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tom sanders Remember in “Forrest Gump” when Tom Hanks ran across the country for no particular reason? Steven Bethune, a 24-year-old Cal Poly graduate, is planning to do the same thing, only his motive is to help those with heart disease. “By raising money for the American Heart Association it makes my lifelong hobby more […]

brennan angel World War II is over, Nazi Germany is defeated. Humanity, its amazing unquenchable spirit, begins living anew. At the end of the war, millions were dead and all but 15,000 German Jews were in foreign lands. There is to be a remarkable migration of Jews back to Germany closely following the end of […]

sheila sobchik It’s the mental discipline that separates the inexperienced from the experienced in the game of poker, twins Devin and Taylor Biehn said. A player must be able to stay composed and focused for long periods of time as well as be disciplined enough to not make impulsive decisions even when their account takes […]

sheila sobchik The dimly lit room was dusty and cramped, the mass of people huddled around one another created a scene reminiscent of “Fight Club,” stuffy and tense. Beneath the pile of onlookers, two identical twins sat glued to their computer waiting for the next few hands that would alter their futures. One by one […]

More and more students are trying to get into Cal Poly as the university received a record number of undergraduate applications this year. Cal Poly received 30,786 undergraduate applications for the fall 2006 quarter, a 12 percent rise from last year. This is the 12th straight year in which Cal Poly has set a record […]

Jon Haines reports on the CSU alcohol ban and recent campus news.

Central Coast Center for Arts Education (CCCAE) announced new endowments to honor two women for their dedication to arts education in San Luis Obispo and around the country. CCCAE presented the endowments on behalf of June King McFee and Bernice Loughran Nickelson to create additional funding for artists in all public schools in the county. […]

James Mellor Universities abroad have begun to look to the western educational system to set international standards of education. Bonnie Konopak, dean of Cal Poly’s College of Education and an expert in accreditation in the United States, recently traveled to one such university in Kuwait to evaluate whether the university was ready to begin the […]

brennan angel The graphic communication department is celebrating International Printing Week by featuring professional speakers from all over the globe. The week includes a dedication ceremony of new printing equipment. The international celebration commemorates the birthday of Benjamin Franklin. This year marks the 300th anniversary of Franklin’s birth on Jan. 17, 1706. Graphic industry speakers […]

Caitlin Donnell Just after ushering in the new year, the Cal Poly Rose Float took to the streets of Pasadena on Jan. 2. The fairy wonderland with a giant dragon, waterfall and tree house castle marked the 58th consecutive Tournament of Roses Parade entry by Cal Poly students. The annual float is a yearlong joint […]