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CAL POLY’S FIRST INDIGENOUS PEOPLE’S DAY Kayla Berenson @ CPMustangNews

Colorful displays, heartfelt speeches and upbeat dancing came together at the Julian A. McPhee University Union Oct. 9 in celebration of the recently renamed Indigenous Peoples’ Day. Students and faculty of various ethnic backgrounds gathered for the first ever Indigenous People’s Day on campus. Instead of calling the holiday Columbus Day, the city of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly gave a more accurate perspective of the holiday by recognizing the people who inhabited the continent first.

This is the first year Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) helped organize the event. ASI Secretary of Inclusivity and Diversity Nimrah Aslam reached

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With a new location and staff­, SLO-OP is making some major changes.

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out to the American Indian Student Association (AISA) and Movimento Estudiantil Xicano de Aztlán (MEXA) to collaborate in organizing the event. AISA and MEXA have been celebrating indigenous people in previous years.

“I think it’s so important for Cal Poly to have events like these because it helps culture the students and exposes them to the different types of cultures that make up our campus,” Aslam said. “This also helps the students who are directly related to the event feel like they are welcomed on this campus. By hosting events with other clubs, ASI allows the most qualified group of people to appropriately put this event on, which will lead to helping the campus unite as one.”

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Content NEWS CANDLELIGHT VIGIL ...................................4 PANHELLENIC RESOLUTION ......................4 HEALTH FEE INCREASE ...............................5

ARTS SELF-PORTRAIT WORKSHOP......................6 SLO-OP MOVES LOCATIONS .......................6

OPINION CAL POLY CLASSISM .................................11

SPORTS SWIM ALUMNI REUNION .............................8 MEN’S BASKETBALL .................................14 VOLLEYBALL .............................................14 MEN’S SOCCER .........................................15

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Knowingly exposing a partner to HIV reduced from felony to misdemeanor in California Mustang News Staff Report @ CPMustangNews

The crime of knowingly exposing a sexual partner to human immunodeficiency virus (HIV) without disclosing the condition will be reduced from a felony to a misdemeanor in California after Governor Jerry Brown signed the legislation Oct. 6.

The bill, SB 239, also includes HIV-positive blood or semen donors who don’t disclose their condition.

No communicable disease besides HIV carries a felony charge for exposure without disclosure. The previous law included a maximum jail time of eight years, while

SB 239 lowers the jail time to a maximum of six months.

SB 239 was introduced to combat current legislative discrimination against people who are HIV-positive, according to Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who co-wrote the bill with Assemblyman Todd Gloria (D-San Diego).

“Today California took a major step toward treating HIV as a public health issue, instead of treating people living with HIV as criminals,” Wiener said in a press release from the California State Senate.

“HIV should be treated like all other serious infectious diseases, and that’s what SB 239 does.”

According to a press release from Gloria, due to advancements in medicine, previous legislation was outdated and unfairly criminalized and stigmatized people living with HIV. The document also cites research that suggests people with HIV who undergo consistent and effective treatment, have an extremely low chance of transmitting the disease.

“We are going to end new HIV infections, and we will do so not by threatening people with state prison time, but rather by getting people to test and providing them access to care,” Wiener said.

The legislation will go into effect starting Jan. 1, 2018.

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Nury Baltierrez performs with dance group Danza Azteca at Indigenous People’s Day Oct. 9.

Photo by Kayla Berenson, Mustang News.

SB 239

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| Senator Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco) said the bill was a major step in treating HIV like all other serious infectious diseases.

SLO County Sheriff’s Office introduces Text-to-911 program

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The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff ’s Office announced it is currently in the process of training staff to respond to text messages to 911.

While some police departments in the county will put this service into effect immediately, Cal Poly’s University Police Department (UPD) and the Paso Robles Police Department are hoping to roll out their systems by November.

The new technology’s slogan, “Call if you can – text if you can’t,” was developed by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to allow people to text 911 if they can’t voice call the number.

UPD Records Manager and Dispatch Supervisor Patty Cash-Henning trains dispatchers and takes 911 calls herself. She said the new technology adds to the ways people can get emergency help.

“It’s another tool for the students and staff in certain situation[s] … it certainly would help if there was a break-in and you were hiding in your closet … or even in a domestic violence situation,” Cash-Henning said.

The text-to-911 option is not only designed for hearing and speech-impaired individuals, but also for individuals in situations where it is too dangerous to make a phone call.

When texting 911, do not include other contacts in the message. Use plain language, refrain from using abbreviations and emojis and do not send photos or videos.

Additionally, cell phones can’t be roaming and texts must be sent in English only. There is currently no language interpretation available, but that option is being developed.

The program was funded by the California Office of Emergency Services and will be in effect at eight law enforcement and fire agencies in San Luis Obispo County by Nov. 10.

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| To help accommodate the large freshman class, University Housing made laundry on campus free for all residents.

Students living on campus get free laundry service Grace Arthur @ gracearthurr

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Having laundry be free really helps out. It allows us to save money and use it on things that are necessities.

University Housing adopted a new free laundry policy for students living on campus due to an increase in freshman admissions, which led to more students living in residence halls.

The target for freshman admittance was 4,451 students, but Cal Poly Admissions ultimately accepted about 5,200 freshmen, according to Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs and Executive Director of University Housing Jo Campbell.

