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Students choose to ‘Sleep Out’ for homelessness MERCEDES RODRIGUEZ
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Students walking to 8 a.m. classes on Thursday were greeted by a strange sight. More than 100 of their classmates were camped out on the cement in the University Union for the night. Wednesday night was “Sleep Out to End Homelessness,” a Student Community Services Homelessness Awareness Week event to raise funds for the El Camino Homeless Organization (ECHO) based out of Atascadero. Student Community Services director coordinator and the event’s main organizer Camille Crenshaw said she was “very pleased” with the turnout. “I would say around 153 people showed up,” Crenshaw said. She said last year’s Sleep Out event was not as well attended — fewer than 10 people showed up. This year’s event included hot chocolate, ice cream, games and a speaker. Crenshaw said she thought the topics speaker and reverend Cynthia Eastman covered were apropos considering the event’s focus. Eastman is the founder of Common Ground Worldwide, a non-profit organization dedicated to building sustainable housing and donating books and warm clothing to those experiencing
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More than 150 students showed up for the “Sleep Out to End Homelessness,” a Student Community Services Homelessness Awareness Week Event. homelessness. Eastman was also homeless at one time. “It was amazing that we were able to have someone who used to be homeless present,” Crenshaw said. “That’s a side most people don’t get to say.”
Eastman spoke to the gathered crowd about her own experiences without a home. “When I was 13, I found myself homeless for the first time,” Eastman said. “It brings me to tears to see all the students out
here. It’s a sacrifice; it’s cold.” Though temperatures dropped into the 40s, most of the students stayed the full night, Crenshaw said. For every student that showed up, Student Com-
munity Services pledged $20 to ECHO. The Organization is a volunteer-run non-profit that offers meals, shelters and support services to the San Luis Obispo County homeless community. Due to high atten-
dance, Crenshaw said Student Community Services will have to do some supplemental fundraising to earn enough money to keep that pledge. It had budsee SLEEP OUT, pg. 2
Appointed committee to begin Success Fee spending SEAN MCMINN
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The team assigned to spend the money gained by Cal Poly’s Student Success Fee is set to begin a month-long process that will potentially end with more classes for students. The 11-person group, which includes seven students, held an initial meeting April 26 to determine how to best move forward in allocating the revenue brought in by the fee. Under the leadership of co-chairs Kiyana Tabrizi, the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presi-
dent, and Larry Kelley, the vice president of administration and finance, the group decided to use a campus-wide poll via students’ My Cal Poly Portal to gain feedback on students’ needs. “(The poll) is to give every student an opportunity to voice where they think the funding priorities are,” Tabrizi said. The Student Success Fee, which students narrowly favored in an advisory refer-
endum last quarter, will bring an estimated $8 million to the university next year. As part of the fee’s three-year implementation phase, students will begin paying $160 per quarter next fall. That fee will increase yearly until it reaches its permanent cap at $260 per quarter in 2014. Cal Poly Provost Kathleen Enz Finken, who began working at the university in February, will follow in the footsteps of her
predecessor, Robert Koob, who initially proposed the fee. Enz Finken said she expects much of the money will go toward providing additional class offerings and furthering the Learn By Doing experience. “It’s going to impact us significantly,” Enz Finken said of the fee. “A large part of that money — based on the initial proposal and the approval that has gone to the Chancellor’s Office and the student voice in that vote — was soundly behind putting dollars behind providing classes for students.”
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But a governor’s tax proposal that will come before voters in November may interrupt those plans. The proposal gives California’s citizens a choice: raise taxes or face millions of dollars in budget cuts at state universities. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong said he has kept a close eye on the proposal since its inception. If voters do not pass the measure, he said, Cal Poly could see a $12 million cut as part of larger budget loss in the California State University system. “It’s a real problem — you cannot underestimate the magnitude of the problem,” Armstrong said. “Cal Poly has been managed well for a long time. We have one-time money that can help us get through another 12 months.
