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Cal Poly students will camp on Dexter Lawn April 5 -7 as part of an event called “Live Like a Refugee.” SLO for Darfur, a newly-formed club, is dedicated to spreading awareness about the ongoing turmoil in Darfur and offering assistance. This week’s event will raise money to buy books for children in a Darfur school. The club hopes to raise $3,528, which will purchase one book for each child. Students pledged to camp out and ask for donations based on how many days they camped. The money the club raises will go directly to train local teachers, as well as purchase supplies.
Stanford professor speaks about neuroscience Katie Grady katherinegrady.md@gmail.com
Can brain scans tell whether a person is likely to act criminally? If so, what should be done about it? These are two of many questions Stanford law professor Hank Greely posed to a packed hall at Cal Poly on March 12. Greely specializes in the effects of new biomedical technologies, more specifically those related to neuroscience, genetics and stem cell research. Greely focused on the emerging field of “neuroethics,” the legal and social implications of neuroscience in his lecture entitled “Neuroscience: Scientific Revolutions, Social Challenges.” With increasing technological advances, he challenged the audience to consider the ramifications of such advancements. In his geometrical, multicolor sweater, Greely approached the front of Philips Hall at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center on the sunny Friday afternoon and said, “I want you all to look at my sweater. How many colors are in it? Listen to my voice. Notice the feeling of the back of your seat (for those of you fortunate enough to have seats). Wiggle the big toe on your right foot. Ask yourself, ‘What am I doing in here on a beautiful spring day?’ Everything you just perceived, that you thought, that you sensed, the motions you made, they all are, as far as we can tell, the results of firings of some of the 100 billion neurons in your brain.” He later went into detail about
six areas of neuroscience that stem from these networks of firings in our brains: prediction, mind-reading, responsibility, consciousness, treatment and enhancement, all of which instigate ethical questions. Greely began discussing new tools like magnetic resonance imaging (MRI), a driving force of this revolution. He traveled through history, from Phineas Gage all they way to the first uses of MRIs. Phineas Gage was a railroad worker who suffered a six-foot metal rod blast-
about in neuroscience are peculiar in humans. You can’t study speech in mice. You can’t study loyalty in rats.” Greely highlighted just how important the 25-year-old invention of the MRI has been to advancements in the field. X-rays, which are shadows cast by dense objects, are not very useful for studying brains because there are no dense objects in our brains, Greely said. He talked about the MRI machine as having a magnetic field billions
“ ” More than 4,000 fMRI experiments will be published this year. Ten years ago, there were 200. This technology is exploding. — Hank Greely
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ing through his skull and the front part of his brain. He survived, but his personality was different. Greely explained how in the past the challenge has been that these “poor unfortunate souls” who suffered accidents were the only way to learn about the brain. “You can give mice strokes and do terrible things to monkeys,” Greely said about attempted animal studies. “You can’t do that with humans. They have lawyers, (but) many of the things we care
of times more powerful than the earth’s magnetic field. He said before they learned how to shield the machines, people walking by the building would find their keys coming out of their pockets and sticking to the walls. An MRI is a bunch of data on radio waves that the computer software reconstructs as an image. With this technology, we can now see how the brain changes and differences between individuals Greely brought up the topic of
taxi cab drivers in London. These highly trained professionals were found to have larger hippocampi than the average individual. Being a cab driver in London is considered higher status than being an engineer, because you are expected to memorize every street, every building, every alley or every freeway of this massive metropolitan area. It takes years of study and multiple tests. The hippocampus is the spot in the brain where new memories and new neurons are made. If it is removed, you become incapable of learning new facts. This is concretized by the cabby study. Greely also elaborated on the fMRI, a test for oxygenated and deoxygenated hemoglobin in the brain, which can predict areas of brain activity. With this test, scientists can tell which parts of the brain are working harder when, essentially finding a brain site for things like listening to a favorite band or the feeling of true love. “More than 4,000 fMRI experiments will be published this year,” Greely said. “Ten years ago, there were two hundred. This technology is exploding.” Similar technologies allow us to compare a mental state to the physical state of the brain. Greely then went on to describe the implications these technologies have for more than just neuroscientists. The implications include detection of things like Alzheimers or schizophrenia. The latter impacts see Brain, page 2
After quake, life calms on both sides of border Tony Perrytracy Wilkinson and Ching Ching Ni Los Angeles Times
Life began returning to a jittery sort of normal Monday on both sides of the U.S.-Mexican border, one day after a magnitude 7.2 earthquake rumbled through the area around Mexicali, Mexico. Assessment teams inspected buildings and cleanup crews swept up broken glass in Mexicali and its smaller California neighbor, Calexico, both of which sustained modest damage. The death toll rose to two, with more than 230 people injured. The quake, centered about 30 miles south of the border, caused 45 buildings in Baja California to collapse or partly collapse, authorities said. “Little by little, things are coming back to normal,” said Alejandro Contreras, a spokesman for the state government in Mexicali, a sprawling municipality of almost 1 million about 125 miles east of San Diego. “People are nervous, of course, but we are calling for calm and working to restore services.” On the U.S. side of the border, a 12-square-block historic section of Calexico was closed for inspection and several buildings were redtagged as unsafe, City Manager Victor M. Carrillo said. Calexico also lost the use of its main water tank. Carrillo said damage added up to “millions of dollars” but that it was too early for more precise estimates. Two people were injured in surrounding Imperial County, one critically, according to Maria Peinado, a spokeswoman for the county Office of Emergency Services. Considering the magnitude of the quake — it was roughly equivalent to the one that devastated Portau-Prince, Haiti, in January, causing more than 200,000 deaths — the region seemed to have emerged surprisingly intact. At a news conference in Pasadena, Caltech seismologist Kate Hutton said the earthquake in Mexico, which struck at 3:40 p.m. Sunday, probably occurred between five and 10 miles below the surface. It was followed by hundreds of smaller aftershocks, she said. Over the next week, she added, there might be as many as 22 aftershocks of magnitude 4, and perhaps two of magnitude 5. Times staff writers Mitchell Landsberg and Patrick McDonnell in Los Angeles contributed to this report.
