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Football jumps to No. 3 in latest polls
Cal Poly climbed three positions to No. 3 in the two NCAA Division I-AA polls following a bye week, due in large part to the fact the No. 1, 2 and 4 ranked teams all losing over the weekend. Cal Poly was ranked as high as No. 5 in the 2004 polls, winning its first […]
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Split squads perform with mixed results at weekend cross country invitationals
kiel carreau The Cal Poly cross country teams made a good showing this weekend, with the men’s team taking first and the women’s team taking fourth place in the Cal Poly Invitational. The event, held Saturday morning, brought teams from across the country to compete at the Fairbanks Cross Country Course, near Cuesta College. Sophomore […]
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Sweep's the word for volleyball team
sheila sobchik The Cal Poly volleyball team didn’t lose a match over the weekend en route to wins over the University of the Pacific and Cal State Northridge. The Mustangs snapped a 31-match winless streak in beating Pacific Frriday at Mott Gym. Cal Poly swept the Tigers to begin the weekend, winning 30-27, 30-24 and […]
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Women's soccer falls to Cal State Fullerton
kiel carreau Cal Poly suffered its second Big West loss of the season to Cal State Fullerton 2-0 at Mustang Stadium on Friday night behind goals from Lauryn Welch and Kandace Wilson. Cal State Fullerton (11-3-0, 3-1-0) took control of the game early, peppering Cal Poly goalie Liz Hill with a barrage of shots. Hill […]
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Poly to offer a master's of arts degree in history
brennan angel mustang daily Cal Poly’s history department will kick off its new master’s of arts degree in January, a program that offers concentrations in American, European, Asian, Latin American and African history. “We’ve felt pretty strongly that, given our geographic location, it was really important for us to give the people in our area […]
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Wheelchair Foundation brings mobility around the world
Louise Dolby Cal Poly students and alumni are giving the gift of mobility through the Wheelchair Foundation, a nonprofit organization seeking to deliver a wheelchair to everyone who needs one. In September, 10 Cal Poly graduates traveled to Guatemala to distribute wheelchairs to people in need, like Nari, a 13-year-old Guatemalan boy who has been […]
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Solar Decathlon takes third in D.C.
stefano paltera courtesy photo The Cal Poly Solar Decathlon team took third place Friday under the shadow of the Washington Monument. The Solar Decathlon, hosted annually by the U.S. Department of Energy, took place on the lawn of the National Mall in Washington D.C. There, 18 universities competed to create the most efficient and architecturally […]
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Newsflash: Truth exists!
I am continually exasperated with the fuzzy thinking that passes as profound erudition in the Mustang Daily. But when interim provost Robert C. Detweiler is quoted in the October 12 article “First Constitution Day Coming” as saying, “I don’t have a lot of patience with those who say we can only look at the original […]
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All this over half a breast?
I need to throw my two cents in the pot before I go crazy from reading one too many letters to the editor involving a half-naked breast. When I saw the CPSalsa poster, I thought it was a fire woman getting off work and getting ready to relieve some stress by doing a little Salsa […]
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Addressing domestic problems first is completely reasonable
Addressing domestic problems first is completely reasonable Do you honestly believe that the president of the United States has the power to hide international news to bolster popularity ratings? You might as well accuse him of causing the earthquake to divert attention from the war in Iraq; it would make just as much sense, but […]