“We were really looking at adding up to

1,000 beds on campus and we knew that was going to be really dense conditions for students so [we were] trying to think of ways to make that experience a little better for them,” Campbell said.

In addition to free laundry, University Housing made other accommodations for students living on campus such as turning the Poly Canyon Village meeting rooms into study rooms.

“I think the laundry kind of caught people’s attention because they don’t have to pay for something they used to,” Campbell said.

In previous years, laundry cost $1.25 to

wash and $0.75 to dry.

“Having laundry be free really helps out,” business administration freshman Megan Celestino said. “It allows us to save money and use it on things that are necessities.”

Other students said the new service won’t affect them.

“It doesn’t affect me that much, my mom would have paid for my laundry anyway,” graphic communication freshman Paola Moreira said.

University Housing plans to keep laundry services free from now on.

“Once you turn that corner, it’s hard to turn back,” Campbell said.

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Candlelight vigil against domestic violence held at Mission Plaza Allie Rohlfs @ CPMustangNews In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sexual assault resources Cal Poly Safer, RISE and the Women’s Shelter Program (WSP) hosted a candlelight vigil Oct. 12 in the Mission Plaza. According to statistics from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), approximately 20 people experience physical abuse by intimate partners per minute in the United States.

Between 40 and 50 people attended the vigil, including Cal Poly students and staff, elected city officials, families and community members.

“I want people to see that this matters,” Safer Coordinator Kara Samaniego said. “This could be your friend, this could be your partner, your sister, your brother.”

Environmental management and protection senior Hannah Chou went not only to support her roommate, who spoke at the vigil, but also to show her strength as a survivor of domestic violence.

“There’s so much more freedom when you get out of it,” Chou said. “It’s so cliché to say you are not alone, but I wouldn’t be as confident and as strong as I am today without my friends who were able to tell me that they had seen something was wrong.”

Each of the organizations involved in the event had booths lining the plaza, with volunteers handing out information about their causes and how to get involved. The WSP booth included certificates attendees could sign as part of an Instagram campaign called #BreakTheSilence. This campaign aims to educate and spread awareness of domestic violence.

“We are hoping to bring everyone together everyone in solidarity,” WSP Development and Communications Coordinator Vivien Devany said.

Speakers at the vigil included San Luis Obispo Mayor Heidi Harmon and representatives from Safer, RISE and WSP, as well as

from Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham’s and Senator Bill Monning’s offices. Solidarity and community were common themes throughout the night.

“Intimate partner violence knows no boundaries, it crosses all lines,” RISE Executive Director Jennifer Adams said. “But there’s one thing that all victims share here in the United States, and that’s the insidious nature of our culture that continually blames the victim for what happens to them. One of the most powerful things we can all do is believe victims.”

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Panhellenic votes on resolution involving unrecognized fraternities Gina Randazzo & Sierra Newell @ CPMustangNews

Panhellenic sororities voted nine to one at a Cal Poly Panhellenic Association (PHA) meeting Oct. 10 to clarify a resolution involving unrecognized fraternities.

PHA’s resolution “strictly prohibits Panhellenic chapters from affiliating and interacting with unrecognized fraternities in any way, shape or form.”

Interactions between PHA member organizations and unrecognized fraternities will be subject to judicial action.

Interactions with unaffiliated fraternities include, but are not limited to, attending any philanthropic or social event sponsored by these organizations, taking new members to their events and supporting their recruitment efforts.

There are eight fraternities that have lost affiliation with the university: Delta Tau, Kappa Chi, Sigma Chi, Sigma Alpha Epsilon, Sigma Phi Epsilon, Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE), Delta Sigma Phi and Alpha Gamma Omega.

The resolution does not allow PHA to sanction individual members, but allows for the punishment of chapters on a caseby-case basis after a hearing, according to PHA President Shirin Beroukhim.

This stance on unrecognized fraternities was based on the National Panhellenic Conference (NPC) bylaws.

The NPC policy, introduced in 2013, states that “NPC member organizations agree to advise their collegiate chapters to

plan or participate in events with men’s fraternities only when those men’s fraternities are not suspended for reasons of organizational misconduct.”

This means Panhellenic sororities are advised to interact only with recognized fraternities.

PHA Vice President of Judicial Rita Elfarissi said though NPC’s policy is not new and has always been respected by Cal Poly Panhellenic, the resolution was put in effect to cater the language of the guidelines to Cal Poly.

“We just felt it was appropriate to have it embedded in our bylaws so it’s more relevant to our community and makes an impact on our Panhellenic organization as a whole to improve our relations with campus and improve cohesiveness between national Panhellenic and Cal Poly’s Panhellenic,” Elfarissi said.

According to the PHA resolution, unrecognized fraternities pose a major threat to the safety and well-being of Panhellenic sororities, individual members of PHA and Cal Poly greek life at large.

The resolution, titled “Stance on Unrecognized Fraternities,” states, “Organizations of this nature have no obligation to follow the rules and guidelines other Greek organizations are obligated to follow that ensure the safety and promotion of student well-being (i.e. party registration, hazing, and risk management guidelines), therefore providing minimal accountability of high risk, inappropriate and potentially dangerous behavior.”

