Mustang News Nov. 19, 2019

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Union said a faculty member of color was pulled over and cuffed for no reason. Now the union is firing back after the university said the allegations are harming campus climate.

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Wine and viticulture sophomore Tracy Mann said about the library when the power shut off.

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Students evacuate the Robert E. Kennedy Library after Cal Poly and parts of San Luis Obispo County experienced a power outage Tuesday, Nov. 12. Pacific Gas and Electric restored power to campus in just over one hour. The cause of the power outage is under investigation.

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More SLO County cities move to ban vape sales

Recreation Center hits 1 million entries for fifth consecutive year

The Arroyo Grande and Morro Bay city councils passed bans on the sale of vaping-related products at their meetings on Tuesday. If approved, bans are expected to go into effect in early 2020. The ban “prohibits the sale and distribution of electronic cigarettes and vaping products that require, but have not received, a Food and Drug Administration order approving their marketing,” according to a staff reports.

The City of San Luis Obispo does not currently have any vaping sales bans. The city council will be hosting a study session in January 2020 to discuss further steps and alternative solutions to limit the sale of e-cigarettes and vapes. Cal Poly implemented a smoke, vapor and tobacco-free policy in 2017.

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1,164M More than 1,164,000 people entered the Recreation Center during the last academic year, according to newly released Associated Students, Inc (ASI) data. An average of 5,5006,500 participants enter the Recreation Center on any given weekday.

The busiest day ever was in September 2017 with 8,961 people. A total of 92 percent of the student population visited the facility during 2018-2019 academic year.

The Recreation Center is the largest collegiate athletic center west of the Mississippi, according to ASI. The facility was completed in 2012 after students voted to increase student fees to fund the project.

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13 Men’s Basketball wins home opener under new coach

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New Beach Volleyball facility unveiled After more than four months of construction, the Cal Poly athletic department unveiled the new on-campus beach volleyball complex Saturday with a ribbon-cutting ceremony.

The $3 million Mustang Beach Volleyball Complex features five regulation-size NCAA beach volleyball courts, seating for up to 250 spectators, a state-of-the-art LED video scoreboard positioned on the south side of Mott Athletics Center, lights around the facility, and an outdoor shower.

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Hathway & Via Carta

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The street light locations were chosen based on community feedback.

TWO NEW STREETLIGHTS INSTALLED NEAR CAMPUS WITH NINE ON THE WAY

BY JAROD CONTRERAS

The walk home for many students got a little brighter earlier this month with the installation of two new street lights near campus.

The City of San Luis Obispo Department of Public Works installed one at

Hathway Avenue and Via Carta near the Recreation Center’s beach volleyball courts and another at Grand Avenue and Fredericks Street.

The streetlights are a part of a city program that aims to increase the number of streetlights in the city, according to Transportation Plan-

ning Engineer Jennifer Rice. City standards dictate that there should be a streetlight every 250 feet and the city currently does not meet that standard.

The streetlights at Hathway Avenue and Via Carta, which cost about $30,000, as well as at Grand Avenue

and Fredericks Street, which cost about $800, were prioritized first.

Both locations were requested by the community.

The city plans to install nine new streetlights in 2020, but is working with Pacific Gas and Electric (PG&E) to determine if all nine could be feasibly installed.

Senior psychology major Olivia Martinez said she welcomes the addition of the streetlights. Martinez said that the lack of light on Hathway Avenue causes her to avoid walking home alone as much as possible.

“This area was actually already pretty bright, being by the Rec Center,” Martinez said. “I’d like to see more streetlights down the street where it gets really dark and there are less houses.”

Rice said that students voicing their opinions about the lack of streetlights was a major factor in kick-starting the street lighting program with the city.

The city plans to continue to add streetlights in an effort to bring all streets into compliance with the standard.

Moving forward, San Luis Obispo will explore atypical streetlight options, such as solar-powered lights. Another option is to install lights directly on power poles instead of constructing standalone streetlights.

ASI PASSES RESOLUTION TO SUPPORT UNDOCUMENTED STUDENTS

BY C.M. BATEMAN

We saw the need to make sure that there was action taking place on our campus, just in case the purview be that DACA does get terminated.

ASI Board of Directors Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Committee and journalism senior Dominique Morales said. Morales co-authored the resolution.

BY TAYLOR KEEFER

Students can now pay for certain items at Campus Market with food stamps as the venue has begun accepting CalFresh payments.

CalFresh, known federally as the Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program, is a federal program that provides low-income individuals with an Electronic Benefits Transfer (EBT) card to purchase nutritious foods at grocery stores and farmers markets.

An EBT card allows a recipient to transfer benefits from a federal account to a retailer account to pay for products. A student may be eligible to receive an EBT card if they have limited income. If eligible, the average student receives $150 per month on their CalFresh card.

Now that Campus Dining’s application has been approved by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA), the EBT cards will be accepted at Campus Market. Village Market in Poly Canyon Village is also going through the application process to accept CalFresh payment.

Lead student coordinator for the CalFresh Outreach Program Haley Wintsch said the USDA defines approved items as “foods for the household.” This includes grocery items, produce, snacks, frozen food or salads from the salad bar at Campus Market. The CalFresh benefits do not cover prepared food that is hot at checkout, personal hygiene products, alcohol or school supplies.

“I’ve never talked to a student who didn’t need it or benefit from it,” Wintsch said. “Making EBT acceptable makes it that much more accessible for students to get the fresh, healthy food they need to be successful.”

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DACA students in the past, but she said she does not believe that his statement provides any protection.

“The main criticism we get as a student government is that we are not properly making the right procedures to protect our students and advocating for anti-oppression,” Morales said. “I feel like this is a document that is going to look more favorable than unfavorable seeing where our campus is at this point in time.”

Supreme Court hearings took place Tuesday, Nov. 12. A decision is likely to be issued by early 2020.

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The resolution passed, but two ASI Board representatives chose not to vote. Board of Directors representative for College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences (CAFES) and dairy science sophomore Genevieve Regli explained to the ASI Board of Directors why she was not voting on the resolution.

“I’m struggling to see how an organization like ourselves can take a stance,” Regli said during the meeting. “I honestly don’t view this as our goal in taking a stance, seeing that President [Jeffrey] Armstrong has already done so … I just don’t think it looks good on ASI.” Regli referred to university President Jefferey D. Armstrong’s campus-wide letter sent in September 2017 on the day former U.S. Attorney General Jeff Sessions announced the decision to end the DACA program.

“We at Cal Poly remain absolutely committed to our DACA students, faculty and staff who make our university a rich and vibrant community,” the letter read. “We will do everything in our power to urge Congress to offer a workable solution.”

Morales said she understands that Armstrong showed support of

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Campus Market now accepts CalFresh payment on approved items.

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The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors voted Wednesday, Nov. 13 to pass a resolution that would provide support for undocumented students in the event that Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) is terminated by the Supreme Court.

The resolution ensures that in the event that DACA is rescinded, Cal Poly will continue to provide the financial support undocumented students receive under DACA. Cal Poly will “rapidly create a formal action plan to ensure affected students are able to continue their attendance at Cal Poly,” the resolution stated.

The resolution said administration will give updates on campus department changes regarding financial opportunities for undocumented students. The Academic Senate, in collaboration with the Dream Center, will also review and modify university policies that negatively impact undocumented students, according to the resolution.

The DACA program, initiated by former President Barack Obama in 2012, defers the deportation of people brought into the United States

as children, known as “Dreamers.”

