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Panhellenic reschedules and extends fall recruitment Gina Randazzo @Gina_Randazzo1

Cal Poly Panhellenic Association’s formal recruitment is scheduled to start halfway during the second week of Fall 2016, instead of halfway through the first week.

Panhellenic’s Vice President of

Sorority and Fraternity Council) can start their formal recruitment periods. It does not allow recruitment events to occur before classes start.

Panhellenic President and psychology junior Michelle Georgette said though holding recruitment during WOW didn’t work out this year, that doesn’t mean it won’t in

events.

The week of Sept. 28 to Oct. 5 will include three tours for each chapter house instead of two, and two preference nights instead of one.

“Our intention is to spread it out more and keep (potential new members’) academics in mind because it’s more important that

formal recruitment during Fall 2015 and found the original schedule easy to work with.

“Pushing it back might make it worse since classes will be further into material and midterms might be around the corner,” McGoldrick said.

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number of potential new members to attend recruitment in Fall 2016. However, they think the sizes of the groups at each recruitment event will shrink, making recruitment a better experience for chapters and potential new members.

The addition of a new sorority,

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| Cal Poly Panhellenic rescheduled rush to be during the second week of school and extended it to enhance the recruitment experience and make it more convenient for potential new members.

Recruitment and business administration junior Rebecca Boghossian said Panhellenic was originally working with Cal Poly’s New Student and Transitions Programs (NSTP) to move fall recruitment to Week of Welcome (WOW), the week before classes begin.

However, the proposition was not passed once it reached administrative review by Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey because of a policy in the Deferred Recruitment Compromise.

The policy outlines when each of the greek councils (Panhellenic, Interfraternity Council and United

the future. they go to class than show up at Jade Hargrove attended the “We foresee a relationship in the recruitment,” Georgette said. same recruitment period, but future as well,” Georgette said. “It’s The new formal recruitment thought differently. definitely going to be a project for schedule brought mixed reactions “I think the new system will be us to keep in contact with NSTP, from those who have been through better because as a first year, not to maybe partner up next year or the process. only was I stressed by being away the year after.” from home, making new Panhellenic’s goal for friends and trying to find PUSHING IT BACK MIGHT MAKE IT moving recruitment to classes on a giant campus, WORSE SINCE CL A SSES WILL BE FURWOW was to reduce the but trying to rush on top THER INTO MATERIAL AND MIDTERMS MIGHT BE AROUND THE CORNER. amount of class conflicts that of that was stressful,” potential new members have Hargrove said. “PushSAR AH MCGOLDRICK faced in the past. ing it further back will BIOMEDICAL ENGINEERING FRESHMAN However, Georgette and give people a chance to Boghossian said Panhelsettle in.” lenic has extended the formal reBiomedical engineering freshGeorgette and Boghossian said cruitment week to allow for more man Sarah McGoldrick attended Panhellenic expects the same

Alpha Gamma Delta, will reduce the number of potential new members at individual events as well.

Boghossian said that ultimately, formal recruitment is about giving each potential new member a good experience when being introduced to greek life.

“At the end of the day, our main goal is to focus on the potential new member experience,” Boghossian said. “It’s about making sure they’re acclimating to school, and trying to find their place on campus to make campus feel at little smaller.”

Delta Chi removed from interim suspension R AY AMBLER | COURTESY PHOTO

RISING ABOVE | Cal Poly had 16 event wins in the Blue-Green Rivalry meet on Saturday.

Track and field teams bested

by UC Santa Barbara in Blue-Green Rivalry meet Ty Schilling @CPMustangSports

The Cal Poly track and field team dropped its annual BlueGreen Rivalry meet at home against UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, with the men’s team losing 106-95 and the women losing 106-93 to close out the regular season.

Despite the loss, Cal Poly won 16 events and had some excellent individual performances

on the day. Junior Arnie Sambel tossed the shot put 57-feet2 inches, to tie for the fifth-farthest throw in Cal Poly history.

