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Celebrating a cultural icon

MTV has launched a month-long campaign commemorating the 20th anniversary of the “Yo! MTV Raps” music show’s premiere. The program is praised by much of the hip-hop industry as the first to bring such music to the masses.

The celebration includes all mediums in the MTV network – television, radio, the Internet and mobile phone access – and features new and old “Yo! MTV Raps” programming as retrospective hubs in honor of the program.

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Cal Poly Water Ski Club to host 2009 NCWSA Championship

The Cal Poly Water Ski Club was recently awarded the host site for the 2009 National Collegiate Water Ski Association (NCWSA) National Championship, giving the reborn program further recognition in the national collegiate water ski arena.

“This is an excellent opportunity for us to continue to prove to the water ski community that we have what it takes to perform on a national level, both behind a boat as well as on the shore running an event,” club president Kyle Desautels said in a statement.

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Mustangs fail to balance conference record

The Cal Poly men’s basketball team failed to capitalize on an opportunity to reach .500 in conference play on Saturday night, falling to Pacific 68-47.

Trailing 31-29 at halftime, the Mustangs were outscored 37-18 in the second half. The loss, which was their 10th by double digits this season, guaranteed that Cal Poly can’t earn a top-four seed in the Big West Conference Tournament, and thus won’t have a first-round bye.