In September 2017, the Trump administration announced plans to eliminate DACA and end the legal protections extended to Dreamers in the six months following DACA’s termination.

The decision was met with several lawsuits, criticizing the administration for terminating DACA unlawfully. As a result, DACA is currently at the forefront of arguments taking place in Supreme Court to determine if the Trump administration’s decision to repeal the program is lawful.

ASI Board of Directors Chair of Diversity and Inclusion Committee and journalism senior Dominique Morales co-authored the resolution with Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of Business and Finance Committee and aerospace engineering graduate student Alan Faz. Morales was the first to advocate for its approval from the ASI Board of Directors.

“We saw the need to make sure that there was action taking place on our campus, just in case the purview be that DACA does get terminated,” Morales said during the meeting. “Of course you don’t want that to happen, but you have to look towards the future.”

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Cal Poly hosted a Celebration of Life for Nichols on Monday, Nov. 18.

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Nichols was originally from Orangevale Calif., where he attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks.

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REMEMBERING BRENDEN NICHOLS “A light in his friends lives”

BY STEPHANIE ZAPPELLI & SYDNEY BRANDT

On a Tuesday during Winter 2019, Brenden Nichols invited his friend, Megan Milburn, to hike the ‘P,’ a popular landmark on campus just beyond the South Mountain residence halls.

“He was just saying, ‘Megs, we have to go hike the P right now, we have to go,’” business sophomore Milburn said.

Nichols was so excited and persistent about the hike that she decided to ditch her laundry and go with him, she said. It began to hail as they hiked up, but they continued to hike past the ‘P’ until it began to snow on them.

“It was just such a fun moment because I wouldn’t have been there if he didn’t convince me to do it. He just got me so excited and put me in such a happy mindset,” Milburn said.

“I’m so glad we had that moment to just experience the snow while looking over the whole beautiful campus.

I was just in awe.”

Snow is one of those beauties you don’t find too often in San Luis Obispo. The same can be said about Nichols; he was just one of those people you don’t meet everyday.

Nichols was originally from Orangevale Calif., where he attended Bella Vista High School in Fair Oaks.

Nichols passed away in his apartment Sunday, Nov. 10. He was entering his fall quarter of his sophomore year, studying agricultural business.

A sense of adventure was at the top of the list when describing Nichols. His ambitious energy was seen through his love of volleyball, as well as his pastimes spent surfing and hiking. He even could be found singing along to the show ‘Victorious.’

But above all, Nichols was awesome – a word he absolutely loved to use.

“I just vividly remember Brenden being like ‘Guys, this is awesome. This is that best day ever! It’s such a beautiful day to have a great day’,” psycholo-

gy sophomore Alexis Eliopoulos said.

Eliopoulos recalled a road trip to Sacramento this past summer with Nichols along with a group of their close friends that had formed in college. She was a good friend of Nichols, along with many whose lives he touched in such a short time just at Cal Poly.

“We met first week of school, and it was really from that moment on we spent like every day together,” business sophomore Katherine Marotto said. ”We lived life side by side, all the good moments and the hard ones too.”

Marotto met Nichols during Week of Welcome (WOW) and lived downstairs from him in Yosemite Tower 5.

“I would say Brenden’s like my first friend, and my best friend,” Marotto said. “He’s really the first one to show me unconditional love in a pure friendship, and that someone my age could be that happy for my successes and mourn my losses. He’s just so all in for me. He’s sort of that best

friend-brother role.”

From the beginning of his time as a Mustang, Nichols’ positive impact radiated during orientation group.

“Brendan was one of the few that was very open and encouraged that inclusive environment, just by being himself,” Ryan McMullen said.

McMullen, one of Nichols’s WOW leaders, said he noticed that Nichols was a unique individual right away, always able to include everyone, even in such a diverse group of freshmen.

“Even when everyone else left, he’d still be there, willing to participate in whatever activities we had planned, even if they were boring bored games,” McMullen said.

He said Nichols was genuine and truly embodied the WOW philosophy of ‘dropping his cool card’ during the week.

“I speak on behalf of my whole WOW group when I say he was one of the most positive, fun, and energetic people in our group and he got along with everybody,” McMullen said.

This fall, Nichols led his own WOW group with Milburn.

“How I would describe him is the best friend anyone could have,” Milburn said. “The best ‘co’ for WOW, and overall just such a positive and enthusiastic person.”

“Looking back, the only things I think about him are just awesome things. He’s just always had the best spirit, he always put a smile on my face, he always made me laugh and he always just made me feel awesome,” Milburn said.

Nichols’ ability to carry his positive energy transitioned well to deep talks during WOW, such as the Awareness Gallery, Milburn said, where he was able to create a safe environment for their group of WOWies.

“During the week and just in his lifetime, he always made everyone feel so special and so important, and just lifted everyone’s spirits,” Milburn said.

Carson Mullarkey, a civil engineering sophomore at Cal Poly, attended high school with Nichols and remembered his love for water sports as well as time with his friends.

“Any time that everyone could get together, like all of his friends, he would just be so happy,” Mullarkey

said. “If there was ever one person missing, he’d just be like, ‘What the heck? Where are they? We need to get them here like right now, we need to be together.’ He did such a good job of bringing all his friends closer together it was actually pretty amazing.”

Nichols is also remembered for his love of music.

“I definitely feel closest to him when I’m listening to music,” Marotto said.

“He loves to dance, and his favorite, favorite thing was just seeing me happy. Like, if [he saw me] across the room dancing or having a good time his face would really light up like his whole week was made.”

“Talk Too Much” by Coin and “Come on Eileen” by Dexys Midnight Runners were some of Nichols favorite songs, Marotto said.

Business sophomore Isabella Dossola went on the road trip to Sacramento this summer and remembered Nichols to have an appreciation for the little things in life.

“When I think of Brenden I think of someone who has the little boy alive so well in him,” Dossola said. “I took him to The Dollar Store and he was so excited about the idea that everything was a dollar in The Dollar Store.”

Nichols’ aunt, Megan Kincheloe, set up a GoFundMe for Brenden’s family with a goal of $30,000 which was met in less than 24 hours. Just five days later, that number reached $47,548.

Whether you knew him from a class, danced with him in the dorm, or just simply passed him on campus, Nichols was someone who touched the lives of many and who will not be forgotten.

Cal Poly hosted a Celebration of Life for Nichols on Monday, Nov. 18 at 4 p.m. in the Advanced Technology Lab, building 7.

“I think the biggest joy was living life alongside someone who loved life so much and loved me so much,” Marotto said. “Even if you didn’t know him, you can probably carry on his spirit by loving your life.”

“There was so much that the world has lost with him, but so much that still can be shared because of his spirit,” Dossola said. “Living the way he wanted to live was living like everyday was the best day ever.”

UNION SUSPECTS RACIAL PROFILING IN TRAFFIC STOP

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Union said a faculty member of color was pulled over and cuffed for no reason. Now the union is firing back after the university said the allegations are harming campus climate.

BY SABRINA PASCUA & AUSTIN LINTHICUM

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Cal Poly has performed an initial search and did not find any University Police stops that match the description in the union email.

Faculty traffic stop response in brief Faculty member stopped by UPD

Union emails all members

Armstrong responds

A faculty member of color was allegedly stopped

by University Police.

They were hand cuffed, searched for weapons and released without reason.

No citation was given.

In an email, the California Faculty Association described the incident and said racial profiling may have been involved. They said the university needs to do more.

