Mariecar Mendoza Autolux is luscious. The Los Angeles trio (DMZ Records) floats like a breeze with gorgeous, soft melodies, densely textured backgrounds and smooth, reverberating voCarlals. And they hold up live – during their Dec. 17 show in the Rec Center, they may well have put several thousand sweaty, masCarlara-streaked goths into a stupor. (Nine […]
Autolux revs up
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Frankly Speaking 1-11-06
Frank Stranzl The setting: Christmas Eve. I was sitting in front of a crackling fire, Christmas music serenading the room (real Christmas songs, like “Joy to the World” and The “Little Drummer Boy” ” that “PC” crap doesn’t fly in our house). But anyways, some childhood chums of mine were chuckling and having a hearty […]
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Change your world
Tyler Middlestadt Whatever your New Year’s resolutions are for this year, University President Warren Baker is asking that you consider changing the world. It’s not too far-fetched considering the accomplishments of some of our high profile alumni like Burt Rutan inventor of SpaceShipOne, the first private manned spacecraft to leave the atmosphere at an altitude […]
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Game-to-movie adaptations will show no mercy
Ryan Chartrand They have returned and they are coming for us all. They have gathered in numbers greater than ever before. This time, they intend to leave no survivors. Stay away from your television at all times to avoid their attempts to brainwash your feeble mind. If this means missing The O.C., then prepare to […]
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Society of Women Engineers hosts keynote speaker in an 'Evening with Industry'
Nick Coury The Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will host speaker Patricia Galloway to inspire and encourage women in a variety of engineering fields during an “Evening with Industry.” Galloway was picked by SWE President Betsy Sale because she is a good example of a successful woman engineer, and is a former president […]
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Sustainability Month aims to change the world
This month students have the opportunity to change the world, or at least learn about how to during Cal Poly’s Sustainability Month. Throughout January, Cal Poly will hold a variety of events with the theme “Sustainability: Resolve to Change Your World.” This coincides with the CSU system’s newly issued sustainability policy. This policy encourages all […]
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Monarch Butterfly
michael mullady Cal Poly hosted a conference on “Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly – Population Dynamics and Migration on Dec. 8-9. More than 100 researchers and monarch butterfly afficionados came to the conference to join students and faculty in an event that was sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Science and Mathematics. The conference was […]
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Student art goes 'officially urban'
nick coury Regina Nicolas has made art at the University Union Gallery “officially urban.” Nicolas, a studio art senior who said her life has been impacted by the hip-hop culture, will debut pieces she has created that are a culmination of the elements of hip-hop culture using a variety of mediums like acrylics and cardboard. […]
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Bush: Committing the oldest sins in the newest kind of ways
Jack Ingram Sadly, I must admit that when the New York Times announced last month that President Bush ordered the National Security Agency (NSA), which focuses on international and foreign surveillance, to spy instead on American citizens, I hardly flinched. I suppose that for a man who usurped the electoral process in 2000, who mongers […]
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49ers dispatch Mustangs
brennan angel There was no Larry Bird in Mott Gym Monday night. No Peja Stojakovic. No Ray Allen. But there was something like a three-point contest in the first half. The Mustangs shot 4 for 13 from beyond the arc and entered the break ahead 36-27, while the visiting Long Beach State 49ers went 0-9. […]
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Offense explodes in 99-72 win over Irvine
Frank Stranzl Cal Poly women’s basketball recorded its highest point total in five seasons hitting 54 percent of its floor shots en route to a 99-72 victory over UC Irvine in a Big West Conference women’s basketball game Saturday afternoon at the Bren Events Center. The Mustangs, who have surpassed the 100-point barrier seven times […]