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sault women face on a day-today basis. “We have to realize that metaphor of walking in their shoes and act on that,” Depetris said. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes received support from local fraternity chapters, with several greek members showing up to walk, and the Interfraternity Council sponsoring a portion of the walk. The walk was an opportunity for fraternity brothers to show their support for women, and
Two more women reported being assaulted by a man who tried to remove their underwear Thursday night at approximately 11:40 p.m. near campus, on Hathway Avenue near Longview Street, according to the San Luis Obispo Police department (SLOPD). An unnamed assailant approached the women from behind, reached up their skirts and tried to pull their underwear down, SLOPD Sergeant Jeff Booth said. The reported assault matches the description of three previously reported assaults beginning in February, the last of which occurred on April 5. In each case, a man attacked the victims and attempted to remove their underwear, police said. Police are not sure the assailant is the same in each case, but believe the incidents to be linked, Booth said. “It’s kind of a chronic thing,” Booth said. The latest description of the suspect is a male, approximately 6-feet tall, with olive skin and a dark gray zip-up hoodie, according to the incident report. Though SLOPD is handling the case, Cal Poly University Police Department (UPD) released an advisory to students due to the proximity of cases to campus, UPD commander Lori Hashim said. “We just wanted to put out a safety advisory because it’s just right off campus,” Hashim said. SLOPD and UPD are also advising that people travel in groups and be aware of their surroundings when out, Booth said. “Stay together in groups and stay in well-lit areas,” Booth said. Though these techniques can help reduce the risk of assault, they are not guarantees against it, Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention (SARP) Center Executive Director Kristy McCray said. “The only person that can prevent a sexual assault from happening is the perpetrator,” McCray said. As a community, people need to hold perpetrators for sexual assault responsible, McCray said. Peo-
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“I walk with a friend, because of the ‘panty snatcher’.” • Ali Garrison English freshman
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Current Associated Students, Inc. President Kiyana Tabrizi (right) embraces Katie Morrow (center) after her win was announced Thursday. Morrow won the presidency with 75 percent of the more than 5,000 votes and will take over at the end of the quarter. SEAN MCMINN
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“Yeah. Usually I’m with a group of people. It’s not that creepy out here.”
After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to the announcement. Morrow’s campaign manager Haley Houle presented her with a bouquet
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of flowers before Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong joined them in the celebrations to congratulate Morrow. “We have a really exciting year ahead,” Morrow said after the results were announced. “Students are going to start seeing some of the changes we’ve been working on for a while now because we can really build on them and really develop them. I think everyone should be really excited, I’m just so excited right now.” The social sciences junior collected the majority of the 5,222 votes tallied after appearing as the only candidate on the ballot during the 24-hour election
period, beginning Wednesday morning. The 29 percent of students who voted is substantially lower than last year’s recordsetting 37 percent voter turnout. Brianna Mulligan, Board of Directors representative in the Orfalea College of Business and recruitment and development chair, announced the election results during UU Hour in front of dozens of students, many of whom wore the candidate’s self-branded T-shirt with her campaign’s slogan: “Taking the Next Step.” Morrow said she was “thrilled” with the election results: nearly 75 percent of those who voted chose Mor-
row as the new ASI president. “I’m happy that I got a strong majority and everything like that,” Morrow said. “I’m happy the students had faith in me representing them, and I’m going to make sure I do a good job of that.” Morrow enjoyed days of unopposed campaigning before a surprise write-in offered a challenge a week before the vote took place. Biomedical engineering senior Nha Ha entered the contest, despite knowing his name would not appear on the online ballots. The new ASI president-elect see MORROW, pg. 2
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If beauty is pain, the men at Saturday’s Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event were gorgeous, as they gingerly learned to walk in heels in a demonstration against rape, sexual assault and gender violence. Approximately 200 participants, the majority men, showed up to wear high heels and walk the mile circuit around Mission Plaza. The event is the 10th annual for San Luis Obispo’s Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention (SARP) Center, which organizes the walk. The event helps show how sexual assault affects all members of a community and that it takes both men and women to end it, SARP Center Executive Director Kristy McCray said. “This isn’t just a women’s issue;
