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Without fear:
Je suis Paris Kristine Xu @kristiners
Kristine Xu is a journalism junior and Mustang News study abroad columnist in Paris, France. “Ten people have been shot. Something’s going on in Paris.” I was away from Paris for the weekend at a friend’s apartment in Prague when the news broke. Without cellphone service or reliable Internet, I scrolled through my friend’s Facebook feed in disbelief. I read without fully understanding. My mind raced, wondering if my classmates were safe, how many innocent lives were taken and when the horror would end. I felt helpless and vulnerable as I responded to the flurry of messages flooding my inbox. My friends and family breathed sighs of relief when they found out I was safe, but the same couldn’t be said for many
families who lost loved ones that night. I don’t think I quite understood the events unfolding in Paris until I sat down and watched all the video coverage, interviews, photos and articles from news sources around the world. The streets of Paris I had grown to know and love over the past few months were chaotic and unrecognizable. I was stunned to discover Le Bataclan, one of the five locations of the Paris terror attacks, was in the next district over and only eight stops away from my apartment by metro. I had met a friend at a cafe in that neighborhood just the week before. Classmates near the area witnessed soldiers running past their apartments, with the only audible sounds coming from the sirens of ambulances
racing through the city. After the attacks Friday night, there were 50 minutes of complete silence while the city held its breath. Not a soul was in the streets. Continued on page 4
KRISTINE XU | MUSTANG NE WS HEALING | Paris’ iconic Place de la République turned into a memorial for the civilians killed in terror attacks last week. The slogan “même pas peur,” seen on the banner above, translates to “not even scared.”
ZBT placed on social probation until winter
JASON HUNG | MUSTANG NE WS ZBTROUBLE
| After breaking the party registration policy, ZBT has been put on social probation.
Gina Randazzo @Gina_Randazzo1 CHRISTA L AM | MUSTANG NE WS TOURNEY | After its most successful season in years, the men’s soccer team heads to the NCAA Tournament.
Men’s soccer heads to the NCAA Tournament Keenan Donath @CPMustangSports
Regardless of how far the Cal Poly soccer team goes into the postseason, the 2015 campaign was a success. In their first year under head coach Steve Sampson, the Mustangs collected 11 wins and only four losses. Their at-large bid
to the NCAA Tournament is a much-deserved reward for their consistent play on the pitch. Cal Poly’s first round match against UCLA (10-8-1, 5-4-1 Pac-12) will be a test to see if this year’s squad holds up down the stretch. The Mustangs (11-4-5, 5-1-4 Big West) assumed the identity of a team-oriented, defensive powerhouse from the season’s
first whistle. Cal Poly went five matches without recording a loss, taking down competitive nonconference opponents such as UNLV and Air Force. Looking virtually unbeatable at home, Spanos Stadium soon solidified itself as one of the toughest venues to play at on the West Coast. Continued on page 8
Zeta Beta Tau (ZBT) was placed on social probation as of Tuesday, Nov. 10, until the end of Winter quarter because of a violation of Cal Poly’s party registration policy and alcohol Policy. The Fraternity and Sorority Judicial Council (FSJC) determined their punishment after an investigation that began on Oct. 23. Though put on social probation, the fraternity has the opportunity to host two social events at a third-party venue (not the chapter facility or a satellite house) during
winter quarter if they complete additional sanctions. These sanctions include reviewing and updating the fraternity’s risk management policy, which will be reviewed by the FSJC and Fraternity and Sorority Life administrators. ZBT must also have an adviser host a risk management educational program with the chapter. In general, the judicial board will be attempting to give educational type sanctions, Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life Kathryn O’Hagan said. “The idea is that once we’ve looked through their risk management plan, made some
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changes and looked into what they need to do to host events that wouldn’t violate the policy,” O’Hagan said. “The limited social events would allow them to put that into practice.” ZBT president and construction management senior John Herrero said agrees with the FSJC decision, and that ZBT’s sanctions were fair and manageable. “We’re excited to have the opportunity to focus on different areas,” said Herrero, “Our guys see it as a challenge. We’re always learning here at college, and this is another opportunity to have a learning moment.”
