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GREEK SHUTDOWN Brooke Sperbeck

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Handle pulls, vodka shots and beer pong — these would no longer be frat party staples under a recently proposed greek event registration policy. The policy could be passed this week, but fraternity and sorority presidents are hung up on other details in the document. For now, greek organizations are sitting indefinitely on social probation. As negotiations continue over a proposed party registration policy for Cal Poly greek life, fraternities and sororities are now in a balancing act between rescheduling events and working to reach a compromise on the policy with administrators. “Until an agreement is reached, all Interfraternity Council (IFC), Panhellenic Council, and United Soror-

ity and Fraternity Council (USFC) chapters are on social probation,” Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life Kathryn O’Hagan wrote in an email to IFC, Panhellenic, and USFC council presidents on Friday. According to the email, an organization on social probation is not allowed to conduct any social activities within its own chapter, nor with any

other student organization. “The chapter may conduct any other activity that is not defined as social (i.e. brotherhood/ sisterhood, community service, philanthropy, meetings, alumni events, etc.) Alcohol will not be allowed at nonsocial events or activities,” O’Hagan’s email explained. Four fraternity events were cancelled this past weekend because of the pro-

bation, IFC President and business administration junior Domenic Hjerpe said. One event affected by the probation was a “formal party,” scheduled for Friday by Delta Sigma Phi, Chapter President and nutrition senior Gear McMillan said. “We were going to have something on Friday, and now we cut it and we’ve already rescheduled it for next

week, but if that doesn’t work out, we’ll just keep pushing it back, and then it might just end up getting X’d out all together,” McMillan said. Panhellenic President and business administration junior Danielle Durante said she wasn’t aware of any sorority events that had been postponed or cancelled this weekend, because most sororities had events planned later in the

month or in early February. Biological sciences sophomore and Gamma Phi Beta member Molly Fraser said her sorority did not have to cancel or postpone any events yet, and that everyone has been “OK” with the probation so far. >>

see SHUTDOWN, pg 2.

CATCH ME IF YOU CAN Big business, not university, tracks piracy on campus

Brenna Swanston @Brenna_Swanston

Shaun Kaumann Special to Mustang News

PREVIEW

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DOUBLE-DIP: Men’s and women’s

hoops defeat Santa Barbara Stephan Teodosescu and Evan Morter @steodosescu and @CPMustangSports

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Electronic music DJ Marcel Everett (XXYYXX) took the the main gym of the Recreation Center by storm this past Friday for a free concert. The 18-year-old one-man show’s performance was slated to begin at 9 p.m. to a gym full of community members. >>

see XXYYXX, pg 4.

PREVIEW Both the Cal Poly men’s and women’s basketball teams took down rival UC Santa Barbara on Saturday night. The men’s squad used a career-high 17 points from walk-on Anthony Silvestri to take down the Gauchos in Goleta for the first time since 2007. The women’s team pulled away from UC Santa Barbara in the second half of their game at home as senior center Molly Schlemer scored a career-high 37 points and senior guard Jonae Ervin became the program’s all-time leader in assists at the 10:54 mark of the first half. >>

see MEN’S, pg 10. and see WOMEN’S, pg 9.

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Every student hears it from resident advisors and the administration: If you use Cal Poly’s network resources for file sharing, they will catch you. The reality is that committing intellectual property theft on campus is nearly as easy, and risky, as doing it from home. Housed within the Higher Education Opportunity Act — a 2008 reauthorization of a 1965 bill designed to improve financial aid eligibility — exists a provision that requires universities to develop policies against online theft. At Cal Poly, every student is required to agree to the university’s information technology responsible use policy upon enrollment. But do you know how Cal Poly tracks you online? >>

see PIRACY, pg 3.

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Administration rolls out professional videos Benjy Egel @BenjyEgel When Matt Yoon was studying journalism at Cal Poly, he starting making short videos in his free time, never affiliated with the school. Seven months after his graduation, Yoon is the man behind the university’s newest public relations tool. Since the beginning of the academic year, Yoon has released eight professionalquality videos highlighting the school’s most impressive accomplishments. Cal Poly’s interest in Yoon’s work can be traced to an effort to digitize the school’s public relations, add some aesthetics to promotional content and present subjects in a favorable light. “They’re doing print, writing newsletters and emails, but ... their focus has now turned to, ‘How can we tell a story with video?’” Yoon said. It all started just before Yoon’s graduation in June 2013, when his promotional

video for Cal Poly Athletics captured the attention of school administrators. When Yoon received word Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong lost a bet and had to wear Fresno State clothing, he jumped at the opportunity to get involved with a highlevel project. Yoon reached out to Armstrong with the idea for a video, then recorded him performing poorly in the Recreation Center as a modernday Samson, weak without his trademark Mustang apparel. As Armstrong shed his Bulldog clothing and donned a Cal Poly shirt and shorts, he was able to bench press 225 pounds and dunk a basketball. Yoon said Armstrong was happy the video made him seem down-to-earth and approachable, and recommended other departments take advantage of the recent grad’s skills. “He said he felt like he could be comfortable,” Yoon said. “He wasn’t a stiff; he was himself.” The video attracted Cal Poly

