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DTD DISSOLVES CHAPTER

FOLLOWING REMOVAL OF MEMBER, MULTIPLE PROBATIONS AND NATIONAL ORGANIZATION REVIEW

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A Cal Poly fraternity’s decision to remove a member accused of multiple sexual assaults has played a role in its dissolve, according to its president and several members.

The Kappa Delta chapter of Delta Tau Delta (DTD) fraternity officially dissolved Jan. 19 following a membership review conducted by the fraternity’s national organization that removed all but 15 men from the fraternity, according to former DTD President Nick Miller.

DTD announced the dissolve in a Facebook post Jan. 21.

“We regret to inform the Cal Poly community that as of Friday, January 19, 2018, the Kappa Delta Chapter of Delta Tau Delta

has been dissolved. This decision was made by the members of the chapter following a membership review the pas Sunday in which we felt that our national organization showed a pattern of unfair and disrespectful behavior toward our members. We would like to thank those who have supported Cal Poly Delts the past four years and made our existence as an organization, while short, meaningful and memorable.”

DTD was placed on full probation by its national organization and the university during Spring 2017 for violating the Fraternity and Sorority Alcohol Policy, Party Registration Policy and Hazing/Conspiracy to Haze in the Registered Organization Student Code of Conduct and Penal Code.

The probation was to last until June 15, 2018.

In Spring 2017, DTD removed a member of

their fraternity accused of at least seven sexual assaults. According to industrial engineering junior Miller, the expelled member sent a video of an unregistered party to DTD’s national organization as retaliation against the chapter.

This video resulted in full probation for DTD, according to Miller.

“He was obviously incredibly angry,” Miller said. “He was invested deeply in the fraternity, or he felt like it was a big part of his identity.”

Chief Operating Officer of DTD national fraternity Jack Kreman declined to comment about the expelled member or his involvement in DTD’s probation.

Then, during Fall 2017, DTD hosted a party while on probation which extended social probation until Dec. 14, 2018.

Because of the extended sanctions, DTD’s national organization conducted the individ-

ual membership review between Jan. 12-14.

When the review concluded, the chapter had shrunk from 65 members to about 15, according to Miller.

According to Miller, the fraternity’s remaining members then voted unanimously to dissolve. Miller said this was because of a “disrespectful” and “coercive” line of questioning during the members’ reviews.

“They were borderline threatening and incredibly disrespectful,” Miller said. “They would ask us to pick out guys who we didn’t respect or we thought should be kicked out of the chapter.”

Miller also said DTD could not have realistically operated with only 15 members.

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THE BREW CREW

ARTIVISM Students gathered in the UU to create art relating to activism and social justice.

A campus club meets weekly to brew their own beers and learn more about beer.

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ARTS VNNYL .........................................................5 ART FOR A CAUSE .......................................6 BREW CREW ................................................8

OPINION NEW VOTING RIGHTS ................................11 HEALTH FEE ..............................................11

SPORTS JACK OF ALL TRADES................................14 MEN’S BASKETBALL .................................14

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Delta Tau Delta fraternity dissolved Jan. 19.

Photo by Naba Ahmed, Mustang News.

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| Co-President of PPGA Cal Poly SLO Chapter Rachel Agarpo and PPGA Board member Erin Khazer marched at the Women’s March SLO.

This past fall, the Cal Poly San Luis Obispo chapter of Planned Parenthood Generation Action (Cal Poly SLO PPGA) was created.

PPGA is a network of young activists at more than 300 college campuses who organize events in their communities and advocate for reproductive freedom.

“Reproductive justice is something that I really want to fight for and Planned Parenthood is a major organization that fights for that and for equal accessibility for all women and men,” Cal Poly SLO PPGA co-president and political science senior Rachel Agarpo said.

The Cal Poly chapter was created after Agarpo and her co-president attended the Planned Parenthood Western Conference in Seattle.

“We just went to see what it was about,” Agarpo said. “While we were there, we learned that there was this branch of Planned Parenthood called Generation Action that is focused on college advocacy, and then we realized that [University of California, Santa Barbara] and [California State University] Channel Islands

both have them and we don’t.”

This month, the club has worked on getting the word out and increasing their membership and campus involvement. Agarpo said the new membership process is going well.

Since officially becoming a club on campus in early November, the Cal Poly chapter has boothed in the University Union and at the Women’s March. The chapter was also part of the coalition that put on the #MeToo March Against Rape Culture and will be holding a booth on Valentine’s Day for National Condom Week.

“We’re trying to build coalitions with other groups and communities and also hold our own events on campus as well once we get established,” Vice President of Cal Poly SLO PPGA and philosophy junior Gina Welisch said. “We really want to be a community-based group that works on advocacy and activism.”

Cal Poly SLO PPGA wants students to know if they have any questions about what the chapter is about, they should not be intimidated to contact them. According to Welisch, PPGA is meant to be a place where students

can feel safe and respected.

“I’m involved to help with my group of friends and everyone I’m connected with as a first year, to know all of their resources and get the supplies they need,” psychology freshman Holly Davis said. “The rumors are not all true. It’s not all about abortions, it’s about having the resources to have safe sex, and it’s OK to be talking about these issues.”

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Computer science senior Nico Pitchon was told by University Police Department (UPD) to stop putting up flyers advertising his cannabis business, Slo Dro Co., Jan. 22. Ltd. Bryan Cox contacted Pitchon and said he was violating federal law because Cal Poly campus is on federal land, where cannabis is still illegal.

