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The Alpha Gamma Delta sorority was founded at Cal Poly in Winter 2016.

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BY AUSTI N L I NTH I CUM & CA SSA NDRA GA RI B AY Cal Poly’s Delta Phi chapter of the Alpha Gamma Delta (AGD) sorority was dissolved by their national headquarters Jan. 30, due to their low enrollment numbers.

The chapter was founded at Cal Poly in Winter 2016 and had 60 active members this school year. Their original goal was to give out 270 bids their founding year, according to AGD’s Extension Specialist Jennifer Drum.

“Alpha Gamma Delta is deeply saddened by the loss of this collegiate chapter,” International President Lee Woodham Langub said in a news release. “It is our hope that the women of Delta Phi Chapter will enjoy their membership experience as alumnae members and the lifelong sisterhood of

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Alpha Gamma Delta Fraternity.”

The sorority was not under investigation in any way and Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey said Cal Poly had no concerns with the chapter.

According to Humphrey, the local chapter did not meet the national chapter’s expectation in size and growth.

“We are disappointed that the national organization is choosing to close the chapter because it is not meeting its expectation around numbers,” Humphrey said. “It is incredibly disappointing to [the university] on a number of levels.

First and foremost, because of the experience of the students in that organization and dedicated to that organization.”

Although small enrollment numbers caused the chapter to dissolve, Humphrey said the university hopes to add at least one fraternity or sorority per year to thin out enrollment numbers of large

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greek organizations.

“Large greek organizations lose their ability to be personal and the quality of the experience is diminished,” Humphrey said.

The AGD executive board was not immediately available to comment.

“If they were hoping to be a greek organization of 300 or 200 plus, Cal Poly probably was not the right place for them,” Humphrey said.

This is the first time in at least seven years that a national sorority chapter has dissolved a Cal Poly chapter for low enrollment.

Humphrey said the university does not have a specific dissolving process, but they are primarily concerned with the women who have been affected. Humphrey said the Office of Fraternity and Sorority Life is planning on working with AGD members to provide support.

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CAL POLY FOUND IN VIOLATION OF WASTEWATER STANDARDS

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BY LAU RY N LUES C HE R In 2018, City of San Luis Obispo found Cal Poly significantly violated the Wastewater Pretreatment Standards mandated by the city.

All of the wastewater generated on campus is treated at the city’s Water Resource Recovery Facility, and because Cal Poly is categorized as a Significant Industrial User of the city’s water, they have the permit to discharge their wastewater into the city’s treatment system.

The city tests the wastewater for nine pollutants, including ammonia. Cal Poly’s wastewater violation was regarding an excessive discharge of ammonia, exceeding the local limits.

According to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier, the excess of ammonia in the universities wastewater is a result o f the water conservation efforts being made on campus.

“Cal Poly has been a leader in investing in water conservation, and these efforts resulted in our wastewater exceeding current ammo-

nia concentration limits,” Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Director of Environmental Health and Safety David Korpan said the plumbing fixtures across campus have been retrofitted to low flow and high efficiency models, causing higher concentrations of ammonia from human waste.

“Unfortunately, increased ammonia concentrations are likely to continue because the campus is discharging less water that it used to,” Korpan said.

The high levels of ammonia concentration are likely to increase as Cal Poly’s population of students living on-campus increases, causing the majority of the wastewater produced to be from domestic rather than industrial use.

While the amount of ammonia in Cal Poly’s wastewater is not likely to decrease, the university is planning to work with the city so they can continue to prioritize water conservation.

“Cal Poly is currently working with the city to evaluate changing the wastewater permit to allow for an increase in ammonia limits so we can continue to conserve water,” Korpan said.

“Stewardship of Cal Poly’s public lands is a priority and we remain committed to resolving issues that may impact the environment.”

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BY HAILEY NAG M A In 2017, former Cal Poly student Cameron Geehr filed a class-action lawsuit on behalf of the tenants of The SLO Student Living against Home Sweet Home, Inc., the former owners of the apartment complex located on Foothill Boulevard and Santa Rosa Street.

The case was settled in December 2018, allowing a reimbursement of up to $700,000 for the tenants who leased apartments in The SLO between August 1, 2017 and July 31, 2018.

Each resident received notice of the court de-

cision along with the option to accept, exclude themselves from or object the settlement.

Mechanical engineering junior and tenant during the 2017-2018 school year Ben Thompson said that his experience living at The SLO was not pleasant.

“It wasn’t as expected — the apartment itself,” Thompson said. “They showed us this really nice model apartment and then when we got there, there was a lot of chipped paint or random nails in the wall or just a lot of signs of [the building of the unit] being rushed.”

Thompson said he and his roommates plan

No one was injured when a tree fell on Career Services.

RAIN & WINDS HAMMER SLO HIGH WINDS BLEW PART OF A TREE ONTO CAREER SERVICES

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PROBLEMS AT THE SLO APARTMENTS REMAIN AFTER TENANT CLASS-ACTION LAWSUIT VICTORY

The SLO Student Living settled a lawsuit in December 2018, allowing a reimbursement of up to $700,000 for 2017-2018 tenants.

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on accepting the settlement and no longer live at The SLO. Joe Ferrentino, the lawyer who represented Geehr in the lawsuit, said the court decision does not apply to the occupants of The SLO during the 2018-2019 school year.

“I will tell you that as far as the code violations that were the subject of the lawsuit, most of those have been repaired,” Ferrentino said.

“The City of San Luis Obispo would not allow the students to move in in 2018-2019 unless the owner got the correct permits.”

The SLO Tribune recently released a video courtesy of Cameron Troost, a current college student residing in the apartment complex for the 2018-2019 school year, revealing unsafe living conditions in his own unit. The video features shots of black and brown water filling the sink, loose wires and power outlets, unannounced construction and a broken fire alarm sounding in the middle of the night — Thompson also recalled the latter event, saying that security responded by asking if the fix could “wait until the morning.”

Despite the complaints, the effects of the lawsuit are invalid in relation to any issues that current tenants may face, Ferrentino said.

“Any claims by [students in the 2018-2019 school year] would not affect the settlement,” Ferrentino said. “They should make those complaints to the owner.”

The SLO management was not available for comment on the matter.

Winter returned to California as a powerful storm slammed into the state, bringing heavy rain and damaging winds.

Cal Poly’s weather station recorded nearly two inches of rain from Wednesday, Jan. 31 to Saturday, Feb. 2. High winds overnight were recorded at 15 mph with gusts reaching 20 mph. A larger portion of an eucalyptus tree fell onto a small section of the Career Service building without serious damage.

There were reports of other fallen trees throughout San Luis Obispo. Business administration Senior Adriena Le said she woke up to a tree that fell through her front yard fence and was tangled in power lines.

“It was super unexpected, didn’t hear anything,” Le said. “I woke up to run an errand and open the garage and I looked in our driveway and there was a tree tangled in the power lines.”

From San Luis Obispo to Southern California, the storm caused flash floods to road closures. In Santa Barbara County, the California Highway Patrol closed a portion of U.S. 101 through Montecito after a mudslide covered roads.

For now, Le said she is just grateful her house came out of Friday night’s storm okay.

“We are just glad everyone is fine and that there wasn’t a lot of damage,” Le said.

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California Highway Patrol closed a part of U.S. 101 after a mudslide covered the roads.

