WOW VOLUME XCVIII, NUMBER 2 SEPTEMBER 16, 2013
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INDEX
A letter from the editor ........................................2 The history of WOW ............................................3 The students behind the scenes of WOW ..........4 Transitioning to college .......................................6
SPECIAL SECTIONS EDITOR Erica Husting
A guide to administration ...................................7
NEWS EDITOR Sara Natividad
The Robert E. Kennedy Library ...........................10
ARTS EDITOR Kassi Luja SPORTS EDITOR Stephan Teodosescu STAFF WRITERS Aryn Sanderson, Laura Pezzini, Brooke Sperbeck, Benjy Egel, Kelly Trom, Taylor Steinbeck, Jacob Lauing, Jefferson Nolan, Sean McMinn, Samantha Sullivan COPY EDITORS Laura Pezzini, Holly Dickson, Kayla Missman
The dos and don’ts of WOW nightlife .............11 Greek recruitment .............................................12 Maximize your meal plan .................................14 Important campus issues explained .................15
HEAD DESIGNER Megan Heddinger ILLUSTRATOR Bryce Snyder ADVERTISING MANAGERS Bianca Galvez, Rachael Burnham ADVERTISING ACCOUNT EXECUTIVES Connie Lewis, Dylan Rogers, Thalia Navarro, Lizzy Kurtz ADVERTISING DESIGNERS Albert Chang, Jenna Alvarado, Nicole Bergmann, Joseph Hewison ADERTISING AND MARKETING COORDINATOR Lea Janowicz FACULTY ADVISER Pat Howe
Arts Become an official SLO resident ..........................2 Gear up: The guide to the perfect bike ................3 How to spot ......................................................4-5 Activities to do without a car ..............................7
GENERAL MANAGER Paul Bittick
Tips for maximizing your dorm experience ..........8
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Transportation: Demystified .............................10
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Essential apps .....................................................11 Cooking in the dorms .......................................14 Advice from upperclassmen .............................15
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Intro to club sports ...............................................4
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Matt Imhof delivers for Team USA .....................7
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Fresno State vs. Cal Poly, a recap ............................9
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The ultimate sports bucket list ...............................8
Editor-in-chief introduces the new Mustang Daily J.J. JENKINS
@JJJenkins7
WOW, that went fast. One day I’m lugging my suitcases up the hill to the Cerro Vista Apartments and the next I’m about to be ushered out of San Luis Obispo with one final toss of a black cap. Though I have nine months left on this campus, I’d trade places with you — yes you, dear WOWies — in a heartbeat. In these nine months, my goal as editor-in-chief of Mustang Daily is to help make this paper informative, incisive and, most importantly, the place for news about Cal Poly and your new community as a whole. The paper will contain relevant information for you, as a student and as an individual, looking to make San Luis Obispo your new home. In essence, if we aren’t informing you of crucial issues relating to the funding of public education in California or showing you the best events on and off campus each weekend, we aren’t doing our jobs. And this year, Mustang Daily will be prepared to exceed that expectation. The newspaper has undergone the most transformative change in its 97year history. By combining our on-campus television and radio stations with Mustang Daily and a new multimedia unit, we have more journalists covering more topics on more platforms than ever before. The goal is to appeal to our audience — which consumes media in more diverse ways than ever — train reporters and editors for jobs in the changing news industry and, as one professor in the department puts it, serve democracy. By granting readers access to the thoughts and actions of administrators and decisionmakers on campus, you can make more informed decisions and develop an informed view of your world. Mustang Daily also prides itself on being independent from the administration, funding itself through advertisements. We intend to use that freedom
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to both praise and challenge authority when necessary. By upholding our moral obligation to readers and to democracy, we serve our community better. There will be bumps in the road and we won’t be
your interest, shoot us an email at md@mustangdaily. net or message our Facebook page at facebook.com/ mustangdaily and let us know what’s happening. At the end of the day, Mustang Daily is made by students, for students. We accept the opportunities and challenges that come with that designation. I wish you all the best of luck over the next four (or more) years. It will go much faster than you imagine, so be sure to take time and head to the beach for a day, hike Bishop Peak and find your passion. You picked a tremendous place to attend college, so make the most of it. And if you do, you will be sure to walk away from San Luis Obispo with enormous possibilities in your path.
Mustang Daily is made by students, for students. We accept the opportunities and challenges that come with that designation. perfect from the start. We’ll be running a completely new operation from day one and figuring out how to best serve our readers, listeners and viewers as we go. But as we fine-tune our news gathering operation, we hope to cover issues that inform and intrigue students. Even we can’t do it alone. So if an event piques
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Week of Welcome: A history of changes
ARYN SANDERSON
@ArynSanderson
Week of Welcome — known as WOW — is the largest volunteer orientation program in the nation. But, before there were costume-clad WOW leaders rocking crazy choreographed dances, WOW actually began as a basic orientation program. Since Cal Poly’s founding in 1901, there has always been an orientation program. The basic orientation program developed into Welcome Week in 1957. Welcome Week started as a leadership training camp for the heads of clubs and student government according to the WOW website. Over the years, though, WOW took on a life of its own. In the 1960s, WOW began to look much more like it does
today, particularly with WOW leaders and groups. But WOW has come a long way since its humble beginnings. “To me, WOW means love,” current Orientation Programs executive board member Ryan Vilfer said. “It’s a way for current students to reach out to new students here and make them feel at home at Cal Poly. You’re always a student’s WOW leader, and the Week of Welcome spirit doesn’t end when WOW does.” WOW has become the best week of the school year for many and, for some, a way of life. “The vibe is something that’s stayed consistent, though,” Orientation Programs executive board member Scott
Kjorlien said. “There’s always an exciting buzz and feel of community during WOW because everyone’s a part of something. I felt a purpose with WOW. I didn’t have a good transition. It actually took me until halfway through my second year to feel like I had a place at Cal Poly, so it was neat to be a role model and help other students transition a year and a half earlier than I had.” The more things change In the past few years, though, there have been many structural changes. The “week” has been shortened, and some traditional parts of WOW have been incorporated into the summer orientation program, SOAR. “In the last year, there have
been a lot of behind-thescenes changes,” Kjorlien said. “The removing of SLO Bound from WOW and moving it to SOAR as Explore SLO is one. We’ve changed the way we introduce incoming freshmen to downtown. Instead of a huge horde of new students and leaders, where you could barely even walk on the sidewalk, now it’s broken up during the SOAR sessions. It was originally a lot of stress to put on a community.” Also moving to SOAR are parts of awareness programming. WOW features awareness presentations on heavier topics, such as drug and alcohol abuse and sexual assault. Part of this programming has been moved to SOAR so that “students and their parents can start
conversations over the summer,” Vilfer said. And a speaker on bystander intervention will be added to WOW’s awareness programming. “It’s really important to include,” Vilfer said. “Really living out the Mustang Way was missing.” For the first time this year, WOW leaders will also help with the college connections portion of WOW, a time when students get acquainted with their academic department. And, for the first time, there will be a large, ceremonial stadium-style welcome and kickoff for both students and parents. The more they stay the same Despite recent changes and
changes over the decades, WOW really has remained true to its roots and its traditions, Coordinator of Orientation Programs Jason Mockford said. Paul Wesselmann “The Ripples Guy” has been speaking at WOW for eight years. “I was a student and on the board, and we randomly ran into him after a conference and made a more personal connection,” Mockford said. “He came and spoke in 2005, and since then, Cal Poly students have pretty much fallen in love with Paul.” Some WOW traditions — such as WOW-A-RAMA — go back even farther. WOW-A-RAMA is an see HISTORY, pg. 8
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The modern Cal Poly orientation program, now known as Week of Welcome (WOW), began in 1957 as a training program for student leaders. Now, leaders train for 10 weeks in the spring before they are entrusted with a group of freshmen they will be responsible for during the program.
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Faces of WOW: The students behind the scenes ARYN SANDERSON
@ArynSanderson
For Orientation Programs, Week of Welcome (WOW) is perhaps the biggest event of the year. However, being a WOWie isn’t the only way to be involved. Anthropology and geology alumnus Scott Kjorlien was one of eight orientation programs executive board members this past year and will be “finishing his reign” come fall. Business administration senior Jessica Ordonez is an Orientation
for United Raza (OUR) Leader, similar to WOW, but targeted at low-income students. Finally, business administration senior Lauren Heckendorn is an orientation team member and on the promotions, marketing and communications committee. Getting involved in Orientation Programs Kjorlien got involved in orientation programs as a sophomore because his roommate at the time was a
WOW leader. “I found purpose and meaning helping these students transition,” Kjorlien said. “I had a poor transition, so I wanted to help give students the mentor I didn’t have.” Ordonez participated in OUR her freshman year at Cal Poly, which helped her transition, she said. “Especially coming from a school that’s 80 to 90 percent Hispanic to one with not that many, it helped me connect with students with a similar
background,” she said. Heckendorn wanted to be a part of something on campus, but struggled to find her niche, she said. Finally, she landed on becoming an orientation leader. “I wanted to help students feel comfortable with the transition,” she said. “I’ve seen the behind the scenes and that’s what keeps me coming back.” Preparing for WOW For Kjorlien, preparation began in August 2012. Fall, he said, is all about hiring the orientation team in order to train the future leaders. Kjorlien estimates he had 20 or more interviews a week to select the 60-member team from 120 applicants. Kjorlien and the rest of the board spent their winter quarter developing training for the team. Part of that challenge was coming up with new ways to train that would keep the process exciting, he said. Kjorlien also took on many behind the scenes tasks, including finding “swag” for SOAR and WOW, managing the orientation website, writing press releases, doing some graphic design work and much more, he said. Another challenge Kjorlien faced was building relationships — keeping 60 people working together in a fun and productive way. “It’s an interesting challenge to manage peers,” he said. “It’s such a fragile line between role model and peer.” For Ordonez, the process has also been a long one. She and other OUR leaders spent this past spring fundraising for their “OURies” to make the
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It’s a program that what you put into it is what you get out of it. I’ve put in a lot; some would say I’ve majored in WOW or orientation. SCOTT KJORLIEN EXECUTIVE ORIENTATION BOARD MEMBER
program more affordable for them. Ordonez said she has tried to be more involved with training this year, participating in SOAR as well as showing leaders different activites to do with their OURies. She also assists the coordinators in planning events for the week. Ordonez has also made a point to become more involved on campus and knowledgeable of the resources available
through campus. “I’m trying to get everything ready for them to have the best, positive experience,” she said. “We want to motivate them to be OUR leaders in the future.” Heckendorn works on the events and entertainment committee and has been planning events for orientation programs through this past see FACES, pg. 5
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year. Recently, she has focused on events directly for WOW, she said. “I’ve been in communication with clubs, contacting companies trying to get them to come in,” she said. “I feel more responsible and more ownership over the events.” Skills learned Being a part of Orientation Programs has taught Kjorlien about relationship building
and running behind the scenes operations that will help him in the business world, he said. He believes people who are involved develop as leaders and enhance skills they may not have had before, he said. “It’s a program that what you put into it is what you get out of it,” he said. “I’ve put in a lot; some would say I’ve majored in WOW or orientation.” Working with Orientation Programs has helped Ordonez grow as a person and be more responsible, she said. In addition to developing skills for the workforce, Ordonez now sees
herself as a role model and leads by example. “I used to be pretty shy and never could see myself in a panel talking to 400 students,” Ordonez said. “I did that with SOAR.” While Heckendorn has always been responsible for herself, orientation team has made her responsible for others, she said. Signing a paper saying someone deserves to be an orientation leader is a lot of responsibility, she said. In addition to responsibility, Heckendorn has learned time management, how to make deadline and communications skills, she said. “These skills are going to be valuable in the future,” she said. “The program has created a path for me I couldn’t have learned in a classroom.”
“This is such an amazing program and you get to meet so many people and build a great networking system, regardless of ethnicity,” she said. “I feel like I fit in, like I belong here.” Even if you had a bad experience, she said, that can motivate you to join and ensure someone else has a positive one. According to Heckendorn, Orientation Programs is a way to get involved on campus and to be a part of something bigger than yourself. She said everyone could get something out of it. “We can all come together and be one for a week,” she said. “It brings unity to a campus that seems large.”
Why should other students join Orientation Programs?
Kjorlien has been a part of Orientation Programs for approximately four years and is at the end of his journey. “I can say with absolute confidence I’ve made my mark on this campus,” he said. Ordonez wants to make a difference in the lives of incoming students, she said. According to Heckendorn, she never could have expected to be as confident in her abilities to communicate, achieve things while taking classes and remain so composed. “I’ve gained more than I ever thought I could have,” she said. “There are no words for it.”
