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PHOTO ILLUSTR ATION BY IAN BILLINGS | MUSTANG NE WS CLASHING WITH CLASS | Because many Cal Poly women participating in recruitment had class at the same time as recruitment events, some asked their professors to be excused from class. Certain professors weren’t happy.
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Fall 2014 sorority recruitment made many Cal Poly women choose between going to recruitment or going to class. The recruitment events on Thursday and Friday afternoons clashed with the class schedules of many women participating in recruitment. Because of this, many asked their professors for permission to be excused from class to attend the mandatory events.
College of Liberal Arts Dean Debra Valencia-Laver was confronted by some of these professors. For them, the main question was whether students missing class for recruitment was permissible. “These students are brand new to Cal Poly and they are already going to miss 10 percent of class,” Valencia-Laver said. “That’s what people are worried about: What are students’ priorities?” Because the student population has increased over the years, Cal Poly has added more general education classes in the evening to accommodate more students. But when recruitment events were scheduled
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for evenings as well, they competed with many of those classes. The women who chose recruitment risked being dropped from their classes because they would be absent during the Cal Poly add/drop week. If students miss class during this time, they can be dropped. “It’s not supposed to be a competition,” Valencia-Laver said. “Classes presumably should be a higher priority than the sorority.” >>
see RECRUITMENT, pg 2.
First ATOG of the year celebrates
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cultural education
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CHRISTA L AM | MUSTANG NE WS EYE ON THE PRIZE | The Cal Poly volleyball team lost to UC Davis on Friday but rebounded on Saturday against UC Riverside to claim its first Big West victory this season.
Volleyball splits weekend at home
L AUREN PIR ARO | MUSTANG NE WS IN THE WORKS | CESA founder and ethnic studies senior Kou Xiong is working to make the club official.
Ethnic studies senior Kou Xiong’s desire to see students become more culturally aware, to benefit them now and in the future, has motivated him to create the Comparative Ethnic Studies Association (CESA). Although the CESA is not yet an official Cal Poly club, Xiong has plans for what direction it will go. >>
see CULTURE, pg 3.
The Cal Poly volleyball team (6-7, 1-2 Big West Conference) returned home last weekend for two matches. The Mustangs fell to rival UC Davis on Friday in four sets but were able to reverse their fortunes on Saturday, defeating UC Riverside in another four-set contest. The Mustangs were sloppy against the Aggies on Friday, boasting only a .076 hitting percentage. However, they rebounded well Saturday against the Highlanders, improving their hitting percentage to .208. Freshman outside hitter Raeann Greisen led the Mustangs in kills, tallying 27 over the two matches. Junior libero Nicole Kessler had 37 digs in the two matches, leading the Mustangs in that category. The Mustangs hit the road next weekend, facing Cal State Fullerton on Oct. 10 and UC Irvine on Oct. 11.
EVAN NORONHA | MUSTANG NE WS GROOVIN’ | Students were welcomed to the stage at Chumash Auditorium to perform their original poems this past Wednesday.
Put some corn tortillas in oil. Set them at a low boil. Hear them sizzle. Spoken word artist David Romero kicked off this year’s first Another Type of Groove (ATOG) on Wednesday night with a “delightfully cheesy” poem teaching the audience how to make cheese enchiladas in the name of fighting racism. This month’s ATOG, sponsored by the MultiCultural Center, was dedicated to Latino heritage. The night was filled with poetry and other creative expressions, including free-styling, singing and standup comedy from Romero and Cal Poly students. Half of the event was an open mic and the other half was poetry from Romero and his two colleagues, Matt Sedillo and Yazmin Monet Watkins. >>
see ATOG, pg 5.
