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A look at San Luis Obispo’s 21st birthday bar crawl tradition

Annabel Snow Special to Mustang News

A jukebox belted upbeat country while glasses clanked and raised voices chattered around her, but all communication studies senior Sarah Riley could hear was the thick sloshing of her drink being made.

She watched as 3⁄4 ounces of Bacardi 151 rum, a tablespoon of Worcestershire sauce and a dash of Tabasco were mixed together to make the staple birthday cocktail, the “Bull Sweat,” from San Luis Obispo bar Bull’s Tavern.

Then Riley was hoisted onto the bar to chug it down in front of the crowd. A bartender rang a brass bell behind her, ushering in her 21st birthday bar crawl. That was one item crossed off her checklist.

Only 20 more to go.

The bar crawl explained The tradition of a 21st birthday bar crawl is considered a rite of passage into the downtown bar culture for some in San Luis Obispo. Participants are tasked with 21 challenges, including a number of bar­-specific drinks and activities such as sticking a piece of gum on the walls of Bubblegum Alley.

While there are certainly concerns about a celebration that traditionally involves drinking, some students have completed the challenge without consuming a drop

of alcohol and have still found it rewarding.

The bar crawl experience was positive for Riley, and served as a milestone for her 21st birthday.

“I was comforted knowing the people I was with would make sure I had a great time without forcing me to test my limits in the process,” she said. “I knew if I said no to a certain drink, it was my choice and I would be supported regardless.”

And there were many opportunities for drinks. Along with the infamous Bull Sweat, there are other staple 21st birthday drinks and tasks.

Riley said that while there was some pressure to complete the bar crawl tasks in a certain manner, it was helpful to follow a plan, as opposed to drinking aimlessly for the sake of turning 21.

“Celebrations across the board for 21st birthdays will usually include a lot of alcohol, but completing the tradition with a decorative sign, a plan for the night and a list of things to do ... It makes it easier to construct an awesome experience, rather than just sit in one place and drink excessively,” Riley said.

Drink up, bro!

Though Riley completed a standard list of drinks and tasks, it is more common for guys to undergo gender-specific challenges that include more difficult drinks.

This includes Black Sheep Bar the end of the day, people are typ& Grill’s “silver slipper.” The ically respectful of your choices. If drink, generally reserved for men your friends are pressuring you to on their bar crawl, consists of a go hard ... maybe you should conglass of gin and a raw egg that’s sider getting new friends and not cracked on the crawler’s head and hating on the bar crawl.” dropped into the glass. And Marston’s Bar and Grill serves men a “six shooter,” which is a line of six shot glasses — three with water and three with vodka, served If your friends are in random order.

Architecture junior Ryan pressuring you to go hard ...

Stone is new to the downmaybe you should consider town scene, having just exgetting new friends and not perienced his 21st birthday bar crawl in March. But he hating on the bar crawl. said he’s already seen a difference in the experience for men ARCHITECTURE JUNIOR RYAN STONE and women.

“I think that there is definitely a gender pressure,” Stone said. “For girls, it’s like, ‘Let’s get you dressed Other shenanigans up, let’s make a sign, let’s go down- Though men and women often town, but let’s not kill ourselves.’ have different bar crawl experiGirls put on the show almost with ences, one common crossover is the signs ... For guys, they typically the scavenger hunt item “picture don’t have a sign and go with their with a cop,” which requires the bar bros, where there is definitely more crawler to find a police officer on pressure. There is typically more the street and take a photo with ‘bro pressure’ in society, which them. is unfortunate.”

According to San Luis Obispo Despite the pressure Stone expe- Police Department Captain Chris rienced, he found that most friends Staley, cops across the board are respect the birthday person’s limits. well aware of this tradition. Staley “I don’t think it’s negative, I don’t has seen a number of 21st bar crawls think it’s necessarily positive either,” in the 21 years he has worked for Stone said. “People can pressure the department. you to go into a bar crawl, but at “I don’t have a problem with (the

’Black Comedy’ brings blind chaos to light NESRINE MAJZOUB | COURTESY PHOTO MISCHIEF | Mathematics freshman Garret Lamoureux plays Brindsley, a compulsive liar who gets into trouble.

Brendan Abrams @brenabrams

“I feel damp to my knickers!” was the double entendre that the sexually ambiguous Harold Gorringe (Thomas Mueller) used to describe the effects of being outside in a storm. Unbeknownst to both character and actor was the fact that in this context, the statement served triple duty. The preview audience for the Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department’s production of “Black Comedy” was left doubled over, in tears and with potentially evacuated bladders, on multiple occasions

over the course of its 80 ludicrous minutes.

The farcical British play, written

by Peter Shaffer, follows a broke artist (Garret Lamoureux), his ex-girlfriend (Katryna Fogel), his fiancée (Sarah Gamblin), her father (Daniel Cook), two neighbors (Gabrielle Duong and Mueller) and a German electrician (Aidan Turner) as they navigate a web of lies during a power outage. The stage lights are on when the characters are in the dark, and they go out the moment light returns to the scene.

What goes on in the “dark” is fascinating, and it ought to

be considering it makes up 95 percent of the show. During the blackout, the artist, Brindsley, must juggle the unexpected early arrival of a wealthy neighbor whose furniture he has borrowed (without permission) with the sudden appearance of his ex-girlfriend, as well as hard-nosed suspicion from his presumptive future father-inlaw. Things don’t look good for poor Brindsley, a compulsive liar, but that doesn’t stop him from trying to wiggle out of that jam by any means necessary.

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tradition),” Staley said. “When there is an opportunity to have a positive, light­-hearted interaction as opposed to a law enforcement situation, it’s good.”

However, Staley did express some concerns about binge drinking being encouraged for those who wait until their 21st birthday to drink for the first time.

“All of us have turned 21 at one point,” Staley said. “The only problem I have with it is, I think it encourages large consumption of alcohol. To encourage someone to drink that much who might not be familiar with it is dangerous.”

No alcohol, no problem Despite these concerns, there is an alternative way to enjoy the bar crawl, according to journalism junior Suha Saya. Saya does not drink alcohol as a personal choice, but didn’t want to miss out on this unique San Luis Obispo tradition.

