Cal Poly’s Academy of American Poets Contest began accepting submissions Tuesday. The Academy of American Poets is a national organization that promotes poetry writing for people of all ages. English professor and published poet Kevin Clark, who coordinates the contest at Cal Poly each year, said the organization holds poetry contests at hundreds of universities across the […]
Poetry contest open for submissions
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Record Store Day brings bands, deals, releases
Locally rooted record shops band together nationally one day each year to honor an act some might consider dated: buying music from a store. The fifth annual Record Store Day on Saturday will offer different kinds of incentives for people to visit any of the 1,700 independent retailers participating nationwide. The event started as a celebration of […]
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Botanical Garden brings the Mediterranean to SLO
We all know that San Luis Obispo has a great climate year round. I notice it especially in the springtime with all the sun and everything blooming, but it’s a great climate to live in all the time. A visit to the San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden (SLOBG) will show you our climate is actually […]
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Birds of a feather: Freshman brings falconry to Poly
Most freshmen leave behind their pets when they go off to college. They kiss their cats and dogs goodbye and eagerly await the next time they can go home over the weekend and see their beloved Fido again. Not Lindsey Benger. Benger, an animal science freshman, took her pet with her to school and is […]
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Baseball faces critical matchup in Fullerton
At the start of the year, head coach Larry Lee knew his team had talent. How and where that would translate into success was a different story. “You just never have a very good feel, we knew that we had the capability, but sometimes it comes from different guys than you would expect so,” Lee said. “You […]
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ASI round up 4/18
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors met April 18 for its biweekly meeting in the University Union (UU), room 220. Topics discussed included: Kiyana Tabrizi, ASI president reported: Welcomed new provost Kathleen Enz Finken, who introduced herself and answered questions regarding her campus goals, including diversity, advising and the Teacher’s Scholar Model. “I’m always […]
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Do Cal Poly students care about politics? Probably not.
Cal Poly Student Life and Leadership coordinator Jesse Torrey loves to vote. She said it creates American patriotism that is visible in the results of both national and local elections. But it is unfortunate, she said, students do not share her feelings. Though she sees many students come into her office that care deeply about important […]
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Juice cleanse: Part two
I suppose I am forced to admit there are always two sides to every story. As much as I am a firm proponent of a well-balanced diet full of a myriad of foods, I will say the weeklong juice cleanse (not a bite of solid food in theory) was not as atrocious as my skeptic-self […]
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When moms take on social media
It’s not every day President Obama has to pick up the slack for his liberal media accomplices, but last week, he realized they had gone too far. Under the pressure of the ever-so-powerful social media revolution that helped get him elected, Obama was forced to do some serious damage control. Democratic strategist Hilary Rosen started […]
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Music department honors former trombonist
The Cal Poly Music Department also announced plans to remember former part-time faculty member Roy Main, who died from a stroke in May 2011 at the age of 81. The department will hold a memorial similar to Sears’ on May 12 at noon in room 218 of the Davidson Music Center. Main taught trombone and […]
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Whitley Gerhart goes her own way
Growing up with five siblings is tough. For Cal Poly softball center fielder Whitley Gerhart, it was a whole different story. Gerhart’s family is made up of a Heisman Trophy candidate, a center on Arizona State’s football team, a pitcher and catcher for Stanford’s softball team and a multi-sport athlete at Norco High School in […]