Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net In the first sentence of W.R. Bolen’s website-turned book “Total Frat Move” (TFM), the narrator is kidnapped from his dorm, stripped down, hazed by fraternity brothers, given copious amounts of drugs and alcohol, finds himself with a girl in another person’s bedroom and almost gets arrested — all within the first 24 […]
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Smile, nod and fall off your chair laughing
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Not a single person is still. All around there is hopping, jumping, clapping and chanting. Kanye West’s “Ni**az in Paris” fills the small, curtained room with energy. Three groups form, laughing, shaking and shuffling their feet against the concrete floor. They make up skits, jokes and stories. To an outsider, it may […]
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Senior architecture students ‘unfold’ thesis work
After a final year of classes, studio time, teamwork building and project designing, architecture seniors will join together one last time to exhibit their senior design projects at the ninth annual Chumash Architecture Show, which showcases fifth year architecture students’ theses, starting Friday. This year’s show, “Unfold,” is a way for all 160 fifth-year architecture […]
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'Fratfolder' spams professors
Cal Poly faculty received an email last week telling them to “study the smart way, by using old exams,” so they could “kick ass on finals and get ready to start summer ‘fratbatical.’” The spam email advertised “Fratfolder,” a “college exam database” website launched by Alex Baldwin, a student at the University of Texas. Exams […]
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Greek life donates thousands
The Greek Week committee donated more than $6,000 in checks and canned food to local organizations at the end of University Union (UU) Hour May 3. President of the Greek Week executive board and mathematics junior Sarah Ortiz and Student Life and Leadership Director Diego Silva presented $1,600 to the Miracle Mile for Kids, $2,000 […]
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Fraternity gets cease and desist
The Sigma Pi fraternity is under investigation after allegedly hosting a party where minors were present and alcohol was served, Student Life and Leadership (SLL) Director Stephan Lamb said. The fraternity was placed on cease and desist Friday after Lamb heard from several university staff members about an alleged party, held at a Foothill property leased […]
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Greek Week kicks off at the beach
Pismo Beach saw crowds in the thousands as almost 30 Cal Poly fraternities and sororities gathered to kick off Greek Week Sunday afternoon. Cal Poly’s Greek Week is an annual spring event where all of greek life joins together to engage in a week of competitive sports and philanthropic events. This year, 30 of Cal Poly’s 34 […]
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Emeritus professor dies of heart attack
Emeritus professor of architecture Arthur “Art” Chapman died Monday from a heart attack. Chapman was on his daily morning walk when he suffered the heart attack, according to an email sent out by architecture department chair Henri de Hahn. In the email, Hahn quoted the College of Architecture and Environmental Design Associate Dean Richard Zweifel: “Art Chapman was out for […]