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see PHISHY,

pg 3.

SOMETHING’S PHISHY

Cybersecurity at home, abroad and at Cal Poly This map shows attacks against the Cal Poly network from Sept.

1, 2013 to the end of 2013, in which a hacker connected to a computer and attempted to guess passwords.

Rock and Riot: Local band strums out at SLO Brew Brenna Swanston @BrennaSwanston PREVIEW

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BASEBALL SNAGS SERIES OVER NO. 12 UCLA see BASEBALL, pg 12.

MEN’S HOOPS

SNAPS

SKID

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Local band Night Riots (formerly known as PK) performed at SLO Brewing Co. this past Friday night. Bands Breach the Summit and The Epilogues opened the show. Night Riots got the crowed moshing and singing along. “Their music has so much emotion,” Paso Robles native Eric Young said. “They play their hearts out.” >>

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AGAINST UCR

see MEN’S HOOPS, pg 11.

see ROCK, pg 7.

Student life restrictions attract attention Benjy Egel @BenjyEgel

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After taking a series of steps to increase Cal Poly’s presence in out-of-classroom student life, administrators insist their presence has been overblown and is for the students’ own good.

The administration isn’t making more moves in student life than before, Vice

President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey said. But greek life party restrictions and talks of mandatory oncampus living for freshmen and sophomores have garnered attention across campus and even at a national level.

“I don’t think that Cal Poly is showing a trend of getting more involved in student life, I just think that the actions are a bit more visible and high profile,” Humphrey wrote in

an email to Mustang News.

“If you call our interest in student success a greater involvement in student life, then I think that is a good thing.”

Statistics from other universities show students who live on campus perform better academically than those who live off campus, administrators have said. >>

see OFF CAMPUS, pg 2.

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Cal Poly launches campus climate survey Kayla Missman @kaymissman The campus climate survey, which will be sent out on Feb. 26, will be used to make real change on campus.

“A lot of people are quite concerned that we’re going to do this survey, and a report is going to come out and it’s going to sit on someone’s bookshelf and collect dust,” said Annie Holmes, executive director of the Office of University Diversity and Inclusivity.

“We don’t want this to come out and spend a lot of time talking about the findings.

We want to put action to it.”

What is campus climate?

“Campus climate is defined as the attitudes and behaviors that shape the working

and learning environment,” Holmes said. “We’re not talking about the weather, but in a sense, we’re talking about the feeling.”

How was the survey created?

When Cal Poly was reviewed by the Western Association of Schools and Colleges accreditation board, they recommended the university get more information about what was really happening on campus, Holmes said.

Though some small-scale surveys had been done before, this is the first university-wide, comprehensive look at campus climate.

To create the questions on the survey, Holmes formed a “working group” of faculty, staff and students on campus. Each person in the group was selected because

they would make a valuable contribution. They “tried to draw from a broad scope of experience and intersectionality,” she said.

A third-party expert was also hired, who had experience creating campus climate surveys. She brought 200 questions to the working group, which sorted through and selected which ones were the most significant. They added their own questions, as well, she said.

What will be on the survey?

The only question everyone will answer is the first one: whether they are a faculty, staff or a student. From there, the survey will ask questions about the person’s experience on campus unique to their position.

There’s a broad range of

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SURVEY SAYS | “Campus climate is defined as the attitudes and behaviors that shape the working and

learning environment,” executive director of the Office of Diversity and Inclusivity Annie Holmes said.

questions, Holmes said.

Questions about demographics are consistent across the board, but there will also be questions about sexuality and spirituality, as well as how physically accessible resources are on campus.

For faculty and staff, the questions are geared toward work-life balance.

She’s heard that faculty and staff might feel overworked or overwhelmed, and this is a good opportunity for them to express that, she said.

The goal is to find out whether the campus climate is welcoming and supportive in and out of the classroom, she said.

“What we’re really trying to get to is the experiences and the perceptions of the faculty, staff and students,” Holmes said. “What institutional actions are in place

now that are assisting with those, and what are some of the things that we need to change and do differently?”

What will happen with the results?

The goal of the survey is to get hard data that will back up concerns the administration has heard in the past, and to use that to make progress.

The survey needs a 30 percent response rate to be statistically significant, but Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong is aiming for a 50 percent rate, Holmes said. The more people that take it, the better.

“We can start putting some of their stories together, and that will give us a bigger picture of what we’re dealing with on campus,” Holmes said. “It will

help inform the work that we need to do to follow up.”

The working group, which is still meeting, is brainstorming and preparing resources to address issues.

Once the results are in, they will pick the top two to three problems and make initiatives to implement change right away, Holmes said.

Some of these changes might include looking at the Diversity Learning Objectives and educating faculty, staff and students about different topics to change the culture on campus.

“We want to make sure that everyone feels that they can be a Mustang, and they are part of this community and they can be successful within the community,” Holmes said. “That’s really the ultimate goal for doing this.”

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Off campus continued from pg 1.

Statistics from other universities show students who live on campus perform better academically than those who live off campus, administrators have said. Humphrey said he and Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong agree bringing all freshmen and sophomores to campus would enhance their performance in school.

Most students Mustang News spoke to did not approve of mandatory on-campus living for freshmen and sophomores, with concerns ranging from the impairment of individual freedom to not fully developing life skills.

Mathematics sophomore Pascal Purro was not excited about the prospect of spending his first two years on campus.

