career fair edition, october 7, 2013

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Tomorrow’s Weather: sunny high 74˚F low 46˚F Football falls to Yale, 24-10 INDEX News........................... 1-3 Arts.............................4-5 SPORTS pg. 8 Opinions............................6 Sports................................8 CHECK OUT MUSTANGNEWS.NET for articles, videos, photos & more. Andrew Woloz, a Cal Poly alumnus, makes music playl- ists for a living. “It’s an awesome job,” he said, “about as awesome as it sounds.” Woloz, who graduated in 2012 with a degree in business administration, works at Beats Music, a company under the Beats by Dre umbrella. While his days are spent mak- ing playlists and focusing on artist relations, his nights are spent rubbing elbows with the likes of Macklemore, Childish Gambino and Zed. So how did Woloz land a job doing what he loves? LinkedIn. “I was working at a job straight out of college, and it was not fun,” he said. “It was hard going from working in music to doing the same, bor- ing thing every day, but then a recruiter from Beats messaged me on LinkedIn.” A Beats employee recog- nized Woloz as a music in- dustry tastemaker based on the experience listed on his LinkedIn profile. “I don’t know exactly how she found me still, but it was prob- ably because I worked at Apple in the iTunes department and had that on my profile, along with a ton of other music in- dustry experience,” he said. Woloz is not the only Cal Poly alumnus to get a job offer through LinkedIn, said Carole Moore, career counselor for Career Services. “LinkedIn is the way to go,” she said. “It’s a fabulous re- source for students. LinkedIn is really about developing a professional brand and pre- senting yourself as best you can for networking.” To do this, Moore tells stu- dents to communicate their skill sets clearly and specifically. “When you speak generally, like, ‘I’m great at customer ser- vice,’ we only half-believe it,” she said. “But if you say ‘I have had experience working in a high-demand, fast-paced res- taurant as a host and server,’ it becomes more believable, de- scriptive and interesting.” She also stressed the impor- tance of having a LinkedIn pro- file that is direct and relevant to the student’s desired industry. “Nothing random, noth- ing general should be on your profile,” Moore said. “Your online presence should make If there’s anything that makes a college student want to stay in school as long as possible, it’s the fear that comes with searching for a job in the real world. However, thanks to the Fall Career Fair, students can net- work, apply for positions and even interview with employ- ers right on campus. On Oct. 9 and 10 in the Rec- reation Center, more than 200 companies will have recruiters looking for stu- dents to fill various co- op, internship and career positions, Soukita ip- souvanh, Career Services events coordinator said. Regardless of their age or major, students who attend the fair will benefit from exploring job opportunities and seeing what fields they may be interested in pursu- ing, she said. “I would really encourage everyone just to go, just to have that experience of net- working with employers,” ipsouvanh said. e open-forum networking session will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. both days with 136 tables each day, Martin Shibata, director of Career Services, said. Students can register on the events tab of Mustang Jobs beforehand, but it is not required. e tables will be arranged alphabetically in the main gym, with ‘A’s starting on the leſt, he said. Some bigger com- panies, such as Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., will be located upstairs in the north and south gyms where there is more space, Shibata said. Because so many compa- nies will attend, it’s crucial students do their “home- work” by researching com- panies and applying for posi- tions ahead of time, Shibata said. Employers are required to post all available positions on Mustang Jobs beforehand, which students can access by logging into their portals. “Students, if they do their homework and they’re prepared, can strategize on how they want to approach it,” he said. Because tables can be crowd- ed, students should also make a plan to ensure they have enough time to meet with de- sired employers, Shibata said. Many companies will not be at the fair both days, so stu- dents should plan their time accordingly, he said. “Even though you may tar- get 20 employers, you may only have enough time to see 10,” Shibata said. Brandon Holle, a busi- ness administration ju- nior and president of Cal Poly’s American Marketing Association, has been to five career fairs since coming to Cal Poly. According to Holle, it’s important to tailor your résumé to each position, and bring multiple copies of it to hand out to employers. For Holle, the scariest thing about going to his first career fair was not knowing what to say to employers. By research- ing positions ahead of time, he now knows to prepare ques- tions to ask each company. “Always ask questions to them, that’s probably one big thing, because they like that,” Holle said. “Have questions prepared to ask them about the position or the company.” Aſter the networking ses- sion at 1:30 p.m., companies will hold interviews until 4:30 p.m., Shibata said. Students can sign up for interviews with employers at their tables dur- ing the networking session, but Shibata estimates only half the employers will hold same- day interviews. “e ones that are not going to interview on campus, they may elect to have the student go directly to the worksite to interview,” Shibata said. “en some of the companies will say go online and apply there, be- cause that’s the first step.” Interviews vary among dif- ferent companies, but they normally last around 30 min- utes, Shibata said. In cases where a company has lots of applicants, not every student who wants an interview will get one, he said. “ey have a schedule, and so they’re going to take the ones that they’re most interested in,” he said. “ey may not neces- sarily sign up everybody.” Because not everyone is guaran- Volume LXXVIII, Number 7 Monday, October 7, 2013 www.mustangnews.net BROOKE SPERBECK @brookesperbeck7 ARYN SANDERSON @ArynSanderson Cal Poly will honor deceased students Greg Inamori, Kyle Rhodes, Weston Crowe and Luke Powers in a candlelight vigil Monday at 6 p.m. at Ju- lian A. McPhee University Union, University Spokes- person Matt Lazier said. Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Co- lombini said he would be- gin the service with a short speech before faculty from different academic colleges and a representative from Front Porch Ministry speak. BENJY EGEL @benjyegel Candlelight vigil honors four students see VIGIL, pg. 3 It is crucial that students research companies and apply for positions ahead of time, Mar- tin Shibata, director of Career Services said. MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO Brand yourself professionally see FAIR, pg. 2 see BRAND, pg. 2 Inside the fall Career Fair: What to expect When any Mustang or any student at Cal Poly dies, it has an impact. JASON COLOMBINI ASI PRESIDENT WHERE: Recreation Center WHEN: Oct. 9 and 10 Tips for “suiting up” for an interview, Career Fair edition ARTS: How to standout in the interview process SPORTS: Football falls to Yale in upset CAREER FAIR GRAPHIC BY MEGAN HEDDINGER

