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H oi|ggflßing HOMECOMING 2003: THE SPIRIT OF CAL POLY
The Cal Poly List of this week's events. band plays at Student Spirit Hour M onday during What: Banner Contest. Clubs will Homecoming Week 2002. have an opportunity to design a This year's banner to be judged.The banners events theme is will be moved to the stadium on 'The Spirit of Saturday. Cal Poly.' When: Judging begins at 7 a.m. Where: UU Plaza kick off 1 0 * Viti COURTESY PHOTO/ MUSTANG DAILY
Tuesday tlfc,! What: Laugh Olympics. today Outrageous events to test club teams on their speed and creativi ty- • Clubs will display When: 11 a.m. to 1 p.m. artwork to be judged Where: Mott Lawn for the banner Wednesday What: Blood Drive. Donate blood contest in UU Plaza to the Tri-Counties Blood Bank By Kendra Hodges ever seen, and we Itxik forward to McCollum, alumni director and When: 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER heating that record this year.” homecoming adviser. Where: M ott Lawn Cal Poly is working hard to pro Though there may be no slime, W o rd It is time for Mustangs to show vide events not only for students teams can compete in events like on What: Mock Rock. Lip-sync contest off their schixil pride this year dur hut parents, staff, faculty and the the Mount Your Mackerel contest, the judged on costumes, creativity and ing Cal Poly Homecoming Week, San Luis Obispo community. which involves piggyback teams Street overall performance. which begins today and continues ______Many of the upetim- slapping each other with fish. Students speak on campus issues When: 7 p.m. throughout the week. u aii j ing activities are great Wednesday is a chance to watch Where: UU Chumash Auditorium Events conclude when Student for schcx>l organizations students strut their stuff at McKk Do yo*u plan on partici the Mustangs take on the clubs and and clubs to participate Rtxk, a lip sync and choreographed pating in Homecoming? Thursday Southern Utah organizations are in because they are dance show, taking place at 6 p.m. What: Spirit Hour."Battle of the Thunderhirds in the j group-oriented. at Chumash Auditorium. "Yes I'm Homecomins f.xnball encouraged to Sexes" game, Mock Rock, pumpkin Starting Monday, Students are als
speak on recalls petfood product PACIFICA, Calif. (AP) — Two cials .said by the time firefighters teenagers miraculously survived arrived at the scene ot the accident, SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — At A Petcurean spt)kesman said the after their car plunged 200 feet the car was fully engulfed in flames. least three Bay Area dogs have died company had no evidence its prod down a cliff on the northern San Three paramedics were lowered on diversity and more than a dozen other ani uct had caused the deaths and ill Mateo County coast Friday night, riipes to treat and rescue the vic mals have fallen ill in recent weeks, nesses, but conceded that a new according to rescue officials. tims while firefighters standing on By Micah Paulson prompting a Canadian pet food plant in Texas may have produced a Eduardo Valle, 18, and Chris the road 200 feet above doused the MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER aunpany to voluntarily recall its- batch ot tainted huid. Bowie, 19, escaped from their flames with water. product. B.ty Area veterinary hospitals totaled Toyota Supra after it landed About a dozen rescue workers, Richard Rodrigue:, an award Petcurean Pet Nutrition Inc. of began seeing the sick animals in the on a rock outcropping in a rugged with the help ot a pulley and a fire winning author and editor present British Columbia recalled all of its last two weeks, many of them beach area known as Devil’s Slide. engine as an anchor, pulled the ed “The Browning of America: Go! Natural pet food products exhibiting rashes, vomiting, reduced The two crawled about 25 feet and teens and the paramedics treating Race, Religion and Ethnicity in an Wednes«.iay, after receiving reports appetite and jaundice. were calling for help on a cell phone them to safety. Devil’s Slide was Erotic Age,” to a packed Chumash of illnesses in animals that ate their Go! Natural is routed in advertis when the car exploded into flames. closed in both directions tor nearly Auditorium on Thursday. food. Company officials said they ing as a top-notch product for dt)gs The accident occurred on a dan tour hours during the rescue, Rodrigue: is the first of four have heard of 14 dogs and cats in and cats that boasts one of the high gerous stretch of Highway 1 known according to the CFIP. speakers in the "Provocative California getting sick, with at lea.st est meat contents ot any pet finxls. It for Its narrow, winding roadway, Valle and Bowie were transport Perspective” series, set to speak at seven of them dying. retails for $42.99 tor a 50-pound bag. where only a dirt beam and stone ed by helicopters to Stantord Cal Poly. wall separate the road from a steep Medical Center where they were Tlm>ugh oft-heat comedy, shock cliff. listed in stable condition Saturday ing stories and personal experi California Highway Patrol t)ffi- evening. ences, Rodrigue: displayed