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California State Polytechnic University, Pomona Vol. LXV No. 18 Tuesday, February 23, 2010 www.thepolypost.com

What some see as progress, others see as the unravelling of classic icons

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of the landslideRead about the live webcast hosted

by students and a state senator

Cal Poly’s Urban and Regional Planning Depart-ment recently underwent a process to re-earn accredita-tion, which last took place in 2002.

Urban and Regional Planning, which is within the College of Environ-mental Design, came under review from the National Committee of the Planning Accreditation Board to de-termine the viability of aca-demics being taught and de-termine if it deserved to be re-accredited.

The Urban and Re-gional Planning Department is one of Cal Poly’s hand-picked programs that are nationally accredited. The degree program is currently ranked within the top 25 in the United States.

From Feb. 8 to 10, the accreditation board was on campus conducting inter-views with students, faculty, alumni and administration

Financial Aid Offi ce faces new demands

As a response to an an-nounced 2.9 percent credit card transaction fee, Associ-ated Students Inc. President Richard Liu and Students For Quality Education member Shelley Bruce, along with a coalition of concerned Cal Poly students, organized a campaign against the fee.

Some members of Liu’s cabinet stand in opposition to the campaign, essentially po-larizing student government.

The new policy will ban all debit card transactions, all Visa credit card transac-tions, as well as impose a 2.9 percent charge on all Master Card, American Express and Discover card payments be-ginning Spring quarter.

The student group, dubbed “United For Change,” demands an increase in stu-dent representation and for administration to inform stu-

dents in decision making pro-cesses, the elimination of the credit card transaction fee and timely notifi cation to students on fee increases and other is-sues.

Since the announcement of the fee through a campus wide e-mail on Feb. 4, group members have been meeting in secret to discuss planned actions against the decision.

The campaign, which is being spearheaded by Liu and Bruce, will attempt to unite students in action in order to demonstrate to the university that students’ interests should be considered while making policies.

Group members include: Liu; Bruce; Ruben Vazquez, a member of SQE; ASI Vice President Chris Chen; ASI Attorney General Heena Mehra; Alicia Martin, secre-tary for the Educational Inter-est Council; Johnathan Jianu,

Clockwise from upper left: Richard Liu, ASI president; Shelley Bruce, member of SQE and member of African American Student Center; Ruben Vazquez, member of SQE; Stephanie Wong, directory of fundraising for the Science Council and vice president of the McNair Scholar Club; Will Pfeffer, ASI senator at large and member of Campus Crusade for Christ; Johnathan Jianu, ASI senator at large and member of the Rose Float Committee.

Frustration unites diverse student groups

The Financial Aid offi ce is prepared for more students to arrive with the hopes of fi nding educational aid due to sweeping changes from the Credit CARD Act that

took effect Monday. The Credit CARD Act

of 2009 changed credit avail-ability, especially for people younger than 21, but also took steps to protect con-sumers from over paying for credit, including the compa-nies that offer student loans

and student credit cards.In response to a new

credit system coming from the Credit Card Account-ability Responsibility and Disclosure Act, there may be more fi nancial aid available than students think.

“The biggest thing is

applying before the deadline is up,” said Gloria Concha, a counselor at the Financial Aid Offi ce. “March 2 is the deadline for the FAFSA. This can qualify a student for grants and if the stu-dent doesn’t get the grants available, we can still get a

student into a low interest Stafford loan that doesn’t need to be paid until they are out of school.”

The Financial Aid Of-fi ce offers counseling and resources for students to re-

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Children got to spend some

time in a winter wonderland

DIRT ALERTLast week’s landslide may have caused

headaches for commuters, but it could provide educational opportunities

for Cal Poly geology studentsSee Pg. 4

Justin Velasco/Poly PostA member of a local television news crew films the landslide that collapsed last Thursday, blocking an access road leading from the westbound 10 freeway to the north 57 freeway.

Urban and Regional Planning undergoes evaluation

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Belly dancing hits the BSC

Students are invited to attend “Gothla US: The Evoking,” the third annual gothic belly-dancing festi-val from March 5 to 7 in the Bronco Student Center.

The “Dances from the Underworld” themed event includes dancing work-shops, performances, fash-ion shows, discussions, vendors and live music.

A gala show featur-ing instructors and special guests are also scheduled throughout the weekend.

Admission is $10 to $20, depending on the day and activity. Discount tick-ets are available online.

The federal government has granted the Aerospace Engineering Department $1.2 million for funding re-search projects and equip-ment.

The funding, which will be granted over the next six years, will jump start work on supersonic and subsonic wind tunnels, which simu-late airfl ow for aerodynamic testing.

The wind tunnels are also available for companies in the aerospace industry and other universities for re-search as well as for tours to students to promote science, technology, engineering and mathematics education.

In addition, other de-partments have benefi ted from the improved labs and equipment the donation al-lowed, those departments including the chemical & materials engineering and mechanical engineering.

The Cal State system strikes back against more than $1 billion in budget cuts from the state with “Mobi-lization for Education,” a state-wide event aimed at protesting a lack of fund-ing, planned for Thursday, March 4.

“Public education is under attack and we’ve had enough,” said California Faculty Association Presi-dent Lillian Taiz.

Cal Poly’s “No Pro-gram Eliminations: Keep the Doors Open” bus send-off rally will take place at Per-shing Square in Los Angeles from 1:30 to 2:30 p.m.

From students to CFA members, all those affected in the Cal State’s 23 cam-puses are invited to partici-pate.

Contact Ruben at (562) 659-5229 or Jackie Teepen at (562) 715-9475 for details.

Jeffrey Brown, a faculty member of the Collins Col-lege of Hospitality Manage-ment was recently recognized for his work in preparing students for the food service industry.

He was awarded the 2010 American Culinary Federation Inc. Western Re-gion Chef Educator of the Year Award during the orga-nization’s Western Regional Conference in Albuquerque, according to a statement from the organization.

6th Songwriter Showcase concert to rock campus

Cal Poly’s biannual 6th Songwriter Showcase will take place Thursday at 8 p.m in the Music Recital Hall.

As a Music Department fundraiser, the show will feature Cal Poly students and alumni performing original songs in a variety of genres. Tickets are $15 for general admission or $10 with a Cal Poly ID. All proceeds will benefi t scholar-ships toward the Music Industry Studies program.

Comprising more than half of the Music Department, MIS students study music business, history and performance, among other areas. Visit the Music Publicity Offi ce or

http://csupomona.tix.com to purchase tickets.

Cal Poly’s annual ro-deo will be held at the Norco Arena on Friday, April 9 and Saturday, April 10.

Established in 1994, the student-run Rodeo Club par-ticipates in the National Inter-collegiate Rodeo Association.

Members travel through-out California and Nevada to compete in various rodeo events. The group organized a calf-roping event at Cal Poly’s pumpkin festival last fall.

Interested students may attend a rodeo club meeting during U-hour at the Cow-boy Corner, held every other Thursday behind the Agricul-ture building.

Rodeo returns to Cal Poly

Aerospace gets$1.2 million

Mobilizing for education

Collins faculty member awarded

NEWS IN BRIEF

Brown, who is now run-ning for the national title, has worked in the food service industry for more than 35 years.

FIRE CALLFEB. 13, 3:04 p.m.Kellogg Drive. Women driving car that seems to be smoking. Might catch on fi re.Disposition: Return to normal duty.

HARASSMENTFEB. 10, 9:11 p.m.Cypress Lane. Student using threatening words. Told subject to watch his back around campus.Disposition: Assisted.

DISTURBING THE PEACEFEB. 13, 3:22 a.m.Aliso Hall. Advisor asked resident to go to his room. Resident is making noise and tearing posters down.Disposition: Advised/ Complied.ASSIST OTHER AGENCYFEB. 12, 1:10 p.m.Kellogg Drive. Male hitting female. Originally occurred off campus.Disposition: Report taken.

COMMITMENT TO MENTAL HEALTHFEB. 17, 11:12 a.m.Temple Avenue. Mother concerned for depressed son. He threatened to beat up his instructor.Disposition: Assisted.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCEFEB. 14, 11:18 p.m.University Drive. Subject fell off skateboard and hit his head.Disposition: Report taken.

MISSING JUVENILEFEB. 11, 5:56 p.m.College of Engineering. Unattended child seen running around out front.Disposition: Unable to locate.

PERSON STUCK IN AN ELEVATOR FEB. 16, 10:55 p.m.Parking Structure. Five people stuck. Elevator started moving then stopped.Disposition: Assisted.ILLEGAL SOLICITINGFEB. 16, 4:50 p.m.University Union. Male fl irted then harrassed female when she refused to buy magazines.Disposition: Unable to locate.

PEDESTRIAN TRAFFIC STOPFEB. 14, 11:02 p.m.South Campus Drive. Subject walking toward the 57 freeway overpass. Disposition: Report taken.

KEEP THE PEACEFEB. 13, 11:20 p.m.University Village. Advisor entered a party with strong odor of marijuana. Party goers were evacuated.Disposition: Return to normal duty.

MEDICAL ASSISTANCEFEB. 10, 10:00 p.m.Alamitos Hall. Student has shingles and is in pain. Requesting hospital transportation.Disposition: Assisted.

to determine the viability of the program. The last time the department was re-ac-credited, the university was given a 7-year extension, which is the longest time al-lowed by law.

The department has been accredited ever since the Planning Accreditation Board was fi rst formed in the late 1960s.

With recent budget cuts occurring within the CSU system, concerns arose over whether the program would become re-accredited.

“It was a little nerve-wracking when all the board members came around inter-viewing everyone,” said Ru-ben Alvardo, a fourth-year urban planning student.

“Overall, I feel confi -dent that the re-accreditation process will go smoothly. There are some exceptional students and minds at work here.”

Graduating from an accredited degree-granting university is an essential part of obtaining a job, post graduation.

“Most employers won’t

even hire students who don’t have a degree from an ac-credited university,” said Vincent Acuna, a fourth-year urban planning student.

“The job descriptions clearly indicate that they are only looking for students from accredited programs. That is why being re-ac-credited is such a crucial aspect for our department to have.”

Jerry Mitchell, chair of the Urban and Regional Plan-ning Department, mirrored the views of his students.

“I have no doubt in my mind that our depart-ment will be re-accredited,” Mitchell said. “We are well known for producing some of the most gifted urban and regional planners in the country.”

Mitchell also addressed the fi nancial crisis plaguing the CSU system.

“The certifi cation pro-cess is not affected by the budget cuts at all; our stu-dents and professors are still working just as hard as they did in previous years,” he said.

The undergraduate pro-gram in the Department of Urban and Regional Plan-ning aims to develop versa-tile planners with a creative problem-solving orienta-tion.

Students learn about the environmental, social, and economic processes af-fecting the city and region. Extensive fi eldwork allows students to apply knowledge obtained from the classroom to real life experiences.

In the past, students were given the chance to study abroad in China over the summer, but the program was abruptly terminated for 2010 due to budget cuts.

Despite this fact, stu-dents remain satisfi ed about the quality of their depart-ment.

“I am very happy with the quality of education the department has been able to offer, even with the tough fi nancial times we are currently facing,” said Jimmy Ly, president of the American Planning Student Association. “The faculty has been more than accom-

modating and is constantly looking out for the interest of the students above all else. They are skillful edu-cators and I can honestly say that I am grateful for the hard work and dedica-tion they have put into the program.”

The Department of Urban and Regional Plan-ning seeks students whose personalities and character traits are well matched to the requirements of the pro-fession.

Intellectual curiosity and awareness of social, political, and environmental issues are important to planners.

Planning requires lead-ership, teamwork, and other interpersonal skills, includ-ing the ability to commu-nicate in graphic as well as written and verbal form.

Since planners often are required to be general-ists, the department actively seeks out students who are essentially a jack-of-all-trades.

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Billy Bronco participates in the Associated Manufacturing Societies’ “Get an Engineer Wet” last Thursday during Engineers Week.

A few weeks ago, as I was on my way to school, a car accident took place right in front of me.

I was on the onramp connecting the 210 free-way with the southbound California 57, when a small black car spun out and hit the guardrail of the ramp about 100 feet in front of me.

After I realized the ac-cident only involved that one car and that two other witnesses had pulled over to call for an ambulance, I con-tinued to drive to school.

I was not expecting to start this day off with refl ec-tion and deep thought, but the day’s events had other plans for my personal aware-ness.

As I continued to make my way to the Poly Post newsroom I was in shock. Not only did I drive at a speed that was well below the 65 mph limit, I also found myself bombarded with thoughts of the stranger, whose life could have been lost or drastically altered.

I continued to think about what might have hap-pened if that had been my car.

I thought about my life and the amount of time I spend doing the things that are not most important in my life. I asked myself why I was spending all my time

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AMANDA NEWFIELDEditor in Chief

Rethink what’s important to you

Vancouver named ‘most livable city’

More than 300 students gathered last week in the Bronco Student Center to celebrate Ash Wednesday.

The Newman Club fa-cilitated the observance and invited Bishop Gabino Za-vala to be a special guest speaker.

It was an occasion marked by songs and prayer and the blessings of the bish-op upon the congregation.

The Mass ended with the distribution of the Eu-charist, small communion wafers symbolizing the body of Jesus, and the spreading of ashes upon the students’ foreheads.

Ash Wednesday is dif-ferent from other Masses in that it celebrates the coming of Lent, the 40 days before Easter.

The religious obser-vance originated in Rome as the day Roman Catholics were admitted to penance and covered in ashes. This was done to keep them sepa-rated from the community. By now, this practice has been abandoned in favor of a spiritual gathering of Catho-lics.

This mass draws a far greater crowd than the usual weekly Masses held on cam-

pus, managing to consistent-ly draw 300 or more students over the past few years.