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Page 1: Career Fair Edition, October 7, 2013

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Tomorrow’s Weather:

sunny

high 74˚Flow 46˚F

Football falls to Yale, 24-10

INDEXNews...........................1-3Arts.............................4-5

SPORTS pg. 8Opinions............................6Sports................................8

CHECK OUT

MUSTANGNEWS.NET for articles, videos, photos & more.

Andrew Woloz, a Cal Poly alumnus, makes music playl-ists for a living.

“It’s an awesome job,” he said, “about as awesome as it sounds.”

Woloz, who graduated in 2012 with a degree in business administration, works at Beats Music, a company under the Beats by Dre umbrella.

While his days are spent mak-ing playlists and focusing on artist relations, his nights are spent rubbing elbows with the likes of Macklemore, Childish Gambino and Zed.

So how did Woloz land a job doing what he loves? LinkedIn.

“I was working at a job straight out of college, and it was not fun,” he said. “It was hard going from working in music to doing the same, bor-ing thing every day, but then a recruiter from Beats messaged me on LinkedIn.”

A Beats employee recog-nized Woloz as a music in-dustry tastemaker based on the experience listed on his LinkedIn profile.

“I don’t know exactly how she found me still, but it was prob-ably because I worked at Apple in the iTunes department and had that on my profile, along

with a ton of other music in-dustry experience,” he said.

Woloz is not the only Cal Poly alumnus to get a job offer through LinkedIn, said Carole Moore, career counselor for Career Services.

“LinkedIn is the way to go,” she said. “It’s a fabulous re-source for students. LinkedIn is really about developing a professional brand and pre-senting yourself as best you can for networking.”

To do this, Moore tells stu-dents to communicate their skill sets clearly and specifically.

“When you speak generally, like, ‘I’m great at customer ser-vice,’ we only half-believe it,” she said. “But if you say ‘I have had experience working in a high-demand, fast-paced res-taurant as a host and server,’ it becomes more believable, de-scriptive and interesting.”

She also stressed the impor-tance of having a LinkedIn pro-file that is direct and relevant to the student’s desired industry.

“Nothing random, noth-ing general should be on your profile,” Moore said. “Your online presence should make

If there’s anything that makes a college student want to stay in school as long as possible, it’s the fear that comes with searching for a job in the real world.

However, thanks to the Fall Career Fair, students can net-work, apply for positions and even interview with employ-ers right on campus. On Oct. 9 and 10 in the Rec-reation Center, more than 200 companies will have recruiters looking for stu-dents to fill various co-op, internship and career positions, Soukita Thip-souvanh, Career Services events coordinator said.

Regardless of their age or major, students who attend the fair will benefit from exploring job opportunities and seeing what fields they may be interested in pursu-ing, she said.

“I would really encourage everyone just to go, just to have that experience of net-working with employers,” Thipsouvanh said.

The open-forum networking session will take place from

9:30 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. both days with 136 tables each day, Martin Shibata, director of Career Services, said. Students can register on the events tab of Mustang Jobs beforehand, but it is not required.

The tables will be arranged alphabetically in the main gym, with ‘A’s starting on the left, he said. Some bigger com-panies, such as Apple Inc. and Cisco Systems, Inc., will be located upstairs in the north

and south gyms where there is more space, Shibata said.

Because so many compa-nies will attend, it’s crucial students do their “home-work” by researching com-panies and applying for posi-tions ahead of time, Shibata said. Employers are required to post all available positions on Mustang Jobs beforehand, which students can access by logging into their portals.

“Students, if they do their homework and they’re prepared,

can strategize on how they want to approach it,” he said.

Because tables can be crowd-ed, students should also make a plan to ensure they have enough time to meet with de-sired employers, Shibata said. Many companies will not be at the fair both days, so stu-dents should plan their time accordingly, he said.

