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San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) and regional SWAT officers arrested Austin Ross, who barricaded himself in a house near campus Wednesday afternoon, ending a standoff that lasted several hours. According to SLOPD Capt. Chris Staley, the situation started when the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Gang Task Force arrived at the Stenner Street apartment where they had identified the suspect was staying. They had an arrest warrant on charges of vehicle theft, firearm theft and evading arrest. SLOPD Lt. Jeff Smith told the San Luis Obispo Tribune the warrant was issued from Pismo Beach. “When they arrived at the scene, he fled back into the apartment and refused to come out, so they requested (SLOPD’s) assistance,” Staley said. SLOPD and regional SWAT officials arrived armed in case Ross was a threat. >>
see STANDOFF, pg 2.
MORGAN BUTLER | MUSTANG NEWS WANTED | Austin Ross (above) surrendered wearing a mask Wednesday after barricading himself in a Stenner Street apartment for several hours. A PolyAlert sent via text and email urged students to avoid the area.
Bloomquist’s evolution
Jefferson P. Nolan @Jefferson_Nolan PREVIEW
ZACH MAHER | MUSTANG NEWS START ME UP | The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship helps students develop their business ideas.
8 student startups inducted into accelerator program Samantha Sullivan @ssulli04 PREVIEW IAN BILLINGS | MUSTANG NEWS BLOOMING | Sophomore pitcher Casey Bloomquist leads all Cal Poly starters
in wins and ERA this season.
Sophomore right-hander Casey Bloomquist is known for his quirks among his teammates, but those idiosyncrasies are welcome in the Mustangs’ clubhouse, as he’s become the Cal Poly baseball team’s most lethal threat on the mound this season. >>
The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) held a forum Monday night — “The Startup Rollercoaster: Guts and Glory” — during which eight student startups were inducted into CIE’s 2014 SLO HotHouse Accelerator Program. The program runs for three months over the summer, and provides each student startup with mentors and $7,500 in funding. >>
see STARTUP, pg 3.
see BLOOMQUIST, pg 12.
Students to illuminate the stage Melissa Nunez @melissaenunez PREVIEW
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS BE POSITIVE | Graphic communication senior Eric Smejkal (above) is one of the co-founders of Positive Vibe.
Smejkal spreads Positive Vibes MATT HEPPERT | MUSTANG NEWS DANCE DANCE | The spring dance concert, “Illuminate,” will take place May 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.
This year’s spring dance concert, “Illuminate,” will feature various dance styles and students with different skill sets. The show is studentproduced and conducted. “Illuminate” is set for May 22 and May 23 at 8 p.m. in the Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre. >>
see DANCE, pg 7.
Kelly Trom @kttrom PREVIEW Positive Vibe began in March 2013 under the leadership of graphic communication senior Eric Smejkal and thenCuesta student Ryan Parra. The company’s events are mainly music-related, but it also has an apparel line and a music blog. “We base our whole mission on good energy, good people and building symbiotic relationships; helping each other out,” Smejkal said. >>
see POSITIVE, pg 6.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
PHOTOS BY MORGAN BUTLER | MUSTANG NEWS
STUNNED ON STENNER | Austin Ross barricaded himself inside a house on the 100 block of Stenner Street for several hours. He came out wearing a mask and was taken into custody. Standoff continued from pg 1. “He’s been known to be armed and dangerous in the past, and was recently in a stolen car and threw a gun out of the car, so we know that he’s prone to weapons and associated with a lot of people using narcotics and guns,” Staley said. “So (the Gang Task Force) asked for the team to come out and actually serve the warrant, instead of them trying to go inside the house themselves.” Ross’ retreat into the apartment led to an approximately two-hour standoff, and of-
ficials blocked off the street with caution tape. Officials surrounded the apartment, and residents of surrounding homes watched from behind the tape. Environmental engineering junior Laura Nielsen lives across the street from the apartment, and said snipers entered her home. “They didn’t tell us anything,” Nielsen said. “He just asked if he could use our house to set up.” A SWAT vehicle arrived at the scene, pulling into the barricaded apartment’s driveway. After officials attempted to coax Ross out of the apart-