Senior Kendal Nielsen joined Sambel in the Cal Poly record books by recording a triple jump of 41-8 3/4, the third-longest in Cal Poly women’s history. Nielsen, currently No. 43 nationally in triple jump, also placed first in the long jump, recording a careerbest 19-10 1/2.

Juniors Jessica Rasmussen and Mishe’ Scott finished second and third, respectively, behind Nielsen in the long jump, with jumps of 19 1/4 and 18-9 3/4, respectively. Scott, an all-conference long jumper last year, recorded her season’s best with Saturday’s jump, improving eight inches from her previous best this season.

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MUSTANG NE WS FILE PHOTO VERDICT | The Title IX investigation is still going, but it was determined that Delta Chi was not involved.

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Delta Chi has been removed from its temporary suspension as of April 20 by Dean of Students Kathleen McMahon.

The fraternity was placed on suspension after a sexual assault was reported March 31 during an event at a house where three

Delta Chi members live.

Though the Title IX investigation of the reported assault is still ongoing, McMahon said she had gathered enough information to deem the event not affiliated with Delta Chi. The Title IX investigation is led by Title IX coordinator Brian Gnadt. However, McMahon oversees the status of

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the organizations involved in investigations.

McMahon said that at the time of the campuswide emergency notification of the reported sexual assault, she had to act fast and include any important information necessary to keep the Cal Poly community safe.

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Monday, May 2, 2016

NEWS | 2

Campus community brainstorms green solutions at Sustainability Charrette

ALEX DAVIDSON | MUSTANG NE WS GREEN IS GOOD | Visitors came from as far as CSU East Bay to hear about green solutions to problems faced by CSU campuses. The Sustainability Charrette began with a series of presentation, followed by a discussion period.

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Students, professors and industry experts joined forces Friday morning to brainstorm ways to combat climate change at the Sustainability Charrette.

Though the Keck Lab (building 7, room 2) was floored with gray carpet and capped with a white ceiling, it seemed “green” for a day.

“We didn’t want (this event) to be a bunch of talking heads and panel discussions that you see all the time,” said Eric Olsen, industrial technology and packaging department chair at Cal Poly. “We thought about how to get people more engaged and informed, and ultimately, at the end of the day, we want to set the stage to make something happen here at Cal Poly.”

That is exactly what the event did.

From 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., the 100 or so people in attendance were up and about, engaging in different activities that were creat-

ed to allow for the distribution of ideas. Attendees such as Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President-elect Jana Colombini, associate director of energy, utilities and sustainability Dennis Elliot and Cal Poly Corporation associate executive director Starr Lee heard from groups talking about climate action planning, teaching sustainability in any course and potentially implementing a new student fee to fund sustainable projects, among others.

Climate action planning could help reduce greenhouse gas emissions by taking a look at the baseline for these emissions and seeking to find a way to cut back in certain areas. For example, according to city and regional planning associate professor Adrienne Greve, emissions could decrease approximately by 20 percent if students were moved onto campus as they wouldn’t be driving to class every day.

But that wouldn’t completely

solve the problem, because 70 percent of staff drives to campus while only approximately 20 percent of students do so.

Jillian Buckholz, director of sustainability at California State University (CSU) East Bay, said an integral part of moving the conversation on climate change forward is implementing it into

And this was a common question that was brought up throughout the event: How could sustainability be added to everyday aspects of our lives?

“There’s a real urgency to add elements of sustainability to the curriculum,” said Karina Garbesi, professor of anthropology, geography and environmental studies

IT’S IMPORTANT FOR PEOPLE TO KNOW THAT CAL POLY IS COMMIT TED TO BECOMING A LE ADER IN CLIMATE INITIATIVES AND SUSTAINABILIT Y EFFORTS AMONG OUR PEER CAMPUSES AND WITHIN THE NATION. K YLEE SINGH SUSTAINABILITY COORDINATOR

the classroom.

