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Meet your future president Naba Ahmed & Carly Quinn @nabaahmed & @carlyquinn

The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidential candidates were made public at ASI’s

media day. Here’s what you need to know about the two candidates, who will be the only students running for president if there are no write-in candidates.

An open forum for the presidential candi-

Isaias Diaz Major: Mechanical engineering Year: Senior Hometown: Folsom, Calif.

About: If elected, he plans to improve the student environment by increasing community relations, creating a more diverse and inclusive environment and enriching the campus social scene.

“Our college environment is so important because that is what contributes to student success,” Diaz said. “I want to focus on a safe environment where students have the ability to grow and develop.”

For the past four years, Diaz has been a member of the Cal Poly wrestling team. His involvement has earned him a spot on the Big West Council as well as the NCAA National Student Advisory Committee. At the Big West Conference in Indianapolis, the motto was “Our Voice,” which Diaz wants to apply to Cal Poly so that all students’ voices are heard.

“What I want to make sure is that students are represented from every section of campus,” Diaz said. “If the ASI Board is more diverse, then you can really make actions that will be beneficial for everyone and not take action that caters to just one perspective.”

As for diversity, Diaz wants to increase the amount of inclusive activities on campus. His plans range from

Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) will host Late Night Roller Disco on Friday from 8 p.m. to 1 a.m.

Business administration freshman and ASI special events student assistant Brayden Antonio said the event was a success in the past and ASI wants to bring it back.

“It’s a time for friends to come and relax,” Antonio said. “It’s free and convenient on campus.”

Antonio said the special neon lighting for the

Jana Colombini Major: Agricultural science Year: Junior Hometown: Linden, Calif.

About: If elected, Colombini’s plans can be summed up in three words: care, communicate and connect.

“What I want to make sure is that students are represented from every section of campus.”

“I see what goes on behind the scenes and I see the processes that it takes to get things accomplished.”

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implementing a campuswide talent show to increasing student attendance at sporting events to starting a pageant.

The lack of a relationship between Cal Poly and the community is muffling the student’s voice in San Luis Obispo, according to Diaz. Therefore, he wants to bridge this gap by encouraging students to attend city council meetings.

Both Diaz’s plans of bettering community relations and increasing inclusivity are encompassed in his goal to garner more social interaction on campus. With new residence halls being built, there is a need for more social opportunities for students on campus.

Moving activities toward campus does not mean alcohol must be present. However, Diaz is in favor of a wet campus to build a safe social scene for students. This controlled environment wouldn’t only benefit the student body, but would decrease disruptions in the community as a result of student socializing.

Neon costumes encouraged for ASI’s Late Night Roller Disco Megan Schellong @CPMustanfNews

dates and Board of Directors candidates will be held on Tuesday, April 12 at 11 a.m. in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU).

Voting for both offices will take place on April 20-21.

disco theme will add to the atmosphere and provide a different vibe for students.

“We’re trying to grow (the event) every time and see what students want,” he said.

This year, ASI is expecting approximately 500 students to attend. The rink will be outdoors in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) Plaza. Entry will be free with a Cal Poly ID. Woodstock’s pizza and rental skates will be provided, and neon costumes are encouraged.

“It’s a Friday night, so if you and your friends don’t have anything to do, you can come out,” Antonio said.

As a third-generation Cal Poly student, Colombini said she began to love the campus from a young age.

“I decided to run for ASI president because I’m really passionate about Cal Poly,” Colombini said. “I really have a need to serve students, and I feel like I am the best person to do that job.”

Colombini grew up in Linden, Calif. which exposed her to the agriculture. She developed a passion for agriculture and teaching, so she applied to Cal Poly under agricultural science to become a high school agriculture teacher.

Colombini has been involved with ASI since her freshman year. She served as the vice chair for the Board of Directors; director for the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science on the ASI Board of Directors; and chair of ASI’s “It’s On Us” committee for sexual assault awareness. Her brother, Jason Colombini, was the ASI president during the 2013-14 academic year.

“I see what goes on behind the scenes and I see the processes that it takes to get things accomplished,” Colombini said. “You have to know how ASI works in order to be the ideal presidential candidate.”

