‘Tis the season to be jolly, unless, well, you’re not into all the media-hyped holiday festivities that go on. ‘Tis also the article where I promise that for the rest of the “Guides to Life” I ever write, I will never use the word “’tis” again. So, I might as well live it up, because ’tis article will only happen once, and I would like to continue to use the word as incorrectly as possible.
Category: Opinion
Posted inOpinion
How to Survive: Home for the holidays
By next week, you’ll be done with those awful finals, your books will be sold back and you’ll be making your way home for the holidays. You haven’t been back since Thanksgiving, which actually wasn’t that long ago when you think about it.
Now that you think about it, Thanksgiving was actually kind of stressful.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Train accident exploited
It’s appalling that Michael Macedo would write an entire letter, based entirely on his own conclusions, completely void of facts and intellectual thought.
As a personal friend of Ryan West I can tell you that there was at least one witness, who stated that Ryan was in fact, not lying on the train tracks passed out, rather he was walking.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Students responsible for their own safety
I read with much interest the lead article in the Nov. 30 Mustang Daily, which wrung hands and gnashed teeth, about safety responsibility for students trespassing on private property when walking along or crossing the railroad tracks.
The Union Pacific Co.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Nothing newsworthy about Christians on campus
Mustang Daily, thank you so much for your piece on Campus Crusade for Christ. I am grateful, because it hadn’t actually sunk in that there was any sort of Christian group on campus until you had mentioned it 30 or 40 times.
I know there is no diversity on campus, but please, just once, couldn’t you challenge your writers to find something original in our little eggshell sea? From my understanding, nothing that newsworthy has happened with Christians since the death of the last pope.
Posted inOpinion
Christmas just as merry in Spain
Over 3,000 miles away from the United States and across the Atlantic Ocean, I find myself far from home this Christmas. However, it’s comforting to know that even in Spain there are some things that different cultures can share. After living in this country for the past three months, I’ve come to love the people here, regardless of their stone-cold faces and their pushy nature.
Posted inOpinion
Ignorance not a choice in fight against hunger
In October 2000, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that almost half the world’s population lived on less than $2 a day. In the same sentence he added that “even this statistic fails to capture the humiliation, powerlessness and brutal hardship that is the daily lot of the world’s poor.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Support Poly's renewable energy initiatives
I am writing to inform our campus and larger community of the impressive steps that Cal Poly has taken to be the Countys lead producer of renewable energy. This past summer, a 135kW array of solar photovoltaic energy panels were installed on the roof of Engineering West.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Campus food no match for home cooking
As freshmen with no car, we are forced to eat the selection of foods that the campus provides. Although we are capable of going downtown to find better quality food, time is definitely a factor. Many students have conflict with their class hours and restaurant hours.
Posted inOpinion
Risk Green Army empire nears world domination
SAN LUIS OBISPO – In an ongoing World War centralized on a Parker Brothers Risk Board amid empty pizza boxes and spent 2-liter bottles of Jolt cola, Green Army Commander Spencer Porter has seized control of 30 of 42 countries, putting victory within sight for the first time in the recent weeks.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Don't blame others for your recklessness
I am writing in response to the Nov. 30 article “How safe are the tracks you walk on?” After I had finished reading this article, I was dumbfounded at all the propositions being made in wake of the recent accident involving Ryan West.
The article starts out with a recap of the very vague circumstances of the accident and then moves on to why we need to have new safety installments around the tracks and why the cost should be pinned on Union Pacific Railroad Co.