Category: Letters to the Editor

A college fun fact: people go into it thinking that they will get a fresh start. Recall the month before you came to Cal Poly; remember making yourself promises to break a pattern engrained by awkward teenage years (shyness, physical image, being single)? I’m no exception. My first quarter at Poly I attempted to recreate […]

Men’s soccer coach Wolfgang Gartner is a horrible coach, role model and representative of Cal Poly. Do you know what I experience first-hand when I sit for a Cal Poly men’s game? I hear Wolfgang yelling at the top of his lungs, I see our defenders stealing the ball then being told to “kick it […]

Complaining about tax breaks for the rich? How naive. These tax breaks ensure that the ever responsible upper class has capital to employ us slobbering lower classes. We lower classes can’t invest and start companies. A: It’s un-American commie trash-talk. Starting businesses is for those that can afford it, i.e. rich people. If we all […]

For the second time this week, there was a mistake in how Prop 73 was defined. Like Brittany Ridley had also stated, Emily Logan said Prop 73 “would have required minors to get permission from their parent or legal guardian at least 48 hours before getting an abortion.” If you would simply read the title […]

I am writing in response to Louise Dolby’s article of “Abercrombie.” Ideals are nice. I like ideals. I use them when I find it convenient and occasionally, a person may have suspicions that I have morals to go along with them. However, I recognize that ideals are often luxury, illusive when one needs them the […]

If you’re one to frequent the Rec Center exercise room, you might have noticed the 85-plus machines, the 60 sets of dumbbells or your attention might have been focused on the magazines pieces scattered on the ground by the cardio machines. It seems to me that day in and day out, people who use the […]

Jack Ingram’s article on Nov. 8 was appalling. His narrow views, ignorance and low class are pathetic. In his article, following some talk of the U.S. “flipping a bitch,” and referring to the actions of our founding fathers as “having the balls,” he addresses the security of the U.S. He asks a great question: “Is […]

I was reading the article by Brittany Ridley on the different propositions in the election; I spied something that I have witnessed time and again during this election. Ridley summarized Prop. 73 by saying it “would allow minors the right to have an abortion without parental consent.” The problem with this statement is that Prop […]

So after all is said and done concerning Jessica’s letter, does this mean that engineers will still not be meeting women? Zachary Jirkovsky Mechanical engineering senior

I am appalled and flabbergasted that the Daily ran James Glen’s cartoon that compared girls who wear huge sunglasses to walruses. The walrus is a gentle and majestic creature that has many valuable uses (tu$ks anyone?) Everyone knows that girls who wear those huge sunglasses are more aptly compared to the titanic elephant seal, in […]

Erik Dawley, how can you be so ignorant? Your argument that aliens abducting stupid people keeps our nation strong against terrorists is horrible. What we as a nation need to do is make our stupid people the most visible to the terrorists. If the terrorists see only stupid people, they will laugh at us. If […]