Aside from ASI, Colombini has worked

with the Alumni Relations Office, is participating in spring training to become a Week of Welcome leader and is an Alpha Gamma Delta member.

Care: Colombini said she wants to install better lighting around campus, bring escort vans back and continue advocacy for awareness about issues such as mental health and sexual assault. Inclusivity is another topic she said she feels strongly about, and she wants Cal Poly voices to be heard.

Communicate: She plans for transparency between ASI and students, Colombini said.

She said students have the right to know exactly where their money is going and to be constantly updated with what ASI is doing. “I want to make sure students really care about what ASI is doing because we’re really here to serve them,” Colombini said.

Connect: Colombini said she wants to bridge the gap between students and administration, as well as Cal Poly and the San Luis Obispo community. She said she hopes students will become more involved in voting and their city council to take control of what happens in San Luis Obispo.

She also hopes students strive to build a working relationship between students and administration.

SLO Solidarity to take a stance in spring Connor McCarthy @conr_mccarthy

This year, SLO Solidarity has brought issues of inclusivity and diversity to light. While winter quarter was relatively quiet, the group plans to do more in spring. Still, some students are unsure about the group’s purpose.

“I don’t really know much about them other than they are activists,” kinesiology junior Alex Saenz said.

“You don’t see much about them.”

What’s happened SLO Solidarity said it is fighting for the marginalized. After offensive re-

marks on the Cal Poly College Republicans’ annual free speech wall, SLO Solidarity sent a list of 41 demands to administration.

Behind the scenes, SLO Solidarity met with Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong and his team on Jan. 7.

During this meeting, both sides discussed the new phase of the diversity action plan that was originally released in Fall 2015. On March 16, the Office of Diversity and Inclusivity announced the draft of phase two of the action plan that was discussed between SLO Solidarity and administration. However, the campuswide email stressed that this is a “working document.”

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“This is a working document, reflecting the many large and small efforts being done across the Cal Poly campus to bring about meaningful and systemic change. This approach also recognizes that we will improve as we implement change, and we will learn from our efforts,” the email said. “We will update the plan quarterly, per the commitment to our community made in the January email from the Office of University Diversity and Inclusivity (OUDI), sharing the goals, achievements and learnings as we move forward.”

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

NEWS | 2

Arrests at Chainsmokers; Chavez Day quiet James Hayes @jimbles_hayes

Cal Poly students enjoyed a long weekend and an exclusive concert from The Chainsmokers this past week, but some students’ weekends were cut short.

According to the University Police Department (UPD), 18 students were arrested Wednesday evening on misdemeanor

alcohol charges at The Chainsmokers concert. Also, two nonCal Poly students were removed, university spokesperson Matt Lazier said.

However, Cesar Chavez Day did not present any problems for local law enforcement, San Luis Obispo Police Department Captain Chris Staley said in an email. UPD reported no problems that day as well.

MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO MISDEMEANOR | Eighteen arrests were made at The Chainsmokers concert Wednesday night on misdemeanor alcohol charges, authorities said.

Students can opt out of voluntary fee by April 18 Naba Ahmed @nabaahmed

Students are defaulted into a $2 fee, but they can choose to opt

out by April 18.

The Student Involvement Representation Fee (SIRF) is a voluntary fee implemented during fall and spring quarter.

SIRF was approved on Jan. 28 by the California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees.

“I think anything that is a fee needs to be talked about

in open dialogue,” agricultural business senior and Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Owen Schwaegerle said. “Students need to know, especially with this one, that this a voluntary fee that they have been defaulted into and they have the opportunity to opt out of it.”

Last fall, 1,266 students opted out. Additionally, the fee was reversed for 898 students because they did not pay their registration and tuition fees by the term’s census date on Oct. 9.

SIRF provides funding for the California State Student Association (CSSA). The CSSA is an independent nonprofit organization composed of elected student leaders from all 23 CSU campuses. Students who

pay the fee will be funding the activities of the CSSA to participate in the state legislature.

To opt out of the fee, students can log into their MyCalPoly portal and access the Student Center. Then, scroll to “Finances” and the “other financial” drop-down option, which leads to “account activity.” An opt-out icon will be on the right of the $2 charge titled, “Student Rep fee SIRF.”