“It just seemed like a cool experience and I didn’t want to turn 21 in SLO without experiencing it,” Saya said. “I didn’t want my personal choice of not drinking to stop it, so I decided to do it anyway.”

Saya was able to get nonalcoholic versions of all of the classic bar crawl drinks, even the Bull Sweat, and said it didn’t take away from her having a good time.

“Just the experience of being in Bull’s and having to stand up on the bar and drink the Bull Sweat was just crazy and exhilarating and exciting,” she said. “But it tasted terrible.”

Whether the drinks are alcoholic or not, bartenders in San Luis Obispo seem to have a favorable attitude about the bar crawls and what they symbolize.

“I think it’s a good thing, you’re gonna go out and drink anyway so you might as well have something to remember it by,” said Jessica Rosenkrans, a bartender at Frog and Peach Pub. “I don’t mind it, I think it’s fun. People get so excited and you want it to be a positive experience for them. For bartenders, (participants) are more likely to return if you make their birthday something special.”

Saya’s experience was special, alcohol or not, because of the bustling nightlife and fun atmosphere downtown San Luis Obispo has to offer­— especially when it comes to 21st birthday celebrations.

“I think overall, it is a positive culture, until maybe it goes a little bit overboard and somebody actually gets sick,” Saya said. “But overall I think it’s a fun experience and I understand why people get excited for it, it’s just a way to mark that age. Go as much as you think is healthy and don’t make it so that its a harmful bar crawl.”

Cal Poly track illuminated in commemoration of cancer patients CHRISTA L AM | MUSTANG NE WS TAKING STRIDES | Participants of Relay for Life circled the Cal Poly track in honor of cancer patients.

Megan Schellong @persimmegan

Dim golden lights inside of decorated paper bags illuminated Cal Poly’s track Friday night at Colleges Against Cancer’s Relay for Life in honor of the lives of cancer patients.

“Relay for Life is a time when I really push myself outside of school,” landscape architecture senior JoAnnie Tran said. “I will nap two to three hours, but then I’m back at it. I run, skip or

walk the entire time. It’s painful on my body, but it’s nothing compared to what they (cancer patients) go through.”

The 18-hour event kicked off with a watermelon eating contest and performances by Cal Poly groups like Smile and Nod and Take it SLO. Box the Oxford played several songs while participants hula hooped, danced, tattooed henna and conversed on picnic blankets.

Though Relay for Life was centered around cancer, the se-

riousness of the event was not diminished by the activities offered, according to students.

“The fun stuff is a reminder to take life less serious and enjoy what you have,” biological sciences freshman Yayoi Marumo said.

Marumo was joined by animal science senior Jessica Copeland in that the more upbeat activities of the night contributed positively to the event.

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Campus Dining hosts forum to discuss the ‘state of our plate’

ANDREW EPPERSON | MUSTANG NE WS HE ALTHFUL OPTIONS ON CAMPUS

Naba Ahmed @nabaahmed

Campus Dining hosted a food forum last Thursday, “State of Our Plate,” to get feedback on the current food options at Cal Poly and discuss plans for improvement.

Panelists from different disciplines of Cal Poly came to share their programs and research in relation to nutrition, sustainability and agriculture.

Cal Poly associate professor and co-author of Assessment of a University Campus Food Environment Dawn Neill started the discussion by sharing her findings.

Neill, along with other researchers, used the Nutrition Environment Measures Survey (NEMS) to measure the nutritional quality, availability and price of food at restaurants and grocery stores.

Using this method to evaluate the Campus Dining venues, Neill found that healthful entrees are

| Campus Dining held an open forum to talk about what healthy options students would like to see on campus, along with any changes with Campus Dining.

available at nine of the 18 venues.

Therefore, Cal Poly scored 26 out of a possible 97 on the NEMS for Campus Dining (NEMS-CD).

“So Cal Poly NEMS-CD score is low, but it is consistent with other higher education institutions,” Neill said. “Most on-campus venues offer some sort of healthful entrees, but most entrees at these venues were not classified as healthful.”

Entrees were considered healthful if they contained no more than 800 calories, with less than 30 percent fat and less than 10 percent saturated fat. Only 12 percent of all entrees on campus are considered healthful.

In terms of sustainability, Energy and Sustainability Analyst for Facility Services Eric Veium spoke on the Cal Poly Zero Waste Program.

Approximately 80 percent of post-consumer waste, which is the trash that people have after food consumption, is currently going to landfill. Therefore, the

plan is to work with organizations around the university to educate the campus community on the Zero Waste initiative.

Veium also wants Cal Poly to understand that people can stop waste at its source. By using a reusable water bottle or container instead of a plastic bottle or bag, waste is prevented before it can happen.

“This is a vision of the university to integrate the zero waste culture into the Mustang community,” Veium said. “It’s in your hands whether or not we are successful as university toward reaching zero waste.”

The next panelist was the assistant manager of Cal Poly’s Meat Processing Center, Morgan Metheny. Metheny spoke about the different animals on campus and the ways in which they are used to create and produce Cal Poly products.

Campus Dining’s executive chef and associate director Michael Albright spoke

about the possible changes happening this year.

As part of the Fall 2016 Transition Plan, Campus Dining will be adding two new food trucks as well as a Starbucks truck. Additional changes are going to be made to the dining venues around campus.

There will be three new food options at the Avenue: a savory Asian concept, a Cal-Mex concept and a classic American burger concept, Albright said.

Ciao will also be undergoing some reconstruction — it will be converted into a pub. It will serve pizza in addition to new items.

Sandwich Factory will be expanding its food selection to include more artisan style breads and meats.

Campus Market is putting in an ice cream parlor that will feature Cal Poly ice cream and purchase local produce for the salad bar.

“We are constantly trying to do better at Campus Dining to bring more local and organic items to

the table,” Albright said.

Certified Health Education Specialist for Campus Health and Well-Being Theresa Fagouri spoke about how students getting a nutritional diet has a strong impact on their health.