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But that really means 2012-13 will be very difficult if this full reduction occurs.” Because of this looming second scenario in which voters turn down the tax increase, Armstrong said he will encourage the allocation committee to create two different plans. One, he said, would include the $8 million in increased funding without any cuts. The other would anticipate a $4 million loss, the estimated difference between the Student Success Fee and the governor’s possible trigger cut. But Tabrizi said she believes one plan will suffice. She said Cal Poly has already lost so much money, another round of state cuts won’t force a major difference. “Our times are so tough that I think we’re already there in see SUCCESS FEE, pg. 2
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Mustang Jobs offers more to some students than others VICTORIA BILLINGS
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Finding that one perfect job post-college can weigh on students’ minds, but Cal Poly has the resources to help. Mustang Jobs is a website run by Career Services that specifically caters to job-hunting students. At Mustang Jobs, students can find job listings, information on employers and resources for applying for a job or internship. The website can be an invaluable resource when looking for employment, civil engineering junior Isabelle Rawlings said. Rawlings herself has used Mustang Jobs to look up information on Career Fair employers as well as find her own internship opportunities. “There’s definitely a lot of resources on Mustang Jobs,” Rawlings said. “I know a lot of people who’ve actually gotten jobs through Mustang Jobs.” Some students may have more luck than others, though, depending on what they’re looking for. Career fields such as engineering and business almost always have more job offers than typical College of Liberal Arts fields such as writing or film and video, Career Services Program Coordinator Carole Moore said. This is not due to a bias on Career Services’ part, but a simple reflection of the economic situation, Moore said. “It’s going to be indicative of what the market is,” Moore said. Even within a career field such as engineering, students special-
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izing in electrical or mechanical engineering are going to see more job opportunities than an environmental engineering student, Moore said. Despite this, the counselors at Career Services themselves don’t actively try to balance out the number of job opportunities for every student, Moore said. Instead, employers simply come to Mustang Jobs and post the positions they have available, and the staff at Career Services monitors these postings. “There’s no such thing as, ‘Oh my gosh, we have to have equal this job to equal that job,’” Moore said. In addition to helping students find internships and careers, Mustang Jobs also helps students find short-term positions while they’re still in school. Social sciences graduate Reynessa Reyes used Mustang Jobs to find a part-time position caring for an elderly woman while she was a student. She didn’t use it to look for any full-time jobs, after graduation, though.
“When I was looking for my job, I was still in school, so I knew I wouldn’t have time for a long-term career,” Reyes said. Philosophy senior Jacob Brandt also uses Mustang Jobs to help him find temporary jobs in landscaping and day labor work. “I mostly use it for part-time local,” Brandt said. As a philosophy student, Brandt said the website doesn’t offer him many career opportunities in the direction he wants to go. Moore said this is because there’s a natural gap between career offerings in fields Cal Poly is known for and jobs in fields that are not generally associated with a Cal Poly education. For instance, there are very few medical opportunities on Mustang Jobs, simply because, unlike some other universities, Cal Poly does not have a medical program or nursing school. In the past, Career Services counselors devoted more time to recruiting employers for the
website, but currently, with budget and staff cuts, Moore said Career Services doesn’t have the resources. And with between 60 to 120 new job postings on Mustang Jobs every day, Career Services barely has staff to screen the listings for fraud, Moore said. “At this point, we’re not even able to manage the number of jobs coming in,” Moore said. Nonetheless, Career Services strives to ensure that every Cal Poly student finds a job after school, Moore said. Along with Mustang Jobs, Moore recommends students also check out websites such as Idealist.org to cast a wider jobsearch net. Mustang Jobs is valuable because it’s for employers who specifically want Cal Poly students, but other job-hunting websites can be useful tools as well, Moore said. “Mustang Jobs to me is the website where employers that are really interested in Cal Poly students go,” Moore said.
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the worst situation,” Tabrizi said. “So even if we get worse, I think we’re there. I think we’re planning for that horrible situation, so I don’t really see many of the priorities being different.” Instead, Tabrizi said she wants to focus the committee’s short amount of time on a combination of outreach strategy and planning for where the fee’s income will be spent. Interim Vice President for Student Affairs Preston Allen sent an email to students last week to inform them of the survey on their My Cal Poly Portal that asks for responses to how students want the money to be spent. The survey, which is available through Tuesday afternoon, allows students to vote for initiatives such as increased access to classes and labs, more Learn By Doing and interdisciplinary opportunities and increasing diversity on campus. It also features an “other” option for students to voice their own priorities. Tabrizi said the survey will help the allocation committee as it moves forward in creating a plan for the Student Success Fee’s initial implementation in the fall. “Once we get those recommendations from that poll, the group will reconvene; we’ll look over those results, and we’ll pass them on to the vice presidents,” she said. The vice presidents — including Kelley, the commit-
Monday, May 7, 2012 tee co-chair — will look at specific ways to implement the students’ ideas once the poll’s results are in. Tabrizi said she has set a tentative deadline for the allocation committee to be finished with its work by the end of May. This year’s committee is only responsible for determining how the revenue will be spent through next spring; a new group will be responsible for the money after that. The next committee will have several new players, including ASI President-elect Katie Morrow. She will cochair the committee and be one of seven students sitting on it. Morrow said the other six will most likely be the top vote-getters from each college’s representatives on the ASI Board of Directors. Morrow said she looks forward to taking an entire year to work on finding the best way to spend the following year’s Student Success Fee income. “I’m excited I can start in summer looking at that,” Morrow said. “I can start as soon as the allocation committee is decided. I went to the last meeting (of the current allocation committee), and I’m going to the next one. I just kind of sit on the side of listen. So I’m ready.” Once the allocation committee is finished, Armstrong will review its findings and make his final determination of where the money will be spent. Morrow said she will work with Armstrong to ensure the spending process is transparent and records are easily accessible to students.