Thursday, April 7, 2016

NEWS | 3

ILLUSTR ATION BY ROSTON JOHNSON INTENTIONS | Student-run activist group SLO Solidarity inspired an campuswide discussion about diversity in Fall 2015, but some students are skeptical of how beneficial the organization is to minorities at Cal Poly.

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SLO Solidarity leader and political science sophomore Matt Klepfer said he is not satisfied with the spring diversity action plan.

“The new action plan outlines a lot more of the action steps needed to create our vision for a new Cal Poly,” Klepfer said in an email. “Sadly, however, it didn’t include more steps the university will be taking toward creating a more diverse and inclusive campus. It highlighted a more mythological approach to the action items that were already laid out in the January action plan.”

Before the administration’s announcement, SLO Solidarity took action again after a student reported hateful and racially charged vandalism in his room

at Poly Canyon Village. According to Klepfer, the group sent an email asking administration to release the next phase of the action plan in light of these events.

“On Feb. 29, SLO Solidarity sent a follow-up email asking why a new action plan, one with more substance and accountability, had not yet been released,” SLO Solidarity said in a letter to the editor.

The letter continued, informing the student body that SLO Solidarity is trying to change the campus for the better.

“SLO Solidarity remains committed to envisioning and working toward a more diverse, inclusive and equitable Cal Poly,” SLO Solidarity said in the letter. “Sadly, without an action plan ingrained with substance and accountability, the Cal Poly administration may not share our vision.”

Student reactions The vision of SLO Solidarity has faced opposition by some on campus. Students such as architectural engineering freshman Madi Burgess are still trying to understand what that vision is.

“I think an organization like this is needed on campus, but I am not sure whether this specific group will get things done in a responsible manner,” Burgess said.

“So far, I don’t know too much.”

SLO Solidarity doesn’t have a defined structure, according to its leaders. As of now, it’s not an official club on campus. Klepfer and SLO Solidarity leader and political science sophomore Mick Bruckner said the group isn’t set up like a traditional club in that sense. Bruckner said the group is just a collective of students. This allows the group to be more flex-

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ible to be able to address certain issues on campus.

“Basically, it’s working to promote diversity on campus. It doesn’t really have a specific purpose,” Klepfer said. “It organically molds to what needs to be done at the time.”

The group has seen some internal disagreement in regard to planning and addressing certain issues. A document from its Facebook page, entitled “SLO Solidarity Event; Thursday, Jan. 21st 2016,” was a collaborative document for members to brainstorm posters to raise awareness of issues on campus. One anonymous member wrote: “I have never personally felt uncomfortable as a homosexual student until this movement came about. Now I feel like I have to watch my back. I refuse to go on campus when this movement has any rallies due to my safety as a student. It does not raise awareness. It raises anger and it does not help any cause. I fear for myself now as a Cal Poly Mustang because of SLO Solidarity.”

The action of sending 41 demands to the administration has been debated, inside and outside the group.

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administration freshman Ally Birmingham did not see the demands as beneficial to campus.

“I think they have the right intentions, but I think the minority group will not have the best reaction to it,” Birmingham said. “Sometimes they will take offense to it and sometimes they don’t want these certain issues like this to be pushed. If the minority group doesn’t feel they are being discriminated against, then it becomes the whites who think they should change things. As a result, it creates a reverse cycle.”

A former member of SLO Solidarity, environmental management and protection senior Kyle Jordan, said he also felt unsure about SLO Solidarity’s actions.

“I think just being involved in student government myself was the best way to approach administration and complex government procedures is do it through the public process. The list of demands, to me, is a little bit aggressive,” said Jordan, who ran for Associated Students, Inc. president last year. “Demanding people to change things isn’t a democratic process. It’s not taking the input from everybody out on campus. Not involving everybody makes it hard for people to support you.”

Going forward Students might not see the need for change, according to SLO Solidarity leader and psychology junior Kristin Lee, who expressed her frustration with the “white, heterosexual, cisgender male” population and boxed-in stereotypical behavior on Cal Poly’s campus.