this affects the whole community,” McCray said. Walk a Mile in Her Shoes also makes the issue more public, which helps people stop victim blaming and be more supportive of victims of sexual assault, McCray said. “There’s so much stigma around sexual assault and still so much victim blaming,” McCray said. Though women are often told how to protect themselves against sexual assault, the only person who can prevent an assault completely is the perpetrator, McCray said. Because the perpetrators of assaults are often men, having other men stand up against rape and sexual violence helps to raise awareness for the issue, McCray said. The men decked out in red pumps last Saturday agreed. Having men literally walk in
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women’s shoes helped show the gender’s solidarity with women who are attacked, said bioresource agricultural engineering sophomore Gannon Depetris, who wore a pair of beige heels to the walk. “I think it’s important, because a lot of times, men are the perpetrators,” Depetris said. The walk was not only a message to women, but a lesson for men, Depetris said. Not only were the men learning how to wear a new type of footwear, but they were beginning to understand the possibility of sexual as-
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ple can do this by speaking out against rape jokes and paying attention if they hear a friend mentioning an incident that sounds like an assault and reporting it, McCray said. She said men and women can also reduce their risk of being assaulted by keeping an eye out for dangerous or suspicious situations. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong’s advice after last year’s reported sexual assaults is also important to keep in mind, McCray said. “There is a lot of things that we can do as a society and a community to watch out for each other,” she said. Anyone with information about the reported assaults is advised to call UPD or email a tip to calpoly@tipnow.org.
their stance against sexual violence, Delta Chi member and wine and viticulture junior Drew Nenow said. “It’s a great cause to show that guys in fraternities care about this stuff too,” Nenow said. The event was not without pain, though, as men walked the mile in lofty footwear. Nenow’s own shoes didn’t quite fit, and he had trouble adjusting, he said. “They’re a little big, and I don’t know how girls do it,” Nenow said. San Luis Obispo County Supervisor Jim Patterson also showed up in a pair that didn’t quite fit, though his red heels were too small for comfort, he said. “They’re a little tight, and I don’t understand exactly why women torture themselves like
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spoke with Ha in the hour before results were revealed. She said the two talked about what they were doing before the announcement and wished each other good luck. “I was not sure at all (I would
Monday, April 30, 2012 this,” Patterson said. Despite the discomfort, Patterson felt the cause was one that was worthy of support. Awareness needs to be raised about sexual violence, and the community can start taking bigger steps than walking a mile in heels, Patterson said. “We need to do more, but this is a great beginning,” Patterson said. In addition to the walk, Walk a Mile in Her Shoes had live music, as well as a testimonial written by a survivor. The event featured Family Fun Fair with local vendors and sponsors, and a “My Strength” pledge booth hosted by cadets from Grizzly Youth Academy too. The several hundred people that turned out to support the cause were encouraging, McCray said. “Everyone’s out there as a supporter,” McCray said. “They think this is an important thing to do on a Saturday afternoon.” win),” Morrow said. “I’m not a cocky person in any way. At no point did I feel like a shoein, ever. I mean I’ve been talking all day like I’ll be sad if I lose, and I’m glad I don’t have to be sad. But it’s a thought I’ve had the entire time. You never know what could happen.” Morrow will take the position from current ASI Presi-
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Community members, male and female, walked a mile in high heels to show support for fighting against sexual violence toward women starting at Mission Plaza on Saturday. dent Kiyana Tabrizi, who Morrow served under as chief of staff. While working with her predecessor, Morrow acted as a student representative in committees both on and off campus. In an interview with the Mustang Daily last week, she said her work with Tabrizi broadened her perspective on Cal Poly and brought her closer to university-level administrators. Though political science senior Tabrizi said she will be sad to leave the position, she believes her friend and colleague will successfully transition to become the face of student government. “The learning curve for her is going to be very small, maybe smaller than any ASI president in the past,” Tabrizi said of Morrow. “If I can’t go to something, she’s the person I call. If I can bring someone, she’s the person I’d like to bring. I don’t
