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iSft . m.' What would - T - . ■ ■ Cal Poly do? ■an» Devan McClaine L J i ' WSL.ÌÈÉM ■ SENIOR STAFF WRITER IWIIB' ■■- jgjg ■■ " '' ' Monday’s tragedy at Virginia Tech left <. julfli an abundance of questions but few i . answers. WEile most of the questions centered on the identity of the perpetra- tor(s) and victims, some brought under scrutiny the conduct of university police. •I6P Reporters dissected their tactics and fail ure to place the campus under lockdown after the first series of shooting?; in a series of press conferences. Conversely, the preparedness of numerous universities across the country will face similar scrutiny. Cal Poly is a similar environment to Bbeksburg, a polytechnic university in a small town, where the students represent a sizeable portion of the town’s popula tion. Like Virginb Tech, Cal Poly has its ASSCKIATED PRE,S,S own police department. University People look on as police investigate a shooting at Norris Hall on Virginia Tech’s campus Monday in Blacksburg, Va. Police Department Chief Bill Watton took time Monday night to describe the Sue Lindsey Investigators gave no motive for the attack. an e-mail that arrived more than two hours preparedness of CaJ Poly in a simibr sit as ,sck :ia t e i ) p r e s s The gunmans name was not immediately after the first shots rang out. uation. released, and it was not known if he was a stu Wielding two handguns and carrying multi Watton continually stressed that each BLACKSBURG, Va. — A gunman massa dent. ple clips of ammunition, the killer opened fire prexedure and reaction would depend cred 32 people at Virginia Tech in the deadliest “Today the university was struck with a about 7:15 a.m. on the fourth floor of West on the scope of the situation and those shooting rampage m modern U.S. history tragedy that we consider of monumental pro Ambler Johnston, a high-rise coed dormitory, involved. For example, if a homicide Monday, cutting down his victims in two portions,” Virginia Tech President Charles then stormed Norris Hall, a classroom building occurred in the dorms, Wmon said the attacks two hours apart before the university Steger said. “The university is shocked and a half-mile away on the other side of the first step would be to identify if the could grasp what was happening and get the indeed horrified.” 2,6(K)-acre campus. Some of the doors at shooting was a domestic incident or a warning out to students. But he was also faced with difficult ques Norris Hail were found chained from the massacre situation and go on fiom there. The bloodbath ended with the gunman tions about the university’s handling of the inside, apparently by the gunman. • “If there was a shooting in the dorms, committing suicide, bringing the death toll to emergency and whether it did enough to warn Two people died in a dorm room, and 31 we would first determine the situation; if 33 and stamping the campus in the picturesque students and protect them after the first burst others were killed in Norris Hall, including the it were a simibr situation (like Virginia Blue Ridge Mountains with unspeakable of gunfire. Some students bitterly complained gunman, who put a bullet in his head. At least tragedy, perhaps forever. ^ Poly, page 2 they got no warning from the university until see Shooting, page 2 Cab colored pink for a causeDemand brings return
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like drilling in the walls, and someone thought “Generically speaking, it wouldn’t just Shooting they sounded like bullets. That’s when we block be e-mails, we would use the radio station continued from page I aded the door to stop anyone from coming in.” continued from page 1 (1410 AM) and officers in cars with bull horns if need be, the word would get out,” 15 people were hurt, some seriously. She said the gunman “was just a normal-look Tech) our response would be extensive.” Students jumped from windows m p.mic. Young ing kid, Asian, but he had on a Boy Scout-type he said. Watton said locking down the Watton said. people and faculty members carried out some of outfit. He wore a tan button-up vest, and this black dorms could be an option if it were deter Various others criticized the lack of an the wounded themselves, without waiting for vest, maybe it was for ammo or something.” mined that was the safest course of action. immediate tactical response by those on ambulances to arrive. Many found themselves “1 saw bullets hit people’s body,” Sheehan said. Again, Watton said that the various the scene. Whether this was due to the trapped behind the chained and padlocked doors. “There was