Category: Letters to the Editor

Did you read the article on Thursday about city buses? Cal poly set up another five-year contract for over a million dollars which will allow us to ride for free. I was disappointed the article didn’t mention the inadequacies of the bus system. Here’s my dilemma.

Where is President Baker? I’m going into my fifth year here at Cal Poly and I’ve only seen our President three times, and one was a Sasquatch-like sighting that involved a camera phone and lots of running.

I have heard stories that our past presidents have been involved with campus, could be seen regularly strolling about involved with a student body that they care about.

Saturday’s football game was by far the best football game I have ever attended at Cal Poly. And I want to thank each and every fan that came. YOU ROCKED. The unity shown in everyone standing the entire game nearly brought tears to my eyes. The dancing to the music during breaks in play put a smile on my face that still remains to this day.

You might ask yourself, what are the right reasons to support Arnold? Is it because of his savage nature, entrepreneurial sprit, skilled acting, or the fact that his constituents call him by first name? Though these are all great reasons, one undeniable truth applies specifically to students of the CSU system: reelect Arnold to his deserved post for no other reason than because he will sign your diploma.

I am writing to remind people about the importance of Oct 2. On that day over a century ago, a man was born who led a fight to free a country from tyranny. His teachings and philosophy would later inspire other revolutionaries such as Martin Luther King, Jr.

Dating is definitely going extinct. I mean are people just too afraid of being forward or getting hurt? I think in order for people to have any chance at finding someone or seeing if the “apple of their eye” feels the same way they need to ask them out! There needs to be a distinction between the just friends and more.

The sad, sad tale of Chef Ed

We arrived with hunger in our eyes. Surely Veranda Caf‚ could help us in our need for a balanced (and delicious!) meal to bring verification to the day. We assumed the usual patterns. A piece of cornbread with the meal, and entrees for the additional chips and salsa they included.

Cal Poly Students: the Arroyo Grande Village needs your help! At the Aug. 8 city council meeting the updated Creekside Development plans and scale model was submitted for the umpteenth time. Luckily Council deferred the project to a later date and voiced some concerns.

I was amazed to read your AP article on Fidel Castro in the Mustang Daily dated August 3 to 9. It quoted a Cuban-American in Florida whose family fled Cuba in 1960: “My hope for Cuba would be for it to grow as the power it used to be . . . I want my parents to see Cuba .

Defying the wishes of a majority of Americans and their representatives, President George W. Bush vetoed a bill allowing federal money to go to embryonic stem cell research. Although this veto was devastating to the millions who are familiar with the pain associated with Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, diabetes, cancer, and spinal injuries, the veto was also indicative of the palpable disunity present in the GOP.

Ann Coulter, an infamous political pundit, has been making headlines with her new book: “Godless: The Church of Liberalism.” In the book, Coulter takes it upon herself to “expose” Sept. 11 widows for who they really are: “These broads are millionaires, lionized on TV and in articles; reveling in their status as celebrities.I’ve never seen people enjoying their husbands’ deaths so much.