Mustang News March 5, 2019

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KY LE C A LZ I A | MUSTA N G N EWS The fant asy b ar tendi ng comp et it i on is hoste d by Bu l l’s Taver n i n dow ntow n S an Lu is O bisp o.

BECOMING A BARTENDER IN 15 MINUTES

BY M ACK ENZ I E NI COL I As the clock struck 10 p.m., the bar lights dimmed, country music blasted over the loudspeakers and the crowd of students started pouring in as graphic communication senior Nicole Cullop and kinesiology senior Adele Looper warmed up their wrists to pour drinks. Dressed in cupid outfits with printed cut-outs of Malibu Rum, their job for the night is not exactly shooting love arrows and playing matchmaker, though. These students are playing a different character tonight — fantasy bartenders.

Fantasy bartending is a competition hosted by Bull’s Tavern in downtown San Luis Obispo where students can sign up try their hand at bartending in a multi-round competition that takes place throughout the quarter.

“We’re both pretty competitive and it’ll honestly boost our ego,” Cullop said.

After finding the inspiration to join the competition, the duo decided that not only do they want to compete for the fun of the competition, but they want to win.

“One of our friends signed up previously last quarter, so I found on Instagram that they were doing it and so we decided to do it,” Looper said.

There are 24 teams and a total of 48

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students who participate in the competition. In each round, two teams act as bartenders and go head to head for the night, where the winners are decided based on total sales, including tips.

Those who want to support their friends but cannot attend the competition are also allowed to Venmo their friends to contribute to their total sales.

Each competition takes place on a Monday, Tuesday or Wednesday. Each night there is a special drink in which the competing teams receive extra points on top of their total sales. For Cullop and Looper, their drink of the night was Malibu Rum. The winners of the competition get their names on a plaque and bragging rights, Bull’s Tavern managers wrote in an email. According to Cullop and Looper, the bar also hosts an open bar party for them and their friends as a reward for winning the competition.

Each competition begins with a 15-minute training session where the fantasy bartenders are taught how to pour alcohol based on the various cup sizes.

“You’re kind of just expected to know how to make drinks and what the prices are,” Cullop said. “I feel like we go downtown enough — we already kind of know how to make drinks. It’s up to your artistic ability.”

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Fantasy bartenders are not completely left to fend for themselves. Throughout the competition, they are paired with an actual Bull’s Tavern bartender who trains and supervises them. Each fantasy bartender also has to agree to be “sportsmanlike and behave in a mature manner,” Bull’s Tavern managers wrote in an email to Mustang News.

Aside from the fun of being a fantasy bartender, Cullop said competing is actually really stressful.

“All day [before the competition] I’m anxious,” Cullop said.

The first round of the competition for the duo took place Monday, Jan. 21, where they dressed in green full bodysuits as four leaf clovers. After making it to the second round, they learned they would be competing Tuesday, Feb. 12.

“I feel like this time is going to be harder because it’s Pint Night, so there’s going to be a lot more people,” Looper said.

By the end of the night, their hard work and newly-acquired bartending skills had paid off. By winning the second round, Cullop and Looper have secured a spot in the quarter finals of the competition on Monday, Feb. 25 where they will dress up in new costumes and bartend their hearts out for a spot in the semi-finals.

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Earl Olson, managing partner at Milestone Tavern, pours Pliny the Elder.

PINING FOR PLINY

THE ELUSIVE BEER IS NOW AVAILABLE ACROSS THE CENTRAL COAST

BY S ER EN A LO P E Z Pliny the Elder. Ring any bells? Water any mouths? The elusive beer is now in San Luis Obispo along with a long list of other Russian River Brewing Company’s beers. Yes, the time has finally come, beer lovers.

Before December, Russian River beers were only available in their homeland of Santa Rosa, California, the surrounding area, parts of southern California and select spots in three other states. While all Russian River beers were hard to come by due to the small area of distribution, Pliny the Elder was the hardest Russian River beer to find due to the reputation it holds.

Pliny was a “whale beer,” according to Sean Zurbriggen, general manager at Libertine Brewing Co. in San Luis Obispo. He said it was a beer everyone knew about, but just could not get their hands on due to the high demand and small distribution.

“You’re always looking for it,” Zurbriggen said.

“The chase was more exciting to me — just trying to find it somewhere,” Scott Silvey, former Mustang News reporter and craft beer critic said. “It was always a very special beer in my mind because of how hard it was to track down and how good it actually was when I had it.”

Silvey shared his first time trying Pliny the Elder in a story he wrote almost nine years ago for Mustang News. After his “only brush with greatness,” he asked readers to join him in his

letter-writing campaign to “pester the owners of the brewery until they start delivering the beers here.”

He joked that his futile efforts were part of the reason Russian River beers are now on the central coast.

Today, there are eight spots in San Luis Obispo that sell Russian River beer, including Pliny the Elder, and 30 more locations in the rest of the Central Coast. Specific locations can be found on the company’s website.

“Until now, we have not had any extra beer to take on any new [regions], ” owner and brewer at Russian River Brewing Company Vinnie Cilurzo said. “The Central Coast has been top of our list for some time. We also appreciate the beer-drinkers’ palate in the Central Coast area.

A tip of the hat has to go to Firestone Walker for leading the way with great beer in the Central Coast area.”

With the extended distribution to the Central Coast, beer-lovers were eager to taste the famous Russian River beer Pliny the Elder.

Libertine goes through kegs left and right at both the San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay locations, according to Zurbriggen. “[Pliny the Elder] is one of the beers everyone’s crazy about,” Zurbriggen said. “If they’re negative, it’s just because they don’t like IPAs.” For those who are not too familiar with beer, IPA stands for India Pale Ale, which is a beer made with more hops than a pale ale and typically has a more bitter taste, according to Bon Appetit.

