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Shabang reigns supreme despite rainy weather JASON HUNG | MUSTANG NE WS RESILIENCE

| Despite Saturday’s downpour, Shabang persisted with attendees huddled together under canopies in jackets and makeshift ponchos to shield themselves from the storm. Michelle Zaludek @michellenistic

2.13 inches of rain fell near Cal Poly’s campus this weekend

Two canopies perched at the top of the West Cuesta Ridge Trail were all that stood between Shabang and the onslaught of wind and rain on Saturday. The crowd — some in windbreakers and others bundled in makeshift trash bag ponchos — did its best to keep the air festive for the charity music event. A beach ball bounced in the main canopy, giving off vibes that were more tropical than tropical storm, while drinks peeked out from the safety of ponchos to keep the illusion steady. While a few seemed sullen because of the rain, the energy was mostly enthusiastic — with the crowd seeming happy to have the opportunity to come together at the top of the ridge. “It was still really, really fun,” Shabang co-creator Greg Golf said. “There were just really good vibes, with everybody meeting new people and being willing to help out and have an awesome time.” But band members at the beginning of the event were less enthusiastic. They had to push all their equipment up the grade — about a 20-minute trek — while trying to protect it from water damage. Rain could destroy the instruments, and the sharp rushes of wind weren’t ideal for carrying sound. “It’s just like — it could ruin your equipment to play in this weather,” electrical engineering sophomore and Shoot the Mariner drummer Dan Potts said. “Like, hundreds if not thousands of dollars.” A few gave the impression that at that point, they’d rather not perform. “It’s a shitshow,” said mechanical engineering sophomore Nickie Gurney, guitarist and vocalist for Honestly, Nothing. “Like, my amp is in two garbage bags right now … and I’m already cold and wet — it’s a mess, I don’t know,” Gurney said. But approximately 30 minutes into the event, a guitar growled to life under the main canopy, and Shoot the Mariner started to play. The crowd packed in tighter, swarming the stage space and cheering for a show

they thought might not happen. Most of the band was barely protected from the onslaught of rain under the canopy, with Potts looking like he was getting the worst of it, stuck behind his drum set at the very back of the canopy. But they kept at it, looking confident on the stage despite the wet bursts of wind that kept slamming against the crowd. And as music started to echo down the hill, more people hiked up the grade in droves. It was impressive for Golf to see how an event that was once just a quick gathering of approximately 40 friends, a generator and a live band, two years ago could grow. After all, it had only started from a short conversation between co-creators Golf and Carson Stone while they were volunteering at a homeless shelter, where they wanted to have one last ‘“shabang” with each other. The addition of co-creator Alexander Schwend to the team shortly thereafter helped Shabang draw larger crowds, growing to approximately 100 people by the second and up to approximately 500 by the fourth. And even with the weather this year, Shabang managed to draw more than 300 people, according to Golf. After the second Shabang, the creators decided to utilize the event’s growing popularity for good. All of the profits this year are set to be given to a

charity voted on by the attendees a charity about land conservia a Facebook poll. The Land vation. So I wish we had been Conservancy of San Luis Obispo more proactive about keeping County looked to be the big win- the area clean and communiner by Sunday morning, with more cating the importance of that to than 120 votes. everybody there.” “I think one of the big things about Shabang is that it looks over some of the best parts of California. People who came here wanted to keep that land pristine, and keep up the aesthetic beauty so it retains “THERE WERE JUST REALLY it’s natural qualities,” Golf GOOD VIBES, WITH EVERYBODY said regarding The Land MEETING NEW PEOPLE AND Conservancy’s win. BEING WILLING TO HELP OUT AND Shabang’s online donaHAVE AN AWESOME TIME.” tion page raised about $580 by Sunday — about 58 percent SHABANG CO-CREATOR of its $1,000 goal. But Golf said GREG GOLF that despite the fact that final totals haven’t been tallied yet, he’s confident that Shabang brought in enough money to be able However, Golf explained that to donate a large profit to The he was proud of how much more Land Conservancy. coordinated the event has beGolf also admitted that this come over time, explaining how event highlighted a few things that happy he was with the Shabang they needed to improve, citing or- staff ’s ability to provide safe and ganization as the most important. accessible transportation, as well The trashcans were a big problem, as give mostly local performers he explained. Despite the fact that the chance to play in front of a they had 10 around the site, they large crowd. And, more imporweren’t being watched carefully tantly, help a local charity while enough, and the Shabang staff had having fun. to head back to the ridge to pick “I also just want to thank everyup trash the next morning. body who came, though,” Golf “We didn’t want to damage the added. “Everybody worked hard land,” Golf said. “Even though together so that we could all come we picked (the trash) all up, it together and put all of our effort was just like, we’re donating to toward a good cause.”

