Mustang News April 30, 2019

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THE GREEN AND GOLD MARKET SOME STUDENTS SCRAMBLE FOR GRAD TICKETS, OTHERS PROFIT

BY JA KO B M cQ UA D E In the seedy underbelly of Cal Poly that is the “Cal Poly SLO Class of 2019” Facebook group, a rudimentary bartering system has evolved out of necessity. No, it is not for the sale of illegal substances or negotiating with professors for permission numbers — it is for Spring Commencement tickets.

Spring quarter in San Luis Obispo is a time like no other. The sun is shining, campus is bustling and the university bookstore line is backed up all the way to the automatic sliding doors with soon-to-be graduates looking to get their hands on green-and-gold robes.

With the massive efflux of graduates, family, friends and alumni alike have to prepare for the big day in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

Graduating students receive seven complimentary tickets from Cal Poly.

According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier, this number was determined based on the new structure of the commencement ceremony.

“Instead of three ceremonies with two colleges each, it will be two ceremonies with three each — but in the same venue as past years,” Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News.

“There will naturally be more graduates taking part in each ceremony

because of this. That determines the allotment of tickets per graduate.”

However, this number often does not work out for everyone. For some, it is an abundance; for others, it cannot accommodate their large group of supporters. In the past, Cal Poly Commencement has recommended students contact their friends who are not using all of their tickets.

For any student in class of 2019 forum pages, particularly the Facebook page, it is clear that the fixed number is often not sufficient for students. One such student, forestry and natural resources senior Ethan Fagan, was on the hunt for extra tickets.

“I believe [the system] is equitable because no one gets a better opportunity than others,” Fagan said. “However, I feel that it is not fair allocating as small [an] amount as this, because you have to choose what part of your family can come and who can’t if you have a larger family. For myself, I have a family of 13, a girlfriend and her mom trying to come to the graduation.”

Despite his efforts to barter, Fagan has yet to have any luck in acquiring the elusive tickets.

“It is a significant weight on us to provide for all family members, and the pressure of that gets really overbearing when we should be able to

feel relieved and happy to graduate,” Fagan said.

On the flip side, other students find that the seven tickets is more than enough. These students are popular this time of year, as their posts advertising the sale of commencement tickets can garner up to 20 responses.

Computer science senior Oscar Jones said he was on the benefiting end of the ticket market.

“The current system seems fair enough to me,” Jones said. “Everyone gets allocated the same fixed amount. Some people invite a lot of family, and some don’t, which explains the variation in need. I’m of the opinion that a marketplace is the best way to balance a supply and demand problem.”

Though there might be a perceived imbalance caused by the equity of the system, the Commencement Department is still interested in accommodating the needs of graduating students. If the seven allotted tickets are not sufficient, they accepted requests for additional tickets earlier in the year.

Those still looking for tickets can pay anywhere from $20 to $50 per ticket, according to posts on the class Facebook page.

The Commencement Department did not return requests for comment.

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THE LAST CAMPUS CLIMATE SURVEY COST $55,000

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BY A S HL E Y LAD IN This is the last week students, faculty and staff can participate in the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) survey. The survey is a part of the university’s $234,000 partnership with diversity specialist Damon Williams and his Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership and Social Innovation Team, which began in February 2019.

Williams will analyze the survey results with his team and form an action plan based on the results. The last campus climate survey in 2014 cost the university $55,000, but the third party that issued the survey did not help Cal Poly create an action plan around the data.

“Cal Poly’s investment in this work — including its partnership with Damon Williams — is a testament to the high priority it places on diversity, equity and inclusion,” University Spokesperson Cynthia Lambert wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Why Williams?

Vice President of Diversity and Inclusion Jozi De Leon and Interim Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Julie A. Garcia both participated in William’s National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy over Summer 2018. The five-week online leadership program was designed to help participants develop strategic leadership skills with diversity in mind.

Garcia said Williams’ academy and previous work makes him qualified to help Cal Poly.

“Williams and his team are thought to be the creme of the crop of doing diversity and inclusion work,” Garcia said. “He has ... written many books on the topic. He also already has a longstanding relationship with Cal Poly.”

Williams’ website states that he has worked at more than 1,000 universities. Garcia and De Leon said they were unfamiliar with any specific results of Williams work on diversity and inclusivity, but that they feel hopeful about his ability to help create real change on campus.

“He’s not just going to deliver us a survey, which many consultants do,” De Leon said. “He is willing to go much further and actually develop recom-

mendations, an action plan, train individuals to deliver that action plan and help us with a scorecard that will allow us to monitor our progress.”

Why this survey?

The CPX survey is based on metrics developed by researchers at the University of Michigan to measure campus climate at universities. Garcia said the survey is thought to be valid, meaning it accurately measures what it is supposed to measure.

The survey is supposed to help capture the different experiences of individuals on campus and measure how metrics like race, gender, sexual orientation, socioeconomic status and religion can affect experiences at Cal Poly.

“We look at those metrics and see what those different experiences are tied to, and see if they are engaging in different resources or behaviors,” Garcia said. “And we can compare it to other data we have, like graduation rates.”

Along with collecting the survey responses, Williams held 50 listening sessions on campus to hear different Cal Poly experiences firsthand. More than 600 people attended the sessions.

What happens after the survey?

The university’s last campus climate survey was five years ago, with a response rate of less than 30 percent. According to a university news release, more than 20 percent of the Cal Poly community said they experienced some form of exclusionary treatment on campus.

Administrators said the low response rate for the 2014 survey limited what the data gathered could be used for.

However, De Leon said the survey still helped drive change on campus, including elevating her role from a director to vice president position and inspiring the creation of Cal Poly’s Believe, Educate & Empower, Advocate, Collaborate, Nurture (BEACoN) mentoring program.

De Leon said, from her conversations with Williams, she believes part of the action plan will be bringing current Cal Poly diversity initiatives together in a more impactful way.

The initial survey results are expected to be released in June 2019. Williams is expected to deliver a more

detailed analysis of the results.

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How many students are actually taking the survey?

De Leon said she is hoping for a high response rate to the CPX survey.

“The most immediate goal is really getting those numbers and getting people responding as much as possible,” De Leon said. “Especially the representation of students from our underrepresented groups is really critical. If we could get 100 percent of those students responding — that would be success for me.”

Public health sophomore Ellie Rabin said she participated in the survey because she wanted to have her voice heard as a Jewish student on campus.

Rabin said she hopes the survey results are put to good use.

“I hope that there is a different direction they go in, because I feel like a lot of the diversity and inclusion is drilled into us at this school, but it hasn’t changed that much,” Rabin said.

Liberal studies senior Charlotte Stewart said she is not planning on taking the survey because she does not think it will create real change.

“I feel like a lot of people aren’t taking it,” Stewart said. “I just see the emails and think, I’ll take it later, and keep putting it off. Especially since it’s through email, it’s really easy to ignore.”

Software engineering sophomore Dylan Cooper took the survey and said he believes the results could be valuable for the Cal Poly community.

“I think it is a good way to get a lot of different opinions,” Cooper said. “A lot of times when something big happens on campus you only really get the voices from people who speak out, so with the survey you’re able to get a much broader idea of how everyone feels.”

How to take the CPX survey Students, faculty and staff can take the survey through the CPX emails sent by Williams at noreply@checkbox.com. Students can also take the survey through the Cal Poly portal. The survey will close May 7.

CAL POLY DONOR CHARGED AFTER KILLING FRESHMAN JORDAN GRANT

BY M IC H AE L B AR R O S A driver who allegedly made an unsafe left turn causing a crash that killed Cal Poly computer science freshman Jordan Grant has been criminally charged.

Driver Richard Guili was charged with a single count of misdemeanor vehicular manslaughter without gross negligence. If convicted, Guili faces a fine of $1,000 and a maximum of six months in County jail.