Communication studies senior Beroukhim clarified before the vote that the resolution was not to control individual members or dissuade people from interacting with individual members of disaffiliated fraternities.

“I’ve been going around to several chapter meetings throughout the past three weeks explaining that there are some great members in disaffiliated fraternities and I completely understand that. I have some myself,” Beroukhim said. “On an individual-to-individual basis it is okay that you hang out with those members. On an organizational-based basis, that’s where the issue of risk management, sober monitoring training and standards of excellence goes down the drain.”

Public Comment Many members of the Cal Poly community spoke during the public comment portion of the PHA meeting, including Dean of Students Kathleen McMahon, members of PIKE, Cal Poly greek life members and other Cal Poly students.

Industrial engineering junior and PIKE Treasurer Nathan Stone spoke during the public forum to advocate for PIKE’s standards.

“For those who don’t know us well, I know sometimes we are perceived as a drinking club,” Stone said. “I’m here to make a statement about how we are not just a drinking club. We have high moral standards for our members.”

Stone also said PIKE has changed since their six-year suspension began in 2015.

The suspension was in response to a re-

ported sexual assault, as well as alcohol and conduct policy violations.

“What happened long ago is far away from this chapter of outstanding gentlemen that we now have,” Stone said. “We would just ask that we are treated as human beings.”

Political science senior Elfarissi said the resolution was not intended to single out particular organizations.

“It is a blanket term of unrecognized fraternities, you can see the list … on the Dean of Students website,” Elfarissi said in the meeting. “This does not specifically slander or represent any individual organization.”

According to the NPC policy, collegiate chapters can plan or participate in events with men’s fraternities that are: 1. “Chapters or colonies recognized and in good standing with both their inter/national organization and the college/ university; 2. Chapters or colonies recognized and in good standing with their inter/national organization, but have been denied recognition or have had recognition rescinded by the college/university for reasons other than organizational conduct; 3. Chapters or colonies recognized and in good standing with their inter/national organization, but where the entire Interfraternity Council community lacks recognition from the college/university; 4. Local fraternities recognized and in good standing with the college/university.”

Political science senior and Interfraternity Council President Colton Marino declined to comment.

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Cal Poly proposes health fee increase in response to student feedback

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FEE | Humphrey said students expressed need for more mental and physical health services.

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Cal Poly proposed a health services fee increase to add more medical and counseling staff at the Health Center. The fee increase was proposed based on student feedback received during the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) Fee referendum. It would

fund more medical and counseling positions to cut walk-in wait times, expand Health Center hours and increase appointments for students.

“We are responding to multiple requests from students, an [Associated Students, Inc.] resolution, feedback from parent and family advisory board, [and] the substantive feedback that we collected in the UU refer-

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| Community members lit candles to honor domestic violence victims.

endum that students wanted us to focus on pus health and wellbeing have gone up alissues related to their health and wellbeing most 55 percent since the fee was adjusted first,” Vice President for Student Affairs Keith and has only been increased annually based Humphrey said. on the Higher Education Price Index. As According to a press release from the unienrollment has grown, medical staff has versity, the proposal has two options for fee decreased, causing longer wait times in the increases and expanded resources. The Health Center, shorter counseling visits first option would add $99 to and students turned away because fees per quarter and brings the Health Center reached the counselor-to-student capacity. ratio to one to 1,000.

Though they may The second option be in short supply, We’ve created a good would add $114 health services at per quarter and Cal Poly are in high environment where brings the counseldemand. According students want to or-to-student ratio to the press release, to one to 800. The two-thirds of Cal talk about the issues current fee is $105 Poly students used they’re facing. per quarter. the Health Center The fee increase last year for a total of KEITH HUMPHREY would be phased over 32,000 visits and counfour years and starts with seling services were also the newly admitted students of utilized at a higher rate than 2018. Current students will continue the national average. to pay the current health services fee, but will “We’ve created a good environment where still have access to the increased services. students want to talk about the issues they’re A portion of the fee revenue will be set facing,” Humphrey said. “They have great aside for students in financial need. Accordtrust in the providers that we have, we just ing to Humphrey, 30 percent of the funds don’t have enough of them to keep them as collected will be given to the Financial Aid long as they want.”

Office to distribute.

According to the press release, the univerThere will be two open forums for students sity is following California State University and campus groups to learn about the fee adpolicy throughout this process. The execujustment. These will take place Nov. 1 from tive order process requires at least 30 days 6:10 to 7 p.m. in Clyde P. Fisher Science Hall for feedback and education provided on the (building 33) room 286 and Nov. 9 from 11 proposed adjustment. a.m. to 12 p.m. in UU room 220. Students can “We will always take into consideration all submit their opinion — only one per student feedback. I think what we have to do is bal— online by Nov. 19. ance the feedback that we get also with the According to Humphrey, the costs of camoverwhelming need,” Humphrey said.

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In a recent proclamation, San Luis Obispo city council designated the month of October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month.

“This issue is of primary importance to me and to the rest of the city council and staff,” Harmon said. “We are a community that is standing up tonight and saying collectively that we will not stand for violence in our community, and a peaceful community is possible if we work together.”

Harmon shared statistics about domestic violence at the vigil, shedding light on the 10 million abuse victims affected annually. Harmon also said the San Luis Obispo Police Department is dedicated to responding diligently to all reports of intimate partner violence.

