Poly’s Brown goes in seventh round to Cowboys, Shotwell signs three-year UFA deal with Raiders IN SPORTS, H ANGD POLYTECHNIC STATE UN Monday, April 30, 2007 Meet the candidates for ASI president Three current Associated Students Inc, members haiv he^un their cam- pai^ns for the presiden­ cy. Take a look at who is It who in the race and just what they hope to accomplish. Elections will take place May 9 and 10. Visit unvw. musta ngda i ly. co m for more inj'ormation on the candidates and ongo­ ing eUytion coverage.

PATRICK TRAUTFIF.LD m o ro ii iu s t r a t io n Arvattd Siihetiiw Brandon Souza Matthew Taylor ( mhI cnginccritig junior Agribusiness senior Business senior What will your main priority as “1 would actually have three priorities. The first one “My main priority as ASI president is student safety “My main priority will be increasing the communica­ ASI president be? would be working with the city to come up with a reso­ and academic success.” tion between students and their student leaders.” lution that’s friendly to both the students and residents. The second issue is internally within the students. We don’t have enough support as ASI within the students. The last thing I was going to work on was continuing what the last presidents have done.”

Why are you the best candidate “I’m a very well-rounded person. I’m the IFC president so “Because I think experience matters and I am the most “I’m a good listener, I work well with other f>eople, and for ASI president? I’m currently representing 800 to 900 men on campus. I experienced candidate in ASI out of the three.” I’m interested in bringing in the best people in and out of (also) currently a business that’s grossing $ 150,000 a ASI to work together.” year with a four employees. Aside from that, 1 am on the ASI Board of Directors currently so I know how ASI works.” What Is an example of some­ “I’ve worked with Todd to set up the community clean “I have been the chairman this year of the University “I worked with the student grievance board working on thing you did In ASI that has up. We had 400 students attend the last time it was set up Union Advisory Board; I served on the Board of Directors providing a better avenue to settle grade disputes for made a difference for students? and the next one is coming up in a week. I have partaken last year for ASI; my UUAB this year was instrumental in students.” in discussions regarding policies of the CSSA (California getting the Rec Center pool deck, which many student State Student Association), which is a governing body of use the benefits now; as well as continuing plans for plaza all of the ASIs within the CSU system.” redesign, the upstairs redccoratlon of the University Union and what to do with the former Insomniac space.” M en strap on heels fora cause Last Thie life debate Michelle Norgan looks at human existence MUSTANt; I WH Y Justin Fassino The Sexual Assault Recovery and Prevention Center MUSTANG DAILY (SAKP) held its fifth annual Walk a Mile in Her Shoes event on Saturday, drawing the largest cmwd in its histo­ How can someone explain the world they live in? Is nature just a ry- coincidence, or was it designed by some intelligent force? Why is there The event, which began at noon in Mitchell Park, such a complexity to everything around us? challenged men to walk a mile in high heeled shoes to These questions were the topic of debate in Chumash Auditorium help inform the public about sexual assault. during the Associated Students Inc.’s True Life series discussion about “It’s a really ftin way to raise awareness about a serious intelligent design. Paul Nelson, professor at Biola University’s Science issue,” said Amber Kennedy, the ftind development coor­ and Religion program, and Michael Shermer, columnist for Scientific dinator for SARP. American as well as publisher for Skeptic Magazine, took to the podi­ Over 1.S0 people turned out to walk around down­ um in front of C’al Poly students to argue about how life began and town streets wearing heels and carrying signs with slo­ how it managed to get to the present day. gans like “put yourself in her shoes,” and “men against Each speaker was given 30 minutes to present their case, which they rape.” Men woa* everything from black stiletto heels to did with the accompaniment of PowerPoint slides. Then the audience brightly colored flip-flops and walked beside their fami­ was given the opportunity to ask questions to the speakers. lies to show their support for SARP’s cause. GRAIG MANT1.E MUSTANC IIAIIY Participants were encouraged to bring their family and More than 150 people came out to