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AMMONIA FOUND DUE TO ON-CAMPUS WATER CONSERVATION EFFORTS

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The university’s Master Plan proposes an on-campus Greek Village, however some greek life members are concerned with the potential space.

GREEK VILLAGE ON CAMPUS PLAN CALLS FOR CENTRALIZING FRATERNITY & SORORITY HOUSES

BY ISA B ELLA PAO L E T TO Greek letters line the outside of the apartment complexes across from the Engineering IV building. Where there were once dirt and train tracks, now glisten omega, delta and kappa letters hung from the side of freshly built student housing. That’s the vision.

Cal Poly has proposed building on-campus housing for all students in greek organizations. However, not all greek life members are happy with the proposal.

Included in the most recent Strategic Plan draft is a potential initiative to create a Greek Village for all greek organizations, including Panhellenic (PHA), Interfraternity Council (IFC) and the United Sorority Fraternity Council (USFC).

Although a location still has not been finalized for the village, the ideal area for it would be north of Engineering IV, near the lower sports complex fields, Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey said in an interview.

The village is meant to support a measure

to create safer, healthier and more leadership-based greek organizations.

This is not the first time Cal Poly has brought up the possibility of building on-campus housing specifically for students in greek life.

The possibility for all-greek student housing was first brought up in 2013. When Cal Poly entered into the deferred recruitment compromise, which created party registration and risk management policies and expanded the greek system, students in greek life asked the administration to explore the feasibility of a creating a Greek Village, Humphrey said.

The village would create a facility where all fraternity and sorority houses could be together and share facilities, effectively moving them out of neighborhoods.

“A lot of our greek organizations are living or holding membership functions in facilities that were not designed for the size of their organization,” Humphrey said. “So our students have regularly asked for the university to help them find and create facilities that are more appropriate to the size of their organizations.”

Since then, Cal Poly has looked to other universities’ on-campus housing for students in greek life as an example. One model the university has especially kept an eye on is the one at Arizona State University (ASU) because of the different model configurations organizations can choose from for their house, Humphrey said.

The Greek Leadership Village at ASU opened in Fall 2018 and includes 27 chapter houses as well as a community center and retail area, according to the ASU website. The project began in 2012 after members in the Interfraternity Council (IFC) expressed interest in on-campus housing for students in greek life, similarly to how the idea started at Cal Poly.

After the idea came to fruition in 2013, Cal Poly also sent out surveys to students in IFC, PHA and USFC to gauge their interest in a Greek Village, as well as amenities they would like to see offered in the village and how they feel about their current housing.

The last survey was sent out a few years ago, but Humphrey said the administration has checked in with sorority and fraternity leadership every year to ensure the project is still something students would want. So far, Humphrey said the consensus has been that they do.

According to the survey, benefits of the village would be unification of all greek organizations, ease of securing housing, creating a safer place to live, a lack of sensitive neighbors and an on-campus location for meetings.

However, not all agree that having more university oversight of greek organizations will be completely beneficial.

“I think just the mix of sororities and fraternities all in one place telling them, one, not to drink, two, you can’t make noise past whatever it is, 10 p.m. on weekdays, I do not know if that would be very successful,” agricultural business senior and Alpha Omicron

Pi [AOPi] member Jennifer Harlow said.

Although students would have the option to keep their greek houses and live there or in the village if they choose, Harlow said the stigma surrounding being an upperclassman living on-campus could present difficulties getting greek members to live in the village.

Cost would also be another large area of concern for James Abundis, the diversity chair for Gamma Zeta Alpha, a Latino Interest fraternity in USFC. The computer science senior said that while the village could be beneficial in promoting interaction between all greek organizations, there may be other students on campus who could better make use of the facilities.

“I’ve thought about this before, it’s like, why should we get housing? There’s students who are homeless on campus who can barely afford tuition,” Abundis said. “I can’t help to think that people probably need it more than me.”

A Cal Poly survey conducted via email in 2016 found that 270 of 2,192 students, or 12.3 percent, reported being homeless.

Within cultural fraternities, many students are first-generation, low-income, or both, making paying high fees for on-campus housing on top of dues something that typically would not be feasible for many members, Abundis said.

On average, USFC dues range from $50 to $100 per quarter, while IFC dues range from $200 to $350 per quarter and PHA from $300 to $450 per quarter.

“I’ve seen a chart showing that 70 percent of the students here have families who make over $100,000 a year. We’re not from there, so if our members were to be charged the same rate as people from other [organizations] who historically, demographically have richer members, we probably would not be able to afford it,” Abundis said. “It’d just end up being predominantly white fraternities and sororities living there. I mean, that benefited them, but us it might not.”

Currently, USFC does not have any official housing, so having a place to interact with other organizations could be beneficial if the pricing corresponded with income as well as dues for the organization, Abundis said.

“It’d be great if we had the option living in greek life housing and reduced greek life housing for greeks who come from poor income families, maybe that’s a better way to handle it,” Abundis said. “Not all of us can afford that on top of our dues. I mean, I can’t.”

The cost of living off campus versus on-campus could also be a factor in deterring students from living in the Greek Village, Harlow said.

“AOPi has a very discounted price to live in the house because very few people even live in the house,” Harlow said. “It’s dependent on your financial situation and your roommate situation … it’s not necessarily an alternative because I think very few people in greek organizations actually live in the house.”

The greek village is still in the conceptual phase, so logistics like cost and location still have not been determined and cannot be determined until the university Master Plan has been approved by the CSU Board of Trustees, Humphrey said.

ART AND DESIGN SENIOR MAKES IT TO FINAL ROUND OF IMAGINATIONS COMPETITION

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Fourth try is a charm. Art and design senior Kyle Branch and his team has made it to the finals of the Disney Imaginations Competition.

Since freshman year of high school, Kyle Branch thought about the Walt Disney Imaginations Competition. It would take nearly a decade and four tries for Branch to get the news: from a pool of 260 original teams, his was one of six to make it to finals.

“We worked really hard, but we never expected to make it all the way to finals,” Branch said.

Branch is a Cal Poly art and design senior with a concentration in graphic design. His passion for both theme parks and design makes Disney Imaginations a perfect competition for Branch.

“I’ve been passionate about theme parks forever,” Branch said. “I grew up going to Disney quite frequently.”

Disney Imaginations challenges teams of college students to design a conceptual guest experience based on a theme. This year’s

theme was natural or ancient wonders of the world. Sponsored by Walt Disney Imagineering, the competition seeks to discover the next generation of imagineers — the creative force behind Disney Parks & Resorts.

The six final teams will present their projects to Imagineering Executives on an all-expenses-paid visit to Walt Disney Imagineering in Southern California Feb. 4 through 8.

Branch, who hopes to intern with Disney, said the idea of exhibiting his project to the imagineers is “surreal.”

After three other attempts to make it to this stage of this competition, Branch said he credits the hard work and passion of his team for this year’s success.

Branch and the three students he worked with met at a theme park design internship during summer of 2018. The team includes Triet Nguyen of the University of Southern

California, Brooke Pandos of Savannah College of Art and Design and Jessica Woody of the University of Florida.

The team’s design is called Port Pharos. It imagines a rebuilt Lighthouse of Alexandria, one of the seven wonders of the ancient world.