Robin Mitchell Hee, president of WSP board of directors, spoke about her own experience as a survivor of domestic violence.

“Abuse is like venom, and it paralyzes you with fear. A constant trembling of the body, a dizziness in your head and a racing heart become almost like chronic symptoms,” Mitchell Hee said. “The situation and this

life you are living continue to escalate and get worse and worse, until that day you make the choice to leave. And this time it’s for the last time.”

During the speeches, candles were handed out to the audience and lit as names and stories of those who have lost their lives were read. Representatives from Safer, WSP and RISE relayed these accounts, which honored several children and adult victims this year in California.

A moment of silence followed for these and the hundreds of other domestic violence victims. Local singer Sam Flynn concluded the event with an a capella performance of “Hallelujah” and was joined by the voices of several members of the audience.

“If you’re concerned about somebody, bring it up with a friend, come to Safer and talk with us about it,” Samaniego said. “But don’t be silent about it. That’s what leads to communities losing their members and children losing their mothers and fathers.

People should be outraged about it.”

Help is available for anyone in need. Call the 24-hour crisis line for WSP at (805)781-6400 or for RISE at (855)-886-RISE. All three resources will be hosting a farmer’s market booth Oct.19 from 6 - 9 p.m.

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SLO-OP rebranding and changing locations Zach Donnenfield @ CPMustangNews

At the end of October, San Luis Obispo’s most popular climbing gym, SLO-OP, is slated to move from its current location at 298 Prado Road to a new warehouse that will offer both unroped bouldering and top rope climbing — a first for the San Luis Obispo indoor rock climbing scene.

This location transition also comes with a change in SLO-OP’S business model. To offset the costs of building a new gym and employing full-time staff, SLO-OP will no longer be a donation based and volunteer run business.

As part of the rebranding process, SLOOP will change its name. The new gym will be called The Pad and there are tentative plans to open business on Nov. 1. It will offer expanded programs for workouts, yoga and children’s activities. Additionally, the gym will have a plexiglass climbing wall for experienced climbers to practice on and adjustable cracks for crack climbers.

Crack climbing is a type of rock climbing in which the climber follows a crack along the side of a wall, as oppossed to grabbing hold of protruding rocks.

“I will definitely be signing up for a membership at The Pad when it opens,” forestry and natural resources junior Ben Jonson said. “I’m really excited to get into lead climbing which they’ll offer at the new gym.”

The bouldering area at SLO-OP’s new location will retain its members’ 24/7 access, a consistency for current climbers.

Although this transition is a huge shift for SLO-OP, their volunteers aren’t worried that their membership base is going anywhere.

“Climbers are some of the best people and I have no doubt that when our current community merges with the incoming one, people will bond over climbing,” construction management third year and SLO-OP front desk volunteer Kat Hasson said.

Unlike its outdoor counterpart, indoor rock climbing offers a much safer and more accessible activity for those interested in testing their ability to shimmy up walls.

As a result, indoor rock climbing has been trending since 2005 and will likely overtake outdoor climbing in popularity. Recently, the International Olympic Committee endorsed this movement by announcing that indoor rock climbing would be included in the events planned for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics.

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One of the speakers at Indigenous People’s Day was ethnic studies professor Jenell Navarro who worked as a faculty consultant for the design and language of the event. Navarro explained the importance of recognizing indigenous people instead of Christopher Columbus.

“It is necessary to reject the Columbus narrative because he never actually set foot on what we now call the United States; millions of indigenous people were here prior to the arrival of any settlers and indigenous communities remain present in these lands,” Navarro said. “The narrative told about the supposed ‘discovery’ that Columbus made serves to bolster settler colonialism as a structure of continual disruption in indigenous life and it maintains a racial hierarchy for settlers who have dispossessed Indigenous People from our ancestral territories. The celebration of Columbus operates to harm indigenous people.” Navarro said she received only positive responses from students after the event. She said indigenous students were also very excited about this event because it gave them a

greater sense of positive representation.

Navarro said acknowledging the founders of the land we are on is the first step in recognizing and respecting indigenous people.

“Here at Cal Poly we are guests in Northern Chumash lands and need to honor them as the land stewards of this region,” Navarro said. “No matter where you find yourself in the United States, you are on Native land so honoring those people is a great way to start.”

An Indigenous student’s perspective Political science senior Xochitl Villa is the treasurer for AISA and assisted in creating the displays at the University Union for the celebration. Villa said she felt emotional throughout the event, from planning it to seeing it come to fruition.

“We’re at a predominantly white institution, so it’s pretty significant for that to even be recognized,” Villa said. “During the event, it was pulling at my heart strings. It was just such an emotional thing for my president and I to see our culture being represented, our people being represented and being acknowledged for their resilience and strength and just being acknowledged as valuable humans … We may not be

extremely visible due to the demographics, but it was a great way to showcase our presence.”

Villa also said this event was the first time she’s felt connected to Cal Poly’s campus while she’s studied here. She said she felt silenced in previous years, but now feels positive that change is happening.