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geted for approximately 60 people maximum to attend the event that night. Isabel Lally and Luke Benton were two of the many who decided to experience homelessness for the night. “(Benton) told me about it today, and it’s an easy and fun way to help,” Lally said of her decision to attend. “Not only does it bring awareness, but it helps out by bringing $20. There are going to be speakers, you can learn something and meet people with similar interests,” Benton said at the beginning of the night. While most students opted for traditional mats and sleeping bags, some students got a little more creative with their bedding. “A guy made a cardboard house with an attached garage and a chimney,” Crenshaw said. “People brought their tents. There were even some full-blown mattresses out there. It was a really cool atmosphere — people were playing music and games.”
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Students flee Calif. for college SLO 5-0 Saturday, April 28 12:36 a.m. Domestic violence was reported on Rafael Way. Sunday, April 29 11:45 a.m. A hit and run collision was reported on the 800 block of Upham Street. Monday, April 30 10:02 a.m. A vehicle theft was reported on the unit block of Mustang Village. 3:22 p.m. Grand theft occurred in the Vista Grande area. Tuesday, May 1 6:19 a.m. An assault was reported on the 1500 block of Beach Street. 1:52 p.m to 2:15 p.m. Five cases of child abuse were reported to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. Wednesday, May 2 5:02 p.m. Someone keyed a car between May 1 at 9:30 p.m. and May 2 at 4:50 p.m. at the R-1 parking lot on campus. Thursday, May 3 3:47 a.m. An assault was reported on the 600 block of Perkins Lane and Broad Street. 10:34 a.m. An assault was reported on the 1100 block of Orcutt Road. Friday, May 4 1:22, 1:30 a.m. Fraud was reported on the 700 block of Higuera Street. 1:36 a.m. An arrest for public intoxication was made on Holland Drive on campus. Saturday, May 5 12:30 a.m. An arrest for public intoxication was made in the H-4 parking lot on campus.
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Fed up with tuition increases and frustrated by rejection at packed California universities, more high school graduates than ever are leaving the state to attend college. Enrollment of Californians at Boise State rose tenfold in the past decade. Arizona State doubled its enrollment of freshmen from California. The University of Oregon has quadrupled it, with freshman enrollment from California growing from 280 in 2000 to 1,100 in 2010. “We are thrilled with the students we get out of California,” said Roger Thompson, vice provost at the University of Oregon. “We’ve seen remarkable growth, predominantly out of Northern California.” The trend, revealed in a review of federal data, comes as the University of California system is trying harder to attract out-of-state students. Despite those efforts, made mostly to pay the bills, the number of students leaving the state for a four-year college far exceeds the number coming here. California does not have a surplus of college students, and it will need hundreds of thousands more in coming years to sustain its economy, several researchers said. Large numbers of students leaving the state threaten California’s future, particularly if many don’t return. “These numbers are in the wrong direction for the state,” said Hans Johnson, a researcher with the Public Policy Institute of California. Johnson estimates California will have 1 million fewer college graduates by 2025 than its industries will require. Tuition and fees at California’s two public college systems have more than tripled in the last decade, narrowing the still-large gap between in-state tuition at a public California college and outof-state tuition at many similar colleges. Capacity for California students isn’t growing, even as more Californians seek a college education. The state’s two college systems
enrolled fewer California freshmen in 2010 than they did in 2006. And the constant cycle of tuition increases, cuts and protests has damaged the reputation of the state’s public colleges, several high school students and guidance counselors said. More than 27,000 California high school graduates started college at an out-of-state, fouryear university in 2010, up 90 percent from 2000, according to the latest data submitted by colleges to the U.S. Department of Education. Almost three times as many high school grads left California for a four-year college than came here from other states in 2010. Nowhere is the trend clearer than at Arizona State University, which enrolled approximately 1,110 California freshmen in 2010 — more than several California State University campuses. Austin Jack will soon join their ranks. A graduating senior at Franklin High in Elk Grove, Jack has a grade point average of 3.8. That was enough to get him into Arizona State, even though he was rejected by San Diego State and California State Polytechnic University. Jack decided not to attend other California State University (CSU) schools, saying their application process doesn’t account enough for extracurricular activities, and that the system is too crowded. “I want to graduate in four years,” he said. “It’s so difficult to get classes at CSU.” At several CSU campuses, fewer than 10 percent of students graduate in four years, federal data show. Arizona State graduates about 30 percent of students that quickly. An extra year or two in college can make a big financial difference. If Jack graduates from Arizona State in four years and immediately takes a job paying $45,000 annually, he’ll recoup most of the difference in cost he would have incurred during five years at a CSU campus. He’ll be making money during that fifth year instead of sitting
