Jessica Dean and Robin Rodriguez Last spring, the United States Department of Agriculture released its newest diet innovation, the Food Guide Pyramid. It’s filled with new and updated recommendations for the diet and exercise regimens of all Americans over the age of two. Did you hear about it? The government even gave the Pyramid its […]
The Cal Poly pyramid
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Tour de California
San Luis Obispo will host California’s first Amgen Tour of California professional bike race in February. Professional cyclists from around the world will participate in the eight-day race starting in San Francisco and ending in Redondo Beach. San Luis Obispo will host the finish to the fourth stage of the race on Thursday, Feb. 24 […]
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Waterfalls, sunsets- Big Sur
Emily Logan I stood at the base of Salmon Creek waterfall and felt the mist soaking into my clothes. The roughness of the rock surrounding the three-tiered falls matched the texture of the water as it cascaded down the coarse hillside, spewing cool water in all directions. The scene was reminiscent of a fairy tale […]
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Students, Rotary International raise money to aid tsunami victims
Louise Dolby Cal Poly and the San Luis Obispo chapter of the Rotary International raised approximately $8,000 to aid villages hit by the Southeast Asian tsunami last December. Collected on behalf of the Thai-based charity, the Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CPCR), the money was sent to help prevent child abuse and neglect […]
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Campus Dining to phase out meals
paul meissner The days of the Campus Dining meal plans are going the way of the Lighthouse. By 2008, meal plans will be phased out and Plu$ Dollars will take their place. Alan Cushman, the associate director for Campus Dining, said that the Plu$ Dollar-only plan will give students more freedom to choose what they […]
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Calling all trendsters, scensters and aspiring writers
Frank Stranzl With the fall quarter just days away from ending, one more time of hearing the word “essay” may just make any Cal Poly students’ heads explode. But mtvU is hoping there are a few finals-week survivors left up for the challenge to become one of Billboard and mtvU’s featured student voices. Since mid-November, […]
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God can handle his own affairs
In response to Ingram’s article, “Who would Jesus hate?” I must say that it sounded more like a rant than any organized thought process. Yes, I understand your anger about the molestation of children, and you appear to support the rights of gays, but what does that have to do with Jesus hating anybody? I […]
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Boys, boys, boys
Louise Dolby When I applied to colleges four years ago, I was immediately drawn to Cal Poly for (among other things) its ratio of males to females. At the time it was nearly two to one, a promising statistic for a single lady like myself. Once I got settled at Cal Poly and started getting […]
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Nice guys finish-first?
Janice Edman There seems to be a well-circulated notion that the “dangerous” members of the opposite sex contain a mysterious, irresistible quality. A recent letter to the editor here in the Mustang Daily bemoaned the fact that most girls would rather rev off into the sunset with a motorcycle-driving tattoo artist instead of driving […]
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The Outdoor Gunn 12-1-05
Christopher Gunn The sun set at 4:51 p.m. Tuesday. With the sun retreating towards the horizon at what seems like an extraordinary pace these days, and cloudy skies beginning to filter in with the first signs of winter rains, it may seem like there isn’t enough time or opportunity in the day to do anything […]
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Cell phones are ruining America
A few weeks ago I was at a Rolling Stones concert in San Francisco, and as I was looking down the rows I kept noticing small blue lights popping up. I didn’t think much of it until I noticed a man in front of me pulling out his camera phone and taking shots of the […]