Tonya Strickland Clusters of students in groups of twos, threes and fours filled the rows of plastic chairs, while others pushed the seating aside to make room for their pillows and blankets on the floor of Chumash Auditorium Tuesday night for the showing of “Madagascar,” the first in a series of six free films dubbed […]
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I heart beer
Joe Sargent I have been 21 for exactly three months and five days. I spent my birthday in Las Vegas with my four best friends drinking, gambling and not sleeping. Since then, I have attempted to pack 20 years of sobriety into a very short span of time, and I have loved almost every minute […]
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Looking Within
Nick Hoover It’s been over a decade since the three-day long riots broke out during the April, 1990 Poly Royal celebration where over 120 people were arrested. Any object within reach was hurled at police officers, including small explosives. What’s changed in these 15 years? Is the quiet town of San Luis Obispo remaining just […]
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Nothing better than Franz in France
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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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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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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Garden Grille makes the grade
After just two weeks, the Garden Grille has proved popular with both new and returning students. The restaurant, formerly the Lighthouse, is a temporary dining establishment that has experimented with higher quality food at varied prices. The Garden Grille will close at the end of the school year for about two years while a new, […]
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New DVD 'giggety giggety' good
Joe Sargent Incest, racism, fart jokes and the story of a 4-year-old boy finding himself – a storyline that can only be found in “Family Guy.” Tuesday, Sept. 27, marked the release of “Family Guy Presents: Stewie Griffin the Untold Story,” a direct to DVD full-length film. The entire Griffin family and all the memorable […]
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Symphony reaches 'apex'
Brittany Ridley People often view music as entertainment, talent or even a distraction, but Peggy Peterson saw music as an opportunity to change individual lives. Whether she provided a children with their first violin or an elderly woman a concert for her 102nd birthday, Peterson, chairwoman of the Autumn Apex, changed the lives of the […]
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End of ouroboros
Louise Dolby End of ouroboros The well fed who rest upon designer beds Are not at war for divide and conquer, We Don’t care and disregard, as snakes skin shed Administration deaf to words that are said Mothers curdled cries, screams like thunder, See The well fed who rest upon designer beds […]
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The Velvet Rope: Anxiously waiting for what's over the hill
Louise Dolby I was always told my 20s, particularly my 21st year, was going to be a blur of friends and faces, parties and the social epitome of my youth. Movies and magazines promised bars and clubs were great places that churned out as much fun as I could handle. But being 21 wasn’t all […]