Walt Disney Imagineering said Branch’s project aims to “honor the history, architecture, and ecosystem around the Lighthouse of Alexandria.” It is imagined as a resort of ancient ships sailing around the water surrounding the lighthouse. The re-imagined lighthouse exhibits images of the ancient Egyptian sun god Ra, drawing parallels between the light of the sun and the light of a lighthouse.

Branch said he and his team are both excited and nervous about presenting their hard work in February.

“It’ll be a mix of nerve racking and a dream come true,” Branch said.

rant managers with service providers.

David said the problem within the restaurant industry is that restaurant owners spend an excessive amount of time and money on managing their equipment. Additionally, the way restaurants hire service providers is outdated and inefficient.

“We realized we needed to improve the way the workflow happens between the two parties,” David said. “We solved that by having software which connects them seamlessly.”

Once a restaurant starts using Roopairs, their onboarding specialists log all of the equipment in a restaurant with its appropriate manufacturer, model number and serial number.

in as soon as three business days.

“We offer service providers the full life cycle of how to run their business,” Raymond said. “We get them the job, we enable them to schedule and dispatch the job, and because we are also a payment processor, we then enable them to invoice their job and get paid quicker.”

The startup is leveraging Cal Poly students by having an entire graphic communications class with 40 students design their marketing website this quarter, three public relations students working on an outreach campaign, and one marketing intern.

Currently, the startup is still in closed beta, a testing phase, with eight restaurants using their software in the community, including

We knew we wanted to develop a product that brings value, saves restaurants money and is also free.

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On Roopairs, restaurants can choose which equipment needs to be repaired.

STUDENT STARTUP ‘ROOPAIRS’ RESTAURANTS

BROTHERS MAKE IT EASY TO REPAIR EQUIPMENT

BY M A DDIE RA B AGO Having grown up with a restaurateur father, business administration senior David Bartolomucci and older brother Raymond Bartolomucci know the restaurant industry like the back of their spatulas.

The brothers recognized the demand for a

digitized marketplace that makes repairs easy for restaurants and with the help of the SLO HotHouse, they co-founded Roopairs.

Roopairs, a play on kangaroos and the word ‘repair’, is a fully responsive web platform that helps restaurants manage their equipment. The platform is accessible from any device with the capability of connecting restau-

David said this is more efficient for restaurant managers and the service providers when something breaks down.

Through the online platform, users can choose which equipment needs to be repaired, the service provider, and describe the problem. The software then sends an automatic email, text, and phone call to their chosen service providers and someone is sent to repair the equipment.

“The best part about our business model is that it’s free for restaurants,” Raymond said.

“We knew we wanted to develop a product that brings value, saves restaurants money and is also free.”

Raymond said a big problem with service providers is getting their payment, as it usually takes 30 to 90 days due to excessive invoicing and paperwork.

Roopairs is focusing on building software that guarantees payment to service providers

Novo, Luna Red, Mint + Craft, The Galley, Dolphin Bay Resort, Old San Luis Barbecue Company, Blue Sky Bistro, and Bliss Cafe.

Roopairs has partnered with Cal Coast Refrigeration and 15 other service companies in the community. The brothers said feedback has been positive so far.

“Cal Coast Refrigeration has already expressed they want to bring on all 300 of their customers,” Raymond said. “Aqua Systems, who has a restaurant client base statewide, has expressed [that] they look forward to partnering with Roopairs.”

David said they will likely be in closed beta for the next two to three months and will then transition into open beta until summer. They are hoping to launch by September 2019.

“Ideally, our next big milestone will be to enter into Santa Barbara into a distribution channel with another restaurant software company,” Raymond said.

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There were around 700 students who did not enroll in classes at the start of Fall 2018.

CAL POLY AND OTHER COLLEGES KEEP LOSING STUDENTS — ONLY CAL POLY DOESN’T KNOW WHY

BY J A EL I N WI LS ON Schools lose students every year. “Financial stress,” “personal reasons” and “academic matters” are a few reasons students cite. Normally there’s a trend – the spike in dropouts acting as a sort of bittersweet red flag that allows institutions to diagnose one of their problems and fix it. Cal Poly is like a lot of those schools, losing students that worked hard to get admitted. But there is a problem: Cal Poly does not know why.

“We were secretly hoping that there would be a clear correlation to something,” Cal Poly statistics instructor Matt Carlton said.

Carlton aided research regarding students choosing not to return to school after attending the previous quarter. That way Cal Poly would know what to do or what to address, Carlton said.

Some universities observe that the students who choose not to return to their campus are older or were admitted with lower qualifications than other students. In other words, they are outsiders: students who are older than the rest or barely got into the school. But Cal Poly does not have those variables. Cal Poly’s campus is largely homogenous, Carlton said. The students are all about the same age and most of them are academically qualified to be where they are.

So when Carlton asked, “Why would stu-

dents who are doing fine [academically], you know, not enroll in the next quarter?” the first thing that popped into everyone’s minds was money. But most students at Cal Poly did not cite that reason for leaving. In fact, the median Cal Poly student comes from a household that brings in upwards of $150,000 per year.

The data Cal Poly collected didn’t reveal much. The students that did not re-enroll the following quarter were proportional to the students that attend each college, Carlton said.

The engineering student body makes up about 35 percent of the school, and about 30 percent of students that did not enroll the following quarter were in that major. Architecture was the same: proportional, yet still unexplainable.

“The Registrar’s office themselves were reaching out to students. Like, literally a person on a phone calling hundreds of students,” Carlton said. “Hey, checking in. You haven’t registered. Blah blah blah,” Carlton said, mimicking a phone call with a student.

There were around 700 students who did not enroll in classes at the start of Fall 2018 — translating into 700 phone calls and emails.

Assistant Vice Provost of University Advising Beth Merritt Miller knows a lot about freshman graduation rates, the logistics of Cal Poly’s infrastructure and Cal Poly’s “Active-Not-Enrolled” program – in which Cal Poly reaches out to students who did not register for classes for the quarter.

“There’s an expected 92 percent freshman graduation rate,” Miller said. “And we physically don’t have enough students left to reach that graduation rate.”

In an effort to help students who slip through the cracks at Cal Poly, the university established retention specialist positions — people who can talk to students and let them know that they are there to help. Carly Head is one of those specialists.

“Carly is the one that calls,” Miller said.

Head is the type of professional that makes others forget she has an official title; any mon-

sitting on the other side of the phone is not completely foreign. The first 20 calls made to students went unanswered. Head said she wonders if an Instagram direct message might be effective.

But when they do answer, there is an array of different responses.

Head said she heard one student say, “Wow, I didn’t know that Cal Poly cares about me ... that has not been my experience here at Cal Poly.”

Other times, it had nothing to do with the school. Another student she called was probably joining the military. Some students just get homesick — another moved back home and transferred to the University of Oregon to be closer to their family.

Head is there to make sure students find help on campus, whether that help is referring them to the financial aid office, showing them how to take a quarter off or just listening to what students have to say. She is not a licensed counselor, but she listens nonetheless.

“What breaks my heart is the feeling that Cal Poly doesn’t care about a student, the feeling that one bad experience with the school has alienated a student,” Head said.

“While one phone call from me won’t change those experiences, if it can help them in their journey and reflection in their time at Cal Poly, great.”

