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A list of candidates for next year’s Associated Stu-dents, Inc. student leaders was released last week in anticipation for Thursday’s beginning of the campaign.

Elections Chair, Ahmed El Beyali said this year’s campaign will provide voters with more candidates to choose from with two tickets running for the president and vice presidents positions. For the 2009-10 cam-paign, current ASI President Ismael Souley and Vice President Jonathan Jianu, ran uncontested.

“I’m expecting it to be all-out,” said Beyali. “It will be very competitive, especially since we have two tickets.”

This year, Jianu will be running for president on a ticket with Matt Stafford, who is the ASI Senator Pro-Tempore and Senator representing the College of En-vironmental Design.

Current ASI Business Senator, Marques Dickson, will be running on a separate ticket with Justin Page.

Students who intend to be candidates must be en-rolled on campus and be academically active, ensuring that they have maintained a 2.0 GPA while avoiding academic probation of any kind.

Interested students must also have been enrolled for two quarters – with nine units each term prior to run-ning for a position – and earn nine units per term while running for and holding offi ce.

Candidates must attend a minimum of two quarters during the academic year to maintain eligibility for a

Students’ concerns re-garding mounting budget cuts, funding for projects and a possible calendar conversion to Cal Poly Po-mona were discussed dur-ing the fi nal Pizza with the Presidents of the academic year Thursday in the Uni-versity Quad.

University President Michael Ortiz, Associated Students, Inc. President Ismael Souley and campus administrators responded to questions submitted by students on index cards throughout the hour-long event.

Ortiz opened the event with an explanation of Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed budget to the state legislature, following a failure to extend taxes that would have relieved California’s structural defi -cit by $12.6 billion.

“[Brown] is proposing what is called an ‘all-cuts’ budget,” said Ortiz. “In ad-dition to the $500 million

that has already been taken from the CSU, there will be another $550 million taken.”

Cal Poly Pomona could face a $55 million cut if the all-cuts budget is passed, 43 percent of the school’s $129 million operating budget.

When questions about a possible calendar conver-sion came up, Ortiz ex-plained the current situa-tion.

“We’re not implement-ing anything at this point in time,” he said.

Ortiz said a certain amount of external fund-ing was needed to support a calendar switch; this is so that the general fund of the school would not be used.

Ortiz said the external funding was not secured, effectively making the proposition “dead in the water.”

In addition to not hav-ing the funding required, the academic senate voted against conversion.

Ortiz said he is working

It was not a normal, calm or quiet Wednesday for Cal Poly Pomona last week when students rallied, marched and eventually oc-cupied the Registrar’s Of-fi ce in the Classroom, Labo-ratory and Administration building for nearly three hours.

When the last demonstra-tors exited the Registrar’s Offi ce at approximately 4:30 p.m., the entire dem-onstration – from the rally to the sit-in – had lasted for nearly fi ve hours without incident or police interven-tion.

With more than 150 stu-dents participating in the demonstration, it was one of the largest and most vo-cal student gatherings for a political purpose to take place at Cal Poly Pomona in years.

Coordinated by the Stu-dents for Quality Education organization as a statewide demonstration, Cal Poly Po-mona was just one of a num-ber of California State Uni-versity campuses partaking in a larger, statewide dem-onstration to “take back” the CSU system.

“We really wanted to po-larize the student collective with something like this,” said Ruben Vazquez, a fourth-year aerospace engi-neering and gender, ethnic-

ity and multicultural studies student and SQE student-organizer. “This is the fi rst time we’ve ever done any-thing like this statewide, so there’s other CSUs and I hope theirs is going as suc-cessful as we are.”

For Cal Poly Pomona, it began with a rally at approx-imately 12:30 p.m. in Uni-versity Park, when students began to gather in a circle adjacent to the Bronco Stu-dent Center.

“I saw it in Facebook,” said Marina Swaine, a third-year urban planning student

about why she decided to observe the rally. “[The CSU] is raising our tuition and people in the higher-ups are getting high pen-sions and raises, and that’s a disproportionate amount of money than they should get.”

Ayatu Oyaifo, a second-year mechanical engineer-ing student, said his interest in the rally is what ultimate-ly persuaded him to watch it.

“I’ve been hearing the same things I’ve been hear-ing ever since I came to col-

lege,” said Oyaifo. “Tuition increases, [CSU Chancel-lor Charles Reed] padding his own pockets; even now we’ve had government cut-ting education and increased spending on prisons.”

David Lam, a fi fth-year ki-nesiology student, watched the rally from the sidelines and said he thought the size of the protest is what would ultimately determine its ef-fectiveness.

“It depends on how big the protest is and the num-ber of people,” he said. “If [the demonstration] is big

enough, someone will have to do something about it.”

At 1 p.m., students began to march north on Mansion Lane past University Li-brary. When they reached Building 9, the demonstra-tors turned east and marched past Engineering Meadow and toward the CLA build-ing.

“I’m in this rally because I’m tired of the tuition hikes,” said third-year Liberal Stud-ies student Raymond Gonza-lez as he marched with pro-testors before reaching the

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Students rally against Reed

‘Pizza’ addresses budget, conversion

Students march up the stairs of the Classroom, Laboratory and Administration building Wednesday before staging a sit-down protest and ‘People’s Assembly’ in the Registrar’s Offi ce.

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The California Faculty Association sponsored an event to inform students about how they could actively advocate for the CSU

Demonstrators protested what they say is amismanagement of the California State University system

CFA hosts ‘Take Class Action’

ANDRE KARIMLOO

Staff Writer

ERIN O’BRIEN

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University President Michael Ortiz addresses stu-dents’ questions on concerns that were submitted on note cards.

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CHRIS BASHAWNews Editor

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ASI candidatesannouncedBEN FRENCH

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Students and faculty met in Ursa Minor at the Bronco Student Center last Wednesday to discuss the California State University budget.

The event, “Take Class Action Day,” was hosted by the California Faculty Association.

Participants expressed concern over Governor Jerry Brown’s proposed-budget as Cal Poly Po-mona is expected to take a possible $55 million cut.

Cal Poly Pomona was just one of several CSU campuses that participated in Take Class Action Day, which took place when President Ortiz and other CSU presidents were away from their respective cam-puses at a meeting.

The CFA, Associated Students, Inc. Lobby Corps and Students for Quality Education had booths set up and members available to inform participants of ways to communicate to other people, including administration offi cials, of concerns and needs rel-evant to California’s fi scal climate.

Gwen Urey, chapter pres-ident for Cal Poly Pomona’s

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The College of Environ-mental Design sits at the top of University Drive, tucked away from the majority of Cal Poly Pomona’s busy campus.

It may look like another brick building on campus, but looking inside reveals an intricate architectural style of open, free-fl owing space that allows in a vast amount sof natural light – a concept that refl ects all departments within the college.

It is the college where Landscape Architecture, Architecture, Urban and Regional Planning and Art Departments interconnect in a single relationship.

Students, faculty and ad-ministrators of the College of Environmental Design, located in Building 7, cel-ebrated its 40th anniversary Saturday.

The event celebrated the college’s achievements and honored those who have been a part of the its history.

The event was created af-ter Dean of the College of Environmental Design Mi-chael Woo was inspired by old photographs he found of Building 7 taken in the 1970s before the landscape seen now was designed.

“I thought it was a good occasion to have a celebra-tion for the whole College of Environmental Design,” said Woo.

Former faculty and staff members of the college such as Dean Emeritus Marvin Malecha; Professor Emeri-tus Ray Kappe, former Chair of the Architecture Depart-ment; Professor Emeritus Richard Chylinski, former Chair of the Architecture Department; Professor Emeritus Ken Nakaba, for-mer Chair of the Landscape Architecture Department; Professor Emeritus Bob Perry of the Landscape Ar-chitecture Department, and Professor Emeritus Charles

Loggins of the Urban and Regional Planning Depart-ment and former Associate Dean of the College of Envi-ronmental Design were part of two panels at the event.

“Find the excellence, and let the excellence go,” said Malecha in one of the pan-

el discussions. “We bring dreams to life – it’s what we do. We see things different-ly. That’s true of everybody in this room whether you’re a planner or an architect.”

Aside from the panels, attendees took tours of the campus, visited an exhibit of

alumni and current students’ work, viewed the college’s archives and looked at post-ers from the Environmental Design’s poster competi-tion.

“I think it’s important to have these events,” said

Cal Poly Pomona’s Pro-fessionals In Human Re-sources Association will be hosting “Evening with In-dustry” this Wednesday.

The event will take place between 6 p.m. to 10 p.m. at the Kellogg West Confer-ence Center. Dinner will be provided.

PIHRA members who

order tickets in advance pay $25. Tickets for non-members of PIHRA will cost $30.

Students can buy tickets in advance at PIHRA meet-ings, which take place at noon on Tuesdays in Build-ing 6 room 227.

Tickets at the door will cost $30 for all students.

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POLICE BLOTTERPOLICE BLOTTERTHEFTApril 6, 4:56 p.m. An incident occurred at the College Of Science. A bicycle was stolen. Disposition: Report taken.

MALICIOUS MISCHIEFApril 7, 7:23 a.m.An incident occurred at the College Of Engineering. A report was made of excessive chalk writing around the building. The chalk is referring to a rally taking place on April 13.Disposition: Report taken.

OTHER DRUG OFFENSESApril 8, 4:24 p.m.An incident occurred at the Suites. Drug paraphernalia was found in room. Disposition: Information received for disposition.

THEFTApril 8, 3:44 p.m.An incident occurred at Building 3. A laptop was stolen. Disposition: Report taken.

WELFARE CHECKApril 8, 9:41 p.m.A report was made off campus. A subject reported his concern about a friend having suicidal thoughts. His friend mentioned going to take a ride and falling asleep. Disposition: Checks OK.

MEDICAL ASSISTApril 10, 11:32 a.m.An incident occurred at the Soccer Field. Two players banged their heads together and are bleeding. Disposition: Assisted.

SUSPICIOUS CIRCUMSTANCESApril 10, 4:12 p.m.An incident occurred at University Village. Subjects were seen loitering in front of the Community Center and are refusing to leave. Disposition: Checks OK.

BURGLARY FROM VEHICLEApril 12, 7:31 p.m.An incident occurred at Parking Lot F2. A car was broken into sometime between Sunday evening and Tuesday at 5 p.m. The driver side window of the Gold BMW 323i was halfway down and the door was unlocked. The parking permit was stolen. Disposition: Report taken.

MEDICAL ASSISTApril 7, 12:50 p.m.An incident occurred at the Campus Center. A subject suffered a twisted ankle because of a slippery fl oor in the Panda Express kitchen. Disposition: Report taken.

MEDICAL ASSISTApril 7, 1:37 p.m.An incident occurred at Building 24. A subject was suffering blindness in one eye, nausea and dizziness. Disposition: Assisted.

NEWNEWS S IN BRIEFIN BRIEFPIHRA to host conference

Celebrating 40 years

Students, faculty and administrators celebrated the College of Environmental Design’s 40-year anniversary on Saturday, April 16.

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position and cannot exceed 225 units if an undergraduate student or 75 units if a graduate student.

Once students review their stand-ings on campus and understand what they have done or need to do before completing the application for candi-dacy, they must then petition students based on their prospective positions in the senate.

Those who sign the petitions ac-knowledge that they believe the per-son petitioning is qualifi ed enough to run for their respective position in the senate.

Beyali said the presidential ticket, which includes ASI president and vice president, requires at least 200 signatures while all other positions require 50.

The presidential ticket and the sen-ator at-large tickets require signatures from students all across the campus, while college senators must petition students of that college for their sig-natures specifi cally.

Once these steps have been com-pleted, students turn petitions into the Offi ce of Student Life alongside an application in the initial packet de-tailing personal information and what position the students are running for.

Finally, the potential candidates must attend a mandatory orientation session that explains the election process and details about what is in-volved in the various positions in the ASI Senate.

The campaigning season for all student government positions be-

gins Thursday, leading up to a debate scheduled for May 5, followed and concluded by voting, which will be-gin May 10 and go until May 12.