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nearly one percent of the world’s adults and is almost always diagnosed between the ages of 18 and 28, meaning about 20 students from each class year at Cal Poly could end up with the disease. Predicting diseases like this could help with cures, but some issues arise. Knowing that someone has or will get these diseases would immediately pigeonhole them. They couldn’t become doctors or be in the military. Greely asks if this is ethical. Psychopaths also have different brain patterns, according to recent studies.
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news editor: Kate McIntyre mustangdailynews@gmail.com “What if we can predict which 1 percent of 12-year-old boys will be psychopaths,” Greely asked. “What would we do with that information? Would we lock them up and throw away the key? ... That’s the fundamental question behind all these prediction uses.” Greely then brought up the possibilities of employers and insurers getting a hold of such information and questions whether excess information is a good thing. Greely takes an evolutionary approach to mind-reading, saying we have been doing it as a way to survive throughout history. “You need to know who’s about to beat the shit out of you or who’s willing to share food with you,”
Greely said. He explained how we can do it, but also said we are in no way experts. “If we were, poker wouldn’t exist, dating would look a lot different and jury trials would look a lot different,” he said. With neuroscience, we can get much more accurate at reading minds by finding connections between specific pictures like faces or buildings to physical activities in the brain. In this way, a brain scan could be used in court or for lie detection. Three areas of the brain light up for pain as well. Neuroscientists could implement pain detection. Doctors could read people’s minds
to see if they are really in pain and if they really require certain drugs. Responsibility Greely talked about a schoolteacher with a clean record who started to exhibit characteristics of a pedophile. He was sentenced to prison, but a day later, they found a tumor in his brain. When the tumor was removed, he said the feelings went away. Two years of followup and removal of the tumor again proved this to be true. “Was he guilty of pedophilia, or was his tumor guilty of pedophilia?” Greely asks. “What do you do with a case like that?” Consciousness People in vegetative states or minimally conscious states were
part of study where they found activation in the secondary motor area meaning they were hearing and their brains were active. Essentially, they were answering questions through firings in the brain while completely immobile. Treatment There is the potential for brainchanging treatment for those convicted of certain crimes, such as “chemical castration” for men convicted of sex crimes. This is a process by which a drug blocks receptors in the brain for testosterone,causing a decrease in sex drive. Enhancement Lastly, Greely talked about the see Neuroscience, page 5
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Explosion leaves many dead, missing Bob Drogin and Nicole Santa Cruz Tribune Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON — A tightknit community waited, watched and prayed late Monday night as rescue workers rushed to search for survivors of an explosion in a coal mine deep in the rugged hills of West Virginia. Seven miners were confirmed dead and 19 were still unaccounted for hours after the fierce blast inside the Upper Big Branch mine between 3 and 3:30 p.m. The mine is owned by Massey Energy Co., one of the nation’s largest coal producers. The explosion destroyed communication lines inside the huge mine. It wasn’t clear if the missing miners were able to reach specially reinforced rescue chambers that are stocked with food, water and air. The mine, which comprises several square miles underground, has a history of releasing highly combustible methane gas, according to mine safety officials. At least nine mine rescue teams and other emergency responders, as well as frightened families, converged on the rural mining town of Montcoal, which is about 30 miles south of Charleston, the state capital. Helicopters clattered overhead. Elizabeth Pellegrin, a spokes-
woman for the Charleston Area Medical Center, said one miner was flown in by helicopter at 6 p.m. The miner was in intensive care, she said, and doctors were preparing for other patients. “We’re hoping for more,” Pellegrin said. Massey Energy officials said they did not yet know the cause of the accident. The mine is operated by a Massey subsidiary, Performance Coal Co. “We’re uncertain as to what happened but we are working diligently on rescue efforts,” said Massey Energy’s chief executive officer, Don Blankenship. Kevin Stricklin, an administrator with the Mine Safety and Health Administration, told The Associated Press that the seven men apparently were killed while riding on a mine vehicle, and that two other men aboard the vehicle were injured. He said the 19 missing include two crews of nine workers, and a fire boss who was working alone. Two rescue chambers are situated near the blast site and are stocked with food, water and enough air to sustain the group for four days, Stricklin said. He said officials don’t believe there was a roof collapse, but they don’t yet know what caused the explosion.
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SAN LUIS OBISPO (MCT)— Soon after the 242-acre Johnson Ranch opened to the public a year ago, it became one of San Luis Obispo’s most popular openspace parks. Now, resource managers are struggling with a vexing problem — wild pigs. Dozens of the animals have taken up residence in the park, where they are muddying creeks and tearing up hillsides. The city is trapping and killing the pigs. City officials concede that it may be impossible to remove the pigs entirely from the ranch. They want to at least keep their numbers under control to minimize the damage they cause.
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LOS ANGELES (MCT)— Lately, the Laker’s haven’t even had the best bench in a given game. Sunday against the San Antonio Spurs, the Lakers’ bench was unable to give the team a boost. It’s more the recent pattern for the Lakers’ bench. The reserves were outscored 42-12 by the New Orleans Hornets’ reserves and 48-22 by the Atlanta Hawks’ reserves. That led Lakers Coach Phil Jackson to say before that Hawks game that his reserves’ play “makes me want to throw up sometimes.”