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| The rain posed a major challenge for band members who worried about damaging equipment during the event.

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I just want to help Cal Poly students make their lives easier. APP CREATOR

VANESSA FORNEY

PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY GEORGIE DE MATTOS | MUSTANG NE WS CARPOOL | Forney and Lukens created Poly Rides to help students find rides more easily. The app, which has more than 2,500 downloads, organizes rides being requested and offered based on where students need to go.

Ride share page gets simplified with new app Natsuki Nishikawa @CPMustangNews

With spring break coming up, many students will be looking for rides home to their families. The Cal Poly Ride Share Facebook page is sure to be full of people offering trips. So full, in fact, that ride offerings may get buried under mounds of other posts. Computer science graduate student Vanessa Forney and software engineering senior Myra Lukens have a plan to circumvent the logjam: a free smartphone app called Poly Rides, born out of Cal Poly classes and designed to organize rides based upon location, among other factors. “I just want to make ride shar-

ing easier,” Forney said. “There are all these people who don’t have rides home and they actually have to go through the effort to find one ... I just want to help Cal Poly students make their lives easier.” The Cal Poly Ride Share Facebook group, which now has more than 12,000 members, was founded by former Cal Poly student Jayne Ellis in 2011. Ellis helped Lukens and Forney with general ideas and concepts learned from building the page into what it is now. “I created the page as a freshman, and I didn’t have a car,” Ellis said. “I knew a lot of other people who didn’t have (cars), and I just wanted to try and create an easier way for students to travel. A lot of students have

cars, so it would be easier and more energy-efficient if people could carpool their rides.” The Facebook layout pushes old posts or posts with no activity to the bottom of the page. Because many students use the group and numerous posts are made on a normal weekend, finding the right ride can be inconvenient and time-consuming. Security issues exist as well. The Ride Share group is public, meaning that anyone with a Facebook account can see it, including people unaffiliated with Cal Poly. Forney and Lukens designed Poly Rides with the problems in mind, hoping to find a safer, easier way for people to find rides. “We want to keep it simple and

straightforward,” Forney said. “We don’t want to overcomplicate things and make people confused about ride sharing. A lot of people use the Facebook group because it’s really simple; all you have to do is post and talk to people. So essentially, we want the same functionality with the added benefits of being able to find rides within a certain day, so it will actually be easier to find rides.” Lukens and Forney began creating the app during Winter 2015 for an iOS app development class. As users of the Ride Share group, they decided to make an app as a continuation of the group; it will allow students to coordinate rides more efficiently. They continued to work on the

app after the class ended and first released it in the App Store in September 2015. Now also available in Google Play, Poly Rides currently has more than 2,500 downloads. Some features of the app include Facebook integration, inapp messaging, autocomplete through Google and a map displaying the destination of the drivers. Other travel options, like flying and taking Amtrak trains, exist for students without a car. But a United Airlines flight from San Luis Obispo to Los Angeles costs $170-300, and a similar train ride costs about $40 — and takes longer than driving in a car. Rides on the ride share page can be anywhere from $1025, depending on the distance

travelled, vehicle’s fuel efficiency, number of passengers and driver’s generosity. Last November, Lukens and Forney participated in the Elevator Pitch Competition, where students of all majors shared product ideas, innovative services or a startup plan at any stage of development. Poly Rides won the Audience’s Choice Award and received $675, which has been used to advertise the app with flyers, posters and T-shirts. Lukens and Forney are planning to add more features, such as Cal Poly email verification, reviews for both drivers and passengers and women-only rides. “We’re by no means done,” Lukens said. “We’re actually just beginning.”

