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An inside look at a UPD patrol James Hayes @jimbles_hayes
University Police Department (UPD) officers roam campus throughout the week, watching over Cal Poly and the surrounding neighborhoods. However, this is a small portion of their job. Last Saturday evening, Mustang News had the opportunity to ride alongside UPD officer Neal McAllister during one of his weekend patrols. Officer McAllister works the swing shift — the shift preceding the graveyard shift — from 9 p.m. to 3 a.m. He began his shift by drinking a protein shake. “I drink four of these a night,” he said, only to be cut off by another officer who advised not to get him talking about his protein shakes, or else he’d be talking for hours. At 9:30 p.m., all the officers met with Sgt. Shawn Bishop to brief the sergeant on what happened the previous shift. This process happens between each shift to pass along any information that may be helpful or key for the following shift. After the briefing, Officer McAllister’s patrol began. His first call was responding to a fire alarm in Cerro Vista apartments. He climbed into his patrol car, which he referred to as his “baby,” and headed off toward the residence hall to investigate. “Most of our calls are either alcohol-related, or someone who didn’t know how to make bacon,” he said.
UPD doesn’t only respond to on-campus On the weekends, McAllister spends evecrimes or alcohol-related offenses. It handles nings patrolling the neighborhoods looking problems with facilities, fire alarms and lost for students who are drunk in public, carand found. rying open containers of alcohol or other McAllister’s patrol took him throughout signs of danger, but keeping a sharp eye out campus and through several of the sur- for basic traffic violations. rounding neighborhoods. He patrolled in Stopping someone for a traffic violaneighborhoods on Hathway Avenue, Fred- tion or a fix-it ticket can mean stopping ericks Street and downtown. someone who is also under the influence, Despite receiving the San Luis Obispo McAllister said. City Council’s formal blessing to enforce McAllister’s job is not about getmunicipal code violations within a ting students in trouble, one-mile radius of Cal Poly, but protecting them from UPD officers are state their mistakes. Working officers, so their juon campus, he is able risdiction extends to forge a relationover all of Caliship with the stufornia. They are dents. “Most of our calls are able to respond “Some will say to and detain ‘Hey, Officer either alcohol-related, people anyMc A l l iste r !’ or someone who didn’t where in San when they see Luis Obispo, me drive by,” he know how to even outside of said. make bacon.” the county. That protecMcAllister was tion, however, in constant condoes not mean letNEAL MCALLISTER tact with dispatch the ting people off with UPD OFFICER whole night. He spoke warnings. Arresting stuin the radio to other officers dents for being drunk in pubwhenever he moved from one area to lic or having open containers of alcothe next, pulled someone over and anytime hol prevents some students from harming he responded to anyone 911 calls that night. themselves later. “Dispatch is kind of like our parents,” he “If I were to let them go, and they stumsaid. “If you’re quiet for too long, they’ll ra- bled into traffic and got hit by a car, I would dio in basically asking us ‘How are you?’” be held responsible,” he said.
Baseball team squeaks out win over alumni Ty Schilling @CPMustangSports
The Cal Poly baseball team began its 2016 season playing a friendly game against program alumni on Saturday. Despite scoring seven runs in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game at 10,
He kept the mood light, using the loud speakers in his car to shout “Run, Forrest! Run!” to a small group of students running down the street. He joked with another who was dressed as a sergeant, asking “Hey sarge, how’s it going tonight?” This particular Saturday night, five party buses had parked on Hathway Avenue with a crowd of students heading to themed parties. Students dressed as angels, demons, referees, athletes, hunters and deer swarmed the street, adopting a complacent and docile demeanor when they saw the approaching patrol car. Most of the party buses that depart from Campus Bottle on California Boulevard go downtown to other venues that fraternities and sororities have rented out for the night. McAllister drove through those areas to keep an eye out for students who may be intoxicated. Around 9:50 p.m., Officer McAllister spotted a student laying on the curb, surrounded by friends. He hit the brakes, radioed in that he had stopped to check out the situation and stepped out of his patrol car to approach the student. “How are you doing tonight?” he asked, getting only a slurred response back. McAllister proceeded to question the student, asking “What is the legal drinking age in California? What does seven 3/4 make?” to see if the student was able to respond correctly and coherently. Continued on page 2
English graduate student David Llamas performing a literal reading of an Amazon Review titled, “Amazon Review.” English senior Bailey Satterfield: “Greatest Fear.” An intense look at the darker side of a romantic relationship through narrative prose.
