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MAKING THE CUT The SLO barbershop with ‘cute girls’ and a selection of beers ARTS, pg. 4
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A forcible sex act was reported at Muir Residence Hall early Sunday morning. University police are currently investigating the alleged incident. (Left) Courtesy graphic (Below) Mustang Daily File Photo
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Former Cal Poly student Arnesh Mudaliar died in a single-car accident in the Bay Area on April 14, according to Cal Poly Dean of Students Jean DeCosta. Mudaliar was a computer science student at Cal Poly more than a year ago before taking winter and spring quarters off, DeCosta said, but she did not have any more information on him at this time. International Students, Inc. adviser Gayle Miller said Mudaliar, who was born in India before his family relocated to Pleasanton, Calif., was in an accident next
A forced sex act is different from rape in that it does not include vaginal intercourse, according to U.S. Legal Definitions. Both can be referred to as sexual assaults.
A forcible sex act occurred in Muir Residence Hall early Sunday morning, according to a campus safety alert from the University Police Department (UPD). UPD was notified on Monday afternoon of an assault on an unnamed female. According to the alert, the female said she was “intoxicated to the point of being unconscious at the time of the assault,” and could not give consent. An investigation into the incident is ongoing, but until it’s finished, UPD urges students to take safety precautions to prevent similar incidents. UPD Chief George Hughes was out of the office and could not be reached Monday evening. Students within the residence hall were surprised by the alert — computer engineering freshman Jack Wang said he wasn’t in
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the building at the time of the incident, but was “shocked” that it had taken place. “I was just shocked that something like that happened in a residence hall, especially in my residence hall,” Wang said. “It’s a very scary thought.”
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Kassi Luja contributed to this staff report.
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toying around Architecture students use 10,000 K’NEX pieces to build suspension bridge HILLARY KAISER
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Dexter Lawn looked like a scene right out of Legoland on Monday, but the suspension bridge was more than a colorful display, it was an architecture project. The 25-foot-long, 8-foothigh suspension bridge, designed to support a 100-pound hanging concrete panel, was composed of more than 10,000 K’NEX pieces, a popular children’s toy, according to associate architecture professor Craig Baltimore. “The course takes construction management and architecture students through the design process of large construction projects from the beginning with the conceptual design to the end, where you actually build the design, and all the phases in between,” Baltimore said. Two architectural engineering classes were introduced to the phases of designing, engineering and constructing a large-scale project during winter quarter. To bring their design to life, 13 of these archi-
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Once completed, the suspension bridge was a total of 25 feet long, 8 feet high and could support a 100-pound concrete panel. The bridge was assembled early yesterday morning on Dexter Lawn. tecture students built their suspension bridge early Monday morning and left it on display all day. Before assembling the bridge, students began putting pieces of it together a week in advance. In addition, on Saturday they put it all together in the staging process to make sure it would come together properly on Monday.
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“This is not an academic exercise, it is a reality-based exercise,” Baltimore said. “It was immeasurable for students to be able to see how the paper design and the actual design have to match. If you leave one component out, the structures are going to know that.” A key takeaway from the project was realizing that things don’t always work out
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perfectly when bringing the plan from paper to real life, architecture junior Lilly Wellington said. “You have to expect for things to go wrong that you could never plan for,” Wellington said. “You plan as much as you can, but there will always be things you won’t expect and you have to plan for that.” In addition, Wellington said
the experience was invaluable because she learned information important in the real world that one can’t always get from textbooks. “Rather than the normal lecturing of the different physics and calculus we need to know, we got hands on experience,” Wellington see PROJECT, pg. 2
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Cal Poly students and faculty are working together to build a library of DNA fingerprints to identify the culprit when people get sick from E. coli. In 2007, health officials posted notices in Pismo Beach because of a high increase in E. coli levels, biological sciences chair Christopher Kitts said. E. coli is a bacterium that comes from a variety of sources, but it’s found in the same place. The bacterium is present in the guts of humans and animals, said Anya Goodman, chemistry and biochemistry professor. “E. coli is just kind of used an indicator of fecal see E. COLI, pg. 2
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contamination, because normally people don’t just expect it to be found in the environment as a free living thing,” Goodman said. “It’s bacteria that lives in the gut.” Identifying the source of E. coli can get complicated. Kitts, faculty and students are researching how to better identify the source of E. coli to reduce its presence in local waters. Sometimes the bacteria pass from one animal to another and then into the water, Goodman said. “Part of the problem is they can be interchangeable,” Goodman said. “So I’ve heard stories that there’s exchange of E. coli between seagulls feeding on trashed, poopy diapers. So part of what we’re trying to figure out is what are some of the host specific E. coli and can we use them to track the sources of contamination.” Just as each person has a different fingerprint, each E. coli is a little different from species to species, Goodman said. “It’s really easy to say ‘this is E. coli’ or ‘not E. coli,’ but it’s really hard to distinguish different E. coli’s from each other,” Goodman said. The team is researching to find a simpler, yet accurate method of testing and identifying E. coli sources, Kitts said. E. coli is E. coli, but bird E. coli will have a different molecular fingerprint than dog E. coli. Students in biology professor Michael Blacks’ BIO 161, Introduction to Cell and Molecular Biology, class are analyzing samples of E. coli to add fingerprints to the library.