During this time, there were also flyers posted on campus with racist statements and statistics. A Cal Poly student reached out to UPD expressing her concerns with these flyers. UPD Police Chief George Hughes responded that no criminal law was violated.

Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong condemned the racially charged flyers being posted on campus in an email.

“As we have said in the past, hate has no place at Cal Poly. We condemn any act intended to intimidate, frighten, harass or hurt a member of our campus community,” Armstrong wrote.

The difference in reactions to these two sets of posters frustrated Pitchon. He said his flyers are not involved with hateful speech and he is only trying to advertise his business.

“We’re not breaking any campus rules or our flyers impeding on other people’s freedoms, which hate speech actually does, and they’re allowing [that] on campus, but ours doesn’t even go that far,” Pitchon said.

After Pitchon confronted Cox with those issues, Cox said the only thing he can realistically do is fine Pitchon for littering, according to Pitchon.

Pitchon said there are a number of problems with that statement.

“One, Cal Poly is federally funded, but it’s actually on [San Luis Obispo] County land, so at the end of the day, if anyone breaks a law on campus it gets referred to the [San Luis Obispo] County sheriff ’s department and you go to court in [San Luis Obispo] County; it’s not a federal crime, you don’t go to federal court,” Pitchon said. “The second part of the problem is that medical cannabis businesses are actually protected under the spending bill in congress where basically no federal dollars can be used to prosecute medical delivery services or medical dispensaries that are following state law.”

University spokesperson Matt Lazier said it is incorrect to conflate non-commercial, First Amendment-protected postings on campus with commercial advertising by non-university entities.

“Cal Poly’s university policies limit the posting of commercial advertising,” Lazier said.

“Placement of commercial, for-profit advertising on campus is governed by Campus Administrative Policies. While such advertising

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| Pitchon had his posters taken down because they did not conform with Cal Poly’s policies, which limit commercial advertising.

generally may be permitted in specified areas of campus, the postings must conform with university policy.”

UPD informed Pitchon that his postings did not conform with university policy, according to Lazier, not that they were in violation of the law. Lazier added that Pitchon was informed that some of his postings had been removed because of violations of campus policy and that any remaining postings must also be removed and, if not, he could be held responsible for the cost of their removal.

Pitchon argues that the issue is not because he is a commercial business, but because he is a cannabis business.

“What I’m promoting is my business and for people to consume cannabis legally and

safely — not to bring any cannabis on campus, not to break any sort of rules. For example, I do not deliver any cannabis on campus and we ask students to keep any of our products off campus,” Pitchon said. “Just like PULSE operates on peer-to-peer education, talking to them and teaching how to responsibly and safely consume alcohol and cannabis. We’re doing the same at Slo Dro Co. and at Cal Poly with NORML (National Organization for the Reform of Marijuana Laws).”

On Monday, Jan. 29, Pitchon had a meeting with the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities concerning this incident.

After receiving a warning about getting commercial flyers approved by the university, the case was dismissed.

Still, Pitchon said his biggest concern is how administration is approaching this issue and the continuous stigma surrounding cannabis.

He said he hopes to find a solution to this problem that works for everyone, including the students, administration and UPD. “[My goal] has never been to entice anyone or cause any sort of problems, but I do feel like they have treated me unfairly because I have a cannabis business,” Pitchon said. “I know this is new to them and cannabis is a sensitive topic because of federal funding, but the administration and the university police department need to get a little more open-minded and understanding the circumstances and I would say refrain from scare tactics, even false scare-tactics like they did in this situation.”

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Advisory Committee begins to plan Earth Week members of the advisory committee have ideas for Earth Week, and will offer their perspectives to relate to a larger community.

In honor of Earth Day April 22, a “Last year I did a lot of the plangroup of stakeholders is being ning myself and I felt like formed by Sustainability there was not a lot of comCoordinator Kylee Singh munity involvement on in order to plan this the project,” Singh year’s Earth Week. said. “The commuSingh has been nity will hopefully forming an advihelp garner that sory committee to support.” develop a sense of So far, the week will include a community around green career panEarth Week’s events. el, an Academics “One of the big Charrette to discuss things Kylee wants is CLAIRE ANOVICK sustainability’s role in to have some better stakeholder engagement and buythe school’s academic curin in terms of this really seminal riculum and a speech given by day for environmentalism [by] engaging a chosen environment.

Students will be able to volunteer for the students in different roles as well as faculty and staff to come in and create an advisory week-long event and participate in it as well. committee,” Green Campus member and “We will definitely have volunteer roles environmental management and protection and if students have ideas or would like to senior Ben Christensen said. do a presentation, they can come to me and Singh and facility members said they hope I can help them reserve a room and get it Rachel Marquardt @ rachmmarie

Earth Day is a first step in gaining a greater appreciation for the world, year round.

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Miller on sexual assault accusations Miller said he finds it ironic that DTD’s decision to expel a member of the fraternity for sexual assault allegations ultimately led the chapter to be punished by their national organization.

The expelled DTD member was found not guilty of at least one incident of sexual misconduct. Three formal Title IX complaints are among at least seven brought forward to Safer. Mustang News is not aware of the outcomes of the other two Title IX investigations.

“My personal opinion, not representative of the guys in the fraternity, is that the Title IX system is kind of broken right now,” Miller said. “There’s a big disparity between what the school preaches sometimes and

what their actions show.”

Miller continued to say he feels DTD did more to punish the accused sexual assailant than Cal Poly’s Title IX Office, noting that the former member is still a student.

