A recent, devastating 50 million-gallon sewage spill in Oahu, Hawaii has caused me to reflect on the fragility of the ocean and surrounding beaches on the Central Coast. Three weeks ago, a sewer main in Hawaii ruptured, sending raw sewage into the Ala Wai Canal, on the famous south shore of Oahu near Waikiki, closing […]
There is no Central Coast without the coast
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For ASI president, experience matters
Tyler Middlestadt If you had $1 million dollars, and you were looking for someone to entrust with your fortune, who would you choose? Michael Jackson, Paris Hilton or Donald Trump? Hopefully you’d choose Mr. Trump because he knows what it takes to manage money. He’s got the experience necessary to navigate the complicated world of […]
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Fien finds groove against Highlanders
whitney guenther Sophomore Pat Pezet hit his first collegiate home run and senior right-hander Casey Fien pitched seven strong innings to lead Cal Poly to a 7-1 victory over UC Riverside in a Big West Conference baseball game Sunday afternoon at the Riverside Sports Complex. Pezet’s two-run shot to right field, only his second hit […]
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Big West Women's Tennis Championship
The women’s tennis squad will take a No. 3 seed into the Big West tennis championships this weekend with an opening round match against No. 6 University of the Pacific. The Mustangs (11-9, 5-2) topped the Tigers 6-1 earlier this season and stand a good chance of playing the winner of UC Irvine and Cal […]
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Big West Tennis Championship
Kristen Marschall Cal Poly men’s tennis may never be the same again. As the Big West conference draws nearer and the season comes to a close, the team will say good-bye to John Nguyen and Brett Van Linge, a doubles team that went out with a bang. “I find it hard to believe that we’ve […]
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Senior project brings Burma to Poly
tom sanders Ninety Cal Poly students and San Luis Obispo community members took part in an important and moving presentation about the country of Burma on Sunday afternoon. The presentation, “Freedom From Fear: Stories of Resistance, Refugees & Resettlement in Burma,” was part of a Cal Poly senior project by Phyusin Myint, a communication studies […]
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A time to remember genocide
tom sanders Hillel, Cal Poly’s Jewish cultural club, will be remembering the Holocaust with many on-campus events throughout the week which began Monday with a display in the University Union to educate people about the Holocaust. Today the club will celebrate National Holocaust Remembrance Day on Dexter lawn and in the UU Plaza with the […]
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Open house plays host to design competition
tom sanders Students from all over California spent the weekend in Poly Canyon as part of the 33rd Annual Design Village Competition, hosted by Cal Poly during Open House weekend. The competition has become one of the largest events during Open House. This year, 53 teams and 229 participants from 15 colleges in California competed […]
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Going into the closet
Nick Coury The few nights during the month when I go out to the bars or a friend’s house party, I make sure to get my hair did and look good, in a manner of speaking. When it comes to sexuality, I’m pretty much your average straight guy, but for some reason I have been […]
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Rewarding betrayal: The unexceptional media
Brian Eller Only a few days ago, several news agencies reported that Mary O. McCarthy, a senior officer in the CIA, had been dismissed from her job for leaking classified information to the media. The information damaged intelligence relationships across the globe, and according to Peter J. Gross, the current CIA director, “the damage has […]
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When the "Right Way" is wrong
Jack Ingram Last week, while on my way back from my bi-weekly Bible burning with my fellow pagan-communist-sodomite brethren, I happened to stumble upon my counterpart’s column, titled “Good vs. Evil, Republicans vs. Democrats, religion vs. secularism.” And I, perhaps like many of you, walked away wondering not only what the point of Mr. Eller’s […]