“There has always been a good crowd on Ash Wednesday,” remarked the bishop, who has attended the Cal Poly Mass for several years.

The bishop’s messages focused on remembering God and the place of reli-gion among today’s hectic world and the bombardment of technology.

He referenced the prev-alence of cell phones and texting as a means of com-munication, while compar-ing it to what he felt was a lack of prayer in peoples’ daily lives.

“Our lives are so busy and we often forget to give God a chance to be a part of it,” said the bishop. “Today is a day to start fresh.”

Amanda Sahagun, Newman Club president, ex-plained that the ashes come from palm leaves, which are gathered on Palm Sunday and given out to members of the congregation. Those not given out are burnt and collected for the next year’s Ash Wednesday.

“The ashes serve as a symbol for the cycle of death and rebirth, intending to bring a sense of humility to the members of the con-gregation,” Sahagun said.

For members of some

churches, washing the ashes symbolizes the cleansing of sins, while others keep them on. They are meant to draw attention with the hope of spreading interest in Cathol-icism.

Many of those in atten-dance had good expectations for Ash Wednesday’s Mass and hoped to attract more students to future masses.

However, some students did not share the same high expectations.

“It’s mass,” said Vic-toria Twyman, a fi rst-year computer information sys-tems student.

In spite of the presen-tation of the event, she was impressed by the attendance compared to other weekly masses.

Newman Club members worked hard to publicize Ash Wednesday by creat-ing fl yers and spreading the word to students during U-hour. Their efforts paid off for students who attended.

“I enjoyed the feeling of unity with so many students, as well as the sermon itself,” said Stephanie Lopez, a sec-ond-year liberal arts student, who attended the event for the second time.

The Newman Club has worked hard to not only spread interest about Cathol-icism to students, but also to bring together a community to learn and build leadership skills.

“I hate to call it a club, it’s really a ministry for stu-dents,” said Sahagun.

The Newman Club will host a dramatic presenta-tion of the forensics of the Shroud of Turin on Tuesday, March 30 at 7 p.m. for stu-

dents who are interested. For more information

about the Newman club, visit www.csupomona.edu/~newman.

Ash Wednesday draws hundreds to BSC

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Bishop Gabino Zavala, imposes ashes on the forehead of a student at the Ash Wednesday service last week.

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While Vancouver hosts the 2010 Winter Olympics in search of the world’s best athletes, the city earned a gold medal of its own by receiving the title of “most livable city,” ac-cording to a recent study.

Gwen Urey, an urban and region-al planning professor at Cal Poly, said Vancouver’s sustainable and bicycle-friendly environment helped secure its top spot as a functional society.

“Cities without auto-dependency are the absolute best,” said Urey. “It’s great to not rely on a car.”

The Economist Intelligence Unit’s annual “livability survey” ranked the coastal Canadian city as No. 1 in the world for the fourth-straight year. Vancouver scored a 98 percent based on fi ve criteria: infra-structure, education, health care, sta-bility and culture.

Not one U.S. city broke the list’s top ten, which was dominated by Ca-nadian and Australian cities. Pittsburg ranked 29th as the most livable city in the United States, while Los Angeles ranked 47th out of the 140 cities in-cluded in the study.

Zimbabwe’s capital, Harare, scored a 37.5 percent as the list’s worst city.

Urey said with Los Angeles and its surrounding suburbs’ having a heavy reliance on cars, their quality of life is diminished. Vancouver has multiple inter-city rail systems, fer-ries and a city-wide bicycle network.

“Most U.S. cities are too auto-dependent,” said Urey. “They can’t even compete.”

Serving as British Columbia’s cultural hub, Vancouver benefi ts from

its mild climate, safe environment, high-rise residential housing and mixed-use retail development centers.

Victor Lara, a fi fth-year architec-ture student, said his hometown of East Los Angeles’ safety issues could be cured by implementing more mixed-use developments.

“It needs constant surveillance to become safer,” said Lara. “With mixed-use homes, people live at their businesses and care more about the space.”

Lara said he was not surprised that Vienna, Austria and Melbourne, Australia were ranked second and third most livable cities while Pomona was absent.

“They’re dense and have a sense

of community,” said Lara. “We super-size everything.”

Vancouver is the third most densely populated city in North Amer-ica with 13,818 people per mile, com-pared to Pomona’s sparse 6,544 people per mile.

As a local Pomona resident who served as its planning commissioner for nine years, Urey said Pomona can-not yet compete with top ranked cities because of its urban sprawl.

“It’s fairly livable but not [in] the same ballpark,” said Urey. “You have to get around with a car.”

Kyle Neal, a fourth-year music industry studies student, traveled to Vancouver two years ago and enjoyed its clean environment.

“It was incredible,” said Neal. “It was strange to see no trash any-where.”

Raised in Bakersfi eld, Neal said his central California hometown is vastly different than Vancouver.

“It’s like comparing McDon-ald’s to fi let mignon,” said Neal.

Marvi Mazo, a fi fth-year archi-tecture student, said Pomona needs to make drastic changes to increase livability and compete with more functional societies.

“It has so much potential,” said Mazo. “The city doesn’t seem to be well thought out.”

Damien Corona, a third-year urban and regional planning student, echoed Mazo’s point of view.

“Pomona is deteriorating and its antique row doesn’t attract people,” said Corona. “They need to develop more shopping and attractions.”

Despite Cal Poly ending opera-tions at its Downtown Center due to lack of funds last November, the downtown area continues to strive toward representing the heart of Pomona.

With popular concert venue the Glasshouse, a monthly art walk, new restaurants and the reopening of the Fox Theater, Pomona’s downtown has sparked life into the city in re-cent years.

Urey remains hopeful that stu-dents will help Pomona fl ourish in the future.

“Fifteen years ago the down-town area was dead but now it’s hop-ping,” said Urey. “Young people are improving Pomona’s livability.”

AARON JOHNSONCorrespondent

ANGELICA OSUNACorrespondent

ANNETTE VITKIEVICZStaff Writer

Illustration by Roland Tran*Perth and Adelaide, both in Australia, tied for the eighth place.

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ceive funding for education. It has staff in the offi ce daily with the intention of educat-ing and assisting students with receiving fi nancial aid.

The offi ce also provides access to a scholarship da-tabase and a wealth of in-formation for searching for scholarships.

“We want to provide as much help as possible for students,” said Concha. “We are here to point students in the right direction, but stu-dents still need to do the leg work.”

The main grants that are

available for qualifi ed stu-dents include: the Cal Grant, the Pell Grant, and the State University Grant. All of these grants are applied for and qualifi ed from the FAS-FA application.

“With all there is avail-able, you never know,” said Concha. “Everyone should apply for as much as they can.”

The general scholarship form on the Financial Aid Offi ce’s website requires a minimum 3.0 GPA and full time standing at Cal Poly, and it is open to all interest-

ed majors and years.Lately, more students

are fi nding success in their search for fi nancial aid.

“I have been waiting on my aid since the fi rst quarter of the year,“ said Isa Silva, a fi rst-year art student. “We are fi nally hearing back from everything this next week. It has been hard with the holds and everything, but I am fi -nally getting my Cal Grant, which is a relief.”

Other students have found success in fi nding fi -nancial aid as well.

“It can get so frustrat-

ing sometimes,” said Haley Karger, a third-year market-ing student. “But lately a lot more aid has popped up. Big companies like Bank of America and Carl’s Junior are sponsoring students. Even if the money they give is small, it all helps.”

Karger also said she has had a diffi cult time fi nding aid, but has been encouraged to keep looking by the Fi-nancial Aid Offi ce.

“They are really friend-ly and helpful,” said Karger, “All you have to do is go in there and they will help

check over your FASFA and point you in the right direc-tion in the library. The offi ce is great for students.”

The Financial Aid Of-fi ce is located on the third fl oor of the Classroom Labo-ratory Activity (CLA) build-ing, and their offi ce hours are Monday through Thurs-day 8 a.m. to 6 p.m. and Friday 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. with the exception of mandatory state furloughs, those dates are listed on the department homepage.

“The main thing is not to be afraid to apply. You never

know. Even the low interest loans are a great tool for stu-dents,” said Concha. “And go looking for scholarships, they are out there.”

In addition to the state aid provided, students are encouraged now more than ever to apply for various scholarships available. Links to current scholarships are available on the Financial Aid Offi ce’s Web site at: http://www.dsa.csupomona.edu/fi nancial_aid/default.asp.

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Landslide shows complex geology of region

Last Thursday’s land-slide may have resulted in a traffi c nightmare for com-mute-weary locals, but for a Cal Poly geology professor, it represents an educational gold mine.

“Certainly we’ll be talking about it in our class-rooms,” said Jon Nourse, chair of the Geology De-partment. “You’re talking about a natural laboratory … and it’s right here in our backyard at Cal Poly.”

Caltrans worked ear-nestly over the weekend to clear the slide, which sent approximately 2,500 cu-bic yards of earth tumbling onto a transition road that leads from the westbound 10 freeway to the north 57 freeway, even as weekend rains threatened to hamper progress.

Originally, Caltrans offi cials said the cleanup might take as long as a week, but later reports said the roadway could be open by Monday.

Considerable progress had been made by Sunday afternoon, with much of the dirt having been trucked away.

A large plastic sheet was placed over the steep

cliff at the top of the slide to protect it against rainfall.

Nourse said the cliff represented the most un-stable part of the hillside because it had not yet col-lapsed and it would have to be graded to be rendered safe.

He expressed excite-ment over nearly every as-pect of the slide, from the fact that it took approxi-mately 50 years for the hill to collapse after it was cut for the freeway, to the speed at which Caltrans worked to clean it up.

“I’m surprised they didn’t take dynamite to [the slide],” he said. “It was amazing that they actually had their trucks up there [cleaning up].”

To some, it seemed strange that a landslide would occur during what had been unseasonably warm winter weather, but Nourse said there is often a delay between a rainy weather and when a land-slide occurs.

“It’s not unusual for this to happen a week or two or even a month after a

rain,” Nourse said, adding that the delay is representa-tive of the time it takes for the rainwater to percolate through the ground.

Nourse said the water works to facilitate a land-slide in three ways: by in-creasing the weight of the earth; by creating a pressure that expands the space be-tween soil particles; and by lubricating the soil, espe-cially when clay is present.

Those effects combined with a relatively steep slope and earth that was labeled as unstable as early as the 1950s to create what Nourse called a “textbook example” of a rotational slide.

“It’s dramatic how close [USGS diagrams look] to what you see out there to-day,” he said.

Nourse, who was on the scene on the day of the slide, said he will work to fi nd an arrangement for taking his students out to the site.

“I’d really like to be able to get out there and look closely,” he said. “It would be especially good … to be able to take the students out there and show them ‘here’s a real event that happened and the mechanisms that caused it.’”

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Caltrans employees clear the road of dirt and debris and stabilize the hillside last Friday.

DIAGRAM OF A ROTATIONAL SLIDE

Illustration by Jonathan Nourse, professor of geology, California State Polytechnic University

Jon Nourse, the chair of the Geology Department at Cal Poly, said last week’s slide, which occurred on a hillside above the 10/57/71 interchange and blocked a transition road, was a textbook example of a rotational slide. Nourse said landslides often occur weeks after rainy weather because of the time it takes for rainwater to percolate through the soil.

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Students in the College of Business Administration and the College of Engi-neering have come together to create a product called Bronco Paint, which will be available for sale beginning this Wednesday in front of the Bronco Student Center.

The product will include fi ve 5-ounce paint containers with red, blue, yellow, black, and white paint.

With a limited budget, the class developed Bronco Paint as a learning experience and to gain a profi t to pass down to the same class in the future.

“The class runs on a bud-get of $2,000 and whatever profi t is made will be passed on to next year’s class,” said Karin Lacroix, a fourth-year marketing and international business student. “The sup-plies needed to make the paint were donated to our class by the paint lab.”

In addition to the Col-lege of Business Adminis-tration and the College of Engineering, the College of Science has also taken part in

the project.“This project is also in

collaboration with the paints and coatings lab in the Col-lege of Science, headed by Mr. Bud Jenkins,” said Winny Dong, a professor of Chemi-cal and Materials Engineer-ing. “All the paint is made in the Paints and Coatings Lab.”

Although the product will begin being sold this week, the project has been an ongoing process since last year.

The students developed four different products during the fall quarter of 2009 and voted to pick one of the four projects for commercializa-tion during the winter quarter of 2010. Paint was the prod-uct chosen, said Dong.

Creating Bronco Paint was not only a learning ex-perience for Lacroix, but also satisfying to create an excep-tional product that had selling potential.

“The paint is a tempera paint with antibacterial quali-ties, and is also washable,” said Lacroix. “Students at Cal Poly will be able to purchase the paint for a minimum do-nation of $12.”

Bronco Paint not only targets students, but also tar-gets children because of its multi-functional qualities.

“The target audience is really Cal Poly students, staff, and faculty,” said Lac-roix. “However, this is a great product for kids and adults alike, and is a paint that you would use to paint crafts with. You can also use this paint for creating artistic pieces.”

Lacroix added that al-though the students were in-terested in selling the paint to the Children’s Center, the cen-ter doesn’t allow the ordering of products until spring. This made it diffi cult to sell the paint to the children’s parents this quarter.

In this two-unit class, students from different ma-jors were able to collaborate and use their many different skills to design Bronco Paint from start to fi nish.

“I loved doing the re-search and development stage of the class, which was a very interesting challenge to over-come,” said Lacroix. “It is a lot of work, but it is reward-ing to see a product come full circle and go from research and development to produc-

tion and sales.”Lacroix added that the

relationships she formed with other students were also posi-tive reasons why the class was a success.