“I personally enjoyed my first year here, but I did not — at all — want to live on campus for a second year,” he said. “I think it should be up to the students to decide, and to make it mandatory would probably be a turn-off for a lot of students.”

In addition to the talks of required on-campus housing, students and the university have disagreed on how strictly the university should manage off-campus parties.

Greek life was recently released from a month-long social probation by reaching a party registration compromise with the school.

But Cal Poly’s social climate isn’t crazy enough to require serious party restrictions, Purro said.

“What we’ve had, except for a few speed bumps, has been working,” he said.

“Students like it, and obviously the school doesn’t, but I think that we’re sitting pretty right now.”

While some have called the fraternities’ new party rules overbearing, the school collaborated with elected student leaders to reach the compromise. Cal Poly wants to make sure people are partying safely, not get rid of partying entirely, Humphrey said.

“Every university has a segment of its students that like to throw parties and have a good time,” he said. “That’s part of the college experience.”

The party scene is so closely connected with the college experience that Associated Students Inc. (ASI) President Jason Colombini said one ASI Board of Directors member told him she didn’t consider going to schools without vibrant greek life. He compared it to Cal Poly Athletics, which attracts otherwise intelligent students interested in playing for or rooting on Division I sports teams.

“College is all about balance,” Colombini said. “If you want a balance between having really qualified, academic people who are also socially able to interact with others, you’re going to look for that.”

If Cal Poly infringes too heavily on the party culture surrounding California Avenue and Hathway Street, academically qualified students looking for a social school could go elsewhere. The administration knows partying is part of the some students’ ideal college experience, Humphrey said.

Strict prohibition is less effective than having students learn from educational programs like Aware Awake Alive, Colombini added.

Many college students want to party, and university rules are only a hurdle, not a roadblock.

“The students who are interested (in partying) are going to do it regardless of how many restrictions you put on it,” Colombini said. “If you’re going to do it, fine. But know the signs of alcohol poisoning. Be aware. Know your surroundings. Be smart about it.”

Not all moves to restrict partying have come from within Cal Poly. The City of San Luis Obispo implemented double fines for drinking-related offenses during Week of Welcome.

Ending the annual Cesar Chavez Day party at Shell Beach took a combined effort from Cal Poly and the Pismo Beach Police Department.

After 2012’s party left trash strewn across the beach and cost the city $8,000, Colombini used his status as Interfraternity Council president to organize a next-day cleanup crew in 2013.

The crew ended up having little work to do, since the Cal Poly Academic Senate voted to move the class schedule so spring break would end on April 2, increasing the probability students would be out of town for Cesar Chavez Day. Students who came back to celebrate early found police all over the beach, ready to cite partygoers for having open containers of alcohol or underage drinking.

$8,000 COST TO SAN LUIS OBISPO AS A RESULT OF 2012 CESAR CHAVEZ DAY PARTY TRASH

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Something’s phishy: students, networks battle cyber crime Erica Husting @eahusting When California College of the Arts junior Emily Smith logged into her Facebook account one morning in November 2012, she knew something was wrong.

Chat windows were open in mid-conversation with friends she had not spoken to since she had crossed the Atlantic and traveled abroad for the semester.

By the time Smith realized her account was compromised, it was too late.

Someone posing as Smith and using her personal account had initiated conversations with friends claiming Smith was in danger and needed money.

She never found out why or how the attack happened.

Smith is not alone.

Twenty one percent of Internet users have had an email or social networking account compromised or taken over without their permission, and 11 percent of Internet users have reported having their important information — such as their Social Security number, bank account information or credit card information — compromised according to a Pew Research Internet project titled “Online Identity Theft, Security Issues and Reputational Damage.”

In addition, the study found young adults 18 to 25 years of age are more likely to experience problems of cyber crime, which means Cal Poly stu-

dents are just as vulnerable.

While there has been recent attention on cybersecurity following wide-scale data breaches and President Barack Obama’s proposed “cybersecurity framework,” the issue of cybersecurity has always been relevant, according to assistant computer science professor Zachary Peterson. But that relevance has increased because of the vast interconnectivity to the Internet, he said.

“The Internet provides a lot of great things. It is essentially in my left hand. I

mation or exploit vulnerabilities for money or more information, Peterson said.

Cyber attacks range in types, methods, complexity and numbers, but can broadly be considered on two extremes, said Ryan Matteson, technology strategist for Information Services/Office of the Chief Information Officer.

“There is this psychological-style attack of tricking you as a person, and then this technology-style of an attack, which is taking control of your device,” Matte-

attacks is phishing, he said.

“We all see these emails saying, ‘Put in your bank account number’ or ‘Respond back for this amazing offer,’” Matteson said. “The trend now is more out of email and more into Facebook and Twitter and all of these social networks where you have some more established trust.”

In technology-style attacks, attackers exploit vulnerabilities in software and reach out past a user’s web browser and take control over the device without the

ers face are the invisibility of attackers, Matteson said.

“If someone steals your information, it’s not like you look somewhere and ‘poof,’ it’s gone,” Matteson said.

“You still have that, but they may have taken something of value you never even see that unless someone is looking out for you or you are trying to understand what is happening.”

Agricultural business sophomore Corinne Madison was in Robert E. Kennedy Library when she received a text message from her bank no-

“Maybe you try to go to trusted websites, say Yahoo!. But guess what? The attackers are trying to break into Yahoo!.

