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Andrew Woloz, a Cal Poly alumnus, makes music playlists for a living. “It’s an awesome job,” he said, “about as awesome as it sounds.” Woloz, who graduated in 2012 with a degree in business administration, works at Beats Music, a company under the Beats by Dre umbrella. While his days are spent making playlists and focusing on artist relations, his nights are spent rubbing elbows with the likes of Macklemore, Childish Gambino and Zed. So how did Woloz land a job doing what he loves? LinkedIn. “I was working at a job straight out of college, and it was not fun,” he said. “It was hard going from working in music to doing the same, boring thing every day, but then a recruiter from Beats messaged me on LinkedIn.” A Beats employee recognized Woloz as a music industry tastemaker based on the experience listed on his LinkedIn profile. “I don’t know exactly how she found me still, but it was probably because I worked at Apple in the iTunes department and had that on my profile, along
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Cal Poly will honor deceased students Greg Inamori, Kyle Rhodes, Weston Crowe and Luke Powers in a candlelight vigil Monday at 6 p.m. at Julian A. McPhee University Union, University Spokesperson Matt Lazier said.
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with a ton of other music industry experience,” he said. Woloz is not the only Cal Poly alumnus to get a job offer through LinkedIn, said Carole Moore, career counselor for Career Services. “LinkedIn is the way to go,” she said. “It’s a fabulous resource for students. LinkedIn is really about developing a professional brand and presenting yourself as best you can for networking.” To do this, Moore tells students to communicate their skill sets clearly and specifically. “When you speak generally, like, ‘I’m great at customer service,’ we only half-believe it,” she said. “But if you say ‘I have had experience working in a high-demand, fast-paced restaurant as a host and server,’ it becomes more believable, descriptive and interesting.” She also stressed the importance of having a LinkedIn profile that is direct and relevant to the student’s desired industry. “Nothing random, nothing general should be on your profile,” Moore said. “Your online presence should make see BRAND, pg. 2
Inside the fall Career Fair: What to expect BROOKE SPERBECK
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If there’s anything that makes a college student want to stay in school as long as possible, it’s the fear that comes with searching for a job in the real world. However, thanks to the Fall Career Fair, students can network, apply for positions and even interview with employers right on campus. On Oct. 9 and 10 in the Recreation Center, more than 200 companies will have recruiters looking for students to fill various coop, internship and career positions, Soukita Thipsouvanh, Career Services events coordinator said. Regardless of their age or major, students who attend the fair will benefit from exploring job opportunities and seeing what fields they may be interested in pursuing, she said. “I would really encourage everyone just to go, just to have that experience of networking with employers,” Thipsouvanh said. The open-forum networking session will take place from
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9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. both days with 136 tables each day, Martin Shibata, director of Career Services, said. Students can register on the events tab of Mustang Jobs beforehand, but it is not required. The tables will be arranged alphabetically in the main gym, with ‘A’s starting on the left, he said. Some bigger companies, such as Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., will be located upstairs in the north
can strategize on how they want to approach it,” he said. Because tables can be crowded, students should also make a plan to ensure they have enough time to meet with desired employers, Shibata said. Many companies will not be at the fair both days, so students should plan their time accordingly, he said. “Even though you may target 20 employers, you may only have enough time to see 10,” Shibata said. Brandon Holle, a business administration juRecreation Center nior and president of Cal Poly’s American Oct. 9 and 10 Marketing Association, has been to five career fairs since coming to Cal Poly. According to Holle, and south gyms where there is it’s important to tailor your more space, Shibata said. résumé to each position, and Because so many compa- bring multiple copies of it to nies will attend, it’s crucial hand out to employers. students do their “homeFor Holle, the scariest thing work” by researching com- about going to his first career panies and applying for posi- fair was not knowing what to tions ahead of time, Shibata say to employers. By researchsaid. Employers are required ing positions ahead of time, he to post all available positions now knows to prepare queson Mustang Jobs beforehand, tions to ask each company. which students can access by “Always ask questions to logging into their portals. them, that’s probably one big “Students, if they do their thing, because they like that,” homework and they’re prepared, Holle said. “Have questions
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It is crucial that students research companies and apply for positions ahead of time, Martin Shibata, director of Career Services said. prepared to ask them about the position or the company.” After the networking session at 1:30 p.m., companies will hold interviews until 4:30 p.m., Shibata said. Students can sign up for interviews with employers at their tables during the networking session, but Shibata estimates only half the employers will hold sameday interviews.
