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Diversity dialouge A class on diverse perspectives takes new form at Cal Poly this quarter, offers students more insight

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A waitlist formed during registration for a new class based on conversations between students of different ethnicities, genders, sexual orientations, religions or socioeconomic backgrounds.

The class is a well-established course that began at University of Michigan 25 years ago and has been offered as part of other classes at Cal Poly in the past, but was officially offered for the first time this spring. It got started at Cal Poly in a slightly different format this quarter, with three groups that discuss race and ethnicity, one of which doesn’t consist of racially diverse students.

“We ended up not being able to offer a third race dialogue or a gender dialogue, we simply didn’t have the numbers,” former Associate Vice President of Inclusive Excellence David Conn said.

Instead, the third group has all white students discussing race and ethnicity, Conn said.

When the groups follow the guidelines set by Michigan, they have six to eight students that identify with one social group — male, female, transgender, white, Hispanic — and meet with an equal number of students who identify with a different social identity. The groups meet together for the quarter to learn the difference between debate and dialogue, and discuss timely issues from their various viewpoints, Conn said.

Psychology associate professor Jennifer Teramoto

Pedrotti, the faculty member in charge of the class, said students were asked to report their racial and ethnic background for the Cal Poly version, as well as disclose whether they felt they identified as a white person, a person of color, neither or both. After registration was complete, students were dispersed into the various dialogue groups as evenly as possible, she said.

Conn, who has been involved in running pilot versions of the class and training facilitators, said the organizers recognize that students

said. “We’re hoping that once people get to know about this, there will be a lot of other people coming in.”

The vision The class, which has binders of research and curricula supporting it and has won awards from the U.S. Department of Education and President Clinton’s Initiative on Race program, is open to all students and can currently be used as an upper division elective for many degree requirements, but Conn said he hopes it will eventually quali-

I think (students) are wanting this kind of information and sometimes don’t know how to get it.

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probably have more than one social identity, or even ethnicity, they identify with.

“Very often in the course of the dialogue, the intersecting identities come up as well, and that’s encouraged,” Conn said.

Conn said mostly psychology students knew about the four-unit class (PSY 303) this quarter, which contributed to the fact that a diverse third discussion group could not be created based on race or gender this quarter.

“So I guess, somewhat inevitably, we got a lot of white females signing up for this, even though we’re offering it beyond psychology,” Conn

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fy as a GE course.

“My vision for this is that every student who comes to Cal Poly should have at least the opportunity to take an intergroup dialogues course,” he said.

Cal Poly’s method of placing all the students in the dialogues after they signed up differed from Michigan’s strategy and probably also contributed to the inability to offer a third race or gender group, Conn said.

At Michigan, only half the desired number of students are admitted during registration, and after sorting them into the various social identi-

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ties they indicated, the opposite groups are recruited for, Conn said.

“There’s some hesitance, I think legitimately, to placing students based on social identity,” Conn said. “Or admitting students to a course … based on social identity.”

Conn said though the allwhite dialogue group has been tried at other schools, such as Skidmore College, the jury is still out on its effectiveness at Cal Poly.

“Most white people, myself included, don’t think about being white,” Conn said. “That’s one of the privileges we have, whereas most people of color have to think about it because our society forces that onto them.”

One of the goals of the dialogue is for each student to learn about other social identities, but also to learn how to communicate and work with people different from themselves, Conn said.

Teramoto Pedrotti said it’s neat to see recent generations of Cal Poly students be more accepting and desire the opportunity to communicate with people from different backgrounds than their own.

“I think (students) are wanting this kind of information and sometimes don’t know how to get it,” Teramoto Pedrotti said. “Intergroup dialogues provides such a Learn by Doing approach to talking about race (and) talking about gender. ... It’s really serving a need that I think students are feeling.”

The dialogue groups talk about subjects broached in see DIVERSITY, pg. 8

Cal Poly students and faculty are keeping watch on the waters of the Central Coast to help control and reduce the presence of E. coli. While they collect and analyze all different strains of E. coli, it’s the half dozen strains that cause intestinal upset, illness and even death to watch out for.

Some 13 years ago, an oyster farm in Morro Bay had to shut down harvesting when tests revealed levels of E. coli above acceptable limits. Biological sciences chair Christopher Kitts studied Morro Bay to identify the various sources of E. coli and assisted the oyster farm in finding new ways to reduce levels. It turned out that birds were the No. 1 source of E. coli presence in the water, Kitts said.

“When I worked on it back in 2000, the issue was the oyster farms and the California Department of Health would shut down harvesting at the oyster farm every time the levels get up too high,” Kitts said. “I know that after our study, they changed the way that they set out the oyster bags so birds weren’t roosting on them; big difference.”

The San Luis Obispo County public health department conducts weekly tests from Grover Beach up to San Simeon Bay, Kitts said. It also does some testing at the Morro Bay oyster farm and the National Estuary Program has a volunteer-run water sample-testing regime.

In Morro Bay, it wasn’t a “bad” E. coli that caused the problem at the oyster farm, which was sold. Higher levels of E. coli indicated that there could be an increase of fecal contaminants in the water, Kitts says. Having more fecal matter in the water increases the chances of the presence

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of other pathogens that can also cause illness.

