As my time at Cal Poly comes to a close, I decided it was time to revisit my favorite campus dining foods to see how my memory compares to reality. Over the last week, I tried all my freshman year favorites to determine once and for all: is campus dining actually decent, or was I just desperate for any calories?
Author Archives: Landon Block
Landon Block is the Opinion Editor for Mustang News. He started in journalism as a guest contributor to his high school paper, the SDA Mustang, and has since joined the San Diego Union-Tribune as a Community Voices Project Contributor. His goal is to help people share their passions and inspire others through journalism. He was recognized as the Club Penguin "Penguin of the Day" on October 4, 2013.
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Landon Block | I almost quit Mustang News before I ever started
Most of Mustang News’ staff are journalism majors. They spend every day for years learning how to source, write and edit to produce quality content. It shows up in the great work we do. Not only am I not a journalism major, but I have never even taken a journalism class. I applied to be […]
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Block the Flock: Put our community’s freedom and privacy first
Flock camera systems might be intended to protect our safety, but they are putting us at risk. They enable enhanced surveillance that can be used to target Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo students, families and visitors. Even just partnering with a company like Flock enables the targeting of similar communities across the country.
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Does President Armstrong deserve nine times the base faculty salary?
Our highest administrators are not the ones who need a 20% pay raise. They don’t feel the squeeze of the affordability crisis affecting the Cal State community, especially at Cal Poly. This money should instead be focused on direct student services and base level faculty: two fundamental aspects of the Cal State system that often go overlooked and undervalued.
Posted inOpinion
Mustang News will begin publishing endorsements
This change marks an expansion of Mustang News’ award-winning content to further serve the Cal Poly and San Luis Obispo community through thoughtful, intentional and thoroughly researched recommendations.
Posted inMay Print 25
Why we need opinion journalism
News is objective, but people aren’t. People are messy; we have emotions, biases and, worst of all, opinions. We need the news to reflect what’s going on in the world, but we also need opinion journalism to reflect how people are feeling about it.
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Sen. Schiff’s visit to Cal Poly was a big deal. It deserved bigger promotion
United States Senator Adam Schiff was on Cal Poly’s campus this Tuesday. He also held his first town hall as a senator alongside U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal at Cuesta College that evening. Why were there so few students there?
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Cal Poly must work to protect its students from federal attacks
Cal Poly must continue to ensure that students are free from legal repercussions, especially from the federal government, when they choose to peacefully exercise their constitutional rights.
Posted inSt. Fratty's '25
St. Fratty’s reimagined: What worked, what didn’t, and what’s next
This year’s St. Fratty’s celebrations looked unmistakably different from last year’s. The sea of rowdy celebrators decked in green was transplanted from the streets to an on-campus concert. Sure, there were hiccups, but I’ll be the first to admit that it seems to have worked.
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Did Cal Poly and SLO just set the stage for another St. Fratty’s disaster?
Unfortunately, it’s looking like Cal Poly blew their golden opportunity to reform St. Fratty’s day.
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CSU’s AI move feels less like innovation and more like overreach
The Cal State system is unjustly inserting itself in what should be a classroom-to-classroom dynamic. If professors want to encourage AI use for their assignments, great. If students decide on their own that the benefit is worth $20 a month, great. I believe it is not the Cal State’s place to provide these tools to students without meaningfully consulting faculty.