Mustang News December 10, 2019

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EYE OPENER

Women’s Basketball head coach Faith Mimnaugh earned her 300th career victory Saturday, Nov. 30. This is er 23rd season with the Mustangs. Mimnaugh helped lead Women’s Basketball to multiple conference titles and the Big West Tournament championship in 2013.

CO P Y Amanda Simonich Francisco Martinez Eddie Railsback

SPO R TS Naythan Bryant Editor Kyle Har Adam Birder Diego Sandoval Jack Clark Garrett Brown Alyssa Tierney Jordana Ginsburg Gabriel Arditti Brian Truong Sydney Finkel

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City threatened with lawsuit over elections

SO C I A L Lauryn Luescher Miranda Knight Kelsey Luvisa Cammy Okmin A DV ERT I SI N G & PR Alyssa O’Halloran Manager Victoria Coen Assistant Manager Shannon Weiss Assistant Manager Rachel Marquardt PR Manager Steven Nguyen Design Manager Justin Vermeltfoort HR Manager Grant Mitchell Distribution Manager Max Jenkins Ad Designer Elaine Do Ad Designer Von Balanon Ad Designer Michelle Kang Ad Designer A DV I SO RS Jon Schlitt Student Media Manager Pat Howe Advisor Brady Teufel Advisor Mustang News is an Associated Collegiate Press 2019 Pacemaker Award Recipient.

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ON THE RUN

At-risk mental health patient located after escaping county facility

State Park Rangers at the Pismo State Beach North Beach Campground safely located escaped mental health patient Benjamin Aaron Karp. He was found Sunday, Nov. 9 at 3:30 p.m., according to a news release.

The Sheriff’s Office received a report of a person vandalizing property at the facility Saturday, Nov. 8 at approximately 8:45 a.m., according to a news release. He was identified as 31-yearold Karp, who is currently a patient at the San Luis Obispo County Psychiatric Health Facility.

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The City of San Luis Obispo is being threatened with a lawsuit over how city council members are elected.

On November 13, 2019, the city received a letter threatening a lawsuit under the California Voting Rights Act if the city does not decide by January 1, 2020 to switch to electing City Council members by district instead of citywide, according to a news release.

Many other cities in California have received similar letters, the news release said. The law seeks to ensure that the votes of minority groups are not diluted. If San Luis Obispo were to move to district elections, the city would be divided into geographic districts for the purpose of electing City Council members.

The city is negotiating with the unnamed plaintiff and has until Jan. 31, 2020 to address the claims.

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RAIN DAMAGE

Campus dining sustain water damage after rainy holiday weekend The Avenue and 805 kitchen have sustained significant water damage following a rainy holiday weekend, according to Cal Poly Corporation communications specialist Aaron Lambert.

According to Lambert, campus employees began to notice significant leaks in the dining room late Friday, Nov. 29. A local roofing company was called to assess the problem, and it was found that ceiling exhaust systems were the main problem area.

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CLIMATE STRIKE CALLS FOR STUDENTS TO TAKE ACTION

Students are urging the county to “fight alongside” them.

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the fossil fuel industry and bring the Green New Deal to the Central Coast.

Cal Poly students — which includes yakʔitʸutʸu residents — comprise 25 percent of District Five, according to Beraud.

Sunrise SLO strike organizer Emmet Arries said that it is important the county elects leaders that will prioritize environmental issues.

“We want politicians that will fight alongside us,” Arries said. “We need a county government that’s forward thinking and cares about the future of our planet … We need action from our political leaders, and it needs to be more than just Ellen.”

Sunrise SLO held a question and answer panel with Cal Poly professors for attendees to ask questions related to the science of climate change.

The panel included Cal Poly Cen-

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Students hold signs at the University Union in protest of climate change.

ter for Sustainability director Hunter Francis, physics professor Pete Schwartz, marine science professor Ben Ruteburg, Sunrise SLO advisor and mathematics professor Erin Pearse, mathematics professor Charles Camp and Galli.

“I think it’s just important for students to feel like they can ask people who they trust [about climate change] and get highly factual, highly trustworthy explanations of the science that’s involved,” Guerrero said.

Harmon said she considers the fight against climate change to be not only a political and scientific movement, but it is a spiritual movement as well.

“I would also say that the climate crisis is a deeper issue, and that to me is really more a spiritual crisis of separation. … That illusion of separateness allows us to treat the environment the way we do,” Harmon said. “We need to allow for communities and people to be supported and to be connected.”

One of the student organizers agreed.

“Everything in the world is kind of connected,” Rose said. “We don’t own the natural world, and I think that ownership has been prevalent throughout parts of history of humanity, and I think that we need to change — shift — the paradigm in that respect. We are part of nature, and I believe that everything should be equalized.”

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make changes, because that’s where there’s a lot of power.”

Outside of the strike, the Cal Poly Democrats club set up a voter registration booth where they promoted registering to vote in San Luis Obispo.

“Sometimes local decisions, like the way a city decides to act, can inspire more state and even national governments,” logistics coordinator of the strike Katie Rose said. “It needs to be a top down movement, but also a bottom up [movement], and I think just working together will make it increase at a faster rate, so I think they’re both equally important.”

Sunrise SLO also publicly endorsed Ellen Beraud, who is running for the District Five seat on the county Board of Supervisors. In her speech at the strike, Beraud has promised to reject campaign donations from

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Students traded their notebooks for picket signs and swarmed the University Union to protest climate change Friday, Dec. 6.

Sunrise SLO, an organization dedicated to creating a movement against climate change, planned the strike to compel government officials to create policy to combat climate change.

“We are building an army of young people to make climate change an urgent priority across America and end the corrupting influence of fossil fuel executives on our politics,” strike organizer and city and regional planning freshman Declan Galli said. “[We want to] elect leaders who stand up for the health and wellbeing of all people.”

Nine students affiliated with Sunrise SLO planned the protest. Galli, who has already organized two climate strikes, was among them. Sunrise SLO calls the youth of the nation to take action to save the environment, according to their website.

“I think it’s crucial and essential and also really disappointing that the so-called ‘adults’ – my generation and [those] above me – have not done what needed to be done in order to ensure that these kids have a vital and thriving planet to live on,” San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon said. “Now young people are having to step up and take a stand where their parents and grandparents were not able to.”

About 60 people attended the event. Most were students.

“It shows that we’re the generation that does care, so it gives you hope,” environmental management and protection sophomore Jesse Stewart said.

Sunrise SLO used the strike to assert their demands, which include: • Nancy Pelosi support the Green New Deal and create thousands of jobs.

• Gavin Newsom support a Green New Deal for California.

• SLO County join Monterey Bay Community Power.

• Cal Poly adopt a universal compost system.

• The Respect of Indigenous Lands and Sovereignty.

• Environmental justice for all people.

• The protection and restoration of biodiversity.

• An implementation of sustainable agriculture To achieve these goals, members of Sunrise SLO encouraged protestors to contact their elected officials and vote for environmentally friendly candidates.

“It’s not just going to be about whether you recycle your bottle or whether you do small things throughout your life,” event organizer Jazlyn Guerrero said. “They are important, but it’s really important to be politically active and try to work on getting policy and getting elected officials who are going to

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POLICE INVESTIGATING MORE PROWLING INCIDENTS

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They are possibly the most expensive cannabis license fees in California.

Director of Licensing and Compliance of Coastal Delivery Ben Condron said the city’s cannabis rules can be difficult to manage.

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The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) arrested two male suspects for prowling in the past two months, but reports of prowling are still being made.

SLOPD Administrative Lt. John Bledsoe said these prowling incidents have “resurfaced” recently.

Six prowling incidents were reported within close proximity to Cal Poly’s campus since Nov. 26. According to Bledsoe, a majority of the reported prowling incidents are by female college students who live in close proximity to Cal Poly.

Margaux Bennett, a Cuesta College student, was a recent victim of prowling. She said she saw a man standing outside of her bedroom window while yelling and masturbating.

“You always expect you know what you’re going to do when that moment comes,” Bennett said. “I thought I’d be that person who would defend myself against it and I just felt paralyzed like I couldn’t move and my body was sinking into my bed.”

SLOPD responded to the call and chased the suspect, but police were unable to catch him.

“Our department is aware that this kind of activity is going on so they’re trying to get there as quickly and as stealthy as they can because they want to be able to catch someone either in the act or in the area so we can put a stop to this and hold the person accountable for what they’re doing,” Bledsoe said.