There is no reason to worry about consuming contaminated seafood, Kitts says.

“I don’t consider Morro Bay to be a horribly contaminated area that I should avoid,” Kitts said. “I eat seafood a couple times a week.”

The public health agency and others like it take water samples and test them on a weekly basis, but they just count the number of E. coli, Kitts said.

“They can’t tell you where those came from,” Kitts said.

“What I’ve been doing is trying to come up with simple ways to figure out where the bacteria are coming from so that you can go back and say, ‘Well it looks like in Chorro Creek, 50 percent of all E. coli in Chorro Creek are coming from cattle. Maybe we should do something about this.’”

While birds were a primary source of E. coli closer to the ocean, the creeks that drain into local beaches can get E. coli from domesticated animals, some human sources and a lot of farm animals, Kitts said.

“A bunch of property owners that have ranches that border creeks or go into Chorro Creek did some programs of fencing the cattle out of the creeks to see if that would help,” Kitts said.

While the fencing reduced E. coli levels, the levels have been see E. COLI, pg. 8

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Terrorism is ‘part of life,’ poll finds DAVID LAUTER Tribune Washington Bureau

The vast majority of Americans say that occasional acts of terrorism are “part of life,” and many doubt the government can do much more to prevent them, a new poll finds.

Approximately three-quarters of Americans said they agree that “occasional acts of terrorism in the U.S. will be part of life in the future,” according to a new survey from the Pew Research Center for the People & the Press. Only about 1 in 5 disagreed.

The share of Americans who see terrorist acts as “part of life” has stayed high since shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. But the figure had declined a bit in recent

Approximately 75 percent of Americans believe “occasional acts of terrorism in the U.S. will be part of life in the future.”

years, with people younger than 30 notably less likely to expect terrorist acts. Now, in the aftermath of the Boston Marathon bombings, younger people have joined their elders in saying that some terrorist actions can be expected. The shift among the young has pushed the overall

percentage of those who feel that way back to its previous high point.

The survey, taken Thursday through Sunday, showed 60 percent of Americans say they think the government actions taken since Sept. 11, 2001, have made the country safer; 35 percent disagreed.

Those surveyed were split almost evenly on whether there is “much more the government can do.”

Unlike so many other issues on the public agenda, this one shows relatively little partisan division. Democrats and Republicans were about equally likely to say that terrorism will be part of the future and also equally split on whether there’s much more the government can do about

it. Republicans, at 69 percent, were more likely than either Democrats, 58 percent, or independents, 59 percent, to say government actions taken since Sept. 11 had made the country safer.

Although most Americans expect terrorist acts will happen in the future, a relatively

The survey revealed 60 percent of Americans believe the government actions taken since 9/11 have made the country safer.

small minority say they are “very worried” about the prospect. About 1 in 5 call themselves “very worried” — a level that has remained relatively stable through most of the last decade.

Approximately 1 in 3 call themselves “somewhat worried” about terrorist attacks — a number that has dropped somewhat from earlier in the decade. Conversely, the number saying they are not particularly worried has risen to about 4 in 10.

And despite some prominent mistakes on the part of major news organizations, Americans give the media fairly high marks for covering the Boston bombing. Nearly three-quarters said the media had done either an excellent

Nearly 75 percent of those surveyed said the media had done either an excellent or good job covering the Boston Marathon bombing.

(32 percent) or good (40 percent) job, compared with 14 percent who rated the coverage as only fair and 8 percent who called it poor.

The Pew survey questioned 1,002 adults 18 and older using land lines and cell phones.

The results have a margin of error of plus or minus 3.7 percentage points.

Twitter hack, stock market crash SALVADOR RODRIGUEZ Los Angeles Times

The Associated Press’ main Twitter account was taken over Tuesday by hackers who

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sent out a fake tweet saying two explosions had gone off at the White House, injuring President Barack Obama.

Within minutes, the real AP used other accounts at its disposal to tweet that the attack message was bogus, and Twitter shut down the @AP account.

“The (at)AP twitter account has been hacked. A tweet about an attack at the White House is false. We will advise on acct. status,” the news agency tweeted from its @APStylebook account.

Twitter also suspended the news agency’s AP Mobile account to prevent more false

news from spreading. A message on the agency’s AP Politics account said all AP Twitter accounts would be suspended until the organization could be “assured of their security.”

AP reporter Mike Baker said on Twitter, “The @AP hack came less than an hour after some of us received an impressively disguised phishing email” (below).

Typically, phishing is when hackers send out emails with links to pages disguised to look like the logins for services. They are used to trick users into entering their logins and passwords. Baker

speculated that someone fell for the trick and the hackers used the information to access the AP account.

The fake tweet caused the Dow Jones industrial average to fall nearly 150 points in early trading, but it quickly recovered after the message was revealed as false.

The Associated Press is the latest news agency to fall prey to the hands of hackers. Over the weekend, the Twitter account of CBS’ “60 Minutes” was hacked, and last week, several Twitter accounts belonging to NPR were taken over.

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THE BASIC INFO: WHA DANIEL WASTA

NATE HONEYCUTT

s students walked through campus Tuesday wearing “Keep Calm, Wasta On” shirts, political science junior Daniel Wasta sat inside the Walter F. Dexter Building and told the story of how he came to Cal Poly from Iowa less than two years ago. Then, he didn’t know a single person on campus.