Without the initial sample, the library wouldn’t have data to compare E. coli to. “The fingerprinting method that we have developed here is novel,” Black said. The method was developed by a team of faculty members at Cal Poly and is being practiced by students in freshman and sophomore biology classes. “Pyroprinting is a method that allows us to determine the sequence of a DNA strand.,” Black said. “DNA is based on four different letters which represent nucleotides that make up the strand. As enzymes incorporate a letter, a pyrophosphate is released as a byproduct of the reaction. Other enzymes in the mix use this pyrophosphate to convert chemical energy into light energy — the same enzymes that make fireflies glow. This means that each times a letter is added, light is given off and can be detected by the machine.” The National Science Foundation initially turned Cal Poly down for a grant because there was a lot of mistrust in the accuracy of the students’ work. Cal Poly demonstrated that not only can undergraduate students collect, properly isolate and test a sample for E. coli, but that they can perform the same tests and produce the same results with very little variation, Goodman said. “We designed a study where there are triplicate repeats, so three students do the same thing and we can show ‘Yeah, they can do real science. They can do it.’ That’s partly why we ended up getting this grant,” Goodman said. “The first time there was a lot of mistrust and
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Students and professors are trying to discover the source of E. coli in Central Coast waters. One possible source is the exchange of bacteria between animals, such as seagulls. we said, ‘Look, we’re doing it. Our students are that good, they can handle this.’” With the new method for analyzing DNA, it’s possible for even freshman-level undergraduate students to perform the same type of tests that are conducted in large testing laboratories. “We can distinguish between very closely related bacteria,” Black said. While the fingerprint library is still a work in progress, it gives students an opportunity to practice real world techniques and be a part of a newly evolving method for identify-
ing and sequencing bacteria DNA, Goodman said. “The tools they’re using and the statistical analysis that they’re using and the exposure to database type research is all very valuable and applicable to a variety of different things,” Black said. Professor Janelle Barbier’s students in General Microbiology I (MCRO 224) are testing samples collected by other biology classes and isolating E. coli to be analyzed and added to the library. “Learning microbiology techniques not only helps build the library, but these are
Three students do the same thing and we can show, ‘Yeah, they can do real science. They can do it.’ ANYA GOODMAN CHEMISTRY AND BIOCHEMISTRY PROFESSOR
all standard tests and are used in a variety of disciplines” Barbier said. Doing real world work gives Cal Poly students an advantage, Black said. Putting the research into the
fingerprint library will help scientists pinpoint the source of contamination. “If we can figure out the source of the E. coli, we can halt that transmission, if possible,” Black said.
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said. “We went through all the steps that we would go through on a normal job.” The use as a toy aside, architectural engineering department chair Allen Estes said K’NEX are a great tool to demonstrate concepts that are part of the larger course exercises. In this instance, the toys were used to show the principles of building a suspension bridge. “I personally think these toys are great,” Estes said. “You can do so much with them in an engineering class. I am grateful to (Baltimore) and his class for doing this in such a public way.” K’NEX Corportation, who donated 14,000 pieces to the school, will meet with Estes in the coming weeks to discuss further partnerships.
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to Thorne Road and U.S. Highway 101 in Greenfield, Calif. Mudaliar experienced cranial trauma and swelling from the crash, and died within 48 hours of the accident, she said. “The only consoling part is that he donated his organs and thereby saved seven lives even as he died,” Miller wrote in an email to Mustang Daily. “As you can imagine, several Cal Poly students, as well as my husband and I, have been quite upset over his death.” According to Miller, Mudaliar was in the process of returning to Cal Poly in the fall. Mudaliar’s family could not be reached for comment as of press time.
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Collins is first openly gay active athlete JOSH ROBBINS Orlando Sentinel
Longtime NBA center Jason Collins became the first active male player in a major American pro team sport to announce that he’s gay on Monday. Collins, who finished the 2012-13 season with the Washington Wizards, made his declaration in a first-person essay that was published online by Sports Illustrated and will appear in the May 6, 2013, issue of the magazine. “I’m a 34-year-old NBA center. I’m black. And I’m gay,” Collins says in the essay. “I didn’t set out to be the first openly gay athlete playing in a major American team sport. But since I am, I’m happy to start the conversation. I wish I wasn’t the kid in the classroom raising his hand and saying, ‘I’m different.’ If I had my way, someone else would have already done this. Nobody has, which is why I’m raising my hand.” NBA commissioner David Stern lauded Collins in a statement released Monday.