She used this discussion as an opportunity to remind students of the Cal Poly Food Pantry. The pantry was created so students who are unable to access food can use this as a resource.

“We provide healthful options for students who may not have access to food,” Fagouri said.

“Because for someone who can’t access food, that may just tip the iceberg.”

The final panelist was Campus Dining’s Registered Dietitian Megan Coats, who spoke on her collaboration with student clubs and departments on campus to provide educational outreach and support.

After the panelists gave their presentations, the floor was opened to the audience.

A member from Real Food Collaborative posed a question to the panel in regards to why Campus Dining has not reached out to student groups on campus.

Interim Executive Director and Associate Vice President of Commercial Services Lorlie Leetham said the scale of student groups wouldn’t be enough for the entire school. However, multiple members on the panel agreed that it is an avenue they are willing to explore.

The forum allowed Campus Dining to understand the campus climate in regards to nutritious and sustainable food options at Cal Poly.

“This forum is first an educational and information gathering opportunity,” Leetham said.

“What we want to do is just share information and get feedback of what the real interest, expectations and concerns are in regards to food, specifically Campus Dining.”

One fish, two fish, dead fish, new fish:

How fishing has changed on the Central Coast, and how Cal Poly is involved Michelle Zaludek @michellinistic

Barren sand stretched out for miles, the rolling dunes lying

still under a blanket of dark, hazy blue.

Under the surface, a rockfish darted by, its spiny fins cutting through water as its bulging eyes

scanned for cover from predators.

The rockfish found a safe haven. Ten years ago, it wouldn’t have been so lucky.

Trawling, a fishing method that involves dragging a net over the seafloor, had raked up much of the marine life around the Central Coast, leaving them without a viable habitat.

Commercial fishing around Morro Bay was landing all-time low harvests in 2007, with a grand total of 909,811 pounds of fish — including fish, crustaceans, echinoderms and mollusks — for the entire year, worth about $2.6 million, according to the California Department of Fish and Wildlife.

Groundfish in the area were particularly at risk because of their potential on the market.

(Groundfish are a classification of fish made of more than 90 different species, including rockfish,

flounder, cod and some sharks, according to the Pacific Fishery Management Council.)

The community would have to respond or risk losing the marine population altogether. Seven years later, in 2014, commercial fishing around that same area boomed, landing a grand total of

changed … was going from a very centralized capitalist, profit-driven, individualistic enterprise, in terms of fishing, where the only goal was to take as much as possible … to a cooperative community effort.”

Evans was involved with the Community Based Fishing As-

IF SOMEBODY KNEW WHERE THE FISH WERE, THEY SURE WEREN’T GOING TO LET ANYONE ELSE KNOW BECAUSE THEN EVERYBODY’S THERE. THAT WAS THE CULTURE. BUD EVANS PROFESSOR EMERITUS OF POLITICAL SCIENCE

7,185,470 pounds of fish, worth about $10.45 million.

Professor emeritus of political science Bud Evans said the improvement had a lot to do with a cultural change for the fishing community.

“Well, (the fish population) was in a state of crisis, to the point of collapse,” Evans said. “And what

sociation’s (CBFA) Exempted Fishing Permit project beginning around 2009, which allowed commercial fishermen to catch in the Morro Bay area if they agreed to take on sustainable practices, including using hook-and-line fishing, rather than trawl fishing; creating a harvest plan and sharing information; and having

an on-board observer.

He said the cooperative program was inspired by similar work being done in Alaska.

“The Alaskan folks with their universities really worked out some slick stuff,” Evans said.

“They brought it down here. And down here, there was a local community who wanted to do something and could get itself together enough, you know, with some contacts with some nonprofits … to get that working here with its local variations.”

It ended up being so successful that the same program was eventually implemented in San Diego.

But initially, the shift was a hard sell, according to Evans.

“Of all the professions I’ve come across in my day, I think fishermen are about as independent, closed group as they come,” Evans said. “If somebody knew where the fish were, they sure weren’t going to let anyone else know because then everybody’s there.

That was the culture.”

But Mark Tognazzini, owner of three seafood restaurants in Morro Bay and fisherman of 47 years, said fishermen were just complying with the law as they always have, not necessarily inciting widespread cultural change.

“Fishermen — we’re independent contractors, we do our own thing,” Tognazzini said. “I don’t know how fishermen could even work together. We don’t share each other’s catch. I think we work as well together as any other small food producers … They help each other out in the sense.”

Since the groundfish population fell in the 2000s, Tognazzini said the biggest change he’s seen has been, “Heavy government regulation — heavy, heavy, heavy government regulation.”

This includes marine protected areas (MPAs) implemented in 2007, which are government-sanctioned areas that permit limited human interaction.

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Tognazzini said he doesn’t think the protected areas are necessary or fair, because the biggest threat to marine life in the area isn’t overfishing, it’s the booming sea lion population and Diablo Canyon.

The California sea lion population in the U.S. has grown rapidly, from approximately 10,000 in the 1950s to more than 300,000, according to the Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife. “(Sea lions) don’t eat alfalfa, you know what I mean?” Tognazzini said. “California sea lions are overabundant and then they run roughshod because people have an affinity for sea animals.”

Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant’s cooling system pulls in millions of gallons of water, warming the surrounding ocean and killing sea life

in the process, according to Tognazzini.

Meanwhile, Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences (CCMS) is in the midst of researching those protected areas to determine the growth patterns of the fish and whether sustainable fishing habits have helped improve them.

The CCMS works on campus and from a pier in Avila Beach.

Research assistant for the center Grant Waltz and his team have been heading out into the water by boat and catching fish to record their size, composition of species, health and age for two research projects with the help of the National Marine Fisheries Service.

But getting that data requires some messy work.

The age of a fish, as with trees, can be determined by growth rings. Also as with trees, the fish has to be cut into to find them.

NEWS | 3 The growth rings are found on otoliths — part of the delicate ear bone structure that normally helps with orientation and sound direction — located behind the brain, according to Waltz.

When the age is cross referenced with the size of a fish, Waltz and the rest of the marine center’s team can determine the fish population’s size and age structure for the area — which is indicative of either a young and growing, or older and more productive fish population.

