J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net It didn’t take long for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to find out where its first-ever NCAA bid would take them. In the sixth pairing announced on ESPN’s selection show, the Mustangs appeared as a No. 14 seed pitted against No. 3 Penn State in Baton Rouge, La. at 2:15 p.m. […]
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Baseball is back: maybe better than ever
Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Less is more, right? For the Cal Poly baseball team, this is clearly the case. Head coach Larry Lee only lost a few players from last year’s team, but two of them were offensive monsters Mitch Haniger and Mike Miller. Some role players were […]
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Sexual assault report filed near campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo police are investigating a report of sexual assault near Cal Poly’s campus earlier this month, but the department is reluctant to release information because of the involvement of a minor. Police received a sexual assault report during the afternoon of March 1 from the 100 block of […]
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Skateboarding, safety and ‘sweet talking’
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Skateboarders on Cal Poly’s campus pride themselves on their ability to charm their way out of a citation. “I got pulled over like once, and I kinda talked him out of it,” Cal Poly Longboarding Association of America founder and landscape architecture alumnus Cameron Turner said. “I kinda told the officer that […]
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Campus examines hazing policies
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Hazing has become the subject of national conversation this week, in light of recent incidents across the country. Last week, twelve members of the marching band at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) were charged with manslaughter for a hazing incident in which a drum major was beat to death as part of […]
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Weekend recap: basketball teams go 4-0
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Five Cal Poly teams competed on the road this weekend to come away with a total of seven victories and an individual Pac-12 championship. Men’s basketball The men’s basketball team has started to win on the road just in time for the Big West Tournament. Having won just two games […]
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O’Brien waits on NCAA
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net When the start beep sounded, she stopped thinking. When Rachel O’Brien finished her race, she was a school record holder — potentially heading to the NCAA championships. The senior swimmer found her stroke in the Mountain Pacific Sports Federation Championship meet on Feb. 23, and broke the Cal Poly record […]
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Gay athletes are out but outnumbered
Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Saieed Rihan is an average student. He comes from a town called Escondido, just north of San Diego. He enjoys hiking around San Luis Obispo. He is a kinesiology senior with little idea of what he wants to do after graduation. Saieed Rihan is […]
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Paddle up: Cal Poly students help disabled with kayak program
Jordan Dunn Special to Mustang Daily Cal Poly’s course Kinesiology 407, Adapted Physical Activity, gives disabled individuals a chance to kayak on their own in Morro Bay. It also teaches kinesiology students how to work with these disabled individuals. Students interact with the disabled individuals on a personal level, said Kevin Taylor, head of the kinesiology […]
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Cal Poly ROTC responds to women in combat, front lines
Cristian Ponce Special to Mustang Daily There is no difference in standards between men and women in combat jobs, according to Cal Poly ROTC faculty and staff. This comes after the military lifted a ban on women performing on the front lines in January. The change has drawn criticism from those who question women’s ability […]
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Student rock band on the rise with new single and video
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Four Cal Poly seniors with a love for music and a multiplying fan base: This is the student-comprised band Louder Space. Originally created in October 2011, the band describes itself as “alternative rock with a taste of reggae and funk” and has had increasing success since its first EP, titled “Signs […]