“People have started implementing sustainability into theater classes, and there has even been people trying to implement it into their Ancient Egypt class,” she said.

“There’s a way to add it to any topic or any class.”

at CSU East Bay. “Students are having trouble finding classes that have these sustainability elements that relates to them, and that’s a problem.”

But the day wasn’t just about industry professionals. There were students from all sorts of majors

and fields involved, working on projects like The Green Initiative Fund (TGIF), a concept that would add a $5 quarterly student fee for Cal Poly students, raising $375,000 annually.

The money would be used to support sustainability projects throughout campus, including the purchasing of solar panels or buying food from local businesses to cut down the footprint from imports.

The group of students, who created the project for their sustainable environments minor capstone course, noted that approximately 200 of 300 survey respondents said they were in favor of the fee.

The second half of the event focused on getting groups together that prioritized some of the bigger ideas that were pitched during the day. These included creating an Office of Sustainability for Cal Poly and adding a position within ASI that is attentive to sustainability efforts.

“I think it’s critical for students to know where to go when they want to talk about sustainability, when they want to do research or they want to partner up with sustainability efforts,” said Kylee Singh, sustainability coordinator for Cal Poly. “I think it’s important for there to be one place to go, and with how we have sustainability set up through Facilities just isn’t a sustainable model.”

Singh is hoping another sustainability event will take place in the fall, and that people who are interested in joining campus efforts will show their support.

“It’s important for people to know that Cal Poly is committed to becoming a leader in climate change initiatives and sustainability efforts amongst our peer campuses and within the nation,” Singh said. “I hope the campus community and culture will be able to align with that. Diversity and social justice and all these other important efforts are right along with that.”

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An outside atmosphere indoors: Take a break to enjoy the ‘Living Library’

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| Kennedy Library has an outside plant exhibit in the library itself. This is for students to study indoors while enjoying the sights and environment of plants in the “Living Library.”

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As the quarter reaches midterm season, students may find it difficult to make time to go outside and appreciate the outdoor environment as they study. However, there is an exhibit featured on the second floor of the Kennedy Library that allows students to relax with some of the outdoors as they study inside. The “Living Library” creates a space that students can visit when taking a break from their academics, or enjoy while studying.

Students can visit the “Living Library” until June 3.

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MUSTANG NE WS FILE PHOTO HOME FREE | Delta Chi was found to have no link to the sexual assault on March 31 at its satellite house.

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“That’s why it’s called a timely warning,” McMahon said. “We have to warn the community about any potential ongoing risk and use the facts that we have at the time.”

McMahon said she checked the address on Longview Lane and knew Delta Chi held a recruitment event at the house during Fall 2015. She associated the house with the fraternity.

Delta Chi President and civil engineering senior Steven Pollock said the March 31 event was a birthday party for one of the unaffiliated roommates living in the house on Longview Lane. He said there were Delta Chi members at the party, but the event

was not associated with the Delta Chi fraternity.

Pollock said Title IX investigators told him that the alleged attacker was not a Delta Chi member. McMahon said she could neither confirm nor deny this information.

Pollock said that ultimately, the university had to act in a way they thought was correct when informing the community about the reported attack.

“It’s in their best interest to protect the safety of their students,” Pollock said. “They felt they did that, and that was their decision to put our name with that event.”

Delta Chi is still on social probation as Cal Poly conducts a Title IX investigation of a reported attempted sexual assault at the

fraternity’s main house March 5. The fraternity is now able to participate in most greek life events, but is not able to hold its own registered events until the investigation is complete.

Pollock said even though the reported attack was not associated with Delta Chi, he and his fraternity do not want to discredit or deny anything that was reported.

“It’s still a very serious thing that happened,” Pollock said. “(Delta Chi) really has to take this time to look within ourselves and see what we can do as a fraternity to make this campus safer. We want to change the stigma around fraternities and make fraternity parties safe, and something that everyone can enjoy.”