Other candidates running for ASI Senate positions are: Cristina Aceves, Shireen Amin, Gabriel Barrios, Evin Coukos, Brandon De Paul, Dylan Devlin, Katherine Hitchcock, Pulkit Jain, Hae Kang, Alicia Martin, Olal-eye Olayinka, Cristina Saca, Rebec-ca Unitt, current senator at large for Multcultural Council Alicia Vajid, current ASI judiciary Associate Jus-tice Robert Ward, Warren Wigh and Cathy Woo.

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CORRECTION In the April 12 edition of the Poly Post, an article titled “Relay for Life” should have stated that the Relay for Life Committee raised $2,180 and the University Police Department raised $1,313. Evelyn Tafolla from Team Hermanas Unidas de Cal Poly raised $1,005 and Andrea Vartanian from the Committee team raised $1,000. Zack Reed-Fier, advocacy chair of the American Cancer Society’s National Collegiate Advisory Team, was the speaker who told the crowd to raise money and advocate or join next year’s committee. Speaker John Cheever is a retired CPP professor who has had cancer for 16 months.

In the April 12 edition of the Poly Post, an article titled “Documentary opens eyes to Invisible Children” should say that in 2007, Kony and hi soldiers left Northern Uganda for the Republic of the Congo.

Th e Poly Post welcomes comments and suggestions about possible errors that warrant correction. If an error is thought to be found, please contact the section editor it pertains to or call the offi ce at (909) 869-3530.

The College of Environmental Design has existedat Cal Poly Pomonasince the late 1960s

There is an infection at this university that hinders students’ ability to have an infl uence on campus.

It’s called student apa-thy, and it is rampant at Cal Poly Pomona.

There was a rumble that echoed across 12 Cal State Universities on Wednes-day, as students, faculty and staff protested along side Students for Quality Education.

At Cal Poly Pomona, things were different.

While last week’s rally brought together a few hundred people from the campus community, a num-ber of students just didn’t care.

And this lack of interest in a campus current event isn’t where the apathy ends.

Take Pizza with the Pres-idents. Outside of those 20 or so students who sub-mitted a question to be answered, most students came for the free grub.

It makes a person won-der if event coordinators have to lure students in with free pizza just to fi ll up the space.

Sure, some students really care about important issues that affect Cal Poly Pomona, but they are the exception.

Research by students and professors at Cal Poly Po-mona garnered national at-tention when fi ndings were released regarding the dan-gers of smoking while suf-fering from diabetes.

Time Magazine, US News and World Report, CBS News and medical sites, including Web MD, are among the outlets that covered the fi ndings.

The amount of coverage the research received at a national level was gratify-

ing for Professor Sean Liu and his collaborator on the project, Professor John Chan.

“It’s really a satisfying feeling to see your research may have some impact on people,” said Liu.

The study uncovered details explaining why smokers with diabetes ex-perience a greater risk for having serious health prob-lems, compared to those who do not suffer from the disease.

The professors discov-ered that nicotine, the main

toxin found in cigarettes, increases the levels of he-moglobin A1c in the blood, especially in diabetic smokers.

Hemoglobin A1c is a sugar conjugate of regular hemoglobin. When tested, the A1c can indicate the amount of sugar in the blood from the past three months.

It is a diagnostic indica-tor of diabetes, an indica-tor in diabetic control, and linked to diabetic compli-cations.

Human blood samples

were taken and mixed with nicotine, resulting in a dra-matic increase in the levels of A1c.

Liu said for every 1 per-cent of A1c that was in-creased, there was about a 40 percent jump in the risk of diabetic complications, Liu said.

The fi ndings, which rep-resent two years of work, were presented to the American Chemical Soci-ety.

“It was very exciting,” said Liu, “a very positive, interesting experience. I

fi rst gave a summary about the research and answered some questions.”

The mainly student-based research is still ongo-ing and a joint venture by the Chemistry and Biologi-cal Sciences Departments on campus.

How the two depart-ments work together on the project is a major part of the research being a suc-cess so far.

“We encourage the whole campus to collabo-rate more,” said Chan.

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You get what you deserve

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Diabetic smokers face greater risks(Left to right) Biochemistry Professor Sean Liu collaborated with Biological Sciences Professor John Chan to research nicotine’s eff ect on hemoglobin A1c.

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The College of Business Administration at Cal Poly Pomona has maintained ac-creditation according to the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business.

The college was fi rst accredited by the AACSB in 1995.

To receive AACSB accreditation, de-gree-granting programs in business and management must go through a lengthy review process every fi ve years. The col-lege must meet AACSB standards and its own standards as well. Less than 5 percent of all business schools around the world

are honored with an AACSB accreditation. “The [AACSB] is the premier accred-

iting agency out there,” said CBA Dean Richard Lapidus. “So any school that has a high set of standards seeks to receive ac-creditation from them.”

Lapidus, along with various administra-tors, faculty committees and faculty advi-sors put together a booklet that is later pre-sented to the AACSB. Once the booklet is reviewed, the agency sends representatives to validate the accuracy of the booklet.

“They’re auditors,” said Lapidus. “They come in and they’ll audit our records. They met with faculty groups, student groups, and administrators both in the college and

across the campus. They try to size up the campus relative to the information we pro-vided [in the booklet]. The booklet is de-signed to refl ect the totality of what we are as a college.”

Lapidus, who has been the CBA dean for approximately two years, is familiar with the accreditation process.

“I’ve done this several times before,” said Lapidus. “I spent 20 years at [Univer-sity of Nevada, Las Vegas] so this is about the fourth time that I’ve been a part of this process in one way or another.”

CBA academic advisor Pamela Adams said the college is accessed from a busi-ness person’s view.

“Basically we’re being reviewed from a business school perspective,” said Adams. “For us, accreditation is a measurement of business standards that ensures we’re training our students to become effective business people and they are taught every-thing they need to be successful.”

Adams said graduating from an accredit-ed college of business is extremely impor-tant, especially to future employers. She added that from a student’s perspective it’s very much a “behind the scenes” process.

“It’s like when you go to a restaurant and see an ‘A’ in the window,” said Adams. “You don’t actually see the health inspec-

College of Business receives reaccreditationKARINA LOPEZ

Staff Writer

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ANDRE KARIMLOOStaff Writer

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This Week:This Week:Tuesday, April 1911 a.m. to 1 p.m.Earth Day FairThe Cal Poly Pomona Green Team will be hosting this event, which will feature various groups and organizations centered on sustainability and sustainable practices. There will also be a local sourced meal available.Wednesday, April 207:30 p.m.

Invisible Children ScreeningThe Catholic Newman Club will be screening “Invisible Children” and it will be followed by a question and answer session with a Ugandan speaker in Ursa Minor. Thursday, April 21Noon to 1 p.m.Barry Green WorkshopBarry Green will give a free workshop

on “The Mastery of Music” from noon to 1 p.m. in the Music Recital Hall. The event is part of the Music Department’s creative & scholarly series.Thursday, April 2111 a.m. to 3 p.m.Spring Career FairThe Spring Career Fair will be held in the University Quad and will allow students to meet with

employers to learn about employment opportunities, career paths and preparing for their careers. Friday, April 2210 a.m. to 1 p.m.Free MarketThe Cal Poly Pomona Green Team will host a free market where students can drop off things they don’t need and can take any of the things they want. Friday, April 22

2 p.m.Master Class with The Los Angeles Electric 8The Los Angeles Electric 8 will give a free master class in the Music Recital Hall. Friday, April 225 p.m.Good FridayThere will be a viewing of “The Passion of Christ” in the England Evans room in the Bronco

Student Center.Sunday, April 2411 a.m.Easter SundayThe Catholic Newman Club will be hosting mass in Building 98 in room P2-007 next to the Rose Garden.

If you have an event that you would like to include in next week’s issue, please send an e-mail to [email protected].

steps of the CLA building. “I worry more and more that there’s more things going on. Last year we had furloughs and then they cut teachers and then now I hear about this fat cat, Chancellor Reed … We should fi ght back and let our voice be heard because if we don’t say anything’s wrong, then nobody’s going to fi x anything and nothing’s going to get done.”

Anger directed specifi cally toward Reed could not be overlooked by anyone observing. His salary, which is an an-nual $421,500, was also highly criticized by demonstrators.

“We want Chancellor Reed out,” said Jasmine Northup, a sixth-year civil engineering and gender, ethnicity, and mul-ticultural studies student. “We don’t feel comfortable with him representing us and we’re taking it to the streets. We’re students fi ghting for students.”

For the duration of the demonstration, demonstrators armed themselves with signs; some of which depicted a stencil-like image of Reed with the word “corrupt” written in red around his head.

At least one other sign portrayed the same illustration of Reed, but sporting a pair of red devil horns.

Chants such as “Hey, hey, ho, ho, Chancellor Reed has got to go” implied a strong desire among demonstrators for Reed to resign as chancellor.

“What we want fi rst and foremost is for Reed to resign,” said Vazquez. “We really want acknowledgement from Governor [Jerry] Brown to initiate discussion with students and begin that process to see whether Chancellor Reed is fi t to lead the CSU.”

Vazquez said if Reed were to step down as chancellor, stu-dents and faculty would want to take part in Governor Jerry Brown’s decision to appoint a new chancellor.

Doug Freer, vice president for Student Affairs, criticized the direction of students’ anger toward Reed and the CSU and said it would be best directed at California’s lawmakers for change to occur.

“The thing that always concerns me is when we see the anger about this issue being expressed internally,” said Freer. “Chancellor Reed or anybody here at the institution has not made these decisions and the people who you can actually infl uence with this kind of protest are the people in Sacra-mento. My response to it is if you’re targeting Chancellor Reed, your attention is misdirected and you need to re-focus your energy on our elected offi cials.”

Dorothy Wills, chair of the Geography and Anthropology Department and vice president of the Cal Poly Pomona Cali-fornia Faculty Association, said she thinks Reed has failed in effectively advocating for the CSU.

“He’s not doing his job,” she said. “His job is to advocate for the CSU and protect higher education for the State of California, and he’s done a terrible job with those things.”

Wills also said she did not believe the demonstration

would have an impact on Reed, but rather on the legislators of California.

“I don’t think [Reed] will care at all what we do, but we’re hoping that the legislators who we vote for – or don’t vote for – are going to pay attention and realize that the impact that their decisions about the budget is very, very serious for the future of California,” said Wills.

At 1:15 p.m., demonstrators reached the second fl oor of CLA building and gathered outside of the south entrance to the Registrar’s Offi ce. Employees in the tower portion of the CLA could be seen looking down at the scene through offi ce windows.

A large, yellow sheet of paper with a handwritten list of seven demands to the CSU was strewn over the balcony of the third fl oor of the CLA by demonstration organizers, fac-ing toward the crowd below.

Among the listed demands were CSU Chancellor Charles Reed’s resignation; applying budget cuts to CSU administra-

tors; and students and faculty meeting with Governor Brown to open up discussion about making changes to the CSU.

Other demands called for full transparency of the CSU’s operations as well as fair contracts and working conditions for its employees, while even more called for a “democrati-zation” of the CSU Board of Trustees and “a renewed com-mitment” to the California Master Plan by dedicating funds toward higher education.

By 1:30 p.m., demonstrators – who were reminded to re-main peaceful and nonviolent by organizers – entered the Registrar’s Offi ce. Employees left their cubicles to take out their cell phones and record photos and videos of the scene.

Vazquez said there were approximately 60 students who lined the walls of the Registrar’s Offi ce in a symbolic take-over of Sacramento.

“We’re symbolically targeting the capitol; we’re targeting Governor Brown,” said Vazquez. “As students, we pay into this building [and] we deserve to use this space to be able to express our issues and we’re glad that the administration has been complying with us and allowing us to go as far as we have.”

Some students felt empowered by the symbolism elicited from the takeover.

“The administration building is a symbol of Chancellor Reed, so that’s why we decided to come here,” said Julianna Valencia, a second-year sociology student. “That way, our voices would be more heard in here than outside.”

A sit-down protest and “People’s Assembly” was initiated after the chanting died down and students discussed the ef-fects of enacted and possible budget cuts with one another.

