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SHKIU SOBCHIK MUSTANc: DAIIY Structural engineering senior Amy Suho/a works on a project in a steel design lab Tuesday. Poly women tadde male-dominated MArr WK HTKR Mi'siANi. d.miy Female Cal Poly students leam how to defend themselves against sexual predators in a self-defense majors, industries workshop. The workshop was put on by the SARP Center as part of Remember week. 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. at all” about the private investment time for their investments to com­ After PW, STI sersoning, and proposal. Only 14 percent of this age pound interest. Under the president’s birth control. www.healthworkscc.com phone: 542-0900 group said they w'ere following the proposed plan, a young person who debate “ver^' closely” in the news. earns an average $.45,(MK) a year over “I don’t get to watch the news as his career would have saved nearly a Want to be a teacher with a multiple subject credential much because I’m at work and class quarter million dollars for retire­ all day and after that in the anima­ment. There are no plans to reduce Find a credentialing program that doesn't cost tion lab or doing homework in a benefits for current or soon-to-be as much as a house down payment? study lounge,” said Columbia retirees. College film student Anthony Taylor. But his proposal is not without Yes, you can do that... “But 1 think I should worry' about it criticisms, from Democrats and because I’m going to need that many interests groups like the money someday.” AARP. Critics say that the plan car­ Learn to teach hands-on while working in real The current retirement program ries higher risks of losing money by classrooms? under Social Security provides a life­ investing in the stock market, and time monthly income for qualified guaranteed benefits w’ould be Yes, you can do that__ workers once they reach their full reduced. C'Ipponents also worry that retirement age. Depending on whenthe reform would burden the next Enroll in a fully accredited, quality multiple they were born, that age ranges from generation with trillions of dollars in subject program w herever you are in the state? 65 to 67. The amount of retirement federal debt. Democrats maintain benefits that a worker receives is that a less drastic measure is a better Yes, you can do that..... solution. Most Republicans seem wary C'alSlalcTEACH about fully backing the president’s Learn about the CSU Fresno's web-supported, multiple subject credential Mis ILL plan. Senate Finance Chairman program by visiting our website atwww.calstateteach.net Itu Miai til Chuck Grassley of Iowa is ready to or contact Dr. Walter J. Ullrich at 278-0234 [email protected] put individual investment accounts aside and focus on mending the cur­ rent system, according to USA Today. Wheaton College senior Maegan 0 1 Mitchell doubts Bush’s current pro­ f R A l l R # W every day posal for private accounts will ever 2;30PM-6PM receive bipartisan support. “If Democrats have anything to do with it, I think, and I hope they’ll stop it,” Mitchell said. “I don’t think they will fix it, but I’m sure they’ll C t L O M M y t U y come to some compmmises if and H ''~^ysiers when it is absolutely necessary.” (Otktail night WEDNESDAY MO SUNDAY *6 PM-9 PM YOUR Tie/ Tm/ P&ice/t^ Qkopí every Sunday 9AM-3PM ✓ Great Prices AD ✓ Fun Crew ✓ Extensive Organic Selection Uve DJs TUESDAY-SATURDAY* 10 ra-2M ✓ Come Shop with Us HERE Turn Table Tuesdays #1 Supermarket .«HOUAIACX ENnRTAINMENT Call Mustang Daily #1 Place to Buy Wine 80's HighI Wednesdays Advertising & one of the Best Health Food Stores at 756-1143 www.missiongnil.coni 805.547.5544 3977 South Higuera Street, SLO • 783-2780 1023 Chorro Street, $10 Wednesday, April 27. 2005 3 defeat Monday night on a 4-4 vote Schwarzenegger vetoed a similar STATE NEW S in the Transportation Committee. measure last year. LOS ANGELES — Two Los IN o th e:r n e w s The bill would allow manufac­ The bill by Senate Majority Angeles teenagers pleaded guilty SACRAMENTO — An turers and others who obtained a Leader Gloria Komero, l)-Los Tuesday to stealing a computer Assembly committee has rejected a special license from the Department Angeles, would override belonging to Robert Blake’s attor­ bill designed to lower the price andof Motor Vehicles to sell new Department of C^orrections’ limits ney that contained vital informa­ increase production of hybrid cars hybrids and other low-emission on news media interviews that tion in the actor’s murder case. and other low polluting vehicles by vehicles to drivers on the Internet. have been in place since 1996. Michael Washington jr., 19, plead­ allowing manutacturers to sell • • • The bill would permit inter­ ed guilty to two counts of residential directly to motorists. SACRAMENTO — A bill that views using television cameras and burglary and was immediately sen­ The measure, which was sup­ would make it easier for reporters audio recording equipment, and lettenced to two years in prison. Koi ported by several environmental to interview prison inmates was inmates correspond confidentiallyBurton, 18, pleaded