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Textbooks:
How Cal Poly professors and students aren’t buying into the system KENDALL HOBER | SPECIAL TO MUSTANG NE WS UNE XPECTED
| Contrary to popular belief, books from Cal Poly University Store are often lower than the retail price. Nevertheless, students and professors still find ways to avoid buying books.
Domenica Berman & Matthew Giancanelli Special to Mustang News
Modern languages and literatures senior Sara O’Reilly purchased only one out of the seven textbooks she needed to this quarter. And she doesn’t regret a thing. It’s no secret textbooks are expensive on college campuses in general. With this reality in mind, Cal Poly students and professors are finding new ways to make textbook buying less expensive. What the university is doing According to calculations from University of Michigan-Flint economics and finances professor Mark J. Perry, textbook costs for college students have increased by 945 percent during the past couple decades. While textbook prices have shot up, the Cal Poly University Store — contrary to popular belief — has generally sustained lower textbook prices than other colleges’ stores around the United States. The reason for this, psychology professor Laura Freberg said, is because the bookstore is
independent, as opposed to other university stores owned by big chains like Barnes & Noble. Those owned by Barnes & Noble need to have their prices at the company’s standard, usually a little on the higher side. “Cal Poly is one of the few independent bookstores in the country, Barnes & Noble owns almost every bookstore in every university in the country and they’re the ones driving the system,” Freberg said. According to Barnes and Noble Education, the company “directly serve(s) over 5 million students and faculty members across 724 campus stores nationwide.” What professors are doing Freberg has jumped on the eBook wagon as a way to provide cheaper books for her students. eBooks are typically a third of the price of traditional textbooks and offer additional perks such as auxiliary homework and online practice tests. Freberg said she’s seen a significant boost in students’ performances since switching to eBooks. Another way professors have tried to cut textbook costs for
students is by using a free, online open-source textbook catalog called OpenStax. OpenStax launched in 2012 and currently has more than 19 titles. The open-source catalog claims to have saved U.S. students approximately $30 million in textbook costs as of 2014. They offer generic textbooks that professors can either use as is or start as a base and create their own, cutting publishers and bookstores out of the equation as well as the cost that goes along with it. Some Cal Poly professors use OpenStax, but others, including Freberg, are wary. Being a seasoned textbook writer, Freberg knows the level of review that goes into an educational book and wants to provide students with accurate information that she has vetted. “I’ve looked at the OpenStax version of intro psychology and I would not use it for my students at Cal Poly. I don’t think it’s quality. You might as well say ‘go read Wikipedia,’” Freberg said. “You get what you pay for sometimes.” Journalism professor Bill
Loving felt the same way about catalogs like OpenStax that produce template books. He’d rather write the book himself since he has the most knowledge on his classes’ subjects. This is especially true for his mass media law class. “It makes it more efficient because when I look at the cases, they are cases that I’m very familiar with and I’m adding stuff based upon my understanding of how the book has developed over the years,” Loving said of his mass media law book. Loving and his co-author calculated that they earn approximately minimum wage for their book, considering all the hours they spend revising and updating. But this is what it takes to ensure high quality educational material, Loving said. On the other hand, associate physics professor Peter Schwartz embraces OpenStax. He uses the catalog to supplement his instructional YouTube videos. “My motivation (to use OpenStax) is resentment against the textbook racket,” Schwartz said. “These are way too big and way too expensive.”
