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HotHouse brings business opportunities

If you started your own business, what would it be?

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“A graphic design firm.”

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“A swimsuit company.”

• Vivienne Nguyen business administration freshman

“Some type of software company.”

• Dillon Mullaney business administration junior

“An aerospace design business.”

• Jon Oikawa aerospace engineering freshman

Delta Sigma Phi investigation to continue

Student entrepreneurs looking to turn their innovative ideas into full-fledged businesses will have that chance this summer, with the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s second SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator.

The HotHouse is a 12-week program created last year by the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship to help foster new companies in San Luis Obispo and give Cal Poly students the resources they need to make their ideas viable businesses, Jessie Becker, innovation coordinator for the Center and

HotHouse coordinator said. “(The goal is) being able to support some of the fantastic talent that’s coming out of Cal Poly,” Becker said.

Last year’s HotHouse was a test-run, he said, where different models of business acceleration were tested. This year, Becker intends to make the HotHouse program even more intense for students, with less student businesses accepted and more focus being given to each of the HotHouse companies.

“We learned a ton, and this summer we’re going to ratchet up the intensity,” Becker said.

Student entrepreneurs admitted to HotHouse, known

as Founders, receive office space, $10,000 seed funding and local mentors with start-up business experience to help support that talent.

The HotHouse also provides legal advice to its Founders, which covers everything from incorporation to property law, Becker said.

“You’ll get all of the professional advice and even some of the paperwork done that you need to really be an official company,” Becker said.

But not everyone can become a Founder. The HotHouse is looking for student companies that already have a tested idea and a basic business model, Becker said. Strong teams are also ones that have diverse

members, who can cover all areas of business, design and technical work together, Becker said.

“We are looking for student Founders that are really serious about their companies, want to make a commitment,” Becker said.

For those who do participate in the HotHouse, they can turn an idea into a business, said mechanical engineering graduate and HotHouse alumnus Camille Sybert.

Sybert’s start up, BevCool, began as a class project, creating a portable device to cool multiple beverages in three minutes. Sybert’s see HOTHOUSE, pg. 2

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Emeritus professor of architecture Arthur “Art” Chapman died Monday from a heart attack. Chapman was on his daily morning walk when he suffered the heart attack, according to an email sent out by architecture department chair Henri de Hahn. Chapman was 65.

In the email, Hahn quoted the College of Architecture and Environmental Design Associate Dean Richard Zweifel: “Art Chapman was out for his regular morning walk and had what the doctors believe to be a massive heart attack that took him from us,” Zweifel wrote. “Art was a dear personal friend of mine as I am sure he was to so many of you.”

Architecture sophomore Pa-

tricia Hansen said he found the news shocking.

“I had seen him last quarter,” Hansen said. “He was fine, vibrant and lively — and now he’s gone.”

A professor since 1972 and a graduate of Cal Poly’s architecture program, Chapman was an active part of both the department and the college, Zweifel said.

“He had enthusiasm for everything he did,” he said. “He would come into every new project with a wide-eyed, infectious enthusiasm.”

Chapman taught a full spectrum of architecture courses and was often seen on campus mentoring and helping students with projects, Zweifel said.

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The Cal Poly Office of Student Life and Leadership (SLL) dropped the investigation into the Phi Sigma Kappa fraternity Tuesday, SSL director Stephan Lamb said.

After meeting with Phi Sigma Kappa President Tyler Edwards, Lamb decided to remove the cease and desist order he issued last Friday. Greek life director Diego Silva said Edwards was “able to explain that they had nothing to do with the party next door to them.”

The office will, however, continue looking into the conduct of Delta Sigma Phi after a Playboythemed party in Monte Vista Place last Thursday allegedly drew hundreds of guests and led to four citations and two arrests.

Lamb’s office is still investigating the Delta Sigma Phi fraternity and has met with both the executive board and the residents at Monte Vista Place where the party occurred to determine who is responsible for what happened last week, Silva said.

Silva and Lamb hope to conclude the investigation

by Friday, in time for Cal Poly’s Open House.

University police initially notified Lamb of the party last Friday after a joint team of university and San Luis Obispo police shut down the event at Monte Vista Place. A police report stated there were minors drinking at the event and that city police was “very concerned for the safety of the students as the facilities were not capable of handling such a large crowd.”

The report initially singled out Phi Sigma Kappa, but Silva said based on his experience, it was more likely that Delta Sigma Phi was connected to the party.

“The Phi Sig house is not big enough (to hold that kind of party),” Silva said Monday.

If Delta Sigma Phi is found in violation of SLL policy, the fraternity could face punishment up to and including disaffiliation from the university.

Sean McMinn contributed to this article.

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classmates turned the assignment into their senior project, recruiting several business students and a graphic communication student to help.

While the senior project helped them improve their idea, it wasn’t enough to make BevCool a reality, Sybert said.

“By the end of our senior project, we had a working prototype, and we weren’t quite sure where to take it from there,” Sybert said.

A professor connected them with the HotHouse, and now the BevCool team has a patent pending on their design and is looking into manufacturing options.

The resources make all the difference in the program, said biomedical engineering senior and HotHouse alumnus Davis Carlin.

Carlin’s company, InPress Technologies, is creating a medical device to help the body naturally heal itself in the event of post-partum hemorrhage. Carlin’s friend came up with the idea while working on a similar project for the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation, but the two ended up pursuing it as an independent venture, Carlin said.

