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No legislation without representation City council’s vow to student voters LOOKING AHEAD

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY CHRIS GATELEY | MUSTA NG NE W S

| Even though the special election for the nondiscrimination in housing clause will happen this summer, Harmon vowed to avoid future elections on ordinanances when students are typically not in town.

Kristin Xu @ kristiners

The Safety Enhancement Zone Ordinance and the Unruly Gatherings Ordinance are both designed to regulate student behavior, but that’s not the only thing they have in common. San Luis Obispo voters passed both ordinances during summer when most students — who make up a significant portion of renters in San Luis Obispo

— weren’t present. That’s set to happen again this summer, when a special election will be held to vote about implementing a nondiscrimination in housing clause. This could be the third rental ordinance in four years to pass during the summer when students aren’t present for the election. Students living in on-campus housing can’t register to vote in San Luis Obispo County because on-campus housing

isn’t within San Luis Obispo’s city limits. Only students who are registered to vote and live off campus in San Luis Obispo can vote. The city has 27,767 registered voters in total, 6,315 of which are between the ages of 18 to 24. This means 23 percent of registered voters are the typical age of college students. Therefore, the student vote has the potential to make an impact on future elections in San Luis Obispo.

However, even though students living on campus can’t vote in the city of San Luis Obispo, the ordinances passed in San Luis Obispo still affect them. Examples of summer voting without students The Safety Enhancement Zone Ordinance was adopted Aug. 20, 2013. The Ordinance is intended to crack down on activities during Mardi Gras, Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day and Week

of Welcome, in order to deter large crowds, excessive and illegal alcohol consumption and public drunkenness. The Unruly Gatherings Ordinance was adopted July 18, 2015 and discouraged gatherings of 20 or more people on private property resulting in noise disturbances, obstruction of public streets or public drunkenness. CITY COUNCIL continued on page 2

How high tech industry salaries affect computer science department Aidan McGloin & Chloe Carlson @ CPMustangNews

While Cal Poly mandates that students choose their major before coming to school to give them a head start, that system hasn’t benefited computer science senior Darryl Vo. In order to get classes in the computer science department, crashing was the only option. “The current system just relies

too much on crashing,” Vo said. “You can get your classes, but you are going to have to crash.” Students have to crash classes because of low faculty retention, Vo said. And the low faculty retention rate is a result of the competitive Silicon Valley salaries, computer science assistant professor Foaad Khosmood said. COMPUTER SCIENCE continued on page 2 CHRIS GATELEY | MUSTA NG NE W S

DOWN, R, UP, L, Y, B | Cheat Codes DJ Trevor Dahl sang to the crowd before headliner Flosstradamus during the third-annual Spring Stampede.

Moshing with Flosstradamus; interviewing with Cheat Codes

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OLIVIA DOT Y | COURTE SY PHOTO

| Competitive Silicon Valley salaries affect faculty retention.

Mikaela Duhs & Naba Ahmed time,” Carter said. “One thing @ CPMustangNews that was different was that there [were] more students dancing Streams of confetti shot into and being involved and engaged the air as opener Alt9 dropped in the music.” the beat. The So You Think You Despite tickets being sold for Can DJ? winner, computer en- $15, slightly more than past gineering sophomore Luke Lib- quarters, Carter said she doesn’t eratore, pumped up the crowd think price negatively affected as people filed onto the field. ticket sales. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Electronic DJ trio Cheat Events’ third Spring Stampede Codes played after Alt9, perhad begun. forming crowd favorite “No ASI Events Musical Enter- Promises,” their most recent tainment Assistant and expe- single that features Demi Lorience industry management vato. They ended their set with senior Kelsey Carter said “Sex,” earning extra cheers evin comparison to previous ery time plumes of smoke shot Spring Stampedes, there was a out over the audience. great turnout. “The crowd really enjoyed The Cheat Codes origin story themselves and had a great When Trevor Dahl and Mat-

thew Russell moved to Los Angeles at roughly the same time, Dahl was looking for a couch to sleep on. Russell had a small laundry room that was unoccupied and after little consideration, Dahl moved his things into the room that was previously reserved for the washer and dryer. “I said, ‘Yo, if you want to pay me to sleep in my laundry room, that’s fine with me,’” Russell said. Once settled, Dahl experimented with the space and created an in-house studio where the two played and created music. “I was actually pretty pissed because I hadn’t thought of the idea to turn the room into a