Weekend parking postponed indefinitely Naba Ahmed @nabaahmed

On-campus weekend parking enforcement has been postponed indefinitely, according to the University Police Department (UPD) Chief of Police George Hughes. “Obviously, when we started rolling out this change, we had a lot of feedback from the campus with a lot of questions and concerns,” Hughes said. “We wanted to make sure that we got the proper input from all of the campus community members to make sure before we make any

change that we have them properly notified and educated.” There are three main reasons Parking Services wanted to enforce weekend parking: management of all vehicles that come to campus, a source of revenue and equity of parking for the campus community. “The first was management of all the vehicles that come to campus on the weekends, because we have seen a dramatic increase in the past three or four years of people coming to campus on the weekend,” Hughes said. “The second component was the revenue. The third is just to

make sure that we are being equitable to everyone on campus. Let’s say you purchase a permit that is good for the quarter or the year — you’re supplementing free parking for those who want to come on the weekend.” Seven-day parking enforcement would provide an increase in revenue for Parking Services, a self-sustaining entity that is funded by parking permits and citations. However, this would only generate approximately $30,000-50,000 per year. Based off of feedback from the campus community, the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors opposed the implementation of weekend parking fees. The resolution was authored by business administration sophomore Daniela Czerny, materials engineering junior Sarah Zerga and political science sophomore Ryan Durante. They have been working on this resolution for the past six weeks, gathering information from students, administration and UPD. At the Board of Directors

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| On-campus parking will continue to be free over the weekends to help the parking problem.

meeting on March 2, the resolution passed unanimously, Board of Directors Chair and mechanical engineering senior Vittorio Monteverdi said. The university’s Administration and Finance department has hired parking consultants to meet with the board spring quarter to discuss other ways to fix the on-campus parking problem. “They’ve hired a parking consul-

tant to come and speak to the campus, speak to faculty, speak to the students and really get feedback on how can we fix this problem more than just making students pay to come on the weekends,” Monteverdi said. “We wanted to get the student voice out there so that when the consultants come, we can assert that students really don’t want to pay for parking on Sunday and Saturday.” Since the resolution passed, Park-

ing Services will approach changes to parking in a different way. “Instead of looking at one piece of the parking puzzle, there are a lot of changes occurring on this campus,” Hughes said. “So we want to study the entire parking services program, and then look at what changes overall should be made to better provide parking ser vices on campus.”

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ARTS | 4

Poet Bri Blue ‘in the right place’ at ATOG Michelle Zaludek @michellenistic

Poet and author Bri Blue took to the Another Type of Groove (ATOG) stage this month to add to ATOG’s HERstory series. Blue is a written and spoken-word poet from Berkeley with three published books of poetry to her name. She was named Best Female Spoken Word Artist in the 2014 and 2015 Bay Area Black Music Awards, and named the Most Inspiring Writer in the Bay Area in the 2014 H.O.P.E. Awards, according to Blue’s website. She also recently launched her Unapologetically You campaign to “empower, inspire and uplift women from all walks of life whom have ever found themselves unsure of their value, worth or purpose,” according to her website. The following is a Q&A with Blue, which has been edited for space and clarity.

MN: What’s the last book you read? BB: Oh, boy. What is the last book I read? I’m a reader too, and I haven’t had any time. I’ve been re-reading, you could say, 48 Laws of Power, at the insistence of my husband. And trying to actually get something from it other than just reading it; trying to apply it … to the journey that I’m currently on, creatively and artistically. And taking it away from just being about poetry and actually learning what it means to have power in words, both written and spoken. It’s pretty intense. MN: How did you start creating poetry? BB: Let’s see — I wrote my first poem in the eighth grade, and my teacher accused me of plagiarism. It was the oddest thing, I guess, because people didn’t think I could do that kind of thing. I went to a predominantly white prep school for junior high, and she said: “There’s no way someone like you could have written a poem like that.” So, for me, it took off from