blood everywhere.” She added, “My responses depend on the situation at hand, reported use of locks on the entries to the SWAT team members with helmets, tlak jackets professor, Herr Bishop, I’m not sure if he’s alive.” but declined to describe the specifics of building is unknown at this time. and assault titles swarmed over the campus. A stu Students said that there were no public-address the lockdown procedure. Watton would However, some commentators insinuat dent used his cell-phone camera to record the announcements on campus after the first shots. only describe it as “an agreement between ed that the officers’ lack of uctical training sound of bullets echoing through a stone building. Many said they learned of the first shooting in an (the department of) Housing and in an “active shooter situation” was cause for the delay in action. An active shooter Trey Perkins, who was sitting in a Cierman class e-mail that arrived shortly before the gunman University Police.” in Norris Hall, told The Washington Post that the struck again. According to Watton, university police situation is described by law enforcement gunman barged into the room at about 9:50 a.m. “! think the university has blood on their hands would also rely on mutual assistance from as an armed person who has used deadly and opened fire for about a minute and a half, because of their lack of action after the first inci various other agencies in the county force on others and continues to do so squeezing otl 30 shots in all. dent,” said Billy Bason, 18, who lives on the sev including San Luis Obispo Police with unrestricted access to additional vic The gunman, Perkins said, first shot the profes enth floor of the dorm. Department, California Highway Patrol tims. The 1999 Columbine shootings is a sor in the head and then fired on the students. “If you had apprehended a suspect, I could and various other agencies. primary example of an active shooter situ Perkins said the gunman was about 19 years old understand having classes even after two of your “We have a good record of mutual assis ation. Watton believes this delay would not and had a “very serious but very calm look on his students have perished. But when you don’t have a tance between us and other agencies; we be an issue at C'al Poly. face.” suspect in a college environment and to put the would end up working with various orga “All police officers in this county are “Everyone hit the floor at that moment,” said students in a situation where they’re congregated nizations, possibly even those from Santa trained in active shooter situations, it’s a Perkins, 20, ofYorktown, Va., a sophomore study in large numbers in open buildings, that’s unac Barbara County,” Watton said. small county so we may not have time to ing mechanical engineering. “And the shots ceptable to me.” One of the reported flaws in Blacksburg wait for SWAT to arrive. We train annual seemed like it lasted forever.” Steger defended the university’s handling of the was the inability of law enforcement and ly for that situation, we would be able to Erin Sheehan, who was also in the Cierman tragedy, saying authorities believed that the shoot administration to communicate with stu deploy and engage rapidly.” Watton said. class, told the student newspaper, the Collegiate ing at the dorm was a domestic dispute and mis dents and faculty after the first shooting. In addition, he said university police Times, said she was one of only four of the takenly thought the gunman had fled the campus. Many received e-mails vaguely describing officers are equipped with M4A1 semi approximately two dozen people in the class to “We had no reason to suspect any other inci the first shooting while the second inci automatic rifles in addition to sidearms, to walk out of the room. The rest were dead or dent was going to occur,” he said. dent was taking place. confixmt deatUier, well-armed threats. The wounded, she said. Steger emphasized that the university closed off Although Watton was hesitant to sec rifles are kept in police cruisers and fire the “It seemed so strange,” Sheehan said. The gun the dorm after the first attack and decided to rely ond guess Virginia Tech’s response, due to .223 caliber round, the same high-velocity man “peeked in twice, earlier in the lesson, like he on e-mail and other electronic means to notify the lack of information, he detailed the round used in the M-16. was looking for someone, somebody, before he members of the university, but with 11 ,()(K) people plan to communicate with those on cam Watton also said that officers have access started shooting. But then we all heard something driving onto campus first thing in the morning, it pus should the need arise. to department issue body armor, as well as was difficult to get the word out. “other options” after that.