“Even though you may tar-get 20 employers, you may only have enough time to see

10,” Shibata said.Brandon Holle, a busi-

ness administration ju-nior and president of Cal Poly’s American Marketing Association, has been to five career fairs since coming to Cal Poly. According to Holle,

it’s important to tailor your résumé to each position, and bring multiple copies of it to hand out to employers.

For Holle, the scariest thing about going to his first career fair was not knowing what to say to employers. By research-ing positions ahead of time, he now knows to prepare ques-tions to ask each company.

“Always ask questions to them, that’s probably one big thing, because they like that,” Holle said. “Have questions

prepared to ask them about the position or the company.”

After the networking ses-sion at 1:30 p.m., companies will hold interviews until 4:30 p.m., Shibata said. Students can sign up for interviews with employers at their tables dur-ing the networking session, but Shibata estimates only half the employers will hold same-day interviews.

“The ones that are not going to interview on campus, they may elect to have the student go directly to the worksite to interview,” Shibata said. “Then some of the companies will say go online and apply there, be-cause that’s the first step.”

Interviews vary among dif-ferent companies, but they normally last around 30 min-utes, Shibata said. In cases

where a company has lots of applicants, not every student who wants an interview will get one, he said.

“They have a schedule, and so they’re going to take the ones that they’re most interested in,” he said. “They may not neces-sarily sign up everybody.”Because not everyone is guaran-

Volume LXXVIII, Number 7Monday, October 7, 2013 www.mustangnews.net

BROOKE SPERBECK@brookesperbeck7

ARYN SANDERSON@ArynSanderson

Cal Poly will honor deceased students Greg Inamori, Kyle Rhodes, Weston Crowe and Luke Powers in a candlelight vigil Monday at 6 p.m. at Ju-lian A. McPhee University Union, University Spokes-person Matt Lazier said.

Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) President Jason Co-lombini said he would be-gin the service with a short speech before faculty from different academic colleges and a representative from Front Porch Ministry speak.

BENJY EGEL@benjyegel

Candlelight vigil honors four students

see VIGIL, pg. 3

It is crucial that students research companies and apply for positions ahead of time, Mar-tin Shibata, director of Career Services said.

MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO

Brand yourself professionally

see FAIR, pg. 2

see BRAND, pg. 2

Inside the fall Career Fair: What to expect

When any Mustang or any student at Cal Poly

dies, it has an impact.

JASON COLOMBINIASI PRESIDENT

WHERE: Recreation CenterWHEN: Oct. 9 and 10

Tips for “suiting up” for an interview, Career Fair edition ARTS: How to standout in the interview process

SPORTS: Football falls to Yale in upset

CAREER FAIR

GRAPHIC BY MEGAN HEDDINGER

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employers want to get to know you, and everything on there should be for a purpose.”

And although LinkedIn is a “great opportunity to present yourself professionally,” Moore said, many other social media platforms lead to oversharing.

“With the growth of social media, employers have so much more access to who you are, not just professionally and not just the things you may want them to know,” Moore said. “They have access to your personal life, your fam-

ily life, anything and every-thing that’s on your Facebook, any kind of Twitter opinions you’ve shared online. It’s all so transparent now; students need to be aware of every little thing they post.”

Moore recommends students check their privacy settings if they haven’t yet.

Cuesta College child devel-opment sophomore Darby Debnarski says she and most of her friends from Cuesta and Cal Poly are very aware of their privacy settings.

“We have all gone out of our way to put all of our social media stuff on private,” she said. “But, most importantly,

we make it where you can’t search our names, especially before interviews.”

Moore also says students should think before they post.

“Employers have the liberty to look and make whatever judge-ments they want,” Moore said.

Career Services is available to help students outline ré-sumés and online portfolios, Moore said. If networking goes well, there are comput-ers available for Skype in-terviews in Career Services. And at the career fair, Career Services will have a LinkedIn photo shoot stop so students get their pictures taken while dressed in business attire.

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news 2 Monday, October 7, 2013

teed an interview, students need to impress employers during the few minutes they may have with them at the networking session, Shibata said. Students must be able to “sell themselves” by explaining their major, what experience they have and how the work they have done is ap-plicable to the company they’re interested in, he said.

“It’s a skill, just like interview-ing,” Shibata said. “The more you do it, the more comfortable you feel, and the better you’ll do at it.”

For many students, the job fair could be the only chance they have to build relation-ships with a potential em-ployer. Though it’s easy to be overwhelmed by the chaos, students should be “focused and aggressive” when talking to employers in order to make the best impression possible, Shibata said.

“Just make sure to have a good, firm handshake, good, eye contact, nice smile,” Shi-bata said. “First impressions do really carry a lot of weight.”

BRANDcontinued from page 1

FAIRcontinued from page 1

Students should make sure to ask questions, be aggressive and explain their skill sets and experience to make a good first impression on employers.

MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO

@CPMustangNews

GRAPHIC BY ANNA HÖRNELL

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What is your pre-interview ritual?