Monday, May 2, 2016

ARTS | 4

Finalists from ‘Last Comic Standing’ test jokes at Cal Poly Megan Schellong @persimmegan

What do marijuana and sex have in common?

They can both be talked about endlessly in a comedy show.

Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hosted The Last Laugh Comedy Night in the Mutli-Activity Center (MAC) Friday night. Bringing in a small crowd of 86, the finalists of “Last Comic Standing” — Sean McBride, Jay London, Dana Eagle and Dante — owned the stage, bringing with them their unique spins to each joke.

“The variety between the comics was great,” mathematics alumnus Carlos Romero said.

Specifically, he enjoyed that there was an older comic, a gay comic and a straight one.

During the show, the comedians played with the idea of sex and gay stereotypes. At times, when topics like accidental pregnancies and abortions were exaggerated, the audience responded with more silence than laughter, prompting a switch in the comedian’s track.

“I like how they tested their jokes, and based off our reactions,

they adapted the business of their skits,” mechanical engineering freshman Eric Zhong said.

By testing the waters with each joke, the comedians were able to gauge how much they could say without going over the top.

Specifically, Eagle stood at the edge of diving into the unsafe topics. Bringing up mental illnesses and unplanned pregnancies, Eagle received

The best part of the night was how the comedians responded to the audience.

MECHANICAL ENGINEERING FRESHMAN

ERIC ZHONG

less cheer from the audience than expected.

However, when moving toward the issue of sexual assault and suicide, Eagle took the academic setting of a college campus into consideration, exempting those jokes from the show. Despite the filter she put on for certain topics,

Eagle entertained the audience no less than the other comics.

While Eagle had to hold back at times, London was the opposite. He’d tell a joke and a handful of the college student audience would not understand.

“Oh, you didn’t even get it!” he’d say to the audience, knowing it was time for him to move on to a different topic.

The difference between Eagle and London’s humor could be attributed to their ages. Being younger, it seemed that Eagle was more aware of the issues that millenials feel sensitive about.

On the other hand, London’s older age was accompanied by jokes that occasionally did not resonate with the audience.

Throughout the evening, London executed himself in a defining way. Less jubilant and more low-key about his humor, he was unique from the start. Coming onstage in ripped jeans, a black jacket, white clown shoes and a defining wig of curly dreadlocks, he frequently made references to his shaggy-looking appearance. London would often direct a question to an audience member in pity for himself, “please, will you just look at me?”

He’d then give up and say, “let

ILIANA ARROYOS | MUSTANG NE WS ADAPTING | Comedians at Friday’s event like Dante (above) adjusted their jokes based on audience reactions.

me go over here,” moving from the left to the right of the stage throughout his segment.

Students received London’s feigned desperation for audience replies well, reacting in laughter.

They found humor in London’s ability to move from topic to topic effectively.

“The best part of the night was how the comedians responded to the audience,” Zhong said.

Many of London’s jokes were plays on words and puns like, “I’m using medicinal marijuana for constipation. The doctor told me to get off the pot.”

Marijuana continued to be a popular topic for the comedians even after London left the stage.

When Dante had the spotlight, he asked about the purpose of the MAC. He jumped into a hypothetical situation in which he jokingly assumed its use is to grow marijuana. This discussion gen-

erated laughter from the audience despite the rather long duration spent on the scenario.

While each comedian touched on marijuana, it was Dante’s impersonations of gay individuals and racial groups that generated the most laughter from the audience. Taking on a flamboyant personality and with it a feminine voice, Dante joked about how gay people throw skittles at people they’re angry with in the drive-thru line, telling them to “taste the rainbow.”

The jokes about the LGBTQIA+ community were received well.

Cuesta College junior Jason Dodd said he could relate to a lot of the LGBTQIA+ jokes, especially when his boyfriend, Carlos Romero, pulls up in his driveway and he knows it’s him based on the volume of the music.