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Ryan Chartrand Unfortunately, the film takes an have saved the MUSTANC; DAILY unbearably cliched path that allows film from its it to now battle against other weaknesses, Director Marcus Nispel must “Premonition” and “Are We Done but even it fell to really want people to hate him. Yet?” in becoming the worst film the clichés that “Pathfinder,” Nispel’s latest addi of 2007. have been done tion to his “how to become infa In brighter news, Nispel and dozens of times mous in 10 years” project, marks screenplay writer Laeta Kalogridis in the last year the second film since his remake of have developed a quick and easy alone. “The Texas Chainsaw Massacre” three-step process to allow people Whether it’s that has made audiences want their to hate them in the most efficient the out-of-place money back 15 minutes into the method possible. marijuana refer film. Step one: Forget character devel ences, a sled chase Through an introduction that opment. What good has it ever to replace the feels more like a trailer for the film done for mankind, anyway? In fact, overused car Itself, the audience learns that don’t even give any of the “char chase or the before Christopher acters” names. Make up one meaningless love Columbus arrived m really cool name like story, Nispel is America, beastly Vikings Pathfinder and let multiple embellishing all with heads that fall otf far characters share it throughout the wrong places. too easily tried to eradicate the film. Mel Gibson did it the land of any natives. Yes, Yes, it was a conscious deci right with its historically ridiculous, but it sion meant to give some form of a “Apocalypto” by COURTESY PHOTO gets worse. point to the rest of the mess, but creating a balance The main character of Marcus Nispels “Pathfinder,” called ‘Ghost’ (Karl Urban), pre One of the groups of Vikings ultimately it’s about as pointless as of history, pares for battle against the Vikings in vengence of murdering the American Indians. left behind a boy who simply was basing a graphic novel off a screen Hollywood and n’t into the beheading babies busi play. Oh, wait, the “Pathfinder” well-filmed, cre Thankfully, the lack of dialogue and looking for a baby to kill ness. The boy, played later in man graphic novel did just that. Nispel ative and stylish action. serves as a small gift since hearing should be considered a “bad guy.” form by Karl Urban, grew up with and C O . are on a roll so far. Step three: Limit all dialogue to any “actor” speak is a horrific Thanks for the tough to discern the nearby Indians until theVikings Step two: Make all action a maximum of 12 lines per charac experience. distinction, Nispel. returned, which forced him to pick sequences completely incoherent. ter. If a character has something to The voices of the Indians are The one positive aspect of a path: return to the Vikings and There is no need for any of the say, it better be worth the audi either highly Americanized or “Fathfinder” would be the beauti live a life of merciless killing or action to make sense, as long as a ence’s time. For example, if Urban extremely overdone with accents ful landscape shots filmed in protect the natives and try to win head tumbles or an eye pops out at is seeking a place to fight the to supposedly help show that Vancouver, making the theater over the love of the cute girl some point. Vikings, have him say something they’re the “good guys” and any Itself feel like it’s on ice at times. through romantic dialogue like, The action combined with some witty and unpredictable like “Yeah thing big, ugly, ferociously unstable Unfortunately, the scenery and “Mev. vou shouldn't be here.” type of stylistic directing could ... this is where we’ll fight.” repetitive shots get old after 45 minutes of staring at the same set ting. When it comes down to it, Nispel would have been better otf ★ Rock&Roll Hair releasing a 1-hour commercial for . ''s o 1 2 0 ' the 2007 Nissan F.ithfinder. Don’t worry, Nispel; your three-step plan 140 60 still applies. 40 We Specialize “I’athfmder” ultimately never 100'160 ' in M od ern Killer Hair finds its way, and while the .blame 2 0 1 8 0 ^ H air C o lo r at a price you for the film's inevitable downfall & Cutting ^ can a ffo rd should fall on every individual Techniques involved with the film, Nispel’s next film, an adaptation of the Get your car up to speed. video game “American McCiee’s 973 E. FoothiM BWd. H o n - Fri ^ Suit 107 10am - 7pm Alice,” could be his last chance to Waikirwdistance S a tu rd a y avoid seeing audiences with pitch- RIZZOLI'S AUTOMOTIVE from Cal Poly ^ I0 a m -5 p m forks outside theaters. 30TH ANNIVERSARY OIL CHANGE SPECIAL IpriDg Ihort Stoiy CoDtest! 2 LOCATIONS TO BETTER SERVE YOU