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The application waiting game:
what to do when they haven’t called you Harry Chang @CPMustangNews
Your resume was perfectly formatted, your cover letter was tailored specifically for the position and you even wore pants during the preliminary Skype interview. So why haven’t you heard back yet? In an age of instantaneous communication, it can be especially disconcerting for students when a job application or interview is followed by silence. But instead of getting frustrated over the post-application silence, campus experts suggest students take measured and constructive steps to improve their resume and job prospects. Follow up The issue of following up usually goes one of two ways: 1) students don’t do it or 2) they do it when it’s too late and the application window has closed. Soukita Thipsouvanh, events coordinator for the Career Cen-
ter, advised students interested in a specific position to let the employer know and to follow up within a week of applying or interviewing. Kinesiology senior Andrew Casalegno, who recently found work after countless applications, agreed. “Following up is not only a way to show that the position or company is at the top of your list, it keeps the conversation going and makes it more likely that you receive closure,” Casalegno said. Leverage what you have Students don’t have to be just another resume in the stack. Networking and connections can allow students to make their application more noticeable. If students have had faceto-face contact with a current employee and expressed their interest, for example, that’s an advantage. Tammy Martin, program coordinator and College of Engineering specialist, suggested
RECRUITMENT continued from pg 1. Some potential new sorority members asked to be excused from a single class, whereas some asked for the entire week. Professors then needed to decide if recruitment was a viable reason to skip class, especially when they had a wait list of students trying to add. “That puts the instructor in a difficult position as to whether they reserve a seat for someone who ‘has better things to do with her time’,” ValenciaLaver said. On the other hand, students participating in recruitment faced possible rejection by their top-choice sorority if they did not attend recruitment events.
in-person contact to stand out from the crowd. “Career Services tries to compile all the business cards from job fair representatives and offers them to students after the event,” Martin said. “This way, a student can directly contact the person who they spoke to in person to have their application reviewed or, if all they remember is a name, contact the hiring manager, attach a resume and say, ‘Can you please forward this to X; we spoke at the career fair and discussed my interest in the position.’” Keeping your cool It’s important that students’ frustrations with the application process don’t translate into destructive behavior, such as turning to social media to denounce a company. Instead, Martin suggested students change their perspective to help move forward. Thipsouvanh agreed. “Sometimes that’s just not the company you want to work for,”
After each day of recruitment, women are asked to rank their top sorority choices and the sorority houses select their new classes. According to Valencia-Laver, some women participating in recruitment thought that if they did not attend all the events, they would not get called back by their top choices. History professor Roger Hall understood the situation the women were in. “Though I think it is unwise for a student to skip any class at the university, I see these students being placed in the proverbial rock and a hard place,” Hall said. Six of Hall’s students informed him they would be missing class for recruitment events to increase their chances of getting into the sorority of their choice.
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Thipsouvanh said. Always contact the “Maybe it’s not the employer within one week Don’t let frustration show best fit. But if your of your initial application through to employers. heart is set on a or interview. company, that’s fine. Look for other networking opportunities within that company for the future.” Casalegno also echoed this statement. “Students spend Networking can help you Meet with your career hours on their restand out from the crowd. counselor for critiques. sume to send out to a company. And when companies don’t hit you back, GRAPHIC BY JORDAN DUNN | MUSTANG NE WS yeah, it’s a bummer, but as someone who values respect, souvanh recommends students a big advantage many students personally, it shows me I should meet with their career coun- d on’t have. T hat’s w hy move on and find a company selor regularly to review and we’re here.” that aligns with my standards update their resumes. At the upcoming career rather than spend time just be“What I recommend first is fair, Career Ser vices will always to see if there’s some- have a LinkedIn photobooth ing frustrated.” thing on your resume that can set up where students can Review your resume be tweaked, or if there’s some- take profile pictures and Whether or not students are thing that you’re missing,” l e a r n a b o u t p e r s o n a l experiencing trouble getting Thipsouvanh said. “And having branding, so you — and replies from employers, Thip- a counselor to help with that is your resume — stand out.