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WASHINGTON (MCT) — Senators are set for a cloture vote when Congress reconvenes Monday to consider a $9 million House measure to extend unemployment benefits that Republicans say would further extend the federal deficit. That failure to extend benefits that expired Monday meant 212,000 unemployed people will lose benefits this week, according to figures provided by the National Employment Law Project. Senate Republicans continue to stand by the bipartisan deal they had with their Democratic counterparts Monday.
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FLORIDA (MCT) — Angry conservatives have become a cliche in the Obama age, but Marco Rubio, a GOP candidate for U.S. Senate in Florida, takes a different tack, trading fire for a sort of low-key, rational indignation combined with the earnestness of a senior class president. He is urgent, but never hysterical. This, despite being claimed by the Tea Party movement as one of their own. Despite the fact that, technically, he’s an insurgent, running against an incumbent governor, Charlie Crist, a fellow Republican. Rubio frames his candidacy in terms of a grave mission to rescue the GOP from itself, to restore its Reaganesque legacy, and to challenge President Barack Obama’s agenda.
International SOUTH KOREA (MCT) — South Korea sent a warship to the Indian Ocean on Monday to pursue Somali pirates who hijacked a U.S.-bound oil tanker in another brazen assault in shipping lanes hundreds of miles off the Horn of Africa. South Korean officials said the hijacked ship, the Samho Dream, is a 300,000-ton tanker, but they gave no indication how much oil was on board when pirates seized the vessel Sunday about 950 miles off the Somali coast. The crew of five Koreans and 19 Filipinos was sailing from Iraq to Louisiana. The ship’s owner, Samho Shipping, said that officials lost contact with the crew after receiving a distress call late Sunday afternoon.
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Word on the street If you could have slipped a whoopie cushion under anyone on April Fools’ Day, who would it be?
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CHINA (MCT) — For once, it was good news that came out from the depths of a Chinese coal mine as 115 workers were rescued Monday after eight days and eight nights trapped underground in Shanxi province. The extraordinary rescue turned into an around-the-clock reality show with state-run CCTV broadcasting live footage of the rescue workers carrying out the miners to a cheering audience. Crews were still hoping Monday night to bring out 38 more miners.
“George W. Bush.“
“Professor Shollenberger, because she needs to loosen up a bit.”
-Heather Blakely, graphic communication sophomore
-Levi Sternberg, mechanical engineering senior
“My 9 a.m. professor, to get the class up in the morning.“
“Kate Gosselin, because she doesn’t deserve all the celebrity attention.“
-Nichelle Ramos, biomedical engineering junior
-Jennifer Guastaferro, liberal studies sophomore
“My roommate.”
“Eric Reynolds, because he needs it.“
-Alex Kravecas, industrial engineering sophomore
-Tess Salzman, city and regional planning freshman
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Space shuttle starts 13-day mission John M. Glionna and Ju-Min Park and Kenneth R. Weiss los angeles times
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. — Space shuttle Discovery with its crew of seven astronauts roared into orbit Monday, arcing over the horizon just before sunrise as it headed out on one of NASA’s final orbiter missions to the International Space Station. Discovery is carrying eight tons of cargo and science equipment for the station’s laboratories. The 13-day mission, dubbed the “Experiment Express,” has three planned spacewalks to install a fresh ammonia tank assembly for the lab’s coolant system and retrieve a Japanese experiment from the station’s exterior. Commanded by the Navy Capt. Alan Poindexter, the crew includes rookie pilot James Dutton, flight engineer Dorothy Metcalf-Lindenburger, Stephanie Wilson, Japanese astronaut Naoko Yamazaki and veteran spacewalkers Richard Mastracchio and Clayton Anderson. At one point shortly before Discovery blasted off of launchpad 39A, the space station could be seen moving across the pre-dawn skies above Kennedy Space Center like a shimmering star tracking across the horizon. “It sure was a spectacular launch and picture perfect countdown,” Mike Moses, NASA shuttle integration manager, told a post-launch news conference. He said that during ascent there were a few glitches with some of Discovery’s monitors but nothing that indicated problems with any of the shuttle’s systems. The primary goal of Discovery is to deliver supplies that will keep the station operating long after shuttles have been sent to become museum attractions. Although the spacewalks are complex and involve lots of choreography with giant robotic arms, most of the work during the mission will be unpacking “Leonardo,” an Italian-made orbital moving van the size of a small bus. Also known as a Multi-Purpose Logistic Module, or MPLM, Leonardo is loaded with science experiments and
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precious cargo, including a new crew sleep station and a lab freezer. It’s so densely and precisely packed that it will take 100 hours for the joint shuttle and station crews to unload the carrier. “We have to unload it in a certain order in order to get things out,” said Ron Spencer, NASA’s lead space station flight director for the mission. Adding to the challenge is the fact that space on the station is tight and that every piece of hardware has to find its place, Spencer said. In the days before Discovery’s arrival, station crew members will be busy moving gear around on the orbiting complex to make room for the new arrivals. “And remember,” Spencer added, “the station crew is going to need know where these things are when the shuttle crew leaves. So we have to be very deliberate about where we put things and record where it is so different people ... still know where things are after the shuttle crew is gone.” While the astronauts are busy overhead, President Barack Obama is scheduled to make a speech on April 15 at the space center while Discovery is in orbit, outlining his plans for spaceflight after the shuttles are retired. Obama created a furor in the aerospace community in February when he proposed killing NASA’s Constellation program, which had been aimed at returning astronauts to the moon. The end of the shuttle program and NASA’s planned replacement program means thousands of looming job losses at the space center and other NASA centers. The White House maintains that its plan to outsource crew and cargo flights to private space companies and replace Constellation with a rocket technology development program will put the agency on a more sustainable footing and will ultimately provide a more a diversified space sector that will lead to more aerospace jobs over the long term.