President Jeffery Armstrong sent a campus-wide email stating the university is investigating the incident. He also said the allegations could hurt campus climate.

meaning that the university has violated a provision of the CFA Collective Bargaining Agreement. The agreement states that California State University policies prohibit discrimination against faculty based on race, color and more.

A chapter grievance is filed not only on behalf of the faculty member, but it is filed on behalf of all 1,500 faculty members that the union chapter represents, according to Call.

“Since we thought that this particular incident spoke to some broader issues that might impact other faculty beyond this one person, we thought it was appropriate to file this as a chapter grievance,” Call said.

Moving forward, Call said that the CFA will address the incident with the university. However, if the incident is not resolved at the university level, it may go to the state level.

“If the union and the administration have very different views about what happened and about the signif-

Combating racism To address diversity and race-related issues on campus, Cal Poly partnered with Diversity Specialist Damon Williams to conduct a survey of campus and form an action plan last spring.

The results of the survey were shared with campus at the Strategic Diversity Leadership Institute Oct. 17.

The data showed minority individuals across many backgrounds and identities — including women, LGBTQIA+ folks, persons with disabilities, financially challenged persons and members of underrepresented ethnic and racial backgrounds — have negative experiences on campus and do not feel a strong sense of belonging and a sense of community. The data showed it is most difficult for Black students to feel positively about their sense of belonging and community.

The university was given suggestions, from dialogue sessions to leadership academies, on how to improve campus climate.

The first CPX Campus Dialogue session will take place Thursday, Nov. 21, from 9 to 10:30 a.m. in the Advanced Technology Laboratories.

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State University faculty, including tenure-track faculty, lecturers, librarians, counselors and coaches. Members of the Cal Poly administration are not part of the CFA. History professor and CFA Chapter President Lewis Call said in an interview with Mustang News that while the union is responding to this specific incident, they want to address the larger issue of racial profiling on campus.

“This faculty member and other faculty are concerned that they might be subject to racial profiling,” Call said. “We hope to work with the University Police and with the Cal Poly administration to set some guarantees that that will not happen in the future.”

Call said the faculty member did not feel comfortable approaching the university about the traffic stop and went to the CFA instead.

Call said that the union has filed a chapter grievance on the issue,

The union said that instead of addressing why a faculty member might choose not to report an incident to the university, the president chose to criticize the union for reporting it.

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“We are disappointed in President Armstrong’s response to our message,” the email read. “The President appears to blame CFA SLO for raising this important issue.”

The CFA said they do not believe it is “inflammatory” or “destructive” to point out examples of structural and institutional racism at Cal Poly.

“It is, however, inflammatory and destructive for management to challenge faculty who speak out about these vital issues,” the email read.

Cal Poly administration did not learn about the incident until the union email was sent, according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier.

There were 335 traffic stops made

by University Police between Sept. 19 and Nov. 14, according to police logs.

Of those stops, 258 resulted in warnings, 72 in citations and five in arrests.

The logs do not detail any weapon searches during vehicle stops.

The CFA is the collective bargaining representative for California

Union fires back

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An allegation of racial profiling by University Police on Thursday has sparked an investigation and spurred a series of hostile emails between President Armstrong and Cal Poly’s faculty union.

An email to all members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) alleged a faculty member of color was placed in handcuffs, searched for weapons and released without a citation or reason earlier this quarter. The name of the faculty member was not disclosed due to privacy and retribution concerns. The email was sent on Thursday, Nov. 14, but did not specify the exact date the alleged incident occurred.

The email said the faculty member continues to fear being randomly stopped again by campus police and said they came to the CFA because of their loss of confidence in Cal Poly administration.

“Given how little progress has been achieved to date at Cal Poly, we must start depending on ourselves as a community of faculty, staff, and students to do the real work of racial justice and social transformation that this campus so sorely needs and demand more progress from ourselves and the administration,” the CFA email read.

The following day, President Jeffery Armstrong sent a campus-wide email stating an initial search through fall quarter incidents found no traffic stop or other UPD interaction matching the description. The email also detailed plans to investigate the incident.

Armstrong continued to call CFA’s accusations destructive to campus climate.

“CFA SLO’s suggestion that the university does not care about incidents of racism on Cal Poly’s campus is inaccurate, inflammatory and destructive at a sensitive time on our campus,” President Jeffrey Armstrong wrote in the email.

The email said the university found it “frustrating” that the CFA refused to provide additional details about the incident when such a serious allegation has been raised.

The CFA responded to Armstrong Monday, Nov. 18 in a second email to all union members. The email said that instead of addressing factors that might drive a faculty member to choose not to report an incident to the university, the president chose to criticize the CFA for taking action to help the faculty member.

icance of it, then it might be impossible to arrive at an agreement,” Call said. “I don’t know if that’s the case there because we have not yet had a chance to meet with management on this particular case.”

Call said that he hopes to get reassurance from the university that University Police will not racially profile for any reason. When the CFA meets with administration, Call said that the faculty member in question will most likely not be present.

The university intends to hire a third-party investigator to review the allegations, according to the campus-wide email. The university is willing to work with the CFA to choose an investigator they both agree on.

Given the serious nature of these allegations, the email said this case warrants requesting that the California Deputy Attorney General conduct a review.

“If the allegations are substantiated, those responsible will be held accountable and there will be serious consequences as warranted,” Armstrong wrote.

The faculty member involved in the alleged traffic stop has the right to pursue legal action against the university independently, according to Call. However, if the faculty member chose to sue the university, Call said that the CFA would not be involved with any legal processes.

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CA LAUNCHES PEER-RUN MENTAL HEALTH WARM LINE The new mental health warm line California residents now have access to a statewide mental health line. As of Oct. 10, 2019, the Peer-Run Warm Line provides free, non-emergency emotional support through a text or phone call to anyone in need. Contrary to common practice among other mental health lines, Peer-Run Warm Line will aim to employ counselors who have specifically struggled with mental illness.

“These (counselors) are not licensed mental health professionals,” Warm Line Manager Sarah Flynn said. “These are people that have lived experience and expertise in mental health struggles.”

The project, brought to life by the Mental Health Association of San Francisco (MHASF), was launched at a news conference in San Francisco on Oct. 7.

Throughout the conference, State Senator Scott Wiener, Assembly Budget Committee Chair Phil Ting and others formally debuted the program and took questions from attendees.

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As of Oct. 10, 2019, the Peer-Run Warm Line provides free, non-emergency emotional support through a text or phone call to anyone in need.

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BY RYAN BURR

Mental Health America estimates that roughly 1 in 5 adults in the United States experience mental health challenges on a daily basis. Since 2013, rates of “severe youth depression” have increased by more than two percent.

But as cases of mental illnesses rise,

so do new ideas to help.

Everyone has heard about mental health hotlines. Mental health crises occur for millions on a daily basis, and it is important that suicide hotlines are available for immediate, urgent care.

However, struggles with mental health do not always come in the form of a crisis. California created a warm line for those times.

What a peer-run warm line provides The service is intended specifically for Californians who are feeling alone, according to Wiener. It is important to note the mental health line is not a crisis or suicide hotline, but rather is intended to comfort those who want conversation during a difficult time.

“Anytime, day or night, you can pick up the phone and talk to someone who understands firsthand your challenges,” Wiener said during the conference.

The line is intended to act as the “step before a hotline,” according to Ting. The counselors are trained to de-escalate any given situation and hopefully prevent a trip to the emergency room.