“By limiting this education … it would only create a further gap between the rich and the poor, and that is truly wrong,” said Alexandra Mojado, a fourth-year gender, eth-nicity and multicultural studies student.

Suggestions for reaching goals included pressuring Cali-fornia lawmakers with letter-writing and telephone-calling campaigns, in addition to seeking a greater amount of stu-dent representation on the CSU Board of Trustees.

Despite an evident police presence near the demonstrators, Lieutenant Bruce Wilson of University Police said the dem-onstration was conducted peacefully and lawfully.

“I think here at Cal Poly [Pomona] at least, they do things right,” said Wilson.

Wilson said he had seen many demonstrations during his time at Cal Poly Pomona, but few were as large as Wednes-day’s.

“They organize, they’re civil about it – as long as they’re civil about it, they’re just using their freedom of speech cor-rectly,” said Wilson.

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A demonstration made up of students and faculty march north on Mansion Lane holding signs, with CSU Chancellor Charles Reed’s face depicted, as the Students for Quality Education lead the crowd to the CLA Building on Wednesday, April 13.

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Fernando Solis, a fourth-year urban and regional planning student, bangs two wooden stakes together during the demonstration on Wednesday, April 13.

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tor, but you know he was there and that he deemed the restaurant a clean and safe place to eat.”

Nakita Brown, a second-year transfer student who is minoring is business, said she was not very familiar with the process until after it was announced the CBA had maintained its accredi-tation.

“I never knew much about the whole process, but the fact that we’re one of the few [business] schools to be accredited speaks volumes,” said Brown.

Lapidus added that al-though students may not notice or play a direct role in the process, their efforts in and out of the classroom don’t go unnoticed.

“Through [the student’s] faculty advisors, we are able to report on vari-ous student-club activities and the competitions the

various clubs attend,” said Lapidus. “We have a lot of clubs that attend case-study competitions, so we like to report some of those suc-

cesses [to the AACSB]. The Volunteer Income

Tax Assistance (VITA) pro-gram is one of those clubs.

“They’re an accounting

group,” said Lapidus. “The students travel to the low-income neighborhoods in Pomona, and help the citi-zens fi le their taxes for free,

so it’s clubs like that, that make our college proud.”

The CBA won’t be re-viewed again for fi ve years, but Lapidus said it’s a nev-er ending process.

“The quality control pro-cess never really ends,” said Lapidus. “We’re al-ready working on the re-view for the next visit. There is always something you can improve on.”

The next time the CBA is under review, it will have a new home. Construction on the new college of busi-ness will be completed by February 2012 and will be ready for full use by fall of the same year.

“The new building will be phenomenal,” said Lapi-dus. “It will be highly use-ful not only to our college, but the entire campus com-munity.”

Firefi ghters, paramedics and police responded to a report of a smoke-like smell in the Classroom Labora-tory Administration building Wednesday.

Fire Captain of Pomona Fire Station 187 Russ Black said the smell was caused when a light ballast – a device used to limit the current of an electrical device – “burned out.”

No one was injured during the incident, which occurred around 4:30 p.m. and approxi-matley the same time a group of demonstrators exited the Registrar’s Offi ce.

“It was really insignifi -cant,” said Black about the cause of the incident.

The building was evacu-ated and closed while emer-gency response from facilities management and the fi re de-partment worked to locate the source of the smoke.

Chief of University Police Michael Guerin said the air was tested by the fi re depart-ment and did not register as harmful to the people who were exposed.

“Out of an abundance of caution, we did an evacuation of the building,” said Guerin. “This building, when it’s fully occupied, is considered a spe-cial occupancy by the fi re de-partment: They give extra re-sources just to be on the safe side, particularly when you have an eight story building like ours.”

Guerin said with a building as large as the CLA, in addi-tion to plain air conditioning, there are motors throughout the building that help to circu-late air.

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Smell of smoke in CLA

Richard Lapidus is the dean of the College of Business Administration, which was reaccredited by the Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Busi-

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California Faculty Associa-tion, said although Students for Quality Education held a rally following the CFA activities, the two groups were not in direct collabo-ration.

“[The goal of CFA’s ac-tivities was] to raise aware-ness among multiple com-munities about what’s hap-pening with the university and also the failure of lead-ership at the highest level, so the chancellor’s failure to be a good leader for the whole system,” said Urey.

A table at the front of the room had postcards ad-dressed to Chancellor Reed and trustees which read, “I call on you to take action to protect our future by pre-serving high-quality educa-tion in the CSU’s” with a

list of concerns regarding the budget.

Faculty, students and others fi lled out the post-cards and sent them in as a way of letting the adminis-tration at the highest level know how they feel about budget cuts that affect higher education.

Participants also used cell phones provided by the CFA to call Chancel-lor Reed, the vice chancel-lor, and other administra-tion at a table with scripts of possible things to say. Throughout the entire event, the CFA hosted a mock interview series with professors and students discussing their views of the budget.

Students for Quality Ed-ucation informed students

about its rally that took place following CFA ac-tivities.

Expressing concern for reduced class sections, larger class sizes and a new string of furloughs, Urey said cuts should be made from administration in-stead.

“There are ways the sys-tem could have more mon-ey and then no one would have to get taxed so much,” said Urey.

Furloughs are a possibili-ty, but Urey said she doubts the faculty would approve them again if asked to vote.

Some professors brought their classes, including Ali-son Baker, associate pro-fessor in the English and Foreign Languages De-partment. Baker said she

hoped students know that the faculty’s condition af-fects their education and that faculty are on campus fi ghting for student’s edu-cation.

“So if [students] under-stand that [faculty are] on their side then they’ll look for other places that they can spread the word and if they’re aware that our plight is their plight, then we can all fi ght together,” said Baker. “We’re all on the same page, we’re all on the same team. I hope students are talking among themselves. That’s where it really needs to come from.”

First-year Sociology student and SQE member Martha Rojas understands the desire to pressure the administration not to cut

classes because she had one of her classes cut two weeks after she enrolled in it.

“It messed up my whole schedule so that didn’t re-ally help me get a job or anything,” said Rojas.

Anthony Aguirre, a sec-ond-year mechanical engi-neering student said he en-joyed the presentation and felt the CFA activities were important.

Kelvin Wong, a fi rst-year history student, said he was glad to be a part of the day’s activities.

“It’s good that people ac-tually support [CFA] and get some information out of it,” said Wong.

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Generally, informative events, rallies and protests are under-attended.

Being uninformed stems from this student apathy.

When it comes to fi nan-cial issues that affect the campus community, it’s clear that most students still don’t get it.

Yes, it is complex at times, but even a basic un-derstanding of the fi nancial

situation on a state level and on a campus level is important.

Apathy is why policy gets changed but goes un-noticed. Apathy is why cer-tain bills have passed only to upset those who weren’t paying attention.

In the case of the calen-dar conversion, 2,700 stu-dents let their thoughts be known.

It was one of the largest samples collected at Cal Poly Pomona.

That’s only 7.4 percent of the campus population that was moved enough to say something about a decision that will literally alter the foundation of education at this university.

It’s rather sad. There are those who care, but the number is few and far in-

between.As a person working on

the campus newspaper, this issue of student apathy is constantly an issue.

How does one infl uence a campus community to care? It’s the million-dollar question.

Cal Poly Pomona’s com-muter reputation has been the easy target to point fi n-gers at.

Students are busy, most live off campus and many already have enough they have to deal with.

So what?How much time does

it take to attend a campus event?

How much effort does it take to do some research and understand the budget problems facing the state and the CSU?

How much has to go wrong before students start caring?

If the next generation of students isn’t going to do anything about their fu-tures, let alone care about what’s going on, they de-serve what they get.

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closely with ASI to deter-mine what the sentiment around campus is.

“It’s still a gathering data situation,” he said, adding that if he decides to ap-prove conversion, it would not occur for another four years.

Ortiz said that through all the confusion, students are still the main concern of the university.

“The needs of the stu-dents are my fi rst priority,” Oritz said after the event. “That will be what governs how we look at the budget cut and how it impacts the campus.”

Souley said students should make their voices heard regarding matters such as budget cuts, re-ferring to the ASI Lobby Corps led by Shelly Bruce, ASI secretary for external affairs.

The ASI LobbyCorps’ purpose is to educate lo-cal lawmakers about issues that affect Cal Poly Pomo-na and how such lawmak-ers’ policy decisions could benefi t the university.

“Everybody has an op-portunity to do something about it,” said Ortiz after the event. “It’s one thing to just sit and complain, and it’s another one to make your voice heard.”

Students questioned the administration’s thoughts on the demonstration orga-nized by the Students for Quality Education that hap-pened a day prior to Pizza with the Presidents.

“We’re all on the same page,” said Ortiz. “I don’t believe in what the gover-nor, or the legislature is do-ing to higher education. Of course I’m opposed to any further cuts; of course I’m going to be speaking out on this issue.”

President Souley also said he supports the stu-dents who participated in the demonstration.

Some questions refl ected a concern over what funds are being used to build the new College of Business Administration building.

Ortiz said all money coming in for the project came from a specifi c bond

that was only to be used for the construction of the building, similar to that of the new suites on campus.

One question asked about the progress and impact of a new administrative build-ing.

“Our intent, because of what’s happened in regards to the CLA building, is to build the fi nest student ser-vices building in the state,” said Ortiz.

Although funding for the project is not readily available, support from the chancellor’s offi ce is.

“We’re talking about a multi-year process of bringing that online,” said Michael Sylvester, associ-ate vice president for facili-ties planning and manage-ment. “We’re in the very, very early stages of plan-ning for the new building.”

Students also asked about alternative methods for the campus to save money.

Among them were ques-tions about cutting events like Pizza with the Presi-dents and Staff Apprecia-tion Day and using money

going toward the new rec-reation center to offset tu-ition and fee increases.

“I assure you that none of what’s happening to-day or that happens with Staff Appreciation Day are funds that come out of your fees or the general fund of the university,” said Ortiz. “There are a number of people in the area that pro-vide funding to the univer-sity for those type of activi-ties.”

Other questions ad-dressed during the event included the repaving of streets surrounding cam-pus, expected graduation dates and the status of Stu-dio 6.

The questions were sub-mitted to The Poly Post after the event to ensure transparency.

Questions unanswered at the event were given to The Poly Post and answered by administrators. To view the questions and answers, vis-it: www.thepolypost.com.

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LIU: Future research dependent upon funding and grantsContinued from page 3“Collaboration is very sig-nifi cant to help both sets of students.”

The study was done with the hope of opening some eyes to nicotine’s role in the diabetic process said Liu.

It could be seen as a way for smokers to quit alto-gether.

“If we understand the mechanism of it, that means we can think of ways to pre-vent it, to reverse it, to con-trol it,” said Liu. “Hope-fully people become more aware of that, and it gives them more motivation to quit smoking, especially for diabetic smokers.”

On campus, the attention

given to the research may have been slight at fi rst, but slowly the CPP community has caught on.

Katherine Kantardjieff, chair of the chemistry de-partment; Don Hoyt, Asso-ciate Vice President of Re-search; and Provost Marten denBoer have all shown support for the project.

Liu and Chan hope that with the attention the re-search is getting, the inter-nally funded project will see a boost in resources to help with future endeavors.

“Directly or indirectly, this will encourage the ad-ministration to put more money to help the students have more opportunities to

do research,” said Chan. “Because of that, they will have more initiative, or a desire to put resources for people like us who like to help students do research.”

Looking to the future, Liu said studies on animals are possible as research keeps on going. Also, stud-ies at the molecular level to

discover underlying details of the workings of nicotine and A1c are likely next steps.

“We need funding, we are really looking for funding for this important research to continue,” said Liu.

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fourth-year Landscape Ar-chitecture student Oscar Gomez. “A bunch of these students go through this pro-gram and there’s been a huge disconnect from alumni and students, so to have these events and network – and encourage them [the stu-dents] to network – is key.”

Students also had the chance to “speed mentor,” which enabled them to en-gage in brief discussions with professionals in vari-ous fi elds.

“I think networking is one thing I would take out from all these events,” said Go-mez. “You never know who you’re going to meet here.”

