

“It keeps chemicals from being dumped into the water we drink, but it also controls the types of jobs I’ll be able to get once I graduate.”

ness, knowledge, skills and action.

These areas are explored and discussed at each ally workshop.

Nonetheless, language could be the root of confusion when labeling or even identifying one’s identity; so many titles are constantly being created, adopted and then rejected, adding to the chaos.

“Getting the terminology right is one of the most important parts, also one of the most difficult parts,” said Seth Winkenwerder, a Pride Center student assistant.

Smith said the most difficult discussion point during ally training sessions is the question of choice.

“Why did you choose your sexual orientation ... It’s a simple but difficult question that is asked a lot,” Smith said. “I usually respond by asking if (he or she) chose to be straight. People usually say ‘no’ and move on.”

Despite the language barrier and initial uneasiness some experience, straight men and women who want to be allies for the LGBTQ community are not expected to know all the answers.

“You don’t have to be perfect to be an ally, just willing to learn,” Smith said.

For more information about becoming an ally or attending an ally training workshop, visit pride. calpoly.edu or e-mail calpoly. ally@gmail.com.

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Obama’s budget proposes $100 billion jobs plan, higher taxes on wealthy Mark Silva and Richard Simon tribune washington bureau

WASHINGTON — President Barack Obama on Monday sent Congress a $3.8 trillion federal budget that includes a $100 billion jobs package, more education spending, higher taxes on families earning more than $250,000 a year and a focus on controlling the deficit.

The spending blueprint for fiscal 2011, which starts Oct. 1, is 3 percent more than the government is spending this year, according to the White House Office of Management and

Budget.

“It’s a budget that reflects the serious challenges facing the country,” Obama said Monday morning at the White House. “We’re at war. Our economy has lost 7 million jobs over the last two years. And our government is deeply in debt after what can only be described as a decade of profligacy.”

The budget now goes to Congress, where it can expect a cool reception from Republicans who oppose tax and fee increases and who will seek more cuts in some areas to bring down the deficit.

In presenting his budget, Obama reached out to Republicans but, in a theme he has used in recent days, warned against political gamesmanship.

“In order to meet this challenge, I welcome any idea, from Democrats and Republicans.What I will not welcome — what I reject — is the same old grandstanding when the cameras are on, and the same irresponsible budget policies when the cameras are off.”

Many of the budget details have been known for days, including Obama’s call for a three-year freeze on

discretionary spending, about 17 percent of the budget. Monday morning, he focused on jobs and the deficit.

“When I first walked through the door, the deficit stood at $1.3 trillion,” the president said.

Although the Congressional Budget Office has estimated the level of the current year’s federal deficit at $1.35 trillion, the Office of Management and Budget pegs the existing 2010 deficit at $1.56 trillion, a runaway record.

The OMB also projects that the annual deficit for 2011 will be pared to $1.27 trillion. By 2012, it is pro-

jected at $828 billion. By 2013, it’s $727 billion.

The projections are based on assumptions, however, including the president’s proposed ending of some of the 2001 and 2003 tax cuts that former President George W. Bush won. Obama’s plan would end those cuts for households earning more than $250,000 a year. Over a decade, the OMB says, that restored tax on the wealthiest Americans could generate nearly $700 billion in revenue.

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In a first step, 55 nations pledge to fix global warming Renee Schoof mcclatchy newspapers

WASHINGTON — China, India, the U.S. and the rest of the world’s biggest polluters turned in their official pledges to reduce emissions, a move that gives global climate protection a start, the United Nations announced on Monday.

The pledges are written declarations of what countries promised to do during the global climate negotiations in Copenhagen in December. Although they’re nonbinding and fall short of what’s needed to be effective, the pledges are evidence that some developed and developing countries intend to put their promises into actions.

The U.N. reported that 55 countries, which together account for 78 percent of global emissions from energy use, turned in their action plans.The deadline was Sunday, but the U.N. said it was still open to late submissions.

The U.N. report came on the same day that the Defense Department’s Quadrennial Defense Review identified climate change as a major security threat.

Calling climate change “an ac-

celerant of instability,” the review marked the first time such a document linked environmental issues with national security.

The U.S. pledge, submitted Thursday, was to reduce emissions by 17 percent from 2005 levels by 2020. The Obama administration is looking to Congress to pass a law that sets out a plan to achieve the goal.

If Congress fails to do that by the end of the year, the administration will have to talk about alternative ways to honor its foreign policy commitment on climate change, said Alden Meyer, the director of strategy and policy with the Union of Concerned Scientists, an environmental advocacy group.

“How they get to 17 percent remains to be seen, but it’s still possible to get there,” he said.

Other options for the administration include emissions reductions requirements from the Environmental Protection Agency. The Department of Energy and other agencies also could cut emissions by requiring better energy efficiency for buildings, vehicles and appliances. State and local efforts also could help add up to lower national

emissions.

The president’s budget proposal on Monday included increased spending to develop renewable energy, including $108 million to expand research in renewable energy and $300 million for the Advanced Research Project Agency, which funds the development of future energy technologies.

The budget proposal also called for the elimination of $2.7 billion in tax subsidies for oil, gas and coal.