A double IPA means there is even more hops and has a higher alcohol by volume (ABV) due to more malt to balance out the hops. Cilurzo is known as a pioneer in brewing double IPAs. “Back in 1994 at my first brewery, Blind Pig in Temecula, [California], I made what is probably the first double IPA in America,” Cilurzo wrote in an email to Mustang News. “For Pliny, though, I wanted to focus more on hop flavor as opposed to bitterness.”

Pliny the Elder, first brewed in 1999, is one of the very first double IPAs, The 8 percent ABV beer has a “firm bitterness, but also has a big hop aroma and flavor throughout,” Cilurzo said. While the beer is brewed with a variety of hops, Cilurzo said he wanted to focus on the hop simcoe, the ingredient behind the grape-

fruit, pine and pungent quality of the beer.

“One thing we are very proud of is the fact that Pliny the Elder helped popularize simcoe among other craft brewers,” Cilurzo said. “This, in turn, has helped our family friends in Yakima, [Washington] who own and grow simcoe.”

Silvey described the beer as well-balanced and smooth for a hoppy and high-ABV beer.

“It’s a beer that’ll knock you on your butt if you let it, but it’s very smooth, very drinkable, very balanced,” Silvey said.

Considering the beer’s recognition and awards, many around the country seem to share the same high opinions as Silvey.

Pliny the Elder was named the Best Beer in America for eight straight years by Zymurgy Magazine, the official magazine for the American Homebrewers Association. The members of the association, otherwise known as beer experts, vote for what they believe is the best beer in America. Pliny the Elder took the top spot from 2009 to 2016 until it was dethroned by the consistent runner up, Bell’s Two-Hearted Ale, in 2017. Pliny has remained in second since, but that has not diminished the beer’s popularity, and the brewery continues to create highly praised beer.

The brewery has won a plethora of awards from the Great American Beer Festival and the World Beer Cup that recognize the brewery itself and their individual beers.

But Pliny is certainly not Russian River’s only popular beer. Feb. 1 marked the annual release of the brewery’s triple IPA, Pliny the Younger. The beer is highly anticipated by fans and is only available for 14 days, according to Cilurzo. Due to the short span of availability and high demand, the brewery’s website informs customers they may have to wait in line on the weekend for the beer anywhere from one to six hours. They ask customers not to camp outside and leave their tents at home to avoid disturbing neighboring businesses.

Russian River Brewing Company has been able to grow as a business due to the success of Pliny the Elder and was able to open an additional location.

“Not only do beer drinkers identify Pliny with Russian River, it has afforded us the opportunity to build our dream brewery, which we just opened in Windsor, California,” Cilurzo said.

“We did not expect Pliny to become so popular.

There [was] no way for us to know that it would become a part of the fabric of the American craft beer story.”

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Pliny the Elder is now available on tap in San Luis Obispo and the surrounding area.

New diversity and inclusion initiative launches with listening sessions and campuswide survey

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BY CASS A N DRA GA R I BAY & ISABE L LA PAO L ET TO University President Jeffrey Armstrong and Cal Poly administrators have said increasing diversity has always been a part of Cal Poly’s long-term goal. After the blackface incident in April 2018, however, Cal Poly’s struggle with diversity and inclusion came to the forefront of campus conversation once again.

With the help of diversity specialist Damon Williams and his Center for Strategic Diversity Leadership and Social Innovation team, Cal Poly released their Cal Poly Experience (CPX) campaign Feb. 28.

Prior to Cal Poly’s $243,000 partnership with Williams, which was announced Jan. 24, Cal Poly administration attended Williams’ The National Inclusive Excellence Leadership Academy and began building a relationship with him.

University administrators said it is still being determined where the money for Williams’ partnership is coming from. However, they assured Mustang News the money to pay for the partnership would not be taken from tuition, the general fund or student fees.

“We wanted the best for Cal Poly, so we got the best, one of the best experts,” Interim Associate Vice President for Diversity and Inclusion Julie Garcia said. “Like I said, he literally wrote the book on it; he has a book called ‘The Chief Diversity Officer.’”

Williams spoke at Cal Poly in Oct. 2018 and again in late January. The next time he visits campus, from March 12 to 14, the first phase of the CPX plan will begin.

Williams previously used his survey and assessment methods at the University of Michigan and other universities nationwide.

“They created the instrument and it is a validated survey that has been used by other leading experts like the University of Michigan,” Garcia said.

What CPX is and how it will work The acronym CPX stands for Cal Poly experience, and the ‘X’ represents the crossroads where data and the action plan come together and create change, Director of Marketing and Communications for Student Affairs Yukie Murphy said.

The two-phase action plan will begin with listening sessions for students and faculty facilitated by Williams and his team. Within those three days, 50 sessions will be conducted with three different focus groups to assess the experiences of faculty, students and staff.

Sessions are confidential and open to the entire campus.

Garcia said Cal Poly felt students and fac-

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ulty may be more willing to share their experience with a third party, rather than administration. Confidentiality is also intended to allow the Cal Poly community to feel comfortable sharing grievances with the university.

Following the listening sessions, a campus-wide survey will be administered April 9 to students and staff and will stay open for four weeks. Both the listening sessions and survey will be used to collect data over a sixmonth period on topics like retention rates and graduation gaps.

Alumni and any faculty or students who have left the university will not be included in the survey.

The data will be used to help shape what the university will prioritize when it comes to diversity and inclusion and will impact the final Action Plan. While students are not required to take the survey, there will be stations with laptops as well as spaces to talk about the survey with others around campus from April to May. Cal Poly’s last campus climate survey was in 2014, but the low response rate of less than 30 percent made it difficult to utilize the information, administrators said.

“We hope that every member of our campus community will participate in these confidential opportunities to share their perspectives and experiences related to equity, diversity and inclusion at Cal Poly,” Armstrong said in a news release.