Mitchell Park for Shermer kicked things otT with a brief overview of evolution, focus- see Walk, page 2 Walk a Mile in Her Shoes on Saturday afternoon. see Debate, page 2 News editor: Kristen Marschall • mustan3dailynews@^aiicom M ustang D aily Monday, April 30, 2007 www.mustan3daily.com ¡ = NEWS = set the universe up ruiiniiig and off it went, yeah, OK, that’s fine. That’s not part of science. “It’s perfectly legitimate to ask: Battle of the barbecue ‘where did God come from?”’ he added. Amanda Keizer were made by a panel of San Luis Obispo representa­ Nelson used his 30 minutes to M U S I\N (i DAILY tives from the mayor to a City Council member to a ask the audience to conijider other representative from the Downtown Association. sources of knowledge outside of They must lu* tender and definitely meaty. Juiciness The People’s Choice v'ote came ftom anyone at is a mam tat tor along with flavor but overall satisfaction science. Farmers’ Market whose mouth was watering for ribs. “1 want to rethink the founda­ is the most important. “The people’s choice were people who tasted the These were the five categories of criteria used in die tions and try to do so in a way to ribs on the street, and then there were ballots that were get people thinking,” he said. 22nd annual Rib Cook-ofF hosted by San Luisgiven to each barbecuer,’’ said Katie HoUingsw'orth, (')bispos Downtown Association at Farmers’ Market pronuitions coordinator for the Dow'ntown “1 myself am doubtful that many on Thursday night. A.ssociation. of the problems of evolutionary Mother’s Tavern and F. McLintock’s Saloon stacked Other winners were Downtown Brewing Co. with theory will be solved using its cur­ the top of the list with two wins each. Mother’s won Judges’ ( 'hoice Pork, Marti’s Bar and Grill beef ribs for rent tools,” Nelson said. for the Chief’s Choice and Cal Poly’s Choice. F. Eve’s Choice and Old Country Deli with People’s “Evolutionary biology has learned a McLinKK'k’s won Judge's’ Choice Bt'cf and People’s Choice beef ribs. lot in 150 years; it’s valid, solid Choice Pork. While no restaurant can claim complete rib domi­ knowledge, and that would have to There were seven different award categories: Judges’ nation, certain judges definitely had their favorites. be incorporated into any new the­ C>hoice Beef, Judge's’ Choice Pork, ChiePs Choice, Cal “The criteria were flavor, meatiness, tenderness, ory of intelligent design.” Poly’s Choice, Eve’s Choice, People’s Choice Beef and juiciness and overall satisfaction,’’ Maki said, who chose BRENNAN ANGEL MUSTANG DAILY Nelson also felt, despite using People’s Choice Pork. The judges blindly tasted the the beef ribs fi’om Mother’s Tavern. “There were some Evolution and intelligent design many cellular examples to support barbecue so they didn’t know which ribs they were ribs that were fantastic in a tew of the criteria, but fell were the main topics at the True his inference of intelligent design in trying. short in others. Overall, 1 felt the beef ribs outper­ Life series debate. nature, that appealing to just science The ChieFs Choice was represented by San Luis formed the pork ribs, though that may be because I'm would not reveal all the answers. Obispo Pohee Department Chief Deborah Linden, a beef rib type of guy.” and Associated Student Inc. President Todd Maki was Debate “1 think that on these deep ques­ With good weatlier and enouf^i ribs to go around, continued from page 1 tions on where did we come from, in charge of the Cal Poly vote. Eve’s Choice was the the streets were crowded with people and the event combination of all female judges. The Judge's’ Choices ing on some of the common mis­ what’s our essential nature as beings seemed to be a success. conceptions about the theory and and so forth, we don’t evaluate then pointing out the undermining them just using science or just ASl using philosophy or theology,” he President scientific methodology used to test it. said. Todd Maki Most of the crowd stayed until was the “I think it’s one or the other,” he Cal Poly said afterward when asked about the very end of the question-and- representa­ whether or not intelligent design answer session and even waited to tive for the and evolutionary theory could speak one-on-one with the 22nd coexist. debaters themselves. annual Rib “(Intelligent design is) presented “This is the kind of talk I would Cook-off as an alternative to evolution. 1 want to hear if I were IH years old at Farmers' mean, if you want to argue that and I was just beginning to think Market God created the laws of nature and about these things,” Nelson said. last Thursday.

