The Pentagon’s decision to lift a ban on photographing flag-draped coffins is not only a long-overdue milestone for journalism in this country, but a symbolic gesture that a new era of openness with the American people has begun.
The change in media policy came on Thursday when Defense Secretary Robert Gates said in a press conference that the Pentagon will lift its official ban on the photographing coffins of America’s war casualties traveling from overseas to Dover Air Force base in Delaware.
For performer Justin Kredible, pleasing the audience doesn’t come through outrageous stunts or over-the-top jokes. Instead, the comedian-magician hybrid pokes fun at his own craft while using simple magic to keep the audience entertained. When Associated Students Inc. presents Kredible Wednesday, the audience shouldn’t expect a conventional magic show. With a similar act to famous […]
Cal Poly Rugby players are a tough, resilient bunch. They train hard year round for a sport that is a mystery to most Americans. They take to the field on cold winter days and get beaten, bloodied and banged up but often come out victorious. These men are not playing for acceptance on campus and […]
Radicalism, student power and nonviolent direct action spark images of the 1960s protests against the war, the free speech movement and the civil rights movement. Student activists lobbied the U.S. Congress, marched the White House, staged boycotts, strikes and sit-ins and participated in civil disobedience. This was a time marked by such overt societal decay […]
Recent events in the Middle East have raised concern for one group on campus, Students For Justice and Peace in the Middle East (SJPME), who are making their cause heard beyond the Cal Poly campus. SJPME focuses on the Middle East in general, engaging in political activism and education to advance their cause, which often […]
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team is 18-8 (10-4 Big West Conference) and the men’s basketball team is 7-18 (3-10 Big West), yet the men’s team is averaging over 2,000 fans per game while the women’s team has just over 500. Fans usually prefer winning teams over losing teams, so why is there such a […]
With hiring at a record low, the odds of finding a steady job straight out of college seem increasingly slim. More and more college students are seeking different ways to pass the time between walking at graduation and finding that dream job with a steady salary. “The job market is definitely going to impact students,” […]
The Cal Poly baseball team is no stranger to being in a conference with multiple teams ranked in the top 25. What the Mustangs aren’t accustomed to is being among those teams themselves. But that is exactly where Cal Poly (6-1) finds itself after being ranked No. 17 in the Collegiate Baseball Newspaper Top 25 […]
Kat McGill, better known in the poetry world as Simply Kat, will bring her emotionally-charged brand of poetry to center stage just in time for Women’s History Month. McGill, performing at this month’s Another Type of Groove: Spoken Word Poetry, will be the first featured poet at Cal Poly to kick off the celebration of […]
Who says hip-hop is dead? Nas might think so, but it’s alive and well in Cal Poly athletics. From the baseball fields to the wrestling room, the upbeat sound of hip-hop dominates athletes’ playlists. Cal Poly’s No. 1 singles tennis player Andre Dome credited Lupe Fiasco as his motivation before matches, mirroring the women’s team […]
When I was a naive freshman I started dating an older man, a wise and mature sophomore. There was something about his Quicksilver attire and hiked up socks that made him relatable to my post high school years. A month went by and there were cute texts and dates. I thought things were really going […]