ment for several hours — calling him by name and asking that he surrender — a masked face appeared at the window of the upstairs apartment. “We went to make contact through an armed vehicle and he initially didn’t respond,” Staley said. “He finally responded to the window and then surrendered himself.” Ross then came onto the outside balcony, still masked, with his hands raised in the air. Staley said after surrendering, Ross complied with officials, walking backwards down the stairs toward the SWAT vehicle. Once Ross reached the
SWAT vehicle in the driveway, officials took him into custody, removing his mask and holding him on the ground as they arrested him. A Sheriff’s vehicle arrived to remove him from the scene. By the end of the ordeal, a number of college-aged observers had gathered outside the scene, despite the fact that Cal Poly sent out an alert asking students to avoid the 100 block of Stenner Street. Agricultural systems management senior Ian Hare, who lives across the street from the apartment where Ross was found and whose front yard was filled with by-
standers, said the atmosphere there was one of suspense. “Everyone was kind of anxious, I guess, to see what was happening,” Hare said. “And then when he came out of the window, (people were) scared, because no one knew what was going to happen.” Nielsen said the SWAT snipers who entered her house left quickly. “They just said, ‘Thank you,’ and they started taking the tape down,” Nielsen said. Ross is not a resident of the apartment where he was found, but the authorities were aware he was staying there. “We do believe that it was
a girl — it was maybe his girlfriend, I’m not sure what their relationship is — but he was known to be staying with a female here, and we identified him at that apartment,” Staley said. Ross was previously arrested in Grover Beach this past April, according to the Tribune, after Grover Beach police said they found him with approximately 83 grams of methamphetamine, as well as a small amount of hashish and additional drug paraphernalia. “He’ll go to jail today,” Staley said. “And he’ll have to obviously go to court on all the charges.”
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
8 student startups inducted into accelerator program
PHOTOS BY DYLAN SUN | MUSTANG NEWS
STARTING LINE | Nicholas Tuttle (left) represented nonprofit Swings for Dreams, while Sander DiAngelis (right) explained MOJA Gear at Monday’s forum — “The Startup Rollercoaster: Guts and Glory.” Samantha Sullivan @ssulli04 The Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) is completing its fourth year at Cal Poly, but for the first time, it inducted a nonprofit into its 2014 SLO HotHouse Accelerator Program. The nonprofit, Swings for Dreams, builds safe play spaces for children in developing countries. “Upon finishing our project, we truly realized the joy we could bring to a community simply by building a playground, and also the true enhancement of the quality of life that we brought to the entire community,” said landscape architecture senior Nicholas Tuttle, Swings for Dreams vice president and co-founder. Swings for Dreams is one of eight student startups inducted into the CIE’s accelerator program at a forum called “The Startup Rollercoaster: Guts and Glory” on Monday night. Each startup had a different goal or service. The accelerator program
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takes place for three months during the summer. Each student startup receives $7,500 in funding, works with mentors and participates in various actives meant to grow their businesses. Home2o will help people configure their smarthouses to give them a more interactive experience. Tandemech Engineering built a wallclimbing robot named Otto, which started as a senior project for maintenance of Boeing 747s. “It carries about 30 pounds while walking on the ceiling and probably does so faster than you walked to lunch today,” founder and mechanical engineering graduate student Cameron Venancio said. The idea for a content- and community-driven marketplace for climbing gear, MOJA Gear, owes its start to its co-founder’s trip to Vietnam. Business administration senior Sander DiAngelis went to Vietnam to work as a climbing guide and “sell experiences to people,” he said. That idea translated to his startup.