GABBY PA JO | MUSTANG NE WS HERSTORY | Blue celebrated women’s history by performing at ATOG.

there. I kept writing after that. I performed for the first time when I graduated from high school, and then I started performing publicly in college. So 2001, I guess you could say, was my jump-off. MN: How do you write a poem? BB: I write when I’m going through it. I, unfortunately, am not one of those people who can write during happy times. Maybe I’m too busy enjoying the happy times. When I’m feeling at my lowest, between a rock and hard place, and don’t know how to bring myself out of it without some outside force, I’ve got to write. I write when there’s something happening to people close to me, or around me, that make me feel like if I’m silent, then I’m a part of the problem. Those are the times that I write, because those are the times that I’m most passionate. MN: How would you explain what your poetry is about to someone who’s never heard it before? BB: I’ve come across a lot of those people. I always say I’m not a stereotypical poet. I don’t write about the birds and trees, and I don’t expect snaps and incense burning or the things you hear associated with spoken word and with poetry. I tell people I’m the type of poet who writes about what is. About what is unpopular. What is best left unspoken by a lot of people. What is uncomfortable for some. What is necessary to say, but not often said. I’m the poet that will make you think, and make you upset about the fact that you have to think sometimes. But you’ll remember it, and it’ll stick in your

mind, and you’ll relate in some shape or form. I guess you could say I am what people would never expect a poet to look like. MN: What inspiration do you draw from other poets? BB: One of the things I think I lacked when I started out was

rawest stuff I’ve ever heard. And then he’ll put it in a notebook and nobody will hear it. And I’ll be like, “Dude! Can you be my ghost writer?” I get a lot of my inspiration from him. Because I see that other side of it — the side where you’re really just writing for you. And I didn’t get how that could resonate with

I WRITE WHEN THERE’S SOMETHING HAPPENING TO PEOPLE CLOSE TO ME, OR AROUND ME, THAT MAKE ME FEEL LIKE I’M SILENT, THEN I’M PART OF THE PROBLEM. BRI BLUE POET AND AUTHOR reading other people. I didn’t learn my craft the way that I needed to. But now, I joined my first slam team last year, so I was on the Oakland Slam Poetry Team, and I had never slammed before. And I watched these people … and I was like, “This is a whole other world!” I had never been exposed to the competition side of poetry and the people who are able to get that passion out in three minutes. When I first started out, Scorpio Blues … was someone I was immediately drawn to. She was speaking with a voice that I could only hope to get at some point. Mahogany Browne … she’s phenomenal. She’s won all kinds of awards from the city, from the community — she’s jump-started people’s careers. My husband — he’s a better writer than I am. He’s a much more profound and prolific writer. But he doesn’t have the passion behind it. So, for him, he’ll write hundreds of pieces and it’d be the

someone else. So it inspires me to push. MN: How has your idea of poetry changed since you started? BB: Man. I didn’t know poetry could be fun. But I also didn’t know that poetry is cutthroat. Especially the slam scene. It’s reminiscent of the music scene and entertainment all around. I didn’t view poetry as entertaining like that before. I think everybody will give the cliche: “It’s healing, it’s therapeutic, it’s putting your soul out on paper.” I didn’t know it was a genre of its own, so completely widespread, that it was exciting to me. I used to be an athlete — I was a basketball player. So, for me, that camaraderie, that teamwork, that coming together and being on display and performing was — I lived for that. Being able to see that in poetry? I was like: I can really do this! And

I can have fun with it, but still get my point across. And meet other people who have the same level of passion and drive that I do. And I never would have imagined that in high school. I always say I’m not just another poet. I have a lot of higher ambitions. But poetry has been a stepping stone to where it is I’m trying to go. MN: What did you think of the student performers? BB: I was actually quite surprised! You never know what to expect at an open mic. I’ve been to so many open mics that some, you just end up tuning out. But there were some people up there who I said, “She’s a fantastic writer.” Like, I can hear the writing in what she said. It wasn’t just the performance aspect. And the guy who got up there — Paul. The fact that, especially with men, they get up there and express themselves so candidly, it’s not expected. Men aren’t supposed to display emotion. Especially if they’re not considered weak. The young lady — she was one of the last poets who went up — was phenomenal. Because I know how it feels to get up and say things that you know you can be ostracized for in any other environment. And to be comfortable enough with yourself … to be like, “This is me. And this is who I love and what I love, and I don’t give a shit whether you appreciate it or respect it or approve of it. I am comfortable with that.” That was commendable to me. I love the fact that so many of the artists who got up there tonight were unapologetically them. And it resonated with me. It made me feel like I was in the right place at the right time.