WORD ON THE STREET

“Take lots of calm deep breaths, breathe a couple of times.”

•Andrew Pimentel mechanical engineer-ing junior

“Listening to oldies half an hour before.”

• Jay Nickodemus wine and viticulture junior

“Don my best suit.”

•Minnal Kunnan computer science junior

“Go out and buy new formal attire.”

•Sophia Rosales history freshman

“Talk to myself and go through a set of questions and say them out loud.”

•Bailey Hamblin English junior

“I tried to get friends to interview me for practice.”

•Chelsea French graphic communica-tion senior

Monday, October7, 2013 news 3

Are actions of misconduct committed off campus as sig-nificant as those committed on campus?

Officials at Cal Poly believe so.Director of Student Rights

and Responsibilities Adrienne Miller said anything violating law and potentially threaten-ing the Cal Poly community is significant enough for a stu-dent to be held accountable for — even if the student is not on campus.

“Section B(18) of the Stan-dards for Student Conduct gives the university the au-thority to address off-campus conduct that poses as a sub-stantial threat to the safety of the members of the university community,” Miller said.

B(18), allows the university to address any “any act charge-able as a violation of a federal, state, or local law that poses a substantial threat to the safety or well being of members of the university community.” It has helped university ad-ministrators determine that anything citable, such as an alcohol offense, poses a threat to the university community.

However, instead of us-ing a disciplinary process to confront students who break university policy off campus, Miller is taking a different approach.

The Office of Students Rights and Responsibilities is devel-oping a program for students to participate in educational activities as reprehension for their violations.

Although the workshop is still being designed, it will contain written materials in-tended for student reflection and in-person workshops where students will meet, interact and learn about the impact of their actions on the community.

“Our goal is to have students be more thoughtful about their actions and the effect their actions have on them-selves and others,” Miller said.

A group of students also contributed to the program's formation. The advisory com-mittee consists of seven stu-dents that represent different

groups across campus, such as housing, greek life and As-sociated Students, Inc. Along with giving input throughout the process, they’ve helped fulfill unmet needs of the awareness program by ask-ing fellow students what mat-tered to them.

Part of the program is paid for by the Office of Student Affairs. Once instituted, the workshop will be funded through registration fees paid by participants. Miller hopes the workshop will be fully developed some time this fall quarter.

As the developing process moves forward, the com-mittee is searching for an off-campus coordinator. The coordinator will work out of the Dean of Students' office and will emphasize the edu-cational process, not the con-duct process.

In addition to administering the program off campus, the coordinator will also serve as an aid to help students make the transition from on-cam-pus to off-campus living.

“We hope the off-campus coordinator will help students take community leadership roles that Cal Poly students are capable of taking,” Miller said.

Under the new program, students charged with off-campus misconduct of behav-ior are given the opportunity to choose a resolution. If they accept the legitimacy of the citation, they go through the educational process. Howev-er, if they dispute it, they can appeal through the student conduct process, and will be charged with section B(18) if found guilty. This triggers the standard infraction process.

University Police Chief George Hughes believes the program is a great step towards student success and safety.

“As with any problem you’re dealing with, strict enforce-ment is not always the best approach,” Hughes said. “Our goal here in this institution is student success and I think (the way) to help them reach that, if they make some poor decision — off campus or on campus — is to look at an educational way to change be-havior.”

Currently, University Po-lice Department (UPD) as-sists San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) in handling off-campus behav-ior by working together to patrol areas. When a large amount of partying and so-cial disorder occurs on off-campus neighborhoods (such as during major events like move-in week and Hallow-een) they collaborate to work “efficiently and effectively,” Hughes said.

SLOPD reports all off-cam-pus crime — including all ar-rests, citations and actions of misconduct — to Cal Poly via a daily log.

SLOPD recently installed a camera on the corner of Bond and Hathway. This is for the general safety of the com-munity rather than a result of off-campus behavior policies, SLOPD Captain and Public Information Officer Chris Staley said.

“During events like Poly Royal and Mardi Gras, civil unrests and riots occur in that area more frequent,” he said.

Although UPD has no con-trol over off-campus cameras, Hughes said that cameras are simply used as an investiga-tive tool.

“The use of any security camera can be to determine behavior, but it can also help capture events that are oc-curring … not to invade in privacy, but to protect what’s going on there,” he said. “If crime does occur, then we have a tool for that camera to identify exactly when, where,

maybe identify suspects and evidence in the case.”

Staley said students' off-campus actions are of partic-ular significance to SLOPD.

“We all live in this commu-nity. Behaviors still impact the reputation for the com-munity to embrace Cal Poly as a whole,” he said.

Hughes agreed.“This is our community —

whether you’re on campus or off ... we have the respon-sibility to the community wellbeing,” Hughes said. “If that is holding (students) responsible for their actions when we can and using any tool that we can to change negative behavior, I think it’s our responsibility as campus administrators to do that.”

SUHA SAYA @suhasaya

Cal Poly administration will address off-campus behavior

“When any Mustang or any student at Cal Poly dies, it has an impact,” Colombini said. “Everyone responds in dif-ferent ways to different life events, and overall the Cal Poly community has to watch out for one another.”