Dean of Students Kathleen McMahon said the university is prohibited from discussing or acknowledging any Title IX cases.

“A group of 80 frat boys can take a stand against sexual assault and the school still hasn’t expelled the member,” Miller said.

“I think it’s ridiculous that he’s still here.”

Moving forward According to DTD’s national organization, the Kappa Delta chapter was chartered by the international fraternity Sept. 26, 2015.

To date, 116 men have been initiated into Delta Tau Delta by Kappa Delta.

In a statement to Mustang News, Kreman said that while DTD respects Kap-

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| Earth Week will include panels and activities hosted by environmental clubs.

on the schedule,” Singh said.

The events will be focused on the impact it will have on the school, according to Christensen.

“It’s a great opportunity to learn more — really interesting speakers, panels, activities that are a great opportunity to learn more for students. And hopefully it’s a reminder of this connected tradition in environmentalism,” Christensen said. “Earth Day is such a big token environmentalist item, starting fires, and making people excited.”

Students such as civil engineering freshman

Claire Anovick believe Earth Day is meant to be celebrated, as it reminds students to appreciate and take care of the planet.

“Earth Day is a first step in gaining a greater appreciation for the world, year round. It’s a holiday that reminds us as a student body to go outside and experience nature wholeheartedly,” Anovick said. “I believe Cal Poly is located in one of the most beautiful places on Earth and, as students, we can take Earth Day as a reminder of the beauty that we must preserve and protect for future generations.”

pa Delta’s decision to surrender their chapAccording to McMahon, the students ter, they are disappointed in the fraternity’s who disbanded the chapter have forfeited their opportunity to be involved in decision. Kreman also said DTD another fraternity. desires to have a presence at Cal Poly and will work “It affects our students,” with administration McMahon said. “Some to discuss returning students were in an organization and to campus. now they don’t “I am disappointhave one. We are ed by the decision here to support of the chapter [to them and offer dissolve],” Kreman other opportunisaid in a statement ties for leadership to Mustang News. involvement. This “The recent misall happened at the takes made by certain NICK MILLER national level. That’s members were correctable. With commitment and not a bad thing. That’s the support, we believed the chaprole of the national level to be ter would rebuild. The students decided very involved; they were, and this is otherwise.” the outcome.”

There’s a big disparity between what the school preaches sometimes and what their actions show.

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Bang the Drum Brewery hosted the first ever Makeshift Makers Market Saturday, from 12 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event showcased Feb. 3 art and creations from more than 30 local vendors along with live music, live painting, food trucks and local brew.

This makers market was created by friends, Kelly Edwards and Angela Boyd, who felt the need to show off the creative talent that San Luis Obispo has to offer.

“I’ve always loved swap meets and miss the diversity of ones put on in L.A.[Los Angeles} and bigger cities,” Boyd said. “Why not curate a local makers market?”

As the head brewer at Bang the Drum Brewery, Edwards did not hesitate to propose the idea of hosting an event like this to her boss and owner of Bang the Drum, Noelle DuBois.

“One of the interview questions at the brewery is ‘What is your passion and how can you bring that here?’ So when I told her about the market, she was like, ‘Yes, 100 percent. Let’s do it!’” Edwards said.

Edwards and Boyd spent about two months planning and promoting this event through word-of-mouth social media. Boyd mentioned that she never imagined that this even would receive the attention and support that it has.

“Once we hatched the idea, things seemed to fall into place and then gather momentum,” Boyd said. “We are hoping to make this a monthly event on the first Saturday of every month, with anywhere from 23 to 32 local crafters.”

The four-hour event included live performances by Carmine Terracciano and Bear Market Riot and an art display from Forever Stoked artist, Chris Pederson.

The vendor that inspired One of the vendors showcased at Makeshift Makers was VNNYL Clothing, owned by business administration sophomore Anne Marie Moffatt.

Boyd met Moffatt through a boxing class they took together at Cuesta College. She remembers Moffatt sporting shirts with the word VNNYL on them and was surprised to learn that she started this brand on her own.

“I knew she was probably a bad*ss because she was taking this class and after talking to her for a few minutes, I realized she was just that,” Boyd said. “Not a lot of college kids her

age have their own clothing brand.”

Boyd and Edwards both acknowledged that Moffatt’s creativity played a role in the curation of this Makeshift Makers Market after they attended a VNNYL pop-up party in December.

“Kelly and I were blown away by the detail, staging and overall appearance of the popup,” Boyd said, “Everything was set up in an eclectic retro fashion, from the couch area to the bar, all the way down to the sick outfits Anne Marie’s girl gang was wearing.”

The pop-up left the two friends feeling inspired.

“We took Anne Marie’s pop-up and envisioned it on a large scale with multiple vendors showcasing their passions and culture,” Boyd said.

Getting to know VNNYL VNNYL adheres to the motto “Handmade with Sarcasm.” What started off as a fun pastime is now a vintage-inspired clothing brand driven by friends, art, photography and videography.

Moffatt started VNNYL two years ago when she made the decision to take time off from school after graduating high school. A week before starting her freshman year at San Francisco State University, Moffatt described the feeling that went through her body as she sat at orientation.

“I was sitting there and I was like, ‘No. I can’t do this,’” Moffatt said. “I knew I wouldn’t like it and I always go with my intuition.”

Moffatt had always prepared herself for the four-year college track. She said it was always something that was expected of her from family, peers and herself.

With this sudden change of plans, Moffatt decided to pick up a new pastime.

