Monday, April 28, 20 14
Volume L X X V III, Number 5 3
w w w.mus t angne w s .net
DYLAN SUN | MUSTANG NEWS
PURE JOI | Political science senior will be Cal Poly’s next Associated Students, Inc. president. She was announced as the winner on Thursday in the Julian A. McPhee University Union Plaza.
Sullivan forges path to presidency Benjy Egel @BenjyEgel Joi Sullivan isn’t big on sleep. She won the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidential election after campaigning until 1 a.m. the night before polls closed, then waking up at 5:30 a.m. to secure a few extra votes. While she did enjoy a nap the next day after winning the
election, Sullivan is no stranger to sleepless nights filled with sports practices, leadership commitments and homework. She has grown accustomed to most social events being planned activities, not spending aimless time with friends. “It’s just kind of a family thing, we’re always go, go, go,” Sullivan said. “A lot (of my social life) is what I’m involved in. It’s going to meetings and enjoying the people I’m with in those meetings, and having it kind of play a double role.” The political science senior’s commitments since coming to San Luis Obispo include serving on two ASI presidents’
executive cabinets, being a College of Liberal Arts ambassador and the co-president of political honors society Pi Sigma Alpha – all while graduating in three years and being accepted to Cal Poly’s master of public policy program. Hard work isn’t the only Sullivan family trait she inherited. Her immediate family all share the same initials, from parents Jim and Julie to her older sisters Jamie and Janelle.
see JOI, pg 3.
Atmosphere gives
Rec ray of ‘Sunshine’ Brenna Swanston @Brenna_Swanston PREVIEW
COURTESY PHOTO | CAL POLY ATHLETICS FIST PUMP | Junior Naveen Beasley clinched Cal Poly’s victory over Hawaii on Sunday to give the Mustangs an NCAA berth.
Men’s tennis is NCAA bound Mustang News Staff Report @CPMustangSports
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS IN THE ATMOSPHERE | Hip-hop duo Atmosphere performed on campus this past week.
The Cal Poly men’s tennis team beat UC Santa Barbara 4-0 on Friday and Hawaii 4-1 on Sunday to win the Big West Conference Men’s Tennis Championship in Indian Wells, Calif. and earn its third NCAA Tournament berth in the past four years. >>
see TENNIS, pg 12.
Hip-hop duo Atmosphere raised the volume in the Recreation Center with its on-campus concert this past Thursday. Rappers Ant and Slug performed hits including “Sunshine” and “Yesterday.” >>
see ATMOSPHERE, pg 6.
Chino’s and The Shack announce closing Mustang News Staff Report @CPMustangNews
SEAN MCMINN | MUSTANG NEWS ROCK ‘N’ ROLL | Chino’s Rock and Tacos will remain open for at least another week as it searches for new ownership.
Chino’s Rock and Tacos and The Shack, two favorites for Cal Poly students, announced they would be closing late last week — and one is already gone. For Chino’s, its presumed Friday closure was delayed while the restaurant looks for new ownership. It will be open until at least next Friday, restaurant manager Mikal Dyer said. The Shack posted on Facebook Saturday it would close its doors that same day. The sports fan’s haven had “last supper” discounts and a special menu for its last day. Celina Oseguera, Kayla Missman and Sean McMinn contributed to this staff report.
News... 1-4 | Arts... 5-8 | Opinion... 9 | Classifieds... 10 | Sports... 11-12
NEWS | 2
Monday, April 28, 2014
ASI presidential election results in photos
K ASSI LUJA | MUSTANG NEWS
AND THE WINNER IS... | Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Recruitment and Development Committee chair and biological sciences senior Cale Reid announced the election results Thursday.
K ASSI LUJA | MUSTANG NEWS
NO WIN FOR PAQUIN | Civil engineering junior Connor Paquin (right) snagged second place in the election with 1,665 first place votes. Even with 1,787 votes in the runoff, he couldn’t top Sullivan.
K ASSI LUJA | MUSTANG NEWS
SHAKE AND JAKE | Agricultural business junior Jake Rogers (left) placed third in the election with 784 votes. He shook hands with Dean of Students Jean DeCosta (right) after the announcement.
DYLAN SUN | MUSTANG NEWS
JOI-FUL | Joi Sullivan took advantage of the instant runoff round and racked up 2,716 total votes to win the election. She’ll assume the role of ASI president for the 2014-2015 school year.