Inamori, a 24-year-old Cal Poly graduate living in Moun-tain View, passed away on Aug. 29.

Rhodes, a rising physics sophomore, died on August 10 and lived in Danville.

Crowe, from Ramona, had enrolled at Cal Poly and par-ticipated in Week of Wel-come last year before taking a medical leave of absence to deal with his sarcoma, a form of cancer.

Powers died on Sept. 25 shortly after beginning his third year in agriculture sys-tems management.

Biomedical engineering se-nior Stefan Wagner died June 19, but his parents chose not

to include him in the public memorial, Colombini said.

“It’s difficult to have a me-morial for one person, let alone four,” Colombini said. “We contacted all the families to make sure it was OK, what they were looking for and what they would like.”

Cal Poly has lost eight stu-dents since July 2012, with the others being Brett Ol-son, Giselle Ayala, Brandon Huang and Jacob Van Staa-veren.

Students who wish to hon-or the deceased can join in the candlelight vigil Mon-day night, which Colombini helped organize on Facebook.

Rhodes’ memory was hon-ored at the first Another Type of Groove of the year. He fre-quented the monthly Multi-Cultural Center poetry event as a freshman.

Powers’ Pi Kappa Alpha brothers celebrated his life with a charity barbeque Sun-day. All donated money went to a mental health and suicide prevention foundation the Powers’ family selected.

The fraternity will also have a memorial service in UU 220

specifically for Powers after the main event.

Before Cal Poly, graphic com-munications senior Juana Villa was crossing the Tijuana border twice a day to attend San Diego City College while living in Mexico. The U.S. Border Patrol recognized her face after a short amount of time, she said.

Last month, Villa was recog-nized by the California State University Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement for continuing to develop her English language skills while enrolled in her university classes.

“I came to the U.S. four years ago and started learning English,” she said. “I was really obsessed with learning Eng-lish: I’d watch movies, watch ‘Friends.’ When I came to the U.S. I went to an adult school to learn English for free.”

It was also at San Ysidro Adult School in San Ysidro, Calif. where Villa obtained a high school diploma and then applied to Cal Poly.

“I wanted to go to Cal Poly because it’s hard to get in,” Vil-la said. “I wanted to prove to my adviser that it’s not hard.”

Since starting Cal Poly in Fall 2012, Villa has since be-come fluent in English, but is still adjusting to the culture, she said.

Graphic communication as-sociate professor Brian Lawler said Villa works hard for her accomplishments and honors the department in everything she does.

“She’s absolutely a delight-ful person to have in class and she’s got lots of promise,” Lawler said. “She’s certainly worthy of that award.”

Lawler said Villa speaks perfect English, and he sus-pects that most of her fellow students don’t know she also speaks Spanish.

Villa currently takes 18 units a quarter and is expecting to graduate in December 2014. What she’s learned from her experience is she could have never known if she was able to come to Cal Poly if she didn’t try, she said.

“Looking back I don’t know how I did it, honestly,” she said. “I don’t know if I would be able to do it again, and I don’t want to do it again. No way. When you are in a situ-ation and you want some-thing, you manage your way. I kept telling myself it will end soon.”

Our goal is to have students be more thoughtful about their

actions and the effect their actions have on themselves and others.

ADRIENNE MILLERDIRECTOR OF STUDENT RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILITIES

VIGIL continued from page 1

CSU honors graphic communication

senior Juana Villa

Students charged with a violation of federal, state or local law that threatens the community will have to participate in educational activities aimed to change illegal behavior.

MUSTANG NEWS FILE PHOTO

LEXI SCOTT@CPMustangNews

COURTESY PHOTO

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arts 4 Monday, October 7, 2013

Dress for successWhile the career fair may be serious business, one of the first questions running through your head is prob-ably a bit more superficial: “What am I going to wear?”

Before you panic, keep in mind that brains — not beau-ty — should shine through to land you a job or internship. However, the way you pres-ent yourself has a significant impact on the way prospec-tive employers see you.

When meeting with re-cruiters at the career fair, the go-to dress code has tradi-tionally been professional. But that brings up even more questions. What exactly con-

stitutes “professional?” How can you keep a sense of style in the meantime?

Do: Keep it simple

Depending on the formality of the interview, “professional” can mean a few things.

Some interviews are more ca-sual, the degree of which can be determined by looking at what type of company you are inter-viewing with.

Casual wear can simply mean dressing up a nice pair of jeans. City and regional planning se-nior Thomas Vogt said he likes to pair a polo or long-sleeved button-down shirt with jeans.

“It’s something that puts you up against the rest, something that makes you

look and feel smart while still being casual,” Vogt said.

Some interviews abide by a business-casual dress code, which is a slight step up from casual. Slacks and dress shoes are more appropriate for business casual, but you don’t need a full suit.

“Usually, I would go with a khaki or chino and a button-up,” Vogt said. “You can dress it up by wearing a solid color or make it more casual by wearing a pat-tern. It’s really versatile and it’s comfortable, but gives off a look of responsibility.”