“Everything about this school silenced me and pulled me into a reclusive state where I just closed myself off from everything,” Villa said. “I don’t know what was in me to keep coming back to this school, but just to be able to say that I’m entering my fourth year and I’m not only getting more involved, but I’m seeing change on campus and seeing not only me valuing myself and my voice, but also the campus valuing us as a whole is huge … Throughout the entire event, I was on the verge of tears, just from how proud I was to see the Aztec dancers there and to see Jenell Navarro speak the truth.”

While Villa is excited to see new changes, she said there’s still a long way to go for Cal Poly recognizing underrepresented students.

“We just really need a paradigm shift at this school,” Villa said. “There’s a big problem with cultural competence.”

Expressive Self-Portrait Workshop aims to promote mental health awareness Tabata Gordillo @ tabatagordillo

The first ever Expressive Self-Portrait Workshop was hosted at Robert E. Kennedy Library Oct. 10. The event was a collaboration between PULSE health educator Christine Nelson and librarian and artist Jesse Vestermark to spread mental health awareness.

The workshop was open to all students, who had the option to create self-portraits with collage paper, watercolors and colored pencils. Students also had the option to anonymously showcase their work in the library’s Community Gallery.

This event provided a safe space for students to take time away from their busy schedules and freely express themselves.

“We’re running around all day trying to manage our lives and often times we don’t stop and take stock of our inner lives,” Vestermark said. “This checks that side of your life so you can achieve balance throughout the course of your day.”

Although Vestermark hosted similar events in the past, this was the first collaboration with PULSE, Cal Poly’s health education program.

The idea was influenced by Kennedy Library’s Water Color Wednesday, a monthly event that Vestermark has been hosting for

years. Nelson and Vestermark decided to partner up for a similar event that incorporated the effects of art on mental health.

The 2015-2016 Healthy Mind Study reported that in February 2016, “56 percent (of survey participants) agreed that most people would think less of someone who has received mental health treatment.” The report surveyed Poly students selected at random, and asked questions regarding mental health.

“We want to normalize the idea that just like how we go to the doctor to get our physical health checked, we should be doing that with our mental health as well,” Nelson said. “We want to bring awareness that it is important for people to check up on their mental health.”

Nelson and Vestermark both said they hoped the workshop would create a safe environment for students by giving out helpful art tips and mental health resources.

“This gives students an outlet to just draw and be creative,” Nelson said. “Creativity can bring out some things about themselves that maybe they weren’t aware of.”

In a continuous effort toward mental health awareness, PULSE will partner with Associated Student Inc. (ASI) Oct. 16-19 for Buck the Stigma, a campaign that aims to reduce

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the stigma on mental health. According to the event’s Facebook page, “each day of the week will highlight a mental health issue and will include activities, an awareness gallery, speakers and events to shine a light on mental health stigma.”

FOOD DAY

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On October 19, Campus Dining is celebrating Food Day with a Meet and Eat event. Come to the University Union from 11 a.m. - 1 p.m. and meet the local farmers, bakers and other food producers who feed Cal Poly students every day, sample their hard work and support food sustainability.

#CHOOSEWELL Want to build a better salad? 1. Lead with leafy greens. 2. Add colorful veggies. 3. Pick up some protein . 4. Drizzle with dressing. 5. Now, enjoy!

FACULTY AND STAFF MIXER Come and enjoy some delicious eats at Myron’s on Thursday, October 19 from 4-6 p.m. In between mixing and mingling, make sure to sign up to win awesome prizes. This fall quarter, we are giving away a free lunch for two at Myron’s (a $30 value). All of this, plus two glasses of beer or wine, for $6 per guest.

DOLLARS AND SENSE We are now halfway through Fall Quarter! As of this week, students in residence halls should have approximately $870.60 in their declining balance and apartment students should have $658.20 left to spend this quarter.

VOTE FOR CAL POLY’S BLENDED BURGER. WIN $1000.

This fall, Cal Poly is competing for the honored distinction of having the best campus blended burger in the nation and voters will have the chance to win $1,000. Our Executive Chef crafted a Mushroom Buffalo Burger for the contest, which is currently available at Canyon Café, Bishop Craft Burger and Campus Market for a limited time.

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Swim alumni re Jay Serrano @ louisserrano12

With music playing and friends catching up, the Alumni Swim Meet held at Anderson Aquatics Center on Saturday, Oct. 14 felt more like a family reunion than a competitive athletic event. The final scores — 142 points for the alumni and 138 points for the current team — was announced as an afterthought.

Because it was a friendly match, some swimmers had fun with the warm-ups. For one, a swimmer would throw a frisbee and another would attempt to catch it while jumping into the pool, some times off the diving board.

“It’s just a good time,” alumnus Gabby Lindblad said. “There’s no pressure. Just a good time with good friends.”

Returning alumni said seeing their friends again was one of the draws of coming back for the meet.

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your friends coming to town and you get to see all of your buddies,” alumnus Wes Goodson said.

Current members of the swim team and alumni agreed that the meet is relaxed and fun, but current swimmers still wanted to defeat their former teammates.

“It’s just so much fun,” senior swimmer Sage Speak said. “We all get really competitive and it’s just great to see everyone and get the whole team back together.”

The alumni managed to pull out the narrow victory, but the competition was balanced by the fact that the current swim team had a practice before the meet.

“It was a pretty easy workout,” junior swimmer Brian Whittington said. “But they definitely had the advantage going into it. We were tired. We just wanted to make it fair.”

