Every so often, a rascal comes along so scandalous and deviant that history weaves his name with the deeds he committed. Reaching such infamy requires a lot of hard work, and not just your average sod can do it. Many a fallen creature has competed for the title, but the title can only belong to one who truly earns it.
Social security: More fraudulent than Madoff
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“Identity Crisis” is what it means to be a comic hero
Believe it or not, I haven’t always been into comics. When I was a kid I would read the occasional comic book when I went to the grocery store with my mom, but nothing ever obsessive, like you would probably say is the case now. When I got older, comic books seemed to be a nerd hobby much too far on the fringes of what could ever be conceived as “cool,” or even acceptable.
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Art exhibit passes sugar in a whole different way
It isn’t very often when one finds an art exhibit that replace watercolors and sculptures with iMac computer monitors, Saks Fifth Avenue shopping bags and personal quotes made from powdered sugar. This rare occasion has come to Cal Poly in the form of an artist named Marian Bantjes.
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Barden drawing praise at Senior Bowl
While current Cal Poly football players adjust to a new coaching staff, just-graduated receiver Ramses Barden seems on the verge of becoming the most well known Cal Poly product in recent history. At Monday’s Senior Bowl weigh-in in Mobile, Ala., he measured in at 6-foot-6, 227 pounds, and had the largest hands and longest wingspan […]
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Sports weekend round-up
Women’s basketball, UCSB 55, Cal Poly 45 Despite a 12-point halftime lead in which Cal Poly held UC Santa Barbara to just 19 percent shooting from the field, the Mustangs (9-7, 2-3 Big West Conference) fell to the conference-leading Gauchos on Saturday afternoon.
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Gauchos extend Cal Poly losing streak to seven
Although the stands in Mott Gym were packed with Cal Poly supporters wearing green, yellow and painted faces, the Mustangs were unable to pull out a win before 2,755 spectators Saturday evening in a 72-62 Big West Conference defeat to rival UC Santa Barbara.
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VIDEO: Hundreds turn out at UU inauguration viewing
The booming echo of now-president Barack Obama’s voice carried to every corner of the University Union, from the San Luis Lounge to the Mustang Lanes to the downstairs lobby. More than 400 students gathered to watch the inauguration of the 44th President United States of America over coffee, fruit and pastries, and cheered as Obama came onto the screen.
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Proposition 8 opponents reconvene
Community members gathered at Congregation Beth David on Sunday to take a look at what they felt may have gone wrong in the No on 8 campaign that was waged last year against Proposition 8, whose passage in November banned same-sex marriage.
Marriage Equality USA chapter leader David Kilburn, whose organization helped with the event, said he wanted attendees to remember their emotions when the proposition passed in order to make change.
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Local festivities planned to celebrate inauguration
As millions of Americans flock to the nation’s capital for Tuesday’s inauguration of President-elect Barack Obama, Cal Poly students and San Luis Obispo residents who could not secure a much-coveted invitation still have options to celebrate the festivities with fellow students and members of the community.
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Transportation investments can’t be overlooked
Just days before the inauguration, Obama takes a historic journey to enter Washington, D.C. by train, a symbolic message of his commitment to revitalize the Nation’s public transportation networks. As America aims to wean its dependence on foreign oil, California seeks a federal stimulus plan to support transportation programs, such as the recently passed high-speed rail project as a way to stimulate the states crumbling economy and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
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Today we inaugurate a man, not a God
Barack Obama has always been able to get people to believe in him.
From the moment he received the Democratic Party’s nomination, there has been much anticipation for this day. The record-breaking inauguration crowd is proof of his ability to connect with people and strategize a genius campaign.