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studio. It was all his [idea],” Russell said. They made music separately at first. However, they listened to each other’s styles, Dahl and Russell started writing together just for fun, with no intentions of a project. This was until they joined forces with Kevin Ford, a small rapper who Russell produced songs for in the past. Ford wanted to get the group together to do “DJ music.” Cheat Codes was formed and they released their first song “Visions,” which became number one on hype machine and earned a couple million plays on Spotify. SPRING STAMPEDE continued on page 5

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Even though the Rental Housing Inspection was officially repealed March 7 due to concerns that the ordinance was an invasion of privacy, there will still be a special election this summer due to a petition, according to council member Andy Pease. The petition was organized by council member Dan Carpenter and attorneys Stew Jenkins and Dan Knight. It garnered more than 7,000 signatures — well beyond the minimum requirement of 3,918 votes. The petition was created to prevent the Rental Housing Inspection Program

MUSTANG NEWS from ever being reinstated, according to Pease. The nondiscrimination in housing clause the petition opts for would prohibit discrimination based on age, race, gender, income, ethnicity, ownership or renter status — prohibiting even “good discrimination” in favor of low-income seniors. Breaking the habit City council is now faced with a predicament. Since the petition received more than 3,000 votes, they either have to adopt the nondiscrimination in housing clause exactly the way it’s written, or put it to a vote over the summer when students are on vacation.

Even though Mayor Heidi Harmon wants to prevent a summer election so that students can participate in city ordinance conversations, the timing of the election is out of her control. “Once an initial process gets started, there’s all these markers that you have to do and timeframes and I don’t think we know quite yet but I heard July [or] August,” Harmon said. Although the nondiscrimination in housing clause won’t negatively affect students directly, it sheds light on the bigger picture of how ordinances can still be put to a vote with enough signatures. As for Har-

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mon, she wants these conversations to happen during times students are present. City council will be sending out mail-home ballots regarding the nondiscrimination policy and students must be a registered voter and live in off-campus housing to vote in the special election. Those who are out of town for the summer will have to obtain their ballots and then mail them in. Students with questions about the special election can call the San Luis Obispo County Clerk Recorder’s Office at (805) 781-5080 or visit their office at 1055 Monterey Street, Suite D120.

Those who are out of town for the summer will have to obtain their ballots and then mail them in.

OLIVIA DOT Y | COURTE SY PHOTO

| As a result of the low faculty retention rate in computer science, students have had difficulty getting classes needed to graduate.

COMPUTER SCIENCE continued from page 1

Lower pay keeps the professors away According to online hiring platform Hired, software engineers are paid $123,000 on average in the industry and data scientists are paid an average of $127,000. Cal Poly professors in the computer science department received an average salary of $95,000 in 2016, with the highest pay being $122,000, according to publicly available data information distributed by the Sacramento Bee. Computer science department chair Franz Kurfess said the de-

partment is aware of the pay discrepancy between the industry and academia. “Even at the time I got my Ph.D. it was clear to me, if I pursue a career in academia, it will not be financially beneficial to me,” Kurfess said. “At that time, the discrepancy was not that high, but it was noticeable. But certainly in the last few years it has gotten much more prominent.” Closing the gap Kurfess said there have been internal conversations among colleagues regarding increasing salary for new hires. However, there are consequences. For one, it would cause inversion, a term for hiring new staff at a higher entry-level salary than in the past. In order to take care of the inversion, the department would eventually raise everyone else’s salaries. This will affect the budget, according to Kurfess. Effects on students Software engineering sophomore Nathan Philliber has only gotten one computer science class through registration over the past four quarters. “It feels like Cal Poly administration is trying to admit as many freshmen as possible and doesn’t care about the students who already go here,” Philliber said. “If I had actually been able to get the classes I needed, I could have graduated early, but because of how impacted this program is, I will definitely be here for five years — maybe more. I’m terrified for Winter 2018 because I have no more GEs to take.” Philliber said he tried to crash

multiple courses in the past, but that other people crash as well, and he has never seen more than three students manage to get into a class. “If I could go back in time, I would definitely choose a different school,” Philliber said. “I’m just really tired of getting screwed.” Business administration junior Dani Aiello left the computer science department her junior year because she struggled to get classes with reputable teachers. “I think they’re taking anyone they can get to teach,” Aiello said. “And that doesn’t necessarily mean that they’re good at teaching, able to communicate well with students or have ever had any experience.” During her sophomore year, Aiello was enrolled in Fundamentals of Computer Science III (CPE 103), lectured by Timothy Hawkins. Though she passed the class with an A, she said the students

