Ash Pickett is a Business Administration Senior and opinion columnist for Mustang News. The opinions expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang Media Group. I deleted TikTok about four years ago. I got tired of the endless scrolling on the app and felt like it drained my energy more than anything […]
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The PAC stage was Morgan Jay’s playground: A review
On Tuesday, Jan. 13, Jay performed at the Performing Arts Center, and he gave me the laugh I needed while gearing up for winter quarter. In the first five minutes of his performance, Jay walked into the audience with his cameraman and autotuned microphone, a staple of his performance students may know from viral TikTok or Instagram videos.
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This project is shifting the narrative about rattlesnakes one livestream at a time
Project RattleCam is a YouTube live stream project founded in 2021 by Cal Poly professor Emily Taylor and Scott Boback of Dickinson College, which provides viewers with a unique glimpse into the lives of hundreds of rattlesnakes living in a Colorado den, and is helping to dispel the harmful stereotypes associated with the snakes.
Posted inOpinion
Looksmaxxing is ruining social media
Do you have a positive canthal tilt? A weak brow ridge? Do you consider yourself an absolute Chad? Or would you say you’re more subhuman? These are terms coined by the trending looksmaxxing community, and it is promoting harmful, extreme ideologies to social media users, with teenagers and young adults being its primary targets.
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Sen. Schiff’s visit to Cal Poly was a big deal. It deserved bigger promotion
United States Senator Adam Schiff was on Cal Poly’s campus this Tuesday. He also held his first town hall as a senator alongside U.S. Representative Salud Carbajal at Cuesta College that evening. Why were there so few students there?
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Dwight from “The Office” and co-founder of SoulPancake to speak at Cal Poly about joy
“[Wilson and Mogharabi] are just totally fired for joy,” Industry experience and management junior and ASI Special Events Student Assistant Jody Maddigan said. “Just looking at campus climate and stuff like that, we were like, ‘We need some joy here.’ It’s going to be amazing.”
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Parkland students and their social media activism reaches the Cal Poly community
Cal Poly students have been driven to action after the events in Parkland, Florida.
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Instafamous: From student to social media celebrity
Cal Poly students optimize their social media presence by turning it into a business venture.
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Lindsey Stirling returns to Performing Arts Center
Tickets for the Youtube sensation are on sale now at the PAC website or can be secured by calling the PAC box office.
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Cinnamon Challenge, Pass-Out Game: popular pastimes, grave stakes
What exactly do you think it is about Tosh.0 and the television show Wipeout that makes them so addicting? Let’s point out the obvious: We love making fun of other people for doing stupid things.