nick coury The final session of the eight-week Wildland Fire Studies seminar, provided by Cal Poly’s forestry resources department, led to some controversy Monday over free speech rights and expression on campus. The seminar was primarily geared toward students with a concentration in wildland fire and fuels management. Monday’s session was led by Dale Bosworth, […]
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Beyond Shelter makes a home
nick camacho Rain poured down in vertical sheets against the side of St. Stephen’s Episcopal Church. The Maxine Lewis Memorial Overflow Shelter occupied the multi-purpose room inside. Twenty-five beds lined the walls. Covered with blankets, toys and other personal belongings, the room was full of shelter occupants. A girl no more than 5 years old […]
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Fraternity Fight Night knocked down and dragged off campus
Months of student work and planning were thwarted when an event put on by the Pi Kappa Alpha fraternity was cancelled Monday by Ken Barclay, Director of Student Life and Leadership at Cal Poly. The Fraternity Fight Night event was to be held Saturday, March 11 in Mott Gym. The event was to feature 30 […]
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Big Waves hit SLO
Joe Sargent Da Bull, Mr. Maverick’s and Z-boy will be at the Fremont Theatre this Thursday for the showing of “Riding Giants.” Greg Noll, a pioneer in big-wave surfing; Jeff Clark, the founder of the big-wave break Maverick’s; and Stacy Peralta, a skate-boarding pioneer turned filmmaker, will all be on hand for the showing of […]
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To-Do: Find More Time
Julianne Byer No one really said that life gets harder as we grow up. They could have. They could have warned us that responsibilities and everyday tasks will pile up in between the stack of old newspapers and heap of dirty laundry. The To-Do list will continue to grow, the waiting lists will get […]
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Online admissions tool helps to break language barrier
Spanish-speaking prospective Cal Poly students can now access information and get answers to questions online. “Respuestas EMT” allows prospective students to type in questions in Spanish on the online server and receive answer posts in Spanish. The service received over 200 questions on the first day, according to James Maraviglia, assistant vice president for admissions, […]
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Mustang Daily wins in statewide contest
sheila sobchik The Mustang Daily took home four awards, including second place for “General Web site Excellence,” from the 2006 California College Media Competition. The competition was judged by representatives from the Fresno Bee, LA Weekly, Orange County Register, Sacramento Bee, San Jose Mercury News and LANG. The California College Media Association offers a statewide […]
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Poly Canyon Village to relieve housing crunch
Jennifer Hall Construction on the new Poly Canyon Village housing project at Cal Poly is set to begin on March 17. The housing project will provide 2,700 beds for Cal Poly students who want to live on campus. The project will be the nation’s largest on-campus student housing complex and will be ready for students […]
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Muslim Student Association responds to cartoon controversy
A Danish newspaper’s editorial cartoons sparked reactions in many Cal Poly students. In September, a series of cartoons were published in Jyllands-Posten that were deemed offensive to Muslims around the world. The most disrespectful cartoon depicts the Prophet Muhammad wearing a bomb as a turban. The response to the cartoons has been portrayed by the […]
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New fraternities plan to come to Poly
The Cal Poly greek system is growing again with the addition of two new fraternities, Sigma Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Sigma Pi held informational sessions this week and last week and had a booth in the University Union for the last two weeks. They are planning to colonize this Friday. “We had a good […]
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The Underground Passion
Paul Bittick It’s illegal, but they do it anyway. Half past midnight lurches by as three hooded silhouettes slink their way into the Cal Poly University Union Plaza. Moving cautiously through the dimly lit arena, the three prowl the area with light-footed stealth, surveying their surroundings with the utmost intensity. Something is going down in […]