cpmustangnews
NEWS | 3
Monday, April 28, 2014
1 a.m. campaigning paid off in Sullivan’s victory Benjy Egel @BenjyEgel Political science senior Joi Sullivan spent the last two weeks of the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidential campaign shaking hands, giving out free food and covering Cal Poly’s campus with bright red flyers bearing the slogan “Choose Joi.” The result? A seat at the top of the student body as the new ASI president. “I’ve met so many people along these past couple weeks. Cal Poly students are absolutely incredible, and I really look forward to working with all the people I’ve met along the way,” Sullivan said. Sullivan won 1,771 of 4,300 first-place votes cast. Civil engineering junior Connor Paquin received 1,665 first-place votes, and
Joi continued from pg 1. “We started with our oldest and named her Jamie ... As we continued to have daughters it was like, ‘Well, we can’t not have someone who started with a J,’ so we just kind of kept the tradition going,” Jim Sullivan said. The Sullivans’ commitment to “Js” carried over to the basketball court, where Joi made a name for herself by drilling 3-point jump shots as her high school’s starting point guard. She also played softball through her freshman year of high school, then switched to pick-up tennis until she graduated. Increased involvement in ASI shrunk Sullivan’s time for athletics in college, but she played intramural basketball last quarter and is currently enrolled in a racquetball class. “I love basketball; it’s my favorite sport in the world,” Sullivan said. “I have a decent shot, so there were a few games when it got intense and I just kept hitting everything.” When not playing sports, Sullivan displayed the same zeal for leadership that has landed her atop the Cal Poly student body. She was her junior and senior class president in high school, as well as the pep club president during her sophomore year. Jim instilled a passion for politics in Joi while she was in high school, she said. They would pore over news articles to find current events, which she said taught her how to have an intellectual discussion. As much as her father influenced Sullivan’s career goals, the NBC political drama “The West Wing” had an equally strong effect, she said. Taking AP Government during her senior year of high school cemented Sullivan’s plans to go into politics. “I’m such a nerd,” she
agricultural business junior Jake Rogers received 784. Since no contestant received more than 50 percent of the vote, Sullivan and Paquin went to an instant run-off. More voters picked Sullivan as their second choice, so she was crowned the winner in the Julian A. McPhee University Union Plaza on Thursday. When ASI Recruitment and Development chair Cale Reid announced Sullivan’s name, she burst into tears as campaign manager Daniel Wasta wrapped her in a bear hug from behind. After accepting congratulations from her staff, Sullivan thanked competitors Connor Paquin and Jake Rogers for a great race. Wasta used his experience as a candidate in last year’s presidential election to organize a variety of publicity stunts for Sullivan’s camsaid. “I just remember going through the Constitution line-by-line in that class and getting chills and being like, ‘OK, this is what I want to do.’” Though Sullivan is not set on a certain type of government work, she has always been fascinated with the armed forces. She says her dream job would either be an intelligence officer in the United States Navy, where her uncle served, or the White House chief of staff. “I think that the ultimate way you can serve is in the military, hands down,” she said. “To some degree, I would say the military deserves more recognition and praise than the president of the United States does, because they put boots on the ground.” Most of Sullivan’s early leadership experience at Cal Poly came through the Christian organization Campus Crusade for Christ, later renamed Cru. A selfdescribed evangelical who attends non-denominational church, she went to a 400-person Christian high school in Riverside, Calif. where her mother was a teacher and her father was the principal. While attending Grace Church in downtown San Luis Obispo, Sullivan met Nate Honeycutt, now a philosophy senior. She later managed Honeycutt’s unsuccessful campaign for ASI president, including organizing advertisement campaigns with a civil engineering student named Connor Paquin. Sullivan defeated Paquin and agricultural business junior Jake Rogers on her way to becoming president. One of Honeycutt’s competitors was then-political science junior Daniel Wasta, who later became Sullivan’s campaign manager. Wasta had told Sullivan he was happy to help with her
“I just remember going through the Constitution line-by-line ... and getting chills.” JOI SULLIVAN | POLITICAL SCIENCE SENIOR
paign, including modifying the Cal Poly “P” to spell “Joi.” “The biggest person I have to thank is Daniel Wasta. Without him, our campaign would not have gotten off
was running for president on Feb. 16, her mother’s birthday. Both her parents drove up from Riverside for Thursday’s announcement, and her sister came from Santa Clarita.
“The biggest person I have to thank is Daniel Wasta. Without him, our campaign would not have gotten off the ground.” JOI SULLIVAN | ASI PRESIDENT-ELECT the ground,” Sullivan said. “I heard a lot about the ‘P’ being very visible, which I absolutely credit my team for. They surprised me with that.” Sullivan told her parents she
Her family would have had little time to see her yesterday, as Sullivan was soliciting votes on campus until 1 a.m. After a couple hours of tossing and turning in bed, Sul-
livan got up at 5:45 a.m. to campaign a little more before voting closed at 7:40 a.m. While Rogers said he was disappointed with the election, he was not surprised. To him, Sullivan had been the frontrunner from the beginning. Rogers got a late jump on active campaigning because he was helping Cal Poly’s National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) team win a national championship in Jacksonville. His campaign never really recovered, but Rogers said winning the title was worth damaging his odds at ASI president. “Joi was always the person to beat, I thought,” Rogers said. “She ran a great campaign. My focus before active campaigning started needed to be on my NAMA team ... and it paid off with a national championship. I wouldn’t trade that for any-
thing in the world.” Throughout her campaign, Sullivan commended the way current ASI President Jason Colombini had made himself available to all students throughout the year. Sullivan said she plans to continue Colombini’s office hours, where students can come to voice concerns, opinions or ideas to the student body’s leader. She also said she would reach out to students in other ways, such as attending a random club meeting every week. Though Sullivan will receive her undergraduate degree at the end of spring quarter, she will spend two more years at Cal Poly in the political science department’s master in public policy program. Election results are technically unofficial until ratified by the Board of Directors at its Wednesday meeting.
DYLAN SUN | MUSTANG NEWS
A JOI-OUS OCCASION | Political science senior Joi Sullivan was announced the winner of the ASI presidential election on Thursday. campaign, but was blown away when she asked him to manage it, he said. “I had just figured I’d sit this election cycle, and then she came to me right after I had flown back home for Valentine’s Day,” Wasta said. “I kind of had taken a step back, and then she wanted me to help run it.” Wasta took on most of the stressful organizing through the campaign to keep Sullivan relaxed and focused on talking to voters, he said. Sullivan told him at one point that if he weren’t stressed, she would have been panicking throughout the campaign. Though Wasta’s political views don’t always fall in line with Sullivan’s conservative values, he said their differences weren’t an issue in the ASI presidential race. “We give each other a hard time on some issues, but for a student government race, issues like that are never go-
ing to come up,” Wasta said. The ASI Board of Directors must vote on whether to ratify Sullivan as president during its Wednesday meeting. Sullivan, who was recently added to the Board, said she plans to abstain from the vote because of an obvious bias. Assuming Sullivan is ratified, she will work with current ASI President Jason Colombini through the end of the year to learn the ins and outs of her new position. Sullivan was elected in part because of her seemingly constant presence out at her booth, meeting new people and listening to their ideas. She pledged to keep the same outgoing, open-minded approach throughout her time in office. “Nothing’s going to be different about me,” she said. “I’m still going to be the same, approachable, weird, kind of nerdy person.”