“I knew that I kind of had to start doing something with the free time I was going to have,” Moffatt said. “I’ve always been into fashion and photography, weird sh*t like that, so I started making t-shirts and stickers” Moffatt says she started making prints for t-shirts and stickers after a surf shop owner in her hometown of Encinitas asked her if she had ever heard of vinyl cutting. Vinyl cutting involves a small vinyl cutter that controls the movement of a sharp blade like a knife. The blade is used to cut out shapes and letters from sheets of thin self adhesive plastic or vinyl.

Because her family has always encouraged her idea of starting a business, Moffatt saw this passion she had as an opportunity to do just that.

“I was just listening to a vinyl record that had

a baby squirrel on it and it kind of just inspired me,” Moffatt said about naming the brand. “I wanted something cool and retro and I wanted something that had the same letter twice because I thought it would stand out.”

About a year after she learned how to do vinyl cutting, Moffatt introduced screen printing into her practice.

“Almost everything I’ve learned came from hours of YouTube tutorials, research, books, and advice from other small business owners,” Moffatt said.

Moffatt never imagined that her brand, which started off as a hobby, would receive the support and recognition it has.

“I honestly didn’t really mean for it to take off,” Moffatt said. “I did it more for fun and ,like, something to do because all of my friends were away at college and I was bored as sh*t.”

Moffatt said that the defining moment for VNNYL was when she and her friends created a promotional video to post on social media.

“We just brought all of our coolest stuff like roller skates and old typewriters and put a bunch of girls on roller skates wearing the shirts,” Moffatt said. “It was like a test run to see where the brand was at.”

Once this video was posted, Moffatt received a significant amount of positive feedback which made her realize her business was actually turning into something bigger than she expected.

“That was the moment when I realized this

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could actually be kind of cool,” Moffatt said.

When the time came for Moffatt to move to San Luis Obispo for college, she brought VNNYL with her.

“I think, if anything, I almost pushed VNNYL into the city because I really wanted to reach out to college towns.”

Moffatt explained that her friends play a major role in keeping her business afloat in terms of marketing, social media and outreach. Having friends all along the coast allows VNNYL to grow as a business.

“When someone places an order online, I can see where it’s being shipped to, so it’s cool to know that it’s reaching to all of these different cities,” Moffatt said.

Moffatt mentions that she wants to present her brand to the best of her ability, from the packaging to outreach, and hopes that VNNYL will continue to grow in the future.

“I want it to be a small brand, not some big company like Urban Outfitters. What’s the fun in that?” Moffatt said. “I want it to be a small and personal brand where I can get to know my customers, meet new people, and eventually take it with me traveling and selling to people around the world.”

For now, Moffatt continues to promote her brand by reaching out and making new connections that will help VNNYL thrive. She mentioned that VNNYL has connected her with a number of people she now considers close friends.

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| Moffatt prints the logo on a t-shirt using the screen printer she set up in her room.

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VNNYL: A look inside one of the vendors showcased at Makeshift Makers Market

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Artivism:

Art for a cause Isabel Hughes @ Isabeljhughes

The Office of Diversity and Inclusion partnered with Academic Affairs Jan. 25 to host the second annual “Inclusion Starts With Me” Teach-In. With an array of topics ranging from “The Day Rihanna Turned Black: Race, Creolity, and Contemporary Popular Culture” to “Building a Community of Active Bystanders to Prevent Sexual Violence,” students had the opportunity to attend more than 25 workshops.

One of the interactive workshops was “Art as Activism: ARTIVISM” and featured Papel Picado with the Chicanx/Latinx Faculty & Staff Association, Watercolor with Kennedy Library, Zine Making with the Cross Cultural Centers, Guerrilla Screen-Printing with Elizabeth Folk and the Art Department, Button Making with the Office of University Diversity & Inclusion and Aerosol and Screen-Printing with Self Help Graphics and Arts.

Self Help Graphics and Arts is an East Los Angeles organization that aims to empower

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Latinx and Chicanx students by providing a space to create art. Founded in 1970, Self Help Graphics and Arts has created a long-standing community of more than 50 artists invested in this mission and its name has been recognized nationally and internationally. The organization hosts workshops on DIY screen printing, photography and printmaking, natural dye making and aerosol art. They also facilitate art exhibitions, craft and art fairs that feature local art multiple times a year.

Bringing aerosol spray paint and compassion together, Self Help Graphics’ Melissa Govea, Dewey Tafoya and Joel Garcia took over the University Union Plaza (UU) stage to create a “B-Woke” graffiti art piece. With the help of students, they created a sign, meant to encourage students to be socially and politically conscious of current affairs.

Among the students at the workshop was sociology and ethnic studies junior Gancisco Gaspar.

Gaspar explained that achieving an endpoint in how socially conscious you are is not a goal.

“It’s more of something that you’re constantly engaged in if you’re trying to better yourself

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| To be “woke” means to be actively aware of important racial and social justice issues.

and those around you because there will always be opportunities to learn more, opportunities for growth, opportunities to build and expand your knowledge on communities that you don’t identify with or aren’t necessarily exposed to on a regular basis,” Gaspar said.

Surrounding the main message “B-Woke” on the graffiti art piece, there were additional sayings such as “decolonize” and “resist” to emphasize art as a means of activism and empowerment. Students were also supplied with appropriate tools to create vibrant pink and blue stencils that featured unique designs, logos, their names and other mantras. Self Help

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| Many people gathered around the University Union Plaza stage to participate in the “Art as Activism: ARTIVISM” interactive workshop.

graphic artist Dewey Tafoya was encouraging throughout the creative process.