The reasons students give for leaving are far and wide, according to Carlton.

“Only a tiny number said that the [reason for leaving] was really financial,” Carlton said.

“Probably the biggest single category of response was just people who broadly said it was personal reasons.”

For the study, Cal Poly was not allowed to see if household income played a factor, due to federal law.

About a quarter of the students that did not enroll during the studied quarter enrolled the following quarter. Still, both Miller and Head believe there are “low-hanging fruit” that can be scooped up.

“As a university, we’ve set up these artificial barriers that we didn’t even know were there,” Miller said.

A student who has holds on their account may be unable to register for classes and not know where to go. Miller said that should not happen.

We were secretly hoping that there would be a clear correlation to something. iker would seem too rigid or impersonal. She recently attended the wedding of a former student whom she made a connection with. At the same wedding, another former Cal Poly student saw her from across the room and told his girlfriend that Head got him through college. Head simply responded by saying, “You did all the work. I just got to be the helpful support along the way.”

“I will say, sometimes it can feel like a cold call,” Head said. “Or a sales position.”

But as someone with advising experience, she is used to not knowing what’s coming – so,

“It was really hard for me to feel like students do so much to get into Cal Poly; they work so hard to get in the door — time and money and effort,” Head said.

Yet, some students still leave. Sometimes it is just a fit issue.

According to Carlton, some students’ conversations move away from motives mentioned above and sound instead like, “Yeah, Cal Poly just really isn’t for me. I grew up in a really diverse area. Cal Poly is the whitest place on earth. I really need to be back among not all white people.”

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Poly Canyon Villege raised prices again, this time by roughly $100 per month.

ON-CAMPUS HOUSING COSTS INCREASE FOR 2019-20 ACADEMIC YEAR HOW THE NEW PRICES COMPARE TO OFF-CAMPUS HOUSING OPTIONS

BY R O S ELY N R OM E R O The cost of on-campus housing for continuing students has steadily risen the past few years and will continue to rise for the 2019-20 academic year.

Applications for students currently living in Poly Canyon Village (PCV) opened Friday, Feb. 1. For all other students, applications open Tuesday, Feb. 5.

According to the University Housing, a single bedroom apartment in PCV will cost a total of $10,583 for a nine-month lease, including a $500 non-refundable initial payment. A double bedroom apartment will cost $10,019, including the $500 non-refundable initial payment.

This translates to $1,263 per month per person for a single bedroom apartment and $1,192.50 per month per person for a double bedroom, a roughly $100 per month increase. For the 201819 academic year, a single bedroom apartment is $1,158.50 per month and a double bedroom is $1,093.75 per person per month.

“We look at a lot of factors: budget, reserves, programming, staffing needs and maintenance for our older buildings,” University Housing Marketing Coordinator Julia Bluff said.

A portion of the increase in housing costs will be allocated to grants to subsidize low-income students who will each receive a $1,000 grant toward the academic year’s housing.

Despite the rise in on-campus housing for continuing students, University Housing provides a number of resources to PCV residents, including live-in staff, study spaces, venues to socialize, free washers and dryers and an updated fitness center.

“More than anything, I think we provide stu-

dents with opportunities to build a student-focused community,” Bluff said. “Students who live on campus tend to be more academically successful and have higher retention than students who live off campus.”

Computer engineering junior Celestine Co said she chose to live in PCV because she does not have a car and wanted to live either on-campus or within walking distance from campus.

“Although housing costs were significantly higher this year for PCV, it would still be cheaper than living in one of the apartments close to campus because I would only be paying for the months I was in San Luis Obispo,” Co said.

Off-campus housing options When comparing prices between on- and off-campus housing, there are multiple off-campus housing options to consider, including Mustang Village Apartments, Murray Station Apartments and Cal Poly Lofts.

Mustang Village apartments will cost roughly $278 more per month than PCV for a single room, at $985 per month for the 2019-20 lease year. The cost of a single room for 2018-19 lease year cost $899.

Double rooms, however will be cheaper at Mustang Village than PCV, at $835 per person per month.

Kinesiology sophomore Brian Alvarado said he chose to live in Mustang Village due to its close proximity to campus compared to other apartment complexes as well as its affordability compared to on-campus housing.

“The [Mustang Village] front office is very friendly and helpful,” Alvarado said. “But there aren’t enough parking permits, and sometimes dryers don’t even work, which can be frustrating

because we do have to pay for [laundry].”

Murray Station Apartments, another off-campus housing option for Cal Poly students, is located approximately one mile off campus. According to their website, the complex has a strict noise policy and strives to maintain a quiet atmosphere.

The 2018-19 cost of apartments per month averaged at around $1,708. Next year, Murray Station one bedroom, unfurnished flats will cost $1,325 per month and two bedroom, unfurnished flats will cost $1,775 per month.

Though the apartment complex is farther from campus than Mustang Village, Murray Station provides its residents a study room, bike racks, private yards, walk-in closets and BBQ pits.

Electrical engineering sophomore Jonas Ricasata currently lives in a one-bedroom flat with one roommate in Murray Station Apartments.

“It’s definitely a lot quieter than on campus, mail gets delivered to my mailbox so I don’t have to walk all the way to a community center to get my mail like you would have to on campus and I also live near a bus stop and a hospital,” Ricasata said.

University Housing’s Cal Poly Lofts is located in downtown and is themed for entrepreneurial students.

During the 2019-20 lease year, single bedrooms will cost $1,336 per month and double bedrooms will cost $1,211 per month. This is about a 15.5 percent increase from the 2018-19 lease year, with single bedrooms priced at $1,129 per month and double bedrooms at $1,104.50 per month.

The Cal Poly Lofts only have space for 35 students and residents are selected based on their interest in entrepreneurship.

Prices are based on a 12-month lease and are generally for the cheapest single and double option.

Poly Canyon Village Single: $1,236/month Double: $1,192.50/month Utilities Included: Yes Nine-month lease

Mustang Village Single: $1,975/month Double: $835/month (2x1 flat) Utilities Included: Yes

Murray Station Single: $1,325/month Double: $1,775.50/month Utilities Included: No

Cal Poly Lofts Single: $1,336/month Double: $1,211/month Utilities Included: Yes Nine-month lease

The SLO Student Living Single: $719/month Double: $599/month Utilities Included: Yes

The Academy SLO Single: 1,300/month Utilities Included: Yes

College Gardens Single: $912.50/month Double: $456.28/month Utilities Included: Yes

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BUTTERFLY POPULATION AT HISTORIC LOW IN PISMO BEACH

ALUMNUS AUSTIN HOPE NAMED PASO ROBLES WINEMAKER OF THE YEAR

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In California, there has been an overall estimated population decrease of 99.4 percent of monarch butterflies since the 1980s.

M EGA N DAY Butterfly populations in Monarch Butterfly Grove in Pismo Beach have reached an all-time historic low in late January with a total population of 2,000. In California, there has been an overall estimated decrease of 99.4 percent of monarch butterflies since the 1980s.

According to California State Park Interpreter Danielle Bronson, the monarch butterfly population in the Pismo Beach butterfly grove location is collecting population numbers lower than they have ever seen.

The count of 2,000 butterflies was conducted as recently as Monday, Jan. 14.

The Pismo Beach location is the largest site in all of California.