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Sisters shake booty for a good cause at Sorority’s Best Dance Crew JASON HUNG | MUSTANG NE WS DANCE OFF

| Chumash Auditorium was packed Thursday night as the audience cheered on their favorite sorority. Theta Chi hosted the event and proceeds went to Big Brothers Big Sisters.

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In an effort to raise money for Big Brothers Big Sisters, Theta Chi hosted its annual Sorority’s Best Dance Crew event Thursday night in Chumash Auditorium, which was bursting past capacity. Gamma Phi Beta won the dance competition with an original number that involved swing dancing and a variety of upbeat moves. These photos from the event show the diversity of dance performed.

Plenty of hair-flipping, booty-shaking and edgy dance moves took place during the philanthropic dance competition.

“I came to support and cheer on my friends. This (was) great and I really enjoyed it.” -Business administration junior Molly Keenan

Monday, March 7, 2016

OPINION | 6

“A-Fraud”: Alex Rodriguez is no better than the next guy Amelia Parreira @AmeliaParreira

Amelia Parreira is a journalism senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News. “He’s one of the greatest baseball players of all time.” From the time I was in elementary school to this very day, that’s all I heard/hear from my peers when Alex Rodriguez, aka “A-Rod,” makes his way into the conversation. Over time, I’ve lost count of how many times I’ve heard it. And frankly, it sickens me. If you’re a hardcore baseball fan, you probably think I’m crazy right about now. But let’s gain some perspective. Now it is no doubt that Rodriguez is and was a good hitter. At 40 years old, he started this year’s spring season by hitting a home run on his very first swing against the Philadelphia Phillies on March 3. Not to mention he hit over 30 home runs in almost

all of his seasons as a Major League player. But making the right plays is not all it takes to make someone a great baseball player. Over a period of many years, Rodriguez has been involved in one too many scandals, which no one seems to remember. And yes, I’m all about forgiving people for their past mistakes and moving on to new beginnings, but once someone keeps repeating the same offenses, how can we continue to trust them and regard them as credible? From 2001 to 2003, Rodriguez took multiple performance-enhancing drugs, which he didn’t admit until much later. In an interview with ESPN, he said that he only took the illegal drugs because he was “young” and “stupid,” and wanted to live up to everyone’s high expectations. At that point we were thinking, “Well okay, he did something wrong in the past, but he’s changed and won’t do it again, right?” Wrong. From 2010 to

2012, Rodriguez used performance-enhancing drugs yet again, obtaining about $12,000 worth each month from Biogenesis of America, according to a Miami Herald article. This time it was even worse. He didn’t just use the drugs, but he also lied about it and denied the whole thing for another two years, leading to his suspension in the 2014 season. Is this the type of person we want our children looking up to and, even worse, growing up to be like? Maybe this wouldn’t seem like such a big deal if people didn’t continue to glorify him. You don’t hear too many people nowadays still bragging about what an amazing player home run king Barry Bonds was. No, they always bring it back to the mistakes he made. To this day, there’s still debate on whether Bonds should be in the Hall of Fame. So why doesn’t Rodriguez receive the same feedback and criticism from society?

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SPORTS | 8

No. 75 Cal Poly men’s tennis continues winning streak at home ANDREW EPPERSON | MUSTANG NE WS KING K ARL

| Sophomore Karl Enander returns a hit last Thursday against Sacramento State. Enander and fellow sophomore Dan Cardiff won their No. 3 doubles match against the Hornets.

