College of Agriculture, Food & Environmental Sciences Prince: Christian Alexandre Major: Ag Business Princess: Taylor Pires Major: Dairy Science College of Science and Math Prince: Cale Reid Major: Biology Princess: Maura Andrews Major: Microbiology Orfalea College of Business Prince: Brian Henson Major: Business Administration/ Economical Psychology Princess: Katelyn Price Major: Business Administration College of Engineering […]
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Mustang News Homecoming Edition, November 14, 2013
Olivia DeGennaro Mustang News anchor Olivia DeGennaro tells you everything you need to know about this weekend’s homecoming events at Cal Poly.
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Armstrong’s spirit of leadership
Displaying his Mustang pride with an endless supply of high fives, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong is practically a famed figure on campus.
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The history of homecoming
Cal Poly celebrates homecoming every year as a way to bring current students and alumni together for a spirited and eventful weekend.
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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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Here comes the court
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Homecoming is a time for alumni to return to their alma mater for football games, school spirit and, of course, the court. Each year, every college has the opportunity to nominate two of its finest students as homecoming princes and princesses. Those students are then interviewed by a panel that chooses 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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Greeks gone royal: the passing of the crown
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Business administration senior Heather Hays walked the field as royalty a year ago. Cal Poly royalty, that is. A member of Alpha Omicron Pi sorority and the Alpha Kappa Psi business fraternity, Hays spent her 2011 homecoming weekend as the Orfalea College of Business homecoming princess. A year later, Hays is passing […]
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FRIDAY NIGHT LIGHTS: Biggest rivalry in college soccer returns to Spanos Stadium
Five years ago, a Friday night soccer match could hardly be considered the biggest sporting event of the year. But when the Gauchos come to town tonight, a full house will watch the men’s soccer team take the field at Alex G. Spanos Stadium. With an average attendance of 7,360 fans per match over the […]
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Cal Poly's first female students reminisce
Fifty-five years ago, Cal Poly was not entirely different from how it is now. It was still known primarily as an agricultural and engineering school. Even then, students were constantly finding ways to get around the rules set out for them by their residence advisers. And in 1956, young men and women lined the hallways […]
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Don't miss out: Get spirited away this week
Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. I came from a high school with minimal school spirit. You know how some high schools have spirit weeks where every day has a theme such as “Twin Day” or “Disney Day,” and everyone dresses up to match the theme? Well, that wasn’t my […]