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Julianne Byer The year 2006 will be what 2005 could never live up to. Somewhere in the universe it has been decided that every moment leading up to this year will not be spent in vain or wasted like so many in the past have been. That is the joy of January; everything seems hopeful […]

Caitlin Donnell Just after ushering in the new year, the Cal Poly Rose Float took to the streets of Pasadena on Jan. 2. The fairy wonderland with a giant dragon, waterfall and tree house castle marked the 58th consecutive Tournament of Roses Parade entry by Cal Poly students. The annual float is a yearlong joint […]

Caitlin Donnell In a universe of exactness and concrete formulas, they’ve been called rowdy, erratic, disorderly, humongous, beautiful, monstrous integers. Yet, many people are spending a lot of time looking for them. They are prime numbers, numbers that can only be divided by themselves and by one. Ever since Euclid, the great Greek mathematician, proved […]

Nick Coury William Harris, who in September 2005 accepted an offer to be the university’s new provost and vice president for academic affairs, has withdrawn his agreement to take the position, Cal Poly President Warren Baker said in a recent e-mail to the Cal Poly faculty. Harris was scheduled to begin in July 2006, succeeding […]

michael mullady It is common knowledge that the best way to get students to attend a meeting on campus is to bring food. Most students will admit to re-considering attending if the flyer says, “Pizza and drinks will be provided!” UU Hour is also packed with students grilling food and selling cheap package deals for […]

michael mullady Cal Poly Arts presented Eth-Noh-Tec, Asian Treasure Bag of Stories, in the Spanos Theatre Sunday as part of the Family Event Series. Eth-Noh-Tec is a young people’s theatre that includes Asian mythologies, folktales and urban legends with Asian American sensibilities in lyrical and storytelling performances. Founded in 1982, the folktales and myths are […]

It is not unusual to be the only woman in many of the engineering classrooms at Cal Poly, or in the industry, a position many of these women have not faced until coming to Cal Poly to be an engineering student. “I came to Cal Poly from an all- girls high school where I was […]

Caitlin Donnell Trudging along in her steel toe boots, her long blonde hair concealed under a construction hard hat, Betsy Sale grips her set of blueprints and holds her head high against the degrading comments from the male contractors on site, who questioned her capabilities and qualifications – simply because she is a young woman. […]

michael mullady Cal Poly hosted a conference on “Conservation of the Monarch Butterfly – Population Dynamics and Migration on Dec. 8-9. More than 100 researchers and monarch butterfly afficionados came to the conference to join students and faculty in an event that was sponsored by Cal Poly’s College of Science and Mathematics. The conference was […]

This month students have the opportunity to change the world, or at least learn about how to during Cal Poly’s Sustainability Month. Throughout January, Cal Poly will hold a variety of events with the theme “Sustainability: Resolve to Change Your World.” This coincides with the CSU system’s newly issued sustainability policy. This policy encourages all […]

Nick Coury The Cal Poly Society of Women Engineers (SWE) will host speaker Patricia Galloway to inspire and encourage women in a variety of engineering fields during an “Evening with Industry.” Galloway was picked by SWE President Betsy Sale because she is a good example of a successful woman engineer, and is a former president […]