Kristen Marschall It’s been a long road for the Cal Poly Housing Corporation (CPHC) to make the Bella Montana homes come to life. The homes, intended for faculty and staff, are finally being applied for and are receiving a strong reaction – both positive and negative. Though they are currently being built, Bella Montana will […]
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Poly Pack brings industry to students, holds egg-dropping contest
Eggs of every shape and size will be dropped from 30 to 50 feet in the air on Thursday in an event to see who can create the safest egg package. The Cal Poly Packaging Association (CPPA), the university’s connection to the packaging industry, will hold its 19th annual Poly Pack this week, an event […]
Cal Poly engineers cross borders to bring clean water to Thailand
Rather than skiing at Lake Tahoe or shopping at the local malls, eight members of the Cal Poly Engineers Without Borders (EWB) club spent much of the holiday season constructing and testing a water filtration system for the hill tribe village of Mae Nam Khun in Thailand.
The Single Stigma: How Being Alone is Becoming an Undesirable Option
Julianne Byer I live with many single girls . . . enough said. And for this reason, I am constantly bombarded with “girly” issues, such as “Why am I single?” and “Why is he just ‘not that into me’?” It’s getting to the point where I must write about it . . . journalism. Who […]
Construction center begins groundbreaking future
Jennifer Hall The shovel finally hit the dirt on Saturday, May 6, signifying the start of construction at the Gala Groundbreaking Celebration for the new Center for Construction Excellence building. The construction management facility, part of the College of Architecture and Environmental Design, is being built in place of the Air Conditioning building located on […]
Dr. Drew to advise students on alcohol, sex
Brittny Peloquin Dr. Drew Pinksy will appear at the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center Tuesday at 7 p.m. to address two of the biggest concerns on college campuses: Alcohol and sex. Pinksy is well-known for his radio talk show, “Loveline,” on which he answers callers’ questions about sex, drugs and everything in between. Pinsky is […]
Students celebrate Palestine Awareness Week
The Muslim Student Association is putting on four free events to promote Palestinian awareness this week. The Progressive Student Alliance and Poly Greens are co-sponsoring the week that was driven by the current issues between Israel and Palestine in the Middle East. “There is a lot of ignorance in the country right now,” said Humza […]
ASI announces election results
Kristen Marschall The 2006-07 Associated Students, Inc. President Todd Maki and 25 members for the board of directors were announced unofficially on Thursday, May 4 after a 22.5 percent voter turnout. Maki defeated opponent Anne Giapapas with 2,746 votes to 958 and will assume the role of ASI president on June 12, the Monday after […]
Speaker discusses a world without oil
Imagine the American countryside laden with millions of useless automobiles. A society in a state of shock and void of growth, the result of a civilization that had its foundation crumble as they ran out of their precious resources. Caltech physicist David Goodstein, author of “Out of Gas: The End of the Age of Oil,” […]
Professor to teach summer arts program at Fresno State
Kendra Deutsche mustang daily Cal Poly students can take advantage of various classes being offered at a discounted rate to California State University students in the Summer Arts program at Fresno State this summer. Susan Duffy, Cal Poly professor and liberal studies department chair, will be overseeing a class entitled “Expand Your Repertoire: Opening Doors […]
Maki wins ASI presidency
Kristen Marschall The preliminary numbers are in: Todd Maki will represent 18,000 Cal Poly students as the Associated Students, Inc. president for the 2006-07 school year as announced Thursday night. “I’m amazed by the turnout; I’m amazed by the voice of the students and I’m so proud to have had that support,” Maki said. Maki […]
