tom sanders Give a cheesy cheer to the holiday season with award-winning cheese-filled gift packs made by the Cal Poly creamery department. The annual cheese sale will end Dec 9, but not if all the cheese is sold before then. “Last year we needed to end the sale early because we sold out of cheese,” […]
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Career paths forged with the adult degree program
In times of economic difficulty, some adults without college degrees have experienced the downfalls of not having a college education. The Cal Poly Adult Degree Program will hold an open house and information seminar to explain how the program offers a chance for working adults to earn a college degree Saturday at 10 a.m. The […]
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Calling all trendsters, scensters and aspiring writers
Frank Stranzl With the fall quarter just days away from ending, one more time of hearing the word “essay” may just make any Cal Poly students’ heads explode. But mtvU is hoping there are a few finals-week survivors left up for the challenge to become one of Billboard and mtvU’s featured student voices. Since mid-November, […]
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Campus Dining to phase out meals
paul meissner The days of the Campus Dining meal plans are going the way of the Lighthouse. By 2008, meal plans will be phased out and Plu$ Dollars will take their place. Alan Cushman, the associate director for Campus Dining, said that the Plu$ Dollar-only plan will give students more freedom to choose what they […]
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Students, Rotary International raise money to aid tsunami victims
Louise Dolby Cal Poly and the San Luis Obispo chapter of the Rotary International raised approximately $8,000 to aid villages hit by the Southeast Asian tsunami last December. Collected on behalf of the Thai-based charity, the Center for the Protection of Children’s Rights (CPCR), the money was sent to help prevent child abuse and neglect […]
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ASI president chosen as a finalist for CSU student trustee
tom sanders The life of any architectural engineering senior is busy. The responsiblities of the Associated Students Inc. president are immense. Tylor Middlestadt does both, and now he’s ready to take on yet another task. On Nov. 11, the California State Student Association (CSSA) submitted its second list of candidates for the position of CSU […]
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Alumni brothers stitch together shirt company
Most people opening a business expect the financial burdens and hard work involved, but undermine responsibilities such as gathering equipment, collecting materials or hiring quality employees. Co-founder of the Left Coast T-shirt Company James Whitaker said quality employees were one of the hardest assets to find. “Most people who are talented and smart generally leave […]
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'Tis the Season to be-Bitter?
Julianne Byer Well it looks like that time of year again: When the average American will gain those five merry pounds and then proceed to try and lose them for the following 365 days. It’s the same routine every year: Christmas decorations up at Halloween? Check. Non-stop carols to haunt us 24-7? Check. The mad […]
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Biomedical engineering degree blends art, science for humanity
brennan angel A new degree in biomedical engineering will be available starting fall 2006, making Cal Poly the first California State University to offer the major. Students will have the opportunity to learn how to create pacemakers, catheters and other health care devices under the new program. “Students choose the biomedical engineering field to serve […]
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Surfing the wave of success
brennan angel Opening a business takes time, motivation and ambition, but the most aggravating element of opening a business is the financial burden. Business finance and accounting senior Aaron Hammon said it’s the “available funds” that stops him from opening a business immediately after college. “If I had the money now I’d try to open […]
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Club offers fair trade solutions to holiday shoppers
With less than a month left until Christmas, many are struggling to figure out what to buy friends and family members. The Cal Poly Fair Trade Club is offering a suggestion: coffee – and a little piece of mind. Since Nov. 15, the Cal Poly Fair Trade Club has sold its holiday gift packs, a cellophane-wrapped package full of LaDonna’s Coffee Co.