ASI Board of Directors winners
College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences Gabriella Bragoli - 203 votes Seth Borges - 253 Nicole Billington - 309 Jana Colombini - 338 Owen Schwaegerle - 351 College of Engineering Vittorio Monteverdi - 192 Samantha Kin - 250 Mallika Potter - 378 Nelson Lin - 506 Myra Lukens - 593 College of Architecture and Environmental Design John Herrero - 84 Young Choi - 101
Secure your unit NOW for the month of June 5’x 5’ and 5’ x 10’ units for only $10.00
Stop by or Call 805-546-9788
College of Liberal Arts Christopher Lopez - 161 Cyrus Ebadat - 164 Lauren Cool - 164 Annalee Akin - 198 Orfalea College of Business Samantha Foster - 185 Yashar Moayedian - 189 Brandon Scott - 230 Sydney Johnson - 240 College of Science and Mathematics Lexie Bonestroo - 129 Brooke Bernardy - 164 Kevin Londerholm - 176 Alex Horncliff - 191
$10
Offer Ends May 31st, 2014! Visit www.SLOStorage.com 154 Suburban Road • San Luis Obispo
NEWS | 4
Monday, April 28, 2014
Student cooks up ‘third arm’ kitchen appliance Kait Freeberg Special to Mustang News First, the smell. Aromatic scents of sweet onion and warm chicken stock fill the kitchen. A young man wears white socks, freshly pressed brown Eddie Bauer pants and an oversized gray Cal Poly hoodie. “Mmm mmm mmm, risotto,” he says. He sings soft, melodic notes to himself as he moves his creation around in the pan. “I’m goofy, I know,” he says. This young man and cooking enthusiast is Eric Veber, a mechanical engineering junior who thought of a smart appliance that would lend a helping hand in the kitchen. The idea came to him this past summer. FoodKey, as he calls it, will allow consumers to cook their food and control the exact temperature of it through a WiFi connection. FoodKey allows a user to cook steak, chicken or any other food to an exact temperature. This tool will make sure the food is not underor overcooked. FoodKey can also be used for sous vide style cooking. Sous vide, French for “under vaccum,” is a method of cooking in which a chef would “simply seal the ingredients in a plastic bag and place them in a water bath … or any other cooker that can set and hold a target temperature to within a degree or two,” according to Modernist Cuisine. Once the food reaches the target
temperature, all it needs is a quick pan sear and it is ready to be served. Arlene Grant-Holcomb, director of the Didactic Program and Dietetics at Cal Poly, thinks anything that will help a consumer cook more food at home is good. “If a smart appliance is easy and safe to use, then I am all for it,” she said. The goal for appliances is that they get the food hot enough to meet food safety guidelines, Grant-Holcomb said. “This would really appeal to the generation of people who are in college right now,” she said. “They have grown up with computers and tablets. Older generations — it might be harder to get them interested.” Often times a recipe will call for low heat, but Veber argues low heat may vary between users, causing a discrepancy in the recipe’s success. Enter FoodKey. Smart appliances, which will become a $26.1 billion market by 2019 according to Pike Research, have been gaining traction this year, especially in the kitchen. From LG’s HomeChat to Samsung’s Wi-Fi-enabled refrigerator, smart kitchen appliances are growing more prominent every year. “This kind of technology fits into society right now,” said Jake Disraeli, innovation coordinator at the Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship. “It’s a huge trend, and it’s a cool problem to solve.” Veber said FoodKey will have predictive timing, a fail safe and a built-in timer on the app he plans to create. He said you don’t want
to be staring at your pan, babysitting it to make sure everything goes right. You should be able to walk away and do other duties around your house, with the ease of mind that your food will come out to perfection. “It is like a third arm,” Veber said. “It is not to replace the chef, but to allow the chef to use it like a sous chef. It is not like a robot from the Jetsons.” “Oh yeah, cheese, cheese, cheese,” Veber says as he stirs freshly grated cheese into his risotto simmering in the pressure cooker. He checks on his chicken, which he had put inside a plastic bag into his crockpot a few hours before. His self-created thermostat controls the temperature of the water in his crockpot through a thermocouple cable. The chicken simply sits for four hours in the warm water at a perfect 140 degrees Fahrenheit. “I will just leave that in there until the risotto is done,” he says. In Fall 2013, Veber and a small team worked together at a startup weekend to build a functioning prototype: a simple square box with a few wires coming out of the side and a digital screen display that allows the user to see the temperature. It may not sound like much, but he thinks it is cooking of the future. Now, he uses the same prototype while cooking. “Ideally, I would make ev-
erything I eat — nothing preprocessed, like a Jimmy Dean breakfast bowl,” he said. Veber started blogging about his cooking creations on his website, such as the sous vide chicken breast and parmesan risotto. Now, he is setting up for an Innovation Quest competition, the finalists of which were determined on April 25. Veber is working on a more advanced prototype of his product, which will allow him to take his creations from the crockpot to the stovetop. Though he is working on his own currently, Veber is looking for help from a web developer to devise the smartphone app that will sync with his prototype. Veber plans to sell the hardware for the appliance to the consumer, and the app would be included in that price. Veber said a New York-based mobile accessories company, iLuv, has expressed interest in his product. Though he imagines keeping FoodKey, Veber thinks teaming with iLuv could present a unique opportunity. “They don’t have products like mine,” Veber said. “It’s a market they want to go into.” They are interested in codeveloping the tool with him. Grabbing a fork from his freshly washed silverware, Veber pokes it into the lightly salted sous vide-style chicken and cuts off a small piece. With his appliance on hand, the dish is cooked to perfection. “That’s the bomb diggity,” he says. “Damn.”
K AIT FREEBERG | MUSTANG NEWS
LOCK AND KEY | Mechanical engineering junior Eric Veber created FoodKey, which allows consumers to monitor the exact temperature of their food from a Wi-Fi connection as it cooks.