While the numbers of butterflies have been decreasing over time, populations are lowered even further due to the recent storms and extreme weather conditions along the Central Coast.

“The current western population is 1 percent of its historic numbers,” Bronson said. “Eastern populations have seen a decrease, but not in a critical condition like we are in the western population.”

“In the ‘80s, we would see 250,000 butterflies,” Bronson said. “There is a multitude of reasons for the decrease.”

The reason for a decrease, estimated to be in the 80th percentile, cannot be pinned down to one specific causation, but a multitude of potential threats. Reasons vary from drought and lack of milkweed to unpredictable weather patterns, Bronson said.

The western population saw dramatic decreases in butterflies this summer, but official numbers from an annual Thanksgiving count were released by Xerces Society on Jan. 17, 2019.

The Pismo Beach Monarch Grove and Xerces Society are in partnership with the common goal of increasing butterfly populations across the western region.

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Hope’s family has been growing grapes in Paso Robles since 1978.

BY M I CH A ELA B A RROS Cal Poly graduate and owner of Hope Family Wines, Austin Hope was named the Paso Robles “Wine Person of the Year” on Jan. 18.

“The past recipients of this award are icons in this industry and to be recognized along with them is a bit overwhelming,” Hope wrote in an email to Mustang News. “We have been hard at work trying to propel Paso [Robles] into the best wine region in the world that frankly we don’t really look around much and see what all

we are contributing.”

In 1978, the Hope family moved from Bakersfield to Paso Robles. Austin Hope was 8 years old at the time. The Hope Family were one of the first to plant wine grapes in the area.

“My family were one of the pioneering families to start planting wine grapes in 1978 and I grew up in the vineyards hoeing weeds and learning about farming,” wrote Hope.

Hope wrote that his childhood experiences living on the vineyard heavily influenced his passion for the art of winemaking.

“But, growing up in the vines was an unbelievable thing and I feel being rooted in the farming side at such a young age has helped me be a better winemaker today,” wrote Hope.

“I started working with my father and uncle in the vines when I was in fourth grade and continued through high school and college. It really helped me understand hard work and ingenuity because we did everything ourselves.

I definitely learned respect for people, land and the value of hard work at a young age which I feel has helped shape my career.”

In 1995, Hope pushed for the company’s further involvement in the wine making industry.

Hope is currently a board member as a secretary of the Paso Robles Wine Country Alliance (PRWCA) and a member of the Board of Directors for the Paso Robles CAB Collective.

PRWCA overlooks over 450 wineries, vineyards and businesses.

Currently, the largest struggle that Hope faces is the race to keep up with evolving technology and the unpredictability of the environment.

“Technology is continuing to evolve not only

in the vineyard but in the winery also and this is challenge to keep up with. Mother nature is always a factor as it seems no two growing years are the same,” wrote Hope.

Over the past 7 years, Hope has focused heavily on perfecting levels of tannins in his Cabernet selection. The texture of tannins in wine give Cabernet it’s signature “dry” taste.

“We have spent the last seven years really focused on tannins; trying to make them analytically as high as possible but as supple and not drying in the bottle. We have learned so much and we have finally achieved that with the newest brand Austin Hope Cabernet Sauvignon.”

To Hope, the best thing an aspiring winemaker can do is talk to more experienced winemakers and learn from their mistakes and successes.

“New winemakers have to remember the ones that have been around awhile have made those same mistakes but have learned from them, or they would not still be around. Don’t be to hard headed and take advice from honest, smart, hardworking people that have been around the block a few times. We will all fail at some point but if you don’t learn from it; that is where the problem come from.”

Hope credited his drive and inspiration for his art to his family and genuine curiosity.

“For me, I am driven by so many different things from music, nature, children, my wife and my constant curiosity to explore! But to sum it up in one sentence , I would say I find great joy in creating an honest product for all to enjoy!”

INSOMNIA COOKIES OPENS ON CHORRO

BY KA I L EY O’CONNEL L A new dessert company delivers hot, fresh cookies straight to customers’ doors, as late as 3 a.m.

Insomnia Cookies opened its 149th location Monday, Jan. 28, on Chorro Street. The shop offers an array of different flavors, from its traditional chocolate chunk and snickerdoodle to its deluxe options, such as chocolate peanut butter cup and s’mores. It also sells brownies, cake, ice cream and milk.

Marketing Manager Alonzo Jones stood outside of Dexter Lawn on Wednesday, handing out menus and coupons to the campus community. He is one of seven marketing managers across the country and has worked for the company for two years.

So far, Jones said, the response from Cal Poly students has been one of pure excitement.

“You guys are busy college students, you stay up late studying, hanging out and just being college students,” Jones said. “It’s awesome that we get to be one of those late-night options for you.”

Insomnia’s claim to fame, according to Jones, is its late-night operating hours. It will deliver products from as early as 10 a.m. to as late as 3 a.m.

“Other stores can try to stay open as late as we do, but they can’t deliver as late as we do,” Jones said. “If you hop online at 2:45 a.m., we’ll be there.”

Several local stores are also open late hours such as Domino’s Pizza, which closes at 1 a.m., and SloDoCo, which is open 24 hours.

The first Insomnia store opened in Syracuse, New York in 2004, according to the company website. The idea first began with Seth Berkowitz, a then-attendee of University of Pennsylvania, who baked cookies in his dorm room to deliver to other students. Further California locations are set to open in Chico and Davis this year.

Political science senior Raena Waldman sampled a few different cookie flavors, including chocolate chunk and peanut butter.

“I consider myself a cookie connoisseur, and I can tell you these are some pretty gosh darn

good cookies,” Waldman said. “I can’t believe they didn’t already have a cookie delivery service in [San Luis Obispo] because this is the perfect place for it.”

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Insomnia Cookies delivers until 3 a.m. and has a variety of flavors at their Foothill store.

TURNING THRIFTED FABRICS INTO FRESH CLOTHING DESIGNS

BY KIANA M EAG HER What do suede, triangles and bleached flannels all have in common? They’re all elements of design for graphic communication senior Jeanette Gialketsis.

Gialketsis, known as Jenny Rose to close friends, is a member and designer of the creative collective SubSessions and has now grown into her own clothing label, J. Rose.

“I look at SubSessions as this little diamond,” Gialketsis said. “Everyone has their little slivers of perspective of what they want out of it. For me, I want to do clothing, and I kind of have learned how it works and how to start a label using SubSessions as a concept label.”

SubSessions represents the creatives of San Luis Obispo that provide platforms for artists and musicians through events, such as music festivals Life’s a Peach in May 2018 and most recently Nightlife Savings in November 2018.

“They knew I was just messing around with printing my own designs and I would ask them, ‘Do you want me to make a shirt that says SubSessions for this event?’ and they were like, ‘We don’t really care, we’re just going to have an event for everyone to come and meet each other and form relationships to collaborate,” Gialketsis said. “This is more so just a fun thing, a renegade out of the mineshaft. And none of us really had any intention of it turning into what it turned into.”

After that conversation Gialketsis download-

ed some fonts and started playing with the word Subsessions. From that came the original design. Eighty shirts were made to sell at the event, and all sold out. Students began to walk around campus in her designs.

After the first batch’s success, Gialketsis made approximately 600 prints of the shirt, making Subsessions a ubiquitous concept label within the San Luis Obispo community.