The Department of Energy also planned to end federal support for the “Ultra-Deepwater” exploration program for oil and natural gas. Energy Secretary Steven Chu said oil and gas companies could take over the exploration, at a taxpayer savings of $50 million.

The Energy Department also wants an additional $36 billion for loan guarantees for nuclear power projects. Chu called it part of a plan to help “restart the nuclear industry in the United States.”

China also has paired large investments in clean energy with its pledge to reduce emissions growth.

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BAGHDAD — A female suicide bomber walked into a tent full of Shiite Muslim pilgrims on Monday, killing at least 41 people and wounding another 100 in the latest attack in the run-up to Iraqi elections next month.

“It is a political matter — it is part of the elections campaign,” said Capt. Sameer, an Iraqi Army officer near the scene. “An explosion like this that takes place targeting Shiites on a sacred religious rite — the obvious thing to do is to blame Sunnis, and this would of course affect their standing in the elections.”

Iraqis have blamed a recent wave of major suicide bombings on political battles ahead of parliamentary elections in March. Attacks a week ago hit three major hotels in Baghdad and the Interior Ministry’s forensics department.

Al-Qaida in Iraq has taken responsibility for those blasts, as well as for coordinated suicide bombings targeting government ministries since August, all of which

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“What is your favorite Cal Poly sport?”

“Swimming. I might be a little biased though, because I’m on the swim team.”

-Justine Ramos, industrial engineering freshman

“Basketball, because all of my friends and I like to go to the games.”

-Jeremy Riforgiate, biological sciences junior

“Lacrosse, because it’s not very well known but it’s fun to watch and fast-paced.”

-Paul Brocker, mechanical engineering senior

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have raised doubts about the Iraqi government’s ability to provide security for the elections and as the Obama administration withdraws U.S. troops from Iraq.

Iraqi security officials said Monday’s attack was carried out on the northeastern outskirts of Baghdad, where the roads were filled with thousands of thousands of pilgrims walking to the Shiite holy city of Karbala. Women and children were among the casualties.

Sameer, reached by phone, said the bomber was believed to be a woman dressed in an abaya, the traditional black cloak, and carrying a bag who walked into one of the roadside tents set up to offer food and rest to the pilgrims.

The target was believed to be the pilgrimage tent in the Boub al-Sham neighborhood. The tent was also near the headquarters of a National Police unit known as The Wolf Brigade, which was identified with Shiite death squads during Iraq’s sectarian war but since reformed.

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“Wrestling, because I wrestled all through high school. It’s really exciting to watch.”

-Clint Kirsop, aerospace engineering freshman

“Football; it seems to get the most support and it’s fun to go to the games.”

-Matt Rubin, mechanical engineering senior

“I enjoy football because of the atmosphere and the highs and lows of it.”

-Hayden Bodily, aerospace engineeing freshman

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said Monday, some tax breaks are necessary to stimulate the economy.

His proposed budget includes about $100 billion in tax breaks to spur investment in small business and help create jobs.

OMB Director Peter R. Orszag maintains that the White House is attempting to chart a “glide path” for lower deficits without thrusting the economy into another recession.

“If we had taken office during ordinary times,” Obama said,“we would have started bringing down these deficits immediately.”

But a rescue was necessary, the president said, “and that rescue was not without significant costs.”

“We won’t be able to bring down this deficit overnight,” Obama said.

“We will continue, for example, to do what it takes to create jobs. ... The budget includes new tax cuts for people who invest in small business.”

Still, Obama said, “the irresponsibility” that led to the accrued deficit must be addressed. “We have to do what families across America are doing, save where we can,” he said.

That includes about $20 billion in spending cuts in the proposed 2011 budget, with a freeze on the overall level of discretionary spending outside of defense and mandatory programs such as Social Security, Medicare and Medicaid.That still allows for increases in some areas, such as a 6 percent boost in overall education spending.

“We’re not simply photocopying

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Command gave a slightly different account of the attack, saying in a statement that the bomber detonated the explosive belt while passing through a security check at the tent. The statement said three female searchers were among the dead. The statement listed the death toll as 38 dead and 80 wounded.

last year’s budget,” Obama said.“We’ve gone through every department budget line by line, item by item.

“Like any business, we’re also looking for ways to get more bang for our buck,” he said.

“The bottom line is this,” the president said. “We simply cannot continue to spend as if deficits don’t have consequences, as if waste doesn’t matter, as if the hard-earned tax dollars of the American people can be treated like Monopoly money.”

Calling on Congress to join in reining in spending, the president plans to create a commission to examine taxation and spending down the road.

The $3.834 trillion spending plan also includes: —$270 million to buy and upgrade an Illinois prison where the administration hopes to house some detainees from Guantanamo, as part of its effort to close the prison in Cuba.

—The elimination of some capital gains taxes, along with tax breaks for oil, gas and coal companies.

—A $3-billion increase in the Elementary and Secondary Education Act for public school funding, raising the total to $28 billion, plus $1.35 billion more for the Race to the Top program for schools to increase student performance.

—$17 billion for Pell Grant funding for college aid.

—$100 billion for investments in small-business tax cuts, infrastructure and clean energy, all designed to create jobs. This includes a new “small business jobs and wages tax cut” to spur small-business hiring and wage increases, at a cost of $33 billion.