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high use of adderall and ritalin among college students, causing cognitive enhancement. He says some people argue it’s unnatural. “Everything’s unnatural,” Greely said. “Our lives are unnatural. My sweater is unnatural. Your clothes are unnatural ... these lights are unnatural.” He questions if it’s really cheating. These pills don’t give knowledge; they just make your studying more effective, he said. Safety, fairness and cohesion are his biggest concerns. They are FDA-approved for diseases, only certain individuals can obtain them, and what if employers started encouraging the use of these drugs? “Most of what we care about in this world are other people’s minds,” Greely said. “That’s what we interact with, really.” He ended with a series of ethical questions. “This revolution is here already,” Greely said. “I have to believe we are likely to do better if we think about these in advance, if we talk about them, if we worry about them ... I have to think we will do a better job of maximizing their benefits and minimizing their harms.” Greely said after the presentation that his intention with the lectures is to mainly get people thinking.
“I want to do my little part to help create an educated population,” Greely said. “In two hours, you can’t educate in depth, but you can get people interested and give them some idea of why these are fascinating issues that will also be important.” Cal Poly is just one of his stops. Greely has given lectures at the University of Virginia, Harvard University and the University of Texas, Houston Medical School all in the past couple of weeks. He is heading to Florida International University, Washington D.C. and Vanderbilt University in the next couple of months as well. “This is a hot area, so there are a lot of people interested in hearing about it,” Greely said. “If one tenth of the people who are in this room actually go on to pay serious attention to this, this will have been a trip well worthwhile for me, plus I like driving here.” Greely was brought to campus by the Ethics + Emerging Sciences group at Cal Poly. The group was established in 2007 and focuses on risk, ethical and social concerns related to new sciences and technology. Greely is part of a technology and ethics lecture series the group began last year. Director of the group, philosophy professor Patrick Lin says they are trying to bring in leading scholars to speak on areas that may not be discussed much at Cal Poly from neuroscience to cyberweapons. “The issues Professor Greely discussed are important, because at some
point soon, they may affect the everyday person,” Lin said in an e-mail. “We’re already seeing businesses use neuroscience in marketing and advertising — exploiting how our brains work in order to lure us into a purchase — and, as Hank described, there are many questions related to law and ethics, such as the use of our medical information by employers or insurers that may potentially be discriminatory as well as privacy-infringing.” The lecture series is funded by the College of Liberal Arts and the philosophy department, but with limited funds, the group is applying for grants to keep the series going. “Given the strong showing of attendees we’ve seen — which are increasing with every talk — there’s a substantial demand for these talks in technology ethics, and I hope we’re able to continue the program,” Lin said. “It’s clear that Hank has an impressive command of the history as well as latest research in the field, so it’s great to be able to hear about this work, straight from the front lines,” Lin said. Simone Mata, a kinesiology junior, said she was planning to go on a hike, but heard about the lecture from a friend and decided to come check it out. As the first one to ask a question from the audience, Mata felt the afternoon was well spent. “It was really informative and just very interesting to hear something other than what our majors usually feed us,” Mata said.
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British artist Chloe White leaps for discovery in U.S. debut Anthony Pannone anthonypannone.md@gmail. com Be prepared to warp into a fairy tale land when stepping inside ARTS Space Obispo located in The Creamery in downtown San Luis Obispo. With a dash of self-reflection, a handful of sensuality and three parts
small animal, artist Chloe White has opened a portal and seemingly transformed the art gallery into a surreal realm, where statues of frog people, bird people and cigar-smoking fish greet you as if you’ve fallen down the rabbit’s hole. Musing on dreams for inspiration, White sketches and sculpts half-animal creatures that look as
though they leapt from the pages of an early 20th-century children’s story. There are diving and pirouetting frogs made of clay. A woman and fish cast in bronze share a clawfoot bathtub. Look up and come faceto-face with a swimming frog in mid-breast stroke hanging from the ceiling by a colorless thread. And a woman posing in front of a 15-foothigh mural dressed in a scaly shroud wearing a fish head for a hat sets the scene for White’s anthropomorphic wonderland. Each piece acts as a focal point to this Briton’s first-ever exhibit in the United States, “Clay Dreams: Salmon Slippers and Star Gazy Pie.” “‘Clay Dreams’ is the name,” White said, as she moved about, pointing to her work, then back to the title on the wall. “‘Salmon Slippers’ comes from — well, look, let me show you — see, my fish wear shoes; I have a shoe fetish. And ‘Star Gazy Pie’ is a Cornish dish — although I’m not Cornish.” Star Gazy Pie is a culinary hodgepodge of fish, vegetables, butter, eggs and spices topped by a pastry crust; it is Southern English comfort food. And as a garnish, fish heads stick out from atop the crust gazing at the stars. White said coming up with a name for the exhibit included both the gallery’s and the artist’s brain-
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British artist Chloe White makes her U.S. debut at ARTS Space Obispo with her exhibit “Clay Dreams: Salmon Slippers and Star Gazy Pie.” It will run until April 29.