Administrators said the survey conducted

by Williams and his team is expected to yield a higher response rate than the last, given the sessions and outreach coordinated beforehand. Another difference to note is the final step in the initiative process, which is a Leadership Institute consisting of workshops and score card trainings.

In June, Williams and his team will present Cal Poly with data analysis and a report including recommendations for the university. The initiative process will foreshadow the plan concerning diversity and inclusion for the next five years.

“It is a 12-month process, not just a survey.

It is many different parts and facets,” Garcia said. “I think there is much more opportunity to create the data to help inform lasting change and also help us prepare for that.”

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LEARN BY FLYING — AEROSPACE ENGINEERING STUDENTS GET A HANDS-ON EXPERIENCE COLLECTING DATA MID-AIR

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Aerospace engineering students in AERO 409 learn to collect data through test flights.

BY M AU REE N MC N A M A RA “So you’re looking up at the sky and the next second you’re looking at Morro Bay and fall-

ing 1,700 feet in a matter of seconds. You just drop like a rock.”

Aerospace engineering senior Kenneth Chapman described one of his first experienc-

es in his flight test engineering class (AERO 409), where students are able to accompany their professor and licensed pilot, Kurt Colvin, in an aircraft to collect data for engineering experimentation.

They perform three in-flight tests during the quarter: the first is a position error correction test, which tests the ability of the aircrafts’ systems for measuring things like airspeed and altitude. The second is a power curve test, which measures things associated with the engine power. The third test is up to the student to create their own flight test on any parameter they choose.

The class, composed of 24 students and held only once a year, is not a required course for aerospace engineers. But the class offers a unique experience and “makes ‘Learn by Doing’ a whole lot closer and more personal.”

This quarter, the students meet at the San Luis Obispo airport in a small hangar on Tuesdays, Thursdays and sometimes weekends.

However, whether they actually fly is contingent on the weather conditions — too much rain or fog usually causes a cancellation.

In the small hangar, among the various tools and mechanical parts, is the plane-- an experimental RV-7 aircraft, which was built by Cal

Poly engineering students in a prior class.

Aerospace engineering senior Justin Connerly has been a teacher’s assistant for the class for the last two years and became a licensed pilot in 2014. Currently working on his senior project, Connerly said his time in this class helped him gain invaluable hands-on experience that one cannot receive from a design class.

“To put an airplane together in a conceptual design sort of way, without having seen an airplane up close and personal and being able to put your hands on it and touch it and understand the different systems that go into an airplane is really difficult to do,” Connerly said.

Though the class is only a tech elective for aerospace engineers, AERO 409 comes highly recommended from everyone currently enrolled in it this quarter.

An understanding of the conceptual design and mathematical portion of an aircraft is a necessity for aerospace students. But trying to fully understand an aircraft without these physical experiences, Chapman recalls Professor Colvin saying, is like “being a bird and never having used your wings before.”

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“People said it was too sexual or too violent,” artist and art and design senior Riley Chapman said.

“I don’t want to hear ‘too violent’ or ‘too sexual’; I want a ‘why.’”

BY ABBI E LAU T EN -S C R I V N E R A shirtless, brawny man speckled with bruises and bloody cuts stands practically nude. Clad in only a lavender bondage harness and tight Speedo-style neon underwear, he wields a knife in one hand and a rosary in the other. Most of his face and legs are cropped out, forcing the viewer to confront the more taboo, sexualized features of his body.

“People said it was too sexual or too violent,” artist and art and design senior Riley Chapman said. “I don’t want to hear ‘too violent’ or ‘too sexual’; I want a ‘why.’ We’re older than that.”

To Chapman, who prefers gender neutral pronouns (they/them/their), this painting and other works showcase the resilience of the queer community in a tumultuous world.

“Throughout the whole series, it’s just resilience,” Chapman said about their paintings.

“It’s about shining through the chaos.”

Looking at Chapman’s paintings offers the viewer a psychedelic and vibrant view into their thoughts about the queer experience. Set in a dystopian and fantastical future, Chapman’s paintings use a dramatized, cartoon-like vision of the future to examine the political and social issues facing queer-identified individuals today.

“This is a student and artist who really has something to say,” art and design painting professor Laura Krifka said.

Krifka remembers meeting Chapman while

teaching an intermediate painting class. The course offers more creative freedom than beginning classes. Students often struggle to find their way, Krifka said. At first, she was not sure how serious Chapman was.

“It wasn’t until the final painting where [Chapman] did this combination of film noir and gay pornography and combined them into a single painting,” Krifka said. “[Chapman] won an award in the student show for that painting, as a non-studio major. [They] got one of the biggest painting awards that we have.”

Krifka was impressed by how Chapman translated their quirky humor and the ideas they care about into the painting. It instantly resonated with not only their classmates, but with the judge who came to the student show, Krifka said. After this, she knew Chapman would be a student to watch.

Although Chapman is finishing up a degree in graphic design, they chose to also complete the studio art senior portfolio project. On top of an extra senior project, Chapman also finds time to work in the University Art Gallery and Robert E. Kennedy Library, be in Cal Poly Drag Club and participate in AIGA — Cal Poly’s chapter of the professional association for design.

Why has Chapman taken on all the additional work?“ I just love painting,” Chapman said. “If it was up to me, I would just paint 24/7. I would just

live in the studio if it was my choice.”

Doing the studio art portfolio project means Chapman will have at least three paintings in the BFA Senior Thesis Show in Spring 2019. In preparation, Chapman will all but live in the studio. Sometimes, they said, a painting takes Chapman as long as four months.

But despite all the hours they put into a painting, Chapman spends many of these without a brush in their hand at all.

Krifka’s teaching philosophy challenges students to see how much of an artist they can be before they even start painting. She hopes for students to think about how the way they approach the world can be infused with their artistic process.

“It changed not only how I paint in a technical sense, but how I think about the artistic process,” Chapman said.

“She pushes you,” Chapman added about Krifka. “She gives you just the perfect amount of push you need.”

