Michael Mullady As a teenager, Chase Millholen discovered the art of photography thanks to his mother, who has taught art classes at his old high school for 30 years. But more than just a hobby he fell into by birth, 20-year-old Millholen explains how photography evolved into something much more personal. As his Web site […]
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Poly Arts to bring laughter and more
Jonathan Drake Jonathan Drake mustang daily With the start of the fall quarter, the Cal Poly Arts organization has already planned programs and performances through most of the academic school year, including the comedic routine, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour. Cal Poly Arts describes the act, which shows at 8 p.m. on Saturday Oct. 15, […]
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The incredible Expendables return
Tiffany Dias The funky reggae/rock group The Expendables is coming back to Cal Poly for a show during the Fall 2005 UU Hour. The band comes to San Luis Obispo after a year-long absence. Its appearance is also the start of a four-day tour of southern California. The Expendables have also just finished touring […]
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Audible Garbage
Nick Hoover Take a stroll down any walkway on campus, and you’re likely to see most people knee-deep into a song on their iPod, or negotiating their next social move on their camera phone. If not, there are also the discreet few who use the James Bond earpiece with their phones, providing the ultimate in […]
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Rock Insane? Oui Oui!
Ryan Chartrand Dave Grohl made me a woman. But let’s back up – across an ocean, actually. It had been one week since my summer escape to Europe, and the adventures were steadily becoming more ridiculous. Travel accomplice Kimi Kieft and I had tested cheese in Dublin, conspired with a law-evading grandma in Edinburgh and […]
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Where SLO meets the 'Surreal Life'
Christopher Gunn The cast of the “Surreal Life: Season Six” took over KSBY’s evening newscast and mingled in downtown San Luis Obispo during one of the show’s big trip excursions Thursday. The cast includes Sherman Hemsley from the 70s hit sitcom, “The Jeffersons;” Steve Harwell, the front man for the band Smash Mouth; C.C. DeVille […]
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Spin on classic proves frightful
Karen Velie Karen Velie mustang daily Finally, a horror movie that’s not overloaded with gore. Though truly frightening, “The Exorcism of Emily Rose” provokes viewers into scaring themselves. This low budget film, directed by Scott Derrickson, is surprisingly light on special effects. But as movie goers contemplate the existence of evil, they may find themselves […]
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There's something new in view
Christina Joslin It was a hot Friday afternoon, the birds were chirping, a cool breeze was flowing through the trees and all the new WOWies were listening to the sounds of San Luis Obispo’s very own The New Longview. Formerly just Longview, this local powerhouse opened for the band Sherwood and rocked the stage of […]
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Money, clothes and poetry
Since Hurricane Katrina hit, a flood of clothes and money has been donated from all over the country to help the many Americans struggling to piece their lives back together. But who would have thought that a collection of words could also bring relief to the thousands of victims left homeless. “Poetry is a way […]
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Left Behind
Nick Hoover Editor’s note: ‘blackandwhite’ is a photography commentary by Nick Hoover that will run each Thursday. Watching helicopters rescue stranded victims from their rooftops was the only image I had in my mind as I left for my two-week mission with the Red Cross. When I arrived in New Orleans, the truth […]
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At the drive-in
Matt Wechter Across from the Madonna Plaza, the large screen shoots up into the sky and the faded red letters of “Sunset” are the usual sight for Highway 101 commuters. Around 7:30 p.m., as the sun slips behind Madonna Mountain, the headlights of cars can be seen curving around the dirt road leading to the […]