RYAN MATTESON | TECHNOLOGY STRATEGIST have all of human knowledge, essentially,” Peterson said. “But it also brings people from far reaches of the globe immediately close together. And not everyone has the best intent.”

Through machines connected to the Internet, attackers aim to find unknown weaknesses — known as vulnerabilities — and exploit them to do something they weren’t intended to do, Peterson said.

By taking advantage of these weaknesses, attackers can breach systems, retrieve and access personal infor-

son said.

Falling under the psychological-style attacks are attacks called social engineering, where the hackers use a personal element to trick users, Matteson said.

“I know something about you, I know just enough about you to trick you into doing something for me,” Matteson said. “In that case, I am trying to get information — information that gives me money, information that gives me access to something.”

One of the most common types of social engineering

user’s knowledge, he said.

“You go to websites.

Maybe you try to just go to trusted websites, say Yahoo!,” Matteson said. “But guess what? The attackers are trying to break into Yahoo!. They may be buying advertising space and inserting bad stuff into the advertisement … If your browser is not up to date, just by downloading that ad, attackers can take control of your computer.”

In addition to the fact that attacks can vary in complexity, styles and methods, another challenge Internet us-

tifying her there was a large overdraft from her account.

When she logged into her bank account online, she found her checking and savings accounts wiped clean from a $1,000 charge at a Michael’s store in Oklahoma.

Until that notification from her bank, Madison was unaware her debit card information had been compromised. The investigation into the attack is ongoing, but Madison still doesn’t know how it happened.

Cal Poly’s networks are not exempt from these attacks.

“Every day, every hour of

every day, we are getting attacked on our network,” Matteson said.

According to Matteson, Cal Poly sees attacks from not just the United States but around the world, most notably Russia, Ukraine, Germany and China.

Each month, there are hundreds of thousands of attacks against the campus over the networks of various types — some are obvious, but other attacks are very subtle because they, for example, resemble the actions of students simply accessing a website, Matteson said.

Though it is impossible to fix all vulnerabilities and prevent all attacks, Cal Poly focuses their attention on protecting personal, sensitive information including payroll services or student records.

On the user side, students can help keep their information safe and even prevent attacks by being aware and alert.

After having her Facebook account compromised, Smith gained a new sense of awareness when using the Internet.

Now as extra precaution, Smith uses different passwords for different sites and accounts and is extra careful who she gives her information to online.

“That whole instance made me realize that these accounts are not as secure as I thought,” Smith said.

“Before, I thought this happened when someone wasn’t careful, but it really could happen to anyone.”

Ukrainian students weigh in on violence at home Katherine Gore Special to Mustang News

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4 facts about the CLA’s fee proposal Annie Vainshtein @annievain The College of Liberal Arts (CLA) hosted a series of forums around campus this past week about the proposal to increase its college-based fee (CBF). While the forums were not highly attended, here’s your chance to learn about the fee: 1. What is the current situation?

The college-based fee is the same in every college except for CLA. Full time students pay $112 less quarterly than those in other colleges.

2. Why does it matter to liberal arts students?

If the proposal fails, liberal arts students have an extra $112 in their pockets every quarter.

At our current state, though, the CBF’s inequity hurts the college’s ability to support excellence in student learning at the same level as other colleges, Dean of the CLA Douglas Epperson said.

Colleges at Cal Poly are not

equalized under the current fee — meaning students in CLA might not have the same enrichment opportunities or state-of-the-art equipment.

This proposal could change both of these things.

“CLA is just as equipmentintensive as business, for example,” Epperson said.

“We need good instructional equipment in our classroom to be effective.”

3. What are the benefits of this proposal, if passed?

Epperson estimates the fee would generate approximately $1 million annually, depending on enrollment.

A portion of this money will contribute to course access funds, making it easier to get classes, but a large part will be dedicated to “enhancements.”

“When the money goes, it goes, but our students still need courses,” Epperson said. “Our only option is to make the pie bigger.”

In addition, Epperson said the indirect benefit of the proposal is the college will continue to produce strong graduates who preserve the

value of a Cal Poly degree.

4. What are these enhancements?

The four major enhancements are “earn-by-doing” opportunities, where the school subsidizes work opportunities for students; monetary support for student travel; student clubs and co-curricular activities; as well as new interdisciplinary courses and Learn By Doing opportunities.

Problems companies face are multi-disciplinary, Epperson said. Providing more interdisciplinary courses could benefit students in the long run by teaching them to work with each other in unfamiliar territories.

“When you graduate and you’re one of the 100,000 liberal arts graduates, these are the things that will set you apart from your peers,” Epperson said.

The student vote will be online on Feb. 25 and 26.

If the proposal is passed, it would be implemented in Fall 2014.

Ukrainian architecture senior Yuliya Pidlubnyak wears blue and yellow ribbons, the colors of the Ukrainian flag, on her arm to show her full support for the protestors in the Ukraine.

“These events are awful and heartbreaking, but at the same time, they make me feel very proud to be a Ukrainian,” Pidlubnyak said.

“I’m proud that people are so courageous and are sacrificing their lives to fight for their rights.”

In November, the current Ukrainian president, Viktor Yanukovych, didn’t sign an agreement with Europe for free trade. When Ukrainians went out to peacefully protest against it, police attacked the demonstrators. People now are protesting their right for free speech.

“Now the slogan has changed from ‘We want to join the European Union’ to ‘We want to impeach this president who would beat up students and people just because they are practicing their freedom of speech,’” Pidlubnyak said.

