May 22, 2018

May 22, 2018

TITLE IX CASES

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There were three Title IX cases brought against the same individual for alleged sexual misconduct. Photo illustration by Zach Donnenfield and Zack Spanier.

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| In the past it was a 5K run, but this was the first year Mustang Mile was an obstacle course, where teams of five competed May 17.

Aware Awake Alive in the decade since Carson Starkey’s death Cassandra Garibay @cassandragari

“He looked at the world around him and saw limitless possibilities. He approached life with a practical tenacity that led him to pursue every path that caught his interest with vigor, intelligence and an uncanny intuition,” Carson Starkey’s family wrote in a description of him on the Aware Awake Alive (AAA) website.

Starkey was a Cal Poly student who died from acute alcohol poisoning at a Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity hazing event Dec. 2, 2008.

According to university spokesperson Matt Lazier, recognition of Cal Poly’s Sigma Alpha Epsilon chapter was revoked by both the university and the national organization after Starkey’s death. The chapter then disbanded and cannot be considered for reinstatement at Cal Poly prior to Dec. 2, 2033.

Starkey was an architecture freshman when he was left on a mattress by his fraternity brothers after a hazing event that involved binge drinking. They had planned to take Starkey to the hospital, but out of fear of getting in legal trouble, they decided against it.

The decision cost Starkey’s life.

From With Carson to Aware Awake Alive After Starkey’s death, his family founded With Carson, a non-profit organization to prevent more families from experiencing the same tragedy.

The program was in high demand and grew rapidly within their hometown in Texas. In 2011 the organization transitioned to AAA, which took With Carson’s goals and elevated the program to a national scale, according to Starkey’s mother, Julia.

According to Michael Eberhard, the Cal Poly coordinator for AAA, the mission is to educate communities about alcohol poisoning and to prevent loss of lives.

AAA has raised awareness about the dangers of alcohol poisoning, hazing and binge drinking through campaigns and educational programs. It has also implemented peer-topeer education training about bystander intervention and prevention, Eberhard wrote in an email to Mustang News.

They have also lobbied for Good Samaritan laws, which allow for underage students to call for help without risk of criminal charges for under-aged drinking so long as they stay with the person at risk of acute alcohol poisoning.

According to the AAA website, Lifeline 911 laws have been passed in a majority of the nation, allowing for medical amnesty.

WITH US This year, the Texas-based organization moved its headquarters to Cal Poly. According to Eberhard, AAA founders and Carson’s parents, Scott and Julia, transferred the program hoping it would broaden its mission and evolve into a university-based research center.

“Everything started at Cal Poly and Carson loved Cal Poly. He loved his time here, we’ve had a great relationship with Cal Poly and they’ve helped us to develop out programming through the years and been really the launching pad for so many of our programs and it was just the natural place for us to give [AAA] to,” Julia said.

The research center that houses AAA, formally named WITH US — The National Network for Peer Accountability, opened this year within Student Affairs. It is a national bystander intervention program housed at Cal Poly that serves as a resource for universities and high schools across the nation, Julia said.

Its mission encompasses that of AAA, while also hoping to prevent loss of life from other drug abuse and misuse, hazing, hate and bias, sexual violence and other barriers to student health.

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Ashley Ladin @ ashleyladin

The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President is one of the most recognizable figures on-campus.

But, their visibility around campus and at Cal Poly events does not secure the student body’s understanding of their role and powers. Despite being in her last quarter of college, business administration senior Kailey Sanchez, still has a shaky idea of what the ASI president does.

“They just go to meetings and stuff, right?”

Sanchez said. “It’s not like I think they’re doing nothing, I just haven’t personally reached out or learned more about it. It’s kind of one of those things when you’re involved you’re super involved, but if you’re not involved you really don’t know anything about it.”

During ASI elections, many students become more aware of ASI’s presence on campus. Jasmin Fashami was elected as ASI president for 2018-2019 school year April 26. Yet, even some of Fashami’s supporters are still confused about the position she will fill once officially taking office this summer.

Anthropology and geography sophomore Maura Carrick voted for Fashami and hopes she will be an active president but has not personally noticed how ASI presidents have initiated change in the past.

“Her voice is the one that is really important right now. So I think it would be great if she was more proactive in being an active voice on campus,” Carrick said. “It’s [the ASI President’s] role to bridge the gap between administrative decisions and the student body.

It should be their role, but I feel like, as a student, I don’t really feel their impact very much or hear their voice.”

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Common misconceptions Jason Colombini, 2013-2014 ASI president, wrote to Mustang News about this disconnect between ASI and the student body.

“I think there’s all kinds [of misconceptions], you could talk to 10 different people on campus and you’d hear 10 different answers about what the ASI President’s role is,” Colombini wrote. “There is a constant misunderstanding of who ASI is in general and what they do.”

Sometimes candidates for the ASI presidency have little understanding of the role themselves. Joi Rogers served as 2014-2015 ASI president and often saw campaign platforms with overreaching promises.

“Campaigning is always funny once you’ve been in ASI as an organization — people say they are going to do X, and you’re just thinking, they don’t fully understand how the process of the university works,” Sullivan said. “The ASI President kind of carries a unique balance of a role, because they serve as a representative, but they also serve as the technical head of a 501(c)(3) organization.

The majority of the organization is run by the Board of Directors, the student representatives. In that sense the ASI President does not have full control over the organization.”

Checks and balances While the ASI President serves as the head of ASI Board of Directors, they hold no voting power. Many of the initiatives the ASI President campaigns under and proposes requires the approval of the Board of Directors before it can be put into action. For example, the ASI monetary reserves can only be tapped into with a two-thirds vote from the Board.

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The Board of Directors did not always hold this power over the president — up until the late 1980s, the Board of Directors was named the Student Senate and its relationship with the president was more free.

“After a move to a corporate structure instead of a student senate structure, the ASI President lost autonomy and veto power over the Board of Directors,” Colombini wrote. “I think the checks and balances got out of whack where the President has no check on the Board and the Board has exclusive check on the President.”

Rogers sees limitations and checks on ASI Presidents as overall beneficial.

“In some ways I want to give the ASI President more actual power in the sense that they can do some tangible things on campus, but there’s a downside to that,” Rogers said. “Most of the presidents elected are 20 or 21 — we have a very limited life experience and we’re only on that campus for four or five years.”

The student voice Of the past five ASI Presidents Mustang News interviewed, all generally stated that the primary role of the ASI President was to be a voice for the students. This broad role can make the actual responsibilities of ASI President too abstract to pin down.

Riley Nilsen, current ASI President, breaks down the day in and day out of presidential responsibilities.

“Being ASI President is more than just fulfilling a platform,” Nilsen wrote. “It’s co-chairing five campus-wide committees with administrators, it’s sitting on multiple councils and boards representing Cal Poly

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students, it’s making sure the right questions are being asked to administration and that the student perspective is always, always, considered in every decision.”

While many ASI Presidents attempt to carry out their platform and campaign promises, the work is slow and involves jumping through many bureaucratic loops, making ASI presidential progress difficult to discern.

“Many goals or promises are multi-year projects. While this wouldn’t be a problem in the working world, it does form a problem when you only have one academic year,” Colombini wrote. “I think it is hard for some ASI presidents and students to see that big changes have to start somewhere, and many take a few years to finish.”

Even if an ASI President is not able to fulfill their campaign goals, Rogers still sees an undeniable value in their representative role.

“Your ASI President is supposed to represent your voice, so any chance you have to talk with your ASI president or student representatives, you have to take it. They were elected to serve you — if people ran for these positions to serve themselves they’ll burn out, you can’t do it,” Rogers said. “People need to remember that a student is in that job and they are balancing a full student schedule while trying to do the best for the school they love dearly.”

ASI presidential timeline To see what ASI Presidents can and cannot actually accomplish, as well as how presidential initiatives play out over the years, see the timeline of the past five ASI presidencies below.

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Joi Sullivan, now Joi Rogers, served as ASI President during her first year in Cal Poly’s graduate program for public policy. Her campaign focused on issues of community, money and safety. She originally hoped to establish more blue lights around campus for safety, but ended up working with the University Police Department (UPD) to bring TapShield, a safety app, to campus. Most of her time in office was spent working with administration on the student success fee; she successfully advocated for students’ to have a say in new fee approval.