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The documentary, compiled sophomore and saw the destruction firsthand are trying morning. I’m a little embar borrowed them to fix)m four hours of footage, includes general manager o f to keep this story fixini being erased rassed because that column unlock the station interviews with Katrina victims, KCPR 91.3 FM. fixim our memories. is mostly about me and how for graveyard shifts. I footage finm the house they gutted Cal Polys Modern languages and literature 1 think I’m a bad writer and walk all the way to and clips from jazz bands. independent radio senior Lindsey Goldberg and conmiu- not really about the concert the station to get The documentary will be shown station. He can be nications senior Kara Callaway spent I went to which was amaz them. again at the Ludwick Community contacted at their spring break volunteering in ing. The problem is, 1 was By the time I get Center Thursday at 8 p.m. and a booth graham. Culbertson New Orleans and were deeply affected going to write that this home, it’s around 4 will be at Farmers’ Market where the @gmaiLcom. by what they saw. They organized week because I knew there a.m. I catch a few girls, along with Aaron Witzkin, a lin New Orleans Awareness Week in an were no shows between hours of sleep and guistics professor displaced in the hur attempt to educate the public on the now and when my column wake up feeling just ricane, will be available to talk about effects Hurricane Katrina left behind. is due Sunday night. The as bad as I was their experience and answer any ques “We’re tired of people being really Twilight Sad show will be when I did while tions. A booth will also be set up today disconnected fixun it, especially since on the next Monday and 1 dragging equip through Thursday in the UU fix)m 11 the media kind of dropped the story,” won’t want to write about ment the night a.m. to noon. Callaway said. “It needs to be back in runs a record label and 1 ask if 1 “We really hope to inspire people to it late because the next column before. Hours later, I learn from people’s focus.” will be about the Folk Yeah festi can do public relations work for further educate themselves, and that the Health Center that I have The week began with the showing val. them. He tells me it should work they might even be inspired to go pneumonia. My St. Patrick’s Day of Spike Lee’s Academy Award -nomi- So, I’ve basically screwed out fine while sipping back on involves me laying in bed reading down to New Orleans,” Goldberg said. myself and run through a list of my friend’s home brew. a copy of Gabriel Garcia topics. It occurs to me that I The Dead Science follow up Marquez’s “Love in the Time of never really explained how I got with a full set’ of Prince covers. 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There is no mistake I just have to apologize. thing like me, you can already feel Gaby H o rta Ian Nadvemer Jessica Kight here we basically have the better w-ay to take care of this than Come on though, everyone makes the excitement and high esteem just Schroeder: Megan Dlley Megan Koska Mike central location on campus. Want to to sit down at literally any on cam mistakes right? Even the often walking around this campus. Walsh, Cassie Carlson, Kacy Shn sit down and take a break between pus dining place and grab something genius sounding and incredibly Amazing! ad layout manager Andrew Santos- classes? How about getting in some to eat. gt)od looking Don linus slips up Well, there you have it my faith Johnson extra a-ading time and enjoy the St), you better get that reading every now and then, so I should be ful tour-goers. Sorry 1 have to cut classified ad manager Jackie Chan nice CFentral (Foast weather? material handy, because after the able to also right?! 