Ben Bolch of the L.A. Times recently had an interesting chat with Cal Poly men’s basketball assistant coach Tim Murphy in Las Vegas. Murphy’s admission of not going after ‘four-star,’ ‘five-star’ blue chips may be sandbagging a bit considering some reports that have come out regarding supposed Cal Poly recruits (scroll down to the “Fast […]
Murphy recruiting in Vegas
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Cal State Fullerton talks football
The Cal Poly football team’s predicament as one of just four Football Championship Subdivision (formerly Division I-AA) teams in California may not change any time soon, but some Cal State Fullerton students would like it to, apparently. Associated Students Inc. at the campus is reportedly probing interest in the sport and assessing its prospects for […]
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Cal Poly announces volleyball schedule
Cal Poly announced Thursday its volleyball schedule for the upcoming season.
The 28-match slate will pit the two-time defending Big West Conference champion Mustangs against 11 other teams that qualified for the NCAA Tournament last season.
They’ll host the cream of that crop – 2006 national champion Nebraska and 2007 runner-up Stanford – at Mott Gym on Sept.
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Cal Poly ranked atop Big West
Cal Poly was ranked 80th of 279 schools in the 43rd annual United States Sports Academy Directors’ Cup rankings released June 26 by the National Association of Collegiate Directors of Athletics, the United States Sports Academy and USA Today.
Points are awarded based on each institution’s finish in up to 20 sports – 10 men’s and 10 women’s.
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Church aims to send Day family to Beijing
Sharon Day is preparing to fulfill a lifelong dream of competing in the women’s high jump at the Olympics.
Meanwhile, a non-profit organization in her hometown is trying to ensure the former Cal Poly standout doesn’t live her dream alone.
Palm Harvest Church of Costa Mesa has been collecting tax-deductible donations in order to provide Day’s family with the means to travel to Beijing and see her compete.
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Mustangs to feel effects of Fresno State's run
While about a month has passed since the Fresno State baseball team won the College World Series championship, effects of the nationally celebrated run could just be beginning to be felt on the West Coast – including at Cal Poly.
Indeed, even Congressman Devin Nunes, a Fresno Republican who on July 15 announced the passage of a House resolution he introduced to honor the freshly crowned Bulldogs – is a Cal Poly graduate.
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Reusable plastic bottles: Harmful or just hype?
Reusable plastic water bottles, such as Nalgene brand bottles, have been getting a bad rep lately. With many Web sites and so-called experts claiming that harmful chemicals in the plastic leach into drinking water, there is concern among consumers whether going green is worth the risk.
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Algae to biofuel: new energy frontier
When Ilhami Yildiz came to Cal Poly in January 2007 with a vision for expanding his renewable energy research, he never expected things to fall into place so fast.
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Beer sales contract not renewed
Fans of the Mustangs will no longer be able to get a Budweiser at home games come the 2009 baseball season.
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WALL-E and reality not far apart
The references were hard to ignore. An iPod here. A Mac start-up noise there. Pixar’s
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Should read fine print before signing with Saudis
Martin Luther King, Jr. once said, “The ultimate measure of a man is not where he stands in moments of comfort and