Mariecar Mendoza I’ll never be bored enough to call you, sorry enough to apologize or sad enough to miss you. I’ll never be lonely enough to want you miserable enough to cry or impulsive enough to see you. I’m not happy enough to forget you angry enough to regret you or secure enough for contentment. […]
I can't remember to forget you
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Jamming with the green and gold
Mariecar Mendoza For Homecoming weekend, the music department will showcase the talent of the Cal Poly Wind Orchestra, the Cal Poly Wind Ensemble and the Cal Poly Mustang Marching Band at the 19th annual BandFest concert. More than 200 musicians will share the stage at the Homecoming event titled “Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed […]
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Christmas comes early to the Palm
Emily Logan Tonight the Palm Theatre will hold a premiere screening of “Christmas in the Clouds,” a romantic comedy set in Indian Country. The screening will be a fundraiser for the San Luis Obispo International Film Festival. A wine reception will be held at 6 p.m., followed by the movie at 6:45 p.m. After the […]
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Turn off the VH-1 already
Jessica Dean and Robin Rodriguez OK, so we’ve all done it. You come home from a long day and your roommate is watching a marathon of “I Love the 80’s” on VH-1. So you sit down for a couple of minutes and before you know it, three hours have passed. You didn’t mean to do […]
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Sesay endures civil war, moves to SLO
Brittany Ridley The Cal Poly men’s soccer team is comprised of a mixture of athletes from countries all over the world, including Germany, Poland, Canada, Belgium, South America and the Republic of Sierra Leone. Social sciences freshman Abdul Sesay is one of the many soccer players who recently moved to the United States to expand […]
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Mustangs dominate Maritime Academy in exhibition game
michael mullady Senior forward Gabe Stephenson and sophomore guard Dawin Whiten each scored 14 points as Cal Poly defeated Cal Maritime 79-36 in an exhibition men’s basketball game Tuesday night in Mott Gym. Cal Poly made 52.5 percent of its floor shots and scored the first 18 points of the second half to add to […]
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And We're Raaaaacing!
Bradford Applin Recently it was pointed out to me that I need to broaden my sports horizons. While my interest in the major sports (baseball, football, basketball, etc.) is endless, I have yet to learn to appreciate others. I’ve never been one to listen to the endless grunts and groans as tennis players exchange volleys, […]
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Truck collides with overpass
Thao Tran “I followed the map,” is what truck driver Salvador Valencia softly mumbled as he pointed to a crumpled piece of white paper. At 11:15 a.m. Wednesday, while trying to make a delivery on campus, Valencia plowed his big rig into the train bridge over Highland Drive. Dave Hendrickson and others with the University […]
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Homecoming weekend launches today
“Homecoming 2005: Forever Green & Gold” will give spectators the chance to see a female student eat a sundae out of a male student’s mouth and watch others slip and slide on mustard. Homecoming starts today and will finish Sunday with the All-Alumni breakfast in Chumash Auditorium. “Alumni, students, parents and the community are invited […]
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Former congressman Leon Panetta talks politics to large crowd
Tonya Strickland With around 500 people in attendance, Cal Poly began its “Provocative Prospectives” series with Leon Panetta, former congressman and former chief of staff to President Bill Clinton. Panetta drew a crowd so large the venue had to be changed from Vista Grande Cafe to Spanos Theater Friday. Speaking on “leadership and contemporary issues,” […]
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Let's get the letters flowing
So, let me get this straight: anything I write here, even if it’s obviously completely sarcastic, is going to be taken seriously by everyone at the school and engender volumes of frothing hate mail? Cool! In that case, let me say right now that I fully support renaming the College of Engineering the “College of […]