What students are doing According to a 2014 survey from the U.S. Public Interest Research Group, 65 percent of college students have skipped buying a “required reading” book because it was out of their budget. This sentiment exists at Cal Poly as well. Here are some tips from students who have used alternative ways to get books. Agricultural science freshman Will Peterson “I see myself not buying textbooks the older I get because I can’t spend that much money every year.” Peterson’s older sister recently graduated from Cal Poly and gave him some pointers on how he can save a few bucks on textbooks and succeed. In order to get most of his books, Peterson goes to the library and checks them out from course reserves for two hours. When he does buy books, he uses them quite a bit, he said. Graphic communication sophomore Robbie Gray “I always download my textbooks off the Internet, I hate wasting money on them when I know I
can download them for free.” Gray refuses to step inside the bookstore, and said, “I probably won’t buy a textbook my entire time here at Cal Poly.” BioResource and agricultural engineering junior Markus Nygren “Each quarter I buy less and less books. I play each quarter by ear and really try to figure out if I need the book for the class.” Nygren has used all the books he has bought, he said. Will prices ever go down? With the different options Cal Poly’s students and professors face for cheaper textbooks, the question remains: Will the textbook industry make books cheaper than they are now? To Freberg, there are ways to make textbooks more affordable, but the change has to happen with the publishers who set the higher book prices. “I think there is room for making the textbooks more affordable, but I think the publishers have taken an unfair kind of villain role in this,” Freberg said.
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Minorities speak out about their experiences at Cal Poly “I’m an ag major, and a lot of the time the people around me can be really disrespectful to black people. I also room with people I don’t know, and they can be pretty offensive toward minorities. I don’t know if they’re trying to be disrespectful, but they are.” Kiely Osby, animal science sophomore
“Ever since moving here, I noticed there aren’t many minority groups and that Caucasian people are the biggest group around. I feel like a lot of people don’t really understand minority groups’ cultures, so there’s a lot of weird tension when you’re around people who aren’t your race. But some people are much more adept to other cultures, so it’s just been really hit and miss with different groups of people.” Karran Saini, business administration freshman
“You always have those few people — racism is definitely out there. I guess the wall just made us aware that it’s there, but it’s just a mindset. There are definitely a lot of places that you can go and find it.” Chris Boyer, electrical engineering junior
“I’m from Orange County, and it’s really diverse there. Coming here, along with the environment and small-town feel, it was kind of a hard transition. I actually joined a predominantly white sorority but I still didn’t find my sense of home yet. I love all my sisters and everything, but it wasn’t until I joined the Pilipino Cultural Exchange (PCE) in my winter quarter and started interacting with more people who are Asian-American like me that I felt more at home and at ease.” Anna Do, food science sophomore
“I’m part of the Chinese Cultural Club, so I definitely feel fine. There are some people who go to the meetings, but not a lot. It would be nice if there were a lot. In a way, I do feel like we’re kind of small in that sense. It would be nice to see what we can do to promote more diversity at Cal Poly.” Alex Chang, second year film sophomore
“There are definitely a lot of white people here, and to be honest, I kind of enjoy being a minority. It makes me feel like different or special, I don’t know. With all these cultural clubs out there, it’s not really that hard to find a place to fit in. Not that I wouldn’t fit in with the other kids that aren’t ethnic, it just makes me feel more at home, I guess.” Johann Cayaban, mechanical engineering sophomore
“My freshman year I had an experience (where) someone said something that was blatantly racist. I was giving out Red Vines; just being nice and giving them out to people. Some guy came up to me and said, ‘Why aren’t you giving out watermelon?’ That’s never happened again and Cal Poly’s a pretty happy place, but it’s definitely out there ... My freshman year, we didn’t really have connections to other black people. Now we have the Connections for Academic Success room, where a lot of African-Americans and minorities go. So you see a lot of people of different colors, which is nice. It’s kind of like a home.” Kyle Neeley, biomedical engineering junior
“I haven’t personally felt any microaggressions here on campus, but a lot of my friends who are one of the many minority groups have. I think I haven’t faced anything because I stay with my kind of people, so I guess that’s been my way of avoiding it. When I’m in class I’m usually one of like three Mexican students in the classroom, and everyone else is pretty much white and blonde — but I’ve never faced anything similar to what was written on the wall. But if I do, I wouldn’t be surprised.” Naycari De Luna, biological sciences sophomore
“I like being under the radar so I think I never really saw myself as having any role in promoting diversity on campus. I’ve always said diversity can be anything — it can be your interests, your identity, your gender. I never thought your culture really encapsulated diversity, but recently it’s been a work-in-progress. Being Palestinian, it’s really hard to culturally identify. You don’t really have a space where you feel comfortable enough to do that. Even just identifying is taking a stance within itself. So I think before I would ever be able to fully feel comfortable with identifying with my roots, being Palestinian would have to be normalized. And I think a lot of other people feel that way, too. They don’t want to just be known as the Mexican person or the Black person; what we’re all looking for is to be normal.” Dina Saba, English senior
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ASI to put a synthetic freeze on finals stress BENSON KUA | CRE ATIVE COMMONS
Brendan Abrams @brenabrams
As fall wears on and everyone looks forward to entering a wintry state of mind, the sun keeps shining down on San Luis Obispo. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is hosting one last event before Thanksgiving by turning the University Union Plaza into an ice skating rink this Thursday, Nov. 19. The goal is to allow stu-
dents to “chill out,” so to speak, before finals week hurtles uncontrollably into Cal Poly’s collective consciousness. “We thought it would be a good stress relief going into Thanksgiving,” said ASI Events Student Manager Arin Miller. “(It will) bring that winter feel to San Luis Obispo.” However, it won’t be your typical “cold weather” rink. This bladed-shoe gliding experience will be entirely devoid of ice.