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“The ones that are not going to interview on campus, they may elect to have the student go directly to the worksite to interview,” Shibata said. “Then some of the companies will say go online and apply there, because that’s the first step.” Interviews vary among different companies, but they normally last around 30 minutes, Shibata said. In cases
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where a company has lots of applicants, not every student who wants an interview will get one, he said. “They have a schedule, and so they’re going to take the ones that they’re most interested in,” he said. “They may not necessarily sign up everybody.” Because not everyone is guaransee FAIR, pg. 2
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teed an interview, students need to impress employers during the few minutes they may have with them at the networking session, Shibata said. Students must be able to “sell themselves” by explaining their major, what experience they have and how the work they have done is applicable to the company they’re interested in, he said. “It’s a skill, just like interviewing,” Shibata said. “The more you do it, the more comfortable you feel, and the better you’ll do at it.” For many students, the job fair could be the only chance they have to build relationships with a potential employer. Though it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the chaos, students should be “focused and aggressive” when talking to employers in order to make the best impression possible, Shibata said. “Just make sure to have a MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO good, firm handshake, good, eye contact, nice smile,” Shi- Students should make sure to ask questions, be aggressive bata said. “First impressions and explain their skill sets and experience to make a good first do really carry a lot of weight.” impression on employers.
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employers want to get to know you, and everything on there should be for a purpose.” And although LinkedIn is a “great opportunity to present yourself professionally,” Moore said, many other social media platforms lead to oversharing. “With the growth of social media, employers have so much more access to who you are, not just professionally and not just the things you may want them to know,” Moore said. “They have access to your personal life, your fam-
ily life, anything and everything that’s on your Facebook, any kind of Twitter opinions you’ve shared online. It’s all so transparent now; students need to be aware of every little thing they post.” Moore recommends students check their privacy settings if they haven’t yet. Cuesta College child development sophomore Darby Debnarski says she and most of her friends from Cuesta and Cal Poly are very aware of their privacy settings. “We have all gone out of our way to put all of our social media stuff on private,” she said. “But, most importantly,
we make it where you can’t search our names, especially before interviews.” Moore also says students should think before they post. “Employers have the liberty to look and make whatever judgements they want,” Moore said. Career Services is available to help students outline résumés and online portfolios, Moore said. If networking goes well, there are computers available for Skype interviews in Career Services. And at the career fair, Career Services will have a LinkedIn photo shoot stop so students get their pictures taken while dressed in business attire.
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WORD ON THE STREET What is your pre-interview ritual?
Cal Poly administration will address off-campus behavior SUHA SAYA
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“Take lots of calm deep breaths, breathe a couple of times.” • Andrew Pimentel mechanical engineering junior
“Listening to oldies half an hour before.” • Jay Nickodemus wine and viticulture junior
“Don my best suit.” • Minnal Kunnan computer science junior
“Go out and buy new formal attire.” • Sophia Rosales history freshman
Are actions of misconduct committed off campus as significant as those committed on campus? Officials at Cal Poly believe so. Director of Student Rights and Responsibilities Adrienne Miller said anything violating law and potentially threatening the Cal Poly community is significant enough for a student to be held accountable for — even if the student is not on campus. “Section B(18) of the Standards for Student Conduct gives the university the authority to address off-campus conduct that poses as a substantial threat to the safety of the members of the university community,” Miller said. B(18), allows the university to address any “any act chargeable as a violation of a federal, state, or local law that poses a substantial threat to the safety or well being of members of the university community.” It has helped university administrators determine that anything citable, such as an alcohol offense, poses a threat to the university community. However, instead of using a disciplinary process to confront students who break university policy off campus, Miller is taking a different approach. The Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities is developing a program for students to participate in educational activities as reprehension for their violations. Although the workshop is still being designed, it will contain written materials intended for student reflection and in-person workshops where students will meet, interact and learn about the impact of their actions on the community. “Our goal is to have students be more thoughtful about their actions and the effect their actions have on themselves and others,” Miller said. A group of students also contributed to the program's formation. The advisory committee consists of seven students that represent different
groups across campus, such as housing, greek life and Associated Students, Inc. Along with giving input throughout the process, they’ve helped fulfill unmet needs of the awareness program by asking fellow students what mattered to them. Part of the program is paid for by the Office of Student Affairs. Once instituted, the workshop will be funded through registration fees paid by participants. Miller hopes the workshop will be fully developed some time this fall quarter. As the developing process moves forward, the committee is searching for an off-campus coordinator. The coordinator will work out of the Dean of Students' office and will emphasize the educational process, not the conduct process. In addition to administering the program off campus, the coordinator will also serve as an aid to help students make the transition from on-campus to off-campus living. “We hope the off-campus coordinator will help students take community leadership roles that Cal Poly students are capable of taking,” Miller said. Under the new program, students charged with offcampus misconduct of behavior are given the opportunity to choose a resolution. If they accept the legitimacy of the citation, they go through the educational process. However, if they dispute it, they can appeal through the student conduct process, and will be charged with section B(18) if found guilty. This triggers the standard infraction process. University Police Chief George Hughes believes the program is a great step towards student success and safety. “As with any problem you’re dealing with, strict enforcement is not always the best approach,” Hughes said. “Our goal here in this institution is student success and I think (the way) to help them reach that, if they make some poor decision — off campus or on campus — is to look at an educational way to change behavior.”
