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Poly 101

Katie Morrow, the social sci-ences junior running for pres-ident of Associated Students, Inc (ASI), talks about women in student government, how the Student Success Fee is a temporary solution and why she’s never without her signa-ture eyeglasses.

You’ve been in Kiyana Ta-brizi’s cabinet for almost a year now, and in ASI for two years. How has that changed your perception of Cal Poly?

I get to see a different side of things. Going into committee meetings and learning things about budget structure and about how administration works, as a whole, is an expe-rience most students never get to see. It gave me a chance to

have personal relationships with administrators, in addi-tion to business relationships, I don’t think most students get to experience.

So how has your view of Cal Poly changed since you joined ASI?

The biggest thing I’ve learned is administrators take a lot of pride in how our students work. And they make very, very difficult decisions on a daily basis about classes, about funding, about salary. It’s easy to get wrapped up in that and get angry when deci-sions affect you. I’ve definitely experienced that in the past, you know, when you see your tuition going up and your ac-cess to classes going down, that’s very frustrating. But the thing I’ve learned this year is that every single person that

I’ve had the chance to work with loves the students and wants them to do so well.

If elected, you would be the fifth female ASI president in a row, dating back to 2008. Do you feel there is a discon-nect between men and stu-dent government?

I don’t know why it is that this position attracts females to it. I really have thought about this quite a bit, because we have one member of our lead-ership team right now who is male. Only one of six. And his relations are as great as any-one with the administration, completely equal, if not great-er. There are many men in stu-dent government that would do a fantastic job as president. I think it’s just a coincidence.

If elected president, you would

be co-chair the Student Suc-cess Fee Allocation Com-mittee. How important is student input on where the money goes?

It’s critically important. I would never make a decision without the students’ input. It’s very important to get in-put from student groups, es-pecially those who have the special interests or who have more expertise in those fields who might need more money in the future. It’s also really important to get in touch with students who don’t have an easy connection, but who have an opinion, and whose opin-ion is just as valid. A big part of my job would be to hold the (ASI) Board of Directors ac-countable to reaching out to their colleges and really mak-ing an understandable plan of how they’re going to do that.

Kiyana Tabrizi chose not to take a stance on the Student Success Fee in the lead up to the vote. Would you endorse or disapprove of a contro-versial issue like that while you’re in office?

We chose not to take a stance because students had the op-tion to vote. And so they were going to have their own opinion, so it didn’t necessar-ily make sense for the student body president to have her own opinion. I would cer-tainly be comfortable taking a stance if the students didn’t have that chance and couldn’t voice their own opinions. If I felt like the students didn’t see something that I would be able to show them, then I would take a stance.

CSU-level discussions have put Cal Poly under pressure

to switch to semesters in the next few years. President Jef-frey Armstrong and Provost Kathleen Enz Finken have both expressed their prefer-ence toward semesters; what do you think?

I don’t know enough about semesters versus quarters, but my opinion is a student’s opinion. I want to work with the students to make sure our voice is part of that process. I want to make sure it’s not all of a sudden we’re on semes-ters, but make sure we’re in the conversation the entire time and are part of that deci-sion that’s being made. And if they are against it, then that’s what I’m going to represent. If they’re in favor of it, that’s what I’m going to represent.

The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI), presidential de-bate saw more than the one anticipated candidate when biomedical senior Nha Ha announced he was running for ASI president against pre-viously unopposed candidate Katie Morrow on Thursday.

Ha, who is running as a write-in candidate, said he decided to enter the race last minute to give students more of a choice in the election.

“It wasn’t until (Wednesday) that I realized there was really only one candidate,” Ha said. “No one else is going to run, so

when it came down to it, it was, you know, do it cause nobody else is going to.”

Ha said his campaign plat-form is looking to address some of the issues he’s seen throughout his five years at Cal Poly.

“My platform is open com-munication, trying to just edu-cate everyone,” Ha said. “For instance, when we had the Stu-dent Success Fee forums, no one went to those, like one or five kids. I felt that it was ASI’s role to come out here, stand in the middle and yell, ‘Hey! You need to go to these things! This is going to affect you!’ I just feel

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The past and procedures: part 1

People go up to the 50-foot-by-30-foot “P” on the mountain at the back of campus at all hours of the day for dates, to see the view, go mountain biking, to paint it — for a variety of different activities.

“The view is awesome, and it’s a great date spot,” Cuesta College student Ken Staal said. “It’s my birthday, and I got a kiss for my birthday up there, so that was good.”

Staal is just one example that Cal Poly students aren’t the only visitors to

the “P” regularly, but stu-dents aren’t its only visi-tors. Cal Poly Athletics Di-rector Don Oberhelman said he thinks it’s crazy if students don’t go up to the “P” at least once during their time here.