According to Kjorlien, while Orientation Programs provides students with an infinite number of possibilities people from the outside can’t see, he understands the programs may not be for everyone. “I wouldn’t tell all 20,000 people on campus to join,” he said. “It’s not an end-all home for everyone.” Ordonez encourages those who wish to join to enter the program with no expectations. She said participants could be pleasantly surprised. SAMANTHA SULLIVAN/MUSTANG DAILY
We can all come together and be one for a week. It brings unity to a campus that seems large. LAUREN HECKENDORN ORIENTATION TEAM MEMBER
What was gained
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I used to be pretty shy and never could see myself in a panel talking to 400 students. I did that with SOAR. JESSICA ORDONEZ OUR LEADER
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Making the transition, learning the ropes
WORD ON THE STREET What do you wish you knew when you were a WOWie?
ILLUSTRATION BY BRYCE SNYDER
BENJY EGEL
@BenjyEgel
Transitioning from high school to college means less regimented schedules and parental supervision. The people, nature and activities in San Luis Obispo make Cal Poly great, but can also make studying difficult, Student Life and Leadership Coordinator Adrienne Miller said.
“It’s important to do some time management to plan and make sure that students allocate enough time for studying,” Miller said. “They have to be self-directed to make sure they get their work done.” College students are surrounded by distractions, but they must be mature enough to know when to study. Most subjects command only four hours a week of class
time, excluding labs. Professors expect students to learn outside the classroom, and some lecture without allowing time for questions. Students can use office hours to connect with busy professors or get further explanations on course material, Miller said. The freshmen residence halls are designed for students to build relationships and collaborate on academics.
“Living among other students, there are the opportunities to develop an excellent support system,” Miller said. Beside academics, workout routines can fall by the wayside under the pressure of the new responsibilities and commitments freshmen encounter. Business administration junior Laura Ashton ran hurdles in high school and didn’t want her fitness to dissipate in college. During Ashton’s first year, she made sure to take a study break every once in awhile to go for a nighttime run. “It was kind of my way to release stress and anxiety,” she said. “It just felt so good, and it was so nice to take a shower afterwards … and then it was easier for me to get back to studying.” Maintaining a healthy diet can be difficult on a meal plan. Ashton ate lots of fruits and vegetables while avoiding fatladen dishes, she said. “I tried to eat the salads a lot, and the chicken breasts,” she said. “I kind of stayed away from the cheesy lasagnas and random (entrees) that they had.” Finding time to hit the Recreation Center or take a much-needed nap is better than constantly working, Miller said. “Take care of yourself. Be healthy. Eat right. Get enough sleep,” Miller said. “The big thing is to balance your cocurricular activities with your academic activities.” Perhaps the most difficult part of transitioning to college is leaving an established support group and finding a new set of friends. Getting involved on campus is the easiest way to meet people and get over homesickness, theatre arts senior Devin O’Brien said. But if life gets too overwhelming, nothing is wrong with heading home every once in awhile. “Keep an open mind, do new things and have fun,” O’Brien
said. “If things are too stressful where you are, don’t be afraid to go home for a weekend.” As a member of the Week of Welcome (WOW) orientation team, O’Brien teaches WOW leaders how to help students feel at home in San Luis Obispo. Even a small act such as keeping a dorm room door open can help a student make friends during the hectic first couple weeks of school, O’Brien said. “When you move into the dorms, just always keep your door open,” he said. “Always be ready for anyone to walk in; keep an open mind there.” WOW ends with a club showcase where groups across campus set up booths and recruit potential new members. Joining a club, or at least signing up for future contact with officers, opens doors to new experiences, O’Brien said. “Sign up for some clubs, stuff that you’re interested in or stuff that you’ve never done before,” O’Brien said. “Always say yes to every opportunity, and don’t be afraid to try new things.” Showing interest in organizations can help students get involved in extracurricular activities, but no one can do everything. Freshmen involved in many high school clubs often have to cut down their commitments to keep up in the classroom, Miller said. “It’s important to get involved in a club, organization or activity that will help nurture your needs and make you feel happy to be here,” she said. “But at the same time, you don’t want to overextend yourself.” The most important value for freshmen to remember is balance, Miller said. A healthy body should complement a healthy mind. “When it comes down to it, if I had to give advice, it would be to take care of yourself physically and emotionally as you pursue your academic education,” she said.
“(I wish I had known) about all the different options for getting involved on campus.” • Brianne Lundgren architectural engineering senior
“It’s not a joke when they say go to office hours. Go to office hours.” • Michael Waddington graduate student
“I wish I had known how fast it goes by. It is what you make it.” • Alles Rebel electrical engineering junior
“You actually have to study 25-35 hours a week. You need to study every day.” • Patrick McCreesh alumnus
“I didn’t realize how fast freshman year would go by. You’ve got to enjoy your time in the dorms because you’re gonna look back at how fun it was.” • Naomi Wentworth achitectural egineering senior
“Take advantage of the bus system. It’s really easy and can take you anywhere. And it’s free.” • Ning Lee computer engineering senior
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Guide to Cal Poly administration LAURA PEZZINI
@lauramariepez
Office of the President President Jeffrey Armstrong Starting his second full school term with Cal Poly this fall, Armstrong is the highest level of authority at Cal Poly. The president is the main contact between Cal Poly and the California State University (CSU) System, reporting directly to CSU Chancellor Timothy White and the CSU Board of Trustees on issues such as the budget and the debate between quarters and semesters. As president, Armstrong has a stake in every administrative department, college and university organization, and said his focus is providing students with the opportunity to experience Cal Poly’s Learn By Doing approach.
Jeffrey Armstrong President
Athletics
Academic Affairs
Don Oberhelman
Kathleen Enz Finken
Director
Provost
Student Affairs
Keith Humphrey Vice President
College Deans
Student Life & Leadership
Other
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI)
University Advancement
Deborah Read Vice President
Administration & Finance
Stan Nosek
Interim Vice President University Police Department Cal Poly Corportation
George Hughes Chief
Bonnie Murphy
Executive Director
Adrienne Miller Director
Student Rights & Responsibilities
Jason Colombini
Other
Board of Directors
President
UU Advisory Board
Academic Affairs Provost Kathleen Enz Finken As provost, Enz Finken leads Academic Affair— which covers all academic aspects of the university. Enz Finken joined the Cal Poly administration in 2012, and reports directly to Armstrong on all matters involving academic plans and policies. The provost hears from the deans of each college and overlooks the management of admissions, Financial Aid, graduate programs and the Academic Senate, among other departments within Academic Affairs. College Deans Each of Cal Poly’s six colleges has its own dean, whose job is to manage all aspects of the college and report to the provost. In turn, each college’s dean hears from each department head in order to manage the college as a whole. Other: Academic Senate, Office of Academic Programs and Planning; Academic Personnel Office; Academic Affairs Systems and Resources; Information Technology Services; Admissions, Recruitment and Financial Aid; Office of Research and Economic Development; International, Graduate and Extended Education; Office of University Diversity and Inclusivity; Intercollegiate Athletics
Division of Student Affairs Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey Humphrey, who joined the Cal Poly administration in 2012, is responsible for managing Student Affairs and reporting directly to Armstrong. Student Affairs covers all non-academic aspects of being a student at Cal Poly, most notably the management of Associated Students, Inc. — Cal Poly’s student government. Humphrey places a high regard on openness with both students and faculty and staff, holding open office hours and keeping an open mind for new ideas for student life.
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Colombini
Previously the Interfraternity Council president, Colombini is an agribusiness senior and the first male ASI president in five years. Colombini said his focus is on representing the student body to the best of his ability.
Other
The ASI president is responsible for representing ASI as a whole and overlooking the actions of the Board of Directors and the University Union (UU) Advisory Board. Elections for ASI president and all other offices occur each spring. Board of Directors The ASI Board of Directors is made up of 25 elected students, with multiple members representing each of Cal Poly’s colleges. Current Chair Tatiana Prestinizi is serving her third term on the Board of Directors, representing the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. The Board of Directors meets monthly to discuss university issues — one recent and prominent issue being the Board of Directors’ recommendation to Armstrong to keep Cal Poly on the quarter system. University Union (UU) Advisory Board The UU Advisory Board is responsible for decisions and recommendations regarding the Cal Poly Recreation Center, the Julian A. McPhee University Union and the Cal Poly Sports Complex. The board is made up of nine student representatives led by Chair Katie Brennan. Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities Director Adrienne Miller The Office of Student Rights and Responsibilities is responsible for holding students accountable for their actions both academically and otherwise, whether that means doling out punishment for plagiarism or looking into complaints of hazing in campus organizations. Director Adrienne Miller is responsible for overseeing the department as well as leading various investigations into academic or social issues. Student Life and Leadership Student Life and Leadership covers a variety of student organizations, including clubs, greek life, Week of Welcome (WOW), SOAR and Safer, Cal Poly’s sexual assault resource. Student Life and Leadership works to promote all of the university’s student organizations to provide a welcoming environment for students of any background or interest. Other: Parent and Family Programs; Career Services; Commencement Office; Testing Services; Stu-
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dent Academic Services; Disability Resource Center; Health and Counseling Services; University Diversity and Inclusivity; University Housing
Administration and Finance Interim Vice President Stan Nosek University Police Department (UPD) Chief George Hughes UPD works to maintain the safety of the Cal Poly campus, working with the San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) to ensure the safety of the areas surrounding campus as well. According to Chief George Hughes, there are always at least two officers on duty at all times, and UPD also provides records of all crimes that occur on campus. In addition, UPD manages smaller issues such as parking violations. Cal Poly Corporation Executive Director Bonnie Murphy Cal Poly Corporation is the business side of the university, covering organizations such as Campus Dining and the University Store. The purpose of Cal Poly Corporation is to have an alternate source of generating revenue for the university. Executive director Bonnie Murphy reports directly to Nosek, who manages Cal Poly Corporation along with a Board of Directors. Other: Facilities; Finance Business Services; Human Resources; Performing Arts Center; Administration and Finance Network and Technology Services
University Advancement Vice President for University Advancement Deborah Read University Advancement is responsible for managing the support of Cal Poly from alumni, parents, corporate partners and other investors. University Advancement is overseen by vice president Deborah Read, and uses the private support it receives towards programs such as the Center for Marine Sciences, PolyHouse Project and the Graphic Communication Institute. Laura Pezzini contributed to this report.
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evening mixer to help new students get to know one another. Frank Warren has hosted the event for 23 years, and, before him, a company was paid to host a similar social mixer. “WOW-A-RAMA started as a dare,” Warren said. “We used to hire a program, and I was always sort of critical of it because I felt it wasn’t as much centered on what we were doing. I wanted something that was really about our WOW, so as a joke, I said I’d do it for nothing, and I would shoot my mouth
off in meetings, and in 1990 after I graduated, they said, ‘OK, Smarty Pants, you do it if you think you can do it better.’ It was almost kind of mocking to call it this weird, circus name, but it stuck. Next thing you know, 24 years later, here we are.” WOW-A-RAMA is never exactly the same, Warren said. “This year, there will be over 5,000 people out there, and when I look out, they’re all this one, giant nervous brain that’s about to go nuts, especially the WOW leaders,” he said. “I’m constantly rotating through the games so WOW-A-RAMA is never the same one year to the next,
Monday, September 16, 2013 and the WOW leaders are always excited. If the WOW leaders are enthusiastic, so are the WOWies.” One of the biggest traditions of WOW is that WOW is always doing and trying new things, Mockford said. WOW keeps changing as the student culture changes, but the No. 1 goal is to ensure it’s “the ultimate kickoff to college,” Mockford said. “The spirit of the program has been maintained,” he said. “I can really think of two past WOW themes that still hold true. It’s funny, but ‘Make WOW Yours’ and ‘The Best Week Ever’ seem to stick for me and a lot of alumni.”
And the more things change, the more they stay the same. “We’ve been playing the key game since I was a WOWie myself,” Mockford said. “Luckily, I figured out how to play it.” Upcoming attractions While WOW is often associated with partying, (there were, after all, 22 arrests this past year, 50 the year before and 80 three years ago during that week), WOW officials are trying to make the distinction between WOW, the program, and WOW, the week. There will be late-night socials to encourage students to participate in WOW, the program. These will include the famous dance party, hypnotist show and a concert.
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Traditionally, pairs of Week of Welcome leaders pick a group theme and decorate their teams’ apparel in preparation for the week’s activies.