Attacks had been expected along the hundreds of miles of the pilgrimage route, which is almost impossible to secure.

In the past few days, hundreds of thousands of pilgrims have set out by foot from all parts of Iraq for Karbala, 50 miles south of Baghdad. The pilgrimage commemorates Arbaeen, the end of 40 days of mourning after the death of Imam Hussein, the prophet Muhammad’s grandson who was killed in battle 13 centuries ago.

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SAN LUIS OBISPO (MCT) — Paso Robles might ask for state legislation that would allow local voters to approve price breaks for low-income households on water and sewer bills.

Proposition 218 — The Right to Vote on Taxes Act approved by California voters in 1996, which mandates a public review of localgovernment levies — forbids discounts for select classes of users.

Mayor Duane Picanco will have the option of signing letters urging Sen. Abel Maldonado and Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee to change that at the City Council meeting on Tuesday.

HOLLYWOOD, Fla. (MCT) — Landlord plans to demolish the former appartment of 9/11 terrorists.

The Hollywood, Fla. appartment, is where terrorists Mohamed Atta and Marwan al-Shehhi briefly shared lodgings before their Sept. 11, 2001, odyssey of destruction.

Now, the building on Jackson Street is facing the wrecking ball.

The Florida city’s unhappy connection to the nation’s worst terrorist attack soon will be transformed into a parking lot and pool.

“It is one of life’s little treats to be able to demolish a property like that, where a monster used to reside,” investor in the property Bryan Grosman said.

RAWALPINDI, Pakistan (MCT) — Pakistan has told U.S. military leaders it is willing to help train Afghan soldiers to fight Taliban forces, the country’s army chief said Monday, a promising gesture by a government at times skeptical of Washington’s strategy.

Gen. Ashfaq Parvez Kayani, in his first ever briefing with foreign journalists, sought to counter criticisms from the West that Pakistan is a reluctant ally when it comes to battling the Taliban in Afghanistan.

Stressing the importance of having a stable, secure Afghanistan on Pakistan’s western border, Kayani said his country has offered to help prepare Afghanistan’s army to assume sole responsibility for the country’s security.

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LOS ANGELES (MCT) — CBS didn’t need a Hail Mary pass to unload its commercial spots in Sunday’s Super Bowl after all.

On Monday, CBS executives said it had finished selling commercial time for the upcoming NFL championship game between the New Orleans Saints and Indianapolis Colts. Despite the weak economy, CBS raked in between $2.5 million to more than $3 million for each 30second spot, about the same amount that NBC collected a year ago.

Several first-time advertisers are among the line-up, including Kia Motors America, Qualcomm’s mobile television service FLO TV, texting information service KGB.

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solid and to meet them China will have to go far beyond business as usual,” said Barbara Finamore, a China expert at the Natural Resources Defense Council, an environmental advocacy group that has a 25-person office in China.

South Korea’s ambassador for climate change, Chung Raekwon, said Monday during a teleconference with reporters that his country was implementing a plan through 2013 to invest 2 percent of the nation’s gross domestic product each year on “green growth” and expects a payback of greater economic growth. South Korea also expects the investment will produce about 250,000 new jobs, he said.

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WASHINGTON (MCT) — U.S. and Russian negotiators Monday began finalizing a new 10-year nuclear arms reduction treaty after President Barack Obama and Russian President Dmitri Medvedev resolved the last major differences over a pact to cut both nations’ deployed strategic nuclear warheads by about a third.

The treaty also will limit the aircraft and missiles that the U.S. and Russia could arm with nuclear weapons to between 700 and 800 each and create a new inspection and monitoring system to allow each side to detect cheating by the other.

South Korea would stick with its plan regardless of what the U.S. or other countries do “because we believe that low-carbon green growth is an opportunity for job creation and economic growth,” he said.

Still, U.S. congressional action on climate legislation was essential for getting a global climate treaty in December at talks in Mexico, Chung said. “If we don’t see positive development from the United States ... there will be a serious impact on negotiations leading up to Mexico.”

Keya Chatterjee, director of the World Wildlife Fund’s climate change program, said that because a climate bill is stuck in the Senate, “the U.S. remains tethered to the starting blocks while the rest of the world is beginning to complete lap one in the race for the clean en-

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PORT-AU-PRINCE, HAITI (MCT) — The chance of another big earthquake in Haiti in the near future is great enough that people in Port-au-Prince should sleep in tents — not even in buildings that survived the Jan. 12 quake apparently unscathed, geologists said Monday.

A report by the United States Geological Survey says the probability of an aftershock of magnitude 7 or greater in Haiti in the next 30 days is 3 percent, the probability of one magnitude 6 or greater is 25 percent, and of one magnitude 5 or greater is about 90 percent. ergy economy.”

Jennifer Morgan, the director of the World Resources Institute’s climate and energy program, said the submission of written pledges in January showed that the countries were serious about shifting to cleaner energy.

“The pledges made by countries like Japan, China, Europe and India show a commitment to collective, transparent action on a scale never seen before,” she said in a statement. “The United States should have no doubt that these countries plan to build their economies with clean energy.”