They presented their business at last year’s Innovation Quest and were given a spot in the HotHouse. Before the HotHouse, InPress Technologies was mostly an idea, but throughout the summer, Carlin and his team were able to develop a long-term business model.

“The HotHouse is really what helped us develop our business plan,” he said. “I would really attribute the growth of our company as a business to the HotHouse.”

Carlin said the most helpful aspect for InPress Technologies was having a local mentor — his team was connected with a local woman who runs her own medical device start-up.

“She just guided us on a weekly, almost daily basis,” Carlin said.

This mentorship helps student founders understand the ins and outs of creating a business model, said Cal Poly graduate and HotHouse alumnus Casey Curtis.

Curtis’ business, an application called Smart Bar that allows people to buy concessions from their phone at concerts, festivals and other events, began as an idea last spring at Cal Poly Entrepreneurs, an on-campus entrepreneurship club.

Curtis and his team presented Smart Bar at last year’s Innovation Quest, where they won second place and a spot in the HotHouse last summer. Since then, they’ve launched their app at Snowball, a music festival, and are setting up meetings to partner with international event companies.

“They just really helped define our company and give us the resources and knowledge of the different steps needed to grow a large and sustainable company,” Curtis said.

Student Founders also benefit from HotHouse’s legal advice and services, Curtis said.

“They just help save us a lot of money, a lot of start up costs,” Curtis said.

The deadline for companies to apply is April 19, and the top 10 applicants will be announced April 23.

The top companies will then give final presentations, before it is narrowed down to the top five companies, who will each be given a spot in the HotHouse this summer, from June 11 to August 31.

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Poly Escapes gets a new home

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Poly Escapes brings resources to students to get out and experience the outdoors in San Luis Obispo county..

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California’s Central Coast offers some of the state’s most scenic outdoor destinations.

Whether students like to surf, hike, climb or kayak, new updates to Poly Escapes can help them get outside quickly and with all the gear they need.

The Organization: Poly Escapes is a division of Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), which means that even if students are not taking advantage of their trips and gear rentals, their student fees help others do so.

For the first time since 1968, the Poly Escapes center has a new location. Now students, faculty and community members can rent equipment at their new office in the Recreation Center. Students can also sign up for escapes or weekend trips led by professionals.

But a state-of-the-art office isn’t the only new thing about Poly Escapes this quarter. The program is updating equipment, adding new, big-ticket items and supplying students with new destinations.

Nancy Clark is the program coordinator. She manages the 14 trip leaders, eight front-line (or office) employees, 10 climbing park supervisors and the 50 student co-leaders.

“Everything is new this quarter,” Clark said. “Our location is new. We now have

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liest student relationships, and had students always following him around,” Zweifel said. He said he fondly remembers his longtime friend and colleague as “the most generous man I know.”

Chapman was in his second year in the Faculty Early Retirement Program (FERP) and taught architecture classes in Fall 2011 and

the climbing park.”

The climbing park is located on the side of the new Recreation Center, around the corner from the new Poly Escapes office.

“It’s a park-like experience,” Clark said. “We’re going to add benches and landscaping. The old wall panels from the previous climbing wall (in the University Union) are incorporated into the new park. We had designed it with that in mind.”

She also announced the program will be adding eight stand-up paddleboards, or SUPs, for rental by the day, weekend or week. These paddleboards will join the nine surfboards and nine kayaks that were already available.

But Poly Escapes offers more than big-ticket items.

Students can check out everything from headlamps to snow shoes.

Students are responsible for damages to equipment and are required to sign a contract before they can leave with their gear. But Clark stresses that Poly Escapes is a service for all Cal Poly students.

Student rates are the lowest, and staff are understanding about assigning rates, Clark said. They understand students spending the day surfing might not make it back with their surf boards by six on the dot, but that they would still most likely receive the day rate. There usually are late fees, though.

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Professor Howard Weisenthal worked in a team-teach second-year design class with Chapman for the past six years and remembers Chapman as “such a positive, motivating, generous, helpful, intelligent man.”

Weisenthal said Chapman made him a better teacher.

“Some students accused us of playing good cop-bad cop, but Arthur would never be bad cop; he was never unkind, and he always went out of his way to help students,” Weisenthal said. “Coming to class was the high point of

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te is a front-line employee at Poly Escapes. In addition to working inside the office, she attends the escapes her workplace hosts. Her favorite was a day spent climbing Cabrillo Rock.

“It’s a local spot,” LaPlante said. “We took a day trip to a really cool rock area between Morro Bay and Los Osos.”

LaPlante said Poly Escapes is all about creating an affordable and approachable way for students to tackle the outdoors.

“My main takeaway has been the friendships you make,” LaPlante said. “It’s a fun environment; trip leaders all have really great personalities. On these trips, you’re in elements where you really need to rely on each other.”

As a trip leader, Dean Preedeedilok guides students through their Escapes. Preedeedilok, a biological sciences senior, has been involved with the program for three years, but started officially in October.

“My favorite trip was probably White Chief (Sequoia National Park) caving,” Preedeedilok said. “I led the trip twice last quarter. You sleep and wake up in a huge bowl surrounded by mountains on every side. Next morning you hike to the top of a nearby ridge.”

His involvement in the program has helped hone his leadership abilities, he said.

“I get to lead a team of my peers,” Preedeedilok said.

“It’s all about getting people out of their comfort zone.”

his life — he didn’t have to be here, he just wanted to. It was never about him. It was always about students.”