Owen Schwaegerle served as ASI president during his senior year at Cal Poly. The agricultural business student’s platform, “Anchor with Owen,” focused on student fees, safety and school spirit. As part of the California State Student Association, he helped lobby for $140 million from the state government to fund the CSU budget. One of his main goals was to increase the availability of UPD escort vans to off-campus locations, which was not adopted.

Instead, Schwaegerle continued promoting the Tapshield app for increased student safety.

Jana Colombini served as ASI president during her senior year at Cal Poly. The agricultural science student ran on the platform of “Care, Communicate, Connect.” Colombini focused on increasing diversity. While in office, she successfully approved the expansion of the MultiCultural Center and worked closely with the Cross Cultural Centers. One goal she was not able to fulfill was the addition of a gender neutral bathroom in the University Union. Colomini also started the now-popular ASI President snapchat.

Current ASI President, agricultural science senior Riley Nilsen, ran her campaign around establishing community-wide efforts to implement lasting changes on campus and in San Luis Obispo. While unable to initiate a bike share program, one of the ideas she suggested during campaigning, Nilsen was able to hold promised events, such as voter registration, Buck the Stigma and Indigenous People’s Day. “I have worked really hard to be present and engaged during what our students are experiencing in the moment,” Nilsen wrote.

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A look back at the past ASI presidencies

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No violations found for alleged sexual assailant Gina Randazzo @Gina_Randazzo1

A Cal Poly student who has been accused of multiple instances of sexual assault was found not in violation of Title IX policies for an instance more than a year ago in which he was accused of forcing a woman to have oral sex.

Mustang News has obtained the Investigation Report, which details the case and ruling, for this instance and one other.

Investigator Liz Paris concluded Oct. 18, 2017 that the alleged offender did not engage in non-consensual oral sex with the woman.

This accusation is one of three formal cases investigated by Paris of Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation, retained by Cal Poly. All three investigations have concluded and Paris has not sustained any allegations against the alleged repeat sexual offender. At least seven complaints about the individual have been brought forward to Safer as of Sept. 27, 2017.

Mustang News filed a public records request for all payments to Liz Paris from January 2014 to March 2018.

In response, Mustang News received invoices of payments to Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation totaling $128,969.91 paid to the firm for Paris’ work between July 15, 2016 and Sept. 23, 2017. Based on the invoices, it is unclear how many Title IX cases she investigated during this period.

Cal Poly paid the Sacramento-based law firm $250 per hour for Paris’ work on each investigation, and $125 per hour for travel time.

Although he is named in the report, Mustang News is not naming the alleged assailant because he has not been found in violation of university policies for sexual misconduct. Mustang News is also not naming the alleged accuser.

In this instance, the “Complainant” alleges that the “Respondent” — the terms used to describe the two throughout the report — forced her to perform oral sex on him in a bathroom during an afternoon event at a satellite house of the Respondent’s fraternity at the time, Delta Tau Delta (DTD).

The individual was a member of DTD from winter 2014 to spring 2017. He was expelled from DTD because of several accusations of sexual assault. DTD disbanded Jan. 19 following a membership review by their national organization that left the fraternity with just 15 members. *Graphic content below Her story The woman said she attended the event at the DTD satellite house April 27, 2017 and had a few drinks, but was not drunk. She said she joined the man on a couch and he started kissing her

chest, to which she said “Stop.”

They continued talking, and he intermittently kissed her. She said, “I don’t want to be on the couch hooking up,” according to the report.

He got up and motioned her toward the bathroom. She followed. She said that once she was in the bathroom, he shut the door and they began kissing. She said she was fine with kissing but didn’t want to do anything else.

Then, she said, he pulled his penis out. At that point she said things became non-consensual.

She said he began pushing her hands and head toward his penis.

She said she began feeling uncomfortable and moved to leave. When she reached for the door, however, he pulled her hand back. She said she was then coerced into performing oral sex. She said his hands were on her head and shoulders while she performed oral sex. She said he did not allow her to get up.

After performing oral sex for four to seven minutes, the Complainant said “I’m really not going to do this right now,” and he let her up.

The woman said she immediately left the bathroom and walked home.

According to the report, the woman, visibly distraught, promptly told her two roommates what had happened. In response, they ran back to the satellite house to confront the man.

When the roommates got to the house, they couldn’t find the man but they did run across two DTD Executive Board members and explained the situation to them. The fraternity subsequently launched its own investigation.

DTD’s investigation A DTD Executive Board member asked the Complainant to provide a statement about the alleged assault to use in the fraternity’s own investigation of the individual.

This is the statement she sent to DTD: “So he was forcing himself on me and I kept saying no and when I tried to leave he wouldn’t let me. And then when I finally got up he walked me to the bathroom and after I kept saying no he grabbed my hand and put it on his dick which I hadn’t realized until then was out and then as I tried to leave again he said no and shoved my head down.”

When the fraternity conducted their investigation, a DTD member spoke to the man about the allegations. The DTD member said the man viewed the interaction as “very consensual” because the two had a previous sexual history.

In the report, the woman said that she and the man had sex on two occasions in 2016 but did not engage in physical activity again until the incident that formed the basis for this investigation.

She said that in one of these instances he began to choke her but stopped when she asked him to.

In the reports, he denied having ever choked her.

The DTD witness said the Respondent felt targeted by the fraternity, convinced that other members wanted him expelled.

According to the Investigation Report: “[A DTD witness] agreed there are ‘lots’ in the fraternity that disliked Respondent, but he did not think ‘anyone would get a girl to lie.’”

As a result of the investigation, in which several other accusations were brought forward, the man was expelled from the fraternity.

His response According to the report, the man denied that he engaged in non-consensual sexual activity with the woman. He said the woman willingly performed oral sex on him, and maintained that he never forced her head down or prevented her from leaving.

“I was reading her body language,” he said in the report. “We had sexual relations before. I had my hands around her, and she started kissing my collarbone, and then went down from there.”

The Respondent said he stopped the oral sex because he didn’t want to hold up the bathroom.

He said the woman invited him to her house to “take things further” and to a concert later that evening. The man said he declined both invitations.

The Respondent provided his roommate as a witness, who described him returning from the party. “[Respondent] and I exchanged banter and he

brought up that he hooked up with a girl and that everything was normal and fun,” the witness said in the report.

Mustang News contacted the accused assailant for a comment and was subsequently contacted by his attorney, who said in a letter that his client “did not have sex with anyone without effective consent.”

Results of the report In the report, Paris acknowledged that she was charged with investigating two additional allegations of sexual assault against the same man.

“It is concerning that three separate complaints were brought against the same individual. I carefully considered this in my analysis. However, after a full review of the record, I was not persuaded by a preponderance of the evidence that Respondent engaged in the sexual misconduct as alleged by this Complainant,” Paris wrote.

Paris noted that the accounts of the woman’s roommates supported the Complainant’s allegations.

“Her roommates corroborated that Complainant was upset, crying, and voiced concerns that she engaged in sexual activity with Respondent that might have been non-consensual. This supports Complainant’s allegations, and suggests that she recently experienced some sort of trauma,” Paris wrote.

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Aidan McGloin @mcgloin_aidan

Cal Poly faces a budget crisis. Inflation is rising and the entire California State University (CSU) system needs more money to combat it. However, money may not be coming and the campus may have to cut costs, either in the number of classes offered or in services and grants administration provides.

Gov. Jerry Brown unveiled his new budget May 11, proposing $5 million more to the CSU system, with an additional $100 million in one-time funding for maintenance projects. He continued to encourage less spending and more saving.

“We’re nearing the longest economic recovery in modern history, and as Isaac Newton once observed, ‘What goes up, must come down,’” Brown said at the press conference.

The United States is reaching its longest point of recovery soon, Brown said, meaning an economic downturn is imminent.

In an email address to the CSU community May 15, CSU Chancellor Timothy White wrote that the revised budget leaves the CSU system $171 million below its current operations.

A 6-percent increase in tuition would have filled that gap without an addition in state funding. It would have increased CSU

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However, Paris noted that the woman’s account of the incident differed from that of her roommates. The roommates’ statements said the man used greater force than the woman described.