The event allowed stu-dents to fi nd out how to snatch a job in their respec-tive fi elds.

“It’s good to see where the alumni have gone or what profession they’ve gone into,” said third-year Landscape Architecture stu-dent Bryal Wirth.

The event ended with a

reunion between former and current faculty, staff and students.

The college originally started to form in the late 1960s with help from Chy-linski, who helped to estab-lish the architecture depart-ment in 1966. Back then, architecture students took their classes in the College of Agriculture because a parking lot fi lled the space where Building 7 stands.

“This is one of the few colleges of environmen-tal design that exist any-where,” said Woo. “There is only one other College of Environmental Design in California, and it’s at UC Berkeley. And actually in the whole world, there are only a handful of these col-leges that have combined these fi elds together in one college. That makes us very unique.”

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ENV: The only college of its kind in Southern Calif.Continued from page 2

Summer is rapidly ap-proaching and as the ther-mometer begins to creep up, so do the digital readouts at the gas pumps.

With gas prices hovering around the mid $4 range and with lofty $5 rates just around the corner, it’s important to squeeze every drop of gas for all its worth.

A few quick and simple practices are all it takes to lower the monthly fuel bill.

Checking tire pressures is an easy way to ensure your car will get optimal fuel mileage. Tires tend to lose between 1 to 3 pounds per square inch of air pressure per month.

If a student forgets to check his or her tire pressures for a whole quarter at Cal Poly Po-mona, his or her tires could potentially be down 10 psi – a signifi cant amount. Under-infl ated tires increase rolling resistance and force your en-gine to work harder and burn more fuel.

While over-infl ating tires will generally not offer sig-nifi cant gas mileage improve-ments, it will result in prema-ture tire wear and could yield potentially unsafe traction conditions in rain.

There a few other regular maintenance items than can help keep a car away from the gas station for as long as pos-sible.

Clean engine oil keeps things operating at peak ef-fi ciency – regular oil changes are a must. Although often tedious to change, tired spark

EVAN PERKINSOpinions Editor

How to survive summer gas prices

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Whether it was through dancing, singing, slam poetry or rapping, performers of the Asian & Pacifi c Islander Student Center displayed its cultural pride and celebrated the Asian and Pacifi c Islander Heritage Month coming up in May during the third annual Urban Showcase last week on Tuesday.

“[This is] pretty much just a way for unnoticed and unrecognized performers from surrounding cit-ies and other students to get more exposed to other students on our campus and to just show off their talent,” said second-year Kinesiol-ogy student and Program Chairper-son Rochelle Raquel. “A few of the performers are from previous years, and most others are referred.”

Singers hit the stage fi rst with song covers, medleys and originals.

Krystle Tugadi, a 26-year-old singer from Buena Park, started singing at the age of 3 and began performing at 16.

“I want this to be my bread and but-ter,” said Tugadi. “I want to wake up every morning and know that I’m go-ing to be doing music every day.

Tugadi sang Katy Perry’s song “Firework” and an original titled “Sunshine.”

Fifth-year Computer Engineering student Leonard Mendoza played his red guitar while softly singing “Grenade” by Bruno Mars, followed by a multi-genre medley including songs such as “Bed” by J.Holiday, “Bedrock” by Young Money and “Falsetto” by The Dream.

Mendoza said he can’t get the adrenaline rush he gets during a show elsewhere.

The performers were not the only ones having fun. Audience mem-bers cheered, screamed and clapped for their friends.

The intermission involved raffl e drawings for prizes such as movie tickets, wallets, lotion and a Hello Kitty towel.

Younger performers were in-volved in performing on stage with their dance teams.

Team Millennia Juniors is a hip-hop dance team and consists of 30 middle school and high school stu-dents. Sheroes is an all-girl dance team from all over Southern Cali-fornia consisting of teenagers who defi ne themselves as female heroes.

Eighteen-year-old Monica Para-les from Long Beach performed with Sheroes and another group, Beach Boys.

“Beach Boys originated as best friends from high school, and they

Singer and songwriter Krystle Tugadi performs a cover of ‘Firework’ by Katy Perry, followed by an original song titled ‘Sunshine.’Jonny Tai / Th e Poly Post

SHIAN SAMUEL

Staff Writer

Fift h-year Computer Engineering student Leonard Mendoza per-forms various songs, including ‘Grenade’ by Bruno Mars, ‘Bed’ by J. Holiday and ‘Falsetto’ by Th e Dream.

Jonny Tai / Th e Poly Post

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Advocating ‘ABILITIES’

Perseverance was the theme of the third annual disABILITY Aware-ness Day at Cal Poly Pomona, and the title of keynote speaker Chad Crittenden’s speech on Friday.

“It was a great turnout,” said Carla Torrence, president of Access & disAbility Alliance. “We would always love to see more people come because we want to promote awareness of people with disabili-ties – that they can do anything, and I think [Crittenden] really explained it that way. You make your own cir-cumstances.”

In 2002, Crittenden discovered he had a rare form of cancer called sy-

novial sarcoma, which required am-putation of his right leg below the knee. Nine months after his surgery, Crittenden competed in a triathlon.

Then, months later, Crittenden sent in a tape to CBS and was ac-cepted on the ninth season of “Sur-vivor” in Vanuatu, an island nation located in the South Pacifi c Ocean.

Although recovery after his sur-gery was quick, Crittenden said it wasn’t always easy for him. He led an active life before being di-agnosed with cancer, playing many sports in high school such as soccer, tennis, bowling, fi shing, running and mountain hiking.

“The toughest part was just com-ing to terms with who I was,” said Crittenden. “In society now, I was part of a new community of disabled people whereas the day before my surgery, I was part of a whole other subset of people. Even though the [United States] culture is pretty pro-gressive in accepting those with dis-abilities, it’s still a very fringe group of people.”

This realization helped prod Crit-tenden into becoming a motivational speaker, traveling to many colleges and universities around the country to share his story.

Crittenden has been cancer-free for more than seven years.

“Really, we have very little say in what happens in our life on a day-to-day basis,” said Crittenden. “There are just so many little things that can come up that we have absolutely no way of predicting. If we’re sort of mentally prepared for those, and we have somewhat of a strategy then it makes those obstacles in life easier.”

Crittenden entertained the audi-ence with anecdotes about his expe-riences on “Survivor,” as well as his experiences as an elementary school teacher who had to explain to his students why he had a “robot leg” and how his foot was taken away by the “foot fairy.”

He also touched upon more seri-ous topics, such as negative percep-tions about people with disabilities and encouraged audience members to keep an open mind.

“I could relate to a lot of things he was saying,” said Acacia Kapusta, a fourth-year hotel and restaurant management student, who was in a wheelchair. “I think I was laughing a lot louder than most people here. I really enjoyed it.”

The audience rewarded Critten-

KATHY NGUYENStaff Writer

CPP students attend the third annual disABILITY Awareness Day with keynote speaker and ‘Survivor’ participant Chad Crittenden on Friday

Speaker Chad Crittenden talks about his experience transi-tioning from being ‘able-bodied’ to an amputee on Friday.

Farheen Dayala / Th e Poly Post

See SURVIVOR/Pg. 9

Cal Poly Pomona’s Asian & Pacifi c Islander Student Center celebrates the upcoming Asian and Pacifi c Islander Heritage Month of May with help from dance groups, vocalists and more

through Urban Showcase, held at the Bronco Student Center last Tuesday

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Workshop raises students’ awareness of dyslexia

‘Tassel Toss’ and ‘Sash Shuffl e’ build hype

A number of Cal Poly Pomona students assembled at the Bronco Bookstore to participate in the Grad Fair Games event “Tassel Toss” last Tuesday at U-Hour.

The Tassel Toss and the “Sash Shuffl e” held on April 4 were two of the games introduced in the fi rst-ever Grad Fair Games.

Darren Isomoto, a Cal Poly Po-mona alumnus and social media consultant for the CPP Marketing department, was also a coordina-tor of the Grad Fair Games.

He said the event was a new idea, created in order to advertise the Grad Fair happening later this month on April 26-27.

The Grad Fair, held every year by the Bronco Bookstore, is an event where graduating seniors can prepare for commencement by purchasing all of their gradua-tion needs, including caps, gowns and tassels.

Students participated in the Tassel Toss in hopes of winning a free graduation tassel. The tassel usually costs about $9.

Those present at the games mostly came for the same reason:

“I wanted to win free stuff,” said Yessica Sanchez, a fi fth-year mathematics student.

Lily Ly, a Cal Poly Pomona

alumna and social media consul-tant for the university’s Market-ing Department, was one of the coordinators for the Grad Fair Games.

Ly said that although many par-ticipants walked away from the games with free tassels, the Tas-sel Toss was not only for graduat-ing students to take part in.

She recognized students’ love for free merchandise and encour-aged all to take part in the game, whether or not the students are graduating seniors.

Giving away free tassels during the Tassel Toss and free gradua-tion sashes at the Sash Shuffl e were motivations for organizing the Grad Fair Games, in addition

Fift h-year Mathematics student Yessica Sanchez attempts to score a tassel during Tuesday’s ‘Tassel Toss,’ while fourth-year Mathematics student Jackie Trendt waits her turn.


The Grad Fair Games held at the Bronco Bookstore on April 4 and last Tuesday serve to advertise the approaching Grad Fair on April 26-27

MARIA GARDNER

Staff Writer

Certifi ed dyslexia spe-cialist Cynthia Dapello gave a free workshop in the Bronco Student Center titled “Could it be Dyslex-ia?” as part of the Access & disABILITY Alliance’s disABILITY Awareness Day on Friday.

Starting at 10 a.m., Da-pello’s hour-long presenta-tion in the Bronco Student Center’s Ursa Major was composed of defi nitions, warning signs and remedia-tion strategies for dyslexia.

The workshop, which was just the start of a full day of events promoting disability awareness, was

organized by Sakshi Kohli, a member of the Access & disABILITY Alliance.

Kohli said the purpose of Dapello’s presentation and other events was “to encourage the idea that disabilities should not be a limitation, but a sign of perseverance.”

Dyslexia is a common disability, or as Dapello described it, “a brain dif-ference” that affects 15 to 20 percent of people. It is an inherited condition that makes reading, writing and spelling extremely diffi -cult.

Dapello began research-ing dyslexia after her daughter was diagnosed. Dapello later discovered

that even she had a mild form of the disability.

“I learned everything I possibly could,” she said after the presentation. “I don’t want other parents to go through what I went through, to waste thou-sands of dollars on tutors that mean well, but aren’t helping.”

A full page of Dapello’s PowerPoint presentation was devoted to listing all the popular reading pro-grams for children that do not work for dyslexics, such as Hooked on Phonics and Reading Recovery.

One of the solutions Da-pello suggested was the Or-ton-Gillingham approach,

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See DYSLEXIA/Pg. 10Dyslexia specialist Cynthia Dapello gives a PowerPoint presentation about the disability during ‘Could it be Dyslexia?’ on Friday.

Haleema Saleh / Th e Poly Post

CAITY HANSEN

Staff Writer

“ It’s kind of a fun event that just happens.

-Darren IsomotoCal Poly Pomona alumnus

and social media consultant

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No limit for Engineers Without Borders

Engineers Without Borders is a non-profi t Cal Poly Pomona club that puts “learn by doing” into a global perspective.

The club is run by Oscar Castel-lanos, a fi fth-year chemical engi-neering student, and its members use skills learned in the classroom to construct helpful devices, such as water tanks and working bridges, for others around the world.

The club’s most recent expedition involved traveling to Guatemala dur-ing spring break and using the club’s and the country’s resources, with the government’s permission, to con-struct a 90 cubic meter tank for the people of San Lorenzo, a municipal-ity in Guatemala.

“The good thing about Engineers Without Borders is that you get to practice sustainability,” said Luke Sun, a fourth-year mechanical engi-neering student and club treasurer. “We brought our own materials, but the government and GOD’S CHILD [an organization dedicated to helping Guatemalan children] gave us some as well.”

The project was designed by Cal Poly Pomona students and was made specifi cally for the people’s needs a year in advance, which included a site assessment.