“It’s a focal point for cam-pus pride,” Oberhelman said. “I think it’s something that (students) should look up at and be proud of ev-ery day, and I think every-body should take a hike up there and take a view from up there. ... It’s an inspiring spot. It’s a beautiful spot. If when you go up there, you can’t be proud of Cal Poly and how fortunate we are to live in such a beautiful place, you’re crazy. I would en-courage all students to go up there and take a look at it.”

The “P” has a past

Facilities Plan Room Co-ordinator Rex Wolf is re-sponsible for archiving

all construction projects done on campus, includ-ing work done to the “P.”

“It’s my job to keep re-cords of all facilities-re-lated projects, and I put the construction design of the ‘P’ into the ar-chives,” he said.

The “P” on the mountain stands for polytechnic. There’s been a “P” on the mountain since the early 1900s, and the word poly-technic was in the school’s name from the beginning, Wolf said.

When Cal Poly was first established — before it was a university — it was called California Poly-technic School. At that time, the “P” was original-ly an outline of large rocks filled in with powdered limestone, Wolf said.

“That one required a lot of maintenance, I imag-ine,” Wolf said. “It was probably just spruced up for a football game, and

then it probably just fell apart real quick.”

The “P” was reconstruct-ed with concrete in 1957, probably to reduce mainte-nance, Wolf said.

However, some mainte-nance was still required after 1957. The bottom of the “P” was reconstructed in 1997 because of damage from erosion caused by a big storm, Wolf said.

It was rebuilt with rebar in the rock and brick, and then concrete was put over that. The bottom part is built to last, but it won’t last forever, Wolf said.

When a student visits the “P,” they can see the ero-sion taking place and can imagine something drastic happening from another storm or something like that, he said.

Another part of the his-tory of the “P” is that it’s an old tradition for stu-

This article is part one of a two-part series on the Cal Poly “P.” Check out the paper tomorrow for part two, featuring the present and paths of the big “P” in the hills above campus.

that more communication in that sense ... is a good thing.”

From social sciences junior Morrow’s standpoint, anoth-er candidate running for the presidency can only be ben-eficial for students.

“I’m really excited about it,” Morrow said. “I do want an-other candidate to run, and I’ve wanted that all along. I got the chance to speak with him a little after the debate, and we’re going to meet up tomor-

row and chat. So, it’s very civil, all good feelings.”

These good feelings were evident in the debate when the two went head-to-head, discussing everything from diversity on campus to opin-ions on greek life.

“Honestly, it was a learning experience,” Ha said. “Katie was knowledgeable — she was actually able to take one of the questions before me because she saw I was flustered, which I really appreciate. Overall, it went better than I expected.”

During the debate, Morrow and Ha were also asked to de-

scribe themselves and their campaigns in three words.

“The first word to describe me would be dedicated,” Mor-row said in response. “I really love ASI. I think it’s a fantastic organization with a huge po-tential for leadership, and ... I’m really dedicated to seeing that those students are really utilized to the fullest. I think the second word to describe me would be experienced. I think this is a strength be-cause this is a trait that really gives me the opportunity to hit the ground running and start from day one right from my experiences. The third word I would use to describe myself would be enthusiastic because I’m very excited for the oppor-tunity, and I want to take ad-vantage of it fully.”

Ha, on the other hand, chose driven, spirit and insomnia.

“The first word that comes to mind when I think about how I describe myself is driven,” Ha said in the debate. “I say driven because, no matter how long it takes, or how quick it is, or whatever obstacles come, I feel that I can overcome anything... My second word is spirit. I love this school, I love Learn By Do-ing. That’s exactly why I’m up here right now, because I like to learn by doing, I keep that in my real life. The last word that I use to describe myself is in-somnia, because there’s going to be a lot of long nights, and as a college student you’re go-ing to be up late, especially as an engineering student.”

At the end of the debate, both parties said they were satisfied with the way it was handled and are now looking to prepare

for the election on April 25.Ha said he is looking to cam-

paign with a more “green” ap-proach than the normal cam-pus flyers and posters.

“I’m not using any paper, trying to leave my footprint as light as possible,” Ha said. “I’m just using word of mouth, the Internet.”

Morrow said her campaign following the debate is go-ing to be just ramping up her existing efforts to bring more people into her team.

“We just want to keep go-ing full force,” Morrow said. “It’s a constant meeting more people and then more people want to get involved, and that’s really exciting, so we’re trying to spread the word more, keep going to clubs — a lot of keep building upon what we’re already doing.”

Soil science sophomore Jason Demoss is one of the people who wanted to get involved in Morrow’s campaign. He joined her campaign after hearing that Morrow was building upon current ASI President Kiyana Tabrizi’s platform last year. Overall, he said he thought both candidates did a good job in the debate.

“The debate went great,” De-moss said. “Katie answered the questions perfectly fine, and I think Nha Ha just wrote in yes-terday at 4 p.m., so I think this is all kind of rushed for him, but overall I think it went great.”

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If the students were over-whelmingly in favor of staying on quarters, would ASI’s posi-tion be to stay on quarters?