Many students choose to play it safe by sticking to a professional dress code for the career fair — this means ton-ing down personal flair. Vogt said he tries to stick to basic

colors such as navy or gray and let the suit speak for itself.

“You can show off your own personal flair with your tie, but it’s a good idea to keep within normal conservative means and colors, especially if you aren’t used to business wear,” Vogt said. “It will show that you pay attention to de-tails and are generally put-together, plus it never fails to make you feel confident and in control.”

Don’t: Be afraid to stand out

Business administration senior Melanie Ulrich has some expe-rience in dressing for an intern-ship — she spent the summer as an intern for Union Bank in San Francisco. The key to maintain-

ing a sense of style while dress-ing professionally, Ulrich said, is to keep a balance.

“You can wear what you want, really,” Ulrich said. “It’s still fash-ion and it’s still a sense of style, so you can play around with it.”

Vogt said one way to do this is to play with colors and patterns, but keep a classic silhouette.

“Once you have a base, you can add flairs of color that make you stand out, but you can still be formal enough to fit in,” Vogt said.

Do: Pay attention to how things fit

Even if your outfit is the height of professionalism, nothing will work if it doesn’t fit correctly. Vogt emphasized

that fit is the most important aspect of dressing well.

“It’s very easy, especially with professional clothing, to wear something that looks profes-sional but doesn’t fit right,” Vogt said. “And that just can-cels out the professional look you were going for.”

Don’t: Panic

Dress appropriately, but re-member you’re trying to get hired based off your skills, not your looks. Going in with confidence and knowl-edge can get you further than any outfit.

“It’s really just about being clean-cut,” Ulrich said. “It just comes down to making an effort.”

LAURA PEZZINI@lauramariepez

CASUAL BUSINESS CASUAL PROFESSIONAL

Polo or button-up shirt

Dark wash jeans

Khakis or slacks

Dress shoes

A nice suit (pay attention

to fit)

Tailored pants

Blouse or cardigan

Flats or dressy sandals

A blazer

Skirt or slacks

Traditional colors

Pattern or pop of color

Slacks

Flats

PHOTOS BY DAVID JANGGRAPHICS BY VICTORIA CHAU

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Cal Poly’s Fall Career Fair is here once again, sending students into frenzies about how to dress, what to say and how to shake a hand. Their interactions with potential employers at the career fair could fling open doors to a successful future — or not.

To make the most of the ca-reer fair, participating students should consider game plans for job interview preparation, ex-ecution and follow-up. The first step is to dust off and polish up the old résumé, Cal Poly Career Counselor Carole Moore said.

“A résumé is basically your shot within the first ten or fif-teen seconds to get whoever’s reading it to get really interested in you as an applicant,” she said.

Students should ensure their résumé’s “past education” and “work experience” sections are

readable and up to date, she said. More importantly, how-ever, they should make sure the “skills” section is appropri-ate for their targeted job field.

“That’s a very dynamic part of your résumé,” Moore said. “It changes all the time.”

Psychology senior Josh Call endured the interview process on his way to becoming a Cal Poly library research assistant technician and librarian stu-dent assistant. Tailoring his résumé to the position was a crucial factor, he said.

“There are things in your education or experience that might not be particularly rele-vant,” he said. “That would just come off as bloat to the people looking over your résumé.”

Once the résumé is ready to go, students should get ready for a face-to-face interaction with employers. They should dress professionally and pre-

pare answers for the questions employers are likely to ask, Moore said.

“You always want to be as professional as you possibly can,” she said.

Students can’t control every-thing about a job interview, but they can control how they pres-ent themselves, Moore said.

“Having a nice handshake, looking people in the eye, re-membering people’s names, following up with a thank-you note, making sure your social media is professional and rep-resents you in the best possible way — those are things you can control,” she said.

No one knows the exact ques-tions an employer will ask, but most questions fall into one of three categories, Moore said. The first category is descrip-tive: The question essentially asks, “Tell me about yourself.” The second category inquires

about the interviewee’s weak-nesses. The third consists of fun questions, such as, “What’s your favorite movie?”

The weakness category is often the most difficult, Moore said.

“Never, ever undermine your credibility in any of your an-swers,” she said. “But you do want to be authentic.”

The best way to answer such questions is with a character-istic, such as leadership, the interviewee would like to work on, she said.

Some interviewers employ unconventional interview tac-tics which require special prep-aration. For example, biological sciences sophomore Emily San-tor was part of a group inter-view for an internship.

One of the best ways to stand out in a group interview is to dress well, Santor said.

“Definitely be dressed in ap-propriate wear,” she said. “Be-

cause they’re probably going to disregard the people who look like they don’t care.”

Group interviewees should know how to make their past experience catch the employer’s eye, she said.

“You have to think of things that are pertinent to what they’re looking for, like work experience or leadership expe-rience,” she said. “Even if you just flipped burgers over the summer, you can think about all the positive things, like hard work, or teamwork, or learning how to listen to direc-tions.”