Clearly, he said, things have changed.

Wasta, who has held firm in his message of promoting “spirit, sustainability and support” at Cal Poly since developing the platform in February, said Tuesday he’s been busier than ever managing his campaign for direction,” Wasta said.

Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president.

If Wasta wins, it would be his first ASI He is enrolled in a graduate-level political leadership position. He’s repeatedly said science course, working as a resident advis- coming from the outside of ASI leadership er in Sequoia Hall and on track to graduate won’t limit his ability to govern, but will inin three years. stead give him new perspective “It’s a tough job,” he said. “I on old issues. like to think I’m the most orThe Wasta team doesn’t have ganized when I have a lot on any plans to celebrate a potenmy plate, (but) this is obvitial victory Thursday. It’s a sceously the most I’ve ever had nario, Wasta said, he’s been too Political science on my plate.” busy to fully think about. junior All four candidates have “Of course I’ve thought about managed to put aside their it, but I’ve never gotten past the desire to win, Wasta said, ‘Drum roll, please’ part,” he said.

Sequoia Hall and he’s been impressed by “I don’t know what I’d do if I Resident Adviser the campaigns’ fairness. He heard my name.” said each of the candidates Though Wasta said he’s likely has different ideas about how been outspent by his competitors, “Keep calm, Wasta on.” he remained confident Tuesday to run student government, but they are all running for that all students will be able to the right reason: to improve connect with his platform.

Helping Cal Poly.

As Wasta stood alone at his freshmen adjust Wasta said he unexpectedly booth near Dexter Lawn Tuesto campus life, met competitor Jason Coday afternoon, Colombini left lombini at a Cal Poly soccer his own booth — buzzing with increasing game Saturday, leading to a dozens of students — and handschool spirit.

30-minute conversation that ed Wasta a hot dog. illustrates the candidates’ caStill, Wasta said he feels good sual relationship with each other. about his chances.

Though the two did discuss campaign“They’ve got food, and we’ve got a plating — “the elephant in the room,” as Wasta form,” he said. “I just think we have a such called it — their conversation focused on a great platform. Everyone benefits from how to improve the university. And their it. Our signs might not be the tallest and crazy schedules. we might not have the most signs, and we “We all want to see the best for Cal Poly, were most likely outspent. But I like to think we all want to see Cal Poly move in the right money won’t buy this election.”

ooking back on his campaign for the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency, psychology junior Nate Honeycutt says it’s been a time for learning and growth.

Honeycutt describes himself as a mild introvert — he’s never owned a cell phone, and he recognizes that his first few encounters with students were slightly awkward. But a week later, he was scooping ice cream for voters and explaining his “students-first” platform to anyone who would listen.

“I’ve really loved the whole campaign process,” he said. “There’s been so much I’ve learned about Cal Poly that I otherwise “Everyone’s pulling strong from different wouldn’t have been exposed to.” segments of campus, and everyone’s vision The path to campaigning, Honeycutt said, rings different with different people,” he said. began two years ago when students in the Unlike other candidates, Honeycutt said College of Science and Mathematics elected he has no plans to provide students with him to represent them on the computers to vote on during ASI Board of Directors. Since the election. He said it would then, he’s served as a College be “awkward” to approach of Liberal Arts representative someone and ask them to and worked with two other stuvote on a provided tablet or dents on the Semester Review laptop.

Psychology junior Task Force.

After learning his competiDespite his history with stutors are planning to use comdent government, Honeycutt puters to help students vote, ASI Board of Directors said Tuesday he is confident he said he would discuss the College of Liberal Arts a typical student can connect possibility of doing it himself Representative with him — he believes he’s with campaign leaders. carved out that particular deIf Honeycutt wins, those cammographic for himself among paign leaders could become “Put students first” this year’s four-candidate votnominees to top ASI positions. ing pool.

He said he would choose his “I consider myself an averappointees based on their viIncreasing ASI age student,” he said. “I’m sion for Cal Poly, but also look student outreach, paying my way through at how much they helped him school. I work. I’m involved during the campaign. semester with clubs. And I know for There are 12 core members conversion me, simplicity rings true and on Honeycutt’s team, accordreally resonates.” ing to campaign manager In addition to his work in ASI, Honeycutt and political science sophomore Joi Sullivan. is also a student employee at the UniverTime will be cut short for the presidentsity Police Department. He said Tuesday he elect if Honeycutt captures the presidency postponed his work with police during the Thursday — he is leaving for Reno, Nev. in election so he could spend more time reach- the evening to present at a psychology coning out to students. vention Friday.

Honeycutt said he has been impressed with But Honeycutt said there is one thing already all his competitors’ campaigns. He believes planned if he wins: After avoiding it for years, it’s still “anybody’s game.” he’ll finally need to purchase a cell phone.

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PAST ASI PRESIDENTS: WHERE ARE THEY NOW? Kiyana Tabrizi 2011–12

Kelly Griggs 2009–10

Kiyana Tabrizi, the most recent ASI President, recently relocated to the Seattle area to work at Microsoft.

Kelly Griggs moved to the Bay Area and has worked at Macys. com, first on marketing strategy, and now as a user experience architect.