Paris said the roommates’ statements said the man “grabbed her hand,” and “shoved her head onto his penis.” They said he “pushed her down” and said “You’re not going anywhere” and “You’re going to do this.” Paris said these statements were contradictory to the woman’s

system-wide tuition from $5,700 to $6,100 per year. Students would still have to pay local campus fees and tuition on top of system-wide tuition if White had decided to implement a tuition increase.

White announced April 20 that the CSU system will not raise tuition in order to put pressure on the state budget to provide for students. He said the burden is on the state to fund public universities.

“There will be serious adverse consequences if state funding falls short of meeting our university needs,” White wrote in his emailed statement.

Associated Students, Inc. President Riley Nilsen and Secretary of Student Advocacy Jasmin Fashami traveled to Sacramento to ask Senator Bill Monning and Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham to fight for more money from the state budget March 7.

Brown unveiled his proposed budget with an additional $92 million given toward the CSU system. May 11 outpaced by raising inflation, it results in a $67 million decrease for operations. With a $9 billion state surplus, he is placing $5 billion into a rainy day fund in anticipation of the state’s economy faltering.

Approximately 1,000 students and faculty from across the CSU system, including many members of Cal Poly’s Students for Quality Education (SQE), traveled to Sacramento to

demand more money from the state budget April 4.

The students and faculty, members of SQE, said increasing public university costs are disenfranchising low-income students, and the amount of state funding provided is not enough for public universities to function.

“This generation of students are paying more and facing more barriers to higher education than everyone before them,” Cal Poly’s SQE leader and political science senior Mick Bruckner said.

They were joined in their protest by the Senate President Pro Tempore Toni Atkins, Speaker of the House Anthony Rendon

retelling of the event.

In explaining her decision, Paris also noted that the two had engaged in consensual activity before and that she had walked to the bathroom of her own volition.

“The point at which their versions diverge is Complainant’s assertion that Respondent forced her head onto his penis without her consent.

Considering the aforementioned credibility analysis and the record as a whole, the evidence does not support that Respondent “forced” Complainant’s head onto his genitals and prevented her from leaving the bathroom.”

After being asked to elaborate on the cases by Mustang News, Paris declined to comment.

According to university spokesperson Matt Lazier, privacy laws preclude the university from discussing or acknowledging any specific Title IX case.

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and White.

“The CSU [system] lifted and launched me as a kid and I will not allow, you will not allow, we will not allow, together, to allow these flush economic times to artificially relax education,” White said.

The two houses of the state legislature are set to debate the budget with the leaders of both houses, declaring they stand with increasing the CSU system budget. Their actions will determine Cal Poly’s ability to provide classes and guidance to students.

White said the trustees will continue to push for more funding in Sacramento before the budget must be signed by Brown in June.

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| Students protested in Sacramento the lack of state funding in the CSU system.

Similarities with another case Several of the allegations made in this case mirror those in the other Investigation Report that has been provided to Mustang News.

Animal science junior Sydra Gianassi, who shared her story with Mustang News in December 2017, described having been assaulted by the same man March 11, 2017.

Gianassi also told her story to DTD and also filed a Title IX complaint.

Gianassi’s investigation also began June 6, 2017.

Giannasi said she engaged in consensual sex with the man but said things turned non-consensual when, during sex, she was choked, bit and prevented from leaving. She also described him demanding oral sex when he “grabbed my hair and kind of threw my head down.”

During the investigation, Gianassi provided Paris photos of her bruised breasts and swollen lips taken after the encounter.

However, Paris concluded that no misconduct had occured, citing what she described as omissions in Gianassi’s recounting of the incident and

differences in accounts of people she and the man later discussed the encounter with.

Gianassi said she did not know the woman in this case prior to the accusations being brought forward to DTD. Title IX Title IX investigations are different from criminal investigations. For example, they can’t result in criminal convictions and do not require the same procedural protections and legal standards.

According to the U.S. Department of Education, “a school has a duty under Title IX to resolve complaints promptly and equitably and to provide a safe and nondiscriminatory environment for all students, free from sexual harassment and sexual violence.”

The CSU’s Title IX investigation process can take up to 120 days to complete.

If the alleged conduct is found to have occurred, sanctions can be placed on the perpetrator. Sanctions directly related to the complainant “include, but are not limited to, requiring that the perpetrator stay away from the complainant until both parties graduate, prohibiting the perpetrator from attending school for a period of time, or transferring the perpetrator to another residence hall, other classes, or another school.”

No sanctions were imposed against the accused sexual offender in any of the three Title IX cases.

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Face-off over budget may leave Cal Poly with limited funds

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Kennedy Library design concept announced; renovations starting as early as 2019 Aidan McGloin @ mcgloin_aidan

Robert E. Kennedy Library will expand its 24hour room, add a glass ceiling to the atrium and improve the main staircase in the concept plan presented May 8. The campus hired architecture firm BNIM and strategy consultant Brightspot Strategy to reimagine the library.

Both companies have consulted with students since October to create the concept plan.

The library will be closed for approximately a year while the renovations occur, which could start next year, according to Gretchen Holy, the associate principal of BNIM. During that time, Holy said, different rooms around campus will be used as study spaces.

“We’re trying to make 100 years of decisions on this building,” BNIM’s Director of Design Steve McDowell said.

Proposed changes The 24-hour room may be expanded to the first two floors of the library.

The glass ceiling above the atrium will open and close based on humidity and temperature sensors to improve the natural ventilation of the library.

“It’s stuffy because we don’t have [air conditioning], but we don’t need [air conditioning], we just need better natural ventilation,” industrial technology senior and Kennedy Library student assistant Jordan Ticktin said. “So they are trying to design it to intelligently breathe, instead of throwing money and energy at brute forcing the problem with air conditioning.”

Campus Dining will have an area two-anda-half times larger than Julian’s Café. It will be located where the print and copy shop currently is and will have seating.

The main staircase will have a more natural step so it is not as difficult to walk to the top.

Moving it is expected to add 3,650 square-feet.

With other rearrangements to the library’s balconies and air conditioning room, 14,950 additional square-feet will be available to use in the library.

The library will gain 1,100 seats to increase

the count to 3,500.

“I think a lot of people have problems in the library because they can’t find enough seating, or it gets too warm, and this is going to help with both of those,” Ticktin said.

Windows will be replaced with more transparent ones to improve natural lighting and special collections will have more storage.

The process BNIM and Brightspot Strategy held town halls and meetings to consult with students, staff and administrators to decide the changes.

More students expressed interest in a cafe and lounge seating than classrooms or more staff offices.

McDowell said some of the project’s objectives are to reduce operating costs while increasing comfort, to create more usable space without building an addition, and to add connectivity.

Improving the windows, increasing dining and adding space will help the library

better meet students’ demands. “We really tried to honor the original intent of the building,” McDowell said, referencing the library’s mimicry of the mountains around San Luis Obispo. He added that he was fine-tuning the building rather than making drastic changes.

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University House will cost $347,048 to renovate for hosting events and guests Michaela Barros @ CPMustangNews

The University House, home to the president of Cal Poly, is being renovated to better accommodate events held for university guests.

The construction is paid for by Cal Poly Corporation and a trust fund that specifically pro-

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vides maintenance for the University House.

The front yard is being landscaped and the irrigation and drainage systems are being renovated, according to university spokesperson Matt Lazier.

“The work now underway aims to improve the walkway area and increase accommodation for these events and to take care of

some deferred maintenance on the drainage and irrigation,” Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Events such as Annual Commencement, Poly Reps Breakfast, University-related work meetings, individual meetings and dinners with donors, industry leaders and other Cal Poly friends are held at the house.

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| The University House is being renovated to accomodate Cal Poly’s guests for specific events held at the Armstrongs’ home.

California State University (CSU) Public Affairs Manager Elizabeth Chapin said that at other universities, the presidential home is sometimes funded by state money, if the home is specifically owned by the state. At Cal Poly, the University House is not funded by the state, but by Cal Poly Corporation money and trust funds. Every university is held responsible for the maintenance of their presidential home.

“Similar to any facility on the campus, it’s the fiduciary responsibility of the university to maintain the building. In this instance, corporation funds refer to revenue from one or more of the campus auxiliary organizations, which run commercial operations on campus,” Chapin wrote in an email to Mustang News.

According to a report published in 2012, Cal Poly spent more than any other CSU on the University House between 2004 and 2012. A majority of the cost went to repairing a leaky roof, a termite infestation, rotten windows, a new water heater and electrical service. The new renovations are intended to improve the area for hosting events.