The line is staffed throughout most of the day but is not expected to reach 24/7 coverage until the end of the year.

Although the voices on the other line are not technically professionals, there is a substantial amount of training required before each counselor may work freely.

After being accepted, each counselor is required to attend an extensive 40-hour classroom training session, according to Ting. Additionally, they must go through 1 to 2 weeks of on-staff training.

“As an organization, we believe that by having experience [with mental illness themselves], they can truly understand what someone is going through,” MHASF director Mark Salazar said when asked about the advantages of his hiring method.

“The understanding that compassionately comes through in that way is a part of our service.”

How it happened This is one of the few programs in California that has been granted ongoing funding throughout the year, according to Ting.

“From a fiscal standpoint, it makes sense to invest in preventative measures,” Ting said. “Without a Warm Line, individuals could end up using more expensive, crisis-based interventions such as hospitalizations.”

Over the next three years, the program is expected to receive $10.8

million from the California government. During the news conference, Ting explained it was crucial to go beyond a one-year appropriation, as hiring and budget plans would be near impossible otherwise.

Although the proposal must be revisited in three years, Ting said he is confident the program demonstrates utmost priority within the government. He said he hopes sufficient resources will be dedicated to outreach, so California citizens know someone is there for them.

“We’re trying to, step-by-step, reestablish the support systems for people who are in crisis and need more attention . . . this is a valuable investment by the state of California in the mental health and wellbeing of our residents,” Wiener said.

Resources at Cal Poly Although the new Peer-Run Warm Line is a readily available outlet, resources are also available through Cal Poly.

A health fee increase in January 2018 allowed counseling services to add critical staff during a difficult financial time, according to Cal Poly counseling services director Dr. Geneva Reynaga-Abiko. There is currently one counseling provider for every 1,047 students at Cal Poly, and Reynaga-Abiko said she hopes further resources will allow those in need to acquire crucial aid with no wait.

Any enrolled student is permitted to contact Cal Poly Counseling Services during business hours to schedule a consultation, and those in an immediate crisis may call (805) 756-2511 to speak with a live person on-staff.

CAL POLY AWARDED $340,000 GRANT TO RESEARCH SATELLITE SOLUTIONS

BY RYAN BURR

Cal Poly has been awarded a $340,000 grant to conduct research and analysis on satellites in orbit.

Students and faculty will work with the local California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) and Cal Poly’s Digital Transformation Hub to develop solutions for issues regarding space satellites.

Members of the team will tackle various problems and work with a company or agency to find solutions.

The issues addressed will include satellite communication design, acceleration time to launch small and medium satellites, secure satellite command and control across a dis-

tributed commercial platform.

The team will first focus on communication design, according to industrial and manufacturing engineering professor Kurt Colvin, who is also the lead faculty member on the grant.

With the use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), they will aim to improve data acquisition between companies and their own small satellites.

“Many companies have launched inexpensive satellites that have sensors or cameras on board that can see elevation or detect something like pollution over urban areas,” Colvin said. “The satellites are just full of data that we can’t get down because we don’t have the infrastructure on the ground necessary.”

Using resources from the grant and the cooperating organizations, Colvin’s team will work to develop “prototype solutions” to these common issues.

Students will be recruited from all departments of the engineering college, according to Colvin. Expertise in electrical engineering, computer science and other areas will be crucial to the research and solution development.

Funding for the grant comes from the California Advanced Supply Chain Analysis and Diversification Effort (CASCADE), a program funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment.

The program was created to “bol-

ster California’s defense supply chain cybersecurity resilience,” according to CASCADE’s website. Funding for satellite research stems from the dependency of U.S. infrastructure and business on space communication.

The new grant is not Cal Poly’s first endeavor in this field. In August 2019, the university signed a space situational awareness agreement with U.S. Strategic Command. The agreement brought Cal Poly together with more than 100 foreign nations over a dedication to study objects in orbit around earth.

On June 26, 2020, Cal Poly will host an on-campus seminar to discuss results and future plans for the grant. The event, “Innovation in Cy-

bersecurity to Defend National and Commercial Space Assets,” will invite experts in the field of American space cybersecurity to discuss Cal Poly’s work.

Colvin said the project will give students a valuable opportunity and that he hopes new and necessary curriculum will be developed in the process.

“We’re going to identify what Cal Poly needs to put in the curriculum to help students prepare for similar challenges in the future,” Colvin said.

“If you think about it, [the grant] is a really big effort to improve the education at Cal Poly, to produce students that have the right skills and knowledge.”

HOW HIS DAUGHTER’S CANCER DIAGNOSIS CHANGED HIS PATH

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Frank Kalman and his daughter, Calli Kalman, are both Cal Poly Alumni. He started End Kids Cancer after she was diagnosed.

BY CASSANDRA GARIBAY

How it started Kalman’s daughter, Calli, was 12-years-old when she complained of a lump on her side. Seven months later, doctors said she would not live.

“They told us she had a 45 percent chance of growing up. Then, seven

months later she relapsed and the doctors told us she wasn’t going to make it,” Kalman said. “My wife and I said ‘we don’t buy it, we are going to find the best guy or gal, no matter where.’”

And so Kalman began going to conferences and reaching out to different hospitals in search of the best specialists researching neuroblastoma. And his efforts paid off.

After relapsing six times, undergoing three surgeries and completing

toma and are in need of financial assistance.

In addition to the foundation, Kalman wrote a ‘guidebook’ called Steps to Hope that gives advice on how to navigate cancer as a parent.

“I remember [thinking] ‘I got a business degree and now I’m supposed to pick and it could kill my daughter if I pick wrong,’ and that was incomprehensible,” Kalman said. “I just started looking more and more at the numbers, what numbers had the highest probability of success.”

Kalman said he hopes that all Cal Poly students realize that the skills they learn in college can be carried with them no matter where life takes them.

“Here I have a business marketing degree, knew nothing about biology, but I felt what I had gained here at Poly gave me the confidence to not be intimidated by the medical field,” Kalman said. “I figured I learned here that if you don’t know something, you know how to figure it out.”

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Kalman’s daughter, Calli, was 12-yearsold when she complained of a lump on her side.

rics services are not included, as they are not considered to be a basic service.

Alternative resources are available to students off campus seeking reproductive health care services, such as Planned Parenthood and The Center.

However, these off-campus resources are not always an option for all students.

According to Lazier, the Health Center hopes to fill the position by the start of Winter 2020.

In the meantime, Campus Health and Wellbeing’s nurse practitioner and physician’s assistant providers are all well versed in gynecology services.

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There is a vacancy for a primary care physician with an emphasis on reproductive health.

Cal Poly has not had any physicians with certifications in reproductive health on campus since the summer, leaving a gap in health coverage for more than 10,000 female students.

According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier, Campus Health and Wellbeing previously had a physician in this position, but has been vacant for several months.

There is an opening for a full time primary care physician with an emphasis on reproductive health. Campus Health and Wellbeing is looking to hire someone with competency in managing all reproductive health

(excluding Obstetrics), according to Lazier. This would include care for transgender students.

“It’s a very important part of being a woman and everyone that is on campus is turning 21 on campus and that’s when you need your first pap smear,” environmental management and protection senior Logan Babcock said. “If they’re not going to get it at Cal Poly than that’s really putting a wrench into a lot of people’s women-hood.”

