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SHUT OUT. Men’s soccer falls at home in Blue-Green match DANIEL DEMPSTER | MUSTANG NE WS
Nick Larson @njlarson8
The Blue-Green Rivalry is, well, unrivaled in the world of men’s college soccer. For the fourth time in a row, Alex G. Spanos Stadium was filled to capacity. This installment of the rivalry featured 11,075 fans, nearly all clad in black, singing the national anthem loud enough to drown out the a cappella group on the field. UC Santa Barbara (9-6-3, 5-2-2 Big West Conference) had not defeated the Cal Poly men’s soccer team (8-6-4, 3-4-2) in Spanos
Stadium since 2008. On Sunday, that changed. The Gauchos took down the Mustangs 2-0, clinching first place in the Big West North Division and a postseason berth. The Mustangs round out the bottom of the division but still have a shot at the playoffs with one game remaining. UC Santa Barbara struck early, as sophomore forward Nick Depuy drilled a shot from just inside the 18-yard box to the back post, just avoiding the outstretched arms of junior goalkeeper Wade Hamilton in the seventh minute. The Gauchos dominated the opening minutes of the game.
The ball remained in the Cal Poly half nearly the whole time, forcing them into an unfavorable defensive shell they were unable to break. “It’s not the start we wanted,” junior midfielder Matt LaGrassa said. “We were probably a little shocked. I think on the first goal we didn’t end the play when we had the opportunity. Maybe we don’t keep possession but we smash it out of bounds, do something to that nature.”
see SOCCER, pg 7.
University suspends
PIKE after reported
sexual assault Kyle McCarty & Celina Oseguera @KyleMMcCarty & @celinaoseguera
Cal Poly has suspended the Pi Kappa Alpha (PIKE) fraternity chapter following a reported sexual assault at a Halloween party at a PIKEaffiliated house. The university will conduct an investigation into the incident, according to a statement issued by Cal Poly. According to the statement, the party was located on the 700 block of Foothill Boulevard. At said party, according to a Crime Alert email sent to students earlier in the week, the assaulted woman may have unknowingly been given drugs, rendering her unconscious. JOSEPH PACK | MUSTANG NEWS PIKE PART Y | The incident occurred on Halloween night. The university plans to conduct an investigation into the matter.
see PIKE, pg 3.
COFFEE SNOB:
I’ve got a Death Wish,
and it’s a fair trade Annie Vainshtein @annievain
The world is riddled with coffee snobs. You can find them at your local Olive Garden chastising waitresses for neglecting proper overice methods or on Reddit forums manically sharing the strange details of their last over-caffeinated high. You can definitely find them in Seattle, just walking around. I like to think of myself as a correspondent — here to fill you in on the ins and outs of this peculiar world in which normal, balanced and decently active people fall slave to 12 ounces of liquid cognitive power and transient euphoria.
see COFFEE, pg 5.
ANNIE VAINSHTEIN | MUSTANG NE WS BREW MASTER | Annie Vainshtein considers herself to be a coffee enthusiast and will be featuring a recurring series on her love of coffee.
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OPINION | 10
School shootings must end Eric Stubben @EricStubben Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering junior and Mustang News conservative columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mustang News. The last time I left MarysvillePilchuck High School, it was on the heels of a 9-2 blowout loss on the baseball diamond. My cleats dragged across left field, still soaked from the drizzle we played through, as I tried my best to keep my chin up on the long walk back to the school bus. Had I known that same recreation field would be used as an escape route from a cafeteria shooting only a few years later, my mentality certainly would’ve been different. When my Twitter feed began to blow up last Friday morning, most of the tweets included some variation of “My thoughts and prayers are with Marysville-Pilchuck High School,” give or take a few hashtags. At first, all that ran through my mind was fairly simple: “What the hell … What is going on?” I turned on the news, and my questions began to find answers. I was shocked, to say the least. Fewer than three years ago, I was roaming the same right field now shown all over national news. Students were running out of the same gym where I’d played (more correctly, rode the bench) so many basketball games. As if looking at students grasping their parents after fleeing the school — most either in shock or tears — wasn’t enough, the reality of the situation was.