Marketing and Communications employees, who commissioned Yoon for other projects, such as the announcement of a live mustang as a new university mascot. Yoon said he thought Cal Poly’s emphasis on promotional videos is an embrace of the digital era. People often have shorter attention spans when online, but can be reeled in by videos with quick messages and flashy graphics, he said. The College of Science and Mathematics’ public affairs and communications specialist Rachel Henry echoed Yoon’s sentiment. “There’s a definite population that’s more likely to click a link and watch a two-minute video than to actually read the information in printed material,” Henry said. “Things are consumed very visually these days, and I think that’s the advantage (to videos).” Music senior Ryan Waczek, one of Yoon’s friends, often provides background tunes for the videos. The two plan to team up throughout winter

New Cross Cultural Centers met with wide support SOPHIA LIU | STAFF PHOTOGRAPHER

COMBINED| The Cross Cultural Centers now includes three previously separate entities. Kayla Missman @KayMissman One quarter after the creation of the Cross Cultural Centers, the work in progress has received vast support. This past summer, the MultiCultural Center (MCC), Gender Equity Center and Pride Center joined forces to become the Cross Cultural Centers, which officially launched in fall quarter. Although each organization maintained its independence and physical space, coordinators have made an effort to support all aspects of a student’s identity — a change that students, staff and faculty have responded positively to. “The best part about the new change is being able to meet students where they’re at,” said Adam Serafin, an assistant coordi-

nator for the Cross Cultural Centers who works with the Pride Center, “being able to support students in all of their identities, not feeling like when a student comes to us — who’s looking for support, who’s looking for community — that we need to give them an A, B or C option. It’s more of an A, B and C.” Cross Cultural Centers assistant director Erin Echols, who oversees and works with all three organizations, said they have streamlined their communication process with faculty, so they are able to provide their students with opportunities to attend Cross Cultural Centers events. They have also collaborated with more clubs on campus, Echols said. Under the previous system, some students may have felt like they had to check certain parts of their

identity at the door, Serafin said. For example, for a queer student of color, the student might feel like he or she had to choose one organization — the Pride Center or the MCC — and not the other. Now, the focus has shifted. This past quarter, the Cross Cultural Centers began hosting events that the three organizations collaborated on, providing a chance for students to embrace all aspects of their identity. Instead of each organization hosting their own social each quarter, the Cross Cultural Centers hosted a “welcome back” social in Fall — which was “packed,” Serafin said. He said the event’s turnout was the most tangible evidence of student support for the Cross Cultural Centers, although they have received many positive comments from students and faculty. “We really haven’t heard anything negative from anyone,” Echols said. Want the full story? Read more at MustangNews.net

and spring quarters for more university-sponsored projects. “I can’t talk specifically about projects that they want to do, but they want to have me around for the next year,” Yoon said. While Yoon has been heavily involved this year, Cal Poly wants more videos than one person can supply. University spokesperson Matt Lazier said individual departments are responsible for creating their own videos, including hiring a videographer. “(International, Graduate and Extended) Education, their video went entirely through their office,” Lazier said. “They used their own independent contractor.” Henry hired a local company called Red Canary run by Cal Poly alumnus Todd Peterson for the College of Science and Mathematics’ video celebrating the unveiling of the Warren J. Baker Center for Science and Mathematics. The $4,000 video was intended to show the college’s

Shutdown continued from pg 1. “I think that at least in our sorority, we’ve found that we can do other things that don’t entail going to a fraternity party off campus,” she said. “It hasn’t really put a damper on the students at large, since greek life is so small.” USFC also did not have to make any changes to events because of the probation, though President and agricultural business junior Edward Yanez said he would consider moving USFC’s exchanges, which they call “twisters,” to spring quarter. “We want to give these organizations time to plan out these events, and if we stay on probation too long, we don’t want organizations to be having socials later on in the quarter when things are getting tougher in school,” Yanez said. The probation came after IFC, Panhellenic and USFC presidents were unable to meet their deadline on a finalized draft of the party registration policy Friday afternoon. Both Durante and Hjerpe said the chapter presidents of their organizations still expressed concerns over the latest draft of the policy. In a draft version of the policy obtained over the weekend by Mustang News, more details came to light about what’s being discussed between administrators and greek leaders. Among the restrictions would be a ban on hard alcohol and drinking games, as well as requirements that greek chapters register their parties and provide the names of every attendee one day in advance. In order for the policy to pass, 75 percent of IFC

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MOVIE MAN| Matt Yoon has published eight videos. gratitude to all the building’s donors, Henry said. “We wanted something that would show off the Baker Center to all the people who had helped to create it,” she said. “I think it was a very collaborative effort.” While Yoon sometimes doubles as director and cameraman, Henry assembled

a team of professors to plan out the Baker Center video before enlisting Red Canary. The video’s focus on how the Baker Center will impact students clicked with donors at a celebratory dinner, Henry said. The university’s goal of producing effective, stimulating visual messages had come true.

presidents must approve the draft, though Hjerpe would prefer all presidents approve it. Durante said a majority of Panhellenic presidents must also approve it in order for it to pass. As of Friday, Panhellenic unanimously agreed they needed more time to make revisions, as did a majority of IFC fraternities. According to both Durante and Hjerpe, the most concerning part of the policy is the section that de-

older who want to receive wristbands for alcoholic beverages, asking for every guest’s birthdate seems “a little overreaching.” “People don’t want to share their personal information, and it just seems very odd,” McMillan said. McMillan said his biggest concern is being locked into an agreement where “there’s going to be no give.” Because USFC presidents don’t meet the first week of the quarter, they had not