Gialketsis has always been interested in fashion and debated fashion school when applying for college before choosing to study graphic communication at Cal Poly.

“There’s value in a GRC degree in the fashion world,” Gialketsis said. “I am really good at finding a way in GRC to make the things I’m learning applicable to what I want to do [in fashion].

Printing on textiles and the textile industry is such an up and coming thing that is kind of overlooked.”

As a sophomore, Gialketsis studied abroad in Florence and took a Decoration of Textiles class where she learned to screen print by hand.

“There’s this little market I would ride my bike to and I would find really cheap flannels that this guy would sell and he just had piles of them,” Gialketsis said. “I started printing the repeating pattern on the backs of these flannels.

I would post pictures of them on Instagram and everyone from home was like, ‘Oh my god, these are so cool. Bring one home for me.’ So I just made a ton of them.”

Gialketsis called these designs “It Prints”, a

concept label encouraging others to find their “It” — the thing that makes the individual innately creative.

After returning to San Luis Obispo, Gialketsis wanted to find a way to apply what she had learned abroad. She found work at a local print shop and now uses a direct-to-garment printer to produce her designs.

“It’s nice because it’s a little better for the environment,” Gialketsis said. “With screen printing, there’s a lot of chemicals involved.”

The fashion industry is one of the most polluting industries in the world, which is why Gialketsis emphasizes thrifting and repurposing

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Gialketsis cuts thrifted items apart and sews them together in various patterns, creating her signature look.

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Gialketsis uses her art and clothing business J. Rose not only as self-expression, but also as a way of coping with obstacles she has faced.

old textiles into her designs. While rummaging through the Goodwill bins, Gialketsis tends to gravitate toward large suede pants for fabric and flannels to bleach dye by hand. Then, she cuts the thrifted items apart and sews them together in various patterns, creating the signature look of J. Rose.

Gialketsis’ focus on her clothing label stemmed from an unfortunate car accident a year and a half ago that left her with a serious head injury.

“I had to take a lot of time off of school, and so my art was kind of the only thing I was allowed to do,” Gialketsis said. “I couldn’t really read, I couldn’t really focus, I couldn’t go to school and take a test and retain that information. I could do my art and I could print. That was kind of therapeutic for me during that time.”

Gialketsis used art and her business as a form of expression to cope with the repercussions of her accident. One specific art project, which is displayed in her studio/bedroom, tells the story of her accident: a mirror with a photograph of the flowers from her desk.

“Being lucky enough, to stand there looking at my mirror, seeing those flowers on my desk versus those flowers sitting on my grave. Being able to see all that love in my life and turn it positively. It is a year and a half later and not a day goes by where I’m not affected by this. Being a college student, part of my weekly schedule is going to brain therapy twice a week and I see my neurologist once a month.

This is something I live with every single day, and trying to cope with it in a positive way has just been a huge part of my story and my art,” said Gialketsis.

Although being a student, running her business, and caring for her health can be a lot to juggle, Gialketsis has found solace within her friendships and the Subsessions community.

With screen-heavy classes during the day, Gialketsis has learned to balance school and designing by taking it day-by-day.

“Accepting that it’s OK to not try and expand super fast right now if I can’t handle that,” Gialketsis said. “Right now I’m just finding a way and finding the right people to help me do those things because at the end of the day is because it’s art and it’s therapeutic.”

Currently, her business is being run on Instagram, @j.rose.official, where she showcases her new designs and artwork.

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THE CALIFORNIA MINIMUM WAGE WENT UP AGAIN

OUR COLUMNISTS ARGUE THE PROS AND CONS In January, California took the next step to increasing the state minimum wage to $15 an hour by 2023. Now, companies with 25 or fewer employees will be required to pay at least $11 an hour, while employers with 26 or more employees must pay $12 an hour. Meanwhile, the federal minimum wage remains at $7.25 an hour.

BY O L I V I A PE LUS O Olivia Peluso is an English junior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed to not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.

Our economy, ever-changing and ever-inflationary, is anchored in archaic legislation.

The economic poverty line has recently been adjusted for inflation and the prices of goods within the “basket of goods” have been accordingly adjusted, yet the content of the basket has remains unchanged since the ‘60s, despite the changing needs of consumers. Now the poverty line and what we consider to be a “living wage” reflect an inaccurate reality.

The federal minimum wage is currently just

jumping from $15 to $15.90 as of Jan. 21.

As we can see, one blanket minimum wage enacted by the federal government is not ideal for the individual states with varying costs of living. Yet, one blanket state minimum wage enacted by state governments is not ideal for the individual cities with varying costs of living. A government-controlled minimum wage creates distortions in the market.

Abruptly doubling minimum wage may put stress on small businesses. It is simply not sustainable for a company to be paying a worker $15 an hour for only $10 worth of value.

Some companies may freeze new hires to accommodate higher-paid workers. Some may outsource labor to less-expensive locations.

Some may compensate for increased wages by increasing prices. Full-time jobs may become part-time. This is an outcome economists refer to as the “scale effect,” and therein lies the core of the minimum wage debate. And when we think about the people who will be most affected by cuts in employment, new hires, benefits, and job training, it’s not the white collars in the government, it’s the minimum wage workers who will suffer the most.

The proposed $15 minimum wage far ex-

It is simply not sustainable for a company to be paying a worker $15 an hour for only $10 worth of value. $7.25 per hour and has been since 2009. This means it has lost 9.6 percent of its purchasing power due to inflation, according to a 2017 report done by the Pew Research Center.

Now, nearly 10 years after its last adjustment, the federal minimum wage of $7.25 is worth just $6.19 in today’s economy.

Nearly 30 states, including California, have enacted their own minimum wages that exceed the rather dated federal wage, but much of the country still slides by with the lowest working wages in history.

As of Jan. 1, California officially raised its minimum wage from $11 to $12, with plans to increase the wage by $1 each year until 2023.

Other counties who have enacted their own minimum wages were also increased. For example, Los Angeles raised theirs from $13.25 to $14.25, and San Jose raised theirs from $13.50 to $15. In Belmont, California, the most recent increase just occurred this week,

ceeds an inflation-adjusted wage, and therefore may cause problems similar to what it is aimed to fix.

While inflation is autonomously ever-increasing, minimum wages only rise with legislation. This means there are lags during which the minimum wage does not adequately provide economic safety — but if the minimum wage exceeds the inflation-adjusted living wage, it will catalyze quicker inflation of goods as companies strive to remain financially secure. The mismanaged increase in wages (in other words, corporate expenditures) may unintendedly create a circular increase in the price of goods, which then further devalues wages, and so on and so on.

The solution to the problem simply cannot be worsening the problem. Sure, wages will ultimately be higher, but the true value of the wage itself loses purchasing power alongside the subsequent increase in prices of goods.

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Student Campus Dining employees earn the California minimum wage of $11 per hour.

BY B A I L EY B ARTO N Bailey Barton is a political science senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed to not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News.

While it is true that a large jump in the minimum wage can lead to layoffs of workers, this is not the case if the increase is done slowly over time. Last week, a bill was introduced in Congress by House Democrats called the Raise the Wage Act (H. R. 582). The bill has 181 cosponsors and its companion bill in the Senate (S. 150) has 31 cosponsors. The bill would raise the federal minimum wage to $8.55 this year and then increase to incrementally over the next five years until it reached $15 per hour in 2024. After 2024, the law would also call for additional incremental adjustments to the minimum wage to keep pace with national inflation patterns.