The skating surface will be composed of blocks with a slippery synthetic material. According to Miller, “It’s still the skating feel, without the hassle of the water.” In the spirit of maintaining that “feel,” ASI will also provide proper seasonal indulgences like cookies and hot chocolate. The rink and accompanying refreshments will be open to anyone with a PolyCard on Thursday from 8 p.m. to midnight.
My mom and I finally got in contact on Saturday night. We talked about my plans to get back into Paris and even discussed the possibility of me coming home if I didn’t feel safe. I reassured her I would do my best to stay safe, despite knowing that I couldn’t promise anything. I knew that returning to Paris for another semester was the logical thing to do, but I also knew life would be different after Friday’s events. Though this is the second time Paris has been under attack in the last year — the other being the Charlie Hebdo shooting — the nonsensical terror attacks of Friday night left a different kind of wound on France. People no longer felt safe doing normal and leisurely activities they had done without fear just a week before. By striking fear into the patrons of Parisian restaurants, the Stade de France and Le Bataclan, the terrorists attacked nothing less than the French way of life. When I left Paris, I didn’t realize how quickly life could change over a weekend. Paris was under heavy police surveillance when I returned, with border checks in full effect. Public monuments were closed, along with many businesses. Many metro lines in Paris stopped working, numerous weekend events were cancelled and the Eiffel Tower dimmed its lights out of respect for the victims. The government advised people to stay inside unless absolutely necessary. Meanwhile, France
observed a three-day mourning period and held a candlelight vigil at the Cathedral of Notre Dame Sunday night. Classes were cancelled on Monday, so I headed to Place de la République to visit the memorial. The plaza was packed with people coming to pay their respects and though the atmosphere was solemn, I could sense the strong solidarity in the crowd. I walked down Rue de Voltaire toward Le Bataclan to visit the other memorials and joined a steady stream of people marching slowly in unity toward the sites of the attacks. We stopped at the gates where the police blocked off the street and gazed in silence as more people gathered around us. Silence fell. Everywhere I looked people held one another, laying flowers and trying to make sense of what happened. For the most part, people continued on with their lives after the attacks. Though the streets of Paris were deserted Friday night and early Saturday morning, Parisians trickled out of their homes to visit the memorials; the terror inflicted by the assailants Friday night did not stay. Going out onto the streets without fear became an act of rebellion against the attacks. People resumed strolling through the streets, visiting cafés and continuing on with life. Though there was a tremendous loss of life Friday night, the people of Paris wanted to make sure the victims did not suffer in vain. Within the span of that single weekend, multiple locations
around the world had been under attack. There were shootings in Paris, a funeral bombing in Baghdad and a suicide bomber in Beirut. While the world looked toward Paris in shock, the attacks in the Middle East remained relatively disregarded. News stations published story after story about the Paris terror attacks, but failed to report on the bombings in Lebanon or Iraq to the same caliber. While there should never be a comparison about which attacks were worse, there lies an obvious imbalance in today’s coverage of events in western and non-western countries. How I found out about the terror attacks, how my friends and family knew that I was safe and how the rest of the world was rapidly informed about the attacks in Paris is due to social media and news media outlets. If those sources have such a huge influence on the way people receive news about catastrophic events, shouldn’t there be more of an effort to equally report on events around the world? Though news organizations have a huge sphere of influence, it just proves that news will always be reported, but not all news will be reported equally. While the world stands with France to mourn the victims of Friday night’s events, we shouldn’t forget to remember those in Beirut and Baghdad who were not lucky enough to be afforded the same coverage. Life in Paris has changed, but we will never forget. Même pas peur, je suis Paris. Without fear, I am Paris.
