Since daylight savings time ended and we shifted an hour back, it’s dark out even when walking back from class at 5 p.m. Especially because I am a female student, I often feel more vigilant when walking around campus now that it gets dark earlier — and I’m not the only one.
Category: Opinion
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Gossip is good (when done responsibly) – and here’s how to do it right
There’s a lot of judgment around gossip. People who engage with gossip are often labeled as untrustworthy, insecure or even bad friends. But if you really think about it, gossip is actually the glue that holds us together. When done right, it’s the foundation of great friendships and is necessary for society.
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The downfall of Swim and Dive through a captain’s eyes
I’m sharing what happened after our team was cut not just to look back, but to show what it feels like when the university takes away the place that felt like home. As a team, we thought we had standing with the university based on our performance this season. As it turned out, we were wrong.
Posted inSatire
JDAWG SAYS: Engineers should stop complaining about finals, give grace to liberal arts
Liberal Arts students should channel their mommy issues into their essays, swap out bar-crawls for coffee-crawls, and prove to their relatives that their degrees are not a waste during finals season.
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Balancing your goals is better than having constant discipline
While having extreme discipline and an excruciatingly packed schedule might help you inch ahead now, balancing preparation and rest helps you avoid burnout in the long run.
Posted inMonday Manure - Satire
Dormcest: Do’s and don’ts
It’s no secret that horned-up freshmen are likely to crap where they eat. The hormones and excitement that surround dorm-dwellers are bound to cause some incest in freshman year living spaces. From yakʔitʸutʸu to Muir, North Mountain to Yosemite, no dorm goes unscathed by the looming presence of an awkward hook-up who lives in the same building as you.
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The Housing Hunt: Becoming an RA comes with free housing, but also real responsibilities
Residential advisors or community advisors (which is the RA role for continuing or transfer students) benefit from free on-campus housing and a dining plan. This job is a great way to secure an entire room to yourself for no cost, while being able to connect with other students and shape the campus community.
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Overwhelmed and understimulated: The TikTok paradox
It’s 2 a.m. and my eyes hurt. My brain feels like static. I’m exhausted and wired and bored all at once–which shouldn’t be possible, but here we are. I’ve been scrolling TikTok for three hours and couldn’t name a single video I watched. I close the app, feel a wave of relief yet immediately open it again.
Something is very wrong here.
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For many, the taste of home is missing in SLO
Ash Pickett is a Business Administration Senior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang Media Group.The summer after my senior year of high school, I visited Cal Poly for PolyCultural Weekend – Cal Poly’s multicultural, student-led welcome for admitted students. It was my […]
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Does President Armstrong deserve nine times the base faculty salary?
Our highest administrators are not the ones who need a 20% pay raise. They don’t feel the squeeze of the affordability crisis affecting the Cal State community, especially at Cal Poly. This money should instead be focused on direct student services and base level faculty: two fundamental aspects of the Cal State system that often go overlooked and undervalued.
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El simple ha ido
Addie Uhl es una estudiante de estudios interdisciplinarios del tercer año y reportera bilingüe de Mustang News. Las opiniones expresadas en este artículo no reflejan necesariamente las de Mustang Media Group. Necesitamos mudarnos de un lugar a otro. Es parte de la vida. En Cal Poly, mudamos clase a clase, clase a casa, deportes a […]