Guili, 43, pled not guilty at his arraignment Thursday, April 25 at the San Luis Obispo Superior Court. He was unharmed in the crash, according to California Highway Patrol.

Jordan Grant was traveling south on Highway 101 on Oct. 7, 2018 to watch a launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base when Guili, crossing at El Campo Road, hit his motorcycle.

Richard Guili’s attorney Jim Murphy was not available for comment.

“We attended the hearing, as we felt Jordan would expect that of us — to stand witness for him, to each step of the process of answering for his wrongful death,” James Grant wrote. “The loss is so enormous — to us, to Cal Poly and to [San Luis Obispo]. We would have been there if it had only lasted one second.”

James Grant wrote that the fatal crash was less about Guili and more about the dangerous crossings on Highway 101 near El Campo Road.

“Was Rich negligent?” James Grant wrote. “Well, yes.

But we must remember and moderate our judgment, as this act occurred in the context of an unsafe crossing that should never have been allowed.”

Grant added that Guili and his son both studied similar topics at Cal Poly at separate times. Guili was a chief architect of Siri, which was purchased by Apple, according to a Cal Poly Engineering report. He is a donor to the computer science department.

“The tragedy, the horrible tragedy in this, is that Rich, in killing Jordan, destroyed a younger version of himself,” Grant wrote. “Rich is a computer science Cal Poly graduate specializing in artificial intelligence and working at Apple. As Jordan and I drove from Texas to Cal Poly four weeks before the accident, we discussed Jordan specializing in artificial intelligence and working at Apple someday. If he had run over his own child, the tragedy could not have been any worse.”

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ASI PRESIDENT JASMIN FASHAMI SWORN IN AS A

U.S. CITIZEN ASI PRESIDENT JASMIN FASHAMI ENCOURAGED OTHERS TO VOTE, AND NOW SHE CAN TOO

BY B RO O KE C A S H I N Jasmin Fashami is Cal Poly’s Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President; as of Tuesday, she is also a United States citizen. On Tuesday, April 23, Fashami was at the Los Angeles Convention Center in Downtown LA with almost 4,000 others getting sworn in as American citizens.

“It was such an empowering moment, because you can see people from every country, every background, every age group represented,” Fashami said. “Every single person had the same commonality of finally being able to call this place their home.

Saying the US and the Americas is where I belong.”

Fashami was born in the Netherlands, but her family is Persian.

Her parents lived in Iran but had to leave the country during the time of war and were refugees in the Netherlands, according to Fashami. At the age of six, she immigrated with her family right after her sister was born in 2004.

“It’s an honor to finally be a U.S. citizen,” Fashami said.

Fashami for becoming a United States citizen this week! Now she can do what she has encouraged so many others to do-VOTE! Immigrants make us better.

Fashami’s process was unique — it started when she was 17, and she was granted citizenship at the age of 20. All the forms were filled out when Fashami was 17 years old, but by the time they were approved, she had already turned 18 and was no longer able to get citizenship through her parents. She had to start from square one.

According to immigration law, minors can gain citizenship through their parents if they are U.S. citizens by birth or naturalization and their biological child was born abroad. There are a few different ways to do this, but it can get tricky due to complications and exceptions. For example, this law does not apply to adopted children.

The citizenship process is unique to all who apply. Fashami saw this first hand and said that not everyone had the same opportunities as her.

It was such an empowering moment because you can see people from every country, every background, every age group represented.

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Fashami said she has considered America, specifically California, her home since she was in elementary school. However, she said she found it difficult at times knowing she did not have the same opportunities as most of her friends and family members.

Moving through the basic steps of the U.S. citizenship process took Fashami a year and a half.

Once the test and interview process happened, the swearing in came within two weeks.

Big Congrats to Cal Poly student and ASI President Jasmin

“I have family and friends who immigrated from different countries, have been through different life circumstances, and because of that they are still in the waiting process,” Fashami said.

With different barriers for other families, Fashami said she “think[s] [she] ha[s] gotten lucky in the sense that [her] family has been there every step of the way.”

As ASI president, Fashami gained experience while working toward her political dream job of working for the Department of Justice or Department

of State as a lawyer. She has the mindset of “if you have the opportunities and the support you can really accomplish what you are passionate about.”

Going through the process of obtaining citizenship, Fashami said she has seen a side of the government that she feels “moves at a snail pace sometimes.”

After the forms were submitted, Fashami had a few appointments at immigration centers during the summer. She said this was convenient to come in since school was not in session, but once classes started up again and the process moved forward, the appointments would be scheduled at random times of the week.

For a while, Fashami said it was difficult to balance becoming a U.S. citizen while keeping up with all her responsibilities in San Luis Obispo.

Movement in the process started in April 2018 when Fashami drove down to Ventura to take a photo and fingerprints. However, she did not hear anything from immigration services for about 10 months afterward. Every month she would get an email saying there were no updates at that time. During this null period, Fashami said she was getting nervous thinking about her future plans of going to law school in the fall. For many of the jobs she wanted to apply for in the federal government, she needed to be a US citizen.

“I’m thinking, this is really going to limit my opportunity next year if they don’t hurry up with the process” Fashami said.

But Fashami got an email at the end of March 2019 to come in for her citizenship test. She was put in a room with a worker and questioned about U.S. history, current issues, why she wants to be a citizen and whether or not she had committed a crime, as

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Political science junior Jasmin Fashami, the current ASI president, was born in the Netherlands and was sworn in as a U.S. Citizen on April 23.

well as on other topics.

“It’s a really long, heavy Q&A session essentially,” Fashami said.

At the end of the session, Immigration Services notified her that she passed, and there was an update online that her swearing in ceremony would be in six months, in September 2019.

Soon after, her dad called with an update. They received a letter in the mail on Sunday, April 21 saying her ceremony had been moved to two days from then.

With only 48 hours to prepare and move things around, she drove down late Monday night

ister to vote and use that power in an effective way.

Fashami’s dad, Farhad Fashami, said they immigrated with the goal of improving the family’s life. He said the most important key to success is having equal access to the same opportunities and tools as everybody else, especially after spending a large amount of his life in the U.S. paying taxes and contributing to society like everyone else.

He wanted to provide the same opportunities to his family.

“The first thing I did when coming here [was] working toward the immigration process to

I have family and friends who immigrated from different countries, have been through different life circumstances and because of that, they are still in the waiting process.

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and came back to San Luis Obispo Tuesday night.

As a political science student with a passion for politics, Fashami said that “not even being able to vote has been a difficult thing for me to process.”

As ASI president, Fashami has aimed to influence people to reg-

achieve those goals, and after so many years, it paid off,” Farhad Fashami said. “In the end, you want to participate in important decisions that impact your family and future, and a lot of that has to do with being a citizen [who] has the right to vote, and your vote matters.”

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Environmental management and protection junior and current ASI Board of Directors Chairperson Mark Borges will be the 2019-2020 ASI President.

The winner of the 2019-2020 Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Presidential election is environmental management and protection junior Mark Borges. Borges won with 1,941 votes, journalism freshman Alex Bires received 360 votes and communication studies sophomore Henry Broback received 430 votes.

Borges ran a campaign platform focused on improving four main areas of campus life: health and wellness, diversity and inclusion, sustainability and empowerment of student voices. In his campaign, he said if he was elected, he would attempt to increase opportunities and resources for undocumented students and expand the protections for sexual assault survivors. Currently serving as a chair on the ASI board of directors, Borges had more experience in government than both the opposing candidates.

“I’m so excited to see what next year brings,” Borges said. “Whoever is in this position needs to be someone who can push student issues to the top…the leadership of next year is really forming, and starting that conversation of how we can make a better Cal Poly is what’s most important.”

