When I was entering my first year at Cal Poly, I consistently heard from older students and graduates that their one regret in college was they never studied abroad. It might have been one of my regrets, too, if my parents didn’t encourage me this past year to look into some of the programs available. So, I went to the Study Abroad Fair and one program immediately had my attention: Cal Poly in Australia.
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African aid should be prioritized
When I first caught wind of Nelson Mandela’s passing last month, my mind started racing a million miles an hour.
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Occupy finally finds direction
It was easy for a lot of different people to chastise the Occupy Wall Street Movement. Most media outlets were instantly skeptical, Republicans finally had a liberal splinter group they could berate to take the heat off of their Tea Party, and even Stephen Colbert tried to provide some directional aid.
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Crap on tap: Ballin' on a budget
As you know, we are beer snobs craft beer aficionados. That being said, we are also broke college students. Cheap beer is a necessary evil at this point, and it is as hard to avoid as it is to enjoy.
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Travel blunders not a thing of the past
The best part about studying abroad is learning things about yourself you never knew before. An inevitable change occurs and suddenly you find yourself becoming more independent, enjoying the little things in life and strengthening skills you lacked prior to this incredible journey.
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Good, even for profit, is good
Several weeks ago, in this liberal column, I laid some groundwork on how companies could be part of the solution to large political, social and economic problems that exist today. Most of the time I find that they are the problem, but that really isn’t true, nor is it fair.
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Hoppy holidays: Cheers to a beer challenge
David Jang/Mustang News Nick Larson and Jake Devincenzi [follow id=”njlarson8″] [follow id=”jake_devincenzi”] Kinesiology senior Nick Larson and aerospace engineering senior Jake Devincenzi are Mustang News beer columnists. For our final column of the calendar year, we want to send all our readers off with a challenge. We are calling it, “The 12 Beers of Whatever […]
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Get your fix of comfort food at Splash Café Seafood and Grill
When I first moved to San Luis Obispo, the restaurant that kept being recommended to me was Splash Café. So naturally, a friend and I visited downtown over the weekend to see what we could eat there.
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A thank you to our great country
America today lies in a critical place. We sit at the corner of history, where our rich past meets a progressive future.
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The best albums of 2013
10. Random Access Memories — Daft Punk. Do other artists get mad at how easy it is for Daft Punk? “Get Lucky,” the most infectiously inescapable song of this summer, seems totally effortless in its breezy melody and disco-chic atmosphere.
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Ten things you learn from studying abroad
It is still mind-blowing to me that I was able to fly 8,000 miles away from home only to be dropped in a seemingly random place on this huge planet.