like calling her my chief of staff, because it sounds like she works for me. She’s really my right-hand girl.” ASI also announced the new Board of Directors on Thursday, whose candidates were also campaigning throughout the week leading up to the election. The Board of Directors is the “official voice of the students,” according to the ASI website. It is broken up by academic colleges within Cal Poly, allocating a certain number of positions for each. Some of the new Board members will also be faced with a never-before-seen task next year: serving on the Student Success Fee allocation committee. The committee, which will be co-chaired by Morrow, has seats for one Board of Directors representative from each of the six colleges, as well as faculty and administrative representatives. Armstrong, who formally recommended the fee to California State University Chancellor Charles Reed in March, said he expects the students and faculty to put aside their differences in colleges and distribute the money to help all of Cal Poly. “I want them to first and foremost have their Cal Poly lenses on and be thinking about what’s best for Cal Poly,”
he said. “And second I want them to be thinking about their constituency, because we have every college represented. But let’s just say the representative from the College of Architecture; I want him or her to be thinking about what’s best for Cal Poly. And they’re also going to be looking at it secondarily through their college lens.” Ten of the 24 elected officials will return from this year’s Board after being reelected by students, who cast far less votes for Board of Directors than they did for the president. Newcomer Silvia Aguilar, a mechanical engineering senior, led the candidates with 540 votes. Morrow, who will work closely with the Board of Directors during her year in office, said she was happy with who the students chose to be on it. “I’m very impressed (by the new Board),” she said. “There’s quite a few really strong returners and quite a few students that I’ve met who are involved across campus who saw ASI and wanted to get involved in it. They’ll bring a lot of great experience from all across campus, so I’m excited to work with them.” All results are unofficial until ratified at the Board of Directors meeting on Wednesday.
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SLO 5-0 Saturday, April 21 12:25 a.m. A sexual assault was reported on the 1400 block of Broad Street. 9:36 p.m. A suicide was reported on the 900 block of Walnut Street. Sunday, April 22 2:00 a.m. An assault was reported on the 1100 block of Broad Street. 8:48 a.m. Vandalism occurred at the Davidson Music Center. Monday, April 23 4:32 p.m. An assault was reported on the 900 block of Industrial Way. Tuesday, April 24 3:46 p.m. A small fire occurred at the Poultry Unit. 4:30 p.m. Vandalism occurred at the Robert E. Kennedy Library. Wednesday, April 25 11:00 a.m. A vehicle theft occurred on the 1400 block of Chorro and Buchon streets. Thursday, April 26 7:56 a.m. A case of child abuse or neglect was reported to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. 11:13 p.m. Someone pushed a Coordinator of Student Development at Sequoia Hall. Friday, April 27 2:16 p.m. An assault was reported on the 200 block of Madonna Road. Saturday, April 28 12:21 a.m. Petty theft occurred at the Grand Avenue parking structure on campus. 12:57 a.m. Someone illegally discharged a fire extinguisher at Cerro Vista.
Obama’s got jokes LESLEY CLARK
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President Barack Obama poked fun at his Republican rivals Saturday night, but didn’t spare his own Secret Service, secretary of state or even his past indulgence of exotic cuisine as he delivered remarks before a glittery crowd of Hollywood stars, political power brokers and journalists. Obama opened his bit at the annual dinner of the White House Correspondents Association by exiting stage right to pretend that he’d been caught complaining about a hot mic in the men’s room — a jibe at his overheard conversation with Russian President Dmitry Medvedev. “What am I doing here?” his voice asked off stage. “I’m the president of the United States and I’m opening for Jimmy Kimmel and telling knock-knock jokes to Kim Kardashian.” The dinner, which benefits a scholarship for journalism students, began in 1914 as a dinner for the president and the press corps that covers him. But over the past two decades it’s morphed into a star-studded affair featuring movie and TV stars and sports figures. At one point, Obama chatted from the head table with George Clooney — who was mobbed by a steady stream of attendees wanting pictures, and who will raise money for the president’s re-election campaign at a fundraiser next month at his California home. From the podium, Obama punched verbal jabs at his presumptive Republican challenger Mitt Romney — including a 2 for 1 at Romney and the federal government’s General Services Administration, recently rocked by a scandal over excessive spending on a conference in Las Vegas. “It’s great to be here this evening in the vast, magnificent Hilton ballroom — or what Mitt Romney would call a little fixer-upper,” Obama said, poking fun at Romney’s taste for pricey homes. “I mean, look at this party. We’ve got men in tuxes, women in gowns, fine wine, first-class
