Featuring all local news and sports for the week of April 9-13 from the studios of Cal Poly Television.
Yearly Archives: 2012
Posted inSports
Mustang teams prepare for season-defining matchups
With Open House taking most of the weekend spotlight, both softball and men’s tennis will still compete on campus, while the baseball team travels to Southern California for a three-game series. Men’s Tennis The Cal Poly men’s tennis team competes in its final home match of the season on Sunday against Fresno State at 11 […]
Posted inNews
Bicycle Coalition aims to spread biking awareness
City and regional planning senior Sloan Campi refuses to use his 2000 Jeep Grand Cherokee, given to him as a gift, as his main method of transportation. Rather, the vehicle he prefers has two wheels, two fenders, a cracked, powder blue paint job and the words “Schwinn Speedster” written in white lettering on its side. […]
Posted inSports
How Twitter changes the way we watch
Editor’s Column My dad and I had a Saturday ritual before I left for Cal Poly. Every Saturday afternoon in the fall, we would go for a run in the morning having recorded all the big college football games that day. By the time we got back, showered, ate breakfast and took care of a […]
Posted inColumns, Opinion
The agony of 'Out Of Touch' politics
Sooner or later, every American incumbent is eventually called “out of touch” — just as all flowers are eventually called pretty and all Cal Poly professors are eventually accused of inflating their own PolyRatings. When elected politicians are accused of this crime, it is usually the case that some appeal to populism was originally intended, […]
Posted inNews
Rodeo club ropes in the competition
Natalie Dinges slowly lowers herself onto the back of the bull for the first time. Firmly taking the rope in her left hand, she finds her balance and raises her right hand to signal she’s ready to go. The gate swings open and the steer charges, kicking his back legs until Dinges flies off the […]
Posted inOpinion
Miscommunication Daily
Journalism has a problem. It’s not the lack of money (though that does definitely exist). It’s not that technology is changing media (though, again, this is also true). It’s that in general, nobody understands what we do, not even us at times. Some more cynical people’s understanding of journalism involves sneaky reporters interviewing good, honest, hardworking […]
Posted inFeatures
Rain, rain go away — Annual Tractor Pull dependent on weather
A select group of Cal Poly students can be found on any given day dedicating their hours to pushing the pedal to the floor, ripping up dirt and hauling a giant sled across a dirt field until their multi-engine tractor cannot go any further. These students will be featured at Cal Poly’s 33rd Annual Truck and Tractor […]
Posted inNews
Recreation Center orders new lime green towels
Towels at the Cal Poly Recreation Center have been gradually disappearing since they first appeared a month after the gym’s opening. There are approximately 150 towels remaining out of the original 2,000, University Union Advisory Board (UUAB) chair Karen Mesrobian said. “It was not something we foresaw as being an issue,” Mesrobian said. English freshmen Christian […]
Posted inNews
Grand stoplights activated by next week
The often blind intersection at Grand Avenue and Abbot Street will soon be regulated by a stoplight. Traffic lights, street lights and “signalized” crosswalks are being installed on the intersection in order to reduce congestion of traffic flow coming off the freeway and to make the intersection a safer place for drivers and pedestrians, traffic […]
Posted inColumns, Opinion
There's always something to enjoy at Avila Valley Barn
One of my favorite memories as a kid was going to a local farm during the summer to pick berries with my family — we’d each take a box and pick until we couldn’t carry any more. As a result, I’ve really come to love the idea of farms that invite people to come out […]