Our goal is to have students be more thoughtful about their actions and the effect their actions have on themselves and others. ADRIENNE MILLER DIRECTOR OF STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES
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“Talk to myself and go through a set of questions and say them out loud.” • Bailey Hamblin English junior
“I tried to get friends to interview me for practice.” • Chelsea French graphic communication senior
“When any Mustang or any student at Cal Poly dies, it has an impact,” Colombini said. “Everyone responds in different ways to different life events, and overall the Cal Poly community has to watch out for one another.” Inamori, a 24-year-old Cal Poly graduate living in Mountain View, passed away on Aug. 29. Rhodes, a rising physics sophomore, died on August 10 and lived in Danville. Crowe, from Ramona, had enrolled at Cal Poly and participated in Week of Welcome last year before taking a medical leave of absence to deal with his sarcoma, a form of cancer. Powers died on Sept. 25 shortly after beginning his third year in agriculture systems management. Biomedical engineering senior Stefan Wagner died June 19, but his parents chose not
to include him in the public memorial, Colombini said. “It’s difficult to have a memorial for one person, let alone four,” Colombini said. “We contacted all the families to make sure it was OK, what they were looking for and what they would like.” Cal Poly has lost eight students since July 2012, with the others being Brett Olson, Giselle Ayala, Brandon Huang and Jacob Van Staaveren. Students who wish to honor the deceased can join in the candlelight vigil Monday night, which Colombini helped organize on Facebook. Rhodes’ memory was honored at the first Another Type of Groove of the year. He frequented the monthly MultiCultural Center poetry event as a freshman. Powers’ Pi Kappa Alpha brothers celebrated his life with a charity barbeque Sunday. All donated money went to a mental health and suicide prevention foundation the Powers’ family selected.
CSU honors graphic communication senior Juana Villa
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Students charged with a violation of federal, state or local law that threatens the community will have to participate in educational activities aimed to change illegal behavior. Currently, University Police Department (UPD) assists San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) in handling off-campus behavior by working together to patrol areas. When a large amount of partying and social disorder occurs on offcampus neighborhoods (such as during major events like move-in week and Halloween) they collaborate to work “efficiently and effectively,” Hughes said. SLOPD reports all off-campus crime — including all arrests, citations and actions of misconduct — to Cal Poly via a daily log. SLOPD recently installed a camera on the corner of Bond and Hathway. This is for the general safety of the community rather than a result of off-campus behavior policies, SLOPD Captain and Public Information Officer Chris Staley said. “During events like Poly Royal and Mardi Gras, civil unrests and riots occur in that area more frequent,” he said. Although UPD has no control over off-campus cameras, Hughes said that cameras are simply used as an investigative tool. “The use of any security camera can be to determine behavior, but it can also help capture events that are occurring … not to invade in privacy, but to protect what’s going on there,” he said. “If crime does occur, then we have a tool for that camera to identify exactly when, where,
maybe identify suspects and evidence in the case.” Staley said students' offcampus actions are of particular significance to SLOPD. “We all live in this community. Behaviors still impact the reputation for the community to embrace Cal Poly as a whole,” he said. Hughes agreed. “This is our community — whether you’re on campus or off ... we have the responsibility to the community wellbeing,” Hughes said. “If that is holding (students) responsible for their actions when we can and using any tool that we can to change negative behavior, I think it’s our responsibility as campus administrators to do that.”