“We were pretty in-depth with that community,” said Castellanos, presi-dent of the Cal Poly Pomona divi-sion of Engineers Without Borders. “They only got two hours of water a day. We set out to improve their quality of life.”

The club also works locally, with plans to help the nearby city

of Ontario.“We found out there are about

3,000 homeless kids there, and we were talking about going down there as a club and building a shelter or anything else they need,” said Dan-iel Tran, a fi fth-year civil engineer-ing student and the club’s vice presi-dent. “It doesn’t involve the logistics of national travel, and our goal is to help anyone and everyone.”

The club has remained obscure, despite being present on campus for

four years. Even Donald Coduto, the interim dean of the College of Engi-neering, said he was not familiar with everything the club was involved in.

Castellanos and the other offi cers of the club have worked hard to im-prove the club’s recognition. When Castellanos and Tran joined the or-ganization, it had offi cers, but no club members.

Tran recruited his friend Cesar Lopez, a fi fth-year civil engineer-ing student and secretary of the club,

who had experience in community service and said he was happy to help the club grow.

“We met every week in the sum-mer to make sure we would be suc-cessful,” said Lopez. “There was a lot of organizing and planning meet-ings.”

Their initial goal for recruit-ment this year was 70 members, a number Castellanos believed to be too high. However, the club has 75 members and grows consistently at

each meeting. Lopez said he is thrilled about the

club’s growth and inclusivity of the engineering departments.

“It involves all the engineers,” Lo-pez said. “The whole college of engi-neering; it’s everybody. We want to be the biggest and the best engineer-ing club.”

Sun said a lot of effort was put into making connections with the ar-eas they planned to help and campus advertising.

“We have projects people can come onboard and be a part of,” said Sun. “We have much better public-ity.”

Castellanos said his experiences in the club have given him practical skills for his post-Cal Poly Pomona life.

“It was huge to go to Guatemala and have on-site problems where you have to think on the fl y and design on the fl y,” said Castellanos. “These de-cisions go toward a full scale project. We designed a pipe network system for the tank in an hour or two. That’s what Cal Poly [Pomona]’s all about: Learn by doing and applying it.”

Coduto said he is fond of the pro-gram and is very impressed with their enthusiasm.

“It’s a great way for our students to be engaged in meaningful activi-ties,” said Coduto.

The club’s future includes build-ing a full scale bridge for the people of El Salvador for its next project and hosting a benefi t gala on May 20 to raise funds. Those who want to at-tend can RSVP on the club’s website at Csupomona.edu/~ewb-cpp.

(Left to right) Daniel Tran, club vice president; Cesar Lopez, club secretary; and Oscar Castel-lanos, club president, are all fi ft h-year chemical engineering students and members of Engi-neers Without Borders, a Cal Poly Pomona club that practices sustainability.


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Staff Writer

den with a standing ovation as he ended his speech with a quote by George Bernard Shaw:

“People are always blaming their circumstances for what they are. I don’t believe in circumstances. The people who get on in this world are the people who get up and look for the circumstances they want, and if

they can’t fi nd them, make them.” Immediately after Crittenden’s

speech, audience members went to the “Experience Disability Simula-tions” workshop, which presented audience members with stations that provided equipment such as crutch-es, arm braces and walking sticks to try out. All audience members,

disabled and non-disabled, were en-couraged to take part in the demon-strations.

“Disabilities are something you don’t really notice until you actually have to think about it,” said Christy Orgeta, residence life coordina-tor for Palmitas Hall and planning member for disABILITY Awareness

Day. “I think today is a great start, but I think it’s something that people should be more aware about.”

disABILITY Awareness Day events started at 10 a.m. in the Bronco Student Center with the “Could it be Dyslexia?” workshop. After grabbing a free Subway boxed lunch, audience members sat down

to a keynote address by Chad Crit-tenden, followed by the “Experience Disability Simulations” workshop. The day ended with a showing of “Forrest Gump” at 7 p.m.

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Friendly campus competition, a la crepes

Cal Poly Pomona got a taste of reality television when 10 students brought local food truck, Crepes Bonaparte, to the campus for a stu-dent produced “Apprentice” based competition fi lmed on campus.

The students were selected to compete for four weeks in a series of tasks inspired by the NBC show “The Apprentice.” The CPP version of the show is called “The Intern” and was created by fi fth-year His-tory student Desiree Duzich and the campus branch of the American Marketing Association, with Col-lege of Business Administration Dean Richard Lapidus’ approval and funding.

The fi rst challenge took place Friday. Selected students divided into two teams and were challenged to bring the most customers to the Crepes Bonaparte truck parked be-tween the College of Engineering and the College of Business Admin-istration.

Crepes Bonaparte is a cuisine company that services Los Ange-les and Orange County and makes custom French crepes, which are thin pancakes. The company caters to private parties and events, and crepes are made on location in the company’s truck.

Both teams worked for the past several weeks to gain customers. Team One petitioned to the faculty, offering them menus in advance and asking them to give extra credit for their students. Team Two used social networking announcements at stu-

dent events and Starbucks.Their efforts paid off.Although the event was slated to

start 11 a.m., the line stretched past the Marketplace at that time. The contest ended at 1:15 p.m., but the truck extended its stay due to over-whelming demand.

“It’s good marketing,” said Crys-tal Herrera, a second-year hotel and restaurant management student. “It’s a crazy line, but it shows everyone’s here to give support.”

Both sides dressed in uniforms: Team One in professional suits with berets and Team Two in personalized blue collared shirts that displayed their affi liation. The teams also tried to keep the customers patient dur-ing the wait for crepes, by offering perks such as snacks, water, shade, and more.

However, not everything went ac-cording to plan.

Sara Ayers, an I&IT administra-tive support coordinator, was one of many that had received an advertise-ment from Team One listing incor-rect prices.

“We had to completely change our orders and cut it in half,” said Ayers. “We’re glad Team One tried to ad-vertise, but don’t put out anything if you aren’t sure.”

Crews, using cameras from the MediaVision video unit, fi lmed the competition on location with host Zefren Edior, a fi fth-year business administration and computer infor-mation systems student. Edior inter-viewed waiting customers.

For the boardroom scenes where judging and deliberation took place, the cast and crew moved to the Me-

diaVision studios on campus. The judges were fi fth-year Marketing and Managment student and Ameri-can Marketing Association President Justin Rezvani; CPP alumnus Terry Manson; Prudential Financial agen-cy recruiter Tracy Fozdar; and Dean Lapidus.

“We’ve got different categories, but the purpose is to drive sales,” said Fozdar, on judging the teams. “I’ve been looking and interviewing people, trying to fi nd out the teams’ marketing methods. Also, what they did to increase sales and how they worked as a team to bring them traf-fi c.”

Duzich, the show’s creator and

executive producer, said the process of organizing everything was rela-tively quick. Planning was done in two and a half weeks: the show was advertised over spring break, and ap-plications to be in the cast were due the fi rst Thursday of spring quarter. Candidates were interviewed and se-lected the next day.

Lana LaFave, a third-year fi nance, real estate and law student, said she was confi dent regardless of the re-sult.

“It was a win for all of us,” said LaFave. “No one was cutthroat; it was a healthy competition. I gave it my all, and that’s all I can ask for.”

After four weeks of challenges

and eliminations, the winner will receive a paid internship with Louis and Company, a Brea-based busi-ness that manufactures cabinets and furniture.

To keep the show’s ending a sur-prise, no one outside the cast and crew was permitted to enter the stu-dio room while fi lming select scenes.

The episodes will be posted on Cal Poly Pomona’s television chan-nel available to on-campus residents, an upcoming YouTube page and on the show’s Facebook page at Face-book.com/TheInternatCPP.

JOE MARTONE

Staff Writer

Fift h-year Civil Engineering student Alex Mensen orders crepes from the Crepes Bonaparte truck on Friday. Th e truck has various categories of off erings, including breakfast and dessert.

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a method developed by a neuropsycholo-gist and a pathologist that has been in use since the 1930s. The approach, according to Dapello’s presentation, is the most ef-fective way to remediate dyslexia.

Dapello gave demonstrations of rules described in Orton-Gillingham teachings as well as a list of famous dyslexic people, including Henry Winkler and Albert Ein-stein.

She said to this day, spelling is the big-gest challenge for her and her daughter, and she had to take extra care in planning the end of her presentation.

“Could it be Dyslexia?” ended with a play on words from Dapello as she held up a poster reading, “Dyslexics, untie!” Had she spelled “unite” properly, the joke would have been lost.

Kohli, who joined the ADA to help spread awareness about students with dis-abilities and teach others to respect and treat them like they would anyone else on

campus, said students with disabilities like dyslexia are often underestimated or not given equal status.

Kohli coordinated the workshop with Dapello as an introduction to a day full of events designed by ADA members to spread awareness of people living with dis-abilities.

Following “Could it be Dyslexia?” was a keynote address from noon to 1 p.m. by Chad Crittenden, who lost his leg to can-cer, but went on to compete on the CBS show “Survivor.”

From 1 p.m. to 2 p.m., attendees could experience simulations of different disabil-ities such as visual, auditory and mobility impairments.

The purpose for all of these events, ac-cording to the President of the Access & disABILITY Alliance, Carla Torrence, is to give students and staff a chance to see what life is like for the disabled.

As Torrence describes it, the ADA is “a

group of volunteers across campus that come together to advocate for people with disabilities.”

Torrence said that the events for disabil-ity awareness went on much longer last year. The scheduling changes are a result of the group trying to fi nd out what works best to ensure widespread awareness and to encourage attendance for the events.

Previous disABILITY Awareness guests include Amy Roloff of The Learning Chan-

nel’s “Little People, Big World” and Luke Adams, the fi rst deaf contestant to compete on “The Amazing Race.”

“My mission is to help,” said Dapello, whose website Coulditbedyslexia.com lists further suggestions for teaching strategies, as well as her own contact information for personal tutoring.

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Coke fans take a hike to satisfy thirst

For students who love Coca-Cola but cannot get their “fi x” from stores on campus like Pony Express, there rests a single Co-ca-Cola vending machine on the trail leading up to the Collins College School of Hospitality Management.

Most students are unaware of the machine’s whereabouts because the trail leading to the Collins College is right behind the Marketplace, surrounded by bushes and plants.

However, students who do know about this diamond in the rough consider the hike to the vending machine to be a relax-ing getaway for them and their friends.

Korinne Poynter, a third-year environmental engineering stu-dent, heard about the Coke ma-chine during her fi rst year at Cal Poly Pomona.

“A friend told me about it, and we went with a bunch of other friends to go to it,” said Poynter.

Students who don’t attend the

Collins College would need to have a strong love for and devo-tion to the Coca-Cola product to make the hike up to the vending machine.

The machine also sells other Coca-Cola products, such as Sprite and Dr. Pepper, which come in bottles for $1.50 each.

Because Poynter is a Coca-Co-la fan, she doesn’t mind the short

walk up to the secret vending ma-chine.

“I generally bring my own Coke as it’s far greater than Pepsi; however, sometimes on late days, I go get some [from the vending machines] when I run out,” said Poynter. “It’s nowhere near any of my classes, but I love the trail leading up to it. It’s a nice, relax-ing walk or a fun adventure when

with friends.”Michael Godfrey, associate

dean of the Collins College of Hospitality Management, ex-plained the reason behind the Coke vending machine’s location on the trail to the Collins College.

“Essentially, we have had do-nations from both Pepsi and Coke in the original building [Bldg. 79],” said Godfrey. “Because of

that, we have been the one loca-tion on campus that still has the Coca-Cola machine because Pep-si and Coke are both huge compa-nies in the hospitality industry.”

By putting the Coca-Cola vending machine on the trail to the Collins College, it is “giving back” to the donors by making Coca-Cola products available to students.

“We are giving everybody their dues, so to speak,” said Godfrey.

Kissinger is another student who heard by word of mouth that there is a Coca-Cola vending ma-chine on the trail to the Collins College.

“One of my friends is in the Collins College, and she told me about the Coke machine,” said Kissinger. “I started going last year, and I go at least two or three times a week now. Walking up the trail is my time to get away and refl ect.”