Students wearing heavy coats covered with their Russell Wilson jerseys and donning warm hats as the Northwest weather turned toward winter was all to surreal. Just three years ago, that could have been me. Marysville-Pilchuck High School sits 34 miles from Burlington, Washington— my hometown. Those 34 miles pass rather quickly on the drive down I-5. That’s why this shooting hit me so much harder than all the others. The Sandy Hook and UCSB shootings were tragic and disgusting, but Sandy Hook was across the country, and I’ve never done more than put gas in my car in Santa Barbara. I felt like I couldn’t relate. I’ve wanted to write an article about school shootings for quite a while, but the timing never felt right until now. In fact, it still doesn’t feel quite right combining a tragedy with a political issue, but nonetheless they still intertwine. When the National Rifle Association (NRA) put in its two cents on school shootings last year, I thought they had some merit, but I wasn’t totally convinced. The recommendation to put armed guards at every school in America seemed daunting at first, but the more I thought about it, the more realistic it became. Many schools already have armed guards, and their cost must be weighed against their effectiveness. The purpose of an armed guard is not to stop a shooter in the act of shooting, but to make the shooter think twice about the actions they are about to take. Put it all in perspective. We put security guards in courthouses, sporting events, college campuses and shopping malls.
At no point do we fully expect one of these guards to stop an active shooter in his tracks, but we expect them to minimize potential damage during a crisis. Putting security guards on school campuses is a logical solution to create safe learning environments for students. The other suggestion from the NRA involved training and arming all teachers to prevent shootings. Would this be an effective way to stop a shooting in a classroom? Yes. Is it a good idea to arm all teachers and create a whirlwind of problems within the education system? No. I’ve always been a strong supporter of “good guys having guns,” but the thought of many teachers or professors wielding weapons is downright ridiculous. Of course, many others chime in with the actual “gun restriction” argument. “We need to ban high capacity weapons … Longer wait periods … More background checks … Ban all guns!” Let’s be honest, we’ve heard it all when it comes to guns. Some of these suggestions may certainly have merit. Many, including myself, agree that background checks are necessary. And if you’re curious about how weapons are traced, it’s just as simple as entering the serial number into a database, right? Well, no. Gun records are still stored and traced by hand in a small building in Martinsburg, West Virginia. And if you’re curious where that is, go ahead and Google it; I don’t know, either. Cutting to the chase, the reality is that good, law-abiding citizens (as most Americans are) deserve to have their guns and deserve to have their choice of guns without restriction. Simi-
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the right angle larly, a “bad guy” who wants to commit a horrific crime will find a way to get himself (or herself) a gun. In the Marysville-Pilchuck shooting, though, everything seemed to be backward on the surface. The shooter (whose name is irrelevant) was his class’ homecoming prince, well-liked and not bullied. Who would’ve thought he’d grab his dad’s gun and pull the trigger? A scroll through his Twitter account shows obvious angst dating back to June, but once again, society ignored the signs. He went to a school with more than $3 million in mental health grants, yet nobody thought to have him seek help. Maybe these school shootings
come down to what happens at home. Maybe one word could have set these shooters free, able to move past their grief. Maybe we’ll never understand why school shootings happen. But it’s important we finally engage in productive dialogue over these situations. How can Americans make a difference? Can we make counseling more available? Is it something in our culture? The issue is pressing and we need a resolution now. Until we find a solution, however, my thoughts and prayers are with those affected by the Marysville-Pilchuck shooting. I wish only for the best and for true progress in stopping these horrific events from happening in the future.
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Fifth straight Mustangs to
win propels first place IAN BILLINGS | MUSTANG NEWS
BIG 5 | Junior quarterback Chris Brown and the Cal Poly offense were able to out-perform the former conference-leading Montana State, defeating the Bobcats 35-27 Saturday in their fifth straight win.
Rafael Salinas @ROCSalinass
The midseason conference showdown between the Cal Poly football team (6-3, 5-1 Big Sky Conference) and Montana State (6-3, 4-1) ended with the Mustangs moving into first place in conference, preserving their unbeaten home record with a 35-27 victory. “For us, the way we played tonight and the way we played the last five weeks, I have to give so much credit to our coaches and players,” head coach Tim Walsh said. “Our players are playing as hard as any team I’ve coached in my 30-something years.” The Mustangs hung close with the Bobcats in the first half, courtesy of rushing touchdowns by junior quarterback Chris Brown and sophomore running back Kori Garcia. Brown followed up his record-setting performance from last week with 97 yards rushing and two touchdowns, along with 107 passing yards and another score. The Bobcats maintained a 17-14 lead at the break. The Mustangs set the tone early in the second half, despite a holding penalty which negated a Brown touchdown pass on the opening drive. Brown responded with a 23-yard touchdown pass to freshman running back Kenny Mitchell, putting the Mustangs up 21-17 early in the third quarter.
