Everyone has seen the shirts “SLO the places you will go.” but now comes a better slogan, one more befitting of my weekly column: “SLO the places you could come.” Although it is often thought of only in a fantasy, sex in a public place gives some people that deep down excited tingly feeling, which is why the act is sometimes shown in film.
Sex in our city
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Delicious creations … la carte at downtown crˆpery
Oui! The wonderful world of crˆpes and culinary lavender has debuted in San Luis Obispo.
Higuera Street may not look like the lavender-covered region of Provence, France,but two months ago, it started to taste like it.
Crˆpes De Provence, the downtown cashier-style restaurant, is now serving up authentic artesian crˆpes at prices that are conducive to a college budget.
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Mustangs can't say bye-bye to byes yet
Rich Ellerson’s not a mind reader. Still, the head coach of the Cal Poly football team had a pretty good idea Monday what the focus of the school’s weekly athletics news conference at Mott Gym would be.
“Yes, we have another bye,” he said, beginning a rapid-fire satire while reporters situated their microphones and recorders before asking any questions.
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In going green, Cal Poly makes the grade
The grades are in and the report card is out. The Web site Greenreportcard.org just released new sustainability grades for 300 universities and Cal Poly received a B- in its first year of evaluation.
“In the B’s is probably about right for universities that are moving in the direction of sustainability,” said ASI President Angela Kramer, who based much of her campaign on advocating for sustainable practices.
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New provost starts, Durgin moved to new position
Bill Durgin, Cal Poly’s provost for the last two years, was moved to a new position as University Executive for Research and External Support while the interim provost, Robert Koob, officially took the reigns Monday.
Koob, now the second-highest ranking official on campus, will have to deal with increasing budget cuts as the economy continues to be unstable.
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CP working to secure more bike parking
I read your article titled “Bike offenders blame crowded racks” on Oct. 3. I thought it might be good for me to share my experience with bike parking racks on campus.
My company is Peak Racks, which supplies Cal Poly with the majority of their bike racks.
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Overcoming a wave of anxiety
I’m nauseous, I can literally feel my heart in my chest, my hands and feet have gone numb and taking a breath feels damn near impossible. I am drowning in my own thoughts and the surface seems far out of reach.
Most people don’t understand the severe physical reaction the body can have from anxiety.
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Life's too short to be apathetic
If you find yourself lounging somewhere on campus today and you happened to forget to bring your iPod, I implore you to casually listen to the conversations of passersby. Not eavesdropping per se – more like changing the frequency on the radio dial. See what topics you can pick up.
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Guest column: Debate analysis
Hailed as the Super Bowl of the political arena, expectations were high over the influence Thursday’s VP debate would have on the world we wake up to November 5. The face-off was hyped up to be a bloody clash between a brilliantly skilled orator: Joe Biden, and a rambling yet adorable airhead: Sarah Palin.
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Isolated town surprises readers
Chuck Klosterman’s new novel, “Downtown Owl,” forces us to take a break from pop culture. Go ahead, turn off your TV, throw your cell phone in the trash can, and forget that you know who The Rolling Stones are. The people of the town of Owl surely don’t care about those things and neither should you.
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Cal Poly choirs sing from all majors
The Cal Poly Choirs’ music resonates fair and wide not just because of the vocal abilities of its singers, but also because singers themselves come together from colleges and majors around the university.
The music department’s Cal Poly Choirs consists of three vocal ensembles: Polyphonics, The University Singers and The Early Music Ensemble.