California State University (CSU) Executive Order 943 governs student health care at all CSU campuses and defines all basic primary care services. According to this order, obstet-

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HEALTH CENTER SEARCHING FOR REPRODUCTIVE SPECIALIST

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The trajectory of one Cal Poly business administration alumnus’ life changed when his 12-year-old daughter was diagnosed with neuroblastoma, a form of cancer most commonly found in infants that affects nerve cells outside of the brain.

Since then, Frank Kalman said he has dedicated his life to helping end cancer, specifically types found in children. Kalman co-founded End

Kids Cancer in 2011 and said the goal is to bring together the top researchers in the nation to conduct clinical trials and put themselves “out-of business.”

around 300 weeks of chemotherapy, Calli beat the odds. She went on to follow her father’s footsteps and graduated from Cal Poly.

“Her battle is brutal, but she is considered one of the lucky ones, because there were a group of kids we became friends with, there were ten of them,” Kalman said. “Each one of these kids slowly kept dying off and when that last child died that’s when I decided I got to do something about it. So, I started the foundation.”

Through the connections he made during his daughter’s treatments, Kalman said he was able to form a committee of doctors who are trying to give children with neuroblastoma a fighting chance.

“I realized I spent 10 years looking for [the best doctors] and I knew exactly who they were,” Kalman said.

After hearing Kalman’s story, President Armstrong spoke about him at a commencement speech. The two connected shortly after and Armstrong joined as an advisory board member to the committee.

“I volunteered to sit on the advisory board of End Kids Cancer because I so passionately believe in the organization’s mission and in supporting Cal Poly graduates,” Armstrong wrote in an email to Mustang News.

“I was deeply touched after meeting Frank and Calli Kalman and learning of Calli’s successful battle against childhood cancer. I knew then that I needed to be personally involved in any way that I could.”

The organization currently funds clinical trials, including autologous NK cell and T-cell trials that Kalman said are key to moving research forward and having a proof of concept.

Kalman, who lives in San Luis Obispo, said the foundation plans to also start funding treatments for local children who suffer from neuroblas-

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Cal Poly Senior Jack Fisher’s truck will be aired on Discovery Channel .

STUDENT-DESIGNED TRUCK WILL BE FEATURED ON THE DISCOVERY CHANNEL A truck hand-designed by Cal Poly mechanical engineering senior Jack Fisher will appear on the upcoming season of the Discovery Channel show, “Twin Turbos.”

Fisher co-founded the engineering consulting firm Tekk Consulting during his freshman year at Cal Poly.

The firm uses 3D scanning, reverse engineering, automotive chassis — or truck framework — design and development, collaborative robotic integrations and 3-D printing for usable parts to create unique innovations.

In the past few years since, Fisher and other founding members have grown the firm’s online presence

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and worked to make Tekk Consulting known to the world.

“My firm specializes in taking our clients’ ideas and engineering them into reality,” Fisher said.

Professional driver and “Twin Turbos” personality Brad DeBerti, who had partnered with Toyota Motor Corporation for this project, approached Tekk Consulting roughly

eight months ago and presented them with his vision for a vehicle called the DeBerti Hauler. It was then up to the firm to turn his unique vision into a real-life, drivable vehicle.

Fisher was responsible for the 3D scanning component, data acquisition of the stock platform, drawing the complementary chassis structure and designing multiple interior

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BY SOPHIE LINCOLN

Club member Jonathan Rondeau (left) and co-president Hugh Cosculluela (right) show off their biggest catches of the day.

BY DYLAN KREISMAN

The Cal Poly Bass Fishing Club won “School of the Year” at the YETI Fish-

ing League Worldwide (FLW) Western Conference Nov. 7.

The title accounted for three fishing tournaments throughout 2019

and awarded to the school with the highest combined point total over the tournaments. The tournaments took place at Lake Mead (Mar. 2), Clear Lake (May 18) and the California Delta (Sept. 28).

Environmental engineering junior Hugh Coschulluela said that their team has to fish for several hours each tournament.

“For a single day of tournament fishing, you wake up real early, like 4 a.m. and then launch the boat,” Cosculluela said. “Then you fish for seven, eight hours and bring in your five biggest fish for the day.”

Once each team is finished fishing, the teams measure the total weight of their five biggest fish. The team with the highest weight total wins the tournament. Nineteen schools competed in the western conference

and each school has multiple teams comprised of pairs of “anglers,” or fishermen who use the angling fishing technique.

The scoring system awards the first place team of each tournament with 300 points. Cal Poly earned 1,761 points over the course of the season — over three hundred points more than the second place team.

Cosculluela is the co-president of the Bass Fishing Club and he said he has been an avid participant since his freshman year. Cosculluela began fishing in eighth grade and he said he seeks to use the tournaments’ experience as a stepping stone to becoming a professional competitive fisherman.

“There’s tons of guys that are really good at fishing, but you need to have a financial backing in order

and exterior accessories for the vehicle, according to co-founder and primary shareholder of Tekk Consulting Jason Heard.

Fisher started by 3D scanning a 2019 Toyota Tacoma extended cab, then designed the performance truck chassis to fit the Toyota Tacoma. They designed a suspension that was “both strong and diverse enough to handle jumps, rallycross, drag racing and drifting,” Fisher said. “[Fisher] has a lot of hours in design work for that specific project,” Heard said.

The truck was embellished with accessories to further match DeBerti’s vision, most of which were designed

by Fisher himself. Some of these include the truck’s billet aluminum dashboard and “drift” brake handle, 3D printed aerodynamic dive planes and canards on the sides of the truck and 3D printed body panels.

On Nov. 7, Fisher left for Las Vegas to display his truck at the annual Specialty Equipment Marketing Association (SEMA) show. The show is set to air on TV within the next few months in the upcoming season of “Twin Turbos.” The truck will be featured in two episodes of the show, according to Jason Heard. Fisher said the specific episodes are unknown.

“Twin Turbos” follows DeBerti and his father, Doug DeBerti, as they “push the boundaries” to create “outrageous, state-of-the-art vehicles,” according to the Discovery Channel website. The sales from each vehicle fund Brad DeBerti’s dream to become a NASCAR driver.

Though the DeBerti Hauler will soon air on TV, Fisher said he and his firm plan to continue growing their business, taking clients and creating exceptional innovations.

to pay for it because even the tournaments themselves cost money,” Cosculluela said.

Cosculluela added that the cost to enter a professional tournament can range up to $50,000 or more. He said that a professional also needs to factor in gas, food and lodging, which continue to add up.

FLW Director of Public Relations Joseph Opager said the tournaments helps fishermen participate for a lower price. “[The tournaments] exposes young anglers who haven’t had a chance to fish in bass tournaments at a low cost,” Opager said.

While the club receives financial support from ASI, Cosculluela said the cost of a college tournament is much less than a professional tournament.

Cal Poly’s next collegiate fishing tournament is in January, which will also mark the beginning of the 2020 competitive fishing season.

JOURNALISM PROFESSOR’S TAKE ON IMPORTANCE OF DIVERSITY IN CURRICULUM

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BY SYDNEY SHERMAN

Journalism professor and social justice activist Julie Lynem is part of the 2.2 percent of Black or African Americans residing in the county.

During her 17 years as a San Luis Obispo resident, Lynem has made an impact both on and off campus.

“Some would say, you know, ‘Why does it matter here? There are not very many Black people, there are not very many people of color,’” Lynem said. “But I would argue, in many ways, it’s even more important because there’s such a lack of visibility, lack of voices being heard here.”