Sarah Storelli 2010–11

Angela “AK” Kramer 2008-09

Sarah Storelli, an English graduate, lives and works in the Bay Area at Voce Communications, a global communication and public relations firm.

AK Kramer, who lives in West Oakland, has created education programs including an outdoor education program for middle schoolers.

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Learn from everyone around you. Every day will bring a new challenge, so accept that you will have to ask for help often. You will be surrounded by students, faculty and staff members who want your year as ASI president to be successful, so ask plenty of questions. No matter what happens, you want to make sure that you can look back on your term and say that you worked as hard as you could and were led by your integrity.”

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or Haley Houle, campaigning for Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president is just one more hat.

The sociology senior said Tuesday she hasn’t asked for any special exemptions from her regularly frantic schedule to allow more time for campaigning. She’s still leading the ASI University Union Advisory Board, searching for a new ASI executive director, meeting with university administrators and attending classes — all while preparing to graduate in June.

“Sleep has been decent,” Houle said. “That’s definitely why I’m still sane right now ... and what I know for sure,” she said. “I have tried being around all the students all day reener- very hard to be at my booth and approachgizes me every single morning.” able for all students.”

Heading into the final hours of the camHoule’s family is coming to San Luis Obispo paign, Houle said encouraging students for the final voting announcement Thursday to vote is most important. She morning. hopes to break an ASI record “I cant even grasp how I’ll for voter turnout. If four candifeel at that moment,” she dates can’t break the record, she said. “It will definitely be the asked, who can? proudest moment of my life.

“I want to really just encourI don’t even think I can exSociology senior age students to vote and stress plain it right now.” the fact that it’s important that In the meantime, Houle every student vote,” she said. will be at her booths on University Union “Taking myself out of it, I think campus, asking students to Advisory Board Chair students need to see value in vote. She also said she wants each vote. And that’s something, to connect with some final I think, falls on us as candidates clubs today, and reconnect “Our team” to educate students.” with ones she spoke to in the Since she’s finishing her degree past three months. in June, Houle will continue as “The thought that tomorBetter a graduate student at Cal Poly row it’s up to every student to communication in the fall — making her the cast their vote is incredible,” regarding Student first student since 2009 (when she said. “That’s the only way graduate student Jon McElroy I can explain it. And so right Success Fee ran against art and design senow … the next 36 hours are allocation, working nior Kelly Griggs) with plans to about conveying to students for the students serve in presidential office while to just vote.” pursuing a master’s degree.

Houle has higher hopes for this year’s election than her first two years ago. Then, she lost a race for ASI Board of Directors and instead took a position on the University Union Advisory Board.

This race, she hopes, will give her a different result.

“I have done my absolute best so far, that’s

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pproaching voters Tuesday, agribusiness junior Jason Colombini worked the line like a career politician. Never mind it was a hot dog line that drew his attention, or that fraternity brothers — not Secret Service — flanked him. He kept himself busy, offering to get lunch with one of the students in line, or even go on an early morning run if their afternoon schedules didn’t match up.

“If you don’t enjoy it, you shouldn’t do it,” Colombini said. “So I really enjoy being out there meeting people, sitting out on Dexter (Lawn) and talking to people.”

Colombini, with free water bottles and Poly leadership as part of the reason he wants hot dogs in hand, was in the hunt for last- to be president. His grandfather was a resiminute votes Tuesday — a position he’s dent adviser and Mustang Daily advertising grown accustomed to at Cal Poly. He’s run manager and his father served on the student for elected office every year he’s been at the senate, he said. university, starting as Sierra But the elder Colombinis will Madre Hall Council president not be in the crowd if Jason wins and now at the head of InterThursday — he’s not planning a fraternity Council. celebration at all.

Today, he’s looking to win “If I win on Thursday, I’d relax the Associated Students, Inc. a little bit and be glad the camAgribusiness junior (ASI) presidency. paign is finally done,” he said.

“Whenever a Colombini “I’d probably go to the gym for comes here, we do something the first time this quarter and Former ASI Board to make Cal Poly a better place get some sleep, catch up on that. of Directors for present students and future I don’t think there will be any Representative, students,” Colombini said in major celebration for me.”

Interfraternity Council an interview before open camLooking back at his campaign, President paigning began. “The ultimate Colombini said one of his faway I can do that is through vorite memories was going to ASI president, and I’ve been the Pilipino Cultural Exchange.

“Call on Bini” building up to it since WednesThere, he gave his regular threeday of WoW Week my freshminute speech about what he man year.” would do as president, but was Improving ASI Students on campus largely also asked to join in with the associated his effort with the club’s traditional roll call, forcstudent outreach, “Call On Bini” slogan, a fact ing him to think of a chant on increasing he joked about during an inthe spot. Naturally, he turned to transparency terview Tuesday. He said he’s an old favorite: heard people talking about it “My name is Jason,” he said during class, wondering if they were sup- to the club. posed to vote for someone who’s last name “Yeah?” the members replied. is Bini.

“I’m not a weenie.”

A little explanation, Colombini said, typi“Yeah?” cally clears the confusion — and earns a few “April 24…” more votes.

“Yeah?”

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BOARD OF DIRECTORS NEEDS YOUR VOTES, TOO

FUN FACT:

Candidates running for College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences have the highest chance of getting a seat (at 62 percent), but running for a seat in the Orfalea College of Business has the least chance (26 percent).