con Amtrak train kills man tempt hit bigotry and hope for the future. FARIA BEACH, Calif. (AP) — Cuellar was wearing headphones T I When Rodrigue: was a child, he A landscape worker at a nurser>’ was and listening to a CD player and was terrified hy the sight of an struck and killed by an Amtrak train seemed unaware that a train was IMPORTANT NOTICE interracial couple walking down the Saturday as he walked across the coming down the tracks, Marple street holding hands. Even as a rails, apparently unaware the train said. ASI STUDENT DIREaORY young hoy, Rodrigue: knew the real was approaching. The engineer blew the train’s ities of how certain people think. Juan Manuel Cuellar, 67, was horn twice and used the emergency Each year, Associated Students, Inc., produces a “1 wanted to run up and hug arranging items next to the Union- brakes, but Cuellar did not notice, Student Directory that is made available to all them, and tell them of the danger Pacific railri>ad tracks near the coast Marple said. He was killed instantly. students, faculty and staff at Cal Poly. they were in,” Rodrigue: said, fever north of Ventura, said Ventura Sheriff’s investigators said they ishly gesturing t(i express his excite County Sheriff’s Sgt. Kevin Marple. found no evidence t)f foul play. ment. “It is dangerous to love in The ASI Student Directory provides a listing of all .America, you could get killed for students attending Cal Poly. This listing includes Goodwill IS Halloween Headquarters name, phone, e-mail address and major for each Rodrigue:, whii is half Mexican student on campus. Anyone who does not wish to .ind half Indian, infected the audi have his/her personal information included in the ence with laughter when he CkKxItttne Costnmcs directory should access « descrihed his skin tiine as “Artec- orange,” and said it would look nice RENTALS at Goodwill prices Mustang Info with patio furniture. www.mustanginfo.calpoiy.edu Some stories were received hy a s\\ ift intake of hreath from the audi or shop any ence, a few nervous laughs fcillowed Go to "Your Student Information" hy long silences. He expressed his g a a d u iill Login point of view with stories about ^ & put together Look for "Student Records" rarorhlades in soap and how people Go to "Student Directory Information Restrictions" are embarrassed by their own bodily your own Choose "PROTECTED" for your "Locator Information waste. Rodriguez’s last stiiry of the status to prevent inclusion in the night involved an interview he did ASI Student Directory. with a skinhead in Germany. His Goodtime Costumes reaction to the skinhead’s love for If you wish to restrict publication of your Mexican food clearly shows what he 880 Industrial Way 543-0997 believes tii be mitral and right. Easily Access: FREE PARKING personal information, do so no later than “There is a Spaniard making love Goodwill Store Novem ber 14, 2003. • to an Indian in that burrito; some 15 Higuera St. times a black comes in and makes it Also in Grover Beach, O S M i a threesome, that’s what makes it gaariutlll taste so good,” Rodrigue: said. Atascadero & Paso Robles Mustang Daily National/Intemational News Monday, October 27,2003 3
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AMARILLO, Calif. — Retail gasoline prices have fallen two cents o g o t a , Colombia — After a bloody campaign period in which TANFORD, Calif. — In the last Cin the past two weeks, ctmtributin^ to a price decrease of more Bdozens of candidates were killed, Colombians elected state and S10 years, Stanford University than 16 cents since Sept. 12, according to a national industry report municipal leaders Sunday, with a former communist union leader win has seen a dramatic rise in the Sunday. ning the race tor mayor of Bogota. number of students seeking psy The Lundherg Survey of gas prices for the two weeks ending Oct. 24 The election was held a day after voters rejected most points of a refer chological counseling and using found the weighted average retail gasoline price for all grades fell to endum championed hy hard-line President Alvaro Uribe, according to psychotropic drugs such as Zoloft, $1.59, down from $1.61 in Lundherg’s Oct. 10 survey. results released Sunday. Uribe said the referendum would give him the nec Prozac and Wellhutrin, reflecting an The drop reflects a continuing decrease since prices peaked in August essary tools to fight terrorism and corruption and boost the faltering econ increasing trend among college stu due to supply problems and a falloff in crude oil prices in the past two omy. dents nationwide, experts say. weeks. The referendum was the greatest defeat to hit Uribe since he was elect Stanford Counseling and • • • ed to office hy a landslide last year on pledges ti5 put this vit)lence-wracked Psychok^gtt^ SCTTfoctK^'unsels 10 WASHINGTON — Members of both the Democratic and nation in order and clamp down on corruption. percent stttdeaiLjfedy each Republican parties are accusing the White House of stonewalling • • • year. In aeWmrrn,nhe»8i»ag|^', a con- the federal commission investigating the Sept. 11,2001, attacks by BAGHDAD, Iraq — A "science project" of a rocket launcher forced fidentiid^pccr'Cuuo&eling service blocking its demand^for documents despite threats of a subpoena.f H the U.S. occupation authority to retreat from its main hotel Sunday, with a liutline and night “I call on,the White Rouse to tuffh over the documents they ate with- after a barrage by the Iraqi resistance that killev.1 an American colonel, time isfc>p-in huurxrnjmiives an hoLdingTrom the independent commission — and do it now,” said Sen. wounded 18 other people and sent scores of U.S. officials scurrying K)r safe averag<^ one or t^^^o calka day. Joseph Liebermaiti IM 'onn., co-author of the litgislation that created the ty, including the visiting deputy defense secretary. - .