PERCENT OF IFC PRESIDENTS THAT MUST APPROVE THE POLICY DRAFT

fines a “fraternity party.” In the ninth section of the policy, a social event is defined, among other things, as “anything a reasonable observer would associate with the chapter.” According to Hjerpe, IFC presidents were not comfortable with the definition and wanted a clarification. “That is a very broad term, and they did not feel comfortable passing the policy with how it is currently written,” he said. Another concern from IFC includes the clause that requires fraternities to report guests’ birthdays at social events, McMillan said. Though he thinks it is reasonable to require identification from students 21 and

yet voted on the policy as of Friday, but are planning to this week, Yanez said. Though he hoped a decision would be made by the end of the week, Hjerpe could not give a firm estimate on when a compromise would be reached. He plans to meet with Dean of Students Jean DeCosta and O’Hagan tomorrow to further discuss the policy, he said. McMillan said he thought Wednesday would be an ideal date to hear back from DeCosta about the revised draft. “I feel like it was really reasonable,” McMillan said. “We didn’t radically change anything, just the wording, which in a legal document is everything.”

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Catch me if you can

Big business, not university, tracks piracy on campus Shaun Kahmann Special to Mustang News Imagine standing on the top floor of a skyscraper and staring down at densely populated city streets — that’s what Cal Poly does when it’s looking for copyright infringement on its network. You would be able to see where people gather in large groups, but wouldn’t be able to see what any particular individual is doing. In actuality, Cal Poly has no way of detecting most of the violations its policies prohibit on its own. But so long as copyright holders are willing to go after students without holding the university liable for copyright infringement, they may not have to. Before the implementation of PolyLearn, Cal Poly had no systems in place to prioritize the university’s educational resources over the rest of the Internet on its network. At the time, piracy was so rampant that students were unable to access Blackboard, the academic resource management system Cal Poly used at the time. “Before PolyLearn, students in residence halls had difficulty accessing the network because so much of the bandwidth was being used for file-sharing,” said Mary Shaffer, Cal Poly’s electronic and information technology policy and compliance officer. “So bandwidth throttling was put in place.” Bandwidth throttling involves intentionally slowing down the Internet to help alleviate congestion and reduce the risk of service outages. It also limits the amount of bandwidth users have to upload and download files, stream video and use filesharing applications. Traffic over Cal Poly’s network is monitored by Information Technology Services (ITS) in conjunction with University Housing, but they can only see aggregate bandwidth usage. While bandwidth-heavy peer-to-peer applications work more slowly on Cal Poly’s network, they are still usable. In addition, network equipment such as routers, hubs, switches, airports and internal and external network

connections like BitTorrent, Alliance and Waste are usable on the network without detection. Unless a copyright holder sends a complaint to the chief information officer (CIO), or university staff finds a forbidden piece of equipment, ITS and University Housing remain unaware. “We aren’t looking for the problem,” said Carole Schaffer, associate director of housing. “We are notified by the CIO when there’s a problem, and only then do we locate the offending student.” How the university finds you Each notice of infringement includes an IP address that ITS uses to locate the offending machine and user. The user’s access to the network is then blocked and a notification is sent to the offender. The student is then required to meet with either University Housing or the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities to demonstrate they’ve removed the infringing material. Repeat offenders can be subject to harsher penalties, including disciplinary probation, suspension or expulsion, according to Adrienne Miller, director of the Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities. While Cal Poly is far from being a major piracy hub, it has received 520 official copyright complaints in the past three years from the likes of NBC Universal, HBO and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA), Shaffer said. “The RIAA (Recording Industry Association of America) used to be our biggest complainant,” Shaffer said. “But with shows like ‘Game of Thrones’, ‘Breaking Bad’ and ‘Vampire Diaries’, music is less of an issue.” Though no complaint has resulted in litigation or expulsion, it should be noted that each violation was not discovered by the university, but by copyright holders themselves. This is often accomplished through third-party digital rights management (DRM) companies that specialize in anti-piracy monitoring. These companies use methods like torrent-trackers,

search engine removal and ad monitoring to disrupt illegal video on-demand (streaming) revenue models. Most pre-litigation letters and take down notices are sent not by the copyright holders themselves, but by companies like these. No safe harbor According to a 2011 survey conducted by Princeton Research Associates and funded by Google, 70 percent of respondents 18 to 29 said they regularly engage in downloading copyrighted material and only 52 percent believe there should be any penalty for doing so. “I downloaded the second season of ‘Arrow’ because it wasn’t available on Netflix,” mechanical engineering sophomore Kevin Jafarey said. “I’m already paying for a service, and since they didn’t have what I wanted, I shouldn’t be penalized since was forced to seek alternate means.” But there are penalties. Recent decades have given copyright holders much more legal ammunition in the form of the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). Passed in 1998, the DMCA raised the penalties for online piracy, and made circumventing access controls (cracking) a criminal offense, even if infringement hasn’t been committed. The law includes “safe harbor” provisions for Internet Service Providers, but universities don’t qualify for those provisions because they have what’s considered a “special relationship” with their students under current copyright law. This means Cal Poly can be held liable for student piracy. While it might appear the law would give the university an incentive to pursue student piracy more aggressively, it actually doesn’t. Developing written anti-piracy policies and forwarding infringement notices to violators is all Cal Poly legally has to do to shift liability to the student. “We try to educate students,” Schaffer said. “A lot of this has to do with awareness. Ultimately it’s the student’s legal responsibility to know and understand when they’re vio-