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“We have known the Collins family since Jason and (his twin brother) Jarron joined the NBA in 2001 and they have been exemplary members of the NBA family,” Stern said. “Jason has been a widely respected player and teammate throughout his career, and we are proud he has assumed the leadership mantle on this very important issue.” Collins has played for six franchises during his 12-year NBA career: the New Jersey Nets, Memphis Grizzlies, Minnesota Timberwolves, Atlanta Hawks, Boston Celtics and the Wizards. Fans might remember Collins most for his role as the Hawks’ starting center during the first round of the 2011 NBA playoffs. Although Collins played less than 20 minutes in each of those games, he and backup center Zaza Pachulia played effective one-on-one defense against Dwight Howard. Their defense enabled the Hawks to rarely double-team Howard. That, in turn, allowed the rest of the Hawks’ defenders to crowd the 3-point line, and Atlanta stymied Or-
lando’s long-range shooting throughout the series. Atlanta won the series in six games. Magic fans might also remember Magic center John Amaechi, who in February 2007 announced that he was gay. Amaechi already had retired from pro basketball (after the 2002-03 season) when he made his announcement, but Collins will be an unrestricted free agent this offseason. On Monday, Amaechi offered his support to Collins via Twitter. Amaechi wrote: “Congratulations to Jason — society couldn’t hope for a more eloquent & positive role model.” Other NBA players on Monday tweeted their support of Collins. Denver Nuggets forward Kenneth Faried wrote: “Wow this is amazing all smiles.. So so happy Jason Collins came out & announce he was openly GAY ALL SUPPORT OVER HERE #ATHLETEALLY #LGBT.” Los Angeles Lakers point guard Steve Nash wrote, “The time has come. Maxi-
mum respect.” In April 2011, the NBA fined Lakers star Kobe Bryant $100,000 for uttering an anti-gay slur toward a referee during a game. Showing how times are changing, Bryant also Tweeted support for Collins on Monday. Bryant wrote, “Proud of @jasoncollins34. Don’t suffocate who u r because of the ignorance of others #courage #support #mambaarmystandup #BYOU” Celtics coach Doc Rivers issued a statement in which he praised Collins. “I am extremely happy and proud of Jason Collins,” Rivers said. “He’s a pro’s pro. He is the consummate professional and he is one of my favorite ‘team’ players I have ever coached. If you have learned anything from Jackie Robinson, it is that teammates are always the first to accept. It will be society who has to learn tolerance. One of my favorite sayings is, ‘I am who I am, are whom we are, can be what I want to be its not up to you, it’s just me being me.’”
Supreme Court on immigration, information Immigration is a federal issue, not determined by the states DAVID G. SAVAGE Tribune Washington Bureau
The Supreme Court made it clear Monday that enforcing immigration laws is reserved for the federal government, not the states. By an 8-1 vote, the justices rejected a request from Alabama to revive part of a 2011 law designed to drive out illegal immigrants. That year saw a wave of new laws in Republican-controlled states where lawmakers decried federal inaction. Alabama’s was deemed the toughest. State officials said if federal authorities were not going to arrest illegal immigrants, their police would take on the task. But the Obama administration went to court to challenge these laws, arguing that federal immigration policy trumped state efforts. The administration said it was targeting criminals, gang members and smugglers, not the millions of otherwise lawabiding but undocumented immigrants who live and work in this country. The administration won a major victory last year when the Supreme Court
struck down most of Arizona’s immigration enforcement law, known as SB 1070. In a 6-3 decision, the justices agreed that Washington, not the states, gets to decide how to enforce the immigration laws. The opinion rejected the idea that states could make immigration violations a crime under state law. The high court upheld one provision that allows police to question people about their immigration status if they are stopped for some lawful reason. The American Civil Liberties Union said Alabama’s law, if put in effect, would “criminalize everyday activities like giving a friend or neighbor a ride to work or to church.” “The Supreme Court made the right decision not to hear this case,” said Cecillia Wang, director of the ACLU’s Immigrants Rights Project. “All the lower courts — and the court of public opinion — have said no to divisive state laws like this one, and Americans have moved on to support immigration reform that creates a new common-sense immigration system.”