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Valencia-Laver also saw how important sororities were to these students. “Through this process, (professors) all learned that there is priority for a sorority,” Valencia-Laver said. “Some of the correspondence back and forth was about the elitism of the fraternity/sorority system.” According to Jason Mockford, assistant director of leadership and service for the Dean of Students Office, the university and greek life office sent a message to all women involved in recruitment saying they should go to class and not ask to be excused. Instead, they were asked to fill out a form indicating a class conflict and the names of the sororities of their choice. It is unknown how many professors allowed their students to skip class, but according to Mockford,
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many girls filled out the form and attended class. To prevent this from happening in the future, there will be more communication between the professors and greek life regarding absence policies. “It seems to me the solution to this situation is that these types of ‘mandatory’ greek events should not be held at any time when classes are in session, as it is unfair to everyone involved to knowingly create such conflicts,” Hall said. Valencia-Laver understood fall recruitment may help freshmen create bonds, which could help students become more successful in the future. However, she also believed the main priority at the university should be to get an education. “That’s what students are coming to Cal Poly for — for their education,” Valencia-Laver said.
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Up-and-coming ethnic studies club highlights importance of cultural education
Oct. 8 - 9 at the Recreation Center
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| The career fair will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Pre-arranged interviews will be afterward.
What to expect at this year’s Fall Career Fair Harry Chang @CPMustangNews
The job market is always changing. So it should come as no surprise that Cal Poly’s career fair is changing, too. This quarter, the triannual job showcase promises to be as unique as ever, with a record number of companies already tapped for the two-day event, as well as an unprecedented number of students expected to pack the Recreation Center floor on Oct. 8 and 9. The Fall Career Fair marks students’ first opportunity of the year to meet and make impressions on potential employers. “We have more students at this event than any,” Career Services Events Coordinator Soukita Thipsouvanh said. “Last year for the fall quarter fair, we had the largest student turnout ever, and this year, with over 235 companies and 805 reps coming, it’s going to be be packed.” Another reason for organizers’ high hopes comes from the addition of big-name companies to go along with usual crowd-draws such as Yahoo, Apple Inc. and Local Branch. Yelp, Hulu, Nest, Google and Amazon are among the fair’s notable company names, Thipsouvanh said. This year’s event will welcome 38 new companies, too. She said San Francisco is one of the best areas for young pro-
fessionals to launch their careers. Several startups based in the city will debut at this quarter’s fair in search of young, ambitious talent. Tammy Martin, program coordinator and College of Engineering specialist, advised students that the key to career fair success is to have a good strategy. “First of all, don’t show up and say, ‘Who’s here and who should I go talk to?’ Because then, really, you’ve already missed out,” Martin said. “Instead, figure out how much time you have to visit companies each day, log onto MustangJOBS to research companies and then see which ones you’re most interested in so you can develop a priority order to maximize your time.” Kabir Ghai, a business senior and seasoned career fair veteran who recently found work at a promising Silicon Valley startup, MightyText, emphasized a similar strategy. “I try to be as quick as possible with each company so that I can visit as many as I can,” he said. “Also, I try to only wait in a few long lines. Companies who don’t have lines are more likely to hear you out and not get you mixed up with the hundreds of other faces they saw that day.” When at the fair, Martin also advised students to be confident, as companies target personality along with experience.
“Anytime you have face-toface contact, it’s golden,” Martin said. You’re not just a piece of paper. You can express interest in a way that you just can’t on a piece of paper.” In addition, Martin recommended students prepare a short pitch that shows employers how they have gained the skills on their resume — through projects, internships or extracurriculars — instead of merely stating what those skills are. Ghai agreed. “I always try to open with a compelling, quick ‘commercial’ about myself,” Ghai said. “I state my specific goals, how the company can help me reach them and how I envision I can help them.” According to Thipsouvanh, a forward approach like this can lead to new opportunities. “Most of the employers are going to stay and conduct afternoon interviews,” she said. “Ask them. If they’re not, maybe they’re coming back to campus to do them. But always express your interest. In the end, there’s always an opportunity to gain, and even for freshmen and sophomores, it’s a great opportunity to explore what kind of companies are out there.” So expect larger crowds, expect a dizzying number of company booths and expect some pressure — but whatever you do, don’t expect to leave empty-handed.