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Vice President Joe Biden gave a nod to the same-sex marriage movement Sunday by saying he is comfortable with the idea of “men marrying men” and “women marrying women.” On NBC’s “Meet the Press,” Biden declined to rule out the possibility that, in a second Obama term, the White House might move from its current position of supporting civil unions to fully backing same-sex marriage. “I am absolutely comfortable with the fact that men marrying men, women marrying women and heterosexual men and women marrying another are entitled to the same exact rights, all the civil rights, all the civil liberties,” Biden said.
Last week, police officers in the eastern Pakistan city of Lahore visited a mosque run by Ahmadis, a minority Muslim sect considered by the rest of the country to be heretical. They looked around, and then announced their conclusion: The mosque looks too much like a mosque. So, two laborers who accompanied the police picked up their hammers and chisels and began removing Koranic verses etched over the building’s doorway, an Ahmadi spokesman said. The officers also told the Ahmadi clerics who run the mosque that the building’s minarets had to be covered up.
in class. That’s the sort of math Glen Anderson, an Arizona State sophomore and graduate of Jesuit High School in Carmichael, is counting on. “I’m on pace to get out in 3 years with a major and a minor,” he said. “They open up more class sections until they don’t fill any more.” CSU officials said the issues raised by Jack and others are legitimate concerns. “It’s a reflection of our current budget environment,” said CSU spokesman Mike Uhlenkamp. “We’ve had to increase requirements for students to get in; we’ve had to cut classes.” Out-of-state tuition at Arizona State is about $22,000, compared with in-state tuition of about $6,500 at a CSU campus. Like other outof-state colleges, Arizona State sometimes softens the pain of out-of-state tuition with scholarships and other financial aid. “With the help they gave me, it was about equal to San Di-
ego State,” said Tim Phillips, a classmate of Jack, who will also attend Arizona State. Arizona State employs several recruiters who work exclusively in California. They often talk to prospective students about costs and the rel-
ative ease of getting classes. “Our price is fairly affordable for California residents, coupled with scholarships and financial assistance,” said Kent Hopkins, vice provost for enrollment management at Arizona State.
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From press to the people: Alumnus sells homemade T-shirts DAVID LIEBIG
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One booth stands out from all the rest at the San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market on Thursday nights. Phil Hurst’s homemade Tshirt stall lights up, transforms into a trailer and towers higher than any other booth at the market. Hurst graduated from Cal Poly in 2010 with a bachelor’s degree in manufacturing engineering. He said the skills he gained in college help immensely with his T-shirt business today. “I owe everything I am to Cal Poly,” he said. Hurst screen prints vin-
tage-themed shirts and hats under the brand name Genuine Stolen using a machine he partially built. He also constructed a collapsible kiosk that morphs into a trailer, which he hauls to Farmers’ Market by bike from his house seven blocks away. He said the trailer has evolved since he first bought it. “As time went on, I added to the trailer and made it easier to set up,” Hurst said. “Instead of pulling off 20 bungee cords and clips, it was just a hinge and a bolt and it folds out.” Hurst also added a car battery to power LED lights that attracts market-goers after the sun goes down. In
its current state, the booth features a retail store-like rack to display the shirts and colorfully painted panels that tower higher than any other booth at the market — something he’s very proud of, he said. Standing out is also Hurst’s fashion philosophy — he said he strives for originality with his T-shirt designs. “The motto is ‘Buck the Trend,’” he said. “These shirts appeal to people that are not into extreme sports but like to go out and look good and be different.” Hurst’s designs feature nostalgic images such as classic see SHIRTS, pg. 5
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Clean out more than just your room this spring Get a head start on spring cleaning and get rid of loose-end friendships. Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. Half of spring quarter has already flown by and midterms have decided to grace us with their unwelcomed presence — especially this quarter. So with nothing else but midterms on my mind, I decided to be productive and do a little spring cleaning.