“We know the Big Sky is all about great defense, and right now we had to figure out that our offense was going to have to put it together, and our O-line did great,” Brown said. “I couldn’t have asked for anything else in that third quarter.” In the second half, the Mustangs’ defense seemed determined to bend, not break, before the Bobcats’ junior running back punched it in with a very tough run, breaking a few tackles and propelling the Bobcats to a 24-21 lead. Sophomore fullback Brent Michaels reciprocated on the following drive for Cal Poly by breaking off a 47-yard scamper to put the Mustangs near the red zone. Junior fullback Brandon Howe responded by going 23 yards into the end zone to put the Mustangs up 28-24. The defense took the momentum from there and secured a win with its relentless attitude. “We learn from every game and we keep playing the way we’re playing and we keep learning from our mistakes; I think we’re gonna be really good,” senior linebacker Nick Dzubnar said when asked about the defense’s play. With Cal Poly leading in the fourth quarter, the defense came up with the necessary stops to seal a victory. On 3rd-and-5, Dzubnar broke up a pass as he found himself draped all over his assignment and made what seemed like the drive-halting play. However, the Bobcats successfully con-
verted a fake punt and gave themselves a first down and another opportunity from their own 46-yard line. However, the defense only allowed two more yards after that lapse to force a three-and-out, returning possession to the Mustangs.
Brown sealed the victory with a 2-yard run with 2:38 left to go in the game. The Mustangs take the first-place spot in the Big Sky with the victory, their fifth straight win this season. They return to action at Idaho State on Nov. 8 to face the Bengals at 1:35 p.m.
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NEWS | 2
KEN KIENOW | COURTESY PHOTO THE KID | “You don’t see a lot of students — or not just students, young professionals, like anyone under 40 — in the city government, at the meetings, brainstorming about solutions and things,” Dan Rivoire said.
A fresh face: SLO City Council candidate Dan Rivoire
Emily Kucera Special to Mustang News
If you look at photos of the five candidates running for San Luis Obispo City Council, it’s easy to spot Dan Rivoire; he’s the young one. Rivoire, 29, graduated from Cal Poly in 2007, the youngest of the five candidates running for the two council seats. Rivoire’s roots are in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, a small town outside Chicago that instilled in him a
love for strong community, Rivoire said. From there, Rivoire moved to San Luis Obispo to attend Cal Poly, where he says he found that same sense of belonging. After graduating, he decided to live permanently in San Luis Obispo. He’s been a part of the community ever since. During his time at Cal Poly, Rivoire worked in Student Life and Leadership on events oriented toward dialogue, discussion and compromise. Since graduating with a degree
in philosophy and minors in religious studies and women’s and gender studies, Rivoire has built an extensive resume. He is a former AmeriCorps member, has served on several city and county committees and is the current executive director of the SLO County Bicycle Coalition. Rivoire said his experience from the Bicycle Coalition — operating a small business and working with local governments — has prepared him to sit on the council.
According to Rivoire, 65 percent of the San Luis Obispo community is younger than 44 years old, but there is no one younger than 60 on city council. Rivoire believes there is no direct representation of young people and little indirect representation. “You don’t see a lot of students — or not just students, young professionals, like anyone under 40 — in the city government,
see RIVOIRE, pg 3.
NEWS | 3
Monday, November 3, 2014 Rivoire continued from pg 2. at the meetings, brainstorming about solutions and things,” he said. “Which means the solutions that are proposed might not work for these other demographics.” But former city planning commissioner Richard Schmidt did not consider age a factor when it came to adequately representing all demographics of a community. “I don’t think that representation is an age thing,” Schmidt said. “I think it’s an understanding thing. And if we have the assumption that we need all age groups, well, that’s not a good argument. What we need to look at is what people stand for and how they treat the people who come before them.” Rivoire’s opponents say his youthfulness translates to inexperience. Former mayor, council member and planning commissioner of San Luis Obispo Allen Settle said Rivoire needs more experience in intergovernmental relationships, not just the city government. “Rivoire has no real experience in government,” Settle said. “His experience is in the bike coalition, which is a small business, but SLO is not a small business.”