It would be the outreach and figuring out if they have a strong opinion. Personally, I’m not sure what that is. I’m absolutely willing to take a stance if I feel the students are strongly one way or another.

The California Faculty As-sociation’s (CFA) relations with the CSU are at a boiling point on several fronts. What role does the ASI president have in these discussions?

I don’t know as much about CFA as I should, but I know the biggest role ASI plays with

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faculty is with the Academic Senate. Obviously this affects students strongly, if they de-cide to strike or if they do decide to come to that con-clusion then that affects every single student on campus. So I think it’s just that constant reminder to the faculty that this is what they could do to us, and this is why you need to consider that as you’re mak-ing that decision. It’s the role of the ASI president to make sure the faculty are thinking about students while they’re making the vote to strike or not, because we’re the ones that are getting affected.

What are your feelings to-ward the unit cap coming to Cal Poly next quarter, and how would you mitigate neg-ative effects on students in light of the financial restric-tions Cal Poly could be fac-ing next year?

It’s looking at other ways stu-dents can move toward gradu-ation. Things like improving our advising, improving our registration process, kind of looking at — with administra-tion — some of the more cre-

ative ways we can operate and the way we get students closer to graduation. It’s important to have the classes available students need to take, but we can only do so much with that. Eventually, we just need to make the system more ef-ficient. There are many CSU and state schools that operate more smoothly or efficiently than we do. We need to look at those as models and not rein-vent the wheel.

Is it the role of ASI president to do that, or would it fall on someone higher up?

Yes, that’s my role. I think it’s definitely my role. I may not be an expert, but I think I can ask all the right questions.

Let’s say you’re Governor Morrow for a minute, and you can fix the CSU’s budget woes however you’d like, what would you do?

I think it’s too hard to say. And that’s why we can’t really depend on our legislators any more. We can’t expect in the future they will increase our money, so we have to go back to the drawing board and get creative. The Student Success

Fee is a temporary solution. We can’t just exponentially in-crease student fees. That’s just not fair. In the future, we need to look at alternate revenue sources. The alumni basis is a strong opportunity we have. We have such strong alumni in fields across the country and they’re very, very success-ful. So I think it’s about en-couraging them to give back to where they came from.

We’ve never seen you with-out your glasses; do you think you have the eyeglass-wearing vote locked down?

You know, I really just hate wearing contacts. Since I was in the seventh grade, I’ve always had these glasses. I was always that dorky kid in the class with the glasses. My vision’s not that bad, but they just don’t make con-tacts that fit my eyes well. My glasses are a part of me now, I’ve decided.

Despite the challenges Mor-row admits she will face as ASI president, she said she believes her experience makes her a more qualified candidate than her write-in opponent, Nha Ha.

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dents to paint on it.

Procedures for painting

If you want to decorate the “P,” you have to get your de-sign approved through an ap-plication process, Wolf said.

From pride rainbows, to fra-ternity symbols, to gold and green polka dots, the “P,” has been painted in countless ways throughout its history.

Project and events man-ager Don Popham said decorating the “P” is con-sidered a campus privilege.

“People aren’t allowed to go up there and just do what they want with the ‘P,’” Popham said. “They need to get permission.”

The “P” was originally man-aged by Mustang Maniacs, a fan club for Cal Poly athlet-ics, but two years ago, it was decided that facilities should

manage the “P,” Popham said.When facility services

took over managing the “P” it tried to continue on with what the Mustang Maniacs criteria was for managing it. Popham said people inter-ested in decorating the “P” should visit the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) website. Student organizations have to turn in a plan and work with the ASI Epicenter to get permission, Popham said.

ASI Epicenter enters it into a computer database that is used between university scheduling and campus de-partments and other entities on campus, Popham said. The request goes to ASI, and then ASI contacts Cal Poly facility services and says the group would like to decorate the “P” and would like to ap-prove or disapprove, he said.

Getting permission to decorate the “P” during a certain time is based on a first-come, first-serve basis, Popham said.

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The Cal Poly “P” has been around since the early 1900s.

Students can vote on ASI president and Board of Di-rectors from 7 a.m. April 25 to 7 a.m. April 26 through their My Cal Poly Portals.

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EGYPT —

Egypt has terminated its contract to supply natural gas to Israel, ending a joint venture that was a corner-stone of the peace process between the two neigh-boring states.

Israeli Finance Minister Yuval Steinitz expressed “great worry” about re-ports of the Egyptian ter-mination. His office said the cancellation would set a “dangerous precedent that darkens the peace treaties and the atmo-sphere of peace between Israel and Egypt.”

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SACRAMENTO —

After weeks of revelations about her tempestuous affair with a meth addict, Alame-da County Supervisor Nadia Lockyer said Friday she was resigning to recover from her own addiction and care for her son.

The wife of California State Treasurer Bill Lock-yer, Nadia began a public meltdown in February after reporting she’d been as-saulted in a Newark, N.J., hotel room by an ex-lover and then revealed she was going into rehab for “alco-holism and addiction.”