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He and co-founder Sara Roudebush, whom he met through the climbing community in San Luis Obispo, felt there was no real connection with online gear shops. “Traditional retailers are carbon copies of each other,” Roudebush said. They wanted to change that. The idea behind MOJA Gear is to take the personal experience one gets from local stores and apply it their online retail store that sells climbing apparel and gear. “We wanted to bring that feeling, that vibe, online,” she said. Another startup hopes to help people become more well-versed in wine culture. WineSav is a mobile applica-
tion paired with a wine-tasting kit that aims to expand users’ home wine-tasting experience. WineSav uses an algorithm to identify the user’s tasting preferences, and then suggests wines for the user. The app makes it easy to purchase those wines from Albertson’s. Lock N Load Liftgates is led by mechanical engineering senior Justin Russo, who developed a removable liftgate for pickup trucks that can lift approximately 1,000 pounds. They had one of their liftgates at the event. Boost Acquisition aims to help car dealerships. A common job at dealerships is to look through online listings of people selling cars. Their job is to track the sellers
down and try to buy the car. Boost Acquisition claims this is an ineffective process and hopes to automate the online search process by using search algorithms to find the best deal and present it to the sellers. BeatStream, the winner of Startup Weekend in January, is essentially a Twitter or Instagram for music. The music-based social media website allows users to post their favorite songs and follow other users. The idea is to share music with their friends and stream music from the people they follow. Co-founder of CIE and Cal Poly professor Jonathan York emceed the event, which took place at the
Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center Pavilion. He said CIE has had 24 startups complete its accelerator program in the past three years, and “15 or 16 of them are still pluggin’ away.” Panelists at the event included John Greathouse, partner at Rincon Venture Partners; Lili Balfour, founder and CEO of Atelier Advisors; Jessie Becker, co-founder & CEO of InPress Technologies; and Kyle Wiens, co-founder and CEO of iFixit. The CIE’s mission is to take students and turn them into “resourceful, entrepreneurial and innovative leaders” through hands-on and classroom experiences, according to its website.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Safer to train local bars on recognizing sexual assault Kayla Missman @kaymissman Bystander intervention could make its way downtown, thanks to Safer’s Safe Bars program, which would be used to train bar managers, bartenders and bouncers. “We’re training them to basically recognize red flags — signs for drug-facilitated sexual assault — so that includes forcing drinks onto people that already look really drunk, isolating people from their friends,” said English junior Bailey Hamblin, a Safer student assistant, who is helping develop the program. “We’re also teaching them to actively intervene.” The program is in its beginning stages, said psychology senior Danielle Pollack, a Safer intern who is also working on the program. As of now, training would involve an interactive presentation,
which could occur annually. Pollack and Hamblin have a committee working together, and they have collaborated with local sexual assault prevention and recovery center RISE and Creekside Brewing Company general manager Travis Reeder. There are many benefits for bars to participate in the program, Pollack said. In return for training, Safer could give the bars free advertising, as well as coasters and a placard that says they are Safer-certified. It’s in everyone’s best interest to participate, Reeder said, and he expects his staff and other bars to be receptive of the program. “The biggest benefit, I think, would be first and foremost being able to provide that much more of a safer environment for people to enjoy themselves in,” he said. It’s also beneficial on the back end, since it decreases
the bar’s liability, Reeder said. It would allow the employees to handle incidents and prevent them before they occur. Reeder recognizes, however, that participating in the training might make customers think Creekside has had an issue with drug-facilitated sexual assault in the past. But the training, he said, is about being “proactive and staying
ahead of the game instead of being reactive.” Pollack and Hamblin created a survey about bar safety downtown, and so far 81 people have participated. They found people did not feel threatened downtown — which is good, Hamblin said — but that they would much rather go to a bar that has been trained to handle drug-
facilitated sexual assault. “I think that’s a big incentive for bars to participate in the training,” Hamblin said. “They already do a lot to make sure their bars are safe, and that their bars are a safe place for people to drink, and I think this training just adds a little bit more to it.” Pollack is passionate about this issue and said it’s some-
thing that needs to be addressed. “I just want it to make a safer community downtown with the bar staffs,” Pollack said. “I want to remove some of the stigma and hesitation associated with identifying the issues around drug-facilitated sexual assault and make it a more comfortable and active community around it.”