ARTS | 5
Monday, April 28, 2014
Rock ‘N’ Flow festival returns to SLO
KELLY TROM | MUSTANG NEWS
ROCKING AND FLOWING | Performers such as Mistah F.A.B. (bottom left) performed at Rock ‘N’ Flow this past Saturday. The event also featured a skate jam, live art, barbecue and a beer garden. Kelly Trom @kttrom Hip-hop beats drifted through Santa Rosa Park mixed with the horn of a distant train, the din of skateboard wheels hitting concrete and the final buzzer from a roller hockey game. The third annual Rock ‘N’ Flow music festival was a meeting of the sounds as well as different music genres. Organizer and local emcee James Kaye came onstage to get the event started, decked out in a black T-shirt bearing the words “hip-hop, funk, rock, jazz and reggae.” Those genres could be found mixed together on the two Rock ‘N’ Flow stages. The event’s organizers wanted the fusion of genres to be more recognized in San Luis Obispo. Wesley Price, bassist for Wordsauce, performs in a band that takes that combination — live bands alongside hip-hop emcees — to heart. “San Luis Obispo is a beautiful place, but it has been doing the white boy reggae scene forever,” Price said. “As cool as that is, we needed a change of pace in this town.” That change of pace comes by mixing popular genres. “It’s like live band hiphop,” Price said. “It’s taking analog instruments and mixing it with hip-hop. It’s really a beautiful thing.” Wordsauce describes its music as a jazzy, hip-hop
punk fusion. Members have been in jazz bands, punk rock bands, heavy metal bands and funk bands. Wordsauce performed along with 10 other artists from Los Angeles, Ventura and San Luis Obispo throughout the day, leading up to headliners Mistah F.A.B. and Step Brothers. The location of San Luis Obispo draws many artists to the area, including the Rock ‘N’ Flow performers. “We are situated perfectly between San Francisco and Los Angeles,” Price said. “You got all these artistic people together, and it created such a great scene. Our town is tiny, so for the music scene to be what it is here is insane.” In fact, many of the bands that came to Rock ‘N’ Flow have played shows together before at venues such as SLO Brewing Co., as well as other festivals. Rock ‘N’ Flow 2014 was filled with 25-minute sets. While attendees explored the vendor booths, drank in the beer garden and received haircuts at the Kut To Be the Best booth, live artists spray painted on pre-set banners. As the sun began to set, the performances got louder and more energetic. Luck&Lana came on the main stage at approximately 5:30 p.m. The duo was at the inaugural Rock ‘N’ Flow festival. Luck&Lana heard about the festival from an artist they were recording
with, who was friends with Kaye. The two decided to take a chance on the event. “The first one was super small, very low key,” said Lana Shea, who makes up half the duo. “The first one was actually rained out and then they rescheduled it on a day with a solar eclipse. They were running off of a solar power generator.” During Luck&Lana’s third song in that performance, the power went out. This year, there were no major malfunctions during the duo’s performance except that the balloons they emptied into the crowd blew the opposite way. “It is a very organic festival,” said Luckiam, the emcee who completes the duo. “Hip-hop with live bands just makes sense. This movement has been done with larger-scale festivals but it is great to see it at this level, too.” The duo performed songs from its new album, Kill the Computer, while its DJ was in the back of the stage in a unicorn head. Headliners Alchemist and Evidence — together known as Step Brothers — took the stage after Luck&Lana because of a switch in lineup, as Mistah F.A.B. was stuck in traffic at the time. Step Brothers performed songs off its debut album as a duo, Lord Steppington, as well as songs both Evidence and Alchemist produced as
solo artists. At the end, Alchemist took the reigns behind the DJ booth while Evidence rapped. Kaye came onstage after the duo’s performance to give the audience some bad news: The police wanted to shut the festival down early because of noise complaints in the area. “Hip-hop is a powerful thing, and some people
can’t handle it,” Kaye said. Mistah F.A.B. finally took the microphone and started to perform, telling the audience he could get a few songs in before the police made it to the stage. Almost as soon as he made that announcement, the power was cut and the microphone went dead. Improvising, Mistah F.A.B. hushed the crowd and start-
ed free styling without the speakers. He made shout outs to the Central Valley, the Los Angeles area and, of course, the Bay Area, where he grew up. He pointed to the speakers as he rapped out the last line. “They cut this shit off, but still this is hip-hop,” he said. “To my people I couldn’t leave you stranded, peace, though.”
ARTS | 6
Monday, April 28, 2014
Atmosphere
gives Rec ray of ‘Sunshine’
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS
FEELING SLUG-ISH | Hip-hop duo Atmosphere (comprised of Ant and Slug) performed on the Recreation Center main stage this past Thursday. The duo brought the beats to Cal Poly students at 11 a.m. Brenna Swanston @Brenna_Swanston Mid-morning light drifted from tall windows above the bleachers in the Recreation Center main gym, drowning out the piercing
blue stage lights below. It was 11 a.m., and hip-hop duo Atmosphere was about to take the stage. Atmosphere opened the show to explosive cheers from a gym full of Cal Poly students who seemed to know every lyric to every song.
Rapper Sean Daley (Slug) took a moment between the first two songs to acknowledge the unusual show time. He thanked the crowd for taking the time between their classes to come watch, then took a swig from his cup of coffee.
“When I started rapping, I forgot to stipulate a contract that I wouldn’t rap before 10 p.m.,” he said. “But that’s good, because now I’m here with you.” The duo continued the show with its new single “Kanye West,” which demanded listeners to “put your hands in the air like you really do care.” The audience acted accordingly and transformed into a sea of arms pumping up and down in sync. As the song ended, Daley cupped his hand to his ear and leaned toward the audience. “What’s that you say?” he asked. “What’s that?” He stood up straight and gestured toward his DJ and other
half, Anthony Davis (Ant). “Oh,” Daley said. “They’re saying, ‘Anthony Davis, why don’t you play something we fucking recognize?’” Immediately, the room filled with a keyboard riff everyone knew. It was time for “Sunshine.” The whole crowd danced and rapped along. A few audience members climbed onto their friends’ shoulders to get a better look; one lifted his crutch into the air, waving it back and forth with the beat. Next up was “Always Coming Back Home to You.” Daley involved his fans as much as possible: He demanded they “look around,” at which point
the ocean of heads swiveled back and forth. When he told them to “look at the ground,” they all obeyed again. “Don’t you love that firmlooking ground?” Daley said. “Don’t you just want to make love to it?” The spectators laughed, and not for the last time. Later, Daley asked them to “put your butt-squeezin’ hands up in the air.” The gym filled with laughter as a drove of hands thrust into the air, emulating Daley’s squeezing motions. For child development senior Erika Kimball, Atmo-
see SUNSHINE, pg 7.