«Aw****** independent commission, v...... ----- ; ^ Paul Wolfowitz, a Pentagon deputy, .said the strike against the A1 STQflRS, Conn. - - pniversitv 1^ Thg 10-member, bipartisan commission has yntil May 2Z to submit a Rasheed Hotel, from nearly point-blank range, “will not deter us from com of Conlhecticiif Pdlfce^cA investi- report that also will Ileal with law enforcement, diplomacy,’'imhiigration, pleting our mission” in Iraq. gatinglfie early Thursday morn commercial itviation and theiflow of assets to terror organization^. The assault was likely planned over at least the past two months, a top ing death of a student vj(tu> lived ■ / 1 ...... ^ U.S. commander said, as the insurgents put ti)gether the improvised rocket in a nearby apartment coipplex. WASHINGTON — A Republican congresiman said Sunday that launcher and figured out how to wheel it into the park just acn>ss the street Po 1 A . opposition from the White House caused him to scrub plans to lead from the hotel. Ti III hiJii H i III a group of U.S. lawmakers to the site of North Korea's nuclear • • • Clin I VtOfeOi, found unrejpafw\’e hy a weapons program. y \ CAIRO, Egypt — A children's choir and a military band greeted the rcH)mmare. The rcKimmate returned “At the 11th hour, the White House withdrew its suppt>rt for our return Sunday of a what scholars believe is a royal mummy — possi to their residence at Man.sfield bipartisan visit to Niirth Korea,’’ Rep. Curt Weldon, R-Pa., said in a bly Ramses I — that was looted from a tomb and smuggled out of Egypt hy Apartments after having been out. statement. The statement said Sunday’s scheduled departure has been a Canadian doctor nearly 150 years ago. A press release stated police delayed temporarily. The Michael Carlos Museum at Enn>r>' University in Atlanta, which responded to a 911 call fi>r an unre KCNA, North Korea’s official news agency, rept)tted that the congres bought the mummy three years ago fnmi a museum in Ontario, returned the sponsive person at 4:15 a.m. It was sional delegation had notified Kim Jong IPs government Friday that the relic after determining it may he the founder of the 19th Dynasty and later determined that Tranchida trip was canceled “due to the opposition of the White House.” grandfather of Ramses II. had died stMuetime earlier.
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EVENTS 4 Monday, October 27,2003 union Mustang Daily Flying the funny skies Support the striking grocers e’re pn>hahly gtiing to be viewed as a threat to national security for this week’s column, hut we’re willing to take that risk. veryday 1 pass by Vons, Albertson’s and Ralph’s on It’s like the time my landlord raised the rent by $50 a W my way to school, and 1 honk my horn and wave month and justified it by saying he had to pay for the With that said, going to the airport is always a hitch. in support of the picketers. Every time 1 need gro rtxif. As renters, we entered into a contract that said he Waiting in line, having yt)ur hag searched, nearly getting kncxked over by little E ceries, 1 drive across town to a different grocery store, would handle all those things with the pre-decided snot-nosed kids who are excited to go on their first flight and get their wings. Really, instead of going the two bl(Kks to Albertson’s. amount of rent. Why the heck should 1 give him more there are no more redeeming qualities about traveling by plane. Why? After all, 1 make less money than those jerks. money than that, when 1 didn’t steer my miniature But last week, someone changed that. That should be reason enough to walk right past all sleigh pulled hy eight tiny reindeer onto the roof? Some Nathaniel Heatwole, a junior at Guilford Gtllege in North Carolina, made flying those annoying, self-righteous sign toters and buy my fat guy who couldn’t even fit down my chimney did. fun again last week. Instead of just going through the airport nuitions of metal detec groceries at Vons. 1 like Vons, Ralph’s, and even The point is, Vons was trying to renege on its initial tors, annoying baggage clerks and that dentist from Anytown, USA sitting next to Albertson's better than Scolari’s, Food4Less or Spencer’s commitment to its employees. They didn’t cause busi yiHi talking aK>ut ht)w much he enjoys performing rcxit canal surger>', Heatwole said in Morro Bay. 1 like them for no other reason than ness to get tougher. TFiey didn’t open competitive mar “F— the system” and had stmie fun. they’re there. 