PIKE continued from pg 1. When the she awoke, a man identified in the email as Jake was engaging in sexual activity with her without her consent. According to university spokesperson Matt Lazier, it is still unclear whether or not the woman herself reported the incident. Police officers from the University Police Department (UPD), the San Luis Obispo Police Department and state Alcohol Beverage Control originally responded to noise complaints at the residence. When officers arrived, they spoke with fraternity representatives and stopped the party.
Settle said Rivoire is currently an “unknown quantity” and would like to know more about what he stands for. Schmidt also had questions about Rivoire’s beliefs. “He is a very strong candidate,” Schmidt said. “He certainly is attractive because of his youthfulness and his bike work, but beyond that I’ve got some major misgivings … I have big doubts about what he stands for because he is unclear about it.” However, former San Luis Obispo planning commissioner Eric Meyer said Rivoire’s youthfulness would be a benefit to the council. “A lot of what city council plans is not for right this minute,” Meyer said. “It’s for the next 2030 years, and so to have someone who is 70 years old planning for 30 years from now just doesn’t seem appropriate to me. It’s almost like we need the youngest people possible to be planning so that they get what they want to get done now rather than having to redo it all over again 30 years later.” Though Rivoire thinks more housing on campus is important, he wishes the university and city would have talked more about the impacts of the Housing South project before moving forward. Rivoire would
have liked to see investments in solutions to whatever problems are going to arise from additional housing. “If the discussion had played out better, I think the university would have invested more money making improvements to Grand Avenue so that it could handle the traffic and also helped the neighborhood address their concerns,” he said. Rivoire would like to improve the relationships between residents and students who are sharing the same neighborhoods. He believes residents should feel like they can talk directly with their student neighbors to solve problems, instead of involving the police and using enforcement to solve things. “All you hear about is the city council passing another way to ticket students for couches on their front porch or noisy parties,” he said. “And there’s a lot of complaining in the community about students, and I feel like it’s part of the reason why students aren’t a part of (the local government).” By getting more young people involved in local government, Rivoire said, some of the tension between Cal Poly students and local residents can be relieved.
They didn’t hear of the sexual assault until Nov. 1. Early that morning, a Cal Poly housing employee reported to UPD that a resident said she had been sexually assaulted at the party. University administrators are providing on- and off-campus resources and support, the statement said. When Cal Poly learned of the party and sexual assault, they suspended the fraternity. “When we learned of the reported sexual assault and the number of individuals who had over-consumed alcohol, we took immediate action and suspended all activities of the fraternity chapter,” the statement quotes
Keith Humphrey, Cal Poly’s vice president for Student Affairs, as saying. “This kind of behavior has no place at Cal Poly, and we are in the process of conducting a full university investigation.” The statement said Cal Poly will work with chapter officers, the fraternity’s national headquarters and local authorities during the university investigation. A university investigation occurs separately from any potential criminal investigations. “Any violations confirmed by our investigation will be dealt with swiftly and forcefully,” the statement quotes Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong as saying.
R IVO IRE’S GOAL S • Accurately reflect the demographics of the community through local government • Get more young people involved in local government • Continue a half percent sales tax that has been in place for eight years through “Yes on Measure G” • Challenge the Airport Land Use Commission on housing restrictions • Develop additional housing • Complete essential road and transportation infrastructure projects • Preserve the quality of life in San Luis Obispo
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Foremost Wine Co. blends local and global cuisines with wine
JOHNNY KENNY | COURTESY PHOTO FRESH AND LOCAL | Foremost Wine Co. is a new wine shop, lounge and restaurant serving local ingredients and wine. It is scheduled to open up in Downtown San Luis Obispo on Nov. 7 at 570 Higuera St. Kelly Trom @kttrom
Grape grower and wine producer Rob Murray had a vision to bring together good wines, cuisines and local produce in one location. The result is Foremost Wine Co., one of the newest restaurants to hit downtown San Luis Obispo. Murray owns approximately 1,000 acres of vineyards in both Santa Maria and Paso Robles. With 7 percent of the total volume produced on his vineyards, he produces popular and local wine labels including Force of Nature and Tooth and Nail. The rest of the grapes are sold to local wine makers. Not only does Murray know wine, he also knows produce. The restaurant uses vegetables and fruit grown at the organic farm at See Canyon Fruit Ranch. Foremost Wine Co. combines this love of the freshest food and wine with cuisine styles from around the world, general manager Johnny Kenny said. “Rob comes from a farming family, and it was his idea to start a restaurant in San Luis Obispo that is a true farm-to-table concept,” Kenny said. Murray uses his relationships with other wine pro-