Chapman came from a technical background, but recently re-established himself into the lower design classes, which they taught together in fall and winter quarters, according to Weisenthal.

Architecture senior Nick Ochoa, took a joint studio class with Chapman in his second year and recalls the experience as “inspiring.”

“Thinking now, I’m remembering an experiment we did

with watercolor,” Ochoa said.

“He took the paint, smeared it on the page and said ‘don’t be afraid.’ I do watercolor to this day because of him.”

Chapman brought warmth into any room he was in, Ochoa said. “(Chapman’s death) is sad,” Ochoa said. “But you can also be thankful for the time with him. I think of all he did, and his impressions will last more than a lifetime.”

A service is tentatively planned for this coming weekend. Chapman is survived by his wife, Danielle and two daughters.

Poly Escapes is varying the trips it offers as well, adding destinations such as a backpacking and caving trip in Anza Borrego State Park in Southeastern California, backpacking at Point Reyes, and horseback riding and camping through San Luis Obispo County.

Darren Conor is the assistant director for programs at ASI, and also the designer of the previous rock wall. He works closely with Poly Escapes.

“The trips are self-sustaining (through the fees students pay to attend), but it is a subsidized program,” Conor said. “Fees are nominal as all students are in effect supporting Poly Escapes.”

And students do take advantage of what the program offers.

“They fill quickly,” Conor said. “Trips are available online at the beginning of every quarter. If you want to get a headstart, the best way would be to visit our site during the first week of the quarter.”

Beside offering students the opportunity to get off campus or out of town, Conor said he hopes Poly Escapes leaves a lasting impression.

“We want students to have an outdoor experience and remember it fondly,” Conor said. “Later, they can pass that along to their kids. That’s what we hope to accomplish.”

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WORD ON THE STREET How do you feel about Rick Santorum dropping out of the race?

“I don’t know who that is.”

• Taylor Mogg kinesiology junior

“I think he did it for good reasons.”

• Emily Moats English junior

“I don’t know what that means.”

• Justin Bautista mechanical engineering junior

“I kind of feel neutral.”

• Jack Wilson chemistry freshman

Santorum leaves presidential race, Romney likely Republican candidate are not done fighting.”

In the end, Santorum was McClatchy Newspapers forced to end his campaign beThe general election campaign cause he failed to do what he — President Barack Obama vs. said no other 2012 Republican Mitt Romney — officially began presidential candidate could do Tuesday afternoon. in the general election: win in It’s been stirring for a while, as Rust Belt states such as Ohio, the two combatants have been Michigan, Wisconsin, Illinois blasting away at each other. But and his home state. with Rick Santorum, Romney’s He’d touted his ability to win chief rival for the Republican two Senate terms in what was nomination, leaving the race, then a largely Democratic state. the former Massachusetts govBut his exit came two weeks ernor is now free to aim squarebefore Pennsylvania’s primary, ly at Obama. and he’d lost his bid for a third Former House of RepresentaSenate term in 2006 in a crushtives Speaker Newt Gingrich ing 18-point defeat to Democrat and Texas U.S. Rep. Ron Paul Bob Casey. remain GOP contenders, but Polls in the Keystone State neither has shown much ability had found Santorum slipping to win votes. even before Romney and his “Dr. Paul is now the last — supporters dipped into the forand real — conservative altermer Massachusetts’ governor’s native to Mitt Romney,” Paul’s campaign war chest to unleash campaign said in a statement on a barrage of television ads Santorum’s exit from the race. against his rival.

Gingrich tweeted, “It’s now a In February, Santorum led two person race.”

Romney 46 percent to 16 perThe convention delegate cent in a poll by Pennsylvania’s count suggests otherwise.

Franklin & Marshall College.

Romney has 661

By March, Sandelegates to Autorum’s lead had A month ago, he was on top gust’s Repubevaporated, and lican National of the world with the wins in he led Romney Convention so by 2 percentage Alabama and Mississippi. far, according to points, a statistian Associated cal dead heat.

Press count, and “A month ago, G. TERRY MADONNA he needs 1,144 to he was on top of FRANKLIN & MARSHALL COLLEGE win. He praised the world with Santorum on the wins in AlaTuesday as an “able and wor- running. An ABC News-Wash- bama and Mississippi,” said G. thy competitor.” Santorum ington Post poll taken from Terry Madonna, the director of won 285 delegates, Gingrich last Thursday through Sunday the college’s Center for Politics has 136 and Paul has 51. found that by 49 percent to 37 and Public Affairs. “A month So the brawl to the November percent, voters thought that later he goes off message talking finish is on. Just before Santo- Obama better understands the about men’s and women’s emorum announced his decision, economic problems that people tions in combat, about Obama’s Obama was eyeing Romney, in the country are having. religion, about contraceptives. telling a campaign event in Palm The margin shrunk to a 46 I think one-third of voters beBeach Gardens, Fla., “There are percent to 43 percent advantage ing moderate and liberal, where contrasting visions here.” when voters were asked whom does that leave him?”

Obama said, “This election they trusted to do a better job The 53-year-old former senawill probably have the biggest creating employment. tor’s rise and fall proved a speccontrast that we’ve seen maybe Tuesday’s chief drama came tacular story this year. He travsince the Johnson-Goldwater from Santorum, who had eled around Iowa, the site of election. Maybe before that.” shocked the political world by the nation’s first 2012 caucus, The late Arizona Sen. Barry rising from the back of the GOP throughout last year, stopping Goldwater, a staunch conser- presidential pack to threaten to talk to handfuls of people at vative Republican, ran against Romney. He told a rally in Get- a time.