“This quarter the entire class has been able to come to-gether as a team and we have

really gotten to know each other,” said Lacroix. “I have made several new friends and enjoy all the time I spend do-ing production.”

There is a bright future for Bronco Paint if it is proven to be popular and successful among students and faculty at

Cal Poly.“If the paint is success-

ful, there may be a possibility of seeing it brought to market continually through the paint lab,” said Lacroix.

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AMANDA: Live a balanced life; value what’s most importantcontinued from page 3working for a potential ca-reer and why I have been too busy to walk my dog, which I love.

I counted up the amount of time I have spent with my family members in the last week. I also questioned why I have not made time for my friends.

This incident made me realize I was not investing my time in the things I value most.

Do you ever feel like your surrounded by “ac-quaintances” and all you want is your best friend by your side?

I realized I needed to

make time for and fi ght for the relationships I have. I also realized my prepara-tion for the future should not come before my living in the present.

Don’t get me wrong; I love my job. The time I spend working on this paper is rewarding and I would not

trade this for anything, but this incident forced me to think about the order of my priorities.

With the exception of a few unmotivated students, most of us who attend this university work very hard to be successful at everything we do.

I am not suggesting we neglect our responsibili-

ties and ambitions; instead I would like to challenge you to fi nd balance.

Discover what means most to you and make sure you make time for it in your busy life.

Set goals, long and short term and hold yourself to them.

Years may go by and most of us will receive de-

grees and a few will obtain coveted careers. But make sure you do not lose sight of what you hold dear to your heart.

What good is a dream job without the important people around you to experi-ence it with?

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Josh Tatum/Poly PostA number of engineering and business students work together to finish pouring black paint in the bottles so they can be sold in the upcoming weeks.

Student-created product brings color to Cal Poly

The Collins College of Hospitality Management and Cal Poly Career Cen-ter hosted the 17th annual Hospitality Career Expo last Thursday at The Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch.

More than 30 vendors attended the event looking to hire for management and other positions in the hos-pitality industry. Attendees packed the restaurant in hopes of making connec-tions with the restaurants and hotels in attendance. Job seekers exchanged re-sumes and business cards with potential employers.

The Hospitality Man-agement Council sold per-sonalized business cards to

students in the weeks prior to the expo. Students could hand out professional Cal Poly cards to employers, along with their resumes.

The Collins College has also recently held events to help students prepare for the expo. A Resumaniac event was held at the beginning of the month in the Career Center, so students could have their resumes critiqued by employers. The college also put together a CD of student’s resumes to be pre-sented to employers as well.

Veronica Moy, Career Center events coordinator, said the turnout was great this year. She also said the number of vendors increased slightly, from 36 last year, to 37 at this year’s expo.

Some of the compa-

nies that attended the event include: The Cheesecake Factory, BJ’s Restaurant, Marriot Hotels, Marie Cal-endars, Panda Express and Sprinkles Cupcakes.

Christina Wada, a fi rst- year undeclared student, de-cided to go to the career fair to see what the hospitality industry has to offer.

“I was pretty scared at fi rst,” said Wada, “but once you start talking to them you feel more comfortable.”

The hospitality industry has stayed relatively stable during the tough economy. According to the U.S. De-partment of Labor Statis-tics, hospitality had 12,969 employees during January 2010. This is only slightly lower than October 2009, when there were 13,045 em-

ployees working in the hos-pitality industry.

The hardest hit has been the Hawaiian hotel industry. According to Ho-nolulu news station KITV, statewide revenue from the hotels dropped $741 million in 2009. Many hotels were forced to slash prices as a result of the decline. The article also said that econo-mists expect the tourism industry to pick up again in 2011.

Priscilla Ontiveros, a fourth-year hospitality man-agement student, said that the declining economy has not had much of an effect on the hospitality industry.

“Even though the econ-omy is not that good, there’s always a demand for food and people will always be

going out or getting food or staying somewhere,” said Ontiveros.

Ontiveros also said she was happy the Hospitality Expo had management jobs to offer.

“A lot of times it’s really hard to fi nd management po-sitions,” said Ontiveros, “a lot of the companies that are here are offering manage-ment positions in the fi eld that we’re looking for.”

Emily Massimi, super-visor of recruitment at the Culinary Institute of Amer-ica at Greystone, also said the economy has not affect-ed the hospitality industry because it serves a universal need of consumers.

“I think that even with the economy people still are looking for great service,

and great food, so I think that the demand is still out there,” said Massimi.

Information sessions from the Marriot and Dis-ney College program will be held at the end of the month for potential job seekers to learn more about the com-panies.

The Marriot informa-tional session will be held today from 5 p.m. until 6:30 p.m., in the Hilton Class-room at the Collins College.

The Disney College Program will hold their informational session on Thursday from 5:30 p.m. until 7 p.m. in the Hilton Classroom.

Toyota’s recall of 3.8 million cars has surprisingly few Cal Poly students ques-tioning the safety of their vehicles.

“I still feel safe in my Corolla,” said Joanna Hang, a fi rst-year student. “I still trust Toyota.”

The student population affected by this recall is sig-nifi cant, as an informal sur-vey found every sixth car in the parking structure to be a Toyota product. Despite the large number of students af-fected, most seem to be tak-ing the news in stride.

“I defi nitely still feel safe in my Corolla,” said Aina Abad, a fi rst-year com-munication student. “I’ve been driving it since I got my license and its never failed me. I don’t see why this re-call should change anything for me.”

Not only are current Toyota owners still confi dent in the brand, so are prospec-tive student buyers.

“I would still buy a Toyota in the future given their record for reliability up until now, I still see them as a fairly reputable company,”

said Trevor Riordan, a third-year engineering student. “It’s a big loss for the com-pany right now but I can’t see it hurting them in the long run.”

Cal Poly International Business and Marketing Chair James Swartz was able to explain this phenomenon of unworried student Toyota drivers.

“There is an ascend-ing/descending glide path of confi dence to age,” said Swartz. “Older people tend to be more cautious, while younger individuals tend to engage in more risky busi-ness decisions.”

Students, as part of a younger generation of af-fected buyers, will be more likely to consider Toyota a viable auto manufacturer.

“Inevitably there will be some individuals who never buy Toyota again regardless of their age,” said Swartz.

Alex Martinez, a third-year political science student, is one of those individuals.

“I would never buy one now,” he said. “There is a false stigma people have about Toyota’s quality. It’s the not the same as it used to be. This proves it.”

Avery Snyder, a third-

year mechanical engineering student, believes the recall stems from inadequate prod-uct development on Toyota’s part.

“The fault is entirely on Toyota, they obviously did not have adequate testing procedures,” said Snyder. “If they had, this problem could have been prevented.”

Concerns of faulty gas pedals and fl oor mats, both of which may potentially cause uncontrollable accel-eration, were the motivation for the recall. Toyota has been mandated by the gov-ernment to halt production of its affected models until all problems have been com-pletely fi xed. This fact was omitted from Toyota’s initial press release.

Toyota’s solution to re-pair the defective gas pedals is a small metal shim placed behind the pedal assembly.

Paul Niedermeyer, an author for the automotive Web site “The Truth About Cars,” has doubts as to the effectiveness and longevity of this seemingly rushed fi x all.

“I believe that all fl awed pedals should be replaced with superior units, this quick fi x is a band aid at best,” said

Niedermeyer. The recall action is

proving incredibly costly for Toyota. The company ex-pects the recall to cost a hefty sum of $2 Billion. Currently Toyota is losing funds at the rate of $155 million per week due to lost sales.

Toyota’s next plan of action is to recall around one hundred thousand Prius Hy-brids due to an antilock brake issue. This recall is substan-tially smaller and seems to have little effect on the Cal Poly student populous.

Jonathan Drayer, a third year business student, is quite possibly the least affected.

“Before the recall, I

wouldn’t be caught dead in a Prius metaphorically, now I won’t be caught dead in one literally.”

The following vehicles may be involved with the gas pedal and or fl oor mat recall:

2005-10 Avalo• n 2010 Priu• s 2007-10 Camr• y 2009-10 RAV• 4 2009-10 Coroll• a 2008-10 Sequoi• a 2008-10 Highlande• r 2005-10 Tacom• a 2009-10 Matri• x 2007-10 Tundr• a 2004-09 Priu• s 2009-10 VENZ• A

If a vehicle is involved in one or both recalls, the owner should be promptly receiving a letter in the mail from Toyota concern-ing when and where to have the problem fi xed.

More information and a continually updated list of affl icted vehicles are available at:

www.toyota.com/recall

The Toyota customer experience center is also open to questions and con-cerns at 1-800-331-4331.

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Banquet celebrates 2009-10 Cal Poly Rose Float

Massive Toyota recall worries few students

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The Rose Float Club celebrated its 2010 banquet last Saturday in the Kellogg West Conference Center to commemorate the success of “Jungle Cuts,” the club’s most recent fl oat.

Although the evening was dedicated to the Rose Float Club specifi cally, all students, faculty, parents, and fi nancial donors were welcome to attend the eve-ning’s festivities.

Andrew Phan, a sec-ond-year landscape archi-tecture student, said it was a typical banquet, including a slideshow of the events and fl oats from past parades, and speeches from club offi cers.

“President Michael Or-tiz came too and gave a wel-coming speech for the ban-quet,” Phan said.

Specifi c members in charge of putting the event together included e-board advisors Auj Mohammadi and Breanna Vargas, who partnered with Club Advisor Britt Sumida.

While the Rose Parade occurred last month, the club received a new award only this past week. Ron Simons, the Tournament of Roses liaison, spoke of the Rose Float Club’s most re-cent accomplishment.

“The Rose Float team was presented with a proc-lamation from the City of Covina on Feb. 16 for their use of the city’s highways for over 60 years to trans-port the Cal Poly fl oat to and from Pasadena,” said Simons.

Mayor Walter Allen III, a Cal Poly alumnus and for-mer president of Associated Students Inc., was present at the city council meeting’s proclamation.

During the meeting, Al-len announced that Feb. 16 of every year is to be known as “Cal Poly Pomona Rose Float Appreciation Day” within the city limits of Covina.

Allen further said that, “all residents of Covina [are] to watch for notifi cation of the arrival of the 2011 Cal Poly Rose Parade fl oat, and plan to join [him] and . . . cheer the team and welcome them as they pass through Covina.”

After the announce-ment, members of the club, including Senior Coordina-tor Marla Franco, joined Al-len for a fast food meal.

“We traditionally stop for a quick break at the In-N-Out on the corner of Grand Avenue and Arrow High-way,” said Franco. “[The Mayor] chatted with us, ate a hamburger, shared stories

of when he was a student, and took pictures of us next to our fl oat.”

Even though the banquet and “Cal Poly Pomona Rose Float Appreciation Day” are over, the club leaders must still choose a winner for the fl oat design competition.

Johnathan Jianu, a third-year mechanical engineer student and public relations chair for the club, explained the fi nal step in the process of deciding upon a design winner.

“We have chosen our top picks for the concept be-

hind next year’s fl oat,” said Jianu. “After the concept contest, we submit our top fl oat concepts to the Tourna-ment of Roses themed draft. We are currently waiting on the fi nal approval from the Tournament of Roses.”

The offi cial announce-

ment for the concept win-ner for “Building Dreams, Friendships, and Memories,” will be announced as soon as possible next month.

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Despite recalling approximately 3.8 milion vehicles, Toyota’s reputation for safety and reli-ability seems to be relatively unaffected among Cal Poly students. Some experts say this may be due to increased risk-taking behavior among young people.

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Kevin Hsu, a sixth-year electronics and computer engineering technology student and the 2009-10 Rose Float Committee chair, prepares for the night’s activities with Brian Hensley, a first-year chemical engineering student, standing by to help. Also pictured, are an image of the Rose Float traveling down Colorado Blvd during the 2010 Rose Parade and the 2010 Viewer’s Choice Award, one of two awards received.

Cal Poly’s Associ-ated Students Inc. recently launched a new medium of communication through Blackboard in an effort to quickly provide students with important information.

By logging into their Blackboard accounts, stu-dents can sign up for the ASI feature.

Clicking on the ASI tab will register students and once that step is completed

ASI will show up under the organizations module.

ASI President Richard Liu said ASI Blackboard is one of many projects the student government is working on as part of the Collaboration, Outreach, Representation, and Effec-tiveness initiative.

“I found it very pathet-ic for the ASI president to not have a communication mechanism with the stu-dents,” said Liu.

Students are able to post comments or ask ques-tions on a discussion board on Blackboard, which is a feature the ASI Web site lacks.

One of the main objec-tives of ASI this year has been to better communicate with students, said Liu.

Liu said through the C.O.R.E. initiative, mem-bers of ASI hope to project a transparent student govern-ment, a change welcomed

by some Cal Poly students.Chris Ngo, a fourth-

year aerospace engineering student, was aware of ASI’s presence on Blackboard but hasn’t yet signed up.

“I’ve never had to deal with ASI so I haven’t clicked on their link,” said Ngo. “I am curious to see what they have available. It’s a great way of reaching out to the student body.”

Ngo said the new ASI feature illustrates the effort student government is put-ting into communication with students.

Other students were less enthusiastic about the new system.

“I’ve been here for a couple of years and I still don’t know what they do,” said Ryan White, a fourth-year political science stu-dent, adding that future ASI administrations should reach out sooner to transfer students and freshmen.

“As soon as new stu-dents arrive, ASI should make their existence and purpose known,” he said.

White said he will not sign up for the Blackboard feature, but understood its value to some students.

“It’s important to know what they are doing for us, since we do have to pay for those mandatory fees in our tuition,” he said.

