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'Green pizza' ain't as bad as it sounds

“Going green.” It’s the new catchphrase thrown around by people these days to symbolize their newfound care for the environment. For Brandon Borene, going green is a lifestyle choice that means more than just recycling old plastic bottles. He is taking it a step further by bringing his vision of the future of restaurant industries to San Luis Obispo.

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Engineering: Women still minority in all departments

It’s no secret that few women study engineering at Cal Poly. The most recent statistics released by the school showed that women make up only 15 percent of engineering majors.

The National Science Foundation’s Advance program recently awarded four Cal Poly professors nearly $200,000 to study the experiences of female faculty in fields including engineering.

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The painfully long process of U.S. presidential electioneering

As we make painfully slow progress towards a final outcome in the American presidential elections, let us pose some rhetorical questions for intellectual reflection. Does our unique American electoral process have to be the way it is now? Should we consider reform of our electoral protocols to devise a more streamlined process with a much shorter time cycle and reduced campaign expenditure? Would the streamlined process used by most democratic nations around the world work well for us too? Our current system does eventually elect a president but does it really secure the best leader ? Other leaders from around the world very effectively make their pick with a much shorter electioneering period.

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Movie night to raise funds for Wheelchair Foundation

Cal Poly’s student chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation hopes to raise at least $90,000 at a movie night fundraiser tonight at the Fremont Theatre. The foundation, which will be selling $5 tickets to a showing of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” will generate money to help send wheelchairs and provide cataract surgeries for needy residents of Oaxaca, Mexico.

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Jonathan Dally: The No. 1 option

Without a doubt, Jonathan Dally has one of the strangest “personal” entries of any player biography in the 2008 Cal Poly football media guide.

Most list activities like surfing, watching movies or playing video games among off-field pursuits.

Then there’s Dally’s.

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ASI offers fun from Dusk 'til Dawn

It’s time for another night of free games, food and live music at the Cal Poly Recreation Center.

The fourth annual Associated Students Inc.- sponsored event, Dusk ’til Dawn is taking place Thursday from 8 p.m. to 12 a.m.

“It’s grown into kind of a phenomenon of excitement for students,” ASI Programs Coordinator Michelle Curro said of the event.

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Entrepreneurs compete for capital

What do Google, Starbucks and Nike all have in common? For starters, the founders had an idea with enough potential to draw money from investors that, in turn, allowed them to obtain unlimited success as well as a global popularity.

The Orfalea College of Business and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is holding its annual Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition, a three-stage contest that seeks to help provide funding and networking for campus-affiliated entrepreneurs and their business ideas.

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