An older, larger-sized grouping of fish will have more eggs at a time, according to Waltz.

From there, marine protective services and fishing groups can determine how large the population of fish in certain areas is likely to grow, and how much the area can be fished without being detrimental to the habitat.

While there has been signifi-

YUFAY CHOW | COURTESY PHOTO FISHY

| Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences is researching the growth patterns for fish.

cant growth in fish populations over the years, both Waltz and Evans said they think more needs to be done.

“Putting (the MPAs) in place was one step — a big, controversial step — now it’s: ‘What do we do with these areas? Are they productive? Are they doing what we want them to do?’”

Waltz said.

The growing threat of climate change, which has been shown heighten ocean acidification and temperature according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) imposes a host of new challenges. This includes causing fish to move away from shore and farther north, where the water is cooler, according to a Rutgers University study. Waltz added that pressure on fishermen to keep bringing in high numbers, pollution and development on the coast also have the potential to damage marine ecosystems.

Evans said he thinks because of this, the movement toward sustainability is no longer viable.

“The word really is ‘resilience,’” he said. “Because, if we’re defining sustainable as carrying on what had existed in the past, that’s never, ever going to come back. It’s just impossible.”

One of the best things people can do to promote that, he said, is simply to become more informed: “People consciously becoming aware that the old game is over, and that it’s time to start adjusting and adapting — it’s past time, to start adjusting and adapting.”

Tognazzini agreed that sustainability isn’t an achievable thing anymore, but suggested that it never has been. It’s a buzzword that earned popularity in the same way that “organic” did.

“Sustainable really is — and most fishermen feel this way — it’s really an overused word,” he

said. “It doesn’t mean a whole lot. Everybody’s got something ‘sustainable’ now.”

People can exercise their purchasing power to incite change — to buy fish they know were caught locally in an ecologically friendly manner, and to encourage bigger businesses in the area to do the same.

But Tognazzini warned that in a marketplace where consumers expect products that aren’t in season, people have to be willing to accept that their food may not have been caught with the environment in mind.

“You really have to look at the realism that we do impact the world,” he said. “If we’re going to continue to eat fish, or eat beef, or eat produce, there’s a cost of doing business … If you want to eat salmon in the middle of winter, you’re going to eat a farmed fish from some other country.”

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#IAmCalPoly campaign showcases campus diversity

Chloe Carlson @Chloecarlsun COURTESY PHOTO | CAL POLY DE AN OF STUDENT

Que Dang, the coordinator of the MultiCultural Center (MCC), watched a dream become reality last year when the MCC hosted the #IAmCalPoly exhibit at the Robert E. Kennedy Library. The exhibit included photos of students as “storytellers” — sharing their experiences as a way to highlight the rich diversity on campus.

“People were able to take a photo and talk about their own identity,” Dang said. “It really created an opportunity for students to voice their authentic experiences as well as be proud of their identity.”

This year the exhibit is back and features 40 storytellers, in comparison to last year’s seven. This year’s exhibit adds faculty and staff members alongside the students as storytellers.

“A lot of times students of color open up a Cal Poly magazine or look at a Cal Poly website and say ‘I don’t see myself,’” Dang said.

“There is this image that Cal Poly is predominately white or greek, or blonde-haired and blue-eyed and a lot of our students were saying ‘I don’t feel a part of this campus.’”

These photos unveil a deeper look into the lives of Cal Poly community members. The messages students share in the pictures encompass conversations they don’t typically have in a classroom. One storyteller, Stacey Aragon, shared that she is a proud mother and first-generation student at Cal Poly. She is pictured with her son.

Dang said the reaction she gets from the storytellers is what makes the project worth it.

“Students come up to me and tell me ‘I never felt like I belonged here until I saw my photo up there’ — it is a validating experience,” Dang said.

Volunteer hours, student photographers, student designers and the guidance of Dang, psychology and child development professor Jennifer Pedrotti and exhibits

and campus arts curator Catherine Trujillo are what moved the project forward. Funding for the cost of print in the exhibit came from the Office of Diversity and Inclusivity. The exhibit will be used in the upcoming summer orientation programs to highlight the campus climate.

Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Dean of Students Kathleen McMahon said the exhibit is an amazing representation for the vast diversity at Cal Poly.

McMahon said creating a more inclusive campus is something Cal Poly needs to continue to work on every day.

“The whole question of ‘What’s your experience like at Cal Poly?’ and some of the statements about how people don’t feel included — is important, but hard to hear,” McMahon said.

Being a part of the exhibit takes courage. If we foster a place for students, faculty and staff to share their stories, then the school will be more likely to draw others from diverse backgrounds, she said.

“Cal Poly should reflect the diversity of California, and that is not predominately white,” McMahon said. “So we have a ways to go, but there are a lot of great steps being taken to get us there.”

Construction management junior Tyler Rhode said he noticed the students on campus making strides to help students feel included.

“I see opportunities out there. It’s more on the students, I know there are a lot of programs out there that are even major-based that I can take advantage of and I know there are lots of groups for minorities to feel included,” Rhode said.

May is Inclusive Excellence month at Cal Poly and the exhibit will be open on the first floor of the library and at the MultiCultural Center in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) until May 20.

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KATE BAIRD | MUSTANG NE WS PROUD | Students say there is an improvement in Cal Poly’s inclusivity, which #IAmCalPoly played a role in.

I see opportunities out there. It’s more on the students, I know there are a lot of programs out there that are even major-based that I can take advantage of and I know there are lots of groups for minorities to feel included.”

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| People in the Cal Poly community showed their pride for their heritage.

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This month, Cal Poly showcased student stories with the “#IAmCalPoly” library exhibit and the first-ever production of “Cal Poly’s OWN.”

Cal Poly women OWN the stage at ‘Original Women’s Narratives’

ILIANA ARROYOS | MUSTANG NE WS A SPECTRUM OF IDENTITIES | Friday’s performances ranged from comedic to heartbreaking, as Cal Poly students illuminated the diversity of womanhood.