The winners of the ASI Board of Directors are as follows:

ASI STUDENT GOVERNMENT VOTER TURNOUT REACHES HISTORIC LOW AT 14 PERCENT

BY CA SSAND RA GARIBAY & SA BRI N A PASCUA Voter turnout in Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Student Government elections has been increasing over the

an ASI press release. Comparatively 30.4 percent of students voted in last year’s elections.

ASI Recruitment and Elections Committee chair Maggie Cheung

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Mustang News hosted am ASI presidential debate April 28. past 10 years but took a sharp turn this year with only 14.7 percent of Cal Poly students voting, according to

said the lower voter turnout rate likely has to do with a different campus climate than last year.

“In the midst of the election [last year] was the whole [blackface] incident, during Spring quarter,” Cheung said. “People are still coming off of that, and it’s kind of just been a quiet campus overall.”

Environmental management and protection junior Mark Borges won the 2019-2020 presidential election by a landslide with 1,941 votes.

Communication studies sophomore Henry Broback received 430 votes, and journalism freshman Alex Bires received 360 votes.

Percent of Student Body that Voted Cheung added that this year’s election also saw less use of print material to campaign, as many candidates instead used predominantly digital platforms such as social media and websites. For example, one of the pillars of Broback’s campaign was zero

COLLEGE OF AGRICULTURE, FOOD AND ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE

• Agricultural systems management junior Armando Nevarez with 240 votes • Agricultural communications junior Chloe Fowler with 225 votes • Dairy science freshman Genevieve Regli with 212 votes • Environmental management and protection sophomore Julia Hizami with 188 votes • Agricultural business junior Matthew Borda with 188 votes

COLLEGE OF ARCHITECTURE AND ENVIRONMENTAL DESIGN

• Architecture sophomore Chloe Wardrick with 101 votes • City and regional planning freshman Zach Noyes with 50 votes • City and regional planning junior Jack Wanner with 37 votes

COLLEGE OF ENGINEERING

• Aerospace engineering senior Alan Faz with 391 votes • Biomedical engineering junior Paulina Nguyen with 331 votes • Biomedical engineering senior Julia Kelley with 288 votes • Electrical engineering senior Joe Sandoval with 279 votes • Environmental engineering freshman Tess Loarie with 254

waste; his campaign was completely digital with no use of flyers or signs.

In total, 3,055 students of the more than 21,000 students attending Cal Poly voted through their student portal during the 24-hour voting period from Wednesday, April 24 at 9 a.m. to Thursday, April 25 at 9 a.m., according to the news release. Of the students that voted, only 2,731 students voted for ASI president.

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Cheung said another reason for the low voter turnout may have had to do with how there was little

votes

COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS

• Communication studies junior Kylie Clark with 311 votes • Political science junior Rob Moore with 289 votes • Political science junior Shayna Lynch with 200 votes • Journalism junior Dominique Dolores Morales with 177 votes

COLLEGE OF SCIENCE AND MATH

• Liberal studies junior Conner O’Neil with 223 votes • Microbiology sophomore Sam Park with 157 votes • Liberal studies freshman Nicki Butler with 153 votes • Biological sciences sophomore Warner Thom with 139 votes

ORFALEA COLLEGE OF BUSINESS

• Industrial technology and packaging junior Michael Davis with 179 votes • Economics freshman Max Feinswog with 160 votes • Business administration freshman Marissa Hiji with 130 votes • Business administration sophomore Harjot Sohal with 110 votes

to no competition for ASI Board of Directors in the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, the Orfalea College of Business and the College of Science and Mathematics.

“For three of the colleges there was less competition, so there wasn’t a need to vote,” Cheung said.

In the past ten years, voter turnout has not dropped below 21 percent of students, with the highest turnout during the 2013-2014 elections at 39.2 percent.

Moving forward, Cheung said ASI will be addressing how to increase voter turnout so more students vote next year.

“The Board of Directors and the ASI President work very closely with campus administrators and a lot of entities on campus to represent students as a whole,” Cheung said.

“It’s important students are electing leaders that they trust to take these positions and represent them in the best capacity.”

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MARK BORGES WILL BE THE 2019-20 ASI PRESIDENT ALONG WITH 24 NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS

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HOW THIS STUDENT BODYBUILDER AND INFLUENCER DOMINATES THE FITNESS WORLD PARTIALLY THANKS TO 805 KITCHEN

BY K IANA MEAGHER For many college freshmen, meals in the residence halls consist of Top Ramen, pizza and microwaveable Hot Pockets. However, most college freshmen are not nutrition science freshman Summer Trenkle.

Trenkle has spent the past year training to compete in bodybuilding competitions. Though she is considered a “newbie” to the sport, she is far from behind. Trenkle took home first place at the National Physique Committee (NPC)

was,” Trenkle said.

Trenkle’s success did not come without obstacles and struggles in the beginning. Along with adjusting to college life, Trenkle’s former coach restricted her caloric intake extensively. She said her friends and family were not supportive of her new passion.

“I had so many thoughts of quitting,” Trenkle said. “I was questioning whether this was even for me or something I even wanted to do.”

However, Trenkle found support through social media. With

Seeing that I helped other people stay motivated helped me keep going. I felt like I had an obligation to them to make them proud too.

MuscleContest Challenge at the Los Angeles Fit Expo — a dramatic feat for a rookie.

Trenkle, a former soccer player, initially channeled her focus and competitive energy for the game into a consistent gym routine.

Upon coming to Cal Poly, however, she realized she wanted to take her training one step further.

“I started lifting weights and realized that’s where my passion truly

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With more than 23,000 Instagram followers, Trenkle uses social media as an outlet to share fitness inspiration.

more than 23,000 followers on Instagram, Trenkle uses her social media presence as a platform to inspire others through fitness inspiration photos and detailed captions to share her thoughts and opinions. “[Social media] did help, because it kind of kept me accountable,” Trenkle said. “I told my followers I was competing, and a lot of people were following me through my whole prep and encouraging me.

Seeing that I helped other people stay motivated helped me keep going. I felt like I had an obligation to them to make them proud too.”

Things started to look up for Trenkle in December 2018 after she found a new coach, Ruben Sandoval, who added more calories to her diet and aided Trenkle with meal and workout plans. Although they connected online, Sandoval is extremely hands-on with his coaching approach. Along with scheduling her meal prep plans, he helps choreograph the trademark bodybuilder poses Trenkle performs when onstage.

“Having a support system and having a really good coach that’s honest with you and supportive is helpful,” Trenkle said. “If you don’t do it the right way, it can defi-

nitely cause disorders, body image issues — it’s really mentally challenging the whole way through.”

Trenkle said she trained extensively for 15 weeks. She went to the gym five to six days a week and dedicated herself to carefully crafted workouts and clean eating.

“I train two body parts a day, and then what I eat is based around what I’m training that day,” Trenkle said. “If I’m training like a big muscle group or a smaller muscle group, if I’m training legs or shoulders, I’ll be eating a lot more food to fuel those workouts, but if it’s like arms or core I’ll eat fewer carbs or more protein.”

Trenkle will occasionally go home to Santa Maria on weekends to meal prep healthy options for the week ahead. As a freshman, Trenkle has learned to adapt and find food on campus that works with her meal plan. She either gets grilled chicken and vegetables at 805 Kitchen or purchases sweet potatoes at Campus Market to microwave.

“It’s all about finding ways to [make do], and if you look at it, there’s not a lot of options on campus to be healthy,” Trenkle said.

“But if you look you can find ways to [eat clean].”

Eating food can be a social experience for many college students, which can be a struggle for Trenkle, who follows a strict diet. However, she said she has found ways to continue growing her friendships without detracting from her goals.