This would prevent another decade from going by without any increase. As politics in Congress continue to grow more polarized and volatile, a bill such as this would be

limit, many states such as Pennsylvania and South Carolina still have a state minimum wage of $7.25 per hour. While this may be fine for high schoolers working for gas money, it is not fine for the many adults looking to take care of themselves and their families on the minimum wage.

In 2016, 55 percent of minimum wage workers were older than 24. Unskilled workers who have no other options besides minimum wage work are dependent upon these increases. A higher minimum wage would reduce federal government welfare spending.

Many low-income workers would no longer be reliant upon government benefits if they earned enough money to support themselves. Not only would this reduce federal spending, but it would allow workers to feel a sense of autonomy and a boost in self-esteem by not having to be reliant upon government funds to survive.

An increase in the minimum wage would increase aggregate spending overall and help provide a boost to the economy as it continues to slow. Data from the Economic Policy Institute indicates that during the last increase of the minimum wage in 2009 indicate that $5.6 billion in additional consumer spending occurred in the year following the increase. With CNN’s reported 73 percent of investors concerned about a possible recession in the next one to two years, this boost could prove critical to reducing how severe such a recession would be on the economy.

A $15 federal minimum wage would provide workers with a living wage, one that workers could actually afford to live off of. important in order to keep partisan gridlock from preventing a much-needed increase from occurring.

The federal minimum wage, having not increased for the last decade, is long overdue for a major increase. A $15 federal minimum wage would provide workers with a living wage, one that workers could actually afford to live off of. While some areas of the country have already moved their minimum wage above the federal

We as Cal Poly students need to be concerned about the federal minimum wage.

Whether it’s out-of-state students who return home on breaks to work minimum wage jobs or just general concerns about the future of our economy, students should be paying attention to what happens with the federal minimum wage. An increase to $15 per hour would provide a benefit to workers and to the economy overall that we haven’t seen in the last 10 years.

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To solve a sudoku, the numbers 1 through 9 must fill each row, column and box.

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CLUES ACROSS

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Word Scramble Rearrange the letters to spell something pertaining to video games.

V T A A R A

1. Got paid 7. Sets free 13. Domestic hybrid cattle 14. Quality of one’s character 16. Doctor’s helper 17. Not holding back 19. Type of degree 20. Short but severe 22. 007’s creator 23. Linguistics icon 25. Large integers 26. Upset 28. Former 29. Peyton’s younger brother 30. An Irish dance 31. Title of respect 33. Small lump 34. Baroque musical instrument 36. The third sign of the zodiac 38. The 1st letter of the Hebrew alphabet 40. A group of nine 41. Garment 43. Capital of Yemen 44. One point south of due east 45. Drain 47. Moved quickly 48. Bar bill 51. An idiot 53. Indicates silence 55. Protein-rich liquids 56. Samoan monetary units 58. “__ your i’s, cross your t’s” 59. Forms the bottom 60. Potato state 61. Toy that spins around 64. Barium 65. Type of molding 67. Closes again 69. Sounds the same 70. Come into view

CLUES DOWN

1. Nix 2. Indicates position 3. Quantitative facts 4. Strong and healthy 5. Former measure of length 6. Dads tend to be this 7. Parts of a movie 8. An animal’s foot 9. Expression of sorrow or pity 10. Saudi Arabian money 11. One billion gigabytes 12. Smallest musical interval 13. A rugged box (usually made of wood) 15. Cheese dish 18. An ugly, evil-looking old woman 21. Widely used 24. Makes into pages 26. Afflict in mind or body 27. Set up 30. Toilets 32. “Life of Jesus” theologian 35. A big deal on Wall St. 37. Western Thai people 38. Free from contamination 39. Type of dog 42. Revolver 43. High schoolers’ exam 46. San Diego ballplayers 47. Hit the sack 49. Suitable for crops 50. Red mineral 52. Yellowish-brown 54. Lowest point between two peaks 55. Late TNT broadcaster 57. Thin strip to align parts 59. Swiss wind 62. A way to chill 63. Jewel 66. Rhodium 68. The top lawyer in the land

ARIES – March 21/April 20 Change is on the horizon, but you don’t yet know where you fit into the equation, Aries.

Enjoy the unexpected and don’t worry so much about the future.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 Libra, you may be compelled to be introspective this week. Use this time to reflect and explore all the reasons why you typically enjoy being an extrovert.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Taurus, though you may think you can only choose one direction in life, you really can reverse course and go in another direction if you so desire.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 If there is something on your mind, Scorpio, now is not the time to share it with everyone.

Let this settle for a bit, then choose the right time to share your discovery.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Gemini, normally you are conservative and weigh things carefully, However, this week your other side takes over and you are apt to be a little more spontaneous.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 People around you who are irritable might try to pull you into their situations, Sagittarius.

Resist the urge to become influenced by their bad moods and perceptions.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 Cancer, there is only so much time to learn something new at work and you may be worried a bit. Someone will talk you through, and you’ll find your way.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 Capricorn, a little extra concentration will have you flying through your to-do list in no time.

Devote the time now and enjoy the reward and time off later.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 Leo, if life seems a little more hectic these days, you may be taking on too many responsibilities. Lighten the load and focus on what matters most.

AQUARIUS – Jan. 21/Feb. 18 Aquarius, it is never too late to get some exercise, even if you think that a dedicated workout regimen can’t fit in your schedule. Try socializing while working out.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 It can be challenging to wrap your head around certain goals, Virgo. However, you will manage to pick and choose those tasks that are most important and get things done.

PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 This could be a week passion comes to the

forefront, Pisces. If you keep your options open, you may be surprised at what comes your way.

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Biological sciences students use the cadaver lab for observation and research.

BY GRA NT A NDERSON Cal Poly’s cadaver labs, located underneath Science North (building 53), provides seniors with the opportunity to dissect human bodies for research projects. Biological sciences professor Emily Taylor supervised the program for many years, but then chose to resign, thus starting the search for her replacement.

According to Taylor, it is especially important to keep the program active for students who wish to get some experience with human anatomy before they enter medical school.

“It’s not quite as common for a school like Cal Poly to have cadavers, especially not as common for the students to be able to be the ones who get to dissect them,” Taylor said. “True to our Learn by Doing motto we allow the students to actually do the dissections before they ever go off to medical school.”

At last, another faculty member made leave: Cameron Shields, who had previously taught human anatomy and physiology courses at Cal Poly, retired from her teaching position at the start of the 20182019 school year. This was an in for Mike Jones, one of two undergraduate anatomy and physiology professors at the University of Illinois at Chicago, who flew out to California on a week’s notice to succeed Shields’ role.

Jones revealed a skill set that stretched beyond the classroom. Jones previously worked with the University of Illinois at Chicago’s cadaver labs, and once served as a contractor for the Anatomical Gift Association of Illinois, a body donation facility.

It was now clear who took reign over the small cadaver lab. It was Jones for every body.

While the labs typically serve undergraduate students who are conducting their senior research projects, regular anatomy students also benefit from observing real human organs.

“Our students will perform a sheep’s heart dissection in their regular coursework of their laboratory but they can also go into the cadaver space and see what a human cadaver thoracic cavity looks like with the heart in place and dissect it,” Jones said.

