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‘Herstory’ in the flesh: San Luis Obispo’s founding women reminisce on tougher times
The women stood tall, determined and eager to make an impact.
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Poly Playbook: Nick Dzubnar previews the Battle for the Golden Horseshoe
Mustang News anchor Ashley DeVriend brings Nick Dzubnar on the desk to preview the Golden Horseshoe Rivalry vs UC Davis for this edition of Poly Playbook.
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Quick Talk with Award-Winning Graduates
Cal Poly has a reputation for producing some of the top graduates in the state, but who are the top of the top?
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Vietnam vet and novelist screens documentary
He sits in a multi-colored, plaid shirt, his metal-rimmed glasses resting on his nose. “That’s me,” he says, pointing to one of the soldiers on the cover of the novel he’s clutching. The book is his first novel, “Soldados: Chicanos in Viêt Nam.” This past Friday night, Vietnam War veteran, novelist, filmmaker, publisher and editor Charley […]
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Cal Poly author and professor to share mission music history book
Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com Cal Poly author and music professor Craig Russell will share his new book “From Serra to Sancho: Music Pageantry in the California Missions” at Robert E. Kennedy Library on Jan. 25 as part of the library’s “Conversations with Cal Poly Authors” event series. Russell will discuss his book that explores the history and culture of California mission music. […]
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Walking amongst the dead: SLO cemeteries offer walking tours for Halloween
Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo was a wild town 150 years ago. Outlaws rode down the streets with opponents’ ears hanging from their saddles and covered wagons rattled into a town full of travelers in search of a new life. And then Walter Murray arrived. Founder of The Tribune, Murray pushed for […]
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A hotel that's its own destination
The Madonna Inn. It’s pretty hard to live here and not recognize that name. When I was little, I visited it at Christmas, and I remember two things: it was very pink and had a lot of crazy Christmas trees. But it stuck with me. I figured a column about this place needed a little […]
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Unknown SLO jams
Erin Hurley is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily SLO lifestyle columnist. I don’t play any musical instruments myself, but I’ve always wanted to learn. A lot of my family is musical, and I think that’s part of the reason I’ve always loved music. Ideally, I’d like to play electric guitar — it’s just cool. […]
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Point San Luis Lighthouse offers piece of local history
Erin Hurley is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily SLO lifestyle columnist. OK readers, I feel like we know each other well enough for me to reveal something about myself. I’m kind of a history nerd. I’ve always been one. So when I was researching for this column and came across the Point San Luis […]
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History department to add new faculty member
The history department is hiring a new professor to teach General Education area D1, one of the most populated courses for the department.