Depending on the weather, Poynter will make the trip to the vending machine when she can.

“During winter, I go about once a month, but I’ll go weekly dur-ing the hotter months,” said Poynter. “Most of my friends know of it, but it generally takes me dragging them with me to get them to go.”

A short hike, for some students, is worth the taste of a refreshing Coca-Cola.

“Coke is better than Pepsi, and it’s even worth the hike up to get some,” said Poynter.

ERIN MOLLCorrespondent

Steven Villa, a third-year psychology student, decides to purchase a Coca-Cola drink over other drink options in front of the lone Coca-Cola vending machine on campus, located near the Col-lins College.

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The only Coke machine on Cal Poly Pomona’s campus is located on the trail leading to the Collins College. Fans of the drink agree: Obtaining the product is worth the trip

to advertising for the Grad Fair. The main channel Ly and Isomoto used

to spread the news of the Grad Fair Games was through social networking sites such as Facebook and Twitter.

The two also utilized the Marketing De-partment of CPP to post signs around cam-pus to publicize the event.

Isomoto said they relied on word-of-mouth in order to spread the news about

the event. They avoided email market-ing due to the light-hearted nature of the games.

“It’s kind of just a fun event that hap-pens,” said Isomoto. “Maybe a few people would see it, and through the magic of so-cial media networking, they would let their friends know, and that’s how people would show up.”

According to Isomoto, the games still

received a successful outcome even though advertising for the event heavily relied upon word of mouth. The Bronco Bookstore was pleased with the result of the games.

Another tactic to publicize the Grad Fair is students dressing in caps and gowns will walk throughout campus in the remaining days leading up to the Grad Fair.

Isomoto said the games that were held

this year were used for trial and error: to see what worked and what did not work in terms of marketing.

“It’s one of those things that’s an origi-nal fi rst-time idea that we hope to repeat every year,” said Isomoto. “We wanted to build up the hype for Grad Fair.”

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Fans of detective com-ics will enjoy Vertigo’s new graphic novel “Area 10.”

The comic follows NYPD detective Adam Kamen in his hunt to fi nd a serial killer known only as Henry VIII.

Writer Christos N. Gage has written for police proce-dural series, such as “Law and Order: SVU” and “Numb3rs,” and that writing experience

shows in this book. Along with Gage’s writing experi-ence artist, Chris Samnee’s black-and-white artwork help to accentuate the noir ele-ments of the story.

One gets the feeling while reading “Area 10” that it could easily have been written as a cable miniseries.

Like these television series, “Area 10” keeps its readers in suspense and will keep read-ers guessing the true identity of the killer.

There are even times where one might suspect Kamen could be the perpetrator of the crimes.

Trepanation, a procedure where one has a hole drilled

in their skull allowing the re-lease of pressure after a head injury, plays an important role in this novel.

Its importance is empha-sized in the striking cover, which features an X-ray of a human skull with a screw-driver going through the fore-head.

One of the key scenes in the comic is when Kamen re-ceives a forced trepanation at the hands of man wielding a screwdriver.

Samnee gives the scene added importance by portray-ing the event from Kamen’s perspective.

Unlike most western comic books, “Area 10” employs no

color. Instead, Samnee’s stark black-and-white art stands alone. Without distractions, readers are better able to ap-preciate Samnee’s use of posi-tive and negative space.

For all the twists and turns in the plot, the morality of the story is as black-and-white as the artwork. In the story, like in the artwork, we are only meant to see black and white – right or wrong.

One of the most signifi cant

aspects in this novel is its length of 180 pages, which should have allowed the story to breathe. Even though Gage and Samnee were given 180 pages, they rush from one plot point to another and leave this reviewer breathless.

When reading a mystery se-ries such as this, every scene can provide potential clues for readers to determine the killer. But because of this, one may become overwhelmed by the information.

The book would have ben-efi ted from dropping the ro-mance portion of the story; the problem is not enough time was spent for the rela-tionship to be believable.

The fi nal third of the novel does deliver the necessary surprise that a good mystery deserves and is easily the highlight of the book. While you may not see it coming, Gage and Samnee have left all the clues out in the open, and if you’re observant, you can fi gure out who the real killer is.

Like the old saying goes: It’s right under your nose.

The book isn’t perfect, but few series are able to capture the suspense that Gage has in “Area 10.”

Rating: 3.5/5

‘Area 10’: A breathlessly suspenseful ride

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Asst. Editor

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all lived on Beach Boulevard in Buena Park,” said Parales. “It just so happens that they chose some girls they were best friends with, and I was chosen for one of them.”

Parales, locally known for her dance appearances in music vid-eos such as “Gossip Folks” by rap star Missy Elliot and “Breathe, Stretch, Shake” by Mase, is also on Team Millennia Juniors and is a choreographer.

She is in the all girls singing group called School Gyrls, man-aged by former Nickelodeon star

Nick Cannon, and has a record deal with Island Def Jam.

Clothing lines were present at the showcase to add to the hip-hop atmosphere.

The Masses, a clothing line based in Pomona, was founded when a group of friends combined their love for “art, design, music, and dance.”

“We represent the masses be-cause we’re so eclectic and dif-ferent,” said Kohn Nguyen, op-erations manager and co-owner of The Masses.

The Asian & Pacifi c Island-er Student Center is providing shows, a conference and a potluck for the month of April. Upcoming events include API Spring Olym-pics at the Bronco Commons on Friday and Tunnel of Oppression on April 27.

Students interested in partici-pating in these events may visit the Asian & Pacifi c Islander Stu-dent Center in Building 95.

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plugs and oxygen sensors can drastically affect fuel econo-my as well.

Certain driving practices can also contribute to fewer gas station stops. Freeway driving is always more ef-fi cient than stop-and-go trips through the city. Use free-ways whenever your destina-tion allows – providing this

does not add extra length to a trip. Combining trips to reduce unnecessary driving is another great way to make that tank last longer.

Assuming freeway driv-ing is a valid option, cruise control is the thrifty driver’s best friend. Drivers have a natural tendency to speed up and slow down. This does not

yield the best possible fuel economy. Cruise control al-lows the engine to maintain as steady a rhythm as pos-sible and achieve optimal fuel economy.

Avoid hard acceleration from stops. It doesn’t take much gas to keep a car mov-ing, but accelerating from a stand still is the least fuel-

effi cient part of driving. The heavier a car is, the more fuel it will take to get moving again. That means any extra weight will hurt gas mileage even further – now would be a good time to leave the cinder block collection at home.

Also, stoplights are de-signed to keep cars moving as much as possible – although

I’m the fi rst to admit it, it doesn’t seem this way. Driv-ing the speed limit is your best chance of avoiding getting stuck at a red light.

There are plenty more ways to keep that gas bill in check. Some online research can turn up a wealth of information.

However, there is a lot of faulty and mechanically in-

correct information on the Internet. Make sure the source is a valid and trustworthy site before practicing new gas-saving techniques. For start-ers, Fueleconomy.gov is a good site with some great tips to keep money in your pocket and gas in your tank.

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Bryan Stow, the Giants fan severely beaten on Major League Baseball’s opening day, remains in a coma.

Since the incident, the Los Angeles Dodgers organiza-tion has implemented chang-es to their security in order to stop anything like this from happening again.

The organization is taking the right steps toward a safer future, but ultimately, the fans need to take responsibility for their own actions inside and outside the park.

Los Angeles Police Depart-

ment offi cers will now be in-side the stadium, in addition to the Dodger’s security team, more lights will be installed in the parking lot, and the plan of having beer at half price during six games has been canceled.

Although offi cers are inside the park right now, it is un-clear how long they will stay due to the amount of money it takes to have them there. The solution is only temporary and a change in the attitude of the fans will be necessary.

A change in the mental-ity of the players has already been shown during an April 11 game at Giants Stadium

between the two teams. “When the last out is made,

the rivalry ends on the fi eld,” said Giants pitcher Jeremy Affeldt.

Every fan has a right to at-tend games and support any team he or she chooses.

If anyone were to get too out of hand at the parks now, people will intervene because they have seen how ugly it can get.

Fans should not have to worry about their safety at the stadium. Even if they are root-ing for the other team, there should be a friendly rivalry. The main point of going to a baseball game is for the fun

and entertainment.With these steps, the Dodg-

ers organization is hoping far fewer problems will occur at the stadium, but should these steps have already been taken before opening day?

“Dodger opening day has always been a problem and we have been working hard to change that culture,” said Los Angeles Police Capt. Bill Murphy.

People would show up the night before and pitch tents in the parking lot. Many would drink so heavily that by the time the game started, they were already intoxicated. During the 2010 opening day

at Dodger Stadium 132 arrests were made.

The Dodgers organiza-tion is doing the best it can to clean up the stadium in order to maintain its family oriented atmosphere. This brutal beat-ing that occurred could have been avoided if these new changes had already been implemented.

However, it is impractical to have offi cers at every game due to costs; the responsibility lies in the fans to maintain a friendly and respectful envi-ronment.

VALERIE CHEN

Lifestyle EditorMy girlfriend and I re-

cently broke up – we had been together for a few months, and suddenly, it’s over. She needs time to be alone. It’s now like a kick to the groin: At fi rst it didn’t hurt, but then it starts to get progressively worse. At fi rst, I was fi ne and thought I could shrug it off and move on, but I realized that I can’t move on as fast as I thought I could because I miss her. Although I was content with myself with-out a relationship before I was in a new one, I’m slowly fi nding out that I’m far more vulnerable than I thought I was or intended to be. Is it a good thing to be feeling like this?

It’s not necessarily a good thing to feel vulnerable, but it isn’t a bad thing either.

Feeling vulnerable is a diffi cult emotion to endure. It means letting your guard down. And after you already let your guard down – and it almost seems like it was wast-ed – it’s hard to do so again.

Trusting someone with your heart, as corny as it may sound, can be one of most dif-fi cult things you can do. It is risky because there is no ab-solute guarantee of a positive end result.

Furthermore, being in a re-lationship is giving up the po-sition of total control.

No longer is it only about being independent and in the driver seat of your emotions. Suddenly, someone else has infl uence over your life, and subsequently, your emotions.

Without a doubt, interde-pendency makes those in-volved vulnerable. It can be scary because, with that infl u-ence, someone else can exert the mighty and daunting pow-er of hurting you.

No one can hurt you quite as profoundly as someone you care about or love because you trust him or her to not hurt you.

Paradoxically, without vul-nerability, one cannot enter into a relationship.

Being vulnerable is neces-sary to a degree for a relation-ship because it also signifi es willingness to change – hope-fully for the better – and com-pliance in compromising with a partner.

Right now, patiently endure the post-breakup remedial process. Be optimistic, and try not to dwell on the past.

Healing takes time. Fresh out of a breakup, it’s going to feel like an open wound.

When something is already hurting that bad, it’s instinc-

- Single,vulnerable male

Dealing with post-breakup emotions

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The United States has grown fat – its people are consuming more calories and burning fewer.

With this weight gain comes huge costs in the form of health risks and increased medical costs.

This is why Arizona has brought forth yet another controversial bill, one that would potentially allevi-ate its state budget defi cit of $1.8 billion and promote anti-obesity efforts.

It’s being called the “fat tax.”

In order to save $500 mil-lion a year, Medicaid would charge its patients an annual fee of $50 if they smoke, are

obese, are diabetic and fail to lose weight. This fee only applies to childless, unmar-ried adults.

According to the Wash-ington Post, the legislation would require people to con-sult with a primary care phy-sician to come up with a plan that would get them on track with their weight and change their sedentary habits.

It’s not as if a proposal such as this hasn’t been brought to the table before.

In order to combat the obesity epidemic, the Gov-ernor of New York, David Paterson, wanted to imple-ment a tax on “junk food” – Twinkies, candy bars, sugar drinks, Pop Tarts – you name it.

This measure was never

passed. Since then, many other

states have hopped on the pudgy bandwagon and started proposing their own health incentives.

If passed, this would be the fi rst state-issued health care program that would charge constituents extra be-cause of their obesity.