The international promises, however, are “far below what is needed to avoid the worst impacts of climate change,” she added.“The level of ambition must be ratcheted up if the world is to avoid dangerous levels of warming.”

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Vraja’s Kitchen: SLO’s first Lecture series shows completely vegan restaurant importance of digital

architecture practices

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San Luis Obispo resident Randall Gesdahl, 71, was walking down Chorro Street in downtown San Luis Obispo when he decided to visit Vraja’s Kitchen, the first completely vegan restaurant to be established in the city.

“I didn’t know what it was, and I consider myself a food connoisseur,” Gesdahl said.

So he asked owner Vraja Sauer what happened to the bakery that used to be located there.

“It used to be Cowboy Cookie, but now I am just a cowgirl of international vegan food,” she said.

Sauer who started cooking for her family in Brazil when she was seven years old, moved to San Luis Obispo three years ago. To support herself, she started to sell her food at Farmer’s Market. Before moving, she lived in several countries, including India where she lived and cooked on an Indian monastery as part of her religious duties. By outstretching her arms, she compared the pot she used to the size of the larger counter where the register rests and said how excited she was to be a part of the kitchen there. She channels that experience into the food she prepares now.

“I find dishes from all around the world that have meat and I remove the milk, the flour and the egg and see Kitchen, page 8

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As a vegan, chef Vraja Sauer puts a new twist on recipes that normally include meat, eggs, flour and honey such as baklava and samosa.

In recent years, the field of architecture has encountered some big issues — from city to climate change, to a troubled economy and the implosion of the real estate market, to controversial trends in technology and design.

This year, the Hearst Lecture Series hosted by the College of Architecture and Environmental Design focuses on the issue of integrated design practices.

The five-lecture series will explore the integration between the digital and the physical, said series director and assistant professor of architecture Mark Cabrinha.

The series, which began on Jan. 15 and will run until Feb. 26, will bring in national experts from across the United States to discuss integrated design.

With the increased need for technology from the 1990s to today, the relationship between conception and execution has been severed through the separation of means and methods, Cabrinha said.

“Consequently, software is seen as the culprit or the solution rather than the question at hand,” he said.

Architecture students generally agree with Cabrinha’s view on integrated design.

“I feel integrated design is important because digital tools aid in the prefabrication,” architecture junior Nathan Kiatkulpiboone said.

“Nowadays, it’s not simply the idea or design that is important but also how accessible it is and how does it affect the environment. If we can improve manufacturing practices, we can provide a product that promotes efficiency.”

The first lecturer to address these issues was Benjamin Ball. Ball is a

partner in the Los Angeles-based integrated design and fabrication practice Ball-Nogues Studio.

Kiatkulpiboone found Ball’s speech interesting based on the importance Ball placed on the integration of factory development and design production.

“His designs began as sketches that were digitally translated into shapes and parts,” Kiatkulpiboone said. “Once the digital work was completed, designs were taken to a fabricator who made every piece.

Because all of this was planned in advance, construction time was only a few hours.”

The last lecture featured architect Michael Hughes. Hughes is an associate professor of architecture at the University of Arkansas. He said he believes in the importance of grounding design education in hands-on experience. Hughes has won numerous state and regional design awards and is currently working on an outdoor classroom for a local elementary school.

The free public lectures are made possible through a grant from the Hearst Foundation series, Cabrinha said.

“There was a time when only local people could come without funding,” he said.

Students agree on the importance of the lecture series, now in its fifth year, as an additional component to their studio time.

“The Hearst Lecture series, in my opinion, is one of the greatest parts of Cal Poly’s architecture program,” architecture senior Nema Ashjay said. “Having professionals come in to speak to us establishes a strong connection between education and the industry we plan to be a part of.

We have a chance to see the type of work we do in our studios be actually realized.”

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Five dollars or less – improving surprise sex for cheap

Unexpected sex is not exactly something people complain about — far from it in fact. However, most of us like to be forewarned in order to put our best foot forward.

If you expect an ordinary date and it seems that things are heading toward the bedroom, you might be sorely unprepared. Hopefully you have enough time to stop off at a pharmacy or convenience store on the way to pick up a few things.

Such as ...

Bar of Soap Good gravy, you don’t even have soap?!? And you have someone interested in sleeping with you? There may not be much I can teach you, as you obviously have purchased some sort of illegal pheromone or mind control device. If you are dirty as sin, and not in the good way, then now would be a good time to suggest an intimate shower for two.

Deodorant Well, if it hasn’t gotten to the point where you need a whole shower, but you still reek of body odor, then pick up a little stick of deodorant. While this will greatly reduce repulsion, keep in mind that

not only is mild body order rather sexy smelling, but deodorant tends to leave a bad taste in one’s mouth.

Keep that in mind when choosing where to apply it.

Air Freshener If your “pad” smells more like the lily — or sanitary — variety rather than outdated slang for the place you sleep, then you might want to throw away all that decomposing pizza and open the windows once in a while. In a pinch though, a spray of aerosol might be enough to mask the smell so that your special someone doesn’t run away immediately.

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Taking Cal Poly’s motto in a new direction, the campus Open House Committee is hosting a fundraiser, Learn By Dancing.

Learn By Dancing will showcase three different dance styles in a period of three hours, Open House coordinator and animal science freshman Lauren Szabo said.

