Mustang Daily, October 12, 2001

www.mustangdaily.calpoiy.edu CALIFORNIA POLYTECHNIC STATE UNIVERSITY, SAN LUIS S P 0 'Serendipity's' fate: Friday, October 12,2001 John Cusak movie a predict' able romantic comedy, 4 Coffee crisis: Emergency in coffee^growing TODAY'S WEATHER Volume LXVI, Number 22, 1916-2001 High: 75» Low: 51» DAIIA' Final recognition e will remember for Phi Delta Theta " 8 San Luis Obispo Planning Commission approves ‘use permit’ for fraternity, discusses big box ordinance By Kat Corey So why would a fraternity want to MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER apply for a “use permit?” Chris Allen, vice president of Phi In the midst ot rush week, fraterni Delta Theta, .said their main reason ty Phi Delta Theta has gained much i for requesting a “use permit" is more than a few new pledges. because without it, it is illegal to put The 75-memher fraternity was wel \ m j i h n fraternity letters on a house. comed to the neighhorhotid •fj, j “We want people to know that it is Wednesday night as it was officially our frat house,” Allen said. # granted 1264 Fixithill Blvd. as a place He said a few years ago they had an to call home. The San Luis Ohispo unofficial house in north San Luis Planning Commission voted 4-2 in Obispo, but they wanted something favor of the frat house request. closer to campus and they liked the John Shoals, asstKiate planner for character of the Foothill house. 9^ the city of San Luis Ohispo, Members of the fraternity have explained at the meeting that granti already been living there for two years ng the fraternity a “use permit" will now, .Allen said, and nothing will heighten restrictions on the fraternity change except that the whole frater and give Cal Poly and the police nity will be ass(Kiated with the house. department more control over them. Along with the “use permit" come For example, he said, they are »mly many rules and regulations, not to CRYSTAL MEYERS/MUSTANG DAILY allowed to have 18 people on the mention a hefty price. Shoals said if premises at any given time, and they Journalism junior Lisa Olmo carries the remebrance banner Thursday night along with her sorority sisters. they receive two noise violations must submit a calendar of events at The parade of candles started at the plaza in the Mission and proceeded in silence through Farmer's Market within six months, they may have and ended back at the Mission.Over 600 people attended the vigil in silent memory of the Sept. 11 attacks the beginning of each year to be honoring those who died and their relatives. Look for the full story in Monday's Mustang Daily. approved by the city. see MEETING, page 8 Football fireworks The 12 months of Cal Poly men By Whitney Kobrin Delta Upsilon and ASI sponsor MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER fireworks show as part of Centennial Celebration Bring out the fire extinguishers! Some friendly competition K'tween male calendars on campus i * i , By Jana Larsen TTie fireworks are being put on by Pyro could bring spice to Cal Poly life. MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER Spectaculars, a family-run business of Nick Ventimiglio shattered soci one of the Delta Upsilon members. etal niTirns by using male sensuality Plan on this weekends Cal Poly A fraternity member of Delta to sell a pnxluct when he prop<ised football game being a spectacular Upsilon since 1999, Matt Gilfillan his senior project. It’s called the event. organi:x*d the fireworks event for the 2002 Mustang Review, a calendar This Saturdays game will burst with KxTtball game. for women. excitement and animation, not only Gilfillan is a business junior concen during the game, but alsit during the trating on international management, Though Ventimiglio realizes that halftime show that will have a four- and plans on going into the family busi there will naturally be competition minute fireworks show and a perfor ness after he graduates. The fireworks with the water polo calendar, he rec mance by the Cal Poly marching band. display this weekend was a way for ognizes that their calendar is for L)elta Upsilon and Associated Gilfillan to bring the family business fund-raising purposes, and is not try Students Inc. are .sptTnsoring the event ing to unseat them. He says that he as part of the Centennial Celebration. AARON LAMBERT/MUSTANG DAILY see FIREWORKS, page 7 was merely taking an opportunity to do something fim and enriching. Mr. April, chril engineering senior Gabe Tuft signs the 2002 Mustang RcWcw calendar at El Corral on Thursday. I've never done anything like Ventimiglio has created a calen this before,"he said. "It's difficult to come up with new things to write." dar from scratch, taking responsibil ABC’s of