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TUESDAY • MAY 21, 2019 | NEWS | MUSTANG NEWS

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The College Board’s new Environmental Context Dashboard will only be reported to college admissions officials.

WHAT WILL THE NEW SAT “ADVERSITY SCORE” MEAN FOR CAL POLY STUDENTS?

BY N AYT HA N B RYA N T The College Board is implementing a change to their SAT test in the midst of a national debate over the fairness of college admissions. For the first time, the SAT will assess students on their cultural, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds in what is widely being referred to as an “adversity score.”

The Environmental Context Dashboard is only being rolled out to select schools this year. Cal Poly Admissions has not began discussions about using this new metric, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier.

The new data will take into account 15 different factors related to a student’s background, such as the crime rate and poverty level of their neighborhood, according to The College Board. It will also account for contextual information about a student’s particular high school, including the average number of Advanced Placement courses taken and the percentage of students eligible for free and reduced-price lunch.

The score is a number from 1 to 100, where anything above 50 indicates a

background of hardships. The rate is calculated using student’s personal information obtained by The College Board and publicly available information from the U.S. Census Bureau.

The rating will not take into account a student’s ethnicity, according to The College Board.

The new metric, which is part of what The College Board calls an Environmental Context Dashboard, will only be reported to college admissions officials. Students will not be able to see their “adversity scores.” Rather than affecting student’s SAT scores, the data in the Environmental Context Dashboard will be provided to universities as part of a larger package of information on each student.

The College Board has piloted their Environmental Context Dashboard in 50 colleges and plans to roll out the program to 150 colleges this year and more widely in 2020.

In an interview with EdSurge, College Board President Jeremy Singer said the goal of the metric is to evaluate the context from which a student is coming from.

“An SAT score of 1400 in East L.A. is not the same as a 1400 in Greenwich, Connecticut,” Singer told EdSurge.

“And so, if we can get environmental factors that the student could have overcome or thrived on, and take into context, [that will help them].”

The College Board’s trial run of the program has already seen results, according to Singer. Using the tool, Florida State University increased their number of underrepresented students from 37 percent to 42 percent this year alone.

“That may not sound big, but a 5 percent growth in the students that they’re targeting by using this tool is significant,” Singer said.

The implementation comes in the midst of an ongoing debate over the fairness of the college admissions process, which was recently reignited after dozens of wealthy parents, including actresses Lori Loughlin and Felicity Huffman, were found guilty of paying for their children’s admission and/or test scores. The debate has also been sparked by a batch of conflicting court cases surrounding affirmative action.

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STUDENT BUILDS VR SEX TRAFFICKING AWARENESS TOOL

HUNDREDS RALLY AGAINST RECENT ABORTION BANS

HOW MUCH ALCOHOL DO YOU CONSUME ON A BAR CRAWL?

WHO WILL BE CAL POLY’S NEXT QUARTERBACK?

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BY ALI EPPLE & HAILEY NAGMA Some students are scrambling to find tickets for their large families for the Spring 2019 Commencement ceremony and resorting to buying resold tickets from others — however, university officials say it is against the Cal Poly’s rules.

According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier, reselling tickets is a potential violation of the

student code of conduct, specifically misappropriation of university resources. The university discourages all attempts to sell tickets.

“The tickets are electronic, and the university does have the capability to invalidate them,” Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Lazier did not clarify whether or not the university will, in fact, invalidate tickets or if they have in-

validated tickets in the past.

Graduating students were given seven commencement tickets this year as opposed to 10 in past years.

This is due to the university changing the scheduling of ceremonies from three daytime ceremonies with two colleges each to two evening ceremonies with three colleges each. The Spanos Stadium Venue will remain. The capacity for each ceremony therefore has

GE CURRICULUM TO SEE CHANGES STARTING FALL 2020

BY S A M S PITZ After more than 20 years with the same General Education (GE) curriculum sheet, a new template will go into effect Fall 2020.

“It attempts to balance student choice of GE courses with the effort to promote breadth in the courses they take,” Chair of the General Education Governance Board (GEGB) and Chair of the Psychology Department Gary Laver said.

The subject areas are similar to the old ones and still include a total of 72 GE units, but there are some noticeable differences.

GE Communication (Area A), GE Science and Mathematics (Area B), GE Arts and Humanities (Area C) and GE Social Sciences (Area D) classes are all similar to the current curriculum, but will have the requirement of 16 units from each.

There will also be a GE template

for high-unit major degree programs such as programs within the College of Engineering, so these students can still satisfy the GE requirements.

“I hope it won’t make things harder than they are now because we have a hard time staying on track as it is,” architectural engineering sophomore Ira Turchyn said. “With all the major-specific classes we have to take, I don’t know how we would graduate in four years with more GE’s.”

The new GE curriculum does not include a GE Technology (Area F). Instead, there will be a GE Lifelong Learning and Self-Development (Area E) entailing a total of four units.

There is also a section for GE Electives in Area B, C and D. Students can select courses from two different areas, either lower or upper division levels, to complete the re-

quired 8 units. This brings the total units in the GE program to 72 — the same as before.

An executive order known as the EO 1100-R was released from the California State University (CSU) Office of the Chancellor in Summer 2017 with changes to the basic

not increased, but the number of graduates per ceremony has.

According to Lazier, there was still extra capacity for both ceremonies after tickets had been given out, giving students the opportunity to request additional tickets for a period of time.

“Graduates were informed that they could request additional free tickets, if needed,” Lazier wrote.

“All such requests for additional tickets were fulfilled.”

A biological sciences senior, who asked to remain anonymous so as to not risk invalidating her tickets, said she needed 11 additional tickets on top of her original seven for her family coming in from all over the country.

She said she tried to acquire extra tickets from the university, but the special period had closed by the time she made her attempt.

“Most of the tickets I got were actually given to me by two close friends who I know very well, and I didn’t have to pay for them at all,” she said. “What else are they going to do with those extra tickets they have, you know? Might as well give them to someone who has a large family coming.”

teria and educational objectives for the GE subject areas. A group was also created to discuss the inclusion of diversity within the GE template.

A new GE template was created and submitted to the Academic Senate for consideration in April 2019. The resolution template was passed and is now being considered for the suggested changes to the guidelines for GE courses in Areas A and B. “One drawback is that any sort of change is difficult, and the campus

With all the major-specific classes we have to take, I don’t know how we would graduate in four years with more GEs structure of GE for every campus in the CSU system. This prompted a campus GE Governance Board (GEGB), created by the Cal Poly Provost in Winter 2017 to explore changes to the current GE template.

According to Laver, Cal Poly’s GEGB established groups during Fall 2018 to revise the course cri-

will spend the next few years settling into the new normal for GE,” Laver said.

President Jeffrey Armstrong approved the Senate’s resolution adopting the new GE template.

GEGB will present proposed changes to the guidelines for Areas C, D and E to the Academic Senate in the fall.

BY S E R E N A LO P E Z Cal Poly’s Campus Health & Wellbeing — along with the Honors Program and Energy, Utilities and Sustainability staff — will host a groundbreaking ceremony for the Food Pantry Garden on Tuesday, June 4 at 11 a.m. on the Health Center lawn.

Cal Poly was given a $130,000 grant in 2018 by the California State University (CSU) Chancellor’s Office designated for The Sustainable Food Hub Project. The project provides resources and support for the Cal Poly Farmer’s Market and Food Pantry as well as the new community garden, according to a Cal Poly news release.

The garden will bring awareness to food insecurity on campus, educate the community about freshness of local foods and build a community among everyone involved, according to the release.

“Ideally, it’d be really cool some years in the future if this community garden could grow and produce for the farmer’s market,” software engineering senior and Food Pantry Garden team member Christina Daley said. “We are just looking at the emphasis and importance of sustainability.”

The garden will open at the beginning of Fall 2019, but applications for a plot are open now, according to the release.

Students as well as faculty and staff members are welcome to apply for a plot in the garden. Plots will be 4-by-4 feet for students and faculty and 4-by-8 feet for campus groups.

There are no requirements to apply for a plot, but once accepted, there is a $15 fee each quarter for students and a $30 fee for faculty and campus groups. The fees will cover necessary resources like updated tools and upkeep during academic breaks, Daley said. “[The garden] will allow students to have a mental break and garden and actually be where their food is produced,” Daley said. “We can always use people who want to try it out, want to grow their own food or just want to garden.”

3 TUESDAY • MAY 21, 2019 | NEWS | MUSTANG NEWS

RESOLD GRADUATION TICKETS COULD BE INVALIDATED BY THE UNIVERSITY

ON-CAMPUS GARDEN IS RAISING AWARENESS ABOUT FOOD INSECURITY

TUESDAY • MAY 29, 2019 | NEWS | MUSTANG NEWS

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HOW ONE STUDENT IS HELPING TO COMBAT

SEX TRAFFICKING WITH VIRTUAL REALITY

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Liberal arts and engineering senior Marco Zuniga was recognized with the Outstanding Student Employee Award for his work to help reduce sex trafficking.