Last year’s incoming freshman class had approximately 60 percent of students come from a White and non-Hispanic background, according to the California State University (CSU) Mentor.

“They like waking up being white, straight, cisgender males because they have privileges,” Lee said. “If I wanted to be a dumbass bimbo getting Starbucks every day, I would do that. But I don’t want to do that; I don’t want to sit there and assimilate to everything that involves being in the white lifestyle.”

For now, the group is looking to have another protest during spring quarter.

“We are looking to start protesting during the faculty protests,” Bruckner said. “April has historically been politically active and we are looking to bring diversity issues back in the spotlight.”

Thursday, April 7, 2016

ARTS | 4

Exploring Southeast Asia: Temple hopping across Myanmar

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Rebecca Ezrin is a journalism junior studying abroad in Chiang Mai, Thailand. With many class field trips and personal trips planned, her adventures are virtually endless. She aims to share her authentic experiences and what she has learned. She recently visited Myanmar (Burma) and documented her travels via the pictures below.

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Pictured is a traditional Burmese dish called “Tealeaf Salad” or “Lahpet.” It contains pickled tea leaves and is offered everywhere, especially as an appetizer during social gatherings.

Two young brothers share their money collection with us. It contained coins from all over the world.

Children, whose families live in huts near a pagoda, are generally in charge of running temple tourism in Bagan. They befriend customers in hopes of receiving money.

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Pictured is the view from North Guni Pagoda, which is 1,000 years old. Bagan is located on an active earthquake zone and has experienced

many extreme earthquakes, destroying most of its ancient temples. Today, approximately 2,200 of the original 10,000 temples remain standing.

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Our last night in Bagan, we embarked on a sunset boat tour in the Irrawaddy River, which flows from north to south Myanmar. It is the country’s largest river and hugely important for the commercial industry.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

ARTS | 5

Dark secrets to be displayed during ‘PostSecret’

Sabrina Thompson @sthomp_jour

Cal Poly’s Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) will open its doors for an event that reveals the deepest secrets and funny revelations from people around the world on Sunday at 3 p.m. Frank

Warren’s multimedia event titled “PostSecret” is a display of postcards that people have sent him with their darkest secrets written on them.

Students who have visited the Craft Center in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) may have seen the box and participated, but Warren’s piece has reached far beyond

Cal Poly’s campus. The community art project is associated with the International Suicide Prevention Wiki and has helped raise millions of dollars for this cause.

During the event, audience members will be able to see new additions to Warren’s collection and the cards that were banned from his

six best-selling books. If audience members are brave enough to share their own secrets, there is an interactive program during the event.

“We wanted to bring ‘PostSecret’ to Cal Poly because of the topic about people’s secrets and how they relate to young people’s emotions,” Cal Poly Arts Director

Steven Lerian said.

Due to the nature of content in this show, it is recommended for ages 17 and older. Tickets are available for purchase through tickets. calpoly.edu and range from $22.40 to $38, but $10 student rush tickets will be avaible at the door with a Cal Poly ID.

Thursday, April 7, 2016

OPINION | 6

Letters to the editor may be submitted to editor@mustangnews.net with the subject line “Letter to the editor” to be considered for publication. Submission should not exceed 700 words, and should include a headline, and your year, major or position. Letters are subject to minor edits for grammar, style and clarity. You may also submit a photo to be considered for use with the article.

Let’s talk faculty wages Sean Chappell is an electrical engineering senior. The views expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Funny how in the last 10 years, the California State University faculty (you know, the people teaching you) took a 10 percent pay cut, while spending on administrators has increased by almost 50 percent. Don’t worry though, that’s not the entire story. The entire story is actually worse.

A quick crash course for the uninitiated: Inflation is the “growth” of the number of dollars that things cost. A person with a dollar in 1980

could buy two loaves of bread; a person with a dollar today could maybe afford half a loaf. That’s the result of inflation.