The next interview for the internship required Santor to come up with questions for the employer. It was the more difficult of the two inter-views, she said. To prepare, she talked to people involved in business about what she should ask an interviewer.

“You have to come up with a lot of questions, and then when you strike on one, don’t be afraid to keep going with it even if it wasn’t on your list,” she said. “Because if you go based off your planned questions, you might get stiff conversation. The best interviews just feel like regular conversations.”

After their interviews, students should immediately send the employers thank-you emails, Moore said.

The email should communi-cate the message, “I really ap-preciated talking to you, I’m really excited about your spe-cific project and I would be the perfect candidate,” Moore said.

Even if the interview is a to-tal flop, she said, a thank-you email is still in order.

“Everything’s an opportu-nity,” she said. “Anything bad you do, believe it or not, can turn out to be a good thing.”

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The Cal Poly football team blew a 10-7 halftime lead, as the Mustangs were outscored 17-0 in the second half of Saturday’s game against Yale at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. The meeting was the first between a Big Sky Conference and Ivy League school.

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The Cal Poly men’s soccer team split two home matches this weekend, defeating UC Riverside 5-1 on Friday, but falling 1-0 to Cal State Ful-lerton on Sunday. The Mus-tangs ceded the lone goal of the match on a penalty kick after senior defender Connor Drechsler (right) was shown a yellow card in the 11th-min-ute for taking a Titan forward down in the box.

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The Cal Poly women’s soccer team won its Big West Conference opener against Long Beach State on Friday, but lost the weekend finale 4-3 to UC Irvine on Sunday.

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Eric Stubben is a mechanical engineering sophomore and Mustang News conservative columnist. These views do not necessarily reflect the opinion or editorial coverage of Mus-tang News.

For the seventeenth time since 1977, the United States federal government is experiencing a partial shutdown. But it isn’t the first time Republicans and Democrats are at odds to de-cide who is at fault.

I’ll start with the facts: This is the first government shutdown since a 21-day shutdown dur-ing the Clinton administration spanning between 1995 and 1996. Twelve of the past seven-teen shutdowns were during a time when at least one cham-ber of Congress was of the op-posing party of the president. The other five shutdowns oc-curred during the Carter ad-ministration, when Democrats controlled the House, Senate and the presidency.

The current shutdown is filled with questions and un-fulfilled answers as the “blame game” continues to be played between the Republicans and the Democrats. With President Barack Obama’s out-of-control spending and another taxpayer-funded “en-titlement” in the form of the Affordable Care Act (Obam-acare) about to be unveiled in full, Republicans passed a bill through the House using the negative public opinion of Obamacare as leverage. They offered a budget bill that delayed Obamacare’s rollout

by one year while raising the debt ceiling. Supporting the president, Democrats soundly rejected the offer in the Sen-ate, and with a stall in negoti-ations, the United States sunk into a government shutdown.

Was it wise for Republi-cans to try to defund Obam-acare this early? Probably not. Obama vowed multiple times he would veto any bill that defunded his signature health-care act, even if the House and Senate negotiated a deal. And with Democratic Senate Ma-jority Leader Harry Reid and Republican Speaker of the House John Boehner’s rela-tionship in Congress, a nego-tiation surely wasn’t going to be made.

Past the constant bantering back and forth lays the false premise of the liberal side of the argument. By calling out Republicans as being “on a ji-had” against Obamacare and blaming the entire shutdown on John Boehner and Ted Cruz, Democrats hide the truth behind the issue.

No, Obamacare would not be the first major program to be defunded. While many Democrats resort to calling it “the law of the land,” the real-ity is that the people who make and change laws are none other than the United States congressmen. When laws be-come outdated or unpopular, it is Congress’ job to repeal or amend them.

In the 1960s, Congress ap-proved funding “police action” against the rise of communism with only two votes against it.

After nearly 60,000 casualties and the “police action” esca-lating into the Vietnam War, Congress quickly defunded the war. Although Obamacare is a far cry from Vietnam, the same model for defunding can be used in the event of an extremely unpopular result after implementation.

No, the Affordable Care Act is not popular with Americans. The latest Gal-lup Poll reported 49 percent of Americans disapprove of the law with only 41 percent approval, only 24 percent of Americans say it will improve their healthcare situation, and an overwhelming 38 percent say Obamacare will make it worse. By turning a shoulder to the opinion of Americans, Obama is ignoring a simple principle of democracy: He works for the people and must respect the interests of the American people.

And no, Obamacare will not help businesses — corporate or local. Delta Airlines estimated the new healthcare bill will cost them $100 million each year and they’ll need to cut employ-ees’ hours below 30 per week to avoid paying them benefits. It’s a lose-lose situation.

Universal healthcare’s effect on the economy will be seen across the board and far more severe than a government shutdown. In fact, during the last government shutdown, the S&P 500 fell 3.7 percent before bouncing back to see a 10.5 percent gain the next month after a budget deal was reached. With the implemen-

tation of Obamacare comes increased transportation pric-es, leading to increased food prices and a higher demand on the agricultural sector to try to produce more crops to offset the higher costs.