BY JAKOB M CQUADE The stress of being a police officer is undeniable, especially in diffusing a sex trafficking situation. One mistake can spell danger for yourself and your community. In virtual re-

ality, however, those mistakes can be reversed — it gives you an “extra life,” so to speak. That is why Marco Zuniga is creating a virtual training simulator to guide this process.

On campus, Zuniga is a liberal arts and engineering studies senior. But

at the California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI), he is in charge of user experience, user interface and virtual reality design. In the Camp San Luis National Guard Base, the CCI has set up real-world simulations of sex trafficking situations, but Zuniga’s project seeks to replace that.

“It’s not always easy to bring law enforcement to us, or to hire actors, or to set the whole thing up every time,” Zuniga said. “So I’m building a virtual reality version of that.”

The goal of the virtual training simulator is to instruct law enforcement on the kind of evidence they should gather at the scene of a sex trafficking front. On top of that, it teaches them how to search for the evidence in a safe way.

“It’s not like learning from a PowerPoint ­— a picture on a slide,” CCI Business Services Administrator Danielle Borrelli said. “When you actually put on the VR goggles, you enter an immersive environment where you can actually see and experience the environment.”

In addition to the virtual simulation, Zuniga is also designing the user interface and user experience for a mobile application that serves the same purpose. Both of

these programs are built through Amazon Web Services (AWS), an offshoot of Amazon that specializes in various digital services and partners with Cal Poly. He said his time spent with their virtual reality program, Amazon Sumerian, has given him the opportunity to become a lead tester for AWS. “It’s such a new application, so there is a super small community that uses it. When I can’t figure something out or I have a problem with it, there is no help site,” Zuniga said. “There [have] been a few times that I was talking to them about something I was trying to do, and they were like, ‘Whoa, we’ll put that in the application as soon as we can. We never even thought of that.’”

Borrelli, who has been in the field for more than four years, said she empathized with Zuniga’s tackling of this challenge for the first time while taking on the virtual reality project.

“It’s one of the most horrific crimes in the world today when you consider what the victims actually go through,” Borrelli said. “The real emotional toll is when you begin to understand the gravity of the

situation. But when you’re able to take the evidence and apply it to the situations and help others, it can be a very healing and empowering process.”

Zuniga recently received the Student Employee of the Year Award, which Borrelli nominated him for.

Zuniga said this was a special honor for him as a first-generation college student.

“I’m extremely humbled and excited,” Zuniga said. “I didn’t even expect it. I didn’t even know I was being nominated until my bosses told me after that they did. I didn’t think my work was being appreciated that much, I thought I was just flying under the radar.”

Zuniga said he is now looking toward his future, as his time at Cal Poly is nearly over. Borelli said she has high expectations for his future.

“He’s a great individual and everyone who knows him loves him,” Borelli said. “He’s a really humble guy. He listens to your advice. He is very well-organized. He knows his limitations, but he works incredibly hard. His future endeavors are going to exceed his expectations. He is going to be a great aspect to any company he works for.”

WHAT ARE THE PERKS OF ASI PRESIDENCY?

CAL POLY COVERS TUITION, OTHER CSUs OFFER OTHER FORMS OF COMPENSATION

BY MAUREEN MCN AMARA Among the perks of being the official voice of the student body and the elected representative of Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is an alleviated cost of attending Cal Poly — some $28,000 to be used towards education.

The Cal Poly ASI President receives a compensatory “cost of attendance” — an estimated sum of money determined by the university that students and parents can use to approximate the cumulative cost of attending Cal Poly for an entire academic year (winter, spring, and fall quarters) — including textbooks, food and transportation.

The cost of attendance is contingent upon various factors, such as whether the individual pays instate, out-of-state, or international tuition prices or whether or not they live in their parents’ household. For an ASI president who is a resident of California and living off

campus, such as political science junior and current ASI President Jasmin Fashami, the cost of attendance and amount of compensation they would receive amounts to $28,314.

This stipend, which is paid for using the mandatory quarterly Associated Student fee, can technically be used however the ASI president desires. The presidency, Fashami said, requires a consistent 40-hour work week during the school year, making the role a full-time job while also being a full-time undergraduate student.

The compensatory scholarship money, Fashami said, really allows her to commit to the position because she does not have to work another job to support herself. She said if she were to be paid hourly for 40 hours per week, the $28,314 would amass to pay roughly equal to California’s minimum wage for the summer and school year.

The two highest leadership posi-

tions in each branch of ASI Student Government — the ASI Executive Cabinet, the Board of Directors and the University Union Advisory Board — receive some compensation.

In the Executive Cabinet, the ASI president receives 100 percent of the cost of attendance. Their chief of staff receives 50 percent, which is about $14,000 in compensation for a California resident.

The Chair of the ASI Board of Directors, a position which environmental management and protection junior and President Elect Mark Borges currently holds, receives 75 percent of their cost of attendance, about $21,000 for a California resident. The vice chair receives 25 percent, which is about $7,000 for a California resident.

The chair of the University Union Advisory Board also receives 75 percent cost of attendance, and their vice chair receives 25 percent.

Other California State Universities

(CSUs) have different ways of compensating the students occupying high-level leadership roles. Some CSUs give the presidents a salary, others stipends or just free tuition.

Like the Associated Student fee at each CSU, the compensation student government leaders receive varies drastically. While Fashami receives more than $28,000 annually, the CSU Monterey Bay ASI president receives only $3,200 annually — though it can be noted that Monterey Bay’s enrollment is significantly lower than Cal Poly’s tuition.

The CSU Long Beach (CSULB) ASI president, vice president and treasurer each receive $22,762 in total compensation, along with free access to staff parking and a cell phone paid for by ASI. They receive a salary of $16,752, along with free tuition and about $1,200 of food credit in CSULB on-campus food vendors.

Each quarter, Cal Poly students

pay about $100 per quarter, or $300 for the academic year, for ASI fees. At CSULB, students pay $44 per semester, $88 for an academic school year. CSUMB students pay about $48 per semester, $96 per academic school year.

Each CSU’s ASI, or simply Associated Students, is run slightly differently as a result of a unique set of bylaws the respective CSU student government organization has adopted. Despite variations, all CSU ASI presidents and, in most cases, other higher level student government roles, are given some sort of monetary compensation.

The monetary aid, Fashami said, is necessary for someone who commits an immense amount of personal time to the role. President Elect Mark Borges said in an earlier interview that he has little time for hobbies outside of the ASI Student Government Office and when he takes over the presidency next year, he said he expects the same.

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The San Luis Obispo community, including Cal Poly students, rallied together against recent abortion bans passed in several states.

HUNDREDS RALLY IN SAN LUIS OBISPO AGAINST RECENT ABORTION BANS

BY MI C H AE L BARROS Some Cal Poly students were among abortion rights advocates who rallied Tuesday, May 21 across the country in protest of several state’s new laws restricting abortion access. Approximately 200 people attended the rally at the San Luis Obispo Superior Court.

Last week, Alabama passed a law that bans nearly all abortions, with no exception for incest or rape. Missouri passed a bill that bans abortions at eight weeks.

Mississippi, Ohio, Kentucky and

Georgia recently passed “heartbeat bills,” that ban abortion after a heartbeat is detected, which typically occurs around six weeks of pregnancy, often before an individual knows they are pregnant.

However, abortion is still federally legal by Roe V. Wade, and these bills are not currently in effect.

During the hour-long rally, six women spoke. Two of those women were Cal Poly students.

Cal poly Planned Parenthood Generation Action Vice President and sociology senior Natalie Smith said abortion advocates should continue to persist despite

the “safety” of Gov. Gavin Newsom’s pro-choice stance. Abortion is constitutionally and statutorily protected in California.

“While we’re lucky to be in a state where our governor values our right to choose and what we do with our bodies, and continues to fight to expand and invest in reproductive healthcare including safe abortion access, that does not mean that our rights are safe,” Smith said. “ It does not mean that our rights are safe forever. It means that we cannot stop fighting.”

These bans come at the same time as the Trump Administra-

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Approximately 200 people gathered at the San Luis Obispo Superior Court last Tuesday, May 21.

tion’s final draft of its new rule that makes sweeping changes to the Title X program. Title X of the Public Health Service Act authorized the Secretary of Health and Human Services to award grants to entities to provide family planning services with priority given to persons from low-income families.

Under the proposed rule, posted by the federal Department of Health and Human Services Office of Population Affairs on February 22, any organization that provides or refers patients for abortions is ineligible for Title X funding, even to cover contraception, cancer screenings and STD testing.

Shortly after its publication, more than 2o reproductive and medical rights groups filed lawsuits challenging the rule.

Planned Parenthood Vice President of Community Engagement Julie Mickelberry wrote in an email to Mustang News that the center in San Luis Obispo saw 4,631 patients in 2018, 84 percent of those patients being women.

She said that the Trump Administration’s new rule includes language directed specifically at Planned Parenthood.