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Trenkle took home first place at the National Physique Committee Muscle Contest — a dramatic feat for a rookie — and will attend Nationals in July.

how dedicated I was, they understood more. They would make sure we could go somewhere that

It’s all about finding ways to [make do], and if you look at it, there’s not a lot of options on campus to be healthy... But if you look you can find ways to [eat clean].

“Being a freshman and meeting new people and having to tell them ‘I can’t have that food’ or ‘I can’t go out’ — a lot of people couldn’t understand at first,” Trenkle said.

“But as I got farther into prep and the changes, and they were seeing

I could eat, or if not I would just bring my own food.”

As for long-term goals, Trenkle is still a full-time student working toward her degree. She will attend National Physique Committee (NPC) Nationals in July, which

she qualified for after her previous first place finish.

Though it can be difficult to balance bodybuilding and school all at once, Trenkle said she has learned the discipline and motivation from both the gym and the classroom.

Trenkle said she understands that hard work and consistency lead to results.

“It’s definitely something I want to continue to do, because I love it so much,” Trenkle said. “I didn’t think I was going to love it this much, but being on stage and seeing all your hard work pay off was so satisfying.”

FIND A HIDDEN BUTTERFLY PAINTING ON CAMPUS,

BY SYD NEY S H E RMAN With spring in full swing, the monarch butterflies have come and gone through San Luis Obispo on their annual journey down the California coast. However, there are still a few special butterflies hidden on campus waiting to be found, courtesy of the Cal Poly Butterfly Effect Club.

The Butterfly Effect is a national nonprofit organization that communication studies freshman Sarah Cruhe wanted to bring from her hometown of San Diego to Cal Poly. Local artists paint wooden butterflies, which are then hidden or “dropped” around campus once a month. Whoever finds the butterfly first has the opportunity to donate $250 to any charity of their choice, funded by founder

and philanthropist Tasha Wahl.

“Not often in life are we handed this golden ticket like in Willy Wonka,” Cruhe said. “Here, you get this opportunity to do something amazing for no cost on your part and no extra work or effort.”

One day before a typical “drop,” Cruhe, she posts information on the artist and drop time on Instagram. After that, Cruhe or someone else on her team posts three separate photos in half-hour increments with three separate hints.

“Let’s say we’re hiding the butterfly at 12,” Cruhe said. “I post the first picture at 12 with the first hint, [at] 12:30 post the second picture [and] second hint, and then at 1 the third picture and the last hint.

And the farthest one away definitely shows the location of where the butterfly is.”

Cruhe said she hopes the Butterfly Effect helps students realize the impacts they can make on their community.

“When people get this opportunity, it kind of opens their eyes up to giving and being a more philanthropic citizen and Cal Poly student,” Cruhe said.

The most recent butterfly was found by political science freshman Austin McLellan, who has been following the Butterfly Effect since the beginning of the academic year.

“I turned on their post notifications actually,” McLellan said. “I was actually walking through the UU (University Union) when they dropped the second hint, which really revealed where it was, and I almost sprinted over to find it.”

For McLellan, this was more than

an opportunity to donate to any charity.

“Two years ago, around this time in April, I lost my Grandmother due to complications from Alzheimer’s,” McLellan said.

“It was seeing what that kind of disease does to a person’s brain and what it does to their physical ability and to those that love them and support them. I knew from the start that was where I was going to donate the money to.”

McLellan said he found the butterfly “maybe a week” after the two-year anniversary of his grandmother’s passing. He immediately called his grandfather to share the

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news with him.

“It’s a bright spot in what can sometimes be a hectic and sad world,” McLellan said. “I thank them for making my week that much brighter — probably my grandfather’s month that much brighter.”

ANIMAL SHELTER PARTNERSHIP AIDS IN SLO COUNTY ADOPTION RATES

BY MI C H AEL BARROS Labrador puppy Ruki flopped through the gates into the playyard at Woods Humane Society.

With her eyes open wide, she darted in a zig-zag fashion and whipped her head around as she noticed each new toy. Woods’ Director of Marketing and Community Programs Steve Kragenbrink followed closely behind and tried to get her attention with treats.

“I want to take her home so badly, but I can’t because I rent,” Kragenbrink said. “I’m not worried though, because I know that she’ll get adopted.”

In the majority of the country, confidence that pets will be adopted is merely a dream or ambitious goal. For the employees at Woods Humane Society, it is a reality with an adoption rate of 98 percent this year — or 3,000 pets adopted, according to Kragenbrink.

Before dogs like Ruki are up for adoption at Woods, they often reside next door at the San Luis Obispo County Animal Services (SLOCAS). Due to a 2005 agreement between Woods and the county, the private non-profit

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Toby, a German Shephard, flashes a smile in the waiting room in Woods Humane Society.

is required to transfer in at least 300 animals from animal services yearly. SLOCAS is the only public open-intake animal shelter in San Luis Obispo county and receives an estimated 4,500 animals annually.

The stark contrast between private funding and state funding is clear upon entering both facilities. Woods has earned enough money from the community and grants that they have recently incorporated “cat condos” and a behavioral training program,

according to Kragenbrink. Right next door, SLOCAS operates in a building built on an old Camp San Luis Obispo landfill in 1975, with damage determined to be too expensive to be worth repairing.

“Unfortunately, the costs to fix the existing facility are so great that it makes more sense to replace the building,” Assistant County Administrative Officer Guy Savage said in a statement in February 2017. “We hope to build a new facility that will better benefit the animals in our care

and encourage more people to visit and adopt animals or reclaim their lost pets.”

In 2015, the San Luis Obispo County board of supervisors approved a $31.7 million grant to completely rebuild SLOCAS. In October 2017, the cities of Atascadero and Paso Robles announced they would withdraw from the agreement due to the cost. The plan was expected to be completed by December 2018.

Currently, construction has not yet started.

SLOCAS did not respond immediately for comment.

Since the partnership between Woods and SLOCAS began, Kragenbrink said he can see a difference in the animals they put up for adoption; he said that before 2005, the majority of the dogs and cats Woods and SLOCAS received were stray and feral.

Both Woods and SLOCAS provide spaying and neutering for all animals that arrive at the shelters. Kragenbrink said that in recent years he has noticed that the majority of animals who come in have been given up by owners and are not feral strays.

“Being able to see that change is a real testament to the partnership that Woods and Animal Services has,” Kragenbrink said. “It’s a testament to the spay and neuter services that we make.”

Kragenbrink said he and his coworkers are not picky about which animals they transfer into their shelter. However, he said behavioral problems, health issues and likelihood of adoption are all taken into consideration.

“It’s not a matter of cherry picking,” Kragenbrink said. “They [animal services] have animals next door to adopt as well, and they are a great resource in the county.”

Funding for Woods is generated from fundraisers and grants, many of which are grassroots efforts by Cal Poly students.

“When we talk about a humane society, it’s not a physical entity — it’s a group of people, it’s the animals, it’s the programs,” Kragenbrink said. “It’s everything that we’re doing out here, and I think that that’s something I always try to reiterate with the community, that [fundraising is] so vital and important.”

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Kori Valler creates pom-pom jewelry tailored for customers to help them express themselves.

POM-POMS WITH KORI’S KRAFTS

BY SYDNE Y SHERMAN Sociology freshman Kori Valler is adding some color to the Red Brick residence halls on campus at large, one pom-pom at a time.

At the beginning of her time at Cal Poly, Valler was inspired by all of the jewelry and handmade accessories sold at stores and worn by others, and decided that she wanted to learn to make

some herself.

Valler’s first endeavor was making pom-pom earrings, which have become the most popular of her projects so far.

“I make a lot of pom-pom-themed things,” Valler said. “Basically anything I think would be cute with a pom-pom.”

Valler said many people who request a pair of earrings leave it up to her to decide the design. Many customers want Valler to surprise them with the color,

shape or type of earring.