Although many prowling reports have been made, a majority show no evidence of anyone or anything

being there, according to Bledsoe.

He said that many prowling reports are actually animals, like deer and raccoons, that are making suspicious noises.

“A lot of times when we put out information like this it doesn’t mean that the incidents themselves are increasing it means that the public is a lot of the times more aware and so they’re more prone to report activity that they feel is related to whatever information we are putting out there,” Bledsoe said.

Bledsoe also said that the majority of the prowling reports made are “crimes of opportunity” so precaution should be taken to prevent such incidents. He suggested trimming down bushes, putting up additional lights and keeping windows and drapes closed.

Bennett said she has taken similar action in order for this to not happen again. She said she put up frosted window stickers, installed a security camera and put up blackout curtains.

“My mom came down to help ‘creeper-proof’ the house so that this never happens again,” Bennett said.

Although an arrest was made Nov. 26 for prowling, Bledsoe said that SLOPD does not believe that he was responsible for many of the other prowling incidents that have occurred. Since that arrest, five prowling incidents have been reported.

SLOPD is currently investigating into these recent prowling reports to identify the person, or the people, that are responsible, according to Blesdoe.

There have been no recently reported prowling incidents on campus.

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Luis Obispo] than anywhere else in California.”

San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon acknowledged that the cannabis industry has been “hit hard by the state” when it comes to increasing taxes.

Despite the dissenting opinions, San Luis Obispo City Council remained generally positive towards the continuation of the Cannabis Business Program.

Council member Erica Stewart said she appreciated the efforts on behalf of the people working on the developing program.

“I am so overwhelmed with the amount of work you have had to put into this, so thank you,” Stewart said. “I know putting in anything new is immense.”

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Cannabis businesses are here to stay in San Luis Obispo.

The San Luis Obispo City Council passed the continuation of their Cannabis Business Program with a unanimous vote last Tuesday.

The Cannabis Business Program began in Nov. 2018 to make cannabis legal. The program allows local businesses to apply for licenses that allow the legal sale of cannabis within the city. After California voters passed Proposition 64 three years ago, San Luis Obispo has been working towards incorporating legal cannabis-based businesses into the city.

In September, the city granted the first of these licenses. Deputy City Manager Greg Herman presented an update in a City Council meeting on Dec. 3 to explain the progress that has been made since then.

“This has been a team effort on the city side to move forward with implementing with this business program,” Herman said. “This is one of those rare instances in our career that we get to do something that has not previously been done.”

Last month, two cannabis-based

storefront retail spaces received approval for permits. The first legal cannabis delivery service began operations in San Luis Obispo on Dec. 2.

Business needs to meet certain criteria in order to be granted these permit, according to Management Fellow Georgina Bailey.

These criteria include providing community benefit, equity, labor, financial investment, and more. “[The criteria] are designed to ensure businesses are sustainable and well run and to protect community character and quality of life,” Bailey said.

Despite the relative success of the Cannabis Business Program from a bureaucratic perspective, some business owners said that they are still struggling with its strict rules.

For example, application fees cost $23,262, which does not account for reapplication fees.

Director of Licensing and Compliance of Coastal Delivery Ben Condron said these rules can be difficult to manage.

“They are possibly the most expensive cannabis license fees in California,” Condron said. “It is hard to imagine why these fees are ten times more expensive in [San

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Since Nov. 26, six prowling incidents have been reported in close proximity to campus.

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Apps such as DoorDash, Uber, and Lyft are major contributors to the current gig economy.

CALIFORNIA BILL WILL CHANGE THE ‘GIG ECONOMY’ STARTING 2020 Rideshare companies like Uber and Lyft are at the center of statewide legal decision and could now have to reclassify hundreds of thousands of drivers.

In January 2020 a new statute, Assembly Bill 5, will take effect in California, potentially moving at least 2 million people from contractor to employee status. The law outlines to certain industries the threshold of employee status, but for others it is less clear.

Uber and Lyft’s entire profit model is dependent on the money saved by labeling their drivers as ‘contract workers.’

Drivers have spent more than six years fighting companies like Uber in court, saying they have been intentionally misclassified. They argue drivers should be considered employees since their companies have so much control over their workday, with strict rules on their vehicle con-

ditions, what rides they can take and which routes to use.

Equity research analysts at Barclays estimate that treating Uber and Lyft drivers as employees will cost the ride-sharing companies a combined $800 million per year.

Hiring workers as employees rather than contractors can increase labor costs by 20 to 30 percent, given Social Security and Medicare taxes, unemployment and disability insurance, workers’ compensation, sick leave, minimum wage, overtime, rest breaks and protections against discrimination and sexual harassment.

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash, all of which treat drivers as independent contractors, have garnered national attention, as they prepare to file a ballot initiative exempting themselves from the law. The law goes into effect January 1, 2020, and until then California will categorize what laborers are employees and who will keep their status as a contractor.

“We will continue to advocate for a

compromise agreement,” Uber Chief Legal Officer Tony West said in a news conference.

The company is pushing for a framework that would offer portable benefits, enable drivers to “have a collective voice” and establish a guaranteed earnings minimum while on a trip. West went on to say Uber is continuing to explore several legal and political options to lay the groundwork for a statewide ballot initiative in 2020.

Uber and Lyft both said they had no plans to reclassify workers as employees – but it might not be up to them.

Ever since the California Supreme Court upheld the Superior Court of Los Angeles v. Dynamex Operations West Inc., California businesses have been preparing to restructure how employees are legally classified.

In a landmark decision April 30, 2018, the courts concluded delivery company Dynamex wrongfully classified its workers as independent

out how the law affects them, whether they must adapt to it and, especially, whether they can persuade lawmakers next year to add them to a score of carved-out occupations.

Media and publishing is another example of an industry in a transition period. The law caps the number of articles a California ‘independent’ writer can produce for a publication in a year at 35. It is low enough that sites can no longer employ California freelancers to do things like write weekly columns or roundups.

The law could make it highly impractical to hire Californians for high-volume content jobs, such as producing daily news hits or writing recaps.

AB 5 enables the California attorney general, city attorneys and local prosecutors to sue companies over violations. Industry-related exemptions at the legislative level are expected to be lobbied for.

“Every single lobbyist in town got booked up for this gig to try and carve out specific exemptions within specific industries,” Renee Public Policy group lobbyist Dane Hutchings said.

As a lobbyist, Hutchings said he believes this type of legislation can create a system of winners and losers based on who has the most pull in Sacramento. He said there needs to be more support in place for those who do not end up as winners.

If companies are sued for violating the new law, it would require a judge’s order to force companies to reclassify their workers. Large entities with deep pockets like Uber and Lyft would likely fight their cases for years.

“There has to be an acknowledgment that the folks being subjected to this law don’t have a lot of time to make the necessary adjustments,” Hutchings said.

So far, the California Supreme Court has yet to apply all three prongs of the ABC test in any single case. The point here is that the interpretation of AB 5 will be just as critical as the legislation itself – and right now, that interpretation is unknown.

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contractors and replaced the former method of classification, the 11 point Borello test, with the ABC test.

To hire an independent contractor, businesses must prove the worker: (a) is free from control and direction in the performance of services; (b) is performing work outside the usual course of the business of the hiring company; and (c) is customarily engaged in an independently established trade, occupation or business.

Shortly after the ruling, California assemblywoman Lorena Gonzalez introduced bill AB 5, which will make businesses adhere to the court’s standard on a state level.

Employees are entitled to greater labor protections, such as minimum wage laws, sick leave and unemployment and workers’ compensation benefits, which do not apply to independent contractors.

According to the bill, if a worker does not meet all three ABC criteria they must be classified as an employee. AB 5 was endorsed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, and after approval by the Senate, Newsom signed the bill in September 2019.

“Today, we are disrupting the status quo and taking a bold step forward to rebuild our middle class and reshape the future of workers as we know it,” bill author and assemblyperson Lorena Gonzalez said in a statement.

Labor leaders argue workers deserve benefits and hope to organize newly classified employees, since independent contractors may not join unions under federal law.

“For far too long, big corporations skirted their responsibility to provide basic protections to workers,” executive secretary-treasurer of the California Labor Federation Art Pulaski told reporters. “The California labor movement will be laser-focused on implementing and enforcing AB 5.”