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How to become an official SLO resident WORDS BY: KELLY TROM
@kttrom
You’re all settled in your dorm room. You have thousands of pictures covering your walls and bulletin board. Your extra-long twin bed is made. You have everything in the perfect spot. Now what? Get out of that dorm room! Whether you have lived in the same city your whole life or have moved around to all 50 states, everyone has the same chance to explore the interesting city where you’re attending college. With luck, you will be spending four — or more — amazing years in San Luis Obispo. It is never too early to discover what your favorite hangouts and activities will be. Most SLO residents will agree that in order to become an “official” San Luis Obispo citizen and Mustang, you must complete these rites of passage: SAMANTHA SULLIVAN/MUSTANG DAILY
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GO TO FARMERS’ MARKET AND ACTUALLY BUY PRODUCE: Enjoying the general splendor and quaintness of Higuera Street on a Thursday evening can be a great start to your weekend. And while you’re there, pick up some fresh, locally-grown fruits and vegetables.
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DO YOUR HOMEWORK IN A DOWNTOWN CAFE: Whether it’s Sally Loo’s Wholesome Cafe, Kreuzberg, CA or Linnaea’s Café, pick the one with the atmosphere you feel the most comfortable in. There is something so relaxing about sipping a cappuccino while writing.
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EAT CAKE AT MADONNA INN: Madonna Inn is known for its variety of cakes served in large portions. Treat yourself every once in awhile. (The Pink Champagne cake is definitely worth it).
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ACCIDENTALLY GO DOWN A ONE-WAY STREET THE WRONG WAY: We all learn best by making mistakes, and this one is made by almost all new drivers in SLO at one time or another. Mastering driving downtown is a great feeling, and making a few mistakes can help the process.
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HIKE BISHOP PEAK AT SUNSET: We are surrounded by awe-inspiring natural beauty. Don’t just look at Bishop Peak from your classroom window; conquer it with friends and enjoy the beautiful sunset while you are at it.
PICK A SIDE IN THE BEST FRO-YO DEBATE: One thing students can’t agree on is which frozen yogurt shop is the greatest — everyone is loyal to their own. Sample them all, and pick the one that suits you.
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Gear up: The guide to the perfect bike TAYLOR STEINBECK @taysteinMD Life’s too short to stroll in the slow lane. College living is fast-paced and requires a great quantity of movement — movement from lectures to clubs to intramural sports to study sessions to social activities galore. For those students who aren’t lucky enough to have a car on campus, a bike is the perfect companion to accompany any student to their events. The question is, though, which bike to use? First thing is first: Leave the beach cruisers at home. Unlike most universities on California’s coast, Cal Poly is known for its hills and mountains, not its beachside riding. Beach cruisers are weighty and specifically designed for flat terrain. Un-
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fortunately for cruisers, Cal Poly doesn’t exactly meet that description. Despite the inefficiency of these bikes, Cambria Bicycle Outfitter employee Aaron Thielk said, “You’d be surprised how many people actually do want beach cruisers.” Trendy they may be, but logical for Cal Poly they are not. “The best kind of all-around bike would be a hybrid with 700c wheels and mountain handlebars,” Thielk said. “It will get you anywhere around SLO and can hold its own on light trails.” Flanders Bicycle owner Jon Richert also praised the hybrid’s capabilities. “It’s like a road bike, but instead of having handle bars that drop down, it has flat handlebars like a mountain bike,” Richert said. “The hybrid is just an easy, quick, smooth
bike for riding on the street.” For students seeking a splash of style in their mode of transportation, Richert recommends a city bike known as a Linus. “It’s a vintage-looking hybrid, and it’s much easier to pedal around than a beach cruiser,” he said. Struggling to afford such a commodity? Each year the University Police Department (UPD) hosts a bike auction where a myriad of bikes are available to bid upon. So, there are no excuses — saddle up and get riding. According to UPD’s website, the most-committed offense on campus is property theft. Specifically, “opportunity crimes” which are the “theft of expensive, unattended and/or unsecured personal property.” Bicycles are one of the most sought-after items for such
crimes. To safeguard one’s possessions, a variety of measures can be taken. Locks are typically the first precaution. David Bowin, an employee at Art’s SLO Cyclery, recommends the U-Lock. “Just a standard U-Lock sells for about $30, and they’re
a lot harder to cut through than cable,” Bowin said. “That’s what I use on campus.” Richert of Flanders bicycle said which kind of lock to purchase all depends on when you will be in need of it. For those who will have to lock their bike outside over-
night, Richert also suggests the U-Lock. “It’s just a good heavy-duty lock. It’s the most theft-resistant of the options,” Richert said. For everyday purposes, Richert urges bike owners to see BIKES, pg. 6
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How to spot a ... hipster
FRESHMAN Puzzled or anxious look on face
*Walks at a fast pace *Arrives to class extremely early
Big backpack
Newly purchased Cal Poly attire
May be referencing a campus map
*Wearing lanyard around neck
female athlete Powerade bottle
Messy ponytail pulled back by pre-wrap
*Mellow personality *Can be seen in a local coffee shop
Leather satchel
Cloth or cotton linen shorts No shoes
Clarks or laced, leather boots
WOW LEADER *Overly energetic Group sign in hand *May be running on two hours of sleep Decorated WOW shirt *Hoarse voice
Bright shoes
HIPPIE
Thrifted button-up shirt
Skinny pants
*Training gear Ice pack on knee
Thick-rimmed glasses
Hemp bracelets
Wool poncho *Into sustainability *Most likely to be chilling on Dexter Lawn
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MUSTANG DAILY REPORTER *Wearing press pass Notepad/pan in hand Camera glued to body *Tries to get you to read Mustang Daily ... but seriously, read it
AGGIE
Worried or stressed look on face
Flannel shirt Cowboy hat
*Awkwardly talks to people they don’t know
*Drives a lifted truck blasting country music Oversized belt buckle
*Thinks everything should be written in AP Style
Wrangler jeans
Cowboy boots
POLY DOLLY Large sunglasses Tiffany’s bracelet
*Tan *Loves Starbucks
“BRO” Bedazzled phone
*Often uses the word “like”
Huge purse
Short, spiked hair
Bright sunglasses
*Often says “dude”
Bro-tank
Long socks with Vans
Board shorts
*Usually dating the “bro” “Cal Poly Athletics” shirt Drawstring backpack Intimidatingly ripped
*Can be found around their natural habitat of Mott Athletics Center *On campus before the sun rises
*Protein shake in hand
male athlete Long socks combined with sandals
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A lock that’s a little more practical is a pre-coiled cable lock. It’s 6 feet long, so you can wrap it through your wheels and frame and lock it around a tree. JON RICHERT FLANDERS BICYCLE OWNER
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consider the cable lock. Like a U-Lock, the cable lock also has the option of combination security. “A lock that’s a little more practical is a pre-coiled cable lock,” he said. “It’s 6 feet long, so you can wrap it through your wheels and frame and lock it around a tree. The U-Lock is small, and you’re limited to bike racks.” UPD provides services for property registration, which isn’t limited to bikes. Anything from a smartphone to
a laptop can be placed in the database. After all, when it comes to burglary, it is much better to be safe than sorry. Similar to a car, a bike isn’t just a one-stop investment. If an owner hopes to keep their bike in good condition, some supplementary equipment is necessary. Everything from wheel pumps to baskets to head and tail lights might be necessary, depending on how the bike is being used. However, arguably the most important accessory is a helmet. Richert said that when a customer buys a bike at his shop, he makes sure to give them the opportunity to purchase a helmet as well, if need be. Other accessories one should consider are tire levers for removing the tires, a patch kit, a spare inner tube and a saddle bag to carry it all. For those looking to get more out of their bicycles, San Luis Obispo’s mountains make for perfect recreational biking ranges. Bowin said he, like many others, bikes at Cerro San Luis and Irish Hills. Richert advised amateurs to check out Johnson Ranch. “It’s a popular spot especially for people not quite as advanced — very beginnerfriendly,” Richert said. Additionally, he pointed out that Cerro San Luis is convenient for its proximity and because “it’s easy to pedal to and ride around it.” San Luis Obispo’s majestic peaks and bewitching outdoors are far too alluring to be enjoyed via one mode of locomotion. Experience the sights of SLO through a multitude of perspectives, whether it be on two feet, in a car, atop a horse or, of course, while riding a bike.
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BROOKE SPERBECK
@BrookeSperbeck7
If you think you’ll miss out on the college experience because you don’t have a car, think again. With a little motivation and creativity, Cal Poly students manage to find fun things to do both on and off campus. Stay on campus According to chemistry junior and resident advisor Brett Kelley, students don’t need to leave campus to enjoy themselves. There are plenty of fun things to do right at Cal Poly, such as going to the Recreation Center, he said. If you’re feeling competitive, the climbing wall, sand volleyball courts or Ping-Pong tables are all ways to spend an afternoon. Students looking to relax and unwind can lounge by the leisure pool and work on their tans. Extracurricular activities such as clubs are also a great way to have fun on campus, communication studies junior and resident advisor Megan Stewart said. This past year, Stewart’s residents went salsa dancing on Friday nights through a Cal Poly club, something they might not have discovered if they had cars and the availability to leave campus, she said. “They get the opportunity to stay on campus and really are forced to find out what is available to them and what is available to their interests,” Stewart said. Take a hike As the second largest landholding university in California, Cal Poly’s campus has 1,321 acres to explore. Civil engineering senior and resident advisor Kelsey Littell is a big advocate of hiking, something she and her friends did often her freshman year when she didn’t have a car. “It’s always an easy way to go
out and have fun, but at the same time get your exercise, so that’s good,” Littell said. The landmark ‘P’ located on the hill behind the red brick freshmen residence halls is a fun, quick hike for students looking to stay close to their residence halls. Though there are two trailheads up to the ‘P’, one at the top of the R1 parking lot and another near Poly Canyon Village (PCV), most students chose to go their own routes and hike straight up Poly Mountain from behind the dorms. Another popular hike on campus is the trail up to the area commonly known to students as the “Architecture Graveyard,” a collection of structures created by Cal Poly architecture students as class projects. The two-mile trail is mostly paved dirt and runs along Brizzolara Creek on Poly Canyon Road. To get to the trailhead from the dorms, turn right on Village Drive toward PCV, and stop at the gate at the base of Poly Canyon Road, right before the stairs to PCV. Go downtown If you’re looking to get off campus, downtown San Luis Obispo is accessible by foot, bike or bus. Going downtown is a good option for freshmen without cars, and sometimes it’s even more fun without one, Stewart said. “Instead of driving downtown, we’d walk downtown. We’d walk a lot of places,” Stewart said. “That was fun because it was more adventurous instead of just being in a car.” Not only does downtown offer great shopping, multiple movie theaters and delicious restaurants, but it also has interesting activities for the whole community. Farmers’ Market, held every Thursday on Higuera Street from 6 to 9 p.m., gives students the chance to enjoy live entertainment and socialize with friends. Most importantly, they
can purchase fresh fruits and vegetables, which is why Littell encourages her residents to go every week. “Going to Farmers’ every week is hands down an easy way to have fun,” Littell said. “But also I always buy my produce there and I always tell my kids to do that.” Bike Night, a group bike ride from Mission Plaza through downtown at 9:30 p.m. on the first Thursday of each month, is also a popular reason for students to go downtown, especially if they don’t have a car, Stewart said. Riders are encouraged to dress up in a crazy costume associated with that month’s theme, which can be found at the event’s website: www.bikehappening. org. Regardless of how avid a bike rider you are, this event is a unique atmosphere that will make you happy you brought a bike to college instead of a car. Hit the beach Ambitious students craving a beach day can access Pismo or Avila beaches by bus — though it takes approximately one hour. SLO County Regional Transit Authority (RTA) doesn’t stop at the beach, but it does stop at the Pismo Beach Premium Outlets via Route 10, which connects to the seasonally operated Avila Beach Trolley. Once on the trolley, which is closed from Oct. 14, 2013 to March 28, 2014, students can go to Pismo, Shell or Avila beaches. Though most students can find a ride to the beach on a nice day, taking the bus offers an experience they won’t get from borrowing a friend’s car. “Getting to know SLO through the public transit system was a really good way, because when you’re in a car you go from point A to point B, you don’t really pay attention to what’s between,“ Littell said. “I really got to know every bit of SLO.”