The Comparative Ethnic Studies Association’s (CESA) main goal is to reinforce the importance of cultural consciousness to students and faculty members while further engaging the Learn By Doing approach to education. Now it just needs to become an official club. Ethnic studies senior and CESA founding member Kou Xiong is working on making the club a place where curious students can learn more about the world’s cultures through activities, speakers and events. “If you become more open-minded to different cultures and different cultural experiences, you can go and absorb what they have to teach,” Xiong said. On top of providing access to speakers and cultural events at Cal Poly and around the San Luis Obispo community, Xiong has plans to expand the club into a resource where students can find out the best ways to infuse ethnic studies curriculum into their future careers. “We can learn more, experience more and
once we gather all those insights, we can actually know what we want to do in the future,” Xiong said. CESA will also be used as part of the ethnic studies course material. Instead of just having the ethnic studies students read about cultural subjects, the CESA will provide them with opportunities to see cultural events in person. Xiong plans to make this happen by connecting with the community and university to provide opportunities for students to see cultural events, much like Chumash Casino Resort’s annual inter-tribal pow wow. Xiong also noted that CESA is not exclusively for ethnic studies majors or minors. Rather, it is a practical and relevant tool for students and faculty members from all areas of study. Much of Xiong’s plans for CESA are still in development, but he relies heavily on his peers to formulate the organization’s needs. “What I have in mind is to, as of now, create a cohort system and communicate with other ethnic clubs and the MultiCultural Center to build a bond,” Xiong said.
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How to prepare for an interview Adriana Catanzarite @Adriana__Cat
Adriana Catanzarite is a journalism senior. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News.
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Congratulations. You've landed your very first job interview. This is the first step to the rest of your life. But soon you’ll be working the nine-to-five, so why not take the time to actually prepare yourself for this momentous occasion rather than just simply fly by the seat of your pants? This is the real world, folks — your days of pants-flying are over. So take a deep breath. Try not to spiral into hysterics and panic. Or if need be, allow yourself five minutes to freak out, sob uncontrollably into a pillow or hyperventilate into a paper bag before you snap into super-responsible mode. Preparing for an interview can seem like a daunting task. And I’m here to tell you that it is. But it's perfectly possible if you just break it down into three basic steps. First: dress appropriately. For girls, that means a nice pair of ironed slacks or a knee-length skirt, a fairly simple blouse — leave the fringe and eye-watering neon print at home — and a cardigan or blazer. Make sure you can actually walk in your footwear. Heels should be either black
or nude, close-toed and no higher than three inches — or just wear a pair of plain flats. Guys should wear a simple button-up shirt, nice pants, a tie —yes, a tie — and a suit jacket. This step, while a little on the shallow side, is still very important in order to start off on the right foot. “They’re forming an opinion of you from the moment you walk up to them,” Tammy Martin, a career counselor with the College of Engineering, said. “What you look like, how you carry yourself and how you shake their hand. You want to walk up to them with confidence, have good eye contact and a firm handshake. You don’t want to be fidgety and appear nervous. Don’t be an Eeyore.” Step two: Research the company or organization where you're applying. You don’t have to go super in-depth like you’re some kind of private detective, but you should at least familiarize yourself with what they actually do. Check out their website, read their mission statement and find out what kind of projects they’ve done in the past or are planning to do in the near future. If you do some preliminary research and subtly — or not so subtly — bring it up during the interview, it makes you seem genuinely interested in what the company has to offer, which sets you
apart from the crowd. Also, don’t be afraid to come up with a list of questions about the job position. It’s like school: You’re allowed to ask questions if you want, but you don’t get any participation points. “People often forget that when you’re going to an interview, you’re assessing them, too,” Amie Hammond, a career counselor, said. “Asking questions is a way to see if working at the company or organization would be a good fit for you, and it shows them you’re interested.” The last step tends to be the hardest for some people: know yourself. In other words, you want to know how to market yourself. Figure out your strengths and weaknesses and what makes you unique. And make sure you know what to say when the interviewer asks you, “So tell me a little bit about yourself.” “You want to basically give them a rundown of your resume,” Hammond said. “Synthesize a few of your qualifications that can generate some conversation and shows off a little bit of your personality.” And remember: It’s okay to be nervous. Just try not to let the look of pure, unadulterated panic show in your eyes. If need be, practice answering a few questions with a friend or in the mirror before the interview. Relax. It’s going to be fine. Probably.