The price tag is higher in the University of California (UC) system. At UC Berkeley, students protested a $700,000 fence built around Chancellor Nicholas Dirk’s home in August 2017. UC Berkeley’s funding for the chancellor’s home was state-funded.

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CHAMPIONS

Aware Awake Alive’s progress Although WITH US has a lot of research to offer universities, AAA has already made significant progress and changes within the education system during the past seven years.

In 2013, the California State University (CSU) Chancellor made the decision to implement AAA at all 23 CSU campuses.

“The program had been very successful on a number of high school and colleges campuses and the Chancellor’s financial and symbolic commitment to embrace the message was truly powerful,” Eberhard wrote.

In addition to the CSU system, AAA has also collaborated with greek life. AAA partnered with the Alpha Sigma Phi International fraternity, which has more than 150 chapters across the United States and Canada. According to Eberhard, the organization has also partnered with the Cal Poly Interfraternity Council.

“I’ve personally always admired how Scott and Julia handled this senseless tragedy.

Grieving parents with every right to feel ill toward fraternities and Greek Life after a fraternity hazing ritual is what led to their son’s death, but instead they continue to open

their arms to partnership and collaboration to reach young people wherever they are,” Eberhard wrote.

The Mustang Mile The Mustang Mile is another result of AAA’s partnerships over the years. The annual event is hosted by Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) in memory of Carson.

Traditionally, the Mustang Mile is a 5k run through campus. When possible, the event is held on Carson’s birthday, April 17. However, this year the Mustang Mile planning committee decided to switch the event from a run to an obstacle course to boost participation.

“Participation had fallen a bit over the past few years so all parties involved felt it was time for some revitalization,” Eberhard wrote.

The seventh annual Mustang Mile took place Friday, May 17 and had more than 80 teams of five people participate.

“I thought the obstacle course was really fun and different. Last year when it was just running, I felt a little intimidated, ” biological sciences sophomore Erica Samota said. “Honoring his family is really important ... a cause that our whole campus is passionate about.”

Carson’s family was in attendance and as Julia watched students run through obstacles, she wondered what her son would think of the event if he were here today.

“You know, I think he would be really proud and happy with what all has gone on in his memory,” Julia said.

A decade since Carson’s death This December will be the 10th year since Carson’s death. However, for the Starkey family, it does not feel as though a decade has passed.

“I think it is hard to believe for both of us and for our son Aiden that it’s been 10 years. It’s hard to imagine what Carson would be doing right now,” Julia said.

To continue to honor Carson as the 10-year mark approaches, ASI and the AAA interns celebrated Carson Day April 17. They hung memorial posters around campus to honor the lives of students who had died from acute alcohol poisoning.

The team also created a mobile “Carson Tree,” where students can pledge to stand With Carson to spread awareness and help others. The tree will be in the University Union Plaza this week, Eberhard said.

In addition, Carson’s parents had a new bike rack dedicated to him at Lincoln Deli in San Luis Obispo and Promotions, Solutions, Awareness, a WITH US partner, donated and helped design a new start and finish arch for the Mustang Mile.

According to Julia, although the Starkey family will no longer be running AAA, they will continue to serve as advisers for the program to honor their son’s memory.

“We pull the strength from remembering Carson and wanting his memory to continue to live on and that people would know him and know his story and continue to save lives,” Julia said. “It may sound cliché, but it is true.

We really honestly don’t want another family to go through what we’ve gone through.”

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| A team crosses the finish line after completing the Mustang Mile. The planning committee decided to switch the event from a run to an obstacle course to boost participation.

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“The Aware Awake Alive brand and mission lives on as a sub-brand and alcohol poisoning/hazing prevention focused program are still offered for free to students, parents, and educators across the U.S. and abroad through WITH US,” Eberhard wrote in an email to Mustang News.

According to Eberhard, although AAA is now owned by WITH US, they intend to maintain the program for campuses and communities who want to use it as a resource.

“Since our transition to campus, we have been taking a hard look at how we can have a greater impact here at [Cal Poly] through supporting our partners on campus in New Student and Transition Programs, Fraternity and Sorority Life, Health and Wellbeing, and others,” Eberhard wrote. “Young people are still dying from alcohol poisoning and hazing, so we believe this focused area of WITH US is still incredibly relevant and important.”

The center leads bystander interventionfocused research and prevention program development with the help of experienced researchers, prevention practitioners and student affairs professionals.

It has also created several internship opportunities for students interested in public health, violence prevention and social justice.

“Our goal is to impact student behavior and

that just isn’t going to happen without student buy in and involving them in the process … whether it be to give their voice in a focus group or serve on the Aware Awake Alive team where we’ve been able to have Cal Poly students leading this movement not only here on campus, but nationally connecting with other students that are reaching out to us almost everyday,” Eberhard wrote.

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Cal Poly senior publishes children’s book honoring her late boyfriend Tabata Gordillo @ tabatagordillo

Graphic communication senior Nicole Pitman smiled as she skimmed the pages of her newly published children’s book, “The Toad’s Code.”

“On each page, I tried to encompass something that reminded me of him,” Pitman said.

“I tried to include a little 17 because that was the baseball number he chose when he was younger. It means victory.”

Pitman published “The Toad’s Code” in March as part of her senior project. Though the success of this published children’s book exceeded her expectations, the book’s value goes beyond its success, as it carries the memory of her late boyfriend Ryan Teixeira.

One year ago, Pitman dedicated her weekends to hospital visits. She and her mother would drive down to the University of California, Los Angeles hospital each weekend to visit Teixeira, a student at Colorado Mesa University who had been diagnosed with Leukemia September 2016. Pitman and Teixeira began dating during their time at Arroyo Grande High School and became inseparable. Pitman fondly recalls the time they would spend together. Unable to leave the hospital, the couple looked for fun ways to stay entertained.

During one of the visits, Nicole’s mom, DebINSPIR ATION | “I’m sure [Teixeira] would be really happy to see all of this come true and bi Pitman, suggested that the couple write and illustrate a children’s book together.

“I started the illustrations while he was in Code” in honor of her boyfriend. The book is “She just kind of told us, ‘Nicole, I want you to the hospital so he kind of got to approve the being sold through Teixeira’s non-profit founillustrate a children’s book that Ryan’s going to story-boarding and the drawing [of] the toad,” dation website, 17 Strong. All book sales will write,’” Debbie said. “Ryan was so imaginative Nicole said. be donated to the organization to support its and creative and he loved kids, so, I think it In March 2017, a few months after the cremission of sending adults with illnesses on was only fitting.” ation of the book, Teixeira passed away. vacations, also known as victory trips.

According to Debbi, the idea Bearing the weight from this tre“Since Ryan and I did it together, it made for the book came from seemendous loss, Nicole decided most sense for it to be something that helps ing how creative Teixeira to take a break from makhis foundation,” Nicole said. and Nicole were. They ing their book. It was About Ryan during spring break, created videos and shortly after TeixeiDuring his senior year of high school, what played word games ra’s passing, that she Teixeira thought was a baseball injury, turned during hospital visdecided to dedicate out to be Ewing’s Sarcoma, a rare form of its. all of her time comcancer. After nine months of treatment, the “Ryan’s fun-lovpleting “The Toad’s doctors declared him cancer free. One year ing and creative Code.” later, Teixeira was diagnosed with Leukemia, personality and “I kind of put all of a side effect of the previous treatment.

Nicole’s artistic talNICOLE PITMAN my energy and grieving Teixeira is remembered for his caring and ent blended perfectly,” into that,” Nicole said. passionate spirit. His love for baseball, people Debbi said. “The collabPitman’s next step was to get and life was never dimmed during his batoration process was a joy to the book published. Last quarter, tle. Even during the worst of times, Teixeira witness.” with the story and most of the illustranever complained and always kept a smile After the idea for the story was pretions complete, Nicole chose to base her on his face. sented, Teixeira wasted no time. The next day senior project on getting “The Toad’s Code” “When Ryan was asked by a celebrity in he started on the story and finished within an published. the hospital, ‘Why do bad things happen to hour. With Teixeira’s input, Nicole began the “Most of the project was figuring out how good people?’ without hesitating Ryan said, illustrations for “The Toad’s code.” “The Toad’s the heck to publish, because I had no clue ‘Because good people can handle bad things,” Code” guides the reader through a journey to where to start,” Nicole said. his mom, Holly Teixeira said. the ‘funnest world of fun.’ Solving riddles to With assistance from her professors, NicoleNicole described Ryan as the most carget past a mean old toad leads the reader on found a publisher and published “The Toads ing person she had ever met. Anyone who a fun adventure with an enlightening ending.