Software engineers are paid $123,000 on average and data scientists are paid an average of $127,000

didn’t take anything away from the course. “We did absolutely nothing in that class,” Aiello said. “We sat there, he would go over a program,

give us all the code for it and then that was it. Like, we didn’t have to write anything, we would just look at it. I learned nothing in that class. And the next classes build on that and I didn’t learn anything.” Both Davis and Aiello agreed that having outside resources helps students get through the program. For Aiello, she relied on her father who was already in the industry and could help her troubleshoot her coding homework. “A lot of the kids have outside sources, like they have their parents so they don’t have to consult the teacher,” Davis said. “Or they are in a club, so they have people who have done those programs to refer to and get through,” Davis said. Computer science professor Zoe Wood has been at Cal Poly for 14 years. According to Wood, on average, her students are usually making substantially more than she does one year after graduation. Wood compared the computer science department to a jigsaw puzzle and said sometimes the puzzle can take longer to solve than other times. Because of this, free tutoring is offered for students in the intro series. There are also community-building clubs like White Hat, Game Development and Women Involved in Software and Hardware. She said these are places students may find communities to help them stay in the department. “Something that students have repeatedly reflected is that they need more community to help them stay,” Wood said. “The way to get through something hard is to stick with friends.”

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MONDAY, JUNE 5, 2017

Difficulty waking up for 7 a.m. class could be caused by puberty EARLY

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| A recent study determined that college students learn best when they’re at their optimal state of altertness at 10 a.m. However, Cal Poly schedules classes at 7 a.m. to accommodate more students.

Megan Schellong @ meganschellong

As it turns out, puberty could be to blame for why college students don’t love waking up for 7 a.m. classes. According to a recent study, college students learn best when they’re at their optimal state of alertness, which is usually at 10 a.m. Even so, Cal Poly begins many of its classes at 7 a.m. This spring quarter, Cal Poly held 55 7 a.m. classes compared to 77 during Spring 2016, Associate Registrar Susan Olivas said in an email to Mustang News. According to Olivas, classes are scheduled at 7 a.m. to accommodate as many as possible. Study stats Researchers Mariah Evans and Jonathan Kelley from University of Nevada, Reno and Paul Kelley from Open University in the United Kingdom found out why 10 a.m. is the sweet spot. Their study concluded that biological changes that occur during adolescent years contribute to the shift in college students’ sleeping schedules. “The crux of the matter in the temporal misalignment problem is that biological changes beginning in puberty shift wake and sleep times two to three hours later in the day,” the researchers said in their study. Those biological changes involve melatonin, the hormone responsible for the onset of

sleepiness. When an adolescent goes through puberty, melatonin’s release is delayed. With this prolonged onset, adolescents are more likely to stay up later because drowsiness hasn’t kicked in. According to the study, the two- to three-hour delay of melatonin reaches its peak at 19 years old and doesn’t “revert” to a previous pattern until the mid-20s, the researchers wrote,

College students are in a completely different time zone than older adults. KELLY BENNION

citing a study from 2004. “If you’re an adolescent, your sleep wake cycle is shifted relative to the rest of humanity with the exception of infants [and seniors],” psychology and child development professor Gary Laver said. Because college students tend to stay awake in the later hours, it means they go to bed later. In turn, they need more time to sleep before their 7 a.m. class. Even so, the California State University (CSU) system does not have a policy regarding class start times, ac-

cording to CSU spokeswoman Elizabeth Chapin. Cal Poly has a history of holding classes at 7 a.m. dating back to the 1980s, and possibly before, Olivas said. Amid the absence of a time-sensitive schedule for classes, the 190 students surveyed in the study reported feeling at their best around 10 a.m. From that hour on, their optimal functioning points stay positive as the clock ticks into the afternoon. But, when the evening hours creep up, students reported a decline in their performance at 9 p.m. and 10 p.m. They reported feeling even worse as the time approaches midnight and a further decline after 2 a.m. Even so, the delay in melatonin could leave students wide awake even after their first signs of decline at 9 p.m. Does that mean students learn better even at 9 p.m. or 10 p.m. at night when they’re supposedly up and about? Not necessarily. “Alertness depends on homeostatic pressure, which is a linear function that says, ‘The longer you’ve been awake, the more tired you are,’” assistant professor of psychology and child development Kelly Bennion said. “That said, having late night classes is not best for students.” Generally speaking, a 24-hour day consists of 16 hours awake and eight hours asleep, accord-