“If you’re sitting in your dorm room, get up and bring a bill,” Szabo said.

The event initially began as a dance-off, campus and community director and biochemistry junior Lindsay Schulz said. The open house committee worked with Cal Poly’s Hip-Hop Congress, Country Line Dance club and West Coast Swing Club for the dance lessons.

The first lesson will be taught by the Hip-Hop Congress, which teaches informal workshops on

break dancing, disc jockeying, “MCing” and graffiti art, industrial engineering senior Eric Walker said. For Learn By Dancing, the Hip-Hop Congress will be teach-

“(At Learn By Dancing) we will be teaching the Honky Tonky

by Trace Adkins, Men in Black and the Tush Push,” Blackwood said.

The West Coast Swing Club will teach the last lesson. West coast swing is a dance that originated from the Lindy Hop. The dance is characterized by its energy and unique bounce.

Tim Brown, a Cal Poly alumnus, will be the DJ. Aside from dancing, — Eric Walker information will be availIndustrial engineering senior able about each club, as well as on how to become a Week ing the basics of break dancing. “(Learn By Dancing) is for of Welcome leader and a volunbeginners, but by the end you’ll teer for Open House.

“We hope students just have know how to get down,” Walker fun,” Szabo said. said.

Learn By Dancing will begin The Country Line Dance Club will teach the second lesson. The at 7 p.m. on Friday Feb. 5. Preclub was created to teach line sale tickets are available for $5 on dancing to interested students and Thursday outside of Chumash has workshops every Friday, out- Auditorium. Tickets will also be side events co-chair and junior available at the door. All ticket child development major Kristina proceeds go toward Open House and WOW. Blackwood said.

(Learn by Dancing) is for beginners, but by the end you’ll know how to get down.

Scented Votive Candle Now this might be one of the best buys on this list, although you probably won’t find them in a gas station mini-mart. Providing not only a (hopefully) pleasant aroma, but mood lighting as well, it doesn’t get much better than this.

Chap Stick If you don’t have one already, it’s pretty likely you’ll need one see Surprise, page 8

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the evening’s out. Whether it’s the cold weather or “strenuous intimate activity” that has you feeling dry around the mouth, this is the tried and true remedy. And a little cherry flavoring never made anything boring.

Tweezers and Disposable Razors If a little discreet hair removal from your legs, eyebrows, knees or chin will make you more confident, then go for it. Remember, though, this should be about what makes you comfortable, not what your potential lover demands. That’s just cold.

Flossers and Mini Toothbrushes These are tricky. For people who don’t have time for silly old-school toothbrushes or dental floss, this is something you should pick up and use before the date even begins — not just before going home. In fact, it’s best to wait 4 hours after doing either to perform any sort of oral sex, as both create tiny cuts in your gums that can make it easier to get diseases.

Detergent This is another one that needs a bit of planning ahead, but you might want to wash your sheets if you have an idea you’ll be having company in your bed. Evidence of previous sexual encounters, even solo ones, is not impressive. Not at all. Fresh linens, however, can be luxurious.

purposes. All told, tissues are a great way to clean up any sort of liquid that might get somewhere you don’t want. Although it probably would have been a better idea just to take your grandmother’s quilt off the bed for the night.

Baby Oil A massage is one of the sexiest things you can do without taking your clothes off — that’s not to say you should leave them on. How else are you going to use that sexy massage oil? What? Fresh out of sexy massage oil? Baby oil will do, in a pinch. But its use stops there, because this is an oil, and therefore degrades condoms. For lubrication during sex, you should instead use: Lube Always there to get you out of (or into) a tight spot, lube can be either a necessity or added extra, slippery pleasure, depending on what shenanigans you intend to get into. A variety of lubes are probably sold right next to the: Condoms Puh-leeze tell me that you know what a condom is, or I won’t sleep at night. While we’re talking, tell me that you know that you can get them for free in the Health Center, Pride Center and many Sexual Health centers around town. But if you have a hard time planning ahead and want to spend your actual money on some, then go right ahead.

Tic-Tacs Or some other sort of mints.

Fine, I guess tradition means nothing to you. Or apparently oral hygiene.

Bungee Cords If the night has taken a turn for the bondage, this is probably the best thing to pick up. Elastic cords are not only nondescript (people use them for everything, the cashier’s mind won’t go straight to sex) but they are easy to use (no knots or keys) and easily escapable if you get in over your head.

Tissue Box Many of you will already have a box of these about, for recreational

Anthony Rust is a biological sciences junior and Mustang Daily sex columnist.

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I put in my own personal touch in the way I spice,” she said of the international mix of flavors that she creates in the kitchen. “I do not use garlic or onion because of spiritual values. My food is much like the food in the monastery so it’s kind of like a comfort food.

Also it’s easy to digest and makes you feel good.”

Sitting atop colorful pillows on a platform in the front-window was nutrition sophomore Anna Sitkoff. Sitkoff has been vegan for over a year and came to the restaurant with her friend, Shannon Dillon, who was visiting from Santa Cruz.

Sitkoff spoke about the difficulties of eating out in San Luis Obispo and also described many misconceptions that she has encountered from people trying vegan food.