Justin Rezvani, a fourth-year marketing management student and presidential as-sistant for publicity and out-reach, said ASI on Black-board is less complicated and is more convenient for students to use than ASI’s Web site.

“As a student, everyone uses Blackboard,” said Rez-vani. “We [ASI] thought, ‘why should students go through so many Web Sites instead of just visiting one?’ On Blackboard, less steps are required in fi nding your

student government repre-sentative.”

Although the ASI Web site is full of information, the new Blackboard feature makes communication with students more personable, said Rezvani.

Rezvani said talks are underway to make the ASI Web site easier to navigate, but in the meantime Black-board is the ideal channel of receiving the latest informa-tion and discussing any is-sues students may have.

He added that approxi-mately 250 students and fac-ulty have signed up and so far feedback has been posi-tive.

“The people who have seen it say that it’s interac-tive and it’s something stu-dents want. It’s easy, clear and concise,” said Rezvani.

So far, ASI has sent out one e-mail to the campus community. They plan on marketing and advertising

the new feature within the next few weeks.

Blackboard accessibil-ity through mobile phones is the next project ASI is working on with the e-learn-ing advisory board, said Rezvani.

“We are trying to push for an iPhone and Black-berry app. for Cal Poly students, so we can access Blackboard anywhere, any-time,” said Rezvani. “Black-board has a mobile feature, but for some reason we are not utilizing it.”

Ngo said a mobile friendly Blackboard would be a convenient feature, and he hopes ASI completes this feature before he graduates next spring.

“It would be great to have access through my phone on Blackboard,” said Ngo.

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ASI starts Blackboard communication with students

LARISSA CASTANONStaff Writer

CHANGE: Student leaders join forces, some opposecontinued from page 1senator at large and Rose Float Com-mittee member; Will Pfeffer, sena-tor at large and member of Campus Crusade for Christ and Stephanie Wong, director of fundraising for the Science Council.

According to documentation made public by the group, a rally will be held on Thursday in the Uni-versity Quad between the Market-place and Building 6 during U-hour. During this time, speeches will be delivered by Liu, faculty, staff and students.

“Like a fi re, this campaign is neither a coincidental nor a random movement,” Liu wrote in documen-tation outlining the group’s vision. “The fuel of the fi re, critically im-portant to this campaign, has already been prepared by our school admin-istration through the short-decisions which harmed the future and liveli-

hood of many students.” “Drastic times call for drastic

measures,” said Chen, “The [admin-istration] is trying to run the univer-sity as a business, but they need to include the students because all they are doing is cutting and cutting.”

Chen elaborated on his position on the group’s Facebook page writ-ing, “We are not fi ghting because the university is increasing fees; in fact we understand the necessity to do so due to California’s budgetary issues, we are fi ghting because we are sick and tired of the inconsider-ation and abuse that the university administration has shown towards students.”

The group’s offi cial Facebook page carries a disclaimer stating that ASI is not organizing the cam-paign, despite heavy representation from members of the ASI executive

board.“I will speak on behalf of Stu-

dent Government that we have no comment at this time,” said ASI Secretary of Internal Affairs David Levinson via e-mail. “Any person working on the campaign is not do-ing so under the name of ASI, but rather as students.”

Multi-Cultural Council Presi-dent Brian Lozado, who has ex-pressed opposition to the group in comments posted to the group’s Fa-cebook page, declined to comment when contacted by the Poly Post.

ASI Secretary of External Af-fairs Edward Fillinger also declined to comment.

However, at “United for Change” planning meetings, where logistics regarding the campaign were discussed, several people ex-pressed concern over Liu’s involve-

ment in the campaign, due to his po-sition as top representative of student government.

In response, Vazquez gave Liu some words of encouragement. “Don’t let anyone discourage you. If you feel this is right, you should continue to push forward with this,” Vazquez said.

Liu said despite being criti-cized for his actions in leading the campaign, not only by some student leaders in ASI, but as well as mem-bers of administration, he is deter-mined to fi ght for the welfare of the students.

“As a student leader, our job is simply to represent the students and fi ght for their interests,” he said. “In the midst of this budget crisis, our roles are even more important. We need to exercise our leadership and fi nd the best solution for the stu-

dents.” Liu refl ected on his role as ASI

President while reaffi rming his com-mitment to students.

“When I ran for the ASI presi-dency last year, I promised the stu-dents I would fi ght for their interests. One year later, I can proudly say I have been fi ghting and will continue fi ghting for them. No matter how much criticism comes, I will keep that promise. This is my love for the students and this university.”

“I will not step away from this campaign,” Liu told the assembled members at a recent meeting. “I believe in this campaign, and I will not step away. I will not back down because I know that in my gut, I am doing the right thing.”

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Rebranding

childhoodHow Generation Z is changing the look of some classics

You have passed go, collect $2 million dollars!

Whoa, what happened to the mere $200?

For its 75th anniversary, the childhood family board game “Monopoly” had a massive up-grade to a circular board and digital currency.

It’s new name is “Monopoly Revolution,” and where paper mon-

ey no longer exists. “It’s becoming more like real life

by emulating a convenient credit sys-tem,” said Aaron Kretzmann, a third-year recording technology student. “Money is no longer an object in the eyes of most people. [It] could be why many [people] are facing fi nancial trouble [today].”

Other features installed are sound effects and song clips that correspond with certain game events, like Rihan-na’s “Umbrella,” Daniel Powter’s “Bad Day” and Be-yonce’s “Crazy in Love.”

However, the game still retains the classic Atlantic City-based system.

Students like, Christina Mugg, a third-year account-ing student, believes her future career in fi nance sprouted from the game, but these recent changes tarnishes her child-hood memories.

“My grandfather and I used to play it

whenever we had a free afternoon, that is how I learned to count,” said Mugg.

This is not the fi rst game to get a reboot. There have been updates to classics like “Trivial

Pursuit” and “Scrabble.” Board games are not the only

retro childhood icons that have abandoned memorable parts of their history.

An unusually large number of classic characters are being freshened up and reintroduced.

For her 50th birthday, Barbie re-placed her lifelong boyfriend, Ken, for an Australian surfer named Blaine.

“Let me guess, blonde hair and blue eyes,” said Mikella Anson, a sec-ond-year vocal performance student. “I guess Ken’s brown hair [and] brown eyed look was out this season.”

It would seem Barbie does not just infl uence a dream house and an independent career, but defi nes the perfect man.

“When I was a kid, my interests in certain kinds of men were infl u-enced by Ken,” said Megan Shepard, a third-year vocal performance student. “Clearly, this is trying to conform to a new standard of male beauty.”

Barbie is not just infl uencing lit-tle girls’ dreams but also 90-year-old iconic trademarks.

Last December, the Sun-Maid rai-sin girl was transformed into a Barbie look-alike in Amish attire, which is

depicting more than grapes and sun-shine.

The feminist Web site Jezebel.com stated the animation underwent breast augmentation. She is no longer a plain Jane.

“You don’t even notice the grapes anymore,” said Diana Amaya, a sec-ond-year music student.

At the time the new image was released, Sun-Maid president said the changes are to educate consumers more on healthy living choices.

“I don’t think the changes are bad,” said Alex Solverson, a third-year marketing student. “If anything, it pro-motes the product better.”

Also, Strawberry Shortcake has traded in her girl-next-door look for a more Disney princess appeal.

She is a great deal thinner with-out her Raggedy Anne style, Calico-cat companion and her preference for gumdrops.

“Her freckles are gone,” said Brit-tany Hubler, a third-year animal sci-ence student. “Are freckles not cool anymore?”

Her hair is longer and smooth, instead of the yarnie locks, with mas-caraad lashes, a smaller nose and lip

gloss.Although com-

panies are making changes to what seems to be a mod-ern and sexy trade-mark, a Disney fa-vorite has morphed into a more conser-vative character.

Shapely, little sprite Tinkerbell has become more of a tomboy, with leg-gings, boots and a tunic.

“I like it [and] love it,” said Akira de Visser, a second-year apparel mer-

chandising student. “It’s sassy, not raunchy.”

Other students feel Disney’s new marketing perspective is jeopardizing characters’ original appeal.

“When Tinkerbell looks like a little girl, little girls can relate to her [more],” said Mike Mariano, a fi fth-year education student.

Female fi gures are not the only ones being modifi ed each generation. To students, boys’ toys have become grittier with a violent twist.

“It was all about Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles when I was younger,” said Kelia Iha, a fi fth-year music busi-ness student.

Not even the Turtle Power could defeat their brand from changing.

“Now the turtles have a harsher, scarier look to them,” said Iha. “They have gained almost an anime quality to them with sharp lines and dark colors [that] lost the fun, goofy quality.”

Fourth-year international business student, Sharon Sze, said that these modifi cations to childhood characters are teaching a new message to a new generation.

“[To] our generation it was ‘okay’ to be normal, whereas, the newer gener-ation has to be pretty to be ‘average.’”

BRYANNA HARPERCorrespondent

GREGORY PEERCorrespondent

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From the outside, it would seem that girl’s toys have experienced more drastic changes in recent years than those of boys. To many students, boy’s toys have taken a gritty and violent twist.

Illustrations by Aaron Castrejon/Poly Post

With a breathtaking city view and a 4.5 star rating, the Restaurant at Kellogg Ranch offers amazing food, fi ne wine and exceptional service.

The RKR is part of the Hospitality Management curriculum at the Collins College. Students rotate weekly to learn various po-sitions, including manage-ment, to learn all aspects of hospitality operations.

Having dined at the RKR several times before and always pleased with my experience, I decided to visit one last time before I graduate. This meal was no exception and I thoroughly enjoyed it.

The four-course meal began with split pea soup g a r n i s h e d with smoked ham, crème fraiche and two pieces of garlic cros-tinis. The green soup was the perfect mixture of warm and delightfully creamy with each ingredient complimenting one another.

The soup was blended well so there were no lumps or chunks of peas. The crème added a cool, rich fl avor to the soup making it an ideal type of comfort soup that mom would make when you are not feeling well.

The second course of the meal was the house salad with fi eld greens, tarragon-mustard vinaigrette, pickled beets and house prepared croutons. At fi rst I was weary about the pickled beets, es-pecially in a salad, but I was pleasantly surprised with how the beets tasted sweeter rather than pickled.

The only fl aw about the salad was the lack of dress-ing in which it was tossed in.

To accompany the main course, I had a glass of Cal

Poly’s award-winning wine, Horsehill Vineyards 2008 Zinfandel Rosé. This wine was somewhat sweet and tart with a pleasantly light fl avor.

The main course of the night was pan seared duck breast with cherry-port and lentils. Side dishes included Yukon gold mashed pota-toes, pan roasted mushrooms and jalapeño-chive spiked creamy polenta.

This seared duck was one of my favorite dishes I have tried all quarter. The skin was crispy and full of spices, while the meat was moist and juicy. There was a good balance of fat to the meat as well.

The cherry-port, a sauce consisting of cooked cher-

ries with port wine, was ideal to pair with the duck because when com-bining the sweet with the savory, there was just a burst of fl avor.

The len-tils were well cooked and

added another savory ele-ment to the dish as well.

My favorite side dish was the mashed potatoes. Perfectly mashed, smashed, silky and seasoned potatoes are good to pair with any meat.

The side dish I did not care for was the spiked po-lenta. It was a bit spicy for my liking and it had the con-sistency of very thick Cream of Wheat, which is not my side of choice for a hearty meal.

I also sampled grilled Shelton farm’s chicken which consisted of skin-on chicken stuffed with pre-served lemon-parsley com-pound butter. This chicken was exceptionally moist but with a tad too much infusion of lemon.

The one main dish I did not care for at all was

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The BSC exhibits “California-ish” created by two Southern Californians, Karlo Arenas and Stephanie Lim. Above right is is a digital photograph titled“Michellebeach.”

“California

The Bronco Student Center has recently put up a photography exhibit in Ursa Major by students Ayanna Banks, Stephanie Lim and alumnus Karlo Arenas, de-picting the Southern Califor-nia lifestyle.

Lim and Arenas, who were initially taking pho-tographs of Southern Cali-fornia independently of one another, collaborated in their exhibit “California-ish.”

Lim was wondering how she could get her photos up on display and after she saw Arenas’ photos, wanted to collaborate with him, to cre-ate this exhibit together.

“[Lim’s photography] has a lot of symbols of California and a lot of energy specifi cal-ly of what southern California is like,” said Michelle Wong, a fourth-year liberal studies student. “She fi nds details that are very fi nite and a lot of people forget.”

Lim’s photographic style uses bright contrasting colors and the subjects of her work range from a pond fi lled with bright green lilies fl oating on top of dark water, to a close up shot of the spokes of a Ferris wheel.

“I am a native Cali-fornian and I just wanted to portray California the way I see it,” said Lim. “Most of these are all from Southern California. Every time I pick up the camera I am always looking for certain aspects of it. When I was formulating the collection I was thinking, ‘Wow everything was done

in California so why not just call it California-ish?’”

Lim’s photography is about vibrant color and ab-stract details one would nor-mally overlook while Arenas’ photography is of places and scenes in time, as opposed to specifi c objects.

While the exhibit as a whole is of Southern Califor-nia, Arenas focused specifi -cally on the lifestyle of Los Angeles.

“Southern California has so many people and so much pollution,” said David Ochoa, a third-year fi nance student. “But in the picture right there, it doesn’t show anything.”

One of Arenas’ photos is of a Los Angeles beach

at sunset. The orange sunset and waves crashing on black rocks make it look as though the beach has been untouched by humans, said Ochoa.

For Arenas, the picture he feels most accurately rep-resents him as a Los Angeles native is of the Los Ange-les Theatre marquee sign in downtown LA.