PATRICK TRAUTTIELD 5U d o |k u MUSTANO DAIIY © Puzzles! Complete the grid so that every row, column and 3x3 box contains every digit from 1 to 9 inclusively. Waltman said. walking as an individual or in a group, Walk This year SARP added a new and several San Luis Obispo agencies continued from page I aspect to their event by incorporating put together large teams for the event. tf lends to join them on the w.alk. an awareness fair that featured booths Among them were the University “The public needs to know that fixYiii many related organizations in Police Department, San Luis Obispo rape still happens.” said walk partici­ the community. I’olice Department and Victim pant Ron Waltinan, who is also a sex­ “There are 10 agencies fn>m the Wmiess, which is a grx>up sponsomd ual .issault detective for the San Luiscommunity’: social service groups, by the 1 )istrict Attorney’s office. Obispo C-ounty Sheriff’s health care and violence prevention All of the money raised through I )epartnient. agencies are all here.” Kennedy said. the event goes to SARP’s 24-hour Waltman said that he served on the At the heart of the event are the rape crisis line, counseling sessions and SARP board of directors last year and shoes the men wear, and SARP pro­ sending members into the communi­ has been walking in this event for vides a w'lde selection for men to use ty to run prevention programs. if they do not bring their own. In Although Walk a Mile in Her three years now. addition, SARP members offered to Shoes has only been held in San Luis "We want to get the wt>nl out paint participants’ toe nails to enhance Obispo for five years, it is a nation­ about this and encourage people to the overall experience. wide effort that has been going on fi>r ftKUs their time on preventing it,” Participants had the option of much longer. Thursdays. ASl m l IM «vary MuMrK't connection to ttio ultimM« 756-1291 Channel 10 8 p.m. STUXNT GOVfUNMfNT coHegc npenence Needed:

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Editor in chief: Emily Rancer Graphic Arts Building Suite 226 • mustan3daily@3mâil.com California Polytechnic State University Monday, April 30, 2007 Managing editor: Jennifer Hall San Luis Obispo, CA 93407 www.mustan3daily.com=s (805) 756-1796 editorial POLITICAL COLUMN (805) 756-1 143 advertising (805) 756-6784 fa x [email protected] e-mail ‘Plenty of awesome’ at Dem. convention editors & staff his column conics in the have it. Clinton's speech was v\cre saying — they afterglow of the 2008 strong, for the iiuist part, although just didn’t see them editor in chief Emily Rancer California State she faltered somewhat when dis­ as having a chance. managing editor Jennifer Hall Democratic CTinvention, which cussing the details of her plans tor As such, there was news editor Kristen Marschall tookT place in San Diego this past education and Iraq. She will need plenty of cheering assistant news editor Rachelle Santucci weekeiul. The usual huge crowiisto get a stronger grasp ot these when these candi­ sports editor Tristan Aird came out for the booths, speakers, details before she gets my vote. dates brought up the assistant sports editor Frank StranzI and of course, tlie hospitality suites, Next came the certified rock star Iraq war and fixing spotlight editor Amy Asman but these crowds also saw some­ of the convention, Barack Cibama. the egregious dam­ assistant spotlight editor Kathrene Tiffin thing else; the strongest field of The excitement, energy, and pure age the Bush admin­ photo editor Sheila Sobchik candidates in the recent history of adoration that the crowd heaped istration has done to photographers Brennan Angel, Nick the Democratic party. upon Barack seemed ready to blow the United States. Camacho, PatrickTrautfield, Graig Mantle The e.xcitement was palpable the roof otf the convention center. Just don’t expect design editor Monica Yamamoto throughout the convention, with Simply put, people love this guy. either of them to get everyone in attendance sporting Obama spoke clearly and power­ many votes. assistant design editor Jessica the stickers and buttons of one or fully, showing otf the speaking skills The convention Gneenwalt more candidates. Everywhere you that have sent his stock skyrocket­ was noticeably copy editor Giana Magnoli turned, there was someone with a ing in the Democratic Party. smaller and quieter copy editor Angel Pacheco different opinion about who would As has been the main strategy' of on Sunday, an unfor­ online editor Ryan Chartrand make the best candidate. There was his campaign, Obama relied on his tunate byproduct of ad director Taiga Young something, however, that just about charisma and force of personality the long schedule assistant ad manager Liz Camno everyone in attendance could agree over actual details to win the for Friday and office manager Jennifer Venema on: There was plenty of awesome crowd, which works just fine this Saturday. ad design director Jessica Gneenwalt among the presidential candidates early in the primary campaign. By the time John ad designers Loren Roister; Mike that spoke this weekend. However, developing a strong, Edwards took the podium, howev­ that something had happened at Hartman, Tracy Truong The first candidate to