Now let’s do a simple exercise in percentages. If we consider 2004 as our “starting” year, CSU faculty wages have increased a grand total of about 5 percent since then. If we do the same thing with inflation, we find that the cost of everything has increased more than 25 percent. What does this mean in real terms? CSU faculty have enjoyed a bountiful -16 percent (that’s negative 16 percent) change in their inflation-adjusted wages. In other words, they can buy 16 percent less than they could in 2004. Fancy that,

the people on the front lines of fulfilling the entire purpose of a university have been pushed around like expendable cattle.

Now let’s talk about the people who seem to be doing pretty darn good for themselves, even with all this “great recession” and “budget cuts” nonsense. We’ll start at the top, and (I’m dumbfounded to find this) it’s not even CSU Chancellor Timothy White who gets paid the most in the CSU system. The highest-paid CSU employee is a director of the Green Music Center at Sonoma State, at — get this — almost $500,000 a year. Five hundred thousand! Following him in second place is the great Chancellor White

coming in at $400,000. And also in the top 10 is … our very own Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong!

All while some of our professors are literally having trouble paying their mortgage. How lovely.

Because “we millennials” sure love talking about the top “xx percent,” here’s something that’ll bust your nugget. The top 10 percent of earners in the CSU system right now — that’s the 4,741 highest paid employees — take home more than 36 percent of all wages. Should the top 10 percent really be taking more than a third of the pay? In a system that relies entirely on its instructors to fulfill its purpose (that is, teaching us) it seems a little unfair and

uncouth to treat your teachers like dispensable burger flippers.

Private businesses don’t have any responsibility to pay their employees well or to have an equitable distribution of wages. The CSU system, however, is not a business.

It’s also not private. It’s a state-run institution with the explicit purpose of providing high-quality higher education. Imagine how much less often you’d run into “welp, the class is full, guess I can’t graduate on time lol!” if the CSU system, and Cal Poly in particular, spent money on teachers rather than desk jockeys.

I have a message for the folks at the top: Continue fighting this battle and you will absolutely succeed.

You’ll chip away the pillars of salt you’ve built beneath yourselves by forcing out anyone who actually cared about teaching. You will drive the CSU system straight off a cliff, destroy its reputation and ensure that places like Cal Poly aren’t a first choice, or even a good choice.

It won’t be long before you’ll start to hear: “If all else fails, I guess Cal Poly will accept me.”

IN A SYSTEM THAT RELIES ENTIRELY ON ITS INSTRUCTORS TO FULFILL ITS PURPOSE (THAT IS, TEACHING US) IT SEEMS A LITTLE UNFAIR AND UNCOUTH TO TREAT YOUR TEACHERS LIKE DISPENSABLE BURGER FLIPPERS. SEAN CHAPPELL

JOSEPH PACK | MUSTANG NE WS RALLYING | In May 2015, Cal Poly faculty and supporters rallied in front of Administration (building 1) and delivered a petition to limit administrative salaries. This month, faculty will strike if the CFA and CSU do not reach a salary agreement.

We deserve better than Planned Parenthood Matt Vasquez, Leah O’Reilly and Margaret Caligaris are members of the Cal Poly Students for Life officer team. The views expressed in letters to the editor do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Katherine Tinder’s editorial from March 27, “The Facts on Planned Parenthood,” was written in response to a display that we, Cal Poly Students for Life, recently hosted on campus to educate students about the undercover videos showing Planned Parenthood executives discussing the sale of fetal body parts. We respect her passion for the needs of women and issues surrounding reproductive healthcare.

We agree that “sex can be a matter of life and death,” but we acknowledge that life begins at conception.

It is an indisputable biological fact that a new, genetically distinct human organism exists at fertilization.

This truth is supported through philosophical, biological and social arguments which we are happy to discuss with you in person. Due to limited space in this letter, we will instead address other issues and

misinformation about Planned Parenthood.

Our display, Planned Parenthood Betrays Women, was necessary because women are betrayed when the fetal tissue from their abortion is sold for prices that have a “sliding-scale,” all their own.

The Planned Parenthood affiliate that was captured on film had no qualms about accepting the highest prices on the market. By law they must only collect reimbursement for actual costs. Cecile Richards of Planned Parenthood recently told the National Institutes of Health they would no longer receive reimbursements for fetal tissue. This begs the question: Why cancel reimbursements if they are truly legitimate? Women are betrayed because illegal procedures are used to extract whole fetuses — intact and still biologically alive — because, as stated in the videos, whole parts are more valuable.