It made most sense for it to be something that helps his foundation.

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the impact it has on everyone,” Nicole said.

met him was touched by the encounter in some way.

“He never met a stranger,” Nicole said.

“When he met you, you felt like you were the most important person that he was talking to.”

With the impact that Teixeira made on people throughout his life, both families felt it was right to celebrate who he was through “The Toad’s Code”.

“The most important thing to me is that [“The Toad’s Code”] is a way to help spread his story and in the process, making children happy,” Nicole said.

Moving forward Although Nicole said Ryan probably had high hopes for “The Toad’s Code,” she never thought it would turn into a publication.

“I thought it was just going to be a project,” Nicole said. “I think everyone’s kind of surprised that this actually became a reality.”

Now that she has seen positive reactions, Pitman hopes that the book will help promote Ryan’s story and 17 Strong. Similarly, Holly believes “The Toad’s Code” is reflective of her son’s personality.

“This book is part of Ryan’s legacy and we want to share it to inspire others that good things can come out of a bad situation,” Holly said.

For more information on Ryan, his foundation and “The Toad’s Code” visit seventeenstrong.org.

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The Chlorophyll Cave:

Home to SLO’s punk scene Michaela Barros Special to Mustang News

Tucked away on quiet Patricia Drive near Bishop Peak resides a house notorious in the punk community. They call it the Chlorophyll Cave, named after the homeowner’s love of veganism. An entire community finds a home here, passionate for self-expression and sound.

A group of around 50 people in San Luis Obispo, the ‘punk-rocker’ community thrives “underground.” All concerts are held in local homes and they refer to themselves as the “DIY” or ‘do it yourself ’ scene.

On a Tuesday afternoon, bands from Oakland and Ventura began to carry their instruments into the living room of the Chlorophyll Cave. Attendees stopped at the front gate and placed $5 into a jar near the entrance before entering the living room. Shabang Music Festival Manager Jake Schoonmaker talked about the priority of music over money in the DIY scene.

Currently, Shabang is the most well-known DIY event in San Luis Obispo. A festival that originally began on Cuesta Ridge transformed into an event with more than 4,000 tickets sold this year. All of the money funds the next Shabang as well as local charity.

“The money should help perpetuate the art,” Schoonmaker said. “I think some of the people here are definitely doing the same thing.”

Weeks before performing at the festival, Vibe Out! band member and journalism junior Spenser Judd talked about the high value of self expression and personal freedom within the punk community and its music.

To Judd, punk is an emotional release.

“Punk music is an outlet for your aggression against whatever you’re feeling anger toward and it’s also an outlet for freedom of expression,” Judd said. “You’re able to just say your thoughts and not have to care about conforming yourself to musical standards like a lot of other genres do. There’s no rules really.”

The Chlorophyll Cave currently belongs to the well-established hardcore band Crucial Measures. Ian Mann, a Cal Poly environmental earth and soil science junior and the lead guitarist of Crucial Measures, talked about the hard work the band went through to pay for the soundproofing of their living room after they received noise violations for concerts in the garage.

“We threw our first show in the garage and the second show someone called a noise violation on us at 6 p.m.,” Mann said. “We’ve had two noise violations called on us as a band and one of them was at 12 in the afternoon.

That’s why we have the shows early and in our living room, which has a lot less space. We

sound-proofed the ever-living fuck out of it and have not had any problems since then.”

Inside the living room, mattresses cover the windows and walls to block out sound.

Mann and their roommates invested almost $1,000 to soundproof the home enough to avoid noise citations.

Mann said they felt the punk genre is often marginalized due to its aggressive nature.

However, many members of the punk community consider the music to be a part of their own identities. On their tour to Canada, the band World Peace made sure to stop at the Chlorophyll Cave to perform.

“Even as a kid, I always searched for uglysounding things or unconventional music.

It’s a release,” World Peace bassist Christian Huft Robbins said.

From the outside of the Chlorophyll Cave, no noise can be heard. Step inside the home and the music is near-deafening. The sound of the drums and fast-paced guitar riffs vibrate the chests of everyone in the room.

The audience begun to dance, headbanging and jumping to the sound. Some members quietly watched from the back of the living room against the wall.

The living room is small, loud and heavily decorated. A couch on one side of the room is for people to be thrown onto if the group decides to mosh. Moshing is when a punk crowd pushes each other around while listening to the music to add to the experience.

Despite often aggressive or angry lyrics, many members of the DIY community emphasized how serious they take safety and positivity at their events. A sign at the entrance of the Chlorophyll Cave made this goal incredibly clear.

“No alcohol. No drugs. No racism. No sexism. No homophobia. No transphobia. No violence. Keep this venue all ages and positive for everyone!” it said on a cardboard cutout.

Many of the punk fans identify as “straightedge.” Mann said that being straight edge is a movement against the popular culture of substance use. “[Being straight-edge is]essentially adopting a positive lifestyle in a world where negativity and self-destruction [are] the cultural norm,” Mann said.

Despite punk’s commonly misunderstood wild and aggressive stigma, no one is allowed to be intoxicated at their shows. Straight -edged people often refuse all drugs and alcohol. Several Chlorophyll Cave attendees had large Xs somewhere on their body to display their identity as straight-edge.

Twenty-two-year-old Selena Salazar drove from Ventura, California April 25 to see Civil Conflict perform at the Chlorophyll Cave.

Many of the people in the DIY scene have

had an early start with punk music, some as young as 5-years-old.

“My dad used to play a lot of punk music and sometimes he would sneak us off to a show here and there and not tell my mom.

It was always very loud and full of energy and the people were always very nice,” Salazar said.

Anyone is welcome to attend the DIY shows. Seventeen-year-old Atascadero High School student Cora Balogh has played at the Chlorophyll Cave with her band multiple times.

“I like the acceptance, especially of people in the LGBTQIA+ community,” Balogh said.

“I’m not a college student, so I’m not as immersed in the punk culture as some of the other people here are. I think it’s super cool that they’re so accepting and let people our age come play at the shows and hang out.”

MICHAELA BARROS | MUSTANG NE W S

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RSVP XXIII: Fatherland will be a transmedia experience Emily Merten @ e_merten

Students in Sound Design and Production (MU 412) are gearing up for RSVP XXIII: Fatherland, running May 29 and 31 in the Performing Arts Center (PAC).

RSVP is not a concert, a play or a dance performance. It is a transmedia concert that uses different media elements — music, dance, costume, lighting — to convey a theme or a story.

“It’s not like watching a play where the story goes along and this happens to this character and that happens to another character,” music professor Antonio G. Barata said. “It’s almost like you’re watching a puzzle being put together through these scenes and art that makes suggestions.”

The annual show utilizes media to help the audience solve this puzzle. Without a traditional plot structure, the show leaves plenty of room for audience interpretation.

Sound design is a focus area within the Music Department, where students learn the skills and technology involved in cre-

ating music and sound effects. Barata, one of the founding fathers of the program over 20 years ago, teaches the Sound Design and Production class and writes a script for RSVP each year.

Barata presents the class with a script at the beginning of the quarter, and the students create all media elements involved. Each class is a production meeting; from the music, to costume design, to lighting to stage set up, the students bring the show to life.

Music senior and assistant director Tyler Stockton said each student brings an important perspective to the show.

“If you give the same scene to two different people, the outcome is going to be completely different,” Stockton said. “Just in terms of that, it’s incredible to see what people come up with.”

This year’s show, Fatherland, will tackle the question of belonging.

“We are trying to change the way people think about who and what they belong to,” Stockton said. “This year, we’ve been experiencing quite the social divide and political bipartisanship. Everyone seems to be very

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| Each Sound Design class serves as a production meeting for RSVP XXIII.

tense with each other. So this show puts into perspective what group and macro-society you believe you belong to and if you are actually a part of that society.”

The show begins with a mother with a newborn child. As the show progresses, it expands outward, analyzing one’s role within a town, within the world, and eventually beyond — to the cosmos.