guilty to a bur­ ASSCX;iAI KD I’RKSS groups but opposed by auto dealers advanced by a Senate committee with reporters unless it presented a glary charge. Two of ten bison that escaped and manufacturers, went down toTuesday after Gov. Arnold security problem. — Associated Press from a farm run from police and volunteers Tuesday Records from that raid are sealed. from a sun-splashed crowd on the countries about the locations of NAI'lONAl. NEWS • • • lawn across the street from the terror cells and camps, who ran PIKESVILLE, Md. — A WASHINGTON — From the Capitcsl. He was ridiculing liush’s them and how they operated. herd of buffalo somehow got loose LAS VEGAS — The woman buttoned-down confines of aheavily publicized 60-day tour to Ressam, 37, awaits sentencing and wandered around an upscale who was arrested after claiming Senate hearing room to a boister­ build support for his pmposals. Wecinesday. neighborhood Tuesday, disrupting she bit into a human finger in a ous outdoor rally nearby, • • • Ressam, an Algerian convicted of traffic and alarming homeowners bowl of Wendy’s chili waived Democrats took on President Bush SEATTLE — Five years after plotting a millennium-eve bomb­ before officers managed to corral extradition Tuesday, telling a judgeand his Social Security proposals being arrested with a trunkful of ing at Los Angeles International them in a tennis court. she was eager to return to with gusto on Tuesday and rebuffed bomb-making materials at the U.S. Airport, stopped cooperating with More than a dozen police cars California to face charges. pleas for bipartisanship from frus­ border, Ahmed Ressam has been a prosecutors in 2003 when he real­ and a police helicopter were used Anna Ayala, 39, appeared before trated Republicans. remarkable resource in the nation’s ized the Justice Department would to herd the roughly 10 beasts, the same judge who issued a war­ “If he’s going out to push for pri­ efforts to understand and eradicatenot recommend a sentence shorter authorities said. rant for police to search her home vatization, let’s help him pack,’’ Sen. terrorists. than 27 years, they say. Authorities have identified the outside Las Vegas on April 6. Dick Durbin of Illinois said to cheers He told investigators from many — Associated Press owner of the buffalo but did not release the person’s name. NHK broadcaster said there were now look ahead to an election that WASHINGTON — After a Residents in the Baltimore sub­ IN ri'.RNA'l'IONAL NEWS more bodies still inside, and that theshould prove freer of Syrian influ­ postelection respite, the pace of urb first reported that buffalo were death toll would likely rise. ence but still runs the risk of sink­ insurgent attacks in Iraq has meandering along the road about 7 AMAGASAKl, Japan — • • • ing into violence. Lebanon’s anti- a.m. Police shut down several increased in recent weeks to major traffic arteries, including a Twenty-two hours after Japan’s MASNAA, Lebanon — Syria’s Syrian opposition is hoping to approach last year’s levels. Pentagon worst train crash in decades, the last soldier in Lebanon walked defeat Damascus’ political allies at section of the BaltimoR- Beltw-ay, final survivor was pulled from the across the border Tuesday, wel­ the ballot box. officials said Tuesday. “Where they while they tried to anticipate wreckage Tuesday. Meanwhile, the comed home with cheers and The withdrawal would have been are right now is where they were which way the buffalo would death toll increased from nine to 90flowers after a modest farewell unthinkable only a few months ago. almost a year ago, and it’s nowhere roam. as more bodies were recovered, the from the Lebanese, a quiet end to a But amid series of strategic blunders near the peak,” said Air Force Gen. Officers eventually managed to Kyodo news agency said. At least once indomitable 29-year military by Syrian President Bashar Assad, Richard Myers, chairman of the maneuver the buffalo onto the ten­ 456 people were injured. Kyodo on presence that was the key to Damascus came under relentless Joint Chiefs of Staff, in a Pentagon nis court about a mile from where Wednesday estimated that at least Damascus’ control of its neighbor. international pressure. press conference. they were first spotted. 52 people were missing, while the With the Syrians gone, Lebanese — Associated Press — Associated Press