Public records are only open to in-state residents DAVID G. SAVAGE Tribune Washington Bureau
Americans do not have a right to obtain public records from states other than their own, the Supreme Court ruled Monday, dealing a setback to businesses and researchers who gather data across the nation. The unanimous decision upheld laws in Virginia and a handful of other states that restrict the release of some public records to their own citizens. “This is disappointing. We have a national information economy now, and all sorts of activities depend on data from all 50 states,” said Washington attorney Deepak Gupta, who represented two men who had challenged the “citizens only” provision of Virginia’s Freedom of Information Act. Despite the ruling, Gupta said the trend has been for states to open their public records on an equal basis. Only two other states — Arkansas and Tennessee — refuse to do so, he said. “It’s not realistic for states to wall off their public information,” he said. Roger Hurlbert, a Northern California man who
runs his own business obtaining hard-to-find real estate records, sued to challenge Virginia’s law. He was joined by Mark McBurney, a Rhode Island man who wanted to know why the Virginia agency that enforces payments of child support had been slow in processing a payment from his ex-wife who lived in Virginia. They sued after their requests for documents were denied, and they contended that Virginia’s preferential treatment for its own citizens violated their rights under the U.S. Constitution, which says, “The citizens of each state shall be entitled to all privileges and immunities of citizens in the several states.” They were joined by news media organizations and ethics watchdog groups that argued for free and easy access to public records. In rejecting the claim, the high court said the Constitution does not require states to treat people outof-state as though they were state residents. The justices noted that states typically charge higher fees for outof-staters who seek a license to hunt or fish or to enroll in a state university.
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Female DNA found on Boston bomb BRIAN BENNETT Tribune Washington Bureau
The FBI has found female DNA on at least one of the two homemade bombs detonated during the Boston Marathon on April 15, according to a law enforcement official. The presence of genetic material does not necessarily mean a woman helped build the pressure-cooker bombs, said the official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because the investigation is ongoing. The genetic material could have come from a woman who was in the room where the devices were built, or from a cashier at a store where one of the bomb parts was pur-
chased, the official said. The test results have prompted investigators to look more closely at women who may have had contact with the alleged bombers, Tamerlan Tsarnaev and his younger brother, Dzhokhar Tsarnaev. Investigators are collecting DNA samples from some women who were close to the pair to provide a comparison. On Monday, investigators visited the Rhode Island home of the family of Katherine Russell, the widow of the elder brother, who was killed in a shootout with police on April 19. Dzhokhar Tsarnaev was wounded but captured, and faces federal charges of using a weapon of mass destruction.
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Putting the ‘bar’
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It’s five o’clock somewhere, and that somewhere is Clippers on Monterey Street, where you can drink a beer in the barber’s chair. “The owner Brian (Osgood) had the idea because he was sick of hit-and-miss haircuts, and he wanted a comfortable spot for guys to go,” manager Kristen Debruijn (pictured below) said. That’s where the beer comes in. Trim and a brewski, please Clippers, which opened in March 2007, sees around 30 to 80 customers daily and, of those, anywhere from three to 20 order a beer with their haircut, cosmetologist Briana Tapia (pictured above) said. On a Friday evening, approximately 50 percent of customers order a beer, she said. But that number’s a lot lower on,
say, a Monday morning. “When they just get off work and come in, they’ll get a beer with their haircut … or if they had a really tough night before,” Tapia said. “It’ll be 10:30 in the morning, and we’ll ask if they want anything to drink, thinking they’ll ask for a coffee, but if it was a rough night before, they’re like, ‘Can I get a Shock Top?’” With leather couches, flatscreen TVs and Mumford & Sons pumping through the sound system, Clippers seems more like a mancave than a barbershop. Not a barbershop Clippers has an all-female staff of cosmetologists. Although trained barbers come and go, the permanent staff consists of cosmetologists. By summer, many of the permanent cosmetologists will have barber’s licenses. The Clippers staff colors men’s
hair — the shop’s most popular is “gray camo coloring,” a dye job for salt-and-pepper hair. The cosmetologists also wax men (“Nothing below the belt though!” one of the cosmetologists said) and feather razor facial shaves. Though they’re not barbers, the hairstylists focus on men’s hair, and the atmosphere is geared toward guys, Tapia said. “We’re cute girls who know what we’re doing,” she said. “We remember our customers, we know their names, we give them advice.” Clients often ask for hair advice when looking for a woman’s perspective, Tapia said. “We keep it at a really professional level and a really honest level,” she said. Receptionist Kayla Brown said the cosmetologists are “friendly, welcoming and creative.” “They’re really patient,” Brown said. “Everyone takes the time
to do a really good job with great attention to detail. They pay attention to what each client wants.” VIP treatment Brown points to a stream of “VIP” regulars as proof. Customers who purchase the “VIP” treatment get unlimited haircuts for a year, one beer with each cut and a 10-percent discount on products. Approximately 250 people have a Clippers VIP pass this year. The pass costs $219 in one payment or $20 more in monthly increments. Some clients are a different sort of VIP. Clippers cosmeticians have cut the hair of San Francisco Giants commentator Mike Krukow and rock trio Los Lonely Boys, who got haircuts before performing at this past summer’s California Mid-State Fair.
