Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net There are seven barbershops in San Luis Obispo, a city with a population of approximately 45,000. The barbershops farthest from one another, University Barber Shop and SLO Town Barber Shop, are a mere 3 miles apart. Ray’s…
Meet the men behind the blue
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net The Blue Man Group broke its silence April 8. In a rare treat, Cal Poly students were able to interact with the Blue Man Group unmasked and outside of character. Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department, in…
Pluto’s moves into SLO’s orbit
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net College students know just how they like it. Louis Kimball and Gerry Bugas, the founders of Pluto’s, a restaurant chain based in the San Francisco Bay Area, know this. After all, completely customizable, made-to-order salads and sandwiches…
Splash Café adds new location downtown
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net The love story of Joanne and Ross Currie steamed up over a bowl of clam chowder. At the time, more than two decades ago, Joanne — general manager at F. McClintock’s Saloon — and Ross — who worked for Budweiser…
Society of Women Engineers breaks stereotypes
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Men dominate Cal Poly’s College of Engineering. A whopping 81.5 percent of the college — some 4,410 students — are men. Despite being a minority on campus, female engineers have made the Cal Poly chapter of the…
PAC hosts Art After Dark for first time
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net A salon, chocolate shop and pub were only some of more than 20 nontraditional-venues-turned-art-galleries featured in Friday’s Art After Dark event. But maybe the most surprising stop at ARTS Obispo’s Art After Dark was the Christopher Cohan…
Chi Omega and charity win big at Sorority’s Best Dance Crew
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Kelly Ehrler hops into a handstand. Two shirtless men in firefighter hats hold her legs up, and Ehrler begins to twerk upside down. It’s not just another night in Chumash Auditorium. It’s a dance battle. For sorority…
Here come Mid-State Fair tickets
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net In case you need another reason to spend your summer under the Central Coast sun, the California Mid-State Fair is ready to give you three: Tim McGraw, Rascal Flatts and John Mayer. Throwback sensation Huey Lewis &…
Cal Poly Harlem Shake organizers: REVEALED
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net John Smith and Richard Grant hover over a keyboard. “I’m no Bach, but I can string together a note or two and make a melody that sounds good,” Smith says. Modest words for a disc jockey (DJ) whose EP…
Jackson Browne to bring his hits to the PAC
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net Veteran singer-songwriter Jackson Browne sings “The Pretender,” but with more than 40 years of experience, he sure isn’t one himself. The Rock and Roll Hall of Famer’s 2013 Acoustic Tour hits the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center…