Valler’s favorite part of the process is “thinking about [customers] and their personalities and thinking of what would match them,” she said. She said the “personalized experience” of making earrings allows her to express herself and help others do the same.

From the design to the packaging, every aspect of the creative process for her jewelry is “made for that person with

them in mind,” Valler said.

Currently, Valler is focusing on selling her jewelry and other projects to friends and family and not looking for profit.

She said she simply aims to subsidize the cost of the materials so she can continue crafting. For Valler, this is not work, but a form of self-care.

“It brings me happiness, calms me down,” Valler said. “I can just take a break and work on earrings or look up different ideas, different projects.”

Valler said she avoids trying to make money off of the project. Working out logistics of shipping, meeting quotas and adhering to guidelines would “just take out the fun and make it more of a job,” she said.

Valler said she is thankful to have many friends and family around her to

support her pom-pom making — especially her “broke college friends.”

“It’s much easier to buy a pair of pompom earrings from Forever 21, and it costs three bucks more than mine, which is still not expensive, but still like, three times the price,” Valler said.

Supporting small businesses and local artists is one of Valler’s passions, so her token of advice to the world is to think locally when shopping.

“I would just say to anyone who’s a shopper, always, if you can afford it, try to invest in local artists — especially people of color and trans artists,” Valler said. “Vote with your dollar, because really it is a way of participating in our society, how you spend your money and who you support.”

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OPINION

WRITE INTO REALITY

BY HANAH W YM A N Hanah Wyman is a public health sophomore and Mustang News columnist.

The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News as a whole.

I have a bullet journal for long-term goals, a planner for my daily schedule and a notebook that can best be described as a junk drawer for my thoughts. This is the only way I can keep my very busy schedule in check, but it also helps me stay motivated, which leads into what I’m going to be chatting about today: writing things into reality.

There is a certain power in to-do lists, writing things on a piece of paper and having the oh-so-satisfying feeling of crossing that task off with a thick black line. Like J.K. Rowling once said, “Words are the most inexhaustible source of magic we can have.”

Every night, I try to write a least

something down, be it my thoughts on the day, a grocery list, what I need to do the next day or something else.

There is something novel about writing with a pen on paper to allow it to happen, and I encourage all of you to take some time out of your day to do the same; you may be surprised what you can accomplish.

Now, it may not be magic, but it is scientific. College kids can use all the help we can get to write things into existence. Some examples: Your professors constantly telling you, sometimes aggressively, to write all of your notes by hand, because the hand-to-paper connection really is that much better than your hand-tolaptop connection.

I know laptops are extremely convenient for on-the-go college students, but research does show that they are less effective in learning material. By taking notes by hand, you are forced to be more selective with what you are writing down, instead of just using lecture time as a way to

transcribe what a professor is saying.

According to Princeton University’s Pam A. Mueller and the University of California, Los Angeles’ Daniel M. Oppenheimer, in their study published in Psychological Science, “longhand notes may have superior external storage as well as superior encoding functions.”

Studies also show that writing things down allows us to better prioritize them in our brains and therefore focus more energy on the things that are more important to us.

From a girl who has been sleeping beneath a scrawled out “dream board,” for eight years, writing down those goals really does make a difference in your motivation to do them — it did so for me, at least. At the age of 12, I made my first dream board, stuck it to the ceiling above my bed and looked at it before I slept every night. As cheesy as this may sound, I accomplished everything on that first dream board: “Try gymnastics.

Always have a clean room. Go to a

good college. Run a marathon.”

I am still working on that last one, but you sure as heck know I am going to try. Maybe it’s the dream board, maybe not. I would like to think that my twelve year old self decided right then: “Yeah. You’re gonna do that.”

So, what’s the harm in writing things out now? It might just get you into running, keep you tidy or get you to a good college.

If you don’t believe me, take an example from Octavia Butler. While doing research for this article, I stumbled upon an image of this author’s personal journal, where she wrote things like, “I shall be a bestselling author. I will find a way to do this. So be it! See to it!”

Butler obviously worked hard to be a best selling author, but I can’t help but believe her success has to do with her habits of writing. Be it her motivation, her connections or just her luck (I highly doubt this), she wrote her goals down in a journal and, somehow, made them all happen.

Since that first dream board, I have made several others, all stuck to the ceiling above my bed at home. I have

now streamlined my to-do lists, goal list and all the other lists to several notebooks, phone apps and post-it notes.

I recently read an article titled “The Power of the Post-it Note,” which I thought was a rather powerful title.

The power of the post-it note is all about having things in paper: a subjective thought — not a real thing — written on a physical piece of paper that makes it real.

I think this is why vision boards work so well to motivate people, why people spend so much time on Pinterest, rewriting quotes that make them feel like they can do anything.

I really do think that keeping and fostering a place for thoughts that seem to make no sense is so important because it makes them real. I know making your thoughts tangible can be scary, but having control over them and using them for your own power can make a huge impact on your life.

So be it — and see to it. Write those goals into a reality.

ON-CAMPUS PARKING IS GOING PERMIT-LESS

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BY LAURY N LU ESCHER Beginning Fall 2019, Cal Poly will implement permitless parking through technology that scans license plates to determine if a permit was purchased.

The new License Plate Recognition (LPR) technology was approved by campus Information Technology Service March 6, and is slated to be tested during Summer 2019 so it can be implemented in the fall, Assistant Vice President for Public Safety George Hughes said.

In order to implement the system, the university needs all of the unions on campus to approve. Currently, Cal Poly has signed agree-

ments with all of the labor unions except for the California State University Employees Union, who they are still conferring with. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) has also been involved in the process for about three years now, along with the two student representatives on the Parking and Transportation Advisory Council, according to Hughes.

The reason for the change is to make parking on campus more efficient for both the parking department and those utilizing the lots on campus, according to Hughes.

“The end product will hopefully be that you will be able to find a parking space, and on top of that it is more efficient for my folks,”

Hughes said. “Right now, all of the parking ambassadors are walking around and issuing tickets and visually looking in each vehicle and that is very time consuming and very labor intensive.”

This system will cost approximately $117,000, including hardware and the software, Hughes said. This change is being funded by parking permit revenue in the parking program budget.

Along with the efficiencies for the permit holder and parking services, it will also help the campus be more sustainable. There will be no plastic used for the permits and no need to mail the permits to the users.

California Faculty Association (CFA) San Luis Obispo President Lewis Call said the new system will be more convenient for faculty because they will be able to register up to five cars on one permit.

“So far, the reaction from faculty has been very positive,” Call said.

“Most of the faculty who we’ve heard from believe that the new system will be convenient, and they like the idea that they won’t have to worry about lost permits, improperly displayed permits.”

Philosophy professor and Eth-

ics and Emerging Sciences Group Director, focusing on the risk, ethical and social impact of emerging sciences and technologies, Patrick Lin voiced his concerns with the system after being informed by CFA. Lin said his biggest concerns lie with the privacy of the system and how the data from the license plates can be used.

“Just about any government agency can subpoena this data, including [Immigration and Customs Enforcement], including the Sheriff’s Department,” Lin said. “If they’re looking for ... undocumented immigrants, this would be an easy way to catch them and there’s nothing that I’ve seen in the agreement that would prevent it.”

Despite concerns, Hughes said the technology will collect the same information that has been gathered with the physical permits. He said there has been no issue thus far. If the information was subpoenaed, it would be handled like any other information on campus with their legal counsel.

“We have been collecting the same information and protecting it ever since we have been offering permits so we will still follow the

same CSU regulations, state regulations, state and federal law regulations about information privacy especially around sharing information with immigration officials,” Hughes said.

This system is currently in use at CSU San Marcos and CSU Long Beach. According to Call, the CFA president at CSU Long Beach said they have had the program for a year-and-a-half and it is working well.

