brennan angel Hundreds of students packed UU Hour Thursday for free food and prizes in celebration of National Student-Athlete Day. Attendees enjoyed food and prizes while they jammed to the live band that accompanied the special release of Honda’s newest car, the “Fit.” The National Student-Athlete Day was created to acknowledge the hard work of […]
Poly puts athletic twist on UU hour
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City and regional planning students offer community services to Ventura
Kendra Deutsche Cal Poly city and regional planning students applied their expertise by proposing a community plan for the Saticoy-Wells area in eastern Ventura that is expected to be submitted to the city council for adoption by the end of the year. “This is the capstone class in our program,” said Zeljka Howard, the project’s […]
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The perfect 'Fit' for a business senior project
brennan angel The University Union Plaza was busier than usual on Thursday during UU Hour. Booths with names of streets in San Francisco bordered the Plaza while students listened to the live music, filled out scavenger hunts and got free food in celebration of the new Honda, the “Fit.” The event, “Life in the City,” […]
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Cattle Go to Greece
Tonight Beautiful, crisp cold that bites My nerve endings, making my hairs stand on end. Tonight is potential Sand dune barbecues Midnight moonlight beach walks and bonfires Star lit drives, sunroof down, exploring roads less traveled. The blood brain barrier on vacation. There is nothing that would have these memories distorted. As I drive down […]
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Music faculty unite for spring concert
Jen Boudevin Katharine Arthur’s father flew in from Windsor, Ontario, Canada to see her perform this weekend at Cal Poly. But she’s no student. In a unique ensemble, the Cal Poly music faculty is banding together to present “Spring Bouquet of Chamber Music” at 3 p.m. Sunday in the Spanos Theatre. The recital features several […]
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Students see what they can do with nothing
The art and design department opened its annual contest exhibition of student artwork today in the Dexter building. Students entered pieces that appear in five categories ranging from two-dimensional studio and three-dimensional studio, graphic design, photography and freelance entries. Students were able to enter up to five pieces in the show, however not all the […]
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Bring back Jack Ingram
Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke Every Tuesday, we used to open up the Mustang Daily trembling with anticipation. Just like a Golden Ticket, there lies Jack Ingram’s wonderful “Soapbox Diaries.” We’ve read the Diary of Anne Frank, and this is a much better diary. We’d get all excited and call our mothers, making sure […]
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Excursion Club offers adventures to SLO
Outdoor enthusiasts can look forward to an increase in networking and organized trips by the new Excursion Club at Cal Poly. The club began in January 2003 at UC Santa Barbara as an outdoor mailing list that connected people who wanted to organize trips for activities such as kayaking, backpacking and rock climbing. “We started […]
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Lacrosse looks for success in playoffs
Amy Dierdorff As the Cal Poly’s men’s intercollegiate lacrosse team prepares for its final two games of the season and the Western Collegiate Lacrosse League (WCLL) playoffs approach, their winning spirit is unwavering, despite the challenge of practice-halting weather. “We have to remain focused because we haven’t been able to get on any type of […]
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Let's Work to Unveil the Invisible
Julianne Byer For the second time, I sat through the documentary following the lives of the “Invisible Children” in Uganda who have fallen under the radar of both their government and ours. These small little faces, with even smaller voices, have slowly become invisible in a war ravaged country that will stop at nothing on […]
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The HIV guilty
Jessica Dean and Robin Rodriguez Over 20 years after the AIDS epidemic first started making headlines, issues relating to the disease are still making precedent in our courts. The California Supreme Court is currently hearing the case of a Los Angeles woman who is suing her former husband for infecting her with HIV. In California, […]