Ukranian industrial engineering alumnus Yuriy Goldman said Ukranians want to see their lives change for the better and live somewhere where corruption isn’t as prevalent as it is now.

“I understand the reasoning behind the protests, and I want my relatives to live in a society that treats them better,” he said. “But at the same time, I don’t know if violence is the way to resolve this issue.”

Ukranian business administration sophomore Oleksandr Firsov said he doesn’t believe there should be violence on either side.

“I don’t condone violence toward other people,” Firsov said. “Protests are detrimental to the Ukraine because any kind of violent reform cannot be supported.”

Hundreds of demonstrators have been injured during the protests, and some have died. As many as 100 protesters were killed by police Thursday.

Pidlubnyak said she wanted to go home and help the protesters over winter break, but her mother told her not to because it was dangerous.

Instead, Pidlubnyak organized a drive two weeks ago for the protestors and put together a first-aid package

to send to them.

For Pidlubnyak, it is emotionally taxing to watch the news so far from the Ukraine while most of her family is still there.

“People are not leaving the streets until (the president) is impeached,” Pidlubnyak said.

Goldman said there is a chance someone else will come to power as a result of the protests, but it’s going to be a long time before the country is stabilized — both monetarily and in terms of the government.

Firsov said he doesn’t think the protests will have a significant effect on the Ukraine.

“My country,” he said, “is just in a bad place right now.”

“I don’t condone violence towards other people.”

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Career Services reaches out to Cross Cultural Centers

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PRIDEFUL | “We’re a little bit isolated on campus, down in building 124, so it’s exciting to be able to bring ourselves to where studnts are,” said Veronica Heiskell (left), a Career Services graduate assistant.

Kayla Missman @kaymissman Career Services is bringing its resources right to students’ doorsteps — or at least to the doorstep of the Cross Cultural Centers.

To serve underrepresented students, Career Services counselors hold weekly dropin hours in the Pride Center and the Gender Equity Center (GEC). These hours are open to any student, but are intended to provide services to students who might not reach out to Career Services.

“It offers a welcoming hand, I would say, from our department to them — giving some students who may not have had exposure to our services know that they’re here and there’s somebody here to help them,” said Ashleigh Halter, the College of Liberal Arts career counselor. “In addition, it also brings more students who didn’t know about the Cross Cultural Centers in.”

Halter, a Cal Poly alumna, worked with Safer and the

GEC during her time at the university. Since that’s her place of interest, she decided to hold one drop-in hour each week in the GEC, she said.

During drop-in hours, students can ask quick questions, review resumes and cover letters and get interview tips, Halter said.

They’re more accessible to students, since they don’t require an appointment and each meeting takes approximately 10 minutes. Instead of seeing one or two students who scheduled appointments, Halter said, she can see up to six.

Students who are underrepresented — students of color, or those who have dealt with sexual assault, for example — have different concerns they might have to deal with, she said. Issues include discrimination, the gender wage gap and companies ignoring employment equity hiring laws, she said.

“There’s a wide variety of issues that could come up,” Halter said. “They shouldn’t in the first place, but they do, and sometimes some

“It offers a welcoming hand, I would say, from our department to them — giving some students who may not have had exposure to our services know that they’re here and there’s somebody here to help them.”

ASHLEIGH HALTER | COLLEGE OF LIBERAL ARTS CAREER COUNSELOR people face those challenges, and they have very real effects on people.”

LGBT students have different concerns than other students might, Pride Center assistant coordinator Adam Serafin said. Students have asked whether they should come out during an interview, how they list their work experience with the Pride Center or other LGBT-related organizations on their résumés and which companies are welcoming and inclusive.

Veronica Heiskell, a Career Services graduate as-

sistant, holds drop-in hours at the Pride Center to help alleviate concerns of queeridentified students.

Heiskell is also developing Queer Careers, a career workshop series for LGBT students. The workshop will meet every Thursday starting April 17, and Heiskell will go over general career advice, discuss how to come out at work and address other issues these students might face as they enter the professional world.

“Holding drop-in hours, holding this workshop series

is a huge step for us,” Heiskell said. “We’re a little bit isolated on campus, down in building 124, so it’s exciting to be able to bring ourselves to where students are, and to meet them where they’re at.”

Career Services and the Pride Center partner in other ways, as well. For the Career Fair, the Pride Center compiles a list of companies that score well on the Human Rights Campaign’s Corporate Equality Index — meaning they would be inclusive work environments for students of a different back-

ground, Serafin said. Career Services displays these lists at the Career Fair, making them available to any student who is interested.

Career Services makes an effort to be available for any student’s needs, Halter said.

“We are here for every student, regardless of cultural background in any capacity, whether it’s ethnicity, race, nationality to gender, age, disability to sexual orientation, socio-economic status, all of those,” she said.

“We’re here as a resource for everyone.”

PolyPlanner not mandatory for spring registration Suha Saya @suhasaya Cal Poly students will not face any consequences if they don’t use PolyPlanner this quarter.

If students, however, do not use the course demand analysis tool in future quarters, they could be placed in the lowest registration appointment group and might not be allowed to use their priority for the upcoming registration period.

“There is nothing in the only official email that they (students) have received that in-

dicates that there will be consequences for Spring quarter registration,” university registrar Cem Sunata said in an email to Mustang News.

Official details as to what the consequences are will be released to students some time in the next week, he said.

