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Spoken word artist Cyn Da’Poet kicked off Latino Heritage Month and a night of spoken word poetry Wednesday when Another Type of Groove, the university’s monthly open mic night, opened to a large crowd of Cal Poly students and community members.
Another Type of Groove, which is hosted by Cal Poly’s Multicultural Center and Student Life and Leadership, gives students and members of the community a chance to be heard by allowing them to take the stage and share poetry of their own.
The Cal Poly women’s tennis team’s top doubles tandem opened its season in style Tuesday morning at the Riviera/Intercollegiate Tennis Association All-America Tournament. Juniors Brittany Blalock and Steffi Wong, ranked 31st by the ITA, dispatched Alabama’s Paulina Bigos and Tiffany Welcher 8-6 in the first round of qualifying in Pacific Palisades.
Saying Jon Stevenson was a little hot under the collar Saturday night might be a bit of an understatement, in more ways than one.
Not only was the fourth-year head coach of the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team watching his players trudge through arguably their worst game in Big West Conference play during his tenure, but the temperature in Cal State Northridge’s Matadome was less than accommodating.
The Major League Baseball playoffs are finally upon us. The division series feature four intriguing and exciting match-ups between the top eight teams in baseball. The following is an inside look at each series. ALDS Boston/Los Angeles The Angels (100-62) and Red Sox (95-67) have some recent playoff history.
Rosh Hashanah began at sundown on Tuesday night, signaling the beginning of the Jewish New Year and possibly a new chapter for the women of Alpha Epsilon.
The club and associate member of Panhellenic is hoping to become the first Jewish-interest sorority at Cal Poly.
Students who can’t finish an assignment at home without getting distracted by their roommates or the latest episode of “Gossip Girl” can look to the Cal Poly campus. Because so much of today’s homework requires a computer as well as online access, the campus offers plenty of different locations with full computer accessibility for student use.
Well the first week of school is over and my college life is back to business as usual. I’m procrastinating in all my classes, binge drinking on the weekends, flirting (unsuccessfully) with girls and doing a good job at making an all-around ass of myself. But this year feels different to me.
In 2000, voters took to the polls and decided the fate of America for the next four years. By a very small margin, George W. Bush was elected president of the United States, but not after a whirlwind of argument, recounts and court decisions. Ever since, I have heard outrage over the alleged unconstitutionality of having the courts decide the election.
Recently, Wall Street’s largest banks have been wallowing in or near the brink of bankruptcy. Assuredly, the ramifications of these collapses will bitterly affect average Americans. Last week witnessed bankers and their agent in Washington, Henry Paulson, request a staggering $700 billion from taxpayers.
October is Cal Poly’s celebration of Latino Heritage Month and an unprecedented amount of are activities scheduled.
The Multicultural Center started the planning process last spring with students doing most of the organizing. Students are encouraged to come to the events, because “it actually is good to see other world views and how other people live,” said psychology senior Antonio Ramirez.
Once upon a time there was a girl who spent the night at a boy’s house while she was visiting nearby. The next morning, her friend met her for breakfast, expecting to hear a nice, graphic tale of the sexcapades of the night before. Instead of the discussion she was expecting, however, she was met with a command: “Ask me if I had sex last night.