“I just want to show off my whole perspective of life is living in Los Angeles,” said Arenas.

Another aspect of the “California-ish” photography exhibit Wong appreciated was how the photos com-bined the past and the pres-ent of Southern California as illustrated in one of Arenas’ photographs of a row of old

mailboxes. The mailboxes have weathered over the years and the peeling paint and rusting metal are modern representation of Los Ange-les’ history.

Banks is a second-year gender and ethnicity studies student. Her exhibit, “Ran-dom Ecstatic Awe,” is com-prised of pictures that she has taken with her camera phone, mostly at Cal Poly.

She started taking pic-tures with her camera phone because she could not afford a professional camera.

“I would just use my camera phone to take pic-tures wherever I would go,” said Banks.

The concept behind her photography is to “Appreci-ate life itself and the beauti-ful things you see around you on a daily basis,” said Banks. “When I go outside [in be-tween classes], I appreciate the fl owers and the sky and beautiful structures that I see around me, and I just capture that with my phone. [I’m] showing the art in nature.”

Banks would always look at the work of other photographers in the Bronco Student Center and wanted to showcase her photography. She got in contact with the art coordinator on campus and was able to get her photogra-phy put up for Black History Month.

The exhibits will be up in the Conference and Events Lobby on the second fl oor of the BSC until March 19.

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The photo exhibits will be displayed in the Conference and Events Lobby on the second floor of the BSC until March 19.

Exhibit captures the spirit of Southern California

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Two art exhibits are displayed in the BSC, one in titled “California-ish” which is located in the conference and events lobby and the other titled “Random Ecstatic Awe” which is located in the Andromeda hallway.See RKR/Pg. 13

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Some children made snowballs for the first time.

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Children enjoyed snow sled rides down the snow-covered hill.

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Children rejoiced after the delivery of the snow brought down by the men of Pi Kappa Alpha.

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By the end of the day children rued the snow melting heat.

embers of Pi Kappa Alpha held a Snow Day for the chil-dren of Cal Poly’s

Child Care Center last Thurs-day. The snow was brought down from Mt. Baldy. Pi Kappa Alpha wanted to provide a fun and memorable day for all the children. For some, it was their fi rst time touching snow.

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The United States is known for being tough competition in the Olympics Games, but in this year’s games the U.S. is getting more for its controversy revolving around foul language to fashion sense.

On the snowboarding tail end, gold medalist Shaun White and his coach, Bud Keene, was caught on tape exclaiming a well-known four-letter word in his last run during the half pipe fi nals on Wednesday.

“Since he knows the cameras were everywhere, he should have been more careful with his choice of words,” said Nicole Arritt, a third-year psychology student.

White was declared the winner after no one was able to beat his score in the fi rst round.

NBC apologized for the mishap and claimed the incident on the fact that White and Keene

were fi lled with excitement.Another mountaineer,

Lindsay Vonn, “America’s best woman skier ever,” according to Sports Illustrated, drawn attention to her semi-provocative pose on the cover of the February Sports Illustrated issue.

The pose does resemble the tuck stance ski racers do when barrelling down the hill but there are some who believe it objectifi es her.

Vonn’s photo did not cost her the Olympics but for half pipe bronze medalist, Scotty Lago, was kicked out when two racy pictures of him, his medal and a female face surfaced.

In one, the unidentifi ed fan is kissing the medal, which was hanging right below Lago’s waistline.

In the second, she is biting the medal, which was around Lago’s neck with his teammate Greg Bretz.

On Friday morning, Lago issued an apology to the United States Sports Academy.

But it was not enough. Like Michael Phelps, Lago

chose to return to New Hampshire quietly to not risk being formally ejected.

Nate Holland, a four-time WX Snowboarder X gold medalist, is seeking to rid the most heinous offense in snowboarding history, tight pants.

Holland commented that it taints the integrity of the sport because it is not considered snowboarding to him.

In the ice rink, the two U.S. hockey team goalies, Ryan Miller and Jonathan Quick, were asked to removed words and images from their helmets.

Rules enforced by the International Olympic Committee, IOC.

Kyleena Harper, a second-year English literature student believes the IOC has the right to tell competitors what should and should not be part of the uniform.

“I personally feel they would put what country they are from on their helmet and that is it,” said Harper.

Miller had “Miller Time” and Quick had “Support Our Troops”

on the back of their helmets. During practice both were

told to remove it before their fi rst match up against Switzerland on Feb. 9.

Both players told the press that they were aware of the rule, which states equipment should not have any advertisement, demonstrations or propaganda.

“Miller Time” was classifi ed as a slogan for the Miller brewery.

The most controversial U.S. athlete was Johnny Weir, three-time U.S. fi gure skating National Champion, who has been ridiculed more than once for is distinctive costume choices out on the ice.

During his Short Program on Feb. 14, Weir took the ice wearing a bright pink and black costume that represent the confl ict he has within himself.

The costume had two sides; one side was feminine and the other masculine.

Harper believes that his costume was both dramatic and shocking.

“I think he is trying to

represent his personality on the ice,” said Harper. “I have to give him credit for that, I think it is entertaining.”

On Saturday, Apolo Anton Ohno, a fi ve-time speedskater medalist, stunned television viewers when he could not hold back a yawn before his 1,000 meter short-track bronze win.

British Open golf champion Stewart Cink Tweeted that Ohno’s yawn made him yawn as well.

As the Olympic Games continue there will be more medals to be won and more controversy to come not just with the U.S. but with the other countries as well.

The U.S. will keep showing their true colors and completive side.

“It would not be good television if there was not controversy,” said Arritt. “The fact that it is coming from the United States makes it that much better.”

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fill d i h i h N H hi h b k f h i h l hiREGINA KELLERStaff Writer

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The Zoologists of Cal Poly is the wild-est club on campus.

Club Vice President Sarah Davenport, a third-year zoologist student, said people of-ten have incorrect assumptions about zool-ogy and the club.

“We don’t only deal with zoos,” said Davenport. “We cover wildlife, the biologi-cal evolution of animals and other related topics.”

With about 50 members, the animal-friendly organization collaborates with other Science Council clubs and strives to connect

students with zoology professionals.Past activities include “CPP” painting,

hiking, camping and volunteering across Southern California.

Club members unleash their inner party animals by hosting social events like broom-ball, movie nights and travel opportunities in their local habitat.

Davenport said her interest in science and animals made zoology an obvious major choice because the subject blends the two areas to-gether.

“I always cared about animals but the major gave me more in-sight,” said Davenport.

While working as a bird crew member at a zoo in Omaha, Dav-enport faced her wild-est animal experience in the form of an oversized bird.

“I saw a marabou stork, which is a really scary bird that will scare away cheetahs,” said Davenport. “At fi rst I hated, birds but I learned to appreciate them.”

Despite Cal Poly’s agricultural back-ground and animal resources, zoology has not been immune to campus-wide course reductions.

While many students attend Cal Poly to specifi cally study zoology, the major will be cut beginning spring quarter. Zoology will only be offered as a biology emphasis op-tion.

“The major is not as much of a priority in schools,” said Davenport. “It’s hardly of-fered anywhere in the country.”

The Zoologists of Cal Poly remain focused on planning more ani-mal excursions and ex-panding the club. Next quarter’s events include a wildlife sanctuary tour, a dog walk-a-thon and a San Diego trip.

Barbara Gonzalez, a fi rst-year architecture student, said although she does not formally study zoology, her in-terest in the topic has grown since joining the club fall quarter.

“I originally joined because I’m interested in animal preservation,”

said Gonzalez. “Since then, I’m surprised how many outdoor trips and activities there have been.”

Many members shared Gonzalez’s view and said adventurous outings, wildlife tours and animal interactions were the club’s standout qualities.

“We went to Joshua Tree last week and it was a lot of fun,” said Davenport. “During hikes we try to name all the animals we see.”

Brittney Barry, a third-year zoology stu-dent and club secretary, said the club’s recent trip to Channel Islands offered the group a unique chance to learn and bond with other animal lovers.

“We saw rare foxes, scary ravens and dolphins on the boat ride,” said Barry. “I like sharing what I enjoy with other people who feel the same way.”

Besides wildlife trips, the club organiz-es guest speakers to share their insight into the zoology world. Representatives from the Santa Ana Zoo and Tujunga’s Wildlife Way-station have been confi rmed to speak at fu-ture club meetings.

Neal Marquez, a third-year anthropol-ogy student and club treasurer, said he en-joys the club’s social networking opportuni-ties and connecting with other like-minded individuals.

“We’re constantly having events and talking to others about their experiences in the fi eld,” said Marquez.

The Zoologists of Cal Poly welcome students of all majors to join. Meetings are held in building 8, room 5 every other Thurs-day during U-hour. The club’s next meeting is Thursday.

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the grilled Assyrian rack of lamb with a pomegranate reduction. The meat was fl a-vorless and tough.

I was really looking for-ward to the dessert phase of my meal but was highly dis-satisfi ed with the chocolate-citrus almond torte. It was fl aky and dry with the best part of this dessert being the chocolate ice cream.

The dessert that made my whole meal was the RKR apple crisp. Even the menu states this dessert is an RKR favorite with Dr. Bob’s Tahi-tian vanilla bean ice cream atop the crisp.

This was like a slice of heaven with warm apples and ice cream. It was not too sweet, not too warm and not too runny or soggy.

Reservations at the RKR, located in building 79, are recommended and meal prices range from $24 to $39 for dinner and slightly less for lunch.

If great food, service and scenery is what you are looking for, the RKR will surely deliver.

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“—Sarah Davenport

Zoologists of Cal Poly vice president

We don’t deal with zoos. We cover wild-life, the biological evolution of animals and other related topics.

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“Bioshock 2” is like going on a vacation to the same place that you have been to before, but then realizing that you already did ev-erything there is to do.

It’s still fun because of the same reasons why the fi rst vaca-tion was great, but the excitement has worn off.

Once again, “Bioshock 2” takes place in the underwater dystopian city known as Rapture about eight years after the events of the original “Bioshock.” An-

drew Ryan and Frank Fontaine are dead, leaving Rapture in the hands of Sofi a Lamb, a therapist who used her position to brainwash her clients into joining a cult called “The Family.”

While the original “Bioshock” put players in the shoes of an out-sider who stumbles upon the un-derwater city after his plane crash-es in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean, “Bioshock 2” puts players behind the helmet of a Big Daddy known to others as Subject Delta.

Delta awakens 10 years after Lamb supposedly made him com-mit suicide for reasons that begin to become clear as the game pro-gresses.

Being a Big Daddy means the player has access to some serious artillery in addition to the usual as-sortment of Plasmid powers that have become a staple of the series. At the start of the game, Delta is equipped with a drill that can be used to tear apart enemy splicers in a matter of seconds. As the player

progresses, more weapons become available, such as a rivet gun, ma-chine gun, spear gun, shotgun and rocket/grenade launcher.

The biggest gameplay change in “Bioshock 2” is that Delta is able to wield both a gun and a Plasmid power at the same time. Not only does this lead to cool combina-tions of weapons and abilities, but it also makes combat less cumbersome with not having to worry about switch-ing between guns and Plasmids every couple of seconds.

While the Plas-mids themselves are mostly the same as the ones that were found in the original Bioshock, this time their upgraded forms actually change the way the plasmids can be used. For example, at level one, Electro Bolt functions exactly the

same as it did before. You can use it to stop enemies in their tracks, zap water to fry an enemy stand-ing in it and short out a mechanical device.

Upgrade it to level two though, and you’ll be able to hold the but-

ton down to charge the plasmid up for more damage. Up-grade it to its fi nal form, and you’ll be able to shoot out a stream of lightning that will zap any-thing it touches as long as you hold down the button.

“Bioshock 2” also features a mul-tiplayer mode that is

a fun little diversion when you can use the game’s Plasmids against other people, but “Bioshock” has never been known for having great guns, and unfortunately having great guns is an important aspect to any good multiplayer shooter.

Overall though, the biggest problem facing “Bioshock 2” is this feeling of “been there, done that.” As far as gameplay goes, the game is a fairly substantial im-provement over the original. Dual wielding makes combat more fun, the new enemies types offer more variety and opportunities for strat-egy and the new upgrade system for Plasmids make your decisions regarding what to upgrade even more important.

But what made the original “Bioshock” wasn’t so much its ac-tual gameplay, but rather the com-bination of a unique and fascinat-ing setting, an incredible storyline with one of the best plot twists you’ll fi nd in video games and a unique approach to fi rst person shooters that put an emphasis on thinking about how you approach a situation, rather than just going in guns blaring.

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An all male three-person cast will play characters from former presidents to impor-tant females in American his-tory in the main stage play “The Complete History of America, (abridged),” open-ing Friday at the University Theatre at 8 p.m.

The creators of The Re-duced Shakespeare Company, Adam Long, Reed Martin and Austin Tichenor wrote the play. The RCS is famous for its fi rst three shows, “The Complete Works of Shake-speare (abridged),” “The Bible: The Complete Word of God (abridged)” and “The Complete History of America (abridged),” which ran for nine years at the Criterion Theatre in Westminster, London.

The play is a 90-minute run through of sketches that covers controversial topics that have tainted America’s history. It also incorporates puns and crude parody where

no historic fi gure or topic is sacred. It is designed to be performed by three actors, each playing 10 or 15 parts in the play.

“The play uses a lot of different styles of theatre; comedic ones [and is] very physical [with] a lot of low humor, puns and vaudeville and radio drama and fi lm noir,” said Bernardo Solano, the director of the show and associate director of the the-atre department. “All these different genres of movies and plays and performances are melded together.”