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Based on a survey collected by Cal Poly Reality of 517 randomly selacted CalPoly siudents with an error margin of V - 5% NEWS 4 Wednesday, April 27,2005 A ASI STUDENT GOVERNMENT Students urged to CANDIDATE FORUM tattle for incentives Thursday, April 28 Doug Gross from Honolulu to Palm Beach ASSr)CIAT El) PRESS County, Fla., have adopted Student Come to UU Hour for a chance to Crime Stoppers programs like meet the candidates and hear their platforms ATLANTA — For a growing number of students, the easiest way to Houston County’s. make a couple hundred dollars has Most schools offer an anonymous nothing to do with chores or after- phone line or a school drop box for schot)l jobs, and everything to do tips. Kewards range from cash to gift with telling on classmates. certificates to free parking passes. CANDIDATE DEBATE Tragedies like last months deadly Elsewhere in Cieorgia, Model shooting at a Ked Lake, Minn., High School in Rome uses the pro­ Tuesday, May 3 school have prompted more schools ceeds from its candy and soda sales to offer cash and other prizes — to pay students up to $100 for tips Come to Free Speech Hour for about drugs or weapons on campus including pizza and premium parkingor other crimes. an interactive candidate debate spots — to students who report class­ The goal: mates who carry “Heading off guns, drugs or alco­ some problems 11 a.m. - noon hol, commit van­ Everyone just thinks rather than wait­ dalism or otherwise it’s a Joke. No one is ing until they UU Plaza break school rules. j^oin^ to tell on their happen and “For kids of that friends for cash99 responding F re e Treats! age, it’s hard for afterward,” said them to tell on thdr KATIE BURNS Tim Hensley, a Candidate Statements ovaiiabie at peers. This gives high school senior school system asi.calpoly.edu/govemment them an opportuni- spokesman. ty to step up if they Some students fear classmates know something that will help us with a grudge or set on making make an arR*st,’’s;»idJamc*s Kinchen,ansome quick money may level false assistant school superintendent inaccusations or plant drugs or Flouston C'ounty, (ia., which earlier weapons in their lockers. this month started offering rewards of But Houston County’s Kinchen up to $1(K) for tvporting relatively said: “That will sort itself out. C')ur r Com puter minor crimes like vandalism or theft officers deal w'ith these kind of and $5(K) for information about a things every day; they can find out Tech Support crime, or plans for a crime, involving a which kid is being set up and which gun. kid is telling the truth.” Oitics call them “snitch” pm- At Model High, some of the 650 For Poly Students! ’ grams, saying they aa* a knee-jerk students complain that the program a*action to student violence. Some wrongly implies their school is dan­ education professionals fear such gerous. In a Rome News-Tribune policies could ca'ate a climate of dis­ cartoon, the school’s official mascot trust in schools and turn studentswas mockingly changed from the against each other. Blue Devils to the “Tattlers.” “There are very few things that 1 “Everyone just thinks it’s a joke. No ► Now available to your dorm or off campus housing 24/7! can think of that would be more one is going to tell on their friends for effective at destroying that sense of cash,” said senior Katie Burnes, presi­ ► Fast, Friendly, Certified Technicians! community,” said Bruce Marlowe, an dent of the school’s National Honor ► Best Rates in Town! education psychology professor at Society chapter. “If someone brings a Roger Williams University in Bristol, gun to school or is doing drugs in the R.l. bathroom, no one has to pay me to let Sers/ices Offered: Mtetosatt About 2,000 schools and colleges, the teachers know.” ► Vmjs Removal & FYevention CERTIFIED ► Hardware & Software Upgrades Partner ► Complele Service, Repair, Maintenanoe ► Data Recovery & Ftestoralion C o ll^ considers dropping

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She doesn’t look THE DlAMONDItAC K away; she stands rigidly, grinning with all her might. 1 look around in mild alarm and glance back reluctantly. She is staring at me with Somewhere along the line, Ben a fixed, lipsticky grin. Folds dropped the Five and flew solo VOK, 1 knew she was cardboard, but, still, the whole thing was just too — and a smart move it was. freaky. In a furious blaze of get-rich-quick fever, I lassoed two unfortunate Though Folds saw some main­ friends into joining me for “Wheel of Fortune” tryouts recently, an after­ stream success with his band’s micl- noon I’d assumed would end in thousands of undeserved dollars and some’90s hit, “Brick,” he decided to try kind of anecdote involving Fat Sajak. Instead, it concluded with pro­ out the solo gig and it worked out nounced bouts of whining, public humiliation and my vow to supply Raid nicely. For the first time in five years, to every man, woman and child in America. he is back with a band, but not the Held at a car dealership on Los C')sos Wiley Road, the tryouts already original one. had several strikes against them. For starters, though dozens of enthusiastic Folds returns with the follow-up couch commanders dropped by, no one was looking at the proudly waxed to 2()0rs “Rockin’ the Suburbs” as if C'adillacs, or Escalades or whatever kind of cars they were. As if lured by he had hit pause four years ago and Sirens, the legions of sweatshirt-clad just decided to hit play. “Songs for savants only had interest in the click- Silverman” is a collection of brilliant click-click of the cardboard money piano-pop ballads. Dropping that c;ouRiTSY m oro whole “Five” thing has allowed Folds Singer/songwriter Ben Folds’ new album, ‘Songs for Silverman,’ is more wheel (and the satisfying thud of the to bring his piano chops to the fore­ reminiscent of music he made back in the day with