“Without the Title X program, many patients will lose access to free or low-cost basic care like

birth control, STI testing and treatment, and cancer screenings,” Mickelberry wrote.

According to the San Luis Obispo County Health Department, rates of sexually transmitted diseases (STDs) have nearly doubled in the past eight years.

Mickelberry wrote that Planned Parenthood’s “The Only Way to Know, is to Know!” campaign has attempted to decrease high STD rates in the county. Last year, the Planned Parenthood San Luis Obispo Health Center provided 9,859 Sexually Transmitted Infection (STI) tests, according to Mickelberry.

Cal Poly Planned Parenthood Generation Action President and philosophy senior Gina Welisch said she is upset by “exclusive” rhetoric used by the pro-choice movement.

“I have been heavily disappointed with the dialogue regarding these bans in the past weeks.

While these bans obviously affect many cisgender women, they also affect transgender men, non-binary and intersex folx,” Welisch said.

Gay and Lesbian Alliance (GALA) Representative Michelle Call also mentioned the LGBTQIA+ community in her speech.

Call said that intersex people, bisexual people, and transgender men can all get pregnant. She said LGBTQIA+ people are twice as likely to get pregnant as their cisgender peers.

“For those that are already struggling with marginalization, stigma and other issues need access to safe, affordable pregnancy termination when necessary,” Call said. “It is literally a matter of life and death for them.”

Welisch said these bans are a strategic move by lawmakers to keep people in poverty.

“We know that these bans are a tactic to keep people in poverty, to keep prisons filled and enable voter suppression,” Welisch said.

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TRANSFER STUDENTS SAY THEY LACK RESOURCES TO SUCCEED AT CAL POLY

UNIVERSITY SAYS THEY PLAN TO EXPAND RESOURCES IN FALL 2019

ZAC HARY D ONNENFIEL D | MUSTANG NEW S Cal Poly alumnus Connor Petterson helped create the first Transfer Week.

BY ARIANA A FSHAR English junior Viridiana Camorlinga remembers the moment she opened the email. For the first time in her life, she was on academic probation. Her stomach dropped.

Yes, she had had personal issues. Yes, her pre-existing anxiety had become worse. But her main issue, she said, was trying to navigate through Cal Poly as a transfer student, a status she said left her without adequate support.

Before long, it got even worse.

She soon realized the services offered by the university to help freshmen on academic probation (AP) were not available to her because she was a transfer.

After going on academic probation, Camorlinga received an email from Cal Poly stating she was assigned to complete the First-Year Success Program, which she had to take the beginning of the next term. The email said this was a

required workshop located in her portal.

Camorlinga went to her portal but was unable to find the link anywhere. She then contacted the Mustang Student Success Center and received a correction email.

The correction email said she would soon be contacted by her college. Then, she said, after the university realized she was not a freshman, she was told to get a paper signed by an advisor in her college and that she was to figure the rest out on her own. The resources available to freshmen on AP were not made available to her.

“I wanted these resources, but I wasn’t able to get a hold of them,” Camorlinga said. “I would have wanted to to do the First-Year Success Program, but I couldn’t because they don’t have a program like that for transfers students’ success.”

Of the 65 transfer students surveyed by Mustang News in a recent

survey, 70 percent either saw an automatic drop in their grades or saw a decline upon transferring to Cal Poly. About 50 percent of those surveyed said they believed Cal Poly could have done a better job at reducing their grade drops when they transferred. About 14 percent reported they went on AP. Only 21 percent said they agreed with the statement “Cal Poly and the administration care about me as a transfer [student].”

“It was frustrating because it added to the stress that, OK, I have to figure it out,” Camorlinga said.

Electrical engineering senior Alejandro Bupara has experienced Cal Poly both as a freshman and a transfer student. Bupara attended Cal Poly as a freshman for a year, went to community college for three years and came back as a junior to Cal Poly.

“As a first year, I felt like there was a lot more set-up, not just in terms of what was offered, but how

[Cal Poly] would help connect me to it and as a returning student,” Bupara said. “The only reason I was able to navigate what resources were here for me was that I had the benefit of already being here. If I was a fresh transfer I don’t know if I would’ve been able to navigate at all.”

Like Camorlinga, Bupara went on AP in Spring 2018. Bupara, who identifies as a Latinx student, noted that this was the same quarter former Lambda Chi Alpha member Kyler Watkins wore Blackface to a fraternity event.

“I felt frustrated because I already found it hard to be here and away from my family first of all, and to be in a place that’s so different from my hometown without being close to people I could call if I needed help,” Bupara said. “On top of that, feeling like the school didn’t value me, feeling like they weren’t all that invested in my success, it made it hard to stay here.”

Bupara said he believes it is harder for transfers to acclimate to Cal Poly because if the student is dealing with any marginalization issues, it is amplified by being a transfer.

Bupara listed issues like racism on campus, dealing with food and housing insecurity and navigating through a new city as obstacles for transfer students. Taking upper-division courses right away in combination with the lack of resources provided by the school make it much harder for transfer to succeed at Cal Poly.

The Association of Transfer Students (ATS) advocates for more attention to these problems. History alumnus Connor Petterson was the first director of social events for ATS, which was created by transfer students during Fall 2017.

Petterson was one of the students who helped create the first Transfer Week during Fall 2018. He and other ATS members worked for two quarters to schedule a week of events to help transfers connect and acclimate.

“We had to advertise it to the school and try to get that approved, so it took a bit of time,” Petterson said. “All of winter and spring quarter[s] we were focusing on working on that, and by summer we had it all planned out sim-

ply because an event like this has never been implemented at [Cal] Poly before.”

According to Petterson, a couple of years before 2017, Cal Poly had an ATS chapter, but the group was eventually dissolved due to lack of support and engagement.

In addition to implementing the first ever transfer week, Petterson and other members of ATS wrote a letter to administration about opening a transfer center on campus. A portion of this letter reads: “The days of current and future Cal Poly transfers feeling as though they do not have a place on campus can come to an end. Ask a transfer student what they want most from Cal Poly. We will tell you that we want a place to call home and people who know how to help us — we want our voices to be heard and understood. A Transfer Center would place transfer students on a trajectory towards success, and towards Cal Poly’s own goal of creating an environment of inclusion.”

Petterson said ATS never received a reply for the letter, but that ATS will continue to advocate for the future of transfer students at Cal Poly.

In Fall 2018, out of the total 21,812 students that attended Cal Poly as undergraduates, 867 of them were incoming transfer students. Of the 867 students, 59 percent are students of color. The incoming transfer students made up 3.8 percent of all students. Only three of the 23 California State Universities (CSUs) had a lower percentage in transfer admissions.

The other four CSUs that accepted less than 1,000 students were Sonoma, Humboldt, Monterey Bay and Stanislaus, each with less than 11,000 students total. Other CSUs have programs in place for transfers or are actively working on making the campus more inclusive for transfers.

Fresno State put together a team the beginning of Fall 2018 to research what transfer students need. This team will pitch to the university president that transfer students need a Transfer Welcome Center, according to Associate Vice President for Fresno State Student Success Services Tami Pullins. The final decision will be announced later this year.

the administration to make plans or make developments that benefit transfer students, whether that be a transfer center or something else entirely, because in the past there has been no push by administration,” Petterson said.

University Spokesperson Matt Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News that a transfer center is just a concept and that the university has no further information at this time.

When asked about the support Cal Poly provides toward transfers, Lazier directed Mustang News to the Veteran’s Service Center, Parent & Family Programs, the Cross Cultural Centers and ATS. These programs are available for transfer students to use but are not exclusively designed for transfers, with the exception of ATS. Lazier

also mentioned orientation during the start of school, a section about athletic orientation and on-campus transfer student housing.

Lazier did mention the Cal Poly Scholars program expanding in Fall 2019 to support transfer students as well — a program that was previously only available to freshmen. This program is designed to give students financial support, a “technical package,” a University Housing learning community and proactive advising to support three goals set for the program: building a personal network for college success, fostering an inclusive community of scholars and developing skills for lifelong success. This program is also not designed for transfers specifically but will be available for transfers to use in Fall 2019.

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Alejandro Bupara has experienced Cal Poly as both a freshman and transfer student.

GRADS CAN RECYCLE THEIR GOWNS AFTER COMMENCEMENT, BUT WILL THEY?

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A gown recycling program started last spring has collected a total of two gowns.

BY A S HL E Y LAD IN Last year, the Commencement Office partnered with Zero Waste and the University Bookstore to pilot a gown recycling program. Gown collection boxes were present at both the Spring 2018 and Fall 2018 commencement ceremonies.

More than 5,000 graduates participated in the ceremonies, but the program collected a total of two gowns.

According to Commencement Program Coordinator Jacob Scott, the recycling program works with campus organizations to provide

free regalia for students upon request. However, low participation has left the program in flux.

“Depending on how many gowns are collected this year, we will pay for dry cleaning and provide the gowns to [Cal Poly] Cares or Student Academic Services,” Scott wrote in an email to Mustang News.

“The number of gowns we receive will help shape the direction of the program.”