ing to Laver. For college students, 24-hour days look only slightly different from their younger and older counterparts because they start later. That is, provided they’re waking up at later times. Their days might start at 9

a.m. on the weekend if they go to sleep at 1 a.m. Even so, they still follow the 24-hour day like the person who wakes up at 6 a.m. and goes to sleep at 10 p.m “College students are in a completely different time zone than older adults,” Bennion said. “I

tell parents that it shouldn’t be any surprise that their teenager is grumpy at 6 a.m.” Bennion said considering the hours in which college students go to sleep, beginning class at 9 a.m. would be an optimal starting time.

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“We thought, ‘Wow, we should really keep this thing going.’ We were just getting together to try it out and see how everything worked,” Russell said.One of the main reasons the members wanted to start the trio in the first place was because they all came from different types of music. “I was bored of the music that I was doing, acoustic singer-songwriter stuff,” Dahl said. “I got tired of the same song and the

same instruments at least. The appealing part about dance music is that you can blend any type of genre together. It was cool to start something that would be forever changing, you know.” Cheat Codes said they play all types of music because they think it helps them connect with their audience. “We like to see what they are into. We can be inspired by the music they are listening to or making. It’s perfect because you never really get bored,” Russell said. At Spring Stampede, Cheat Codes

bumped music from the recreation fields that spanned from trap, house, rap and hip hop. They all switched off controlling the board, directing the crowd and dancing on stage. Hands waved in the air as the sound vibrated heads that bobbed in unison to the beat of “Humble” by Kendrick Lamar. It seemed they knew exactly what to play to get the crowd excited. “We play colleges all the time,” Russell said. “They are some of our favorite shows. They rock. It’s so much fun because college kids really know how to party.”

Moshing it out Almost immediately after Cheat Codes closed their set, headliner Flosstradamus made his way onto the stage. As soon as he began his set, students took direction from the DJ’s most well-known song “Mosh Pit” and sweaty bodies flung against each other. While the other artists spent about an hour on stage, Flosstradamus kept the concert going longer by playing remixes of “Gasolina,” “My Way” and “Broccoli.” Flosstradamus told the crowd

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he wanted to watch the sunset with Cal Poly students and didn’t stop bumping music until the sun was long gone. Meeting the legend This year, ASI Events held a contest where students could win the chance to meet Flosstradamus and a special guest. In order to enter the contest to win two meet and greet passes, a student had to post a new picture with their favorite concert companion and tag @ASIEvents on Instagram.

Business administration junior Marissa DiSandro won the contest and brought a friend. DiSandro and wine and viticulture junior Mich Inouye met Cheat Codes before they performed and Flosstradamus, one of DiSandro’s favorite artists, after his set. “He kept the crowd hyped the whole time! And I was non-stop dancing from beginning until the end,” DiSandro said. “I’ve been a fan of Flosstradamus for a few years now and this was my fourth time seeing him, so I was really happy to finally meet him.”

| Although ticket prices were raised to $15, electronic DJs Alt9, Cheat Codes and Flosstradamus still brought a large crowd to ASI Events’ Spring Stampede concert compared to previous years.

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Take it SLO returns with a bigger show at Spanos Theatre Sabrina Thompson @sabrinaswriting

A cappella group Take it SLO performed its 14th annual spring concert “Revive” in the Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre June 3. This was the group’s first time in a space that size. The performance conveyed the revival theme with new members, songs and choreography. “We named it ‘Revive’ because we thought it’s kind of like a new Take it SLO, it is kind of a revival,” business administration senior Daniel Catelli said. With seven new members, the group expanded from previous years. Take It SLO moved to Spanos to accommodate more audience members, add more choreography and use lighting that wasn’t available in the choir room, the location of their previous shows. Even with all the changes, art and design junior