Ben Folds Five. two-dimensional Vanna every time front. she hit the ground) — and this And for fans of the “Five,” tribute to the late Elliott Smith, Folds feel on “Give Judy My Notice,” seems to make sense; as those who Silverman sounds moa* like some­ devotedly watch a show about penned “Late,” a track about sharing where Bucky Baxter sits in on pedal thing Folds would have put out back experiences with someone as they steel guitar. cliched phrases don’t seem likely to in the day, but with a more mature did on tour in 1998. He sings about collect pricey garage toys. A slicked- twist. While his style seems to lean back and maniacal young host stood the Smith’s guitar playing and dirty, toward adult contemporary. Folds The album showcases some of elbow-throwing basketball skills. comes right back at you with a few chattering onstage — the kind of Folds’ best lyrics. It seems his matu­ The self-produced album was guy one could easily imagine ration as an artist, and as a person, pop ballads. “Jesusland” kicks off answering to the name “Chip.”Yet, ART has caused his words to seem a bit recorded over the span of a month inwith some harmonies reminiscent of hordes of people gathered at this more intaispective. He turns to his a Nashville, Tenn. studio with Jared The Beach Boys and moves on to spectacle, swatting at the millions of beat daughter for inspiration on Reynolds on bass and Lindsaysound a bit like Elton John, while gnats that had also arrived to try film, art, music and everything in between “Gracie,” an almost-lullaby backed Jamieson on drums. The trio also “Bastard” feels a bit more like classic their luck. by an enchantingly cheesy progres­ enlisted the help of another ‘90s Folds. “This is lame,” complained my pal Ryan. (At least, that’s what he said in sion. “icon,” “Weird AI” Yankovic, for Sure, “Silverman” has nothing on the PG-13 version.) His latest single, “Landed,” a returnbacking in some soaring “oohs” and “Suburbs” musically, but it shows Beyond the stage and audience was a lengthy, single-file line of people, to the Folds of old, is about being “ahs” on “Time.” The songs on outstanding musical growth and a one my cohorts and 1 curiously approached. Recognizing a friend in line, I stuck in a stalled relationship and “Silverman” cover a range of emo­ smooth transition into a new Ben asked what he was waiting for. boasts the albunfs catchiest chorus. In tions and styles, including a countryFolds era. “I’m waiting to get an application and then I can dmp it off and maybe wait again and get picked for the preliminary round. Then I might get an audition to be on the show,” he proudly explained. For some pmfound reason, I couldn’t understand this. Maybe it was the heat, maybe it was the exhaust, maybe it was the dizzy little bugs trying to eat me alive, but why would you wait in line so you can wait in another (Stenner Qlen line so you can maybe on a tryout for a tryout for the show? My patient acquaintance ran through the procedure again, splicing his explanation with general comments about how stupid I am. A “Wheel of Fortune” roadie noticed my glazed expression and snuck up behind me. “What don’t you get? Why don’t you get it?” he bellowed. “It’s easy!” “Student living at its finest" I tried to explain that the application system seemed a bit roundabout. www.stenuerglen.com He smirked with awful laughter, adjusted his puffy blue crew jacket and proceeded to give me my third step-by-step guide to applying. I can’t remember exactly what he said but, again, it seemed to be mosdy spliced with general comments about how stupid I am. “Got anymore questions, maybe about the universe?” he roared, seeming til Ti to enjoy the crowd of onlookers we had amassed. “Do you have any answers?” 1 retorted. He said no, and I chose this opportunity to blend back into the crowd. At the moment, they were cheering on an overalls-clad woman in her 30s iFull W ash who was giving a shout-out to her “twenty-six adorable grandchildren.” I asked my weary-hwking companions if they wanted to apply for the show. 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So why do you qualified to make decisions regard­ ‘dogs bollocks’ think if something (an embryo) ing what a woman can or cannot One year olds cannot sustain that “cannot sustain life on its do with her body. life, why do they have rights?own” in if it should live or not? Tamrnie Nelson n the* run up to the war in Iraq, President Push drove me crazy. Each Lindsey Karin proposes that Would you give your hived one a liu\lianistr)'fh'shnian time he came on TV to tell us Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass something that cannot sustain life say even though they may need a Idestruction and ties to al-Qaida, 1 found myself screaming “liar,” on its own doesn’t have any rights. little help to survive? The real questicHi is whm does “idiot” and other words inappropriate for this column. But when our It sounds good, but is the argu­ Also, if you believe that “some­ an embryo become human? president appeared in joint press conferences with British Prime Minister ment valid? One way to find out is thing