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Cal Poly loses heartbreaker on final play
This story was posted at 6:57 p.m. Pacific Standard Time, Saturday, Nov. 22. MADISON, Wis. – The words “Cal Poly” were about to enter sports fans’ collective consciousness right next to “Appalachian State.” Just like in the Mountaineers’ season-opening shocker over Michigan last season, the Mustangs’ attempt to stun Wisconsin on Saturday night came down to a kick.
Youth ballet takes Cal Poly stage
The dancers of American Ballet Theatre II will sashay their way onto the Performing Arts Center’s stage tonight.
ABT II prepares young dancers ages 16 through 20 to enter the professional world of ballet, whether it be within the American Ballet Theatre or another renowned company.
And the show goes on
With 62 years of production, the San Luis Obispo Little Theatre (SLOLT) is one of the oldest continuously running community theatres in the nation. And although it may be small in size, the theatre has a giant impact on the community.
Since 1947, more than 400 productions have been staged in more than 20 locations around the county, said president of the SLOLT Board of Directors Marylin Blake.
Non-traditional students 'do their own thing'
Chances are you’ve shared a class with at least one of them.
Sometimes they sit hunkered down over a book in the library, brows focused and intent on learning the material, and most of the time aloof to the clucking pack of sorority girls or hooting fraternity boys that just walked by.
Cal Poly faces toughest test in program history
At Monday’s weekly Cal Poly athletics news conference, a reporter asked senior quarterback Jonathan Dally what he and the Mustangs wanted to accomplish this weekend.
On its face, the question seemed to have merit.
The Mustangs, ranked third in the Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA), virtually guaranteed an at-large playoff berth with last week’s 51-28 win over UC Davis.
FBS looking at FCS counterparts with more respect
USA Today deemed it “unfathomable.”
According to Lindy’s 2008 College Football Preview, longtime contributor Dennis Dodd said “the biggest upset in history” was “David’s kid sister beating Goliath.”
And for the entire college football world, Appalachian State’s 2007 season-opening, 34-32 win at Michigan opened eyes.
Welfare states bail out irresponsible businesses
Yesterday, the Dow dropped below 8,000 points. On Tuesday, the executives of the Big Three automobile manufacturers pleaded for a $25 billion “lifeline.” Months ago, the American people were sold the idea of a $700 billion bailout to buy the “toxic loans” that are plaguing the market.
Letters to the Editor
Promoting diversity has not resulted in tolerance of differences
As one who considers himself socially progressive and tolerant of differences, I find the message delivered by the crops house students to be incompatible with my personal beliefs (if it was not a joke).
Obama is reinventing the spirit of the New Deal
In my last column, I was particularly negative toward the Republican Party’s trickle-down economics tax policy. I have been asked to explain how increasing taxes on the wealthy and giving a tax rebate to those who are too poor to pay income tax is not socialism.
Library exhibition displays geographic software technology
Although the term geographic information systems (GIS) may sound foreign to most, chances are, they’ve used GIS in the last week or even day.
The software program responsible for the popular Google Maps and Google Earth, as well as Cal Poly’s campus map, can also be utilized in countless ways for students and professionals alike.