President Lyndon Johnson, who tysburg, Pa., that he’d decided One by one, his chief rivals had liberal support, in 1964. to suspend his campaign over for the conservative mantle Johnson won in a landslide. a weekend in which he’d tend- faded. Minnesota U.S. Rep. While Obama didn’t mention ed to his gravely ill daughter, Michele Bachmann won AuRomney by name Tuesday, his Bella, who suffers from a rare gust’s Iowa straw poll, usually campaign did. genetic disorder. a launch pad for a strong can“It’s no surprise that Mitt With streaks of confidence didacy. But as Texas Gov. Rick Romney finally was able to and defiance that typified his Perry began his presidential grind down his opponents un- improbable campaign, the bid the same day, Bachmann der an avalanche of negative former two-term Pennsylva- found herself buried under the ads. But neither he nor his spe- nia senator told a news con- publicity that the newest party cial interest allies will be able to ference, “We will suspend our curiosity attracted. buy the presidency with their campaign effective today. We Perry faded, too, after a series DAVID LIGHTMAN

negative attacks,” campaign manager Jim Messina said.

“The more the American people see of Mitt Romney, the less they like him and the less they trust him,” he said.

At roughly the same time that Obama spoke Tuesday, Romney supporters were briefing the news media on the differences between the candidates.

“There’s a sense of a lack of opportunity in the country,” former Missouri Sen. Jim Talent said. “The president’s policies have burdened the economy.”

Obama defends his major initiatives — the 2009 economic stimulus and the 2010 federal health care law among them — while saying that the economy is improving.

Romney counters that the Obama measures were nothing more than big government initiatives funded by out-of-control spending and the economy isn’t as robust as it could be.

At the moment, Obama is the race’s slight favorite, but Romney is very much in the

Zimmerman lawyers lose contact, drop case STEVE PADILLA

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Two lawyers who had been representing George Zimmerman, the neighborhood watch volun-

teer who shot Trayvon Martin in Sanford, Fla., said Tuesday that their client had cut off contact with them and that they were no longer his legal counsel.

Attorneys Craig Sonner and Hal Uhrig said in a televised news conference Tuesday afternoon in Florida that Zimmerman was not returning their email or telephone calls.

They have not been in contact with him since Sunday night.

“I’ve lost contact with him at this point,” Sonner said.

“Whenever we call him, the call goes to voicemail,” Uhrig said.

Uhrig added that he still believes Zimmerman acted in self-defense when he shot and killed the unarmed teenager in February. Some people have charged that Martin was a victim of racial profiling and have demanded that authorities arrest Zimmerman.

Although friends and family members of Zimmerman have spoken out in support of

him, he has remained in seclusion for weeks.

Uhrig added that he and Sonner could no longer work with Zimmerman given his lack of communication and his failure to follow their advice.

Uhrig said the final straw was Zimmerman’s decision to contact the special prosecutor reviewing the case. He had been advised to stay away from the prosecutor. “We heard today Zimmerman contacted the prosecutor’s office directly,” Uhrig said.

That bit of news left the attorneys “a bit astonished,” Uhrig said. He added that the special prosecutor’s office declined to speak with Zimmerman without counsel. Uhrig praised the office for that decision.

Zimmerman surprised his former attorneys in another way as well. They learned Tuesday, they said, that a website had been created to accept donations for Zimmerman’s defense.

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A pay increase for Pismo Beach lifeguards was approved by the Pismo Beach City Council.

The unanimous decision will raise starting pay for lifeguards from $11.19 an hour to $13.20 an hour.

The pay raise will add $38,234 to the city’s expenses for 2012-13 but is meant to increase the number of applicants for the seasonal positions.

Fewer people applied for Pismo Beach lifeguard positions this year than ever recorded.

An Alameda County Superior Court judge has approved a settlement between the University of California and its police union that will allow the release of an investigative report about the pepper-spraying of student protesters at UC Davis Wednesday.

As a result of the agreement, officials will omit the names of most of the campus police officers involved in the November incident but will not redact any policy findings.

NATIONAL

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The Miami Marlins suspended manager Ozzie Guillen for five games for comments he made about Cuban dictator Fidel Castro.

“The Marlins acknowledge the seriousness of the comments attributed to Guillen,” the Marlins said in a statement. “The pain and suffering caused by Fidel Castro cannot be minimized, especially in a community filled with victims of the dictatorship.”

Guillen, who inflamed South Florida Cuban community when he was quoted in Time Magazine saying “I love Castro,” apologized repeatedly to the Cuban and Latin American communities in a statement before a press conference this morning at Marlins Park.

North Korea keeps at least 150,000 people locked up in hidden gulags where they are forced to work behind barbed wire and electrified fences, according to a report from a human rights group.

Sixty North Koreans shared bleak stories of life in the notorious prison camps in the latest report from the U.S.-based Committee for Human Rights in North Korea, which issued a similar report nine years ago when roughly 3,000 people had fled the communist country. That number grew to 23,000 in 2010 and 2011, it said, adding to the number of former political prisoners able to tell their stories.

of brutal debate performances.

Then would come businessman Herman Cain, felled by allegations of sexual harassment and marital infidelity, and Gingrich, who led briefly in most polls.

Santorum’s message of unapologetic conservatism — and his long record of activism against abortion and other social issues dear to conservatives — made him a serious contender.