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Deltron 3030 debuts ASI’s late-night concert series
ARTS | 5 ATOG continued from pg 1. Though Romero had never been to Cal Poly’s campus, he’s visited many other universities, including Cal Poly Pomona, to speak at events focusing on Latino heritage. “I do think it’s unfortunate that sometimes on college campuses you won’t find a performer of a race, class or gender unless it’s their designated month,” Romero said. “I feel like we need it for right now, but ideally, we would want a time where there was so much representation from everybody that we wouldn’t have to impose it.” Much of Romero’s material is centered on his Mexican American background and identity, family and social justice issues. Exemplified by his opening poem, much of his work incorporated humor found in stereotypes of Latino culture in an attempt to combat them. Romero started his career with underground rap and realized many rappers also perform spoken word. As he attended
more open mics and poetry slams, he began to feel an itch to tell his own story. “I think the first part of any writer, especially a poet or a spoken word artist, is telling their own story,” Romero said. “It’s kind of like clearing off a lot of the baggage of their soul.” He has written about many personal experiences, from breakups — as evidenced by his poem “Secret Beaches” — to family deaths. “Now that I have finished telling my story, it’s time to move on to tell other people’s stories,” he said. “That has been the true joy of it, because eventually I would have become sick of writing just about myself.” “Undocumented Football” is one poem telling another person’s story: a high school quarterback, Miguel, who dreams of a scholarship to a university even though he is not a legal resident of the United States. Romero was also impressed by Cal Poly students’ stories and poems during the open mic portion. “It was really great to hear all the first-timers on the mic,” Romero said. “That’s always really inspiring. It reminds me of what it is to sit down and write and bear your soul,
EVAN NORONHA | MUSTANG NE WS PRO | The event featured David Romeno, a professional performer.
for it to be a cathartic process. I was really impressed and moved when students wrote about the death of loved ones and breakups.” For those wanting to start writing or improve on spoken word, Romero said one of the best things to do is to listen to someone you like and figure out what you like about them. Afterward, listen to someone completely different and pick out your favorite elements of that artist. Merging the two together can help artists find their own voices. ATOG coordinator and biology
junior Brianti Williams wrote poetry before coming to Cal Poly and got involved with ATOG after she heard a spoken word performer during Week of Welcome. ATOG always welcomes new voices, she said. “I like to think of it like a home away from home, just an open space,” she said. “It is a major destressor. When you come here, you can let everything off your chest and not feel like people are going to judge you for it, because they really don’t here, and it’s kind of amazing.”
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After a decade of hibernation, alternative hip-hop group Deltron 3030 gave the audience at the University Union Plaza a show they would never forget. The supergroup, made up of Dan The Automator, Del Tha Funkee Homosapien and Kid Koala, performed classics from its self-titled debut album while showcasing newer hits from its follow-up work, Event 2. “It’s a tight campus,” Del said. “Everyone seems cool so far.” An estimated 800-900 students showed up to see Deltron 3030. Fans enjoyed singing along to familiar hits while others experienced Deltron 3030 for the first
time, fist-pumping in the air to the rhythmic, pulsating sound. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) put on the free concert for all students to give them something fun and different to do on a Friday night. Graphic communication senior Haley Brown, who works as ASI’s outreach and student government special events student assistant, helped coordinate the show and is hopeful events like this will go smoothly in the future as well. “This was one of our first latenight shows, so it was a test,” Brown said. “But it turned out to be really successful. Going forward, we are going to continue to experiment for the best time and venues so that as many students as possible can come.”