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The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors is one of several governing bodies within ASI, but it is the only one completely chosen by students.

The construction of the board is simple: Students from each of Cal Poly’s six colleges — the College of Engineering; the College of Liberal Arts; the College of Architecture and Environmental Design (CAED); the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES); the College of Science and Mathematics (COSAM); and the Orfalea College of Business — serve on the board as representatives, and throughout the year their goal is to best represent the students within their specific colleges.

The makeup of the board changes each year, with some seats fluctuating between colleges as they enroll more students.

For the 2013-14 school year, though, the divisions will be the same as this year’s have been.

The College of Engineering and CAFES, the largest Cal Poly colleges, get the most representatives with five each. The College of Liberal Arts, COSAM and the Orfalea College of Business all follow with four representatives each, and CAED comes in last with two representatives.

The board is led by an elected chair and vice chair (currently agricultural science senior Kaitlin Harr and biological sciences junior Jordan Lippincott, respectively), which are chosen by the ASI Executive Board following representative elections.

Board of Directors meetings, which are held on alternating Wednesdays throughout the year, take place in the Julian A. McPhee University Union at 5 or 6 p.m. Representatives from the university and Cal Poly Corporation are regularly in attendance.

College of Liberal Arts

Michaela Bailey Kevin Colwell Gabriel Bastomski Brian Kawamoto Hannah Brozek Hamzah Ramadan Sam Canino Allison Rogers Joi Sullivan

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The College of Architecture and Environmental Design and the College of Liberal Arts are the most evenly split between male and female candidates.

Nicole Billington Lauren Mattick McGuire Gillan Jaymee McInerey Brea Haller Tatiana Pretininzi Tina Li Rebecca Scanlon

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Ballots assigned to eliminated candidates are recounted and assigned to one of the remaining candidates based on the next preference on each ballot. This process continues until one candidate wins by obtaining more than half the votes.

Nicolas Carera Dominic Gonzales Daire Heneghan Rachel Kramer Kristina Lam

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Orfalea College of Business

Andrew Bui Amy Cornell Jack Grace Stefan Hall Brian Henson

David Juarez Daniel Koch Emily Mallett Luke McCue Alissa Rogers

Rebecca Rogers Alexxa Transue Michael Tseng Charlie Umansky Kyle Williams

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COSAM

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Cary Hernandez Alexandra Spooner Jordan Lippincott Clayton Thatch Derek Majewski Megan Wookey Hilary Poff Cale Reid Thomas Yusin

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is over, the current ASI Executive Board will choose the Board of Directors chair from the winners, and that college’s missing representative will be chosen from the next highest vote holder.

Of the nine College of Science and Mathematics candidates, seven are biological sciences majors.

College of Engineering Bryson Brockman Sarah Griess Myra Lukens Alexander Campbell Brady Hiob Tanner Papenfuss Michael Falcone Cameron Javier Connor Paquin Robert Garlinghouse Henry Kozlowski Nick Rodriguez Alfredo Sanchez Brett Wagner

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he walls of the musty record store’s back room are a hodgepodge timeline, adorned with 12-inch album covers and moments of musical history frozen on posters. Spectators — roughly 6 years old to middle-aged — flood in and gather in front of the stage, ready for Josh Cody and Justin Hooper to perform.

Two guitars and two microphones stand on the rug-clothed stage, along with a mandolin and a violinist to the side. But it’s a hard, gray Samsonite suitcase that draws attention, demanding a double-take.

“I kicked a hole in my suitcase,” Cody says, looking down at the old, battered case he uses as a kick drum.

Cody relies on the foot pedal attached to the suitcase for added percussion.

Within seconds of stepping onstage, Hooper mutters to Cody, explaining his now-bandaged finger he cut before the show.

But these misfortunes don’t affect the performance of the recent Independent Music Award nominees.

Cody, 25, and Hooper, 25 — together known as local alternative-folk band History of Painters — were the eighth performance for Record Store Day this past Saturday at Boo Boo Records.

The band opened with its hopeful, foot-tapper, “Green Hills.” Throw in some whistles and the duo shouting “hey” throughout the song, and the room suddenly came alive.

That energy continued throughout the band’s set, ranging from mellow to upbeat songs honeyed with the harmonious duo’s vocals. The two’s organic chemistry breathed through the performance, as audience members clapped to the beat (granted, Hooper did ask for audience participation).

“They’re always fantastic,” Boo Boo Records manager Frank Hayes said. “Their harmonies are great, their song structures (are great).

Those two are amazing.”

If The Avett Brothers and Mumford & Sons joined forces, it would sound a lot like History of Painters.

Typically, songwriters Cody and Hooper are accompanied by supporting musicians including a violinist and cellist to augment their sound.

It’s this dynamic that won them the nomination in the 12th Annual Independent Music Awards for their 2011 EP, “Only What the Spring Can Bring.”

“The fact that it’s a worldwide competition is pretty cool that we were selected,” the softspoken Hooper said. “(We’re) pretty excited about that.”

The recognition hasn’t gone to their heads, though. With nearly 1,600 likes on Facebook and more than 7,700 plays on ReverbNation, the San Luis Obispo County natives stay humble.