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HACKING | Cal Poly has received 520 copyright complaints in the past three years. lating copyright law.” Liability could still be an issue for Cal Poly if current disciplinary tactics fail to produce positive results. But so long as the problem doesn’t grow and Cal Poly can show it’s in compliance with the DMCA, students will most likely be held liable, according to university legal counsel Carlos Cordova. Are we all casual pirates? In 2011, the Netherlandsbased DRM Company Irdeto acquired BayTSP, a copyright monitoring company headquartered in Santa Clara, Calif., that has done extensive research into piracy in America. Using BayTSP’s research, Irdeto released what it calls the “piracy continuum,” a broadly defined spectrum of different types of pirates and why they steal. Included in the continuum

are criminals, hackers, casual pirates, frustrated consumers, confused consumers and consumers. Unlike criminals, who steal for profit, or hackers, who commit theft for the raw intellectual satisfaction of being able to bypass online security, casual pirates steal for their own consumption. In addition to being the largest group, they are also the least likely to perceive any ethical wrongdoing. Agricultural and environmental plant sciences senior Tommy Jue said he regularly torrents music, but doesn’t feel like he’s stealing. “It’s not tangible, like stealing a piece of fruit,” he said. “The way I see music is that it’s not really a commodity, it’s something to be experienced and shared.” Students at more than 80 universities have been sued by the Recording Industry

Association of American (RIAA) in the past 10 years, with many cases gaining national attention. Casey Lentz, a 21-year-old former San Francisco State student was sued by the RIAA for downloading 10 songs, which is seeking $7,500 in damages for each. At the time, the RIAA was suing so many students it had to set up a website just to help student infringers make payments. Jue said he was familiar with some of the high-profile recording industry litigation, but he doesn’t worry because he only does it in moderation. Though Jue said he feels the occasional twinge of guilt, he said he’ll continue file-sharing. “I don’t have a justification, it’s just that it’s free and easily available,” he said. “Because otherwise it costs money. Simple as that.”

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Minutes before the show, the main gym in the Recreation Center was a can of sardines. The venue was crammed — from the stage to the bleachers to the doors in the back — with loud, rowdy, dancing college students. Thirty minutes after he was slated to take the stage this past Friday night, electronic DJ XXYYXX finally made his anticlimactic entrance. XXYYXX stepped onstage, walked to the microphone and greeted his audience. “It takes a very long time to get from Florida to California,” he announced. “I learned that.” He then flipped open his primary instrument, a MacBook. The laptop’s Apple emblem glowed white as electronic music filled the gym. XXYYXX hunched over the soundboard next to his laptop, frantically turning knobs and flipping switches and bobbing his whole body to the beat, while bass thumped through the When you have fun, they have floorboards and into the audience’s throats. The DJ looked up from his soundboard and smiled at the crowd. Everyone was nodding their heads in fun. It’s different than dancing sync with the music, many with closed eyes. Microbiology freshman Katie Laramore danced enthusiastically on the sidelines with a group alone in your bedroom. of friends. She had been listening to electronic dance music for four years and was familiar with XXYYXX’s work. DJ XXYYXX “It’s really fun to dance to,” Laramore said. “I’m excited to be seeing him tonight.” A few songs into his set, XXYYXX suddenly cut off all sound and took the microphone again. “I have bad news,” he said. “Don’t be sad. I’m an idiot and I’m tired. I’ll be right back. I have to go get my charger before my computer dies at the beginning of my concert.” XXYYXX awkwardly left the then-silent stage and returned a few minutes later, charger in hand, with some life advice for his audience. “Don’t do drugs,” he said, after which he plugged in his laptop and resumed the concert. Behind the unpronounceable pseudonym, DJ XXYYXX is 18-year-

see XXYYXX, pg 6.

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Unplug with ASI’s acoustic series Kelly Trom @kttrom A new kind of musical entertainment will be kicking off this week downstairs in the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) this Wednesday. From 2 to 4 p.m., Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) is hosting the first acoustic series that will feature solely student musicians. “There are a lot of students who hang out, study and get Starbucks,” said Gage McGinnis, ASI events musical entertainment assistant and business administration senior. “We thought it would be good for students to be able to sit and enjoy some acoustic music, whether they are just passing by or sitting down and having a cup of coffee with friends.” Student musicians who played at KCPR’s open mic during fall quarter were contacted about performing at the acoustic series this quarter. The first student musician to perform is sociology freshman Nesrine Majzoub. “I think it will be cool to have live music in the UU, switching it up, because there is always music playing, but it would be cool to have real music going on,” Majzoub said. “It will be fun and hopefully brighten people’s days.” Her stage name is Nesrine Faith. She recently released a five-song EP “The Summer in Between” on iTunes, with 50 percent of the profits providing clean water to communities around the globe. Majzoub has been playing instruments since she was young, under the instruction of