“The biggest benefit, I think, would be first and foremost being able to provide that much more of a safer environment for people to enjoy themselves in.” TRAVIS REEDER | CREEKSIDE BREWING COMPANY GENERAL MANAGER
PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY SOPHIA LIU | MUSTANG NEWS
BARS AND BYSTANDERS | Safer’s new Safe Bars program will train local bars on bystander intervention regarding sexual assault.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Study reveals students’ drinking and driving habits
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS
SURVEY SAYS | The Winter 2013 Healthy Minds study found that while the percentage of Cal Poly students who report personally driving under the influence of alcohol is relatively low, the percentage of Cal Poly students who report having ridden with a driver who was intoxicated is significantly higher. The study was conducted at Cal Poly by the University of Michigan research team. Savannah Sperry @SavannahSperry1 Attitudes around drunk driving are generally consistent — students know it shouldn’t be done. The Winter 2013 Healthy Minds study, conducted at Cal Poly by a University of Michigan research team, found the percentage of Cal Poly students who report personally driving under the influence of alcohol is relatively low. However, the percentage of Cal Poly students who report having ridden with a driver who was intoxicated is significantly higher. In trying to quantify the number of Cal Poly students who drive under the influence, Dr. Hannah Roberts of Cal Poly Counseling Services and other campus professionals turned to the Healthy Minds study, a survey emailed quarterly to a random sample
of students. According to the study, 3.2 percent of Cal Poly students reported driving in the past 30 days after having four drinks, for women, or five drinks, for men. But a higher number — 11.2 percent — of all Cal Poly students reported they had ridden with a driver who was high or drunk in the past 30 days. Students are really good at not driving drunk, but they sometimes get in cars with impaired drivers, which is concerning, Roberts said. DUI arrests by the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) have increased this year, according to Capt. Chris Staley, but not necessarily because more people are getting behind the wheel drunk. “The reason I believe the number went up this year so significantly is we received a grant that funded an officer to do nothing but DUI enforcement,” Staley said. “So we have an officer now that
works Wednesday through Saturday nights, and the only thing he’s responsible for is DUI arrests.” In 2013, SLOPD made 396 DUI arrests, and a majority of those involved collegeaged students. Fifty-five percent of the DUI arrests occurred in the age group between 18 and 25, Staley said. In the same year, 61 DUIrelated collisions occurred in SLO. “It’s such an issue in the city, obviously if we have 61 DUI related collisions, that’s pretty significant in a city our size,” Staley said. DUI arrests seem to be split evenly between patrons of downtown bars and guests of house parties. Besides a license suspension and getting a misdemeanor offense, a DUI is costly. The average cost related to a DUI arrest is approximately $5,000, including
the court costs, required classes, increased insurance costs and licensing issues, Staley said. Driving while intoxicated is a decision that may also affect students’ future employment opportunities. “Any of the choices that you make in college that can result in either misdemeanor or felony charges are those that will affect future employment,” Theresa Fagouri, a health educator in the Health and Counseling Services department, said. “Getting a DUI is something that can take years to clear up, thousands of dollars and employers will ask that now on applications. You want to be able to check ‘no.’ You want to
make decisions in college that will best enhance the adult life that you’re striving for.” According to Fagouri, policy changes may be in the works that would further restrict people, even those of legal drinking age, from driving with alcohol in their systems. “They are looking at lowering the BAC level from .08 to .05, and a lot of insurance companies and health care providers do support that,” Fagouri said. In terms of combating the issue of drinking and driving, Fagouri would like to start a safe rides program similar to one implemented at California State University, Chico, where she worked for eight years prior
to coming to Cal Poly. “We had a safe rides program at Chico, and it was a very successful program,” Fagouri said. “I’d love to start one here. It would be Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights from 9 p.m. to 2:45 a.m., and with a Cal Poly ID it would be a free ride home within a 3-mile radius. We would need support from numerous entities on campus, maybe donors, and of course the Associated Students, Inc.” There could be a number of benefits of employing such a program, Fagorui said. “Safe rides programs reduce drunk-driving rates,” Fagouri said. “They promote safety and they reduce sexual assaults.”
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Smejkal spreads
Positive Vibe in SLO Kelly Trom
@kttrom
DAVID JANG | MUSTANG NEWS
DON’T WORRY, BE HAPPY | Graphic communication senior Eric Smejkal is a co-founder of events promotion company, Positive Vibe. The company sponsors various events and sells apparel. Work hard, play hard — that seems to be the unofficial motto for new San Luis Obispo-based events promotion company, Positive Vibe. The company started in March 2013 as a joint venture between Cal Poly graphic communication senior Eric Smejkal and thenCuesta student Ryan Parra. A typical day for co-owner Smejkal includes waking up early to draft social media posts, answer and send emails, research talent for events and music blog posts, as well as fitting in time for homework, class and the gym. Smejkal and Parra describe the company as a lifestyle brand with many different aspects involved. First and foremost are the events, mostly music-related, that they pro-