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The time has come to legalize marijuana use By e-m ail: [email protected] Chris Mueller types, except for the fact that I have The stereotypical stoner were forced to ply their trade By mail; 1)MIY (aHIEUAN (P t NN STATF.) never once smoked marijuana in my lifestyle isn’t something that under the cover of darkness, con Letters to the Editor life. Not only that, I don’t have the befalls helpless people sucked in stantly running from the police. Building 26. Rexjm 226 With all of the alcohol-related desire to do so, either. I get plenty of by the clutches of the vile Nowadays, we look back on this Cal Poly. SLO, CA 93407 incidents that happen around the fun going out and having some cannabis plant; it’s a choice. It’s a era and think: “Wow, that was United States, one would think that drinks with friends. choice just the same as heavy pretty ridiculous that these guys corrections making alcohol illegal might be a I’ve never once felt pres.sured to drinking is a choice, heavy smok had to run from the cops because The Mustang Daily staff takes pnde in giHHl idea. C!ertainly, there would be smoke marijuana, whereas I’ve often ing is a choice and so on. If any of booze. At least we got publishing a daily newspaper for the Cal fewer traffic-related deaths if alcohol felt pressured to go out and drink. thing, marijuana is less addictive NASCFAR out of the deal.’’ Poly campus and the neighbonng com were illegal, as the National Smoking pot just isn’t something I than things like Marlboros and I’d like to think that the current munity. W e appreciate your readership Transportation Safety Board said feel an incredible urge to do — it’s a Jack Daniel’s. illegality of marijuana will be that about 16,(HK) fatalities on the choice. and are thankful for your careful reading. In countless television sitcoms, looked upon in the same way by road are caused by alcohol each year. We’re all told at some point in Please send your correction suggestions the TV dad is portrayed as having generations to follow us. It’s Why, then, if alcohol causes so some government-mandated drug to [email protected] many problems, is deterring pot awareness cla.ss that marijuana usage a few beers in a chair to unwind ridiculous that a “drug” that poses smoking the main focus of most leads to cocaine usage, and before after work. Why is that OK, but no greater danger than alcohol or notices drug education programs? you know it, little innocent Johnny the vision of dad taking a couple nicotine is still looked upon with The Mustang Daily is a 'designated I’ll say it right out. If alcohol is fixiiii next door is found facedown hits so wrong? Is it really that hard such disdain by the general public. public forum." Student editors have full legal and smoking cigarettes is legal, in a drainage ditch, track marks up to believe that maybe marijuana Let’s cut the stupidity and give a then smoking marijuana should be authority to make all content decisions and down his arms. isn’t so bad after all, and people lot of people what they want. within the bounds of the law as well. aren’t going to end up raging without censorship or advance approval. I doubt this is the case. 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INDIANAPOLIS — Cal Poly to his day-to-day track and field assistant track and field coach Danny responsibilities. Williams has been selected to serve Williams served as the USA on Team USA’s track and field men’s manager at the Pan American women’s squad for the 2(K)7 lAAF Crossword Edited by Will Shortz Junior Championships in 2005 and No. 0306 World Outdoor Track & Field r ~ was women’s head coach for the ACROSS 35 Announcement 54 Boast Tt TT TT Championships in Osaka,Japan, USA 1 Oul-of-focus at Penn Sta 55 Laughs 2001 World Indoor Championships. n lié Track & Field announced Thursday. image, say 36 Sport of horse 57 First name in He was an assistant at the 1990 5 "B e ___and raang, with mystery writing Williams will coach sprints and TT“ World Outdoors and head coach for help me" Ihe" 58 S^unker's hurdles. He is in his third season as an 10 Jets that boom 37 Subject of the setting ÌÒ assistant coach' at Cal Poly, serving as the 1997 Pan Am junior team. 14 Cosmonaut 2004 biopic 59 Castaways Gagann Beyond the locale, maybe 15 Bamboo lover Sea" 60 Self centers 130 the Week awards that have been 16 Karate blow 38 Ten of "Young 61 Warm up in the Frankenstein^ Modglin issued by the conference this sea 17 Cassini of ring 33 I5T fashion 39 Social finale? 62 Home on the continued from page 8 son, a Mustang has claimed the 18 Following 40 “All for one and range M Robyn Kontra (Feb. 26), Jenna honor eight times. closely behind one for all,’ e g 63 “i" toppers Cal Poly (32-10, 8-1) takes a 10 Meter maid of 41 Bagful on the 53 Maiden (March 26) and Emily song pitcher s mound Hively (April 9) have each captured break from Big West play to open a DOWN a 20 "Lousy advice 42 ‘ What the Informal Pitcher of the Week honors. 