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LIVING IN THE DORMS: Tips for maximizing your dorm experience ARYN SANDERSON
@ArynSanderson
Dorm life, while exciting, isn’t always easy. Most people have never been packed into a tiny room with two strangers, fueled only by eating campus food and caffeine (lots of caffeine). Besides the bare essentials, people rarely think of the most clutch items to bring. While dorm living is an adjust-
ment, these 10 not-so-obvious things can transform your dorm room into a home away from home: A sleeping bag: You’re living in San Luis Obispo, the happiest city in America … so guess what? All of your high school friends are going to want to stick a piece of gum on Bubblegum Alley, gobble up a Firestone tri-tip
sandwich and, quite simply, rage it up. Twin beds are not meant to be shared. Instead, invest in a sleeping bag and make your overnight visitors as happy as the city they’re staying in. Hot water maker or coffee maker: Pick your poison — tea or coffee. No matter what, you’re going to need caffeine to fuel your first year of all-
nighter study sessions and to get you up for your first postThirsty Thursday early Friday morning class. To-go mug and plastic utensils: Don’t forget a to-go mug to bring your beverages on the run. Pack plastic utensils so you can eat your Easy Mac and ramen … without having to sneakily steal utensils from Vista Grande Cafe. Noise-canceling headphones: They’re helpful for when you need concentrated study time. They’re useful for when you don’t want to hear your roommate going through the “Ilove-you-more” routine with their long-distance lover on Skype. And, most importantly, noise-canceling headphones come in handy when you need to tune out the rest of the world — or, at the very least, the rest of your tower. Power strips and a long Ethernet cord: Without a TV, you’ll want to watch Hulu in
bed. These two necessities are the only way to make that magic possible.
your costume choice. Which brings us to …
A portable stapler: Bring a stapler to class the day a big paper is due, and you’ll find a lot of new friends. Plus, you’ll never have to worry about turning in a foolishly paperclipped essay (what a noob).
Costume leftovers: Not having an adequate costume should never be an excuse for missing out on fun. Girls and guys alike: Bring an arsenal of costume basics — from last Halloween’s animal ears to your high school hoedown cowboy boots — and live it up. If you go greek, costumes will come in handy for your very first exchange and, if you don’t rush, you’ll still be invited to your fair share of themed soirées.
A full-length mirror: Honestly, there is no way on Earth that a floor full of people can equally share mirror time. When communal mirrors are full of people primping and trying on outfits (um, Thursday, Friday and Saturday nights, obviously), you’ll need your own. Plus, the provided mirrors only show neck up, and we all know you’ll need to thoroughly analyze
Your wits: Be clever. Make a system with your roommates so you know when one of y’all is getting some and the rest of you are, ahem, sexiled. Buddy up to your resident adviser, and make sure you can wiggle your way out of a noise violation. The only way to hack it in the dorms is strategy. Remember: YOFO. You’re only a freshman once … hopefully.
A fan: Dorm rooms are not air-conditioned, and summer, fall and spring here can get toasty. Bring a fan and make sure your box of a dorm room feels nice and airy.
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Girls and guys alike: Bring an arsenal of costume basics — from last Halloween’s animal ears to your high school hoedown cowboy boots — and live it up.
WORD ON THE STREET What is your favorite hidden gem on campus?
“O’Neill Lawn behind the business building. It is a nice place to go relax and study between classes.” Allison Stoner, — sociology junior
“The flight simulation lab. I started going last year and I’m part of the club. It has full simulation and is student-built and anyone can go on a ride.” — Peter Hernandez, aerospace engineering junior
“The arboretum. I think it’s really cool to see all of the plants that can survive in this area even though they are not native to here.” — Katherine Beglin, graduate student
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transportation demystified No car? No problem. There are several other options for your transportation needs. BROOKE SPERBECK @BrookeSperbeck7 You’re back at Cal Poly for Fall quarter — or maybe you’re here for the first time — and ready to experience all San Luis Obispo has to offer: beautiful beaches, downtown nightlife and delicious restaurants. That is, until you realize one important detail: You don’t have a car. Luckily, your parents weren’t lying when they said you didn’t need to bring a car to college. With all of the transportation options available to Cal Poly students, there’s no reason why you can’t hit up the beach, run to the grocery store and head downtown — all without a car. San Luis Obispo City Transit buses With stops at the Robert E. Kennedy Library and the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center and free fare for Cal Poly students with an ID card, it’s not surprising that 62 percent of SLO Transit city bus ridership is connected to Cal Poly students and staff, according to City of SLO Transit Manager John Webster. Routes 4, 5, 6A and 6B all stop on campus and go to popular lo-
cations such as the Amtrak station, Madonna Plaza and downtown. Each of these routes’ hours of operation varies, with services running from approximately 6:20 a.m. to 10:56 p.m. on weekdays and 8:10 a.m. to 6:17 p.m. on weekends. To make riding the bus easier, SLO Transit’s website offers a live tracking system so riders can locate their buses in real time, as well as receive notifications to their cell phones or computers, Webster said. For more information about the city buses and to see the schedule, download SLO Bus Tracker app for iOS or Android, go to www.Slotransit. org or call (805) 541-2877. SLO County Regional Transit Authority Buses San Luis Obispo County’s Regional Transit Authority (RTA) bus system is perfect for students hoping to go a little farther out of town, with stops at destinations such as Pis-
mo Beach and Hearst Castle. RTA offers three fixed routes out of San Luis Obispo: Route 9 to Paso Robles, Route 10 to Santa Maria and Route 12 to Morro Bay, with connections available to San Simeon. Route 9 makes frequent weekday stops at Robert E. Kennedy Library, Routes 10 and 12 have more limited service to campus, and all three routes stop daily at the Government Center on Palm and Osos streets, which is approximately 1.5 miles from the freshman residence halls. Hours vary by route, but generally service runs from approximately 6 a.m. to 10 p.m. on weekdays, and 7 a.m. to 7 p.m. on weekends. Bus fares can vary from $1.50 to $3, depending on the destination. Exact cash must
be presented upon boarding, but multi-ride passes can be purchased on www.rideshare.org. To see the RTA schedules and routes, visit www.slorta.org. Taxis Taxis are another form of transportation available to students and are frequently used for going downtown, coming home from parties or getting picked up at the Amtrak station and airport. Britny Olsen, a dispatcher at 234-Taxi in San Luis Obispo, said 234-Taxi operates 24/7 and accepts reservations anytime. 234-Taxi will pick up students anywhere on campus, and send as many of their six-passenger cabs as necessary to accommodate a
larger group, she said. The company also offers billing accounts for Cal Poly students, which they can set up in advance to make the payment process easier, she said. 234-Taxi charges $3.50 per pickup and $4 for each mile, and reservations can be made at (805) 234-8294.
Starting this fall, rides anywhere within the city of SLO are $5 per person Tuesday through Saturday, Linn said. To make reservations or request a ride, call (805) 620SAFE (7233) or go to www. slosaferide.com.
SLO Safe Ride
If students need occasional access to a car, they have the oncampus option to rent a vehicle through Zipcar, a self-service car sharing program at Cal Poly. Students can register for membership online. Upon initial registration, students receive $35 worth of driving credits to use toward their Zipcar account. The first-year program fee has been reduced to $25 ($35 annually after the first year), and hourly rental prices are as low as $8 per hour, including insurance, gas and up to 180 miles of travel per day. Cal Poly Zipcar currently has three cars on campus located in the Administration Building parking lot (A-1) and the Robert E. Kennedy Library parking lot (H-2a). If you have questions about how Zipcar can work for you, contact Dominique Bonino, Cal Poly Commuter and Access Services Coordinator at (805)756-6680.
SLO Safe Ride is a privatelyoperated transportation service and a great option for students who are going downtown to bars or coming home from a late night out. The company’s general hours of operation are Tuesday through Saturday, 9 p.m. to 3 a.m., with charter services for special events available through advanced booking. Students can purchase a $10 VIP shuttle pass for round-trip service from the Campus Bottle Shop on California Avenue and Hathway Boulevard to Bull’s Tavern downtown from 9 p.m. to 2:20 a.m. Thursday through Saturday nights, which includes skipping the line at SLO Brew and free cover charges at all bars, said Mike Linn, co-founder and CEO of SLO Safe Ride.
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cellphone (app)eal SEAN MCMINN
@shmcminn
There are some things Millennials just can’t live without: namely, their cellphones. With a Pew Research Center report in June finding that nearly 80 percent of Americans between 18 and 24 years old own a smartphone, it appears a significant amount of the Cal Poly incoming class will be carrying an iPhone or Android in their pocket as they find the way to their first class. So how can you get the most out of your smartphone while at Cal Poly? Download these
apps to help you through your first year of college (just don’t get caught using them in class). 1. The Official Cal Poly App “Duh,” you might be thinking. But seriously, this app is possibly the most useful on this list. Cal Poly put all your campus resources in one easy-to-use app, and here are some of the highlights: A full campus map, because it beats looking like a tourist standing at the giant map posters on campus. Cal Poly’s directory, which gives you the phone number and email address of any professor
(and some students) on campus. Dining hours and locations, so you don’t walk from Yosemite Hall to Einstein’s Bagels without being sure that you’ll get your pepperoni pizza bagel. 2. SLO Bus Tracker For those of you coming from a big city, it’s understandable to be unimpressed with San Luis Obispo’s simplistic bus system. But get over it, because it’s completely free for students! Don’t waste gas traveling downtown, but do make sure to download this app so you don’t get stuck on the way home. SLO Bus Tracker, made by two Cal Poly students in an app development class, has real-time bus locations, arrival times and a map of San Luis Obispo so you can find your way back to campus. 3. PlusDollars While the official Cal Poly app has a box that lets you check your PolyCard balance, it’s clunky and takes a few minutes to load — time you don’t have during the 10 minutes between afternoon classes. By just logging in with your Cal Poly username and password, PlusDollars gives you your balance of meal credits, Campus Express and, of course, Plu$ Dollars. Best of all, it tells you how much money you can spend each day to stay on budget for the quarter. 4. Google Drive Beyond its mobile app, Google Drive is one thing you need to get RIGHT NOW if you don’t already have it. Students at Cal Poly use Google Drive for group projects, in-class work and even to turn in assignments. Don’t be that person using … Yahoo!? So go download it, I can wait … see PHONE, pg. 13
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Great. Now that you have a Google account, grab the app for your phone so you’re never without your important schoolwork. Edit papers, collaborate on spreadsheets or type a quick note and have it immediately available on any of your devices. 5. Sleep Cycle Going to college can be exhausting, and whether you like it or not, you’re still going to be trudging your way across campus to class in the morning. Not only does Sleep Cycle measure your sleep qual-
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ity through the accelerometer in your smartphone, it also wakes you during your “lightest” period of sleep in the morning. Use Sleep Cycle when waking up for Friday class sounds as unappealing as that fifth tequila shot the night before.
news to arts to sports. Don’t feel like picking up a full edition of our paper? Just download the app and stay up to date with what’s happening on campus.
6. Mustang Daily
A fun app, especially for those (not-so) rare moments of homesickness. Enter any location, and it will point you toward there and tell you how far it is, as the crow flies. Whether it’s finding the swine unit on campus (seriously, does anyone know where it is?) or pointing you towards home, Crowsflight is a good addition to anyone’s app screen.
Yes, we get it — this sounds just a little self-promotional. But seriously, it’s the place to get Cal Poly news updated live throughout the day and features on fellow students. As part of Mustang Daily’s new digital focus this year, our app is going to be more important than ever in covering everything Cal Poly, from
7. Crowsflight
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A dorm-cooked meal TAYLOR STEINBECK @taysteinMD
Fear not, young fledglings. Departing the nest may be daunting, but you don’t have to sacrifice good grub for the sake of campus life. Armed only with a fistful of Plu$ Dollars and your dorm’s super-powered microwave, you can satisfy your stomach — granted you give the high-sodium ramen a pause and check out these tasty tips that will do a tap number on your palate. Along with scavenging the Internet for some of the best recipes available, we took tips from Cal Poly’s Global Food Tasters (GFT), a club on campus, on a few of their favorite delectable, microwaveable dishes.
Instant brownie in a mug
Looking for a post-workout sugar splurge? This winner in a cup, courtesy of food science senior and former GFT treasurer Adam Yee, is sure to sweeten any sour day that storms your way. Exam wasn’t curved? Brownie in a mug. Feeling a bit homesick? Brownie in a mug. Wait-listed for a crucial class? Better go make that brownie in a mug. Ingredients: 2 tbs vegetable oil 2 tbs water Few drops vanilla extract A dash of salt 3 tbs granulated sugar 2 tbs unsweetened cocoa powder 2 tbs all purpose flour Directions: - In a 12 oz coffee mug, mix water, oil, salt and vanilla. Whisk well. - Add cocoa powder, sugar and flour. Whisk well. - Microwave for 60-75 seconds on highest setting: 60 seconds for a molten bottom, 75 for uniformly done. Might need a few runs to develop a preference. Enjoy with a spoon and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Careful, brownie will be hot.
Ground nut soup An appetizing alternative for the peanut butter lover, this soup shared by GFT’s former president Rima Akz is an ideal meal for a crisp, blustery evening that SLO’s winters promise to provide. Ingredients: 2 cups chicken broth 1.5 cups tomato soup or sauce 2-4 tbs peanut butter Directions: - Microwave 2 cups of chicken broth in large microwaveable container for 5-7 minutes on high or until boiling. - Add 2-4 tbs peanut butter. Stir peanut butter in until dissolved into mixture. - Reheat for another 1-2 minutes in order to ensure texture consistency. - Add 1.5 cups tomato soup/sauce and mix thoroughly.