her two older siblings. “I started playing instruments when I was younger, but then I ended up quitting because I got frustrated,” Majzoub said. “I picked all of the instruments that I used to play back up around middle school and high school and I have been singing for as long as I can remember.” Currently, she plays the acoustic guitar, banjo and mandolin. As much as she loves playing musical instruments, writing her own lyrics is what she is most passionate about. “Right now, I am kind of into singer-songwriter and indie folk, even if it sounds kind of cliché,” Majzoub said. “I am looking forward to explore new sounds because I love working with other people musically. I am actually having a few other people play with me for the concert.” Aerospace engineering freshman Zachary Davis is playing piano, harmonica and backup vocals with Majzoub on Wednesday. The two musicians met in the residence halls. “(Majzoub’s music) has a lot of emotional value to it,” Davis said. “A lot of the lyrics in her songs are storybased. It has an emotional message behind it, things that have actually happened in her life. I describe her music as really kind of eyeopening. Of course, the music behind it has really great flow, really deep resonating crazy fulfilling chords.” Her lyrics and songwriting inspiration are molded not only by something that happened in her own life, but by

various thoughts and creative ways that she views the world. “Sometimes it starts with a metaphor I think of or something I see that is inspiring,” Mazjoub said. “A lot of times, it is just about things that happen in life. A lot of it is also influenced by what I believe in and my faith. I think it is important that lyrics resonate with your audience and being able to spread a positive message through that.” Not only will students in the UU get to experience Mazjoub’s original music that is on her EP, but she will also be doing acoustic covers of both older and popular songs. “We are doing an acoustic cover of Capital Cities’ ‘Safe and Sound,’” Davis said. “That’s one of my favorite songs and to take an electronic song and to put an acoustic spin on it, it sounds really cool. I think that is going to be a lot of fun up on stage.” Majzoub has performed at a variety of open mics, small shows, church gatherings and fundraising events. She loves the energy of playing in front of a live audience. “I want to be able to spread hope and love somehow in other people’s lives,” Mazjoub said. “Whether it is through me being able to talk to them or being able to play music for them, that is what I hope for.” While Mazjoub’s voice will be heard this Wednesday, two other student artists throughout the quarter will be playing to round out the series. “I think (the acoustic series) is a really cool, fun way to get students in-

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PRESS PLAY | Sociology freshman Nesrine Majzoub (above) will perform Wednesday.

“I want to be able to spread hope and love somehow in other people’s lives. Whether it is through me being able to talk to them or being able to play music for them, that is what I hope for.” NESRINE MAJZOUB | SOCIOLOGY FRESHMAN volved playing music, especially on campus,” Davis said. “When you have people like Nesrine and I, who really enjoy music and have been playing all of our lives, it gives us an opportunity to play for a lot of people.” In all of the acoustic shows

this quarter, the music will be unplugged and raw. “There is one thing that acoustic music has that electronic doesn’t,” Davis said. “I guess it’s that warmth of the actual tone behind everything, because electronic music sometimes sounds kind

of harsh and cold. I like how acoustic music sounds warm, and all of the chords mix so well together.” The other two acoustic series performances will be on Jan. 29 and Feb. 19, featuring Alyssa Wigant and Kevin Hedgi, respectively.

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The Boss’ latest more than odds and ends Parker Evans @parker_d_evans Parker Evans is an economics senior and Mustang News music columnist. Guitars aren’t cool anymore. The kids are picking up synthesizers instead of Stratocasters and rock’s mainstays have been displaced by dancepop and hip hop. Of course, rock has been under attack before and made it through to the other side, largely thanks to the ceaseless work of its lord and savior, Bruce Springsteen. It wouldn’t be quite right to call High Hopes a return to form for Springsteen; his previous album, Wrecking Ball, was an underrated comeback aimed square at the heart of the Great Recession and much of that album’s spirit continues here, even if the themes are necessarily scattered. High Hopes is a smorgasbord of freshly recorded songs from the past decade

XXYYXX continued from pg 4. old Marcel Everett of Orlando, Fla. Only minutes before his scheduled performance time, he sat in his small, designated lounge, devouring a bowl of potato chips, looking like any average teenager. And, like any average teenager, Everett is not quite sure what he wants to do with his life. Having recently graduated high school, he is torn between going to college and com-

that never made it onto a full studio album. Most tracks are concert staples for Springsteen, whose live performances are still the stuff of legend, and the result is something in between a fresh album and a collection of B-sides and covers. Many of the tracks might be familiar for serious fans, but the effort and production put into the album from start to finish make it clear that this is more than just an assortment of rarities or outtakes. The massive opening title track leaves no doubt about The Boss’ continued brilliance as a commander, deftly balancing the E Street Band’s punchy horns and energetic piano with collaborator Tom Morello’s sharp, squealing guitar. Here and there, a lively choir pops up to back the gruff, familiar vocals, part of a holdover from the scrapped gospel project Springsteen was working on before Wrecking Ball. It’s a wonderful introduc-

tion to an album of creative odds and ends. These tracks weren’t left out of the previous studio material due to any lack of quality, but because Springsteen (ever the visionary perfectionist) felt they didn’t adhere enough to the albums’ themes. “American Skin (41 Shots)” was written in 2000 after the infamous police shooting death of Amadou Diallo at the hands of NYPD officers, but the song recently returned to Springsteen’s setlists after the 2012 death of Trayvon Martin. Ultimately, High Hopes is a little bit too reliant on inspirational Springsteen at the expense of the arguably superior frustrated Springsteen and righteously angry Springsteen. The joy of “Frankie Fell In Love” is almost enough to make you forget “Rosalita” was more than 40 years ago, but Springsteen doesn’t let us forget he’s also the genius who penned “Nebraska.” On the sparse, somber Viet-

mitting full-time to his music, he said. “I’m juggling both the idea of college and of music,” Everett said. “But I’m pretty sure I’ll be making music either way.” After all, he was able to balance his music career with his high school courses. “Not that I ever showed up,” he said. Everett began his musical career at age 9, when he started playing guitar. He picked up piano at 12, joined his first band at 13 and endured his first band breakup

at 15. That year, he began dabbling in electronic music. In the beginning, he put out his electronic music on Tumblr under the name “XXYYXX” simply because it was an available username, he said. Now, only three years later, Everett has made a mark on the electronic dance music scene, performed in venues as large as Red Rocks Amphitheatre in Colorado and has no intention of stopping here. “I feel like making music is just a part of my personality,” he said.