The program could help financially insecure students participate in commencement ceremonies.

This year, a gown, cap and tassel cost Cal Poly graduates $43.50.

Regalia is required for all students who want to be participate in commencement. A sash costs students an additional $39.

According to the National Center For Education Statistics, approximately 3.6 million high schoolers and 3.9 million college students will graduate or receive degrees in the United States this academic year. Millions of these students will participate in commencement ceremonies and wear regalia. After the festivities, gowns will be stored as keepsakes, reused or disposed of.

The environment could also benefit from the gown recycling program. According to Earth911, more than five million graduation gowns end up in landfills every year.

Many graduation gowns are made out of polyester, including those worn at Cal Poly. Polyester is a petroleum-based, non-biodegradable fiber. It is cheap to produce and wrinkle-resistant, making it a popular fabric option.

From 2010-2017, Cal Poly used gowns from regalia company Oak Hall. The university used the company’s Greenweaver caps and gowns, which use polyester made from 100 percent post-consumer plastic bottles.

In Spring 2018, however, Cal Poly switched to Herff Jones for graduation products. Herff Jones also offers a recycled polyester gown option, but Cal Poly uses the company’s standard caps and gowns made from traditional polyester.

Cal Poly University Store Director Amie Mellinger said there is also an option through Herff Jones that lets students rent instead of purchase gowns. The option is $15 cheaper than the current price and would allow gowns to be reused. However, if Cal Poly used this service, students would not be given the option to keep their regalia.

Cal Poly’s Zero Waste Coordinator Anastasia Nicole said reusing gowns is more beneficial than buying gowns made from recycled material, but reusing recycled material is best. Nicole said she thinks the recycling program needs to be better advertised so students know it is an option.

“I think if we have a cap and gown recycling program, we have to make everyone aware of it so they do use it, or else they will still be single-use,” Nicole said. “Dropping off gowns needs to be easy.

Generally students won’t do it if it’s not easy.”

Scott wrote that information about the gown recycling program is included in commencement emails sent to students before graduation. Manufacturing engineering senior Tanner Salvador is graduating this spring, but said he did not know about the program or see any information about it.

Salvador said he plans to save his cap, which he wants to decorate, but will only keep his gown until he runs out of storage space or finds someone to give it to. He said he is interested in participating in

the recycling program but does not want to give up his gown too quickly.

“I would maybe wait until at least the week after,” Salvador said.

“That day it’s still pretty nostalgic to just toss it away. At commencement, people want to hold onto them for at least a couple weeks, for late senior photos and family photos, and they’re probably rushing somewhere.”

Salvador is leaving San Luis Obispo the day after graduation and does not know when he will be back to donate his gown to the program.

Psychology senior Winston Chang learned about the gown recycling program while working near Academic Services. He is borrowing a gown for Spring Commencement.

“I don’t want to pay for something to wear it just once, put it in my closet and then probably throw it away in like 12 years,” Chang said.

How to donate your gown Gown collection boxes will be set up in each general parking lot and around Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Student volunteers will be at each box to explain the program and take donations.

The Commencement Office accepts caps and gowns for the program year-round. The office is located in building 81 and has normal business hours during summer.

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CSU East Bay and Cal Poly Pomona both have on-campus transfer learning communities. CSU East Bay has counselors assigned specifically for transfer students, alongside programs designed to help transfer students, according to CSU East Bay News and Media Manager Kimberly Hawkins.

CSU Monterey Bay recently applied and received two grants that will be used in the next year for enhancing and extending orientation, improvements to a commuter lounge and events specifically for transfers, CSU Monterey Bay Assistant Director of Communications Noah Rappahahn wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Petterson said he hopes Cal Poly will use the progress at other CSUs as a model for improvement.

“I hope there’s more action by

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NEW PHOTOGRAPHY CLUB IN THE WORKS FOR 2019-2020 ACADEMIC YEAR

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The new club will be open to beginner and professional photographers alike.

BY SY DNE Y SHER MAN The latest photography club on campus is in the works to become official before the beginning of Fall 2019.

The Poly Photo Association was previously the main photography club on campus, until it officially disbanded earlier this year. The Cal Poly Photography Club will take its place.

According to Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Club Services Represen-

tative Lisa Haslett, the Poly Photo Association started in Fall 2016, but did not charter for the 2018-2019 year. Poly Photo Association did not complete the training required of officers to be recognized on the Cal Poly Club directory.

The new club is not official right now, so they do not have an official board yet, but animal science freshman Tori Crews is a leading member of the club and helps run its Instagram, @cp_photoclub.

“We want to build more of a bet-

ter community,” Crews said. “Really just developing a community rather than trying to better yourself above others.”

Crews said she believes this lack of community was one of the issues with the Poly Photo Association and why it “fizzled out.” Aerospace engineering sophomore and future club president Max Payne said he wanted to create the club to “meet some like-minded people” and have an outlet to express his newfound love of photography.

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The club will be an opportunity for photographers to work with local models.

People who join do not need to have any specific level of photography experience. Beginners are welcome, and there is no requirement to own a camera yourself, according to Payne.

“You can do it if you want to get experience modeling [or] if you want experience in photography,” Crews said.

The club will have workshops on general photography to help people learn about their cameras.

Additionally, they plan to hold editing and social media workshops.

“We don’t have any current art majors or photo majors in the club, which shows just how diverse it is,” Crews said.

Payne said they hope to become

an official ASI-chartered club by Fall 2019, in time for the September club fair. However, they are open to new members getting involved right now.

“It’s very open and we like to gather leadership from a bunch of different people, not just like designated events,” Crews said. “We have a group chat, so someone will be like, ‘Hey, I want to take rain pictures this Saturday, who wants to come?’”

Haslett said the Cal Poly Photography Club has petitioned to be a Recognized Student Organization and that it is currently under review with Assistant Director of Student Clubs & Organizations Chip Neuenschwander.

ART AND DESIGN SENIORS PREPARE

FOR BFA SENIOR THESIS SHOW SPRING CONCERT WITH GUEST ARTIST

LAURA M. KRAMER Gustav Holst: “Second Suite in F” James Stephenson: “Möbius Trip” David Maslanka: “Symphony No. 4” As well as compositions by Alex Shapiro, Steven Bryant and Eric Whitacre Christopher J. Woodruff, conductor

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The BFA senior show is the culminating project for art and design seniors.

BY F RA N C IS CO MART INEZ Art and design seniors are preparing for the Bachelor of Fine Arts Senior Thesis show scheduled to open May 31 in the University Art Gallery.

Students from all of the major’s concentrations — photography and video, studio art and graphic design — will have their work on display for the public as a capstone to their coursework in the department.

“Not one of these students is making work that they were making four years ago,” art and design professor Sara Frantz said. “Many of the students aren’t making work they were making a year ago. So each time they take a class, each conversation that they have, they add to their knowledge of art and making and that inevitably changes the work.”

Frantz also teaches The Fundamentals of Drawing (ART 101), one of the first classes art and design students take.

Students are involved in multiple facets of the production, including writing press releases, creating labels and setting up lighting for the gallery.

Frantz said aspects of the show are conceptualized and that students “earn every achievement that they get.”

“You can’t memorize how to

make a painting and then just regurgitate that information two seconds later for a test,” Frantz said. “You have to kind of put your blood, sweat and tears to make something happen.”

From paint and primer to egg cartons, seniors are using a wide range of materials for their artwork to be displayed during the show.

“I really like using paper materials that you find in your everyday life and repurposing them — cutting them up, destroying them, folding them or whatever — and then just seeing kind of like what fun shapes and textures I can get out of that,” art and design senior Victoria Berceau said. “For me, it’s all about the texture of things and the fun shapes that I can come up with.”

Art and design senior Melanie Dela Cruz is using the show to highlight her experiences as a biracial person through an installation in the gallery. The installation will feature a rocking chair, lamp, nightstand, painting and an 8 foot by 4 foot wall.

“My body of work this quarter is based off ... the sense of displacement you feel when you’re part of the minority but also the majority and how primarily there’s not really a space that you fill,” Dela Cruz said. “You occupy both and,

just as a result, you don’t really occupy either.”

The BFA Show is the first time students outside of the major take a look at the work the Art and Design Department does.

“I think a lot of us are doing relatively unique things, just like a lot of people are working on stuff that I haven’t seen a lot of before,” Dela Cruz said. “It’s really interesting to be there, but no one knows that necessarily what they’re looking at is yours. I’m excited to see how people react to that and then just the kind of the conversations that happen.”

Frantz said this gallery also gives outside students the chance to experience art they may not be aware of and grow out of new experiences.

“Just like it’s important to think about ideas that are outside of your box, being exposed to artwork can be a way to broaden how you see the world,” Frantz said. “Anytime we can have experiences that are outside of our normal, every day that we grow as people and with those connections, we can just further enrich everyone’s life.”

The BFA Senior Thesis show runs May 31 – June 14 at 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the University Art Gallery in the Dexter Building (Building 34). The event is free and open to the public.

