Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo voters face three choices for mayor this election season: current mayor Jan Marx, local architect Steve Barasch and modern-day Don Quixote rebel Don Hedrick. The Incumbent The most well known of this year’s mayoral choices is probably Marx, San Luis Obispo’s mayor for the past two years. Before being […]
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Mustangs ready for another Blue-Green Rivalry
There’s almost no way to predict them. Ten of the past 11 matches in the Blue-Green Rivalry have been decided by one goal, and disregarding UC Santa Barbara’s 2-0 victory over Cal Poly to close the 2011 season, the last time a Cal Poly-UC Santa Barbara matchup was decided by more than one goal was […]
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Presidential Election Moments
Obama advertisement accuses Romney of killing a woman A television ad produced by a pro-Obama super-PAC featured a former steelworker who said he could not afford healthcare for his wife who was dying of cancer. His company was purchased and shut down by Bain Capital, the private equity firm founded by Mitt Romney. Presidential quips […]
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Young voices: The importance of the youth vote
Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com This election day, registered voters will be filling out their ballots if they haven’t already voted. One voter demographic that has recently come to play an important role in the election, especially in 2008, is the youth vote. According to an article in the Los Angeles Times and a 2012 poll by Harvard […]
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Obama vs. Romney: Where the candidates stand
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A comparison showing Barack Obama’s and Mitt Romney’s stances and policies on important issues of the upcoming election. War Obama: Obama demonstrated early opposition to the Iraqi war, which helped his campaign four years ago. In 2010, he ended the U.S. combat mission in Iraq. He increased the number of troops in […]
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Op/Ed: CP Democrat candidate endorsement
This opinion piece was written by Cal Poly Democrats President Kayla Clark I speak for the Cal Poly Democrats when I say we endorse President Barack Obama in this election against Governor Mitt Romney. There are several reasons behind this endorsement, starting with education, then health, women’s rights, the economy and foreign policy. On all […]
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Op/Ed: CP repubs candidate endorsement
This opinion piece was written by Cal Poly College Republicans Executive Board. This is perhaps the most important election of our lifetime. But this election is not just about Mitt Romney and Barack Obama. It’s about what we, as Americans, want our country to look like. Over the last four years, the federal government has intervened […]
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IFC looks to ‘Break the Stereotype’ with new campaign
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Classrooms and hallways across campus are strewn with clusters of black and white posters. These are neither advertisements nor event posters, which are typically displayed on campus message boards. Instead, they are part of the “Break the Stereotype” campaign put on by the Interfraternity Council (IFC) in an effort to change any […]
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Alumni Association endorse Prop 30
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net Adding its name to the list of those endorsing Proposition 30, the Cal Poly Alumni Association announced support of the proposition in an email sent to members this past week urging them to vote for the tax proposal. The association joined several similar organizations across the state that have endorsed Proposition 30, […]
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SLO 5-0: Halloweekend trickery
The following is a list of the crimes that occurred on campus and in San Luis Obispo over the past weekend, compiled from the University Police Department and San Luis Obispo Police Department’s daily logs: Thursday, Oct. 25 7:38 a.m. There was an alcohol offense at 1243 Monterey St. 8:52 a.m. There was theft at […]
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After 5 years, safety text alert system looking into new format
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net When an assault occurred in Poly Canyon Village parking structure late Sept. 27, computer engineering freshman Nestor Alvarez was in his dorm. He, like many other students, received a mass text a few hours after the incident informing him that a suspect with a knife was loose on campus. Alvarez’s phone number […]