After the final event ended, all of the alumni and current team members gathered in the warm-up pool for one more team picture.

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| Alumnus Dani Orlandi dives into the water in the 200-yard relay for the alumni.

MUSTANG PRIDE

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| Current and former Cal Poly swimmers celebrate together after the meet.

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CLOSE CALL | Senior Nolan Newland and current Cal Poly swimmers narrowly fell to the alumni.

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Chase Dean is a political science senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints and editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Cal Poly has carefully mastered the charade of hiding the grotesque flaws within the very fibers of the institution. To the average student, it may appear to be the happiest university in America.

However, upon closer inspection, the plethora of embedded issues become glaringly obvious.

Among these unspoken and often diverted topics is the overt classism that fuels our university.

The California State University’s (CSU) official mission statement promises “to encourage and provide access to an excellent education to all who are prepared for and wish to participate in collegiate study.” Cal Poly fails to uphold these statewide values because admittance often hinges on the condition that a student originates from a high-income bracket and the resources that bracket provides.

According to Mustang News, “Cal Poly has limited levels of access for low-income families when compared to other colleges in California.” Additionally, Mustang News found that “with approximately 67 percent of its class of 2013 coming from families within the top 20 percent, Cal Poly has the largest proportion of students within this income bracket among Californian public universities and the third largest among selective public universities nationwide.”

The lack of socioeconomic diversity can be alarming, but it is no surprise given the high cost of living and the limited support for students from low-income backgrounds.

One of the most concerning issues that often goes overlooked at Cal Poly is food insecurity and student homelessness. According to the LA Times, a 2016 study found “about one in 10 of California State University’s 460,000 students is homeless, and one in five doesn’t have steady access to enough food.”

Cal Poly is fortunate to have programs such as the Cal Poly Hunger program, which provides the food pantry and the Cal Poly Cares program run through the Dean of Students Office. However, these programs lack longevity. For example, the Cal Poly Cares program

Classism is strong and thriving at our university.

HEALTH

CARSTEN FRAUENHEIM | MUSTANG NE W S

| PULSE is a nationally awarded program that supports the health and wellbeing of all Cal Poly students.

is completely donor-funded, leaving it vulnerable to the status of local, state and federal economies. In the event of a recession, more students will utilize the program and less donors will give due to their own fiscal constraints.

In addition, the Cal Poly Cares program continues to struggle with optimizing the cases it chooses to aid. For instance, I know of a student without health insurance who applied for financial support to help pay for an ultrasound that would determine if she had a breast tumor. Unfortunately, she was denied help even though the amount she requested was far below the typical gift that Cal Poly Cares allocates.

This program needs to be re-evaluated and restructured to make it resilient against economic downturn, in addition to redefining its values of why students are “deserving of assistance.”

Housing and the outrageous rental prices are also primary deterrents for prospective students.

In recent years, campus administrators have been pushing to expand mandatory on-cam-

pus housing for students beyond their first year.

While there are some benefits of on-campus living, the execution is troublesome.

As on-campus housing continues to expand, the newly developed buildings will likely cost more for students than the existing dormitories, essentially segregating buildings by socioeconomic status. This practice may first be observed when yakʔityutyu officially opens Fall 2018.

According to an e-mail from Assistant Vice President of Student Affairs and Executive Director of University Housing Jo Campbell, the prices for yakʔityutyu have yet to be determined, but it is likely they will recommend higher costs than existing dorms.

As the cost of rent continues to rise in San Luis Obispo, low-income students will remain unaccommodated and disadvantaged. If Cal Poly seeks to successfully expand on-campus housing without fiscally hurting their low-income students, they should invest in affordable on-campus housing that rivals much of the current San Luis Obispo housing market.

The cost of college education continues to skyrocket each year, a trend that the CSU system has not avoided. Last year alone, students

had a tuition increase of $270 and another is potentially looming just around the corner. In addition to the price of living, tuition is a tremendous barrier for many students and with the ever-increasing tuition hikes, Cal Poly continues to edge ever closer to becoming an unaffordable institution. As tuition continues to increase, students, parents and administrators will now, more than ever, need to actively oppose any further propositions to use tuition hikes as a solution to budget shortfalls.

Classism is strong and thriving at our university. We must hold administrators and other members of the community accountable. Our school should be an affordable institution that is accessible to all students no matter their background. If students and administrators allow classism to persist any longer, I have no doubt Cal Poly will become a college solely for wealthy elites, crippling all potential for an intersectional and holistic community.

Students, regardless of socioeconomic status, must speak up and take a stand. You are not in the wrong for being upper-class. You are in the wrong for being silent in the face of injustices, such as classism, that affect your fellow students.

TUESDAY • OCTOBER 17, 2017 | OPINION | MUSTANG NEWS

OPINION

Unveiling Cal Poly’s classism problem

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PUZZLES Sudoku Fun By The Numbers Like puzzles? Then you’ll love sudoku. This mind-bending puzzle will have you hooked from the moment you square off, so sharpen your pencil and put your sudoku savvy to the test!

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sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box. Each number can appear only once in each row, column and box. You can figure out the order in which the numbers will appear by using the numeric clues already provided in the boxes. The more numbers you name, the easier it gets to solve the puzzle!