“He said when they first introduced it there was some confusion, there were a few people who were given citations that should not have been given citations and their parking department was very good about cancelling those improperly issued citations,” Call said. “I have every reason to believe that our parking department would act the same way in a similar situation.”

Hughes said he hopes to see this technology expand in the future to include the ability for users to see the amount of parking spots available in each lot on their phones prior to coming to campus.

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BY HA N NAH BENSON Hannah Benson is a journalism junior and Mustang News satire columnist.

The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News’ editorial values.

“Robert E. Kennedy Library will not be closed or renovated next year due to a lack of funding,” Mustang News reported.

This statement spiraled into some serious soul-searching among the student population at Cal Poly.

“It was an excuse to escape the hustle and bustle of the dorms,” dairy science sophomore Elliot Frye said.

“I saw it as my wake-up call. I told myself, ‘Cameron, there’s no sitting around anymore.’ So I dropped everything and ventured into that big, old hunk of concrete,” chemistry freshman Cameron Petersen, who was failing three classes, said.

“It’s all about second chances now, this year I am going to LiB,” architecture junior Jamie Edwards said, actually referring to Lightning in a Bottle.

An unlikely candidate for Cal Poly’s hottest destination, Robert E. Kennedy Library offers numerous opportunities for students to find their bliss.

Seasoned visitors know April through June is one of the best times

to travel, because they appreciate their life outside of school more than ever before.

Stress sweat! Limited tables! Exclamation points! Where are all the plugs?!

Kennedy Library offers unique amenities that may be hard to navigate when you haven’t slept in 46 hours, so here’s a comprehensive guide to start making memories.

Getting around:

Mirroring the infinite hill that is Cal Poly, the Lib encompasses staircases that question the strength of one’s calves and ability to go on. There are also elevators.

Where to stay:

Depending on one’s level of emotional stability, the library offers an array of accommodations.

In need of relaxation? The red and black leather chairs on the second floor appear to offer back support.

They don’t really, but just like the rest of this school, appearance is everything.

The second floor bathrooms are preferable for sobbing. Third floor is for silent tears. Fourth is for shuddering. No emotions on the fifth floor, they are too loud.

What to eat:

Never open when you need it to be, Julian’s Cafe is a quaint little coffeehouse/deli hybrid located on the second floor. Sometimes the chocolate croissants are stale and sometimes they aren’t and that’s all the suspense students need during Week Seven.

For the more adventurous, buy a piece of fruit from that vending machine. At first bite, you will know what’s older: you or the apple (it’s probably the apple).

Attractions:

See the tense dynamics of group projects unfold within cramped, enclosed areas perfect for public viewing. The fish bowls allow you to guess who showed up half an hour late and who’s pulling their weight. Hint: They are the ones with the under-eye circles.

Books.

For the outdoorsy-type, the atrium offers leaves to fall on your keyboard.

Poorly-timed wind gusts, too.

Overall:

Find your escape. Leave the Library.

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THE INDIGNITY OF A COMMENCEMENT SPEECH FROM PAUL WESSELMANN (THE RIPPLES GUY)

BY A R CHIE MITCHEL L Archie Mitchell is a business administration senior and general manager of KCPR. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News’ editorial staff.

On plenty of occasions Cal Poly has entertained questionable guests with a platform to present their ideas.

Among them are the likes of Milo Yiannopoulos, Carl Benjamin (Sargon of Akkad) and Rev. Lee Holzinger from the Church of Scientology.

Never have I supported or attended their events, but I have always appreciated the significance of attending a university with a strong draw for topical public figures.

I have been inspired by seeing

past graduation ceremonies with keynote speakers holding titles such as CEO of Amazon Web Services, Former U.S. Secretary of Defense and even just ‘Cal Poly Graduate.’

This year, however, Cal Poly will dish out somewhere in the region of $8,000-$10,000 for a man whose most outstanding accolades include once being described by a student of Chadron State College as “probably one of the best speakers I’ve seen at the college.”

Paul Wesselmann might not be a bad public speaker, but he is an absolutely terrible choice for Cal Poly’s 2019 Spring Commencement ceremony keynote speaker.

First things first, Wesselmann didn’t even go here. He graduated from McKendree College and began

working as a leadership trainer and keynoter in 1997. Not only is there nothing special about his resume, there is nothing special about him.

The man affectionately known as ‘The Ripples Guy’ has fewer Twitter followers than President Armstrong, and his experience of Cal Poly ends at his involvement with New Student and Transition Programs. We don’t need Barack Obama or Oprah Winfrey, but if Cal Poly were looking to inspire the class of 2019, they could at least have picked someone with a better understanding of the Discere Faciendo way of life.

Secondly, Alma Mater aside, he speaks almost exclusively in nonsense. Although it sounds great — ripples of kindness originating from one good deed making the world a

better place — it isn’t the message a class of graduates needs to hear as we step out into the world. Encouraging kindness is great, but for a student thinking about repaying thousands of dollars of student loans, a less abstract and more practically applicable piece of advice might be welcome. Not only this, but since seeing Wesselmann’s Ripples presentation as a freshman, I’ve seen Ned Stark beheaded, Donald Trump elected president and the love of my freshman year start dating the most contemptible guy imaginable. Again, encouraging kindness is great, but it’s a message of little value to the class of 2019.

Lastly, Wesselmann is the most patronizing, over the top, and egotistical person I’ve ever had the dis-

pleasure of seeing speak (twice). His nickname, ‘Cal Pauly,’ is a cheap attempt at building rapport with students, and he fondles his ego by proclaiming himself a Cal Poly celebrity. He encourages Week of Welcome (WOW) leaders-in-training not to be scared to come up and talk to him, even offering to pose for selfies — how kind. His website’s homepage even features the modest statement, “Hi, I’m Paul, The Ripples Guy. When I speak, people listen. And laugh. And learn.” Well, Paul, The Ripples Guy. I’m Archie, a Cal Poly Student. When I graduate, I won’t be listening, or laughing, but gently banging my head against the grandstand to erase each moronic word of your speech one bump at a time.

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

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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?

Word Scramble

I am a political figure born in Slovenia on April 26, 1970. I studied architecture in college, but I ended up with a career in modeling. In 2016, I became a household name when my husband was elected president.

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something pertaining to the environment.

S K J E O

1. Tenor 5. Panthers’ signal caller 8. Systems, doctrines, theories 12. Rulers 14. Indonesian coastal town 15. Type of cuisine 16. Kids 18. Single Lens Reflex 19. Extra seed-covering 20. Force out 21. Feline 22. __ & Stitch 23. Semantic relations 26. A larval frog or toad 30. Sport for speedsters 31. One who is learning 32. Request 33. Famed WWII conference 34. Relieved 39. English broadcaster 42. Car signal 44. Grass part 46. Trivially 47. Serve as a warning 49. Centers of activity 50. An electrically charged atom 51. Small swelling of cells 56. Irritates 57. “__ your i’s, cross your t’s” 58. Removed 59. “Death in the Family” author 60. When you hope to arrive 61. German district 62. Turner and Kennedy 63. Midway between south and southeast 64. Emerald Isle

CLUES DOWN

1. Mathematical optimization search method 2. Country along the Arabian peninsula 3. Pointed parts of pens 4. Lake __, one of the Great 5. Peruvian region 6. State capital of Georgia 7. Those killed for their beliefs 8. Typeface 9. Shrill cry 10. Sends via the Postal Service 11. Holds grain 13. Occurring at a fitting time 17. Vogue 24. Born of 25. Get the job done 26. Teletype (Computers) 27. Small southern constellation 28. Decaliters 29. Area near the concert stage 35. Social insect living in organized colonies 36. Winter activity 37. Snakelike fish 38. Not wet 40. In addition to 41. In league 42. Barrels per day (abbr.)

