Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Halloween festivities just got a little spookier. Instead of carving pumpkins in the well-lit, dry safety of their own homes, local divers took to the seas and carved pumpkins in the bone-chilling dark green waters of Morro Bay, participating in local dive shop SLO Ocean Currents’ annual “Underwater Pumpkin Carving Contest” at […]
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Play gives voice to formerly incarcerated people
Allison Montroy allisonmontroy.md@gmail.com A policeman stands menacingly on the linoleum floor. In front of him a woman sits in a plastic white chair. The woman looks down. He demands to know if she committed the murder. Everything around them is silent. To their right lies a stack of cots and blankets, to their left a […]
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Zipping over Santa Margarita Ranch
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net There it stood before me: 1,300 feet of wire, the “Renegade,” 200 feet above the valley ground and the only way to the other side. Harness tightened, helmet buckled, gloves on, carabiner clipped and locked. “Front clipped, back is black, safety is on and you’re secure in your harness,” my guide, Graham, […]
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Greeks gone royal: the passing of the crown
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Business administration senior Heather Hays walked the field as royalty a year ago. Cal Poly royalty, that is. A member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, Hays spent her 2011 homecoming weekend as the Orfalea College of Business homecoming princess. A year later, Hays is passing […]
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SLO 5-0: Oct. 3 to Oct. 9
Wednesday, Oct. 3 10:28 a.m. A theft was reported in the H-12 parking lot. 4:24 p.m. A theft was reported in Yosemite Hall, Tower 1. 7:42 p.m. A narcotics code violation occurred in the Huasna building of Poly Canyon Village. 9:58 p.m. A narcotics code violation occurred in the Inyo building of Poly Canyon Village. […]
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Carville and Matalin: holding hands across the aisle
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net James Carville and Mary Matalin are proof opposites do attract. But they do not always agree. In fact, this staunch Democrat and steadfast Republican, respectively, love to debate — and will onstage Oct. 14 at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC), just in time for the November elections. “James and Mary are very […]
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CLANG, CLANG, CLANG: downtown trolley loses riders, funding
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo’s Old Town Trolley might not be going “ding, ding, ding” down Monterey Street for much longer. A common sight for downtown San Luis Obispo visitors since July 1990, the trolley’s ridership has decreased in recent years, causing the Promotional Coordinating Committee (PCC) to pull funding on the attraction. For […]
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Gallery gets hopping after dark
Friday nights in downtown San Luis Obispo are not just for bar hopping. Once a month, ARTS Obispo organizes “Art After Dark” — happening this Friday 6-9 p.m. — where local venues open their doors late and share art, giving the community a chance to “gallery hop” downtown for free. The event, currently in its 14th […]
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Lunchtime deli-ghts: SLO’s sandwich hotspots
We hope you brought a big appetite; here’s a list of SLO’s best sandwich spots in town.
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Drinking for charity: Students raise funds for global literacy
When it comes to money, college students have little to spare — unless it’s Thursday night at the bars in downtown San Luis Obispo. That is what sparked the idea for “Beers for Books,” where people buy drinks for a different purpose: global literacy. Held at Creeky Tiki Grill on May 17, the event was […]
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Senior architecture students ‘unfold’ thesis work
After a final year of classes, studio time, teamwork building and project designing, architecture seniors will join together one last time to exhibit their senior design projects at the ninth annual Chumash Architecture Show, which showcases fifth year architecture students’ theses, starting Friday. This year’s show, “Unfold,” is a way for all 160 fifth-year architecture […]