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Louder Space Local band expands its horizons

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If Red Hot Chili Peppers and Slightly Stoopid got together and had a baby, and that baby was a band of its own, the band could be found right here in San Luis Obispo. Local band, Louder Space, is comprised of four Cal Poly juniors who describe their sound as a fusion of alternative, funk, rock and reggae.

Louder Space released its first EP last month.

“It’s called ‘Signs of Life,’” singer Chris Kaye said. “It symbolizes that it’s our first album.”

Oren Ben-Joseph (bass/ manager) and Phillip Tyler (drums/background vocals) knew each other from their freshmen residence hall — but they needed a guitarist and a singer to form a band. Clayton Daly (guitar) and Kaye found the other two through a series of connections.

“Looking back on it, it really feels like fate,” business

administration junior BenJoseph said.

Kaye, an industrial engineering junior, stopped by Ben-Joseph’s house late one night because he knew one of Ben-Joseph’s roommates.

Kaye and Ben-Joseph recognized each other from a Facebook group for incoming Cal Poly freshman in 2009. Kaye saw Tyler’s drum set and mentioned that he could sing.

The rest of the pieces fell into place, and once the four musicians decided to play together, their individual styles melded into mutual creativity.

“One of the songs on the EP, we wrote the very first day we played together,” Daly, an industrial technology junior ,said. The song, “Only Seconds,” is one of five on the album.

“I can describe to Clayton what I want to hear, and he reads my mind and just plays what I was thinking — it’s

really cool,” Ben-Joseph said.

Each of the musicians, however, bring something unique to the table. For instance, Tyler, a computer engineering junior, has been playing drums for 11 years.

“He’s our super-smart musician,” Ben-Joseph said.

On the other hand, Ben-Joseph has not had any formal training and said it’s always a learning experience for him.

Daly taught himself to play guitar six years ago. And Kaye said his prior experience comes from garage bands.

Recording the EP, continuing to write songs and performing concerts has taken up a significant chunk of the band members’ time recently.

“We only really started to play shows winter quarter,” Ben-Joseph said.

Since then, the band played at a few house parties and in the University Union.

Louder Space debuted the songs on its album at one of the first house parties they

played — which Ben-Joseph called one of the best days of his life.

“It was awesome because everyone was so excited to come and hear us,” he said.

Ben-Joseph said the band’s sound and appearance on the album fits the San Luis Obispo lifestyle.

“Orangeish, laid-back, warm and happy,” Ben-Joseph said.

The band has also been asked to play at an Engineers Without Borders event, scheduled a show at Frog and Peach Pub and are hoping to play at Wildflower Triathlon, as well as a few other downtown bars.

“Louder Space is 100 percent what I’m into now,” Kaye said. “My time goes school, work and Louder Space.”

Daly dropped out of a fraternity and Ben-Joseph abandoned an ultimate Frisbee club team to dedicate more time to their band. However, the band agrees that the

members’ time is well spent.

“We like our majors and we love what we’re doing here at Cal Poly, but touring California or the U.S., just once, would be the absolute dream,” Ben-Joseph said.

“After college, you can go straight into the corporate industry or you can put at least a couple years into doing what you love.”

Kaye said he always tells people he wants to be a rockstar, but if that doesn’t work out, he’ll settle for engineering.

Louder Space spent a weekand-a-half recording the songs for its EP. Members said it took longer than they expected because they realized they had been playing each song slightly different every time and hadn’t settled on concrete versions. When the album was ready, they released it for free online because they felt it would generate more buzz than it would if people had to pay for an artist they weren’t familiar with.

The album has created a buzz on the Internet, particularly on a few indie music sites.

“We’re getting put on hipster music websites because no one has heard of us yet,” Daly said.

Kaye said making money from their music would just be icing on the cake.

“We have it set up so people can download it for free and donate as much as they feel,” Ben-Joseph said. “People aren’t going to be willing to spend $5 on a band they’ve never heard of.”

The band has tentative plans to continue writing songs and perform during the summer. Running out of song ideas isn’t a worry for them. Daly said if anything, they have too many ideas piling up. They also hope to continue building a fan base and sharing their music.

“We’re all having the time of our lives right now because we love to play,” Daly said. “Everything else is a bonus.”

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Home sweet home?

Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist.

With summer rapidly approaching, most of you are probably already making plans for how to spend the three warmest months of the year. Some might even stick around for classes during the summer quarter. Others might head to some new, exciting location for an internship or to begin a career.

However, this June, a large number — graduating or not — will head back to where they started. Mom, Dad, Grandma or whatever combination made up the nuclear, single-parent or extended family you shot out from will catch you on the rebound.

While many demographers refer to our generation as “Generation Y,” a growing number are also using the term “Boomerang Generation.” Last month, the Pew Research Center released a report titled “The Boomerang Generation: Feeling OK about Living with Mom & Dad.” The report summarizes the findings of a survey of young adults — ages 18 to 34 — and whether or not they are living with their parents (or in a “multi-generational household”), and if so, their feelings about various related issues.

A total of 2,048 individuals were surveyed for the report. Of those individuals surveyed, 808 were between the ages of 18 to 34. The survey found that 39 percent of young adults either live with their parents now or moved back in temporarily within the past few years.

Breaking this number down further: among 18 to 24 year olds, 53 percent currently live with their parents or moved back in temporar-

ily for a time during the past few years; among 25 to 29 year olds, 41 percent currently live with their parents or moved back in temporarily for a time during the past few years; and among 30 to 34 year olds, 17 percent currently live with their parents or moved back in temporarily for a time during the past few years.