David Daleiden and Sandra Merritt of the Center for Medical Progress were indicted by a grand jury in Texas for their use of false identification documents and attempting to purchase fetal tissue.

This indictment requires that they

GEORGIE DE MATTOS | MUSTANG NE WS CONTROVERSY | Cal Poly Students for Life hosted an anti-Planned Parenthood display on campus in March, sparking a protest from pro-choice students.

go on an upcoming trial in court.

It is not a ruling over them being guilty or not. Katherine stated Planned Parenthood was cleared, but all reports state the jury never voted on claims against Planned Parenthood. The district attorney responsible for the indictment has an office colleague who holds a position on Planned Parenthood’s board of directors. The use of false identification documents is a practice employed by investigative journalists time and time again.

We are pro-life, against abortion and in favor of reproductive health care services that don’t exploit women and their unborn

children. Planned Parenthood runs the nation’s largest abortion chain.

It commits 300,000 of the 1 million abortions in our nation each year.

In addition, Planned Parenthood’s most popular contraceptive — the birth control pill — has been classified by the World Health Organization as a Group 1 carcinogen. It causes breast, cervical and liver cancer in women. Planned Parenthood does not tell women that 90 percent of all the so-called contraceptives it sells works some of the time by preventing implantation of an already created human being that you can see stated on the package inserts.

Findahealthcenter.hrsa.gov al-

lows women and men to locate federally funded and qualified reproductive health care centers — which do not offer abortion — within a 5-mile radius. Three are listed for Cal Poly: Community Health Centers CASA, Community Health Centers Women’s Health and Community Health Centers San Luis Obispo II. In addition, there is also Tree of Life Pregnancy Support Center and the Center for Health and Prevention. Thus, five centers in SLO do not perform abortions, yet provide all else on the array of services that Planned Parenthood provides. Women and men should not settle for low-qual-

ity health care and resources like those offered at Planned Parenthood. Consumer Reports stated that Planned Parenthood’s condoms “scored the lowest among 23 types” when subjected to tests measuring “strength and reliability.”

Why go somewhere that offers low quality resources when other federal clinics offer better ones?

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Thursday, April 7, 2016

SPORTS | 8

Baseball loses third straight to Santa Clara Ty Schilling @CPMustangSports

The Cal Poly baseball team played in Santa Clara on Tuesday after losing two straight home games, marking their final game before Big West Conference play. The Broncos outdid the Mustangs, 10-1.

The Mustangs, who are 14-1 on the season when scoring first, had an early score in the top of the first from freshman shortstop Kyle Marinconz. After junior first baseman Brett Barbier drew a walk, junior third baseman Michael Sanderson cracked a single down the rightfield line, recording the Mustangs’ first run as Marinconz crossed the plate. Unfortunately, that would be the only highlight for the Mustangs.

Santa Clara replaced starting pitcher Mitchell White at the top of the second with Freddie Erlandson. Erlandson proceeded to halt the Mustangs for all of his six innings on the mound,

allowing no runs and only two hits.

Santa Clara evened the game with its first run in the bottom of the fourth inning, but the Broncos weren’t finished yet.

The Broncos opened up on the Mustangs in the fifth, scoring six runs on six hits and a Mustangs error. Santa Clara then rattled off three more runs in the bottom of the eighth, completing its 10-1 victory on home turf.

Though it was not the best performance for Cal Poly this season, catcher Nick Meyer managed to pick off two Santa Clara runners, giving him eight total on the season, good for first in the Big West Conference.

After Tuesday’s game, Santa Clara improved its record to 13-14, while the Mustangs fell to 17-10. The Mustangs open up Big West Conference play Friday night at 6 p.m. in Baggett Stadium to face defending conference champion Cal State Fullerton.

GEORGIE DE MATTOS | MUSTANG NE WS POOR FINISH | Cal Poly ended nonconference play with three consecutive losses, including a 10-1 blowout against Santa Clara on Tuesday. The Mustangs begin Big West Conference play against CSU Fullerton on Friday night.