When I walked into the Mustang News newsroom for the first time as a reporter in my freshman year, it felt like the start of a new journey. I knew I wanted to be a journalist since seeing fictional journalists like Lois Lane on my TV screen and realizing it sounded like the perfect career […]
Category: Opinion
Posted in2026 Senior Columns
Carly Heltzel | Lest I sneeze
I keep waiting to cry before I start writing this. As if tear-stained paper is what I need to prove the depth of my commitment and connection to this organization. All that would do is tear the page when my pen inevitably crosses the soppy minefield I would have left behind. I do not need […]
Posted in2026 Senior Columns
Lia Griffiths | I thought the plane was goin’ down, how’d you turn it right around?
Two years ago, I pulled off the biggest surprise of my life. My best friend Brennan had already been at Cal Poly for two years, so I secretly applied to transfer. I waited months without telling her, not wanting to get her hopes up. It was a reach school, since my mental health had taken […]
Posted in2026 Senior Columns
Jeremy Garza | It’s not you, it’s me
Cal Poly is like a really formative relationship. This campus and town have given me both my brightest and darkest days. After years of thick and thin, I am ready to break up with this place. I got to Cal Poly days after I turned 19 in September 2022 and, boy, was I stupid with […]
Posted in2026 Senior Columns
Bella Cox | You don’t learn to swim by reading about water
My time in Mustang News narrows down to one lesson: there is no such thing as the perfect time to do anything. If you don’t open yourself up to new opportunities, you will continue passing up every good thing that comes your way, waiting for the perfect time to pounce at a fresh opportunity you […]
Posted in2026 Senior Columns
Amelia Nored | If there’s a beginning, there must be an end!
All 100+ times I’ve been asked what my favorite part about MMG is, I’ve given the same answer: the people. While it’s becoming a lazy response at this point, it’s the most honest one I have. In my final couple weeks at Cal Poly, I’m adopting extra caution in not taking the people in Building […]
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Abby Gorman | I think you guys might be thinking about yourselves too much
When I joined MMG winter quarter of my freshman year, I somehow already felt behind. My six-month intermission since high school journalism, combined with my first pitch being rejected in front of a dozen of my incredibly talented peers, really tanked my confidence. I can’t lie, going from editor-in-chief to a general assignment reporter was […]
Posted inOpinion
Quit the toxic relationship with your body
Cal Poly being an active campus is not new. The multi-level gym is often crowded, and a plethora of natural landscapes provide plenty of outdoor activities for students. The positive promotion of exercise and fitness is great, but at what point does our school’s fitness obsession pose a threat to student’s relationships with their bodies?
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It’s okay if you don’t get that summer internship
Life experiences, like traveling and meeting new people from diverse backgrounds, hold value that cannot be quantified by the black ink on a resume.
Posted inLetters to the Editor
Letter to the Editor: Standing up against hate after the attack on the San Diego mosque
On Monday, May 18, a horrific tragedy struck the Islamic Center of San Diego when two teenage boys attacked the mosque, claiming the lives of three Muslims before ending their own lives. The shockwaves of this violence are felt acutely right here in San Luis Obispo and in communities across the country.
Posted inOpinion
Arguing with debate booths is a waste of time
Debate-style political booths are structured to be as unbalanced as possible and put you at as much of a disadvantage as they can. There is only one way to “win” in these debates: to not pick up the mic at all.