A lot of this has to do with the economy. Of the 808 individuals between the ages of 18 to 34 surveyed for the report, 24 percent moved back in with their parents within the past few years due to economic conditions.

Other interesting information contained in the report is in regard to finances, outlook and relationships.

Finances The poverty rate of multigenerational households is lower than non-multigenerational households.

In 2010, the poverty rate of multi-generational households was 12.6 percent. This is compared to a 15.7 percent poverty rate in non-multigenerational households in previous years.

Almost half (49 percent) of young adults who live with their parents claim there is an intergenerational link between their finances and parents.

Approximately 26 percent claim there is a “great deal” of linkage between their finances, while 23 percent claim there is at least “some” linkage between their finances. In addition, 19 percent of all young adults receive financial assistance from their parents or other family members; 34 percent of those between the ages of 18 to 24 receive financial assistance and 8 percent between the ages of 25 to 34 receive financial assistance.

Outlook Of those young adults who currently live with their parents, 44 percent say they are currently happy with their housing situation. This is compared to 49 percent of young adults living on their own who say they are currently happy with their housing situation.

Approximately 21 percent of young adults who currently live with their parents say they have “enough” money now, compared to 38 percent of young adults not currently living with their parents who say they have enough money now. However, looking toward the future, 83 percent of young adults who currently live with their parents say they will soon have enough money to live the type of life they want. This is compared to 84 percent of young adults who currently do not live with their parents who say they will have enough money in the future to live the type of life they want.

Relationships Of those young adults who currently live with their parents, 68 percent say they are very satisfied with their family life. Approximately 73 percent of young adults currently living on their own say that they are very satisfied with their family life, which is a statistically insignificant difference from their counterparts living with Mom and Dad. Approximately 34 percent of young adults who currently live with their parents or moved back in temporarily because of economic conditions say living with their parents was good for their relationship. On the flip side, 18 percent say it was bad for their relationship with their

parents. Approximately 47 percent say it didn’t really made any difference at all.

Multi-generational households have slowly been on the rise — as a percent of total households in the United States — since 1980. Whether or not it is a type of living situation that you could handle depends in large part on your

personality and relationship with family. However, if moving back in with your parents is a hand being forced upon

you, based on the above statistics, it might not be the end of the world; just do not get too comfortable.

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WASC encourages illegal activity Brendan Pringle is an English senior and Mustang Daily conservative columnist.

Is the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team trying to make Cal Poly break the law? It sure seems like it.

In case you didn’t hear, the WASC team re-approved Cal Poly’s accreditation.

But in its review, it made an issue about our lack of diversity, telling Cal Poly to “actively increase the diversity of students, the diversity of staff and the diversity of faculty.”

How exactly do they expect Cal Poly to suddenly become more diverse?

I’m all in favor of a more diverse campus. Who am I to question the wide body of research cited by so many universities that prove the benefits of diversity in the classroom? While these studies always seem a bit vague and manipulated to achieve specific agendas, there’s no doubt people from different walks of life bring unique and valuable perspectives to the classroom.

Diversity has become incredibly important to Cal Poly in recent years. After being “removed” from his former position, Cornel Morton was reassigned as a senior adviser to the president to work with him on increasing the number of diverse, first-generation college students at Cal Poly.

The humble fellow has kept very private about his work, but I’m sure there’s one question everyone is asking: How will Cal Poly actually increase the overall acceptance rate of “diverse,” first-generation applicants?

As far as I know, Cal Poly has never had a history of racial, ethnic or gender discrimination. In the last few decades, Cal Poly has gained an incredible reputation of attracting some of the best and the brightest students (and faculty members) and producing some of the most highly-demanded graduates in the job market. The

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school has been perhaps deficient in representing a few racial/ethnic groups, but I wouldn’t blame the university for it.

Why should Cal Poly change its acceptance standards (assuming it has not already)? WASC Accreditation Board has not, of course, directly requested this drastic action, but the implications of their post-review comments seem pretty obvious, even if it was explicitly more nebulous than Joe Biden’s contributions to the Obama Administration.

Here’s the truth: It wants Cal Poly to use affirmative action measures without calling it affirmative action.

This phrase “affirmative action” is taboo at this point.

Proposition 209 (passed in 1996) outlawed all forms of affirmative action in California, and the law still remains valid under the California Constitution. So, WASC will obviously not be indiscreetly advocating it.

WASC would likely argue that it is simply encouraging Cal Poly to work harder in attracting qualified, diverse applicants and faculty candidates.

But haven’t we already been doing this these past few years? If not, what has been the point of the Inclusive Excellence Council?

When it comes to faculty, the university’s most classic excuse is that we simply don’t have enough money to sway those candidates who are in high demand. Is

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WASC wants Cal Poly to use affirmative action measures without calling it affirmative action.

WASC going to give us some money to solve this issue?

Interestingly, the committee commended Cal Poly’s ability to thrive under serious budget cuts.

“In so many situations, people use the budget deductions as an excuse not to do something,” committee member George Pardon said.

Instead, Cal Poly has committed itself to “maintaining and increasing services.” Yet in this kind of financial strain, how do they expect Cal Poly to fund the most qualified “diverse” candidates?