the alumni failed to hold off the young Cal Poly team. The Mustangs responded with four runs of their own and held off the alumni for two more innings, winning 14-10. Continued on page 8
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Getting adopted by a French family Kristine Xu @Kristiners
Kristine Xu is a journalism junior studying abroad in Paris, France. The first time I took a bath at my host family’s apartment, I put the plug in the bathtub drain and got ready to enjoy a delightfully relaxing evening. However, my few blissful moments of peace came crashing down when I discovered the plug wouldn’t come out. No amount of prying with my fingernails or swearing under my breath would work. I quickly regressed to animalistic instinct while trying to figure out a quick and discreet way of disposing of the body of bathwater. I scrounged around in the cupboard and found a bucket to empty the water into the sink. However, I didn’t predict the amount of noise the water was going to make splashing down the sink, and before I knew it I heard a concerned knock at the door. “That doesn’t sound like a shower. Is everything okay?”
I froze. I was cold, wet and wrapped in just a towel. All I could manage in French at that moment was: “I have a … problem.” Instant regret hit my brain as I realized how bad that sounds without context of the situation. My French mom ran to get my French dad while I got dressed as fast as I could while still soaking wet. We all crowded into the bathroom as I tried to explain with my infantile French what had happened. However, the second I started talking I somehow managed to forget all the words for all the nouns in the bathroom, reducing me to miming the action for a plunger to try and unplug the bathtub. I was beyond embarrassed. My French dad emptied the rest of the bathtub, got a cheese knife from the kitchen and tried to pry it out with the sharp edge. When that didn’t work, my French mom got a wad of duct tape to try and wriggle it out that way. Nothing worked and my French dad resorted to calling the plumber while I apologized profusely. My French mom consoled me and said something I’ll never forget: “The only thing that is tru-
ly serious is death. The rest can be easily fixed one way or another.” There are far and few experiences in life that provide as unique of a learning opportunity as living with a host family does. After spending fall quarter in France, I realized I wasn’t getting the most out of my year abroad in terms of language progression. That’s when I decided to up the ante and move in with a host family. An entire room to myself, two traditional French meals a week, breakfast in the mornings and having living breathing French people to bombard with all of my questions — what more could I want? My French parents live in the 12 district of Paris on the southeastern side of the city. Both of their grown children have moved out, leaving me a spacious bedroom with a gorgeous view of the neighborhood. Their apartment is less than a 30-second walk from the metro and surrounded by all sorts of patisseries,
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All the while, students loading onto party buses looked on, uncomfortably trying to ignore what was going on. After questioning the student and determining that he was unable to take care of himself or others, McAllister arrested him and took him back to the station. Once the student had been taken to the station — slurring incomplete sentences and swearing the whole way — the process of pre-booking began. McAllister took down the student’s name,
bakeries and fruit merchants. Living with a homestay family may
the most rewarding decisions of my study abroad experience. Of course, it’s not necessary to live with a host family to become fluent in a language, but it’s helped me tremendously in terms of navigating French language and culture. Needless to say, it’s been an interesting experience moving back into a family setting. Since I haven’t lived at home since high school, I’ve forgotten what it’s like to have someowne wash my sheets, wake me up in the morning or make breakfast for me before class. It’s quite nice. Contrastingly, it’s been quite challenging to sacrifice speaking English in order to improve my French. By forcing myself into this purely francophone environment, I’ve voluntarily turned into a child again. I no longer have the luxury of
By forcing myself into this purely francophone environment, I’ve voluntarily turned into a child again. ARTS WRITER KRISTINE XU
seem less convenient and more isolated than living among other students, but I’ve found it to be one of
demographic information, emergency contact and where he lived, then provided a brief description of the crime. The student was taken to county jail after all his information had been recorded. The drive down Highway 1 was peaceful on an unusually starry night, disturbed only by the student’s incoherent interjections. The officers at the jail greeted McAllister with black latex gloves and looks on their faces that said they had seen students like this a hundred times before. They joked around the student, attempting to defuse any nervousness the student may have had. After taking his pictures and assessing his health, they lead him into a solitary drunk tank where he would stay the night until he sobered up; he would be released the next morning. For McAllister, his job is not done once the suspect is booked
into county jail. He returned to campus and began the long process of filing the report of the incident. He sat down at his computer to start filling out the report and found that his desktop screensaver had been changed to a picture of The Powerpuff Girls by another officer while he was out. After some initial objections from McAllister and laughter from the other officers, he went to work on the report. The report includes what happened before, during and after the incident. It also includes the crime committed, if the case is closed or open, where copies of the report will be sent and the demographics of the suspect. “People don’t realize that we are constantly filling out paperwork,” McAllister said. “Some reports will be so long that they take hours.” The rest of the night was spent
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patrolling through San Luis Obispo chatting about music, family and life. The night was unusually quiet for a Saturday, most likely due to the festivities planned the next day for the Super Bowl. Officer McAllister filled up on gas, grabbed his third protein shake from the station and set out again after taking a cautionary bathroom break. “If you don’t go to the bathroom when you’re back at the station, you could be out on a scene for hours and realize you have to go, and that’s not fun,” he said. UPD officers are seen every day, but students are only exposed to a small piece of them. A network of experienced officers and dispatchers and student volunteers all work to protect students and people in the community. They work throughout the day to protect students, respond to medical calls and check on students who burned their bacon.