The audience can ex-pect to see actors Devin Caldarone, Mauricio Soto and Robert Shields perform as former presidents George Washington, Richard Nixon, Ronald Reagan and George W. Bush. The RCS’s three-person portrayal of the his-tory of America proved chal-lenging for one of the leads.

“[A] challenge within this whole process is we are playing ourselves in the play,” said Mauricio Soto, a

fourth-year theater student and actor in the play. “This play is kind of hard because you have to take parts of yourself and pick and chose what parts are going to work for this play. It’s a caricature of yourself.”

Each actor will introduce themselves as their true per-sona, and then go into char-acter as the play progresses, often including the audience in interactive parts.

“We don’t ever an-nounce to the audience ‘I’m going to be this character,’ it just happens,” said Soto. “Every segment is a little bit of a surprise because the au-dience does not know what we are going to do next. That is part of the fun because the audience doesn’t know what is coming.”

The play promises to keep the actors, physically busy.

“The three of us are run-ning around the whole time,” said Soto. “There is no down time for us, that is part of the fun of this play.”

The director agrees with

the physical aspect of the show, as well as its appeal.

“A lot of [the] fun of this play is watching these actors transform from one charac-ter to another character; it is non-stop action in that way,” said Solano.

Action and humor are not the only compo-nents to the show, espe-cially with history as the focal point.

“It has a particular sort of political sensibil-ity to it that is critical of where the country has gone in some ways,” said Solano. “The play is quick to point out all those mis-takes we have made as a country too, so it is history along with a point of view about American history.”

The show runs Feb. 26, 27, March 4, 5 and 6 at 8 p.m., with matinees March 3 at 10 a.m., and March 7 at 2 p.m. at the University The-atre. Student tickets are $10.

American history in 90 minutes

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Alkaline Trio, the Goth-punk veterans known for their angst-ridden lyrics focusing inherently on loneliness and the alcohol-and-heroin bing-es it sometimes can spark, played to a sold out crowd last Tuesday at the Glasshouse, but not all were pleased with the performance.

Lots of people walked out during their encore, spewing choice words about the band’s song selection for the night.

“This was a chance for them to redeem themselves,” said Max Espinosa, a fourth-year music business student. “I used to love this band, but hated their past two albums. I was hoping this show would change my mind, but it just reinstated that I was right in getting over them and mov-ing on. I can’t take them seri-ously if they make ‘promises’ they can’t keep.”

The promises the band made to long-time fans were about heading back to their roots in their next album.

“This record is a rock re-cord, but our punk upbring-ing defi nitely shines through, more so than on our last few records,” said singer/guitar-ist Matt Skiba in regards to

“This Addiction,” the band’s seventh album set to be re-leased later this month. “The vibe is similar to our humble beginnings. It’s a step for-ward, but I also think it has glimmers of our past in it.”

Alkaline Trio fans ap-parently got the memo, and bought their tickets quickly in the hopes of a glimpse into the band’s past, because the show at the Glasshouse sold out in a matter of weeks.

The show was the band’s fi rst stop on a tour of 30 cit-ies. The Dear & Departed and Omaha-based indie-rock band Cursive supported Alkaline Trio.

Never shy about shame-less self-promotion, Alkaline Trio’s fi rst song, “This Ad-diction” was off their yet-to-be-released album.

Throughout the hour-and-a-half long set, Alkaline Trio played two more new songs and only touched their “humble beginnings” data-base, playing fan-favorites “Armageddon,” “Mr. Chain-saw,” “Nose Over Tail” and “F*** You Aurora.”

To thank their older fans, and in an attempt to not com-pletely turn them away with only focusing on their newer catalog, The Trio dedicated “97,” one of their fi rst songs ever written, to all their fans

who have “been here since the beginning.”

The band focused the majority of time on its 2003 release “Good Mourning,” which is not a fan favorite but doesn’t spark as much nega-tivity in fans as its last two re-leases “Crimson” and “Agony and Irony.”

The latter was released on a major label, which placed the band No. 13 on the Bill-board charts, the highest they had ever been.

Both albums were virtu-ally ignored by the band at The Glasshouse.

In a turn for the worst, Alkaline Trio ended the show with a slew of more recent songs, almost completely ignoring its fi rst, and what many claim to be its best, album “Goddammit” and returning to the stage for an embarrassing encore.

The encore included one new song, a Misfi t’s cover, and a song off “Good Mourn-ing,” which struggled to hold the crowd’s interest.

“This Addiction” hits stores Feb. 23. Many long-time fans hope this is not another broken promise by a punk-band’s growing hunger for fame.

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From left to right, Derek Grant, drummer, Matt Skiba, lead singer/guitarist, and Dan Andriano, bassist/co-singer.

‘Alkaline Trio’ leaves sour taste in audience’s mouths

John Donne, a 17th century English writer once wrote, “No man is an island,” meaning that human beings do not thrive when they are isolated from others. The war-den, guards, and creators of the asylum for the criminally insane on Shutter Island must not have ever heard of Donne.

“Shutter Island” opens with an immense amount of fog, allowing the audience to barely see what lies just beyond the horizon. Interestingly enough, the fi lm plays out in a very similar fashion. “The Departed” director Martin Scorsese illus-trates how the things, that cannot be ex-plained clearly by the mind, are sometimes the most horrifying.

The year is 1954. Leonardo Di-Caprio plays Edward “Teddy” Daniels, a United States federal “mah-shall,” sent to Shutter Island with his partner Chuck Aule, played by “Zo-diac’s” Mark Ruffa-lo, to investigate the disappearance of a prisoner/patient named Rachel Solando, Emily Mortimer. According to everyone in the facility, Rachel’s cell was guarded around the clock and Dr. Cawley, played with just the right amount of creepi-ness by Sir Ben Kingsley, seems to think “It’s as if she evaporated, straight through the walls.” However, the disappearance of Ra-chel is only the fi rst of Teddy’s problems.

He suffers from reoccurring memories of war and extermination camps, his wife who died from smoke inhalation while her apart-ment was on fi re, and the knowledge that the man responsible for the death of his wife, An-

drew Laeddis, is one of the 66 criminally in-sane, patients on the island. To make matters worse, Teddy progressively starts hallucinat-ing more and more and wonders if some of the things he’s seeing are actually real.

“Shutter Island” expertly messes with your head in its 137-minute running time and keeps you on edge from beginning to end.

DiCaprio and Scorsese are the two main people to thank for this. DiCaprio’s perfor-

mance is nothing short of brilliant. He has to channel so many different emo-tions throughout the course of the fi lm and truly allows the audi-ence to feel exactly what he’s feeling at all times. DiCaprio will be picking up his fourth Oscar nomi-nation for this emo-tionally complex and challenging role.

And does any-thing really need to be said about Scors-

ese? The man knows how to direct a fi lm and creates a palpable sense of dread and tension as Teddy navi-gates his way throughout the different halls and corridors of the island’s asylum.

“Shutter Island” is a masterfully made psychological, mind-puzzle of a fi lm that will seriously get inside your head and stay there. By the end of the fi lm, it should be pretty clear what has just unfolded on screen. Or is it?

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Leonardo DiCaprio in “Shutter Island”

CorrectionsIn the Feb. 16 issue of the Poly Post, we incorrectly spelled multiple names of the performers and misspelled the name of a music piece in the second annual Honors Invitational Recital article.-The names should read: Raeanne Pfeifer, Alexander Scriabin, Matt Starcher and Janet Noll.-The music piece is titled “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk.”-We also referred to “Golliwogg’s Cakewalk” composer as Clause Debussy. His name is Claude Debussy.

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The Chance-for-Success Index, created by the Edi-torial Projects in Education Research Center, ranks New Mexico as 51.

This means that out of all the 50 states and US terri-tories, the children growing up in New Mexico have the lowest chance to succeed in life.

McKinley County, where I am a fi rst-year corps mem-ber with Teach For America, is the third poorest county in the nation.

These numbers are over-whelming at fi rst glance, but what is most surprising and inspiring is that we have the power to change this in our lifetime.

Not too long ago I moved into a small trailer on a Na-tive American reservation in New Mexico.

I am 40 miles from the nearest town. My new home is the result of a decision I made to become a teacher through Teach For America after graduating from Cal Poly Pomona.

Before stepping into the classroom I was a full-time working single mother.

By defi nition, I was the achievement gap. Through-out my life I’ve had to fi ght

to obtain the education I de-served.

I chose Teach For Ameri-ca because I wanted to show children living in low-in-come communities that they too deserved an equal educa-tion regardless of where they lived.

Little did I know my life would change forever by how much they would teach me.

There were challenges in the beginning of my expe-rience. I stayed long hours and worked extremely hard to provide my students with the best education possible.

Naturally, I missed my family, my friends, and my home. I often wondered why I had moved so far away from everything I knew.

For a moment- and for the fi rst time in my life–I even considered quitting some-thing.

One night I sat in my trail-er grading my fourth graders writing journals. I had given them a prompt asking, “Who is your hero?”

I received what I expect-ed: “my dog” or “my dad.” Then I came to the journal of a particular student who had been retained twice and who had signifi cant attendance and behavioral problems.

I began to read his journal not knowing what to expect.

Within moments I was sobbing.

He had started his entry, “My hero is Ms. Padilla.”

In his journal he divulged that I was the only person in his life who believed in him.

He wrote that it was be-cause of my constant en-couragement that he be-lieved that he actually might graduate someday.

In that moment, I knew that quitting was not an op-tion.

I realized that for some of

my students the only stabil-ity they had was seeing me in the classroom every day.

As a Latina, I was a face that they could see them-selves in.

I had joined Teach For America to provide my students with an excellent education and to close the achievement gap.

In that moment, I real-ized that I had also come to give my students a fi ghting chance in life.

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RETRACTIONLast week in the article titled

“Suppression of spray paint,” the Poly Post inaccurately reported that the Art Department enacted a ban on the use of spray paint as a medium.

Art Department Director Patricia Martinez said individual professors may choose to exclude spray paint from courses, however, there is no department-wide ban.

The Post retracts this false statement and deeply regrets the error.

Classroom distractions are an ever pres-ent challenge in college.

People are talking, texting, sleeping and it all happens while other students are trying to learn.

It seems ironic that one of the biggest obstacles in a classroom can be trying to pay attention.

Face it, a college education isn’t cheap. Whether it’s out of pocket or through fi nan-cial aid and loans, a degree isn’t free and someone is paying for it.

Beyond the economical strain, college also challenges students on an emotional and psychological level – especially in this day and age.

With all these factors at play, it makes sense that students trying to engage in the curriculum would be put off by those who show up to class and take away from the classroom environment.

As a professor is trying to teach, there are some students huddled in a group talking amongst themselves under their breaths.

The monotonous, grumbling sound of a few people speaking against a professor’s own voice is more than just irritating, it is disrespectful.

Sure, there are diffi cult classes, boring classes and professors who do little to en-gage the class. While this is really a matter of opinion, some students may be tempted to just turn class into their time.

It is not what the students do with their time that is the issue. They are paying for the education and it is their decision.

The real issue is when the distracting students’ activity affects those around them.

Students who talk aren’t the only guilty

party, there are many distracting elements. The clicking sound of a feverish tex-

ter, the loud rattling noise of a vibrating cell phone, the bright glowing screen of a laptop veering off into cyberspace and anything else that diverts attention.

Is there anything a student can do to solve these issues?

An attempt can be made to gain the per-petrator’s attention and ask them politely to refrain from doing whatever they are doing, but this too creates a distrac-tion.

M a y b e s o m e o n e could ask the student that is asleep or using another seat as a foot rest to take class a little more seriously.

Obviously, act-ing upon these instincts would create more than just distractions in a classroom.

Most professors have to cover a lot of material over a short period of time; it’s the double edged sword of the quarter system.

One class session marred by a few inconsiderate students can be the difference between an A and a B grade on an exam, midterm, fi nal or even a class grade.

It may sound like an extreme case, but not being able to pay attention is consider-ably adverse to the classroom environment.

Does this apply to the occasional com-ment out loud or a quick text reply?

Not exactly.How the classroom operates is in the

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Distractions in the classroom It seems the last thing going on in a classroom is learning. With texting, talking and web surfi ng, some students’ distracting behavior puts a strain on the learning environment.

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hands of the students. Professors aren’t meant to be the disciplinary police and they shouldn’t have to be.

It is college, folks.If some- one really believes that

a class isn’t w o r t h

their time, maybe they’re right. This dissatisfaction with a class, howev-

er, isn’t a license to take away from another student’s experience or education.

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According to the Associated Press, the 2010 Super Bowl between the Indianapolis Colts and the New Orleans Saints was the

top-rated television telecast ever, with an estimated 106.5 million people watching.

The viewership esti-mate obliterated the previ-ous record viewership for a Super Bowl telecast, which was held by last year’s game between Arizona and Pittsburgh.

The Neilson Company, which measures television ratings, also reported the day after the event that this

year’s NFL champion-ship game surpassed

the fi nale of the long r u n n i n g

t e l e v i -s i o n

s e r i e s “M.A.S.H.,” which pre-

viously held it with a

viewership of 105.97 million.

This was a viewing record which stood for 27 years.

By contrast, amid controver-sies surrounding players using il-legal steroids, viewership and telecasts of base-ball games have seen steady de-clines.

For in-stance, this past fall the New York Times reported that a regular sea-son NFL game on

November 1, 2009 was w a t c h e d more than Game 4 of

the World Se-ries. Both events had

huge audiences that night, but the game between the Green Bay Packers against the Minnesota Vikings fea-turing quarterback Brett Favre’s return to Green Bay to face his former team was seen by more people.

The game aired in prime-time after 7 p.m. drew an average of 29.8 million viewers, grater numbers than the World Se-ries game which aired that same evening and pulled in 22.3 million.

