Eighty-six-year-old Arlene Chandler still has plenty to be proud of when the city is swarmed with incoming students at the start of each school year.
In 1961, as director of student activities, Chandler was one of the founders of the very first “Welcome Week,” as it used to be called.
Classes aren’t always the most difficult part of a student’s day at Cal Poly – sometimes just getting to classes on time with one’s sanity intact is the hardest part.
And since Cal Poly has almost 20,000 students enrolled with just 6,621 parking spaces available, not everyone can drive to school.
There is plenty of disagreement about how to fix the state budget this year – new taxes, less spending, or more borrowing – but we all agree that a healthy economy is the ultimate answer for future budgets. I urge lawmakers to build on that consensus to bridge partisan differences this year and help prevent future budget shortfalls, and the business community will do its part by investing in new ideas, hiring new workers and paying more taxes.
When the Chinese government silenced the voice of dissent during the Olympics, the media and many Americans expressed outrage at their tactics.
Now, when producers of the news show Democracy Now, filming a peace march at the Republican National Convention, are manhandled and bloodied by law enforcement coordinated by the FBI, where is the media and where is the public outrage?
When a private home where protesters are meeting is surrounded by armed law enforcement and raided, where is the outrage? When a busload of protesters is stopped on the way into town, the bus confiscated, and the protesters left at the side of the road, where is the outrage?
And when Amy Goodman, reporting for Democracy Now, leaves the convention floor to ask law enforcement to release her producers, and she is strong-armed, cuffed and arrested, where is the outrage?
Is the new law of the land “don’t ask” for different policies, and “don’t tell” anyone you disagree or you may risk being arrested?
The arrest of Amy Goodman, the voice of Democracy Now, for pleading her case to authority puts our democracy in danger.
Cal Poly’s PREFACE book for fall 2008 will be Larry Watson’s riveting tale, “Montana 1948.” Winner of the Milkweed National Fiction Prize, this novel is a raw, and at times chilling first hand look through the eyes of a boy at the horrific happenings that transpire during the summer of his twelfth year.
Like many college towns, San Luis Obispo has a vibrant local music scene and a variety of venues hosting local concerts every week. Not all are open to the under-21-year-olds, though, so we’ve helped you out and compiled a list here that are open to the 18-and-over crowd.
College is a time of self discovery, and the exploration of ones mind. It is during these pivotal four years that students will lay the foundation for their career paths, and harvest the seeds of youth into mature plants of in-depth understanding, and preference toward all aspects of education.
The worst-kept secret in Cal Poly sports became official Wednesday when both Fresno State and Cal Poly announced an arrangement to play each other twice in football in coming years. Games will take place Sept. 4, 2010 and Sept. 7, 2013 at Bulldog Stadium. “We’ve been talking to these guys for a long time and […]
While Cal Poly football coaches and players were openly calling their30-28 loss Saturday night to Montana“devastating” and the like, the day may not have been a total loss for the program. After San Diego State’s 21-13 loss at Notre Dame,Aztecs head coach Chuck Long was asked by reporters who was better: The Irish or Cal […]
While Cal Poly’s football home opener tomorrow against Montana will likely draw a bigger crowd, its women’s volleyball showdown against No. 2 Nebraska tonight may not only be more historically important for the respective program, but more telling as far as this season. Huskers head coach John Cook even told the Grand Island Independent of […]
Apparently, Cal Poly’s win Saturday over San Diego State (scroll down to the entry below) turned heads throughout the state, prompting interesting features on senior wide receiver Ramses Barden (recently named to the Walter Payton Award watch list) and sophomore center Jason Cox. As if the San Diego-area pressure on Aztecs head coach Chuck Long […]