Maybe this isn’t exactly the best way to be productive, but I’m accomplishing something, nonetheless. Oddly, I just had an urge to clean something up in my room, so I cleaned up my lovely coffeemaker and tucked it carefully into my closet for storage. I’ll miss my coffee, but Starbucks will just have to do for the next four weeks. I’m not complaining because my side of the room already feels — and looks — a lot cleaner. Plus, I have to finish off my Plu$ Dollars somehow. With four weeks left in the quarter, it would be a good idea to begin cleaning up your room, and your life, a little bit. Granted, this spring cleaning should have actually begun weeks ago at the beginning of spring quarter,
but better late than never. If you think about it, beginning to clean up our rooms a little bit now will make moveout day so much easier. Once you come home from your last final in June, you won’t need to worry about packing as much because you have already started. And let’s be real, packing is probably the last thing you want to do after you’ve finished your finals for the quarter. So start sifting through your clothing and put away all your winter clothing, because spring is here to stay. Throw away old boxes, bags, papers and whatever else you know you won’t need later on. And if you’re unsure whether you’ll really need those notebooks for the English class you took winter quarter, chances are you won’t, so toss them. If you have a hard time parting with notes from past classes like I do, (weird, I know) find a way to say “Goodbye.” Parting with my notes from past quarters is difficult because I feel like I should keep them, but trust me, they’re just taking up space. After you clean up your room a bit, it’s a good idea to start cleaning up your life. We’ll be ending our freshman year in a matter of weeks, and I don’t think anyone wants to leave with loose ends,
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cars, the Blues Brothers and an old-fashioned lion tamer. The classic symbols reflect his personality, he said. “I love everything old,” he said. “It’s got character. I listen to records; I ride vintage motorcycles.” Although Hurst’s designs are rooted in the past, he said he has big plans for the future of Genuine Stolen. Hurst is the only non-student applicant for the Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship’s SLO HotHouse Summer Accelerator, which will provide office space, mentoring and $10,000 to a promising startup.
only to find yourself having to deal with the same annoying situations in the fall. Next year, you’ll definitely be
year, or let it go because that’s not something you really care about. I know it sounds harsh, but it’s better to clean out your
Realize who your real friends are and separate them from those ‘friends’ you made that you aren’t really friends with.
bumping into that one person you had some annoying situation with. There is no doubt about it. So either clean it up by fixing the situation so you won’t have to worry about it next
life now so that you don’t need to worry about these things when you come back in the fall. Also, get rid of those people that you find yourself running back to but obviously don’t care about as much. Realize who
“I win that shit, I quit my job,” he said. “I think (my chances) are pretty good. I hope I get it.” Hurst’s other efforts to expand Genuine Stolen include getting his friend in San Francisco to run a satellite booth. This arm of the company is on “autopilot,” Hurst said. He sends shirts to his friend, who peddles them on the street from a miniature version of Hurst’s transformable trailer. Hurst is looking to establish more satellite vendors such as these in San Diego and Berkeley as well. Locally, Hurst has reached out to businesses to sponsor his booth at Farmers’ Market. His original sponsor, San Luis Art Supply, recently went
out of business. However, Dr. Cain’s Comics and Games on Marsh Street agreed to sponsor Hurst’s booth and will soon carry Genuine Stolen apparel for sale. Reid Cain, the store’s owner, said the partnership should benefit both parties. “I’ve wanted to do a booth at Farmers’ anyway, so it seemed like a good way to kind of help each other out,” Reid said. He said Dr. Cain’s Comics and Games will be a good fit for Genuine Stolen’s classic designs. “I took a look at his website and his product, and it looked cool,” Reid said. “I like to carry pop images and things that look cool.” Reid isn’t the only one who finds Genuine Stolen shirts
your real friends are and separate them from those “friends” you made that you aren’t really friends with. You don’t have to cut these acquaintances out of your life, but at least acknowledge who is considered your friend or not. Forget about old dates and that one hook up. It’s not worth worrying about. And if an old date took you out to Sage … well, just forget it and leave it at the curb. Start cleaning up a bit and end freshman year in the best way possible, so when fall quarter comes around, you’ll have nothing from the past haunting your every move. You’ll be able to enjoy the beautiful weather at the beach (once it comes around again) carefree. “cool.” Chris Head, a Cal Poly alumnus, was one of many people that approached Hurst’s booth last Thursday night. “I like a bunch of them,” he said. “I think they’re great.” Head said he admired the shirts’ uniqueness. “I hate wearing a T-shirt and then seeing somebody else wearing the same T-shirt, so this appeals,” he said.