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genuine people,” Hayes said. “They’re a little bit nerdy, a little goofy but a whole lot of fun.

They are genuine. There is no agenda, they’re not trying to gain anything from being nice. I can’t say enough.”

The duo’s closeness — apparent in a bearhug greeting and back-and-forth banter — grew over an eight-year friendship dating back to their senior year at San Luis Obispo High School.

“We met in choir,” Hooper said. “We were both baritones who couldn’t read music, so we bonded over that.”

Cody was playing in a four-piece group in high school and asked Hooper to join.

“We were playing together for a while,” Cody said. “Me and Justin have always clicked more musically and we kind of liked doing different things.”

The duo eventually decided to branch off and do its own project, Cody said. During this

hanging on his navy-gray V-neck.

Luckily, the European-inspired coffee shop had an old violin bow on hand. That show at Kreuzberg also featured the red, toy piano the band still uses today.

“I didn’t have a piano at the time, so my wife had gotten me this little, red toy piano as a birthday gift, and I was like, ‘Well — it has like 25 keys — I guess I can transpose my piano pieces onto this for the show.’” Hooper said. “It just kind of became part of our act after that gig.”

PREPPING THE PALETTE ike the toy piano and Samsonite suitcase, History of Painters’ writing style and sources of inspiration distinguish it from other indie bands.

“I think nature really does it in for me,” Cody said about songwriting inspiration. The nature

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I like stories, history and music, so whenever I can try to combine all three, (I) try doing that.

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time, the two started writing songs and discovering their sound.

Since the formation of History of Painters, Cody and Hooper have had the opportunity to perform at Live Oak Music Festival in 2011, as well as local venues SLO Brewing Co., Cal Poly’s University Union Plaza and downtown coffee shop Kreuzberg, CA. Kreuzberg’s former location was home to the band’s first show as History of Painters on Dec. 4, 2010, Hooper said.

“It takes a little while to get super comfortable,” the dark-haired, rosy-cheeked Cody said about performing live. “I think at that point we were feeling pretty good. It was really exciting, really fun.”

But that first performance didn’t come without minor hiccups.

“Our violinist actually broke her bow right before we went on,” Hooper said, steeping the tea bag in front of him, his aviator Ray Bans

theme is evident in “Green Hills” and the title track from “Only What the Spring Can Bring.”

Hooper, however, musters creativity from his relationship with his wife and other passions.

“I like stories, history and music, so whenever I can try to combine all three, (I) try doing that,” said Hooper, who graduated from Cal Poly in 2009 with a bachelor’s degree in liberal studies.

Hooper’s class notes even helped him write one of the songs on the band’s full-length “The World Is Greener.” “(For) ‘95 Theses,’ actually, I used notes from my medieval history class at Cal Poly because I am a nerd,” Hooper said eagerly.

“I actually recently gave my professor an album (and told him), ‘Just so you know, you helped inspire this song. Let me know what you think.’”

That professor was Matthew Hopper.

“He was a truly exceptional student,” said

Hopper, an associate history professor. “I’m very proud of Justin. I think he’s very talented and I think this band has a big future.”

OFFSTAGE utside of music, Cody and Hooper devote time to their jobs and hobbies.

Cody works at Sally Loo’s Wholesome Cafe, went to school to be a firefighter and creates musical compositions for wedding videographers.

Hooper teaches piano and guitar lessons throughout the Central Coast.

One non-music commonality the two have is reading.

“I’ve been obsessed with reading for the last couple years,” Cody said, tracing the corner of the “Harry Potter” book before him with his finger.

But these jobs and hobbies are a far cry from the six-month occupation the two held years ago.

While Hooper attended Cal Poly and Cody a fire academy, they worked as door-to-door paint salesmen — a period immortalized by the band’s name.

“We wanted to come up with a band name that had to do with something that we’d done in the past so that’s kind of like the ‘Painters’ part,” Hooper said. “The ‘History’ is kind of two-fold. Our songs are pretty autobiographical, usually. I’m a little bit of a history nerd, so I like to write history songs every once in a while.”

One of their first gigs as History of Painters was at Boo Boo Records two years ago.

“They (are) very good musicians,” Boo Boo Records clerk JT De La Torre said after the band’s return to the store on Record Store Day.

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ONLY THE INTRO hen asked what audience members can expect from a History of Painters show, Cody was quick to respond.

“Justin usually likes to streak around some,” he said, laughing. “No, I’m just kidding.”

Hooper added that he hates clothes.

Jokes aside, Hooper said audiences can “hopefully (expect) a combination of songs that will get your toes tapping, but also ones that get you to think and get you inspired or give you a sense of hope. That’s our goal, at least.”

The band has no set recording plans, but Hooper said they’re in the middle of trying to book a show in May. “Knowing me and Justin both, (making music) is something that we’re always going to be doing,” Cody said. “We’re just very thankful for all of our families and loved ones that have been supportive. I don’t think we’d have been able to do any of this this long without having that (support).”

Hooper said they’ll see where this life takes them.

“Whatever that looks like is up to God,” Hooper said. “I guess we’ll just take it a step at a time and let Him lead.”

History of Painters’ album “The World Is Greener” and EP “Only What the Spring Can Bring” are available on iTunes as well as at Boo Boo Records.