Breakfast in a mug The so-called “most important meal of the day” just became the most effortless meal of the day. In a mere five minutes, your morning brain food can be prepared and eaten — perfect for catching a few more z’s before that snooze-fest of a 7 a.m. class. Instead, you’ll be wide-eyed, ready and full. Ingredients: 1 tbs butter or 1 tbs margarine 1 tbs milk or 1 tbs water 1-2 eggs 1 dash pepper 1 dash salt 1 slice bacon, cooked (optional) shredded cheese (optional) Directions: - Place butter in 12 oz. microwave-safe mug or small bowl. - Microwave on high 30-45 seconds, or until melted. - Add egg(s), milk, salt and pepper. - Stir or whip with a fork. - Microwave one egg on high 35 to 45 seconds; two eggs 1 1/4 to 1 3/4 minutes, or until eggs begin to set, stirring with fork to break apart halfway through. - Remove eggs when they are still soft and moist. You may have to play with the time, depending on your microwave. Let stand about 2 minutes. see MEALS, pg. 16
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YOU ask an upperclassman? What would What is your best piece of advice for going through four years here? — Alyssa Motekaitis, business administration freshman
“Make sure when you have your classes properly lined up and use your priorities when you really have to.” — Jeremyah Minard, biological sciences senior
“Get as involved as possible as soon as possible. Don’t wait until your friends join something and follow them, just do it. Otherwise you are missing out. There will never be a time in life when you can get as involved as you can in college.”
How easy is it to adjust to living in the dorms? — Rachael Johnson, business administration freshman
“I lived in the (Cerro Vista) apartments. It was easy for me to adjust because you are given so much independence and can do things on your own time. It was pretty cool.”
“It is easy to adjust to dorm living. RAs are great and very helpful. Ask them anything.” — Zack Farwell, architecture junior
Summer March, — biological sciences junior
What is the best advice you have for career searching? — Alisha McGoldrick business administration sophomore
“Really utilize the career center and ask questions of advisers. Make that network, get involved in industry and meet people in industry that can get you jobs. Make that connection.” — Audrey McLean animal science senior
“The best thing for job opportunities is the Career Fair. A bunch of companies are there looking for students so you don’t have to really put yourself out there, you just show up.” — Alex Baucom, mechanical engineering junior
— Trent Mendonça, mechanical engineering senior
“Networking is the biggest thing in the entire world for life. Get to know as many people as you can.” — Brian Spain, bioresource and agricultural engineering senior
“Networking is ideal. Pretty key. Try to find something related to your major, but any job in college looks good on a résumé. Employers like to see you can balance school and work. Getting a job your freshmen year is key, you’re getting into the groove of real life.” — Maria de St. Aubin, graphic communication junior
“How hard does it get?” — Chelsie Piedad, food science and nutrition sophomore
“Do your homework and do what your teachers tell you to do. They have your best interests in mind. They tell you what to do to get good grades.” — Scott Herrington, mechancial engineering senior
“Everything in moderation, including moderation.” — AJ Sooter, forestry and natural resources junior
“I feel you get as much out of it as you put into it. So if you go in with the intention of making new friends and having new experiences, that’s what you will get.” — Libby Wahlmeier, theatre arts junior
“Everyone is in the same position as you. You don’t have to be best friends with your roommate; you can go down the whole building and meet people. Be friendly and invite people to do stuff.” — Ellen Kwak, business administration junior “It depends how well you plan out your scheduling. I would advise planning yourself out. I would advise taking harder classes in the summer, even though that sounds awful, because you have more time.”
“It gets hard, but if you put your time in, it’s not too bad. My advice is to take the minimum units you can your first quarter to adjust to your new life and slowly work up once you have found your balance. Don’t overwork yourself.”
— Elida Moore, architectural education senior
— Jessie Buckenberger, graduate student
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Soft chicken tacos
-While eggs are standing, crumble bacon and add to eggs. Eggs will firm up while cooling. - If desired, sprinkle with shredded cheese during standing time.
Bow chicka wow wow! Did’ja hear? Chicken is the new beef. Satisfy your south-of-the-border cravings with tacos that will have your taste buds going Mariachi in your mouth. Sombreros and all.
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Ingredients:
Quesadillas Easy. Cheesy. Beautiful. These quesadillas put CoverGirls to shame. They’re just as tantalizing but make for a far tastier snack. With shredded Mexican cheese goo-ed to perfection, microwaveable quesadillas are slices of heaven. Ingredients: 3/4 cup refried beans 4 8-inch flour tortillas 1 1/4 cups (5 ounces) shredded Mexican cheese blend, divided 1/2 cup taco sauce, divided Directions: - Spread beans evenly over two tortillas. Sprinkle evenly with 3/4 cup cheese, and drizzle with 1/4 cup taco sauce. Top with remaining tortillas. - Microwave one quesadilla, covered with a paper towel, on a microwave-safe plate on high for 1 to 1 1/2 minutes. Repeat with remaining quesadilla. - Cut each into eight wedges; serve with remaining taco sauce, sour cream and cheese. Courtesy of Myrecipes.com
1 tsp chili powder 1/2 tsp salt 1/2 tsp ground cumin 1/2 tsp freshly ground black pepper 1 pound of cooked chicken Cooking spray 12 (6-inch) white corn tortillas 1 1/2 cups thinly sliced green cabbage 1/4 cup (1 ounce) shredded reduced-fat Monterey Jack cheese (such as Tillamook) Directions: - Get cooked chicken a Campus Dining venue - Combine first four ingredients in a small bowl; rub spice mixture over chicken. - Heat tortillas according to package directions. Divide chicken evenly among tortillas; top each tortilla with 2 tbs cabbage and 1 tsp cheese. Serve with sour cream, if desired. Courtesy of Cooking Light
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Breaking down Kennedy Library floor by floor BENJY EGEL
@BenjyEgel
Aside from classrooms and bathrooms, the Robert E. Kennedy Library is perhaps Cal Poly’s most useful building. Located near the bottom of campus, the library holds a seemingly never-ending supply of resources. Mechanical engineering junior Alex Krippner, who works in the circulation department, said books-only libraries are a thing of the past. “It’s not just a place to get books,” Krippner said. “You can do almost anything here. You can have access to a bunch of computers, you can check out textbooks, (and) course reserves are a big thing.” Each floor has a collection of different tools students can use. Some might be obvious, such as the stack of newspapers near the stairs on the second floor, but other gems can be hard to find.
1- 24-hour study room 2 - Atrium 3 - Research help 4 - Collaboration rooms 5 - Mac/PC labs 6 - Julian’s Patisserie 7 - Study Skills room 8 - Group study room 9 - PolyConnect
First Floor The first floor has a diverse selection of study areas, including a 24-hour study room and an outdoor atrium where volunteers bring puppies and kittens for stress relief during finals. One of the library’s hidden treasures lies in the back, far away from the hustle and bustle of the entrance. Most people don’t know about the reference room, Krippner said. “It’s a research help desk where you can go and ask for help on just about any research project,” he said. “They’ll help you find all the information that they know how to find, through books, Internet databases and all that stuff. They’ll help you find it all.” Second Floor Glass
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called “fishbowls” are the second floor’s most popular feature. Fishbowls generally should be reserved 24 hours in advance, especially when students begin cramming for finals. Civil engineering junior Jesus Perez and his classmates often try to use the fishbowls, he said. When none are available, his study group heads downstairs. “Typically our preference is
the fishbowls, but usually we go to the first-floor 24-hour study room,” Perez said. The second floor has both a Mac and PC lab as well as a space to view assigned DVDs, which can be picked up across the hall. Julian’s Patisserie, which is located next to the second floor stairs, offers drinks, sandwiches and pastries that can be purchased with Plu$ Dollars.
Third Floor The third floor is designed to host large groups, with long tables that can fit about 20 people. “Third floor is more of a group-study floor, because we have a lot of tables and stuff like that,” Kripnoff said. “(It’s) where a lot of groups get together because it’s not a quiet floor.” The rest of the third floor is mainly liberal arts textbooks, though students who need a private tutor or help balancing work can head to the Study Skills Room. Fourth and Fifth Floor Those looking to study in solitude can move up to the
library’s top floors, which are quiet spaces. Even a soft conversation might draw dirty looks from other students. Soundproof rooms that hold approximately four people are packed near the stairs on both floors. These rooms allow groups to work together while not disturbing others, like mechanical engineering junior Jordan Seidmon. Seidmon visits the library to avoid distractions at home, he said. He studies in the library every day, usually for more than four hours. “I couldn’t focus in my apartment,” Seidmon said. “I needed to get somewhere where I could focus only on studying. Also, the act of physically taking 10 min-
utes out of my life to go somewhere, that just gives me more incentive to get stuff done.” In addition to all the study areas, Kennedy Library has a wide selection of technology available for students, such as printers and scanners that cost 10 cents per use. Kindles, iPads and laptops are just three of the 19 items available for checkout. Students can check out audio recorders, still cameras, video cameras or tripods, then borrow a projector to make any presentation shine. The only thing the library can’t be is an emotional companion — no matter how many people claim to be “on a date with Robert E. Kennedy tonight!”
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In addition to endless shelves of books and quiet study spaces, the library offers kindles, iPads and laptops for checkout to students, located on the second floor.
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The do’s and don’ts of WOW nightlife
Columnist dishes out advice for freshmen
Benjy Egel is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily columnist. Many fraternities, apartment complexes and upperclassmen
will be holding parties during Week of Welcome (WOW), where new Mustangs will be invited to celebrate entering college life. You’ve all taken Alcohol-
Wise, or at least said you did, and there will be more alcohol awareness programs throughout WOW. Still, it seems prudent to offer a little more advice on handling SLO’s nightlife.
Do: Pace yourself The next four years of party hopping and debauchery are going to be a marathon, not a sprint. And people who try to sprint marathons end up far short of the finish line. Many people choose not to drink in college, and that’s perfectly fine. Others want to get acquainted with new people and feel friendlier after a drink or two. Drinking until your liver cries for help, though, is a sure-fire way to alienate hallmates and endanger yourself. If your new friends are decent people, they’ll sacrifice the rest of the night to clean up your vomit, turn you on your side and make sure everything is okay. If not, good luck. No one is going to be impressed by how many shots of plastic bottle vodka you can put away, so relax, have a good time, and remember that you’re just newborn party animals out in the jungle. Don’t: Do anything too Stupid
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Minors in possession of alcohol can be fined up to $700 for their first offense and police will be expanding their presence during Week of Welcome.
As hip-hop philosopher R. Kelly once sang, “I don’t see nothing wrong with a little bump and grind.” The problem, R. Kelly later realized, is that society sees something wrong with peeing anywhere but the toilet. The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) will double fine for public urination, nudity and possessing open containers of alcohol during WOW,
The next four years of party hopping and debauchery are going to be a marathon, not a sprint. meaning that first-time offenders will be slapped with a $700 citation. Most folks are smart enough not to streak Hathway while double fisting Keystone Lights, but people don’t realize that fines accompany relieving oneself in a bush. Not only will you be cited for public urination, but cops won’t hesitate to write public intoxication, disorderly conduct and Minor In Possession (MIP) tickets. Cops aren’t looking to arrest the entire freshman class before school starts, though. If you don’t show signs of being drunk, walking back to the dorm should be a breeze. Sit down on the curb, though, and it’s game over. Do: Know where you’re going I’m sure the class of 2017 is full of bright young minds, but virtually no freshman knows SLO yet. Find out the party’s address and plug it into your smartphone before heading out. Knowing the name of a fraternity isn’t enough, because without a designated Greek Row, parties can be blocks apart. Same goes for apartment complexes or small house parties. The fact that all fraternities use greek letters is also
confusing, especially when the letters aren’t posted outside the house. On the first night out, you won’t know the difference between Beta Theta Pi, Alpha Epsilon Pi, Sigma Pi and the dorm kids baking a pie. Don’t: Miss WOW activities I don’t care how hung over you are, how weird that one kid is, or even if there’s a day party going on. Every day of WOW is a great opportunity to meet people you might not otherwise interact with. WOW leaders have been preparing awesome activities for you for the past five months. And if that’s not enough of a guilt trip, your parents paid money for you to participate in this program. Missing out on laser tag, kayaking, hiking, beach exploring and all kinds of other ill stuff to sleep off last night’s rager is lazy, and moreover, stupid. Remember, YOWO: You Only WOW Once. Technically that’d be YOWOWO, an acronym that’s still not as dumb as skipping WOW. By the way, upperclassmen are going to be yelling “WOWIES!” at you all week, and there’s nothing to do but embrace it. People are happy to see the new blood on campus, and you just have to deal with it for now.