1 like buying my milk and mayonnaise and kets elsewhere. They didn’t even hit each other with He smuggled K)x cutters and other illegal paraphernalia onto a plane and left it ice cream just becau.se. 1 like being able to justify my heavy vegetables after closing time in order to get work there, later e-mailing the Federal Aviation Administration to let them know that the preference with nothing more than a “cause 1 said so.” man’s compensation — well, maybe one or two of them joke was on them. Suckers. What 1 don’t like are all did. They just wanted to work and maintain their cur OK, so maybe not everyone reading this sees exploiting the holes in the aviation Cominentary the claims that the strikers rent pay and benefits. And Ralphs and Albert.son’s system as fun. Rut we do. Tliis kid is going to get some serious jail rime for making a are greedy. What 1 don’t employees didn’t do anything at all, other than belong [xditical statement, so we ha\ e decided to make his message live on. like is the idea that it’s not a big deal to lock out employ to a union. Last time 1 checked, that was still legal in But here’s the catch: We don’t want to spend time in jail (we’re tixi busy trying to ees from two grocery store chains as a form of punish this country. graduate). So, in order to keep Heatvvole’s dream alive, we are going to take a more ment for the thiid chain’s strike. What 1 don’t like are So the next time you decide to go shopping, and lighthearted approach. We are still going U) smuggle stuff onto aiqslanes, but it is real the people who have never had to deal with striking for assuage your guilt by justifying your traitorous actions ly just gt'ing to Iv tor our personal amusc'ment. three months at a time — while supporting your family through one of the afore-dismantled excuses, think For Starters,— being we so wouldn’t quick to want write to thedo any strikers off. again. Let your conscience be you guide, tell the pick thing t(Hi tuitlandish — that might give us Let’s be fair here. Vons wanted to save money by tak eters you hope things work our scxm and hcxul over to a away and make it easy to catch us. Subtlety ing away benefits from its employees. They disagreed. different grcx;er. is the key here. So we’re definitely going to The two parries couldn’t come to an agreement, and the Realize these strikers are more than obstacles with need a bullhorn. Tliat way, when sonteone strike began. Ralph’s and Albertsi>n’s liK'ked out their picket signs attached to them that you have to circum stays in the bathroom for an obscene employee.s, in effect putting them on strike against their vent in order tt) get your shopping done. They are real amount of time, we can humiliate them. You will, because they belonged to the same union. people who work everyday, just like you, to take care of know, maybe .shouting “Gee:, what died My uncle works for Ralph’s. He has three sons, one of themselves and their families, and they are humiliating back there?!” t>r ixninding on the d(x>r and them with a cleft palette. My cousin has been going to a themselves by standing out in front of the stores to try - A yelling “Excuse me, sir, but the captain has therapist as long as he’s been alive, and will have to and wake you up to the truth of their situation. yerI I I I just revoked your masturbatory privileges.” eventually have expensive surgery to remedy it. The key Pay more or travel a bit further for two months. Help Q word here is “expensive.” them stand for a cause and be a better person for it. Granted my uncle makes $18 per hour, but he worked « And it would make sure the bathnxim is for 22 years to reach this pay level. There’s no way he Tom McCauley is a journalism and English senior and Bitchin’^ open when we need it. will be able to afford any of this without the benefit of, Mustang Daily staff writer who hopes he can go back After we were done with humiliating well, benefits. to Albertson's soon. folks in the lavatories, we would need to make up for it by humiliating ourselves — with karaoke. What better way to entertain the pa.s,sengers than with a rousing rendition Letters to the editor ti of a b b a ’s “Dancing Queen.^’ We could make those oxygen masks drop from the Respecting women is a key concern Mustang Daily shows improvement ceiling as part of a killer finale, using them as faux microphones and swinging them over Editor, Editor, our heads. Pretty scxm, we’ll become the standard in-flight entertainment for 1 want to commend the Mustang Daily for its Oct. 22 l am a fourth year student and four-year reader of Southwest Airlines, replacing showings of wonderful films like “Boat Trip” and “A edition highlighting the pn>blem of sexual assault and its your newspaper. I would like to applaud you for the Man Apart.” relationship to alcohol abuse. Ycxir coverage of these prob amazing improvement of overall quality 1 have seen in And just to keep things fresh and inmwative, a necessary in-flight entertainment lems was extensive and informative. These are serious con your paper since the beginning of summer. commixlity would be a blow up doll. Sounds perverted, right? Wrong! We wouldn’t cerns in our community, itnd we each must take individual Fine work and thank you. use it to gain entry into the Mile High Club (although, now that we mention it, it and collective responsibility for addressing them. dix.‘s stHind intriguing); instead, we would use it to mess with people. Wouldn’t you While alcohol is clearly a contributing factor in mtist of Blake Rector is a senior at Cal Poly. be a bit disturbed if you s;iw the person next to you chatting up a blow up doll, talk the sexual as,s