The entire process is therapeutic, Chapman said. Chapman said they see impressions of themselves in the characters and scenes they create, allowing them to explore their own identity.

“I think it brings clarity,” Chapman said.

Painted in vivid acrylic on panel, the exaggerated nature of Chapman’s work forces the audience to consider the queer experience. In making the viewer contemplate the ways queer individuals must navigate violence and conflict, Chapman hopes to encourage people to live with kindness.

“I hope people look at them and are reminded to act out of love,” Chapman said.

Another one of Chapman’s painting shows a drag queen-inspired superhero in thigh-high teal boots and a scanty hot-pink dress. She wields a sword against a masked aggressor aiming a gun. A second fabulously dressed hero holds long knives and kicks high into the air, mimicking a Star Wars fight scene between a Jedi and Stormtrooper. Behind them lies the decapitated, scandalized head of a statue. Upon closer scrutiny, the dismembered head is clearly that of President Donald Trump. In the background, the skyline of a city crumbles into ruin.

“This one was cute,” Chapman said. “It’s super satirical.”

Chapman’s paintings often draw upon sci-fi images from their childhood. To them, both sci-fi and queerness are marked by being revolutionary. Figures reminiscent of Star Wars and Power Rangers interact with drag queen-inspired characters. The resulting style is uniquely distinct.

Chapman’s own involvement with drag influences their artistic flair. Chapman began doing drag in April 2018 under the stage name Miss Anya Cox. When painting characters into scenes, Chapman draws upon the extravagance

of drag queens. This influences the exaggerated rendering of shape and bright colors.

Garet Zook, University Art Gallery specialist and Chapman’s boss, noted that Chapman likely gets criticism for these stylistic attributes, which may be viewed as informal. Zook said he appreciates how Chapman constructively takes criticism and learns from peers or professors without compromising their own artistic style.

“It’s so easy, especially when you’re in college, to be wishy-washy,” Zook said. “But I feel like [Chapman] is true to [themselves] no matter what.”

Chapman’s quirky, graphic style has caused peers to ask them why they insist on acrylic paintings instead of applying their graphic design knowledge to make art digitally on an iPad. Although they have thought about how quickly they could produce more paintings this way, Chapman feels there is a coldness that comes with creating art digitally.

“There’s something to be said for spending time on a painting,” Chapman said. “It’s so intimate and so romantic.”

Despite the love affair with studio art, Chapman still dreams of starting a normal desk job in graphic design once they graduate.

“I would love to go to a nine-to-five design job. Then I’d come home and paint at night,” Chapman said.

Chapman said they hope to have a large solo art show of their own within the next few years.

Their dream gallery for a show would be the Juxtapoz Clubhouse in Miami.

But for now, Chapman’s work may be viewed alongside that of other graduating seniors at this year’s upcoming BFA Senior Thesis Show.

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Art and design senior Riley Chapman uses their art to express their thoughts about the queer experience.

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A proposal for the construction of five new sand volleyball courts behind Mott Gym is waiting for final approval.

BEACH VOLLEYBALL LOOKS TO GET NEW COURTS

BY HA I L EY N AG MA The Cal Poly Beach Volleyball team may get their own venue on campus in time for the 2019-2020 school year. A proposal for the construction of five new sand volleyball courts behind Mott Athletic Center waits for final approval by the University Space Management Committee.

The primary reason for the new courts, according to head coach Todd Rogers, is to serve as a recruitment tool.

“They say recruiting is the lifeblood of any program,” Rogers said. “When a high school gal comes on campus and sees a really nice facility, the first thing [she’ll] think of is ‘Wow, this school really supports this program.’”

Currently, the team switches between practices at the Recreation Center and Pismo Beach. Rogers said that although both venues are adequate, the recreational courts exist for the student body, not for the team, and coordinating practices at Pismo Beach can be difficult.

“It’s like having a gym,” Rogers said. “We have a gym here so we can run basketball, volleyball, cheer and whatever else [is needed] in there. But without a gym, you can’t run those things, and then you have to go rent out a gym. Then everyone’s out trying to find somewhere to go.”

The Cal Poly women’s beach volleyball team is currently one of the top 10 teams in the country, ranking No. 7 with a record of 3-3.

Deputy Athletics Director Nick Pettit said

the success of the team brought greater interest from donors to invest in the program, resulting in discussions with Rogers and a desire for an on-campus space for the team.

“We want this to be one of the best facilities in the country,” Pettit said. “Our goal is to put a video board out there and really engage the students — have them come out and cheer on our student athletes. It’s kind of the last piece to put together to really put us over the edge and give us an advantage over other schools.”

The project aims to make the sport more accessible to students and encourage greater support for the program from the student body. Rogers said many people enjoy watching beach volleyball matches due to its different atmosphere from other sports and that he hopes the “cooler ambiance around the courts” will attract more spectators for matches.

“It’s not just going to be some bleachers thrown there that you sit on, and they’re freezing cold or a hundred degrees hot because they’ve been baking in the sun,” Rogers said. “One of the things I said was, ‘If we’re gonna do this, don’t just throw some bleachers and some sand out there. That’s gonna be lame [and] I’d rather not do it,’ is what I said. Either do it right, or don’t do it at all.”

The University Space Management Committee discussed multiple proposed sites for the courts Feb. 16, according to an email statement to Mustang News from Space and Facilities Utilization Manager Jeffrey Dumars. Pettit said that ideally, the project will

take place behind Mott Athletics Center, a preference based on the cost, feasibility and convenience of the site. Discussions during planning shed light on keeping the courts close enough to the Mott “hub” that houses the team’s locker rooms, training rooms and overall resources.

Infrastructure-wise, the construction is not very complicated, Pettit said. But with this kind of larger facility project, other factors such as fire access and underground utilities must be considered and planned for. According to Pettit, the campus working group behind the privately-funded project is “very aggressive in moving the project forward as quickly and efficiently as possible.”

