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As of spring enrollment, 22 percent of Cal Poly engineering majors were female Bushs Social Security reform targets youth Tiffany Dias make outstanding engineering contri­ MUSlANCi DAILY butions," according to the National A recent poll shows 47 percent Engineers Foundation. Society for 77»iis the first part oj a tuv-part scriesWomen Engineers president Malia of people age 18 to 29 know / that examines the low number of uvmett Francisco in understands the pa*s,sures of 'nothing at all’ about the male-fiominatcd majors. her major. private investment proposal “There’s a lot of intimidation for Shaina Jones 1/ can you name the engineer who females, especially in engineering,’’ U-WIRE invented windshield wipers? C'lr theFrancisco said. “You have to believe in engineer-turned-astnniaut who devel­yourself and your ability. You have to WASHINC;TC3N — saving oped ceramic tiles that allow space apply yourself the best way you know money for retirement may not be on shuttles to endure the layers of the how.” the minds of many college students. earths atmosphere? Francisco and other members of But in his push to transform Social Most students don’t realize these SWE try to encourage girls in grade Security, President George W. Bush works were invented by women engi­ school and high hopes to reach out to the 20-some- neers. school to become thing age group. Mary Anderson ustangdajly engineers, since no The president wants to add indi­ noticed streetcar drivers 2-PARTSERIF^ one may have pre­ vidual investment accounts to Social had to open the win­ viously suggested Security so that workers could invest ASStX:iATKD PRESS dows of their cars duringM the rain andIt. in stocks and bonds and watch theMore than 100 people demonstrated outside Bush’s roundtable thus invented the windshield wiper in “We try to cultivate the idea that money gmw as they age. President discussion in response to his plan to reform Social Security. UX13.Years later, Bonnie J. liunbar test­ engineers are not necessarily male. Bush maintains that young workers, ed her invention as she reentered theActually, women on average have high­ living paycheck to paycheck, have the workers could create a nest egg that “If you’re in your mid-2(K, I want earth’s atmosphere during the late er CiPAs than men in the engineering most to gain from the proposal. With could even be passed on to their chil- you to think about a Social Security 197(K. pmgram,” Francisco said. such accounts, the president believes. dren. see Security, page 2 Over the past 10 years, there has Electrical. engineering department been a significant increa.se in the fieldschairman Mike C'irovic said the lack of of engineering and science, butwomen in engineering is not caused by women and men aa* still not equally the pitifessors, but that “the pmblem is Cal Poly students win clean en ei^ award repa*serited in either field or on the lack of adequate role models for these C'al Poly campus. women. Things are changing, though. The California Student kilowatt hours of renewable energy. “We are looking out for the future As of spring enaillnient, only 22 Our goal IS to bring more women into Sustainability Coalition awarded The l()5,(K)0-kilowatt hours of of the university,” club vice president, percent of the engineering majors engineering and to keep them there.” Cal Poly 105,000-kilowatt renewable energy, equivalent to about Jesse C^hurchill said. “We want the were female. At C’al Poly, some faculty members hours of renewable energy one day of energy use, was a prize university to begin looking into “Women have long played a vital recognize the added pressure on awarded once group members gath­ renewable energy sources when role in engineering, overcoming dis­women in male-dominated majors. Erick Smith ered 27,0(K) signatures during their designing new campus buildings” crimination and harassment to bring “It is not like these women cannot MUSTANG DAILY two-month Race to End Dirty The goal of the nationwide effort some of the most significant advances hack the work, they were leaving The effort of C'al Poly students Energy signature drive, sponsored by was to raise awareness while lobbying to this significant field. From bullet- because of pressure and stress caused by involved in the C'alifornia StudentEnergy Action, a national coalition offor a push away fmm energy sources pmof vests to the fire escape to AZT, Sustainability C'oalition resulted in more than 17 environmental advoca­ women have made and continue to see Women, page 2 C'al Poly being awarded 105,(K)0- cy groups. see Energy, page 2 NEWS 2 Wednesday, April 27,2(X)5 better than women,” Suhoza said. said. education, DeSalvo experiencedcially in engineering. They are not Women Lab classes and group projects are While her experiences may not noticeable gender bias. here to mess around. 1 think men continued from page 1 common in all engineering majors.apply to every woman studying in a DeSalvo described one lab profes­ sometimes have a hard time when some of the males in the department,” Students are usually asked to perform male-dominated major, Suhoza said sor, who taught her how to build women do better than them,” she Cirovic said. physical tasks and apply their knowl­ she has proven herself. power supplies, as having an air about added. Senior Amy Suhoza, began as a edge in labs.This is also where Suhoza “I feel like the men respect me him that women didn’t belong (in the Like Francisco, and other women structural engineer at Cal Poly m the has experienced bias from some of the more because I’m in it for the long lab) handling power tools.” in male dominated majors, DeSalvo college of architectural design. She has male students. haul,” she said. While men in her previous classes said that young women need strong mixed feelings about her encounters “In our grcaup projects, men always Electrical engineering sophomore have been “intimidated by a smart female role models and “that people with some of her fellow engineers. try to take charge. The other day, one Elyse DeSalvo decided at a young age woman,” DeSalvo sites ambition as need to get out of the mindset that "Although it s getting better in the group member had a question and that she was going to follow in the her motivaticsn for doing well acade­women can’t be engineers. We should (engineering) program, I feel like the asked everyone sitting around me, footsteps of her father and become an mically. not be forced into roles because soci- boys m our major feel like they can do who were all guys, but not me,” she engineer. Through the course of her “I think wometi are driven, espe­ ety tells us to.” to the 10 schools which raised the bers of the White House and legisla­ based on his or her income while Energy most signatures that would be ture, California State University Security working. continued from page I awarded a clean energy award. CalChancellor Charles H. Reed and continued from page 1 The Bush administration said that like oil, natural gas and nuclear power Poly finished sixth, guaranteeing theUniversity of California President system that will be flat bust, bank­ the money backing Social Security is and to head in a direction of cleanschool the alternative energy. Robert C. Dynes. rupt, unless the U.S. Congress has rapidly dwindling. According to the sources of energy such as solar, wind The signatures gathered by the By receiving this award. Cal Poly got the willingness to act now,” the White House Web site, in 1950 there and hydrogen. club were sent to government ofFi- will save roughly $12,600, saving the president said in a January speech. were 16 workers supporting every Of the groups that participated in cials across the nation, includingcost of a single day’s energy use. Also As far as college students are con­ one beneficiary of Social Security. the signature drive, a promise went Gov. Arnold Schwarzeneggar, mem- eliminated was the emission of 74 cerned, polls show that young peo­ The president said by the time that tons of C02 and gasses into the ple are not tuned in to the Social younger workers retire, there will be atmosphere. Security debate. A March poll by the only two workers supporting each CONEX>M BROKE? Churchill said he hopes the Pew Research Center^for People and beneficiary. school will notice the club’s hard, the Press found that 47 percent of With young people working IT’S NO JOKE HealthVVorks which began in February of last people age 18 to 29 knew “nothingmore years, they would have more Go to HealthWorlts AHordabie Confidantiai Gating for low to no cost Morning Raproductivs Haaith year.