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Call Jared (805) 218-1723 Lost and Found ads are FREE Sports Editor: Tristan Aird • mustan3dailysports@ 3mail.com Assistant Sports Editor: Frank StranzI ports Tuesday, April 17, 2007 8 S www.mustan3daiiy.com ; Poly rugby club team wins Thank you, Jackie league, to face Minnesota SFSU history professor and The Mustangs open the playofis times a week in addition to at least baseball historian Jules Tygiel against the Golden Gophers at two 6 a.m. training sessions for fit delivered a speech Monday on Cal at noon on Friday. ness, not including their weekend the legacy of Jackie Robinson games that take them all over in Chumash Auditorium. Giana Magnoli California. MUSTANG DAILY Most of the players have little to Matt Norton no past experience coming into SHECIAL TO THE MUSTANC: DAILY The Cal Poly Rugby Football college because it’s not as common club team clinched the Southern for high schools to offer it, said illie Mays. Juan California League Championship Ramirez, who has been playing for Marichal. Frank for the second year in a row with a three years. W 77-17 win over the University of As a club sport, they get little Robinson. Hank San Diego, and is just two wins money from the school; most of Aaron. All are baseball Hall of away from going to nationals. their support comes from players’ Famers and all owe a debt to one Undefeated last year, the team dues, donations and fundraisers, man. had an 8-1 record this season, which Ramirez said.The money is used for jack Roosevelt “Jackie” included a league-record 135-0 win equipment, uniforms and to pay the Robinson. over Long Beach State, a victory coaches. Sunday signified the 60th team president junior Thomas Their head coach, Nick anniversary of Robinson breaking Ramirez partially attributed to the Massman, has been with the pro the color barrier in professional fact it was the alumni weekend gram for four years — two as head sports and, to commemorate the game. coach and two as conditioning historic event, Jules Tygiel traveled Home games have the advantage coach. A 1993 Cal Poly alum, to Cal Poly to- remember of larger crowds and less stress on Massman played rugby as a student Robinson. the players, Ramirez said, and it and got involved in the program as Tygiel, a San Franciscp State his shows in their record. In three of a coach once he moved back to San tory professor, is a prominent their four in-season home games, Luis Obispo in 2004. Robinson historian and presented they kept opponents to single-digit “(The 8-1 record) puts us at the “The Enduring Legacy of Jackie points. top of the table,” he said. “We had a Robinson” speech Monday to a Their one loss, 35-24, was to San young team this year, expectations Chumash Auditorium audience so Diego State. were high. The freshmen really large that Cal Poly had to open the “I think the first half was pretty stepped it up this year.” adjacent wall to a larger room to soft,” Ramirez said. “Us, them The playoffs at Cal this weekend accommodate fire marshal rules. (SDSU) and UCSB are usually the are single elimination. If the team But why was Robinson’s inte top teams in the league. If you don’t wins all its games, it’ll go to nation gration so important? come out playing the entire game as als at Stanford in two weeks. Before Brown v. Board of PATRICK TRAUTFIELD MUSTANG DAILY hard as you can, things get messed Last year, the team’s undefeated Education, before Rosa Parks, Jules Tygiel delivers a speech Monday in Chumash Auditorium on the up. season was cut off by a loss to BYU before Martin Luther King Jr., legacy of Jackie Robinson. Robinson lived at Cal Poly for roughly six Even though it is a club sport, the in the playoffs, something it is deter there was Robinson. months beginning in September 1940 while he worked as assistant rugby squad has a comparable mined to avoid this year. If both athletic director at the National Youth Administration in Atascadero. In a post-World War II United amount of players and time com teams win their first games, they States, the U.S. experienced an a major change in America was to Tygiel captured the curiosity mitment to intercollegiate teams. will fight for the ticket to nationals economic boom, emerged as the come. surrounding Robinson at the time C'al Poly has two full squads with Saturday. dominant world power and devel On April 15, 1947, Robinson of his integration: “Who is that a third side for the more inexperi “(Last year) we played BYU in oped a society envied the world played his first game as a major- player?” enced, first-year players. With 15 the second round and they elimi over. But stuck at the bottom of league baseball player and the Fans, both white and black, players on the field at a time and an nated us,” Ramirez said. “We’re out that society were