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When Cortney Stafford came to Cal Poly on a track-and-field scholarship, she didn’t know what she was getting into as an African American student.
Her team became her support system along with other athletes. She worked on campus and mentored for the Allensworth Mentoring Program, helping African American freshmen adjust to college life.
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team probably shouldn’t have to win the inaugural Big West Conference Tournament to make an appearance in the NCAA Tournament.
“We should get in either way,” Mustangs head coach Paul Holocher said.
He has a case. If they reach the Big West title game, the Mustangs – who haven’t fallen below seventh in the NSCAA Far West Regional rankings this season – would have played their final five contests against ranked opponents.
At Saturday night’s Cal Poly football homecoming game, North Carolina Central probably wished it could go home – and not just because of Cal Poly’s 49-3 win.
Directly above the Eagles’ sideline, about 25 Cal Poly supporters stood shoulder-to-shoulder in the student section, their voices loud, their thunder sticks clapping mightily and their green T-shirts adorned with yellow lettering proclaiming “Throw it to Ramses.
The Cal Poly women’s volleyball team had an opportunity to take back command of the Big West Conference when it entered Mott Gym on Saturday night.
The Mustangs had lost two conference contests in a row, but were just a match behind Big West-leading Long Beach State, the night’s opponent.
Reading a David Sedaris book is like winning some sort of contest. You know that while you are reading it, the guy next to you isn’t, and that makes you a winner. The winner of what exactly, I don’t know. But nonetheless, it is a great feeling of superiority, knowing that in that exact moment of time, you are being let in on a few of Sedaris’s little secrets, while Neglected Nancy over there, well, isn’t.
The Right was dealt a crushing blow to the head recently. Every Republican by now has had to face the bitter news: Obama is the President-elect. Many seem to believe that in consequence of Obama’s victory this election, the Republican Party lost. But as sometimes happens, the obvious is not the whole truth.
In the early 1900s, workers flocked to Detroit for the promise of ‘the good life’ that automobile manufacturing plants could offer. Today, one out of every ten Americans is employed by the auto industry. This is quickly changing as the current economic crisis hits the motor vehicle and parts industries the hardest.
Political science department condemns crops house incident We, the undersigned members of the political science department, are outraged by the racist display at the crops house and believe that it is equally destructive to accept the pretense that the students involved were unaware of the racist and threatening connotations associated with the Confederate flag and a noose.
Award-winning journalist and senior correspondent for PBS’ “The NewsHour with Jim Lehrer,” Ray Suarez, will speak on campus at part of Cal Poly’s Provocative Perspective this Thursday morning during Journalism Week.
A respected journalist with over 30 years of experience, Suarez will discuss how the media plays a role in shaping policy.
Jennifer Titcomb
mustang daily
In the mood for polka music, feasting on German specialties or just need an excuse to wear a dirndl? If the answer is yes then come to Cal Poly’s Oktoberfest.
Oktoberfest will feature traditional German beverages, food, dancing, games, music and of course, yodeling.
Drew Davis, 22, is a local artist who has lived on the Central Coast his entire life. His vividly-colored paintings, as well as drawings, photographs and animations, can be found on his Web site, idrew.typepad.com.
Mustang Daily: What type of art do you do and what medium do you use for your art?
Drew Davis: I do representational and also non-representational (art).