43. Monetary unit 44. Marked 45. Emerges 47. Shape by heating 48. Early Slavic society 49. Italian automaker 52. Racing legend Earnhardt 53. A type of name 54. __ Strauss, jeans maker 55. Famed garden

ARIES – March 21/April 20 Take a few extra moments to think things through before making any important decisions, Aries. Knee-jerk reactions are not the way to go at this time. Careful planning is the key.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 Libra, putting family first has always been your priority and that will continue in the weeks ahead. Others notice your efforts and appreciate them.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Taurus, direct all of your attention toward a certain project. Even as you worry about other things being forgotten, you realize the importance of prioritizing.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 Multitasking can be your undoing, Scorpio. You want to accomplish so much, but you must try to balance your time instead. Clean the clutter from your schedule.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Gemini, you are juggling so many things right now, and you may feel like you’re being pulled in 100 directions. Slow down and figure out what takes precedence.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 Family affairs move to the forefront this week, Sagittarius. A spouse or a child is in need of assistance, and you must set aside the time to help amid your other responsibilities.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 Others are eager to hear some of your words of wisdom, Cancer. You usually know just what to say in a given situation. Prepare your thoughts carefully.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 Things have started to settle down a bit for you. Capricorn. That’s a welcome change from the harried pace you’ve been keeping of late.

Enjoy the respite.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 Leo, you may need to brush up on certain skills if you want to sail through a particular task that comes your way late in the week. Get some help if need be.

AQUARIUS – Jan. 21/Feb. 18 Aquarius, it’s taken a few months for you to find your groove, but you are in a zone and standing on solid ground. Enjoy the smooth sailing that’s ahead.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 Virgo, once you set your mind to something, there is nothing you cannot accomplish. Your attention to detail is top notch, but don’t let perfection distract you.

PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 Listen to what others are telling you, Pisces.

You have always been good at accepting advice and now is the time to heed others’ wisdom.

C AL PO LY ATHLETI CS | CO URTESY E lizab et h Sch ol te s i s t h e s e con d Mu stan g to wi n t h i s award.

BY B RIA N TRUON G One of Cal Poly Women’s Golf’s top performers, Elizabeth Scholtes, won the Big West Freshman of the Year Award after an impressive collegiate debut season.

“It’s motivating me to do better next year,” Scholtes said. “I feel like I had a really good start to my college career and hope that it only goes up from here.”

Through her freshman season, Scholtes recorded a 74.5 scoring average, five top 20 finishes and eight rounds of scoring par or under.

“It’s a tremendous honor, obviously, and it really shows her level of play and her level of consistency, because it covers the entire season,” head coach Sofie Aagaard said.

With her best performance of the season, Scholtes lead Cal Poly to finish second place in the Battle of the Rock on Feb 12. Individually, the Alameda native tied for first place by scoring rounds of 68, 72 and 72.

“That course is quite challenging, and there’s a lot of course management to it,” Aagaard said. “And so with that there’s some hard shots, but she executed it perfectly fine … it’s impressive too, to see a freshman win in her first year.”

Scholtes also earned an All-Big West First Team honor with sophomore Caroline Cantlay. Freshman Vanessa Wang received an All-Big West Honorable Mention.

“To me it means that we most likely have a strong few years coming with that kind of strong leadership, and on the scoring

side already as freshmen,” Aagaard said.

Scholtes credited Aagaard’s coaching in improving her mindset when handling the frustration that can come from golf.

“At this point, all of the people that we’re playing with, they have good techniques,” Scholtes said. “So it comes down to, ‘How do you handle the bad shots?

How do you handle things when they’re visually challenging?’ And that really helped me a lot this year.”

“She is a greatly motivated and disciplined in everything she does,” Aagaard said. “That shows through both her academic grades and also that what she does in a golf course.”

In high school, Scholtes had a 4.69 GPA. In her first two quarters at Cal Poly, she has maintained a 4.0 GPA, despite having to miss class since tournaments are played on Mondays, Tuesdays and Wednesdays.

This season, Scholtes was the Mustangs’ second-best performer, right behind Cantlay. Last year, Cantlay became the first ever Mustang to win the Big West Freshman of the Year Award.

“It’s really cool, what it means for this program, because we’re still really young team, and we still have many years to grow,” Scholtes said. “I’m hoping that our freshmen next year will win it too, just to keep the streak going.”

“She’s very inspired and motivated to practice, which you have to be as a golfer, because you spend a lot of time on it,” Aagaard said. “So, I don’t know if there’s a ceiling for her.”

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WOMEN’S GOLF PLAYER WINS BIG WEST FRESHMAN OF THE YEAR

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FORMER CAL POLY STUDENT-ATHLETES CONFUSED BY NCAA RULING

BY BRIAN TRUONG Confusion: the general reaction when former Cal Poly student-athletes learned that their former university’s recent success may be erased from the record books.

“You just kind of sit back on a ruling like this and try and decipher what people are thinking, because it just doesn’t seem to make too much sense,” former Cal Poly Baseball center fielder Alex McKenna said.

Cal Poly was found to have given improper textbook stipends to student-athletes from the 2012-13 year to Fall 2015, the NCAA announced on April 18. The NCAA placed Cal Poly on a two-year probation and will force the vacation of records from that time frame. While it is not yet known what accomplishments will be affected by the NCAA’s decision, 265 student-athletes in 18 of 22 of Cal Poly’s sports received the improper stipends.

“To punish the athletes, it’s almost like they’re getting punished for something that they didn’t even really know was happening,” McKenna said.

Cal Poly distributed textbook scholarships like room and board scholarships, which are allowed to be given in stipends to cover off-campus housing costs.

“When you receive a scholarship at Cal Poly … whether it’s for books or it’s for tuition, housing, whatever it is, as a student athlete, you don’t really question it,” McKenna said.

“You kinda just say thank you and be appreciative of it.”

Cal Poly gave student-athletes an $800 stipend for textbooks. Some student-athletes used this money for unrelated items, “such as food, rent, utilities and car repairs,” according to the NCAA press release, causing them to have received “impermissible benefits.”

“I get a scholarship check, and it’s a certain amount of money — sometimes it’s more, sometimes it’s less,” former Cal Poly Football fullback Joe Protheroe said. “If they went out and gave me an extra 150 bucks, how am I supposed to know that? Like, I got kids to take care of.”

Protheroe is Cal Poly Football’s alltime leader in rushing yards, with 4,271 yards through his five years as a Mustang. The 973 yards he ran in the 2014 and 2015 seasons would be re-

moved from his stats if he is deemed ineligible.

The stipend also caused 30 student-athletes to receive aid that exceeded their individual financial aid limits. On average, those 30 student-athletes received an extra $174.57.

“It was like, it’s $174 that they’re sweating us over,” Protheroe said.

“You’re going to vacate a record because of that?”

“I think it’s totally unfair,” former Cal Poly Women’s Basketball guard Dynn Leaupepe said. “That punishment doesn’t equal whatever crime they think was committed by Cal Poly.”

Leaupepe is a top three all-time scorer for Women’s Basketball with 1,636 career points. In her freshman season in 2014-15, she recorded 229 points and four double-doubles.

The NCAA did not believe Cal Poly broke the rule on purpose but also said there was no ambiguity in the wording of the rule.

“People are going to say, for me and for others, it doesn’t affect us, but it does a little bit,” McKenna said. “You don’t want that to be on Cal Poly’s headline.”

After being notified of the possibility of the infraction in 2015, Cal Poly Athletics submitted a self-report of the violation to the NCAA in August 2017.

“Cal Poly has cooperated in every way with the NCAA throughout this process that began in 2015,” Cal Poly director of athletics Don Oberhelman said in a press release. “There was never an intent to violate NCAA rules, and when we discovered the issue, we self-reported it to the NCAA.” “It just goes to show that we are built on integrity and honesty,” Leaupepe said. “I don’t know how you can punish the university that comes forward and actually tells the truth.”