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ASI hires new Chief of Staff Andrew Robinson Naba Ahmed @nabaahmed
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hired political science junior Andrew Robinson as the new chief of staff on Feb. 3. Mustang News sat down with Robinson to discuss his new position. Why did you want to be chief of staff? I was on the Executive Cabinet last year. I had a lot of fun, and it was a great learning experience, especially in leadership development. I want to give back to the students who are on the cabinet this year and give them the same great experience that I was given last year. I want to help them develop as leaders and students. How do you think being a member of the Executive Cabinet prepared you for the chief of staff position? I had actually applied for the chief of staff position last spring, so it was something that I had always thought about. Leading up to it, I talked with last year’s Chief of Staff Jake Rogers about what it was like being in that position. Then I would just watch what he did, how he did it and try to learn from him. Being able to have that
experience of knowing what he did to be successful, and the ways he learned from his mistakes and grew as a person helped me come into this position. I am confident that I can develop and learn from my mistakes as well. What are your responsibilities as chief of staff? Most of the responsibilities lie within managing the cabinet and running meetings. My central duty is basically making sure that the cabinet is working toward fulfilling the goals of the president.
about 10 hours a week, so it is a nice casual internship where I am having a lot of fun getting to know
San Luis Obispo together. A lot of what I was passionate about and worked on last year revolved around the community and building relationships with the neighbors that we live around, and how they interact with on a daily basis us students in Cal Poly. So I am really looking I have four months left forward to a couple projat Cal Poly and I am excited to ects where we can bridge the gap between students be busy helping people because and community.
that’s something that I love doing. NEW CHIEF OF STAFF ANDREW ROBINSON
What are your goals for this position? Mostly, I oversee the cabinet in helping Owen (Schwaegerle) as the president manage everything. Learn by Doing is something that I very strongly believe in. I am a political science major, so having an office like this is great for me. I am learning for the future, learning how to work with people and help others develop themselves and take critical feedback.
the inner workings of the State Department. In the past, I was involved in New Student and Transitions Programs. I was a (Week of Welcome) leader and a Soar leader for two years, and I also worked as an orientation leader, which was a lot of fun. I am graduating in the spring, so I am working on my senior project.
What are you involved in outside of ASI? Currently, I have an internship with the State Department. It is a virtual internship that takes
What projects are you going to be leading? Something that I am really passionate about is bringing students and the permanent residents of
How will you bridge the gap? I know that there are a lot of community members that look unfavorably on students at Cal Poly, so having some face-time interactions with those community members would be good. I want to show them that we are just students, who are not always rambunctious; sometimes we do like to sit down and talk and get to know people. The former chief of staff (Jonathan Lampkin) was involved with the Flex Your Right campaign; what are you going to do to take over? We have some tentative plans for the rest of the year to try to really finish strong with that campaign. There’s nothing solidified
yet, but at least I will be doing some work in paving the future of that campaign. What was the transition like coming into a position, not only mid-term, but also mid-quarter? I haven’t felt overwhelmed at all coming into this position. A lot of people have been helping me; staff and other students in student government pointing me in the right direction, telling me what I
can do to improve and fit into the position easily. What are you looking forward to as chief of staff? It’s the last thing that I could have done to make this my best year here. I have four months left at Cal Poly and I am excited to be busy helping people because that’s something that I love doing. Knowing what’s in the agenda for the upcoming months is exciting for me.
GEORGIE DE MATTOS | MUSTANG NE WS MID-QUARTER SAVE | Andrew Robinson is new ASI chief of staff.