“The reason why we didn’t communicate the details of the ‘when’ and ‘how’ of the mandatory nature with the original email was because we didn’t want students to worry about it just yet, and wanted them to concentrate their attention to the tool itself,” he said.

“There is nothing in the only official email that (students) have received that indicates that there will be consequences for Spring quarter registration.

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Beck delivers melancholy masterpiece Parker Evans @parker_d_evans Parker Evans is an economics senior and Mustang News music columnist.

Over the past few years, it’s become common to think of Beck as two different musicians, as if music critics have diagnosed him with schizophrenia. We have Fun Beck, whose sonic collages and curious stream-of-consciousness babbling produced gems like Odelay, Midnite Vultures, and of course, his initial claim to fame back in 1994 (before most Cal Poly freshmen were born), “Loser.”

Depending on who you talk to, that makes Despondent Beck either the Dr. Jekyll or Mr. Hyde, but the masterpiece that is 2002’s Sea Change — the platonic ideal of a breakup album — is indisputable. That album’s emotional core has its own gravitational pull, but it’s a far cry from the convulsive hodgepodge of sound that has come to be Beck’s trademark.

So when it was announced

this past year that his first real album in six years would be a spiritual successor to Sea Change, fans tempered their nervousness with excitement.

We shouldn’t have worried.

Morning Phase might be the best album Beck’s ever made.

As a sequel to Sea Change, the link is clear. Both eschew Beck’s signature samplers and drum machines, both deal with an overwhelming sense of loss and both are primarily written in the second person, addressed to a lover who is either gone or on her way out the door. Morning Phase’s instrumentation is much more varied than the acoustic superminimalism of Sea Change, bringing the focus to a gorgeous array of strings instead of just a guitar. The full-bodied sound of the two-song opening sequence of “Cycle” and “Morning” immediately show Beck is willing to sacrifice a little intimacy for sheer weight.

If your familiarity with Beck extends to “Loser” and maybe a track or two from Odelay, you might be taken aback by his gorgeous singing voice, but fans will be justifiably ex-

cited to hear his subdued tenor take center stage again. His is the only voice on the album, and his countermelodies on tracks such as “Waking Light” have the capacity to be absolutely arresting.

What we’re left with is an album that becomes totally immersive, cinematic and profoundly melancholic. With its huge string section, “Wave” could practically score an HBO show, ratcheting up the tension until the unsettling coda, which finds Beck repeating the word “isolation” three or four times.

Morning Phase has the capacity to be more full and confident than Arcade Fire, which results in a surprisingly easy start-to-finish listen, even though the tempos don’t vary much. In addition to songwriting and some instrumentation, Beck also produced the record masterfully. The piano interspersed throughout the record has astonishing depth in tone and never tinkles around in the upper registers. Along with the cello, which always holds its ground as a heavy-bodied anchor, laying the solid rock

The audio files foundation above which Beck’s familiar voice floats.

Occasionally, Morning Phase is nothing short of stunning. “Blackbird Chain” sounds like it could have snuck onto the second half of Guero if not for the overwhelming sense of crushing loss. “A keepsake in a dresser drawer from who-knows-where,” he sings with a measured calm.

“A symbol of your exegesis and a full-length mirror.”

Even when the tempo threatens to pick up, like it does on

the perfect note to go out on, rife with hopeful images of fading memory and the first rays of sunlight.

In July, Beck will turn 44.

His 20-year career to this point has been a model of creativity and musical diversity marked by more than a few entrances and exits to cultural relevance.

The end of that illustrious career may be a long way off, but when we do look back, it’s entirely possible that Morning Phase is the crown jewel of Beck’s entire discography.

“Country Down,” Beck stays permanently grounded. The track bears many of the hallmarks of Beck’s contemporary, Jeff Tweedy, but there’s no doubt about its authorship when Beck laments that “there’s no frame around your picture, just a view through my backdoor.”

Those few still on the fence by the end of Morning Phase will find it difficult not to be won over by the triumphant “Waking Light” and its throwback to the Let It Be-era Beatles. It’s

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Monday, February 24, 2014

TBS’ Steve Byrne to bring comedy to campus

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LOL | “Sullivan & Son” comedian Steve Byrne is making his way to the MAC in the Recreation Center on Feb. 25. “I hope people enjoy it,” Byrne said. “I love performing, so I’m looking forward to it.”

Sam Gilbert @samgilbert279 Comedian and actor Steve Byrne is bringing stand-up comedy to the Multi-Activity Center (MAC) in the Recreation Center on Feb. 25.

Byrne, widely known for his success on Comedy Central, has made crowds roar on respected sitcoms such as NBC’s “The Tonight Show,” ABC’s “Jimmy Kimmel Live!,” CBS’s “The Late Late Show,” BET’s “Comic View” and TBS’ “Sullivan & Son.” “Steve Byrne is a popular comedian with Comedy

Central, and his name has been coming up a lot in the comedy industry,” said Gage McGinnis, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) events musical entertainment assistant and business administration senior.

McGinnis said ASI decided to get in contact with Byrne since he has been doing big things on ‘The Tonight Show’ and ‘Comedy Central.’

“He has a one-hour special called ‘The Byrne Identity’ and another one called ‘Steve Byrne’s Happy Hour,’ so we’re hoping that kids who watch Comedy Central will know of him, and also kids

who aren’t necessarily familiar with him would be happy to come, too, because it’s a comedian,” McGinnis said.