The NCAA has already received criticism for punishing Cal Poly in this manner, including comments from ESPN analysts Jay Bilas and Dick Vitale.

“You hear things that some of these bigger universities may be taking advantage of the system a little bit, but we’ll never know,” McKenna said.

“And it feels like, being a smaller, mid-major type of university … these aren’t conferences that have big time money, and you’re not bringing in a ton of revenue every year. And it

seems like we got targeted a little bit, to be honest. And maybe they made an example of us.”

Head coaches of teams with student-athletes found ineligible will also be vacated. McKenna said Cal Poly Baseball head coach Larry Lee was one of the most influential people he played for. Lee has led the Mustangs to 534 wins in his 17-year tenure.

“To see him get those wins taken away, that’s a tough pill for me to swallow just because I feel like I got pretty close to him over the years, and it sucks,” McKenna said. “That’s really all you can say. It really sucks.”

Six conference championship titles, four NCAA tournament appearances and individual record-breaking statistics could be erased from Cal Poly Athletics history.

While McKenna did not play for the Mustangs until 2016, he played with multiple members of the 2014 Cal Poly Baseball team. That season, Cal Poly Baseball won the Big West Conference championship while setting the program’s single season win record, with a 47-12 overall record. “[Cal Poly Athletics] has created a good culture of winning teams during that time, and it’s really disappointing to see all that kind of get erased,” McKenna said.

The 2012 Football team earned a Big Sky Conference championship and made it to the second round of the FCS playoffs.

“I think those dudes are all successful now, and they’re not even tripping,” Protheroe said. “They’ll probably just be mad at the NCAA if anything. They’re still gonna wear the championship ring. I would too.”

Men’s Basketball made their first ever March Madness in 2014, while Women’s Basketball made their first NCAA Tournament appearance in 2013. For student-athletes, these postseason achievements can be an appealing factor in the recruitment process.

“When I was being recruited by them, that was a big part of what I wanted to be a part of,” Leaupepe said. “I thought that during that time frame I wanted to extend that winning culture as well.”

Individual student-athlete records and statistics will only be vacated for student-athletes who were made ineligible by receiving an improper textbook stipend.

“Personally, it would hurt to see that go,” Leaupepe said. “But I know what I did my first year … I don’t need to have the NCAA show me what I did.”

“In my eyes, I’m still the career-leading rusher,” Protheroe said.

“Records, at the end of the day, are just like trophies. They’re going to collect dust … maybe when I’m 45 or something I’ll be more angry about it.”

However, the former student-athletes said they do not think this should detract from Cal Poly’s repu-

tation.

“I know that if players are committed to go to Cal Poly and play baseball there, they’re going to get one of the best baseball experiences you can get in the country,” McKenna said.

“I love Cal Poly Athletics,” Protheroe said. “I think this whole probation or whatever it’s going to be, it’s stupid. It’s dumb.”

Cal Poly Athletics has until June 2 to release the list of records that will be vacated.

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At least a dozen Mustangs shave d the i r head s al ongs id e f res h m a n C o n a g h er S a n d s p r io r to t h e ga m e a ga in st UC D a v is o n A p r il 1 2 .

S a n d s is on a 15-gam e h i tt i n g st reak an d h as re corde d 14 RB I i n t h at t i m e .

BY NAYTHA N B RYA N T When freshman designated hitter Conagher Sands’ mother was beginning her battle with cancer, the Cal Poly Baseball team stepped in to support a cause greater than the game itself. Several Mustangs shaved their heads alongside Sands before the team’s match-up against UC Davis April 12-14. Sands went on to lead the Mustangs in their historic away sweep with a Cal Poly player of the week performance.

“Every game I’d be like, ‘Alright, I’m going to do this for Mom,’” Sands said. “It was awesome being able to do that and for her to see me get player of the week.”

Sands said he tossed around the idea of shaving his head in support of his mom for a couple weeks. That idea was solidified when team leaders Michael Clark and Taylor Dollard approached Sands with encouragement. According to Sands, Clark and Dollard not only shaved their heads with him, but they tried to get as many people on board as possible.

“It was awesome,” Sands said. “Going to war with [my teammates] every game, they’re my brothers at this point. I’d do anything for them, and just knowing that they’d do anything for me is really amazing.”

After experiencing loss at a young age due to his grandfather’s passing of cancer, Sands said he immediately thought of the worst-case scenario when he learned of his mother’s diagnosis: stage two breast cancer.

“It’s scary being over in college and not knowing if she’s going to be alright,” Sands said.

However, Sands said his mother ended up doing well in her first round of treatment.

“She feels a little sick, but that’s normal for what she’s going through,” Sands said. “She should be fine. She’s strong. She’ll do well.”

That strong will and determination is something Sands said his mother instilled in him at a young age. She made sure Sands “kept his nose to the grindstone” and worked hard to become a better version of himself.

When asked about his mother’s impact on his baseball career, Sands’ face lit up with enthusiasm.

“Oh, dude, I couldn’t even get started,” Sands said. “I swear she was the one to take me to all the tournaments, every game, everything … I think she was actually like the team mom growing up on every team.

She’s been a big part of supporting me and a person I can really rely on to help me live out my dreams.”

For head coach Larry Lee, the team’s actions are a reminder of what is truly important in life.

“We put a lot of emphasis on [baseball], but in the grand scheme of things, it’s not really anything,” Lee said. “It just shows the solidarity and it shows that they understand the big picture.”

With freshly cut hair, the Mustangs had to turn around and face UC Davis on the road. However, the Mustangs had been struggling recently. Cal

Poly gave up 16 runs on three separate occasions against Cal State Fullerton and Fresno State. The 51 runs scored against the program made for the highest cumulative total allowed in a four-game stretch dating back more than eight years.

“We didn’t do a lot of things very well,” Lee said. “[Fullerton is] a tough match-up. They’re a good ball club … We were fortunate to play one good ball game and win one of the three.”

Cal Poly had also never swept the Aggies at Dobbins Stadium in program history. That, however, was about to change.

“Mentally, I was a headcase be-

cause of my mom,” Sands said. “But when the guys all rallied behind me, it helped me feel supported and helped me clear my mind at the plate.”

Sands’ steadiness was obvious as the freshman went on to produce a player of the week performance over the course of three games. The designated hitter registered two RBIs in game one with a triple and a double.

Sands drove in another two runs Saturday with a pair of sacrifice flies.

And on Sunday, Sands contributed a vital game-tying RBI single with two outs in the eighth inning. Cal Poly went on to score in the ninth inning and complete their first-ever

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away sweep over UC Davis with a 6-5 comeback victory.

Sands held just one RBI on his record before entering the UC Davis series, but there, he tallied five RBI against the Aggies. “[Conagher] is coming up big,” Lee said. “He’s had a lot of quality hits and his outs are hard hit balls.

It’s great because we need as much offensive output as we can get, and he supplied a large part of that in the middle of the lineup.”

Sands and junior pitcher Bobby Ay agreed the team carried some extra motivation into the series.

“It felt like we weren’t going to lose,” Ay said. “No matter what had happened, we were going to come back and win that game … Always staying positive in the dugout and knowing that we can come back and win at any moment, that’s something special, and it obviously relates and will happen at times like that.”

With the support of the team at his back and a historic sweep behind him, Sands said he hopes to continue fighting for first place in the Big West.

The Bakersfield native is currently on a 13-game hitting streak and holds an impressive .354 batting average — a testament to Sands’ resilience in the face of a significant hardship.

“This is one of the places that I’m actually free to be happy and be myself and not have to think about everything else,” Sands said. “It’s an escape.”

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BASEBALL TEAM SUPPORTS PLAYER’S MOM WHO HAS CANCER

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