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SLEEP ON IT wellness101
Why students need shuteye Sam Gilbert is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily health columnist.
to trigger immense amounts of cortisol that negatively impacts a healthy, sound sleep.
Week five really brings a plethora of emotions. Sure, we’re only five weeks away from the most beautiful season of the year, but we’re also dealing with the ugliest concept known to mankind. Sorry for reminding you, but it’s midterm season. When I think of the word “midterms,” my mind immediately wanders to coffee, Adderall, stress and the close bond I suddenly have with the No. 1 man in my life: Robert E. Kennedy. Studying sucks, and it may seem like your biggest problem is the fact that you live at the library more than your apartment. However, there are bigger issues at stake. These problems come from lacking sleep. If you’re anything like me and can’t function without a minimum of six hours, then you know how serious this actually is. According to About.com, there are numerous factors as to why stress impacts sleep.
Overscheduling
Overthinking By dealing with problems at the end of the day, it is detrimental to sleep to allow these thoughts to run through your mind and keep you awake. A contributing aspect to overthinking is anxiety. This often occurs when you are worried about what will happen in the future or you become transfixed on discovering solutions. “It can even disrupt your sleep in the middle of the night, as you transition between sleep stages,” Elizabeth Scott, author of the article, wrote. Caffeine intake Not that this is new information or anything, but the caffeine in coffee actually keeps you awake for a longer amount of time. Ground breaking, I know. This also goes for those who suddenly increase their intake of study drugs and coincidentally find they haven’t slept in days. No, you’re not crazy — that’s just one of the common side effects of self-medicating. “Caffeine can actually exacerbate stress levels and significantly affect the amount and quality of sleep you get,” Scott, who has a master’s degree, wrote. Cortisol level Cortisol is the stress hormone crucial for the fight or flight response. In case you ironically spent your time sleeping through Biology 111, the fight or flight response is the sudden influx of energy released when you feel stressed or threatened that enables you to respond to the situation. However, extreme stress tends
By setting a schedule that is too busy for one day, suddenly alarms are set earlier and bedtimes are pushed back. In case you’re not catching on, these lead to less sleep. As we’ve all heard since grade school, in order to do well in school, it is imperative to have a balanced breakfast and a good night’s sleep. However, what’s even more terrifying than getting bad grades from lack of sleep are the other risks involved. According to a MD-Health article, not getting enough shuteye can lead to death, accidents, health issues, depression, an impact on the learning process, impairment of judgment, damaged skin, weight gain, an impact on sex drive and forgetfulness. If you ask me, I’d rather get a few more hours of sleep than see any of these possible results in my future. With regard to stress impacting lack of sleep, I found the components pertaining to the learning process and forgetfulness most interesting. Sleep is directly associated with the cognitive process. A lack of sleep brings down alertness and the attention span necessary for obtaining new information, as well as the ability to problem solve. The new concepts learned throughout the day are converted into memories at night. “Even if you manage to learn a significant amount during the day, you will not be able to remember it if you do not get enough sleep to allow your body to store this knowledge in the long-term area in the brain,” the MDHealth article reads. So, how are we supposed to get enough sleep? According to Prevention.com, there are multiple ways. If your problem is overthinking or anxiety, the best way is to “write down your woes,” according to a Prevention.com article. If you have something on your mind, write it down and put it away so you don’t have to worry about it until a later time. I always find when I’m feeling anxious that exercise helps exponentially. The article advises, however, not to work out “within four hours of bedtime.” If your problem happens to be caffeine intake, then you should cut off drinking coffee by 2 p.m. If you find yourself overscheduling, it is important to create a sleep schedule and make it a priority to stick to it. Even though studying may seem the most crucial at the moment, sleeping is right up there as well. On that note, I’m going to go take a nap. Good luck to everyone on midterms and may the odds be ever in your favor.
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Sea otters, rape and a broken justice system Ashley Pierce is a political science freshman and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. My favorite animal of all time is the sea otter. They are adorable, fat, furry, oceandwelling teddy bears (the best kind). If I had a patronus it would be a sea otter. They are my so-called “spirit animal,” which is why it was devastating to find out that sea otters have this funny little knack of raping baby seals when no females can be found. This made me wonder what humans would look like from a more intelligent being’s perspective. I don’t think we’d be anyone’s favorite animals either, with the amount of heinous crimes we commit against one another, sexual assault included. But we, being of higher brain capacity and a species of morals and justice, rightly view murder and rape as a crime and prosecute those that commit such an act. Or at least we’re supposed to. Only 3 percent of rapists actually serve any time in jail according to a report by the Rape, Abuse and Incest National Network. While a large proportion of rapists get away with their crime because victims choose not to report it; of the 46 percent reported, only approximately 7 percent of rapists are convicted, according to report. This past March, news anchors were found to be more sympathetic to the rapists than the victims. As two boys were given their sentence of at least one year in juvenile jail for raping a teenage girl, CNN correspondent Poppy Harlow described how it was “incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened as these two young men that had such promising futures, star football players, very good students, literally watched as they believed their
WORD ON THE STREET What do you think the punishment for rapists should be?