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Soccer: The silent killer
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Zachary Antoyan is a political science senior and Mustang News liberal columnist. Soccer is a popular sport. I feel pretty safe in that assumption. I did not, however, feel safe eating at the same table as my friend who had the balls to wear his Portugal flag as a cape during the USA vs. Portugal World Cup game. But a great game it was, even if the last 30 seconds of it were as heartbreaking as seeing the sunrise from the 24-hour lounge at the Robert E. Kennedy Library. Soccer is finally finding its way into the hearts of Americans, serving purpose to more than just moms with vans. But it also has its share of problems, just as baseball does with steroids and lying to grand juries, football (the other kind) does with traumatic life-long brain injuries and domestic violence and curling does with a shortage of stones (not that kind) and popularity in general. More interestingly, but also unfortunately, these problems include but are not limited to: corruption, slavery, murder and faking injuries. And these are issues that cannot be fixed with simple “education systems” and “training programs.” So let’s go back as far as we can to start out this tale o’ woe. The year is 2010, and there are five countries vying for the ability to host the 2022 FIFA World Cup: South Korea, the U.S. (because duh), Japan, Australia and Qatar. The soccer version of the Olympic Committee puts its votes together
and whiz bang boom, Qatar is awarded the honor of spending billions to build structures to use for a few months to then abandon and forget. So Qatar is stoked, and instead of deciding to just build a few stadiums, it wants to build a whole city. It even gets the famous architect Zaha Hadid to design some stadiums. As of right now, construction continues on schedule and things are going as planned — exactly as planned. Muahahaha! You may be asking yourself: “Why did he decide to put that menacing laugh in there à la Monte Burns?” Well, here is the short version: Qatari officials bribed members of the FIFA committee to get bids for Qatar during the voting process and then lured thousands of migrant workers to build the needed infrastructure, promising good pay and accommodations. Instead, contractors took the visas of the workers once they arrived — which prevented them from leaving — and paid them little to nothing. Unsafe, unhealthy and dangerous living and working conditions have, as of May, killed more than 1,000 workers and are on pace to take the lives of 4,000 total by 2022. And finally, the No. 1 reason why the location of the 2022 World Cup should be changed: It’s just too damn hot in Qatar for safe soccer-playing conditions. But don’t worry, they’ve got machines that make manmade clouds to fix the problem, which are no doubt fueled by the tears of endangered animals. According to emails obtained by the Sunday Times, Qatari soccer official Mohamed Bin
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the true progressive Hammam bribed other soccer officials, worth a total of $5 million, in order to ensure support for Qatar’s bid in 2010. Specifically, former Vice President of FIFA Jack Warner was identified to have received some of these bribes, and in 2011, he resigned from every official soccer affiliation he was part of. And his benefactor, Hammam, was banned from all FIFA dealings in that same year, reinstated because of a lack of evidence and banned again in 2012 for more bribery charges. Hell, they probably paid off Hadid to design one of the stadiums to look like a vagina. (Seriously, look it up — it looks like a giant vagina). These circumstances, however, have not warranted a revote for a 2022 World Cup location. Despite the bribery accusations staunchly challenged by the Qatari government, construction continued. But in 2013, an
investigation by The Guardian revealed workers were dying at a rate of one person per day, and that workers “face exploitation and abuses that amount to modern-day slavery.” Workers complain about lacking access to clean drinking water, pay being withheld, not being able to leave the country, sleeping in rooms with 12 other people and work days lasting 24 hours, in addition to a host of other abuses. Then, in early 2014, Qatar did its own report, claiming that fewer than 1,000 people had died in construction efforts. Based on the report’s numbers, the International Trade Union Confederation believes that by 2022, nearly 4,000 people will have lost their lives in the process. More recently, two men who were researching the working conditions have gone missing without a trace. All in all, the
driving force behind a change in venue for the 2022 World Cup has nothing to do with these issues. Instead, FIFA officials are more worried about the heat during the summer in Qatar, and what effect it will have on players and fans. In true avoiding-the-issue fashion, we will at some point enjoy our soccer at the expense of the lives of thousands. But it’s just a gamve, right? For more information on this situation, you can watch this short documentary and read this report prepared by Amnesty International. And if you’re reading this in print, don’t put a finger through the paper trying to click it; that won’t work. I tried. Go to the Internet instead. This is Zachary Antoyan, wondering if the endangered animals tears joke was going a bit too far...nahhhh. Have a good week, everyone.