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HOW MUCH ALCOHOL DO YOU DRINK ON A BAR CRAWL? DI EGO R I VERA | MUSTA N G N EWS

The 21st birthday bar crawl is a long-standing tradition among Cal Poly students, which often includes consuming multiple signature drinks downtown.

BY S ERE NA LOPEZ With a flashy sign around the neck, a smudged stamp on the forehead and an overly-spirited entourage following close behind, a 21st birthday is hard to hide in downtown San Luis Obispo. The 21st bar crawl is a long-standing tradition among Cal Poly students that introduces newly legal drinkers to the bars and booze.

It is customary for friends to make the bar crawl sign, which has a list of tasks and drinks the birthday person must complete.

While some add and remove some drinks from the list, there are about eight staple drinks that make a classic bar crawl.

Through some crowd-sourcing, the bare-bone list consists of: Bull Sweat, Angry Balls or Glass Slipper, Ski Shot, Guinness race, Blow Job shot, Adios Motherfucker, Statue of Liberty and Sexy Alligator or Six Shooter.

Some may be having unsettling flashbacks right about now and others may not remember anything past the AMF. Yeah, it is a lot of alcohol, but how much exactly?

For this, the unit of measurement

will be a shot. A typical shot in the U.S. is about 1.5 ounces, which is also the size of a standard drink. Not every bar serves exactly 1.5 ounces in a shot, so keep in mind measurements are a rough estimate. The small serving of beer to chase a Bull Sweat will not be included and neither will the cider in the Angry Balls.

Bull Sweat at Bull’s Tavern - $7 It is the first drink of the night and it is known to be the least enticing.

“My least favorite was definitely the Bull Sweat,” animal science senior Julia Brozek said about all the drinks she had on her bar crawl.

“It was just gross, and it burned.”

While the ingredients in the drink are kept secret, there is some speculation that it is not entirely alcoholic. But one thing is for sure, there is an ounce of liquor in the shot, Bull’s management wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Silver Slipper or Angry Balls at Black Sheep Bar and Grill - Free if friends buy another drink Silver Slipper consists of one shot of gin, hot sauce and an egg, but there is a special touch.

“We crack an egg on their foreheads and drop it in the glass,” Black Sheep bartender and server Jodi Domareki wrote in an email to Mustang News. “It’s easiest if you chug it as fast as possible.”

For women, Angry Balls is “much more forgiving,” Domarecki wrote.

It is a shot of Fireball Whisky that is dropped into half a pint of Angry Orchard cider, which creates an apple cinnamon flavor.

“All the bars have their signature birthday drinks, and they all try to outdo the next,” Domareki wrote.

“I think some of our inspiration came from Bull’s [Tavern].”

Before the Angry Balls and the Silver Slipper, the bar had a drink called The Flaming Lamborghini, but it became a fire hazard, so they switched to the Silver Slipper in 2010, which was for men and women and a few years ago added Angry Balls for women, according to Domareki.

Ski Shot at Creeky Tiki - $35 At Creeky Tiki, the ski shot is the bar crawl staple. It is one shot of the alcohol of choice and the

birthday person is not the only one who gets to enjoy the fun.

Multiple shots are lined up on a ski, one for each person, and in unison the group lifts the ski and knocks back the shot.

“I learned the hard way to do it with people of the same height as you,” animal science alumna Hayley Harraka said. “I went on a bar crawl with three of my best guy friends, so they were all six-foot, and we didn’t think about it. It was one, two, three and it just got lifted and dumped on my face. None of it got in my mouth, it was so funny.”

Guinness Race at Frog and Peach Pub - $3 It is an eight-ounce pour of Guinness for each participant, and the goal is to finish the beer first.

“We use Guinness because it’s intimidating because it’s dark, but it has the same alcohol content as a Bud Light,” Frog and Peach Pub Manager Alison Cook said.

Guinness has an alcohol by volume level (ABV) of 4.2 percent, which is little less than a typical beer. A 5 percent ABV beer will be 12 ounces to fulfill a standard

drink, so the Guinness race would be a rough estimate of half a standard drink, which is also equivalent to half a shot.

Blowjob Shot at Mother’s Tavern - $7 Moving onto the infamous blowjob shot, which can be taken at either SLO Brew or Mother’s Tavern. According to Mother’s Tavern Bar Manager Anthony Poncey, the drink is a combination of Baileys Irish Cream and butterscotch schnapps, topped with whipped cream.

The shot is placed in between a friend, a significant other or a random stranger’s legs, and the birthday person must grab the shot with only their mouth and take the shot — hence the provocative name.

This drink is approximately half a shot due to the low ABV of Bailey’s and butterscotch schnapps.

AMF at Mother’s Tavern $9 or $6 on Tuesday and Thursday

The Adios Motherf*cker can be done at either SLO Brew or Mother’s Tavern as well or another

Statue of Liberty at The Library - $6 or $4 on Thursday This colorful setup consists of about two shots of vodka spread out in three glasses, one mixed with cranberry juice and another with sweet and sour drink mix, according to The Library Bartender Mike Grady.

One red glass, one clear and one blue for the colors of the American flag, the birthday person must hold up their arm like Lady Liberty and take all three shots.

“It tasted so sweet, and it was really easy to do,” geography and anthropology junior Iain Dunn, said.

He said his favorite drink was the Statue of Liberty compared to the rest of the ones on his list.

Dunn said the Bull Sweat was also least favorite.

Sexy Alligator or Six Shooter at The Mark $7 and $10 (but free if friends buy other drinks) The Mark is usually one of the last stops of the night, but it packs a punch.

For women, the Sexy Alligator is the signature drink. The ingredients were kept secret, but there are about two shots in the drink. It is super sweet, and while it comes in a martini glass, it is meant to be chugged, according to The Mark Bartender Patrick Hughes.

The guys do not get off too easy at The Mark. The Six Shooter is three shots of vodka and three shots of water, but the twist is mixing them up so the birthday person does not know the order when they down all six shots.

The Mark adds a special touch by placing the birthday person’s I.D. at the bottom of a bucket before they take the shots.

“If they throw up on the bar, it’s a charge,” Hughes said. “If they throw up in the bucket, they just have to clean off their I.D. and the bucket, so an incentive to not throw up.”

It is a lose-lose situation if vomit is involved, but when is not it? Hughes said about one in six to one in five people throw up during the Six Shooter. Turn-

ing down people who are too intoxicated is nothing new and Hughes said it is really easy to spot them.

Staying safe

The total alcohol content in a bare-bone bar crawl is roughly 10.25 shots for women and 13.25 shots for men. Feeling sick yet?

Some can finish every drink and even make it to Taco Bell, others opt out of some drinks and that is OK, too.

Not every bar crawl has to push the limits. Harraka said she communicated with her friends that she didn’t want to get too crazy so they did not put a lot of drinks on her list and instead filled it with more tasks like taking a picture with a cop or twerking on the wall at Bubblegum Alley.

“I don’t want to end up in a hospital, I don’t want to throw up in the street,” Harraka said she told the friend that made her bar crawl sign. “She made sure to put a lot of fillers.”

Brozek said she did the same thing for her roommate’s bar crawl.

“I went less drink-heavy on her,” Brozek said. “My roommate is a lightweight, did all her drinks, did everything, came home and was fine.”

Everyone handles their alcohol differently, so the amount of drinks on the sign vary from person to person. It is also important to have a friend looking out and making sure everything is OK during all the chaos of the bars.

Dunn said he had a designated friend for that.

“I had one friend that was watching me that was sober the whole night, but she didn’t really need to do anything because I was fine,” Dunn said. “Just having that set out so that you have someone to take care of you if you do get too drunk and your other friends want to drink to.”

Not every drink on the list has to be alcoholic, either. Dunn said he had two water breaks on his and that he ended up feeling fine at the end of the night.

The bar crawl can be intimidating, but it is a birthday celebration, so there should be no pressure to push past a safe limit. Bring along the friends who will stick around the entire night and make sure nothing bad happens along the way.

Bar crawls may or may not be remembered, which is why it is important to have someone in charge of documenting the night.

ARTIST BRUCE MUNRO TURNS PASO HILLS INTO DAZZLING ‘FIELD OF LIGHT’ DISPLAY

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The interactive light installation stretches across 15 acres in Paso Robles.

BY L I N D S AY M O RRI S As the sun sets over the foothills in Paso Robles, 58,800 fiber-optic lights fade in and out in massive color-changing waves, creating an iridescent sea.

Located 37 miles north of Cal Poly, Sensorio is a 15-acre interactive light installation that went live May 19. The man behind the lights is world-famous British artist Bruce Munro, known for his lightbased exhibits in places like London, Mexico City and South Korea.

Open until Jan. 5, this is Munro’s eighth Field of Light. This will be his largest exhibit to date and his first solar-powered installation in the United States.

Munro’s other displays around the world have attracted hundreds of thousands of people. Specifically, Field of Light in Uluru, Australia has attracted more than 200,000 visitors.