“It was so amazing. Plus it was free. We should do way more of these, because it got us all together.” KATIE BANNON | GRAPHIC COMMUNICATION SENIOR
ARTS | 7
Monday, April 28, 2014
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS
HIPPIN’ AND HOPPIN’ | Atmosphere played classics such as “Sunshine” at this past Thursday’s show to a packed Recreation Center. The duo played for more than an hour to the crowd of Cal Poly students. SUNSHINE continued from pg 6. sphere’s sense of humor is one of the group’s biggest selling points. “They’re really funny and genuine,” Kimball said. “They’re a good time.” Daley moseyed toward the back of the stage, where Davis stood with the soundboard. “Can I live a little?” Daley asked. “Can I have some fun?” The crowd screamed with approval, and Daley ran to Davis’s side. “Sorry I swear so much,” he said. “I didn’t go to college. I learned my words on the street. Can I show you a little of what I learned?” Daley showed off; he and Davis began to spin together, kicking off “Bam,”
the seventh track on the group’s 2005 album You Can’t Imagine How Much Fun We’re Having. Afterward, he stepped back toward the front of the stage. “That means nothing to you, but for me, that was like the highlight of my year,” Daley said in reference to his stint as a DJ. Atmosphere kept up the show with “The Woman With the Tattooed Hands,” “Happiness” and another everybody knew: “Yesterday,” the first two notes of which were stifled by screams of recognition. At 12:05 p.m., the gym began to empty as some students headed to class. But Atmosphere was not finished. Daley announced the last song of the afternoon, “Love Life,” and commended his
audience for clapping on two and four. Then came another “last song,” and another and another — until finally, the show was actually finished. “Take care of yourself,” Daley said in farewell. “Have a good night — good morning — whatever the fuck time of day it is.” Graphic communication senior Katie Bannon said despite its awkward timing, the show was a success. “It was so amazing,” Bannon said. “Plus it was free. We should do way more of these, because it got us all together.” Daley agreed. “It seemed like everyone was having a good time, even though it was earlier in the day,” he said. “I would do it again.”
“It seemed like everyone was having a good time, even though it was earlier in the day. I would do it again.” SEAN DALEY | ATMOSPHERE’S SLUG
Check out more photos from the show at MustangNews.net
ARTS | 8
Monday, April 28, 2014
The National and Portugal. The Man
rock Santa Barbara Bowl
JOSEPH PACK | MUSTANG NEWS
INTERNATIONAL | Indie rock band The National (top) and Portugal. The Man (bottom) performed at a rainy Santa Barbara Bowl on Friday. The National played songs including “Don’t Swallow the Cap.” Hannah Croft @hannahcat7 A drizzle fell over the Santa Barbara Bowl as the tech crew set up for indie rock band The National. Portugal. The Man had just left the stage after
closing with a mashup of Pink Floyd’s “Another Brick in the Wall” and its own “Purple Yellow Red and Blue.” Rain was no match for the crowd, though my once-coherent notes bled little rivers across my notebook. The lights flickered from blue
to red to green to purple as the audience trickled in and out, debating whether to get coffee or beer — did they want to be warm inside or outside? To my right, an elderly woman lit a joint. To my left, an elementary school-aged child danced on his dad’s shoulders.
The rain came to a halt, the lights dimmed and the crowd roared. But The National lead singer Matt Berninger and his band weren’t taking the stage without a grand entrance. The screen behind the band’s setup was illuminated with footage from past shows, a montage of the band’s more than 10-year run. And there they were. The amphitheater erupted. First with cheers, then with “Don’t Swallow the Cap,” ramping up the energy as we settled in for an evening of what came pretty close to perfection. I’ll confess: I was ecstatic to see The National perform. They’ve topped my concert bucket list since a high school boyfriend gave me a copy of “Boxer” for my birthday. So this concert was the perfect dose of nostalgia and relevance. Though they’ve been in the music world since 2001, the band has often been overshadowed by super success stories such as The Strokes and Interpol. This year, Trouble Will Find Me solidified their place in alternative rock. They quickly transitioned into “I Should Live in Salt” and a wave of emotion swept the audience. The song, lead singer Berninger said in an NPR interview, is about his brother. But to the untrained
ear, it makes a great breakup song. The night continued, mostly with tracks from Trouble will Find Me and High Violet, To my right, an elderly the band’s most woman lit a joint. To recent albums. my left, an elementary “It’s so beauschool-aged child danced tiful here,” Berninger said at on his dad’s shoulders. one point, as the mist returned to the Santa Barbara Bowl and the lights colored the raindrops. “Thank you photographer who accompanied me, had forgotten a jackso much.” As they got settled on stage, et, but I wasn’t about to conit became clear these veter- cede and leave. I knew what ans were too mature to dance this show closed with, thanks or stage dive or rely on cliché to the set list that fell on the concert behavior. So Ber- ground by the tech tables I was ninger resorted to pacing. Like seated near. a white rabbit, he paced the “How long are we gonna stay stage, stopping occasionally in this rain before we call it?” to stand atop the speakers and Pack asked. put his back to the audience, “Forever.” his hands in the air as though But the drizzle turned into he was in awe of his band just rain and the rain turned into as much as the crowd was. a downpour as the entire auThere might not be a cooler dience sang along to “Bloodfrontman out there. buzz Ohio,” the drums matchThe rain got heavier around ing the cadence of the rain “Abel,” and literal fair weather nearly perfectly. fans made their way to the exit. The encore? “Mr. NovemBut I stayed firmly in my seat ber,” “Terrible Love” and an under the comfort of the rain acoustic version of “Vanderlyle jacket I conveniently stash in Crybaby Geeks.” my car for “emergencies.” JoAnd the audience and Mothseph Pack, the Mustang News er Nature cried.