“When everyone thinks of vegan food, they think you won’t get full and that it’s a salad, but that’s not how it is at all,” she said.

“It’s super hearty and delicious and there is no animal cruelty involved. (Vraja’s Kitchen) is just inspiring one person at a time to know that you are not killing an animal for lunch.

“I like that she doesn’t use any garlic or onion, so it doesn’t screw with your emotions at all, and it’s very neutral food so you can really taste all the flavors without any really intense flavors getting in the way,” she said about Sauer’s cooking.

In order to provide customers quality food, Sauer said she purchases all organic produce, 75 percent of which is from local farms.

She currently resides at Clark Valley Farm, an organic farm in San Luis Obispo. She is working on a contract with the farm to purchase their produce to supply fresh ingredients for her dishes.

Along with the unique trinkets that Sauer has acquired from her travels — such as a collection

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Nutrition sophomore Anna Sitkoff (left) brought her friend Shannon Dillon to Vraja’s Kitchen for lunch. Both girls find it difficult to eat out because few restaurants serve vegan cuisine. of colorful Indian tapestries hanging from the ceiling and a clay sheep that has a cauliflower body — the restaurant also holds unique events that add to the atmosphere. Every Friday, Brasility is held and Sauer cooks Brazilian-inspired dishes while music is provided by DJ Mano Gil. After dinner the tables are cleared so customers can dance. Many of those who do attend are known to perform Capoeira, an Afro-Brazilian art that combines dance and martial arts.

“I am not trying to create anything, I am just trying to express myself and give others a place to express themselves,” Sauer said.

Like the music that varies from samba to live performances, the restaurant’s menu adds new dishes everyday depending on the produce available. Dishes include Indian, Italian, Greek and Brazilian cuisine ranging from $7 to $10.Vraja’s Kitchen also offers $1 discount for customers who bring their own plates, cups and utensils.

“The environment is very eclectic,” Gesdahl said before leavingVraja’s Kitchen. “I feel like I’ve just been on a world-wide food tour ... It is an environment that embraces (you) here even before you sit down and you get caught up in it.”

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Students reject sustainability projects A poll revealed 56 percent of students do not support student-led green initiative projects During the past two weeks, the Empower Poly Coalition polled Cal Poly students via the MyCalPoly Portal to better understand the views of creating a student-led sustainability fund for projects on campus. On Friday, the poll closed with a total vote of 5,528 votes, which equals 30 percent of the student population. The breakdown was 43 percent in favor, and 56 percent opposed to the fund.

As the author of this question, I must say that I was quite frustrated by the results, mainly in part of how sure I was that Cal Poly students wanted to develop a higher breadth of knowledge for sustainability throughout their studies as students of

polytechnic university.

All considered, the fight for sustainability at Cal Poly urges forward with more propulsion than ever as sustainability grows in the topics in the classroom, senior projects test real world strategies, and the lifestyle changes that students are making across campus towards living in a more responsible manner.

With such a strong movement underfoot, how then did the poll return such low numbers? One presumption several students have mentioned is that the ques-

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Here’s my opinion, that you say you “truly value:” I already gave my opinion in the Poly portal poll and you seem to not like the way the results came out, so you’re holding another poll.That seems horribly disrespectful of the poll that you already conducted.

As for the poll that you did previously on paper, perhaps students involved with a sustainability club would be more inclined to approach like-minded students. In any event, you should quit with the polling and repolling.

I think a Poly portal poll is the best method, and people who visit the portal and vote are likely to representative of the Cal Poly student population, at least much more so than students who are going to walk up to a sustainability booth on Dexter.

If you think you messed up the order of “sustanability” and “fee” in the portal poll, well then that’s unfortunate, but it should have been thought of before the poll was posted.

If you want to know my personal

feelings on the subject of sustainability, I’m all for it. What I’m against is the idea of believers of anthropogenic global warming using the guise of “sustainabilty” to mask their agenda.

If you don’t understand I suggest you do some research on “climate gate” and how the Nobel Peace Prizewinning IPCC report has been recently discredited by one of it’s own scientists.

—Aaron Berk In response to “Students disapprove of student-led sustainability fund” I agree with Aaron.

Three things: 1. Re-wording the survey might give you different results, but that’s solely speculation. Call it like it is. It’s a fee increase. Period.

2. Face-to-face surveys are proven to not yield accurate information.

To avoid conflict with the surveyor, anyone being asked a question would give an answer they know is favorable to the individual or group conducting the survey.

3. Also think about when the survey was taken: last year. Last year, when fees to attend a CSU were 30 percent lower than they are now.

This year, that $5 is viewed a little differently than it might have been last year.

tion itself was phrased in such a way that automatically shunned voters from agreeing to the vote, due in large part to its first segment. The poll read, “Would you be in favor of a five dollar increase in fees per quarter to support student-led sustainability projects on campus?” After speaking with a polling specialist, it was suggested that if the words “five dollar fee increase” and “student-led sustainability project” were changed, the results literally may have been flipped.