“Art is a great medium to connect people. It’s a really great medium of expression,” Munro said. “If you are truthful to it, you’ve got to be completely honest and do things that you really feel are saying what you want them to feel.”

About four years ago, owner of Hunter Ranch Golf Course Ken Hunter and his wife Bobbi were in Uluru, where they visited Munro’s installation. In that moment, they were set on creating an exhibit in their town of Paso Robles.

“We are a couple who have had

a dream of bringing an entertaining, natural garden-like attraction to central California for many years,” Hunter said. “We love nature and all it entails.”

The Hunters invited Munro out to Paso Robles where he found inspiration in the landscape-opened Sensorio. Three years later, Sensorio opened to the public.

The fast turnaround time brought up concerns about the environment.

According to Sensorio Operations Director Steve Deferville, ordinances allowed for the project to remove 10 percent of the existing oak tree canopy — approximately 250 trees — and great measures were taken to retain trees.

“The land was the architecture,” Munro said.

Business administration senior Kristin Butler visited the Austra-

lian exhibit while studying abroad.

“The whole night felt like something I had dreamed up — it’s like being in a nighttime wonderland,” Butler said.

Butler recently bought tickets to see the local version of Sensorio over graduation weekend with her parents.

Longtime Paso Robles resident Justin Johnston said his initial reaction to Sensorio’s opening was that he was in “The Wizard of Oz.” “You’re waiting for munchkins to pop out, but at the same time, it was very beautiful,” Johnston said.

The Field of Light at Sensorio is open Wednesdays through Sundays as the sun goes down from 7-11 p.m. Tickets for adults are $27 Wednesdays and Thursdays and $30 Fridays through Sundays.

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Similar displays around the world have attracted hundreds of thousands of visitors.

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bar of choice. This is a popular drink and can be enjoyed on any day. So how many shots is in an AMF? About two and a quarter at Mother’s Tavern, Poncey said.

The drink consists of three quarter-shots of rum, vodka and gin with blue kerasal which adds to the ABV as well.

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LETTER TO THE EDITOR

TO THE STUDENTS AT CAL POLY REGARDING ABORTION FROM THE STUDENTS FOR LIFE Cal Poly Students for Life is an on-campus organization. This letter has been edited for clarity. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.

The proposed changes to Title X are supported by Cal Poly’s Students for Life club. They call for funding to be redistributed among family planning clinics so that women will have more options to gain access to a wider variety of women’s health providers and services. Students for Life does not take a stance against birth

quite intimidating, but we hope that by the end of this statement, you understand the motivation behind these laws and why we are pro-life.

The driving force behind our conviction to protect pre-born humans, medically known as human fetuses, is that human life begins at conception. One of the common arguments many of our peers bring up is based on misinformation spread throughout middle school and high school about the science of fetal development. Many women are taught that the fetus is nothing more than

A total ban is quite intimidating, but we hope that by the end of this statement you understand the motivation behind why we are prolife. control, but we are supportive of the cancer screenings, STI screenings, prenatal care, and wellness exams that Title X will be funding for students and other patients!

When it comes to the recent pro-life and pro-abortion legislation passed in Alabama, we acknowledge the backlash and are sensitive to those concerned for what this means. A total ban is

a clump of cells attached to her body. Therefore, it is simply part of her body and she can choose to do whatever she wants with it.

However, the science behind this claim has been disproven several times over the course of the past 10 years by numerous studies.

This has been concluded by many medical doctors, scientists, and professors. The most notable en-

forcers of this fact are Professor Matthews-Roth (Harvard Medical), Dr. Jerome LeJeune (Professor of Genetics at the University of Descartes), and Dr. Watson A. Bowes (University of Colorado Medical).

A developing fetus is also not just a “clump of cells.” According to the Endowment for Human Development (EHD), at the moment of conception, a unique and distinctly different genetic code is formed and a burst of rapidly progressive cells develop. There is an entirely unique “genetic blueprint” for a new individual.

The EHD also states that a fetus’s heartbeat can be detected by three weeks, and by six weeks the brain is beginning to form. Brain waves are detected at six weeks and the fetus has developed neurons, hands, lungs, and detectable brain waves, as stated by the EHD. Also at this stage, it can move reflexively to something that might be touching it. According to the CDC, 95.3 percent of abortions occur between 8 to 15 weeks, well after the baby’s brain and heart are developed. Abortions after this period are described as “late term” abortions. Regardless

of brain function, a fetus is still a human life because of its unique genetic code, rapid succession of cells, and body growth.

Since life begins at conception, we believe there are no circum-

make them feel helpless in a time of need. We understand pregnancy can be intimidating, but we are here to help you through it. Pregnancy, motherhood and children do not have to be a drawback or

We believe there are no circumstances, no matter how unexpected or inconvenient, under which intentionally ending an innocent human being’s life is warranted. stances, no matter how unexpected or inconvenient, under which intentionally ending an innocent human being’s life is warranted.

We understand and are aware that in certain circumstances a mother’s life can be in danger. In those types of medical emergencies, this bill allows for at least two physicians to determine the best solution. For example, ectopic pregnancies may involve the removal of a fallopian tube in order to ensure the mother’s survival.

This would not be criminalized as an abortion. The bill clearly states examples on how choosing to terminate a pregnancy may be needed either to prevent serious risk to the mother or the unborn child.

Our aim is not to scare women or

detriment to your life, no matter how much our culture tries to tell you they are. Cal Poly Students for Life is also a resource for women who are experiencing unplanned pregnancies. We are willing to help and can guide women toward resources to help go through a pregnancy and motherhood.

We can help with school, finding work, living arrangements, cars, furniture, counseling, adoption services and even baby supplies!

We hope that through this article you have read the science behind our pro-life stance, and understand our reasoning behind protecting human life.

LETTER TO THE EDITOR

STATEMENT BY CAL POLY GENERATION ADDRESSING THE RECENT WAVE OF ABORTION BANS Gina Welisch is a philosophy senior and president of Planned Parenthood Generation Action. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.

As our country has seen over the last few weeks, there have been many obvious attacks on reproductive justice. Contrary to popular belief, these attacks are not unprecedented. We have seen the wheels of this turning for years

now.

We were warned when clinics across the country were shut down. We were warned when there was only one clinic left in a handful of states. We were warned when mandatory waiting periods, parental consent and ultrasound requirements were put into effect.

You see, our government and the anti-choice, pro-birth movement have been chipping away at reproductive rights for decades. This is not new. Plain and simple, these

bans are unconstitutional. The goal is to get one of these ridiculous and unconstitutional laws to the Supreme Court in order to reverse Roe and Casey.

Our club wants to remind folks of some important things: This is not a women’s rights issue, it’s a human rights issue. While these bans obviously affect many cisgender women, they also affect transgender, non-binary and intersex folks. To leave them out of the conversation is not only trans-

phobic, but puts us all in danger.

A movement that only includes straight, cisgender white women is a movement that is destined to fail. The blame does not only lie

signed these bans and who are celebrating these bans. This fight is just as much against them as it is against the men that voted on the bill. White women are historically and currently just as complicit in holding up patriarchal systems of power as men are.

It is important to center the work and experiences of women of color, particularly poor women of color in this dialogue, and in

This is not a women’s rights issue, it’s a human rights issue. with cisgender men. These are women, white women particularly, who wrote this legislation, who

this fight. They are hands down the people who will be most affected by these bans. And I want

part because of disparities in access to quality contraceptive care and counseling. We know that Black women are three to four

It is important to understand that taking away reproductive rights is and always has been an effective tool of oppression that has spanned centuries. that the states that have signed these bans such as Georgia, Alabama and Mississippi have the highest population of Black folks in our country. We know that Black women experience higher rates of unintended pregnancies than all other racial groups, in

times more likely to experience a pregnancy-related death than white women. We know that under HB 481 in Georgia, that if a person acts recklessly or unintentionally in a way that results in the death of an unborn child, that that person could be prose-

cuted under the law. This essentially gives lawmakers a loophole to prosecute miscarriages if they deemed a pregnant person to be acting irresponsibly. We know that Black folks and their bodies are already heavily policed by our government and by broader society. We know that Black women face much higher rates of miscarriages than white women. And now knowing everything I just pointed out, we know that these bans are a tactic to keep people in poverty, to keep prisons filled, and to enable voter suppression.

It is important to understand that taking away reproductive rights

is and always has been an effective tool of oppression that has spanned centuries.

Why or when someone wants access to abortion services is no one else’s business. It is a personal decision. It is about bodily autonomy. It is about freedom in a country that bows down to that word as if it were the most sacred of all things. There are so many people in these states that are doing, and have been doing this work for years. Please listen to them when they tell you what they need. Specifically seek out information and listen to organizations in the South such as Sister-

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PUZZLES Fun by the Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku.

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

Guess Who? I am a model born in England on May 22, 1970. As a child, I studied ballet, and was discovered at age 15.

During the 1980s and 1990s, I helped popularize the term “supermodel.”

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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!