The project is currently in the preliminary stages, and Dumars said he anticipates that the Space Management Committee will take action on the proposal at the next meeting on April 2. There is an additional sub-committee involved with the evaluation of recreational resource utilization on campus composed of staff from ASI, Athletics, Academic Affairs and Facilities. This sub-committee met on February 27 to discuss the court’s project to further inform the next Space Management meeting.

Pettit said they hope to have the courts finished by the end of Summer 2019, before the next academic year. Although Pettit declined to disclose donor names at this time, he said the donors are Cal Poly alumni and are “intimately involved with the program.”

The Cal Poly beach volleyball team takes on Cal State Northridge and Cal State Bakersfield Saturday, March 9 at Pismo Beach.

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The number of these loud seals on the shores of San Simeon can reach as high as 17,000 during their migration.

BY ANDR EW SUAR EZ The arrival of thousands of elephant seals this season does not come as a surprise to residents of the towns of Cambria and San Simeon.

The annual ritual is part of mating season, which begins in November and concludes in March, according to the California Department of Parks and Recreation. The number of these loud seals on the shores of San Simeon can reach as high as 17,000 during their migration.

The peak of mating for elephant seals is around Valentine’s Day. Females will begin leaving, and in March, the rest of the adult seals will find their way home as the newly born pups learn to swim and fend for themselves, according to Cambria Tourism.

With this massive influx of seals, displacement of the animals has become an issue. A video of an elephant seal hanging out on the freeway has even garnered national attention through BuzzFeed. In the video, local sheriffs can be seen waving at and ushering the uninterested seals out of harm’s way.

The mating spectacle is most commonly viewed at the Hearst-San Simeon State Park, where the seal lookout point is located approximately five miles north of Hearst Castle, next to the coast of San Luis Obispo County.

The seals, reaching up to 16 feet in length, put on a show during the mating season. Elaborate sounds and aggressive fights take place as the males battle for female affection. It is free to watch so long as you do not feed or provoke the elephant seals.

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Daryl Grigsby said the city is looking for input from the community on more efficient ways to make San Luis Obispo’s streets safer.

BEHIND THE COSTS OF INSTALLING STREET LIGHTS IN SLO

BY DARY L G RI S BY Daryl Grigsby is the public works director for the City of San Luis Obispo. This letter has been edited for clarity.

Mustang News published an article titled, “Despite city goal, only one new street light is to be installed in 2019.” The article accurately pointed out the need for additional street lighting in areas around Cal Poly and noted that one light per year would not make an appreciable difference. A source in the article also said Mayor Harmon and the City Council were just trying to “appeal to people … without fixing the problem.”

The City appreciates the discussion and attention to this issue; as pedestrian safety is a top priority for the City of San Luis Obispo.

The more aware everyone is of safe walking conditions, the more we all can take collective responsibility for community safety.

As background information, here is some additional information on the street light installations in San Luis Obispo.

Every two years, the City of San Luis Obis-

po solicits public input to determine citizen priorities to include in its two-year Financial Plan. At the Community Forum for the 201719 Financial Plan, several Cal Poly students advocated for additional street lighting in neighborhoods adjacent to the campus. In response to the student requests, the Council allocated $20,000 per year for a new Street Light program. When this amount was established, it was anticipated that amount could install one or two lights per year – depending upon adjacent electrical connections, the need for poles and foundation, and other issues. Council allocated this additional funding in the light of many additional city needs, including resources for Police and Fire, maintenance of parks and streets, and other city services.

As staff investigated the actual field conditions for street light installations, they found the approximate cost of installing a street light pole and foundation is $15,000. In addition, sidewalk tear out and replacement is another $10,000. Design and the permitting costs for PG&E bring the total cost to approximately $30,000 per location. Since the cost of one light exceeded the $20,000 per

year, during a later budget hearing the City Council added an additional $30,000 to the Street Light program.

The first light to be installed under the Council-approved Street Light Program is a light at Hathaway and Via Carta. This light is currently out to bid, and, barring unforeseen

“At $30,000 per light, that’s about $30 to $60 million to bring the lighting up to today’s standard throughout the city.” conditions, should begin construction in April 2019. In addition, with the additional funding provided by the City Council, city staff have begun design on the second light at Grand Avenue and Fredericks Street with the goal for installation to occur before the end of 2019.

Here are some important considerations that impact the Street Light Installation Program: Much of the city was developed before ex-

it is fiscally impossible to provide street lights at every needed location – city staff is considering ideas where partnerships with neighbors, students, and pedestrian advocates could enhance pedestrian safety through collaborative, low-cost measures.

We are looking at other options, such as pedestrian-scale solar lighting, a ‘light giveaway program’ similar to the successful program wherein the city provides lights for cyclists, and other ideas.

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isting City Engineering Standards were adopted and therefore many lights are spaced further apart than the 200 to 250 feet per pole as established by current standards.

These standards, like many societal expectations, change over the years – and – it is fiscally impossible for cities to retrofit entire areas to match existing standards. For example, it is estimated, and this is very rough, that 1,000 to 2,000 additional lights would be required to bring the city up to standards.

At $30,000 per light, that’s about $30 to $60 million to bring the lighting up to today’s standard throughout the city. Currently, the City’s General Fund Capital budget is about $8 million per year – and that is for all infrastructure needs – streets, parks, sidewalks, open space, trees, city facilities, police and fire stations and other assets.

The Council was well aware that the program would not match the need. The Street Light program was intended to illuminate the highest priority areas as funds were available.

Another factor in street light illumination is that the City does follow a public process when changes impact adjacent residents. Relative to street lights, it is not uncommon for nearby residents to oppose installation due to concerns of light impacts on their homes in the late evening.

The City has another “competing” ordinance with respect to our Night Sky. This ordinance is intended to protect native nocturnal species as well as allow residents enjoyment of the nighttime sky. As you can see, there are many competing interests the Council and staff must balance when implementing new programs.