What Jones really hopes for, however, is an entire course dedicated to studying human cadavers. He is currently in the process of getting the course approved, but he is hopeful for the future.

“In terms of the students who actually get the chance to do the work of dissection and preparing these specimens, I understand it’s [only] been a handful,” Jones said. “I believe that we can serve more students and I think we can do it by offering a course.”

The course will welcome students into the cadaver lab space, where a ventilation tube hangs from the ceiling to contain the heavy scent of formaldehyde. The bodies are all bagged up in a walk-in freezer and across the room is a table full of wetting solution jugs to keep the bodies moist and protected against dryness.

Although the wetting solution has been used for years to keep the bodies preserved, Jones believes that Downy fabric softener will be a less toxic alternative. A fabric softener, however, will not soften a student’s first encounter with a live cadaver, which can be overwhelming for even the most enthusiastic students.

“Usually maybe once a year we might have a student who starts to feel woozy or who will occasionally lose consciousness and it’s not expected,” Taylor said. “This is a really big deal to be able to have the opportunity to look at human bodies…the whole process is extremely regimented and everyone’s always watching out for another.”

Kristiana Wood, a kinesiology senior who recently got off the waitlist for the program, is now one of three students selected to work alongside Jones and the cadavers Winter 2019.

“I’m hopefully doing a career in physical therapy … and I took the two anatomy classes and was super interested in all the muscles and kinda how the body worked,” Wood said.

If you do not lose your head seeing a live cadaver, there is a variety of job opportunities for working with human specimens.

Some go beyond the traditional medical practice — in fact, Body Worlds, the traveling human body exposition, needs human bodies to be plasticized before being put on display. Remarkably, Jones also has that personal experience to offer students.

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TUESDAY • FEBRUARY 5, 2019 | SPORTS | MUSTANG NEWS

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Freshman Gary Vardanyan has been dominant on the court with a 4-0 record in singles play and a 3-0 record in doubles play.

FRESHMAN GARY VARDYAN

BY KY LE HAR , P R E R N A AN E J A & GA R R ETT B R O W N Cal Poly Men’s Tennis freshman Gary Vardanyan has made an immediate impact for the Mustangs. The Granada Hills native is undefeated in collegiate play, with a 4-0 record in singles play and a 3-0 record doubles play Mustang News: How did you get into tennis?

Gary Vardyan: My dad was really into the sport when he came from Armenia. He was really fond of the sport and wanted me to get into it.

MN: What made you choose to come to Cal Poly?

GV: I really liked San Luis Obispo, the coaches and everyone were really great, and I knew all of the guys on the team so it just seemed like a really friendly atmosphere to come to.

MN: What was your goal when you started at Cal Poly?

GV: My goal for my first season at Cal Poly is to just continue to grow as a team, to just get as best as we can, play our best tennis, and hopefully win the Big West Championship MN: What team is going to be the toughest to beat in the conference?

GV: Santa Barbara has been a really tough team that we have been playing in the past couple years. I feel like we are close to them and there is definitely a way we can beat them MN: What has it been like being able to play with senior Dominic Bechard? What have you learned from him?

GV: I’ve learned a lot from Dom. We’re actu-

ally doubles partners. He’s just taught me a lot about the game of doubles. He’s such a natural at it. On the court and off the court, he’s taught me how to manage my time and it’s been a really good friendship to have with him. On the court, he’s just taught me how to move and when to move. Just the play calls he’s given are always spot on, so I’ve learned to read my opponents better.

MN: How has your bond and chemistry with Bechard play into your 3-0 doubles record so far this season?

GV: I think we have a pretty nice bond together in doubles. He understands how I play and I kind of understand how he plays. We just really go after it when we play. We play well together, yeah.

MN: With the success you’re having as a freshman do you feel like you’re flying under the radar or is it putting a target on your back?

GV: I feel like there’s definitely a target on my back from the older guys on the teams that we play against to try to beat me, but I just try to focus and not let that distract me and continue to do what I’m doing.

MN: What do you think the team need to do in general to get better?

GV: I think we need to come together as a team and just come across our weaknesses and try to work on them more in practice. I feel like we’ve been doing well, but there’s a lot of room to improve. For example, we can definitely work on the little aspects of our game that can help us improve a lot more in general.

MN: Who is your favorite tennis player?

And how do you replicate your game after him/her?

GV: Rafael Nadal. Since I was younger, I would try to mimic him in anyway I could.

I would use the same racket, try to use my headband the same way he would, and just try to style my game around him but my coaches would never let me. I just really like the way he plays, and I feel my game is still a little influenced by the way he plays.

MN: Do you have a specific pre-match routine?

GV: Not really. Listening to music just zones me out and gets me ready for my matches MN: How do you handle the pressure as a freshman?

GV: I’m just enjoying every moment of it and having fun. All my teammates help me out with getting ready for the season and playing well. Just a lot of good vibes from my teammates and I feel that’s playing a big role in how I’m doing?

MN: What’s one thing many people don’t know about you?

GV: That I’m Armenian. My parents both came from Armenia. I haven’t ever been to the country but I plan on going this summer and hopefully it will be a really nice trip.

MN: Next week you guys are going to play the University of San Francisco and Fresno State. Do you have any goals or expectations going into those games?

GV: I just want to go out, play well, and play as a team. We need to start off well in doubles and hopefully that will translate into the singles matches. Hopefully, we will get a good result.

The Cal Poly Women’s Basketball team fell 70-52 against Hawai’i on Saturday night, extending their losing streak to five-straight games.

The Mustangs’ (4-14, 1-6 Big West) senior point guard Dye Stahley, who had been out the last two games due to injury, returned to take on the Rainbow Wahine (8-12, 4-3). Although she received playing time throughout each quarter and set the game high for assists, it was ultimately not enough.

Hawai’i came out quick from the get go, as Rainbow Wahine Julissa Tago scored five points and Jadynn Alexander scored eight points on the way to a 17-4 lead.

Cal Poly tried to fight back, as senior forward Devin Stanback scored 6 points for the Mustangs, but they could not close the point gap, and ended the first quarter trailing 19-6.

Both teams locked down defensively at the start of the second quarter, with no points scored for nearly three minutes, until junior forward Hana Vesela and freshman guard Gianna Silvertri scored back-to-back three-pointers. Freshman guard Maddie Willett also stepped up in the second quarter, scoring a jump shot that tightened the point gap to single digits.

However, Hawai’i finished the second quarter strong with a 31-17 advantage.

Vesela started off the second half strong with another three-pointer, followed by another two points from senior forward Katie Nunnelley, bringing the Mustangs within nine points of tying the game at 31-22.

Hawai’i returned that energy, with a 7-0 run incited by Big West player of the week Tia Kanoa, who had a game-high eight assists. Tago fought hard again during the third quarter, scoring six points for Hawai’i and leading them to a 48-28 lead going into the final quarter of the game.

Cal Poly tried to come back in the final stretch of the game, junior forward Jonni Smith fought back with a three-pointer and added two more points for the Mustangs, but it was ultimately not enough.

The Rainbow Wahine kept their point lead to win 70-52.

The Mustangs will return home to take on Long Beach State on Wednesday, Feb. 6 at 7 p.m.

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