Regine Smith @regine321

For years, Cal Poly has participated in the collegiate tradition of performing Eve Ensler’s classic feminist play “The Vagina Monologues.” But on Friday, May 13, the Gender Equity Center (GEC) shook things up in Chumash Auditorium and drifted away from the traditional monologue. Instead, the GEC sought to showcase the feminist voices present on campus with “Cal Poly’s Original Women’s Narratives (OWN): PowHerful Voices of Storytelling.”

Why not ‘The Vagina Monologues’?

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| Cast and crew come together after the show.

Written in 1996, “The Vagina Monologues” was groundbreaking for feminist discourse. For the first time, women were given an open platform to discuss childbirth, masturbation, orgasms and other vagina-related topics. “(‘The Vagina Monologues’) has served as an entry point for so many women into engaging with their bodies and their sexuality, and having conversations about their vaginas,” associate professor and women’s and gender studies chair Jane Lehr said. “But also, the play was released in 1996.

The ways in which it conceptualizes what it means to be a wom-

Spotlight performances Animal science sophomore Alison O’Neill embodied the idea of “women who are often left out of mainstream feminism” as they addressed the struggles of gender identity and fluidity. In their performance “The Ghost of a Body,” O’Neill opened with humor, citing a farcical parable “‘breasts and vagina, a woman does not make’ said Confucius...or someone.”

O’Neill shared the joys of finding identity in cutting their hair short; how they envied a transgender man’s appearance, but feared that transitioning came with a new set of struggles; and that because they suffer from mental illness, people invalidated the sincerity of their experiences.

In “Self-Examination,” actors educated the audience about pelvic floor dysfunction and vestibulodynia, women’s health conditions that cause sexual intercourse to be painful. The scene of a gynecologist invasively examining a woman, the

use of vaginal dilation expanders as props and frank discourse like “I don’t like penis and vagina sex,” allowed for traditionally taboo topics to be openly discussed in a comedic light.

Comedy was also used in the narrative “Girls Don’t Poop,” which criticized the double standard that women are gross for performing biological functions like pooping.

The orator urged women to embrace their “throne” — that being the toilet seat.

reotypes ascribed to women of color, as well as the identity crisis of biracial women were confronted.

“The Common Room” addressed suicidal ideations faced by many young women while in college.

“Going Out” expressed the social pressures and sexual expectations created by the college hookup culture.

In “This is Womanhood,” a young woman considered her loss of virginity to a careless frat guy as less-than-fantastic. She wondered, “Dear Black Women” and “Hy- “Is this womanhood?” But as she brid” were two, among described witnessing many, narratives her mother care that touched on for her dying the relationfather, the ship of race student My mind has been so in regard confiexpanded today. It’s incredito gender dently ble to see the support we have identity. declared, in our community because Discus“This is sions womansometimes it feels like we’re so regarding hood.” isolated from people. racial steMAYA JOYE

Audience reactions The first-time performance proved to be a huge hit. Tickets sold out at the door, extra chairs needed to be pulled out and every performance was met with snaps, claps, laughter and cheers.

“It was really funny and truthful and sad all at the same time,” child development senior Zoe Karanfilian said. “There were a lot of definitions in there that I didn’t know. So that kind of opened my eyes.”

Wine and viticulture junior Maya Joye submitted her narrative to the performance, and watched it come alive on stage.

She thought it was important to open a discussion to “the expectations of women in things that

are portrayed in our media, in our relationships with others, even in the things that we learn when we talk about puberty and sexuality when were kids — there’s a lot that’s left out.”

Upon seeing the large student turnout, Joye said, “My mind has been so expanded today. It’s incredible to see the support we have in our community because sometimes it feels like we’re so isolated from people.”

“We like to see that men are here,” sociology freshman Carla Pangan said. “(Men) don’t get to experience it and they can’t understand what we’re going through unless they listen to and understand it.”

Relating to this sentiment, au-

dience member Vince Zumati said, “It gives you a lot of different perspectives that you don’t really think about, especially being a male. Some of these stories are very, very personal. It’s not very constraining, it’s very open for whatever you want to bring to the table.”

On the validity of this performance to all women on campus, environmental management and protection freshman Janelle Gayac said, “Just knowing that we as women have a platform to talk about these things, and just sitting in the audience and knowing that there’s somebody else experiencing what you experience …

I think it’s very moving.”

an; the focus on the vagina as the defining feature of being a woman; the ways in which it engages or does not engage with race, for example … It’s 20 years later.”

“With ‘The Vagina Monologues,’ the stories highlighted aren’t the stories of Cal Poly students,” Lehr said. “And what was so powerful, and emotional and transformative about what occurred this evening, is that it was us up there on the stage. Messy, complicated, sometimes incomplete, because there are so many stories of us, but it was Cal Poly.”

OWN served this purpose: A platform for

Cal Poly women to discuss the feminist issues of present day.

According to the play’s program, “OWN is meant to create a platform to reflect the experiences of Cal Poly women students, and to include the voices and experiences of women who are often left out of mainstream feminism. Via student submissions, OWN explores how gender, race, ethnicity, culture, class, family, sexual orientation, body image, sexual violence, relationship, social justice and other intersecting identities contribute to the various experiences and lives of women.”

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Pretending to be in complete darkness is no easy feat, and it adds several layers of thematic intricacy and hilarity to what is already a cleverly written script.

“One of the biggest challenges is when the lights are supposed to be off, how do you align yourself physically?” director Josh Machamer said. “What does that do in terms of understanding the particular circumstances?”

Watching each character blindly grope around the set, missing chairs and stubbing toes, never gets old. Even more interesting is the exceedingly fragile balance keeping the plot alive. Most of the time the only thing saving Brindsley from being exposed to the wrath of everyone around him is the darkness itself. Even then, an unending series of near-misses keeps anxiety high.

Feigned darkness was not the only test facing the actors. The script is set in 1967 London, meaning all the British characters must match the dialects native to that time and place. Asking a group of students in California to accomplish that in a few months is a tall order, but the cast took it in stride.