Byrne’s energy and natural ability to make others laugh landed him a show in 2013 on TBS called “Sullivan & Son.” “I really enjoy working with everybody,” Byrne said. “I legitimately enjoy every single person on the show.”

Though his show is progressively becoming more popular with an average of more than 2.5 million viewers per episode, Byrne still seizes the opportunity to perform stand-up.

He has displayed his talent

in sold-out shows around the world, using his Korean and Irish background as groundwork that enhances the humor for his shows.

“Here, I’m just a lone-shot by myself, so I think I’ll even surprise myself,” Byrne said.

He’ll take any opportunity he gets to perform for a local school during the week, he said.

The expectations for the upcoming show are high because of Byrne’s well-known reputation for both television and stand-up comedy.

“We expect a lot of laughter, a lot of kids to come and high energy,” McGinnis said.

“I hope people enjoy it. I love performing, so I’m looking forward to it.”

STEVE BYRNE | COMEDIAN McGinnis said the show will have a little bit of a different vibe since it’s in the MAC, and doesn’t think they’ve ever had a comedian at that location.

The show is slated to begin

at 9 p.m. Admission is free for students and $10 at the door for community members.

“I hope people enjoy it,” Byrne said. “I love performing, so I’m looking forward to it.”

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Monday, February 24, 2014

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and Riot Local band strums out at SLO Brew

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WE WILL, WE WILL, ROCK YOU | Local band Night Riots (formerly known as PK) took the SLO Brewing Co. stage this past Friday night to a packed house.

Brenna Swanston @BrennaSwanston The line started at SLO Brewing Co., trailed along Garden Street, wrapped around the corner and continued down Higuera Street this past Friday night. Concertgoers buzzed about the upcoming show, flexing their music trivia muscles, bragging about all the live bands they had seen and exchanging stories of their craziest concert experiences.

Passers-by occasionally stopped to ask those in line what the excitement was about. Their answers were all the same: Night Riots.

At 7:30 p.m., SLO Brewing Co.’s doors finally opened.

The waiting fans flooded inside and globbed around the stage where a group of young musicians was setting up and sound-checking its equipment.

Approximately 45 minutes later, the first opening band, Breach the Summit, kicked off the night.

Its sound drew on that of catchy alternative bands, such as Walk the Moon and Young the Giant, but with an original flare. Drummer Olen Kittelsen took charge of lead vocals while bassist Kody Buxton chimed in on drums. Toward the end of the band’s final song, “You Don’t Know,” Buxton put down his bass, took up the mic and rapped.

Kittelsen said Night Riots

had discovered Breach the Summit through the KROQ Locals Only playlist.

“They heard our music and they liked it, so they asked if we could jump on the show,” Kittelsen said.

The Orange County band was new to San Luis Obispo, he said.

“We were surprised at how awesome everyone was toward us,” Kittelsen said. “We were new, so I’m sure they’d never heard of us. It was really cool playing for such a receptive crowd. We had a ton of fun up there and we hope everyone else did, too.”

Breach the Summit then passed the baton to Colorado band The Epilogues, who added a synth and a couple Nike windbreakers to the mix.

Lead vocalist Chris Heckman opened The Epilogues’ set with a shout-out to the headlining band.

“We’ve been touring with Night Riots for two weeks now,” Heckman said. “We’re so glad they brought us to their hometown because you guys are magnificent.”

Within the first few seconds of the band’s opening song, The Epilogues had transformed the show’s vibe. They head-banged on stage before frantic, flashing lights while the crowd screamed, jumped and moshed.

As the first song came to a close, keyboardist Nate Hammond commended the audi-

ence on its energy.

“Holy shit, San Luis Obispo,” he said. “You guys are having a great time. This might be the sexiest show we’ve ever played.”

The “great time” continued through the rest of The Epilogues’ set, during which the crowd only got wilder.

Before the band’s final song, Heckman threatened to stage dive.

“It’s up to you rugged-ass gentlemen to catch me when I jump,” he said.

When the moment came, Heckman set down his guitar, unzipped his windbreaker, removed his earpiece, unwound his microphone from its stand and jumped into the waiting crowd just as the refrain dropped.

With that, The Epilogues left the audience amped up for Night Riots’ appearance.

After the stage changed hands, it was time for the Templeton locals to meet their waiting fans.

As the five-man band made its way onstage, smoke filled the room, veiling everything on stage except the piercing blue stage lights.

Fans recalled Night Riots’s previous band name with chants of “PK.” The house was packed, with people pushing and squishing, leaving not a square inch of free space.

When the smoke had some-

what lifted, Night Riots began its set. The crowd felt the beat, moshing and singing along to every word. Crowd surfers took over the audience by the second song, during which lead singer Travis Hawley dove into the mob of fans.

Night Riots played new, alternative material — to which the crowd paused its shenanigans to listen attentively — as well as its oldest punky PK songs, which inspired screams of recognition and further “PK” chants from the audience.

Hawley jokingly reiterated the band’s year-old name change.

“I don’t know if you guys know,” he said. “But we’re called Night Riots, not PK.” Paso Robles native Eric Young has known the members of Night Riots since their PK days.

“They put so much energy into the crowd,” he said. “I’ve seen them light up an entire stage at the Mid State Fair with their energy.”

Night Riots’ distinguishing characteristic as a band is their passion, Young said.

“Their music has so much emotion,” he said. “They play their hearts out.”

Their music has so much emotion. They play their hearts out.