Apart from the more widely discussed affectees, the bills impacts industries far beyond rideshares.

Businesses in dozens of sectors, including trucking, entertainment and publishing, are scrambling to figure

Cal Poly announced it will provide over $950,000 of funding toward improving diversity, equity and inclusion on campus through several diversity initiatives, according to a campus-wide email.

The initiatives are partly based on recommendations from the Collective Impact process, the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) survey and listening sessions, according to the email.

The initiatives are based on recommendations from CPX and the Collective Impact process Part of the funding will go toward developing a Native American and Indigenous Peoples Center, which will be created in collaboration with local tribal leaders.

The Cross-Cultural Centers (CCC), Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC) and Dream Center will also be united under one organizational structure that will report to Assistant Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Jamie Patton.

Arranging the programs under one

structure will help create a sense of belonging for student communities, according to the email.

About $115,000 of the funding will go to the Disability Resource Center to hire an access specialist. According to the email, the position will help manage the 88 percent increase in students qualifying for accessibility accommodations since 2017.

In addition to the $950,000, Cal Poly is allocating over $450,000 to increase access and supportive spaces

for students.

Plans for these spaces include establishing a Latinx Center, enhancing programming in the CCC, creating additional programing for the BAEC and providing additional support for the Dream Center and other culturally based student groups.

A campus-wide speakers program including conversations on topics such as allyship, micro-affirmations and campus climate will be established with $50,000 of the funding.

“We’re excited about these changes, because everyone works and learns to their highest potential when Cal Poly is diverse, equitable and inclusive,” Vice President of Diversity and inclusion and Chief Diversity Officer Jozi De Leon wrote in the email.

More information on the programs, funding amounts and sources of funding will be outlined at a later date, according to the email.

LEADING LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT AND CAL POLY ALUMNUS KEVIN CONGER MAKES AN IMPACT ON THE WORLD OF DESIGN potential a project may have and work toward a design to better connect the public space back to the citizens and the community, according to Theodoropoulos.

“Every project Conger tackles, he emphasizes the importance of having little human places where citizens can interact in an informal and serendipitous way, each bringing the memories of the other places they have visited that week or day,” Theodoropoulos said.

Conger’s own pathways have lead him to create unique experiences in neighboring cities all around the world.

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Landscape architecture alum Kevin Conger has been working to provide communities with vibrant public spaces.

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Partnering on projects such as the Sydney Olympic Park Northern Water Feature, the national park at Crissy Field, Treasure Island in San Francisco and Facebook Headquarters, Conger has created long lasting

Conger’s passion for landscape architecture began while he was in high school, when he got the opportunity to work with Cal Poly alumnus and Moorpark Community College professor John Innes, who mentored him and later inspired him to pursue a career building and redesigning public spheres. After gaining exposure and hands-on experience in the industry, Conger transferred to Cal Poly to earn the degree he would later take to a professional level.

As part of Cal Poly’s 1988 landscape architecture class, Conger looked to expand his experience and worked for various firms in California. After working in Newport Beach, he relocated to Finland, where he partnered on projects with other students and young professionals in the design world.

Once Conger acquired his professional license in architecture and design, he attended the Rhode Island School of Design where he explored and compared different forms of architecture. Years later, he returned home to the Bay Area and joined Hargreaves Associates, where he took on projects in his own city and continued to democratize public space.

When Conger discusses the concept of “democratization,” he said he means there should be similarity between the spaces he constructs. He talks about the connections between the places of the city citizens experience and how they are all interconnected even if citizens aren’t in the same place. Individuals can socialize in different spaces like

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Noteworthy projects

Passion for landscape

Mission Creek Park in San Francisco and Austin South Central Waterfront and share similar experiences because of the strategic way Conger designs his projects.

Today, Conger is dedicated to building environments that strengthen human values like empathy and communication beyond the project sit – to the entirety of a city. In 1999, he began his own practice in downtown San Francisco, where he still currently works with 45 other designers and architects.

“He has a well-rounded view of how to build and visualize projects in major metropolitan areas for the betterment of all people,” landscape architecture senior Matthew Nadeker said.

Nadeker had the opportunity to work with Conger in one of his landscape architecture classes at Cal Poly. He said participating in his design exercises was a great learning experience. “[Conger Moss Guillard (CMG)] Landscape Architecture is one of the cutting-edge landscape architectural design firms in the United States,” Nadeker said. “Having the opportunity to engage with someone like Conger has inspired me to look towards the future in terms of projects that deal with big cities.”

Conger’s passion for design has not only touched different places around the world but also the Cal Poly community. His drive to help students succeed has made a positive impact on the landscape architecture department at Cal Poly, as well.

Recently, Conger was added to ‘The Cal Poly Alumni Association’, the university’s roster of honored alumni.

“It’s such an honor and a shock to be selected,” Conger said. “There have been so many amazing people that have graduated from Cal Poly’s College of Architecture and Environmental Design.”

Conger is an advocate of complex design in the landscape architecture realm. In his spare time, he said he enjoys sharing his knowledge and experiences with various communities and schools around America, including his alma mater, Cal Poly. He is a longstanding member of Cal Poly’s Landscape Architecture Department Advisory Council, where he works with student architects to hopefully pave the way for professional design.

“Conger takes time out of his day to shape the young minds of Cal Poly,” Nadeker said. “He has taught me to look towards the future and want to do something great for the good of all people, not just something that could be considered a great project.”

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Kevin Conger, one of America’s leading landscape architects, works to fuse together human experiences and public spaces.

“Small places count – maybe more than big places,” Conger said a recent article for a campus publication.

“Where we live and where we connect can increase our social and ecological well-being.”

An inspiring leader and Cal Poly alumnus, Conger has been working to provide communities with vibrant public spaces and sustainable design since he graduated from Cal Poly in 1988. According to a recent article for a campus publication, Conger’s education helped him realize the importance of social connections, which he then uses to make design decisions based on human values like compassion and communication.

impacts on communities around the world. Conger is also a San Francisco native who said he enjoys taking on projects and redesigning public spheres in his own community.

When creating urban landscapes, Conger said he makes ecological function and the democracy of public space a priority. One perspective he said he incorporates when working on projects is the connection between a project and a community – a connection not just represented by physical pathways through the space that landscape architects design, but also the mental pathways in our minds that we use to conceptually “knit” each part of a city together, according to the dean of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design Christine Theodoropoulos.

Currently, one of Conger’s roles is as lead landscape architect for the San Francisco Civic Center, the large plaza in front of City Hall located a few blocks north of the intersection of Market Street and Van Ness Avenue.

Any space can be designed in a traditional way, but what makes Conger’s work different is his approach.

He is able to recognize the greatest

Social and public spaces are important in our society, and Conger said issues around environmental stewardship have made him more aware of the effects climate change can have on large cities.

Conger has an evolving passion for strategic design in the public realm and bettering ecological resilience for the good of all people.

He emphasizes the importance of connecting the urban environment with the natural world, according to Theodoropoulos.

“He takes the hard material that’s normally associated with an architectural product and studies how to interact it with a living thing,” Theodoropoulos said. “It’s his way of adding something to the overall experience.”

Conger designed a rooftop sculpture garden on top of the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art. The space not only extends the exhibits outdoors but features garden walls and other natural elements. In an interview with The American Society of Landscape Architects, Conger said he wanted to create an outdoor garden to increase the connection between the gallery visitors and the forces of nature.

He included a unique element, a lichen-covered wall, in the sculpture garden. This slow growing organism was designed to slow things down.

The world of art is fast moving and quickly consumes, but the lichen wall brings a new level of optimism while also slowing things down, Conger said in the interview.

Conger’s techniques are not about unraveling the city and going back to nature but about taking a city and the natural world and trying to find a successful balance.

“He’s a charismatic and receptive man,” Theodoropoulos said. “A successful individual whose impact resonates all over the globe in both

cities and communities. When he touches a place, it feels like that’s the way it should be. From community to community, his different landscapes are being carried through each city, one experience at a time.”

Conger implements design strategies to make urban environments better for us and improve our relationship with the natural world. He uses his artistic mindset to create atmospheres that are different from the rest.

“In the end, it’s all about being curious,” Conger said. “Curiosity leads to finding the most important thing out there and gaining exposure. I really encourage students to think about what’s most important in society today and figure out how to engage in that and make your work a relevant contribution.”