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

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CLUES ACROSS 1. Guitarists use them 5. Makes less intense 11. Julia Louis-Dreyfus series 12. Once in a while 16. Up to the time of 17. A moon of Jupiter 18. “Riddley Walker” writer 19. Basketball’s “Grandmama” 24. Gallium 25. Stocky sea duck 26. Expressions of delight 27. Albanian monetary unit 28. Some are electric 29. Refine 30. Clusters 31. Get rid of 33. Female body part 34. Passerine bird 38. One who is killed for their religion 39. Green (Spanish) 40. Partner to awe 43. Flightless, running Aussie birds 44. One who breaks up the ground 45. Sacred language of some Hindu texts 49. Get free of 50. Furnace of burning 51. Sent in large quantities 53. Type of medical patent (abbr.)

54. Failure to follow the rules 56. Egyptian unit of capacity 58. A public promotion of some product or service 59. Strongly scented

subshrub 60. Miserable in appearance 63. Coagulated blood 64. Boil at low temperature 65. Republic of Ireland CLUES DOWN 1. Pull or tear away 2. Dennis is one 3. Gas 4. Popular rec activities 5. Owl genus 6. Cries 7. Morning 8. Pass catcher 9. Spirit of an era 10. Suffix 13. Megabyte 14. In an expectant manner 15. More curving 20. Plural of thou 21. Son with the same name 22. Not one 23. The woman 27. Uncouth man 29. Laugh 30. Sustained viral response (abbr.)

31. Between northeast and east 32. In the matter of 33. A tree that bears acorns 34. Supervised 35. Not quite a full earner 36. Unpleasant substance 37. Some are fake 38. Hammer is a famous one 40. Type of cup 41. Poisonous Eurasian plant 42. An alternative

44. Belongs to he 45. Bond actor’s real name 46. Ring-shaped objects 47. One who reads in a church service 48. Conceive 50. One educated in Japan 51. Rural delivery 52. Robot smarts (abbr.)

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HOROSCOPES ARIES – March 21/April 20 You may feel as though you are not measuring up in other people’s eyes this week, Aries.

Thankfully, this is a misperception on your part.

Don’t be so hard on yourself.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 Although you can’t narrow down the source of your apprehension, if you keep investigating you can get to the root of the issue, Virgo. Once you get there, you will handle it.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Taurus, letting go is the approach to take in the days ahead. Retire a plan that isn’t working and come up with a new way to reach your goals A fresh perspective will benefit you.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 You have a strong network of friends and family who are willing to pitch in whenever you need them, Libra. Keep this in mind and don’t hesitate to ask for assistance.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Gemini, focus on all of the happy memories you have shared with those closest to you.

This is a great way to make sure you don’t take anyone for granted.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 Scorpio, something you have not experienced before arises in the days ahead. Try not to jump to conclusions or overreact. Take a step back and assess the situation calmly.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 Cancer, open a dialogue with someone close to you. Doing so will reveal that much is in store for your future. Tame your excitement and remember to be patient.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 Sagittarius, stay open to suggestions and welcome others’ unique perspectives. This is an effective way to stay ahead of the curve and better yourself.

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Four Cal Poly Track and Field athletes competed in the West Regional meet May 23–25.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 Don’t sell yourself short, Leo. You have many great attributes, and when you put your mind to things, you can accomplish anything. Set some specific goals.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 Find a way to unwind this week, Capricorn. If that means taking a day off from work or just sleeping in on the weekend, then do so without feeling guilty.

TRACK AND FIELD COMPETES IN THE NCAA WEST REGIONALS

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While two Mustangs set personal records, the Cal Poly Women’s Track and Field team did not have any members advance further after competing in the first round of the NCAA Track & Field Championships from May 23-25.

Senior Miranda Daschian, senior Katie Izzo, junior Abibat Rahman-Davies and sophomore Brooke Tjerrild represented Cal Poly in the West Regional meet, held at Sacramento State. The Mustangs were among the top 48 student-athletes per individual event west of the Mississippi. Those who finished in the top 12 in their event will move on to the NCAA Finals at Mike A. Myers Stadium June 5-8.

Miranda Daschian

Daschian opened the competition for the Mustangs as the senior finished 33rd place in the women’s 1,500 meters Thursday evening. Dachian’s eighth-place time of four minutes and 26 seconds in heat No. 4 was just three spots short of the final automatic-qualifying bid to the quarterfinal round.

Top-seeded Oregon junior Jessica Hull took home first place with a time of four minutes and 14 seconds. Daschian’s 1,500m seed moved up 15 spots as a result of her performance.

Brooke Tjerrild

Tjerrild made her second appearance in the West Regional meet Friday night and tied for 22nd place in the women’s pole vault. Tjerrild competed in the second of two flights and

cleared 13 feet and 4.25 inches.

Tjerrild took just one attempt to clear each of her first two heights: 12 feet and 10.25 inches and 13 feet and 4.25 inches. However, Tjerrild missed her three attempts after a four-inch progression and finished 11th in the flight. Victoria Hoggard of Arkansas took home the No. 1 bid to the NCAA Finals with a vault height of 14 feet and 2 inches.

Abibat Rahman-Davies

Rahman-Davies nearly advanced to the NCAA Finals with a 14th place finish in women’s triple jump Saturday. Rahman-Davies’s mark of 41 feet and 11.5 inches, which was set on her second attempt, was a career-best for the junior. The personal record moved Rahman-Davies to the No. 4 spot in program history for the event.

Rahman-Davies led flight two and was just two-and-a-half inches back of qualifying. Oregon’s Chaquinn Cook registered a first-place finish of 44 feet and 4.75 inches.

Katie Izzo

Izzo was the second Mustang to set a personal record after she finished 20th in the women’s 5,000-meter semifinals Saturday evening. Izzo’s time of 16 minutes and eight seconds earned a tenth-place finish in the second of two sections.

Izzo moved from No. 9 in program history for the 5,000 meters to No. 6. and raised her seeding 18 spots in the process. Allie Ostrander of Boise State took home first place with a time of 15 minutes and 30 seconds.

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THE DATA BEHIND THE ACADEMIC SUCCESS OF CAL POLY STUDENT-ATHLETES MUSTANGS AMONG LOWEST IN BIG WEST IN GRADUATION RATES By one measure, Cal Poly’s student-athletes seem to outshine other Big West Conference members in the academic field. Another measure does not show the same success. The reason for this discrepancy lies in the NCAA’s confusing and complex methods of calculating the academic success of its student-athletes.

The NCAA handed out Public Recognition Awards on May 1 to teams that scored in the top 10 percent of their sports in the most recent Academic Progress Rates (APR). Seven Cal Poly teams earned Public Recognition Awards — more than any other university in the Big West Conference.

However, Cal Poly ranks seventh out of nine teams in the Big West in terms of an overall Graduation Success Rate (GSR), according to the NCAA GSR database.

What do these metrics really calculate?

The NCAA’s GSR was created in 2002 during a time of heavy criticism regarding the academic support of student-athletes. The GSR represents the proportion of firstyear, full-time student-athletes who entered school on athletics aid and graduated from that institution within six years, according to the NCAA’s website.

Unlike the U.S. Department of Education’s faulty Federal Graduation Rate (FGR), the previous standard for determining academic success, the GSR includes students who transfer institutions and re-

ceive athletics aid upon entry, as well as freshmen on aid who enroll mid-year. The GSR also accounts for non-scholarship athletes at Division I schools that do not offer athletics scholarships.

Academic standing, however, plays a critical role in how the GSR tracks student-athletes who decide to leave an institution.

Student-athletes who leave while in poor academic standing are registered as non-graduates under the GSR. Those who depart in good academic standing are counted as “likely transfers.” For this reason, likely transfers are not counted as successes or failures against the host institution and are removed from the cohort completely. They are then added to the cohort of their new institution.

Officially adopted at the 2004 NCAA Convention, the APR was invented to hold universities accountable for the eligibility and retention of their student-athletes.

While the GSR is a six-year metric, the APR is a one-year metric (fouryear rates are also available). The APR is calculated as follows, according to the NCAA’s website: “Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school and one point for being academically eligible. A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate.”

The APR carries various penalties. Teams face several penalties if they fall below the 930 mark for

APR scores, which was designed to correlate to a 50 percent graduation rate. Penalties include limited practice time, competition reductions, coaching suspensions, financial aid reductions and restricted NCAA membership.

How does Cal Poly Athletics perform against Division I peers?

The most recent data suggests Cal Poly is excelling in APR scores.

Eleven of Cal Poly’s athletics teams registered perfect APR scores for the 2017-2018 academic year. The Mustangs’ Men’s Golf, Men’s Swimming and Diving, Men’s Tennis, Women’s Cross Country, Women’s Golf, Softball, Women’s Soccer, Women’s Tennis, Women’s Track and Field, Women’s Volleyball and Women’s Beach Volleyball teams all earned APRs of 1000.

The seven Public Recognition Awards Cal Poly took home May 1 were the highest amount of any school in the Big West Conference, according to a press release. UC Davis totaled the second highest amount of awards with five while Long Beach State registered four.