ERIC YOUNG Paso Robles resident

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Countries fight for their rights Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering sophomore and Mustang News conservative columnist.

These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Last week, as I mindlessly scrolled through my Twitter feed, I came across a tweet from Seattle Mariners ace pitcher, Felix Hernandez. It came complete with a picture of a group of Minnesota Twins holding some signs written in Spanish and a hashtag, #PrayForVenezuela.

At that point, I figured some sort of natural disaster happened and I’d come across it in my nightly scouring of the news. But as I searched the news outlets, nothing came up. CNN, Fox News, Politico, BBC, CBC and even MSNBC had nothing about Venezuela. It wasn’t until I actually dug deep (well … used the search bar) that I really found out what was going on.

Essentially, Venezuela is undergoing smaller, but similar turmoil to what went on in Egypt during the Arab Spring. After Hugo Chavez died last year, his right-hand man, Nicolas Maduro, won a hotly contested election by just 1.5 percent. Quickly, Maduro stifled rights to free speech and free press that Chavez had not already taken away. Maduro’s socialist approach ran Venezuela’s economy into the ground, taking away most free trade in an attempt to demolish the private sector.

In a country where Chavez used class and ethnic division to rise to power, there are large factions against his party, led

by Maduro. This week, Maduro’s opposition be-

gan retaliating in the capital city of Caracas. Large riots and protests lined the streets, led by college-aged students who feel their future is being suppressed by Maduro’s oppressive government. The National Guard was sent to control the protests and has killed three students so far.

After reading about the chaos, I was still shocked that I hadn’t heard about any of it outside of Twitter. It turns out, Maduro and his cabinet forced out all foreign media, blaming biased reporting against the government. CNN, the foreign outlet with the strongest presence in Venezuela, was forced out, leaving the rest of the world in the dark about Venezuela’s problems. We were forced to rely on Twitter, Facebook and other social media as sources of information, but that went out the window when Maduro decided to block Twitter. Senator Marco Rubio warns that kicking out foreign media is “a precursor to even more violent and deadly tactics against innocent Venezuelans.”

It could be a long ride for citizens of Venezuela as it was for the citizens of Egypt and Libya. But hopefully, Venezuela’s turmoil comes to a close much faster, like the current situation in Ukraine.

Ukraine’s tensions have been high since last November when their president, Viktor Yanukovych, declined a European Union partnership. After tensions turned to protests and riots similar to Venezuela’s, Yanukovych yanked away rights to protest, introducing harsh new anti-protest laws. After 88 deaths in clashes during the last week, Yanukovych “resigned” after claiming there was a coup and fled the capital. As part of the resignation, the people of Ukraine will receive an early election and a

the right angle new constitution.

But how does all this unrest affect us here in America? It really doesn’t, when looking at it from an economic and political standpoint. Since the rise of Chavez in Venezuela and the continued relationship between Ukraine and Russia, the United States isn’t tied to either country. Yet, as far as humanitarianism goes, these conflicts are extremely relevant.

For most Americans, it’s hard to look back to our own revolution more than 200 years ago and relate that to today’s world. Americans had no representation when their laws and taxes were determined, and were punished for speaking out against English royalty.

None of that is much different from Maduro’s crushing socialist regime in Venezuela or Yanukovych’s ban on

protests in Ukraine.

The American revolutionaries from more than 200 years ago set up what we live like today. We live in a country where we can speak in freedom, write in freedom and chase our dreams in freedom. At the very least, we can give awareness to the people of countries like Venezuela and Ukraine, in hopes that they’ll one day be able to live in a country as free as ours.

All too often, Americans take for granted the ample rights and freedoms we have. Ukrainians simply want a chance at a fair election, but in our own 2012 presidential election, only 54.5 percent of eligible voters took advantage of their opportunity to vote.

Citizens of both Ukraine and Venezuela aren’t even able to assemble in protest without the threat of being

killed. With our comforts in America, and especially here at Cal Poly, we rarely think about political extremisms like protesting.

As much as most political oppositions despise each other in the United States, we’ve never had mass protests threatening the power of the government. We are lucky to have presidents that don’t push the limits of humanitarian harm.

In the end, many of the protesters in both Venezuela and Ukraine want a positive final result, but they care more about the process of opposition. They want to put their lack of freedom and restrained rights on display. The least we can do is set aside our dizzying apathy for a moment and recognize others around the world are struggling to gain freedoms we take for granted on an everyday basis.

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Men’s hoops takes down UC Riverside, 69-64 Michael Bolden scores career-high 13 points to help lead Cal Poly past Highlanders Evan Morter @EvanMorter The Cal Poly men's basketball team ended a four-game home skid on Saturday with a 69-64 victory against UC Riverside at Mott Athletics Center.

The game began with junior wing Michael Bolden converting his first four 3-point field goals, and he carried a hot hand throughout the night to grab a career-high 13 points in 31 minutes of action.

“It always feels good to hit the first shot,” Bolden said.

“It’s always a confidence builder. I just kept getting open shots. My teammates were finding me and setting great screens as well.”

After coming off the bench for most of the year, Bolden earned his second start of the season on Saturday, but his approach remained the same heading into the starting five, he said.

“My head is always in the same place,” Bolden said.

“Whether I’m coming off the bench or starting, I’m just ready to go in and contribute.”

For the transfer from Irvine Valley College, his first season as a Mustang has been a roller coaster, he said.

“It’s been tough,” he said.