Blake Silva said Take It SLO’s energy and community is stronger than ever before. “I know that a huge goal for next year is that we want to keep putting out new stuff,” Silva said. “Take It SLO has become so habitual. We have the routine, we have the same repertoire, our set list is always the same. I think next year, it is such a big goal for us to continue to do new things and experiment and do that together.” The show featured a new set list of songs including Rihanna’s “Love on the Brain,” Britney Spears’ “…Baby One More Time” and “How Far I’ll Go” from Disney’s “Moana.” Preparations for “Revive” began during the first week of winter quarter. Between rehearsals for the show, Take it SLO was accepted into the Los Angeles A Capella Festival (LAFF). Take It SLO was one of six chosen from the

18 groups that applied, and it was their first time competing at the festival. Though Take It SLO did not make it past the first round, they said they were happy to have the opportunity. “We didn’t get far, but we got into the competition which is a big feat in itself,” art and design junior Kelsey Dunkelman said. Next year, Take It SLO plans to compete at LAFF and the International Championship of Collegiate A Capella. They also want to record another EP after last year’s “SLO Motion, Part II” and pro duce their winter and spring concerts in addition to smaller events. Amid all of Take It SLO’s accomplishments, members said the community within the group is what makes being involved worthwhile. “Off the bat, Take it SLO was a community for me and every year it just gets better and better,” Sil-

va said. “It is because we feel encouraged by finding friendships and community where we are

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at. Especially in something like singing, it can be so intimate. It is such a feel good, ‘do it because

you love it’ kind of activity. When you have that in common with someone, there is nothing better.”

DANIEL CATELLI | COURTE SY PHOTO

| Take It SLO’s show “Revival” featured new members, songs and choreography.

Network marketing sets up shop in residence halls Anjana Melvin @ CPMustangNews

“Network marketing” might sound like 1950s Tupperware parties that gave housewives an opportunity to make some money after World War II. During these parties, the hostess or “consultant” would invite friends and family over to sell Tupperware, quite different from the traditional sales environment. Though these parties began more than 50 years ago, social media allowed them to make their way from suburban homes to residence halls. Network marketing — also known as multi-level marketing, direct-sales marketing or referral marketing— is a business model where revenue is gained by not only the amount of products the salesperson sells, but also how many people they recruit to their network. Many companies, like Mary Kay, Arbonne, Aloette, doTerra and Amway, use network marketing to promote their brand. Industrial technology and packaging freshman Noelle Laird is a consultant for Arbonne and has worked for the company for a month. Arbonne gives their consultants cash bonuses, 15 to 35 percent of retail profit and a life insurance program, among other benefits. Arbonne

has a seven-level chain of command, from consultants at the very bottom to national vice presidents at the top. Consultants make an average monthly income between $50 and $200, while national vice presidents can make over $22,000. Once employees move up from consultants, they make commission off the products they sell as well as the products the employees under them sell. For Laird to move up to district manager, she is growing her network by inviting her friends to host residence hall parties with Arbonne products. “Arbonne is a business you build for yourself,” Laird said. “[It helps me with] time management. I was spreading myself across three or four different jobs — I work at Blast downtown, I babysit, I tutor. It’s my own business, but I’m working with a bunch of different people. Holding those parties … I’m really just trying to share about the business. If they sign up, then I can build my business off of them, too.” According to Laird, during these parties, hosts — usually a friend of the consultant — invites friends living in the residence hall to try the company’s products. The host provides snacks and guests play games to win prizes. Prizes include samples of Arbonne’s dietary

supplements and fizz sticks, their most popular products. Attendees are also encouraged to try Arbonne’s makeup products. During this time, the consultant and district manager will talk to the guests about their experience with the company to encourage recruiting. “We’re not putting money into famous people, we’re putting money back into our business,” Laird said. “The product goes straight from the manufacturer to the customer, so there’s all this extra money that they give back to the consultants. No extra money for the in-betweens.” Similar to Arbonne, Aloette is a skin-care company that uses network marketing. Kristen Jones is the owner of an Aloette franchise, president of Aloette of Central Coast California and worked in network marketing for 13 years. Recently, Jones was invited to speak at a Cal Poly Women in Business Association meeting about her experience as a small business owner. Jones gave away more than $100 of free product vouchers to winners of a raffle and invited the winners to her house to try Aloette’s products. For each friend a raffle winner brought , they got $25 worth of free product. According to Jones, this kind of network marketing is becoming popular because of social media.

