Jacob Lauing sports@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly head coach Tim Walsh knows a thing or two about Portland State. After all, he managed the Vikings for 13 years before coming to San Luis Obispo in 2009. And tonight, his Mustangs (7-0, 5-0 Big Sky Conference) came out on top, 37-25, in a back-and-forth conference game against Portland […]
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Men’s soccer turns up golden in Santa Barbara
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net For 88 minutes on Friday night, the Cal Poly men’s soccer team looked like it would be dealt yet another road loss to rival UC Santa Barbara. But then, lightning struck — twice. Down by one in the 89th minute, the Mustangs got the tying goal with 66 seconds left in the […]
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Homecoming: Mustangs come home
Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com Many universities across the country celebrate homecoming, a tradition uniting a college’s alumni and current students. At Cal Poly, this tradition dates back more than 100 years. This weekend marks the 103rd California Polytechnic State University homecoming. Through the years, the spectacle has seen its share of changes, dating back to the […]
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A snapshot of homecoming events
Kelly Trom kellytrom.md@gmail.com Homecoming is a time for current Cal Poly students, as well as past alumni, to come together and reconnect. This year, homecoming will bring the continuance of old traditions and the creation of new traditions to the week of festivities. Medallion Mayhem One of the new homecoming events is an all-campus scavenger […]
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The Portland connection: Mustangs look to defeat Vikings in homecoming game
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly football head coach Tim Walsh may understand how to beat Saturday night’s opponent Portland State better than anyone. That’s a perk of being the former Vikings head coach for 14 years. Walsh, now in his fourth year at the helm of a Cal Poly program (6-0, 4-0 Big Sky) that […]
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CSU calls for less in-class campaigning
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net With less than one month until the November general election, nearly everyone has something to say about it. But when professors and universities start advocating in favor of Proposition 30 to their students, they might be breaking the law. California state law controls how much professors can actively support political ideas in […]
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Two arrests made near campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Two individuals were arrested Tuesday after a U.S. Highway 101 accident resulted in two officers chasing a driver into town before making the arrests near campus. Two unmarked trucks and six marked police cars responded to the arrest on Foothill Boulevard near Casa Street, but traffic appeared to be moving […]
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Proposition 37: The aggie perspective
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Proposition 37, which involves labeling genetically modified food, will heavily affect California’s agriculture industry if passed this November, according to students and instructors from the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Proposition 37 is more complicated than simply making sure genetically modified organisms (GMOs) at grocery stores are labeled. If the […]
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Cal Poly tramples Wisconsin Invitational
Laura Hollander did it again. Marking her third straight victory, Hollander pulled ahead in the 48-team Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and placed first in Cal Poly’s name. Her record setting time of 19 minutes, 33 seconds was enough to help Cal Poly place 32nd on the womens side. There were 28 ranked teams, or teams receiving […]
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Cal Poly looking for more living room
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com Living in a study lounge wasn’t quite what communication studies sophomore Ben King pictured before he came to Cal Poly this past year. King said he was initially confused by his unusual housing situation, but he made the best of it, along with his three other roommates. The need for overflow housing […]
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Macklemore makes off with columnist’s approval of ‘The Heist’
Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. Those of you who stay up-to-date with the hip-hop community may have been eagerly anticipating the Oct. 9 release of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ debut studio album, “The Heist” (2012). Judging from the commotion caused by its release, including reaching No. 1 on iTunes […]