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15. Trio 16. Jelly-like algae substance 17. Malaysian coastal city 18. ___ Christmas!

19. Bleak 20. Late Republic Roman poet 22. Supervises flying 23. Long, low sounds 24. Seven children born at once 27. Tyrion Lannister’s nickname 30. Moon crater 31. Concealed 32. Woman (French) 35. Shipped 37. Babies need one 38. Two 39. Book of maps 40. A partner to cheese 41. Coastal region of China 42. Town in Czech Republic 43. Peter Griffin’s daughter 44. Men proud of their masculinity 45. One-time Chinese dynasty 46. Not pleased 47. Mary __, cosmetics 48. Midway between east and southeast 49. Reflected 52. Derived from 55. US Treasury title (abbr.)

56. Spiritual leader 60. Dismounted 61. Isaac’s mother (Bib.) 63. Southern constellation 64. Not often found 65. Extremely angry 66. Individual article 67. They congregate at hives 68. Regenerate 69. Plaster

1. “Mad Men” actor Jon 2. Samoan capital 3. Singer Anthony 4. Sign of the Zodiac 5. Short-term memory 6. Larcenies 7. Side-neck turtle 8. Blissful 9. __, you!

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TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, you might find yourself in a bit of a rut this week. Try stepping out of your comfort zone! Take a walk on the beach Wednesday afternoon.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Money is on your mind this week, Libra, it’s time to budget! You’ve been stressing about payments and what the future holds.

Meal prep for Friday to cut some costs.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 Scorpio, don’t let negative people steal your sunshine this week. Let your light shine and treat yourself to something tasty this Tuesday. You deserve it.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 Gemini, you’ve been too busy to make time for friends. Think about what really matters to you. How about some mediation in the sun this Thursday?

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 You’ve been the life of the party lately, Sagittarius. Your vivacious energy seems to never wear out, but remember to slow down sometimes. Take a bubble bath Saturday.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 You’ve been feeling distant from your family, Cancer. Maybe it’s time to reconnect with your roots. Look through an old photo album Monday night.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Too much responsibility is weighing on you, Capricorn. Work doesn’t have to be your priority all the time. Meet a new friend Saturday night.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, life in the spotlight can be hard, but you love it! You’re feeling spontaneous, try an open mic night this week.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, love is knocking at your door. A friend might turn into more this Thursday night. Go for it!

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 You’ve been killing it lately, Virgo! Stay on top of your professional tasks this week by sticking to your planner. Outline your goals Sunday afternoon.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 You tend be a bit of a drama queen, Pisces.

Start picking your battles this week, not everything is the end of the world. Read some poetry Wednesday evening.

TUESDAY • OCTOBER 17 , 2017 | SPORTS | MUSTANG NEWS

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Men’s Basketball previewed in GreenGold intrasquad scrimmage Brian Truong @ crusaderkitten

The Gold team took an early lead and never let up for an 80-67 win over Green at Cal Poly men’s basketball annual Green vs. Gold intrasquad scrimmage Saturday at Mott Athletics Center.

Junior forward Josh Martin led the Gold team with 24 points in his first appearance since returning to the team after an injury sidelined him for the 2016-17 season.

“It was tremendous,” Martin said. “When the jitters went away, it was all smooth sailing.”

Junior guard Donovan Fields had a gamehigh 30 points for Green.

Senior guard Victor Joseph totaled 22 points and started the action with a jumper for the first points of the game. Joseph continued to rack up points for Gold with a 3-pointer and layup for a 14-6 lead. A string of 3-pointers, first by Joseph, then Martin, followed by Joseph again, made it 29-12.

Freshman guard Iziah James gave the Gold team the largest lead of the first half at 40-22.

Gold led 42-25 at halftime, but Green looked to close the gap in the second half. Junior wing Eric Toles brought Green within eight points with a 3-pointer that was quickly answered

by Martin.

Fields brought the Gold team’s lead down to 54-46, but, following a timeout, Gold quickly took over with an 11-2 run that widened the

SCRIMMAGE

ILIANA ARROYOS | MUSTANG NE W S

| Junior forward Josh Martin drives through the defense for a layup during the Mustangs’ first preseason action of the year.

lead to 17.

Martin posted a game-high 13 rebounds.

“Having [Martin] back adds so much, he’s not just a great shooter or rebounder, he’s also a great energy guy,” head coach Joe Callero said.

Martin has been voted team captain, joining Fields and Joseph as the leaders of the Mustangs.

The game was followed by a dunk contest, in which junior forward Jakub Niziol’s backboard

dunk edged out Martin’s between-the-legs slam for the win. However, there were some disagreements with the results.

“I thought I got robbed, but kudos to [Niziol],” Martin said. “He’s got bounce so I’ll give him this one for now.”

Callero was in agreement.

“I’m going on record right now that those judges should’ve gave that championship to

Josh Martin,” Callero said.

The Mustangs will now look forward to the season opener against Cal State East Bay in Mott Athletics Center Nov. 2 at 7 p.m.

“It feels good to get back into that game-like intensity and that flow,” Fields said. “We’ve got to come in with the same intensity and just be consistent day in and day out.”