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The audio files nam War memorial “The Wall,” he tiptoes on the line between melodrama and real pain. High Hopes sags a bit in the middle, but it picks up with a new version of Springsteen’s own “Ghost of Tom Joad” from the weak 1995 album of the same name. As it turns out, what the origi-

nal version was missing was Tom Morello, whose distinctive lead guitar lends the old song new life. The album closes the same way his concerts do as of late — with a soaring, Springsteenified cover of Suicide’s “Dream Baby Dream.” To hear it described, a Springsteen concert is practically

a religious service and Pastor Bruce’s final call to action is a fine synthesis of his extraordinary career to date. As a fan, it’s a relief to hear High Hopes. The earnestness and soul never left, but the edge did, and to hear The Boss right again is to know that everything is right in the world.

“I’m not the biggest fan of XXYYXX, but at 18 years old, I feel like he has huge potential and is doing pretty well. MINNAL KUNNAN | COMPUTER SCIENCE JUNIOR Computer science junior Minnal Kunnan became familiar with XXYYXX through other musicians of the same genre, so he attended the DJ’s Cal Poly concert. Considering Everett’s young age, Kunnan was impressed overall by his performance, he said. “I’m not the biggest fan of XXYYXX, but at 18 years old, I feel like he has huge potential and is doing pretty well,” he said. Of all age groups, Everett enjoys performing for college students because they get

more into the music, he said. “When you perform at a club, people are 26, 27,” he said. “They’re more concerned with how cool they are. They don’t really get down with the music.” College students, however, become more engaged with the performance. “They’re younger,” he said. “They just want to do something and have fun.” Everett has performed at University of San Diego, New York University and University of Florida, but he particularly looked forward

to performing in San Luis Obispo because he knew it was a fun college town. “I wanted to stay and chill longer,” he said. Although Everett had less free time in San Luis Obispo than he would have liked, he said the performance is always the most important and enjoyable part of his trips. “The energy bounces back and forth with the crowd,” he said. “When you have fun, they have fun. It’s different than dancing alone in your bedroom. It’s a different energy.”

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Proposed party policy oversteps bounds Mustang News Editorial Board @CPMustangNews The editorial board of Mustang News has taken a hard stance against some of greek life’s actions in the past. But when it comes to the ongoing discussions about a new party registration policy, administrators are forcing greeks to swallow policies that go beyond what’s reasonable. While demanding greeks to register parties is a prudent move that will likely curb out-of-control activity, rules also on the negotiating table would ban shots,

drinking games and attendees from serving hard alcohol at greek events. Also included is a four-hour time limit on greek events with alcohol, as well as a midnight cutoff for parties and an 11 p.m. end-time for serving alcohol. Forgetting for a moment the logistical challenges that will come from implementing these policies, they are extreme on their own. As all fraternities and sororities sit on indefinite social probation until an agreement on this policy is reached, it provides both sides time to change the rules — and improve them.

“If these regulations were to be placed on another student group, it would be a clear overreach by administrators into the ability of students to throw responsible parties between them and their friends.” MUSTANG NEWS EDITORIAL BOARD

Yes, greek life’s recent history has been immature and, at times, dangerous. But their actions haven’t earned the crackdown administrators are envisioning. Take, for example, one of the policies proposed: All names of party guests must be submitted to the university 24 hours before an event, and all their birthdays must be submitted in a follow-up guest list. Apparently it’s not enough for Cal Poly administrators to know what parties are going on every weekend — they want to know exactly who’s going to be there and how old they are. There’s no reason for this invasive practice, especially for nonstudents and for individuals below the age of 21 who will not be drinking. Then there are the rules on drinking games and hard alcohol. Some Cal Poly greeks have made irresponsible alcohol choices in the past, but does that really call for an outright ban on anything stronger than wine? If a student of legal drinking age wants to bring whiskey in a flask and sip it responsibly throughout the night, the

university shouldn’t prohibit that. As for drinking games, they don’t always encourage “inappropriate drinking behaviors,” as the proposed policy says. Most college students have seen King’s Cup, Beer Pong and Flip Cup played in ways that — yes — get people intoxicated, but don’t fall into the category of “inappropriate.” And when parties have to stop serving alcohol at 11 p.m. and close up shop at midnight, it will logically encourage more unregulated partying after 12 a.m. — an early hour for college students. This policy isn’t comparable to local rules, where bars stop serving alcohol at 1:30 a.m. and close at 2 a.m. Logistically, these policies will be nearly impossible to enforce. With the amount of security required — and the need for greeks to now pay for additional University Police Department officers if the dean of students deems it necessary — greek members will be tempted to have off-the-books gatherings, which will be difficult for the university to police. If sober members are responsible

for enforcing the policies, it will be placing on a huge burden of enforcement on greek members who have a vested interest in seeing their party restrictions remain loose. Unless Cal Poly dispatches a findand-report-frat-parties team every weekend, the university could end up in the dark on what’s happening off campus. If these regulations were to be placed on another student group, it would be a clear overreach by administrators into the ability of students to throw responsible parties between them and their friends. And while greek life is a higher risk population, there are other measures that can be taken — such as strict party registration and ID enforcement — that would be effective and reasonable. This proposed policy is neither. This represents the opinion of the Mustang News editorial board, which includes J.J. Jenkins, Carly Rickards, Sean McMinn and Olivia DeGennaro.