If they must resort to selecting less qualified “diverse” candidates in the name of diversity, then the line of affirmative action has indeed been crossed, whether hiring boards admit it or not. And the civil rights of all the more qualified candidates would be violated as a result.

I am not suggesting that affirmative action is currently occurring at Cal Poly; I certainly have no proof. However, any reasonable person would conclude that the WASC committee’s suggestion certainly en-

courages it at both the student and faculty level. In other words, they are slyly encouraging Cal Poly to break the law.

Instead of placing impossible burdens on university leaders, WASC should encourage the state to develop inner city communities and improve the high school education quality of low-income neighborhoods. How else will students receive the tools necessary to succeed at the university level? How else will they receive the necessary grades and test scores for admission?

Doesn’t this communitybased solution seem (dare I say it) more “sustainable”?

Cal Poly refuses to challenge the opinion of the WASC for fear of losing its accreditation in the future. However, someone needs to point out the facts and put an end to the useless rhetoric of this selfrighteous commission.

College campuses can’t increase diversity on their own. The process needs to start before teens even turn in their college applications.

That would be some change I can believe in.

In the process of disregarding your irrelevant sports editorial in the April 4tissue of the Mustang Daily, I glimpsed a blatant and irreconcilable affront to the very culture that seeded your pitiful accomplishments to date. Perhaps, if you had an enjoyable childhood (instead of one which forced your jaded judgement and anger on the purity of the denim gems hewn from the richness of ‘90s culture) you would not feel the need to mask your shortcomings in the mindless barraging of movements beyond your understanding — nay — worth.

My frustration and confusion in reading your drivel was shortly appeased upon recognition of your credentials: For only out of the deflating whoopee cushion that a business administration major can claim as a brain may these notions leak. If you fail to align yourself with the decade of your childhood, then what roots or relevance — if any— do you have in conscious society? It seems once again that my question answers itself.

So continue your innocuous float through the ether, and I — along with my generation — will try not to consider your existence and ignorant predisposition as an insult to humankind.

Finally, to address a plane beyond your insignificance, may God have mercy on the souls of your parents for having given you the same three letters as your initials, Mr. Jenkins.

Seductively, Chocolate Eunuch

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Before I start, I’d just like to say Campus Dining has provided many meals for me in my four years at Cal Poly. On-campus food is a savior when I wake up late for an early class, plan on being on-campus all day and, consequently, don’t have time to make any food of my own. So thank you, Campus Dining.

That being said, there are some changes that need to be made, specifically at The Avenue — more fondly known around campus as The Ave. Let’s start with the salad bar. The employees are on top of their game when it comes to refilling the salad fixings, but sometimes they jump the gun.

More times than once, I’ve gone to choose toppings and they are sparkling with crystals and covered in a fine layer of ice.

The $0.39 per ounce it costs to build your own salad is usually worth it, especially when you look at the $4.99 hoagies that come with wilted lettuce and cheese that used to be solid but is now some melted goo soaked into the bread. But frozen veggies

on a “fresh” salad is an oxymoron.

Then, at the end of the sometimesfrozen salad bar is the new “hot food bar.”

It features dishes ranging from macaroni and cheese and buffalo wings to fish sticks and french fries.

The latter two dishes bring me to my next point.

Sometimes, before I make up my mind to once again purchase a salad, I’ll mosey around The Ave looking at what each vendor has to offer. One day in particular, I witnessed something that on one hand had me laughing, and on the other pissed because I was the one getting duped.

A young man, probably between classes, walked up to the hot food bar, grabbed some fries with his bare hands and proceeded to walk around munching on his free snacks.

He went back several times, trading off between fish sticks and fries. Until finally, he walked right past the check-out lines and out the doors with a full belly, and more importantly, a full wallet.

Does this mean free snacks at The Ave for everyone? This doesn’t seem fair to those of us paying the $0.39 per ounce for hot food, or that extra few cents for salad dressing on the side.

But then again, I’m not bold enough to try to snag a few free snacks myself.

Like the snack-snatcher, however, I too am always looking for ways to save a few dollars

when eating and drinking around campus.

This is why I forgo the notoriously long lines and high prices at Starbucks for the fast-paced, less expensive coffee at The Ave. Starbucks charges $2.25 for a “venti” (not large) regular coffee. In comparison, The Ave charges just $1.95 for a large coffee.

There is only one downfall to this decision.

Once again, more times than once, I have purchased a coffee at The Ave, and as soon as I get out the doors and take my first sip, I get a mouthful of gritty chunks. Usually, I’m not one to complain, which results in me drinking a cup of coffee with a bite — literally. Next time, I’ll go to Starbucks and order my cup sans the grinds.

To be honest, my choices rarely stray from salad or coffee. I hear you can’t go wrong with Chick-fil-A (unless it catches on fire), but I’d be curious to hear if anyone else has had any recent less-than-enjoyable Ave experiences.

The Ave can be a savior when stuck on campus. But it’d be great if it took the time to address a few inner-workings to up the quality control.

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A two-run ninth inning couldn’t save Cal Poly (2011) baseball Tuesday afternoon as the Mustangs fell 6-5 to UC Santa Barbara.

Although the game will not factor into the teams’ conference records, it halts Cal Poly’s three-game winning streak after sweeping UC Irvine over the weekend.

The Mustangs scored in both the eighth and ninth innings but had opportunities for more, loading the bases with no outs in the eighth and having runners on first and second with one out in the ninth. The Gauchos turned double plays to end the Cal Poly threat.