entertainment. I was just relieved to learn this was not a GSA conference.” Obama took a few shots at himself, noting that he hadn’t yet seen “The Hunger Games:” “Not enough class warfare for me.” And he aired a fake attack ad, delving into a campaign fracas involving dogs: Democrats have barked at Romney for once putting his family dog in a crate affixed to the roof of a car, and Republicans have made note of an admission in one of Obama’s books that he ate dog meat as a child in Indonesia. “What’s the difference between a hockey mom and a pit bull?” Obama asked, referencing Sarah Palin’s 2008 GOP convention speech. “A pit bull is delicious.” And he aired a fake attack ad that warned Obama would usher in an era of “European style dog socialism.” “America’s dogs can’t afford four more years of Obama,” the narrator intoned. “For them it’s 28 years.” Obama at the time of last year’s dinner had covertly sent Navy Seals to Pakistan to kill Osama bin Laden, and the crowd began to applaud Saturday night as he started to speak of a “historic anniversary.” “Last year at this time — in fact, on this very weekend — we finally delivered justice to one of the world’s most notorious individuals,” he said, the crowd roaring as a picture of a glowering real estate tycoon Donald Trump appeared on giant screens in the hotel ballroom. Trump, who last year was considering running for president, sat stone faced at the dinner as first Obama, and then comedian Seth Myers, took turns eviscerating him. Obama noted that four years ago he was engaged in a “brutal” primary with Hillary Clinton. “Four years later, she won’t stop drunk-texting me from Cartagena,” he said, referencing photographs of Clinton clubbing in Colombia after the recent Summit of the Americas and a photo of her texting aboard a military plane that has gone viral.
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Criminal charges will not be filed against a U.S. Border Patrol agent who shot and killed a 15-year-old Mexican boy on the Texas-Mexico border in 2010 because the shooting was a reasonable use of force and within agency guidelines, the Justice Department announced Friday. Mexico’s Foreign Ministry said in a statement that it “profoundly laments and expresses its most energetic rejection” of the decision and noted Mexico had sought the agent’s extradition. Mexican ambassador to the U.S. Arturo Sarukhan, said via Twitter: “Mexico strongly rejects the decision.”
A terrorist attack at a university in the northern Nigerian city of Kano on Sunday left as many as 20 Christian worshipers dead and dozens of other people wounded. Gunmen in a car and on motorcycles threw homemade bombs at Christians gathered on the campus of Bayero University and shot them as they tried to f lee, according to agency reports. There was no immediate claim of responsibility for the killings, but the assault was similar to previous attacks by Boko Haram, an Islamic extremist group.
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Reggae artist J Boog brought loud bass lines and island style to Cal Poly during University Union (UU) Hour in the UU Plaza on Thursday to promote his newest album. The journey to San Luis Obispo wasn’t easy for J Boog and his DJ, Jah Wzer. The two took a flight from Hawaii to Oakland, then traveled by car to Cal Poly, arriving at 4 a.m. “Oh man, the trip was exhausting,” J Boog said. “The rain put a damper on things, but I am glad it cleared up for us to come out.” J Boog just finished his Backyard Boogie Tour to promote his new album titled “Backyard Boogie.” The album was released last year, and has reached No. 1 on the Billboard Reggae Music Charts. J Boog, born Jarell Damonte Houston, has not always sung reggae, though. His musical talent was obvious at a young age when J Boog sang Whitney Houston’s “One Moment In Time,” per request of his sister and mother at a family reunion for more than 200 people, according to ReverbNation. From then on, J Boog knew he wanted to make music. In 2005, J Boog met Polynesian reggae artist George “Fiji” Veikoso and started working with him to focus J Boog’s sound and style,
J Boog said. A few years later, he released his debate album “Hear Me Roar.” In 2008, he began working with reggae musician Gramps Morgan of Morgan Heritage. This is where J Boog started to mix his Jamaican reggae style with his island influences. Then he started climbing the Billboard Music Charts and touring worldwide. His popularity was obvious on Thursday, as a large crowd of students gathered while J Boog walked down the steps
J Boog showed the crowd love by throwing out free T-shirts and CDs, then stayed after the show to take photographs with fans, autograph CDs, shirts and even one student’s arm. “This was a great show,” J Boog said. “Great vibes. Great crowd. All around good time.” Shortly after his performance, J Boog and Jah Wzer got back to their car and headed back to Oakland. From there, they said they planned to fly back to Hawaii and perform for the University of Hawaii. Meaning
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of the UU singing and highfiving the crowd. Excited to see J Boog, biological sciences sophomore Sarah Powell decided to climb on stage and dance with J Boog. Unfortunately, security escorted her back to crowd, but she was full of smiles as she danced back toward her friends “It was a really good show,” Powell said. “I was feeling the music, and getting on stage to dance with J Boog seemed like the right thing to do.”