work. “It is an interesting title and captures my artwork’s essence,” White said, looking up at the silver and white letters pasted on a peach-colored wall. As a child, White suffered from asthma, which made playing sports difficult. Admitting she isn’t — and never was — “sporty,” the sculptor likens her art-making process to athletic prowess. “One time my son, Leif, made a
bet with my husband while playing golf. He said for $40 he would make an eagle. Well, he did it! And, after sinking (the putt), he said he just knew it would happen. Same for me. When I’m painting or sculpting, I feel like I’m in the zone; it just feels right. Sometimes I know where (the piece) is going, or I know which line to stroke and where,” White said. When beginning a piece — see Artist, page 7
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the mind.” While the artwork on display offers diverse interpretation, White continued from page 6 said her latest collection is “ugly which from start-to-finish can ei- beautiful.” “Fortunately, I’m seeing beautither take two weeks or one month — White uses her own body as a ful,” said local large-scale drawer Jamie Bruzenak. starting point. Another gallery-goer, Marnie “I often start out by sketching an Parker, described White’s exhibit image, which has been coming to simply as “mythical.” me either as a dream or a day dream When immersed in the land of in response to something I’ve observed or felt, and from the sketch creature oddities, there’s a striking I move to clay,” White said. “I start similarity between the artist’s work to feel how the form is going to de- and the artist herself. “I guess on some level, they are velop — what size and shape it will self-portraits,” White said, brushing take — from feeling the weight and the texture. I enjoy adding tubular her red locks from her shoulder. The message behind her colleclimbs and arranging them to cretion is humility — to accept oneate the desired sense of movement. self as-is, which, White said, means Then I try out the movement myself recognizing both “good and bad” and incorporate it into the sculpqualities about the self and working ture.” The artist’s resume is backed by to mold those qualities into a complete product. years of experience. “Frogs, in particular, have this At 16, vulnerability, yet White illusremain graceful trated books in appearance. in Brighton, Their gaze attracts England, her me and their bodhometown. ies are soft, like a She left for woman’s,” White college at age said. “We should 17 and now love and appreciholds a degree ate that.” in fine arts The carnality of from the Unianimal instinct is versity of the evident in the artWest of Engist’s work, and she land, Bristol. draws energy from Her artwork her own intuition, stems from her projecting it into unique childeach piece. hood. “We’ve forgot— Chloe White “I grew up ten we are animals, a Jehovah’s Artist and just ‘cause we Wi t n e s s ,” construct things White said. doesn’t mean we’re “And once I better or separate moved away to college, it was like from them. We’re no different, only — PSSHEW — you know; my life opened up. I was always worried trained to act that way,” White said. White landed in San Luis about stepping over boundaries set forth by religion, by societal norms; Obispo by chance, and, sipping a it was a big source of anxiety. But latté from a compostable cup, the I learned to have faith in knowing artist described her “serendipitous” that what I was doing was right, de-boarding. White said while riding southand as long as I had faith, I would bound on a train from San Francisbe OK.” Before trading her paintbrush for co to San Dieogo with her husband, ceramics and metals, White painted Tony, and then 3-month-old son, their family getaway to visit friends on canvas using oils and acrylics. “With sculpture, I am free and was cut short. The couple tried unloose,” White said,” standing in successfully in stopping their son’s black boots covered in clay dust. continued crying, so the trio ran“There are no boundaries, no edges domly stopped-off at the next station, which happened to be in San to stop my expression.” Her blue eyes beamed with the Luis Obispo. Fate is a recurring theme in this same trance-like stare of her handmolded figures as she explained artist’s life, who teaches her craft why showing her artwork in public locally at Montessori Children’s brings strange but rewarding feel- School. “One of our board members ings. She said her work will reach heard Chloe speak at Steynberg those who share similar feelings. “My expression in art is private; Gallery,” ARTS Obipso executive it’s personal. I am not a zealot, but I director Marta Peluso said. “We believe everybody is essentially good, liked her work, and it was what we like animals. I share my art because we’re looking for at the time. We are it heals me; it is therapeutic. When I very excited to have her first exhibit don’t do it, I feel disconnected from in our gallery.” White gives thanks for the supmyself, like I’m not a complete aniport from her family and friends, mal,” White said. White said she tries not to think specifically fellow artists Josephine about a viewer’s response while cre- Laing and Frank Zika. Chole White’s exhibit runs April ating her artwork because is “inhib2-29 at ARTS Space Obispo located its” the creative flow. “Her work is hypnotic,” gallery- at 570 Higuera St. (Be sure to invisitor Bob Sachs said. “You can re- quire about the fly on the wall.) ally see the dynamics of the legs, but Admission is free but donations are strength of the fish. It sort of bends accepted.
“ ” With sculpture, I am free and loose, standing in black boots covered in clay and dust.