“I’m hoping that they can create something and empower themselves with whatever voice they have by making a protest poster or a sign that says something that’s important to them really, and just kind of leaving here with something that says something about themselves,” Tafoya said.

Events like the graffiti workshop with Self Help Graphics are intended to foster an environment that embraces and promotes diversity by bringing experienced innovators and artists of color to campus. Ethnic studies senior Jeremiah Hernandez explained why these events are important especially considering Cal Poly’s lack of diversity. Cal Poly has one of the least diverse student populations in terms of income diversity in California and was ranked last in low income access when compared to other public universities in California.

“You have a lot of people that come over here for a lot of different reasons, but I feel that— and this is fact— that a majority of the student population is affluent. You know, this is a fact.

We know this, it’s been like this for years. So when you get something like a majority of the student population being affluent, it’s not diverse … We need to bring that diversity,” Hernandez said.

Cal Poly’s student population is 56.4 percent white, 16 percent Latino, 0.7 percent African American, 0.1 percent Pacific Islander, 0.1 percent Native American, 12.6 percent Asian American and 7.1 percent multiracial, making it the least diverse California State University.

Given these statistics, Gaspar noted that diversity and inclusivity events are not the sole solution to improving the lack of diversity at Cal Poly, but are a step in the right direction.

“I think it is also important to recognize that there is more that’s needed than an event like ‘Inclusion Starts With Me,’ and it’s a good conversation starter, but we need to progress further in creating better institutional circumstances for the people that currently attend the institution of Cal Poly and feel marginalized,” Gaspar said.

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It’s a science that’s evolving a lot...

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The Brew Crew:

Cal Poly’s new beer club

“The process of making beer is always the same, but the variation comes from the ingredients,” crew member Jabson said.

“Beer is kind of like a pet – you got to feed it, Jabson compares the art of brewing to that give it all the stuff it needs to do its thing and of making coffee, with the same reaction takin return it grants you this magical liquid,” ing place in both processes. food science junior Ben Jabson said.

The process itself takes about five to six Jabson is a member of Cal Poly’s Brew hours, including prep work. The Club meets Crew, a club founded on a love for beer, at 4 p.m. and works away till the end of brewing and good banter. the night, sometimes finishing up as late The Brew Crew was established Fall 2017 as 10 p.m.

“You put a lot of work in, in one day, and by food science professor Luis Castro. Castro has a background in beer and beer flavor then you wait a month and don’t touch it chemistry with his doctoral work concenand let the yeast do its own thing,” Jabson trated in brewing sciences. said. “There’s something about the payoff “When I got hired here, [Cal Poly] needed of waiting a month to drink and enjoy [the somebody with fermentation experience,” beer] – there’s a satisfaction knowing you Castro said. “The craft beer industry is made it and it actually tastes really good.”

The club is open to all students, regardless booming. It’s a science that’s evolving a lot of major or prior experience. and more and more people are getting “This is not ‘beer fest 101,’ this into it.”

With help of the Food Sciis a science,” Castro said.

“You say brewing and ence department, Castro everyone gets really created Brewing Sciexcited and people ence (FSN 342), a think you just sit class that discusses around and get the scientific principles of malting drunk, but interest and brewing. lies in the brewing.”

“Brewing origiIn the near funally started as a ture, Castro has goals to begin a cute hobby for most, brewing program at but now people started taking it very seriCal Poly.

BEN JABSON ously — it’s a career now,” “There is a lot of value Castro said. to this club and program,” Since joining Cal Poly’s faculty, Castro said. “These [brewing] comCastro has been bombarded with inquiries panies want you to know the basics when regarding the formation of a beer club. After joining the industry.” gathering support from his students, CasCastro’s passion for brewing has brought tro decided to bite the bullet and start the together students, piquing their interest in Brew Crew. a field they once knew little about.

“I started the club last quarter, but it was “Prior to Brew Club, I was always somesuper informal,” Castro said. “This quarter what curious about what was in beer and the I saw there was interest so I wanted to start whole production process behind it,” food making it more formal, specifically by havscience senior Alex Apolinario said. “To acing a set date and a set list of beers to make tually be given the opportunity to make beer each week.” and drink it was just too good to pass up.”

The Brew Crew meets every Friday eveStudents interested in joining the Brew ning, crafting a different beer each week.

Crew must email Castro to confirm memEach member contributes a $20 fee, covbership. After verifying age, interested ering all costs for the full duration of the members must complete the safety proquarter. Each member is required to score tocol training.

100 percent on a safety training test before “If I can make a product that makes peothey can access the FSN Pilot Plant & Labs. ple happy and brings about good times for The brewing is conducted through a process others, that’s the kind of product I want to called all grain brewing. work with,” Jabson said.

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| Castro helps brew and pour the beer that the Brew Crew produces weekly.

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| Local brewery Doc’s Cellar has donated machinery to The Brew Crew.

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

For a democracy to flourish, citizens must be afforded the ability to democratically elect their public officials in order to shape policy that has a profound impact on the lives of themselves and many others. Many minority communities were not afforded this right until Congress finally passed the Voting Rights Act of 1965, ending much of the de jure separating them from voting. Hailed as one of the most important pieces of civil rights legislation in United States history, the act made immense strides toward granting democratic power to marginalized communities.

In 2013, however, those very strides came to a screeching halt.