Physics and music students alike enroll in Sound Design and Production to be a part of RSVP. They often come back, year after year.

“It is not unusual for someone to be in RSVP for multiple years,” Barata said. “They may not even get credit for it anymore, but

they still want to be a part of it.”

The essence of Learn by Doing, the RSVP show gives students valued experience in music production from start to finish.

“Being a non-music major, it’s one of the most fulfilling experiences I’ve had from a class,” business administration senior Michaela Garr said. “I can use my business knowledge, but apply it to something I really want to do in the real world. It’s cool to see the possibilities when you mesh your two studies.”

The show will run May 29 and 31, starting at 8 p.m. Tickets are available online and at the Performing Arts Center box office.

Sprinkle: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies celebrates 11th Volume Sonya Jindal @ sonya_jindal

In between the beautiful bindings of a wine-colored journal lies the narratives that go unspoken.

Words of triumph, fear and individuality are strewn across the pages, each told through their unique voices. Sharing the thoughts and experiences of young people, Sprinkle: An Undergraduate Journal of Feminist and Queer Studies, works to “challenge the normative experiences that are often privileged within our society.”

Sprinkle was originally founded in 2007 at McGill University, where it was coined ‘Sprinkle: Journal of Sexual Diversity Studies’ and focused on feminist and queer studies. The journal has since expanded, creating a publication at Cal Poly and several internationally.

According to their online mission statement, the journal hopes “to draw attention to queer history and experience as well as other issues of gender and sexuality, subjects not often addressed within classroom curricula. This journal hopes to draw from and appeal to a wide audience and people of numerous identities and backgrounds. Sprinkle aims to lend legitimacy to the thoughts and experiences of young people and produce an engaging publication.”

The journal showcases undergraduate research and writing relating to gender and sexuality in innovative and critical ways that are not always discussed in the classroom.

“I would describe the journal as inclusive, compelling, critical/significant and inspiring,” assistant editor of Sprinkle and English senior Amanda Chu said. “It’s really great to see undergraduate students engage in critical theory and present their ideas and observations about current feminist and queer theory.”

Each school year, the journal asks students to submit works that encompass a critical analysis exploring the realms of gender, sexuality and intersectionality.

Reviewed by three independent members, the Sprinkle team narrows down the submissions to 10 essays.

“It’s all quite laborious, collaborative and time-intensive, but very much worth it,” managing editor of Sprinkle and English senior Han Choi said.

Currently in their 11th volume, Sprinkle has grown since its inception. Originally written with ‘sexuality’ as the main topic, the journal has shifted to include a multitude of unique personal anecdotes.

“I’m seeing more and more articles dealing

with other facets of identity such as race, class and immigration status,” graduate assistant Emma Sterm said. “This is a really exciting shift because we’re not moving away from conversations about gender and sexuality, but instead enriching them and making them deeper and deeper by seeing how they interact with all these other things.”

Sprinkle is also an open space and forum for narratives that are repressed from mainstream conversations. By offering new perspectives on contemporary topics, the journal promotes and provides outlines for robust discussions.

“We hope that Sprinkle, and publications like it, will not only bring new perspectives to the field, but also empower young people to participate in academic knowledge building,” Choi said.

The journal also provides relevant material surrounding the political atmosphere presented in today’s society.

“I think especially given the current political climate on and off campus, it’s important to provide opportunities for students to feel accepted, see their identities reflected in a publication and connect with one another,” Sterm said. “Sprinkle does this in a number of ways, whether it be physically bringing people together for a launch party, or serving as supplemental reading ma-

terial that sparks discussion amongst friends.”

Primarily consisting of students, the Sprinkle team has many goals and visions for the future of the publication.

“The future of Sprinkle is largely not up to me and thus my goals may not be the goals students preserve for future volumes. But I also know that there are students who feel just as strongly with just as much conviction about shedding light on inequality through the written word,” Choi said. “I know and trust that because we speak truth into the world, bear witness to injustice and refuse to remain silent in the face of oppression, the journal will continue and prosper as a true student-led project for many years to come.”

The journal celebrated the publication of their 11th volume May 19. Ethnic studies junior Gianna Bissa won best paper. Bissa’s paper ‘Necrocapitalism and U.S. Imperialism: The Gulf War, Hurricane Katrina, Palestine, Gentrification, and Police Violence, details violent injustices based on the application of American law.

All of the narratives are available online at The Freire Project’s Sprinkle website for free. Copies will also be available in the Women and Gender Studies Department Office (building 47).

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This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

Here’s How It Works: Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

CLUES ACROSS

Guess Who? I am a comic actor born in Ontario on May 25, 1963. My first acting job was in a commercial with Gilda Radner.

I achieved fame on “Saturday Night Live,” where I met my “Wayne’s World” partner. I’ve also voiced a big, green ogre during my career.

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Word Scramble Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to family.

VLEO

1. Color 4. English prince 10. When you’ll get there 11. Pivot 12. Actinium 14. Greek letter 15. Primordial matter 16. One of a Polynesian island 18. Most spacious 22. What you owe 23. Button-like ornament 24. Ancient city 26. Trauma center 27. CNN anchor Burnett 28. Enough (archaic) 30. Lebowski’s nickname “The __” 31. Printing speed measurement 34. Waterbirds 36. WWI airship 37. Sudden attack 39. Advice 40. Sacs where fungi develop 41. Where instinctive impulses are manifest 42. Schoolhouse implements 48. Brain parts 50. Borne by or suspended in a liquid 51. Of the desert 52. Starbucks size 53. Ancient Roman garment 54. In a way, set aflame 55. Samarium 56. Heavenly bodies 58. Water in the solid state 59. Exchanged 60. Int’l organization

CLUES DOWN

1. Regain 2. A colorless odorless gas used as fuel 3. Delicacies 4. Spanish be 5. Miami Heat great 6. More slick 7. Turn away 8. Made a second thrust 9. Where injured ballplayers end up 12. As quickly as can be done 13. Military disguise 17. __ and Dad 19. Mythological wind (Greek) 20. Slides without control 21. Principle or belief 25. Unusually large 29. Naturally occurring solid material 31. Backsides 32. Large orange-brown butterfly 33. Old Testament prophet 35. Women’s apartments in a Muslim palace 38. One who waters down 41. Made a visual representation of 43. Continent 44. Flat pieces of rock 45. Very long period of time 46. Radioactivity units 47. Fields of study 49. Distinctive, pleasant smell 56. The Constitution State (abbr.)

57. South Dakota

HOROSCOPES ARIES – March 21/April 20 Aries, swirling emotions may be affecting your peace of mind. This may cause you to obsess and lose control if you let it. Try to stay calm and regain your perspective.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 Libra, dedicate yourself to work for a few days so that you can feel reliable and needed.

Otherwise, you may flounder around for a little while seeking purpose.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Don’t be envious of other people’s relationships and possessions, Taurus. You never know what is going on behind others’ closed doors.

Appreciate what you have.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 Scorpio, consider volunteering your time to causes that are important to you, either in your local community or on a grander scale. This will provide a deep sense of satisfaction.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Interactions with others may be causing you to remain guarded, Gemini. Open yourself up a bit if you want to foster new friendships and relationships.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 You may feel like taking a few risks or stepping outside of your comfort zone, Sagittarius. Following your instincts can lead you to try things with confidence.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 Cancer, if you are fearing rejection, give yourself a much-needed pep talk and then hang out with good friends. Friends can help you regain your confidence.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 Socialize with people you care about Capricorn. The pleasure of their company may prove rejuvenating. Choose any type of occasion, whether intimate or grand.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 Try not to react without thinking things through, Leo. Knee-jerk reactions are a surefire way to land yourself in trouble. Take a moment to think before offering a response.

AQUARIUS – Jan. 21/Feb. 18 Aquarius, it may seem like lately you’re feeling extreme highs or lows. Soon things will settle down to a more even keel. Enjoy some escapism for now.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 Virgo, openly expressing your thoughts and feelings can help you form close bonds with others. Share what is on your mind. True friends will commend you for it.

PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 A laundry list of responsibilities may be coming your way, Pisces. Stay motivated and you can muscle through anything.

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OPINION

Elias Atienza @ elias_atienza

Elias Atienza is a history junior and the Mustang News opinion editor. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Starting in Fall 2018, students who identify as a member of an underrepresented group can choose to be part of a Cross Cultural Experience (CCE) Week of Welcome (WOW)group or a regular WOW group.