Conger’s curiosity at a young age led him to explore the ins and outs of landscape architecture he now uses to redesign communities in his own way.

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BY EMILY HILLSINGER In his blue cooler packed with ice cubes and small glass bottles of coffee, Cal Poly business administration senior Sahil Gupta carries what could completely change the multi-billion dollar coffee industry.

For just a little over three dollars, Gupta sells ‘jitter-less coffee,’ an idea that spurred from two UC Berkeley students.

Trial and error

After feeling sick from high levels of caffeine and sugar while studying for finals, the two UC Berkeley students – environmental economics senior George Passantino and business senior Ofek Arush – decided there had to be a better way to get their coffee fix without the negative side effects.

“We’re just sitting in the library, and we both looked at each other and we were like wait, this could be something,” Passantino said. “That was kind of the moment like, ‘What if we created a jitter-less coffee?’”

Last December the pair began testing different types of coffee grounds and milks. In pursuit of a perfect blend that did not have the negative side effects, they went through more than 200 variations of roasts and ingredients, according to their website.

Once they had a solid idea about their project, Passantino and Arush partnered up with beverage company Drink Labs, a company that pairs entrepreneurs with beverage scientists, according to Drink Labs’ website.

With the amino acid blend and kind of our formula we have now, on a bell curve, 95 percent of coffee drinkers will not experience jitters Chief Revenue Officer and business administration senior Sahil Gupta said.

“We came up to them with our idea and all of our findings, and they basically finalized everything,” Arush said. “They took our idea and made it a reality.”

On April 7, 2019, Quokka Brew was launched.

The coffee quickly became a popular drink at UC Berkeley, and the team grew to 11 people, with 40 brand ambassadors.

As Quokka Brew expanded, Gupta joined the team.

Gupta was living in the Bay Area for the summer while interning for a consulting firm when he met Arush.

Arush pitched him the idea late one night, and Gupta said he knew this could be something big.

“So he’s telling me, ‘Jitter-less coffee, one gram of sugar,’ and I’m sitting there like, ‘Dude, there’s absolutely no way you can make it,’” Gupta said.

“And [Arush] said, ‘We actually got our first round of product, I would love for you to try it.’”

An hour later Gupta said he felt no jitters, no anxiety and no crash.

Now, Gupta is Quokka Brew’s chief revenue officer. At the end of summer, he brought down 200 bottles of Quokka and a mini fridge to pitch and sell the coffee on campus.

“I try to source opportunities – anywhere I can pitch it or sell and talk to clubs on campus, any way to just expose the brand and just establish a presence here in [San Luis Obispo],” Gupta said.

What’s inside

Quokka coffee is made of just three ingredients: cold brew, almond milk and a blend of organic amino acids.

It contains 135 milligrams of caffeine, more than the average cup of joe at 95 milligrams.

“Caffeine is a stimulant, so it acts on your brain and your nervous system and kind of gives you that jolt of energy,” Campus Dining Registered Dietitian Kaitlin Gibbons said.

However, many coffee drinks on the market right now can come with unwanted side effects from the high levels of caffeine and sugar. Quokka Brew’s organic amino acid blend works to fight against shakiness, anxiety and an inevitable crash that can come from the caffeine, according to Passantino.

“With the amino acid blend and kind of our formula we have now, on a bell curve, 95 percent of coffee drinkers will not experience jitters, anxiousness or a crash,” Gupta said.

Quokka currently brews original, caramel and french vanilla flavors.

They have two new flavors on the horizon: mocha and a milk-free dark.

Competition

Gupta hopes Quokka Brew can be sold on campus in the future. However, there are a few hurdles to clear first.

“We’ll do a vetting process for them as a vendor and make sure they meet all of our criteria to get them approved as a vendor,” Gibbons said. “And then essentially we’d be able to sell it places like our Campus Market.”

Currently, the coffee is only being sold by Gupta out of his cooler in San Luis Obispo.

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Students in the Applied Business and Production Management course finance their own projects.

BY KIANA HUNZIKER A miniature portable garden, a multipurpose cart and a hitch cover that doubles as a locker were all once mere ideas. Now, they are the latest products that have been brought to fruition by Cal Poly’s industrial technology and packaging (ITP) students in this quarter’s ITP 467 course.

Applied Business and Production Management is a required course within the Orfalea College of Business’ ITP department, designed to give students experience in applying their skills in a real-world industry setting.

The class consists of three teams of 12 students who must collaborate to design, manufacture, market and sell over 100 units of a product they invent. Team members assume various roles and work together on multiple aspects of the project process to finish by the deadline. “[Students] come up with a product, develop a product, develop a marketing plan, develop a manufacturing plan, sell more units than they can sell to friends and family and get it all done in 10 weeks,” ITP professor Jim Bentley said.

This quarter, the class was divided into three team projects: Herban Garden, Hitch Locker and A La Carte.

Herban Garden is a miniature indoor garden in a wooden box, with an LED light at the top to grow fresh herbs year-round. Hitch Locker is a customizable hitch cover with a locking pin that can store valuable items like a wallet or car keys. Lastly, A La Carte is a multi-use mobile beverage cart that provides additional shelving and storage.

Students spend the first two to three weeks of the quarter brainstorming ideas for their product, which each team later votes on to choose their final product idea.

After students choose a product, they spend the remainder of the quarter designing, manufacturing, marketing and selling it, requiring them to spend about 40 to 60 hours per week in the lab.

Students say the hands-on experience and team collaboration aspect of the class has helped prepare them for life after college by giving them an idea of what it is like to work in the industry.

“It has definitely given me a good idea of the people I want to work with and the environment that I want to be around,” ITP junior Matt Appell said.

The projects are also fully financed through the students, who earn the money back through product sales and donations.

“Up front it’s a little bit scary because we put up a couple hundred dollars, but in the end it’s about learning and making money back and selling things and having a good time,” ITP senior Jordan Larue said.

Many students say they enjoyed collaborating with their teams and left the class with valuable experience and new friendships.

Bentley said he has received a lot of positive feedback from students about the class, and many of his students still keep in touch with him after they graduate.

Bentley said the relationships he develops with his students, seeing the results of former students’ projects and watching students become prepared for life after college, are the most rewarding aspects of the class.

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BY THE NUMBERS

2010

COST OF ATTENDANCE 30K 25K

$26,791.14

$27,051.73

$27,536.29

$28,232.20

$27,959.83

$29,605.50

$28,899.63

$28,926.00

10K

$27,144.21

15K

$26,191.80

20K

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

2015

2016

2017

2018

2019

ENROLLMENT TOTAL

THROUGH THE DECADE

ACCEPTANCE RATE

THROUGH THE DECADE

2019:

21,343

32.55%

2010:

18,360

2010

AVERAGE HIGH SCHOOL GPA

12.66%

Transfer Acceptance Rate

OF FIRST TIME FRESHMAN STUDENTS

28.42%

2019:

4.09 2010:

3.84

First time Freshman Acceptance Rate

2019

SLO POPULATION

14.49%

THROUGH THE DECADE

Transfer Acceptance Rate

2018:

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47,466

TOP GROSSING MOVIES & SOCIAL MEDIA

2010:

THROUGH THE DECADE

45,204

COST OF GAS

THROUGH THE DECADE

$2.73 $3.71

in 2010

in 2019

TOP KCPR SONGS

OVER THE LAST 5 YEARS

2019 BADBADNOTGOOD—Based

2011

Snapchat & VSCO launched TGM: Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part II

2013

Vine launched TGM: Iron Man 3

is How You Feel Inside

2018

Daft Punk—Funk Ad

2015

2016 Deradoorian—Ouneya 2015 DIIV— Dopamine

2019

Smoking banned in city

The San Luis Obispo City Council approved a ban on smoking at public parks and outdoor recreation areas last Friday, expanding the previous ordinance that made the city the first place in the world to outlaw smoking in indoor areas, restaurants and bars in 1990.

The new ordinance that includes Mission Plaza and the creek walk was first discussed during a council meeting in December 2008 when members decided to update smoking regulations in light of new research.

Principal Administrative Analyst Brigitte Elke and a team that researched and prepared the current ordinance considered second-hand smoke, fire hazard zones, citizen complaints and the environmental impact of litter caused by the disposal of tobacco products in the new study.