that cannot sustain life on What exactly are embryonic Tony Blair, my reactions dramatically changed when Blair took to the to follow the logic to completion its own” does not deserve any rights? The phrase implies that an microphone. The prime minister would make the same e.xact points as our — simply applying the argument rights, then 1 assume you would embryo actually has rights, but is president and I actually liked what I was hearing. only far enough to get the conclu­ not want anyone who needs any that true? And if so, what specifi­ Blair’s eloquence accompanied by a great vocabulary stands in contrast sion we want isn’t good enough. kind of medicine to stay alive. cally are those rights? to Bush’s “language handicap.” Between . Suppose 1 said “anything that Unless, of course, it was you. C'ibviously, giving an embryo, or the two men, I think Blair and I would can be used to hurt people should Kendra Boyer even an infant, the right to vote or get along better. Most people agree be prohibited by law.” I could Animal scietwe junior to worship as it pleases is meaning­ Bush is a great guy to meet, whether claim that my argument was rock- less, since the embryo or infant you’re liberal or conservative, but he solid by applying it to guns and Women should have choice can’t think or reason enough to and I have nothing in common. Lately, showing how well it worked. At on abortion, pregnancy utilize these rights. So, the only the President’s been recommending his first glance, my letter would even In response to “Embryo cannot embryonic rights that can exist friends to read Tom Wolfe’s “I Am seem sound, but if we take the sustain life .. .” should be those that the fetus can C'harlotte Simmons” while I’m telling premise at face value, we would You stated that the mother is have without needing intelligence. my friends to read Milan Kundera’s have to conclude that cars should the only person who has the right And that pretty much leaves the “The Unbearable Lightness of Being.” also be outlawed. The argument to choose a baby’s fate. I would right to life, doesn’t it? We not only differ on music prefer­ seemed valid when viewed from like to add that not only should a Only something that is alive can ences (as proved by his iPod), but on from one context, but we found that it woman have the right to choose be given the right to live, since literature as well. was not really valid. We could not her baby’s fate, she should also granting that right to a rock or a Although I disagree with Blair on LEFT outlaw guns based on that premise. have the right to choose her own log is pointless. But we can’t auto­ Iraq, he’s a much more likeable person So what do we get when we fate. matically say that every living thing — at least for a stereotypical New- field take the premise that “something Although it may seem selfish, has this right. I mean, when was York- liberal Jewish intellectual like political viewpoint that cannot sustain life on its own women who do not want to carry the last time you chose not to step myself. People who walk and talk like President Bush naturally make us does not have rights” to comple­ a fetus to term should have the on a cockroach just because it was nervous; we can’t help it. This is probably why Blair will have a much eas­ tion? We would conclude that option of abortion. There are alive? ier time winning re-election than Bush did. one-year old children (who can't many reasons why a woman So, more important than life is Polls show on May 5 Blair will easily take the office of prime minister survive without parental nourish­ might not want to be pregnant humanity. At what point can an for the third time. He lost a great amount of support from his own labor ment), sick elderly people and and this should be respected; it is embryo be considered human? party for supporting the war in Iraq, but has been able to make a come­ those seriously injured in car up to her, and her alone, whether One might consider a combined back. Part of this comes from the opposition. The Conservative Party’s accidents do not have rights or not she will commit to a preg­ sperm and egg cell to be alive, leader, Michael Howard, has criticized Blair dramatically on Iraq, but has either. 1 think everyone would nancy. but I doubt many would consider not been able to offer a clear alternative. agree that a mother who kills her It is clear that certain embryonic it human. All humans have the “On the one thing on which he has taken a stand in the eight years he young child is a murderer, and rights have already been conceded right to life, so we can assume has been prime minister, which is taking us to war, he didn’t even tell the that someone who shoots and (as was recently demonstrated by that once we determine an truth on that,” said Howard. It seems many Britons are willing to forgive kills a seriously injured car crash the verdict of the Scott Peterson embryo to be human, any abor­ Blair’s support for the Iraq war and vote for his domestic policies. Believe victim is also a murderer. The trial). I do not necessarily disagree tion after that is murder. The real it or