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Football extends home unbeaten streak
JOSEPH PACK | MUSTANG NEWS
FALL RUSH | Junior quarterback Chris Brown was the offensive catalyst in Saturday’s 42-39 win over Southern Utah, passing for 141 yards and two touchdowns while also rushing for 110 yards and a score.
Rafael Salinas @ROCSalinass The Cal Poly football team (2-3, 1-1 Big Sky Conference), preserved its unbeaten home record with a 42-39 victory over Southern Utah (1-5, 1-1) on Saturday. The Mustangs improved their conference record to 1-1 following last week’s defeat at Northern Arizona. Junior quarterback Chris Brown continued his stellar offensive production in the first half, notching 14 points in the first half for the Mustangs. He finished 13-of-17, gaining 141 yards and two touchdowns. Brown rushed 17 times for 117 yards and another score. On the opening drive, Brown was 3-of-3 in the air for 24 yards, including a 13-yard pass to senior
tight end Austin Albison. “We’re trusting our line, trusting the blocking to get the guys they need to get,” Brown said. “Our receivers are starting to get in a rhythm because they’re starting to get the ball in their hands. It all comes with rhythm.” On the ensuing Southern Utah drive, Cal Poly’s defense forced a fumble, recovering it on the Thunderbirds’ 23-yard line. From there, the Mustangs capitalized with strong power-running by sophomore running back Kori Garcia and senior fullback Brandon Howe. The rushing tandem combined for 19 yards on the drive before Howe powered his way in from the 1-yard line to put the Mustangs ahead by two scores. Howe finished the game with 28 rushes for 133 yards
and a score. Before the first quarter was over, junior wide receiver Jordan Hines displayed a beautiful piece of route running. Hines lost his defender, darting toward the back left corner of the end zone where Brown placed the ball right into his path for the score. With the Mustangs leading 21-0, the first quarter was everything the Mustangs wanted. The second quarter, however, was the polar opposite. Seventeen unanswered points carried the Thunderbirds into the half trailing 21-17 and set to receive the ball to start the second half. The Thunderbirds’ junior quarterback Ammon Olsen passed to junior wideout Justin Brown for a 29-yard score and added a 3-yard run of his own. They also capitalized at the start of
the half with a 5-yard touchdown pass to junior tight end Chandler Allphin, making it a whopping 24 unanswered points in favor of Southern Utah. “Our eyeballs have to be not just on one guy, but on all 11 guys on defense,” head coach Tim Walsh said. “Right now, when things start to get a little wild out there, guys’ eyes wander a little bit and their assignments get lost a little bit in the shuffle. We got to have more discipline to stay focused in those tough times.” The Thunderbirds’ scoring run was finally haulted by a 10-play, 77-yard drive capped by senior fullback Brent Michaels’ 4-yard touchdown run. Unfortunately, the Mustangs have made a habit of trading touchdowns in the second half.
The trend looked poised to end with the Mustangs facing a fourthand-5 from the Thunderbirds’ 32yard line. A field goal would have tied the score at 31, but a gutsy call from Walsh led to senior running back Kenny Mitchell rushing for 8 yards and a first down. That first down was followed by Brown’s 1-yard touchdown run, setting the score at 35-31. “We have a lot of confidence in our offense, and I knew this was going to be an offensive game,” Walsh added. “Field goals weren’t going to win the game, touchdowns were.” On the ensuing drive, the Mustangs’ defensive unit came up with a stop that left the Thunderbirds with a game-tying field goal opportunity, which went wide. With the score still 35-31 and
the opportunity to separate from his opponents, Brown seized the moment. He broke off two big runs of 28 and 21 yards on the drive to set up Garcia’s 5-yard touchdown run, putting the Mustangs ahead 42-31. The desperate Thunderbirds attempted a deep ball down the sideline, but senior safety Jordan Williams pounced on an underthrown ball for a crucial interception. Southern Utah scored once more in the fourth quarter, cutting the lead down to three with a 42-39 score. The Mustangs were able to run out the final 3:27 on the clock, sealing the victory. The Mustangs and their highoctane offense will try to score their first road win on Oct. 11 at Weber State.