mote. The other two facets are an apparel line that markets the brand as a whole and the music blog that aims to build a community on the website. “We base our whole mission on good energy, good people and building symbiotic relationships — helping each other out,” Smejkal said. “We are not as cutthroat as a lot of other companies are. We do that through things that bring people together, like music.” Though the company was started in San Luis Obispo, Positive Vibe has promoted and planned events elsewhere, such as Hollywood, Modesto, Calif. and Bend, Ore. “My business partner, Ryan, wanted to throw events in Modesto because it is kind of sketchy there,” Smejkal said. “He wanted to
do it in a way that wouldn’t be sketchy or scary for anyone, so it would be a nice, positive environment.” Promoted events have mainly featured electronic dance music (EDM) artists such as Protohype, Andrew Luce, Rise At Night, Starane, Survival Tactics and DJ Kinetick. However, Smejkal said they are willing to expand to other music genres, such as hip-hop and alternative rock. Researching artists to factor in their potential, price point and past show experience is one of the most valuable skills Smejkal has learned during this whole experience. Constantly working on improving brand recognition, booking musical talent, writing music blog posts and other odd jobs at Positive
Vibe has changed Smejkal’s attitude regarding what he wanted to do after college. “I was focused on school a bunch and then going out and having fun with friends,” Smejkal said. “This made me realize that if you want to do something, you have to work hard. There is no sitting around while something happens, you have to get up and do it.” However, Smejkal’s main role in the company is brand management. His graphic communication training has helped him design professional flyers and apparel, and his concentration in management has helped him organize other promoters working for the company. One of the promoters Smejkal manages is graphic communication senior Logan Spittler. Spittler originally helped Smejkal with designs for the company, but has since
moved on to helping promote the events themselves. “(Smejkal) has this bigdream feel to him,” Spittler said. “He wants to put out a positive vibe within everything he does.” One of the first things Spittler did to help the company was greet guests at a show Positive Vibe was promoting at The Graduate. He helped make sure the event was running smoothly and everyone was having a good time. A lesson Spittler has learned while working for Positive Vibe is the fine line between the business of promoting events and the events themselves. “Mixing work and play is kind of difficult to some extent,” he said. ‘There are guys that like to fiesta a lot more than I do, and they will get caught up in the fiesta and the girls that are
around or whatever else. You have to separate the two, or at least, it works better when you do.” Parra has also seen the divide between business and parties when friends want to become involved with the company. “I have a ton of friends that want to help out and want nothing more than to see us succeed,” Parra said. “We love when people want to spread the word about the company, but then when it comes down to do business work, they are not always ready to help with stuff like that.” Parra’s background is in event promotion. He had a support group in his hometown that made him and his events successful. However,
see VIBE, pg 7.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Students to illuminate the stage
MATT HEPPERT | MUSTANG NEWS
SHAKE YOUR BON BON | The spring dance concert, “Illuminate,” will feature more than 200 students and various styles of dance. The dance show will take place on May 22 and 23 at 8 p.m.. Melissa Nunez @melissaenunez Two hundred Cal Poly students will leap over to Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre for this year’s spring dance concert, “Illuminate,” on May 22 and 23. The show features 20 dance pieces with genres including flat-show ballet, pointe ballet, tap, several different types of hip-hop, jazz, contemporary, Indian, modern and musical theater. The concert is student-directed, performed and choreographed. Psychology junior Lauren Creger and business administration senior Nikki Sullivan — this year’s co-directors — have been involved with the spring dance show since their freshman years. Sullivan’s upcoming graduation inspired the theme of this year’s concert. “We just wanted something that is going to end our dance time — and time at Cal Poly
Vibe continued from pg 6. when he moved to San Luis Obispo, he didn’t have that same luxury. Parra had to build a core following and feel out what music the locals wanted to hear. He found the key to starting a promotion company in a new area is to bring popular artists to that city. “In order to branch out and promote in other cities, our goal is to bring big names,” Parra said. “We want to bring big artists to let them do the talking for us.” All the revenue they make in the business, whether through apparel sales, ticket sales or other means, goes toward booking bigger and better artists. Parra wants to bring those artists to areas that don’t currently have access to them. “My goal is to try and find a venue that has been untouched and start an event that is going to be annual,” Parra said. “I really like doing stuff in college towns to give students something to do, keep them from getting into trouble.” Positive Vibe hopes to spread the joy of music in a safe environment to young people. “You need positivity in all different aspects of your life, whether it is in the gym, in your education, in the workforce,” Parra said. “Life is better in general with a positive mindset.”