Tinder launched TGM: The Hunger Games

2014

TGM: Guardians of the Galaxy

2017

TGM: Avengers: Endgame

Cal Poly, along with the rest of the colleges in the California State University system, was told by the chancellor’s office to cut student numbers this year in order to save money. The decision put Cal Poly on track to meet the required enrollment target set by the chancellor’s office of 15,702 full time equivalent students.

Last year’s total enrollment for the 23 CSU campuses peaked at 357,000 full time equivalent students but was reduced to 343,000 by the end of the school year. The chancellor’s office was forced to shave the number to 310,000 this year because of a $685 million budget cut to the CSU system, said Eric Forbes, director of enrollment management services for the California State University.

By rejecting more freshman applicants, dismissing students on academic probation and helping students that have been enrolled for more than four years to graduate, Cal Poly was able to achieve enrollment goals.

2012

TGM: Finding Dory

TikTok launched Vine ends TGM: Star Wars: Episode VIII-The Last Jedi

Budget cuts cause enrollment decrease

Instagram launched TGM: Toy Story 3

2016

Beck—Go It Alone

A $132 million building that replaced the north half of the Science “Spider” Building broke ground in May 2010. The new center for science and mathematics was named after former Cal Poly President Warren J. Baker. Construction for the building was opened in Fall 2013. Part of the “Spider” building was replaced in order to accommodate enrollment growth. The project was funded with $113 million in state money through bonds and more than $19 million in private funds, Cal Poly Foundation Board Chairman Gary Bloom said.

2010

TGM: Jurassic World

2017

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First time Freshman Acceptance Rate

Ground broken for $132 million Baker Center for Science and Mathematics

2018

TGM: Black Panther

Rushing fraternities will be deferred for new students

Leaders of Cal Poly’s Interfraternity Council (IFC) recently announced a new policy that will defer first-quarter students from joining a fraternity.

The changes will take effect fall quarter 2010 with the intention of giving new students a chance to adjust academically and socially before considering the demands of the greek system, according to Student Life and Leadership director Ken Barclay.

“The concern is that first-time freshmen aren’t given enough time to get comfortable with the university,” Barclay said. “Students will have a quarter under their belt to get to know leaders of a fraternity before rushing.”

The university’s new mandate makes it so incoming freshmen and transfer students will only be allowed to formally join a greek fraternity beginning their second quarter. Deferred rushing ended in 2013, according to Mustang News archives.

2011

President Armstrong starts as Cal Poly's president

Jeffrey Armstrong took his position as Cal Poly’s new president starting Feb. 1, 2011 after officially being chosen on Dec. 15, 2010. Armstrong, the former dean of the College of Agriculture and Natural Resources at Michigan State University (MSU), was chosen for his academic credentials, leadership abilities and strong background in agriculture and science. A former animal science professor at Michigan State University, Armstrong was chosen over Thomas Skalak, vice president for research and biomedical engineering professor at the University of Virginia, and Robert Palazzo, the provost and chief academic officer at Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute in Troy, NY.

2012

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Cal Poly considers switching to semester system

Many students know by now about the proposal to convert Cal Poly to a semester campus.

Professors have made sly references to the switch during class time, Associated Students, Inc. has surveyed random students on campus and President Jeffrey Armstrong has repeatedly said he believes semesters are the right choice for Cal Poly.

But many don’t know the proposed switch is part of a larger California State University (CSU) campaign to bring all quarter campuses to semesters, and the end result might depend on much more than what those on the quarter campuses have to say about it.

Armstrong, who chairs a committee consisting of the six CSU presidents who use the quarter system at their campuses, said he is working to find a way for the CSU to fund a systemwide conversion. This would involve the university system allocating funds to convert each of the six campuses that still use quarters: San Luis Obispo, Pomona, Bakersfield, Stanislaus, San Bernardino and Los Angeles.

Lightning strike brings down Cal Poly network Riots break out in California Men's Colony

After a fight between two prison gangs, a riot erupted at the California Men’s Colony on June 29, which caused two units to be placed under lockdown. The California Men’s Colony, located less than 20 miles away from the Cal Poly campus, has housed notorious prisoners such as members of the Manson family, Suge Knight and serial killers Lawrence Bittaker and Roy Norris. However, the riot was not caused by any notorious prisoners, but rather two prison gangs. Riots at the Men’s Colony were also reported in September 2017 and August 2019.

Cal Poly servers are back online after an outage began with a lightning strike at an off-campus PG&E electrical line at approximately 2:30 a.m. This caused a power surge at the Cal Poly campus, which stopped cooling units in the on-campus server room from working properly.

Internet on campus became accessible at approximately 10:10 a.m., less than one hour after university officials notified the campus community of the outage via the emergency text message and email system, PolyAlert.

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Gov. Jerry Brown signs the California DREAM Act

Following months of anticipation, the Cal Poly Recreation Center had a soft opening morning after approximately four years of planning and construction.

University Union Advisory Board Chair Karen Mesrobian, a philosophy senior, said Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) carefully orchestrated the opening to allow users the best experience throughout opening day.

“It gives the students a pleasant experience the first time they walk in the facility,” she said. “If they’re waiting in line for a really long time or if it’s really crowded, they’re not going to get the customer service from our staff or the time to just kind of look around.”

One student was already in line at 6 a.m. when the center opened, and Mesrobian said there was a slow stream of additional users coming in throughout the morning. Traffic picked up in the afternoon, with more than 100 curious students entering the facility every hour. Some were ready to workout, but many wore street clothes and carried backpacks between classes.

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The San Luis Obispo Chamber of Commerce saw a spike in tourism in San Luis Obispo after a television segment aired on the Oprah Winfrey Show declaring San Luis Obispo the “happiest city in America.” What makes SLO so happy? According to Winfrey, it’s the ample biking and hiking trails, wide sidewalks, and the public ban on drive-through restaurants.

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Oprah dubs SLO ‘happiest city in America’

Governor Jerry Brown signed into law Assembly Bill 131, part of the California version of the federal Development, Relief and Education for Alien Minors (DREAM) Act, on Oct. 8. The bill, which took effect in January 2013, allowed undocumented students to receive state financial aid. It applies to students who went to high school in California for three years and received a high school diploma or equivalent degree.

Since then, Cal Poly added the DREAM Center to campus to offer undocumented students academic, professional, and personal support.

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2013

2014 Local music festival Shabang debuts at Cuesta Ridge Shabang was founded Spring 2014, when friends Carson Stone and Greg Golf decided to host a concert at the top of Cuesta Ridge during their sophomore year of college. Their goal was to throw an event where they could enjoy music outdoors.

What was once a concert quickly turned into a small festival held twice a year. By Shabang IV in 2015, nearly 300 attendees made their way up to Cuesta Ridge to share their love for music.

According to Shabang’s Public Relations and Media Outreach Coordinator Myles Franklin, though the event was informal, people rapidly caught on to what was happening on top of the mountain.

Cal Poly Harlem Shake video goes viral In the past 48 hours, John Smith and Richard Grant became San Luis Obispo legends for something other than the bass they bump. The two are the minds behind the Cal Poly Harlem Shake YouTube sensation. “(Smith) had been posting the Harlem Shake videos like every day,” said Grant, an agricultural business senior. “And I was leaving a meeting for my senior project, walking back through the UU, and my first idea was how great it’d be if Cal Poly could have a Harlem Shake.”

Grant called Smith, and they moved quickly. Smith and Grant organized the entire event in about two days, using Facebook and word of mouth.

“We see how quickly trends come and go. We’re known as the kids who try to get people together to have a good time, but I still couldn’t believe how quickly it spread and how big it blew up on campus,” Smith said.

Central Pacific Ski Club influenced the turnout, he added. More than 200 community members came, he estimated. The video garnered more than 25,000 views in less than 12 hours and drew about 80,000 hits in less than a day. It was spotlighted on the “Today” show and ranked second on Into the AM’s top ten Harlem Shakes list.

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Sequoia Hall catches on fire A fire in Sequoia Hall occurred this past Sunday afternoon, causing 10 students to be displaced from housing.

After an investigation Monday morning, state fire marshals determined the fire in Sequoia Hall on Sunday afternoon was caused by a short in an electrical break that controlled the four rooms in the hall.

“The electrician reset the breaker, and all the electrical equipment in the four rooms came on at once,” a press release from Cal Poly officials said. “The resulting power surge was too much for the infrastructure, and fire ignited in an electrical outlet.”