While Cal Poly is certainly performing better in terms of APR scores, the Mustangs claim the third-lowest overall GSR out of nine schools in the Big West Conference.

The most recent GSR data reflects the graduation rates among student-athletes who entered Cal Poly in 2011. The data shows Cal Poly student-athletes’ overall GSR

How the NCAA calculates GSR and APR scores GSR •

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Proportion of first-year, full-time student-athletes who entered school on athletics aid and graduated from that institution within six years Those who leave an institution while academically eligible are removed from the institution’s cohort completely Those who leave an institution in poor academic standing are registered as academic failures

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Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for staying in school Each student-athlete receiving athletically related financial aid earns one point for being academically eligible A team’s total points are divided by points possible and then multiplied by 1,000 to equal the team’s Academic Progress Rate

Big West Conference 2017-18 (2011 Cohort)

GSR (Overall)

UC Davis

89

CSU Long Beach

87

UC Irvine

85

Uni of Hawaii

85

UC Santa Barbara

83

Cal Poly

82

CSU Northridge

81

CSU Fullerton

77

was 82 percent for the 2011 cohort.

The only two teams in the Big West Conference with a lower overall GSR were CSU Northridge (81 percent) and Cal State Fullerton (77 percent). UC Davis and Long Beach State sat atop of the Big West with a GSR of 89 percent and 87 percent, respectively.

The Mustangs perform better when comparing only California State Universities (CSUs) and rank third amongst CSUs with Division I programs, trailing Long Beach State and Fresno State (86 percent).

There are bright spots in the GSR data despite the university’s overall performance. The Men’s Tennis, Men’s Golf, Women’s Basketball and Women’s Soccer teams all boasted a GSR of 100 percent.

Men’s Swimming and Diving, on the other hand, saw only 64 percent of its scholarship athletes graduate within the six-year window.

The difference in academic performance between teams is the result of how the measure is calcu-

lated, according to Cal Poly Athletics Director of Academic Services Shannon Stephens.

“Our men’s swimming and diving program is not fully funded and is not able to award as much scholarship dollars as men’s basketball,” Stephens wrote in an email to Mustang News. “If our men’s swimming and diving program only had five athletes on scholarship and one of them didn’t graduate, then the percentage would be 80%.

Men’s basketball could have 13 players on scholarship and if one didn’t graduate, the percentage would [be] 92.3%.”

It is also worthy to note how student-athletes compare to the general student population. While Cal Poly expects their athletes to graduate at higher rates than that of the general student population, the university’s graduation rate surpassed a record-high 82 percent in June of 2017 — the same graduation rate of the 2011 student-athlete cohort.

The average grade point average (GPA) of freshmen who entered

Why the discrepancy between GSR and APR? The NCAA admits the APR and GSR certainly have a relationship, and the APR does impact graduation rates, according to their website. If an institution is retaining all of its student-athletes and they remain eligible, those student-athletes should go on to graduate from that institution.

While this correlation is visible for UC Davis and Long Beach State, it is less obvious for Cal Poly.

One reason for this discrepancy is that the GSR is a lagging measurement, according to College Sport Research Institute Director Richard Southall. Because the GSR represents an older cohort of students, Southall said it is easier for institutions to get a handle on their APR scores and drive them up.

“That’s probably what’s taking place [at Cal Poly],” Southall said. “The GSR is saying, historically, they had lower graduation rates … you can deal with that in the APR somewhat.”

One of the ways to do this includes the liberal use of summer courses, according to Southall.

If an athlete is failing to meet GPA requirements for eligibility, the institution will let them know their aid will not be renewed. However, the institution will work with the athlete and enroll them in summer courses to boost their GPA (the athlete’s incentive to transfer out in good academic standing is to receive aid at their new institution). If the athlete succeeds in summer courses and transfers out in good academic standing, there would be no negative effect on the team’s APR score.

Another popular method of managing APR scores involves former student-athlete support.

Institutions can give aid to former non-graduates to return to the university and earn their degree.

“It’s like any other statistical analysis,” Southall said. “Once you understand the sampling methodology and once you understand what it is you’re trying to measure, then, if you want to, you can spend some time groom-

ing your sample.”

Stephens said the discrepancy in numbers comes from how they are measured and pointed to the example of Cal Poly Baseball players being selected in the MLB draft each year. A student-athlete who pursues a professional career while eligible is one situation in which the APR is adjusted, according to the NCAA’s website. Another is when former non-graduates return to earn their degree.

“If they were on scholarship, leave Cal Poly eligible, and sign a professional contract then they will not negatively affect APR numbers,” Stephens wrote.

“However, if they continue to play professional baseball for a few years and do not graduate within the six-year window, then they would negatively affect the GSR number. APR has a formula that adjusts for students signing professional contracts, GSR does not.”

However, as stated earlier, the GSR removes eligible students-athletes from an institution’s cohort when they decide to leave. While professional signings harm APR scores, they have no impact on the GSR. Stephens also pointed to the metrics’ different time frames as a reason for the lagging discrepancy.

Stephens wrote that there was only one academic advisor for student-athletes when he first arrived at Cal Poly in 2004. There are now three advisors who work with Academic Services under Stephens.

However, Stephens said the department is still understaffed for the amount of athletes they service. For comparison, Long Beach State reported a total of 358 student-athletes in 20172018. The 49ers currently have an academic staff of nine individuals, according to their website.

The Mustangs, who reported a total of 554 student-athletes in the same year, have just four individuals working for their academic staff.

“The academic staff in athletics does an amazing job and I think the coaches, athletes, and administrators would agree,” Stephens wrote. “However, we are always trying to improve our services to support Cal Poly’s student-athletes.”

FOOTBALL REMAINS UNDECIDED ON THEIR NEXT QUARTERBACK

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Reid, Jeffrey and Hamler are battling for the vacated starting quarterback position.

BY GA RRE T T B RO WN Cal Poly Football has had the luxury of having the same starting quarterback, Khaleel Jenkins, since 2015. Now, the football program is faced with an important question: Who will be the starting quarterback next year?

Although head coach Tim Walsh and his staff have not named a frontrunner, it appears that junior Jake Jeffrey, sophomore Kyle Reid and redshirt freshman Jalen Hamler are the candidates being considered.

“Jalen and Kyle both have tremendous talent,” Walsh said.

“Don’t count out Jake Jeffrey, because he really gets how to play our game and our offense.”

So what do each of these candidates bring to the table?

Jake Jeffrey Jeffrey has the most in-game experience and is the most familiar with Cal Poly’s form of the triple-option offense. Jeffrey played in the final six games of his redshirt freshman season after Jenkins was injured.

With Jeffrey starting, the Mustangs went 1-5, with the lone win coming against a winless Portland State team. That was Cal Poly’s only win of the 2017 season.

In this year’s spring exhibition game — the candidates’ opportunity to showcase themselves — Jef-

frey completed one pass for four yards and ran for a loss of three yards on his lone attempt.

“I think it’s a good fight — I embrace the competition, and I’m excited to see who [the new quarterback] is going into the season,” Jeffrey said.

Despite a somewhat lackluster spring game stat sheet, Jeffrey remains determined moving forward.

“We’ve still got a whole fall camp after this, but it’s been fun, and obviously it makes you better when you have a tough competition,” Jeffrey said.

Kyle Reid Reid served as the backup to Jeffrey in his redshirt 2017 season but saw no playing time during the 2018 season. In his limited playing time, Reid has completed one pass on one attempt for a 14-yard gain.

On the ground, he picked up 62 yards and a touchdown on 17 attempts.

“I’m just working on all the personal stuff that I have to do,” Reid said. “So all the individual characteristics, all the qualities I need to develop on as quarterback, and focusing on all the schemes.”

In the spring game, Reid connected on both of his passing attempts and rushed for 16 yards on five attempts.

Jalen Hamler Unlike the other candidates, Hamler has yet to see any in-game playing time. He is making a strong impression early, however.

“I’m just going to come in, compete, do what I got to do, run the show and hope at the end of this I come out on top — or whoever it is, the best man will win,” Hamler said prior to the spring game.

Although the spring game is purely an exhibition, if there was a “winner,” it was Hamler.

Hamler completed four of his seven pass attempts for 71 yards and connected with junior wide receiver Quentin Harrison on an 11yard touchdown pass. Hamler also rushed for 49 yards on 12 attempts.

In his four years at Lawndale High School in Los Angeles, Hamler passed for 4,372 yards and 49 touchdowns with just six interceptions in 342 attempts and rushed for 1,437 yards and 21 more touchdowns.

Cal Poly went 5-6 in the 2018 season and graduated 16 players, including Jenkins and all-time leading rusher Joe Protheroe.

The Mustangs will open the 2019 season against the University of San Diego on August 31 inside Alex G. Spanos Stadium. Though Walsh will ultimately have to name a starter by then, he is not showing signs of who the frontrunner is.

“It’s a battle, and we’ll see who wins out,” Walsh said.

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