Tag: Commentary

Daniel Gingras As summer draws closer, the distractions men face are multiplying. The mind of Joe math major contemplates a triple integral, but suddenly goes blank. A staring engineer mistakenly draws a squiggly line and dribbles saliva on his signature green pad. A gape-mouthed English student’s copy of Beowulf slips from his hands and bounces […]

Tyler Middlestadt It seems like this quarter, more than most, students have been inundated with ideologies about what to believe and why, where to find the facts to support the argument and the consequences of complacency. Part of me can understand why apathy kicks in when students are besieged with propaganda, but another part of […]

Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke Last week, “magician” David Blaine performed a stunt that required him to stay in an aquarium for over a week and then attempted to hold his breath longer than any other human in history at the end of his act. Bravo, David. Now, let’s see some actual magic. We […]

Daniel Gingras Why does homosexuality upset so many heterosexuals? The answer is socialization. The most rigidly socialized people become the overt bigots. Not because there is anything fundamentally evil about them, but because they believe so firmly in what they are taught that the freedoms and feelings of others take a backseat to upholding their […]

Janice Edman             I remember a friend telling me a story a few months back about how her visiting grandparents were watching a popular TV drama at the time.  She asked them how they liked it, and they responded that it was a great show ” until the main character starting dating “a colored boy.”  […]

Tyler Middlestadt Starting tomorrow night, Cal Poly students will have a safe, affordable ride home from downtown. The College Shuttle by Beach Cities Cab Co., Inc. will offer students a convenient ride from downtown to neighborhoods near campus. I admit, the program is not perfect and it does not meet everyone’s needs, but I guarantee […]

Jack Ingram After a discussion with a (Republican) friend of mine, about “whether Republicans care about the American economy more so than Democrats” (although I should remind you, I’m not a Dem, just a devil’s advocate), I received an e-mail, enclosed with the New York Times article “Senate Votes to Extend Investor Tax Cuts,” allegedly […]

Brian Eller As many of you know, our campus was visited by Abdel Malik Ali last Thursday. If you missed the speaker, you missed quite a show. Even before the speaker began, feathers were rustled when certain individuals handed out unofficial fliers that gave some interesting and startling quotes about the speaker. The entire speech […]

I know that war commentary is at excess in the media, especially on Fox News, but hey, this is America. I can talk about whatever I want. Almost five years into America’s war efforts in the Middle East, a few observations have cropped up in my understanding of this country with regards to war. The […]

Douglas B. Bruzzone and Michael Matzke The Two Classy Gents had a rough week. First of all, someone gave us a fashion memo that said wearing Birkenstocks with socks apparently isn’t cool, causing us to discard our entire wardrobe. Then we heard that burning Styrofoam depletes the ozone layer, so we had to put out […]

When I talk to my friends back home, the conversation often turns to how Cal Poly is a party school. After all, there isn’t anything else to do in San Luis Obispo, right? This in itself seems strange to me, considering how, when I applied and was accepted, I chose to come here because of […]