ducers and farmers on the Central Coast to make this concept a reality. Foremost Wine Co. meshes the familiar and fresh ingredients grown on local soil with the food palates from countries such as France, Spain, China and more. “We are basically a co-op of wine growers, organic farmers, chefs, foodies and other people that have come together to create a concept that is unlike anything else around here,” Kenny said. “We also offer food, spices and different preparation styles, and wines that you would not normally taste.” The menu and wine list were crafted together using the expertise and knowledge of wine director Robin Puricelli and executive chef Julie Simon. The main goal was to pair the wines with the correct dishes to make both flavors stand out, as well as to put Old World wines next to a New World wine of the same varietal so that people can taste the differences. “For example, Mike Skinner makes a syrah, so we will have his by the glass and then we also have a Northern Rhone syrah on the menu,” Puricelli said. “We show the origin of the varietal made in a California local style.” Not only does Foremost Wine Co. sell wines from
around the world, it also sells local wines that aren’t as easily accessible for the average consumer. “Rob, the owner, has a great relationship with some of the local wine makers so we have access to some of these really unique, hard-to-find wines that you can’t find at a tasting room or at a shop,” Puricelli said. Foremost Wine Co. offers a few different ways to enjoy these wines. Those enjoying a meal in the restaurant can order by the glass or by the bottle. Wine enthusiasts can also stop by the wine shop to buy a wide variety of wines ranging from $10 to $100. To help out, the company has hired several Cal poly wine and viticulture students to learn about the winemaking and chemistry process of the restaurant’s wines, as well as their aromas and characteristics. “It is a great, young, eager crowd who are very passionate about food and wine,” Puricelli said. “It has been a really exciting, animated environment.” Julie Simon spends much of her time seeking the freshest local, in-season products for the menu. The menu features many small plates (ranging from $8-24) to share, in addition to family-style options (ranging from $26-32), which are much larger. The restaurant also offers a mix of imported and lo-
cal cheeses and charcuterie. “My philosophy is to use the whole animal because that is the most respectful thing you can do once you harvest an animal,” Simon said. “If I want to buy some beef from Pete Cramer in San Luis Obispo, I know that I will never get enough steaks from him to put on the menu, but I know I can get enough cheeks and tongue.” Simon uses this part of the cow to make one of her favorites on the current menu, a beef terrine with horseradish creme fraiche, apple and celery root. “We keep the cuisine very eclectic; we are not married to anything in particular, so it is a really wide palate,” Simon said. “I think I would call it an ingredient-driven cuisine. We never over-manipulate our food. We let the ingredients shine through.” The menu revolves around seasonal produce and changes monthly to ensure the food offered is fresh. “It is going to be a little more adventurous,” Simon said. “We feel like we have a mission to revive the food scene in San Luis Obispo. We aren’t trying to do anything that has been done before.” The Foremost Wine Co. is scheduled to open this Friday, Nov. 7, located at 570 Higuera St.
Monday, November 3, 2014 Coffee continued from pg 1. Today, we’re going to explore a gift I got in the mail a couple days ago. But first, I should give you a little bit of background on why any of this matters. I have been drinking coffee every day for four years. This may seem ephemeral compared to most high-level Wall Street honchos, but I assure you it has not been an easy run. Sleepless nights, friendships lost, textbooks stained — I’ve experienced it all. And because of my not-so-accidental expertise, I’m here to bridge a very important gap — the gap between coffee drinkers and those who wouldn’t be caught dead Google searching “Gibraltar.” For those secure in their ways, let this document serve as a completely rational — definitely not emotionally based — explanation of how and why coffee can change your life. The days are brighter with coffee. Even in sunny San Luis Obispo, coffee makes weekdays more bearable. Argumentative rhetoric busywork somehow becomes visceral. Calculating gas and electric costs is unbearably fun. Shakespeare suddenly becomes your native language, and you find yourself meticulously transcribing annotations and footnotes at 2 a.m. on a Friday night. Coffee parted the Red Sea; it paves the road from Facebook to PolyLearn. College students need coffee the way every angsty teenager needs a Moleskine notebook — it just makes sense. Coffee doesn’t necessarily do the work for you, but it motivates and encourages you to do the work you were probably never going to start. Coffee equals confidence, which all of us could use more of. And while coffee is the best thing in the world, it can also be deadly. I received one pound of the “strongest” coffee in the world from Amazon (it was a birthday present). According to the website, Death