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specifically for Powers after the main event.
Before Cal Poly, graphic communications senior Juana Villa was crossing the Tijuana border twice a day to attend San Diego City College while living in Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol recognized her face after a short amount of time, she said. Last month, Villa was recognized by the California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement for continuing to develop her English language skills while enrolled in her university classes. “I came to the U.S. four years ago and started learning English,” she said. “I was really obsessed with learning English: I’d watch movies, watch ‘Friends.’ When I came to the U.S. I went to an adult school to learn English for free.” It was also at San Ysidro Adult School in San Ysidro, Calif. where Villa obtained a high school diploma and then applied to Cal Poly. “I wanted to go to Cal Poly because it’s hard to get in,” Villa said. “I wanted to prove to my adviser that it’s not hard.” Since starting Cal Poly in Fall 2012, Villa has since become fluent in English, but is still adjusting to the culture, she said. Graphic communication associate professor Brian Lawler said Villa works hard for her accomplishments and honors the department in everything she does. “She’s absolutely a delightful person to have in class and she’s got lots of promise,” Lawler said. “She’s certainly worthy of that award.” Lawler said Villa speaks perfect English, and he suspects that most of her fellow students don’t know she also speaks Spanish. Villa currently takes 18 units a quarter and is expecting to graduate in December 2014. What she’s learned from her experience is she could have never known if she was able to come to Cal Poly if she didn’t try, she said. “Looking back I don’t know how I did it, honestly,” she said. “I don’t know if I would be able to do it again, and I don’t want to do it again. No way. When you are in a situation and you want something, you manage your way. I kept telling myself it will end soon.”
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Dress for success LAURA PEZZINI
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While the career fair may be serious business, one of the first questions running through your head is probably a bit more superficial: “What am I going to wear?” Before you panic, keep in mind that brains — not beauty — should shine through to land you a job or internship. However, the way you present yourself has a significant impact on the way prospective employers see you. When meeting with recruiters at the career fair, the go-to dress code has traditionally been professional. But that brings up even more questions. What exactly con-
stitutes “professional?” How can you keep a sense of style in the meantime? Do: Keep it simple Depending on the formality of the interview, “professional” can mean a few things. Some interviews are more casual, the degree of which can be determined by looking at what type of company you are interviewing with. Casual wear can simply mean dressing up a nice pair of jeans. City and regional planning senior Thomas Vogt said he likes to pair a polo or long-sleeved button-down shirt with jeans. “It’s something that puts you up against the rest, something that makes you
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Polo or buttonup shirt Dark wash jeans
Blouse or cardigan Flats or dressy sandals
look and feel smart while still being casual,” Vogt said. Some interviews abide by a business-casual dress code, which is a slight step up from casual. Slacks and dress shoes are more appropriate for business casual, but you don’t need a full suit. “Usually, I would go with a khaki or chino and a button-up,” Vogt said. “You can dress it up by wearing a solid color or make it more casual by wearing a pattern. It’s really versatile and it’s comfortable, but gives off a look of responsibility.” Many students choose to play it safe by sticking to a professional dress code for the career fair — this means toning down personal flair. Vogt said he tries to stick to basic
Don’t: Be afraid to stand out Business administration senior Melanie Ulrich has some experience in dressing for an internship — she spent the summer as an intern for Union Bank in San Francisco. The key to maintain-
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ing a sense of style while dressing professionally, Ulrich said, is to keep a balance. “You can wear what you want, really,” Ulrich said. “It’s still fashion and it’s still a sense of style, so you can play around with it.” Vogt said one way to do this is to play with colors and patterns, but keep a classic silhouette. “Once you have a base, you can add flairs of color that make you stand out, but you can still be formal enough to fit in,” Vogt said. Do: Pay attention to how things fit Even if your outfit is the height of professionalism, nothing will work if it doesn’t fit correctly. Vogt emphasized
Pattern or pop of color
that fit is the most important aspect of dressing well. “It’s very easy, especially with professional clothing, to wear something that looks professional but doesn’t fit right,” Vogt said. “And that just cancels out the professional look you were going for.” Don’t: Panic Dress appropriately, but remember you’re trying to get hired based off your skills, not your looks. Going in with confidence and knowledge can get you further than any outfit. “It’s really just about being clean-cut,” Ulrich said. “It just comes down to making an effort.”
