Joe Sargent My stomach hurts, my head is aching and I really want a greasy burger. This was me the morning after Valentine’s Day. But let me fill you in on all the details that led to my post-Valentine’s Day hangover. On the most romantic holiday of the year, I decided to hang out with […]
Valentine's Daze
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PAC welcomes orchestra, hurricane victims
Holly Burke Students and members of the community alike often take the facilities Cal Poly offers for granted. The Foundation for the Performing Arts Center, San Luis Obispo Symphony and San Luis Obispo Mozart Festival will host a benefit concert on Saturday for the Louisiana Philharmonic Orchestra (LPO), which was uprooted by Hurricane Katrina. The […]
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Bikes, Mardi Gras and police tape
Chris Gunn What? A huge, world-class bike race is coming to San Luis Obispo? I know it’s shocking but it is also true. The Tour De California, arguably the largest bike race on the West Coast, will finish its fourth stage in downtown SLO on Thursday, Feb. 23. Awesome. Finally SLO will have some well-earned […]
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My Breast Guess about Mardi Gras
Daniel Gingras My first Mardi Gras here at Cal Poly was an unforgettable one. I spent the week prior to “Fat Tuesday” loitering in the dark corners of Sierra Madre’s walkways, peddling an assortment of cheap Chinese-made beads to would-be boob-beholders, and fleeing to the bushes whenever UPD cars were in sight. Come February 28th, […]
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The party in your pants is still on
Janice Edman So we’ve seen the articles. We’ve heard the news. We’ve opened the door to cops bearing pamphlets and hopeful smiles. We get it: The party is still over. But that doesn’t mean you have to spend this Feb. 28 actually doing homework or studying for the midterm your witch-of-a-bio-teacher scheduled for the next […]
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Poly Players: With Emilie Ravn
paul meissner Norway is known for a cold and snowy climate, winter sports and scenic splendor – not basketball. But one Cal Poly women’s basketball player spent four years in Norway’s capital honing her skills with various club teams and eventually the Norwegian National team. Emilie Ravn, a 6-foot-1-inch junior forward for the Mustangs, moved […]
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Wide Angle: 'Man and Nature'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady. While fewer places today still possess the untainted energy that once thrived in these regions, finding retreats from pavement, electronics and everything our society values is growing evermore complicated. With the population on the rise and upcoming generations being raised to appreciate […]
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Where have all the Good ol' Days gone?
So lately, my roomie and I have been obsessed with the show “American Dreams.” Ah, nothing like getting lost in the rhythm of the 60’s to rid your mind of current Iraqi death toll numbers and plans for world domination. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era, other times I think the […]
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From Anchorage to Whittier: An Insider's Guide
Kristen Oato Looking up from the mudflats, all I could see were wet, moss-covered boulders. I knew the view from the top was worth the trek. Salty air flushed my 10-year-old cheeks as I began to climb up the black mountain-like structure. Hoisting myself over the last hurdle, I looked out into the water. Out […]
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Jerusalem Post journalist discusses issues in the Middle East
The experience of a journalist working in one of the most conflicted regions of the world is unusual. It is even more rare when that journalist is both Israeli and Arab, and writes for a Hebrew paper. Monday night, Khaled Abu Toameh, editor of Palestinian affairs for the Jerusalem Post, spoke to over 100 students […]
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Talking bollocks with The Prodigy
Mariecar Mendoza He’s got devil-horn hair, two pounds of eyeliner, and the harshest howl in electronica – but it turns out the scariest thing about The Prodigy’s frontman is his accent. Keith Flint, along with Liam Howlett (keyboards) and Maxim Reality (vocals), pushed techno dance music into the mainstream pulse in the early ’90s. Their […]