“It encompasses all of these marginalized groups that don’t necessarily identify as a Cal Poly student because it’s a predominantly white institution,” animal science junior and CCEWOW leader Tim Guerzon said in article published in the May 15 issue of Mustang News. “This program helps further immerse themselves in the community that we have here in terms of cross cultural experience, centers and other resources.”

Cross Cultural Experience: Separatism or integration?

The idea is built on the concern that minority students do not feel welcomed on campus.

They don’t feel as if they are Cal Poly students.

I understand that concern, especially as someone who is a person of color and has at times felt alienated and alone at this school.

My entire first year, I felt like I was an island in a sea of loneliness and despair.

I’ve seen racism with my very own eyes, I’ve experienced it and I understand it well. Racism exists.

Anyone who denies it is either blind to it or is a wishful thinker. I wish racism didn’t happen. But it does.

This country has an ugly history with racism that it has not successfully shaken off.

However, separating these groups does not accomplish anything. First, it reinforces the perception that Cal Poly is a white institution.

Racism isn’t over.

It may never be over as long as we live.

The pitfalls of Cal Poly’s new freshman housing Kendra Coburn @ kencob97

Kendra Coburn is an English major and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News.

As this school year rapidly comes to a close, University Housing prepares for the opening of a brand new freshman residential complex in the 2018-19 school year. Boasting spacious double rooms, a convenient central location and a gender-inclusive living style, the new housing community seems like a freshman’s dream come true — or at least, as close to “dreamy” as residence hall living can get.

Unfortunately, the anticipation around the new complex’s grand opening has been quagmired by administration’s painfully transparent attempt to address Cal Poly’s ever-looming diversity problem. Last fall, Cal Poly revealed that the complex will be named yakʔitʸutʸu, in honor of local Chumash tribes. The tribes have taken this seriously, as Director of Residential Life and Education Juliet Duke said.

“They take it very seriously. They don’t put their name on something just to have it. They want to make sure it’s representing them and

While all minority students are doing their own thing, none of the white freshmen or WOW leaders will be meeting any underrepresented groups. It’s racial separatism and something that would reinforce the de facto separatism instead of fixing it.

For decades, we fought for the right to be integrated into society. We fought to be known as Americans instead of being cast off as people with different skin colors despite concentrated efforts by white racial separatists.

There seems to be a continued effort to separate us based on race, ethnicity, gender and sexual orientation. Some believe minority students have to be separated from others in order for us to feel welcomed and white people somehow pose a threat to our identities as people of color.

they see it as an opportunity [for others] to learn more about their culture,” Duke said.

If you’ve yet to have someone tell you how to pronounce it, you probably just glossed over the word “yakʔitʸutʸu” without trying to say it in your head, right? The languages of the Chumash tribe had traditionally been spoken. The Chumash languages contain seven sounds not used in English. To further add to this, University Housing has insisted, at the behest of the Chumash tribes, that yakʔitʸutʸu, as well as the seven individual buildings (elewexe, nipumūʔ, tiłhini, tsʰɨtqawɨ, tšɨłkukunɨtš, tsɨpxatu and tsɨtkawayu) may not be abbreviated when spoken or written. Using the residence halls’ full names is a form of respect for Chumash culture.

To prepare students for the complex’s opening, Cal Poly Housing has launched a campaign to educate students on the Chumash language.

You may have encountered interactive posters that teach you how to pronounce the buildings’ names somewhere on campus or watched one of the short videos emailed to the campus body

by University Housing. Next year’s resident advisors and Week of Welcome leaders are being trained to enforce the naming mandate in their communities.

All of this adds up to a substantial effort on the part of administration, which will ultimately end

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If anything, CCE should be a program for all students to attend. Students of all backgrounds should get to know the cultures of everyone to get the sense of community so many people are not getting. Instead of saying that we have to separate each other further along racial lines, we should be integrating so everyone can see the richness in other cultures.

Racism isn’t over. It may never be over as long as we live. But to continue separting each other only makes this issue worse.

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| Coburn argues that the new housing is a double-edged sword.

in the inevitable: students will come to shorten yakʔitʸutʸu, whether administration likes it or not. At a school where students refer to the library as the “lib,” is there even a chance that future students won’t come to refer to yakʔitʸutʸu as “the yak,” or some other endearing nickname?

Even “Cal Poly” is a nickname for the university’s cumbersome full name.

My frustration with the new housing complex’s name stems from the current administration’s overwhelmingly passive attitude towards Cal Poly’s most serious issues. I see yakʔitʸutʸu as a lose-lose situation for students: either we use the full name and administration claims it as evidence that they have begun addressing the problem of racism on campus or we use a short name and administration puts the blame on us for promoting a “non-inclusive” attitude

on campus.

Yes, the responsibility to address and resolve our university’s serious problems with racial discrimination falls on everyone — students included. However, it is the role of administration not to pass the blame off on students, but to combat these problems head-on. Perhaps the yakʔitʸutʸu community will become the model of social progress that administration so desperately seeks. Perhaps the future students of Cal Poly will be able to experience a campus that is less toxic and less hostile than the Cal Poly we attend today. Unfortunately, this seems like wishful thinking. The yakʔitʸutʸu community may have sounded like a great idea to a boardroom full of overpaid administrators, but we will have to wait and see whether students can turn this pipe dream into reality.

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| Joseph played for a community college in Rancho Cucamonga before playing for Cal Poly.

Victor Joseph’s unpredictable road to NCAA basketball Sydney Finkel @ SydneyFinkel

Senior guard Victor Joseph spent only two seasons on the court for the Cal Poly men’s basketball team, but he made a big impact for the Mustangs in his short time here.

His journey to NCAA Division I basketball took longer than expected and was anything but guaranteed.

The early years “Both of my parents just put the ball in my hands,” Joseph said. As a three-year-old, he’d hold a basketball bigger than his body, and now he’s a college star seeking a professional career.

Born and raised in southern California, Joseph had the typical athletic childhood for a young boy. He tried several sports, including football and basketball through grade school, and eventually settled on the

sport that brought him the most success and happiness: basketball.

His basketball journey was not quite as predictable. During his senior year of high school, Joseph averaged 21.5 points, 4.2 rebounds and 5.5 assists per game — a season good enough to bring in one college offer.

But during his official visit to the school, the team’s offer was no longer valid due to complications on the school’s end.

Joseph was in a tough spot. With no offers, he made the decision to attend a junior college one week before school began.

Joseph continued his basketball career at Chaffey College, in Rancho Cucamonga, Calif. He was eligible to leave after one year of community college, but was not offered any Division I scholarships after his freshman season. He decided to stay another year and improved his statistics.

Joseph led the Foothill Conference during the 2015-16 season averaging 21.3 points

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per game. He also won Player of the Year in program history with a career average during that season and led the team to the of 85 percent.

2016 California Community College AthAlongside Joseph during the season was letic Association Final Four. point guard Donovan Fields, not only JoJoseph’s improvement over his sophomore seph’s teammate but also his close friend. season at Chaffey led to five scholarship The two Cal Poly guards haven’t known offers from Division I schools. each other for long but have become like While things were starting to look up for brothers according to Fields.

Joseph and his basketball career, his person“I hope to see him achieve all of his goals al life took a hit during his time at Chaffey. and dreams with basketball professionally,” At the end of Joseph’s freshman year Fields said. “We have always talked about of college, his childhood best friend making money doing what we love and passed away. providing for our families.”

“I moved around to a lot of schools when Joseph agreed that this has always been a I was younger, so when I came to Rancho dream of his. Just making it to the Division [Cucamonga] ... I just remember meeting I collegiate level was enough. my first friend Nick. He was like a brother “I’ve always dreamed of playing at this to me,” Joseph said. level and I’m always watching ESPN and During his freshman year of college, Joimagining myself playing,” Joseph said. seph suffered another loss. An un“Watching the replays of my games cle-like figure to him was shot and hearing the announcers in the back of the head. and commentators talking Joseph pays tribute about me ... That’s to both of these men been crazy.” through tattoos on Fields and JoI’ve always dreamed of his body. Nick is seph have created playing at this level and represented on Joa workout ritual seph’s chest and his during their time I’m always watching “uncle” is repreplaying together. sented on his wrist.

