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Bike offenders blame crowded racks

Due to overcrowded racks, students biking to school may have to park farther away then they want, but according to the University Police, that’s just the rules of the road.

Though parking on campus can be difficult at the start of the quarter, students biking to class should think twice before deciding to chain their bike somewhere other than a bike rack.

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The economics of breakfast

Some days ago, Slim to None was low on food and short on money and started paying attention to the food prices on items before purchasing them.

Breakfast is certainly the most important meal of the day. Without it, lunch and dinner would be bit players and may lose out to the forces of “brunch” and “siesta.

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Mustangs get third shutout of season

If there is someone the Titans aren’t going to want to remember after Wednesday night’s men’s soccer match at Cal Poly, it would be Julian Alvarez.

The Mustangs senior midfielder tallied two scores in his five shots on goal during Cal Poly’s 3-0 win and both teams’ Big West Conference opener at Alex G.

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Blalock and Wong eliminated in LA

Cal Poly women’s tennis juniors Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong were eliminated in the second round of qualifying play at the 2008 Riveria/Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-American Championship on Tuesday morning in Los Angeles.

The Mustangs’ top doubles team, ranked No.

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Parkfield Classic expecting better weather

Avid bikers will turn to their hobby of mountain biking to get the chains moving and wheels spinning again.

After sitting through pulse-ending classes, balancing work schedules and crashing classes, many will make the journey to Parkfield for the 2008 Parkfield Classic Mountain Bike Race beginning Friday.

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Prop 8 is un-Californian

I came to California for the beaches, the people and the progressive outlook this state takes on issues.

This is why I am saddened by Proposition 8 on the November ballot – it goes against the view that all are equal under the law.

The conservative underdogs of California are once again butchering the constitution by leading the effort on the initiative that asks voters to decide whether or not to ban gay marriage, after the California Supreme Court ruled in favor of gay marriage last May.

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Folk Yeah! music festival proves educational

A few things I learned last weekend during Folk Yeah’s Festival in the Forest, an independent music festival at Fernwood Campground in Big Sur featuring Silver Jews, Beach House, Entrance Band, Port O’Brien, Little Wings, Megapuss (Devendra Banhart), and a mountain of other bands:

Big Sur during a Folk Yeah festival most likely has more people on acid per capita than any other place on the planet.

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