Aside from inciting laughter within the audience about the

gay jokes, Dante dedicated time to telling jokes about sex. He specifically focused in on one sexual fantasy where he told more information than some of the audience may have wanted.

Though many of Dante’s jokes were scenarios rather than one-liners, he had the audience roaring in laughter with his ability to impersonate others. He made his mark on the stage by leaving the audience with a killer Robert De Niro impression, pretending to be crucified — saying in the notorious bass voice, “You’re gonna crucify me?”

At the end of the evening, Dana Eagle, in reference to her jokes about taking pills, handed out candy to students on their way out, playing on the idea that sharing is caring — especially when it comes to telling jokes at comedy shows.

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Men step out of their comfort zone and into heels for ‘Walk a Mile in Her Shoes’ Megan Schellong @persimmegan

It wasn’t Dorothy tapping her sparkly red shoes together Saturday in the Mission Plaza.

Instead, men of the San Luis Obispo community exchanged their sneakers for high heels in advocacy of Respect, Inspire,

Support and Empower’s (RISE) 14th annual “Walk a Mile in Her Shoes.”

Local residents and Cal Poly students — including a strong presence from greek life — walked a mile around the downtown area in high heels to raise awareness about sexual assault and gender relations.

Monday, May 2, 2016

ARTS | 5

Talented pups do trick and twists in ‘Stunt Dog Experience’ Sabrina Thompson @sthomp_jour

The nationally renowned team of Chris Perondi’s Stunt Dog Experience wowed audience members as they leaped, spun, balanced and performed unbelievable feats Saturday afternoon in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC). The two-hour show featured rescue dogs from across the country doing trained tricks to a cheering audience.

After splitting the audience into two sections, the red team and the blue team, challenges to test the accuracy, speed, obedience and agility of their furry friends dazzled it. The dogs’ abilities to leap more than four feet in the air, juggle Frisbees and dance between their owners’ legs were nothing short of spectacular. In the end it was the blue team that won, with record breaking speed zooming through an obstacle course that combined all of the challenges of the afternoon.

It was a show for all ages, and treated its audience as such.

The jokes told, full of dog puns and a little bit of potty humor, were age appropriate. However, some laughs came from the adult jokes that flew over the

children’s heads.

There were, however, the moments when the audience was reminded that trainers Chris and Suhey Perondi, Abby Cline, Steve Collier and Sarah Carson, were all working with live animals. Sometimes tricks didn’t go as planned — dogs would get distracted or go too early — but

stated by Chris Perondi, was not only to encourage people to play with their pets more, but to consider adopting shelter dogs. Each dog that performed in the show was a rescue from somewhere in the United States, staying true to the performer’s mission.

Between challenges that encouraged audience participation, there were little performances that showed the skills of the welltrained dogs. There was also a demonstration on training dogs in disc catching. The education didn’t stop there, however, as an awkwardly constructed rap reminded audience members to spay and neuter their pets.

During intermission and after the show, the audience had a chance to purchase merchandise and meet the trainers. This made the difficult stunts the dogs performed more accessible, especially when the merchandise included training videos and the discs seen during the show.

It was “dog-on fun” as the dogs danced and darted across stage. Balancing on their hind legs, jumping rope and jumping through hoops, the Chris Perondi Stunt Dog Experience excited and entertained in a spectacular show of trained and talented dogs.

It was wonderful; I was amazed at how well they were able to obey the commands.

RESCUE DOG OWNER

SUE CAVENAGH

audience members were still able to enjoy the spectacular nature of the show, and appreciate the difficulty of the tricks.

“It was wonderful; I was amazed at how well they were able to obey the commands,” said audience member Sue Cavenagh, who had come to the show as a fellow rescue dog owner.

The mission of the show, as

“They’re a lot harder to walk in than I thought,” food and crop science junior Zach Johnson said. “I definitely give credit to girls wearing these things.”