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When a prize ruins a game
Let’s say we were playing Twister. Just you and me. Pretend there was alcohol involved if that helps explain why we’re playing. If you’ve ever played Twister before, you know that it’s good for a great many giggles and even some notso-subtle flirting. Now pretend we were playing Twister at some sort of National Twister Tournament, with the winner receiving a fleet of Ferraris and a house in Beverly Hills. The game would be much different. I’d carefully place my limbs to try to trip you up, you’d cry foul if my hand strayed from its dot for even a moment and there would be no laughter, just teeth gritted in concentration. It would not be fun. Not at all. Rewards and prizes encourage people to perform certain activities. One of the greatest rewards, is the orgasm. For men anyway, the
orgasm acts as a pat on the back. “You just possibly impregnated someone!” it says, “Here’s some euphoria.” Possible impregnation is quite good for the future of the species and though the female orgasm isn’t as well understood, it also acts as a reward for having sex. As anyone who’s experienced an orgasm can attest, if something causes it, you will absolutely keep doing that thing. While this is very good for our (potential) offspring, reproduction is no longer the only benefit humans get out of sex. Even before orgasm, sex not only feels good, but in some circumstances can be a beautiful expression of love. The trouble is that the orgasm is so enjoyable it tends to overshadow these other, perfectly pleasant feelings. Orgasm is hardly the only pleasant part of sex and is actually unnecessary if you aren’t actually trying to get pregnant. I am not for a minute saying that an orgasm is a bad thing. I do
think that it is definitely not the only thing to worry about during sex. Obsession with a reward can take the fun out of a game. That’s what happened with our Twister game, and it definitely can do the same thing to sex. Two people will keep having sex, persisting long past any real enjoyment, devoted to obtaining their prize. To make matters worse, the more they stress and worry about reaching orgasm, the less likely it is to happen in the first place. Orgasm will be more likely and more enjoyable if you try again when you’re more relaxed and in the mood. It seems much healthier to approach sex with an open mind. If you realize that you will survive, and even enjoy yourself, whether or not you have an orgasm, then that takes a lot of the pressure off, making one more likely in the first place. While the orgasm is theoretically the greatest reward, it is not the only reason you are having sex. If sex was as enjoyable as peeling potatoes, then yes, an orgasm would be pretty much the only thing that would make the task worthwhile. But sex is intrinsically enjoyable, beginning, middle and end, and each of these parts should be enjoyed and appreciated. It’s not the end of the world if your sex doesn’t conclude with an orgasm. You were still having sex, after all. Anthony Rust is a biological sciences junior and Mustang Daily sex columnist.
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The gods have spoken: ‘Clash of the Titans’ remake a hit Geoff Boucher Los Angeles Times
LONDON — As decisions go, it was the same kind that faced the 1970s souls who had to pick just the right warlock-and-serpent mural for their customized van. Should the Pegasus be white or black? Maybe glowing red eyes too? And what if — instead of noble feathers — the mighty steed of myth came with a killer pair of bat wings? That was one of the choices French filmmaker Louis Leterrier wrestled with last summer on the set of “Clash of the Titans,” the Warner Bros. and Legendary Pictures adventure that just pulled in $105.6 million worldwide in its opening weekend. On a crisp, blue-sky afternoon in a soundstage outside London, the tall, slender director watched with intense focus as his star, Sam Worthington, bulled his wall through the panicked streets of Argos on his way to meet destiny while carrying the head of Medusa in a bloodied sack. It was going to be another marathon day for the director; the Gorgon sister's head might have already been in the bag but there were hundreds of epic decisions ahead for a project that would finish with 1,400 visualeffects shots on the screen. “The first time someone said, ‘We're doing a “Clash of the Titans” remake,’ I thought it was crazy, I thought it was an offense to the original,” Leterrier said, referring
to the 1981 fantasy with Harry Hamlin and Ray Harryhausen's stop-motion monsters. “The idea of someone redoing that movie with horrible CG creatures — I hated the idea. And then I watched the original again, and I said, ‘Actually, there may be a way to pay homage to the original one and do something new and special.’” The solid opening for the $122million production did not signal a complete victory for Leterrier. The reviews for the film have not been especially kind. Kenneth Turan, for instance, writing in the Los Angeles Times, said the movie has a “numskull plot” and a cluttered feel because of a late-in-the-game conversion to 3-D. But for a certain generation of male moviegoers — the one that includes the 36-year-old Leterrier — the “Clash of the Titans” brand name comes with a guilty-pleasure crackle that has nothing to do with serious film criticism. The original was the first film Leterrier remembers seeing at a theater, and the creature creations of producer and effects pioneer Harryhausen were so distinctive and intriguing that the youngster was dazzled and started on a career path to becoming a second-generation filmmaker (his father, Francois Leterrier, directed the 1977 erotic film “Goodbye Emmanuelle”). Not everyone, though, holds the nowdated sword-and-sandal film up to such lofty status.
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Liam Neeson portrays the Greek god and ruler of Mount Olympus Zeus in the new Warner Bros. movie “Clash of the Titans.”
Take Worthington, who shrugged when asked last year on the set whether he felt as if there were any extra pressure in a project that had such a popcorn heritage. He said fanboy recollections of the film were more emotional than they were accurate. “It's a movie people remember, sure, but when people say to me, ‘I love it, it's my favorite,’ I think, ‘Did you watch it lately, mate?’” “Clash” stars Worthington as Perseus, Hamlin’s role in the original, who this time around is lean, mean and out for vengeance as opposed to the earlier pretty-boy plot of earning glory to win the hand of a woman. Leterrier said he chose Worthington because he wanted a
scrappy Achilles, not some muscular Adonis. “I didn't want a big, handsome American who looks like a superhero and who, when you see him at the beginning of the movie, you know right away he’s going to win in the end,” he said. “I wanted a troubled guy, a guy who is dragged through this ordeal and doesn't want to be a hero. “In films these days, you have the very strong superhero actors and the very fragile actors. The in-between, the guys that go back and forth, are very rare. And Sam is that guy.” It’s a role that adds to the Australian actor's unusual status as a specialist in half-human roles; he was a forlorn cyborg in “Terminator Salvation,” a blue alien hybrid in “Avatar” and now the half-human, halfgod son of Zeus (Liam Neeson). Perseus was raised by Spyros (Pete Postlethwaite), an earnest fisherman, who dies in an attack by the dark god Hades (Ralph Fiennes). Perseus directs his rage and grief toward the gods, who increasingly are angered and alarmed in conflict with humans. The mortals are obviously no match for the powerful gods of Olympus: A key concept from screenwriters Phil Hay and Matt Manfredi is that the gods get their power from the worship of mortals and, without the prayers
and tributes, that power and sway will fade. That wasn't the only new wrinkle. The white Pegasus that was such a signature visual from the original is black this time around (but the red eyes and bat wings were deemed too demonic), and more gods are onscreen, such as Poseidon (Danny Huston), who Leterrier said would have a far more prominent role in a potential sequel, which looks more likely with the box-office start. The mechanical owl Bubo makes a fleeting appearance as a nod to the first film. Leterrier — who directed “Transporter 2” and “The Incredible Hulk” with Edward Norton — has a view of “Clash” as a trilogy where the story expands out in concentric circles with Perseus at its center. The Titans, the parents of the Greek gods, would see their first action in a movie named after them. Worthington said he and Leterrier are hopeful. “Some movies end and you say, ‘What's the sequel? We can't do another one because the story is over,’” he said. “But things aren't resolved in ours. There's still the dilemma between father and son and where the relationship of Zeus and Perseus stands. And the humans and their war with the gods and the desire for change and fairness.”