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WASHINGTON D.C. —

Immigration politics will hit the Supreme Court this week as justices con-sider how much border-control clout the states can deploy.

The court must decide whether Arizona went too far with a crackdown that includes ordering po-lice to routinely check the legal residency status of people they stop.

The court’s ruling an-swer this election year could ignite Capitol Hill, other states and, especial-ly, Hispanic voters.

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Wal-Mart Stores Inc. said Sat-urday that it is looking into a newspaper’s claims that em-ployees at a subsidiary bribed Mexican officials over several years and that executives at its headquarters in the U.S. shut down any thorough investiga-tion of the allegations.

Wal-Mart, the world’s largest retailer, said in a lengthy state-ment that it has told federal au-thorities about the matter and that its outside investigators will continue to meet with of-ficials from the Department of Justice and the Securities and Exchange Commission.

The thrust of the claims made by The New York Times was that in 2005 executives at Wal-Mart’s Bentonville, Ark., headquarters heard allegations of bribery of Mexican officials, possibly totaling $24 million over hundreds of payments, but didn’t discipline leaders at Wal-Mart de Mexico or notify U.S. or Mexican law enforce-ment officials.

Senior executives, said the Times, “focused more on damage control than on root-ing out wrongdoing.”

The Times reported that an investigation into the Mexico bribery claims was put main-ly in the hands of Wal-Mart’s general counsel in Mexico — the man accused of autho-rizing the bribes — while the executive who allegedly over-saw the bulk of the bribes, Eduardo Castro-Wright, was promoted to Wal-Mart vice chairman in 2008.

The Times also claims that Wal-Mart’s then-Chief Execu-tive Lee Scott scolded internal investigators at the time for be-ing too aggressive, while cur-

rent CEO Michael Duke knew of the claims.

“Many of the alleged ac-tivities in The New York Times article are more than six years old,” said David Tovar, vice president of cor-porate communications at Wal-Mart, in the statement. “If these allegations are true, it is not a ref lection of who we are or what we stand for. We are deeply concerned by these allegations and are working aggressively to de-termine what happened.”

“We are working hard to understand what occurred in Bentonville more than six years ago and are commit-ted to conducting a complete investigation before forming conclusions,” added Tovar. “We don’t want to speculate or weave stories from incomplete inquiries and limited recollec-tions, as others might do.”

“Unfortunately, we realize that, at this point, there are some unanswered questions. We wish we could say more but we will not jeopardize the integrity of the investigation.”

Tovar noted in his statement that Wal-Mart had informed shareholders of the investi-gation in a December filing. The SEC filing said Wal-Mart didn’t believe that the claims “will have a material adverse effect on our business.”

The Times’ story, however, claims there is “credible evi-dence that bribery played a persistent and significant role in Wal-Mart’s rapid growth in Mexico.”

Wal-Mart is Mexico’s larg-est private employer, said the paper, with 209,000 workers in the country.

Tovar said Wal-Mart re-cently tightened its internal controls, hiring a U.S. Foreign

Saturday, April 14

1:31 a.m. — An assault was reported on the 1100 block of Garden Street.

6:42 p.m. — A theft from a vehicle was reported on the 1100 block of Mon-terey Street.

Sunday, April 15

1:24 p.m. — A hit and run collision occurred at the R-1 parking lot.

3:34 p.m. — A hit and run collision was reported on the 1800 block of Mon-terey Street.

8:24 p.m. — An assault was reported on the 2100 block of Harris Street.

Monday, April 16

11:01 a.m. — An assault was reported on the 2100 block of Johnson Avenue.

3:02 p.m. — Petty theft occurred between 2 and 2:30 p.m. at the Robert E. Kennedy Library.

Tuesday, April 17

8:57 a.m. — A case of child abuse was re-ported to the San Luis Obispo Police Depart-ment (SLOPD).

9:44 a.m. — Grand theft occurred between 9:10 and 9:15 a.m. at the Earhart Agricultural Sciences building.

10:00 a.m. — A sexual assault was reported to SLOPD.

Wednesday, April 18

9:51 a.m. — A sexual assault was reported to SLOPD.

12:09 p.m. — Vandalism occurred between April 17 at 6 p.m. and April 18 at 11 a.m. at the Architec-ture and Environmental Design building.

Thursday, April 19

9:44 a.m. — A sexual assault was reported to SLOPD.

12:09 p.m. — Vandalism occurred between April 18 at 4 p.m. and April 19 at 12 p.m. at the Archi-tecture and Environmen-tal Design building.

5:41 p.m. — A theft report was made at the Christo-pher Cohan Performing Arts Center.

Friday, April 20

5:30 p.m. — Vandalism occurred between April 19 at 4:40 p.m. and April 20 at 4:40 p.m. at Yosemite Hall.

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Corrupt Practices Act compli-ance director in Mexico who reports directly to executives in Bentonville.

