Late night study sessions, floor versus floor competitions and popcorn exploding in the common room microwave are all experiences characteristic of the dorms. But what about the nearly 1,300 freshmen that the Cal Poly residence halls don’t have room for?
“We are over our designed capacity and will utilize our triples and quads this year,” Assistant Vice President for Student Affairs Preston Allen said.
Whether you need to pay the bills or just want some extra spending cash, San Luis Obispo offers all jobs imaginable. From working on-campus to downtown, the arrays of opportunities are endless.
For those students who do have access to downtown and other areas of San Luis Obispo for work, there are various other ways to find jobs.
Fear comes in many forms. It can be anything from fear of heights to being scared of spiders. But for some students at Cal Poly, fear could result from not being able to register.
It is a state requirement that all registered students have proof of immunization against Hepatitis B, measles, mumps and rubella.
Living in a new city can be confusing at first. But things can get even more confusing if you violate a law that you didn’t even know existed.
The city of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly have many laws and ordinances that, to an incoming student, are handy to know.
Clarissa Delgado kept her bike behind the Sequoia residence hall throughout her freshman year. She kept it with her back tire locked in the racks so she could easily ride away. Throughout the year, she never had a problem and when freshman year ended, her friend volunteered to pick up her bike and store it over the summer.
This whole JonBenet Ramsey ordeal is weird. It’s been weird for 10 years and it keeps getting weirder. The newest addition came with the arrest of former Sonoma substitute teacher John Mark Karr, who has admitted guilt in what he said was a failed kidnapping attempt.
Tonight on cable news: a bunch of stuff you really don’t need to know.
So that may not seem like a breaking story, but it’s certainly becoming more and more true.
With about 1,056 minutes to fill every day, cable’s three main news channels – CNN, Fox and MSNBC – have evolved into entertainment broadcasts rather than informative sources.
Yes, I know, we’ve heard it all before. When you live in a college town, you pay more rent. The two go hand-in-hand. But with the recent increase in rent throughout San Luis Obispo, I can’t help but wonder if the property owners are just taking major advantage of us students.
My friend has let me down. Recently, we had a misunderstanding and I decided that we should no longer see each other. I realized that my friend is holding me back and giving nothing to our relationship.
Blame it on the recent heat wave or the dullness of my tedious life as a summer intern, but I have reluctantly decided that I hate television.
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 .