OPINION | 9
Monday, April 28, 2014
Grand Ave. housing is important step LETTER TO THE EDITOR Jeffrey D. Armstrong is the president of Cal Poly. Ten years, 50 years, even a century from now, I believe the brightest students from around California, the nation and the world will compete for the chance to attend Cal Poly and experience our celebrated Learn By Doing education. That’s no different than now, of course, except for this: I believe those students will expect to live on campus as long as possible — perhaps their entire undergraduate career. As we contemplate our longterm vision for Cal Poly, we are shifting our culture to become a predominantly residential campus. In the foreseeable future, Cal Poly will house more than half — perhaps as many as two-thirds — of its students in university housing. This is, first and foremost, good for students. Studies consistently show that students who live on campus are more engaged and perform better academically and behaviorally. I also sincerely believe it
will be a positive change for the residents of San Luis Obispo. Our project is consistent the with city’s approved housing goals (General Plan Housing Element, approved 2010), which encourage Cal Poly to continue to develop on-campus housing to lessen pressure on available housing in San Luis Obispo. More students living on campus will result in fewer students living in the neighborhoods. We also know, from a 2012 housing study we commissioned, that immediate demand exists for 3,000 more on-campus housing units. This culture shift will require major investment in construction and infrastructure changes in the coming years to make our campus a more vibrant and livable community. We will enhance our engagement with the San Luis Obispo community in this planning effort. We share common interests, and Cal Poly is concerned with how the campus affects the surrounding community. Creating more university housing will be a complex and long-term endeavor, but long journeys are made of
single steps. Our proposed First-Year Housing South project, which will add about 1,400 new freshman oncampus beds adjacent to the Grand Avenue entrance by 2018, is the essential and indispensable next step toward the future. We have held two public forums on the project, corresponded with our neighbors and collected public input on the project’s environmental impact report. Along the way, we seriously considered and reconsidered more than half a dozen other possible sites. This process confirmed that no other site will provide the required amount of freshman housing while keeping these new buildings clustered with existing first-year residence halls and other critical infrastructure. All other sites would result in a significant, unacceptable increase in projects costs that would ultimately be passed along to students, parents and supporters. Our residence halls are more than dorms; they offer academic and social support programs that are key to early academic success. Keeping
freshman housing together allows us to maximize those programs. As well, we need to keep freshmen close to dining facilities, since freshman residence halls don’t have kitchens. Because this infrastructure already exists nearby and because other potential sites would require relocation of existing academic or administrative programs, the Grand Avenue site provides us with the best, fastest and most economical option for the greatest number of new beds — a powerful jumpstart to the expansion of on-campus housing. We have heard the concerns about this project from the city and nearby neighbors. In consultation with various groups, we are working to address as many of these issues as possible. As part of this effort, we plan to develop an agreement with the city that outlines some of these solutions and clarifies our existing and future partnerships. Among these efforts, we will commit to holding an annual public discussion of Cal Poly’s plans for enrollment growth and housing. I believe this will strengthen
our relationship and have positive benefits for our campus community and city neighbors. These cooperative efforts are illustrative of the long-standing positive relationship between Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo. We know many of you care deeply about Cal Poly. You are our faculty and staff, our alumni, our parents, our students. We ask for your support of this housing project and our overall goals to bring more of our students into university housing. Changes are afoot at Cal Poly — ones we believe will benefit both our campus and our community. But some things will never change: We remain committed to Learn By Doing, student success and excellence, and we recommit ourselves to being good neighbors by being receptive to the concerns of our community and open to working with residents and city leaders to keep San Luis Obispo the vibrant and inviting community we all cherish.
MUSTANG NEWS Graphic Arts Building 26, Suite 226 California Polytechnic State University San Luis Obispo, CA 93407
CONTACT EDITORIAL (805) 756-1796 ADVERTISING (805) 756-1143 CLASSIFIED (805) 756-1143 FAX (805) 756-6784
EDITORS & STAFF
EDITOR-IN-CHIEF J.J. Jenkins DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR FOR ARTS AND SPORTS Carly Rickards DIGITAL MANAGING EDITOR FOR NEWS Sean McMinn PUBLIC RELATIONS DIRECTOR Jenna Watson BROADCAST NEWS DIRECTOR Olivia DeGennaro NEWS EDITOR Jacob Lauing ARTS EDITOR Kassi Luja SPORTS EDITOR Stephan Teodosescu MULTIMEDIA EDITOR Katherine Benedict BROADCAST CONTENT DIRECTOR Katie McDermott BROADCAST PRODUCTION MANAGER Denzel Quarterman STAFF WRITERS Kelly Trom, Evan Morter, Benjy Egel CONTRIBUTING WRITERS Jefferson P. Nolan, Suha Saya , Celina Oseguera, Aja Frost, Brenna Swanston, Kyle McCarty FREELANCE WRITERS Melissa Nunez MULTIMEDIA REPORTERS Paige Cross, Anne Knapke, Maggie Kaiserman FREELANCE MULTIMEDIA REPORTERS Lisa Diaz, David Aguilar, Emily Kucera COPY CHIEF Laura Pezzini COPY EDITORS Kayla Missman, Samantha Sullivan, Trevor Melody WEB DEVELOPER Kevin Knopp SOCIAL MEDIA DIRECTOR Hannah Croft PHOTOGRAPHERS Zach Maher, David Jang, Ian Billings, Joseph Pack HEAD DESIGNER Megan Heddinger SPECIAL SECTIONS COORDINATOR Erica Husting PUBLIC RELATIONS COORDINATORS Jessica Padilla, Kelsey Donofrio MARKETING MANAGER Taylor Riley ADVERTISING MANAGERS Bianca Galvez, Rachael Burnham ART DIRECTOR Albert Chang
JOSEPH PACK | MUSTANG NEWS
NEW HOME | Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong believes the new on-campus housing project on Grand Avenue will ultimately enhance the Cal Poly experience.