“In the spring of 2011, we initiated a worldwide review of our anticorruption pro-gram,” said Tovar. “We are taking a deep look at our pol-icies and procedures in every country in which we operate. This includes developing and implementing recommenda-tions for FCPA training, an-ticorruption safeguards, and internal controls.”

“In a large global enter-prise such as Wal-Mart, sometimes issues arise de-spite our best efforts and in-tentions,” he added. “When they do, we take them se-riously and act as quickly as possible to understand what happened. We take ac-tion and work to implement changes so the issue doesn’t happen again. That’s what we’re doing today.”

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President Hamid Karzai's government Sunday an-nounced an agreement on a long-term Afghan-U.S stra-tegic partnership.

The agreement would en-sure U.S involvement in Af-ghanistan after the U.S.-led coalition troops withdraw by the end of 2014.

The document was ini-tialed by Afghanistan's na-tional security adviser, Ran-gin Dadfar Spanta, and U.S Ambassador Ryan Crocker, the statement from the pres-idential palace said.

Gavin Sundwall, a U.S. Em-bassy spokesman, said, “We are pleased that we are close to completing negotiations on strategic partnership.”

Spanta, in a written state-ment, said: “The document finalized today provides a strong foundation for the

security of Afghanistan, the region and the world and is a document for the develop-ment of the region.”

President Barack Obama and Karzai are expected to sign the agreement before NATO summit next month in Chicago. Its contents were not made public.

Several hurdles had to be over-come to reach the agreement. Two of the major ones were the transfer of responsibility for the Bagram prison north of Kabul, and the “Afghanization” of spe-cial operations.

The Bagram prison was transferred to Afghanistan last month, and a special operations agreement by the Afghan forces was signed this month.

“Our goal is an enduring partnership with Afghani-stan that strengthens Af-ghan sovereignty, stability and prosperity and that con-tributes to our shared goal

of defeating al Qaida and its extremist affiliates,” Sund-wall said.

Gul Ahmad Azami, a sen-ator from western Farah province, said the agreement was in Afghanistan's favor if the United States keeps all its commitments after sign-ing it.

He said the U.S. and its al-lies had promised the coun-try a strong government based on the rule of law, “but they failed and instead they supported a corrupt govern-ment.” If the U.S. govern-ment repeats that mistake, the agreement will go no-where, he said.

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Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist.

Let’s talk #freshmanproblems.Side note: before I go any

further, I apologize to those who — like me — despise the use of hashtags anywhere else but on Twitter because this ar-ticle will contain a few.

I remember driving down from Northern California (yes, “hella” slips out some-times, don’t judge me) and soon after, walking up the stairs to my dorm room. Ev-erything else on that day, though, is a blur. Most likely because I was overwhelmed with the fact that I was finally going to be in college.

Like most, I believed Cal Poly would be a perfect world full of bliss: it would be filled with beautiful people, beauti-ful weather and lovely beach-es. And though Cal Poly does actually consist of those three things, I didn’t think about the problems that would come along for the ride through freshman year.

We were so excited about moving on from high school and getting to live our own lives, we didn’t take the time to consider the speed bumps and drama — I thought I’d left in high school — that would oc-cur during our freshman year.

So here’s a look back at those #freshmanproblems. I hope you find the time to laugh as we all remember our confused selves at the beginning of freshman year, which already seems like years ago.

Remember when we heard that wearing a Cal Poly lan-yard would instantly scream

“freshman” to everyone else on campus, but we wore them around our necks for the first month anyway? Yeah, I’m not exactly sure if that is actually considered embarrassing, but it definitely did let everyone else know you were the new kid on campus. Whether it’s good or bad, you decide. But it is a little weird if you are still wearing the lanyard around your neck. #justsaying.

We were warned about the

food from VG Café by every-one — the Cal Poly Class of 2015 Facebook page and our Week Of Welcome leaders, but not about 19 Metro Sta-tion. So for the first month, we thought we were eating the best food on campus at Metro. Maybe because it was buf-fet style, but either way, what were we thinking? #CalPoly-diningproblems.

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“Soaking up the sun”

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Greeks vs. doughnutsCal Poly sororities and fraternities competed in a doughnut-eating competi-tion Thursday for the university’s annual Greek Week. Visit mustangdaily.net to see coverage of the event.

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So in an effort to avoid those on-campus dining places, we either ended up using all our Plu$ Dollars by mid-quar-ter or had a great surplus of Plu$ Dollars — too many to handle. I don’t know how someone can have 800 Plu$ Dollars, but I guess it’s pos-sible. It just means more mugs from Starbucks and grocer-ies from Campus Market. #plu$dollarswag.

Making friends the first month was probably the hard-est and easiest thing. Easiest because everyone wanted to be friends with everyone and hardest because you had to figure out who would really be your friend and who was just being your friend because everyone is friendly the first month. But when you found that friend who brought a car with him or her to school and they suggested you two get lunch, you wanted to become best friends with them. #not-reallyaproblem.