Andra Coberly editor in chief business manager Paul Bittick October 27,2003 Abbey Kingdon managing editor layout designer Matt Beals Volume LXVIII, No. 35 Emily Wong news editor production manager Brooke Finan Mustang Allison Terry assistant news editor circulation Sarah Bailly, James McMillen 0 2003 Mustang Daily D A IL Y ® Laura Newman opinion editor advertising manager Enza Zabatta Steve Hiil arts & cuiture editor assistant advertising manager Kristen Ruch Sean Martin sports editor classified ad manager Christi Thompson GRAPHIC ARTS BUILDING, SUITE 226 EDITORIAL (805)756-1796 Andrea Svoboda on the rocks editor national ad manager Andrea Bittick CAL POLY SAN LUIS OBISPO ADVERTISING (805) 756-1143 Brian Kent, Crystal Myers photo editors campus ad sales Tiffany Mine SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA 93407 FAX (805) 756-6784 Jenni Mintz head copy editor ad design manager Allison Jantos Hillary Schuler-Jones, Aimee Corser copy editors • d v trtis in g ra p t Daryl Wiser, St«veDeol,AINsonRn9«r,L«Ml« Bala, Chad mustangdaily.calpoly.edu [email protected] George Ramos faculty adviser Hutchinsoit, Jacob Ellis, Malia Spencer, Janelle Stettler, Stepharrie Carter, Sara Fraschetti, Sara Falaki, Kristen Mkhallik Patrick Munroe graphics adviser ad deflgttert Matt Lawicki, Shawn Dollar, Alyssa Fiedor, Christina Gray Printed by University Graphic Systems "Yes, but it's a constructive quibble.' Mustang Daily Arts & Culture Monday, October 27,2003 5
WEAR YOUR EARPLUGS Three years worth the wait — Zebrahead's back
By Steve Hill rock/punk/hip-hop/unclassifiable MUSTANG DAILY ARTS & CULTURE EDITOR sound, packing in 15 powerful, ptTtent tracks. But instead of keeping to their Zebrahead may be the best band you have traditional singing-chorus, rapping- never heard of. Seriously. verse style that they have relied on I may sound a bit biased in saying this — I’ve before, the band pushes to the next been listening to the band ______level, mixing for about five years. But up their their latest effort, “MFZB,” arrangements will back up all of this talk. zebrahead and straying On the off chance that further from you have heard of M / jE rap and plow Zebrahead, it was probably ing ahead as a back in 1998, when their full-fledged single “Get Back” (off of r
f o r m a t i o it smother me/F— this I see through you/Sufter me ('olumbia to release the record, Zebrahead has throughout the through.” His exhausted breathing in Ix'tween paid its dues. Now it is time for everyiMie else to course of the verse and chonis accentuates his fnistration, fuel pay up
The first person to e-mail [email protected] w ith w h a t "MFZB" stands for and what the title of the hidden *Mdp Wanted* track on the album is will win a copy of "MFZB"and a Papidly growing pizza chain needs drivers, prep, chefs & counter help. Zebrahead poster! Pick up app. @ 3121S. tiiguera St.,SLO 6 Monday, October 27,2003 Wildfire News Mustang Daily California homes burn as winds drive fires • Between 40,000 and 50,000 people were centers were packed. “Our priority of the moment right ordered to evacuate houses in San Bernardino now is structure protection, not containm ent,” said Los Angeles By Laura Wides close enough to contirm the new County fire inspector Edward ASSOCIATED PRESS losses, he said. Osorio, discussing the Grand Prix The Old Fire appeared to merge Fire’s advance into Los Angeles SAN BERNARDINO, Calif. — Sunday with the Grand Prix fire, County. Entire towns were evacuated Sunday which destroyed an estimated 50 In another San l^iego County as scores of homes were devoured homes on the eastern edge of Los fire, 20 homes were destroyed by a across Southern California hy wind- Angeles County in addition to 16 blaze near Valley Center that broke driven firestorms that tore through homes devoured earlier. The homes out Sunday morning and blackened neighborhoods from San Dief»o were in a canyon area on the north about 1,000 acres, said Lora Lowes C'ounty til the suburbs ot Los ern edge ot Claremont. of the California Department of .Angeles, causing at least tour deaths. In San l^iego County, the bodies Forestry. Its cause is under investiga Between 40,000 and 50,000 peo ot two people were tound in a car tion. ple were ordered to leave the homes over a mountainous 30-mile stretch near the so-called Cedar Fire, which And in Ventura County, a tire in trom Crestline to Biy Bear because destroyed seven houses in a wealthy the hills above Simi Valley, about 35 . ot a tire that hrt)ke out Saturday neighborhood ot estates near the miles northwest of downtown Los niijht. They were being evacuated rural tt)wn of Ramona. The people Angeles, burned across 47,000 acres, ASSCXIATED PRESS