Volleyball pushes past Gauchos for 12th straight win Megan Healy @ HealyMegan

The Mustangs defeated rival UC Santa Barbara in four sets (26-28, 25-15, 25-16, 2515) Saturday, Oct. 14 at the Thunderdome,

extending their streak to 12 matches. The team still remains undefeated in Big West Conference play.

The No. 24 Mustangs (17-2, 7-0) started the first set with a lead of 6-1, but the Gauchos (3-15, 2-4) pushed their points to take

the lead 18-16. The Mustangs tied at 22 and went back and forth trading points, but a couple of kills and solid blocks by the Gauchos would lead them to win the set 28-26.

The Mustangs began the second set with a 7-5 deficit, but that didn’t stop them.

Two back-to-back aces by senior middle blocker Savannah Nieman started the team on an 11-point run to take the lead 16-7. The Gauchos got within six points of Cal Poly, but the Mustangs took the set 25-15.

Cal Poly stepped up their game with a 12-4 lead at the start of the third set. The Mustangs regrouped in a timeout when

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the Gauchos earned three straight points to decrease the gap 11-16. Cal Poly responded with a couple of kills from sophomore outside hitter Torrey Van Winden and junior outside hitter Adlee Van Winden to go up 21-12. A Gaucho attack error gave the Mustangs their winning point to take the third set 25-16.

The Mustangs were aggressive at the attack line in the fourth set, hitting .400. They started with a 5-1 lead and even though the Gauchos got as close as 13-10, they could not keep up. The Mustangs took the game 25-15 to win the match 3-1.

The Van Winden sisters dominated the court with a combined 39 kills, tallying 21 and 18 respectively. Adlee also recorded a team-high seven blocks.

Senior setter Taylor Nelson ended up with a double-double with 47 assists and 10 digs, while junior libero Katherine Brouker led the team with 17 digs.

The Mustangs return home this weekend to take on Cal State Northridge, Friday, Oct. 20 at 7 p.m.

Erik Engle @ erik_engle

Despite several scoring opportunities inside the box from both teams, the latest edition of the Blue-Green Rivalry ended in a nil-nil draw between Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara (5-5-4, 3-1-2) Saturday night.

The double-overtime match filled Harder Stadium with a massive crowd of 10,293 spectators, the largest in NCAA men’s soccer this season and the 21st largest in NCAA men’s soccer history. As anticipated, the rivals played a very physical match, tallying five yellow cards and 37 fouls between the two teams.

In the fourth minute of the match, senior forward Tyler Savitsky took the Mustangs’ first shot of the match, but blasted it high over the crossbar.

Strong defensive play by the Mustangs held the Gauchos without a shot on goal for the first 29 minutes of the match, but in the 30th minute, junior goalkeeper Simon Boehme stonewalled two Gaucho attempts to keep the match scoreless.

Junior forward Sean Goode led the Mustangs with five shots on goal and nearly gave the Mustangs the advantage in the 61st minute, but UC Santa Barbara goalkeeper Alan Carrillo was there for the save.

Goode fired off another shot in the 82nd minute to the top-left corner of the goal, but Carrillo soared to the ball and swatted the attempt away.

In the final seconds of the first overtime, the Mustangs saw their best chance to take the lead slip away. As the ball pinballed around the Gauchos’ penalty area, Carrillo made two more saves on shots from Goode and Savitsky that came just three seconds apart to send the match to double-overtime.

The Mustangs did not see another scoring

TIE GAME

ERIC ISAACS | COURTE SY OF SANTA BARBAR A SPORTS

| Of the last 20 matches between Cal Poly and UC Santa Barbara, 18 have been decided by one goal or resulted in a draw.

chance in the match while the Gauchos were able to get off one last shot on goal with three seconds to play. Boehme launched forward for his third and final save of the match to preserve the shutout but collided hard with a Gauchos’ forward in the process.

Boehme stayed down on the field for a

members, but it quickly outgrew its 400 square feet of storage space. Expecting to service 70 people, almost 300 signed up for the community As indoor climbing fever began to grip the membership. But, when SLO-OP moved to its world, Yishai Horowitz, the mind current location in 2008, Horowitz behind the do-it-yourself and the gym received an even climbing scene of SLOlarger spike in memberOP, remembers a time ship than before. They when it only appealed expected 300 people to a niche group to sign up but ended of people. up registering 1,200 “I got together with members. a couple friends and SLO-OP belocal climbers and came more than we built a small gym a passion projat Alamo self-storect for Horowage,” Horowitz said. itz, as it turned “We had a Tupperware into his full-time YISHAI HOROWITZ we set out to collect dues job. He now seeks to to pay for rent but we weren’t add more opportunities in it to make money. We wanted for climbers. to climb.”

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few minutes before being replaced for the last three seconds by redshirt freshman Jason Hernandez.

With the draw, the Mustangs stopped a four-game losing skid and lifted their point total to four in the Big West Conference North Division. Cal Poly still trails third-

place Sacramento State by six points with four games remaining. The Gauchos now sit in second place in the north division with 11 points.

Cal Poly will travel north to face division-leading UC Davis (7-6-2, 4-1-1) Wednesday, Oct. 18 at 4 p.m.

SLO-OP continued from page 6

We weren’t in it to make money. We wanted to climb.

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| SLO-OP’s new location, dubbed “The Pad,” is currently under construction.

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Men’s soccer reignites Blue-Green rivalry

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