lives fell apart.” No one should care that these men’s lives and dreams are ruined. They ruined and have caused severe psychological and physical pain to a 16-year-old girl. They took something sacred and acted in grotesque selfishness. So no, their lives and their ruined dreams stopped mattering the moment they decided to hurt the young girl. The fact that they themselves are still in high school should elicit no sympathy. If they’re old enough to have sex, they’re old enough to know that it is not an act to be forced upon another human being, not an act to be taken advantage of when one is incapacitated. The two of them should get worse than just juvenile jail, and very well could by a grand jury’s decision. Another incident took over the news when, Audrie Pott, 15, took her life after being attacked by three 16-year-old boys. The boys were recently released from juvenile jail and simply put on house arrest despite their actions and her resulting suicide. Rape doesn’t seem to be taken as seriously as it should by the American justice system. There is no federal law regard-
ing rape (which is fine, the federal government doesn’t need any more power) so it’s left up to each state to handle. For California, the penalties for rape convictions are three to eight years and seven to 13 if the victim is a minor. While the punishments seem longterm, not enough rapists are actually convicted. It continues to happen all too often. While rapists need to be properly punished, convicted and not victimized, women must be careful as well. Rape is in no way the victim’s fault, but people must be smart and responsible for themselves as well. Ladies, and men as well, going to a party and getting completely wasted makes one more vulnerable to attack. Drink carefully, keep aware and don’t walk home alone by yourself. I’ve walked back to my dorm from downtown at night. It’s creepy, not well lit and completely horrifying. Unfortunately the world will never be free of evil crimes. Rapes will always occur. But instead of states cracking down on drugs and other misdemeanors, more should be done to prevent rape and to keep rapists off the streets. All genders should stay aware of
their surroundings and, if the unthinkable happens, report it. While rape crimes have fallen 60 percent since 1993, there were still 143,300 female rape victims in 2010 and 89,300 rape crimes attempted. And it’s not only females who are attacked: 17,400 males were victims of rape or attempted rape that year, as well. I find rape to be one of the most despicable crimes committed by human kind. Murder, of course being the worst, can still be considered in the right if done in self-defense or for survival. Rape has no defense. At no point in anyone’s life is rape the answer to protecting oneself or for defense. If the punishment for rape was greater, perhaps rapists would think twice about their actions. When more than half of all rapes aren’t even reported, rapists don’t have too much to fear. The sentence for rapists in prison should be far longer than three to six years. This is an act that is premeditated; it doesn’t matter if the rapist was drunk, on drugs, etc. They’re still responsible for their actions. They still had the audacity to act on such an evil and twisted thought, taking something from another human being that is not theirs to take.
“They should be in jail for life ... because sometimes death is a quicker punishment.” • Jacob Hardi software engineering sophomore
“I honestly think they should be in jail for life so they can suffer in those tiny little cells.” • Sylvia Jarzynski biomedical engineering junior
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013 Volume LXXVII, Number 99 ©2013 Mustang Daily “We got 99 problems”
Obama administration’s little-known projects DOYLE MCMANUS
Los Angeles Times
Here are three things the Obama administration has done that you probably didn’t know about: Ever struggle with those accordionstyle rubber sleeves on nozzles at the gas station? The sleeve — technically a “vapor recovery nozzle” — was required by the Environmental Protection Agency to keep gasoline vapors from leaking into the air. But most cars and trucks now have technology that does the job better, so last year the EPA abolished the nozzle requirement. Because each sleeve-equipped nozzle can cost as much as $300, the change will save gas stations thousands of dollars. Ever apply for financial aid for a child heading for college? Until 2010, the application form — the Free Application for Federal Student Aid, or FAFSA — was a parents’ nightmare. (I write from personal experience here.) It required digging up information from multiple sources, and the complexity of the task discouraged thousands of families from applying for aid. So the Department of Education got to work and simplified the form. Some applicants can now complete much of it automatically, importing online data from their tax returns. The new FAFSA still asks too many questions — 116, compared to 127 on the old one — but it’s a big improvement. Ever come back from a trip overseas, only to find yourself stuck in a horrifyingly long line at immigration control?