not, but Blair gained a lot of backing from liberals for supporting a premise is not valid in all con­ with these rights. As the debate on question isn’t whether or not ban on fox hunting. And Americans think abortion and Social Security aretexts, so we cannot use it as an abortion moves forward, it is embryos have rights, but when contmversial? argument to support abortion. important that the rights of the does an embryo become a living One southerner I like, former President Bill Clinton, recently addressed Thomas Norrie embryo and the rights of the human being? a labor party' rally tlmiwing his support behind Blair. Clinton pretty much Cotnptttcr ctiiptuvritm .vop/iomo«' mother are not confused. In the (^f course, this isn’t an easy said Tony Blair was a great person and an effective leader. case of abortion the rights of the question either, and it is certainly “I’m just here to say thank you, amen and go get’em,” Clinton Embryos should have rights mother should supersede those of something to think about amidst remarked. Blair in turn called C’linton,“a fant.istic friend and supporter.” despite life sustainability the embryo. all this controversy. Personally, I was hoping Blair would refer to Clinton as the “dog’s bol- To the author of “Embryo can­ Only 83 members of the present Alan Wehrman U)cks.”Technically, that means “dog’s balls,” but it’s actually a compliment not sustain life, so why should it Congress are women (about 15 Acrosf\Kc cti)ptuvrin)ijirshtmn in Britain. Don’t ask me why. All I know is America’s founders decided to have rights?” percent). If an anti-abortion law leave these crazy people 230 years ago. As the campaign in England continues, we should be rooting for Tony words. Letters should include the Blair. If liberals can’t win in. the United States, at least we can win with a MUSTANG writer’s full name, phone number, moderate in England. Blair has proved he is a great ally and friend to the LETTER major and class standing. Letters United State's. He’s simply the “dtig’s bollocks.” DAILY must come fix>m a Cal Poly e-mail CORRECTIONS POLICY account. Do not send letters as an /(>.

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It Wildflower Shotwell Turn Q . — Do you think it is diffi­ would be like someone who has a continued from page 8 continued from page 8 continued from page 8 cult to balance your sport with job and also goes to school. 1 have “Triathlons are unpredictable like to relax and do absolutely school? a lot of support from everyone on Kyle Shotwell said. “When I nothing. I also like to listen to A . — This quarter 1 feel like I track. The whole team as a unit because someone could have a came away from here, it just felt music to relax my mind. am on campus all day. 1 am also in comes together. I have their sup­ breakout performance,” he said. “It’s like the best place for me. San Depending on my mood, I will lis­the Black Student Union so 1 go port whether I am on the track or just like any other race; you can Luis just matched with my per­ ten to any type of music. to those meetings as well as train- at school. never tell who will win.” sonality.” Calkins suggested that Chris Kyle Shotwell admitted that Turkovich could be the first among attending Cal Poly probably the top three fastest males on the made his younger brother choose Q%eiMietirnotk8lnte0 Cal Poly Triathlon team, followed by to play for Cal Poly over Crossword Edited by Will Shortz No. 0316 Anthony Yount as the second fastest Colorado State. “By coming up to visit me, he ACROSS 40 “Doonesbury" 71 Word spelled 11 12 13 male member. However, he said the 1 Service unit character based phonetically by order in which these two competi­ could just watch the program on Hunter S. the starts of 14 r r i 7 Itinerary abbr. tors finish is debatable. In his opin­ really develop,” Kyle Shotwell Thompson 1-, 20-, 27-, 36-, 17 10 Blunders 43 Rock’s Bon Jovi 49- and P8 ion, the third placing is up in the air said. “He got pretty fired up 56-Across due to the wide range of talent on about it. He came up here on a 14 Garner of jazz 44 Pushed hard 31 ?2 15 “Get it?" 48 Genetic material r the team. recruiting trip and really liked DOWN P6 the guys and the coaches; it was 16 Nair competitor 49 “The Mothers- “We have good hopes for 17 Watergate in-Law" co-star 1 French Turkovich because he’s strong on just the whole atmosphere, real­ judge John 52 Bone: Prefix possessive * the bike and is also a C'al Poly ly” 18 Biblical jawbone 54 Bend shape 2 tu" (Verdi w 134 While visiting, the high school source aria) _ Wheelman,” Calkins said. “And 55 European Re" P Yount has been a great role model senior was able to attend an 19 Way off carrier 3 In formation 4 Rope fiber 41 for workouts and training ethics; he’s informal Cal Poly practice. 20 “No kidding!?" 