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The Syrian aid paradox Zachary Antoyan is a political science junior and Mustang Daily liberal columnist.

It has been two years and 17 days. Two extremely grueling and violent years, spent in an attempt to oust a family that has kept hold of Syria for more than four decades.

What started out as peaceful demonstrations and acts of politically motivated graffiti escalated into a fullfledged civil war, so far resulting in the deaths of an estimated 70,000 civilians.

The lines appeared clearly defined: It was the authoritarian regime against those who wished for freedom.

Riding the wave of the Arab Spring in 2011 that saw the call for more rights and freedoms throughout the Arab world, the Syrian uprising was supposed to pave the way for those changes. Instead, the fractured opposition poses just as much a humanitarian threat to the Syrian people as the old regime does and all the while has both sides scrambling for any advantage.

At first, it appeared to me the popular uprising was just an attempt to fight for a Syria with more freedoms. I distinctly remember reading this phrase of someone within the conflict more than a year ago: “The situation is very tragic.

We demand humanitarian corridors for medicine and food and clean water. We just want to live as half-humans, not even full human beings.”

The notion that things were so bad as a result of the violence that people didn’t even consider themselves or want to be “full human beings” floored me. Why weren’t we, as a country or even as individuals, doing anything about this? Why aren’t we helping these people by aiding the opposition?

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rising. So Kitts and his team of faculty are in the process of following up to determine if the E. coli is still coming from cattle.

While E. coli can make people very sick, it is a good indication of fecal contamination, Kitts said. It means there is likely to be other bacteria, viruses or parasites that are commonly associated with fecal contamination to watch out for, Kitts said.

“E. coli itself is really not all that bad, although you hear about different kinds like O157:H7, there actually are a whole bunch of different strains of E. coli,” Kitts said.

“But there are only six that cause problems.”

Taking caution to not swallow water when swimming in lakes or in the ocean will help reduce the risk of coming in contact with E. coli, Kitts said.

It will also help prevent the spread of other bacteria and pathogens.

It’s not necessarily drinking water that is a concern; it’s more recreational waters, biological sciences Professor

While I was in the region during this past summer, I met three refugees from Syria. Two of them had defected from the Syrian Army, and the other had crossed the border with her family to find a safer place to live. They never once spoke of the cause of the opposition, and to them, the op-

It is at this point we must distinguish between the popular uprising the Syrian civil war started as and the convoluted mad-grab for power and influence it is now. With the numerous factions that make up the Syrian National Coalition consistently mired in a lack of direction and control,

There are ... many who would argue that what we give is going into the wrong hands.

position was no better than the regime that had oppressed them for so long.

Both sides commit atrocities, and neither has a mind to end the collateral damage that kills and displaces more than three million people. Amnesty International has consistently provided evidence supporting the claims made by those I spoke to. There is no side that fights for the people in this war, only those who would seek to take advantage of a people and a bad situation.

getting aid to those who need it has become a nearly impossible task.

The United States has been giving non-lethal assistance to the opposition for some time now and is looking to double those efforts in the future.

There are, however, many who would argue that what we give is going into the wrong hands.

The Al-Nusra Front, is one such faction of the coalition that many are wary of. With previous ties to Al-Qaeda and other radical Islamist groups,

Michael Black said.

It’s important to be aware of where sewage gets dumped because reducing the levels of E. coli will make recreational waters safer and cleaner, Black said.

Chemistry and biochemistry professor Anya Goodman works alongside Kitts, Black, other faculty and students to further develop their current analysis and testing methods to make it a process that students can use.

“If there is environmental contamination of some sort, you try to figure out, ‘where did it come from?’” Goodman says.

Human feces are a concern because humans can contract bacteria and other pathogens, such as Hepatitis A, from human fecal contamination in a water source, Black said.

“I see it getting worse, and I don’t think I’m a pessimist, but as the human population continues to grow and as our demand for food and water continues to grow, then I see we’re going to have more and more problems with that,” Black said.

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the lecture, which include the difference between debate and dialogue, racism, racial identity and awareness, becoming an ally and other “hot topics” the students decide on themselves.

‘Seeing a new perspective’ Intergroup dialogues is a program that has been implemented at many other universities, Health and Counseling Services psychologist Herlina Pranata, who brought the original idea for the class to Cal Poly in 2008, said.

Pranata facilitated a dialogue program similar to the Michigan-originated one during her postdoctoral fellowship and internship at University of California, Davis, and felt it had such a positive impact on students that she mentioned it in her job interview at Cal Poly as “one way of addressing diversity issues on campus.”

“I have told myself that wherever I go, I’d like to bring such dialogue to campus,” said Pranata, who start-

foreign policy leaders are worried the aid goes toward the setup of a state that harbors an anti-western sentiment. Of course, this is all speculation.

But the threat of supporting a cause that ends up backfiring is something we know all too well (think: Iran).

So it is here we find ourselves in a difficult situation.

On the one side, we wish to see an end to a brutal conflict and support go to those who need it within the country.

But on the other, we must deal with the ramifications of supporting a cause that might turn against us, might not give that aid to the civilians and continuously disregards civilian casualties (all of this done in the name of a freedom for a people who are desperate for an end). World leaders have been meeting about the crisis, but a consensus on what to do, or who to support, has yet to be made.