With the bases loaded in the eighth, Chris Hoo, playing first base, struck out and Jordan Hadlock grounded into a double play. The Mustangs struck again in the ninth with

RBI singles from Tim Wise and Jimmy Allen, and with a chance to tie the game with a deep single, the hot-hitting David Armendariz hit into another double play.

Cal Poly pitcher Bryan Granger took his first loss of the season as he pitched three scoreless innings before running into trouble in the fourth. He allowed four runs, two earned, which erased a 2-0 Cal Poly lead.

Before he could retire a batter in the fourth frame, he was relieved by Reed Reilly who pitched two complete innings and allowed another Gaucho run.

The Mustangs outhit the Gauchos 10 to eight including two each from Allen, Armendariz, Mitch Haniger and Nick Torres, but the bottom of the lineup struggled against the UC Santa Barbara pitching staff. The last three spots in the order went a combined 0 for 9 and stranded four runners. Armendariz, who had

four hits including a home run on Sunday, doubled and recorded two RBIs but also struck out twice and left three runners on base.

The Gauchos burned the Mustangs with two home runs from Ryan Palermo and Joe Winterburn, both solo shots against the Cal Poly relievers.

Junior second baseman Denver Chavez returned to the Cal Poly lineup on Tuesday after appearing in just 13 of the Mustangs first 30 games and scored two runs despite not recording a hit. He also stole two bases.

Cal Poly returns to the diamond in a Big West series at Cal State Northridge this weekend. The three weekend starters for the Mustangs are a combined 14-5 and two (Joey Wagman and Kyle Anderson) have ERAs below 2.20.

UCSB visits Baggett Stadium for the teams’ conference series May 18 to 20.

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The Cal Poly track and field team is climbing up the Big West Conference list with new personal records and overall solid performances.

The team anticipates the conference in Irvine for outdoor performances, which will take place on May 11 and 12, head coach Mark Conover said. The Mustangs will compete against Long Beach State, Cal State Fullerton, Cal State Northridge, UC Santa Barbara, UC Irvine, Riverside and UC Davis.

“We’re just working hard to put up our best results,” Conover said.

Last weekend, senior pole vaulter Kyle Inks cleared 17-feet-6.5-inches, one of the all-time top marks at Cal Poly.

Inks will lead the conference in pole vaulting, Conover said.

Sophomore Jamison Jordan currently leads the men’s 100-meter run, and junior David Cardona leads the 1,500- and 5,000-meters.

Sophomore Chris Frias is second in the 10,000-meter, and senior Daniel Erdman is second in discus throw and shot put.

“We have a lot of solid running going on with our middle distance runners,” Conover said. “Our sprinters are really coming along nicely along with our 400-meter runners. They’ve set a personal best.”

Eric Suprenant, senior team captain and men’s hurdler, set a 400-meter hurdle mark of 52.07 seconds, making it to the top three in the confer-

ence. Junior Paul Brown also set a personal best with 49.40 seconds in the 400-meter.

“Everyone’s really developing well and coming along nicely,” Conover said.

“There’s a lot of standing tradition of great student athletes in track and field at Cal Poly. To crack into our top 10 list, you’re doing great.”

On the women’s side, senior Vanessa Hancock leads the conference in the 1,500-meter run, and senior Leanne Fogg leads in the 3,000-meter. They are the two defending conference champions, Conover said.

The women’s team also has solid marks by senior team captain Alex Ciaraglia in the 5,000-meter, breaking 17 minutes over the weekend, and sophomore Siera Hearne, going over 13 feet in the pole vault this year. In addition, Conover said sophomore Shereese Cutler and senior Shereese Cutler have made great progress in the jumping categories.

Several men and women athletes on the team, including Sisler, Suprenant and Jordan, are NCAA qualifiers as well, Conover said.

This weekend, the team will have a meet against Rafer Johnson at the JJK Invitational in Los Angeles. The team will then attend Mt. SAC Relays, an annual track and field festival in Walnut, Calif., followed by a home meet against UC Santa Barbara on April 28.

Next, some team members will compete in the Big West Multi Event Championship in Irvine, where decathletes and heptathletes will score

points to carry over to the overall team score in the Big West Conference.

Surprenant predicts a successful performance at the conference meet.

“Everyone has their individual good days and bad days,” he said. “But at conference, everyone brings it all and comes together as a whole.

Surprenant said his goal as team captain is to make the finals and get as many individu-

als to regionals as possible. He said the team has the potential to bring 15 to 20 people to Austin, Texas, for regionals.

His personal goal is to qualify for the NCAA Championships in Des Moines, Iowa, where the top 12 athletes from regionals will compete.

Ciaraglia shares Suprenant’s positive predictions.

“As long as everyone shows up ready to go and we have all our pistons firing at the right time,

we’ll do really well,” she said.

The only disadvantage she can think of is the team’s recent injuries.

“We have had some injuries this year that we’re recovering from in a couple different events,” she said. “That might hurt us a little bit, but I think we have enough depth to put on a good show.”

Despite there being approximately 100 athletes on the team, Ciaraglia said its cama-

raderie has improved tremendously this year.

The team got to know each other well through frequent pasta dinners before home meets, hanging out outside of practice and sitting together on the bus ride to meets, she said.

“It’s really cool to see each event group come together as a whole and be able to support each other,” Ciaraglia said.

“Everyone knows everyone by name for the most part.”

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Cal Poly’s next home competition comes on April 28 in a dual meet against the Mustangs’ rival, UC Santa Barbara.