— strong, and go out with a bang, so ‘Illuminate’ seems like showing your light to the world,” Creger said. “The energy brings the illumination.” The show’s preparation began in February, starting with auditions. Auditions for choreographers were held first, followed by dancer auditions. The talent in the show is diverse, ranging from dancers with no experience to years of experience. But no matter the experience, everyone who auditions gets a part in the concert. “Not only are you putting a piece together, but you’re learning the artistry, you’re learning the moves, learning the technique and putting a piece together all at the same time and getting performance ready,” Creger said. Each dance group has approximately 14 hours of rehearsal until the day of the show for a 3-5 minute piece. “(The rehearsals) have been long but definitely worth it,” dancer and civil
engineering freshman Sarah Vandevert said. “They are two-hour increments of time, which is kind of a long period for dancing, but you get a lot done.” Nearing show day, the groups come together to perform in front of the student directors and faculty adviser Diana Stanton. The directors give each choreographer suggestions and ask questions. “We make our work to both entertain and express our ideas through thoughtfully crafted choreography and staging,” Creger said. Sullivan and Creger have also choreographed their own pieces. Sullivan’s dance, “Infinite,” is a culmination of what she’s learned in college, she said. “I’ve been involved with dance for so many years and dance has been a huge part of my life,” she said. “Especially here that this is kind of the closing chapter
for it, just because you don’t really get these opportunities within the dance world to be able to put your work on stage.” A few of the pieces include music from known artists and match the music’s message. Creger’s piece, “You’re My Adventure,” is set to the song “Sofa” by Ed Sheeran. “We have a couch; it’s very charming and eclectic,” Creger said. “The piece talks about when you’re with someone — be it a really good friend or a relationship — some of the best
time is just being together and it’s saying we can travel the world and do all these things, but I’d rather just stay at home and talk with you. It’s just this kind of comfortable love and comfortable relationship and how that fosters.” The characterized hip-hop piece titled “Andy’s Room” features songs by Pitbull, Aqua, Trina, Daft Punk and Fall Out Boy. Mechanical engineering junior Brandon-Roy Sadiarin is one of the piece’s choreographers. “My co-choreographer,
Brandon Takahashi, and I were toying around with the idea of what happens when a kid leaves his room, and maybe the toys come to life so it’s kind of like ‘Toy Story,’” Sadiarin said. “The audience can expect a really dynamic show, it’s going to be really fun.” Tickets are $10 for the public and $8 for students, seniors and children. They can be purchased at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center ticket office. The shows begin at 8 p.m. each night.
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Thursday, May 22, 2014
Mastering the craft: Universities offer brewing degrees Nick Larson and Jake Devincenzi @njlarson8 and @jake_devincenzi Kinesiology senior Nick Larson and aerospace engineering senior Jake Devincenzi are Mustang News beer columnists. For many of you legal drinkers out there, the deadline for college shenanigans and entrance into the real world is quickly closing in on you. There are only three weeks left in the quarter, and after you complete this last circuit of finals, you know the day you have been dreading will finally be upon you. Since your freshman year, friends and family have asked what you want to do with your life, where you want to get a job, what your major is preparing you for and what your plans are after you graduate. You’ve casually brushed them off with statements such as “I’ll figure it out” or “something will come up,” then hung up the phone and cracked open another beer. But midMay is quickly turning into late May. And you know what comes after late May? Graduation. And you still have no idea what the answer is to any of those questions. Fear not, our lovely, devoted readers, because we have the answer to all of your prayers. Your parents want you to further your education; you want to continue drinking beer every day of the week. ¿Por qué no los dos? Without further ado, here is the list of the top three
schools you had no idea you really wanted to attend for graduate school. Auburn University You know what’s really cool? Saying you have a master’s degree. You know what’s even cooler? Getting your master’s degree in beer. You would literally become a beer master. As far as their beer education opportunities go, Auburn offers a graduate program in which students are prepared to enter into the malting, brewing and/or distilling industries. They’ve also partnered up with Oskar Blues Brewery, which we assume means any keggers you throw are required to be with 15+ gallons of Deviant Dale’s IPA, provided by the brewery. They also allow students to spend a weekend at one of the Oskar Blues Breweries for “educational purposes.” Basically, if you want a master’s, don’t mind Alabama and want a lot of Oskar Blues beer, Auburn might just be the grad school for you. Pros: Master’s degree. Cool partnership opportunities. Variety of courses in biology, microbiology, chemistry, brewing science, agronomy, facilities and operations and business planning. Cons: Alabama. Oregon State University It’s a well-known fact that Oregon is one of the greatest states in this country for craft beer, college football and dudes marrying dudes (seri-
