Award-winning poet Mary Oliver will enlighten the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) with readings from her renowned works this Sunday. The audience will also have a chance to ask the poet questions in a Q-and-A section after the presentation. “The short lines in her short poems record moments of wonder and amazement in solitary […]
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Women's soccer splits weekend matches
Cal Poly women’s soccer (7-5-1, 1-1-0) earned a hard-fought victory after going into double-overtime against Cal State Fullerton Friday night, but the team finished the weekend by conceding a season-high six goals to Long Beach State at Alex G. Spanos Stadium on Sunday afternoon, suffering the worst loss of the 2011 season. The loss was the […]
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International business concentration future in question
Despite student and professor protests, the international business concentration might be discontinued after current seniors and juniors graduate. Although these students and faculty feel international business is thriving, Orfaela College of Business dean Dave Christy said the concentration is not fulfilling its goals. As of now, incoming freshmen and sophomores will not be allowed to […]
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Students express themselves through spoken word at ATOG
Diversity and cultural issues hit the Chumash Auditorium in the form of Another Type of Groove (ATOG) on Wednesday, Oct. 5. The featured poets are Prentice Powell and Ner City, according to the Another Type of Groove website. The MultiCultural Center and Student Life and Leadership created ATOG in 2000 after being inspired by a Sacramento […]
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Being the newbie in the newsroom
Hello there. Allow me to introduce myself. My name is Jennifer Young, and I am this year’s news editor for the Mustang Daily. My job and goal is to give the readers of the Mustang Daily the news. Sounds simple right? Not when you know next to nothing about what happens at Cal Poly or […]
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Cal Poly makes Forbes list, fourth consecutive year
Forbes Magazine ranked Cal Poly among the best colleges in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. Cal Poly placed 230 out of 650 total schools, and 43rd in top colleges of the West. It was also ranked ninth of all California public universities, and 28th of all California public and private colleges. Cal Poly […]
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Football face-off: The sports editor exchange program
In advance of this past weekend’s football game at the Northern Illinois University (NIU), Mustang Daily decided to do a mini-sports editor exchange program with the Northern Illinois Star, the competition’s newspaper. In a style the Star calls “Face-off” NIU sports editor Jimmy Johnson and Cal Poly sports editor J.J. Jenkins went toe-to-toe in a […]
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Turkeys take up residence in education building
Cal Poly has two new residents in the form of a mother turkey and her baby, who have made the Cotchett Education Building their new home. The turkeys, who were first spotted Monday morning, have been rotating their way through different locations around the building. Warren Watkins, Information Technology Services director of the School of […]
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Farmer's Market is a must for SLOcals
Let’s face it, San Luis Obispo is a pretty awesome place to live and go to school. For those of you who are new to the area, welcome. It won’t take long for you to see how special this place is, if you haven’t already. This column will look at places and events that make […]
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Cal Poly 'Cool Kids' take first in engineering design competition
A team of Cal Poly engineering students took first place in an international competition with their senior project, a design for a heating, refrigerating and air conditioning system for the Drake Well Museum in Titusville, Pa. The American Society of Heating, Refrigerating and Air Conditioning Engineers (ASHRAE) holds the annual Student Design Competition to challenge […]
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Mustangs programs gear up for weekend games
School is back in session, and Mustangs athletics is approaching conference play as men’s soccer, women’s soccer, football and volleyball are all in action this weekend. Women’s Soccer The women’s soccer team is 9-3-1 in its last 13 matches dating back to 2010 and have one last tune up on Friday against Fresno State before […]