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Let’s put things in perspective: The 16-unit quarterly cap coming to Cal Poly is not the biggest problem students will face during registration. The vast majority of those who try to enroll for classes during Fall 2012 will fall under one of the three exemptions outlined in Cal Poly’s academic policies and will find absolutely no change in the way they enroll in classes. Even better, early estimates from the Office of the Provost predict only a small percentage of those who are not exempt will want to take more than 16 units. Associate Vice Provost Kimi Ikeda said roughly 300 students would actually be limited in the amount of classes they will be able to take, far less than the thousands who take more than 16 units on a quarterly basis. And though it might be difficult for those 300 to find ways around the restriction — it might even throw off their graduation plans — Cal Poly as a whole is in a financial situation where it does not need to create a unit cap for all students,
without exception. After we spoke with the university president, provost and others about the cap, it does not appear as though Cal Poly needs a limited cap such as the one that is being set into motion now. The only reason campus administrators are following the guidelines is because they come straight from their boss: the California State University (CSU) chancellor. The cap won’t actually help the university, it is just part of a blanket policy aimed to aid some of the state schools in their budget woes. President Jeffrey Armstrong said after the cap was initially introduced, he contacted the CSU to remind them of the several high-intensity majors at Cal Poly. It was only after this the CSU decided to create special exemptions for the university so it could retain stu-
dents’ ability to graduate on time, even in programs such as engineering and architecture. But this begs the question, why bother applying the unit cap to Cal Poly at all? The university is accepted by most as the top school of the 23 CSU campuses. Through preemptive measures taken in recent years, Cal Poly has been able to remain more financially stable than some of the other schools in the system. Sure, a unit cap is right for some. But for Cal Poly, it is a waste of everyone’s time and resources to create and enforce all these exemptions that essentially nullify the unit cap on our campus. Armstrong said after he spoke with CSU administrators, he was told the exemptions were the best they could do to help Cal Poly. But there’s another option. Instead of forming one-sizefits-all policies for its schools — when we obviously do not need them here at Cal Poly — the CSU system should consider how its mandates will individually affect all of its campuses, especially one that consistently wins awards such as “Best in the West.”
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Don’t say it applies to nobody. It applies to me. I am honestly furious about this. Basically, what they are telling me is that my major and my education are not as important, which is completely incorrect. The classes I am taking are just as important as anyone else’s. — name In response to “CSU unit cap to begin in fall” I agree with Warren’s second paragraph. I would also like to know which idiot authorized the painting of the new 2.5 million gallon water tank a maroon color. I’m told most of the students are unhappy with it. Which school colors are maroon? I had recommended that it be painted Cal Poly’s forest green color with a Cal Poly golden roof. It should also have a giant rearing Cal Poly spirit Mustang decal on the south side wall. This change should make everyone happy. I hope this can be accomplished. — Gaylord Mc Cool In response to “CSU unit cap to begin in fall” Actually I’m out of state, so we don’t pay a fixed amount. We pay per unit. So if everyone paid this way, the school would be making more money if they allowed us to take more units. But I guess the unit cap makes more sense then budget-wise since most people are in-state and therefore pay a fixed amount. — Anon In response to “CSU unit cap to begin in fall” This is not saying that your major and your education is not as important. Engineers have to take more units to graduate, so if a cap is put on them, they’ll basically never graduate (seeing how long it already takes them). Science majors also don’t fall under this cap because a lot of their classes are five units. If they’re only able to take three classes per quarter, they’ll never progress. — hello In response to “CSU unit cap to begin in fall”
Unions by definition coddle the weak, glorify the average and persecute the excellent. And why this Cal Poly alum lives and works in a Right to Work state. California will further sink into the financial abyss so much, so China will not buy its debt. California is the perfect example on how NOT to run a state. — anonymous alumnus In response to “Faculty votes to strike” Twenty-three to 24 percent? Meanwhile, they take the huge fines and spend them on more bureaucracy to fund the Neighborhood Services Dept., which runs SNAPS, and all of the administration to keep it operating. Focusing this much of the City’s efforts on noise is only growing the city government because one loud organization has complained about student partying. Meanwhile, there are much larger fish to fry in San Luis Obispo. — Tucker In response to “Quiet down, San Luis Obispo” There was a big article about current problems in the beef industry in Thursday, May 3rd’s Los Angeles Times Business section. I hope Animal Science can help the beef industry improve their relationship with the public. This could be a very big job, in need of a lot of public relations and advertising. I also hope the Animal Science Department can add some additional cattle feeding pens next to the old bull testing center across from the Poultry unit to make it the new replacement feedlot. You will need it to finish steers for processing in the new meat center. With all the additional months before the new meats lab opens, hopefully some additional equipment will be donated. I hope you had berms added around the outside of the parking lot to prevent waste water from flowing down to the creek. Good Luck with the September opening of our new meat center. — Gaylord Mc Cool In response to “Unique meat processing center gives students farm-to-table experience”