north into the desert because flames were* believed to have become destroying eight homes, damaging Chimneys remain standing after a wildfire swept through a neigh were leaping iiver roads leading trapped trying to escape the flames, six others and threatening as many borhood in San Diego. >outh to the valley below. said Alice Contreras of the as 2,000, said Joe Luna of the About 20 miles to the south, inci California Highway Patrol. Ventura County Fire Department. of emergency for San Bernardino to support the firefighting effort,” dent commanders estimated 300 In all, the tires had blackened The fire, which was completely and Ventura counties and called on Davis said, adding he had ordered homes had been destroyed hy a San tens ot thousands ot acres, although uncontained, also shut down President Bush to issue a disaster state firefighting agencies to use all Bernardino blaze called the Old tire ofticials said they were too busy Highway 118, the main route con declaration for the area, which available personnel and equipment Fire, up from 200 confirmed in many instances to stop to calcu necting Los Angeles with Simi would tree up federal loan money for in battling the blazes. He said he Saturday, tire spokesman Greg late the acreage blackened or offer Valley. people who lost their homes. planned to visit the San Bernardino Cleveland said. They couldn’t get containment estimates. Evacuation Gov. Gray Davis declared a state “We are taking every possible step fire scene Sunday afternoon. Evacuees recall final moments in fire escape eStenner Qlen LAKESll^E, Cahf. (AP) — A the night at their grandmother’s netghK)r pounding at his door woke home. u hm MumKird .it 4:30 a.m. Sunday as “It’s going to be hard to tell them Student living at its finest” Limes tore through eucalyptus trees that they have no clothes or toys," he in the lulls surrounding his home. said. “But at least they didn’t feel the www.stennerglen.com Like many who live in Lakeside, a panic." community in the rural mountains The roar ot flames woke Lisza east ot San l^iego, Mumtord had seen Pontes and her family at 3:45 a.m. ______wikltires burn She, her husband Ross and their close over the daughter ran from their home. ”... / U'ii,S years and thought “We were literally running through GRADUATION '^rahhinfi W't’i he was prepared. fire," said Pontes, 43. “1 was grabbing iou’t’/.s. Fire He picked up a wet towels. Fire was at our feet. It was was at our hose. A tew min blazing over our heads and burning utes convinced everywhere.” DAYS feet. It was him he couldn’t As they sped off in their car, they blazing over save the 5,000- saw a neighbor’s trailer home A special 3 day event our heads and square-flxTt home explixle. for all Fall Qraduates burning he had built him “1 have no idea if they got out self. alive,” Pontes said. everywhere.'' “A garden hose Dianne Hendricks, 48, said the Lisza Pontes and a shovel was- smell of smoke awoke her at 4:30 a.m. ------n’t going to work,” She Icxtked ttutside and saw the sky he said. glowing red. The 46-year-old landscaper and his She helped move seven horses \ wife fled. From the safety ot a fire from a neighbor’s home and then V. command center at the Lakeside drove to safety. Rodeo grounds, Mumford learned “1 drove through the flames. 1 that his $1 million home was gone; a couldn’t even tell if 1 was on the road neighbor saw it go up in flames and or not,” she said. \ jumped into a swimming fHKil to save Hendricks said trees on her front V- himself. lawn were on fire as she left. She did Mumford’s was among 100 homes n’t know whether her home had sur destroyed so tar by the so-called vived. LT'dar tire. At least eight people died. “It was like a big bt^mb hit,” she OCTOBER 29-31 Mumtord said he was thankful that said. “Every place the wind blew his children, ages 5 and 8, had spent caught fire.” Wednesday - Friday 9:30 am - 3:30pm ORDER FOR GRADUATION California wildfires at a glance Personalized Qradu-ation Announcements CEDAR FIRE: GRAND PRIX FIRE: Size: 100,000 acres. Size: 35,000 acres. Class Rings IQraduation Days Discounts I Homes: 100 in Ramona alone. Homes: 66 destroyed. • Thank You Cards • Deaths: Eight. Deaths: None. Containment: 0 percent. Containment: 23 percent. • Certificates of Appreciation • DULZURA FIRE: SIMI VALLEY: • Diploma Plaques • Size: 1 5,000 acres Size: 80,000 acres. Homes: None. Homes: Six, eight damaged. • Schedule your Senior Portrait • Deaths: None. Deaths: None. Containment: 0 percent. Containment: 0 percent. PARADISE FIRE: CAMP PENDLETON: GRAD CENTER OPENS November 17th Size: 3,000-plus, Size: 4,695 acres. . ) El. C o r r a l for cal'), gou'n, and cornmencenKnu tickets Homes: 36. Homes: None. B o o K s ro R F Deaths: One. \ SOM’HOI I I OKI, \M / M ins M KMSI. ( M I’nM MS( I I'M f Deaths: None. www.elcarralbaok^tore.cam check out the graduation section on onr website Containment: 0 percent. Containment: 55 percent. Mustang Daily Sports Monday, October 27,2003 7 Matadors slay soccer Volleyball sweeps Titans on road SPORTS INFORMATION REPORT Gilliam recorded 11 kills on 22 kills and 10 errors in the game. In SPORTS INFORMATION REPORT The Mustangs would come