But is this “fat tax,” which attempts to shape the pub-lic’s dietary habits, too inva-sive or is it necessary?

In a nation where health-care costs are rising, access to medical care is becom-ing more expensive and an overwhelming two-thirds of Americans are overweight, this proposal is defi nitely necessary.

Statistics show some

smokers and overeaters do not live long and healthy lives.

A study conducted by USA Today states that ex-treme obesity could shorten people’s lives by 12 years, and 21 years if the person is both obese and a smoker.

This is refl ected in their increased Medicare costs, and who pays for these costs? Taxpayers do.

By going forward with this taxation on smokers and overweight people, residents will be given the motivation to take person-al responsibility for their health.

Rather than using the $50 to buy a week’s worth of cigarettes or fast-food meals stripped of nutritional

value, patients will be given a guided plan to wean off their addiction.

Although it would cost Arizona more to start the “fat tax,” it would decrease the state’s high obesity rate.

With fast food stands on just about every other block and every meal doused in ar-tifi cial sweeteners, salt, and trans fats, I believe all states should take this initiative.

Obesity is an epidemic, but it isn’t frowned upon like other conditions because here in the U.S., it’s consid-ered the norm.

If state intervention is what’s needed to promote a healthy lifestyle, then so be it.

BRITTANY CHAVEZ

Staff Writer

ROSS HICKS

Staff Writer

Kadafi ’s reign has to come to an end

Photo illustration by Gary Grinkevich / Th e Poly Post

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Moammar Kadafi , the Libyan president, has become infamous for being a tyrant too stubborn to step down and let his people have their right to rule as a republic. He has been torturing, killing and commit-ting crimes against humanity for de-cades.

A selfi sh attitude, consistent greed and a militia are all that is required to make more trouble for the world. Not only does Kadafi passively dis-miss demands for democracy, but he has also been adamant in efforts to silence those who have tried to op-pose him.

After overthrowing the Libyan royal monarchy in 1969, Kadafi es-tablished the Libyan Arab Repub-lic. It is certain that a “republic” is

supposed to be controlled by many people rather than just one power-hungry dictator.

There is no point in ruling a coun-try if your citizens do not want you as their leader and are unhappy about your methods and laws.

Being regarded as a leader of a country grants a person a lot of power, but it also insinuates that the power should be used for resolving confl icts, helping your people and being just. None of these attributes defi ne Kadafi .

Kadafi had hundreds of his people massacred in Benghazi. Hundreds of Libyans have been fl eeing to Egypt and other nearby countries due to the violent mass outbreaks on the streets of their cities.

They fear the outcome of the re-volt and who might still be in power if they return.

Libya has been torn by civil war be-

cause of this man. Although Kadafi is a terrible ruler, there are citizens who like him and are willing to die for him.

Therefore, there are Libyan rebels fi ghting against Kadafi ’s oppression and pro-Kadafi forces fi ghting for a man who would rather have everyone around him dead before considering resignation.

While death and violence plague his country, Kadafi is under enormous pressure as Western allies and the United Arab Emirates have protested for the campaign against him.

Libya has been made into a no-fl y zone. American and European forces have stepped in to help take Kadafi out of power. The military campaign against Kadafi is still being led by the British and French.

It has recently been reported that Kadafi killed at least 20 people and in-jured many in the city of Misurata. His forces bombed residential areas close

to Misurata’s port to stop the arrival of a rebel aid ship. Kadafi loyalists announced that any attempt to aid the besieged city of Misurata without re-gime approval would be immediately engaged in violence.

Residents say that Kadafi has been shooting rockets approximately 10 to 20 miles outside Misurata as a tactic to gain new ground against rebels. Although he failed in any progression against the resistance, there were hun-dreds of deaths due to his barrage of rockets.

Too much blood has been spilled for this dictator’s pride. If he does not comply and submit his resignation soon, I think it will only be a matter of time for history to repeat itself and add another name to its list of fallen dictators.

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tive to not want anything near that open wound to deepen the pain.

Take the experience as a life lesson. It’s a challenge, but in the long run, it can be a re-warding one.

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Love is never easy; it re-quires effort and perseverance.

The “butterfl ies-in-my-stomach” feeling and playful

affection can suddenly be-come distorted into bitterness and resentment. But why stay stuck in that suffering when you can overcome it instead?

It didn’t work out for a reason. Life is unpredictable. People and situations change; sometimes for the worse.

Whatever reason that may be, accept it and move on. It isn’t the end, but rather the beginning for something new, different and exciting.

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If you are annoyed by standing in line at a grocery store behind a person who takes forever to pay for their groceries, you might fi nd yourself hating an “extreme couponing” shopper.

The ability to purchase all the items needed to keep a household running for 95 percent off of the retail price. Sounds too good to be true.

Flash forward to the pres-ent, and coupon use has taken on a completely differ-ent meaning. The Learning Channel‘s television show “Extreme Couponing” gives an eye opening view into what extreme coupon collecting is all about.

Keep in mind the show is called “extreme coupon-ing,” and the reasons behind these households taking up such drastic shopping habits are generally due to fi nancial hardships the households are facing.

The show follows people who make a career out of getting the best deal possible every time they go shopping. One episode had a shopper purchase $1,500 worth of gro-ceries for under $50.

All of the savings were pos-sible through the use of cou-pons combined with added incentives offered by the gro-cery store.

The show gives viewers a chance to see how much work goes into gathering all those coupons. They show the stock piling of all the excess items they have purchased. Some of the people had rooms upon rooms dedicated to collecting items and rooms for the cou-pons themselves.

For many of the people in-volved in extreme couponing, it becomes an addiction and a way of life for the entire fam-ily.

The concern I have with any extreme action like this one is the rate of return on the investment made by the individual. Yes, investment and return rate come from the fi nancial world, but the terms can easily be applied to every-day actions.

In the case of extreme cou-poning how much return are these people getting from in-vesting so much time and en-ergy into collecting and using coupons?

According to an article from the American Psycho-logical Association, physical housing quality can be a pre-dictor of mental health.

So it will be very hard for these people to even measure what the cost of certain ac-tions will be. For example, having a child literally sleep-ing on the tops of boxes fi lled with toilet paper might end up costing them.

The feeling of having an

abundance of stored items making each room smaller might impact their lives.

The amount of stress ac-cumulated over time by con-verting a home into a storage warehouse might in time feel like a burden instead of a blessing.

The actual cost of being able to get so many items for free may ultimately end up be-ing a far greater price than any of the families could imagine. When something sounds too

good to be true, it usually is, and in the case of “extreme couponing,” it looks like this might be the case.

Saving money on the next shopping trip will always be a welcomed breath of fresh air to anyone’s wallet, but at what cost? That is what should always be examined before making any drastic changes to any shopping habits.

Would it be wise to trade open fl oor space in a home

to save on groceries? Or to invest more time to collect-ing coupons than to an eight hour job or to our families? It seems like a very harsh trade off, but entertaining to watch someone try, I guess.

The fact that a person can focus so much energy and time into achieving such as-tronomical savings on his or her grocery list is admirable.

If any of you are thinking of taking on coupon usage, just remember to try and

have a balance. Going to the extreme can have conse-quences.

Considering the econom-ic state of our country, it would be wise for some of us to look toward these ex-treme coupon collectors and pick up some small tips on how to save. Let’s just try to keep it far from the ex-treme.

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A seesaw battle transpired in the Cal Poly Pomona baseball team’s four-game series with Cal State San Bernardino over the weekend, in which both teams each won two games.

The Broncos are now 25-14 overall and 18-14 in the CCAA and will play at Scolinos Field tomorrow at

3 p.m. in a non-conference game against Concordia. The Broncos remain fi fth in the CCAA.

Both the series and a doubleheader were concluded on Saturday with a 7-1 Broncos win.

In the bottom of the third of Saturday’s second game, junior infi elder Mike Santora, who extended his hitting streak to 18 in the game, gave the Broncos all the runs they needed when he hit a two-RBI double, giving the Broncos a 2-0 lead.

Aside from Coyotes junior outfi elder David Silvas’ home run and the Broncos’ three-run fourth

and two-run fi fth inning, junior pitcher Jake Reed threw a seven-inning complete game.

Reed allowed one run, fi ve hits and struck out three.

The fi rst game of the series, played Thursday in San Bernardino, was won by the Coyotes, 6-3.

Though the Broncos scored a run each in the second, third, and eighth innings, the Coyotes scored three runs in both the fi fth and seventh innings. Silvas had a combined four RBIs in those innings.

Head coach Randy Betten said the Broncos still need to work on

execution errors.“I thought in game one,

we had a chance at a fi fth, a sixth, seventh and eighth, to just drive one [run] right across, with just moving the ball around and we didn’t,” Betten said. “We need to be better [at] offensive execution.”

In Friday’s game, the Broncos came back from a 6-2 defi cit in the eighth and won 7-6 in the ninth.

Senior utility player Tyson Edwards’ two-RBI single, following an unearned run from senior outfi elder Travis Taijeron, brought the Broncos to within a run of the Coyotes, 6-5.

With junior infi elder Allen Rodarte on third in the ninth, Taijeron hit his 10th home run of the season to give the Broncos the 7-6 lead.

The fi rst game of the doubleheader on Saturday was a heated affair that the Coyotes won, 5-3.

The Coyotes took an early lead in the fi rst that held out until the fourth when Taijeron hit another home run with freshman infi elder Ryan Goodman on fi rst to tie the game, 2-2.

Despite taking a 3-2 lead in the fi fth on freshman infi elder Humberto Tovalin’s RBI single, the Coyotes were able to tack

on another two runs in the sixth with calls from the umpire that were disputed.

Most notable of these disputes involved junior infi elder Chris Miller, who was ejected and unable to play the second game of the doubleheader.

“I didn’t say anything that no one else said,” Miller said. “I just told him it was a bad call and that he messed up and I was the most convenient one to throw out. Sometimes you gotta stand up for your teammates and Mike made a good play there.”

Though the Broncos never recovered from the runs scored in the sixth, spirits continued to run high when sophomore outfi elder Jordan Whitman became involved in a verbal argument with Coyotes senior pitcher Bryant Hollingsworth, who accused Whitman of stealing signs.

Whitman played excellent in the series, going 6-15 (.400) during the four games, and extended his hitting streak to 19. Whitman also had two stolen bases, three runs, two RBIs and a walk.

The Coyotes (17-17, 14-12) are sixth in the conference.

After Saturday’s win at home against Cal State San Bernardino, the Cal Poly Pomona baseball team has a record of 25-14 overall and 18-14 in CCAA play.

With 10 games remaining in the 2011 season, including eight CCAA games, the Broncos have one win less than their overall win total at the end of last season (26) and the same amount of conference wins now as they had at the end of the 2010 season (18).

The Broncos’ renewed success is much in part due to the team’s new head coach Randy Betten.

In his fi rst season with the team and fi rst year overall as a head coach, Betten’s leadership has brought both focus and enthusiasm to the Broncos.

Upon Betten being named head coach last January, senior pitcher John Pollock said it best when explaining why playing for him would be better than before.

“He’s defi nitely more an attention-to-detail type of coach,” Pollock said. “He’s going to lead us into battle. Last year, it was just kind of ‘just go out there and play.’ Last year, the competitive vibe just wasn’t as strong.”

This is just one of the reasons why Betten’s Broncos have been successful, but there are more reasons to consider.

Secondly, Betten wants to be there.

While Betten’s predecessor Mike Ashman wanted to spend more time with his family, his desire to be elsewhere was notable because it trickled throughout the team, in which the players last season played without any direction.

Betten, on the other hand, has given the Broncos direction and the will to win.

The same can be said about head coach Danelle Bishop with the women’s basketball team.

Even though the women’s basketball team experienced a more successful season than the baseball team last season during former head coach Scott Davis’ third and fi nal year, including a berth in the NCAA Div. II Tournament, Davis also wanted to spend more time with his family.

Continuing with Bishop, another similarity between Betten and Bishop is the circumstances they were presented with.

Both coaches were dealt teams in relatively diffi cult situations.