Lynem has been a professor at Cal Poly for four years and before beginning her teaching career at Cal Poly, Lynem was both a reporter and editor for the San Luis Obispo Tribune.

Lynem had been involved with dialogues about race within the community for a while, but it was not until she met R.A.C.E. Matters founder Courtney Haile that her activism in San Luis Obispo took off.

“We just started out with some small community meetings where we were really feeling helpless and

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cial issues, because to have someone who is a majority or someone who is white speak out about these issues, personally to me, doesn’t encompass the whole experience of what it means to be a person of color.”

Torres said he thinks that other

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students on campus could benefit from a class like Lynem’s.

“The initiatives for diversity here

are complete bullshit,” Torres said.

“As far as what it means to be a minority here on campus, people aren’t getting that full experience, and they never truly understand the weight of what their actions have.”

Torres said he believes incidents, such as a recent Instagram post where the student commented that he was dressed as an “illegal alien,” could have turned out differently had the student taken this class.

“A lot of people are coming from small towns that are close-minded, and that’s all they knew,” Torres said. “They never know the extent of the harm they do until they take this class and they realize that the minority struggle is more than just what they’ve heard.”

Lynem said she believes staff plays a key role when it comes to promoting diversity and inclusion on campus.

“We are the ones that are charged with making sure that students go out into the world connected and

understanding what their responsibilities are, and I think we do a disservice by not just paying lip service to it, but actually walking the walk,” Lynem said.

Over the summer, Lynem attended a course meant to teach professors how to create a more inclusive environment in their classes.

“Over and over again, it came up – ‘I’m an engineering professor, I teach physics, what does this have to do with me?’” Lynem said. “Well, your students come from a variety of backgrounds for one thing, so that’s what it has to do with.”

Lynem said she also believes it does not take much effort to incorporate diversity and inclusion into any class, even if it just means including the history of a famous physicist that was from this particular community.

“I think that we tend to limit ourselves and see just a narrow focus, when if we just take the extra step, it means a lot to students,” Lynem said.

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between her social justice work in the community and her day job.

“There’s a lot that’s being talked about in journalism circles about the line that you have to walk between being a journalist and an activist,” Lynem said. “I would say that it’s important to seek the truth.”

And that, she said, is what she tries to teach her students.

“Journalism is the first draft of history, knowing that we have a huge responsibility as journalists to tell other people’s stories,” Lynem said.

To Lynem, she said her social justice work in the community and on campus are “inextricably linked.”

Journalism sophomore Vincent Torres is currently taking Lynem’s class Multicultural Society and the Mass Media (JOUR 219) and said he is glad to have her at its helm.

“To have a professor of color teach on a predominantly white campus, I think, just speaks volumes in itself,” Torres said. “I’d much rather have a person of color speak out about so-

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hopeless at that time, because there were a lot of killings of unarmed Black men and women going on,” Lynem said.

Lynem recently began spearheading a sister organization to R.A.C.E. Matters: RaiseUp SLO. The organization is focused on supporting and uplifting families of color in the area and raising race-conscious kids. The organization is also focused on its three pillars of education, advocacy and community building, according to Lynem.

Lynem’s colleague and Cal Poly grant development employee Julie Fallon said RaiseUP SLO is her favorite part of the organization as a whole.

“The younger generations—they’re the hope for the future,” Fallon said.

When it comes to teaching at Cal Poly, Lynem said there is a fine line

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OPINION

BY SOPHIE HOSBEIN

Cal Poly has been awarded a $340,000 grant to conduct research and analysis on satellites in orbit.

Students and faculty will work with the local California Cybersecurity Institute (CCI) and Cal Poly’s Digital Transformation Hub to develop solutions for issues regarding space satellites.

Members of the team will tackle

various problems and work with a company or agency to find solutions.

The issues addressed will include satellite communication design, acceleration time to launch small and medium satellites, secure satellite command and control across a distributed commercial platform.

The team will first focus on communication design, according to industrial and manufacturing engineering professor Kurt Colvin, who

is also the lead faculty member on the grant. With the use of Amazon Web Services (AWS), they will aim to improve data acquisition between companies and their own small satellites.

“Many companies have launched inexpensive satellites that have sensors or cameras on board that can see elevation or detect something like pollution over urban areas,” Colvin said. “The satellites are just full of

OPINION

LET’S BE GOOD TO EACH OTHER

BY ABDULLAH SULAIMAN

Abdullah Sulaiman is a general engineering senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.

Social support has a high potential for positive effects. Do we take it for granted? Or are people just unaware of their potent influence on others?

I believe insecurities stem from a lack of social support and experience. If this is true, the cure is simple: give someone support. However, this support must be sincere to genuinely help an individual.

Social support, as I define it, is support received from individuals through intentional and unintentional actions. When one receives social support, it helps them feel more confident in themselves to go out and gain experiences. If you turn this into a cycle, regardless of whether the experience is positive or negative, one will gain acceptance through positive social support and look past their insecurities and, consequently, have a higher self-worth.

Even a simple hello and a smile to a person can go a long way, so go out and do the best you can to appreciate the world and other people. We

are all riddled with problems and insecurities, but the second we realize this and learn to accept the insecurities we have, we break free from these shackles. In the end, wouldn’t it be better if we were all able to accept ourselves, the imperfections included, and grow?

In order to combat insecurity at an emotional level, there needs to be emotional support. This is done by addressing someone’s self-esteem, which is “enhanced by communicating to persons that they are valued for their own worth and experiences and are accepted despite any difficulties or personal faults,” according to Sheldon Cohen and Thomas

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ence. With this insight and perspective, one will have a more objective view of life, and accept that the insecurities they have, or the stressors that lead to such, no longer pose a high enough threat for one to change who they are and what they do. This is the point where we all hope to be at. However, not every person’s circumstances are the same, and people are left feeling stranded and alone with a lack of support.

The simple solution is to give each other support so that we can all learn that the problems we face are universal. There is an undeniable conclusion: social support that you may give somebody has a colossal effect on an individual and their psychological well-being.

With this in mind, do not take the power you have to help somebody for granted.

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Wills. Because self-esteem is affected by enhancing communication, we can see the connection between having support from friends and family and psychological wellbeing.

At Cal Poly, we have resources for emotional support and community-building. The Health Center offers free counseling service to all students, and there are also many cultural and academic clubs where one can find support in a community of people with similar interests.

When born into this world, we are all insecure — insecure because we haven’t experienced life and have no idea what will be thrown at us, the good and bad.

However, if one has a well-built system of support like family or a close-knit friend group, they have the ability to take on what is thrown at them and grow from every experi-

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data that we can’t get down because we don’t have the infrastructure on the ground necessary.”

Using resources from the grant and the cooperating organizations, Colvin’s team will work to develop “prototype solutions” to these common issues.

Students will be recruited from all departments of the engineering college, according to Colvin. Expertise in electrical engineering, computer

science and other areas will be crucial to the research and solution development.

Funding for the grant comes from the California Advanced Supply Chain Analysis and Diversification Effort (CASCADE), a program funded by the U.S. Department of Defense’s Office of Economic Adjustment.

The program was created to “bolster California’s defense supply chain cybersecurity resilience,” according to CASCADE’s website.

Funding for satellite research stems from the dependency of U.S. infrastructure and business on space communication.

The new grant is not Cal Poly’s first endeavor in this field. In August 2019, the university signed a space situational awareness agreement with U.S. Strategic Command.

The agreement brought Cal Poly together with more than 100 foreign nations over a dedication to study objects in orbit around earth.