ously, props to Oregon on legalizing love). But did you know Oregon State has one of the top fermentation science research programs in the world? Granted, we can imagine University of Southern California’s “Intro to Pounding Natty” class didn’t put up much of a fight, and University of California, Santa Barbara’s “How to Drink Vodka Without Starting a Riot” was technically under the Criminal Justice Department. But it’s still a pretty cool feat. Pros: You’re in Oregon, which means you are always within 30 feet of a brewery. Cons: A lot of the classes are online, so you won’t be physically making beer. Though you will be home on your couch, drinking beer ... OK, this might not be a con. University of California, San Diego This is by far the coolest option if you realistically want to take this route with your post-grad life. It’s a threepart curriculum, comprising more than 10 different classes. The first part of your education is titled “The Science and Education of Brewing.” This allows you to take classes such as “Wort Production and Recipe Formulation,” which basically sounds like the coolest class imaginable. Once you finish these 18 units, you move on to learning about the business side of the beer-brewing world. These classes include “Marketing and Distribution” and “Financial Manage-
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“Your parents want to further your education; you want to continue drinking beer every day of the week. ¿Por qué no los dos?” NICK LARSON AND JAKE DEVINCENZI | BEER COLUMNISTS ment for Breweries.” Finally, you end your education with an internship. Yes, a beer-brewing internship. We would make jokes about this, but we are busy filling out applications.
Pros: See above. Cons: You eventually do need to graduate. California Polytechnic State University, San
Luis Obispo Nothing. Seriously, Cal Poly, wine is cool and all, but this is America. Teaching about wine and not beer would be like having a soccer team that’s better than your football team.
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Bloomquist continued from pg 12. Bloomquist is not the hardest thrower in college baseball. In fact, he’s far from it. On a good day, the sophomore will hit 91 mph on the radar gun. But he realized he didn’t need to blow the ball by hitters to be successful. Sitting at a comfortable 87-88 mph, Bloomquist has developed a lethal slider and honed a unique, sinking fastball designed to throw opposing hitters off-balance. Known as one of the most-liked players on the team, the Bakersfield, Calif. native began to embrace a new persona on the mound as well — an attitude that contrasted with his happy-go-lucky demeanor off the field. “I tell the pitchers that when they go out and take the field, they can be anybody they want to be,” Eager said. “When he goes out to pitch, he goes out there to dominate the game. (Bloomquist) definitely has a split personality when he’s able to be who he is off the field, and when he’s able to channel what he needs to be on the mound. Now he really believes that his stuff is better than any other team that he faces.” But ask Bloomquist how he approaches each start, and he’ll say he’s just out there having fun. “I’m a big believer that you create your own pressure and put it on yourself,” Bloomquist said. “It could be a little league game, a high school baseball game or a professional game ... it is what you make it. Just going out and having fun is what it is all about.” And according to Bloomquist, his success and that of the No. 5 Cal Poly baseball team can be attributed to the close bond shared by his teammates. “We just all get along so well,” Bloomquist said. “We can say anything to each other and just brush it off and we’ll still be best friends at the end of the day.” More specifically, the various personalities that make up the team keep the game fun for Bloomquist. Labeled as a “redneck” along with fellow pitcher Bryan Granger because of their frequent duckhunting expeditions, the team has comprised a list of players who fit different roles off the field. “He’s just such a genuine guy,” Granger said of Bloomquist. “He’s the guy that you would want your daughter to date. You can tell that over the summer, he’s grown up a lot as a pitcher and as a person.” Oftentimes, Granger, Eager and the pitching staff are entertained by watching Bloomquist fidgeting on the bump. “It’s a joke watching him in the dugout,” Eager said. “Reed Reilly, Granger, and I will be sitting on one end of the dugout, and one of us will say, ‘Hey, look at Bloomy right now.’ He’s just moving constantly. He jokes along because he knows it too. It is who he is, and you’ve got to love the kid. He’s been phenomenal.” But after a 12-win regular season, Bloomquist’s constant movement has an almost soothing effect on his team and the crowd at Baggett Stadium. The coaching staff can’t wait to give the sophomore the ball, and, going into the NCAA Tournament, the Cal Poly baseball team will look to Bloomquist to keep its record-breaking
season afloat. “Bloomquist has been our most consistent pitcher through the majority of the season,” head coach Larry Lee said. “When he’s on the mound, he’s fidgety; when he’s
off the field, he’s a country hick. He’s very respectful of his coaches, his teammates and the game, and while he jokes around, he is able to focus and dial in with his idiosyncrasies on the mound.”