Open forums on UU renovation to be held on Thursday COURTESY PHOTO
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Students and community members can learn more about the possible Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) expansion at an open forum on Thursday morning. The forum will be held from 11 a.m. - 12 p.m. in the left wing of Chumash Auditorium. There will be a presentation to educate attendees about the proposals,
folowed by a question and answer section. “I want students to create their own opinion based on the given information,” Board of Directors Vice Chair Jana Colombini said. On Feb. 24 - 25, students will vote to approve or deny a proposal to renovate and expand the UU. The proposal would mean increased tuition fees for students along with a larger study space, enhanced dining and
possibly a bar and grill, Colombini said. The current Recreation Center was approved in a similar way in 2008. Approximately 37 percent of the student population participated in the vote that approved the current Recreation Center, according to Colombini. “ (Attending the open forum is) extremely important to make sure students are making well-informed decisions,” Colombini said.
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KRISTINE XU | MUSTANG NE WS IMMERSION
| Living with a host family in Paris is an opportunity to engage more deeply with French culture while studying abroad.
knowing exactly what I want to say. My French mom gives me a lot of new foods to try every week and conversations are simplified and enunciated slowly for me to understand. It’s almost as if I’m reliving parts of my childhood again. For example, the hilarious misunderstandings, mortifying experiences, countless questions and games of charades that I remember fondly (and not so fondly) from back then. I quickly forgot about “The Great Bathtub Incident 2k16”
a couple nights later when my host family celebrated Chandeleur, the holiday of crêpes in France. My French parents’ excitement and eagerness to teach me about this holiday reminded me of my parents’ own excitement and eagerness to teach me about Chinese holidays when I was younger. I loved sharing this experience with my French parents while spreading different jams and chocolate onto the paper-thin pancakes. I happily munched on the sugary and chocolaty crepes while my French parents chattered about their days with me. In some ways, it’s quite nice having a support system while living in a different country, and to have someone guide me through the frustrating experience that is studying abroad.
Loverspeak sheds light on funny, serious and sensual Valentine’s Day themes Avrah Baum
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Cal Poly’s literary magazine Byzantium hosted its annual fundraiser last Thursday. Loverspeak was a poetry night dedicated to the four-letter word: love. It was an emotional evening of laughter and thoughtprovoking words.
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See, the way you hold my hand, I’m ready.
English junior Jacob Anshen: “For Bethany” A Shakespearean-esque poem revealing the truths of love.
English graduate student David Llamas: “Amazon Review.” A hilarious, literal reading of an Amazon Review.
English instructor Kevin Clark: “What Could I Do” and “47 Hours.” “What Could I Do” is about a crazy cowboy dream a husband has in which he needs to protect his wife from criminals. “47 Hours” is about a husband’s ineptitude while trying to help his wife as she’s giving birth to their daughter.
English lecturers Jon Bartel and Jennifer Ashley: “Whiskey, Winston, and You” and “Big Apology.” Ashley’s EP Sidecar was released on Feb. 14.
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And that, my friend, is how millennials do love.
English senior Megan Healy: “Tinder; An Adventure.” A shocking and hilarious account of the notorious dating app.
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Baseball is back:
Will 2016 be another Giants year? Amelia Parreira @AmeliaParreira
Amelia Parreira is a journalism junior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News editorial. Once again, we are approaching the absolute best time of year. The cold winter air is evaporating, the trees are blossoming and, like the blooming flowers, baseball season is springing to life once again. And what is baseball season without some early postseason predictions? Take a look at a few teams that are bound to make a grand appearance this year. San Francisco Giants After winning the World Series championship title in 2010, 2012 and 2014, the San Francisco Giants are destined to win in this even-numbered year ... right? The Giants have been working hard this past offseason to make sure that happens. Along with getting essential players like starting pitcher Matt Cain and second baseman Joe Panik back to full health, the Giants have signed high-status ballplayers to beef up the team’s defense.
The club signed former Washington Nationals speedster Denard Span, who is not only expected to fill the gap in the outfield, but also play a big part in Giants’ offense. Span brought in 38 runs last season and 94 runs in the 2014 season. He also came in first with 184 hits in 2014, and was named the National League (NL) MVP the same year. Something that the Giants lacked through much of the 2015 season is a steady pitching lineup. However, the Giants spent a total of $220 million to sign right-handed pitchers Jeff Samardzija and Johnny Cueto. Both pitchers are former All-Stars and should be just what the Giants need to hold up a wall against their opponents. But despite building a fierce and compatible team for the upcoming season, the Giants will have some tough competition ahead of them. Chicago Cubs The Chicago Cubs are in a 107-season championship drought, and couldn’t be thirstier for that Commissioner’s Trophy. The Cubs made it to the postseason in 2015, but had their run cut short by the New York Mets in the National League Championship Series.