Wish coffee claims to be 200 percent stronger than your “average cup of joe,” curated by a team of researchers who, combined, have more than 70 years of roasting experience and spent most of their lives researching coffee varietals, roast shades and the perfect caffeine content. I was sold. Some people BMX. Some people bungeejump out of planes. Others drink a lot of coffee. I had less than a cup of it, but it reminded me why I love coffee. It makes you feel invincible, eloquent and creative. It also makes your rear tingle. My life’s hope is to try all the coffees in the world and tell you about the embarrassing things I do after consumption. The coffee was hastily made in a janky French press, but the substance was overwhelming enough to cancel out that fact. The experience that followed was a rebirth. I poured the coffee into the largest plastic cup I had, aerated it into a mug and said a blessing. I took the first sip. I could certainly taste the 660 milligrams of caffeine in the cup — I could taste them with my twitching eye. I was half expecting to open my mouth and taste purgatory, but it was quite the opposite. It smelled of familiarity and new opportunity. The aroma was strong but pleasant, and it tasted wonderful just drinking it black. But the taste was nothing compared to the aftermath, which took approximately 10 minutes to kick in. The effects lasted for approximately three hours, a time period in which I felt like I had no filter. I think I described the experience as “my mouth moving faster than my brain.” I was saying anything and everything. I will work my way up to two cups next week, but I will also keep in mind that 14 cups of Death Wish coffee is supposed to be fatal. Assuming I am alive next week, this has been Annie Vainshtein, your resident Coffee Snob, passionately reporting on anything and everything coffee.
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Minimalist band Love Inks makes a stop at KCPR’s ‘Free Admission’ Trevor Melody @t_mels
Before setting off to Los Angeles for the final leg of its West Coast tour, three-piece minimalist pop band Love Inks made a pit stop at Cal Poly to perform for KCPR’s “Free Admission” series on Oct. 24. The band, which hails from Austin, Texas, is made up of vocalist Sherry LeBlanc, bassist Zach Biggs and guitarist Kevin Dehan. It has been on tour to promote its third studio album, EXI. Love Inks has toured for the past three years for its previous albums, E.S.P. and Generation Club. While it can be stressful being cooped up in a van for nine hours straight, the members’ long-lasting friendship keeps them sane. “We’ve all known each other for a long time, and other than the occasional snippiness here and there, there’s nothing too major (to fight about),” Biggs said. The hardest part of being on tour, they said, is knowing when it’s appropriate to let loose and when it’s time to buckle down and work. “You have to learn to control your party,” LeBlanc said. “You can’t just party every single night. Once you have that down, it’s easy.” EXI, which was released in early September, is similar to the band’s first record but with more of the fat cut out of it, Dehan said. With the idea of keeping things minimal, the band focused on growing artistically. WE’VE ALL KNOWN EACH OTHER FOR A LONG TIME, AND OTHER THAN THE OCCA SIONAL SNIPPINESS HERE AND THERE, THERE’S NOTHING TOO MA JOR Z ACH BIGGS LOVE INKS BASSIST
“Just like with any group, you’re going to be a little more greener on the first record and by the time you do a third record, there’s going to be a little more maturity in the sound,” Biggs said. Those who have yet to hear the halcyon sounds of the band might get confused and call them a “shoegaze” band — but don’t get it twisted. “We want to divorce ourselves from (chillwave)
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ROAD TRIP | From Austin, Texas, Love Inks finishes up their West Coast tour of their third album, Exi, but first making a stop at KCPR’s “Free Admission.” and shoegazing and dream pop,” LeBlanc said. Before starting out, the trio had a round table discussion, going over styles they weren’t hearing on the radio along with the type of music they would like to hear — even if they were just listeners. “Kevin made a mixtape of all the bands that we were interested in in the past, and we formulated our sound and our band around that mixtape,” LeBlanc said. For LeBlanc, Yoko Ono is one major spiritual inspiration when it comes to performing on stage, but the band as a whole draws inspiration from all sorts of places. The band’s music draws influence from the southern United States as well — not the fiddle and banjo sound one may think of, but more like old cowboy songs from back in the day. “So it’s a mixture of that with a kind of British approach to songwriting and recording,” Dehan said. The name “Love Inks” appears in a chapter of the 1934 book “Magica Sexualis,” which describes how one could take love letters written from previous lovers, burn them and use the ashes to make ink that could woo future lovers. “It’s so weird because now that name gets associated with tattoos, and it has nothing to do with that at all,” LeBlanc said. “It’s just this really great romantic idea.”
