I am particularly annoyed by certain bad drivers. Not to make snap-judgments, but if you cut me off AND happen to have an annoying “Daddy’s Girl” bumper sticker on your Jetta, I particularly dislike you and eliminate any possibility of us being friends. Not only are you unable to drive, you are a baby. It […]
I'm a Daddy's Girl, but I don't need a bumper sticker to prove it
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Football continues to tumble in national polls; now No. 19
Following back-to-back losses, the Cal Poly football team fell to No. 19 in the ESPN/USA Today poll. The Mustangs were ranked as high as No. 3 prior to losses at No. 4 Montana and No. 21 UC Davis. The Mustangs are No. 18 in The Sports Network poll. Cal Poly, which dropped to No. 10 […]
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Mustangs earn player of the week
sheila sobchik Cal Poly volleyball’s Kylie Atherstone was named the Big West Conference Co-Player of the week for this past week. Atherstone earned the honor when she led Cal Poly to a 3-2 win over Long Beach State and contributed in a three-game sweep over UC Irvine. The freshman recorded 20 kills in the win […]
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Frankly Speaking 11-2-05
Frank Stranzl There is a white box in my closet filled with memories. It’s the box I look to at those dire moments when you need an emotional boost. From high school yearbooks to photos of my childhood, blue ribbons and a “One-Day Passport” from my first trip to Disneyland and even a pair of […]
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Honk if you have road rage
Julianne Byer I’ll tell you what the big idea is: traffic. That’s right you heard me. I’m talking grid-lock, bumper to bumper, if this Explorer in front of me brakes one more time I’ll personally get out to go and see what’s going on, traffic. Now I’ve never exactly understood the concept of it, even […]
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Volunteers fight against polio in Nigeria
Brittany Ridley Twenty-five local Rotary Club volunteers will embark on a 10-day trip to Kano, Nigeria to participate in West Africa’s National Immunization Day from Nov. 8 to 18. The local group, along with hundreds of other volunteers, will participate in their goal to immunize every child 5-years-old and younger, for a total of over […]
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Schwarzenegger visits SLO
nick coury Protesters gathered outside Apple Farm Inn in San Luis Obispo Tuesday where Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger made a brief visit as part of a campaign trip to urge Californians to vote for propositions 74, 75, 76 and 77 in the upcoming special election Nov. 8. Over 100 firefighters, teachers and community members booed the […]
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PolyProgress aims to help students graduate on time
Winter quarter enrollment is underway and students are frantically studying their degree requirements to find which classes they need to take. Unfortunately, many students are unsure what courses they need to graduate on time. “One of my problems is that the old guides are not up, so it’s hard to know what I have to […]
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CSU students rally against fee increases
Seven Cal Poly students, including ASI President Tylor Middlestadt, traveled to Long Beach Thursday to participate in a rally to oppose the latest CSU fee increase. Despite the presence of over 200 students representing all 23 California State Universities, the CSU Board of Trustees voted 13-1 to pass an 8 percent fee increase for 2006. […]
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There's nothing wrong with staying at home
I want to start off by saying there is nothing wrong with wanting to be a stay-at-home parent. And there’s nothing wrong with going to college and still deciding to be a stay at home parent. Jessica Potter has a point; some people (men included), are happiest in the home. Anyone that has done any […]
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Liberal studies is not a joke
I am writing this letter in response to Jessica Potter’s letter to the editor. I completely disagree with her points that liberal studies majors belong in the home. If some women came here to find an engineer husband or plan on settling down at home in the future, fine. I think that Potter was making […]