So the question that arose was whether or not the results that the MyCalPoly poll revealed are an accurate assessment of Cal Poly students view on funding student-led sustainability projects. Another belief is that students who voted were in some regards uneducated as to the full implications of voting “yes” or voting “no” for a sustainability fund. Last year, the Empower Poly Coalition polled more than 500 students with a paper survey that had six questions that provided detailed information about what, where and how money would be spent in relation to the sustainability

fund monies. The results were quite different, with more than 80 percent of students in favor of an increase in fees for a student-led sustainability fund.

With two fairly different results, the Empower Poly Coalition has determined that a third and final method for capturing votes is still needed in order to fully understand the desires of funding student projects on campus.

During the week of Feb. 8, the Empower Poly Coalition will be out on Dexter Lawn collecting our final method of data. We will have a large poster board with a question related to sustainability. Students are welcome to enter a tally mark either for or against the fee. These results will be collected and will then determine if Cal Poly students are willing to pay an increase, and at what amount.

Please come out to Dexter Lawn and make your pledge as we truly value the students opinions about sustainability at Cal Poly. The future of sustainability at Cal Poly is in your hands.

The future simply cannot wait.

If you would like to contribute to The Green Spot e-mail mustangdaily@ gmail.com.

If you are so adamant about pushing sustainability around campus, why don’t you try another avenue that does not include raising fees?

I’m not an expert, but I know that there are many other options that can be considered. For now, stop conducting surveys in an effort to get a result that is favorable to you and your club.

—SlapStickSlick In response to “Students disapprove of student-led sustainability fund.”

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improve and adjust as their opponents have tried shutting Santiago down. A double or triple team on Santiago often provides the opportunity for a player to get open for a shot, and the team has been working on taking advantage of such opportunities.

Roles have definitely changed and stuck as the season progressed, Clancy said. As the team has improved, each member knows her job and what she needs to do to make the team work optimally.

“With all the team, they’ll say they don’t care about their individual performance,” Clancy said. “It’s all about the team and the win.”

In Santiago’s eyes, she plays alongside teammates who share her same work ethic.

“I would say our team is incredibly hard working,” Santiago said. “Whether (the team) is having a good game or a bad game, you know at the end of the day those people are going to be there tomorrow, working their butts off in the gym.”

The Mustangs look for their hard work to pay off in the form of a championship.

“We want that championship so bad this year; it would be the biggest upset for our team if we didn’t get it — we are definitely working for it,” Santiago said.

Sanders (again) to injury, an undrafted free agent, Melvin Bullitt, moved in and excelled.

Perhaps only Polian could manage to trade Marshall Faulk and not be haunted by it; Polian merely installed his 1999 No. 1 draft pick, Edgerrin James, at Faulk's old spot. No wonder Polian is a five-time winner of the NFL executive of the year award.

How does Polian continue to find such a treasure trove of quality players? Other than the obvious answer, he can identify skill, Polian taps into the baseball philosophy of developing talent within. Polian, a big baseball fan, has said that he uses a "farm system" approach.

No, the Colts don't have any minor-league teams. But they do have a system in place that consistently has ascending players prepared to take over for an injured or declining player.

"There's 30 percent player turnover every year," Polian said.

"Every four years, you lose 45 percent of your core players. You have to be ready. And you can't fill all those spots with expensive free agents. We avoid that."

The Colts' roster does not have a player who signed with Indianapolis as an unrestricted free agent. The last one purchased by Polian was kicker Adam Vinatieri, who is injured.

The Colts' depth is extraordinary; Polian never is caught short

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of replacements. And he finds them everywhere. The Colts' roster includes small-college talent from Mount Union, Missouri Western, Howard, Morgan State, Brown, Sherbrooke College and Alabama A&M. And to bring the point closer to home, the Colts often find better players in the fourth, fifth and sixth rounds than the Rams come up with in the first three rounds.

That would explain the difference

between the AFC champ Colts and the 1-15 Rams.

"You have to anticipate what problems you're going to face in training camp," Polian told the Indianapolis Star. "And you begin to structure the roster. I was taught a long time ago if you don't have (depth) going into camp, there's every likelihood you won't have it coming out. Every player you bring to camp has to have a chance to

make the team."

Polian points to cornerback Jacob Lacey, an undrafted rookie who started nine games to help the Colts overcome injuries.

If you want to chastise Polian for something, here you go: He doesn't have a QB ready to take over for Manning. But Manning isn't retiring anytime soon, and that gives Polian plenty of time to find the next great quarterback.

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Quarterback Peyton Manning was drafted by the Colts in 1998 over Washington State quarterback Ryan Leaf. To this date, Manning has thrown for 46,462 yards more than Leaf in his NFL career.

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Kristina Santiago re-writes Cal Poly’s record books Will Taylor mustang daily

Kristina Santiago, the Mustang women’s basketball standout forward, became the fourth-leading scorer in school history with a 22-point performance against

Cal State Bakersfield Saturday.

The conference’s leading scorer has helped propel her team to the Mustang’s second-best start in program history this season.

While head coach Faith Mimnaugh attributed much of her team’s success to her junior’s lead-

ership, Santiago’s success stems from her strive for perfection.

“I am kind of one of those people who is never really satisfied,” Santiago said. “You can always be better.”