56 Jimmy Carter 144 autobiography “Ryan was out there watch­ 23 Give, as odds 5 Develop sores 4à really tapered down and is ready for 61 Zilch Wildflower.” ing, so we tried to teach him a 25 Untrustworthy 6 Dabble in ■ Calkins said that the tapering little bit. He was able to pick up sort 62 Narrow inlet 7 Biblical twin 52 53 154 26 U p___ 63 Habituates 8 Hardy heroine down IS a technical term used by some of the things, which was 56 V 58 59 awesome,” Kyle Shotwell said. (trapped) 66 Blue-pencil 9 Ricky player in triathletes and means performing 27 Really attractive 67 Creature with a ’50s TV 61 162 163 The team also took well to tiny waist shorter and faster workouts to peak 32 Tolkien creature 10 Put on the Ryan Shotwell. 68 Bar request éé I5T your body before competing. 33 Stop by books For Cal Poly Triathlon team “All the guys really like him. 69 “___Dinah" 11 Grid coin tosser é9 |7t 34 Hugs, in a letter (Frankie Ryan’s a pretty outgoing Isid. 12 Collide with, in females, Calkins thinks Michelle 35 Drugs, briefly Avalon’s first hit) Puzzle by Holden Baker He’ll fit in really well with the a way Allen has a good chance at placing 36 Trip to the 70 Range units; team,” Kyle Shotwell said. “I 13 D and C, in D.C. 38 Playing hard to 46 Stat. for Pedro 57 Vehicle on rails first and new member Tamara Bahamas, e g. Abbr. get Martinez think at the end of the day, there 21 Like Nasdaq 58 Glasses option Presser may come in second, fol­ trades 39 More morose 47 Letters on a were just too many pros. He was ANSWER TO PREVIOUS PUZZLE shingle 59 Boaters and lowed by lireanne Long who is 22 Xanthippe, e g. 40 Blotted (out) bowlers asking himself,‘How could 1 not P A T ^ M E C C A s H U E 49 “Kitchy- ___!" described as a consistent element in 23 Peggy with the come here?’ It was just a perfect A C R ¥1 A T A R 1 K A R L 41 Expose to the 50 Waggle dance 60 Muslim mystic training. 1958 hit “Fever" sun fit.” S H E R L C Rl 0 W E R 1 E performer 64 Yellowstone “On the women’s side we have 24 Novelist Rand The brothers try to do as TEAR T N A M E T A G 42 Grasshopper’s 51 Victoria’s prince herd member some really strong people,” he said. U N E 1 T C H Y 28 Job for Perry cousin much together as possible when ADD 53 Related 65 Like some H 0 S S E R Mason “Presser is a strong swimmer and they have time. Often, they will r 45 Stomach-related maternally grins placed second in our women’s team L 0 0 S T R A F E 29 Chanteuse Lena shoot hoops or lift weights. 0 H N J A Y N 0 R 30 Marker at nationals.” Sometimes hanging out is as sim­ 0 H A T 0 U N S E E R For answers, call 1-900-285-5656, $1.20 a minute, or, with a 31 “There’s ___ in credit card, 1-800-814-5554. Nationals was Presser’s first ple as throwing around a football [7 0 1^1 B A N G L E ’team” Olympic distance triathlon. • E Y E E A S Y A Annual subscriptions are available for the best of Sunday in their backyard. 35 Old World crosswords from the last 50 years. 1-888-7-ACROSS A S T R F A M 0 U S “I got really nervous at nationals,” “It’ll be nice to have him blackbird Online subscriptions: Today's puzzle and more than 2,000 I V r l E T E R F 1 N C H Presser said. “But for me, all those here,” Kyle Shotwell said. “I’m r 37 1 977 double­ past puzzles, nytimes com/crosswords ($34 95 a year). 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M t Cialkins said he did the math and figured out that out of the 252 col­ legiate triathletes racing, one in every three people on the course will be a Cial Poly athlete. Cialeb Guest, C'al Poly Triathlon team president and kinesiology senior, said seeing a teammate run past him on the run is quite inspir­ Track and field’s ing. Cortney Stafford “Our team is so big yoifre con­ stantly seeing a Cial Poly person, Elizabeth Engeltnan which is great because it keeps us .MUSTAN(; HAIIY going,” he said. Clortiicy Stafford is breaking The C'al Poly Triathlon team will records on the track and field team compete on a world-class course and still manages to be involved in that includes a 1.5K open water other activities. swim, a 40K bike course and a lOK Stafford is a political science run course with students from 32 senior who recently broke her own colleges across the country. Such school record in the triple jump on states include Hawaii. Idaho, April 17 with a leap of 44-01.25 at C'olorado and Wisconsin. Male and the Mt. Sac Relays held at Hilmer female competitors will begin in Lodge Stathum in Walnut. MIKE DINSMORE COURIESY PHOTO two waves, based on gender. She will be graduating in One in three collegiate triathletes at Wildflower, the second largest triathlon in the world, is a Mustang. Cxiach Rick Ellison said in the December and says she has aspira­ past ten years, the C'al Poly tions of going to the 2008 Tonya Strickland Some students will compete nator. “Whether it’s to prove to Triathlon team has won the colle­ Olympics in Beijing. She is part of MUSTANC. DAILY Saturday in the long course race, themselves that they can do it, to giate division of Wildflower about the Black Student Union and says which consists of a 1.2-mile swim, a see the training pay off, or to have five times. Transitioning fniin the constant56-mile bike ride, and a half the satisfaction of success, our “It’s not all about winning,” she loves staying active and is learn­ motion of peddling a bike up and Ellison said. “My goal is for each ing how to balance her time, on across a notoriously hilly course, to marathon run. The