Monday, November 3, 2014 SOCCER continued from pg 1. Just 15 minutes later, DePuy struck again. He was left open in the center of the box and rifled home a header to the top left corner. “It was just a missed marking assignment,” interim head coach Phil Ruskin said. “I think the distance between our center backs and their strikers was too great.” DePuy dismantled the Mustangs this year, scoring three of the four goals in the two matches between the sides. “He’s very dangerous in the air,” LaGrassa said of DePuy. “(It was a) great header.” Around the 30th minute, the tone of the game changed. The Gauchos relaxed with the two-goal advantage, seemingly content with absorbing the Cal Poly attack. The Mustangs finally found their legs and were able to begin to look dangerous going forward. They were finally able to muster a shot in the 33rd minute, one of only two the Mustangs fired in the first half. At halftime, the Gauchos only had two shots on goal, both of which beat Hamilton, who did not record a save in the half. On the other side, UC Santa Barbara goalkeeper Brandon Berke was only forced to make one save. The Gauchos’ physicality showed in the first half, as they committed 11 fouls compared to only two by the Mustangs. The Mustangs came out firing
in the second half. They dominated possession and shot totals, out-shooting the Gauchos 11 to five, though only three of those shots ended up on goal. “I think it’s kind of a tale of two halves,” Ruskin said. “I didn’t think we were necessarily as prepared as we should have been in the first half. I think the early goal may have shellshocked us a bit more than we were expecting. Obviously giving up a goal five minutes in is challenging, but I’m really, really proud of the players’ response in the second half.” In the 70th minute, the Mustangs finally had something go their way. UC Santa Barbara’s Armand Bagramyan picked up his second yellow card of the match, resulting in a red card and an ejection from the match. The Gauchos were consequently forced to play with only 10 men for the remainder of the contest. The red card swayed play in favor of the Mustangs even more, and in the 77th minute, LaGrassa was able to put the ball in the back of the net. However, the referee awarded a free kick in favor of the Gauchos, ruling the goalkeeper, Berke, was fouled on the play. “The goal that got called back, I don’t know if it was a foul or not,” Ruskin said. “But (we were) still creating and creating, so I’m proud of the boys in the second half. I thought we really did the right things. The adjustments were correct at halftime, and the execution was spot on, so I’m proud of the
Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way. Penalties have haunted us all year, and I wasn’t good enough. MATT L AGR ASSA JUNIOR MIDFIELDER
SPORTS | 7 boys for that.” In the 86th minute, sophomore defender Sean Dhillon was taken down inside the penalty box, earning a penalty for the Mustangs. LaGrassa stepped up to the penalty spot, but his attempt was saved by Berke. “Sometimes the ball just doesn’t bounce your way,” LaGrassa said. “Penalties have haunted us all year, and I wasn’t good enough.” At the final whistle, the Mustangs had out-shot the Gauchos 13-12, but the chances did not fall their way. “I know all the guys think those last couple chances we had, they could have maybe done something slightly different,” sophomore midfielder Justin Dhillon said. “In the heat of the moment, what comes out of you is just your instincts, and unfortunately it didn’t happen for us tonight.” The Mustangs now sit on 11 points with one match remaining, only two points behind Sacramento State and three points behind UC Davis. “It just shows you how tough the Big West is,” Dhillon added. “Not many conferences can say that everyone is within a point of each other from first to last place. I think we have what it takes, enough heart on the team. All the guys, I think they really want to pull through and I think we can do it.” There are multiple scenarios that will determine whether the Mustangs make the Big West playoffs, but none of those involve anything less than a win when they travel north to face UC Davis on Nov. 5. “Like we’ve always said, going on the road in the Big West and picking up points is what it’s all about if you want to get into the tournament,” Ruskin said. “That’s going to be absolutely true on Wednesday at Davis.”
DANIEL DEMPSTER | MUSTANG NEWS NO LUCK | Redshirt freshman forward Kaba Alkebulan was unable to add to his goal tally in Sunday’s 2-0 loss.
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SHUT OUT | (Left) A fan looks on as the clock runs out on the Mustangs’ shot at victory. (Right) Sophomore forward John Chronopoulos battles the keeper for a ball inside the 6-yard box. The Mustangs lost 2-0.
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