In a Supreme Court case titled Shelby County v. Holder, the court ruled that it was unconstitutional to use the formula described to determine which jurisdictions are subject to the preclearance requirement of the Voting Rights Act. This requirement mandated that certain

states with histories of voter discrimination such as Alabama and Georgia were required to seek preclearance for any new voting law changes. This was a tremendous blow to voting right advancements for marginalized folks belonging to states with high rates of discrimination.

Many new laws have arisen to further suppress minority voting rights such as requiring voters to show some form of identification, racist and partisan gerrymandering tactics and purging voter rolls. It is due to this Supreme Court case that a new voting rights act should be introduced to combat the regression of progress made by this decision.

There are three key proposals that could immediately restore power to minority voters.

The first aspect of this bill should be to automatically register citizens to vote once they turn 18. This would not only make the voting process a lot simpler in regards to getting people registered to vote, but also make the transfer of information a lot easier.

Additionally, this could be an appropriate step in addressing the purging of names from voter rolls, as this is a big problem in minority communities. Every citizen would be registered unless they choose to opt-out.

One hurdle voters must overcome when it comes to election day is finding the time to

Curbing discrimination of voters from marginalized communities should be a priority for lawmakers.

Health Center Fee and Student Representation Kendra Coburn @ kencob97

Kendra Coburn is a mathematics major and a Mustang News columnist. The views expresssed in this column do not reflect the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

In Winter 2016, Cal Poly held a referendum for students to vote on whether or not they wanted to approve a future fee increase to fund renovations in the University Union. Although only 31.7 percent of the student population voted, 58.11 percent of voters did not approve of the proposed plan. This saved future students $199 per quarter in fee hikes. Now, Cal Poly has found a new venue through which to nickel and dime future students: the Health Center.

On Jan. 18, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong approved a $99 fee increase that will affect

the incoming Fall 2018 class of students. These fees will provide funding to hire more counselors and expand the school’s currently lackluster mental health services. The debate at hand is not whether the Health Center needs an expansion. As a past patient of the Health Center’s counseling services, I can attest first-hand to the clear understaffing and lack of comprehensive student support.

Let me be clear: Armstrong’s decision to move forward with the Health Center expansion was the right one. However, I assert that the manner by which this decision was reached was problematic and further, symptomatic of the profit-driven mindset of the current Cal Poly administration.

There have been a few missteps made by administration in recent years that indicate a disregard for the student body’s input. Perhaps most brazen of these or at least the one best-recalled

OPINION

DISCRIMINATION

CARSTEN FR AUENHEIM | MUSTANG NE W S

| Dean argues that there is a need for a new voting rights act in 2018.

go out and vote. With that being said, declaring election day as a federal holiday would allow individuals to take the time off of work to actually research candidates and to vote thus potentially increasing voter turnout. Not only could the day off lead to more citizens voting, but it could also lead to an increase polling volunteers, which could further ease the election process and create more polling locations across states.

Lastly, a portion of a new voting rights act should be to restore the preclearance clause originally embedded in the Voting Rights Act of 1965. The Supreme Court did not rule that the entire section was unconstitutional, but rather just the formula being used. If Congress could draft a new formula to be applied to protect minority voters from discriminatory practices, then it could potentially be constitutional. In addition, the Supreme Court

claimed there was not enough current evidence to warrant the preclearance clause back in 2013. However, after the 2016 elections, it is clear that there is current evidence that voter discrimination is occurring. The evidence ranges from unacceptable wait times for minority voters as a result of fewer polling locations being offered to federal courts ruling legislation like voter identification laws and redistricting maps intentionally used to discriminate against minority voters.

Curbing discrimination of voters from marginalized communities should be a priority for lawmakers. As the stakes at risk in elections continue to rise, every citizen, no matter their background, should be afforded an equal opportunity for their voice to be heard. A new voting rights act is needed to truly restore the right to vote to communities faced with rampant discrimination.

by students was the admission of about 850 in which community members could voice more students than the admissions office antheir opinions on expanding the Health Centicipated in Fall 2017. While administration was ter. At the time, two plans for expansion were quick to portray themselves as a “victim of sucoffered. A proposed $114 tuition increase was cess,” many students are still resentful. With the ultimately dismissed in favor of the $99 increase yakʔityutyu residence hall construction already approved by Armstrong. These open forums underway at the time of the admissions fiasco, it were factored into the final decision to approve was no wonder why students weren’t the Health Center expansion, but buying into the administration’s were not a formal measure of claim of victimhood. Stustudent interest. dents and San Luis Obispo By deciding not to hold By deciding not to residents alike begged a referendum for this hold a referendum for administration to redecision, administraconsider the approval tion demonstrated this decision, administraof the new housing, to the student body but in the end, the that our voices can tion demonstrated to the be muted. We can voices of the majority student body that be reduced to a fell to administration’s number, our tuition greedy ambition. Now, our voices can current students must fee, printed as a single be muted. face the looming process line among thousands of even more impacted classon an Excel spreadsheet in rooms, while local residents must Armstrong’s computer. It’s frusdefend their community from the evtrating to know that at a school that er-encroaching student presence. claims to “Learn By Doing,” Cal Poly adminThe process for approving the new tuition hike istration can do without student voices in key included administration hosting open forums decision-making processes.

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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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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!

Sudoku puzzles are formatted as a 9x9 grid, broken down into nine 3x3 boxes. To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each

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Guess Who? I am an actor born in California on February 12, 1968. Although my father is an actor, I grew up on a ranch and first was introduced to acting through a high school improv class. I’m known for many films, including the 1980s cult classic “The Goonies.”

Word Scramble Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to winter recreation.