hack swings with one hitting error the second game the Mustang and take a 2-1 lead at the 41st minute Molly Ptuncan and V^anessa (.455). Lindsay Ellington recorded offense picked it up hitting .429 The C>al Poly men’s stKcer ream as a combination ot passes trom Mark Gilliam led the Mustangs in a a double-double with 32 assists while the Titans hit .171. In the dropped another Bi}» West conference Jones and Matt Trotter opened up three-game sweep over the Cal and a team-high 12 digs. third and deciding game Cal PoK game 4-2 Saturday at Cal State Eihad Ghori. State Fullerton Titans in a Big The Mustangs hit .337 tor the hit just .219 but limited the Titan-' Northridge. The celebration was short-lived as West volleyball match Saturday. match while limiting the Titans to to a .049 hitting percentage The Mustangs fell to 4-6-3 overall, the Matadors answered hack 30 sec The Mustangs won by game 1-4-1 in the Rig West with the loss. onds later and evened the game at 2-2. scores of 30-27, 30-19 and 30-23. .117 percentage. Gal Poly recorded Kayla Mulder added six kills toi Cal Poly w'as able to jump on as Joshua LeRoy lx;at Mustang goal Cal Poly improved to 12-10 over 44 kills on 101 swings with just 10 the Mustangs while Ellington Northridge with an early 1-0 lead in keeper Greg Blevins to the lett comer. all and 4-7 in conference play, hitting errors. The Mustangs held added five kills. the 11th minute as Danny Calderon In the second halt, the Matadors w'hile the Titans fell to 7-16 over the advantage in digs 46-41 and Charley Dial led the Titans witli scored his tilth goal of the year. show'ed w'hy they have the best offen.se all and 1-10 in the Rig West blocks 7-3 while serving up 10 ser 10 kills and Anya Ferry chipped in The Matadors answered next to tie in the nation as they scored rw'o sec Conference. vice aces to the Titans nine. with a team-high 12 digs. the game at 1-1 in the 33rd minute as ond-halt goals to put Cal Poly away. Duncan and Gilliam each In the first game Cal Poly hit The Mustangs return home ti' Ryan Rossi received a pass on the right The Mustangs were outshot recorded double figures in kills in .353 with 16 kills while commit host Pacific in a Big Wesr side from the middle and put away his Matadors 23-9, 14-3 in the second leading the Mustangs. ting only four hitting errors. Cal Conference match on CTcl. 31 at 7 third goal ot the year. half. Duncan tallied 15 kills while State Fullerton hit .132 with 15 pm at Mott Gym.
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By Graham Womack player got momentarily ejected, Volleyball Cal St. Fullerton MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER and the Mustangs had to play a 3 @ 0 man down. Cal Poly - .337 hitting percentage The men’s water polo team led Chris Bost said passion drove UCLA so commandingly in #22 W .Soccer #23 eSUN the Mustangs, against UCLA. 0 Sunday’s championship match-up “The reason that we won is Katie Collins (MF) - Two goals that few people complained over because we had the heart for it,” Vi .Soccer , .¿Cal St. Northridge the time clock freezinji for several Bost said. “We came out, we were > V b . 4 Colderon (F), Ghorl (MF) - one gool apiece seconds near the game’s end. pumped up, and this is what we After Matt Knahke scored to were waiting for all weekend. It M Soccer . , #5 UCSB make it 8-4 with less than four min was just all about who wanted the 1: V b . 3 utes remaining in the finale of the Justin Woodward - scored single goal game more. We wanted to go to California Water Polo Association nationals, we wanted to go to Lady Aztec Invit. Pacific Coast Division Texas.” Championship, scorekeepers forgot Rebecca Norris — 51 st place Cal Poly was hindered by a cou to restart the ticker, leaving it dis ple of things. The Mustangs missed M(Æ -, Countrywide Invit. playing “3:23” for nearly 10 seconds SlTiUirxe W several close shots, sailing halls before officials were alerted. Ryan Dwight-7th ploce (215 score) over the goal and bouncing shots Even if they had acted sooner, lit off the post. tle could have been done to change “The score could’ve been a lot the tide of the game. Goalie Paulo M @ .Santa Clara Invit. worse,” Marsh said. Avila said the game was over by the mon.-tues., oct. 27-28, all day At the same time, UCLA pre start of the fourth period. sented the biggest challenge that Vf .Soccer UC Riveniidc wed, oct 29,7 p.m. “We had so much energy and Cal Poly faced over the course of momentum going through that I the weekend. The Mustangs heat #22 W Soccer YS, Utah State didn’t think at all we would have a ¿ a « Cal Maritime and Saint Mary’s on fri,oa.31,5pjTi. chance of losing,” Avila said Saturday hy a combined score of 28- VolleybaH Pacific Cal Poly cruised, heating the YS. 6 to advance to the championship. fri,oct.31,7 pjo. Bruins 9-5, to improve their record PHOTO BY MIKE OINSMORE/PHOTO ILLUSTRATION BY BRIAN KENT “The first two games, it’s just the to 19-3 on the year, and qualify for Vf Soccer VS. lll.