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A freshman’s guide to going greek SARA NATIVIDAD @s_nativi “Are you going to rush?” It is a question asked in the dorms, VG Cafe and running through the minds of many freshmen who are wondering if greek life will be a good fit. Coordinator of Fraternity and Sorority Life Diego Silva understands greek life is not for everybody, but he encourages those who are unsure to explore their options, he said. “My advice to any student is if you are wondering or thinking about it, it would be in your best interest to at least go through one recruitment process just to figure out if it is something for you,” Silva said. “Don’t graduate still having that question in the back of your mind.”
Panhellenic When: First week of fall quarter, Sept. 26-30 Requirements: Register online before Fees: $50 before Sept. 1, $60 after Sept. 1 Students’ first exposure to greek life will be through a volleyball event hosted during Week of Welcome (WOW), but the recruitment process for the Panhellenic Council starts the first Thursday of fall quarter. Any female student may participate if they register online by the deadline and pay the fee. Panhellenic recruitment is more strenuous than the other councils because there is a strict schedule of events the participants must attend. Anything conflicting with class, however, is excused.
Though the process is strict, the acceptance rate is high. Every woman who participates is guaranteed a bid if they attend two parties on “Preference Night,” which is held on Monday Sept. 30, said Panhellenic Vice President of Recruitment and city and regional planning senior Elizabeth Day. During recruitment, participants are exposed to all of the nine Panhellenic sororities. They meet women from each chapter and are able to visit sorority houses. All events are designed to help participants find the best fit for them, Day said. Day met most of her friends through her sorority and said joining a sorority was one of the best decisions she has made, second only to attending Cal Poly. “I always feel like I will have a community backing me up,” she said. “It has helped me strive to do better and I now have a network of connections that I may not have had.” The experience varies with each chapter, but they all participate in group events with Panhellenic Council and the Interfraternity Council. Interfraternity Council (IFC) When: Third week of school, Oct. 7-17 Requirements: None Fees: None The IFC will see the biggest change in its fall recruitment this year because deferred recruitment (which prohibited freshmen males from rushing their first quarter) has been
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The Interfraternity recruitment process will begin with a barbeque kick off on Dexter Lawn. lifted for the first time in five years. The IFC also has a new fraternity, Nu Kappa Alpha, and now has seventeen chapters at Cal Poly. Director of Recruitment and agricultural business junior Riker McClaskey said they are looking forward to the size of the incoming freshman class, which is the largest in Cal Poly history. “Our biggest goal this year is to expand the greek life
community and get more kids into greek houses,” he said. Fall recruitment starts Monday of the third week of school with a barbecue on Dexter Lawn where students will be able to visit different fraternity booths and receive a schedule for the rest of recruitment. The events differ within each chapter, and the participants decide which events and fraternities to attend.
“We encourage all freshmen who have any sort of interest to check it out,” McClaskey said. “There are so many great fraternities out there and everyone has a place to fit in.” The individual fraternity rush events are held Tuesday through Saturday. Monday is bid day, where participants may receive one or more bids see GREEK, pg. 13
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from different fraternities. The next day, Tuesday, is the Day of Silence, and fraternity members are not allowed to contact any students who have received a bid, allowing them time to decide to accept or deny a bid. All students must accept bids by Thursday to become a pledge for a fraternity. One of the main reasons McClaskey has benefited from greek life is the community of people he has come to be a part of, he said. “There’s something about being a part of this community that is bigger than yourself that makes it unlike anything else,” McClaskey said. “I have a solid group of brothers who I can go to for anything whether it’s school, career, sports or just to be my best friends.” United Sorority and Fraternity Council (USFC) When: Second week of school, Sept. 30-Oct. 4 Requirements: None Fees: None The United Sorority and Fraternity Council is a
collection of fraternities and sororities who are joined under the common root of being culturally based. The chapters are smaller than the IFC and Panhellenic, and the houses range from approximately 1030 members. The recruitment also starts with a kick-off event on campus, during the second week of school. At the initial event, students will receive information about upcoming recruitment events, which are free to attend. At the end of the week, students will receive one or multiple bids,
and they have the choice to accept the bid or not. USFC President and agricultural business junior Edward Yanez said recruitment is a great way to get to know people. “During the first week students don’t have much school work to worry about,” he said. “It’s completely free, and it’s a great place to get to know people right off the bat. The environment is welcoming and students are not pressured to join, just see GREEK, pg. 16
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“There’s something about being a part of this community that is bigger than yourself that makes it unlike anything else,” Riker McClaskey said.
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The Panhellenic sororities have the most structured recruitment process.
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MAXIMIZE YOUR PLU$ DOLLARS KELLY TROM
@KTTrom
Transitioning to college is difficult, but using Cal Poly’s offered meal plans makes living away from home easier. Not having to cook every meal allows students to focus on balancing their time studying, working and hanging out with friends. But what happens when, halfway through the quarter, you run out of Plu$ Dollars? And how do you make sure you have a varied, nutritious diet every week of the year? Every freshman is required to have a meal plan if they are living on campus. There are three different options for first-year student meal plans: the Freedom Plan, the Flexibility Plan and the Security Plan. The Freedom Plan gives students 525 Plu$ Dollars per quarter and eight meals weekly. The Flexibility Plan gives students 350 Plu$ Dollars per quarter and 10 meals weekly. The Security Plan gives students 100 Plu$ Dollars per quarter and 12 meals weekly. “The most popular meal plan option among students living in residence halls is the Freedom Plan, which has more Plu$ Dollars to be used throughout campus,” campus dining marketing manager Yukie Nishinaga said. “We’ve noticed that students enjoy dining at the variety of restaurants around campus.” The Freedom Plan gives students the most flexibility because Plu$ Dollars can always be used at all of the on-campus food venues, as opposed to meals. “The Freedom Plan gives
you just that: freedom. With only three places that accept meals, it really limits your options to use more meals than Plu$ Dollars,” electrical engineering junior and second-year resident adviser Ryan Bishop said. To pick the meal plan that most fits your needs, go to Campus Dining’s website and research the different menus at each on-campus restaurant. You can estimate how many dining credits and Plu$ Dollars you would use weekly, and then find the plan that best fits with that estimation. If you start the year with one plan but find that another would work better for you, you are allowed to change. There are specific enrollment dates both at the beginning and end of each quarter. This fall quarter, you may switch between Sept. 18 and 26. Once you have picked your meal plan, how do you stay within your allotted dining credits? Use your meals early Use meals during the first few days of the school week because meals will not roll over from week to week. “Early in the week, try to use meals more than Plu$ Dollars,” Bishop said. “Your Plu$ Dollars aren’t going anywhere but your meals will be in jeopardy if you leave them to the end of the week.” Plu$ Dollars roll over If you have a few extra Plu$ Dollars at the end of the quarter, don’t sweat it. Your
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Plu$ Dollars will roll over from quarter to quarter until the end of the year.
Don’t let meals go to waste You may find yourself on Friday with four meals left. Don’t panic. Instead, use them as dining credits at VG Cafe to buy snacks for the upcoming week. “If students have a left over dining credit, and don’t plan to eat a meal before the weekly period is over, they often purchase snacks, bottled beverages and fresh fruit with their remaining dining credits to eat later,” Nishinaga said.
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You can monitor your balance at any time by logging into your Cal Poly Portal and going to the Money Matters tab. You can also download the Plus Dollars app in the iTunes store or check your balance any time your card is swiped at an on-campus restaurant. Dinner is the most important meal of the day Eating dinner on campus costs more than any other meal, so use meal credits for dinner instead of having to resort to Plu$ Dollars. “Try to use your meals for dinner more often than other meal times,” Bishop said. “Dinner allows you to get more food while still using only one meal.”
To-Go” program and help reduce the amount of waste in local landfills. “Students will be able to obtain a reusable food container for taking foods to go from certain meal plan restaurants,” Nishinaga said. Students can take their dirty food container into oncampus restaurants, where it will be replaced with a clean one.
Take your food to go
Be healthy
Take advantage of the “Eco
Even though there is an all-
you-can-eat dessert bar at 19 Metro Station, it doesn’t mean you have to pig out at every meal. For the healthconscious student, there are many ways to monitor eating habits and maintain a nutritious diet. “Take advantage of the nutrition facts labels they put on everything now and look for foods low in sodium and high in proteins and complex carbohydrates because you will stay full longer,” nutrition junior Joella Oddi said. Students who have special
dietary restrictions are not out of luck. There are many allergen-free meal options at various restaurants on campus. “There is a certified gluten-free kitchen in the main dining complex that prepares fresh gluten-free meals for 19 Metro Station,” Nishinaga said. For other dietary needs, there is a registered dietitian available on campus for any student who wishes to receive nutrition education and support.
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Important issues on campus explained
Semesters vs. quarters and Student Success Fee make headlines SEAN MCMINN
@shmcminn
Between classes, work, clubs and weekend beach trips, it can be difficult for Cal Poly students to pay attention to what’s going on around campus. Every day, administrators and faculty make decisions affecting more than just what goes on in the classroom. Many of these decisions go unnoticed by the student body, but two recent issues piqued its interest. In Winter 2012, as the school began to cope with millions of dollars in state budget cuts, administrators polled students on their interest in a “Student Success Fee” aimed to “support the university’s high-quality academic and student-life programs and Learn By Doing curriculum.” Then in Fall 2012, Cal Poly weighed the possibility of moving from quarters to semesters. If you missed the two issues as they played out, here’s a recap: Keeping Cal Poly “special” With hundreds of millions of dollars in budget cuts to the California State University (CSU) system, Cal Poly was beginning to feel the pain: some janitorial services stopped, staff took furloughs and Cal Poly was letting some retirees go unreplaced. Tensions were also high with the faculty union, which went on strike at two campuses and was considering doing the same at the rest of them — including Cal Poly. Then outgoing provost Robert Koob presented the Student Success Fee, an effort administrators said would preserve the high-quality education Cal Poly students expect. The decision to implement the fee came down to Armstrong and then-CSU Chancellor Charles Reed, but the president asked students for an advisory vote first. What students were vot-
ing on was a new quarterly fee that would supplement the university’s budget with between approximately $11 million and $14 million per year. University officials said the fee would at least offset systemwide cuts and added that it might encourage donors to invest more in the university after seeing dedication from its students to fund their own education. The president kept mostly quiet during months of debate about the Student Success Fee, saying he didn’t want to influence the advisory vote, but he and other administrators privately supported it. Associate Vice Provost Kimi Ikeda, who made dozens of presentations about the fee, repeatedly said it was necessary to keep Cal Poly “special.” In the vote, students narrowly approved the Student Success Fee with 57 percent in favor and 43 percent against. Thirty-two student groups also submitted endorsements for it, Cal Poly reported, while only one was formally against it. Less than a month later, Reed and Armstrong approved the Student Success Fee. Today, all students pay an additional $210 per quarter, which is the second stage of its phase-in that began in Fall 2012. The fee will cap at $260 per quarter in Fall 2014. A 13-person committee, co-chaired by the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) president and the university’s vice president of finance, approves a budget each year for the fee. Seven of the committee members are students. The fee has mostly paid for opening classes and Learn By Doing initiatives so far. Tangible results have been difficult to measure because Cal Poly combines the money with other university budgets and does not track exactly how it is spent, but the university issues a quarterly report outlining the spending and impacts of the fee.