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1. Elaborate silk garment 5. Fleet 11. Egyptian deity 12. Hundredth anniversary 16. Chew the fat 17. Doctor of Medicine 18. Large, edible game fish 19. Revitalization 24. Personal computer 25. Unfettered 26. Clumsy persons 27. Japanese classical theater 28. Part of a ship 29. Rate of movement 30. How much 31. Image taken with a camera 33. Sharp mountain ridge 34. Czech capital 38. One who treats poorly 39. By right 40. Relating to odors 43. As soon as possible 44. Israeli Olympic swimmer 45. Scored perfectly 49. Financial ratio (abbr.)

50. Unpleasant emotion 51. Sign of the zodiac 53. Promotional material 54. Your parents’ parents 56. Monetary unit 58. Farm state 59. One of Hollywood’s Bridges brothers 60. Not the plaintiff 63. “Night Train” novelist 64. Martens valued for their fur 65. Discount CLUES DOWN

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1. Bone in the lower back 2. Goddess of wisdom 3. Comedic honors

4. A way to grasp 5. Apex 6. British soldier 7. Manganese 8. Indicates position 9. Decompressions in scuba diving (abbr.)

10. Soon 13. Blood type 14. Clever reply 15. One who travels by luxurious boat 20. Once more 21. Rural delivery 22. Mexican dish 23. Nigerian City 27. Is not (Span.)

29. Italy’s longest river 30. Grand __, vintage 31. Monetary unit 32. The man 33. Basics 34. Poster 35. Small remains 36. Gelatinous substance 37. A narrow opening 38. Artificial intelligence 40. Algerian coastal city 41. Canned fish 42. Milligram 44. Carrot’s partner 45. Single-celled animals 46. Movie theater 47. Necessitate 48. A state of not being used 50. Small folds of tissue 51. Gallium 52. Trauma center 54. Commands to go faster 55. New England’s football team 57. Pianoforte 61. Unit of loudness 62. Atomic number 13

HOROSCOPES ARIES – Mar 21/Apr 20 You’re trying new things and living your best life! Make the most of fun, unexpected moments and go with the flow. It looks good on you. Draw a picture of a dog Tuesday afternoon.

TAURUS – Apr 21/May 21 Taurus, your friends are everything. Cherish them and spend time with the ones you care about as much as possible. Eat a taco Wednesday night.

GEMINI – May 22/Jun 21 You’ve been overreacting to situations that aren’t as dramatic as you may think they are.

Keep a calm head and choose your battles. Pet a cat Sunday morning.

CANCER – Jun 22/Jul 22 You’re feeling blue, Cancer. Do things that make you happy and get your mind off of what’s bothering you. Light a scented candle Thursday night.

LEO – Jul 23/Aug 23 Leo, loud and proud is your motto! Flaunt it when you feel it and strut your stuff. Wear a feather boa Tuesday afternoon.

VIRGO – Aug 24/Sept 22 Virgo, you’re missing home a little too much these days. Make time for a phone call to mom or dad. It will make you feel better. Lay in grass Saturday afternoon.

LIBRA – Sept 23/Oct 23 Someone is looking your way, Libra. A new relationship might be on the horizon. Don’t rush into things though, these things take time.

Climb a tree Friday morning.

SCORPIO – Oct 24/Nov 22 You’re getting inspired by everything these days, Scorpio. Day dreaming might get you in trouble though, stay level-headed. Paint a picture of a hot dog Monday morning.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov 23/Dec 21 Lucky dog you are, Sagittarius! Things have just been going right for you lately. Try your luck gambling. Play basketball Thursday morning.

CAPRICORN – Dec 22/Jan 20 Capricorn, you are challenging authority and it feels good. Question everything and let your voice be heard! The world doesn’t hear from Capricorn too often. Go roller skating Friday night.

AQUARIUS – Jan 21/Feb 18 Aquarius, you are stressed about trying something new and scary. You got this— your the best at tackling an overwhelming situation.

Buy a new shirt Wednesday afternoon.

PISCES – Feb 19/Mar 20 You’ve been attracted to someone that’s bad for you, Pisces. Tread lightly and keep a level head. You’re better than that. Go for a hike Sunday afternoon.

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Jack of all trades

ing from that varsity sport lifts the level of the other guys.”

Though the sports seem relatively similar on While growing up in San Luis Obispo, senior dethe surface level, the transition from football fensive end Jack Ferguson played in the shadow to rugby is anything but simple. In rugby, it is of his future team, dreaming of the day he could a penalty for the defense to tackle an opponent take the field with Cal Poly football. without wrapping their arms around the offenHe never thought he would play a different sive player. In football, Ferguson does not have sport for the Mustangs, but Ferguson’s colleto worry about wrapping his arms around every giate athletic career has led him straight to Cal opposing player he tackles, as long as they still go down.

Poly Rugby.

“Often when we transfer footballers into rugCurrently, Ferguson is going through rigorous by they’re a little bit expensive, as in they make training to bulk up for the National Football League (NFL) Pro Day, where scouts come and a lot of good tackles, but they pick up a lot of watch the athletes showcase their strength, speed penalties,” Tesoriero said. “At the moment, there and athleticism. His trainers worry that he is have been no issues with Jack.” burning the candle at both ends, lifting in the To ease the transition, Ferguson had a little morning and playing rugby at night. Ferguson, help from his friends. Four Cal Poly football however, is not as worried. players decided to play rugby this season, in“Maybe some cuts and black eyes here and cluding senior center Joey Kuperman, who also there,” Ferguson said. “I’m not too worried lives with Ferguson. Kuperman played rugby about anything too serious — ­ knock for years before college, so he has on wood.” the skill set to teach his rookie An average day for Ferroommate a thing or two. guson entails six or Ferguson also made sure seven hours of lifting, to do his homework beconditioning and fore stepping on the practicing. rugby field.