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Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering sophomore and Mustang News conservative columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News. New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie finally made a blunder. And he won’t hear the end of it for a long time. After Christie’s top aides authorized a temporary closing of the George Washington Bridge that connects New York and New Jersey, the media has taken aim at Christie. With evidence that the aides closed the bridge for political gain, Christie has been doing quite a bit of apologizing and explaining. Because the bridge closure happened during election season and Christie was in full “campaign mode,” it’s entirely likely Christie had no knowledge of the closure. Still, no evidence has been found directly linking Christie to the bridge closure. Christie issued a 108-minute apology speech on Jan. 9, stating innocence while pledging to get to the bottom of the situation within his administration. The startling issue isn’t the bridge closure itself, but the media’s hypocrisy about the situation. Christie’s bridge scandal directly parallels the Obama administration’s Benghazi scandal. However, most media outlets are quick to place blame on Christie over the bridge incident before placing blame on President Obama over Benghazi. American media’s left-leaning bias is another story in itself, but the Benghazi and “Bridgegate” events have been given incredibly uneven press coverage, especially for their relative size and effects. First of all, the attacks in Benghazi resulted in the loss of four American lives. The bridge closure resulted in hundreds of Americans maybe being forty minutes late to work. In the grand scheme of politics (and life), four deaths is quite a bit more important than a few days of being late to work. However, most of the mainstream media is not treating it this way. Whether it’s because the bridge closure is Chris Christie’s first major

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conservative columnist at a university in one of the most liberal states in the country, there’s not much I can do to expose or change the media hypocrisy over these two issues. But I ask that every voting American look into every important issue and “scandal” before drawing a final conclusion. Remember, the truth isn’t always what you read or hear; sometimes, the truth requires a little more digging.

“I reiterate once more that Christie made a mistake. He let his own staff slip out of his hands, even if just for a little while. But these days, that’s all that it takes for the media to obsess over any politician (especially a Republican).” ERIC STUBBEN | CONSERVATIVE COLUMNIST

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Women’s basketball rolls over UCSB Evan Morter @CPMustangSports It was a night filled with milestones as two Mustangs broke personal and school records. Cal Poly defeated Blue-Green rival UC Santa Barbara 88-70 in the Mott Athletics Center on Saturday and moved to 2-0 in conference play. Coming off a career-high 37 points on Wednesday, senior guard Jonae Ervin broke the all-time Cal Poly women’s basketball assist record, passing Laura Buehning (390) with 394 career assists. “I just love setting up my teammates,” Ervin said. Senior center Molly Schlemer and senior guard Ariana Elegado produced 30 of the Mustangs' first 31 points of the game and 67 of the team’s 88 total points. Schlemer recorded her eighth double-double of the season with a career-high 37 points and 15 rebounds. The Santa Maria native was successful in the paint against the Gauchos, making 16 of her 20 shots in the game. “To do it against UCSB, our rival, just feels great,” Schlemer said. “Credit to my teammates for giving me the ball and recognizing that I was going to work inside, but it’s just unbelievable, 37.”

Prior to the game, the plan was to pound it inside with the height advantage that Schlemer brings, head coach Faith Mimnaugh said. “She was great,” Mimnaugh said. “Every time, she was money. Every time we gave her the ball she pretty much scored. She’s a load.” Elegado led the team in scoring at halftime and finished the game with 30 points, one less than her career best. Cal Poly shot an efficient 50 percent from the field and the defense kept the Gauchos’ “big three” in check, Mimnaugh said. “They’re some real great players to go against,” she said. “It took every single bit of effort that we had to try to neutralize them.” The Mustangs led the Gauchos 46-39 at the half, but they quickly separated themselves from UC Santa Barbara in the second. The improvement in the second frame was a result of the halftime talk, Mimnaugh said. “I didn’t feel we were as strong defensively as we needed to be,” she said. “I challenged them to pick it up.” In the second half, the Mustangs held the Gauchos to just 31 points and 30 percent shooting. “I was really proud our team stayed with the game

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BUCK THE GAUCHOS | Junior guard Ariana Elegado scored 30 points in a 88-70 victory over UC Santa Barbara plan,” Mimnaugh said. “Anytime we beat Santa Barbara it’s a feather in our cap.” The Mustangs moved to 8-7

overall and 2-0 in conference play, and will travel to Cal State Northridge (5-10) for a Big West matchup on Thurs-