“I think that network marketing is becoming more popular because it’s a way for people to make supplemental or full-time income with flexibility,” she said. “Many people these days have a lot going on and with social media and the way we’re able to network with people literally all over the world, more people are drawn to the supplemental income, the flexibility, the lifestyle.” That’s what network marketing for many companies like Aloette and Arbonne is: a lifestyle. For people like Jones and Laird, it’s sharing products of a company they believe in and are passionate about. “Really it’s not about me trying to sell the product, it’s me sharing the lifestyle that Arbonne has,” Laird said. “I’m not preaching something I don’t believe in …

I used it before I became a consultant. I believe in the product, it’s all botanically based, it’s Swiss heritage. I don’t necessarily see myself as a saleswoman, I don’t get upset if [someone] doesn’t buy my product, I’m just happy that I at least put it in someone’s head that this is a lifestyle.” For Jones, a mother of three and a yoga teacher, running her Aloette franchise is a way to make additional revenue while being able to spend time with her family. “The great part of having a business like Aloette or Arbonne is that when you’re busy and you have a family or a full-time career, you still have a reorder business,” she said. “I love the flexibility, I personally wouldn’t be able to sit at a desk from 9 to 5.” For college students like Laird,

working for a network marketing company like Arbonne can be a step forward professionally, too. “I want to have a comfortable lifestyle and I think having a job like this will give me the opportunity to do that,” Laird said. “I definitely see myself building my business in the next four years and even after that, too. If I can get to one of the top level where I’m making $14,000 [or more] a month, then it could possibly be my full-time job.” According to the World Federation of Direct Selling Associations, network marketing is a $178 billion industry in the United States. This number is larger than global sales in the video gaming, movie and natural foods industries. Arbonne and Aloette parties might just be replacing the Tupperware party.

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HOUSING OVERFLOW

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| Because Cal Poly accepted more students than can be accommadated in on-campus housing, some students living in PCV will have to live in a double.

Cal Poly’s housing woes Elias Atienza @ CPMustangNews

Elias Atienza is a history sophomore and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News. “Did I ever tell you what the definition of insanity is? Insanity is doing the exact ... same fucking thing ... over and over again expecting ... shit to change ... That. Is. Crazy,” Far Cry 3’s Vaas Montenegro said. Cal Poly is experiencing a sort of wake up call. Eighty five percent of continuing students who applied to live in Poly Canyon Village (PCV) will have to live in a double. To counteract the overfilling, many people are expected to move into Mustang Village, which is more expensive. Others are scrambling on the internet to find a place that isn’t going to clean out their bank accounts or their piggy banks and force them to sell heroin to 5-year-olds on the dark web.

This is because Cal Poly accepted more freshmen than they were logistically prepared for. But if you hear the administration talk about it, it’s no problem! Oh sure, most people who were looking for a single room will have to move into Mustang Village, hope to God that there is something available off campus or move into a cramped PCV apartment housing six people in three rooms despite there being four rooms in each apartment. It’s a problem that has been years in the making despite the progress Cal Poly has made by expanding on-campus housing, the new residence halls won’t be available until Fall 2018. Apparently, someone in the administration thought accepting 1,000 more freshmen per year before the new residence halls were set to open was a good idea, and the rest of us are going to pay the price for it. Of course, the rest of San Luis Obispo isn’t happy about it either. They weren’t happy that Cal Poly wouldn’t cap enrollment back in

2016 and I don’t imagine they’re excited by the fact that there’s going to be 1,000 more students than last year. San Luis Obispo has always been a college town, as much as

It’s a problem that has been years in the making.

long-time residents hate to admit it, but there’s a reason why families move out and students move in: there’s not enough on-campus housing, so students spill into family neighborhoods. There seems to be two solutions: capping enrollment and increasing on-campus housing. As much as on-campus housing can suck

(I lived in PCV for two years) and how much Village Market and Campus Market rip students off, at least that’s a better solution than forcing students to go out and try to find housing off campus or cramming more students into PCV. Current San Luis Obispo mayor Heidi Harmon has called for Cal Poly to increase on-campus housing. She also proposed other good ideas for increasing affordable housing, such as building tiny home communities. She’s also been open to exploring a cap on student enrollment, which should at least be debated by the city council. Increasing enrollment without expanding housing options is irresponsible. It has been nothing but detrimental to Cal Poly. Not only is it unfair to students, it is also unfair to long-term residents of San Luis Obispo who are now being forced out. The administration would be wise to spend more time holistically considering the impacts of accepted new students instead of just focusing on enrollment numbers and profits.