On June 26, 2020, Cal Poly will host an on-campus seminar to discuss results and future plans for the grant. The event, “Innovation in Cybersecurity to Defend National and Commercial Space Assets,” will invite experts in the field of American space cybersecurity to discuss Cal Poly’s work.

Colvin said the project will give students a valuable opportunity and that he hopes new and necessary curriculum will be developed in the process.

“We’re going to identify what Cal Poly needs to put in the curriculum to help students prepare for similar challenges in the future,” Colvin said. “If you think about it, [the grant] is a really big effort to improve the education at Cal Poly, to produce students that have the right skills and knowledge.”

PUZZLES & HOROSCOPES

CLUES ACROSS 1. No longer on the market 5. W. African language 9. A way to open 11. A type of pigeon 13. Japanese warrior 15. Pelvic areas 16. No seats available 17. Not working 19. In a way, soaks 21. Growing outward 22. Ritzy local _ _ Air 23. Telegraphic signals 25. Metric units 26. Large wine cask 27. Fiber from the husk of a coconut 29. Gets up 31. French river 33. Witnesses 34. They make great neighbors 36. The sun does it 38. Used to store ashes 39. First Chinese dynasty 41. Network of nerves 43. Word element meaning ear 44. Metric unit of length (Brit.)

46. Tributary of the Danube 48. Off-limits 52. Appeal earnestly 53. It’s good to have them 54. Commercial flying company

56. Acted out in protest 57. Took to the sea 58. Cuckoos 59. Drove fast CLUES DOWN 1. Trapped 2. About osmosis 3. Romanian monetary unit 4. Form of Persian 5. Cold wind 6. Leave out 7. Small vehicle 8. A little off 9. Soviet Union 10. A narrow path or road 11. Contrary beliefs 12. One who speaks Gaelic 14. Private school in New York 15. Jackson and Townshend are two 18. Soldier in an airborne unit 20. Taken illegally 24. Capital of Valais 26. Male reproductive organs 28. State capital 30. One with supernatural insight 32. Starts all over again 34. Jai alai arena 35. Star Wars antagonist 37. Freestanding structure 38. The ideal place 40. The extended location of something 42. Made level

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43. Distinctive smell 45. Greek goddess of discord 47. Got older 49. Type of monkey 50. Travels to 51. Geological times 55. Edge

ARIES – March 21/April 20 A bevy of ideas and tasks are bouncing around in your head this week, Aries. You may have to find a way to quiet your mind so you can focus on what needs to get done.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 People may be apt to judge you by the company you keep, Libra. However, once others get to know you, they will discover how you march to the beat of your own drummer.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Taurus, a benefit to having so many close friends in your life is you always have a buddy you can call when you need someone to hear your side of the story.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 Scorpio, you may have an opportunity to enjoy some time to yourself this week.

The alone time can be a great way to work through new ideas.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Gemini, even after a big shakeup in your routine, it seems like things at work are more of the same. You may need to start looking for opportunities elsewhere for stimulation.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 Don’t let someone whose maturity level is beneath your own bother you, Sagittarius. Take the high road and others will notice and respect you for it.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 Perfection only exists in your mind, Cancer.

Change your views on how everything needs to be perfect to be successful and you will sleep a bit easier this week.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 Leo, obstacles are a part of life. The way you approach them and your attitude can go a long way toward helping you work through difficult situations.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 Your curiosity will pique this week when inspiration flows, Virgo. A new creative project could be on the horizon. Friends are supportive of your efforts.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 You may have plenty of free time on your hands this week, Capricorn. If you do not want to fill it by being productive, then bask in your ability to kick back and relax.

AQUARIUS – Jan. 21/Feb. 18 Aquarius, even though you are full of vitality and ready to begin something new, this may not be the week for it.

Hold off a little longer; the right time will present itself soon enough.

PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 This week serves as a starting point for new adventures in your life, Pisces. Keep your eyes peeled for the opportunities coming your way.

MEN’S BASKETBALL SECURES 89-45 VICTORY IN HOME OPENER

BY JACK CLARK Following two losses in the first two games of the regular season, Cal Poly Men’s Basketball bounced back with a 89-45 victory in their home-opener against Simpson on Friday, Nov. 15.

“It’s a work in progress,” first-year head coach John Smith said. “I still don’t like the pace that we’re playing in transition, we’re not playing fast enough. I don’t like the fact that we’re fouling so much... Those two things we have to sure up, but we’re getting there.”

Cal Poly (1-2) started strong with sophomore forward Tuukka Jaakola scoring the game’s initial points. After a layup from junior Keith Smith, Simpson senior Blake Trent hit a three-pointer to give the Red Hawks their only lead of the game at 5-4.

However, the advantage only lasted 48 seconds in total before graduate guard Jamal Smith responded with a three-pointer to retake the lead for the remainder of the game.

With 15 minutes remaining in the first half, the Mustangs brought the score to 11-9 through field goals from freshman forward Kyle Colvin and Keith Smith. Free throws from Jaakola

and a layup from Colvin extended the score to 14-9 before a Simpson three pointer cut the Red Hawks’ deficit to two points. Cal Poly responded with a 6-0 scoring run to begin to pull away at 20-12.

Colvin led the Mustangs in the half and scored nine points behind a 44 percent success rate from the field.

Colvin went on to reach a career-high in scoring with 15 points.

“In that position, you need someone that’s as cerebral as [Colvin] is ... he’s expanding his role with this team because of his readiness,” Smith said.

“I’m excited for him. I look forward to seeing him progress these next four years.”

The San Luis Obispo native said that while points will come, he is thankful for the big win as a team.

“Main thing for us is we just gotta win,” Colvin said. “It was nice playing in front of these fans. I’ve been playing in front of them for my whole life, so it’s nice to be back out there. I missed it.” Colvin said.

The Mustangs started the second half with a 10-point lead at 36-26. A breakaway and a layup from Kieth Smith kicked off the scoring before sophomore guard Junior Ballard fol-

lowed with a jump-shot and a steal, prompting Simpson to call a timeout.

Three minutes passed and Cal Poly scored 11 points before Simpson got their first bucket of the second half to bring the score to 49-29. Freshman guard Colby Rogers went on to have a standout second half and converted three of four attempts from the threepoint line. Rogers’ 11 points in the second half made for a career-high 14-point performance.

“I came here as a shooter and [my teammates] know that, so they are always looking for me on the break,” Rogers said. “Even when I’m missing, they still give me that confidence to keep shooting.”

Cal Poly kept the pressure high throughout the second half and secured a 22-point lead with 15 minutes left to play. Big plays from junior wing Mark Crowe, Rogers, and Jamal Smith put the game out of Simpson’s reach at 87-42. Freshman forward Alimamy Koroma capped the night off with a slam dunk to bring the final score to 89-45.

Cal Poly will be on the road for the next five games before returning to Mott Athletics Center on Dec. 7 to take on Siena. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m.

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Junior Point Guard Keith Smith goes in for a shot.

CROSS COUNTRY FINISHES IN TOP 20 AT NCAA WEST REGIONALS

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Senior Miranda Daschian is a back-to-back Big West champion in cross country. Daschian, pictured above in a previous race, did not finish the race at the NCAA West Regionals.

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Women’s results

On the women’s side, junior Sierra Brill ended up leading the Mustangs after Daschian’s exit. Brill finished the 6k race with a time of 21:27.1, good for 86th overall. Junior Cate Ratliff finished 12 seconds after Brill with a time of 21:39.2 and 102nd overall.