Three greek chapters under investigation after ‘colonial bros and nava–hos’ party At least three social fraternities and sororities were under investigation by the Office of the Dean of Students for a colonial and Native American-themed party held near campus. The party opening the door for university charges of harassment and intimidation, Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey said Tuesday.

Based on initial reports from neighbors near the party, which Humphrey said was in the area behind the Cal Poly Health Center, approximately 75 to 100 students wore “offensive” costumes.

Those neighbors complained to the Cal Poly Dean of Students, telling Cal Poly officials the men were dressed in colonial attire and women came as “sexually explicit” Native Americans.

A group of Native American faculty also came to student affairs officials Monday and complained about the party, Humphrey said. In an email to campus Monday, Humphrey and Armstrong decried the party, saying there is no place for events like it in the Cal Poly community.

Rioting in the streets at Deltopia Deltopia, an annual event held in Isla Vista, escalated into full-scale riots on Saturday, April 5.

According to a Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Office press release, the huge, alcohol-fueled party, which was attended by more than 15,000 guests, led to more than 100 arrests and 44 hospitalizations. “There were thousands of people everywhere, and everyone was drunk and/or high out of their minds,” journalism freshman Arinee Rahman said. Violence erupted at approximately 9:30 p.m., when a UC Santa Barbara police officer, responding to a report of two stabbings, was hit over the head with a backpack holding several bottles of alcohol. While authorities were making the arrest, hundreds of partiers formed a crowd several blocks long and began throwing things at the police officers, including rocks, bricks and bottles. Kelly Hoover, a spokesperson for Santa Barbara County Sheriff’s Department, said three officers were injured during this incident.

5 football players arrested after fraternity house robbery Five Cal Poly football players were arrested because of their connection with an armed robbery at the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity house on Sunday, Aug. 10. Cameron Akins, 19, was arrested on suspicion of robbery with a firearm, assault on a police officer and resisting arrest early Sunday morning after a confrontation with a police officer outside the fraternity house on California Boulevard, according to a San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) news release. Cortland Fort, 20, who officers found driving away from the area, was arrested on suspicion of robbery. An investigation following the alleged robbery led to the arrest of three more football players: Dominique Love, 19, was arrested on suspicion of robbery, while Jake Brito, 18, and Kristaan Ivory, 20, were arrested on suspicion of conspiracy to commit robbery. All three were arrested on Cal Poly’s campus. All five suspects were suspended from the football team.

2015

2016

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9 injured in roof collapse at St. Fratty’s party

Cal Poly becomes a wet campus

Nine people were injured in the roof collapse on March 7 at a St. Fratty’s Day party on Hathway Avenue, according to Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center spokesperson Ron Yukelson. SLO Fire was dispatched at 6:24 a.m. to the 300 block of Hathway, where approximately 1,000 students were celebrating St. Fratty’s Day. Once there, they declared the situation a “mass casualty incident” and dedicated resources to medical, transportation and rescue services.

With the opening of Mustang Station (formally Ciao), anyone who is 21 and older can now purchase a beer or a glass of wine in a nontraditional restaurant setting.

This option is a first in Cal Poly’s history. Changes to the campus alcohol policy have allowed the university to officially be considered a wet campus, which made this kind of establishment possible.

The policy change was considered nearly three years ago when public policy graduate student Jason Colombini was Associated Students, Inc (ASI) president. However, the first time he proposed the policy change was when he was on the Board of Directors two years prior.

Before the proposal of making Cal Poly a wet campus, students were already talking about having alcohol served on campus as early as 2004, according to Colombini. That year, former ASI President Blake Bolon received approval for alcohol to be served at Krukow’s Klubhouse during baseball season.

Sage Grill, which was located in the former Vista Grande dining hall, began serving wine and alcohol to the Cal Poly donation group, Stampede Club. This created a gray area for students, Colombini said.

Heidi Harmon inaugurated as mayor

UPD arrest student in connection with SLO solidarity death threat

All Greek life was suspended in Winter of 2015 after a series of sexual assault investigations linked to fraternities on campus. Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) was suspended for six years after a sexual assault investigation. Alpha Gamma Rho (AGR) was also under investigation after an alleged sexual assault but only received a one-year suspension. Delta Sigma Phi (DSP) was disaffiliated in spring of 2015 after an investigation found them guilty in facilitating the distribution of illegal drugs.

PIKE is set to return to campus for the 2020 academic year.

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This year’s WOW class came to San Luis Obispo 10 days before school started as part of a revamped WOW program that, among other things, made attendance mandatory, had daily participation until as late as midnight and made off-campus partying more difficult. The university’s reason was to connect new students to the campus’ key resources earlier. “We program late on Friday and Saturday nights because one of the priorities we had was to have enough activities that engaged students on campus that kept them, frankly, from wandering the streets,” Director of New Student and Transition Programs Andrene Kaiwi-Lenting said. The changes to WOW — mandatory attendance, long days and anti-party laws and fines — had mixed effects on traditional WOW culture, mostly characterized by parties, relatively high emergency calls and citation handouts. Whether or not WOW culture will change or has already changed is a difficult question. Another important question was raised by Kawai-Lenting, one that had less to do with whether or not WOW culture has changed, but the purpose of WOW itself. “A lot of good is coming from time spent with our students in WOW, but is WOW the only method for orienting students?” Kawai-Lenting said.

According to a campus-wide email sent from the Office of the President, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office and FBI began an excavation project near the Cal Poly “P” Sept. 6 to determine if the remains of Kristin Smart, a Cal Poly student who went missing in May 1996, are near the area. After reviewing her case, the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office has reason to believe that Kristin Smart’s remains could be buried on the hillside near the Cal Poly “P,” according to a press release from the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff’s Office. Human Remains Detection dogs were brought in from FBI headquarters in January and they independently pointed to the three locations of interest near the “P,” according to the Sheriff’s Office press release. The “P” is just one of the locations being looked at. The Sheriff’s Office will not disclose the other locations at this time.

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2019

WOW made mandatory

New developments in Kristen Smart case leads to excavation near Cal Poly P

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SLO Solidarity, a student-led activist group on campus, organized a protest against hate speech written on the Free Speech Wall.

After discussions with administration, SLO Solidarity officially sent its demands to the President’s Office. Following those demands, SLO Solidarity leader Matt Klepfer received a death threat. University Police Department arrested student Charles Raymond Bird around noon on Friday on felony threats and hate crime charges. Following the threats, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong walked with Klepfer in a “unity march”. Many community members, students, and faculty sent in letters to the editor engaging in the conversation about the group, the actions made by administration and diversity on our campus.

Greek life suspended after 3 sexual assault investigations and stabbing

Over 300 community members gathered to watch the mayoral inauguration of Heidi Harmon, welcome new city council members Andy Pease and Aaron Gomez and bid old city council members adieu. Harmon won the mayoral race by a sheer margin of 47 votes. For many, the election gave San Luis Obispo residents a renewed appreciation for the significance of local politics. Mary Wood, a Cal Poly alumna and SLO resident since 1974, has known Heidi for a long time and said she’s very excited to have her as mayor. Harmon says her time as a community organizer has created a solid foundation with students in SLO. “When we’re talking about anything, but especially issues that directly impact the student community, I want to make sure they [students] are at the table for those,” Harmon said. “So when we talk about housing, especially more housing on campus, making sure we’re not doing that without the students being part of that conversation.”

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2017

Fremont Hall closes after year of heavy rain

The residence hall was originally evacuated on Feb. 18, 2017 due to a mudslide on the nearby hillside. On Feb. 22, the hall was closed for the remainder of the 2016-17 academic year due to an expected growth in the slide area and an increase in the mud and debris encroaching on the study hall area.

Fremont Hall was slated to reopen in September 2018, however, after reassessment, the building remains closed indefinitely.

Unidentified individual punches man distributing pro-Nazi fliers

Around 1 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 14, a young man was punched by an unidentified person with a covered face in front of Robert E. Kennedy Library. The young man was passing out fliers with neo-Nazi sentiment Wednesday in the same location.

The fliers portrayed a Nazi symbol with the words, “American Nazi Party” and “Symbol of White Power.” University Police Department (UPD) officials were called out about someone distributing hate speech, university spokesperson Matt Lazier said.