African- reverberations sent shockwaves flocked to Ebbets Field to find out allowance of seven subs per game, for revenge this year.” Americans, who still felt the sting throughout baseball and America. about “that player.” Robinson’s usually about 22 players contribute Cal Poly will play Minnesota at of segregation throughout that He symbolized the need for play won over fans and critics alike to each game, Ramirez said. noon Friday at Cal’s Witter Rugby “envied” society. change in America. with his exciting, aggressive base The team practices two or three Field. Then Robinson stepped in. “It jolted (the U.S.) into aware ball style, previously seen mostly in In 1945, Robinson was the ness,” Tygiel said. the all-black Negro leagues. In hand-picked selection by then- Once Americans were aware a nine seasons (all with the Brooklyn Dodgers club president black man was playing with white Dodgers), he won the inaugural M ustar^ softball star Modglin and general manager Branch men, there was much outcry for Rookie of the Year award in 1947, Rickey to integrate baseball. For Robinson’s removal from baseball. MVP honors in 1949, a World awatled 4th BWC POW most of the 20th century, baseball But there was no removing Series ring in 1955 and was was, as Tygiel described it, “the Robinson. SKIRTS INKWMATION REK>RT 8. In the 3-1 nightcap victory, biggest game in town” and a major see Robinson, page 7 Modglin swatted her 16th homer change in America’s pastime meant After reaching base in all 14 of of the season off the Matador her plate appearances, collecting a Diamond scoreboard and walked hit in each at- three times. Modglin, who walked Poly baseball team enters national poll bat, homering four additional times in Sunday’s 7- and posting a 6 loss, has reached base in her last 2.()()() slugging Coming off a 2-1 series victory COMING LATER THIS WEEK 18 plate appearances. The Matador percentage in pitching staff intentionally walked at 20th-ranked UC Irvine, the Previews of threo-game weekend series for both Cal Poly’s the Cal Poly her three times during the series, Mustangs begin a three-game baseball and softball teams. softball team’s including a leadoff at-bat Sunday. Big West Conference series three-game State (35-4), which is ranked No. 1 Division 1 teams but also the ninth- Modglin leads the Big West in against visiting UC Riverside series victory at for the fifth straight week. toughest schedule in the nation so batting average (.516), runs scored Cal State at 6 p.m. Friday. The Collegiate Baseball far. (48), hits (65), RBI (40), triples (5), Northridge on Newspaper poll is the oldest college Long Beach State (21-12) is No. 1 Lisa homers (16), total bases (134), Tristan Aird Saturday and baseball poll in the nation, having in the RPI largely because it has Modglin intentional walks (8) and on-base MUSTANG IIAILY Sunday, senior existed since 1957. Boyds World.corn’s toughest strength percentage (.611). She’s also second center fielder Lisa Modglin won The Cal Poly baseball team C'al Poly is one of three Big West of schedule, but is not yet ranked by in walks (26) and fourth with 11 her fourth Big West Conference entered the national rankings teams ranked along with No. 20 UC Collegiate Ba.seball Newspaper. doubles. Among all Division I play Monday for the first time this season Irvine (25-10-1) and No. 21 Cal “I still feel like we have to win the Player of the Week honor of the ers, Modglin was fourth in homers when Collegiate Baseball State Fullerton (23-12). Big West to get a regional berth,” season Monday. per game and fifth in batting aver Newspaper released its weekly poll According to BoydsWorld.com, Cal Poly head coach Larry Lee said Modglin, who leads the NCAA age as of April 10. with the Mustangs at No. 29 on the which uses a simulation of the Monday of reaching the postseason. with a 1.063 slugging percentage, Modglin previously captured 30-team list. NCAA’s secret Ratings Percentage The new rankings for Division I opened the series at Cal State three consecutive awards from Feb. Cal Poly (20-18), which is first in Index formula used to determine softball will be released Wednesday. Northridge on Saturday with a 2- 26 to March 12. Cal Poly’s starting the Big West Conference at 7-2, which teams receive at-large bids to Cal Poly is yet to be ranked despite for-2 performance that included a quartet of Helen Peña (Feb. 19), received 430 points in the media the NC'AA Tournament, Cal Poly a 32-10 overall record and 8-1 mark pair of runs and three walks as the poll — 66 points behind Florida has an RPI of 45 among 293 in the Big West. Mustangs edged the Matadors, 10- see Modglin, page 7