Honestly can anyone outside of hard core fans of MLB even remem-ber which teams played in baseball’s championship snooze fest?

It doesn’t take a rocket scientist to fi g-ure out football has long surpassed baseball as “America’s past-time.”

There are many reasons which can be linked to the sports supremacy in popu-larity.

On average, Americans are used to a fast-paced life-style and the thrill of con-stant scoring, preferring the roller coaster nature of most football, and even basketball games, to the much slower paced nature of baseball.

If further evidence is needed as proof of football’s dominance over baseball, or any other sport, let’s look at sports merchandising.

According to a report by Forbes, when it comes to gear, the NFL is king of the sporting jungle.

The top 10 best-selling jerseys in sports all come from a league that only plays 16 games, compared

to baseball which has 162 games in a season.

All of this has not gone unnoticed by NFL commis-sioner Roger Goodell who has been making a push to cut one of the league’s meaningless pre-season games and extending the league’s regular season by an extra game next season.

The league will have to address salary cap and free agency issues before tack-ling any proposals to extend its regular season, but it

would make fi nancial sense for it to do so.

In the end, football’s dominion over more estab-lished sports like baseball is obvious.

For many reasons, foot-ball has overtaken the more sluggish brand of entertain-ment provided by baseball.

It is now so imbed-ded into our cultural fi ber that NBC’s Sunday night football telecast in the fall is called “Sunday Night in America,” with even sports analyst Bob Costas, a noted baseball historian, acknowl-edging the country’s love affair with the pigskin.

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I challenge all of you who have been fortunate enough to receive an education to consider taking the initia-tive to make a difference in the lives of children who need it the most.

By joining Teach For America you have the chance to give children from the most socio-eco-nomically challenged com-munities the opportunity to

succeed in life. Your work as a corps

member will be another victory in the fi ght against educational inequity in this country. You have the power to give these children a fi ghting chance in life, an education.

TEACH: Inspiring young students through a national organizationcontinued from page 16

New Google search engine is all the ‘Buzz’

opinions@thepolypost.comReach Maya Padilla at:

Google debuted its new social networking service earlier this month with the unveiling of “Buzz,” an in-teractive social networking service that allows users to transmit their location and activities to others on Google Maps in real-time.

Users can post links, comments, pictures and even videos about their where-abouts and invite users in the surrounding areas to join in. While not the fi rst time such a technology has been put into practice, it is the fi rst time a major corporation has thrown its complete support behind it.

Buzz facilitates con-venience among users by developing a neo-type in-teractive message board that is overlaid on Google Maps instantaneously.

One of the fi rst criti-cisms derived from user privacy issues, which were pre-set by Google to auto-matically make all Buzz up-dates public. Any user of the service could see the updates from people who were not on their friends list.

Google quickly ad-dressed this issue by setting up a tutorial Web site as-sisting users in confi guring their service to make Buzz updates private.

The best thing about Buzz is it was designed to be open platform, meaning that developers will eventually be able to create brand new applications for Buzz. It will be similar to iPhone applica-tions available now but will include analytical services.

If Google really wanted to shake up the developer ecosystem, it could imple-ment an ad revenue service for Buzz and develop its own app store. Gmail already has a well-developed adver-tising system and opening a new channel could rake in huge profi ts.

If Buzz can keep up the momentum, everyone from publishers to Fortune 500 companies will have to pay special attention to the hype.

By driving up traffi c and shut out its competitors, mainly Twitter and Face-book, then there’s no telling how far it can go.

MATTHEW WARDStaff Writer

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Cal Poly’s women’s tennis team sent a statement to the CCAA with a 9-0 win over Cal State Los Angeles and a 7-0 win over Div. I team Cal State Bakersfi eld.

In singles matches against Cal State Los An-geles freshman Christie Lau won 2-6, 6-2 (10-8,) sopho-more Jackie Trendt won 6-3, 6-4, junior Jennifer Chow won 7-5, 6-1, senior Mal-lory Brady won 6-4, 6-1, junior Kaitlin Wooldridge won 7-6, 6-1 and junior Michelle Stock won 5-7,

6-2 (11-9.)In doubles matches,

Chow/Trendt won 8-6, Wooldridge/Lau won 8-3 and Fallon Blattner/Brady won 9-7.

In singles matches against Cal State Bakers-fi eld, Lau won 6-3, 6-4, Trendt won 6-2, 2-6, 6-4, Chow won 6-1, 6-2, Brady won 6-1, 6-2, Wooldridge won 6-2, 6-2 and Winkler won 4-6, 6-3, 10-7.

In doubles, Chow/Trendt won 8-4 and Lau/Wooldridge won 8-2.

“We competed well today,” said Chow. “They had good players with good

strokes but our team was more mentally focused and better conditioned.”

The Broncos play to-morrow at Cal State San Bernardino before returning home to host the University of La Verne Friday at 1:30 p.m.

The wins are a good indicator of the teams direc-tion this year.

“This team is at a much higher level than it has been in previous years,” Chow said.

The Cal State Bakers-fi eld match came in the middle of the weekend rain, with players trying to main-

tain focus while watching the sky.

“We didn’t know if we were going to get this match in because of weather,” said Chow.

While the team has posted strong wins, head coach Sandy Kriezel isn’t convinced of the Broncos’ dominance until they face a powerhouse team.

“[Kriezel] said we’ve had some good wins over Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Bakersfi eld, but we haven’t really been pushed. We haven’t played a team that’s better than us,” Chow said.

The Broncos’ big-gest test will come March 6 when Cal Poly will face CCAA contenders UC San Diego.

These days Chow is a veteran for the Broncos and is focused on a successful year.

“It’s my third year on the team so I know what to expect as far as going into matches is concerned,” Chow said. “Now that I’ve been here I get a good sense of how to prepare for each team.”

went into overdrive, as she notched four free throws, a fi eld goal and a lay-up by the 10:38 mark. Her domi-nance paved the way for sophomore guard Rosslyn Beard to hit a swift 3-point-er and tie, 53-53.

“Reyana is someone who can take over the game at any point,” said Davis. “She can handle the ball as

well as anybody else out there and has the ability to hit the basket and fi nish.”

Despite the Broncos catching up, the Toros did everything in their power to avoid a fate similar to that of the Eagles. From 8:58 to 1:24, the teams tied and traded the lead an sev-en times before a Walton lay-up solidifi ed the per-

manent lead, 66-64, which the Broncos held onto for the rest of the game.

Colson hit four straight free throws, while Walton hit three of her own to ob-tain the victory. The Bron-cos scored 18-of-19 free throws in the second half.

Davis applauds the Toros’ performance, which inspired the Broncos to

give it their all and estab-lish a three-game winning streak.

“We put up 44 points in the second half, which we’re not used to,” said Da-vis. “I thought we showed a lot of composure in the sec-ond half to come back and win.”

With one game short of tying fi rst in the CCAA

standings with UC San Di-ego, the Broncos intend to push themselves to great lengths to clinch the top spot.

“We’ve got a chance of fi nishing in fi rst place in the conference and that’s our goal,” said Davis. “So, to do that, we have to make sure that we’re focused and ready for [the upcoming

games].”The Broncos play their

fi nal games of the season against CSU Monterey Bay and San Francisco State on Thursday and Friday.

Both games will take place in Kellogg Gym at 5:30 p.m.

The question of whether Olympic athletes are safe during competition has been raised once again following the tragic death of Georgian luger Nodar Kumaritash-vili at the Vancouver Winter Olympic Games.

While training for the qualifying round of compe-tition for the luge event on Feb. 12, Kumaritashvili lost control of his sled, went over the barrier of the track, and struck a bare steel girder at almost 90 mph.

Kumaritashvili was pro-nounced dead shortly there-after at a Vancouver hospi-tal.

His death marks the fi fth death during the Winter Olympics since 1964 and the seventh death in both Winter

and Summer Olympics since 1912.

Athletes, however, are aware of and accept the risks of bodily harm inherent to their sport professions. They also understand that this dan-ger is born out of that great spirit of competition and the desire to be the best.

The question still re-mains, however, as to wheth-er the Olympics are really safe enough for athlete par-ticipation.

Winter speed sports have always proved to be dangerous and potentially lethal activities. Such sports as downhill speed skiing also see athletes reaching speeds in excess of 90 mph and one false move could easily prove fatal.

What’s more, helmets can only protect a person to a point. A helmet works ef-fectively for small slips and

falls, but at over 90 mph, a helmet cannot protect a per-son from the impact forces. Kumaritashvili’s accident is proof of this.

Even several Summer Olympic sports present dan-gers to the athletes.

Divers can hit their heads on diving boards and platforms. Gymnasts can fall and break their necks or their backs. Denmark cyclist Knut Jensen even fell off his bi-cycle in the 1960 Olympics and died of a fractured skull. These and other dangers are ever-present in sports.

These dangers aside, it seems as if the International Olympic Committee is doing everything in their power to promote athlete safety.

In light of Kumaritash-vili’s accident, the Commit-tee moved the luge starting

point further down the track, thus lowering the average athlete speed. They also built a larger barrier and placed padding around the area where Kumaritashvili crashed.

For ice hockey, one rule dictates that players born af-ter 1974 must wear a visor over their eyes for protec-tion. This rule was imple-mented internationally in 1994 and was designed to not pertain to any player old-er than 20. Now those play-ers are aging out of the sport and new players are being grandfathered into this visor rule. Some players, however, are unhappy with this rule as they see the visor as block-ing their view of the rink.

Furthermore, the fi gure skating rink is lined with the same padding present on the speed skating rink.

On the speed skating

rink, this padding helps to prevent racers from becom-ing injured if they loose their footing and careen into the wall at roughly 35 mph.

While not as sharp as actual knives, ice skating blades are still very sharp and if moving at fast speeds, can cut just as easily as a knife. 1500-meter speed skating bronze medalist J.R. Celski almost died of a laceration to his upper thigh caused by his own skate last September.

It is still widely under-stood that sports can cause injury. Athletes take these risks because of the simple fact that they love their sport. It may also be seen that while injuries still persist, the IOC has made it so the Olympic games are as safe for athletes as possible.

The Cal Poly men’s ten-nis team suffered a narrow defeat last Saturday, losing to the University of Red-lands 5-4 at home.

The Broncos were look-ing for some redemption af-ter they were shut out by the Bulldogs last year 9 - 0. The Broncos proved they were

still division contenders by winning the top three singles matches. No. 1 Robby Dabbs, No. 2 Salvador Romero and No. 3 Joshua Lau all earned points for Cal Poly.

“The end result was a big improvement over the last time we faced the Bulldogs,” said tennis head coach Sandy Kriezel. “I’m proud that we were able to show the progress our team has made since last facing

them … win or lose, it was defi nitely a close game.”

After a stunning open-ing round victory, the Bron-cos are now just 1-3 for the season.

No. 2 doubles team se-nior Dabbs and junior Shane McNulty, were the only pair to pick up a victory, beating the Bulldogs 8-4 last Satur-day.

Dabbs brought his sin-gles match into overtime by

defeating his opponent in a tie breaker 5-7, 6-3, 10-3.

Romero dispatched his Bulldog opponent beating him in two sets 6-1, 6-4.

Lau barely escaped de-feat and sent his rival pack-ing with a three set score of 4-6, 6-4, 7-6.

The Broncos next matchup will take place on the road at the Claremont Colleges this Saturday at 3:30 p.m. Kriezel is request-

ing that students go and sup-port the Broncos while they are on the road.

“We need more Cal Poly supporters at the away games,” said Kriezel. “A lit-tle bit of cheering and shout-ing for our side goes a long way …it has a direct impact on the mentality and confi -dence of the players.”

18 www.thepolypost.com POLY POST February 23, 2010TUESDAY,

he men’s and women’s basket-ball teams have worked hard and

secured CCAA Tournament berths at the end of the regu-lar season, which wraps up this week.

However, this is not the time to sit back and let the season end quietly.

Both teams are still play-ing for a spot in the NCAA West Regional Finals.

The top eight teams in the Western region will make the cut, as decided by poll, not conference stand-ings. This makes every single game crucial, as one loss can be devastating to a team’s chances.

Because there are so many competitive teams, each win needs to be one of quality, and the Broncos’ best basketball needs to be ahead of them.

This is where we, the students, have an opportu-nity to help.

The next three games are at home, with two regu-lar season games Thursday and Friday before March 3, when the Broncos play the fi rst round of the CCAA Tournament. Because the Broncos have done so well thus far, both the men’s and women’s games will be played at Kellogg Gym.

This means the Broncos have three guaranteed home games for students to get to and get behind their uni-versity. Both teams need to keep the wins coming, and the teams have a combined home record of 15-4 proving Kellogg Gym can be a for-midable place for opponents to play.

This needs to be moreso this week as the Broncos fi n-ish off their season and gain credibility in the polls.

The Broncos will also be sending off two seniors from each team, who play their fi nal Cal Poly season games Friday.

Now is the time to sup-port your Broncos more that ever as they both make a run at Cal Poly history.

It’s also an oppotunity for students to be part of that history.

The women’s team tips off at 5:30 p.m. Thursday followed by the men’s team at 7:30. The teams play at the same times Friday.

ELLIOT HEISSports Editor

sports@thepolypost.comReach Elliot Heis at:

Now is not the time to relax

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Broncos trample opponents

ELLIOT HEISSports Editor

sports@thepolypost.comReach Elliot Heis at:

The women’s tennis team had a big week with sweeps of Cal State Los Angeles and Cal State Bakersfi eld

Broncos take tough loss from RedlandsCal Poly’s men’s

tennis team suffered a close

5-4 loss in its home opener

SaturdayMitchell Saltzman/Poly Post

Junior Salvador Romero smashes a forehand at the men’s tennis team’s match against Univer-sity of Redlands last Saturday.