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A nice suit (pay attention to fit) Tailored pants
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colors such as navy or gray and let the suit speak for itself. “You can show off your own personal flair with your tie, but it’s a good idea to keep within normal conservative means and colors, especially if you aren’t used to business wear,” Vogt said. “It will show that you pay attention to details and are generally puttogether, plus it never fails to make you feel confident and in control.”
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Cal Poly’s Fall Career Fair is here once again, sending students into frenzies about how to dress, what to say and how to shake a hand. Their interactions with potential employers at the career fair could fling open doors to a successful future — or not. To make the most of the career fair, participating students should consider game plans for job interview preparation, execution and follow-up. The first step is to dust off and polish up the old résumé, Cal Poly Career Counselor Carole Moore said. “A résumé is basically your shot within the first ten or fifteen seconds to get whoever’s reading it to get really interested in you as an applicant,” she said. Students should ensure their résumé’s “past education” and “work experience” sections are
readable and up to date, she said. More importantly, however, they should make sure the “skills” section is appropriate for their targeted job field. “That’s a very dynamic part of your résumé,” Moore said. “It changes all the time.” Psychology senior Josh Call endured the interview process on his way to becoming a Cal Poly library research assistant technician and librarian student assistant. Tailoring his résumé to the position was a crucial factor, he said. “There are things in your education or experience that might not be particularly relevant,” he said. “That would just come off as bloat to the people looking over your résumé.” Once the résumé is ready to go, students should get ready for a face-to-face interaction with employers. They should dress professionally and pre-
pare answers for the questions employers are likely to ask, Moore said. “You always want to be as professional as you possibly can,” she said. Students can’t control everything about a job interview, but they can control how they present themselves, Moore said. “Having a nice handshake, looking people in the eye, remembering people’s names, following up with a thank-you note, making sure your social media is professional and represents you in the best possible way — those are things you can control,” she said. No one knows the exact questions an employer will ask, but most questions fall into one of three categories, Moore said. The first category is descriptive: The question essentially asks, “Tell me about yourself.” The second category inquires
about the interviewee’s weaknesses. The third consists of fun questions, such as, “What’s your favorite movie?” The weakness category is often the most difficult, Moore said. “Never, ever undermine your credibility in any of your answers,” she said. “But you do want to be authentic.” The best way to answer such questions is with a characteristic, such as leadership, the interviewee would like to work on, she said. Some interviewers employ unconventional interview tactics which require special preparation. For example, biological sciences sophomore Emily Santor was part of a group interview for an internship. One of the best ways to stand out in a group interview is to dress well, Santor said. “Definitely be dressed in appropriate wear,” she said. “Be-
cause they’re probably going to disregard the people who look like they don’t care.” Group interviewees should know how to make their past experience catch the employer’s eye, she said. “You have to think of things that are pertinent to what they’re looking for, like work experience or leadership experience,” she said. “Even if you just flipped burgers over the summer, you can think about all the positive things, like hard work, or teamwork, or learning how to listen to directions.” The next interview for the internship required Santor to come up with questions for the employer. It was the more difficult of the two interviews, she said. To prepare, she talked to people involved in business about what she should ask an interviewer.
“You have to come up with a lot of questions, and then when you strike on one, don’t be afraid to keep going with it even if it wasn’t on your list,” she said. “Because if you go based off your planned questions, you might get stiff conversation. The best interviews just feel like regular conversations.” After their interviews, students should immediately send the employers thank-you emails, Moore said. The email should communicate the message, “I really appreciated talking to you, I’m really excited about your specific project and I would be the perfect candidate,” Moore said. Even if the interview is a total flop, she said, a thank-you email is still in order. “Everything’s an opportunity,” she said. “Anything bad you do, believe it or not, can turn out to be a good thing.”