Each member managed at least a serviceable accent that kept the show believable. Kudos to Mueller and Gamblin for going just a bit over the top with their inflections.

A real Brit might cringe, but we crass Americans laugh.

We can’t help but laugh as this well-oiled machine of a sitcom steamrolls through increasingly tense situations. Mix in some perfectly-executed slapstick stunts, and this version of “Black Comedy” feels like a marvel of stage direction. It’s blissfully fun to watch.

When the action is that engrossing, it hardly matters that there is no real lesson to be learned other than

that lying has consequences, especially with the lights out. However, if one listens closely to the exaggerated monologues that pop up from time to time, they’ll be treated to some tasty nuggets of wisdom.

The electrician, an aspiring art critic with a degree in philosophy, made an acutely appropriate observation when prompted to view one of Brindsley’s works in the dark.

In the light, “it’s easy to get visual indigestion,” he said. “But it’s hard to find visual Alka-Seltzer.”

Luckily, the only indigestion any viewer of this production should suffer would arise from overuse of the abdominal muscles. It’s funny.

“Black Comedy” runs May 1214 and 19-21 in Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre at 8 p.m., and unlike Brindsley’s view of his predicament, it begs to be seen.

Don’t miss out on the Theatre and Dance Department’s last (and arguably best) scripted show this school year.

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| As the power goes out in the midst of a robbery, the characters in “Black Comedy” face consequences while blindly attempting to navigate the tricky situation in the dark. Hilarity ensues.

Continued from page 1

Animal science senior Jessica Copeland agreed with Marumo that the more upbeat activities of the night contributed positively to the event.

“I think that Relay for Life is as much about celebrating survivors and people who have successfully overcome it as much as those who are grieving, and the fun activities add a positive aspect to the event,” Copeland said. “You see people hula hooping and dancing and having fun, and that’s what life is about.”

The evening quieted down at 9 p.m. when the luminaria ceremony began.

The time was one of quiet reflec-

tion, to remember the people who left our lives, but also to honor the people who are still in them.

The conclusion of the ceremony ended with an open mic session in which the event coordinators invited students on stage to share their experiences with cancer if they wished.

While only two students opted to take the mic, they stressed the reminder to make every day worth living and how they became stronger from their tribulations.

Cal Poly school of education alumna Katie McDonald and her sister, liberal studies junior Kelsey McDonald, were two of many students affected by cancer.

“We came out to relay in memory of our dad who passed away from brain cancer in 2003,” Katie said.

Other students came out simply to show their support for the cancer survivors, even if cancer hasn’t touched their lives.

“I’ve seen it (cancer), I just haven’t felt it, and just because I haven’t felt it, doesn’t mean I don’t want to contribute,” electrical engineering sophomore Hser Poe said.

Despite how deeply cancer affected participants, the evening brought together a community that shared a hope, represented by the light of the luminarias, that one day there will be a cure for cancer.

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The best and the worst of Major League Baseball ... for now Amelia Parreira @AmeliaParreira

Amelia Parreira is a journalism senior and Mustang News sports columnist. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Chicago Cubs (26-8) Some teams have good offense, some play good defense, but the Cubs have the whole package.

Anyone who thinks that the Cubs are not the best team in baseball is simply insane.

It looked like the Cubs would lose some significant talent at the beginning of the season with starting left fielder Kyle Schwarber out with an injury. But Schwarber’s injury has seemed to give the rest of the team even more of a reason to raise the bar.

First baseman Anthony Rizzo has already drilled 11 home runs and leads the team with 34 RBIs. Center fielder Dexter Fowler, who leads the team’s starters with a .331 batting average, has smashed 39 hits so far. Other strong hitters include third baseman Kris Bryant and utility player Ben Zobrist among others. Together, they combine for all the power a team can ask for.

Of course, a team can never be truly phenomenal without an impressive pitching rotation. For the Cubs, “impressive” is actually an understatement, especially with an ace like Jake Arrieta. After pitching his first career no-hitter last season, Arrieta did it again against the Cincinnati Reds in late April.

He still has yet to put a loss on his season record and currently holds a low ERA of 1.29.

Chicago White Sox (24-12) Wouldn’t it be entertaining to have an entire World Series

centered around Chicago? Well, with the Cubs and the White Sox both red-hot and in first place in their leagues, this season is on that track.

The Sox have remained mostly out of the spotlight for the past decade, but finally came back when Todd Frazier won the 2015 MLB Home Run Derby. Since then, the White Sox have been making their way into the conversation more and more.

Left-hander Chris Sale earned his eighth win of the season this week and has yet to add a loss to his record. The last time the Sox had a pitcher that good was when they won the World Series in 2005 with Jon Garland’s 18-10 record.

Coincidence?

The Sox also have pitcher Jose Quintana, who sports a 5-2 record and a 1.54 ERA without allowing a home run this season. Though a lesser name than Sale, Quintana is definitely someone opponents should look out for.

Washington Nationals (22-13) The Nationals have played for 47 seasons and never won a World Series. If they keep playing the way they are right now, they might end that drought this year.

This divisional first-place team is yet another team with both a great defense and offense. Of course, there are those select few that have stolen the show.

Take Max Scherzer, for instance.

Scherzer became a free agent after his last season with the Detroit Tigers, but now has certainly found his place in Washington while continuing his record-breaking performance. On May 11 he showed his former team what it has been missing after tossing a 20-strikeout game against the Tigers. Two no-hitters, now this?

Let’s see what other great things Scherzer will do this season.

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Then there is right fielder Bryce Harper. Even though he has a batting average below .300, he already has 11 home runs to add to his record this season. He hit a two-run homer against the Miami Marlins on May 13, which didn’t come as much of a surprise since the two-time National League MVP winner scored a three-run homer against the same pitcher in 2015.

Now let’s take a look at some of the teams that are taking a hard knock this season.

Minnesota Twins (8-26) With a dismal offense, the Twins only have a few players worth mentioning individually. Designated hitter Byung Ho Park leads the team with nine home runs and 15 RBIs, with other players like first baseman Joe Mauer accumulating 24 hits and second baseman Brian Dozier bringing in 16 runs so far.