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Junior forward Kristina Santiago is the Big West leading scorer, averaging 21 points per game. With her 22point performance against Cal State Bakersfield, she became the fourth-leading scorer in school history.

points.What was an impressive performance to others, was a flawed day to her. Even with the impressive point total, Santiago found faults with her performance.

“I don’t think I would ever say I had a great game, I mean, I only had six boards (against Cal State Bakersfield),” Santiago said.

Her perfectionist work ethic has been evident since she started playing in fifth grade. Her brothers and dad “always pushed her in everything,” and she was constantly trying to keep up with them. That same attitude is still present today.

“Basically there’s always room for improvement,” Santiago said.

Mimnaugh said that her work ethic is what makes Santiago not only a great player but also a great leader on the court. It all came together in Cal Poly’s overtime victory against Cal State Fullerton.

Santiago played every minute of the game and scored a career-high 34 points. She had to mentally focus to seal the victory.

“At one point I thought, ‘Suck it up, you got this, keep going,’” she said. “I got a steal right away for a breakaway lay-up.”

Junior guard Rachel Clancy said the Fullerton game showed how mentally prepared Santiago is in clutch situations.

“She’s always consistent,” Clancy said. “But that game she made big scores at big times.”

As the season has continued, Santiago has anchored the Mustangs in the key. Nearly scoring

at will, she has quickly made her run into the top-five scorers of all time. Santiago currently stands in fourth place and is just under 250 points from third.

“It’s a really cool honor; I’m pretty proud to be in that category,” Santiago said. “But it wouldn’t mean as much to me if we had a losing record.”

Santiago is valuable to the team not only as a scorer, but as an allaround threat and team player. Her versatility comes through in her stats. In the Big West Conference, she is ranked second in rebounds, fourth in field goals and third in minutes.

“She knows she’s gifted, but she’s more down for the team winning,” Mimnaugh said.

When someone scores double digits in every game during the season, like Santiago has, it does not go unnoticed. She is 16th in scoring in Division-1 women’s basketball and her opponents know it, Mimnaugh said. Double and triple teams have forced her to diversify not only her scoring, but the rest of her game as well.

“She’s doing everything for us.

It’s been exciting for me to coach her,” Mimnaugh said. “When she came to us, she was pretty much a post player. She’s tried to develop her perimeter skills and can now score in a number of different ways.”

Clancy and Santiago’s teammates have also been forced to see Santiago, page 11

Colts MVP? Bill Polian, not Peyton Manning Bernie Miklasz st. louis post-dispatch

FORT LAUDERDALE, Fla. ­— With all due respect to quarterback Peyton Manning, the Indianapolis Colts' MVP is their 68-year-old team president, Bill Polian.

After all, it was Polian who drafted Manning in 1998. He took Manning over Ryan Leaf. And we can laugh at that now, but at the time there was a spirited Leaf vs.

Manning debate among NFL scouts and general managers. And the decision was considered a close call.

Polian might be the best in NFL history at what he does: evaluating and procuring talent. He's certainly No. 1 among team builders in the modern, salary-cap NFL era.

The Colts arrive in Florida today to begin formal preparations for Sunday's Super Bowl showdown against the New Orleans Saints. This is just the latest stop.

Just look at where Polian has taken the Colts: A preposterous 128-48 regularseason record (.727 winning percentage) over the last 11 seasons.

Nine postseason victories, including a 6-2 mark in the last eight.

The Colts are trying to win their second Super Bowl championship in four seasons.

The Colts have the NFL's longest current streak of making the playoffs: eight consecutive seasons, and 10 of the last 11.

In the decade of the aughts, the Colts won 115 regular-season games; that's the most by a team in any decade in NFL history.

Polian arrived to revive the losing Colts in 1998. Before that he was the GM in Buffalo, and he quickly constructed a Bills team that won four consecutive AFC titles. (In the seven seasons before Polian showed up the Bills had a .419 winning percentage.) He moved on to Carolina and assembled the expansion Panthers, who made it to the NFC title game in their second season of existence.

When the 2006 Colts beat Chicago to win the Super Bowl, 17 of their 22 starters were drafted by

Polian. When they won the AFC title two weeks ago, 15 of the 22 starters were Polian draft picks.

According to ESPN.com, 39 of the 53 players on the Indianapolis roster never had played for, or been signed by, another NFL team. The list includes 29 Polian draft choices, 10 players signed as undrafted rookies and 10 "street" free agents _ guys who had been cut by other teams.

The great offensive line that protects Manning so well is a study of Polian's brilliance. The five starters feature a fourth-round draft choice, a sixth-round draft choice and three undrafted gems spotted

by Polian.

And what about the wide receiver position? Future Hall of Famer Marvin Harrison grew old and slow and wasn't re-signed for 2009. A former No. 1 pick, Anthony Gonzalez, suffered a seasonending injury. No problem. The Colts plugged in rookie Austin Collie and the second-year receiver Pierre Garcon. Collie was a fourthround pick; Garcon was taken in the sixth round. They combined for 11 catches, 274 yards and two TDs to burn the Jets in the AFC championship game. And when the Colts lost hard-hitting safety Bob see Colts, page 11

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Indianapolis Colts team president Bill Polian has posted a 128-48 regular-season record in 11 seasons. On Sunday, the Colts will play in their second Super Bowl in the last four seasons.