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Open the government, then control it Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering sophomore and Mustang News conservative columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News. For the seventeenth time since 1977, the United States federal government is experiencing a partial shutdown. But it isn’t the first time Republicans and Democrats are at odds to decide who is at fault. I’ll start with the facts: This is the first government shutdown since a 21-day shutdown during the Clinton administration spanning between 1995 and 1996. Twelve of the past seventeen shutdowns were during a time when at least one chamber of Congress was of the opposing party of the president. The other five shutdowns occurred during the Carter administration, when Democrats controlled the House, Senate and the presidency. The current shutdown is filled with questions and unfulfilled answers as the “blame game” continues to be played between the Republicans and the Democrats. With President Barack Obama’s out-of-control spending and another taxpayer-funded “entitlement” in the form of the Affordable Care Act (Obamacare) about to be unveiled in full, Republicans passed a bill through the House using the negative public opinion of Obamacare as leverage. They offered a budget bill that delayed Obamacare’s rollout
by one year while raising the debt ceiling. Supporting the president, Democrats soundly rejected the offer in the Senate, and with a stall in negotiations, the United States sunk into a government shutdown. Was it wise for Republicans to try to defund Obamacare this early? Probably not. Obama vowed multiple times he would veto any bill that defunded his signature healthcare act, even if the House and Senate negotiated a deal. And with Democratic Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner’s relationship in Congress, a negotiation surely wasn’t going to be made. Past the constant bantering back and forth lays the false premise of the liberal side of the argument. By calling out Republicans as being “on a jihad” against Obamacare and blaming the entire shutdown on John Boehner and Ted Cruz, Democrats hide the truth behind the issue. No, Obamacare would not be the first major program to be defunded. While many Democrats resort to calling it “the law of the land,” the reality is that the people who make and change laws are none other than the United States congressmen. When laws become outdated or unpopular, it is Congress’ job to repeal or amend them. In the 1960s, Congress approved funding “police action” against the rise of communism with only two votes against it.
After nearly 60,000 casualties and the “police action” escalating into the Vietnam War, Congress quickly defunded the war. Although Obamacare is a far cry from Vietnam, the same model for defunding can be used in the event of an extremely unpopular result after implementation. No, the Affordable Care Act is not popular with Americans. The latest Gallup Poll reported 49 percent of Americans disapprove of the law with only 41 percent approval, only 24 percent of Americans say it will improve their healthcare situation, and an overwhelming 38 percent say Obamacare will make it worse. By turning a shoulder to the opinion of Americans, Obama is ignoring a simple principle of democracy: He works for the people and must respect the interests of the American people. And no, Obamacare will not help businesses — corporate or local. Delta Airlines estimated the new healthcare bill will cost them $100 million each year and they’ll need to cut employees’ hours below 30 per week to avoid paying them benefits. It’s a lose-lose situation. Universal healthcare’s effect on the economy will be seen across the board and far more severe than a government shutdown. In fact, during the last government shutdown, the S&P 500 fell 3.7 percent before bouncing back to see a 10.5 percent gain the next month after a budget deal was reached. With the implemen-
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CONSERVATIVEcolumn tation of Obamacare comes increased transportation prices, leading to increased food prices and a higher demand on the agricultural sector to try to produce more crops to offset the higher costs. Many conservatives see the shutdown as less of an Obamacare issue and more of a spending issue. The Democrats’ unwillingness to put forward a balanced budget is alarming. What’s even more alarming is where the funds of the shutdown have been allocated. Closing national parks and barring the public from visiting veterans’ war memorials certainly can’t be the most important things we cut. And maybe, just maybe, by furloughing “less important” government positions during the shutdown, the current administration will reduce the size of our government in an attempt to cut spending. To end my column, I’ll leave you with a quote from Obama
that reflects his incredible ability to deflect blame on others for his administration’s problems: “Of all the responsibilities the constitution endows to Congress, two should be fairly simple: pass a budget and pay America’s bills.” Bold words from the man whose last budget proposal was two months late and left a $744 billion deficit. Now that Obamacare has been implemented, Republicans can focus on allowing the debt ceiling to be raised in exchange for spending cuts. Once a deal is reached and the shutdown is over, then Republicans can focus on forcing Americans to face the facts and begin to defund Obamacare. Although the shutdown and Obamacare may not directly affect many of us here at Cal Poly, we must pay attention to this pivotal moment in American history, as it could change the course of the country for generations to come.