majority of the triathletes are very competitive. I’m and off the track. C'al Poly Triathlon confident we will person to ^each their individual beginning a run can create a feelingteam will compete best, which time and time again our of heaviness in triathletes’ legs, a USTANCiDAILY do well.” athletes have proved they can do.” Q. — How did you first get feeling similar to lifting a ton of Sunday in the With the Olympic distance 3-PART SERIES C'alkins predicted the team’s male involved in track and field? bricks with each step. Olympic distance and female frontrunners for A. — It was actually an ultima­ Five months and 14 hours of race, swimming and long course 15(K) meters, biking 24 miles and Wildflower, b.ised on scores tum by my mom. My first love is weekly workouts helped the Cal offerings, along with a mountain received at the USA Triathlon basketball and in high school my Boly Triathlon Team train more running a lOK. bike sprint race. Wildflower is the C'ollegiate National Triathlon mom gave me the option that if I than 80 club members to overcome “Everyone races for their own second largest event in the worldCTiampionships held in Arizona on wanted to continue playing basket­ tins sensation and to peak their reasons,’’ said Matt C'alkins, art and through ranking of sponsors, media April 16. ball I had to join track. She wanted bodies for optimal performance this design junior and the C'al Poly coverage and more than 8,()()() me to be active and stay in shape. weekend at Wildflower. Triathlon team’s Wildflower coordi- competitors in all divisions. see Wildflower, page 7 I still play basketball, but just to have fun. Basketball involves jump­ ing as well, so the triple jump is easy for me. Q. — How does the team spirit Mustang footbaU’s band of brothers of track compare to more tradition­ al team sports? Kristen Oato A. — In track you compete MUSTANO DAILY individually but score altogether. Football is in the Shotwell fami­ t ó . - You have more drive because if ly’s blood. something goes wrong, you either Kyle Shotwell has already played performed or you didn’t. I look two seasons as a linebacker for the back at basketball and I don’t miss it Cal Poly football team.This fall, his that much because you get more brother Ryan Shotwell will join frustrated when you feel you are him. The brothers grew up playing doing everything you can but sports recreationally, but this will be you’re still not winning. the first time they have been on a I think it is more rewarding. With team together. track you are constantly training “I’m three years older than him, and working to improve yourself. so we were never on the same team It’s kind of a cocky sport I guess. whether it came to Little League, soccer, basketball or football,” Kyle Q. — What do you think you Shotwell said. “1 was always too have been doing differently this many years older to play with him. n.f year that has improved your perfor­ It’s ironic that at this really high mance? level of competition, this will be A. — This past summer was the the first time we’re ever going to first time 1 took track seriously. I get to be on the same team.” was disappointed in my season last year. I missed out on nationals and Ryan Shotwell began playing got frustrated. I knew 1 could jump football at age 8, while Kyle just as far as the other girls were Shotwell started when he was 11, jumping and asked myself why I “I’ve pretty much played line­ backer my entire life, starting back NICK HOOVER MUSTANC. DAILY wasn’t. 1 got real hungry for the when I was 11. Ryan’s a defensive sport and became a student of my end and a tight end, but he actual­Kyle Shotwell, left, and Ryan Shotwell will both suit up in Mustang football uniforms next season. event. 1 definitely have more confi­ ly used to play quarterback when Dad,” Kyle Shotwell said. Ryan is not the only up-and- everything,” Kyle Shotwell said. dence now. he first started,” Kyle Shotwell said. “Once I got old enough to play coming Shotwell when it comes to When it came time to choose Both brothers participated in football, I didn’t have as big of an playing football. There are four colleges for Kyle Shotwell, the final Q. — What do you like to do in many different types of sports when interest in playing other sports any­ brothers in the family. decision was between Cal Poly and your spare time? they were younger. more. In high school, I did play “Troy is a sophomore in high the Naval Academy in Maryland. A. — 1 like to sleep and eat. “We played all the sports. We track and basketball. My senior year school, so he plays. Matthew is only “As great as the Navy is, I didn’t Most of the time 1 am at practice were active in everything. Our dad I actually ended up playing soccer. six, but he has definitely been play­see myself making a career out of and school, so in the free time I just played football for Cal, so growing So I lettered in three sports: foot­ ing football since he’s been able to it. Cal Poly just felt right to me,” see Turn, page 7 up we all wanted to be just like ball, track and basketball.” walk. He’s got his little helmet and see Shotwell, page 7