-Chicago lack of the bench they had,” Bost National Championships, Nov. 7 to fri, oct. 31,7:30 p.m. The Cal Poly men's water polo team defeated UCLA 8-4 on Sunday. said. “We had such a deep bench 9 at Texas A&iM. The Mustangs that it helped us out so much. They Swimming; @ Big West Shootout head into the tournament they won The Mustangs are held hack from Btuins’ shots came from Nick got so tired so fast.” fri.-sat, oa. 31 -nov. 1, all day last year ranked No. 1 nationally. competing in Division I play partly Nolan, who also had three goals. Vidal said the Mustangs still Football Y S . Southern Utah The Mustangs are coming off a 3- because they lack the 30-meter pix)l The majority of the Bruins were have much to do before National sat, nov. 1,4 p.m. 0 weekend at the Rec Center pool needed to meet NCAA regulations. shut down by an intense Cal Poly Championships, though. The ros where they outscored their oppo Accordingly, even in the champi defen.se, led hy Avila. Volleyball YS. CSkJN ter will have to he pared down. sat, nov. 1,7 p.m. nents by a combined 26 goals, dealt onship game against the Bruins, The Mustang defense routinely Vidal also said the team needs to with two unusually warm October who came in ranked third national clamped down on UCLA offensive Cross Country @ Big West get in a championship frame of days and its first opponent being so ly, Cal Poly was hardly challenged. playets for the hulk of the 3 5-second sat, nov. 1, 9 a.m. out-manned that it suited up a •“We controlled the game from shot clock. mind. The Mustangs’ biggest chal female. the opening,” head coach John “The Cal Poly defense does not lenges are expected to come from The championship-game thump Marsh said. “It was 3-0 at the end of stop,” UCLA coach Sam No. 2 University of Arizona and ing of UCLA capped the weekend. the first (period). Basically the game Bakhshandehpour said. “Thirty-five No. 4 Michigan State. “This right here ju.st proves we was over at that point. They knew seconds, they’re in your face the Even so, Vidal had a few choice By the numbers have that ability to play at the they couldn’t heat us.” whole time.” words of advice, a mantra echoed (NCAA) level,” said Marcus Vidal, The Mustangs got it done at both The intensity may have led to hy many. who was one of seven Mustangs to ends of the ptxd. Although each referees calling nine kick-outs on “Cal Poly,” he said. “Get us a 1 score against the Bruins. team got off 18 shots, nine of the Cal Poly, each an instance where a pool!” Cal Ftoty women's soccer has a one-point lead in the Soccer Big West Conference, Tennis teams open season despite being the only unbeaten team remaining. dominates Utah State, at 4-1-1, is in
SPORTS INFORMATXJN REPORT second place. The Mustangs have two con Cal Poly continued its unbeaten ference matches left before streak in Big West Gmference play the Big West Tournament. with a 4-0 win at Cal State Three points are given for a W- Noithridge. win and one for a tie. The No. 22 Mustangs went to 13- ■c 'rv|ir; 1-2 overall, 4-0-2 in Big West
Qmference play with the win. I Three different Mustangs scored to give the Mustangs a 4-0 win over lodav'v qiicAlion Noithridge. Katie Gillins led the Mustangs with two second-half goals ' f j f 4* * t Who was the last pitcher to for the Mustangs. The Mustangs throw a shutout in a clinching” jf'/ / V / received first-half goals from Erin MLB playoff game? Martin and Heidi Mef^uitty. Martin started the scoring in the Send answers to: spmartin&calpoly.edu BRIAN KENT/MUSTANG DAILY 21 St minute hy connecting on a head er from a cross from Sharon Day. I iitl.n s Qiu'slinn Sophomore Brett Van Linge won one match this weekend at the ITA Fall Regionals in Carson. Mci^uitty gave Cal Poly a two- What kind oTvchicIe hit the” By Mike Marquez the team. Bormand and USC’s Scott Patterson. goal lead at the 33rd minute with sports and news editors MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WWER Kent and Brett Van Linge were Van Linge also lost in the first round another successful header. Megan on Thursday? automatically entered into the main of the main draw to USD’s Jeff Das, 6- Gurney sent a comer kick into the Greyhound bus The men’s tennis team competed draw to compete against some of the 0, 6-4. Fresno State’s Andy Sinn was box that M ci^itty’s headed into the Congratulations to Sean Martin and Emily Wong this past weekend at the 2003 ITA Fall best CLimpetition in the nation. Van Linge’s first victim in the consola hack of the net. for survivingl Also. Brooke Rnan's friend, Uz “Turd" Regional Championship hosted by Kent was defeated in the first rtxind tion draw. Cal Poly outshot the Matadors 25- Ferguson and Amanda Clementsl u s e at the Home I'fepot Center in of the main draw by University of San Other Cal Poly players didn’t fare as 7, including 15-4 after the first half. Carson. Diego’s Robbie Blair, 6-3,6-1. well. Senior Stacy Meronoff came up Mustang goalkeeper Liz Hill ccTllected Sports editor Sean Martin can be Former No. 2 Brian Kent made his He htxinced back in the consolation with the only win of the day to go with three saves in picking up her .seventh reached at 756-1796mustang- or return from a two-year hiatus and led draw by defeating UC Irvine’s Arash six losses hy the rest of the team. shutout, giving her a record of 8-1-0. [email protected]