They spoke to the man and determined that no laws were broken and his actions were protected under free speech, so he was allowed on his way, Lazier said. While the man was handing out fliers again Thursday, he was approached and punched in the face by an unidentified suspect who ran away. UPD was called out but the man who was punched declined to file a report or provide officers with his name, Lazier said.

Since no crime was reported, police have no additional information at the time.

2018

New residential community opens

One of Cal Poly’s ongoing construction projects, the yakʔitʸutʸu Residential Community, will open to freshmen fall 2018. The residential community’s name honors the Yakʔitʸutʸu yak tiłhini, a tribe native to San Luis Obispo and known post-colonially as the Northern Chumash, and each of the seven residence halls within the community will be named for one of the Yakʔitʸutʸu yak tiłhini’s local tribal sites. Additionally, the residential community itself will feature tributes to the first people’s culture.

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Student speaks out about Title IX case involving alleged repeat sexual assailant A Cal Poly student who was accused of at least seven incidents of sexual assault was found not in violation of campus policies on sexual misconduct for at least one incident. However, he was expelled from his fraternity, Delta Tau Delta (DTD), for reasons related to the accusations.

Animal science junior Sydra Gianassi said she filed a complaint in late May after she was sexually assaulted by the student the night of March 11. The alleged assailant denied that sexual and physical activity between him and Gianassi was non-consensual. Gianassi is one of three women who filed Title IX complaints against the same student regarding sexual assault. These three formal complaints are among at least seven that have been brought forward to Safer. Gianassi’s Title IX investigation began June 6 and was conducted by Liz Paris of Van Dermyden Maddux Law Corporation, retained by Cal Poly. Gianassi provided Mustang News with a copy of her Investigation Report compiled by Paris, as well as emails between her and Cal Poly’s Title IX Coordinator Brian Gnandt. Gianassi talked with Mustang News at length about the ordeal. The language of the report refers to Gianassi as the “Complainant” and the accused assailant as the “Respondent.”

Man runs through glass door at Rec Center

A man ran through a glass door in the lobby at the Recreation Center on Monday afternoon while chasing after a basketball. The entire door shattered, but he was not injured. “I didn’t actually believe what I was seeing at first and then I was like, ‘Alright, now we need to go fix that,’” facilities supervisor and recreation, parks and tourism administration sophomore Hannah Saltonstall said. This is the first time that door has shattered. A few years ago, there was a crash elsewhere in the building, according to Saltonstall. “I was kind of scared, shocked and amazed that no one got hurt,” kinesiology sophomore Emily Werner said. “They ran completely through the door and ended up on the other side with no scratches on him.” Immediately after the incident, bystanders were seen taking photos and some put the photos on Snapchat, according to Werner. The Recreation Center is celebrating its fiveyear anniversary tomorrow in the lobby.

Lambda Chi Alpha President denies member’s blackface was racially motivated; university investigating News broke out as a photo of agricultural business senior and Lambda Chi Alpha member Kyler Watkins dressed in blackface had been circulating on social media.

According to Lambda Chi President Logan Boersma, the photo was taken at a Lambda Chi brotherhood event this past weekend and said the blackface was not racially motivated. These actions and decisions of Kyler Watkins and Lamda Chi Alpha sparked a series of protests calling for the expulsion of Watkins.

Protests continue as campus clubs boycott Open House More than 40 clubs boycotted the Open House club showcase April 14 and silently marched off campus in protest of Cal Poly administration’s response to a Lambda Chi Alpha member pictured in blackface at a gangster-themed brotherhood event. As it was a silent protest, some participants had tape over their mouths. Participating clubs set up their booths for Open House, leaving a statement of solidarity with Black, Latinx and Indigenous students. The booths were left unmanned, with only the letter and information about race issues at Cal Poly remaining. Protesters began by marching from Centennial Lawn by the Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics (building 180 ) to Dexter Lawn, where President Jeffrey Armstrong welcomed prospective students and their families to Open House.

Administration proposes fee for out-of-state-students to fund low-income in-state students Cal Poly administration has proposed an increase in incoming out-of-state students’ fees to fund a grant to help incoming low-income California students. The Cal Poly Opportunity Grant (CPOG) will help pay Cal Poly fees for incoming California-resident students who meet specific low-income qualifications. The fee would begin as $2,010 per year for out-of-state students, either starting their freshman year or transferring to Cal Poly in fall 2018. The fee would then increase by that amount for each new year. Freshmen starting in fall 2019 would pay $4,020 per year and freshmen starting in 2020 would pay $6,030 per year. Students starting in 2021 and beyond would pay $8,040 per year. The grant will be available to Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) recipients, but will not be open to low-income out-of-state students.

2019

2020

Cal Poly launches reimagined logo

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Cal Poly debuted their reimagined brand after a year-long development effort, redefining “Learn by Doing” with a new logo, extended color palette and brand narrative.

While the iconic “Learn by Doing” tagline remains, University Marketing said the refreshed brand more clearly articulates Cal Poly’s past, present and future, while emphasizing the readiness of graduates to make an impact on the world. Cal Poly partnered with higher education marketing firm SimpsonScarborough for $340,000 project. The logo was poorly received by Cal Poly students.

Biological sciences senior Drake Murphy created a petition on Change.org to “stop the rebrand” and new logo, accumulating almost 5,000 online signatures in 24 hours.

Cal Poly students drafted a bill to increase housing cost transparency it goes into effect next year

Left-hand turns on Highway 101 blocked after student death Left-hand turns at four crossings on High-

Administration and faculty union spar over police racial profiling accusations

New Vista Grande dining complex opening pushed back a third time Cal Poly’s Vista Grande Dining Complex is set to open at the start of Spring 2020.

After starting construction nine months behind schedule in 2017, the original completion date has been pushed back three times from Fall 2018 to Fall 2019, and now to Spring 2020.

Students will find six dining venues unique to Cal Poly on the second story, including Balance Café, Hearth, Streets, Noodles, Brunch and a dessert location, according to Cal Poly Corporation Communications Specialist Aaron Lambert.

By Winter 2020, Cal Poly’s web interface will start its transition from PolyLearn to a new service called Canvas. Until fall 2020, Canvas and PolyLearn-Moodle will be used in tandem to ease the transition — however, the planning process has already begun. The CTLT provided a Canvas “sandbox” for professors looking to get a head start on the interface and begin building their courses in the new system, along with outside workshops and support resources for professors.

Alongside the switch to eduroam from SecureMustangWireless, the introduction of Canvas represents a trend of unifying technological services between California State University and UC schools.

CSU searching for a new president, Cal Poly searching for new provost After almost seven years at Cal Poly, Provost and Executive Vice President for Academic Affairs Kathleen Enz Finken announced her retirement in January 2019. Now, the university is searching for a new provost to serve as the senior member of the president’s executive management staff and President Jeffrey Armstrong’s second in command. She provided guidance and support for leadership, faculty and staff in all six of Cal Poly’s colleges, along with other offices, including Financial Aid and Admissions, according to the Academic Affairs website.

During this time, the California State University System (CSU) is also searching for new leadership after Chancellor Timothy P. White, the seventh chancellor of the CSU, announced his retirement Tuesday, Oct. 22.

DECADE

An allegation of racial profiling by University Police on Thursday has sparked an investigation and spurred a series of hostile emails between President Armstrong and Cal Poly’s faculty union.

An email to all members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) alleged a faculty member of color was placed in handcuffs, searched for weapons and released without a citation or reason earlier this quarter. The name of the faculty member was not disclosed due to privacy and retribution concerns. The email was sent on Thursday, Nov. 14, but did not specify the exact date the alleged incident occurred.

The email said the faculty member continues to fear being randomly stopped again by campus police and said they came to the CFA because of their loss of confidence in Cal Poly administration.

“Given how little progress has been achieved to date at Cal Poly, we must start depending on ourselves as a community of faculty, staff, and students to do the real work of racial justice and social transformation that this campus so sorely needs and demand more progress from ourselves and the administration,” the CFA email read.

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Cal Poly released the results of the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) survey Thursday, Oct 17 in the Recreation Center Multi-Activity Center as part of the university’s $243,000 partnership with diversity expert Damon Williams.

The data showed that minority individuals across many backgrounds and identities — including women, LGBTQIA folks, disabled persons, financially challenged persons and members of underrepresented ethnic and racial backgrounds — have negative experiences on campus and do not feel a strong sense of belonging and a sense of community. The data showed it is most difficult for Black students to feel positively about their sense of belonging and community.