Recognizing this need could not be met exclusively through capital project construction, the Council also approved two other initiatives. One, the Police Department conducted an assessment utilizing principles of Public Safety through Environmental Design, and, suggested recommendations to Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) and residences in some of the impacted areas. Second, the City’s Urban Forest staff completed tree trimming in areas where tree growth limited illumination for pedestrians.

Finally, the City is currently developing ideas to enhance public safety in areas impacted by poor illumination. Since we know

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YOU ARE WHAT YOU

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IS THE MEDIA WE CONSUME CONSUMING US?

BY A B DU LLA H S ULAI M AN Abdullah Sulaiman is a general engineering senior and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed in this column do not represent the viewpoints or editorial coverage of Mustang News.

Among our first memories, television shows, movies and many other forms of entertainment media have accompanied us from toddlerhood through today. Now, this influence is strengthened with streaming services such as Netflix and Hulu. But how many of us take a step back and ask: How might this content shape our personality, moral compass, and definitions of success and beauty?

In a research journal, Mahesh Chandra Guru and his team at the University of Mysore researched the role of television on child development. The journal states that audio and visual stimulation are the main methods of learning, both of which are the revolutionary essence of television. It references research suggesting age-appropriate programs designed around an educational curriculum are associated with cognitive enhancement, whereas exposure to pure entertainment — violent content in particular — is associated with poor cognitive development. Cognitive development is the construction of thought processes, including memory, problem-solving and decision making. With this insight, we can better understand how and why TV can

influence mental growth and development.

But how does this relate to personality and morality? Well, in psychology, personality is defined as the characteristic set of behaviors, cognitions, and emotional patterns that evolve from biological and environmental factors.

Shows and movies either intentionally or unintentionally provide examples by the actions and decisions of the main character(s). The influence on morality comes from the behavior and characteristics of the protagonist and their companions contrasted with those of the antagonist. The pursuits of characters in some shows can define what success looks like, such as money, prestige, luxury, love, happiness, and so on.

Although my roommate and I both feel our moral codes are defined through our religious beliefs, an anime that has influenced my personality is Naruto. The 700+ episode long anime is centered around the main character Naruto, an orphan child who is outcasted in his community and shamed by his peers during childhood. No matter the emotional hurt that comes his way, he uses it as fuel to become stronger and one day the leader of his village. Throughout his journey he earns his community’s love and respect along the way. His perseverance and resilience under any difficult circumstance has influenced my personality to mimic this mindset. Even my choice of major at Cal Poly was greatly influenced by a single scientific discoveries episode I watched. My roommate shared a similar ex-

perience with a different series that takes the viewer through the journey of the main character from childhood to adulthood. Though it may sound corny, as kids and teenagers we constantly look to others as examples of how to navigate life. We can find this most easily in shows and movies because of its integration in our lives and the way it taps into our imagination. The fictional realities created entice children and even adults with a world or way of life that only exists in the mind.

Now, one might say any form of media can have this effect. Indeed, this is true; however, most of us were raised watching TV and movies versus reading books or surfing the internet. Watching children’s shows now, you can see that most have educational material and even moral guidance, such as concepts of justice and fairness. But as we grow older and enter our teenage years, we stop watching innocent shows that have an educational component and move to shows that define success, beauty, and purpose. We also stop looking to our parents for how to socially fit in because they simply are not “with it” and don’t understand. It is during these teenage years that we can be influenced by entertainment media where the characters are of our age group, like reality TV shows. Not to mention in today’s era, social media gives us access to the actions and thoughts of our peers with whom we wish to fit in. It is here where we find definitions of beauty and behavior we may subconsciously adopt. I don’t mean to neglect other nurturing

factors that also shape who we are, but I believe it is necessary to be critical of an aspect of our nurturing environment that is inseparable from modern developed society.

So whether we perceive it or not, television and media can influence our personality, morality, and how we define and value the world around us. As college students, we are kids quickly approaching actual adulthood, whose brains are still developing and values are still malleable; however, our critical thinking and perception has been refined. That is why it is important for us to be aware and critical of the type and content of the media we consume.

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ARIES – March 21/April 20 Aries, there’s always ample opportunity to learn from past mistakes. You can make amends for previous miscues this week when you’re reunited with someone from the past.

LIBRA – Sept. 23/Oct. 23 Libra, support is a two-way street. If you boost the confidence of a friend or loved one, in return he or she may help you in big ways. Work as a team to foster communication.

TAURUS – April 21/May 21 Others seem to be feeding you information on a need-to-know basis. This may be frustrating, Taurus. But a little extra patience is required for the time being.

SCORPIO – Oct. 24/Nov. 22 Take a step back from the rush and pressure that has surrounded you lately, Scorpio. You can use the rest to clear your mind. This break will help you tackle new things.

GEMINI – May 22/June 21 Gemini, the need to delegate will present itself throughout the week. Don’t take on more than you can handle. Trust that those around you are up to the task.

SAGITTARIUS – Nov. 23/Dec. 21 Sagittarius, you may be eager to step into a new job right when another is finished. While this can be good for productivity, make sure you avoid burnout.

CANCER – June 22/July 22 The image that you project can be much more important than the work you actually do, Cancer. Have a good public relations team in your corner.

CAPRICORN – Dec. 22/Jan. 20 Capricorn, sometimes you are acutely aware of details that others readily miss. This trait comes in handy when you are asked to advise others.

LEO – July 23/Aug. 23 The good will you demonstrate will come around in time, Leo. Continue to be generous and help others whenever possible. Karma is on your side.

AQUARIUS – Jan. 21/Feb. 18 It is important to be self-aware of the way you communicate with others, Aquarius. Pushing too hard might shut some people off. Adjust your approach accordingly.