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Upon rescheduling weekend play due to weather, the Cal Poly men’s tennis team (7-6) defeated Sacramento State 7-0, and University of San Francisco (USF) 4-3 at the Cal Poly Mustang Tennis Complex. The back-to-back victories have the Mustangs riding a four-match winning streak during their longest home stint of the year. On Thursday, the Mustangs didn’t skip a beat when they stepped on the court to face the Sacramento State Hornets. Junior tandem Corey Pang and Ben

Donovan collected their seventh doubles victory this season from the No. 1 position after allowing No. 3 sophomores Karl Enander and Dan Cardiff to capture the first point for Cal Poly. Every member of Cal Poly’s team was in sync, from the start to finish of singles play. Out of the six singles courts, the Mustangs not only won every match, but they also succeeded in winning every set against the Hornets. “On Thursday we played solid Mustang tennis,” junior Garrett Auproux said. “We made it look a lot easier than it was against a good team that we lost to last year.”

Against USF on Friday, the tables were turned when Cal Poly let its energy drop and allowed the doubles point to slip away, losing at the No. 1 and No. 3. For the first time in three matches, the Mustangs trailed 0-1 heading into singles play. In an all-out team effort, the Mustangs headed into singles concentrating on their movement and keeping it simple without overthinking who stands on the other side of the net. At No. 5 singles, freshman Josh Ortlip cruised through his match and delivered the first point on the board to tie the overall score at 1-1.

The junior captains on the upper courts weren’t far behind. Cal Poly pushed forward with wins from Donovan at No. 1 singles and Pang at No. 3 singles. At No. 2, Auproux forced his match to a third set in a back-and-forth battle. Despite a streaky performance from both players, Auproux dominated his third set to decide the overall win over USF. “Even though we let them get into the match a little bit today, we still found a way to pull it out,” Auproux said. Auproux has been instrumental in the Mustang’s victories in the past two weeks in both

singles and doubles play. Earlier in the week, for the second time at Cal Poly, Auproux was recognized as the Big West Men’s Tennis Athlete of the Week. The honor was followed by Auproux’s clinching perfomances in doubles and singles against No. 70 Pacific at the No. 2 positions. “It’s always awesome to be recognized, but at end of the day this is an all around great team effort,” Auproux said. “I got lucky and put the last point on the board, so it looks good on paper, but I am only in this position because of my teammates.”

With a 5-1 record at home, Cal Poly is taking advantage of the opportunity to compete where they practice. “It’s definitely easier to play in your house, where you practice every day,” Auproux said. “Our goal is to keep this momentum and energy up at home and keep this record going.” Cal Poly’s next five matches also take place at home. The last match of the nine-match home stand, an April 3 matchup against Hawaii, represents the start of Big West Conference play for the Mustangs. As for next week, Cal Poly takes on UNLV on Saturday at 12 p.m.

Baseball completes sweep of San Francisco Tommy Tran Sunday afternoon was the perfect day for the Mustangs to wrap up a 12-game home stand and three-game sweep of University of San Francisco in Baggett Stadium. After a weekend full of rain and shifting game schedules, the baseball team faced the Dons for the final game of the

series, playing under the sun in ideal 60-degree weather and winning 7-6. San Francisco opened up the game by striking out twice in the top of the first inning. Sophomore left fielder Josh George scored in the first inning, followed by another single by true freshman

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shortstop Kyle Marinconz. The game slowed down until the third inning, when senior right fielder John Schuknecht doubled down the left field line, eventually advancing to third base and scoring, giving the Mustangs a 3-0 lead. USF remained scoreless until it tied the game at three in

the fifth inning. Schuknecht hit his second home run in the bottom of the sixth inning, extending the Mustang’s lead to 6-3. The Mustangs took a 7-4 lead when George scored on a wild pitch in the bottom of the eighth inning. The Mustangs held onto their

lead despite the Dons scoring two runs in the top of the ninth inning. This game marks the end of Cal Poly’s 12-game homestand. The Mustangs will travel for their first away game of the season on Tuesday, facing Pepperdine at Eddy D. Field Stadium at 2 p.m.