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Singing about sexual assault: Julia Freifeld uses her voice to make a difference said. “It’s really been the most incredible thing that could have happened. Even just to reach one girl is so fulfilling.” In the song, Freifeld weaves through the deeply isolating effects of sexual assault, and the ways in which survivors are made to feel foolish, or even at blame, for not being able to protect themselves.
into this world,” she said. It’s only been about two weeks since the release of her song, but within the first couple days, Freifeld said she’d received hundreds of encouraging messages from women praising her for her courage and strangers who wanted to share their stories with her who finally felt comfortable voicing their traumas out loud.
SO WHEN YOU SEE A GIRL TONIGHT, WON’T YOU HELP HER BE ALL RIGHT. WON’T YOU GIVE A HELPING HAND, TOGETHER WE CAN ALL STAND. JULIA FREIFELD MUSICIAN
K AT Y BARNARD | MUSTANG NE WS MAKING A DIFFERENCE
| After getting involved with Safer, Freifeld felt motivated to write about her perspective on sexual assault.
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“I had no idea we were living in a rape culture.” She’d been regaled with stories that haunted her childhood — stories of innocent girls being kidnapped, mercilessly abducted from their families in the comfort of their own home. Growing up, business administration junior Julia Freifeld sincerely thought the horrors and
heartache of crime were confined only to distant news articles and random events. But after about a year at Cal Poly, Freifeld realized the crimes didn’t just take place in the painted princess rooms of pigtailed girls or by nondescript bearded monsters — they actually took place quite regularly, in “regular” fashions, with seemingly regular people. People who knew each other. People who recycle and call their grandparents on Thanksgiv-
ing. People with friends, sisters, mothers and girlfriends. In the wake of more than a dozen campus sexual assaults, somehow all the details spiral out of consciousness and settle and attitudes begin to normalize, Freifeld said. “Are you okay?” becomes “What were you wearing?” And Freifeld wouldn’t stand for it. After getting involved as the marketing intern for Safer, the sexual assault prevention orga-
nization on campus, Freifeld felt inspired to share her thoughts on the topic. She said she was glad that she “finally had the power on my campus and in the world to make a difference.” Freifeld wrote an untitled song about the issue, with no idea that its reach would amass to more than 13,000 views and 215 shares on Facebook. “Honestly, I’m kind of dumbfounded by the whole thing,” she
“A lot of the perpetrators don’t think of themselves as criminals,” she said. “And the people who do realize (it), make excuses.” Living in a rape culture is far from counting the number of assaults, Freifeld said. It rests on many more, deeply seeded issues; the way in which entitlement breeds objectification, and how, for some reason, rape is the only crime where victims are ever blamed. Not just blamed, Freifeld said, but made a mockery of. “People actually think of rape as a joke and never stop to think that what they’re doing might really be hurting someone,” she said. Part of the issue, Freifeld said, lies within upbringing. People who commit heinous crimes against women forget who they came from. “The craziest thing, to me, is that every single person who’s assaulted another human being has a mother who brought them
“Girls feel bad for wanting to report (it), or feel overdramatic or unable to control their emotions and I think that’s so sad,” she said. “If someone hurts you, you need to stand up for yourself.” Freifeld was invited onto Matisyahu’s tour bus before the reggae/ rap artist’s recent concert in San Luis Obispo, and played three of her songs for him, his manager and a producer. The producer and manager took down her contact info and emailed her later that night. Seeing her song’s positive effect has inspired Freifeld to write even more, she said. “I think that music is a form of poetry, but it’s a more emotional form because singing is so different from speaking,” she said. “It’s a different way to express thoughts. Freifeld is in the process of changing her major from business to psychology in hopes of eventually getting a degree in social work to help victims of sexual assault.