address the detailed platform to run a presi­ er, that lull turned into a roar. He the convention — I spoke person­ advertising representatives Alexandra convention was Hillary Clinton dential campaign on will be crucial ally with several people who, after delivered a stirring speech, calling seeing the speech said, “I’m con­ Hansen, Alex Ctohrrrianri, Ashley Singer who, love her or hate her, is still if Obama hopes to win the for an immediate beginning to the Gaby Horta Ian Nachfemer Jessica much beloved amongst the 50- Democratic nomination. vinced.” Edwards’ speech this past withdrawal of US troops from Iraq, weekend may very well be seen a Schroeder Megan Dlley Megan Koska Mike year-old woman wing of the Otherwise, I think he’ll make a the restoration of the United States Democratic Party. Yes, the youth great vice president. turning point in this campaign, a NA/alsK Casse Carlson, Kacy SNn to a position of global leadership point when he elevates himself ad layout manager Andrew Santos- support for Hillary was lukewarm Saturday finished out with and claimed that he would close at best, but her speech still lit up the speeches by Chris Dodd and above the other candidates in the Johnson Guantanamo Bay on the first day race. classified ad rrwiager Jackie Chan convention center. Dennis Kucinich, two presidential of his presidency. Although largely considered the candidates whose campaigns are This convention was the perfect f ^ l t y adviser George Ramos He also floated a few new indicator of the energy and sup­ most polarizing candidate in the purely quixotic at this point. Both intriguing proposals, including an general manager Paul Bittick race, this past weekend made abun­ candidates are trailing far behind in port that the current crop of international partnership to pro­ Democratic presidential candidates dantly clear that love for her still fundraising, and barely register a vide primary education for every write a letter runs deep amongst older blip in national or statewide polls. has. Only time will tell, but one Democrats. Attracting the young Realizing that, both candidates child in their world, as well as one thing is for sure: One of these can­ Mustang Daily reserves the right to voters who weren’t around for the took the liberty to set some fairly million new housing vouchers that didates will become the next pres­ edit letters for grammar, profanrties and Clinton years of the 1990s will be unrealistic goals, like Dodd’s pro­ would provide poor and middle ident of the United States. length. Letters, commentaries and car­ critical for Hillary to build the posed carbon “tax” on industry and class families the opportunity to toons do not represent the views of the movement it will take to carry her Kucinich’s Department of Peace. live in newer, higher income Zach Austin is a political science Mustang Daily. Please limit length to 250 current lead through to the pri­ Most in the crowd agreed with neighborhoods. By the end of junior and Mustanjj Daily political words. Letters should include the writer’s maries. Right now, she doesn’t just about all that these candidatesEdwards’ speech, there was a sense columnist. full name, phone number, major and class standing. Letters must come from a Cal Poly e-mail account Do not send letters Send your opinions, rants and as an attachment Please send the text in raves in 250 wortls or less to the body of the e-mail. By e-mail: mustangdailyopinions®gmailcom

[email protected] A ll |»uhli.Hh€*«l l('lt('rs must inriude aulhor'.s By maih iiamt*. vrar and m ajor, and arr .Hubjrcl lo Letters to the Editor rd ilin g for gram m ar. Hlyle and .H|M‘lling. Building 26, Room 226 Cal Pbly, SLO, C A 93407 aren’t the poUce doing it? I think firearm to commit some terrible eSA (Community Supported corrections we’re actually quite safe here, espe­ act; pa.ssing legislation to keep citi­ Agriculture) who picks up fresh The Mustang Daily staff takes pnde in LETTERS cially after the way the police han­ zens fixim carrying concealed produce weekly from a small local publishing a daily newspaper for the Cal dled that gun scare last quarter. firearms means little to somebody farm in Los Osos, I too find the TO THE EDITOR Society is based on trust of oth­ as desperate as Cho Seung-Hui. As occasional bug in my produce. Poly CiUTipus and the neighboring com­ ers, and while that does carry a lit- Nathan put it: “Legislation means When you think about it, finding munity. We appreciate your readership de inherent risk, I, for one, am glad nothing to criminals.” If law-abid­ a live bug might be preferable to and are thankful for your careful reading. to see that over 99.99 percent of ing citizens were able to carry con­ finding dead ones depending on Please send your correction suggestions Arming everyone doesn’t the people out there seem to be cealed weapons after mandated your food choices. to [email protected] solve the problem more than deserving of that trust. training and safety requirements We generally don’t get sick 1 can see it now. A guy walks Should we really be embracing have been met, society would be a from consuming conventional notices - into cla,ss with a gun. Someone rather extreme solurions in fear of safer place. produce (I eat a lot