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The Cal Poly men’s soccer team split two home matches this weekend, defeating UC Riverside 5-1 on Friday, but falling 1-0 to Cal State Fullerton on Sunday. The Mustangs ceded the lone goal of the match on a penalty kick after senior defender Connor Drechsler (right) was shown a yellow card in the 11th-minute for taking a Titan forward down in the box.
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The Cal Poly women’s soccer team won its Big West Conference opener against Long Beach State on Friday, but lost the weekend finale 4-3 to UC Irvine on Sunday.
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field goal as time expired in the second quarter. It was his longest made field goal in a Cal Poly uniform and gave the Mustangs their 10-7 advantage at the break. But in the third quarter, Alcaraz’s penalty led to a Yale field goal while, later in the period, Smith-Johnson’s miscue helped the Bulldogs tack on seven more points to extend the lead to 17-10. Brown’s second interception of the day was then cashed in on Yale’s ensuing possession. Quarterback Henry Furman found Chris Smith for a 28-yard touchdown catch with 3:24 left to ice the game. Brown was also picked off on a pass intended for junior wide receiver Willie Tucker on the Yale 6-yard line in the second quarter. “They didn’t beat us up,” senior defensive tackle Sullivan Grosz said. “We made our own mistakes. I really IAN BILLINGS/MUSTANG NEWS don’t think they’re the better The Cal Poly football team blew a 10-7 halftime lead, as the Mustangs were outscored 17-0 in team, but they played better the second half of Saturday’s game against Yale at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The meeting was today.” the first between a Big Sky Conference and Ivy League school. Cal Poly’s lone touchdown
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came in the first quarter when junior fullback Brandon Howe broke out for a 33-yard run up the middle for a score. An illegal shift penalty late in the third quarter negated a touchdown throw to freshman receiver Cam Akins that would have tied the game at 17. To pour salt on the wound for Cal Poly, the Mustangs’ leading receiver Tucker went down in the second quarter with an apparent injury. He got up under his own power after several minutes of delay, but was nursing his left knee as he came off the sidelines. Before being taken out, Tucker was averaging 17 yards per catch on 18 total grabs for the Mustangs. Cal Poly will try to bounce back next weekend with a Big Sky Conference matchup against Weber State. Kickoff in Alex G. Spanos Stadium is set for 6:05 p.m. “We don’t lose at home,” Grosz said. “That’s one thing that we always preach and it’ll be interesting to see how some of the young players and some of the old players come back from this week.
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Monday, October 7, 2013
Yale upsets Cal Poly, 24-10
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In its last three games entering Saturday’s contest against Yale, the Cal Poly football team had been outscored in the first half by a combined score of 82-17. The Mustangs found a groove in the second half in each of those contests, two of which came against Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) schools, as they out-
scored the opposition 63-26. But against their first Ivy League opponent in program history, that trend was turned on its head. The Mustangs led 10-7 at halftime before getting shut out in the second half as Cal Poly dropped a 24-10 decision to Yale in Alex G. Spanos Stadium. “We came out slow,” sophomore quarterback Chris Brown said. “That’s the repercussions
of coming out slow and trying to be a second-half team.” Instead of the Mustangs finding their characteristic spark in the final two quarters, it was Yale that held the advantage in the second half. But the Mustangs helped Yale get there. Cal Poly (2-3, 1-0 Big Sky) turned the ball over four times and amassed nine penalties for 91 yards. Two penalties in particular, an unnecessary rough-
ness charge on senior defensive end Andrew Alcaraz and an unsportsmanlike conduct on senior cornerback Vante SmithJohnson gave Yale (3-0, 1-0 Ivy League) automatic first downs on third-down situations. Those plays eventually led to Yale scoring drives. “I’ll give a lot of praise to Yale,” head coach Tim Walsh said. “They played a good football game. They played mistake-
free and capitalized on all the mistakes that we made — and we made enough. We probably made more than we did all of last season in one game.” Yale, making only its third trip to California in program history, pulled away with a back-breaking touchdown late in the fourth quarter after Brown’s pass was intercepted near midfield. Brown was also charged with four
fumbles on the day — one of which was lost. “I just played with slow eyes and that was the repercussions of that,” he said. “I should have just trusted my reads a lot more and trusted my eyes.” Cal Poly looked to be entering the second half on a positive note as senior kicker Bobby Zalud nailed a 53-yard see FOOTBALL, pg. 6