Cal Poly freshman Sheri French died in a car accident on California State Route 121 near Napa Valley in the late afternoon on Saturday Feb. 18. French, 19, a business administration major, died along with her boyfriend, John Matteron, 20, when their Dodge Neon collided with a sport utility vehicle driven by a 31-year-old San […]
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Students teach art to low-income children with Central Coast Center for Arts Education
Central Coast Center for Arts Education (CCCAE) will offer a program to provide art education for Santa Maria school children in low-income housing. The project has funds to operate at Peoples’ Self Help Housing (PSHH) Los Adobes de Maria II for one year. Students living in the complex will have the opportunity to attend afternoon […]
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Students apathetic toward IRA fee proposal
The hundreds of red “Vote Yes” posters plastering the walls throughout campus in last year’s aggressive ASI fee increase proposal prompted over 5,000 students to vote. The spark that ignited several thousand to vote last year is lacking in this year’s equally important IRA (Instructionally Related Activities) fee increase referendum that will take place on […]
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One of the Central Coast's best kept secrets
sheila sobchik The large blue road sign read: “NEXT SERVICES 82 MILES,” a warning to most motorists to avoid the barren road for fear of no gas; instead we welcomed the heavenly message with a full tank of fuel and an ear-to-ear grin inside our helmets. The road swept left and then broke right like […]
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Jerusalem Post journalist discusses issues in the Middle East
The experience of a journalist working in one of the most conflicted regions of the world is unusual. It is even more rare when that journalist is both Israeli and Arab, and writes for a Hebrew paper. Monday night, Khaled Abu Toameh, editor of Palestinian affairs for the Jerusalem Post, spoke to over 100 students […]
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From Anchorage to Whittier: An Insider's Guide
Kristen Oato Looking up from the mudflats, all I could see were wet, moss-covered boulders. I knew the view from the top was worth the trek. Salty air flushed my 10-year-old cheeks as I began to climb up the black mountain-like structure. Hoisting myself over the last hurdle, I looked out into the water. Out […]
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Where have all the Good ol' Days gone?
So lately, my roomie and I have been obsessed with the show “American Dreams.” Ah, nothing like getting lost in the rhythm of the 60’s to rid your mind of current Iraqi death toll numbers and plans for world domination. Sometimes I think I was born in the wrong era, other times I think the […]
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LGBT celebrates same- sex handholding day
James Mellor Valentine’s Day is traditionally a day to express love – even through something as simple as holding hands. Cal Poly’s Pride Alliance Center: LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) student group has organized a Valentine’s Day event, Same Sex Handholding Day, to raise awareness on campus for these individuals. “Basically, it raises awareness that […]
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A journey to India
caitlin donnell I woke up to a musty aroma that was so pungent and sharp, that it roused me out of bed. I peered out my porthole that morning from the ship and knew ” we had arrived in India. I had overslept and missed my usual tradition of waking before dawn on mornings that […]
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Conference unites students to change the status quo
brennan angel mustang daily Over 150 Cal Poly students united this weekend under the common theme of creating change. The fourth annual Change the Status Quo conference, put on by Student Community Services, included 24 workshops addressing the issues of conscious consumption, cultural equality, environmentalism, feminism, LGBT (Lesbian, Gay, Bisexual, Transgender) rights, health, politics, world […]
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Hillel attracting a large and diverse membership
Many Cal Poly students do not know about one of the fastest growing clubs on campus. Hillel, the Jewish student organization in San Luis Obispo, has been at Cal Poly for over 15 years and has drastically increased its membership in the past two years. “Where we used to get 20 students coming to events, […]