“This is definitely putting things into perspective,” business administration freshman Alex Meurer said. “Girls have much stronger ankles than I do and that’s not debatable. I came out today to spread awareness about sexual assault and help stop it.”

“I came to support sexual assault awareness month and to get a better perspective on women’s safety and stop the objectification of women based on what they wear,” business administration alumnus Evan Razor (left) said. “By being here, I am raising awareness about these issues to stop sexual violence.”

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| The rescue dogs demonstrated their skills by racing, jumping, dancing and juggling.

Monday, May 2, 2016

OPINION | 6

Increasing campus activism

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efforts to be more invested in our campus throughout the year, and the voter turnout is just a reflection of that.

Why is this important? We’re only at school for four to five years, so why invest too much thinking about the long term? There is the surface level argument that we want our campus to have a positive reputation for years to come, so our degree is worth more. But more

the UU to be rebuilt. Ultimately we each have to log onto our portals and make the conscious effort to Liana Riley is a political science do so. But in 10 years do you want junior and Mustang News opinion to look back at your time here and editor. The views expressed in this think, did I have a voice or did article do not necessarily reflect the I not even try? viewpoints and editorial coverage Maybe in the state primaries and of Mustang News. general election your vote is less impacting, but in a small college Has Cal Poly become more active? town, your voice is worth a lot Not physically. No, we seem to have more comparatively. It also helps that one in the bag; I mean are we when you are directly affected by more politically inclined than prethe elections at hand. That’s probvious years? I would propose that ably why more people turned out we are, and not just politically, to vote to the ASI elections; but active in the sense that they felt directly impacted by we advocate for a wider the outcome. range of issues.

The stakes may have been Maybe in the state primaries and This year, we now have higher this year with much general election your vote is less the Students for Qualiof our campus in transity Education, SLO Soltion. What is greek life, impacting, but in a small college idarity, Queer Student one of our most promiUnion (UU) and mulnent social groups, going town, your voice is worth a lot tiple opportunities for to look like within the next more comparatively. students to get involved few years? Will our campus in the voting process. Two continue to expand both in notable ones were the Uninumbers and in infrastrucLIANA RILEY versity Union Referendum and ture? Will the hellhole that is our the recent Associated Students, parking system ever be remedied?

Inc. (ASI) election. As Mustang All of these and more were quesNews reported, the voter turntions on our minds throughout the out was higher this year, jumping importantly, college is a micro- campaigning process. from 22 percent to 26 percent. cosm of the real world, which This year we wanted a voice more Compared to last year’s paltry 22 we will soon enter. It is import- than ever. Even if ASI representapercent, this seems indicative of a ant to be civically engaged and tives can’t speak for the adminismuch more invested campus. ready to tackle these real world tration or the larger CSU system, When I say invested I mean stu- problems. Pretending like col- they still help the students make dents who are conscious about the lege isn’t a stepping stone to some the impact that we couldn’t withdecision making processes at Cal serious considerations and is- out them. That should be reason Poly. Students who are judicious sues we’ll have to make and deal enough to motivate us to vote, but in their own decision making, in with would be naive at best, and if not, do we really want to give order to effect the best possible dangerous at worst. control to only 22 percent of the change on campus. So in this sense, No one is forcing you to vote for school? I’d hope we’d aim for at I feel as if we have increased our your college’s representative or to least 40 percent.

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SPORTS | 8

Men’s tennis competes in Big West Championship game Ty Schilling @CPMustangSports

The Cal Poly men’s tennis team competed in the Big West Conference Championship last week, looking for its third title in five years.

The second-seeded Mustangs dropped a close battle to conference rival UC Santa Barbara in the Big West Championship game on Saturday. Cal Poly lost 4-1, giving the Gauchos their second consecutive conference title.

Cal Poly, who was granted a first round bye, played UC Davis on Thursday in the Big West Championships Semifinal.