Mitchell Saltzman/Poly Post

Junior Robby Dabbs serves the ball into play during the Broncos’ first home game of the season Saturday against the University of redlands.

MATTHEW WARDStaff Writer

sports@thepolypost.comReach Matthew Ward at:

Olympians compete at their own risk

sports@thepolypost.comReach Anthony Clegg at:

ANTHONY CLEGGStaff Writer

COMMENTARYCOMMENTARY

HOMECOMING: Women’s basketball team to play fi nal games of the regular season at homecontinued from page 20

sports@thepolypost.comReach Justin Park at:

The Cal Poly track teams opened the 2010 season with a strong start on Saturday winning a slew of events at a meet at UC San Diego.

“Overall the team did really well,” said senior Amanda Smith. “The nice thing about these early meets is that we’re able to see where we’re at before the big conference com-petition.”

“There’s definitely some things we need to improve on, but overall we had a really good performance and a good attitude,” said Smith. “The whole team altogether- we’re re-ally strong and it’s nice to see the effort that everyone’s put in the past nine months has fi-nally paid off.”

Smith also said that competing with schools such as UC San Diego shows how

competitive Cal Poly is at taking on some of the best teams.

Saturday got off to a dreary start with a downpour of rain in the morning, but the sun made its appearance just in time for the first race.

Senior and All-American Jonathan Wil-liams won both the men’s 200 in 21.41 and the long jump with 22-0 ¼.

Junior Carter Griffin took second in the 200 in 21.95. Griffin also took part in the win for the men’s 4x400 relay along with senior Jake Deavers, junior Corey Arnold, and fresh-man Matt Boudreau in 3:17.66.

Deavers also placed third in the 400 in 50.22. Senior Jersain Torres won both the 1,500 in 4:00.96 and the 3,000 in 8:43.52.

Junior Neil Macrorie placed second in the 110 hurdles in 15.89.

Junior Andrew Miller won the pole vault at 15-9.

Senior Michael Hernandez took third in the javelin toss at 156-11.

Junior lleana Tejada dominated for the women, taking first in discuss with 137-9, sec-ond in hammer with 155-06 and third in shot put with 35-8.

Senior Amber Hebb took first in wom-en’s 1,500 in 4:55.9 and second in the 800 in 2:23.99. Senior Tokkie Adeniji placed second in the women’s 200 in 25.2.

Cal Poly will have another meet on Satur-day, Feb. 27 at the Rossi Relays in Claremont.

Last weekend saw the Cal Poly baseball team com-mence CCAA competition with a four-game series against CSU Monterey Bay, winning three of four. They took the fi rst of two games on Friday 11-6, while win-ning Saturday’s and Sun-day’s games 4-1 and 11-5, respectively.

The Broncos lost Fri-day’s second doubleheader game 8-5. Originally sched-uled for Saturday, the game was moved to Friday in an-ticipation of rain.

The Broncos went 8-2 during their home stand and have a 3-1 record against CCAA teams.

They have a 9-4 record overall and are fourth place among CCAA rivals, behind Chico State, Cal State San Bernardino, and Cal State LA.

The Broncos began Sunday’s game with fresh-man pitcher Ryan Dunn, who threw over four innings, struck out three, walked one, and allowed two runs on six hits.

Senior pitcher Keith Powers relieved Dunn, and got the victory, pitching over two innings, while allowing only one hit, and striking out one.

“Dunn gave us a good start,” said head coach Mike Ashman. “Keith kept us in there in giving us a chance to get going.”

The Broncos trailed 2-1 in the sixth inning. That all changed, though, when ju-nior designated hitter Ty-son Edwards hit a two-run shot to center, scoring both junior center fi elder Travis Taijeron, who went 3-3, and

junior right fi elder Joe Villa, giving the Broncos the lead.

“I just wanted to hit the ball and put the ball in play,” said Edwards. “The baseball gods took care of it.”

The Broncos’ seventh was even better, and was highlighted by sophomore catcher Jenzen Torres’ grand slam to left, his fourth homer this season, making the score 9-2.

“We had guys in scoring position with two outs and I haven’t done well with guys in scoring position,” said Torres. “I just put barrel on

the ball and make something happen for the team.”

Game 1 of Friday’s dou-bleheader saw sophomore pitcher Kevin Bosson get his second win on the sea-son. Bosson struck out four while giving up four runs and walking one.

Bosson’s performance was cushioned by great of-fense in the third inning, which saw eight Bronco runs, beginning with a hom-er to left by junior center fi elder Travis Taijeron and a grand slam by senior right fi elder David Jaques.

“Just the hard work you put in before, during, and after practice [is the key to success],” said senior right fi elder David Jaques. “We stay late.”

Jaques went 3-3, with 6 RBIs, coming within a triple of the cycle. Senior third baseman Richard Mc-Dowell had two RBIs, and senior second baseman Mar-cus Makia and junior catcher Michael Neff each scored twice and contributed a hit.

The Broncos lost the closer of the doubleheader 8-5. Despite the Broncos’

two runs in the fi fth inning and a three-run seventh, the Otters gave their pitcher all he needed with a seven-run fi fth inning.

In the loss, however, Taijeron went 4-4 with one RBI, and Torres hit a solo homer to left in the bottom of the seventh, his third on the season.

“I take every at-bat as a new at-bat,” said Taijeron. “I just go off the pitcher and swing.”

Saturday’s game was better for the Broncos, who took a two-run lead in the fi rst and never looked back, on their way to a 4-1 win.

In the fi rst, Makia sin-gled to left fi eld, scoring both Torres and Taijeron. Makia went 2-4 on the day, and scored a run in the third inning.

Pitching was sopho-more pitcher Geoff Brous-sard, who threw over seven innings, giving up one run on four hits and one walk, while striking out fi ve in his second win.

“Just getting ahead, let-ting my defense work behind me,” said Broussard. “Not having to strike everybody out.”

The bullpen relieved Broussard and held the Ot-ters scoreless. Senior pitcher Travis Kelly pitched a score-less eighth, and senior pitcher Joshua Krist came in to pitch in the ninth, striking out both batters he faced, while earn-ing his second save.

The Broncos return to the road for a two-game series with Cal State Dominguez Hills, playing on Thursday and Friday.

19www.thepolypost.comPOLY POSTFebruary 23, 2010TUESDAY,

Soccer team signs 15 letters of intent

After losing 11 key players to graduation last season, Cal Poly’s men’s soccer team has signed 15 players to letters of intent to attend and play for the team.

“This particular class is balanced across the fi eld. Each of these young men has a very successful youth pedigree along with a win-ning mentality,” Broncos’ head coach Lance Thomp-son said. “We look forward to working with them and watching them improve over the next few seasons.”

The signings come after Cal Poly’s most successful season in ten years, fi nishing with a 10-8-1 record.

“We suffered crucial losses from our 2009 gradu-ating seniors,” Thompson said. “It was imperative that we added a very strong class for 2010. On paper, it is a very talented class.”

The Broncos will play their fi rst match in the sum-mer.

scoreboardBaseballCSUMB 6, CPP 11CSUMB 8, CPP 5CSUMB 1, CPP 4CSUMB 4, CPP 11

Men’s BasketballCPP 68, CSULA 54CPP 68, CSUDH 58

Women’s BasketballCPP 61, CSULA 41CPP 76, CSUDH 68

Men’s TennisUofR 5, CPP 4

Women’s TennisCPP 9, CSULA 0CPP 7, CSUB 0

Home Away

Feb. 24W Tennis @ CSUSB

1:30 p.m.

Feb. 25Baseball @ CSUDH

12 noonBasketball vs

CSULAWomen 5:30 p.m.

Men 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 26W Tennis vs UofLV

2 p.m.Baseball @ CSUDH

12 noonBasketball vs SFSUWomen 5:30 p.m.

Men 7:30 p.m.

Feb. 21T&F @ Claremont

Baseball vs CSUMB(Double Header)

11 a.m.M Tennis @ Claremont3:30 p.m.

Feb. 26W Tennis vs CSUS

11 a.m.

Josh Tatum/Poly PostJunior infielder Tyson Edwards runs past a Cal State L.A. first baseman in hopes of reaching second against Cal State Monterey Bay on Friday.

Broncos open CCAA play

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Junior outfielder Travis Taijeron, looks up toward a fly ball during the first match against Cal State Monterey Bay on Friday.

ERIK CARRStaff Writer

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Cal Poly off to a good startCHRISTINA BURDStaff Writer

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Cal Poly’s Track and Field teams opened their sea-

son with a strong opening against UC San Diego

Cal Poly’s men’s bas-ketball team added two more wins to its winning streak, bringing it to 11, with wins over Cal State Los Angeles, 68-54 and Cal State Dominguez Hills, 68-58.

The Broncos return home for the fi nal two games of the regular season against Cal State Monterey Bay Thursday and San Francisco State Friday.

“These next games are going to be critical for West Regional,” Broncos head coach Greg Kamansky said. “We’re not taking anything for granted and we’re going to keep focused.”

Although the Broncos have long since clinched a CCAA tournament berth, they are at the mercy of the polls to determine their standings in the NCAA bracket, making every game vital.

Sophomore forward Dwayne Fells led the Bron-cos’ scoring effort against Cal State Los Angeles with a career-high 18 points. Fells also pulled down a game-high nine rebounds.

The Broncos pulled away from the Golden Ea-gles with nearly perfect bas-ketball, giving away just one turnover in the fi rst half.

“We only had one turn-over in a half, I don’t think I’ve ever had a team that’s done that. That was criti-cal,” Kamansky said.

The win was vindica-tion for the Broncos, win-ning their 10th straight game over the team that last defeated them back in Janu-ary.

In the second half, the Golden Eagles made a comeback, but never got within 10 points.

“They had a good run in the second half but they cut it to 16 and not to three,” Kamansky said. “I just had to remind them ‘we’re up by 16, we’re not playing a one-point game, just relax.’”

Against the Cal State Dominguez Hills Toros the Broncos were led by senior forward Austin Swift, fresh-man guard Mitchel Ander-son and sophomore guard Matthew Rosser, who each scored 12 points.

“It feels good, we’re on a good winning streak,” Swift said. “We’re going to try to keep it going.”

The Broncos won with tenacious defense, forcing 20 turnovers, creating more opportunities for Cal Poly.

The Broncos made the most of their opportunities, shooting 60 percent from the fi eld while taking more shots than the Toros, 44-35.

The Broncos now boast an 18-5 record, 16-4 in con-ference play.

Cal Poly will face the CCAA’s best when it com-petes in the CCAA Tourna-ment beginning March 3 at Kellogg Gym.

Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team steam-rolled over its competition this past weekend with a 61-41 win at Cal State Los Angeles and a 76-68 victo-ry at Cal State Dominguez Hills.

The Broncos hold a 16-4 CCAA record and 19-5 overall, ranking sec-ond behind UC San Diego.

Following their 55-31 victory at Sonoma State the week prior, the Broncos headed into battle against CSU Los Angeles with their focus, drive and mo-mentum intact.

The Broncos produced their season’s biggest lead with a 32-7 advantage by halftime.

Junior guard Reyana Colson and sophomore cen-ter Megan Ford provided the majority of the points in the fi rst half. Colson scored six free throws and two fi eld goals, while Ford hit

four free throws, two fi eld goals and a lay-up.

“[Ford] was absolutely dominating,” said Broncos head coach Scott Davis. “She did a great job with both ends of the court, of-fensively and defensively.”

At the top of the sec-ond half, Colson, Ford and junior forward La’Kenya Simon-West collectively scored four free throws to secure a strong 45-19 lead.

The Golden Eagles’ sophomore point guard Jameiz Terrell and junior guard Jazzi Johnson at-tempted to close in by scoring 13 and eight points each.

However, the Eagles lagged behind by as many as 20 points and the possi-bility of a victory failed to materialize.

By game’s end, Bron-cos’ freshman guard Bri-anna Beridon hit three free throws. Freshman forward Rachel Porter scored the fi nal free throw and the game-winning lay-up to ce-

ment the victory.The win over the Ea-

gles, however, proved to be child’s play. The following evening, Dominguez Hills’ Toros consistently kept the Broncos on edge by nip-ping at their heels at every turn.

“[Dominguez Hills] played a fantastic game,” said Davis.

The Toros ventured on an unanswered 9-0 run with 7:05 remaining in the fi rst half to tie 23-23. Freshman guard Kala Amico and se-nior guard Whitney Gantt followed through with three 3-pointers, two fi eld goals and two free throws to provide their team with a 46-32 lead by halftime.

The Broncos were un-fazed, as they rallied hard to turn the lead over in their favor. Within the fi rst three minutes of the second half, West and senior guard Ste-phisha Walton hit four free throws.

Colson’s prowess

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Broncos play at home: The men’s tennis team played its home opener Saturday, hosting the University of Redlands in a non-conference match. See how they did Pg. 18

Broncos gallop homeCal Poly’s men’s basketball team returns to Kellogg Gym for the fi nal

games of the regular season on an 11-game win streak

Paul Rosales/Poly PostSenior guard Dahir Nasser stands in the way of Cal State Los Angeles senior guard Dwayne Jones during the Broncos’ 14-point win over the Golden Eagles.

ELLIOT HEISSports Editor

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Senior guard Austin Swift takes a tight-angle shot over a Cal State Los Angeles player Friday. Swift and senior guard Da-hir Nasser play their final regular season games this Friday.

Broncs return home with two more wins

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Senior guard Jessica Duran finds a seam in Cal State Los Angeles’ defense Friday.See HOMECOMING/Pg. 18

JUSTIN PARKStaff Writer

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