J Boog made a day trip to California just to play for Cal Poly, and having popular musicians come to campus is a major goal that Musical Entertainment Supervisor at ASI Events Leif Garrovillas is working on for this quarter’s UU Hour. “We want to get good artists that people like at UU hour,” Garrovillas said. “We have Top Shelf coming on May 3, and we will have Hieroglyphics on May 24. They should be a very popular shows.”
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UCSB outduels Cal Poly track and field CONOR MULVANEY
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The entire Cal Poly team lined the side of the track in preparation for the men’s 4x400 relay to finish out Saturday’s dual meet against UC Santa Barbara (UCSB). As the shot rang and the runners took off, Cal Poly and UCSB teammates cheered their respective runners on. Amid the claps and screams, a sense of camaraderie resonated through the air. “Everyone there was together as a group,” captain Eric Surprenant said. “We were loud, if not louder than UCSB. We have 90 people on the team and make up a majority of Cal Poly’s athletes. It’s awesome to show Cal Poly exactly what we have.” Despite personal records by Surprenant in the 110 and 400 hurdles and Daniel Erdman in the discus, the Cal Poly men’s team fell to UCSB 104-96. Cal Poly women’s track was also downed 11686. Winners of each event were awarded five points; three points went to second place, and two points were given to third. Senior Kyle Inks and junior John Prader went back and forth in the pole vault, both setting personal records. Inks cleared 17 feet 8.5 inches, while Prader surpassed his previous record of 16 feet 9.5 inches with a 17-foot-2.5inch pole vault. “The goal was to get some good competitive marks in as we head into the conference meet,” head coach Mark Conover said. “We came out of it with some excellent marks. Eric Surprenant had a great day, he’s been outstanding.” Surprenant posted a 51.93 in the 400 hurdles, barely beating sophomore David Namnath. Cal Poly was not fazed by the defeat, though. Strong performances in a multitude of areas prime Cal Poly for success at the Big West Conference Meet on May 11. David Cardona, who took second in the 1500, used the meet as a means of preparation for the conference championships. His 3:48.74 was narrowly
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was the first year doing the hurry up, and I think this year we’re more crisp.” That’s partly due to the Mustangs’ practice regimen this year, which Broadous said has been quite the workload through spring camp. “Our practice tempo, we run a lot of plays,” Broadous
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Junior Paul Brown (left) anchored the Mustang 4x100 relay team which came in one-tenth of a second ahead of the Gauchos. Both the men’s and women’s teams fell to UC Santa Barbara on Saturday afternoon. beat by UCSB’s Shyan Vaziri, who finished at 3:48.73, onehundredth of a second ahead of him. The race marked the closest finish of the day. “I definitely want to be up there with the front pack,” Cardona said. “I want to get as close to 3:45 as possible. I want to make a smarter move instead of taking it out earlier. I think that will help towards my success.” Alongside Cardona, sophomore distance runner Blake Ahrold performed well, winning the 3,000 meter steeple-
chase with a time of 9:15.20. Conover said he hopes a strong two weeks of practice will prime Cal Poly for success in the postseason. “There was a lot of improvement in all the event areas today,” Conover said. “Hurdlers, field events, sprinters — we had a lot of people qualify for conference. People are in a good spot, but everyone needs to improve just a little bit more and we will be ready.” In the field events, Daniel Erdman won both the shot put and discus. A distance of 16.96 me-
ters in the shot put was enough to beat out UCSB’s Alex Umstead throw of 16.9 meters. “We came out of it with some excellent marks,” Conover said. “We had a lot of wins today and some valiant efforts. Erdman had a good day.” On the women’s side, freshman Jenna Davis posted a 2:11.48, which was good enough to claim first place in the 800. Davis was followed by freshman Hanna Edwards and junior Lia Rivers-Birt who posted times of 2:11.87
and 2:13.21 respectively. Cal Poly’s Jessica Williams posted a 12.06 to win the women’s 100 beating out four UCSB runners in the event. A strong performance by Savannah Pio helped her win the 5000 with a time of 17:54. Pio won the event by nearly nine seconds with the next runner finishing with a time of 18:03. Riley Hasche had a career day, set a personal record and catapulted himself to victory with a pole vault of 5.4 meters.