Junior Abbey Fisk ran the course

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Junior Jake Ritter, pictured above in a previous race, was first for Cal Poly.

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Both the Men’s and Women’s Cross Country teams finished in the top 20 at the NCAA West Regional Championships in Colfax, Washington on

Friday, Nov. 15, but back-to-back Big West cross country champion and senior Miranda Daschian did not finish her race.

Daschian, an NCAA Championship qualifier last year, was in 35th place

Junior Jake Ritter led the men’s squad and finished 29th overall in the field with a 10k time of 30:18.7. Halfway through the race, the two-time Big West champion was in third place with a time split of 15:05.8.

Ritter was 10 seconds behind eventual winner Andrew Jordan of Washington after five kilometers. Jordan took first place with a time of 29:43.4.

A pair of Cal Poly redshirt freshmen — Anthony Benitez and John Bennett — finished 69th and 70th overall. Benitez edged out Bennett by

with a time of 21:51.0, while junior Angela DiPentino crossed the finish line six seconds later with a time of 21:57.2. Fisk and DiPentino finished 124th and 131st, respectively.

Redshirt freshman Misty Diaz came in 143rd place with a final time of 22:06.2. Junior Annie Meeder ran the course in 22:33.1 and finished in 175th place.

Stanford took the team crown at the regional with 39 points. Cardinal runners Ella Donaghu and Jessica Lawson finished in first and second, with times of 19:50.8 and 19:54.2, respectively.

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four-tenths of one second to finish in 69th with a time of 31:15.5. Bennet finished the race with an overall time of 31:15.9.

Senior Chas Cook logged a course time of 31:21.1 and a 77th place finish in his third postseason race.

Two more redshirt freshmen made their NCAA West Regional debuts and rounded off the pack for the men’s squad. Will Fallini-Haas came in 88th place with a 31:33.8 course time. Hayden Hansen finished in 187th place out of the 191 runners who finished the course with a time of 34:48.5.

A third NCAA West debutant, redshirt freshman Elias Opsahl, did not finish the race.

Portland won the regional meet on the men’s side with a total of 65 points. Five of Portland’s runners finished in the top 20.

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out of 246 runners with just under 2 kilometers to go. The Atascadero native’s last recorded time was 14:34.1 after 4.2 kilometers before she exited the 6k race for unknown reasons.

Including Daschian, seven men and seven women comprised the 14 Mustangs that took part in Friday’s regional meet, hosted by Washington State. The women’s squad finished in 20th place out of 35 teams with a score of 583 points. The men’s team finished in 10th place out of 28 teams with a score of 333 points — just four points behind ninth-placed Idaho.

The women’s squad finished in 20th place out of 35 teams with a score of 583 points.

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FOOTBALL DROPS LAST HOME GAME OF THE SEASON

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Freshman quarterback Jalen Hamler is swarmed by three Eastern Washington players during Saturday night’s defeat.

Cal Poly Football dropped its last home game of the regular season in a 42-41 heartbreaker against Eastern Washington on Saturday, Nov. 16. The Mustangs forced two fumbles in the fourth quarter for a chance at a lategame comeback, but the opportunity fell short after a missed field goal in the last minute of the game.

“I can’t be prouder of the team I coached tonight, because [Eastern Washington] is a good offensive football team,” head coach Tim Walsh said. “That’s the best offensive football team in the whole country we just played… it was a great team effort…”

The Eagles jumped to an early lead behind a 75-yard drive on six plays.

Eastern Washington running back Antione Custer Jr. capped off the drive

with a 40-yard touchdown run to score the first points of the game. Eagles kicker Seth Harrison missed the ensuing extra point.

After Cal Poly was held to a 31-yard gain in their first drive of the night, Eastern Washington doubled its lead through a 57-yard drive on four plays.

A 45-yard pass from quarterback Eric Barriere found the hands of wide receiver Talolo Limu-Jones for the Eagles’ second touchdown of the night.

Eastern Washington followed up with a two-point conversion to make up for the missed PAT earlier in the game.

Cal Poly responded with a 67-yard drive on 12 plays. However, the Mustangs failed to score on 4th & 1 after a fumble was recovered by the Eagles.

The Eagles were held to a gain of just three yards on their next drive.

The Mustangs put themselves on the scoreboard with just under seven minutes remaining in the first half.

After a 22-yard drive on nine plays, freshman quarterback Jalen Hamler completed a one-yard touchdown run to cut the Mustangs’ deficit to 147.

However, the Eagles responded with a 38-yard touchdown run through Custer to maintain their lead at 21-7 with six minutes remaining in the quarter.

Cal Poly and Eastern Washington both registered a final touchdown before the halftime whistle was blown.

A 22-yard touchdown pass to senior wide receiver J.J. Koski capped off a 77-yard drive for the Mustangs before the Eagles responded with a 75-yard drive of their own. The Eagles only required one minute and 18 seconds

to set Custer up for his second touchdown of the night — a two-yard run to conclude the first half at 28-14.

Cal Poly kicked off the second half with a 75-yard drive on eight plays.

The drive ended in a 32-yard touchdown pass to Koski for his second touchdown of the night. With eight minutes remaining in the quarter, Eastern Washington’s Barriere completed a 37-yard touchdown run to widen the gap to 35-21.

Sophomore fullback Duy Tran-Sampson scored his first touchdown of the night on the ensuing drive. After a 42-yard drive on four plays, Tran-Sampson produced a two-yard touchdown run to bring the score to 35-28.

Custer responded with yet another touchdown run — his fourth of the night — to maintain the Eagles’

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14-point advantage at 42-28.

With ten minutes remaining in the game, Hamler found Koski on an 11yard touchdown pass. The Mustangs followed up with a fumble recovery to give themselves a chance to equalize the game.

Tran-Sampson produced a four-yard touchdown run on the ensuing drive to bring the score to 42-41. The comeback was unsuccessful after a twopoint conversion attempt fell short.

However, Cal Poly forced yet another fumble to regain possession with three minutes left to play. The Mustangs drove the ball all the way to Eastern Washington’s 35-yard-line on four plays to set up a game-winning field goal for freshman kicker Colton Theaker.

Theaker’s kick sailed wide as the game concluded at a score of 42-41.

“I wish I could pinpoint [where the game went wrong],” Walsh said. “A lot of people are going to say, ‘Well, if the kicker made it...’ Well, there were other plays in the game too. It wasn’t just the kicker. We had other opportunities to win the game.”

Koksi led the Mustangs in scoring and ended the night with a career-high three touchdown catches.

The senior also caught for 76 yards in the defeat. “[Koski] is a great player,” Walsh said.

“Everyone knows who’s going to get the ball, and he still makes plays. I can’t be prouder of him… he’s doing everything he can to help our team.”

Cal Poly will travel to the University of Northern Colorado for its final game of the regular season on Saturday, Nov. 23 at 11:05 a.m.

“For all the work that they’ve put in, we obviously should have five or six wins, but we don’t,” Walsh said.

“We’ve got one [game] left and hopefully they’re going to have the integrity to combat one more time and be the men I think they are.”

Senior Night

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Before the Mustangs’ game kicked off, 15 seniors and two redshirt juniors were honored in an annual Homecoming ceremony.

Pictured (left to right): Senior cornerback Sharky Reza, junior linebacker Joey Ruiz, senior cornerback Kameron Dennis, redshirt junior Orlando Yepez.

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