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Quiet down, San Luis Obispo

by BrianDeLosSantos

The City of San Luis Obispo has been a bit quieter than in years past, according to city law enforcement. This is due to two recent modifications of the city’s noise ordinance, approved two years ago by the San Luis Obispo City Council, which have helped reduce the number of noise complaints around the city, both […]

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Alumna wins Teacher of the Year

by Victoria Billings

A Cal Poly graduate received one of the highest educational honors in the country last week when she was named the 62nd National Teacher of the Year. Rebecca Mieliwocki, who studied as an undergraduate in Cal Poly’s communication studies department in the late ’80s and early ’90s, before receiving her teaching credential from California State University, […]

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Saving the sea one shirt at a time

by SamanthaSullivan

It all began in sixth grade, when Caine Fair started a skimboarding competition to save the sea. That skimboarding competition lasted until he was a junior in high school and went on to raise $6,000 for the Surfrider Foundation, an organization dedicated to protecting oceans, the business administration junior said. Growing up in Laguna Beach, […]

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CSU unit cap to begin in fall

by SeanMcMinn

Thousands of students registering for Cal Poly classes next fall will see first-hand a new result of California’s budget woes: a 16-unit registration cap. A California State University (CSU) memo issued in early March will standardize a unit cap for all schools in the system, regardless of their respective financial situations. The mandate was prompted […]

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Club water polo heads to nationals

by Andrea Kang

The Cal Poly women’s water polo club team anticipates winning a fifth consecutive national championship in May, attributing its accomplishments to a close-knit and easygoing team environment. The Mustangs won their eighth consecutive division championship April 15, earning the first seed in the 2012 National Collegiate Club Championship. A key factor to the team’s success is […]

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Finally, it's Miller's time

by StephanTeodosescu

He jump-stepped out of the batter’s box, throwing his bat confidently to the side with his eyes peeled on the baseball. There was no doubt this shot was heading over Baggett Stadium’s outfield fence and into the parking lot — the only question was: fair or foul? Among the statistics that formulate every at-bat in […]

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SLO Brew teams up with Fremont

by Erin Hurley

SLO Brewing Co. (SLO Brew) will return live music to the Fremont Theater next month. SLO Brew is bringing Lindsey Buckingham to the Fremont Theatre on May 8 as part of a plan to use the theater as another concert venue. The move is intended to allow SLO Brew to accommodate a larger variety of artists and help […]

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RPTA students to raise money for cancer victim's family

by KaytlynLeslie

The Cayucos woman and Cal Poly alumna who captured hearts following an appearance on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show” this year will now be remembered with T-shirts sold by Cal Poly students this week. Following the death of Jodi Fisher on March 17, Cal Poly recreation, parks and tourism administration (RPTA) students began selling T-shirts on Monday to help raise money […]

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J Boog brings reggae love

by David Yriarte

Reggae artist J Boog brought loud bass lines and island style to Cal Poly during University Union (UU) Hour in the UU Plaza on Thursday to promote his newest album. The journey to San Luis Obispo wasn’t easy for J Boog and his DJ, Jah Wzer. The two took a flight from Hawaii to Oakland, […]

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