Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke As you may or may not be aware, faithful Mustang Daily reader, the Two Classy Gents often get a chance to sample cinema’s finer pleasures weeks or even months before they come out. Perhaps you are asking, “Who are you to compare the two best movies of the year? […]
Box office blockbusters: 'The Da Vinci Code' vs. 'Snakes on a Plane'
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Clipping Wins
Bradford Applin Disclaimer: please do not confuse the following metaphor (created by a confused writer while mulling over a batch of banana pancakes) with real life, as it may be detrimental to your grades and therefore your graduation from Cal Poly. Imagine if you will that a professor proposed an intriguing grading system. In it, […]
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SLO Bike Club has much to offer
People who love the outdoors, riding bicycles and interacting with fellow members from the community can enjoy the many year-round activities with the San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club. The San Luis Obispo Bicycle Club was “founded in 1970 to promote safe and legal riding of bicycles and to encourage bicycle riding as an accepted mode […]
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Internet hunting and hypocrisy
Chris Gunn Have you ever been hunting in Texas from the privacy of your own home in California? I know that I haven’t, but some people have. Don’t know what I am talking about? A year ago a company based out of Texas developed a rifle that could be operated through the Internet. That is, […]
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Tractor Pull cancelled
Paul Bittick Excessive rain over the past week has resulted in the cancellation of Cal Poly’s annual truck and tractor pull. “There have been two things that have been working against us,” said Mark Zohns, a bioresource and agricultural engineering professor. “All the rain from March and early April has completely saturated the pasture. The […]
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Running the race against sexual assault
More than 250 men and women gathered on the Health Center lawn Tuesday night to make a statement. Clad in tennis shoes and running shorts, volunteers crouched in unison to say “Ready, Set, End Sexual Assault Now.” The Run to Remember was organized by the Cal Poly Women’s Center in order to promote sexual assault […]
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Study abroad options vary worldwide
The decision to study abroad can often be difficult. Choosing where to study abroad can be even harder. Cal Poly currently offers 22 study abroad programs, 19 of the programs already have enrollment and several are in progress. One of Cal Poly’s most popular and longest running programs is the London Study Program, which is […]
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Mealybug shuts down parts of campus
Paul Bittick Cal Poly’s Horticulture Unit and various greenhouses on campus have been quarantined since federal agriculture officials found a passion-vine mealybug in some of the plants last week. It is believed to be the first time that the passion-vine mealy bug has been reported within American borders, other than at ports or airports where […]
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ITS never ceases to amaze
When I thought the service they provide us couldn’t get any shakier, they threw a new one at me. Before they have tamed the Oracle fiasco, they decided to get in over their heads and roll out a new portal look. While the new portal look was more aesthetically pleasing, it only lasted a few […]
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What ever happened to separation of church and state?
Next time instead of writing an article, just put in big bold letters, “REPUBLICANS RULE!” It will save you the painstaking time that you obviously took to write such a brilliant piece of biased nonsense. Your title begins with “Good vs. Evil” and yet, nowhere do you mention what exactly good and evil are. In […]
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Insight from the other side of the textbook issue
Regarding the recent commentary by Tylor Middlestadt on textbook prices, let me share my perspective as a published author. The primary culprit in rapidly rising prices is the wide availability of used copies. Consider what happens when a new edition of my book is adopted for use here. The first quarter, many new copies will […]