Many conservatives see the shutdown as less of an Obamacare issue and more of a spending issue. The Demo-crats’ unwillingness to put forward a balanced budget is alarming. What’s even more alarming is where the funds of the shutdown have been allo-cated. Closing national parks and barring the public from visiting veterans’ war memori-als certainly can’t be the most important things we cut. And maybe, just maybe, by fur-loughing “less important” gov-ernment positions during the shutdown, the current admin-istration will reduce the size of our government in an attempt to cut spending.

To end my column, I’ll leave you with a quote from Obama

that reflects his incredible ability to deflect blame on others for his administration’s problems: “Of all the respon-sibilities the constitution en-dows to Congress, two should be fairly simple: pass a budget and pay America’s bills.”

Bold words from the man whose last budget proposal was two months late and left a $744 billion deficit. Now that Obamacare has been imple-mented, Republicans can fo-cus on allowing the debt ceil-ing to be raised in exchange for spending cuts. Once a deal is reached and the shutdown is over, then Republicans can focus on forcing Americans to face the facts and begin to defund Obamacare.

Although the shutdown and Obamacare may not directly affect many of us here at Cal Poly, we must pay attention to this pivotal moment in Amer-ican history, as it could change the course of the country for generations to come.

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field goal as time expired in the second quarter. It was his longest made field goal in a Cal Poly uniform and gave the Mustangs their 10-7 ad-vantage at the break.

But in the third quarter, Alcaraz’s penalty led to a Yale field goal while, later in the period, Smith-Johnson’s miscue helped the Bulldogs tack on seven more points to extend the lead to 17-10.

Brown’s second intercep-tion of the day was then cashed in on Yale’s ensuing possession. Quarterback Henry Furman found Chris Smith for a 28-yard touch-down catch with 3:24 left to ice the game. Brown was also picked off on a pass intended for junior wide receiver Wil-lie Tucker on the Yale 6-yard line in the second quarter.

“They didn’t beat us up,” senior defensive tackle Sul-livan Grosz said. “We made our own mistakes. I really don’t think they’re the better

team, but they played better today.”

Cal Poly’s lone touchdown

came in the first quarter when junior fullback Bran-don Howe broke out for a 33-yard run up the middle for a score.

An illegal shift penalty late in the third quarter negated a touchdown throw to fresh-man receiver Cam Akins that would have tied the game at 17.

To pour salt on the wound for Cal Poly, the Mustangs’ leading receiver Tucker went down in the second quarter with an apparent injury. He got up under his own power after several minutes of delay, but was nursing his left knee as he came off the sidelines.

Before being taken out, Tucker was averaging 17 yards per catch on 18 total grabs for the Mustangs.

Cal Poly will try to bounce back next weekend with a Big Sky Conference matchup against Weber State. Kickoff in Alex G. Spanos Stadium is set for 6:05 p.m.

“We don’t lose at home,” Grosz said. “That’s one thing that we always preach and it’ll be interesting to see how some of the young players and some of the old players come back from this week.

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In its last three games entering Saturday’s contest against Yale, the Cal Poly football team had been outscored in the first half by a combined score of 82-17. The Mustangs found a groove in the second half in each of those contests, two of which came against Football Bowl Subdivi-sion (FBS) schools, as they out-

scored the opposition 63-26.But against their first Ivy

League opponent in program history, that trend was turned on its head.

The Mustangs led 10-7 at halftime before getting shut out in the second half as Cal Poly dropped a 24-10 decision to Yale in Alex G. Spanos Stadium.

“We came out slow,” sopho-more quarterback Chris Brown said. “That’s the repercussions

of coming out slow and trying to be a second-half team.”

Instead of the Mustangs find-ing their characteristic spark in the final two quarters, it was Yale that held the advantage in the second half. But the Mustangs helped Yale get there.

Cal Poly (2-3, 1-0 Big Sky) turned the ball over four times and amassed nine penalties for 91 yards. Two penalties in par-ticular, an unnecessary rough-

ness charge on senior defensive end Andrew Alcaraz and an unsportsmanlike conduct on senior cornerback Vante Smith-Johnson gave Yale (3-0, 1-0 Ivy League) automatic first downs on third-down situations. Those plays eventually led to Yale scor-ing drives.

“I’ll give a lot of praise to Yale,” head coach Tim Walsh said. “They played a good football game. They played mistake-

free and capitalized on all the mistakes that we made — and we made enough. We probably made more than we did all of last season in one game.”

Yale, making only its third trip to California in program history, pulled away with a back-breaking touchdown late in the fourth quarter af-ter Brown’s pass was inter-cepted near midfield. Brown was also charged with four

fumbles on the day — one of which was lost.

“I just played with slow eyes and that was the repercussions of that,” he said. “I should have just trusted my reads a lot more and trusted my eyes.”

Cal Poly looked to be en-tering the second half on a positive note as senior kicker Bobby Zalud nailed a 53-yard

Yale upsets Cal Poly, 24-10

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