of it myself) shouts “he’s got a gun!” Everyone those pitiful few? Garrett Olson but it can stress the soil and the The Mustang Daily is a “designated draws. Oh, and Eller, the violent crime Business junior ecosystem in a way that organic public forum.” Student editors have full Now what? rate did in fact decline after the production does not. Personally, 1 authority to make all content decisions The problem is, when everyone’s introduction of the Brady Bill. In Bugs a sign of safe food can deal with a single live bug without censorship or advance approval. armed, who’s dangerous? When fact, crime rates declined every year I found the article in Thursday’s because the produce still tastes The Mustang Daily is a free newspa­ anyone can shoot you, isn’t every­ between its introduction and its Mustang Daily regarding the bug great, is local and is probably an per; however; the removal of more than one a threat? expiration. And in ca.se you’re found in the salad from Campus indicator that the environment one copy of the paper per day is subject Last week my teacher said, as he wondering, it’s been going up since. Dining quite interesting and that the food was grown in is a to a cost of 50 cents per issue. read Brian Eller’s column,“! know Troy Kuersten couldn’t help but respond. place where my kids can play. my interest in teaching would go Aerospace en<(’incerin(>/physics seniorFirst, Alan Cushman should be Many conventional growers using Printed By way down if I knew the people applauded for taking the opportu­ sustainable methods (but choosing U g 5 U niversity Graphic Systems across from me were armed.” Laws don’t stop criminals nity to satisfy the customer and not to be certified organic) can ugs.caJpoly.edu | uga^calpoly.edu The sad fact is that no matter In response to Nathan Tsoi’s let­ explain why sustainability in food say the same thing. I might start how hard gun advocacy groups ter to the editor on April 25 is so important and worth the worrying if growers did every­ April 30, 2007 work to ignore it, a gun in the regarding gun control in the wake extra precautions to try to ensure thing they could do chemically to Volume LXX, No. 129 ©2007 home is still 46 times more likely to of the Virginia Tech shootings, I a good dining experience. remove the possibility of finding a Mustang Daily kill a member of the household couldn’t agree more.The truth is, Secondly, I would like to single live bug. "I can piss 500 words." than an intruder. there is little we can do to stop a address the student’s response to Neal MacDougall If we really need protecrion, why determined criminal from using a finding the bug. As a member of a A fjrihusiness associate professor Spotlight editor: Amy Asman • mustan3dailyspotH 3ht@ 3mail.com Assistant Spotlight editor: Kathrene Tiffin and Jemma Wilson

4- Monday, April 30, 2007 " I : www.mustdn3ddily.com 7- - — - — "7 I II — Got Flair? Wineries push memorabilia StickerSy patches and temporary tattoos used to promote local wineries ine tickets: $30, Cías and recruiting them to actively pur­ there is literature that you can give from an array of to the event: $10, sue the Buffalo Winery. You’re not out like brochures and even DVDs copious digital Wine Flair: Priceless. actively seeking its blue ribbon about the winery. images taken that What is Wine Flair? It’swinning winery Pinot Noir, but once you The third way of marketing is day. Other W promotion using smallhave colorful a sticker, you are an candid having other people market for observed uses of badges with a sticky adhesive on audience for whatever the wine you. This is where that charming flair ... face deco­ the back, which are perfect for maker would like to tell you aboutflair comes in. This type of market­ ration and chest sticking on shirts, chests, you name Buffalo Winery. ing normally includes flair, stickers, showcasing. You It. Wine Flair is the newest and So it comes down to flair. badges and temporary tattoos. would really be greatest marketing scheme wineries Everyone’s seen “Office Space;” it’s Did I forget to mention that I surprised what could ever have thought of. all about how many pieces of flair love wine season? Over the week­ eight or 10 wine Take a whole bunch of adults you’ve got. end, 1 was at the Cal Poly Wine samples make you and get them to have a couple of At a wine festival, there are sev­ Festival and the flair present was do. drinks and suddenly, everyone eral ways of marketing yourself as a unbelievable. Eberle has the boar. In any case, wants to put stickers on each other. winery. The first and foremost is Tobin James has sun. Laetitia has a wineries are now You walk around and see someone your wine. This is probably the best badge with a L. Norman winery cashing in on our with the “buffalo” sticker and sud­sort of marketing because it clearly has the cougar. On top of that, I saw feeble attraction to denly, you are grabbing your friends showcases the product. Second, so many temporary tattoos for sticky souvenirs. wineries that 1 actually stopped 1 )o you have a cre­ counting them. ative use of flair? Blease e-mail me luiurcn Jeter is a 2005 wine and My friends even got caught up in and share your flair story. Well, tnticuhure {¡raduate and is pursuing a the quest for flair. It started out Lauren Jeter here, signing ofT, saying master’s decree in atjrihusiness. being a educational experience and “Be Flair Conscience and Flair heel free to sulnnit any recommenda­ my friends earnestly did want to Kesponsibly.” tions, flair, favorite wines or recipes to Breakfast at learn about each individual winery. laurenjeter@^mail.com But as soon as people with straw hats started showcasing their win­ ery flair accoutrement, the deal was off. It became, that person has so and so flair, let’s go get one. This is not the case for wine fes­ tivals alone. Wineries, especially ones that are frequented by tourists on a regular basis, know the drjll. Bus loads of unruly people have lit­ $ 3 . 