Now there’s a program called Global Entry that allows frequent travelers to undergo a pre-screening process, skip the line and run their passports through an automated kiosk, like selfcheckout at the supermarket. This program actually started under George W. Bush, but the Obama administration has expanded it big time. I’ve tried it, and it works. All three stories are examples of a littlerecognized push by the Obama administration to streamline federal regulations. Until last year, the effort was led by Cass Sunstein, who ran an obscure corner of the Washington bureaucracy called the Office of Information and Regulatory Affairs. Now a professor at Harvard Law School, Sunstein is an evangelist for simplification and consumer-friendly language and design. One of his proudest accomplishments, he says, was nudging the Department of Agriculture toward replacing its old “food pyramid” with a simpler “food plate” showing that half your diet should be fruits and vegetables. He presided over bigticket items too, including a rule to standardize safety warning labels that could save employers as much as $2.5 billion, and a rule to simplify doctors’ and nurses’ paperwork that could save hospitals and medical practices as much as $5 billion. “My job was helping people figure out how government can make people’s lives better, and how we can eliminate red tape and complexity,” he told me. In his recent book, “Simpler: The Future of Government,” Sunstein
points to a surprising statistic: In his first four years, he says, Obama issued fewer new federal regulations than any of the four presidents who came before him, including Ronald Reagan. Obama’s revocation of hundreds of outmoded rules produced savings for government, business and consumers that will add up to billions, he says. But wait, I hear you say. Isn’t Obama a big-government Democrat? Isn’t he responsible for two of the biggest expansions of federal power in recent history, the 2010 Affordable Care Act (more often known as Obamacare) and the 2011 Financial Regulatory Responsibility Act? The answer, of course, is yes: Obama is a big-government man, and so is Sunstein. They don’t hide their belief in an activist federal government; they just want to make it smarter and more effective. Sunstein is frustrated that the administration hasn’t gotten credit for its regulation-trimming efforts. And indeed, conservative critics dispute his numbers, saying that even if the number of regulations issued has declined, the number of rules with a major economic impact has risen. Even those who admire the streamlining, though, say it hasn’t gotten much recognition. “They haven’t advertised it very well,” said Elaine Kamarck, who ran the high-visibility “reinventing government” campaign of the Clinton administration and is now at the Brookings Institution. “No one knows that they’ve even been trying, let alone that they’ve accomplished anything.”
And that, she says, makes no sense, especially for a Democrat. “If no one knows about your efforts,” she says, “then the deep-seated cynicism Americans have about the efficiency of government will constrain the efforts of any activist president.” Public opinion polls bear her out. Under Clinton, the percentage of Americans who said they trusted the federal government to do the right thing gradually rose. Under Obama, it’s plummeted. A Pew Research Poll last month found that only 28 percent of Americans said they had a favorable view of the federal government, down from 42 percent in 2009, Obama’s first year in office. Even a majority of Democrats said they had an unfavorable view of the federal government. For an administration that’s trying to implement an ambitious new healthcare program as one of its top priorities, those are daunting numbers. So here’s an assignment for Obama’s new director of the Office of Management and Budget, Sylvia Mathews Burwell, a Clinton administration veteran so universally respected that she won unanimous confirmation in the Senate last week: It’s time to relaunch your boss’ government reform agenda. It’s time to hire someone to succeed Sunstein, whose job has been vacant for eight months. It’s time to renew Obama’s “regulatory look-back,” a program that nominated 580 useless regulations for the scrapheap and actually dumped a lot of them. And when you’ve done all that, it’s time to make sure the American public knows about it.
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Tuesday, April 30, 2013
Club lacrosse teams advance to playoffs HOLLY DICKSON
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The Cal Poly women’s club lacrosse team, riding a 12-game winning streak, claimed the Western Women’s Lacrosse League (WWLL) title on April 21, soundly beating USC 20-7. Now, the No. 4 women’s team is set to play No. 13 Maryland at the U.S. Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associate’s National Championship in Colorado Springs, Colo. on May 8. “We’re willing to do anything to win,” goalie Kelly Harris said. “We haven’t won since 2007 and we’re ready to bring (a title) back.” The women’s team won the national championship for seven consecutive years, from 2000–2007, and although they’ve traveled to nationals each year since then, the team hasn’t been able to come away with the title. But this year, the same coach that took the team to win nationals in 2007, Eric Thomas, returned to coach full time. “Just having a coach that’s there and knows what it takes to get it done has really made a difference,” said Harris, a senior on the team. Although the team got off to a slow start, losing five games in seven days, the team was
able to turn its win-loss record, finishing at 12-5. Low attacker Christa Nelson said Harris played a huge part in the successful season. “A lot of (our) wins are largely in part because of saves she’s made,” Nelson said. Harris, who didn’t begin playing goalie until part way through her sophomore year, boasts a save percentage of 55 percent — the best in the WWLL. Nelson said the team is confident about nationals because of the competition they’ve already met in their league. “We know our hardest games have passed,” she said. “There’s no doubt in my mind that if we show up to play the way we’ve been playing, that we’ll be able to win.”