And then there was, and probably still is, the #freshman-problem of becoming that one annoying person who would always ask: “Can you give me a ride?” every weekend.

While making friends and meeting way too many peo-ple for our minds to handle, we realized what horrible memory we really have. I remember embarrassingly asking someone what their name was five times within 10 minutes. #standardfresh-manproblem.

And finally, it’s a recent prob-

lem that you constantly hear the song “Call Me, Maybe” blasting through your dorm for two weeks straight. Either someone’s singing or they’re blaring it from their rooms but you #can’tblamethem.

Freshman year has been full of ups and downs, but there have definitely been more highs than lows. This year wouldn’t be our freshman year without those #freshmanprob-lems and who knows, maybe there will be some #sopho-moreproblems to deal with next year.

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MD op/ed 6 Monday, April 23, 2012

First off, let me start by saying I want to congratulate everyone who participated in the Mustang Mile and that it was a great event.

Secondly, I feel that I should voice my opinion that a part of the event was run unfairly. I am speaking of the team aspect here. Now, I do not wish to take any-thing away from the top individual finisher, Christian Nunez, but I do want to state he was not the overall top finisher, and the person who did finish with the fastest time did not get recognized in any way as of yet. Why is this? I am unsure, the only explanation that comes to mind is that it is because he was part of a team.

One of the members of my team clocked the fastest overall time, 16:17, and finished overall first in the race, but due to being a part of a team, no recognition, not even a congratulations, has been given. Not only was he the top finisher, he was part of the team that placed first overall as well.

From what I have gathered, the first place winner re-ceived a substantial amount of money for campus din-ing, and second and third places received good awards as well. Although Nunez was clocked at 16:31, this still would have placed myself third with 16:40. My team-mate and I feel as though we have been gypped and not been rewarded accordingly for our hard work simply because we were members of a team.

We are still trying to figure out the logistics of what happened, and whether or not we will receive anything for the hard work we put out out there, but as of now it doesn’t seem likely.

Now I am not the person who registered my team, but the captain said he did not see anything about a relay portion. Upon closer inspection of a Mustang Daily article and the event publicized on the Cal Poly News page — both of which can be found on their respective websites, as well as the ASI page for the event, nothing about a relay portion is mentioned.

I bring up this topic, because on the results page, all the teams are listed as “MustangRelay,” but no such relay was conducted. Results per individual for each member of a team were not gathered either, even though everyone had a timing chip.

My teammates and I would like fair recognition for what we achieved at the race, but instead, we are out a few hundred dollars of food we believe we right-fully earned.

If this is the way things are staying, then there really is not point for a team aspect of the race, is there? No con-gratulations. No awards. No individual race time. No overall placing compared to other racers. I am not sure how members of other teams feel about this, but these are just my thoughts and rants about the race.

I want to thank the Starkeys and ASI for putting the event on, but perhaps for next year, if this event is going to continue, this portion of the race can be thought out a little more.

Saieed Rihankinesiology junior

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Michael Eric Siegel, an adjunct professor of government at the American University and the Johns Hopkins University, is author of the book “The President as Leader.”

The questions routinely asked of our presi-dential candidates are insufficient for as-sessing their potential ability to lead the nation. The following questions are based on my studies of the leadership style of re-cent presidents. The candidates’ responses to these questions — as well as evidence of how they have already “answered” them in prac-tice — would, I believe, provide more reliable guidance for their leadership potential in the White House:

Vision/purpose. Does the candidate embrace a strong vision or compelling view of the nation’s future? Has the candidate demon-strated a consistent, though not overly rigid, commitment to a set of principles that could energize his White House, as Ronald Reagan did; or does he seem to stand for everything but believe in nothing, as Jimmy Carter was frequently accused of doing?

Bill Clinton campaigned on the basis of be-ing a “New Democrat,” eschewing the out-dated orthodoxies of the New Deal and Great Society, and attracted great support for a Democratic Party that could take the ideas of deficit reduction and collaboration with busi-ness seriously. By contrast, Rick Perry’s “vi-sion” of making government “inconsequen-tial” seemed unimpressive.

Does the person candidate comprehend the difference between a compelling vision and an obsession? Was George W. Bush’s “vision” of fighting the terrorists, which seemed highly potent in the immediate aftermath of Sept. 11, t ra nsformed into an ob-session later in his term, resulting in the Iraq War?

Strategy/exe-cution. Does the candidate comprehend or possess the specific politi-cal skills needed to trans-late vision into reality? Former New York Gov. Mario Cuomo said, “You can campaign in poetry, but you must govern in prose.” Does the candi-date understand the im-portance of surround-ing himself with highly qualified aides — some of whom need to be Washington insiders — who can work effectively with Congress to bring about change?

It is one thing to cam-paign as an “outsider” and quite another to gov-ern as one. Does the person have a track record of sur-

rounding himself with professionals instead of friends? The difference was poignantly illus-trated by George W. Bush’s first chief of staff, Andrew Card, who, when he resigned his posi-tion, said, “I’m so glad I’m leaving the White House, because now I can be George’s friend again.” The president does not need friends in the White House; he needs “courageous follow-ers,” professionals who have the confidence to challenge a president when needed.

