Training citizens beyond undergraduate degrees is a bad thing? I am so pleased that professor Devore from the statistics department acknowledges, in his letter to the editor (October 19), that “History is a wonderful discipline.” I am also pleased to learn that statistics has been willing, for the greater good of engineering and science education […]
Training citizens beyond undergraduate degrees is a bad thing?
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Only in America
It’s Tuesday morning and I’m riding my bike to school. Admittedly, I’m riding on the sidewalk and have just run two stop signs in the bike lane, when a cop comes running over full speed and jumps in front of me. She proceeds to lecture me on how bikes are like cars and are legally […]
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Bush bashing has gotten ridiculous
In Tuesday’s paper, an editorial referred to Deputy Prime Minister Shaath’s claim that George Bush said he thought God was speaking directly to him. This led to his decisions regarding Iraq, Afghanistan and the War on Terror. This supposedly occurred while in a meeting with Palestine President Mahmoud Abbas. What the writer neglected to mention […]
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Grow up people
Ever since the whole ordeal began about the Cal Poly Salsa Club’s posters, I have been greatly amused by all the antics of these men and women who firmly believe in the idea of censorship. I could completely understand the severity of the advertisement if it displayed bare-chested women arousing willing men in the un-holiest […]
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Jazz band to make Poly go head over heels
The University Jazz Band will take audiences back to the 1930s with its music concert and dance Friday in Chumash Auditorium. Performing authentic big-band classics, Cal Poly’s University Jazz Band is inviting students and members of the community to dance and listen to swing music with San Luis Obispo County’s leading jazz vocalist Sunny Wright […]
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A dose of photorealism
Jen Boudevin “Don’t Get Excited,” an exhibition of photorealistic oil paintings by applied art and design student Randy Scudder, will open with a reception from 6 to 8 p.m. today in the UU Gallery, located in the Epicenter. The opening will feature complimentary refreshments and live music by Randy Williams III. “The paintings in this […]
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Sex and European cities
Janice Edman My sophomore year, I took a class where we held panel discussions at the end of the term dealing with topics like abortion, politics and one that particularly interested me: American morality. A few people presenting the panel tried to argue that we here in the States have no morals left; or, that […]
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Sex, love and alcohol
Daniel Gingras What an amazing thing it is to be a college student in the 21st century. We stuff our brains, livers and suitcases to the point of explosion. We indulge in guilty pleasures like “text messaging” and “drunk-dialing.” We speak to each other in keyboard acronyms (ROFLMAOPIMP) and so many different regional slangs. We […]
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Rancer's Recipes 10-20-05
Emily Rancer Apples and honey are a great combination. But when you also throw tender chicken into the mix, all three become powerfully better. By altering a recipe for apple honey sauce and then incorporating chicken, I found an entirely new and delicious creation. I try to make all my recipes as college-friendly as possible, […]
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No. 3 football fresh off bye week
Garrett Leight Coming off its bye week and a dominating win against No. 16/17 ranked North Dakota State (4-2, 0-1 Great West), the No. 3 Cal Poly (5-1, 3-0 Great West) football team looks forward to its next match-up Saturday against No. 9/10 Montana (4-2, 2-1 Big Sky) in Washington-Grizzly Stadium. The No. 3 ranking […]
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Former Olympian, Cal Poly alumnus dies
Tonya Strickland Eugene C. Lenz, an Olympic swimmer and 1960 Cal Poly alumnus, died Monday, Oct. 10. He was 68 years old. Born in San Luis Obispo in 1937 and raised in Santa Maria, Lenz was a prevalent top-placing swimmer for Cal Poly from 1956 to 1959. Before his talents took him to Roman waters […]