Declan Molony is a 2021 Cal Poly graduate. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. My senior year of high school I attended the Cal Poly Rodeo. It was filled with horseback jumps, obstacle courses, drunk college students stumbling about the ring, and an incredible half-time show with motorcycle flips off of massive […]
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Taxes for dummies — also known as college students
You hear all the time from students they’d wish school would teach them important things like how taxes work. Well, here’s exactly that on a basic level: Let’s say you’re about to graduate from Cal Poly and have found a job that pays $50,000 (the average starting salary for college grads). Let’s take a look […]
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Investing for dummies — also known as college students
Declan Molony is a business administration senior and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Among the many shortcomings of the American education system is the knowledge on how to invest. Only 55% of Americans are invested in the stock market and just because they are, it doesn’t mean […]
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Opinion: How Reddit users “Occupied Wall Street”
If you happened to be on the Internet at all last week, you might have seen that Reddit users outsmarted a multi-billion dollar hedge fund. What the? Without going too much into the nitty-gritty financial details, a hedge fund named Melvin Capital was short-selling GameStop’s stock, called GME. Normally when you buy a stock, if […]
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Can your beliefs cause you pain? Yes.
Declan Molony is a business administration senior and Mustang News opinion columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. There’s a lot about the world that we don’t know, and our beliefs can help us fill in the gaps. However, our own worldview can potentially be a source of internal anguish. Last week […]
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The Hoof: The greek life community responds to COVID-19
The Hoof is a satire column created to find the humor in the daily life of Cal Poly students. If you’re looking for news, this is not it. If you’re looking for sports, this is kind of it, because we’re having a ball. Ha. Puns. Declan Molony is a business administration senior. The views expressed do […]