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Poll shows Poly students prefer Schwarzenegger

Results are in: Cal Poly students want Arnold back. An online Mustang Daily poll shows that 60 percent of the surveyed students will be voting for Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger today, with just 23 percent for Democrat Phil Angelides.

“I think he’s doing a decent job in education,” mechanical engineering sophomore Bruno Caulk said of Schwarzenegger.

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Garden Grille sees changes

Garden Grille will be no more starting in fall 2008. To replace it will be 19 Market Place. The whole purpose of the Garden Grille was to serve as an interim dining place, said Alan Cushman, director of campus dining.

The Garden Grille has barely been around for one year, opening last fall for the first day of classes.

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Spam worm puts student information at risk

About 7,000 students may be affected by a “worm” that infected a computer system at Cal Poly.

On Oct. 3, the worm was identified in a system used in conjunction with campus telephone billing. Personal information was discovered on the system, which included names and Social Security numbers of students living in residence halls from 2001 to 2005.

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Students fast for faith

“It’s a whole attitude, trying to deprive (myself) of all evil, and trying to present myself with a better image,” architectural engineering junior Marya Mikati said.

For Mikati, a typical day during Ramadan involves waking up at 5 a.m., getting a drink of water, then going back to sleep.

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Nonprofits convene to Pay It Forward

“We are all born good to do good,” said Catherine Hyde, director of the Pay It Forward Foundation.

Anyone who does not do this, she says, “has unlearned it.”

The Pay It Forward Foundation, based in San Luis Obispo County, was established in 2000 to inspire students to change the world, and give them opportunities to do so.

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