Finally, does the candidate have a limited agenda? President Reagan’s focus on only three or four major policy initiatives during his early years in the White House translat-ed into impressive legislative victories, while President Carter’s expansive agenda (summa-rized to his domestic policy adviser in an A-Z list, abortion to Zaire) hampered his ability to get much done.

Management/structure. Does the candidate understand basic management principles and the requirements of managing a substan-tial White House operation and a sprawling federal workforce of some 2 million people? Does he know the functions and operations of the cabinet agencies, or can he at least name them? There was a serious, though short-lived, attempt by the Clinton administration, under the leadership of Vice President Al Gore, to “reinvent” the federal government. The goal was to create a government that “works better and costs less.”

President Barack Obama has asked for fast-track authority to consolidate and streamline federal agencies, which have multiple and ex-pensive overlapping jurisdictions, as recently noted by Sen. Susan Collins. A president needs to be attuned to the management di-mensions of his job, and Mitt Romney’s claim

to management acumen should be analyzed seriously.

Process/decision-making. Is the

candidate com-fortable mak-ing tough de-cisions? More importantly, does he un-derstand how

to create an e nv i ron me nt

where good deci-sions can be made?

It is clear that the development of sound

decisions requires debate and deliberation, for “groupthink” can easily overtake discussion. George W. Bush described himself as being a “decider,” but he showed great re-luctance to analyze the consequences

of his decisions, or to ever revisit them. (When queried by his first Treasury sec-

retary about the size of his proposed tax cut, Mr. Bush responded, “I don’t nego-tiate with myself.) Mr. Obama certain-ly encourages deliberation and even

dissent, but at times he holds back on the advocacy and explanations of de-cisions already made.

Excuse me, Mr. President

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Cal Poly club rugby team brings the sport to SLOWhile many spend their lazy Saturdays watching college football, another sport exists with just as many bone-crush-ing hits and spectacular dis-plays of athleticism. The Cal Poly men’s club rugby team displays these qualities in every game along with much less downtime and more physicality than football.

“Usually, at least one person will have to go to the emer-gency room after the game,” junior second-row back Jeremy Lipton-Shwartz said. “It can be anything from a few stitches to having to have an ambulance come onto the field to cart someone off. In our game against Cal (UC Berkeley), a kid took a knee to the temple and was put onto a stretcher, so we had to stop the game.”

Cal Poly ended its season this year with two consecu-tive losses — one to UCLA and the other to Central Washington on Saturday. These consecutive losses pre-vented them from qualifying for the postseason.

Cal Poly rugby partici-pates in the Collegiate Pre-mier League which is made up of some of the top teams in the nation. Teams such as Cal, Stanford, UC Davis and Central Washington, along with Cal Poly, compete each year to earn the nation’s top overall spot.

Rugby, however, is not a game based solely off of brute strength and athleticism. A myriad of rules coupled with multiple plays adds to the complexity of the game. Cal Poly rugby typically prac-tices anywhere from three to

five times a week to prepare for games.

“In today’s game I scored a try,” sophomore scrum-half Alex Frost said. “It was cool cause it was a play that we were working on in practice for awhile, so it was nice to execute during the game.”

A “try” is the most valuable way to score. It is when a play-er is able to advance the ball past a goal line and place it down. This action is rewarded with five points. After a try, a conversion kick is awarded and if completed, successfully merits two points.

The word “try,” however, isn’t a term recognized by many in the U.S. Rugby’s presence in the U.S. is much smaller than it’s overseas counterparts in Australia and England. Despite this, there remains a devout procession of followers in the U.S. and in the San Luis Obispo community as well.

“Rugby is one of the most exciting sports to play and also watch,” Frost said. “It’s unlike football in the sense that everyone is included in the plays. Anyone can have the ball during a play and there is always movement and no downtime. I think that it takes a whole team effort to be effective.”

Frost said he hopes rugby will continue to develop a greater presence at Cal Poly in the next few years, despite an overall

lack of knowledge about the rules and tactics of the game by those not involved.

“It’s a tough game to under-stand,” Lipton-Schwartz said. “I’ve been playing for awhile and only know about 80 per-cent of the game.”

The rules of the game are quite difficult to under-stand completely. Typically, a team fields 15 players, each wearing a jersey with a number signifying their position. One through eight are known as “the pack,” or forwards. Their job is to gain possession of the ball.

Players nine through 15 are known as “the backs,” or back line. Generally, backs are made of the quicker play-ers who remain on the sides of the field and have the ability to break out and score a try at any moment.

The most important trys Cal Poly scored this year were against Cal. The Mustangs ended national champion Golden Bear’s 63-game win-ning streak on a game-win-ning last second try.