said. “We probably get more plays in than any other offense in the country during our practices. We try and keep the tempo going so we can get used to the game-time speed.” That includes the offensive line as well, which lost three starters — left tackle Scott Winnewisser, left guard Maurice McClure and right tackle Art Munoz — to graduation at the end of last season. But with new names protecting
Broadous up front, he said the players in the trenches haven’t missed a step in Cal Poly’s offensive scheme. “Our offensive line coach is doing a great job of keeping our offensive line in shape,” Broadous said. “They do a lot of work outside of regular practice ... and I think they’re just going to keep getting better and better.” On the defensive side of the ball, the Mustangs are still
trying to figure out who will step into starting positions. Cal Poly heads into this season losing three starting defensive linemen, one linebacker and three defensive backs from the 2010 roster. And in that defensive backfield, the Mustangs are trying to replace Asa Jackson, a fourtime, all-conference selection at cornerback that was selected by the Baltimore Ravens in the fifth round of this year’s
NFL Draft. Cornerbacks Nico Molino, Vante Smith-Johnson and others are stepping into that role, while guys such as Alex Hubbard are vying for a starting safety spot. Hubbard, a junior college transfer from the College of San Mateo, recorded 45 tackles, 10 pass breakups and three interceptions for the Bulldogs last season and is looking more and more like he will contribute for the Mustangs on defense, as well as on special teams. “I’m just looking to score points and grab interceptions,” Hubbard said, with a smile. “I also want to return punts and contribute in as many ways as I can.” While Hubbard and others did see extended playing time on the field Saturday, Walsh said he wanted to review the game film before making any changes to the depth chart. The Cal Poly defense did, however, force two turnovers, both fumbles, against the offense. Moraga and Brown spent a majority of the time leading that offense under center. Moraga connected on three of his four pass attempts for 19 yards and added 41 yards on the ground. Brown was 3 for 6 with 25 yards, while Broadous went just 1 for 3 with 21 yards in his limited playing time. Fullback Matt Rulon finished the game with 57 yards on six carries, while fellow fullback Brandon Howe rushed for 29 yards on six carries.
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“Chris Brown can run it.”
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Andre Broadous only played in the first series on Saturday, but he lead the offense on an 80-yard drive for a touchdown.
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Baseball sweeps Pacific, stays in third place STEPHAN TEODOSESCU
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Entering the series, Cal Poly baseball head coach Larry Lee said the Mustangs were in a “tailspin,” having lost seven of their last 10 and three of their first four Big West series. Riding timely hitting by senior shortstop Mike Miller and company, the Mustangs reversed that trend this weekend grinding out a 6-4 win over Pacific on Sunday afternoon earning a series sweep of the last-place Tigers (11-31, 1-11). The Mustangs (25-17, 9-6) gained a game on all three leading teams ahead of them in the tight Big West Conference standings and is now tied for third with UC Santa Barbara with the win. The sweep provided the Mustangs with much needed momentum and confidence after a rough previous two weeks, sophomore catcher Chris Hoo said. “This just gives us a lot of confidence going into Tuesday’s game against Pepperdine,” he said. “That’s pretty much all we need, and we can go from there.” Sunday’s game proved to be a back-and-forth affair for Cal
Poly. Despite winning by two runs, the Mustangs didn’t take control until the bottom of the eighth inning when Hoo scored on a bases-loaded error by Pacific shortstop Josh Smith to add an insurance run. The biggest momentum shift for the Mustangs came in the bottom of the fifth inning when Miller hit a towering two-run blast to left field to give the Mustangs a 3-2 lead. Redshirt junior Evan Busby reached with a single down the right field line to bring Miller up who squared a 1-0 pitch and sent it into the Baggett Stadium parking lot. “He’s our catalyst and he’s at the top of our order,” Lee said of Miller’s play. “Usually when he goes, the entire offense goes, and he’s very valuable (in the leadoff spot).” Miller collected a career-high five hits in Saturday’s ballgame