Neither coach had a lot of time to get to know their new

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Sophomore outfi elder Jordan Whitman makes contact with a pitch during game one of Saturday’s doubleheader at Scolinos Field.Marcelo Villa / Th e Poly Post

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Freshman third baseman Humberto Tovalin attempts to dive for a ground ball during game one of Saturday’s doubleheader in which the Broncos lost 5-3 to Cal State San Bernardino at Scolinos Field.

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SPORTS IN BRIEFSPORTS IN BRIEFBobby Brett honored

Alumnus Bobby Brett was honored at the Distinguished Alumni Awards on Friday.

The award is given to those who have achieved in their profession, or in service to local, national or the global community as well as service to Cal Poly Pomona.

Brett played baseball for Cal Poly Pomona in 1969 before he hurt his knee. Brett would then come back to play baseball for the Broncos from 1971-72.

He signed with the Kan-sas City Royals in 1972 and went on to play with a num-ber of minor league teams. From there, he went on to receive a teaching creden-tial from Loyola Marymount and taught and coached at

Inglewood High School from 1974-75.

After a year of teaching, Brett went into real estate investment in 1975, and just last year, he and his brothers bought the Rancho Cucamon-ga-based Quakes.

He bought the Spokane In-dians, his fi rst team with his brothers, in 1985. The broth-ers own three other teams – the Spokane Indians, the Bellingham Bells, and the minor league hockey Spo-kane Chiefs, all in the state of Washington.

Brett these days buys and operates apartment complex-es in the South Bay area of Los Angeles with his partner and former high school base-ball coach, Cliff Warren.

Brett lives in Spokane but travels often to California to oversee the Quakes and man-age his real estate holdings.

Seven Bronco track and fi eld athletes have PNQ marks

With fi ve meets remain-ing in the 2011 season, the Cal Poly Pomona track and fi eld team has a handful of athletes that are nationally-ranked in NCAA Div. II.

In addition, seven mem-bers of the track and fi eld team have times or distanc-es that meet the Provisional National Qualifi cation mark.

The fi ve male qualifi ers are senior Cory Arnold, se-nior Carter Griffi n, sopho-more Matt Boudreau, junior Jacob Deavers and senior Lance Walkington. The two female qualifi ers are sopho-more Tiffany Dinh and ju-

nior Mia Moreno.Griffi n, who has the 10th-

best time in Div. II, qualifi ed for the PNQ “B” on March 5 at Cal State Fullerton, with a time of 21.28 seconds in the 200-meter dash.

Boudreau, who is 20th in Div. II in the 400 hurdles, also qualifi ed for the PNQ “B” on March 5 at Cal State Fullerton with a time of 53.63 in that race.

Deavers competed in the 400 hurdles on April 9 at the Pomona Pitzer Invitational, fi nishing with a time of 53.86 to qualify for the PNQ “B.” Deavers is 25th in Div. II in that event.

Dinh was another ath-lete to qualify for a PNQ “B” at Cal State Fullerton on March 5, with a time of 17:14.30 in the 5,000, earn-ing her the 15th-best time in the nation.

On Friday, Dinh brought her time down to 16:59.64 in the 5,000 during the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut.

Arnold, Griffi n, Bou-dreau and Deavers’ time of 3:12.65 in the 4x400 relay earned them a fi rst-place fi nish at the Cal-Nevada Invitational on March 27 in addition to a PNQ “B” mark and the seventh-fastest time in the nation for that event in Div. II.

Moreno also did well at the Cal-Nevada Invitational in the 400 hurdles, with a time of 62.86, to place her within the PNQ “B” mark and 23rd among Div. II competition.

Walkington’s record-breaking throw of 222-0 earned him the lone PNQ “A” qualifi cation of the Broncos on March 26 at the Cal-Nevada Invitational.

Dedication, strength, ambition, and endurance are all words that describe Elizabeth Soria.

Soria is a redshirt junior middle distance runner and the main event she competes in is the 800-meter race.

On April 9, Soria met her goal of two minutes and 18 seconds at the Pomona Pitzer Invitational in Claremont.

“I love her work ethic and her approach to it,” said head coach Troy Johnson. “She doesn’t get down when things don’t go right, but yet when it does, she doesn’t get overly excited and still knows how to work in the moment.”

Soria is dedicated to her academics and athletics. The Athletic Department has a philosophy that mentors the athletes and directs them into the right path.

Soria starts her training at 6:30 a.m. and runs six days a week. She runs about three to four miles a day and weight trains every

other day. The Chino Hills native

chose Cal Poly Pomona because of the animal health science program.

Soria loves animals and was always surrounded by them growing up.

She enjoys the fact that her major provides her

hands-on experience and loves Cal Poly Pomona’s atmosphere.

Another deciding factor was that its proximity to home, the training and athletic program which sparked her interest.

Soria is the youngest of four; all of her siblings are runners and they infl uenced her to run.

“Freshmen year of high school, I started because my three siblings had all done it so I wanted to keep up the tradition,” said Soria.

Although she hated it at fi rst, Soria got used to running and loves it now.

No one knew what to expect from Soria during her freshmen year but when she ran, she was near the front next to the team veterans. She has improved and increased her speed over the years.

“She brings a sense of unity to the team,” said senior Sarah Garcia, Soria’s teammate. “She used to run cross-country also. So when we started track, she is one of the people who wants to get to know

people. She would set up hang outs to get to know the other team.”

This is Soria’s last year of running and she strived to make her goal of 2:18. But since it is still early in the season, Soria is challenging herself to get an even better time.

“When it comes to cheering I run faster when I hear my mom cheering because [she] yells at the top of her lungs, ‘I love you,’” said Soria.

Last season, Soria injured her ankle and it took her off training and running. The injury was caused by her inactivity and starting again too soon. She strained her ankle by overdoing it and running too many miles.

“It was really hard coping with the injury just because it took me out of the whole training for a while,” said Soria. “After, it made me mentally strong again.”

She regularly met with her athletic trainer, who got her back to being healthy, walking and running again.

What encouraged her to come back and run was her own personal goal. She

wanted to be happy with the decisions she made in college.

“I wouldn’t be content with giving up running and graduating without breaking that one time,” said Soria.

Between classes and training, Soria doesn’t have spare time in her busy schedule. When she does have free time for herself, she spends it with her family.

She has a Siberian Husky that takes up most of her free time. They keep each other in shape by walking and running together.

After Soria graduates college, she plans to pass the state board exam to practice animal medicine. She doesn’t want to be a veterinarian but rather wants to be an animal nurse.

Soria doesn’t see herself running in competitions anymore because she wants to focus on her career. She plans to continue running as her work out in order to stay healthy and in shape.

Amid the heat and fi erce competition, the Cal Poly Pomona track and fi eld team had a good showing in the 53rd annual Mt. SAC Relays on Thursday and Friday.

The best athletes around the nation were gathered at this meet, and weakness was not a visible sign, as one could almost smell the passion oozing out of the athletes.

“These are the top international athletes,” said assistant coach Lauren Reimer. “This is the most competitive meet besides the Olympic trials; people travel from all over the nation to attend.”

There were hundreds of athletes and fans fi lling Hilmer Lodge Stadium, and they were trying to fi nd some shade almost anywhere they could.

“The weather is making it a bit different since we’ve been training in cold windy weather, but there are no excuses; adapt and perform,” said senior Lance Walkington.

There was only one Cal Poly Pomona athlete who competed late Thursday, senior Jersain Torres, who ran the men’s 10,000-meter run in 30 minutes and 48.72 seconds to fi nish in 52nd place overall.

Friday was fi lled with

competing Bronco athletes, and they used this meet as preparation for the upcoming conference meet.

“The 4x1[00 relay] women’s [team] broke into the 47-second range, running 47.95,” said head coach Troy Johnson. “That’s the season’s best, and it moves us up in the conference a little bit, so that was good to see today.”

Junior Mia Moreno led off the 4x100 team, with junior Tramieka Thomas and sophomore Brooke Gamble making up the second and third legs, respectively. Freshman Heather Corder was the anchor.

Corder and Thomas also ran in the women’s 100 hurdles, fi nishing third and fourth, respectively, in their heat.

“We had Corder and Thomas in the 100 hurdles, and both of them got back into form, running 15 seconds,” said Johnson.

“Corder ran 14.68 and Thomas was around 14.73. It’s a little off of their personal records, but it puts them back in the hunt, getting ready for conference.”

Coming back from a hamstring injury, senior Carter Griffi n ran his fi rst 400 since the Cal-Nevada Invitational and fi nished fourth in his heat (47.77).

Also in the men’s 400, senior Corey Arnold (48.69) placed third in his heat.

“That’s only 0.3 off his personal record, so he shows he has strength in his legs and going down as well,” said Johnson.

Junior Diana Zapata (4:40.28) placed fi fth in her heat of the women’s 1,500.

In the men’s 400 hurdles, sophomore Matt Boudreau placed eighth in his heat, running it in 56.35.

Closing out Friday’s track action was sophomore Tiffany Dinh, who ran a season-best 16:59.64 in the women’s 5,000 to surpass her previous best, a provisional national qualifi er “B” time, by almost 15 seconds.

In the fi eld, Walkington took eighth in his fl ight of the javelin, throwing a distance of 198-03.

“It’s been a long day,” said Walkington. “It’s 3 [p.m.], and I was supposed

to throw at 12; I’ve warmed up like three times.”

Even though Walkington only threw within his average, Reimer still said positive things about his performance.

“The fact that he is throwing consistently is the key,” said Reimer.

Some athletes also participated in the Bryan Clay Invitational on Friday, held at Azusa Pacifi c University, and they had a decent showing there as well.

Junior Samuel Morales (11.6) ran in the men’s 100, placing fourth in his heat.

“We had a decent performance at Bryan Clay,” said Morales. “We

are basically building to run well in conference.”

Also running at the Bryan Clay meet was freshman Brian Crane, who competed in the men’s 400 and placed fourth in his heat (50.18).

“It was one of the hottest days of the month,” said Crane. “It made it a little diffi cult, but in a way it helped the runners because the heat helped keep the muscles warm.”

After the meet at Azusa Pacifi c ended, the Bronco participants joined their teammates at Mt. SAC and provided some support.

For some, being surrounded by so many of the best track and fi eld athletes at Mt. SAC could

be intimidating. Crane, however, felt motivated in furthering his athletic career.

“It made me want to keep training so that I can get to the same point as them in my career,” Crane said.

Overall, it was a good two days for the Broncos, with some personal records being broken and some respectable performances.

“It’s been up and down with some good performances and some injuries,” said Morales. “It’s a good atmosphere and great competition to set us up to run well at conference.”

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teams nor did they have any part in recruiting players to the team after the previous season. However, what both coaches did was tap into what made them excited about the upcoming season and not only led their teams to good seasons but made their teams even better.

Before the start of the 2010-11 season last September, Bishop said what most excited her about coaching the Broncos.

“The mindset of each of the players,” Bishop said. “They kind of know what it takes.”

And while I’ve been critical about the hiring process in the past, those involved in the hiring process deserve credit where credit is due. In other words, they should be commended for hiring both Betten and Bishop.

In spite of the short amount of time Betten and Bishop were given to get to know their respective teams, both coaches proved they could work under pressure and thrive on it.

So, for future coach openings, I’m going to encourage the hiring committee to name new head coaches with a month or two prior to the beginning of the season instead of naming a new coach shortly after the previous season ended.

If the coach can thrive under pressure, then he or she can succeed under the most diffi cult scenarios.

In short, Betten and Bishop succeed because of their focus, their willingness to coach and their ability to do well under pressure.

Track and fi eld team makes most of Mt. SAC Relays

GLORIA GONZALEZ

Staff Writer

Broncos also have strong showing Friday at Bryan Clay Invitational

Junior Tramieka Th omas (second from front) and freshman Heather Corder (front) attempt to leap over their respective hurdles during Friday’s women’s 100-meter hurdles event of the Mt. SAC Relays in Walnut.


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Runner Soria has lifelong love for animals

Middle distance runner Elizabeth Soria does stretches before her workout for the day. Soria is a redshirt junior who runs the women’s 800-meter.

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