“I’m a big believer that you create your own pressure. It could be a little league game, a high school baseball game or a professional game ... It is what you make it.” CASEY BLOOMQUIST | SOPHOMORE PITCHER
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Millard hopes to join St. Louis Rams Keenan Donath @Keenan_Donath From John Madden in 1958 to Asa Jackson in 2012, the Cal Poly football team has produced its share of NFL players. This year, Johnny Millard, who started all 12 games at linebacker for the Mustangs in 2013, will get the chance to join the ranks as he attempts to make the St. Louis Rams' opening day roster. Millard signed with the Rams as a free agent shortly after the 2014 NFL Draft more than a week ago. The son of 10-year NFL veteran Keith Millard faces a tall task in cracking the roster of a suddenly stout St. Louis defense. Regardless, Millard is hopeful that he can build off of his accomplished college career and be productive at the next level. “I talked to (the Rams) before the draft a little bit, and I thought it would be a good situation for me.” Millard said. “For me, it’s been a lifelong dream. When I got the call, I was ecstatic, emotional and overwhelmed, but most importantly, I was ready to get to work.” That should be no problem for the linebacker, who has garnered second team AllBig Sky Conference honors in each of his last two seasons at Cal Poly. Millard is coming off his strongest season donning the green and gold, recording 108 tackles, 15 of which came against Northern Colorado in the final game of the season. According to Cal Poly football head coach Tim Walsh, Millard was an integral part of the defense and will bring a unique skill set to the NFL. “Number one, he is really
a smart player,” Walsh said. "He understands the game and he will do anything to make the team. He is going to be a guy that everyone wants on their team because he can play either outside linebacker position, which makes him more marketable.” Millard said not hearing his name called in the draft was a little unexpected. “I was disappointed that I didn’t get drafted,” he said. “I talked to a good amount of teams before the draft. I didn’t let it get me down, I am just going to use it as motivation.” He will have his work cut out for him, as the Rams picked up 26 players through either the draft, free agency or as undrafted free agents, all trying to earn a spot on the 53-man roster. The most publicized Ram pickup was former Missouri linebacker Michael Sam, who looks to make history as the league’s first openly gay player. As a teammate to Sam, Millard looks beyond the media circus and sees him just as any another potential teammate. “Mike is my teammate and that is all I care about," Millard said. "He is here to work and he is here to play football. He is family, just like any of my other teammates,” he said. Millard, though now focused on St. Louis, reflected on his time in San Luis Obispo. “I am going to miss my teammates and my coaches and the relationships I have developed over the years with them," Millard said. "My best memories are playing in front of the fans. It was a great time in my life.”
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PRO RANKS | Linebacker Johnny Millard (right) is one of three former players from last year’s team vying for an NFL roster spot.
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Casey Bloomquist can't stop fidgeting. Whenever the Cal Poly starting pitcher takes the mound, the right-hander is on the move. Even as the sophomore sat down for an interview with Mustang News, Bloomquist shifted to the left, then right, wiping his sweat-stained brow and tapping his foot on the Mustangs’ dugout floor. “I don’t even notice it, honestly,” Bloomquist said. “I’ve always been just a fidgety guy. I always have to be moving. I guess that translates to being on the mound. I’ve always got to be moving and doing something.” He’s not nervous, and he’s not antsy — it’s simply who he is. After concluding the 2014 regular season with a team-best 12-1 win-loss record and earning a teamleading 1.60 ERA, Bloomquist is not showing any signs of slowing down. Last season, in his inaugural year on the baseball team, the right-hander accumulated a 6-2 record with a 5.02 ERA. But according to pitching coach Thomas Eager, while Bloomquist did his “job” as a pitcher in his freshman season, he wanted something more from the righty. In a fall preseason game, Eager and head coach Larry Lee decided to give the ball to freshman Slater Lee instead of Bloomquist. “I wanted more out of him,” Eager said. “Back then, he wasn’t pitching to what I thought was his full potential. We tried to light a fire ... We wanted to let him know that he wasn’t there yet, and that there was still more in the tank.” After Bloomquist lost his start that day, an evolution began.
see BLOOMQUIST, pg 9.
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