“The Cal win was a big one for us,” Frost said. “We really stuck it to them. We executed well that day and ended up pulling off the victory. It had just been something we were working at all season and we ended up executing what we needed to do.”

Cal Poly is losing a couple

of seniors including Matt Verga and All-American Landis Nasser. Despite these two key losses, the program looks to improve upon this

year’s results and hopefully reach playoffs.

“We have an awesome coach from Australia who knows the game really well,” sopho-

more wing Nate Nunno said. “Along with him, we are only graduating a couple of seniors so we have a lot to look for-ward to for next year.”

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MDsports7Monday, April 23, 2012

The Cal Poly club rugby team ended its season with two consecutive losses, one to UCLA and one to Central Washington on Saturday.

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Usually, at least one person will have to go to the emergency room after

the game.JEREMY LIPTON-SHWARTZ JUNIOR SECOND-ROW BACK

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MDsports 8 Monday, April 23, 2012

Baseball drops series to Big West-leading Titans

The big series win didn’t come this year.

A season after upsetting nationally-ranked Cal State Fullerton 2-1, the Mustangs dropped two of three games to the defending Big West cham-pion Titans this weekend.

The Mustangs started the series with a 6-1 loss against Cal State Fullerton on Fri-day. In the loss, the Titans got started early, racing out to a 2-0 lead through the first three innings against Cal Poly starting pitcher Joey Wagman.

Cal State Fullerton then scored four more runs in the sixth inning to run out to a 6-0 lead.

The Mustangs responded with their only run of the game in the eighth inning, as David Armendariz hit an RBI single to left field to bring home Tim Wise. That’s as close as the Mus-tangs would get, as Cal Poly dropped the series opener.

In the loss, Jimmy Allen led the Mustangs, going 3 for 4. Both Chris Hoo and Wise went 2 for 4 for Cal Poly.

Saturday, the Mustangs used power at the plate to edge Cal State Fullerton for an 8-6 victory. The Titans, however, rushed out to a 2-0 lead after they roughed up Cal Poly’s Kyle Anderson for a RBI single and a sacrifice f ly in the fourth inning.

Cal Poly answered in a big way. Denver Chavez doubled down the left field line and Mike Miller singled through

the left side to put runners at the corners for Mitch Hani-ger with two outs. Haniger then stepped up and belted a three-run home run to left center to give the Mustangs a 3-2 lead.

That wasn’t it. Allen walked on four straight pitches in the next at-bat, and Armendariz followed with a single to put runners at the corners again, this time for Nick Torres. And he, just like Haniger, sent a pitch over the left field wall for a three-run home run to complete a six-run in-ning and take a 6-2 lead.

Cal State Fullerton bounced back with four runs of its own in the next inning, coming off a two-RBI double from Michael Lorenzen and a two-RBI triple from Ivory Thomas to tie the game at 6-6.

But in the bottom of the eighth inning, the Mustangs found success at the plate once again. With two outs, Hoo doubled to left field to move the potential game-winning run into scoring position. Alex Michaels then pinch hit for Chavez and sent a 0-2 pitch over the right field fence to give the Mustangs their third home run of the game.

Cal State Fullerton couldn’t answer in the next two in-nings, as the Mustangs evened the series.

Four Mustangs finished the game with multiple hits. Both Miller and Haniger went 3 for 5, while Arm-endariz and Tommy Plusch-kell went 2 for 5.

On the mound, Anderson started and threw five in-nings, giving up six runs on eight hits with three strike-

outs. Reed Reilly got the win, pitching four shutout in-nings in relief.

The Mustangs had a chance at the series win on Sunday, but after Cal Poly scored two runs in the ninth inning to tie the game at 4-4, Cal State Fullerton walked off with a 5-4 win in 10 innings.

The Titans held the mo-mentum for most of the

ballgame, as they started off the game with Carlos Lopez hitting an RBI single off Cal Poly’s Kyle Brueggemann to take a 1-0 lead in the bottom of the first inning.

In the fourth inning, Hani-ger hit an RBI-single down the left field line to tie the game at 1-1, but Cal State Fullerton scored another run off Bruggemann to pull

ahead 2-1.Chavez then singled

through the right side to bring home Armendariz and tie the game again, at 2-2.

After Cal State Fullerton took a 3-2 lead in the sixth, Cal Poly found life in the ninth. With two outs, Hoo hit an RBI single through the right side to tie the game. Miller fol-lowed with a RBI single up the

middle to put the Mustangs ahead by one run.

But Cal State Fullerton tied the game in the ninth in-ning, and the Titans walked off in the 10th inning after a double from Lopez to left center brought home the game-winning run.

Brian De Los Santos contrib-uted to this article.

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Starting pitcher Kyle Bruggemann pitched 3 1/3 innings on Sunday, giving up two runs on four hits in Cal Poly’s 10-inning 5-4 loss to Cal State Fullerton. The Mustangs also dropped the series opener 6-1, before defeating the Titans 8-6 on Saturday.

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