There has never been a better time to panic, run shrieking into your car and drive home. School is back. For an entire three months, the population has dreaded this day. Student leaders have called an emergency meeting of the student government to assess the possibility of postponing the school year to next year.
Lord of the Flies II: Back to School
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Guest commentary: Making college more affordable
Welcome back Mustangs! I hope all of you had a great summer and I offer a special welcome to all new Cal Poly students. You’ve chosen a great institution. I know this from my many visits to Cal Poly over the years, and from the close working relationship I have developed with President Baker and many of the University’s professors and students.
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Saturday music festival has reggae feel
Music, dancing, and food will be abundant at the thirdannual SLO Music Festival on Saturday. The all-day event at Mission Plaza will feature local artists and musicians as well as those from around the world.
“I wanted to bring all that joy that comes from being at a festival,” said producer Wendy Oliver.
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Zamora gives Mustangs OT win at home
Cal Poly sophomore forward David Zamora finished Jacob Hustedt’s cross with a one-time header to the corner of the net to finalize a 3-2 win over Cal State Bakersfield on Wednesday night at Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
“Their team has a great goalkeeper so when I saw that cross, I was just like, ‘Get my head on the ball and hopefully I’ll get a goal,’ ” Zamora said of his score in the 103rd minute.
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Cal Poly seeks to continue Big West supremacy
All the conditions were just right for the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team to catch fire Saturday night.
A regular-season record crowd of 2,917 packed Mott Gym to see if the Mustangs could avenge a 3-0 loss to Stanford in the regional semifinals of last year’s NCAA Tournament.
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Students develop Malawi irrigation system
This summer, a team of two Cal Poly faculty members and five students traveled to Malawi for two weeks to teach rural villages sustainable irrigation practices.
The class, “Appropriate Technology for Impoverished Communities,” brought together students from different majors who are passionate about improving communities around the world, said Blayne Morgan, an environmental engineering senior and team member.
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Ralph Nader to visit Cal Poly
Ralph Nader, the politician and consumer advocate most famous for his 2000 presidential election run, is coming to Cal Poly on Sunday to campaign for his third major White House bid.
Nader and his vice-presidential running mate Matt Gonzalez are currently touring California universities to raise awareness for the campaign, which Nader says is being unfairly shut out from the upcoming presidential debates.
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Greenwashing away eco-sins of the past
If you’re a casual reader of national media publications then you are probably fairly aware of the recent buzz being generated about issues like sustainability and global warming. Even for us sustainability nerds, the constant onslaught of cookie-cutter articles and Leonardo DiCaprio’s lambasting about the environment can frankly get, well, annoying.
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McBride entertains library
Cal Poly sophomore Chase McBride’s transition from Montana native to California musician seemed effortless as he serenaded his audience with an acoustic guitar and sultry voice.
The upcoming musician performed barefoot, perched on his stool in the corner of the second floor of the Robert E.
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Getting used to being different
Hecuba’s debut EP, “something to wake up for,” on Manimal Vinyl, is an incredibly self-conscious release that explores the inherent dissatisfaction of some relationships and reveals, that, sometimes, the thing that makes you an awful human being can also be your best attribute.
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PREFACE author comes to Poly
Students, professors and community members crowded the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) to hear author Larry Watson speak Wednesday evening. Watson was here to discuss his book, “Montana 1948,” which was chosen by PREFACE & SLO County Reads to be the featured novel for its summer 2008 program.