Sports Blog Asa Jackson was a four-time all-conference selection at Cal Poly. He was one of two players to start as a freshman. He was named the best defensive player in his conference, twice, and was named a third-team All-American. All of that should lead Jackson to be drafted in this weekend’s NFL Draft. But […]
The great Asa Jackson
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SLO skatepark seeks crucial funding
A handful of rusty rails, ramps with holes and peeling wood are scattered across a small fenced-off area of Santa Rosa Park where local skateboarders go to practice their kick-flips and smith grinds. San Luis Obispo Parks and Recreation is looking to change this. The organization is raising money to replace the current Santa Rosa Skate […]
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A taste of something a little different at Olea Farm
You don’t need to spend too much time living in San Luis Obispo to realize how many opportunities there are for wine tasting. Seriously, there are so many places to try. Unfortunately, wine tasting isn’t available to everyone. I was born in September, so most of my friends had their 21st birthday before me — […]
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Food for football
Rather than a standard entry fee, attendees of the Spring Green and Gold Game will be asked to donate one non-perishable food item or monetary contribution for the Food Bank Coalition of San Luis Obispo County (SLO Food Bank). Bins for food donations and small monetary donation boxes will be dispersed throughout Alex G. Spanos Stadium. As […]
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Creating dirty hands for the sake of education
This week is all about composting at Cal Poly Center for Sustainability. The Center is hosting compost training until Friday this week, put on by the Maine Compost School and funded by a grant from the United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). The training includes presentations from experts, lab exercises and hands-on experience related to various aspects of […]
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Baseball looks to regain to winning ways
The early season momentum gained by the Cal Poly baseball team is all but gone. The Mustangs, losers of seven of their last 10 games, look to hang on in their final 17 regular season games with hopes of earning a trip to the NCAA Regional Championships for the first time since 2009. The Mustangs […]
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Sexual assault report released
In response to two reported sexual assaults last May in a one week time frame, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong formed the Presidential Task Force on Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault. The task force released its first report this month, coinciding with April being National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Cal Poly women and gender studies professor […]
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Students vote to 'take next step': Morrow wins ASI presidency
After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to […]
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Football preps for Spring Game
Cal Poly football, a new member of the Big Sky Conference, has begun spring practice hoping to improve upon its 6-5 overall and 3-1 conference records. Cal Poly, along with UC Davis, was extended an invitation to join the Big Sky as a football-only school. To welcome the upcoming season, the Mustangs will play their […]
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Administrators to consider semesters
Cal Poly administrators are examining the possibility of moving the university toward a semester-based calendar in response to statewide pressure to standardize the California State University (CSU) system. A CSU task force co-chaired by Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, among other presidents of universities still using the quarter system, aims to determine the logistics of […]
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Mixing social networking and politics
By many accounts, the political season leading up to the November 2012 election will be nasty. And while everyone ought to care about who represents them at local, state and national level, it can be tough forming a rational political opinion and deciphering signals with so much noise surrounding us in the media. For those […]