Frank Stranzl Well, last weekend sucked, to put it frankly. The football team should have won, the volleyball team could have won and the men’s soccer team has not won (a Big West Conference game). The lone bright spot is that the women’s soccer team still has a shot at making the Big West playoffs. […]
Frankly Speaking 10-26-05
Posted inOpinion
Student fees and the future of higher education
Tyler Middlestadt At the crossroads between reality and ideology, the intersection between vision and ability, and the boiling point between satisfaction and outrage, student fees exist as a necessary source of revenue and an inevitable source of contention within the CSU system. What we’re faced with today is a significant shortfall in higher education funding […]
Posted inSports
Football falls to No. 10 after losing at Montana
Cal Poly, which achieved its highest ranking ever in Division I-AA football last week, No. 3 in both The Sports Network and ESPN/USA Today polls, dropped seven positions to No. 10 in both polls after Saturday’s 36-27 loss at Montana. Montana, which was ranked No. 9 prior to the game, improved to No. 5 in […]
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Player spotlight: Kylie Atherstone, volleyball, freshman outside hitter
sheila sobchik The Cal Poly volleyball team lost to UC Santa Barbara 3-0 Saturday and gave up a chance to earn the top Big West Conference spot in the process. Despite the loss, the Mustang Daily was able to catch up with freshman Kylie Atherstone, an outside hitter for the volleyball team. Mustang Daily: While […]
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Cal Poly defeats Pacific 1-0 at Mustang Stadium
kiel carreau The Cal Poly women’s soccer team (10-7-1, 3-4-0) celebrated its last home game of regular season play with a 1-0 victory over the University of the Pacific (10-4-4, 2-3-1) on Sunday. The game’s only goal was scored by Cal Poly’s Danielle Camarena, in the 51st minute, with the assist credited to Ashley Vallis. […]
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"Doom" finally hits the big screen. Hard.
Ryan Chartrand The 1990s had its memorable moments of glory: grunge, O.J. Simpson, “Family Matters,” “Forrest Gump,” and most importantly, Furby. My experience during the 90s had little to do with pop culture and more with staying up late and feeling fear like no child in the 90s should ever feel. However, I enjoyed every […]
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SLO Transit could turn toward more changes
kiel carreau With on-campus parking becoming overcrowded, students are now beginning to overcrowd the SLO Transit system. By Emily Rancer San Luis Obispo Transit may get the green light to make more route changes, which could result in increased efficiency for Cal Poly riders. A subcommittee of the Mass Transit Committee (MTC) is proposing an […]
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Aerospace laboratory receives grant from Edwards Air Force Base
kiel carreau Cal Poly’s aerospace laboratory received an unprecedented $35,000 grant from Edwards Air Force Base that will cover the lab’s operational costs for the next year. “They (the base) were very clear about the fact that it was our winning record in major design competitions that they decided to invest in us,” said Dave […]
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Students participate in Make A Difference Day
michael mullady Nearly 500 volunteers spent their afternoon helping out in San Luis Obispo County on Saturday as part of Make a Difference Day, sponsored by United Way and the Cal Poly Community Service Center. Students and community members helped with 30 different projects ranging from helping the elderly to manual labor on local farms. […]
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Modesty is the best showoff
The CPSalsa posters are inappropriate, and for the exact opposite reasons that many of the recent letters to the Mustang Daily have ridiculed. The human body is a beautiful thing. It is something that is to be kept healthy and treated well. And the parts of the human body that are so intricately tied to […]
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Spinning up a costume
Sheila Sobchik If the cost of store-bought Halloween costumes causes you to scream, worry no more. Coming up with a costume that doesn’t empty your wallet just takes a little imagination. The most memorable and unique Halloween costumes are those made by hand. A few accessories, makeup and a little ingenuity are all that are […]