So what’s the other problem?

Well, pitching just can’t seem to make the cut.

Kevin Jepsen is the only pitcher on the team with more than one win, and even starters such as Tyler Duffey (1.85 ERA) can’t manage to pick up a win. Overall, the rotation has given up 328 hits and 45 home runs. It’s hard to imagine how high those numbers are going to get as the season progresses.

Being a small market team, it’s going to be hard to spend any money on good pitchers for next season, but the Twins will have to find a way to shape up if they want to get close to the postseason in the upcoming years.

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ally impressive since, you know, it was the Twins).

While offense is actually performing as expected, performance on the mound brings the whole team down.

Taylor Jungmann is one of the worst pitchers they have, currently holding a 0-4 record and a 9.15 ERA. Chase Anderson isn’t much better with a 1-5 record and 6.11 ERA. Wily Peralta has a 7.30 ERA and a 2-4 record. The only starter who gives the team any hope is Jimmy Nelson, who leads with a 3.51 ERA and a 4-3 record. And let’s admit, that’s not really the best it could be.

Left fielder Ryan Braun boasts a .367 batting average and first baseman Chris Carter is looking to extend his 11 home runs, but how can the team really make that talent count if pitching remains stagnant?

Los Angeles Angels (14-21) At the beginning of the season, I recall saying that the Angels would come out as one of the top teams of 2016. Now, I regretfully take back that statement.

To be honest, the Angels really could have been successful this season. But with so many crucial players injured, it’s tough to see

that happening now. Ace Garrett Richards is one of the main sources of glue that held the team together. However, he will now undergo elbow ligament replacement surgery and is not expected to return to the rotation until 2017 at the earliest.

Now the Angels must turn to pitchers like Jered Weaver, who leads with only three wins on the season so far. Nate Smith has the lowest ERA, at 3.92, of all the currently healthy Angles starting pitchers, which, again, is really not that low. The Angels’ best bet is to make a couple of trades for better starters, but that isn’t as easy as it sounds.

If pitchers miraculously start to pick up momentum, the Halos could really see improvement.

Mike Trout and Albert Pujols currently lead the team with eight home runs each, and other strong hitters include Kole Calhoun, Yunel Escobar, C.J. Cron and Andrelton Simmons.

A solid offense with so much aptitude should not go to waste.

Unfortunately for the Angels, it has this year.

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1. Meme: a humorous image, video, piece of text, etc. that is copied (often with slight variations) and spread rapidly by Internet users.

2. The kids love memes. I don’t understand the kids.

6. In modern society, we prefer the copy to the original. Vaporwave, the copy, is preferable to shitty 80s elevator music, the original. Illusions are sacred. Truth is profane.

7. Everything that was directly lived has become a representation. Social relations are a spectacle. The spectacle is mediated by images.

11. Trump is a spectacle. Trump is trashy. No one likes or dislikes Trump. Correction, white, male hipsters don’t like or dislike Trump. They just know him.

Trump is a meme. They’ll tell you they dislike Trump, but they’ll tell you they dislike reality TV. While still getting off to it.

The hipster left will never tell you they support Trump, and they won’t even vote for Trump, but they are Trump.

3. Vaporwave: A genre of music that arose around 2010 among Internet circles. It involves chopped and screwed ‘80s elevator music with retro imagery of video games, technology, glitch art, MS paint, Greek bust sculptures, Japanese culture and advertising. Vaporwave is shitty music on downers.

4. Vaporwave was a meme; now it’s a music genre. Depending on who you ask, it may still be a meme. It’s unclear if it’s a joke or not.

5. No one likes or dislikes vaporwave. They just know it. We prefer the sign to the thing signified. No one likes or dislikes anything. Opinions are ironic.

Caring about things is laughable. Caring is an illusion.

EMILIO HORNER

8. Vaporwave allows for identity tourism sans lived experience.

One can experience random cultural markers of the ‘80s, ‘90s and early 2000s without identifying or having experienced any of those events. This depoliticizes identity. It makes it a joke.

9. Donald Trump was a joke.

Now he’s the presumptive Republican presidential nominee.

Depending on whom you ask, he may still be a joke.

GENERAL MANAGER Paul Bittick

10. Trump is the copy, preferable to shitty 80s actors turned politicians (Reagan). Reagan was an actor. He acted like governor of California, then he acted like a Republican and then he acted like President of the United States.

Trump is worse than an actor. He’s a reality TV actor. Reality TV is a spectacle. Everyone knows it’s trashy, but they still watch it. And still get off to it.

12. People say Trump is a response to white anger. This is false.

He’s a response to a fictional white Nihilism — too cool for life apathetic attitude of people on the farcical left who operate within positions of privilege. White postmodern liberal cool kids, who still secretly seek the pleasure of the grand narrative. Trump is the nightmare of an imprisoned modern society.

13. The hipster left will never tell you they support Trump, and they won’t even vote for Trump, but they are Trump. You are created as an apathetic media spectacle floating around ironic cultural markers. That’s why you find va-

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porwave appealing, even if you don’t explicitly “like” it as music.

That’s why Trump is appealing.

He’s fun to laugh at, he’s fun to mock. Because in consuming him, you’re rewarding the part of you that you try to repress, but is buried within. The racist, sexist, hyper-capitalist ideology embedded within almost every structure of our society. Structures that make you who you are.

14. Trump is that badass feeling you get when you make a racist joke, even though you know it’s wrong. Trump is that good feeling you get when you and your friends are sitting around objectifying women even though you’ll indignantly point out why that’s wrong in your women’s and gender studies class the next morning.

Trump is that pleasant feeling you get watching the game and drinking a brew, while at the same time mocking those that sit around watching the game and drinking a brew. People think Trump is “fighting the system” or pushing back on the “establishment,” but what’s more established in our society than big business and white supremacy? That’s what Trump really represents — an inability to face reality, and instead a conservatism that seeks a false nostalgia to a past of “a great America” that never existed. And damn sure wasn’t destroyed by multiculturalism or tolerance.

15. Vaporwave isn’t music.

Trump isn’t a politician. Nothing is real. It’s all joke until it isn’t.

