Mariecar Mendoza 1. The brains-in-a-vat behind MTV’s prime-time programming emphasize modern ambiguity tenfold over actual comprehension. The 10 Spot intro, once the destination site for “Daria” clips and off-color jokes, held a brief flirtation with actual music videos last year. Now it settles for the self-promoting image of a clicking, grunting silver orb in a […]
Ten Ruminations Upon Watching MTV's 10 Spot
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Act now to stop violence against women
Tyler Middlestadt Today is International Women’s Day, part of “Women in History Month,” both acknowledging women as the makers of history and their continuing struggle to attain equal footing with men in society. But while we celebrate women’s achievements, we must remain conscious of the hurdles they still must overcome. The most severe problem affecting […]
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Five Mustangs receive Big West all-conference honors
Trae Clark might not start for the Cal Poly men’s basketball team, but he played enough to impress opposing coaches, earning Big West “Freshman of the Year.” Clark averaged 9.1 points per game during conference play and shot 42.9 percent from three-point range during the season. The 5-foot-11-inch guard started just three games during the […]
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Rematch with Tigers on horizon
sheila sobchik The Big West Conference women’s basketball post-season tournament kicks off Wednesday in Anaheim, where Cal Poly has been slated as the No. 5 seed. After finishing the Big West season at 7-7, the Mustangs were one of four teams in the eight-team conference to finish regular season play with a .500 record. “Anybody […]
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Wide Angle: 'On the spot'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady The time was just past 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the Saturday of Mardi Gras weekend. While I was patrolling the streets of downtown San Luis Obispo awaiting the mass of police to actually do something besides stand around with their hands […]
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Space battles galore in 'Empire at War'
Ryan Chartrand Even though I’m pretty sure I’ve killed Darth Vader at least a thousand times and I’m almost positive the Death Star can’t be rebuilt like a set of LEGOs anymore, everything seems to reset itself nicely year in and year out thanks to Star Wars games. LucasArts, in one more attempt at truly […]
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Mustang Daily wins in statewide contest
sheila sobchik The Mustang Daily took home four awards, including second place for “General Web site Excellence,” from the 2006 California College Media Competition. The competition was judged by representatives from the Fresno Bee, LA Weekly, Orange County Register, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News and LANG. The California College Media Association offers a statewide […]
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Online admissions tool helps to break language barrier
Spanish-speaking prospective Cal Poly students can now access information and get answers to questions online. “Respuestas EMT” allows prospective students to type in questions in Spanish on the online server and receive answer posts in Spanish. The service received over 200 questions on the first day, according to James Maraviglia, assistant vice president for admissions, […]
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Poly Canyon Village to relieve housing crunch
Jennifer Hall Construction on the new Poly Canyon Village housing project at Cal Poly is set to begin on March 17. The housing project will provide 2,700 beds for Cal Poly students who want to live on campus. The project will be the nation’s largest on-campus student housing complex and will be ready for students […]
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Try reading between the lines for a change
Jack Ingram In December, I read a Washington Post article, the content of which has been fresh on my mind since. The article highlighted a recent study which claimed that “only 41 percent of college students could be classified as ‘proficient’ in prose – reading and understanding information in short texts – down 10 percentage […]
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Reasons why Republicans are happier than Democrats
Brian Eller The past few weeks have been rough on Republicans. President Bush was blasted in the media for his questionable port deal, the vice president accidentally shot someone, people are being killed in Iraq, Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons and Brokeback Mountain nearly won “Best Picture” at the Oscars. Despite the many reasons why […]