Wrestling dropped by Boise State

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Erik Chu @CPMustangSports At the end of the match, the demeanor on the Mustangs' bench said it all. The majority of the wrestling team looked on in silence as the Mustangs fell to Boise State 35-6 in a Pac-12 dual meet on Sunday in Mott Athletics Center. Cal Poly dropped to 2-3 with Sunday’s loss. Meanwhile, the victory for the Broncos was the only one in their California road trip as they improved to 2-3 on the year. They fell to Stanford 19-12 on Thursday and to Bakersfield 19-13 on Friday. The Kastl brothers were the lone bright spots for the Mustangs, as Dominic and Blake were Cal Poly’s only winners on the day. Blake Kastl, a redshirt freshman, won by a 3-2 decision at 149 pounds by capitalizing on a first period take-

down. Blake improved his record to an impressive 14-6 on the year. His brother, junior Dominic, a former Pac-12 champion at 165 pounds, continued his superb season with a dominating 8-2 victory over Austin Dewey of Boise State, improving his record to 9-2 for the season. Dominic entered the match ranked No. 20 at 174 pounds by Intermat, and wrestled for the first time in three weeks Sunday after sustaining an ankle injury in the Reno Tournament of Champions earlier in the season. “I was looking to be more aggressive, since my opponent was unranked and I had the better record,” Dominic said. “This was a good match for me to come back after a setback from my injury. I look forward to working even harder than I have the entire season and hopefully inspire the rest of my teammates to put to-

gether a winning streak.” In the other matches, Boise State dominated the Mustangs. Pins from 197-pounder Cody Dixon and 285-pounder J.T. Dixon propelled Boise State to an insurmountable lead. However, the Mustangs didn't go down without a fight. At 125 pounds, Cal Poly’s Britain Longmire battled to a 2-2 draw with Boise State’s Rami Haddadin, but ultimately fell on 1 minute, 43 seconds of riding time that Haddadin compiled. Another highly-contested match was at 165 pounds as Boise State’s Steven Hernandez scored a takedown in the second period and held on for a 3-1 decision over Sohrab Movahedi. Cal Poly looks to rebound from the loss when it hosts Menlo College for a nonconference dual meet Saturday at 2 p.m. in Mott Athletics Center.

day looking to maintain sole possession of first place in the conference standings. “We’re just going to keep

working at it, taking it one game at a time,” Schlemer said. “A championship is in the future.”

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Men’s hoops wins in SB for first time since ‘07

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Stephan Teodosescu @steodosescu SANTA BARBARA — More than a year ago, Anthony Silvestri was playing pickup basketball at Cal Poly’s Recreation Center. Now, the junior walk-on is finding his groove with thousands looking on in NCAA gyms. Silvestri scored a team-high 17 points in 15 minutes of play as the Cal Poly men’s basketball team (6-9, 2-0 Big West) knocked off rival UC Santa Barbara in Goleta for the first time since 2007 with a 72-64 triumph at the Thunderdome. “The start at Delaware really helped my confidence,” Silvestri said of the turning point for his season. “I hit my first shot of the game and

ever since then it seems like they’ve been kind of falling.” Silvestri got his first-career start in a loss to the Blue Hens on Jan. 4 and led the team with a then-careerhigh 14 points. He bested that against the Gauchos with his 17 points to validate head coach Joe Callero’s announcement at the beginning of the season that the San Francisco native had earned a scholarship for next year. Then, on Saturday, Silvestri’s 3-pointer with 7:11 left in the first half gave Cal Poly a lead it would never relinquish. “At the end of the day, you’ve got to put the brown thing in the round thing and he does that as well as anybody in the conference,” Callero said of Silvestri’s

shooting touch. Along with Silvestri’s double-digit performance in which he sank five 3-pointers, the Mustangs got 34 points from the bench and had four different players in double figures for the night. But arguably the biggest sequence came from senior forward Chris Eversley in the waning moments of the Blue-Green Rivalry. After UC Santa Barbara (9-5, 0-1) cut the Cal Poly lead to three points with 4:01 left in the game, Eversley hit a jumper and a 3-pointer on back-to-back possessions to pull away from the Gauchos. “It’s definitely good to have those shots fall,” Eversley said. “I worked on it this summer and I was able to

knock down some shots at the end.” With the win, the Mustangs halted a six-game slide at the Thunderdome. It was only the third time in the program’s Division I history that the Mustangs beat the Gauchos on their home court. “We always seem to struggle on the road, so it’s nice to get that first road win of the season against a really good team,” Silvestri said. The Big West’s Preseason Player of the Year Alan Williams led all scorers with 33 points, 22 of which came in the second frame for UC Santa Barbara. But the Mustangs’ defense shut down the rest of the Gauchos as only one other player scored in

double-figures. “We knew (Williams) was going to get his and then it was that fact of containing everybody else … our game plan worked tonight,” Eversley said. The Mustangs shot 45.3 percent from the field, including 11 for 18 from downtown compared to the Gauchos’ 2 of 17 shooting from 3-point land. Sophomore wing David Nwaba scored 14 points, including four free throws inside 1:30 to go in the game that helped ice the victory. Everlsey added 13 and freshman guard Taylor Sutlive helped ignite Cal Poly’s bench as he hit three 3-pointers and scored 11 points.

“The way the bench played, it bought minutes for (the starters), it bought the energy and gave us energy in that first part of the second half,” Callero said. In its first two league games, the Mustangs have now defeated the top two teams in the Big West in terms of records entering conference play. Cal Poly beat Hawaii 77-65 at home on Thursday. The Mustangs will return home for their next two games with matchups against Cal State Northridge on Thursday and Long Beach State on Saturday. Tip-off is set for 7 p.m. in Mott Athletics Center for both games.