“I enjoy it because “A family friend of I love being in the mine who heard I weight room or on was playing rugby acthe field,” Ferguson tually game me ‘Rugby said. “To me, that’s just for Dummies’,” FerguJAMES TESORIERO son said. “I sat down for having fun.”

According to Cal Poly Ruglike three days and read the by head coach James Tesoriero, book front to back and I learned so much.”

Ferguson’s work ethic has been contagious to his whole team since first joining after According to Ferguson, the biggest difference football season. between football and rugby is not the tackling, “[Football transfers] have very good training but the conditioning. Instead of playing in habits,” Tesoriero said. “Their work ethic comshort five-second bursts, as in football, rugby Joseph Schutz @ JoeGannonSchutz

There’s a big future for him in rugby.

DUAL-SPORT

LAUREN PLUIM | MUSTANG NE W S

| Jack Ferguson has almost seamlessly transitioned from football to rugby.

is continuous. There are no huddles after every play and very few dead ball periods for winded players to catch their breath.

“In football, there’s still the constant movement, but in rugby, you have to be able to take off for the ball whenever,” Ferguson said. “It’s so much less structured and you have to have your head on a swivel at all times.”

Though Ferguson’s main goal is to carve out a spot in the NFL like previous Cal Poly defensive linemen such as Nick Dzubnar and Josh Letuligasenoa, he has drawn some interest from professional rugby teams overseas after playing in just two matches in his lifetime.

Tesoriero has ties with Australian rugby clubs which have picked up many Cal Poly athletes in the past.

“He’s obviously ambitious about his American football,” Tesoriero said. “If that doesn’t work out, then there’s a big future for him in rugby.”

Obviously, there is a learning curve Ferguson needs to adjust to before he can compete at a

professional level, but Tesoriero thinks he can get there.

“It’s just a matter of him getting as much experience in as little of time as possible,” Tesoriero said. “So sending him down to Australia would be a bit of a crash course and [would] really accelerate his development.”

Ferguson had some reservations about jumping into a new sport, but not because of the physical differences in the two games.

He was primarily worried about stepping on anyone’s toes, as he was unsure how the club would react to a football player waltzing into the starting lineup of a sport he had never played. So far, the rugby club has welcomed the six-foot-two-inch, 270-pound human wrecking ball with open arms.

“I’m super grateful they’re giving me this opportunity,” Ferguson said. “They easily could have said ‘Screw this guy, he thinks he can come in and play,’ but I’ve tried to be as humble and respectful as possible.”

Mustangs string together first win streak of conference play Dan Dempster @ dandempsterMMJ

The Cal Poly men’s basketball team outscored Hawai’i 50-29 in the second half to win their third conference game 78-64 Saturday night in Mott Athletics Center.

Hawai’i (13-8, 4-4 Big West) controlled the lead for almost the entire first half, taking a seven-point lead into halftime. The Mustangs opened the second half with a 16-2 run to take their first lead of the game.

After four more lead changes, Cal Poly finished the game outscoring Hawai’i 20-10.

The Warriors shot 48.3 percent from the

field in the first half, including a 14-point performance from guard Sheriff Drammeh.

The Mustangs allowed Drammeh to make four consecutive three-pointers to start the game but adjusted and contained him to just five points during the rest of the game.

The Warriors’ poor ball-handling and passing resulted in 12 Cal Poly turnovers in the first half.

“High-tempo, [we were] probably going a little too fast, a little too anxious, that’s [our only] problem,” senior guard Donovan Fields said.

Although there were many unforced turnovers, head coach Joe Callero said Ha-

wai’i’s aggressive defense also gave cause for concern.

“Half of it is their good defense,” Callero said. “They jump up on the on-ball screens and they try to trap you.”

Cal Poly was successful when they had possession of the ball, shooting 47 percent from the field. They made all five three-point attempts, with senior guard Victor Joseph and redshirt freshman forward Mark Crowe both hitting two apiece. The high shooting percentages helped the Mustangs hold the Warriors’ lead to just seven going into the second half.

Cal Poly continued to shoot well after the

break, finding hot hands in forwards Luke Meikle and Jakub Niziol who both ended with 12 points. Niziol scored all of his points on four three-point shots, shooting 4-6 from beyond the arc.

Meikle was scoreless in the first half but caught on fire quickly with a three-pointer to start the second.

“I just looked to pump my shot more aggressively,” Meikle said. “The guards got me the ball in a good position in rhythm so I was able to put it up there.”

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| Donovan Fields goes up for a layup against Hawai’i Saturday night.

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Cal Poly tallied 17 assists, their second-highest total of the season. Starting guards Fields and Joseph ended with a combined eight assists and three turnovers. Although they found a rhythm in the second half, Callero said he thinks they can do better.

“I think they could’ve had a couple more [assists] earlier on here or there, but they

know that,” Callero said.

In addition to shooting a high percentage from the field, the Mustangs had 41 rebounds against the Warriors’ 24, the highest differential for Cal Poly this season.

Cal Poly is now seventh in the Big West Conference standings and will be on the road to play Cal State Fullerton Thursday, Feb. 8. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. and the game will be broadcasted live on ESPN3.

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