For most students, extra credit can mean writing a few extra book reports or attending an on-campus presentation. But for students in sociology professor Ryan Alaniz’s courses, earning extra points might mean hours of hard labor in the hot sun. Depending on the course, Alaniz gives his students the option to experience homelessness or hunger, […]
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Softball falls to Riverside in final game
Despite a late push on an RBI single by sophomore Kim Westlund, which scored Nora Sobczak in the fifth inning, Cal Poly softball (13-36, 5-16) fell 2-1 to UC Riverside (25-28, 8-13). The windy Saturday marked senior night for Sobczak and Nicole Lund as they made their final appearances at Bob Janssen field. With numbers […]
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Cycles, suspenders and wool
San Luis Obispo cyclists traveled back to the turn of the 20th Century, yesterday, for the second Tweed Ride. Riders put on their finest tweed, wool, trimmed facial hair and pageboy caps before meeting at Triangle Park, near the Amtrak Station, and embarking on a leisurely bicycle tour of the city. The event is about uniting vintage […]
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Errors cost Cal Poly a victory
The Mustangs found themselves behind before they even had a chance to get ahead. Despite a resilient three-run second inning, the Cal Poly baseball team couldn’t bounce back from an error-filled, two-run first inning, as the Mustangs dropped the last game in their three-game series 6-4 to CSU Bakersfield on Sunday at Baggett Stadium. “The […]
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Mad cow not a threat to Cal Poly cows
The fourth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE), or mad cow disease, in the U.S. was confirmed by the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) in a dairy cow carcass from Tulare County on April 24. The infected animal did not enter any human food, according to the USDA report, and the dairy in question along […]
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Turkey attack sends Cal Poly employee to hospital
A Cal Poly employee was knocked unconscious Thursday afternoon after being attacked by a female turkey on campus, according to police. The man, who stumbled backward trying to avoid the aggressive turkey, crossed paths with the hen and her baby chicks behind the College of Liberal Arts Faculty Offices (building 47), University Police Department Chief Bill Watton […]
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Study examines relationship between exercise, hunger
When kinesiology assistant professor Todd Hagobian was an undergraduate student at University of Southern California, he was training on his bike seven days a week. He’d bike anywhere from one to five hours a day, while only taking a day off once every two or three weeks. And after every workout, he always noticed the same […]
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Tennis heads to Berkeley for NCAAs
The Cal Poly men’s tennis team nabbed a No. 1 seed in the Big West Tournament last month after an undefeated regular season in conference play. With the help of senior Sebastian Bell’s third-set tiebreaker, the Mustangs took down rival UC Santa Barbara in Indian Wells to capture the Big West Tournament championship a week […]
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The hour we knew nothing of a play
A madwoman runs wildly across the University Union (UU) Plaza after dark. A firefighter appears for 15 seconds before disappearing without a word as a beauty in mirrored clothing glances through a hole in a leaf. Couples come together and break up, random strangers become friends and enemies plot against one another — all without speaking. […]
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Putting money ASIde
With budget cuts and tuition increases, knowing how things are paid for and who decides where the money goes is becoming increasingly important to Cal Poly students. The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Fee makes up a portion of the tuition Cal Poly students pay every quarter. These fees are separated into two categories: those that […]
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CSU plans for worst-case scenario
California State University (CSU) trustees discussed cost-reduction measures Tuesday but discounted the possible closure or chartering of one or more of its campuses. CSU system officers presented ideas to offset the ailing university budget at the Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach. Among the potential actions were raising professors’ classloads, discontinuing programs at some […]