Lacrosse League (WCLL) title for the fifth year in a row. The WCLL playoffs begin on Saturday when the team faces Sonoma State. “This year, it’s been more of a collective team effort to get the same results (as last year),” Czapla said. “Sometimes it’s there and sometimes it’s not,
but the ups and downs come with a young team.” The men lost 15 seniors to graduation this past year, who Czapla said were phenomenal athletes who were capable of winning a game on their own. The results of the WCLL championship will determine
if the team advances to the Men’s Collegiate Lacrosse Association (MCLA) nationals in South Carolina, where this past year, they lost the championship game as the No. 1 seed to No. 2 Colorado State. Czapla said this year the team hopes to beat Sonoma State, which beat Cal Poly 11-5
earlier in April, in the WCLL and then advance to nationals. “We’re more of an underdog this year,” Czapla said. “But they’re definitely beatable if we have a good game. I think they’ll come out cocky because they’ve already beaten us this year … but I think we have a good shot at it.”
‘Ups and downs’ The Cal Poly men’s club lacrosse team has started to turn around a season that saw the Mustangs drop four consecutive games in February and March. The team upset No. 8 Stanford on April 20 and defeated Chico State this past weekend to move its record to 7-7. Although the men’s win-loss record is lacking compared to seasons past, goalie Nick Czapla said the team is looking to claim the Western Collegiate
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The No. 4-ranked women’s club lacrosse team will face No. 13 Maryland in Colorado Springs, Colo. on May 8 in the opening round of the U.S. Women’s Collegiate Lacrosse Associate’s National Championships.
Baseball falls twice to Dirtbags, drops to 28-13 MUSTANG DAILY STAFF REPORT
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In what may prove to be a crushing blow to its postseason hopes, the No. 18 Cal Poly
baseball team dropped the rubber match of a three-game series against Long Beach State 9-5 at Blair Field on Sunday. The loss dropped the Mustangs to 8-7 in conference play and 28-13 overall as they slid
all the way into a tie for fifth place with UC Santa Barbara in the Big West standings. The series loss comes just a week after vying for the conference lead when the Mustangs faced Cal State Fullerton at Baggett
Stadium last weekend. The Dirtbags (20-21, 9-6 Big West) scored four runs in both the sixth and seventh innings, including a grand slam in the seventh and added another run in the
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Since the Mustangs’ 13-1 start to the 2013 season the team is 15-12, including consecutive series losses to Big West leader Cal State Fullerton and Long Beach State this past weekend. The team faces Pepperdine in Malibu, Calif. on Wednesday.
eighth to win the series over Cal Poly and simultaneously vault over the Mustangs in the conference standings. The day started off well for the Mustangs as sophomore starter Bryan Granger managed a no-hitter through five innings, but gave up a single and a walk in the sixth, which prompted head coach Larry Lee to pull him in favor of junior reliever Michael Holback. Holback allowed an ensuing two-run double followed by a two-run triple that gave Long Beach State its first lead of the afternoon, 4-3. On offense, Cal Poly jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the third inning with the help of senior second baseman Denver Chavez’s two-run single that scored freshman Peter Van Gansen and junior David Armendariz. Chavez then came around to score on Ellis’ single to the third base side later in the inning before the Dirtbags unloaded for a four-run sixth off Holback. Chavez scored another run on Nick Torres’ single in the seventh for the Mustangs, and Elliot Stewart’s grounder up the middle resulted in two Long Beach State errors and
another Cal Poly lead. But Juan Avila’s grand slam off Reed Reilly (2-3) in the seventh put the game out of reach for the Mustangs. Chavez led Cal Poly offensively, going 3 for 5 at the plate and collecting three singles with two RBIs and two runs on the day. Both Torres and Ellis finished 2 for 4 on the day. With that, Ellis extended his hitting streak to nine games. Reilly got the loss for the Mustangs, allowing four runs on five hits in just one inning of work. The Mustangs return to the diamond Wednesday when they take on Pepperdine in a nonconference game in Malibu before returning home next weekend to face UC Riverside.
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Big West Standings - Baseball
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Cal State Fullerton Cal State Northridge UC Irvine Long Beach State Cal Poly UC Santa Barbara UC Riverside Hawaii
UC Davis 10. Pacific
Big West W-L
Overall W-L
12-3 11-4 10-5
36-7 25-18 28-12
9-6 8-7 8-7 7-8 4-11 3-12 3-12
20-21 28-13 23-19 18-21 10-28 15-26 10-28