VIRGO – Aug. 24/Sept. 22 It is not easy to admit when you are wrong, Virgo. When the need to do so arises, be gracious and offer your apologies in a heartfelt way that will resonate with others.

PISCES – Feb. 19/March 20 Psychic feelings are pronounced this week, Pisces. Try to hone in on what these sensations are attempting to tell you.

AFTER AN ARTIST CANCELED, THE UNIVERSITY ART GALLERY TURNED TO STUDENTS

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BY SA B RI NA TH O MPSO N Instead of the photo display, paintings or sculptures that usually decorate the walls of the University Art Gallery, long sheets of paper are taped to the walls. Students are now taking their creative visions and putting them on display for the campus to see.

Cal Poly’s first Draw-A-Thon is a chance for students to come and go from the gallery to put their artwork on the walls during the gallery’s hours, Monday through Friday from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m. The exhibit started Feb. 26 and will be open through March 5, when people who attend the closing event will be invited to take the pieces of art home.

This event was created when the artist originally set to exhibit in the University Art Gallery canceled last minute.”We had to come up with something really quick,” Gallery Specialist Garet Zook said. “A Draw-A-Thon is a tried and true tradition at lots of art schools.”

There are a few rules for students to participate in the event: • Drawing materials only (no paint) • Collaged items can be adhered with glue sticks or tape • Outside art must be hung with command strips • Draw only on paper-covered walls Students who choose to participate can use materials provided on a table in the middle of the gallery, or they may bring their own supplies.

They can also bring their own artwork to hang on the wall and fill the space.

There are no rules as to what can be drawn, and work can be left anonymously. ”I feel like they’re going to fill up the whole room,” business administration junior Rachel Iuliano said. “I feel like a lot of people who are in here are graphic art majors. I’m not, so this is kind of a new experience. You don’t have to be an artist. I’m not an artist, but I came.”

Past student exhibits displayed at the gallery include the Juried Exhibition and Senior BFA Showcase, but this event gives all students an opportunity to show their work without the pressure that might come with the other high-caliber student exhibits, according to Zook.”

I just generally like participating in art events and I think that it’s a fun way to build community,” art and design senior Eva Olsen said. “I draw a lot in my spare time. This is just an extension of that, but it’s in public, so it’s kind of different.”

The style and precision put into each piece varies, a testament to how many students have come by in the days that the exhibit has displayed. ”We don’t have a featured artist for this show — everyone is featured,” Zook said.

The event will end March 5 with a movie night hosted by Studio Art Club. People are encouraged to take pieces of the exhibit home with them.

Pieces that go unclaimed will be “sacrificed to the art gods,” according to the event page on the gallery website.

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WOMEN’S BASKETBALL SENIORS

BY KY LE HAR Cal Poly Women’s Basketball has three seniors — Dye Stahley, Katie Nunnelley and Devin Stanback — who played their last game in Mott Athletics Center on Saturday, March 2.

Stanback could not participate during the Senior Day ceremony or play in the day’s game due to an illness she suffered prior to the game.

The three seniors have left a significant impact on the program, having played a total of 247 games combined.

Point guard Dye Stahley

Stahley has played a total of 108 games throughout her collegiate career. She played in every game as a freshman and has started in every game she has played in since her sophomore year. The Mesa, Arizona native has a career average of four points, 3.1 assists and 1.5 steals per game. In her senior year, she made a serious jump in her points per game and assists per game totals — currently averaging 9.5 points and a team-high 5.2 assists.

Stahley has accumulated a total of 431 points, 340 assists and more than 150 steals. During her junior year, she was awarded the Big West Conference Best Hustle Award. She also led the Big West in assist-to-turnover ratio during conference play in 2018 at 2.5-1. Stahley put on an unforgettable performance when she scored a career-high 23 points, including four three-pointers earlier this season.

As a senior point guard with a full four years of experience, Stahley is also recognized as one of the main leaders of the team.

“Obviously I wanted to be known for not just [being] a basketball player, but also being a good person,” Stahley said. “Everything that I have heard from people and the fans, I think that I have definitely conquered that.”

“I have never seen a leader like her,” Nunnelley said.

Stahley’s leadership skills will help the Mustangs next year, when she transitions to an assistant coach position while she finishes her bachelor’s degree in material engineering.”I am going to be an assistant coach next year, so I am not leaving,” Stahley said. “That is going to be the hardest thing for me, not being able

to get on the court.”

Forward Katie Nunnelley

Senior forward Nunnelley has played a total of 85 games throughout her collegiate career.

Nunnelley only played in 19 games as a freshman, but then played every game as a sophomore. However, her junior season was cut short to 11 games due to injury.”I had to sit out last year for my injury, which was hard,” Nunnelley said. “But I know that I have given everything I have to this program.”

After sitting out most of her junior year, Nunnelley came back her senior year and started all 26 games. This year she is averaging 6.3 points per game while grabbing 5.7 rebounds per game. Her best game of the season came in a 65-62 loss to the University of San Francisco in which she scored 21 points while getting 10 rebounds.”

[As a freshman], Coach Faith [Mimnaugh] told me that I needed to become a rebounder, and I took that to heart,” Nunnelley said.

“Now I can score, rebound and distribute.”As a sophomore, Nunnelley made the Big West All-Academic team. Again as a junior, the sociology student made the Big West Commissioner’s Highest Honors List.

DIEGO R IVERA | MUSTAN G N EW S Forward Katie Nunnelley was inspired after Coach Faith Mimnaugh told her to “become a rebounder.”

Center Devin Stanback

Devin Stanback played in 52 games during her career at Cal Poly. Stanback transferred from Pepperdine after her sophomore year and redshirted during the 2016-17 season. While sitting out her redshirt season, Stanback earned Big West Conference Commissioner’s Honors academically. During her first year with the Mustangs, she started in 28 of the 29 games and averaged 8.2 points per game while grabbing 3.6 rebounds. She ranked eighth in the Big West with 2.2 offensive rebounds per game. In her final season, Stanback has started in 24 of the 25 games and has averaged 10.9 points per game while grabbing 3.8 rebounds per game. Her best game this season came in a 88-85 loss against Sacramento State, in which she scored 30 and got 11 rebounds.