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The wall that was worth 1,000 words Liana Riley @liana_riley
Liana Riley is a political science junior and Mustang News opinion columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the editorial coverage of Mustang News. Was it a symbol of oppression, an homage to the defenders of free speech or was it just a piece of blank paper, slapped onto a whiteboard, and defaced with insults worthy of a “South Park” episode? This week I will be discussing the Cal Poly College Republicans’ “Freedom of Speech Wall,” which has gained more traction than anyone could have reasonably anticipated. And isn’t it so timely with the paralleled situations at the University of Missouri and Yale? Though these issues explicitly address racial dynamics and issues of privilege, Cal Poly has managed to find itself within the ranks of endowment-saturated universities with bloated privilege, not in terms of the caliber of our academics, but the grievances of our students. Though it’s hard to consider something systemic when it is in the scope of a university, campuses are microcosms of the greater spectrums of societal discrimi-
nation and prejudice. However, this should not be disregarded simply because we are in a contained environment. The wall and its writings are such a divisive issue in part because college students’ identities are still in their formative stages. Students want to belong to an environment that is safe for identity development and the fostering of self-growth, two very essential pieces of one’s college experience. So there really is merit to the two diverging sides of this inconclusive debate. Let’s begin with the outcry from the free speech-centric students declaring there is a war against their First Amendment rights. The philosopher Jurgen Habermas would likely attribute it to the conflictual nature of the public sphere and government. Anytime you have a governing body such as a university, there will be a question of the amount of control the body can exert over you, ultimately ending up with a variety of picketers crying for their autonomy back. Great thinkers such as John Stuart Mill have argued all ideas, all speech, have merit. Even the most radical extremists, the heretics, and the dogmatics should have the absolute guarantee of freedom of speech.
And though it may be hard to stomach, as philosopher Rosa Luxemburg said, “The freedom of speech means nothing, unless it means the freedom of those who think differently.” Ultimately we are bound to the opinions of our dissenters, our disagreers and our intellectual opposites. Once you have established that those comments, though flagrantly disrespectful, are allowed to be said, it is no longer a question of what is permitted, but how to adjust the campus climate, so no one feels a need to say it at all. We must also consider that these incidents do not spawn out of thin air; there are always repressed feelings of long-term and deep-seated discrimination, exclusion and mistreatment that cause these issues to rise to the surface. It cannot be attributed to the free speech wall itself; it was simply a catalyst in this chronic problem. Often times, incidents like these are used as platforms to express disdain for a system that has been failing for quite some time and is now on the brink of collapse. A lot of the voices on campus are echoing the sentiments of those who stood up in the first place at the Stand in Solidarity protest last Wednesday night; this is not a free speech issue, it’s a matter
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of campus climate. It would be utterly naive and irrational to assume any of those offended by the speech are calling for the dismantling of the First Amendment’s free speech clause. But it seems a lot of students on campus seem to tackle this issue by fear-mongering, pretending their free speech rights are in danger of being wiped out by these so-called “social justice warriors.” No one is suggesting we abolish the marketplace of ideas, the open forum or our ability to debate; we simply need to rearrange the priorities of this campus to better suit those who feel uncomfortable on a regular basis. The efforts made by the Queer Student Union (QSU), SLO Solidarity and minority students seem to be a stronghold
of highly motivated youth activists, ready for change to become more than just a motivator thrown around on social media. They are seeking concrete solutions, and the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) forum this past Sunday is just one of the efforts being made to actually effect change, as opposed to just taking it to an online forum. Culture isn’t easy to change. These are learned ideas, behaviors and beliefs that are reinforced every day through our interactions, the media and our society in general. Rather than prohibit expressions of hate speech on our campus, the only logical and effective course of action is to discourage the sentiments of intolerance that sustain it.