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Colby Barrick: Not your average walk-on Nate Edelman Special to Mustang News

Junior Colby Barrick, starting outfielder for Cal Poly’s baseball team, has always paved his own path. He wasn’t a baseball prodigy as a kid or a top recruit coming out of high school. In fact, Barrick wasn’t even supposed to go to Cal Poly to begin with. Right now, Barrick is having the time of his life playing for the Mustangs, but it wasn’t always this enjoyable. A tough childhood Barrick was born in Santa Barbara, California, but he moved to the Santa Ynez Valley soon after. When he was two weeks old, his father, Jamie, was diagnosed with a very rare form of cancer. At the time, there were seven people worldwide who had this cancer and Jamie was one of them. For the first two years of Barrick’s life, his family drove all over the country to get treatment with stops ranging from Florida to the UCLA Medical Center. Barrick remembers Christmas when he was four years old because of the large number of gifts provided by his family, friends and the Santa Ynez Community. “I thought Santa was the best person on earth,” he said.

Jamie fought cancer for five years before passing away when Barrick was in kindergarten. Barrick has little memory of his dad and relied heavily on his mother, Teresa, and his older brother, Skyler, ever since. “I will always think of my mom as the strongest person I’ve ever met,” Barrick said. “She took on that role when I was so young. I can’t imagine what she had to deal with internally.” To this day, Barrick texts his mom every day, telling her he loves her and thanking her for what she does. Theresa met Barrick’s stepdad, Chris Bruhn, three years after Jamie’s death. Bruhn also lost his wife to cancer and was left with a daughter, Miranda. But Barrick initially wasn’t happy. “When I was first around him I was 7 1/2, eight years old and I was so confused,” Barrick said. “I didn’t know anything. I was kind of pissed off, too.” Turning to sports As time progressed, Barrick turned his focus to all things sports: soccer, baseball, basketball and football. Of the four, he started taking baseball more seriously his junior year of high school with the ultimate goal of getting a scholarship to help his parents financially. In his senior year, his team went 29-1 and won

ON THE RISE

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| Barrick made his first appearance for the Mustangs in mid-March and ended the season with the fourth-best batting average.

the CIF-Southern Section Division 5 championship. But Barric k didn’t have any huge offers and was disappointed. Instead of giving up, Barrick went to Hancock Community College in Santa Maria to play baseball. He started in right field his freshman year, batted lead off, won first team all-conference and a gold glove award. These accolades got him noticed by four-year colleges, and coaches knew about Barrick by the time his sophomore year started. With the increased attention, he improved again in his sophomore year, putting up better numbers with a jump in power and swing. “The junior college route allowed me to mature as a person,” Barrick said. “I think it completely changed me. I didn’t think I was ready for

[Division One athletics]. I didn’t want to accept it at first. It was a hard pill to swallow.” By the end of his sophomore year, Barrick and his family were all ready for him to go to UC Santa Barbara. Once he committed, his family stocked up on Gaucho gear. He was excited that his parents could go watch him every single home game and that he would play with backup catcher and childhood friend Thomas Roane. Barrick was so excited by this opportunity that he didn’t realize initially that UC Santa Barbara didn’t cooperate with his financial needs. He had made a decision to go wherever offered the best scholarship, no matter where it was. He de-committed only three weeks before school started.

He didn’t know what to do, but instinctively called up Cal Poly seeking a chance to walk on. The Cal Poly baseball team made it work and he got the scholarship he dreamed of. Stepping up to the plate Barrick got his chance to start in the Mustangs’ series against Wichita State in mid-March, where he went 7 of 11 in four games from the plate. In his time as a Mustang, Barrick learned a lot from head coach Larry Lee. “He lives, breathes and talks baseball,” Barrick said. “I’ve never been around someone who knows as much as he does.” Throughout Barrick’s baseball career, Bruhn bonded with Barrick

through the sport, offering to help in any way he could. “I always had my number one fan out there,” Barrick said. “He was a huge reason to why I think I made it to where I am today.” Barrick isn’t ready to think of life post-college, instead choosing to focus on today. The Cal Poly baseball team finished second in the Big West this season, narrowly missing out on an at-large bid to the NCAA tournament. He played well this season and finished fourth on the team in batting average (0.303) with 27 hits and 12 runs. With how he’s played at the high school and junior college levels, Barrick will likely improve this offseason and come back in 2018 to contribute significantly to a talented Cal Poly team.