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No middleman needed for college loans los angeles times
The primary obstacle for young adults seeking to complete a college degree isn't that their public schools failed to prepare them or that their colleges somehow alienated them to the point of dropping out. It's money. Even solidly middle-class families can seldom cough up the more than $160,000 that private college will cost over four years. Working-class families must struggle to send their children to public colleges, which cost anywhere from several thousand dollars a year for live-at-home commuters to $25,000 a year for students at the University of California. The federal government has spent extraordinary sums each year for student loans that helped put more Americans through college. But much of that money, it turns out, has been wasted. Unbelievably enough, the government has spent billions on interest payments to private banks instead of on needy students. This wasteful and at times scandal-plagued expenditure of taxpayer money finally ended with the approval this week of the federal budget reconciliation act. The new law will eliminate the private-lender subsidy and have the government make loans directly to students. The change is expected to save more than $60 billion over 11 years, money that will be plowed into more student aid. Up to now, the federal money was used to subsidize interest pay-
ments to the private lenders who actually made the loans. The government also guaranteed the loans. This has been a lucrative, risk-free profit center for private lenders, so desirable a business that they at times provided kickbacks to universities that would list them as preferred lenders. In some cases, financial aid officers at certain colleges held stock options in lending companies. After accusations by the attorney general of New York, several lenders and universities paid fines and agreed to a new code of conduct. Any smart business leader knows that to cut costs, you cut out the middleman, yet this system persisted for years after the public became aware that billions of dollars were being spent to create banking profits rather than a better-educated nation. The profits in the student loan business were good enough for lenders to invest in lobbyists and campaign contributions, largely to GOP congressmen who now complain that the new law is a killer of privatesector jobs. In fact, the jobs were private sector
only in name; they were paid for by taxpayers. What the private lenders did provide was a range of loan packages to meet individual students' needs. There's no reason the federal government can't do the same, and for a lot more students with college dreams.
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Perhaps the biggest motivator for Pami all year was assistant coach Mark Perry. Perry said he continued to push Pami and drill the belief that he could win because Perry knew he had the talent to win it all. He said Pami began to truly realize his abilities toward the end of the season. “It’s very obvious why Chase did well, and it’s because he believed in himself,” Perry said. “It doesn’t matter if you’re the best athlete in the world or the worst. A lot of it is about believing and knowing that you are prepared to go into battle.” Perry said he was glad that every-
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athletes,” Woods explained. He explained his injuries suffered in the one-car accident Thanksgiving night — “A busted-up lip and a pretty sore neck” — yet he would not address witness reports that Woods appeared to be drugged at the time. “Well, the police investigated the accident and they cited me 166 bucks and it’s a closed case,” he said. He noted that wife Elin would not be attending the Masters, his first tournament since the sex scandal broke on Thanksgiving night. But he refused to answer whether
thing paid off for Pami, and he bought into what was being taught. Perry expected Pami to be in the championship and enjoyed how Pami went out and took it from opponents instead of just hoping to win. Even though Pami fell shy of his dream of becoming a national champion, he was able to connect with more people and learn lessons about himself through the experience. “One thing I learned is you can’t be afraid to take risks,” Pami said. “You take certain risks and you go for something with everything you have, and you might not get it exactly the way you want it. Taking that risk is worth it in the end because you learn something about yourself.” Pami said he was proud of how he
competed, since he left everything on the mat. He said it was cool because he was able to show other guys from Nevada that they can be great college wrestlers. Also, Pami said he was thankful that God gave him the ability to showcase his talents. “My hope is that through all this I was able to give God glory,” Pami said. “I just thank God above for the opportunity to be at this high of a platform and this high of a stage.” Now that Pami’s career is over, Azevedo said he hopes Pami will be involved with the wrestling program next year. Pami will be training periodically at Cal Poly as he tries to qualify for the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.
his return to golf here was hypocritical of his original statement that he was leaving the game to mend his family. “I’m excited to play this week,” he said, moving on to the next question. He did his best. He worked a rainbow-colored shirt and a big smile, two things seen around him about as much as a duff. He called reporters by their last names, called us all friends, even referred to one as “Bro.” But in the end, it was obvious that we still don’t know him, and that he still may not know himself. He bragged that his inner circle has remained intact throughout the scandal, from caddie to agent, yet these are the same folks who may
have facilitated a private life that allegedly included more than a dozen affairs and suspicions, despite Woods’ denials, that he has been using steroids. “I certainly have everyone around me,” Woods said. “I’ve had, again, a tremendous amount of support.” He was thrilled that Monday’s practice round here, his first public round since the sex scandal, was filled with cheering fans. But Augusta National is the golf equivalent of church, where fans must cheer here or risk being ejected. “The encouragement that I got ... it blew me away, to be honest with you,” said Woods. To be honest with us? Not yet.