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As the season progressed, the notion of going undefeated at home started to become more and more realistic. When the Mustangs won their opening round matchup of the Big West Conference Tournament against UC Irvine, the 2015 team accomplished a feat never before seen in the short history of soccer at Spanos Stadium: A lossless 7-0-2 record at home. The Mustangs’ effectiveness in San Luis Obispo can be attributed to a number of factors. Senior midfielder Chase Minter said confidence from the crowds and the team’s familiarity with the field’s unusual dimensions were the most vital. “Spanos is different than a lot of fields,” Minter said. “It plays narrow with the walls and we have great fan support that come out in big numbers every game. I think we have a lot of experience playing on this field so we know the best way to play on it.” Speaking of Minter, the mid-
fielder was just one of a handful of seniors that were the constant leaders throughout the season. Along with forward Matt LaGrassa, goalkeeper Wade Hamilton and defender Kip Colvey, the success that was enjoyed in the regular season was hardly possible without this group of seniors. Hamilton has been holding down the net in a stellar season-long performance, and LaGrassa and Colvey are currently ranked second and third on the team in total points (13 and 8, respectively). All four were rewarded for their work on the pitch with postseason accolades. LaGrassa was named to the All-Big West Conference second team, while Hamilton picked up Big West Conference Goalkeeper of the Year honors and joined Colvey and Minter on the All-Big West Conference First Team roster. For the second year in a row, Minter was awarded Big West Conference Midfielder of the Year honors.
Minter’s talent blossomed this year under Sampson. Minter leads the team in goals (7), assists (6), and total points (20). His match-deciding score in a conference bout with Cal State
jor highlights of the year. An 80th-minute strike from freshman forward Jared Pressley was the difference in a 2-1 win over UC Riverside, a more than opportune moment for the Ohio
I LITERALLY HIT IT AND JUST SAW THE BALL HIT THE BACK OF THE NET. THE REST I DON’T REMEMBER. KODY WAK ASA OVERTIME HEADER FTW
Northridge was perhaps the cleanest play the Big West Conference saw all season. Minter scored on a bicycle kick that barely made its way over the outstretched fingertips of the opposing goalie, giving the Mustangs the only goal of the 1-0 match. Besides the bicycle kick from the senior, a few goals from first-time scorers proved to be some of the ma-
native’s first goal. Junior defender Bjorn Sandberg, a transfer student from Oregon State, picked up his first collegiate goal in three seasons of Division 1 play the night before his feature story ran in the next morning’s edition of Mustang News. But this season’s award for the “best way to score a first goal” must go to junior defender Kody Wakasa. In the season’s
first installment of the BlueGreen Rivalry against UC Santa Barbara, Wakasa scored on a header in the match’s second overtime with the teams tied up at two. The goal gave the Mustangs the crucial conference victory and one of the most pressure-packed walk-off wins in program history. “I literally hit it and just saw the ball hit the back of the net. The rest I don’t remember,” Wakasa said of his historic goal. Despite a dramatic draw with UC Santa Barbara in their second matchup, the Mustangs were ranked behind the Gauchos in the Big West Conference standings at season’s end. Cal Poly has been consistently ranked within the top 30 in national polls and has more draws (5) than losses (4), but it still wasn’t enough to claim the top seed in conference’s postseason tournament. In the first round, the Mustangs slipped by the Anteaters of UC Irvine with a 1-0 victory. An early goal from junior forward Justin Dhillon was enough for Cal Poly to make
its way to the next round of the tournament. The second round of the tournament was a somewhat different story. An early goal from freshman forward George Grote was not enough for Cal Poly to outlast Cal State Fullerton. The Mustangs lost 3-1 and were eliminated from the Big West Conference Tournament, but the team can take solace in the fact that the most important postseason match(es) remain ahead of them. Cal Poly’s NCAA Tournament berth is the result of maintaining its distinctive style of play for the majority of the season. A defense capable of holding the thinnest of leads coupled with an offense with a knack for timely goals has made 2015 a paramount year for the program’s history. The Mustangs hope to extend their steady season into the NCAA Tournament. Their first-round match at UCLA is slated for 7 p.m. on Thursday.
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