Genetically modified crops are key to success Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering sophomore and Mustang News conservative columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News. Around the world, one person dies of starvation every 3.6 seconds. Yes, that’s a real statistic. When you think about it, starvation is one death the world can prevent. It doesn’t involve the sophisticated ties of war or advanced medical research. Preventing starvation only requires one thing: food. Luckily, we live in an era where we are able to genetically modify seeds to create stronger, healthier and more tolerant crops. Genetically modified crops can create a higher crop output, save farmers money, increase vitamins and nutrients in food and do much more. It’s a controversial method and has drawn debate from every corner of the globe, but modified crops are the key to a successful, sustainable agricultural future. There are many myths as to what a genetically modified crop is, so I’ll start with a quick explanation. A genetically modified crop is one that has its DNA altered as a seed to enhance one or more traits of that crop. Some enhanced traits include extreme weather resistance or added herbicide resistance. Contrary to some popular portrayals, genetically modified crops are injected without any harmful chemicals, and no chemicals are sprayed on them to create genetic modifications. In the United States, genetically modified crops are already very popular. The USDA reports that 93 percent of soybeans, 85 percent of corn and 82 percent of cotton grown in the United States
are genetically modified. Most of these crops are grown to be herbicide resistant from seeds produced by Monsanto Corporation, the largest genetically engineered seed supplier in the world. In 2010, reports showed that genetically modified crops were being grown in nineteen developing countries around the world. To add to that, though most of the world’s genetically modified crops are harvested in the United States, 90 percent of the farmers that actually grew genetically modified crops around the world were in developing countries. One example of a genetically modified crop success story lies in South Africa, the continent’s largest grower of genetically modified crops. Monsanto’s program, Water Efficient Maize for Africa (WEMA) produced a variety of corn that used genetic material from common soil in the corn’s genetic material. As a result, the corn produced 25 percent more in output than before in the same region, even through a moderate drought. If programs like this are successful, they can be implemented into other common crops to help feed more people globally. Moreover, genetically modified crops have uses outside of bolstering crop strength. Genetic modifications can also target certain vitamins and nutrients within crops. For example, scientists are working with farmers in the Philippines to create rice — called “golden rice” for its gold color — that has an increase in Vitamin A. Though Vitamin A won’t necessarily do much to improve world hunger, it can improve world health. Vitamin A deficiency is common in developing countries and can lead to blindness. Along with this
PRODUCTION MANAGER Joseph Hewison PROJECT MANAGER Melanie Lapovich ADVERTISING DESIGNERS Nicole Bergmann, Ashley Andrews, Kelsey Dodge, Emma Phillips, Jordan Triplett ADVERTISING AND MARKETING MANAGER Lea Janowicz FACULTY ADVISER Pat Howe GENERAL MANAGER Paul Bittick
WRITE A LETTER
Mustang News reserves the right to edit letters for grammar, profanities, and length. Letters, commentaries and cartoons do not represent the views of Mustang News. Please limit length to 250 words. Letters should include the writer’s full name, phone number, major and class standing. Letters must come from a Cal Poly email account. Do not send letters as an attachment. Please send the text in the body of the email. EMAIL editor@mustangnews.net ADVERTISING EMAIL advertising@mustangdaily.net MAIL Letters to the Editor Building 26, Room 226 Cal Poly SLO, CA 93407 ONLINE mustangnews.net
CORRECTIONS
the right angle golden rice, other scientists and farmers around the world are in experimental stages of modifying various fruits and vegetables to hold more antioxidants, key fundamentals to heart health. With all the benefits from increased crop outputs and vitamins and minerals, it’s easy to expect genetically modified seeds to cost a high premium. But while they are more expensive, genetically modified seeds have shown huge increases to farm economy revenues. In Burkina Faso, genetically modified crops have increased their total economy by an estimated $100 million per year. If genetically modified crops can consistently help economies in developing countries around the world, they can open doors to increased nutrition and lower starvation rates worldwide. Of course, I can’t write an entire article about genetically modified crops without addressing their vocal opposi-
tion. They often cry out about studies that show genetically modified crops affect cattle and their meat when they graze on them. Sometimes the opposition complains that Monsanto’s crops blow over and “contaminate” organic crops, which led to the “Occupy Monsanto” rallies in 2013. But the reality is to this day, the USDA has not reported one case of illness related to genetically modified crops. We as humans eat one gram of DNA per day, and eating altered DNA does not harm us. Other critics like to criticize Monsanto’s hold on the modified seed market as being unethical and leading to lobbyists and politicians holding an iron fist over agriculture. It’s a fair point, but the market and other modified seed corporations cannot grow while being suffocated by protestors and uninformed critics. The benefits of genetically modified crops are still being explored, but they are already enormous. Genetically
modified sugars are used in biofuels to increase their efficiency. Modified seeds are increasing output on crops, decreasing crop protection costs for farmers and boosting economies, especially in developing countries. By researching and implementing genetically modified seeds, we are taking steps to fight world hunger and increase world health. There is only so much I can say in 900 words, but what’s most important is for people to do their own research. Truth and fiction get jumbled in the thousands of stories and arguments that genetically modified crops provoke. Genetically modified crops bring about debates on ecology, the economy and health. Their arguments are deep, varied and complex. But through all the smoke and blurred lines, genetically modified crops will be the future of agriculture.
Mustang News staff takes pride in publishing a daily newspaper for the Cal Poly campus and the neighboring community. We appreciate your readership and are thankful for your careful reading. Please send your correction suggestions to editor@mustangnews. net.
NOTICES
Mustang News is a “designated public forum.” Student editors have full authority to make all content decisions without censorship or advance approval. Mustang News is a free newspaper; however, the removal of more than one copy of the paper per day is subject to the cost of 50 cents per issue.