7 5 1 1 ^ ' tle interest for the smaller eccen­ tricities of individual wines. At one point, those purple stained lips just ^ cJ%¿rÍa\ í want something to drink instead of savor. At this point, they have also become flair aficionados. Flair can be taken home and posted on blackboards, put on photo frames with pictures taken

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Morel singled in the fifth and ing staff, which incliided 1 )on Simla, scored on an . I'he Mustangs L 1 )an Ifeeves and Mike Singletary. SI’ORIS IN IO R M A IIO N R ll’ORI .killed four more runs in the seventli In the Buchanan Award voting, f RLSNO — Sophonioiv riglit- ,is Kepner doubled, came home on Shotwell WTin the honor with 23 handcr rhoin.is Lager scattered five two wiki pitches and Pezet belted his first-pl.ice votes. hits over seven scoreless innings and first of the season and sec­ Hampton middle linebacker junior second kisenian Pat Pezet ond career .Mustang round-tripper, a Justin Durant received one first- belted a three-run home run to high­ three-rim shot to right field. place vote. light (Fal Poly's 1.4-0 victory over Adam Biischini sm.ished a two- So how did 1 )urant. a pl.iyer with Fresno State in the final game of a run home run in the eighth for a 13- the same height (b-1) and 40 time three-game nonconferenee baseball O (kil l*ol\ lead. It was Biischini's (4.5) aiul similar weight (235) to series Sunday at Pete Beiden Field. fourth home run of the year. Shotwell go in the second round Eager (8-2) walked one and struck The loss went to Fresno State with the 48th overall pick to the out eight — two short of his career starter Fanner Scheppers (3-4). who Jacksonville Jaguars? high — on a warm spring afternoon, allowed six runs on six hits in just Aside from 1 )urant, two l-AA throwing 104 pitches, as the t\u) frames of uork with one walk 3 « linebackers were selected — Mustangs completed a three-game and one . Portland State’s Adam FLiyward series sweep against the Bulldogs for Dorrell went 3 for 5 with two (sixth round to Tampa B.iy) and the third straight year. RBI for Ckil Poly and Desme and Lion’s Cdiad Nkang (seventh to Cal Poly has won 10 straight over Morel each had two hits as the Jacksonville). Fresno State since 2004 and Mustangs oiithit the Bulldogs 13-8. \ improved to 24-20 on the year. The Ckil Poly scored 35 runs on 45 hits L-i* "1 get an opportunity to make them p.iy,” Shotwell said. “That’s the Bulldogs fell to 26-24 with their fifth in the series. great thing. I get a shot to go out straight loss. Top hitters for Cktl Poly in the there and say, ‘you should have draft­ t'al Poly scored a run in the first series were Buschini, who went 7 for inning as (irant Desme doubled off 13 with seven RBI, and Smith, 7 for ed me.’ My attitude is. I’m going to the left-field wall with two outs and 15 with six RBI. Morel went 7 for 15 be one of the best 53 on the team. and C?arson 6 for 14. BRENNAN ANGEL Hl.K. PHOTO We’ll take it from there. My job is to Wes Dorrell’s bloop single to center Shown during Cal Poly’s 23-17 Great West Football Conference make win the Oakland Raiders ball field scored Desme. The Mustangs played the series over visiting rival UC Davis in the Horseshoe Classic7, on Oct.club.” The Mustangs then broke the without junior Marc 2006, former Cal Poly Courtney Brown (left) became game open with a five-run second- Nobriga, nursing an ankle injury, and Brown said he became worried as sophomore center fielder Logan the first Mustang defensive back chosen in the NFL Draft since the draft continued into the seventh inning rally. Bryan Kepner and Kyle Cincinnati took Rick Wegis in the 12th round in 1972. Carson were by pitches and Schafer, recovering from a groin pull. round and he was still on the board. Corey Barthel scored both runners Cal Poly plays another series on Nathan Jones, Jacques Reeves and “Started to get stressed toward the with a single. Barthel now has three the road next weekend, visiting Long Draft Quincy Butler, according to the end,” Brown said. “We thought we hits and five RBI on the season, all in Beach State for a Big West continued from page 8 team s Web site Sunday. were going to go in the fifth round. the weekend’s series. Conference series at Blair Field. Howard. Shotwell said playing for a Not a lot of corners were drafted Kyle Smith followed with a run­ Friday’s game starts at 6;30 p.m., fol­ Brown may have to compete with California team was part of the that first day.” scoring to left-center and lowed by a 2 p.m. contest