If there is a way to reconcile this, then I do not know it. I can only hope those who are close to danger are delivered far from it, and done so soon.

This is Zachary Antoyan, thinking if he had to choose, he would totally be an Earth Bender. Have a good week.

ed unofficial versions of the class in 2009, “especially if it can help bridge differences and build community.”

Cal Poly Human Resources Information Systems analyst Ethan Kuster, who helped lead pilot versions of this class in 2011 and co-facilitates one of the groups about race this quarter, said the dialogue group is a place where students can talk about issues they’d normally be afraid to bring up for fear of offending someone.

“It’s an open space where it’s OK to say the wrong thing,” Kuster said. “Nobody’s right and nobody’s wrong — it’s just seeing a new perspective.”

Conn said the low numbers of diverse students at Cal Poly don’t reflect the diversity of the state, and he hoped hearing other perspectives in the dialogues would help ready Cal Poly students for life in a very diverse world.

“There’s no denying that Cal Poly, in terms of numbers, is not a very diverse campus,” Conn said. “And we’re acutely aware of the need to prepare all students, not just minority students or white students … to go out into a world where they are going to be faced with, and hopefully work productively with, people who are different from themselves.”

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Benefits go beyond the lines Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist.

Forget the steroids stories and cheating scandals — sports are a good thing. From badminton to basketball, there are benefits in every game. Team sports in particular build physical, mental and emotional health.

Physical Believe it or not, regular exercise produces a fit body. There’s a reason Robert Griffin III and Michael Phelps have unrivaled speed, and it’s not because they eat at Subway.

While weightlifting builds the most brute strength, recreational athletes should also participate in aerobic sports, kinesiology professor David Hey said.

“It’s continual movement, and you have to play for a long period of time,” he said. “So I’d say swimming, track and field and basketball (are the best).”

Hey played soccer in the 1970s before it became popular in America, and coached both the men’s and women’s teams at Milwaukee Pulaski High School to city championships in 1997.

Now Hey goes running or hits the Recreational Center almost every day, because a fat kinesiol-

ogy professor is as trustworthy as a skinny dessert chef.

He also offers extra credit to students who complete fun runs on the weekends, but those who jog on a treadmill receive only a high five. While the physical benefits of exercise are great, competition makes both the body and mind stronger.

Mental Every athlete must endure days or even weeks when nothing is clicking. You miss 100 percent of the shots you don’t take, but sometimes you just miss 100 percent of the shots.

Sports teach that no mat-

ter how bad things get, the only winning solution is to bounce back. Cal Poly softball pitcher Jordan Yates has learned to put her struggles in the rearview mirror.

“If I have a bad day, I just chalk it up to having a bad day,” Yates said. “When I go back out on the field, I know my teammates will pick me up.”

On the flip side, people with exceptional talent must learn to thrive in the spotlight. As successful young athletes move up the ladder, every new level of play reveals more intense competition.

While some boys and girls participate in “everybody plays”

soccer with team moms and halftime orange slices, their more skilled peers fight for recognition on travel clubs stalked by college scouts.

“When you’re competitive, that’s a whole different deal,” Hey said. “That can actually create stress — in a good way, good stress.”

Though throwing a football in front of thousands of fans may be nerve-wracking, players who withstand the pressure face fewer fears in their everyday lives.

If a person can push their body to its limit and end an exercise covered in sweat, they are more likely to find success in other walks of life. It is easy to throw in the towel when tired, but fighting through and accomplishing a goal takes strength.

“If you can go out and run six miles, and do that consistently on a day-by-day, week-by-week basis, there isn’t a whole hell of a lot you can’t do,” Hey said.

“Writing a term paper? That should be a snap.”

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“Softball’s kind of been like an outlet for me,” Cal Poly softball pitcher Jordan Yates (above) said. “When things are going wrong outside of softball, I go to softball and I can just release everything, and it helps me grow as a person.”

Sports can serve as a form of therapy, providing relief from personal problems. The focus required in a game or practice leaves no room for outside thoughts.

Competitive athletes such as Yates learn to channel their frustration into positive performances. A close team can serve as a support staff, too.

“Softball’s kind of been like an outlet,” Yates said. “When things are going wrong outside of softball, I go to softball and I can just release everything, and it helps me grow as a person.”

Hey’s Kinesiology 255 (Per-

sonal Health: A Multicultural Approach) class discusses how unhappy, socially isolated people are more likely to have poor health, he said. By the same token, team players and individual athletes who love their sport will spend less time in the doctor’s office.

Young athletes need a kind, patient coach to get the most out of sports, Hey said. If the players aren’t enjoying themselves, the purpose has been lost.

“There’s some dads who are pushing their kids — boys and girls — at a young age,” Hey said.

“It’s all about win, win, win, but it should be about having fun too.”

Exercise also releases endorphins, which boost morale and can act as natural painkillers. A “runner’s high” is when the body releases so many endorphins that the brain is overcome with euphoric bliss.

Seeing good results in the mirror during or after a workout can improve self-esteem as well. That’s why half of the Recreation Center’s weight room seems to be a male modeling competition.

Self-image is a combination of the three main advantages sports provide. Finding joy in earning a healthy body makes for a stronger being.

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