“The statistics pull that out,” Armstrong said. “The data is all lining up and helping us better understand, so we can hopefully get better.”

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way 101, including El Campo Road where computer engineering freshman Jordan Grant was killed, will soon be blocked.

Caltrans will start restricting the medians at intersections between Los Berros Road in Nipomo and Traffic Way near Arroyo Grande May 13, according to Caltrans Public Information Officer Jim Shivers. The project is expected to cost $250,000.

This comes after the San Luis Obispo Council of Governments (SLOCOG) board recommended stopping left-hand turns to cut down on unsafe crossings in the county April 3.

On October 7, 2018, Jordan was traveling south on Highway 101 to watch a launch at Vandenberg Air Force Base when a driver crossing at El Campo Road hit his motorcycle. Jordan’s father, James Grant, campaigned to have the intersection shut down.

Survey shows life more difficult for minority groups on campus

A bill drafted by Cal Poly students to increase housing cost transparency was signed into law Oct. 4 and will go into effect Jan. 1, 2020. The bill is an update on Senate Bill (SB) 467, which originally only required Universities of California (UC) and California State Universities (CSU) to post information on the average cost of a one-bedroom apartment in areas near campus online, according to the bill. The new bill requires the UC and CSU to provide information about the cost of housing outside of campus, estimates of other cost-of-living expenses, descriptions of how these estimates were calculated and a statement emphasizing how the costs may differ.

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PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 Enjoy the moments that you have with family members in the weeks to come, Pisces. These are the most reliable people in your life.

OPINION

SELF CARE VS. CONSUMER CARE

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BY GRACE KITAYAMA

Grace Kitayama is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News columnist.

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

Stressed? Buy a bath bomb. Depressed? Buy a face mask. Tired?

Buy a Yerba Mate. Can’t sleep? Buy a pair of blue light glasses. Worried about your physical health? Buy a Hydroflask and refill it three times

a day.

Self care is any activity we do in order to take care of our physical, mental and emotional health. The buzzword has evolved past an idea, morphing into a trend and occasionally popping up as a meme.

I, for one, really support self care, and I think it is important that everyone should work to improve themselves. However, what I think is a common misconception of self care is that it should always be enjoyable.

When I see “self care” threads on Instagram spewing out vague, unsolicited advice and advertising makeup products, I can’t help but feel like these are all distractions from actual self care. The self care promoted on social media by these accounts is pushing a consumer care that is more of a coping mechanism than actual self care.

This is not to say that buying products to make one feel good about themselves is a bad thing. Consumer care encourages people to take time for themselves and de-stress

without feeling like they are being selfish. It’s hard to schedule a time to take care of yourself between all the other aspects of life, but self care looks different to everyone and this promotion of consumer care perpetuates the idea that there is only one way to take care of yourself and that is by spending money.

As a student, I never have time to do what I need to do and do what I want. I am also a serial procrastinator and I am very lazy. Of course, I will buy something that’s marketed as a “quick fix” to any part of my life. But that is why self care products themselves can be harmful for the same reason they are appealing: they are portrayed a quick fix to a problem in your life.

Students have to deal with issues such as debt, mental health problems, sleep deprivation, malnourishment and procrastination just as a part of their everyday lives. Those issues can weigh on a person every day and none of them have a clear or easy solution. As a result, we try to focus on the more tangible manage-

able tasks at hand, like taking care of your skin, or drinking more water (which is good for your skin) because no one can argue that you are not taking care of yourself, you are just taking care of the less glaring parts of your life.

But that’s what a coping mechanism is. It is a distraction, an instant gratification, an easy fix that actually does nothing to solve the problem at hand. It’s procrastination at its finest and sneakiest. It is focusing on a smaller problem rather than addressing the larger one at hand. It is easier to do the laundry and take out the garbage than to write that final paper that you have been dreading for weeks.

It’s easier (and significantly cheaper) to drink or smoke when you are feeling anxious than to talk to a therapist about what’s causing your anxiety. It’s easier to put off making plans with toxic friends than to actively cut them out of your life. And it’s easier to say you’re participating in self care than to actually do it.

There are definite perks to consumer care, but at a certain point the product being used to treat whatever solution you are seeking may only further exacerbate it.

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Cal Poly Women’s Volleyball celebrates after winning three consescutive sets against Georgia during the first round of the NCAA Tournament at Stanford University.

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VOLLEYBALL PULLS OFF REVERSE SWEEP IN NCAA TOURNAMENT BEFORE FALLING TO STANFORD

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BY NAYTHAN BRYANT Cal Poly Volleyball climbed out of a 2-0 deficit with three consecutive set wins against Georgia in the first round of the NCAA Tournament Friday, Dec. 6 inside Maples Pavilion. Junior outside hitter Maia Dvoracek had a team-high 14 kills in the victory. Senior outside hitter Torrey Van Winden, who made her first return to the court since last season, added 13 kills to advance the Mustangs to the second round.

“I think it takes a very special group of people to do something like that,” Van Winden said.

“Being able to pull that off just proves that we have all the pieces we need to go really far in this tournament.”

Georgia put themselves on the board first through a kill by junior outside hitter Rachel Ritchie. Van Winden responded with a kill of her own to even the score at 1-1 before a block from Avalon DeNecochea granted Cal Poly their first lead of the set.

A block from sophomore middle blocker Meredith Phillips drew Cal Poly level at 13-13 before the Mustangs produced a 4-1 run to pull ahead with their largest lead of the set. However, backto-back Cal Poly attack errors equalized the score again at 19-19.

After trading points to a score of 23-23, a Georgia kill and a Cal Poly attack error combined to give the Bulldogs the first set victory at 25-23.

Georgia carried its momentum into the second set and jumped to an early 4-0 lead behind two service aces. Cal Poly rebounded with three consecutive points later in the set to shorten the deficit to one point at 7-6.

The Mustangs took advantage of a 4-1 run to take their first lead at 16-14. After a tie score of 17-17, Georgia regained the lead through backto-back kills from sophomore outside hitter Kayla Rivera. Georgia maintained its three-point lead as a Cal Poly attack error capped off the second set at 25-22.

Georgia and Cal Poly traded points to open the third set until a tie score of 9-9. Georgia followed up with a 4-2 run thanks to two kills from junior middle blocker Kianna Young to take the lead at 13-11.

The Mustangs remained close behind until a

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kill from Van Winden drew the score level yet again at 17-17. Cal Poly went on a 4-2 run before a Van Winden kill brought the score to 24-20 in Cal Poly’s favor. A Georgia attack error ended any chance at a Bulldog sweep as the Mustangs secured the third set victory at 25-20.

“I think our defense stepped up,” head coach Caroline Walters said when asked about Cal Poly’s third set win. “I thought [we were] pretty lax in sets one and two in terms of making plays and creating energy for ourselves. I thought we were getting served off the court, and we were not serving aggressive enough in sets one and two.”

The fourth set began in a similar fashion, as Cal Poly and Georgia traded points to a score of 1414. The set’s parity continued as the score was extended to 19-19 through back-and-forth play.

Two consecutive kills from Evans gave Georgia a 21-20 lead, but Cal Poly managed a 5-1 run to cap off the fourth set with a 25-22 victory.

Cal Poly opened the fifth set with a commanding 8-4 lead thanks to kills from Dvoracek. Georgia pulled the score within three points at 10-7, but a 3-0 run by the Mustangs doubled their advantage at 13-7. Evans produced back-to-back kills to bring the score to 13-9 before a service error put Cal Poly within one point of victory at 14-9.

Senior outside hitter Jessica McRoskey provided the final kill of the match as Cal Poly earned the reverse sweep.

“I think ‘Mott Magic’ traveled up the 101,” Walters said. “We were so lucky to have so many of our people here tonight … To have the support of a community that is willing to drive three and a half hours for these girls is a testament to their hard work. It’s a testament to our town and their love of Cal Poly. It absolutely was a huge factor for us tonight.”

Cal Poly’s NCAA Tournament run came to an end with a 3-0 defeat to No. 3 Stanford Saturday, Nov. 7 inside Maples Pavilion.

“I think this post season shows how much growth we still have left in us and what we need to get to that next level of beating teams like Stanford,” Dvoracek said. “We get our break and we get to go home for winter, but I will bet that every single one of our returners will come back hungry.

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