Saturday fellow seventh-round cornerback equation. Shotwell shared Brown’s sense of Dorrell and Brent Morel singled to and a 1 p.m. finale Sunday. Alan Ball of — the 237th “I wanted to stay close to home,” surprise, but feels it could work out overall pick — for a roster spot. he said. ‘Tm the one (rookie) line­ for the better. Teams usually carry six to seven cor- backer they’re bringing in.You make “I was really surprised (Brown) nerbacks on their active rosters. your mark on special teams anyway. dropped that far,” Shotwell said. The Cowboys’ depth chart at cor­ I’m going to try to be one of the “The Cowboys are definitely getting Eggleston takes 2 events nerback includes , best 53.” a steal with him in the seventh Anthony Henry, Aaron Glenn, Shotwell had 280 tackles and 12 round.” at UC Santa Barbara meet SKIRTS INFORMATION REK>RT Stamper won the javelin with a toss of 125-0 3/4. Sharon Day won the SANTA BARBARA — Cal high jump when she cleared 5-8 3/4 Raiders deal Moss to Pats for 4th-round pick Poly’s Jes-sica Eggleston picked up and Jenna Homes won the pole vault two wins Saturday at the UC Santa with a height of 12-5 1 /2. Josh Dubow sending the former Pro Bowl his two seasons in Oakland, and said Barbara dual meet. Erinne Bennny won the 1(X) with ASStX:iATED PRESS receiver to the New England frequently last season he thought Eggleston led the women’s team Patriots on Sunday for a fourth- he’d be better off with another to a 107-% win over the UCSB a personal-best 12.31 and Nikke ALAMEDA — The Oakland round draft pick. team.The 30-year-old wanted to be squad and the Gaucho men’s team Chase took the 200 with a personal- Raiders cut ties with Randy Moss Moss was disgruntled for most of dealt either to New England or defeated Cal Poly 108-94. best time of 25.13. after two unproductive seasons. Green Bay and got his wish. Eggleston’s wins came in the long Jhana Samuels won the 4^X1 in Moss said he was thrilled to be jump and jump. In the long 1:01.87 and Leah Wallace set a new with the Patriots, who won three of jump, Eggleston posted an NCAA personal-best with a time of 2:10.21 West Regional qualifying mark of 19 in winning the 8(X). the last six Super Bowls, and re­ The Cal Poly men’s team was negotiated a contract that had two feet, 3 3/4 inches and had a leap of years left. 38-8 3/4 in winning the triple jump. highlighted by Joey Hauser winning In the field events, Danielle Ayers- the long jump (22-8 3/4) and triple jump (46-6 l/4).Aris Boijas won the javelin with a throw of 218-2 1/2. Phillip Reid won the 1,5(X) with a time of 3:43. For Reid, it placed him Sample fares from Santa Barbara to; Sample fares From Lot Angelosto; #»■ third on C?al Poly’s all-time list in the race. San Francisco $131 $386 ,a Washington $258 ; New York $283 | | Sydney

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Monday, April 30, 2007 8 Sports www.mustan3daiiy.c0mi íiT UCSB edges Poly team 6-5, takes series 2-1 The Mustangs have now lostrunner to score. two straight series 2-1. With the score 4-1 U('SB, ('al Poly’s defense held the (iauchos in a Brian McMullen three-up, three-down top of the sev­ MUSTANC; DAILY enth. In the bottom of the seventh, ('al After Splitting the first two games Poly rallied back. of a three-game series against Big The Mustangs’ first batter, catcher X West Conference rival UC Santa Jackie Gehrke-Jones, was hit by a Barbara on Saturday, the C’al Poly pitch. The team then went on to softball team fell 6-5 Sunday after a score four runs on four hits. Pura hit late comeback pushed the game to a three-run double that tied the game D nine innings at Bob Janssen Field. and made her the Big West leader in “We definitely did not play our doubles (18).The hit came after Pura game,” ('al Poly shortstop Melissa slugged a foul ball to left field that just Pura said. “We’re definitely better missed the p(de and would have than that team.” made for a walk-ofi'home run. C'.al Poly (34-14,‘>-3 Big West) had Still tied in the eighth inning and a hard time hitting Ciaucho pitcher facing two Gaucho base runners on Jennifer I )avis, who ended the game first and second, ('-al Poly center with nine , breaking the Big fielder Lisa Modglin fielded a ground West record for career strikeouts with ball and roped it to home plate where 801. Gehrke-Jones, stretching out to make BRENNAN ANGEL FII.F PHOTOS Before Sunday, former ('al Poly the catch, was mowed over by RYAN CHARTRAND P H o ro ii LUSTRATION pitcher 1 )esarie Knipfer held the Gaucho catcher Adrienne Anderson. A wild NFL Draft weekend that saw Saturdays action set a record for the longest duration (11-plus hours)record with 708 strikeouts in her Gehrke-Jones held onto the ball, came to an end Sunday with two former Cal Poly stars moving on to the next level. career. getting the last out of the inning and “She’s a good pitcher,” ('al Poly keeping the g;mie tied. Emily Hively said. “We In the top of the ninth, U('SB knew that going in, (I )avis) was going scored on a single to center field by to be tough to beat.” Hansen. Brown rides into After three scoreless innings, the Unable to muster any offense in Gauchos struck first in the fourth, the bottom of the ninth, ('al Poly lost rallying off a leadoff double by catch­ after throe batters hit three consecu­ er Ericka Hansen to drive in three tive infield groundouts. runs. Now in a three-way tie for first Dallas; Shotwell puts ('al Poly changed fixim place, ('al Poly looks ahead to games Jenna Maiden to Hively in the fifth at ('al State Fullerton and against vis­ inning and the Gauchos’ first batter, iting Pacific to close the season. Davis, hit a solo home run over the “Fullerton is going to be just as 220-foot marker in center field. hard or harder,” Hively said. on the eye patch (-al Poly finally answered in the Cal Poly head coach Jenny phone. 