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I agree with “hello”. My major requires at least 196 units to graduate, and there are a few quarters that are suggested as 18 units on the flow chart. Given that many of these classes are only offered once per year, you pretty much have to exactly follow the flow chart if you want to graduate in four years. A 16-unit cap would obviously mess that up in multiple quarters. — Adrian In response to “CSU unit cap to begin in fall”
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Moms rejecting stay-at-home role Anne Michaud is interactive editor for Newsday and a member of its editorial board. It looks like Supermom is here to stay. In a new survey, women ages 18 to 34 rated “high-paying career” high on their list of life priorities. For the first time, women in this age group outnumbered men in considering it important — 66 percent of women, compared with 59 percent of men. The last time this question was asked of this age group, in 1997, the sexes ranked “career” roughly equal in importance (56 percent of women and 58 percent of men). At the same time, being a good parent and having a successful marriage continued to rank significantly high on everyone’s list. “They haven’t given any ground on marriage and parenthood,” said researcher Kim Parker of the Pew Research Center, which conducted the study. “In fact, there is even more emphasis (on home life) than 10 to 15 years ago.” The story line over the past couple of decades has been that, for the most part, women would prefer to stay home with children. Those who could afford it were “opting out” of the workplace for home. The recent stir over Ann Romney’s stay-at-home motherhood reawakened culturally conservative voices claiming that her choice is superior for women, and certainly better for kids. But Parker believes that young women’s expectations about the need to earn a paycheck are changing their attitudes. They were surveyed as the damage of the 2008 recession — dubbed the “mancession” for how men lost jobs
disproportionately — was still playing out. “The reality is hitting women that they cannot rely on a male breadwinner,” Parker said. On a brighter note, she adds, young women have seen older women reap the fruits of workplace success and “are motivated to take on big roles.” Women have been outpacing men for some time in earning college and graduate degrees. There are now three women on the Supreme Court, women play major roles in government, they’re running large companies and building media empires — all of this inspires. Pew also surveyed men and women aged 35 to 64, who responded at roughly the same rate (43 percent and 42 percent) that being successful in a high-paying career or profession is important. In 1997, middle-age men greatly outranked women: 41 percent to 26 percent. The big rise in middle-aged women who care about their careers probably reflects both opportunity and necessity, Parker says. But, you’ll notice that young women are more positive about work than their middleaged counterparts. Parker believes the allure of “having it all” wears off once women are faced
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with the reality of super-motherhood. In fact, moms who work full time have told numerous pollsters that they would prefer part-time employment if it were available to them. Often, scaling back from full-time work means a loss of health benefits, seniority, security and status. Employers as a whole could be doing a better job to help moms cope — and as the women in the 18-to-34 age group move up and have children, perhaps there will be more reason for employers to do so. Governments could also be doing more to raise the quality of child care and birth leave support for both fathers and mothers. Finally, individuals need to do a better job of thinking through their competing desires, and choose careers that accommodate parenthood well. Doctors, lawyers and accountants — and people who are willing to shift into lower-paying nonprofit or government sectors — often find more flexibility in their schedules. Supermom is great as a concept — using all of your human abilities in a lifetime. But there’s a lot more that can be done to take the risk and stress off parents’ shoulders.
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Water polo places second
Big West Standings - Softball Big West W-L
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The Cal Poly women’s club water polo team failed in its bid to win a fifth consecutive national championship as the No. 5-ranked UC Davis Aggies upset the Mustangs in the finals. The Aggies scored a goal with 5:08 remaining to put UC Davis ahead 2-1 and Cal Poly couldn’t muster a goal to tie the game. The Mustang club team has won seven national championships in the past 10 years.