Despite a better outlook for Cal Poly’s fiscal future than when the fee was passed in 2012, university leaders still see it as not just important, but necessary. Former Vice President of Finance Larry Kelley said in May that though funding from the state will likely increase in coming years, Cal Poly isn’t considering lowering or scrapping the fee anytime soon. “A fair compromise” Though Cal State administrators sided with the student majority on the Student Success Fee, they took a different route on the issues of semesters and quarters. Cal Poly, one of the six universities in the CSU using quarters, publically toyed with the idea of converting for nearly a year. Despite heavy resistance among students and a public statement against semesters from Armstrong, negotiations between the president and Chancellor Timothy White — who came to lead the university system in January — led to the decision that the university would begin conversion “by the end of the decade.” The plans at Cal Poly began with private conversations between Armstrong and his staff about increasing pressure from the CSU system to make the switch to semesters. In one of his first public discussions about semesters, Armstrong called the pressure a “soft mandate” from the CSU, adding that no decision would be made until the six quarter campuses reviewed what it would take to convert. The campus’s initial reaction was passionately pro-quarters, and the Cal Poly community showed administrators little sympathy in open forums about the issue. Several students and faculty questioned the president and other Cal Poly leaders for not standing up to the chancellor to preserve quarters, which they
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Students approved the Student Success Fee with a 57 percent in favor and 43 percent against. Today, students pay an addition $210 per quarter. The fee will cap at $260 per quarter in Fall 2014. said benefit the university. Armstrong commissioned a task force to examine semesters in Fall 2012. The task force ultimately wrote a 135-page report advising the president not to convert. Among the reasons was a price tag the task force estimated would be between $18 million and $21 million. The task force also cited survey data in its report showing 81 percent of students were against semesters, while 10 percent favored converting. The report, though, wasn’t enough for the president to firmly support staying on quarters. Instead, he asked for formal recommendations from the two primary governing boards at Cal Poly: ASI and the Academic Senate, which represents faculty. After more than an hour of debate among the student government Board of Directors, ASI agreed to hold a student vote. The vote, which followed
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Cal Poly is one of six California State Universities (CSU) using the quarter system. Despite heavy resistance from students, Cal Poly will begin the process of converting to semesters “by the end of the decade.”
a much-hyped information campaign by ASI, showed even more extreme opposition to semesters than the task force’s report: Roughly 89 percent of those who voted supported quarters, and 9 percent wanted to change to semesters. ASI formally backed quarters after the vote, and the Academic Senate soon followed with an endorsement of the task force’s report, implicitly adding its support to quarters. Since the task force’s report, Armstrong stayed mostly quiet on the issue of semesters. Before it, he publicly said he believed semesters were, in general, better than quarters. But as the debate heated up, he backed off his original hypothesis and said he would let the campu’s findings form his opinion. On a Monday in March more than three months after the task force released its report, Armstrong opened up on the issue with an email to the university. He wrote that after months of discussions
with White, the two decided to bring Cal Poly to semesters after all other CSU campuses converted. The process, he wrote, would begin by the end of the decade. “I know that feelings about quarters vs. semesters on our campus run strong,” Armstrong wrote. “However, given the direction we have received, this is a reasonable approach.” The direction he was referring to came from White, who, in spite of Cal Poly’s pro-quarter stance, maintained his philosophy that all CSU campuses should be on semesters. In a letter from Armstrong to White that the president’s office provided to Mustang Daily, the president recommended Cal Poly stay on quarters, admitting his original position had shifted since the debate began. In an interview, Armstrong called the final plan a fair compromise between the university see ISSUES, pg. 16
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and the CSU system. “In recognition of our Task Force Report, the student vote, the ASI Board of Directors’ vote, my recommendation,
the campus-wide vote of the students, the Academic Senate — all of those factors — we were given more time,” Armstrong said in an interview immediately after his announcement. “We do not have to begin this decision until the end of the decade. We
Monday, September 16, 2013 have a good six to eight years to work through and continue to focus on our goals.” The chancellor’s office has so far declined to comment on the plan, saying a systemwide conversion is still under consideration but not yet decided on. In an interview during White’s visit to Cal Poly in May, the chancellor said he didn’t realize there was so much resistance to semes-
ters, adding he saw conversion as just “a project that needed to be finished up.” Armstrong has continued to say he will encourage White to leave Cal Poly on quarters if the chancellor asks for his advice, but Cal Poly spokesperson Matt Lazier said no further discussion took place on the issue of semesters during the summer.
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enjoy themselves.” The USFC has a different vibe than the Panhellenic and IFC not only because of the multicultural basis, but because the size of the individual chapters allow students to become close with every person in their chapter, making people feel like part of a family, Yanez said. Though the USFC does not have events with the IFC and Panhellenic councils, members are still united under a larger community by
participating in socials and philanthropy-based events with the councils of USFC. “I didn’t know many people coming to Cal Poly, but I met a lot people during recruitment,” Yanez said. “I have made a lot of professional connections with the organizations I am not a part of and the members in my fraternity have become my closest friends.” The USFC membership fees are also less expensive than the Panhellenic and IFC chapters, and they differ based on the individual chapters. They work with members to make it more affordable, he said.
SPORTS
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AUTUMN ALL STARS GROSZ, HOLLANDER AND KEDDY PREPARE FOR BIG SEASONS ON THE GRIDIRON, THE COURSE AND THE COURT
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JACOB LAUING
@JLauing
The spotlight will be on, and a few Mustangs look poised to shine a little brighter. That includes Sullivan Grosz, if preseason accolades are any indication. Grosz, a senior defensive tackle on the Cal Poly football team, was named to the All-Big Sky Conference Pre-
season Team, the Sports Network’s Preseason All-American Third Team and the 2013 College Football Performance Awards preseason watch list. As if that isn’t enough, there’s always the word of head coach Tim Walsh. “I’ll be really shocked if he’s not an All-American this year, and I’ll be really shocked if he’s not drafted in the NFL Draft
next year,” Walsh said. “We’re expecting, not good things from him, but great things from him.” At 6-foot-4 and 292 pounds, Grosz is coming off a season that included 58 total tackles with 13.5 tackles for lost yardage and five quarterback hurries. “I think (he’s) arguably one of the best defensive linemen at our level,” Walsh said. “In the country, not just in our conference.”
Grosz, a two-year team captain, earned a 4.10 GPA in high school and is currently majoring in business administration with a concentration in management and industrial technology. He’s a community service advocate and a man who leads his teammates without saying a word. “He does everything the right way,” Walsh said. “He’s everything you want in a team captain as far as how he acts on the field, off the field, in the classroom.” Grosz isn’t the only Cal Poly fall athelete who embodies this type of all-around excellence, though. Cross-country runner Laura Hollander finished ninth in the 2012 NCAA NationalCross-Country Championships and earned All-Academic honors in 2012, both of which she accomplished as an 18-year-old freshman. “The bar is set pretty high,” head coach Mark Conover said. And like Grosz, Hollander has also made an impact outside the athletic realm. “She excels in the classroom first and foremost,” Conover said. “She exemplifies what it takes to find excellence here at Cal Poly.” Hollander placed first in all of Cal Poly’s regular season meets while setting course
records at the UC Santa Barbara Lagoon Open, Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and Big West championships. “Obviously Laura is very dedicated and talented,” Conover said. “You put those two factors together and certainly you have somebody who races at a very high level.” While Hollander has constructed a stellar résumé in only one season, another standout Cal Poly athlete will embark on her fifth season for the Mustangs. Jennifer Keddy has been a staple of Cal Poly volleyball since 2009. When asked what Keddy has meant to the program over the past few years, head coach Sam Crosson paused. “I hope you’ve got a lot of time cause that might take a while,” Crosson said. As the 2011 Big West Conference Player of the Year, Keddy led the conference with 4.06 kills per set and 4.85 points per set en route to her second AVCA All-America selection. The Montana native earned all-state honors in high school, and has since participated in the U.S. Women’s National A2 Team Program, as well as the National Youth Team. “She’s certainly an accomplished player,” Crosson said. “She’s going to be someone that we’re going to look to for
leadership on the court and performance as well.” Keddy redshirted the 2012 season due to a shoulder injury, and suffered a stress fracture in her foot earlier this year. The recovery is an ongoing and steadily monitored process, but Keddy figures to be a force on the court when she returns to action. “It’s certainly an exciting time to get her back in the gym,” Crosson said. “She has a presence on the court that we were missing from last year’s team.” Despite Cal Poly’s disappointing 4-26 record in 2012, Crosson has his eyes on the prize: a Big West championship. To complete that quest, Keddy’s role will become increasingly important against Big West opponents. “In the long run, what’s most important is that she’s 100 percent ready to go once we get to conference play,” Crosson said. Keddy, Hollander and Grosz are just three of Cal Poly’s game-changing fall athletes. There will be other athletes who succeed this year, but day in and day out, keep an eye on these three. If past stats and intangibles are at all indicative of future performance, Grosz, Hollander and Keddy are proven forces to be reckoned with in 2013.
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Senior Jennifer Keddy sat out the 2012 Cal Poly volleyball season due to injury. The former Big West Player of the Year is back this season for her final stint with the Mustangs.
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Welcome to the club (and intramurals) JACOB LAUING
@JLauing
Not every Cal Poly student can be Ozzie Smith. Not every Mustang will be the next John Madden or Mike Krukow. Hundreds of former and current athletes call San Luis Obispo home, but most of them don’t possess the extraordinary talent required to play at the next level. That includes mechanical engineering sophomore A.J. Chamorro, who played four
years of football at Sacred Heart Prep in Atherton, Calif. Like many high school varsity athletes, Chamorro had aspirations to play Division I collegiate athletics. “I definitely thought about it,” Chamorro said. “But I had to realize it wasn’t really reasonable.” Enter intramural sports. In just one year at Cal Poly, Chamorro competed in intramural basketball, flag football and soccer. see CLUB, pg. 7
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Intramural and club sports offer opportunities for students to play sports outside of Division I athletics. Sophomores A.J. Chamorro and Austin Dodd are among the many to participate in the programs Associated Students, Inc. have to offer.
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The Cal Poly volleyball team went 4-26 last season, which was barely good enough to avoid the basement of the Big West. Crosson will look to players like Gruenewald to steer the team in the right direction this year. “I think her best volleyball is ahead of her,” Crosson said. “She’s going to be someone in this freshmen class who is going to have a big impact on our program in the future, just in terms of her interactions and leadership.” While both Crosson and Walsh have their sights set squarely on one of their recruits, future success could come from a few different resources for the Cal Poly cross-country team. Head coach Mark Conover rattled off a few rising stars in his program, but his recruiting is built around another concept: depth. “Recruiting for us has gone exceptionally well,” Conover said. “We’re bringing in some depth and quality that should enhance the successful group we have here.” A few of those additions to the men’s squad are Clayton Hutchins, Connor Fisher, Ryan Corvese, Danny Stalters and Eric Sundell. Cal Poly’s male runners saw a fair amount of success in 2012, taking first place at the Big West championships. “That represents quite a bit of depth on the guys,” Conover said. “We’ve got a great group of returning men coming back, so it’s hard to say whether anybody would make an impact on that top group.” For the ladies, Lauren Benstead, Kylie Nishisaka and Diana George join the Mustangs and could compete in 2013. But remember, the Mustangs
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Freshman middle blocker Taylor Gruenewald was named Carroll High School Athlete of the Year in 2012 after leading her team to a 47-4 record as a senior. still have All-American Laura Hollander, so they aren’t short on talented runners either. Conover doesn’t expect much impact from the class of 2017 right away. His new recruits will add balance to this year’s roster, though, and might pave the way for victory down the road. “I think the future of our program is going to be very bright in terms of who we have here and who we are
bringing in,” Conover said. All in all, some of these fresh faces will make a name for themselves in 2013. Others won’t be so lucky, and will have to work their way up, climbing the depth chart, step by step. Still, this group of freshmen is packed with top-tier talent, and the future of Cal Poly athletics looks promising with the class of 2017 leading the charge.
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Matt Imhof delivers for Team USA MUSTANG DAILY STAFF REPORT
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Cal Poly pitcher Matt Imhof made school history when Team USA announced earlier this summer that the thensophomore had been the first Cal Poly baseball player to be selected to the Collegiate National Team’s 24-man roster. In mid-June, Imhof earned his spot on the team after being invited to a training camp in Cary, N.C. The southpaw’s lights-out performance against the Wilmington Sharks on June 27 secured his spot in the pitching lineup. Former Cal Poly second baseman Matt Jensen was the only other Mustangs baseball player to be granted an invitation to try out for the Collegiate National Team in both 2009 and 2010. However, Imhof remains the only Cal Poly player to have made the squad. The Fremont, Calif. native was in the running for one of a select few starting positions remaining on the team, as most of the spots had been filled by returning players. Pitching coach Thomas Eager remembers when the Cal Poly coaches received a phone call from Team USA.
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Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) offers a handful of other sports throughout the year, with three different levels of competition. “It’s not too competitive to where it’s really intense,” Chamorro said. “You still get that feeling like being part of a team and trying to go out there and give it everything you have for your team.” Registration for intramural sports begins within the first two weeks of each quarter, and costs between $100 and $150 per team. And while some students would rather take advantage of the state-of-the-art Cal Poly Recreation Center, Chamorro chose intramurals as his method to maintain an athletic lifestyle. “I don’t necessarily like going to work out,” Chamorro said. “I’d rather play a sport to stay active. I love to be part of a team trying to win. That’s really what drew me in. To keep that drive going, keep that competitive nature in me.” According to ASI Recreational Sports Program Co-
“I asked (Imhof ), ‘Are you interested?’” Eager said. “He made the comment, ‘Nothing would make me more proud than to put USA on my chest.’” The Collegiate National Team traveled the world this summer, competing against Japanese and Cuban baseball teams as well as summer collegiate allstar teams across the northeastern United States. Against Japan, its first international opponent, Team USA’s two victories were not enough to clinch the series, but later that summer, the squad swept its five-game series against Cuba. The team wrapped up their season with a 5-3 victory over Cuba in Durham, N.C. Team USA posted a 20-3 record this summer. Additionally, it recorded a 13-0 record in exhibition games and went 7-3 against international opponents. By the end of summer competition, Imhof posted a 3-0 record with an impressive 0.53 ERA in his six appearances, striking out 18 batters in 17 innings on the mound for Team USA. And it was a notable record with the Mustangs this past season that put the pitcher on the radar for the national team.
