Mariecar Mendoza Don’t let the taste dissuade – Iron and Wine is very, very good for you. The name stands for Sam Beam, a singer-songwriter with a fast folk finger and instantly recognizable gentle vocals. The talented southerner has recorded two full-length albums and numerous EPs and singles, most for Sub Pop Records, and recently […]
Getting Biblical with Iron and Wine
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Rancer's Recipes 11-17-05
Emily Rancer As fall turns into winter, some hearty chili may become your perfect seasonal comfort food (despite this week’s crazy weather). Next week should be much cooler so cut out this recipe and save it until then. Or if you just really love chili, make it tonight! This recipe is unbelievably inexpensive (you’ll spend […]
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Frankly Speaking 11-16-05
Frank Stranzl First off, congratulations to Matt Johnsrud, who qualified for the NCAA Cross Country Championships by finishing 17th at the West Regional meet over the weekend. It’s truly an accomplishment to compete at a national championship event. Honestly, I think Matt and the entire cross-country team deserves props just for competing in their sport. […]
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Alternative transportation solves parking issue
Tyler Middlestadt Unless you arrive on campus before 7:30 a.m. or after 5:00 p.m., chances are it’s going to be tough to find parking. With the Kennedy Library parking lot gone forever and enrollment planned to increase by about 450 students each year, the challenge of parking is sure to get worse over time. I […]
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Football ranked No. 13 in nation
Cal Poly, which dropped from No. 3 to No. 18/19 following losses to Montana and UC Davis, continued its climb back into the top 15 in both national Division I-AA football polls Monday. The Mustangs, No. 15 after beating Eastern Washington 40-35 on Nov. 5, climbed two more spots to No. 13 in the Sports […]
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Johnsrud headed to nationals
Christopher Gunn The Cal Poly men’s cross country team finished in seventh place at the NCAA West Regional meet Saturday at the Stanford Golf Course. A seventh place finish may have seemed like a good showing for a typical school, but such a finish for this year’s men’s team was bittersweet. Coming into the race, […]
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Player spotlight: Andy Coughlin
kiel carreau Andy Coughlin is a running man, and beginning in January he will be living in Guatemala until July as part of Engineering Missionaries International (EMI). The native of Laramie Wyoming is also a member of the cross country men’s team at Cal Poly. He redshirted during his first year of school at Cal […]
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"The Movies" tries for too much
Ryan Chartrand Check out the uGamer’s ball that went on this past week on campus Here. Also, enjoy listening to the KCPR’s “Press Start” gaming show while you read about “The Movies.” Peter Molyneux is a highly ambitious game designer that loves to strive for what a player desires in a game more than any […]
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New engineering building named
tom sanders The newest engineering building located on the corner of Highland Drive and California Boulevard was named after the prominent alumnus Grant Brown on Monday. The “Grant M. Brown Engineering Building” is most commonly known as the building with the solid glass wall that faces Highland Drive just past the railroad underpass. “Some of […]
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Catching on to the caffeine craze
tom sanders Finals are on the horizon and that means students will turn to mass amounts of caffeinated beverages like coffee and Red Bull to find enough energy to pull through the all-nighters. Students may think the amount of caffeine consumed during finals week will not leave a lasting affect on their body or mind, […]
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Students discover artifacts in archeological dig in Los Osos
Joe Sargent Cal Poly students have found artifacts from thousands of years ago while doing archeological research for the Los Osos sewer project. The students excavated around Los Osos to find if the project would disrupt any historical sites. The research was extensive because of the scope of the sewer project, according to Brian Codding, […]