1. Long Beach State
14-4
2. Pacific
12-6
3. UC Davis
12-6
4. UC Santa Barbara
12-6
5. Cal State Fullerton
7-11
6. UC Riverside
6-12
7. Cal State Northridge
5-13
8. Cal Poly
4-14
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Cal Poly’s road woes in Davis, Santa Barbara MUSTANG DAILY STAFF REPORT
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With less than a month remaining in the spring athletics season, the Mustang baseball, softball and track and field teams hit the road during the weekend. Baseball Cal Poly baseball walked off with a win against Pepperdine on Tuesday night following a 10th-inning home run by third baseman Jimmy Allen, but the Mustangs couldn’t continue their momentum during the weekend as UC Davis dealt the team a 2-1 series loss. The two losses, both by one run, dropped Cal Poly’s record to 27-19 overall and 10-8 in conference, forcing the Mustangs to lose ground on conferenceleader Cal State Fullerton. On Friday night, the Mustangs scored two runs in the top of the ninth inning after Allen singled with two out to knot the score at four runs apiece. Yet, Cal Poly couldn’t capitalize in extra innings before the Aggies hit three singles against Reed Reilly, pitching in his third inning, and forced across the winning run. Joey Wagman pitched 6 2/3 innings while allowing four earned runs, but he did not factor into the decision. Saturday was a new day, though, and Cal Poly’s power hitters proved too much for the Aggies to handle as the Mustangs came from behind to win 12-7. With UC Davis leading 6-4 in the seventh inning, Mitch Haniger, the Big West’s leader in home runs and RBIs,
came to the plate with Tim Wise at first base and swatted his 10th homer of the year. The Mustangs broke the 6-6 tie in the eighth inning with five consecutive two-out hits and gave Chase Johnson, pitching in relief of Kyle Anderson, a five-run cushion. Right fielder Nick Torres, a true freshman, blasted a solo home run in the top of the ninth to add to the Mustangs lead. It was his fourth homer of the year — only Haniger has more for Cal Poly. The Mustangs weren’t able to take the rubber game of the series despite rallying from a 4-0 deficit to tie the game in the fifth inning. Wise and Haniger homered to bring the score to 4-4, but the Aggies forced across a run in the bottom of the eighth on a single by Eric Johnson. Cal Poly will face Cal State Bakersfield in a non-conference series this weekend at Baggett Stadium and will conclude the home part of their schedule the following weekend against rival UC Santa Barbara.
nightcap, while Whitley Gerhart and Madi Vogelsang hit solo homers. The losses drop Cal Poly’s record to 12-34 overall and 4-14 in conference as the Mustangs have struggled since losing starting pitcher Rebecca Patton for the season. In her place, head coach Jenny Condon has been forced to start freshmen pitchers Jordan Yates and Chloe Wurst.
Wurst took the loss in the final game of the series as the Gauchos jumped out to an early 3-0 lead in the second inning and went on to win 8-0. The team returns home for the final series of the season against UC Riverside this weekend in Bob Janssen Field. Track and Field The Big West Conference
Championships began in Irvine over the weekend as the multi-sport events kicked off the event that will conclude next weekend when the remaining athletes take the track. The Mustang women placed two athletes in the top 12 of the heptathlon and scored three points for the team, while Devin Bennett, competing in the men’s decath-
lon, placed eighth. Whitney Sisler was Cal Poly’s top finisher in the heptathlon, finishing sixth overall, and was bolstered by a 1.77 meter high jump and a 15.12 second time in the 100 meter hurdles. Sisler, a senior who also competed with the Cal Poly women’s soccer team, finished with 4,839 points in the eightevent competition.
Softball The Mustang softball team lost its seventh consecutive game on Sunday after falling in three straight games against UC Santa Barbara. Despite the Mustangs earning a seasonhigh 13 hits in the second game of Saturday’s doubleheader, the Gauchos prevailed 5-4 in extra innings. It was the ninth time this season Cal Poly has lost by one run. The Mustangs saw some success with Nora Sobczak’s six hits during the two games on Saturday, including four in the
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Senior shortstop Mike Miller (above) leads the Mustangs in batting average, hitting .359 with 29 RBIs. Despite the series loss in Davis, Cal Poly remains in fourth place in the Big West Conference.
Big West Standings - Baseball Big West W-L
1. Cal State Fullerton
12-3
2. Long Beach State
11-4
3. UC Irvine
11-7
4. Cal Poly
10-8
5. UC Santa Barbara
9-9
6. Cal State Northridge
7-8
7. UC Davis
6-9
8. UC Riverside
5-10
9. Pacific
1-14