Mariecar Mendoza From my angle, Franz Ferdinand’s lead singer Alex Kapranos had crooked teeth. They jutted asymmetrically, fighting in tiny overlapped spaces. But then he turned slightly, and his choppers were revealed perfectly polished – just like the rest of him. “You know, when we play our own shows, we don’t usually have a circus […]
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Player spotlight: Vanessa Gilliam, outside hitter, volleyball
Senior outside hitter Vanessa Gilliam has been killing it, literally. Gilliam leads the Cal Poly women’s volleyball team in kills with 242, which is second in the Big West Conference. Her kill count of nearly five per game coupled with her hitting percentage of .274 has been leaving opponents diving to stop her offensive onslaught. […]
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Mustangs doused by Cal State Northridge
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team lost 3-1 to host Cal State Northridge on Sunday. The Mustangs extended their stay down south because Saturday’s match against the Matadors was postponed, a result of the wildfires burning in the Topanga and Chatsworth areas, according to the Big West Conference Web site. Cal Poly falls to 4-6-0 […]
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Football ranked No. 9
It will be No. 9 Cal Poly against No. 12 North Dakota State in a Great West Football Conference at Mustang Stadium on Saturday. Cal Poly climbed one more position to No. 9 in the two NCAA Division I-AA polls following its 31-14 victory at Northern Colorado on Saturday. North Dakota State fell one spot […]
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No. 25 Long Beach too much for Mustangs
sheila sobchik Cal Poly dropped a tightly contested match against No. 25 Long Beach State on Saturday 3-2. Though the 49ers finished the Mustangs off in four games, the final score didn’t tell the complete story. The Mustangs lost the first game 30-27 followed by a 30-28 defeat in game two. The Mustangs had the […]
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Fundraising goal set at $1 billion
Raised fees and increased fundraising to accommodate higher enrollment were the central issues presented at the first meeting of the Academic Senate Monday afternoon. Cal Poly President Warren Baker has announced an overall fundraising goal of $1 billion. The president’s office referred to the official close of Cal Poly’s Centennial Campaign and will move to […]
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Student earns scholarship after traumatic event
Emily Logan Lindsay Johnson fills every criterion for receiving an award or scholarship. An exemplary architecture student, she volunteers at a battered women’s shelter and helps build homes for families in Mexico. This year, she received the William R. Hearst-CSU Trustees’ Award for Outstanding Achievement – for all these reasons. But on top of her […]
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Group to make Poly smile, nod and laugh out loud
Instead of the watery eyes normally associated with sleepless nights and the monotonous school week, the students of Cal Poly will have a chance to shed tears of laughter as the comedy group Smile and Nod offers an escape Wednesday night. Smile and Nod was formed in 1998 by a group of Cal Poly students […]
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Orfalea to visit campus
He founded Kinko’s and he donated more than $16.2 million to the university. He’s even coming out with a new book and his first book signing event will be right here on campus. Paul Orfalea will give a free presentation to the public at 4:30 p.m. in the Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre on Wednesday. […]
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Women's soccer nets two wins
kiel carreau The Cal Poly women’s soccer team started its weekend off on the right foot by defeating St. Mary’s 2-1 Friday at Mustang Stadium. After suffering its first loss of the season to No. 6 Santa Clara last Sunday and dropping in the national rankings to No. 23, Cal Poly (7-1-3) was primed to […]
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Men's cross country paces UC Riverside Invitational
The men’s cross country team won the 8K race at the UC Riverside Invitational on Saturday. The Mustangs had a point total of 51, placing five runners in the top 15. Concordia took second place behind Cal Poly with 70 points and host UC Riverside was third with 80. The Cal Poly women’s team finished […]