The southpaw went 7-3 as Cal Poly’s Saturday starter, allowed 30 walks and struck out 95 hitters in 101 2/3 innings. And when the Mustangs went head-to-head against UCLA in regional playoffs, Imhof pitched five hitless innings before the Bruins broke out with error-aided runs. “His work ethic is just pretty special,” Eager said. “I’ve watched him progress from where he was as a freshman to where he is now. The guy’s got unbelievable talent.” Now with the start of school and the summer coming to an end, Imhof and the Cal Poly baseball team will begin to prepare for the Mustangs’ 2014 season where the lefty pitcher will likely act as the team’s Friday starter. Incoming freshmen who will join Eager’s pitching staff include Cameron Cotton, Nick Suniga, Ondrej Sebek, Justin Calomeni, Slater Lee and redshirt Ricky Lang. Along with Imhof, returning pitchers are Taylor Chris, Bryan Granger, Reed Reilly, Michael Dingilian, Danny Zandona, Casey Bloomquist and Braden Young.
Jefferson P. Nolan contributed to this staff report.
Junior southpaw Matt Imhof finished his stint with Team USA posting a 0.53 ERA and a 3-0 record in six appearances. He went 7-3 for the Mustangs as the Saturday starter.
ordinator Robyn Claborn, students spend a total of five hours with their intramural team over the course of the entire quarter. “There’s no scheduled practices, so you’re really only committing to playing one night a week at the same time each night,” Claborn said. “It’s a lot lower commitment with time than a club sport or collegiate sport.” That grind of a lifestyle called Division I athletics certainly wasn’t made for everyone. But students looking for something a little more competitive than intramural sports and a little less time consuming than Division I athletics should explore club sports. Business administration sophomore Austin Dodd has been playing soccer since age eight. For years, he competed and traveled all along the West Coast with Crossfire Premier, one of the elite soccer clubs in Washington state. Like Chamorro, Dodd wanted to be a Division I collegiate athlete. “DI soccer is an incredible level of play, and I would have loved a run at it,” Dodd said. “If I was recruited to play here, I would have done it in a heartbeat. I was only
really recruited to play in D2 and D3 schools.” The men’s club soccer team has four two-hour practices per week, with one or two games every weekend. Other than the increased time commitment, a major difference between club and intramural sports is the location of the games. While intramural sports are always confined to the Cal Poly Recreation Center, club teams travel around the West Coast to compete. “We have been lucky most of our games the past year were home games,” Dodd said. “Traveling isn’t a bad thing though; it’s cool for me, coming from out of state, to explore different parts of California that I have never been too.” Traveling also brings the players closer together, Dodd says, which has been one of his favorite parts of club soccer. “The best part about playing soccer has to be the people you meet,” Dodd said. “The people I met through the club are now some of my best friends at school; I’m living with two of them next year.” Intramural sports also provide opportunities to forge new relationships, Claborn says.
Particularly with free agent registration, where individual students sign up and are placed on a team with others, intramural athletes are put in a position to mingle with plenty of new faces. “It’s a great way to become more socially integrated into the campus community,” Claborn said. “It’s a great way
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to meet new people and feel more a part of the Cal Poly community by interacting with students who have a shared interest of sports.” Chamorro might not be the biggest or the fastest, but for one hour a week, the lights are on, the competition is stiff and a small-stakes game of flag football might as well
be the Super Bowl. “At the end of the day, I think it’s a really good program,” Chamorro said. “I definitely encourage anybody who played varsity sports in high school to continue the joy of what it’s like to be on a team, to work together and to still be able to play the sports that everybody loves.”
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THE ULTIMATE SPORTS BUCKET LIST
Faith Mimnaugh led her team to a Big West title and the NCAA tournament in 2013. Photo by Ian Billings ILLUSTRATION BY MEGAN HEDDINGER
Following men’s soccer victories over UC Santa Barbara, students have rushed the field for three consecutive years. Mustang Daily File Photo
From your vantage point at Krukow’s Klubhouse, you can watch the baseball team battle on spring afternoons. Photo by Ian Billings
Watch out. During basketball games, the band may find you and sing to you at halftime. Photo by Ian Billings
Musty appears at most athletic events and is always ready for a photo. Photo by Ian Billings
You will see the Manglers front and center at every soccer match. Mustang Daily File Photo
Compete for the most school spirit. Green and gold are required. Mustang Daily File Photo
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Fresno State outlasts Cal Poly, 41-25 STEPHAN TEODOSESCU
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Editor’s Note: The Cal Poly football team took on Football Bowl Subdivision foe Fresno State on Sept. 7. Check mustangdaily.net for a recap of the Mustangs’ most recent game at Colorado State. Facing its first Football Bowl Subdivision opponent since upsetting Wyoming last year, the Cal Poly football team had hopes of doing the same to Fresno State Saturday. But instead of pulling out an upset victory, the Mustangs suffered two losses — one on the scoreboard and another in the form of their starting quarterback Vince Moraga. With less than 6:30 to go in the third quarter, Moraga took a hit from Fresno State’s Dalen Jones on a quarterback keeper. Moraga stayed down after the play and was eventually helped off the field nursing his right knee — a likely torn ACL. If the diagnosis is confirmed, he will be out for the season. On the field, backup Chris Brown took over at quarterback and led Cal Poly on a solid second half performance, but the Mustangs couldn’t overcome a 34-0 halftime deficit as they dropped a 41-25 decision to Fresno State inside Bulldog Stadium. “We're not happy that it's 41-25, but I'm proud, I guess is the best word to say it, of how we played in the second half," head coach Tim Walsh said. "We could have folded up and got beat 68-0. At least we came out and fought the fight." By halftime, Fresno State
(2-0) turned the game into a rout outgaining the Mustangs 242 to 44 yards in total offense and held Cal Poly (1-1) to two first downs in comparison to 18 for the Bulldogs. But the second half was a different story for Cal Poly. After Fresno State scored its lone touchdown of that half with 10:52 left in the third quarter, a 5-yard pass from quarterback Derek Carr to wide receiver Davante Adams, Bulldogs head coach Tim DeRuyter inserted his second string players into the game. Brown then gave the Mustangs new life once Moraga went down, rushing for two touchdowns and throwing for another in a quarter and a half ’s worth of work. Fresno State was forced to put the first string back in as Cal Poly made a late-game run to render the final score line respectable in an otherwise dominant performance by the Bulldogs. "They had a really good game plan," junior slotback Kristaan Ivory said. "They were pinching in their defensive ends, letting their linebackers run free. It was just a real good game plan from Fresno. I give them all the credit." Cal Poly finished with 416 yards of offense — 372 coming in the second half — and held a team that scored 52 points against Rutgers the previous week to 370 yards. By the end of the night, the Mustangs also held the advantage in both rushing and passing yards gained. But in the beginning, the difference for Fresno State was its standout return man Isaiah Burse. He broke out for a 61-
yard punt return with 2:33 left in the opening quarter that gave the Bulldogs an early 10-0 lead. Burse quickly added to that just two plays into the second quarter when Carr, brother of former NFL No. 1 draft pick David Carr, found the senior receiver on a slant in the endzone to open a 17-0 advantage. The Bulldogs continued to assert their dominance as Burse added a second punt return for a touchdown with just 30 seconds left in the second quarter that extended Cal Poly’s deficit to 34 entering the locker room. They also pulled off a hook and ladder play before the break that saw offensive lineman Austin Wentworth score a touchdown. "That offense is legit," Walsh said of Fresno State's attack. "I'm not in any way, shape or form disappointed with how our defense played ... Overall, the punt returns are disheartening. Isaiah Burse is one of the best returners in the country too, so it's not like you're playing against some guy that's not gonna play in the NFL." Cal Poly started the second half on a high note as Ivory dashed for a 52-yard run up the left side on the first play from scrimmage. That set up senior kicker Bobby Zalud’s 41-yard field goal to get the Mustangs on the board. Cal Poly recovered a fumbled punt return at Fresno State’s 27-yard line that set the table for the Mustangs’ second score of the game — a 7-yard touchdown pass from Brown to junior wide receiver Willie Tucker — that cut the Bulldogs’ lead to 41-10 late in the
third quarter. Tucker later hauled in another big catch, this one a 50yard reception in the fourth quarter to set up a 22-yard touchdown run on a keeper by Brown. Brown added another score, a 1-yard run, but in the end it wasn't enough. "(Fresno State) brought a little bit of pressure, so I just tried to stay true to my reads, which led to the outcome of Willie Tucker getting a catch and a couple other completion plays," Brown said. Brown, the Mustangs’ thirdstring quarterback, completed 9 of 15 passes for 184 yards to go along with his touchdown through the air and gained 58 yards on the ground. Primary backup and sophomore transfer Dano Graves didn’t make the trip due to injury. "Chris came in and he made big plays," Ivory said. "He gives you big plays. He gives you speed to run and probably has one of the biggest arms on the team ... I don't know what Vince's status is, but if we have to go on with Chris, I have confidence in him or any other of our quarterbacks." Ivory broke out in the second half finishing with 97 yards on 20 carries as Cal Poly’s top rusher. Tucker had 126 yards on five receptions and a touchdown. Carr led the Bulldogs, going 22 for 31 with 205 yards passing and three touchdowns while Burse finished with 173 all-purpose yards including his two punt return touchdowns. Those were the first returns for touchdowns allowed by a Cal Poly team in the Tim Walsh era.
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Redshirt freshman running back Kori Garcia converted a 4th-and-3 in the third quarter and set up a touchdown pass to Willie Tucker one play later. The Mustangs still fell to Fresno State 41-25 in their second game of the season.
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Junior quarterback Vince Moraga completed 6 of 12 passes for 60 yards before injuring his knee in the third quarter against Fresno State. Sophomore backup Chris Brown took over to help the Mustangs rally to within 16 points of the Bulldogs on September 7.
BY THE CAL POLY
FRESNO STATE
POINTS:
25
41
FIRST DOWNS:
16
23
TOTAL YARDS:
416
370
PASSING YARDS:
244
208
RUSHING YARDS:
172
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FRESH FACES OF FALL ATHLETICS
JACOB LAUING
@JLauing
Nearly 5,000 freshmen will join Cal Poly’s student body
this fall. These newborn Mustangs arrive with an average GPA of 3.88 — the highest for any freshman class in Cal Poly history.
And among this herd, a few freshmen have managed to make a name for themselves already. Not just with their brains, but with their brawn.
Textbooks aside, the class of 2017 brings its fair share of talented young athletes. One of these rookies is Cam Akins, a wide receiver on the Cal Poly football team. A graduate of Cathedral High School in Los Angeles, Akins caught 53 passes for 803 yards and four touchdowns as a senior in 2012. He earned second-team All-Mission League honors and was named Cathedral’s Athlete of the Year. “We are excited about what he brings to us,” head football coach Tim Walsh said. “He’s been very impressive to watch the first couple practices because of his flat-out speed.” Akins utilized that speed off the football field as well. The true freshman ran track-andfield at Cathedral, hurdling his way to the CIF-Southern Section Division III finals in 2012 and placing third in the 2013 state meet. According to Walsh, Akins
is in the mix to start this season, depending on his performance throughout the remainder of the preseason. “We think he can contribute this year,” Walsh said. “We’re very excited about his future, but we’re also not taking very lightly his present.” That being said, Walsh still
and Area Championships and advanced to the Texas State Regional Semifinals as a senior. “She has potential to have an impact on our program this year,” head coach Sam Crosson said. “She’s separated herself amongst the players at the moment.” Gruenewald, who received an All-Texas Honorable Mention a year ago, has also dominated outside the gym. The middleblocker was TIM WALSH named Academic HEAD FOOTBALL COACH All-State in 2012 and is a member of acknowledges the impact the National Honor Society, Akins will have on the future as well as Mu Alpha Theta, the of Cal Poly football. math honor society. “He’s got a chance to be a “She has all of the personal dominant player and domi- intangibles that coaches love,” nate for a lot of years,” he said. Crosson said. “She’s a tireless As with Akins, the future worker which is certainly part looks bright for freshman Tay- of the culture we want to have lor Gruenewald of the Cal Poly here at Cal Poly. She’s certainly women’s volleyball program. someone that is the type of A four-year letter-winner at player that is going to make Carroll High School, Grue- her teammates better.” newald led her team to a 47-4 see FACES pg. 6 record, captured the District
He’s got a chance to be a dominant player and dominate for a lot of years.
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True freshman Cam Akins caught one pass for 17 yards in Cal Poly football’s season opener against San Diego. He had three catches for 30 yards in the next game against Fresno State.