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SPORTS | 9

Softball closes season with series sweep Ayrton Ostly @AyrtonOstly

Just one game above .500 and looking for a chance to jump up a few spots in the Big West Conference standings, the Cal Poly softball team hosted UC Riverside for a weekend series and swept all three games.

This series is the last one of the regular season for the Mustangs. Ending it with a sweep puts them at 6-3 in their final three series to finish the season on a high note.

In the first of two games on Friday, Cal Poly (27-23, 10-11 Big West) jumped out to a quick 3-0 lead after the bottom of the second. Junior pitcher Sierra

Hyland scored an unearned run and sophomore third baseman Stephanie Heyward scored on a wild pitch to make it 2-0 after the first inning. Heyward later singled in the bottom of the second to score junior first baseman Courtney Tyler and push the advantage to three runs.

The Highlanders (32-22-1, 8-13) scored a run in the top of the fourth, but couldn’t ove rc ome strong play in t h e

circle by Hyland.

Following the 3-1 victory, the Mustangs managed another

l o w scoring win in the second of Friday’s games.

This time, the game was tied 1-1 after the Highlanders

opened the game with a run in the first inning before Mustangs’ senior first baseman Breana West doubled to plate Heyward and give Cal Poly its first run. Later on in the bottom of the third, Hyland hit a sac fly to bring home sophomore infielder Chelsea Convissar, giving the Mustangs their second and final run of the game.

That run proved to be the

difference and the Mustangs clinched the series with a 2-1 win. Sophomore pitcher Lindsey Chalmers notched her 10th win of the season in the circle with three strikeouts.

On Saturday, the went from last to Highlanders and fifth in conferMustangs were ence. Hyland, a g a i n g oi n g despite missLooking back on the 2016 back and forth ing a fifth season for the Mustangs, in a low scoring of the seait was one of improvement from last year. affair. The game son because was s coreless of an injury, Ayrton Ostly until the bottom le d t he conof the tenth inning ference in ERA when West hit a single and (1.19) by a wide marHeyward scored on a fielding gin and was only one strikeout error. Hyland away from tying for best in added another conference (194). three strikeouts With another offseason of dein the game to finish with her velopment for Hyland as well as 15th win of the season. improvements from Heyward The 2016 season was one and Chalmers, the Mustangs of improvement for the Mus- will again have a talented stable tangs. They finished five wins of pitchers to run the Big West better than last season and conference next spring.

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FINISHING STRONG | The Mustangs swept UC Riverside to move to four games above .500 to end the season.

LOOKING TO THE FUTURE | Stephanie Heyward will be one of the Mustangs’ key players next season.

Monday, May 16, 2016

SPORTS | 10

Cal Poly captures six individual championships at BWC meet

women added to the women’s team score of 76.

Out of those 23 men and women, 10 earned all-conference status and an opportunity to compete in the NCAA West Regional Qualifier.

Following in Woolf ’s footsteps with event victories were senior Kendal Nielsen, redshirt-freshman Megan Mooney, freshman Katie Izzo and freshman Peyton Bilo.

Nielsen, who ranks No. 3 in school history in the triple jump, won the event on her first attempt with a jump of 42-6 1/4 inches.

The closest competitor to her was UC Santa Barbara’s Alivia Schluet-

er, who jumped nearly a foot-and- Peyton Bilo by six seconds, who a-half shorter (41-1/2-inch). finished second.

Mooney recorded a women’s javBilo did, however, make her way elin victory by the skin of her teeth to the top of the podium in anwith a throw of 153 feet, 2 other event with a time of inches (46.70 meters).

36:47 in the women’s Her competitor, 10,000-meter. Bilo Karen Bulger outran her comfrom Hawaii, petition by 17 also threw seconds, cruisWith senior Nick Woolf leading the team with two event wins, 153-2 but was ing her way to Ty Schilling the Cal Poly men’s track and With senior Nick Woolf lead- winning both the men’s steeplejust shy of a conference field team snagged third place. @ty_schilling106 ing the team with two event chase and 5,000-meter in times Mooney’s meter championship. wins, the Cal Poly men’s track of 8:58 and 14:52, respectively. mark with 46.68 Five other men Ty Schilling The Cal Poly track and field and field team snagged third Woolf recorded 20 of the Musmeters. earned all-conferteam captured six event cham- place while the women’s team, tangs’ 114 points.

Winning the womence (defined as finpionships this past weekend at which won four events, finished Out of the entire Mustangs en’s 5,000-meter, Izzo reishing third or better in an the Big West Conference Cham- in sixth. squad, 14 athletes scored points corded a time of 17:25. Izzo’s time event) honors after Woolf. Izzo pionships in Long Beach, Calif.

Woolf led the Mustangs by for the men’s team and nine was enough to beat teammate and Bilo also recorded all-conference honors in the women’s 1,500-meter and 5,000-meter.

Junior David Galvez recorded a second place finish in the men’s steeple chase with a time of 9:11.

Galvez finished behind Woolf, giving Cal Poly the top two spots on the podium.

Fel l ow ju n i or C l ay ton Hutchins finished in the topthree by recording a second place time of 14:54 in the men’s 5,000-meter. Hutchins, like Galvez, finished behind Woolf.

Junior Swarnjit Boyal and sophomore Michael Giguere finished second and third in the men’s 10,000-meter, respectively, controlling the top of the podium for Cal Poly. Boyal finished in 30:29, while Giguere finished six seconds behind in 30:35.

Devin Bennett finished off the Mustangs’ all-conference honors with a second place finish in men’s javelin on his final attempt. His throw of 206-3, was more than 10 feet farther than his previous throw of 194-9.

The Mustangs finished the weekend with 114 men’s team points and 76 women’s team points. Approximately 10 Mustangs will have the opportunity to compete at the NCAA West Regional in Lawrence, Kansas.

STEVE CHEN | COURTESY PHOTO Official entries will be listed DOUBLE CHAMP | Senior Nick Woolf won two individual event championships at the Big West Conference Championships in Long Beach, Calif. over the weekend. this week.

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