alcohol’s eifects ity for all aspects of the creative Experience. Next, Ventimiglio sonalities, he said. process. In April, he formed a cus researched printing costs, photogra “All of the models have helped By Collin Hester responsible decision-making for stu tomer analysis to find out what the phy costs, model availability, retail me out through the process," MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER dents to drink safely. Títere were an market would be like. He asked contracts and how receptive local Ventimiglio said. “They are very estimated 375 students at the first of female students on both the Cal retailers would be to his idea. When supportive of the calendar.” Alcohol use is one of the first his two presentations. issues that confronts students in col Poly campus and the Cuesta college only seven of 12 stores he contacted Within a week of hitting stores on Green, owner of a group called campus whether they had any inter expressed interest in his calendar Oct. 3, the career ambition-themed lege. Because of this, Cal Poly is tak Collegiate & Consultants on Drugs ing a stand to educate students about est in a male review calendar and idea, Ventimiglio became skeptical, calendar has sold 170 of the 1,000 and Alcohol, has been traveling from drinking and its effects. found that about 70 percent of those but decided to persist. ordered calendars. The calendars are college to college across America for Education for many students came polled were interested, he said. Before beginning, 50 male stu already available in El Corral, 16 years to confront students about Tuesday night when alcohol and sub Ventimiglio also researched what his dents were viewed and interviewed Campus Market and Cal Poly the seriousness of drugs and alcohol. competition would be like, looking by six female judges. “Confidence Downtown, and will SLxm be coming stance abu.se educator Mike Green He became an alcoholic while play at what calendars of its kind were shows in pictures,” said Ventimiglio. into Albertson’s. Sales will continue spoke before a packed crowd at Mott ing fixttball in college and is now a Gym. Green addressed the necessity available for purchase at El Corral, Because of this, it was important Campus Market, Aida’s and Novel that the mixJels have ptisitive per see CALENDAR, page 8 of personal accountability and see ALCOHOL, page 8 2 Friday, October 12, 2001 News Mustang Daily JLY The monarch of all butterflies By Collin Hester ond objective is to MUSTANG DAILY STAFF WRITER correct some erro neous information It may be seen on crisp, winter about monarch but mornings in the ttarLlen, Lipon the TODAY'S SUN terflies in terms of milkweeLl plants amony the tlovvers Rise: 6:07 a.m./Set: 5:31 p.m. mating activity and aLlorned with dew. As it flies around migration, he said. ^racetully, its sheer heautv and During the winter, TODAY'S MOON splendor become apparent from the western monarchs Rise: 1:10a.m./Set:3:25 p.m. sunlight iilintiny ott its larjze vibrant will migrate south on orange wind's with black and white the stretch from TODAY'S TIDE markings, wings that could be those Mendocino County AT PORT SAN LUIS ot a monarch huttertly. Low: 1:10 a.m./-0.21 feet to a large site at Dennis Frey, ecologist and biolo High: 8:03 a.m./ 4.52 feet Pismo Beach, which Low: 1:12 p.m. / 2.42 feet gy professor, and Helen Johnson, draws over 50,000 High: 6:58 p.m. / 5.44 feet citizen scientist and Monarch visitors a year, Frey Program member in San Diego, are said. 5-DAY FORECAST making an informational video fea Frey said that turing some Cal Poly students that many visitors at the SATURDAY presents the latest research on the Pismo site are under High: 72» / Low: 52» life of the monarch butterfly in the the false impression western United States. that the butterflies AARON la m b e r t / m ustang DAILY SUNDAY “We’re going to feature their nat stop there and then Biology professor Dennis Frey is creating a video on the life of the Monarch Butterfly High: 78»/Low: 51» ural history, their abundance, their will eventually make of the western United States. One of the goals of the video is to correct common mis- patterns of migration and kinds of their way to Mexico, conceptions about monarch butterflies in terms of mating activity and migration. MONDAY habitats that they use to overwinter “This (the Pismo High: 77»/Low; 51« at,” Frey said. Beach site) is where they are pro the video is completed, it will have “(We need) public awareness of our Although western North grammed to arrive at, and that’s as an inaugural showing at the west coast population, and this has TUESDAY American monarchs will be the far as they go south,” Frey said.

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