Tyler Middlestadt For some Cal Poly students, this is the last week of classes they’ll ever attend at this campus. For the rest, that week will come sooner than you think. But regardless of when you have the privilege of wearing your cap and gown, receiving your diploma and stepping out of academia and into […]
Smells like not enough green spirit
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Art, schmart
Mariecar Mendoza The best thing in the world is not love, sex or respect. It doesn’t involve making friends, influencing people, or rising above an insurmountable foe. The best thing is simple and easily attainable: a magical entity that will earn you all of the above, and will also trick you into believing you are […]
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Cinderella story ends before midnight
sheila sobchik The stage was set for a fairytale ending to a Cinderella story Sunday morning, but Cal Poly’s volleyball team didn’t even make it to the dance before the stroke of midnight ended their season. The Mustangs didn’t receive a bid to the NCAA tournament as just two Big West teams, UC Santa Barbara […]
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King Kong (the game) is short, but definitely sweet
Ryan Chartrand Greetings fellow screeners! What do Jack Black, Adrian Brody and Naomi Watts all have in common? They all witnessed Peter Jackson shed several pounds of weight before anyone had a chance to scream “Wait, where’s Tom Bombadil?!” Peter Jackson’s latest motion picture extravaganza, “King Kong,” also features all three of these thespians as […]
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Surfing the wave of success
brennan angel Opening a business takes time, motivation and ambition, but the most aggravating element of opening a business is the financial burden. Business finance and accounting senior Aaron Hammon said it’s the “available funds” that stops him from opening a business immediately after college. “If I had the money now I’d try to open […]
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Biomedical engineering degree blends art, science for humanity
brennan angel A new degree in biomedical engineering will be available starting fall 2006, making Cal Poly the first California State University to offer the major. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to create pacemakers, catheters and other health care devices under the new program. “Students choose the biomedical engineering field to serve […]
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Cast calling all cowboys
Graphic by Louise Dolby The head of casting for a major reality production company has been roaming San Luis Obispo stables, fields and bars looking for the next reality show cowboy. Starting today at 11 a.m., casting call auditions will be held at the Sands Suite and Motel for a new reality show looking for […]
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Who would Jesus hate?
Jack Ingram According to a 2004 survey conducted by the John Jay College of Criminal Justice, of the 10,667 people sexually abused by Catholic priests in the U.S. between 1950 and 2002, 81 percent were male. The Vatican’s solution to this startling statistic, is discrimination of gays of course, combined with some good old fashioned […]
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A Lengthy and Thorough Symposium in Regards to the Recent Discussions of the San Luis Obispo System of Public Transportation
Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke Editor’s note: “Two Classy Gents” is an online excluse humor column. Recently, several members of the San Luis Obispo community have arrived at a new topic of discourse. We cannot stand idly by while our community tears itself apart over the hot-button issue of public transportation. Parents disown their […]
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Volleyball excluded from NCAA Playoffs
Ryan Chartrand The Cal Poly women’s volleyball team, which finished third in the Big West Conference with a 10-4 conference record and 19-6 overall, was excluded from the 2005 NCAA Volleyball Tournament Sunday. This year, only Long Beach State and UC Santa Barbara will represent the Big West Conference, a shock coming in the wake […]
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Cal Poly 35, Montana 21
Joe Sargent The Cal Poly football team traveled through four states, broke two school records, saw weather from sun to snow and won its first ever Division I-AA playoff game all in 36 hours this weekend. The Mustangs beat the Montana Grizzlies 35-21 on Saturday advancing to the quarterfinals of playoffs against Texas State. This […]