While warming ESPN and imagining up, the two ask myself playing.

Cal Poly bound each other what car Cal Poly was one of the they are driving for VICTOR JOSEPH five schools looking to the day. Their responssign Joseph onto their roster es would be a dream car of for the 2016-17 season, and after theirs, insinuating that they are seeing Joseph’s improvement through jufeeling better than ever. nior college, Cal Poly men’s basketball head “He would say, ‘Don what you driving?’” coach Joe Callero was sold.

Fields said. “I would always say a Porsche “The thing that I recognized after his secor a Rolls Royce and then I’d ask him and ond year in junior college was that he was a he’d say a Lamborghini or Ferrari. If we saw very intelligent guy in his ability to evaluate each other getting tired, we’d be like, ‘You himself,” Callero said. “[Joseph] is one of look like you’re driving a Honda today.’” those guys that is very realistic about his Joseph credits his friends, family and God ability and what he needs to be successful.” for his success and glory, but his family supJoseph attended Cal Poly league camps port has always come above the rest. while still in high school. The coaching staff “It’s big time,” said Joseph. “During the saw potential, but they were waiting for Johigh school era it was more constructive seph to prove himself by adding more muscle. criticism, but now you can just see how After his visit to San Luis Obispo, Joseph happy they are about how far I have come was in. and they always tell me how proud they “The coaching staff when I came on my are of me.” visit just seemed like the perfect fit for me,” Joseph acknowledges himself as a scorer Joseph said. “It was actually my first vison the court that can also get teammates it that I came on so I felt like it was the involved. He prides himself on his energy right place.” and intensity on the court, and the work he does on both sides of the ball. He is not Feelin’ like a Ferrari satisfied, however, and has set goals for Joseph averaged 12 points per game during himself on the player he hopes to become. his first season with Cal Poly and started in “I hope to be the best teammate overall, less than half of the regular season games. somebody that always plays his heart out Again, it took a second season for Joseph every game and every practice — and keep to shine. Joseph’s senior campaign for Cal that going on into the future,” Joseph said.

Poly made a mark for his career, as he led And into the future, he goes with hopes the team to the quarterfinals of the Big West of playing professional basketball wherever Conference Tournament and won Cal Poly’s opportunity takes him, be it in the United Most Valuable Player award for the 2017States or overseas.

18 season.

Callero has the same hopes for his player, Joseph averaged 14.4 points per game saying that if Joseph is “happy, healthy and during the season and started in all 31 playing pro ball,” he will be more than proud. games. His free throw percentage sat at 88 VICTOR JOSEPH percent, moving him to seventh all-time continued on page 18

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Professional Pedigree If his goals are made reality, Joseph would not be the first person in his family to make it to the pros. Glenn McDonald, Joseph’s uncle, won a championship title with the Boston Celtics in 1976. Joseph has a strong relationship with his uncle, but strives to create a name for himself.

“I ask him from time to time for advice on what I should do for my professional career,” Joseph said. “He would never just come up to me and start giving me advice so I would feel like I am being harassed by an NBA player, but any time I ask him he is completely honest with me and helps me with a lot of different situations.”

Joseph participated in the 3x3U National Championship Tournament in late March and took home the second place prize. Joseph and his teammates were flown out to San Antonio, Texas in an all-expensespaid trip — his first taste of playing for pay.

Joseph, along with three other Big West seniors, competed against 30 other teams in a “pool play” tournament. Joseph said despite being the underdog, his team went out and played hard every game, continuously winning until they found themselves in the finals. The Big West lost to the Big Ten in the championship game, but all four members of the team still walked away with more than $1,000 each.

This experience gave him a small glimpse at the lifestyle he is pursuing, but Joseph said he knows how much sacrifice is coming his way. He said that to be a professional athlete, one must stay dedicated and motivated while maintaining a healthy lifestyle and peak

physical fitness. Giving up fun is part of the game. However, Joseph said he is prepared to make these adjustments and that he already possesses the traits of a professional athlete.

Callero agreed that Joseph has many qualities on top of his basketball skills necessary in the professional world. Callero said Joseph has “tremendous skill, tremendous personality and a tremendous feel for the game,” but said he will need to work on his physical traits, including strength, endurance and weight.

An NBA season is much longer than a college season and Callero said the body breaks down often unless well-prepared.

Callero, however, has no worries that Joseph will prosper.

“I call it emotional stamina,” Callero said.

“Victor Joseph has excellent emotional stamina. He is competitive, he is tough as nails, but he never gets too down, too long and he never gets too high, too long. And that is the key to being successful both in sports and in life.”

As Joseph plans for his near future as a professional basketball player, he said he is also considering his post-basketball career options. Helping people, he said, is a top priority.

“I want to help kids out where I’m from,” Joseph said. “It wasn’t very easy for me to get here, so now knowing what I know and who I know, I want to help them get there.”

And indeed it was not an easy path for Joseph — but now he only looks forward to the future of his career, planning to make a decision on an agency within the next few weeks.

“Every situation has really molded me [into] who I am,” Joseph said. “It has all just motivated me to be the player I am today — with all of these different setbacks and everything, just knowing that there is light at the end of the tunnel. You have to go through those things to keep pushing on.”

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| Victor Joseph started in all 31 games of the 2017-18 season.

Connor Crowe: Learning on the track and living on the sea

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that inspires Crowe to wear it in every race possible.

“One time in high school, I was warming up for a race and [the necklace] broke off,” Connor Crowe is fast. His best 800-meter Crowe said. “I got caught in a fence and time is just 11.7 seconds behind two-time then I ran really bad.”

Olympic champion David Rudisha.

The second of his rituals is his warm-up But for the recreation, parks and tourism song. Before every race, Crowe listens to administration junior, many of the expe“Nightlight” by Silversun Pickups to pump riences he had during his time at Cal Poly him up for his sub-two minute run. took place off campus in Morro Bay. Another influence that has improved This past fall, Crowe became a reserve Crowe’s performance is his assistant coach, firefighter for the Morro Bay Fire DepartPriscilla Bayley. ment and needed to find a place to live “He’s kind of like that person that is alwithin close proximity to the station. Inways looking out for other people,” Bayley stead of subleasing an apartment, he found said. “As a competitor, he will just bleed on “New Marimar,” a 27-foot sailboat he now the track. He will push himself beyond the calls home. point that most people would.”

Learning how to balance his life of learnMark Conover, the head coach for both ing how to live on the boat while still being Cal Poly’s track and cross-country teams, a college student is similar to his race on gives Crowe workouts and a practice plan the track team. every day. However, what Bayley gives Crowe said living on a boat is an indeCrowe is what any athlete needs: support. pendent experience, similar to his races.

“There are different types of athletes,” The 800-meter race is two laps. Though Bayley said. “I don’t always know what kind it sounds simple, Crowe admits it is harder of shape [Crowe is] gonna be in, but I know than most races. that when it’s race day, he’ll give “It’s basically like a long it everything he has, and sprint,” Crowe said. “A lot of that alone makes him a people say it’s the hardest phenomenal athlete. race because it’s not a He’s great at folsprint and it’s not a lowing race plans, long distance event, he will hurt like so you just kinda nob o dy els e. gotta go for it.”

That’s always Speed and form reassuring as a are Crowe’s two coach because biggest focuses right you have a lot of now, but it is the last confidence and few steps of the race trust in what he’s that really matter. gonna do.”

PRISCILLA BAYLEY “During the last 100 While the phrase meters of a race, I need to “practice makes perfect” have the right stride and be reseems fitting for Crowe, he laxed,” he said. “I tend to tense up like even admitted that is not always true. everyone does.”

“It’s fun competing, but practicing …

Just as many athletes have their pre-game a lot of people are like, ‘Running is so rituals, Crowe has superstitions of his own. sucky,’ I’m like, ‘Yeah, it kinda does suck,’ First he wears a necklace given to by his but competing is the fun part,” Crowe said. grandfather — a small gold chain with “That’s where I get the fun, being aggresa track spike that hangs in the center. sive in a race and competing, the eight His grandfather was also a runner, and times I do in a year.”

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As a competitor, he will just bleed on the track. He will push himself beyond the point most people would.

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| “He’s fearless in that regard,” Bayley said. “He’s not afraid to hurt.”

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