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Frappuccinos and non-fat soy lattes, caramel macchiatos and iced vanilla coffees, DoubleShots and extra foam. These staple drinks of Americans everywhere will soon be making their way to campus, as Associated Students Inc. and the Cal Poly Corporation announced last week that a Starbucks Coffee store will open in the University Union for fall quarter of 2008.

Ten vehicles were burglarized on Saturday night on Serano and Ramona Streets, according to the San Luis Obispo Police Department. In each case, the cars’ windows were smashed and items such as laptops, iPods, CDs, cell phones, stereo equipment, wallets and checkbooks were stolen, police said.

Freshman Christopher Thomas Harvey, 18, was killed in a car accident while home for the holidays.

On Dec. 7, Harvey had just taken two finals to complete his first quarter at Cal Poly when he decided to make the four-hour drive north to his home in Walnut Creek.

Communication Institute will host a “Green Media” conference Thursday that will feature some of the top graphic communication professionals from across the nation.

Presented as part of International Printing Week, the conference will focus on green policies within the industry and will discuss what is being done to improve sustainable business practices.

The San Luis Obispo Democratic Club encourages students to register to vote in San Luis Obispo County, one of the issues that will be the primary focus of their upcoming meeting.

Cal Poly Democrats President Erica Janoff agrees that new students should register in this county.

Nudity, alcohol, beads and all that was a part of past Mardi Gras was the topic of discussion at the Student Community Liaison Committee Thursday afternoon at the San Luis Obispo City Hall. Vice President for Student Affairs Cornel Morton said the community and the students have made headway from 2004 by “creating distance” from those events.

Two suspects were arrested by the San Luis Obispo Police Department for the alleged attempted robbery of a San Luis Obispo resident in the early morning hours of Jan. 12.

Aaron Tedesco and Michael Robertson, both 18 and of Prunedale, Calif., were arrested by a SLOPD officer around 4:30 a.

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