The Mustangs recorded a 4-2 victory over UC Davis, led by the junior duo Ben Donovan and Corey Pang. Donovan and Pang clinched a hard fought 6-4 victory, claiming the doubles point for the Mustangs.

Singles victories from Pang, junior Garrett Auproux and freshman Sreyas Kolachalam secured Cal Poly’s victory over UC Davis. Auproux and Kolachalam both gained

three set victories to push Cal Poly into the tournament finals.

After a day of rest, Cal Poly walked into the Indian Wells Tennis Garden hoping to avenge its homecourt loss to UC Santa Barbara a week earlier. But UC Santa Barbara was ready for a consecutive conference title.

After collecting the doubles point early, the Gauchos seemed to have the momentum rolling. There were two more singles victories, leaving only one more victory for a Big West Championship trophy.

Mustangs’ sophomore Axel Damiens halted the momentum with an impressive, 6-4, 6-3, victory over UCSB’s Cody Rakela. However, a tough, three-set loss from Josh Ortlip gave the Gauchos their second consecutive Big West Conference Championship victory.

Though their season has now ended, the Mustangs (14-10, 5-2 Big West) finished No. 68 nationally and had a winning record.

Cal Poly will begin competition again in September 2016.

ANDREW EPPERSON | MUSTANG NE WS R I VA L RY

| The Cal Poly men’s tennis team fell to UC Santa Barbara for the second time in two weeks this weekend. The Gauchos’ win gave them their second censecutive Big West Conference championship.

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The Mustangs had eight more athletes place first in the meet, including junior Ricky Strehlow, who placed in both the men’s high jump and triple jump.

Both of Strehlow’s victories, a 23-1 long jump and 48-9 1/4inch triple jump, were some of his season-bests.

An impressive career-best performance from sophomore pole-vaulter Tomi Nord gained attention from both crowds, who tied for first in pole vault.

“Yeah, I was (nervous),” Nord said. “I’ve been getting close to 16 (feet) every meet and I knew that if I was going to do it today was the day. I hit 16 and a half today, so I reached that goal. I want to get a new personal best at conference, 16 feet, 6 inches or even 17 (feet).”

Two second-place finishes of note were sophomores Mikey Giguere in the 3,000 meter (8:16.92) and Chloe Carlson in the 400 meter (58.31), both career-bests.

The final event for the meet,

the men’s 4x400 meter relay, lived up to the hype, with both teams crowding around the final corner before the home stretch.

Despite chants and screams from both teams, only 12 people could compete in the final event.

After the Mustangs lost the women’s 4x400 meter relay, the men’s team knew what was on the line for Cal Poly. As the men’s relay teams lined up, the Mustangs were competing for pride.

The gun fired and the race seemed to belong to Cal Poly through the first three legs, lead-

ing by one second when freshman Connor Crowe ended the third lap.

However, after competing in the 200 meter minutes earlier, senior Walter Finney could not overcome his lingering fatigue, dropping half a second behind UCSB to finish the dual meet.

“I just needed to maintain that lead, maybe even get more of a lead, for (Finney) because he is going to need it for that last lap,” Crowe said about his job in the race. “I think we did good today, as a squad and relay team. We

definitely showed some mental toughness out there.”

Cal Poly finished with 16 event wins, nine second-place finishes and six third-place finishes in the day’s events. UC Santa Barbara won 22 events and finished second in 11. Despite a solid showing in Saturday’s events, Cal Poly head coach Danny Williams was happy, but not satisfied.

“They barely caught us on the 400-meter at the tape, but we’ll get to see them at conference when were all fresh and I

think it will be a different story,” said Williams. “I think we will be prepared to do quite nicely at conference.”

Cal Poly will prepare for the Big West Multi-Event Championships at Long Beach State next weekend. The event will begin at 1 p.m. on May 13-14, the latter day being televised on Fox Sports Prime Ticket.

Note: Chloe Carlson is a news reporter for Mustang News. She was not involved in the production of this article.