Now they are doing whatever they can to make history in 2016, which is more than possible. With young power hitters like Kris Bryant and Anthony Rizzo, the Cubs are another club to have spent big money on free agents this offseason, acquiring core players like Jason Heyward and Ben Zobrist, who was one of the top players on the Giants’ free agent wish list. The Cubs also have solid pitchers like John Lackey and Jake Arrieta. Lackey went 13-10 with a 2.77 ERA in the 2015 season, and Arrieta posted a whopping 22-6 record and a 1.77 ERA. There is no doubt that the Cubs will be hard to beat in the 2016 season.
postseason series. The Diamondbacks also acquired former Atlanta Braves pitcher Shelby Miller in a trade. Miller did not play his all-time best last season, but is expected to turn that back around in the coming months. Along with multiple other trades, the Diamondbacks picked up former Milwaukee Brewers
shortstop Jean Segura. Segura burst onto the scene in 2013, batting .294 with 44 stolen bases to make the NL All-Star team. His stats have regressed slightly since, but Segura remains a threat on the basepaths. After going without a World Series win for almost 15 years, the Diamondbacks are surely going to contend in 2016.
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a Master Plan has been created for future improvements. One example of the future improvements is the impressive and exciting development plans for VG Cafe. The findings highlight some positive aspects of the Cal Poly campus food environment including the high proportion of venues offering healthful entrees. It was also found that the two on-campus markets are better than typical convenience stores and offer a wider range of healthy options, including produce. It could be concluded that a student can make healthy eating choices on campus. However, the findings highlight opportunities for improvement such as increasing healthful entrees, improving the variety of healthful side dishes and beverages, making more nutrition information available at the point of purchase and implementing pricing strategies to facilitate more healthful eating choices. These improvements seem like a good recipe for all college campus dining programs as well as for all food service institutions everywhere.
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campus (most notably the Haggen on Foothill Boulevard), these on-campus stores are in a position to meet the needs of students interested in preparing their own meals or in buying fresh produce. From the news article, it appears that more positive changes are coming. Two initiatives mentioned by Ms. Lorlie Leetham, Associate Vice President for Commercial Services at the Cal Poly Corporation, are especially promising: the local sourcing of foods, and moving to more “made-in-frontof-you” food preparation. As suggested by Ms. Leetham, healthy food is often considered to be expensive and less tasty. But, these pending campus initiatives would serve to increase the availability of healthy options and go a long way toward dispelling those misperceptions. Overall, it is possible to eat healthily at Cal Poly — as long as you know where to go and what to buy. But given students’ dependence on the campus food environment, especially students who are required to purchase a dining plan and have limited access to a kitchen, universities have a responsibility to provide a food environment that fully supports healthy eating. Making healthy eating possible is one thing; making it easy is another. We feel encouraged seeing that Campus Dining is striving toward making this its next step. Letters to the editor may be submitted to editor@mustangnews.net with the subject line “Letter to the editor” to be considered for publication. Submissions should not exceed 700 words, and should include a headline, and your year, major or position.
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Cal Poly led 10-3 before the seventh inning before an RBI single by catcher Chris Hoo started an alumni comeback. Shortstop Peter Van Gansen, who was drafted in 2015, hit a two-run single followed by a Mustang error, accounting for the first four runs of the inning. Nick Torres, a fourth-round pick in the 2014 MLB draft, capped the comeback with a three-run homer over the center field fence. However, the Mustangs had not had their turn. Cal Poly finished the seventh inning with four runs of its own. After loading the bases, Cal Poly
received two walks, giving them a two-run lead, and sophomore catcher Austin Kron smacked a double to bring home two more runs. The remaining innings were scoreless. Junior catcher Brett Barbier had three of Cal Poly’s 16 hits, including a triple. Junior infielder Alec Smith added a pair of hits. Freshman outfielder Alex McKenna also added a pair of hits, including a second-pitch home run as the leadoff hitter for the Mustangs in the first inning. The alumni finished with 10 hits, including three by Hoo. Brian Mundell helped with the alumni’s comeback by adding
a two-run homer in the sixth inning. Mustangs freshman pitcher Cam Schneider pitched five innings, allowing only one run and two hits. Freshmen pitcher Justin Bruihl pitched two scoreless innings after the alumni tied the score in the seventh inning. Bruihl earned the win, giving up only one hit and striking out the final batter. Cal Poly has its official season opener next weekend in a four-game series against Pacific in Baggett Stadium. The series begins Friday at 6 p.m., followed by a doubleheader at 1 p.m. on Saturday and the series conclusion at 1 p.m. on Sunday.
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| Junior catcher Brett Barbier had three hits, including a triple, in Cal Poly’s 14-10 win over the alumni team on Saturday. The Mustangs begin their regular season this Friday at home.