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He has come a long way since selling watermelons and poetry in Greece and using his bathroom breaks at Bay Area Corporations to edit his books. Cal Poly instructor Carson Medley has hit the big time and looks forward to continued success.
His controversial first novel “Ain’t Whistlin’ Dixie No More,” speaks of racism and interracial relations in the south (which starts out in Mississippi in 1994).
Demonstrators both for and against Prop 8 — the proposition that would ban gay marriage — made an appearance at Farmers’ Market Thursday evening, October 9.
This upcoming week is an important one in fantasy football. The standings start to clear up and the top dogs emerge while the bottom feeders realize that a turnaround needs to happen fast. If you are a top dog, my advice is to not sit around. Make sure that the appropriate moves are made to protect your top players and ensure you’ll be at the top for playoff time.
Only four people in Cal Poly history have done it.
And Alex Crozier will try to become the fifth head coach in school history to win 200 games when he leads the Cal Poly women’s soccer team into Alex G. Spanos Stadium against Cal State Northridge at 1 p.m.
Cal Poly senior wide receiver Ramses Barden has been invited to play in the 84th annual East-West Shrine Game, the school announced Thursday.
The college all-star showcase, which will be held at 1 p.m. Jan. 17, 2009 at the University of Houston, is designed to feature NFL Draft prospects and will be nationally televised by ESPN2.
With so many different clubs on campus vying for a meeting space, organizing all the requests can be an ordeal.
The University Union Epicenter, or the Events, Programs, and Ideas Center, handles club activities and requires that clubs submit paperwork, called an E-Plan, two weeks in advance of when they wish to reserve a room.
Students looking to work and perform community service while traveling abroad will benefit from this weekend’s Engineers Without Borders (EWB) West Coast Workshop.
Cal Poly’s chapter of the non-profit humanitarian organization has been selected to host the workshop on campus, which is open to students of all majors as well as professionals already working in the field.
Pro-Palin article laughable
I honestly thought this column was joke. I mean just reading the title, I fell over laughing from the double entendre just before yelling, “that’s what she said!” Then I read the article, and I realized that this person was serious.
This past year, Slim to None missed the deadline to sign up to lead a discussion group for the incoming freshman novel “Montana 1948.” I was also deemed not “hip” enough and not a grad student. So, I’d like to take some time to discuss the book with you.
During my freshman year the required reading was “The Kite Runner,” so STN is fully prepared to discuss a book that has nothing to do with either Montana or 1948.
After crashing his bicycle during a tour through Santa Cruz a couple of years ago, Cal Poly environmental engineering junior Brant Haflich found a bike church that helped him fix and learn about his mode of transportation so he could get back on the road.
Haflich was so impressed with his experience, he found himself asking why San Luis Obispo didn’t have a similar organization.
Nestled secretively between San Luis Obispo and Morro Bay is a peaceful garden filled with plants from the five Mediterranean climate regions of the world.
The San Luis Obispo Botanical Garden, is located in El Chorro Regional Park on Highway 1, and features an ever-growing spread of plants that is planned to eventually expand to a garden of 150 acres.