“There’s tough times and good times, but the tough times don’t last, so you just fight through until you see the sunlight. The darkness can’t last forever.”

Bolden began the season included in the Cal Poly rotation, averaging 11.2 minutes per game in the first 10 games of the season. However, just

as the junior wing was gaining comfort in a Cal Poly uniform, he injured his ankle.

“Then he came back, and I think it really bothered him,” head coach Joe Callero said. “His timing was off. He wasn’t defending on the ball very well. But opportunity occurs because of injury sometimes.”

Senior Kyle Odister, who did not play in Saturday’s game, has been plagued by a foot fracture for the second half of the year.

Bolden, who picked up Odister's minutes, was overlooked in most games this season until he received his first start in the Big West play against UC Irvine on Feb. 1.

“Michael Bolden stepped up tonight and really gave us those key perimeter baskets that we’ve been lacking when Kyle Odister is out of the game,” Callero said.

His resilience is what landed him the starting spot on Saturday, Bolden said.

“It’s just staying consistent and when things get hard, just keep fighting and never give up.” Bolden said. “That’s how I’ve always been.”

Senior forward Chris Eversley, who lives with Bolden, praised his housemate’s competitiveness.

“One word I use to describe Mike is ‘perseverance,’” Eversley said.

“Those types of guys are the ones that are going to help us get this championship.”

The Mustangs earned the much-needed victory led by Bolden’s career night and the 22 points from their catalyst, Eversley.

Eversley found himself shooting too many shots from long range during the Mustangs’ struggles and now has regained his confidence on both ends of the floor, he said.

“Just being able to step up and be that guy that can facilitate and help others create when they get in trouble is important,” Eversley said. “It feels good to be multi-dimensional.”

Cal Poly is going to need Eversley’s efficiency, Callero said.

“We, as a team, know the ball is going to go to Chris Eversley,” he said.

“Three weeks from tonight I hope we’re playing basketball still,” Callero said. “That would be the championship game of the Big West Conference. But we have a lot of work to do here still. We need to get our team figured out.”

Sophomore wing David Nwaba added 13 points and grabbed four rebounds off the bench, while Brian Bennett scored eight points and corralled three rebounds.

Cal Poly (10-16, 6-7 Big West) will go on the road next week to take on UC Davis on Thursday and UC Irvine on Saturday night, a game to be televised live on ESPNU. The Mustangs will then close the season at home as Cal Poly hosts rival UC Santa Barbara.

The Mustangs are tied for fifth place with Cal State Northridge with their 6-7 record in conference play.

The Big West Conference Tournament takes place March 13-15 in Anaheim, Calif.

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BOLD GAME | Junior Michael Bolden hit a game-leading four 3-pointers against UC Riverside.

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Monday, February 24, 2014

Baseball snags series from No. 12 UCLA Rafael Salinas @CPMustangSports LOS ANGELES — The Cal Poly baseball team came to UCLA with the intent of making a statement to the college baseball world by knocking off last year’s national champions. Sunday afternoon, the Mustangs accomplished that task by winning the rubber match of a three-game series against the No. 12 Bruins 9-1 at Jackie Robinson Stadium.

“Overall, a very good start to the season and to come down here and beat a team of the caliber of UCLA will really pay dividends later in the year,” head coach Larry Lee said.”It’s better to win the series after losing Friday night when your best guy’s (junior right-hander Matt Imhof) on the mound and he gets hit around a little bit,” Lee said.

Sophomore designated hitter Brian Mundell got the scoring started early Sunday. With a man on second and two outs, the 6-foot-3 sophomore took a fastball and powered it over the wall in left field. Mundell hit a home run in each game of the weekend series.

“I had the confidence to trust my approach and stick to what I’ve been doing and try to have success with it again,” Mundell said. “(The pitching) was the best we’ve have seen all year.”

The Bruins answered with a run in the bottom of the inning after UCLA catcher Shane Zeile drove in Brian Carroll with a single to center field. With a man on first and one out, the Mustang defense stepped up and turned a 3-43 double play to put an end to the Bruins’ threat.

Cal Poly brought men home in each of the first four innings. In the top of the second, junior left fielder Zack Zehner led off the inning with a single. He was moved over to second before senior catcher Chris Hoo drove him in with a sharply hit single to center.

The timely hitting continued in the top of the third. With two outs and men on first and third, Zehner hit a sinking line drive to right field, which led to a UCLA error and two more Cal Poly runs.

In the top of the fourth Nick Torres came up with men on second and third and lined a pitch to center field to extend the score to 7-1.

BRANDON CHOE | DAILY BRUIN Through four innings, WISE MAN | Senior outfielder Tim Wise earned a walk and scored a run in the Cal Poly baseball’s 9-1 seies-clinching win at UCLA. the Mustangs had already matched their run total from the previous night’s victory. From then on, Cal Poly starter Casey Bloomquist was in cruise control. The sophomore pitched to contact and allowed the Mustang defense to do the rest as they turned double plays to quickly quiet UCLA rallies in the first and third innings.

With the bases loaded and one out in the sixth, Lee opted to pull Bloomquist and hand the ball over to junior lefty Taylor Chris.

A tandem of Chris and junior Reed Reilly continued the trend of zeros on the scoreboard for Cal Poly. The Mustangs’ pitching staff surrendered just six runs in 27 innings against UCLA. Coming into the season, Lee identified the depth of the pitching staff as a strength for the Mustangs.

“We need to continue to get better,” Lee told his team after the game.