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mcclatchy-tirbune The Cinderella story fell short by just three points. Duke defeated Butler, 61-59, in the NCAA championship game Monday night. Head coach Mike Krzyzewski (above) led Duke to their first championship since 2001 and its fourth overall. With the score at 60-59 and 3.6 seconds on the clock, Gordon Hayward missed a fade away baseline jump shot, ending Butler’s first trip to the NCAA tournament. Hayward and Shelvin Mack led all Bulldogs with 12 points.
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Senior Chase Pami reflects on final championship run Patrick Leiva parickleiva.md@gmail.com
As the seconds ticked down before he was to run out of the Qwest Center tunnel to the elevated wrestling mat, senior Chase Pami could feel his adrenaline pumping. He was about to compete at the highest collegegiate level for an NCAA championship in front of a nationwide audience on ESPN. “At first, it was pretty breathtaking before I got out there,” Pami said of the championship on March 20. “It was a little overwhelming when I was thinking about it, but when I got out there and calmed down a minute, it was just like wrestling back home.” Pami came to Cal Poly in 2006 from Las Vegas, Nev., which is not known as a powerhouse wrestling state. Coming into the championships, Pami knew it would be a difficult road to climb the ranks. He defeated four opponents before reaching the finals. He avenged a loss in the Pac10 finals to Adam Hall of Boise State in the quarterfinals with a 5-2 victory. He then defeated Justin Lister of Binghamton 13-5 in the semifinals. He posted a career record of 100-35 for the Mustangs and finished this season with a 29-7 mark. Pami led early in the match with a 2-1 score, but fell just short of his quest to become the third national champion in Cal Poly wrestling history. He fell to J.P. O’Connor of Harvard 6-4 in the 157-pound final. O’Connor finished the season undefeated at 35-0 and was the top seed
ryan sidarto mustang daily file photo Chase Pami (left) ended his Cal Poly wrestling career with a loss in the Division-I championship match on March 20.
in the tournament. Despite the loss, Pami became the sixth runner-up in Cal Poly’s wrestling history and the first since Chad Mendes in 2008. Throughout the match, Pami said he did not want to wrestle scared or
just stand around. He wanted to be aggressive and try to score as many take-downs as possible. “I just wanted to go out there and put on a show,” Pami said. “I didn’t want it to be boring. I wanted to win
myself, but also make it enjoyable for people to watch.” Pami said he was pretty disappointed after having come so close to the realization of his ultimate goal. “I think I got caught up in the
whole experience and didn’t necessarily focus on what I had to do to win,” Pami said. “I think there were so many things that I would’ve done differently and change if I could go back.” Pami was seeded seventh in the 157-pound weight class and was the lowest seed to reach the finals. He said his preparation before nationals was a big factor in his success. Pami also said he enjoyed the entire tournament experience, despite losing in the final match. “No one really expected me to be there on the outside,” Pami said. “I think my coaches and I believed, but I don’t think the whole wrestling world expected me to be in the finals.” Following Pami’s run to the championship, head coach John Azevedo said the rest of the wrestlers can look to Pami’s effort, dedication and success and take that into next season. Azevedo said Pami did everything the right way and was a leader for the rest of the guys through his performance in competition and practice. “It’s definitely a confidence booster for the rest of the guys,” Azevedo said. “It’s huge for the program to get someone into the finals for recruiting and public relations, since you are on national TV.” All year long, Pami said the coaches’ support helped him continue to push himself even after difficult losses. Azevedo provided a spiritual presence for Pami throughout the season and would oftentimes pray for Pami before his matches and big tournaments. see Wrestling, page 11
Tiger Woods’ tale proves only that we still don’t know him Bill Plaschke Los Angeles Times
AUGUSTA, Ga. — On a warm spring afternoon, wiping the sweat from his forehead with his giant biceps, Tiger Woods played the Masters’ media like he plays the Masters tournament. He was smooth, straight, powerful at times, precise at others, dramatically calculating, poignantly finishing. He was, well, unbelievable. A good thing on a golf course, but not so good on the fairway of public opinion, where the world’s greatest golfer still came off as the world’s least-trusted athlete, his first news conference after five months
best described as a bogey. “I’ve lied and deceived a lot of people,” Woods said. How do we know he’s not doing it still? In a 36-minute appearance at Augusta National on Monday, nearly five months since his life spiraled into a devastating sex scandal, Woods answered all the questions, but didn’t. He expressed remorse, but showed no visible signs of change. He seemed more openly friendly, yet remained tersely protective. He made all the proper shots, yet none of it seemed quite right. “I lied to myself, I lied to others,” Woods said, yet offered only glimpses of the truth. He said he spent 45 days in a rehab center, allegedly for sexual addiction, but would not confirm his affliction. “That’s personal, thank you,” he said. He admitted to working with note performance-enhancing drug guru Dr. Tony Galea, but did not acknowledge the danger in that association. “He’s worked with so many athletes, there’s a certain comfort level when a person has worked with see Woods, page 11
mcclatchy-tribune Tiger Woods (above) returned to the golf course Monday afternoon in the practice round for the Masters at Augusta.