1 talked to Jerry Jones for a fifth, hitting throe singles and scoring Condon remained optimistic about Cal Poly failed to have two with seven in 2(H)5 one run. the final six regular-season games. players chosen in the same little bit. A couple minutes later my before the vast majority of oppo­ Then in the sixth, an error cost the “We still control our own destiny,” mom started screaming downstairs. nents threw away from him in 2(K)6. Mustangs as it allowed a Gaucho NFL Draft for the first time They’re still excited. It was a good Shotwell’s agent, Ryan Tollner, she said. since 1985, but did have one feeling to get it over with.” said Sunday in a phone interview player selected for the third Shotwell spent Sunday with his that the opportunity to make a 53- straight year. family in Goleta. man roster — or at least stick as a “Everyone wants to get drafted,” practice-squad player — was more Tristan Aird he said. “Fortunately, 1 feel like I’m important than the length of con­ MUSTANG OAILY in a situation where (the Raiders) tract offered to his client. didn’t draft any linebackers. I feel “The term of the contract really he NFL Draft is a funny \ thing, especially on its sec­ like that’s almost better. 1 feel like isn’t relevant,” Tollner said. “It’s the ond day. I’m in a good situation where I can best opportunity to make the team. Former Cal Poly football players make the team. I got to choose In the Raiders’ case, they did not C'ourtneyT Brown and Kyle Shotwell where I can go and made an draft a linebacker. Kyle has a great found that out hrst hand Sunday. informed decision.” opportunity to compete at weakside Brown, a 6-foot-2, 205-pound Brown’s agent, Michael R. linebacker. Kyle’s going to be a par­ cornerback who ran a 4.32-second Hoffhian, said Sunday in a phone ticular asset to play special teams.” 40-yard dash last month, expected to interview that Dallas should be a Tollner said he felt Shotwell be taken as early as the fifth round. nice fit for his client. The Cowboys should have been drafted, but that He wound up going in the seventh are trying to improve upon a pass there was nothing more the latter to the at No. 212 defense that ranked 24th in the NFL could have done. overall, the second pick of the sev­ last season. “In my opinion, he certainly -’I enth round. “It’s a great situation for (Brown) deserved to be drafted,” Tollner said. Shotwell, a 6-1, 237-pound line­ at this point,” Hoffman said. “That’s “That’s the nature of the draft. They backer, expected to go late Sunday a position where (the Cowboys) pick you and you need to be a per­ after winning the Buck Buchanan need some depth.” fect fit for them. A lot just has to do Award in 2(K)6 as the top defensive Hoffman said Brown’s perfor­ with the scouting process. Kyle did tfi: player in the Football Championship mance at San Jose State’s Pro Day on everything he could do. The key Subdivision (formerly Division 1- March 6, when he ran the 4.32-sec­ here with t)ie draft is (that it’s) just AA). He went undrafted, but soonond 40, was pivotal. the starting line. 1 think Kyle’s got a after signed a three-year, free-agent “It was critical,” Hoffman said. real great future in the NFL.” contract with the Oakland Raiders. “Coming from Cal Poly and not The Raiders’ current starting Despite the unpredictable out­ getting invited to the combine, weakside linebacker is Thomas comes both players experienced Courtney’s worked so hard and gone Howard, a second-round steal in Sunday, they were relieved that the from someone that wasn’t really on 2(K)6 who was second on the team draft process was finally over. Both the radar to getting on people’s with 110 tackles in his rookie year. will likely be in respective NFL radar.” Despite a 2-14 season, he was part of mini-camps less than a week from Brown agreed. an Oakland defense that ranked today. “I think that was one of the third in the NFL in fewest yards “I didn’t see my name,” said biggest things that helped me out allowed in 2(K)6. Brown, who spent the weekend this year,” Brown said of San Jose Shotwell will likely have to com­ GRAIG MANTLE MUSTANG DAILY with his family in Oakland. “I was State’s Pro Day. “My senior season pete with former USC safety Cal Poly senior catcher Jackie C^hrke-Jones lays down a bunt Sunday up in my room and 1 got the phone wasn’t hyped up the way my junior Darnell Bing — a fourth-round pick during the Mustangs’ 6-5 Big West (Conference loss to visiting rival call, one of the coaches was on the year was.” in 2(K)6 — for the backup spot to UC Santa Barbara at Bob Janssen Field. She was 1 for 3 and scored Brown set a I-AA school record see Draft, page 6 two runs in the game.