sheila sobchik The main attraction for this year’s Homecoming weekend features a stingy Cal Poly Mustangs defense and the high-powered offense of the Eastern Washington Eagles in Saturday afternoon’s 4 p.m. football game in Mustang Stadium. The No. 18 Mustangs (5-3, 3-1 Great West) and No. 10 Eagles (5-3, 4-2 Big Sky) have previously met […]
Must win game for Mustangs
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Passing in Garnett's shoes
sheila sobchik There were 20 seconds on the clock in a heartbreaking loss to the Montana Grizzlies, when Anthony Garnett went down with a knee injury that would sideline him for the remainder of the season. It was redshirt freshman Matt Brennan that took the field in place of Garnett. He thought that he was […]
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Halloween accident turns fatal
An Atascadero girl died Tuesday after being struck by a car while trick-or-treating on Halloween night. According to a San Luis Obispo Police press release, Kimberly Macias, 8, was crossing South Street in San Luis Obispo when she was hit by an Acura Legend driven by liberal studies senior Annie Tong-Try. Police determined that neither […]
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Rose Float migrates South for the winter
Thao Tran The Cal Poly Rose Float team will travel to Pomona today to combine the two halves of this year’s float, “Enchanted Reverie.” Designed to look like a red dragon guarding a castle on a tree, the float will include moving fairies to create a sense of magic and enchantment to parallel the parade […]
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Day of the Lecturer celebrates Fair Employment Week
paul meissner The California Faculty Association (CFA) held a rally Thursday on Dexter Lawn to commemorate the “Day of the Lecturer,” part of Cal Poly’s “Fair Employment Week” activities. The rally called attention to Cal Poly lecturers, who do not receive tenure and have less job security than professors. Lewis Call, the lecturer representative for […]
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I can't remember to forget you
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. […]
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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 […]