The three seniors said they have grown incredibly close throughout their collegiate careers.

DIEGO R IVERA | MUSTAN G N EW S Center Devin Stanback was unable to play on her Senior Night March 2.

“The best part is having the players I get to play with become my friends for life,” Stahley said.

BY S OPHIA C R OLLA On Saturday night, the Cal Poly Men’s Basketball team fell to Long Beach State 94-85. The loss significantly hurts the Mustangs chances at making it to playoffs, as they sit in last place in the Big West Conference.

Although the Mustangs (6-21, 2-12) did not lead throughout the game, they surpassed Long Beach State (13-18, 7-8) in rebounds-43 for Cal Poly versus 34 for Long Beach State.

Ten of Cal Poly’s 43 rebounds were collected by sophomore forward Karlis Garoza. Cal Poly also committed less turnovers-- 15 for the Mustangs versus 8 for Long Beach State.

The Mustangs were slow in the start of the first half, despite sophomore wing Mark Crowe making an early layup after the Highlanders opened the scoring. Long Beach State quickly broke away. Guard Jordan Roberts made a jump shot and a steal, followed by a layup from guard Deishuan Booker to give the Highlanders a 10-2 lead.

After Long Beach State quickly gained their eight point lead, Cal Poly called a timeout. The Mustangs regathered and went back out with confidence. A quick jump shot was scored right off the bat by freshman forward Tuukka Jaakkola, followed by another jumper and a layup from senior point guard Donovan Fields to close the gap to two points.

However, Long Beach State re-gained momentum. A combination of free throws, jump shots and a dunk by forward Mason Riggins left Cal Poly in a 10-point deficit halfway through the first half.

Senior Marcellus Garrick, who scored a career high of 30 points throughout the game, fought back hard for the Mustangs with a series of free throws, jump shots and a 3-pointer, but it was ultimately not enough as the Mustangs went into halftime down 40-31.

A strong back and forth between Cal Poly and Long Beach State resulted in both teams scoring 54 points in the half. Cal Poly had several point runs, including a 14-4 run with only 5 minutes left in the game.

Garrick and Fields lead the second half with 17 and 18 points scored in the final frame, but the point gap from the first half combined with Booker’s 20 points scored in the second half proved too difficult to overcome. Long Beach State earned its largest lead of the game at 19 points with 5:36 left in the game on the way to the Mustangs’ loss, 94-85.

Cal Poly will close out its season in Mott Athletics Center, hosting the first place UC Irvine on Thursday, March 7 at 7 p.m. and the third place UC Santa Barbara on Saturday, March 9 at 7 p.m.

CAL POLY WRESTLING’S

TOM LANE

BRINGING OUT HIS BEST

BY FRANCISCO MA RTINEZ Whenever junior wrestler Tom Lane talks, he is calm, soft-spoken and even “a little goofy,” by his own admission.

On the mat, however, the 6-foot-2-inch 197-pounder is as dedicated as they come.

His demeanor and work ethic when it comes to wrestling is second to none, and has put him in a league of his own as a result.

Lane’s 18-10 record this season, with eight wins by major decision and two wins against ranked opponents, makes him one of Cal Poly’s best wrestlers and ranked No. 31 by WrestleStat in his weight class. The Garden City, New York native has already improved his win count from last season, when he finished with a record of 16-11.

Lane’s late start is a stark contrast to wrestlers who often begin to dedicate themselves to the sport around second, third or fourth grade, according to head coach Jon Sioredas.

Despite the late start atypical for elite wrestlers, Lane exceeded all of his expectations to succeed in college wrestling, with an appearance at the 2018 NCAA Championship and a fourth-place finish in the 2018 Pac-12 championships.

“The fact that he’s started so late and he’s having this amount of success and still has a couple years left — this year and next year — is pretty impressive,” Sioredas said. “It’s 100 percent due to his work ethic.”

The importance of a good work ethic was passed down to him early on in life by his older brother Sean, who was a swimmer at

cording to Lane, was to “never give up and keep moving forward.”

Being instilled with those values by his brother, along with his father, has turned Lane into an dedicated craftsman on the mat.

“It’s everything he does. He’s a competitor,” Sioredas said. “If he doesn’t have the results that he feels that he’s happy with, he’s pretty upset about it. Those guys that are competitors, they care the most. He carries that gene.”

Lane, in true competitor fashion, is looking ahead to the Pac-12 championships on March 9 in Tempe, Arizona. Focused on winning his weight class at that tournament and receiving another spot in the NCAA championship as a result, he is working to display “the best Tom Lane” he has been

“The fact that he’s started so late and he’s having this amount of success and still has a couple years left — this year and next year — is pretty impressive. It’s 100 percent due to his work ethic.”

Lane did not begin to take wrestling seriously until 10th grade, when he was forced to be on his school’s varsity team due to a lack of wrestlers in his weight class.”

I was like, ‘Ugh, OK, I’ll just do varsity wrestling 10 grade,’” Lane said. “And then I actually had a lot of success at first and I was like, ‘Damn, I’m actually pretty good at this thing.’”

North Carolina.”

When I was in fourth grade, I saw what it takes to be the best, superior pro athlete in a sport,” Lane said of watching his older brother swim. “Growing up, I saw what [needed] to be done because most people don’t have that growing up in their home, but for me it was different.”

What needed to be done to succeed, ac-

training to perfect.

“The best Tom Lane is the guy getting his hand raised,” Lane said. “It’s probably not going to look pretty [...] I’m not really the most flashy wrestler in the world, but it’s [going to] be a hard match, seven minutes, to get my hand raised at the end.”

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