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Cal Poly administrators, students and past and present Mustang Daily reporters and editors gathered on Wednesday afternoon in the newsroom to celebrate the 90th anniversary of the newspaper’s publication. A special edition of the newspaper was printed for Wednesday in which articles and ads from the last 90 years were reprinted along with commentaries by the reporters that covered the events.

The Peace Corps co-sponsored a barbecue at Cal Poly’s Ag Circle Wednesday, hoping to recruit agriculture students and promote HIV/AIDS awareness.

Alpha Zeta, the agricultural leadership fraternity, co-sponsored the event with the Peace Corps.

Alpha Zeta chancellor and agricultural communications junior Kelly Bishop said the chapter wanted do the barbecue as a fundraiser, as community service and to shed light on the Peace Corps’ presence on campus.

Can you imagine not only reporting and editing a college newspaper, but also printing it on a machine that requires each letter to be manually placed in a matrix? That was the case for editor Roy Brophy when former Cal Poly President Robert Kennedy came to the university in 1940 as adviser of the California Polytechnic.

While many young Americans were sent overseas to fight in World War II, Cal Poly did its best to help in the wartime effort.

From 1940 to 1943, the university began emergency training programs in industrial arts for special war-related jobs for both men and women.

A recent study indicates that the United States is falling behind in the global race to educate young adults and workers.

The National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education released its fourth report in the biennial series, “Measuring Up 2006: The National Report Card on Higher Education,” in early September of this year.

Stephen Schulte is the kind of Cal Poly student who goes to the store to buy “a couple brews” and then plays golf with his buddies on a late Monday afternoon. He’s also the kind of brother and best friend who will drive to Petaluma to practice with his best friends and younger brother for their band.

The Women’s Shelter Program of San Luis Obispo County and a team of art and design students combined efforts to generate this month’s “Beat the Punch” campaign, a violence preventative program soliciting the alliance of the community’s young men.

“The point is to create a dialogue on campus and in the community about domestic violence prevention,” said Lindsey Dunn of the Women’s Shelter Program and “Beat the Punch” project coordinator.

A conglomerate of unlikely team players is coming together today for a regional community summit called Smart Energy Solutions at San Luis Obispo Vets Hall.

Patricia Wilmore, vice president of the Chamber of Commerce, said they are expecting a wide range of participants because of the variety of sponsors, including Cal Poly Renewable Energy Institute, Coast National Bank, SLO Green Build and PG & E.

From meat to martial arts and plastics to printing, Cal Poly offers one-of-a-kind classes for any major