ADVERTISING DEADLINE
Space reservation is two days prior to publishing date at 5 p.m. Advertisements must be finalized one day prior to publishing before 5 p.m. Camera ready artwork is due at 12 p.m. the day of deadline. Printed by UNIVERSITY GRAPHICS SYSTEMS ugs.calpoly.edu ugssales@calpoly.edu Mustang News is a member of Associated Collegiate Press, California Newspaper Publishers Association, College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers and College Media Advisors. Monday, April 28, 2014 XXVIII, Number 53 ©2014 Mustang News
“Carly calls the shots around here.”
Classifieds TO PLACE A CLASSIFIED AD:
Order online at www.mustangnews.net or call 805.756.1143 a day prior by noon Ads must be prepaid by check made out to Mustangs News or paid by credit card online.
CLASSIFIED ADS ARE FREE FOR STUDENTS Stop into MUSTANG NEWS to find out how to place your ad!
POP CULTURE SHOCK THERAPY
#TOP HARVARD WE NEED YOU! Like us on Facebook!
F MINUS
facebook.com/cpmustangnews
SUDOKU
CROSSWORD
SPORTS | 11
Monday, April 28, 2014
Dirtbags snag series from No. 1 Cal Poly
AMATULLAH GUYOT | DAILY 49ER
PVG | Sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen, shown playing in Saturday’s afternoon game, collected three hits and scored one run in Cal Poly’s three-game series at Long Beach State this past weekend. Mustang News Staff Report @CPMustangSports The Cal Poly baseball team lost its first series of the year this weekend as the Mustangs dropped a 1-0 decision to Long Beach State in the series finale on Sunday afternoon. For the second straight year, Cal Poly (36-7, 12-3 Big West) won Friday’s opener but lost the final two games of the series to the Dirtbags. Saturday and Sunday’s losses by the Mustangs mark
the first time this year that they’ve dropped back-toback games. It also marked the fourth straight year Cal Poly has lost a series to Long Beach State. Cal Poly also dropped out of first place in the conference standings as UC Irvine swept UC Davis over the weekend and moved into first. Even bigger losses for the Mustangs were those of sophomore pitcher Casey Bloomquist and sophomore second baseman Mark Mathias to leg injuries. The extent
of their injuries is unknown. Bloomquist earned his first loss of the year, as he allowed seven hits and one unearned run. Cal Poly managed just two hits, singles by sophomore shortstop Peter Van Gansen and senior catcher Chris Hoo in the fifth inning. Cal Poly continues its seven-game road trip with a midweek game at Pepperdine (30-9) on Tuesday. Stephan Teodosescu contributed to this report.
NEXT GAME: @ CAL POLY (36-7)
PEPPERDINE (30-9)
3 p.m. at Eddy D. Field Stadium
SPORTS | 12
Monday, April 28, 2014
Men’s tennis clinches NCAA Tournament berth Mustang News Staff Report @CPMustangSports Junior Naveen Beasley clinched the Cal Poly men’s tennis team’s third NCAA Tournament berth in the past four years on Sunday. His victory on the No. 6 court secured a 4-1 win for Cal Poly over Hawaii in the Big West Conference Men’s Tennis Championship in Indian Wells, Calif. Beasley beat the Warriors’ Pavel Liska 7-5, 6-3 to give the Mustangs the win at Indian Wells Tennis Garden. It marked the second time this past weekend that Beasley clinched a victory for Cal Poly, as he did the same in Friday’s 4-0 drubbing of
UC Santa Barbara. Cal Poly took the doubles point as seniors Marco Comuzzo and Matt Thomson teamed up to win the opener 8-4 and senior Jurgen De Jager and freshman Ben Donovan took the other match. Hawaii tied the match at 1-all in singles, but the Mustangs rattled off the next three points to notch the victory. Donovan, De Jager and Beasley got the wins for Cal Poly. The Mustangs will find out thier first-round opponent at 2 p.m. on Tuesday during the NCAA.com Selection Show. Stephan Teodosescu contributed to this report.
COURTESY PHOTO | CAL POLY ATHLETICS
CLUTCH | Junior Naveen Beasley clinched Cal Poly’s 4-1 win over Hawaii in the Big West Conference championships this weekend.
Softball drops series finale to CSU Fullerton Keenan Donath @CPMustangSports The Cal Poly softball team (2818, 9-6 Big West) wasn’t able to complete the weekend sweep
of Big West Conference foe Cal State Fullerton, as the Mustangs dropped the final game of the series 5-3 on Sunday at Bob Janssen Field. The Titans (27-20-1, 8-7 Big
West) capitalized on four Cal Poly errors, scoring four unearned runs in the top half of the second inning, which proved to be enough as an uncharacteristically quiet Mus-
tang offense wasn’t able to challenge Cal State Fullerton at any point after the first inning. While the sun made for easy watching for spectators, it proved to be an obstacle for Cal Poly’s defense. Misplays on several routine fly balls fueled Cal State Fullerton’s second inning rally. “It’s our home field and we are used to the sun and the little bit of wind, so (we) should do a better job executing on defense,” head coach Jenny Condon said. Freshman right-hander Si-
erra Hyland pitched well considering the conditions, as the she yielded one earned run through seven innings of work. The freshman’s four strikeouts on the day put her at 241 for the season, a mark that is only 12 shy of the Cal Poly single season record set by Desarie (Knipfer) French in 1998. But Hyland is more concerned with finishing this season strong and vying for a conference title. “We want to try and win every series and be in a position to play well near the end of the
FINAL
MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO
BASE HIT | Cal Poly softball won two of three games against Cal State Fullerton at home this weekend.
season,” Hyland said. Cal Poly entered the game tied for second place in the conference standings with UC Santa Barbara, but fell to third with the loss. Fullerton’s Monique Wesley (4-6) picked up the win while Hyland (22-8) got the loss. Senior catcher Mariah Cochiolo had a base hit and collected two RBIs for Cal Poly. The Mustangs travel south next Saturday to play Big West Conference leaders Long Beach State in a weekend series.
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 R H E
Cal State Fullerton (27-20-1, 8-7)
1 4 0 0 0 0 0
5 4 2
Cal Poly (28-18, 9-6)
3 0 0 0 0 0 0
3 3 4