against the Tigers and earned another two on Sunday. He leads the team with a .358 batting average and is second with 28 RBI on the season behind junior Mitch Haniger. The afternoon contest saw the Tigers get on the board first with an RBI bloop single to left center by Brett Christopher in the third inning. Haniger responded in the bottom of the third hitting an RBI double that hit the left center field fence on the fly to score Wise. Pacific answered quickly, as Curtis Gomez launched a solo shot to left center on the first pitch of the fourth inning to give the Tigers a 2-1 lead. Cal Poly’s starting pitcher Kyle Breuggemann was pulled in the top of the fifth in favor of freshman reliever Matt Imhof after allowing two runs
on six hits. Cal Poly’s pitching staff allowed Pacific’s leadoff man to reach base in seven of nine innings. Following Haniger’s two-run home run, Pacific tied the game at three with a Tyger Pederson single down the left field line. Hoo hit an RBI single just over the shortstop’s head to respond and put the Mustangs back up by one in Cal Poly’s half of the sixth. On defense, Hoo used his offensive momentum to pick off a runner at first and caught freshman Tyler Sullivan stealing second in the top of the seventh, his 17th baserunner of the year caught stealing. In the bottom of the seventh, Miller reached first on a bunt hit and Haniger was walked intentionally to load the bases for the Mustangs. Sophomore Jimmy Allen grounded out to
second to score Busby from third base and give Cal Poly a 5-3 lead. The Tigers would battle back in their half of the eighth cutting the deficit to one, but after Hoo scored on Pacific’s basesloaded error in the eighth inning, redshirt freshman reliever Reed Reilly sat Pacific down 1-2-3 in the ninth. A diving grab by sophomore David Armendariz in left field provided the final out for the Mustangs.
“Good pitching kept us in the ballgame,” Haniger said. “They scored a couple runs early in the game, but if our pitchers keep us around, we got a pretty good lineup and we’ll score some runs late in the game.” Sophomore reliever Chase Johnson earned the win for the Mustangs. Cal Poly faces Pepperdine in Baggett Stadium on Tuesday for a non-conference matchup starting at 6 p.m.
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Football debuts hurry-up offense 2.0 BRIAN DE LOS SANTOS
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Snap after snap, the Cal Poly offense made an effort to push the tempo. And after a few drives, head coach Tim Walsh made it clear the Mustangs are going to try and win games this season in a particular fashion. By outrunning everyone, that is. “We want to wear people out,
that’s the way that we want to play,” Walsh said. “You hear the coaches all the time yelling, ‘Tempo, tempo, tempo.’ We want to run as many plays as we can.” Debuting the new-and-improved version of Cal Poly’s shotgun, no-huddle offense, Andre Broadous and company led an up-pace and dynamic attack as the Green offensive team defeated the Gold defensive team 51-24 in the Green
and Gold Spring Game at Alex G. Spanos Stadium Saturday. “We did a good job, especially because we are probably not in game shape,” Walsh said. “The players got a good feel for what it is, the tempo that they need to be able to play at for a 60-minute college football game.” Broadous showed just what that up-pace offense could do right off the bat, driving 80 yards on 15 plays to score a touchdown, a one-yard quar-
terback sneak, on the game’s first possession. From there, backup quarterbacks Vince Moraga and Chris Brown helped combine for three offensive touchdowns in an offensive attack that was
noticeably quicker than the Mustangs’ shotgun scheme a year ago. “We are definitely stepping it up,” Broadous said, who was only on the field for the game’s first drive. “I think
we will be a lot better than last year on the offensive side of the ball. We scored a lot of points last year, but I think we can improve on that. That see FOOTBALL, pg. 6
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Quarterback Andre Broadous will enter the 2012 season as a second-year starter who threw for nine touchdowns and rushed for 18 more.