San Luis Obispo had the highest gas price average in the nation on Tuesday, according to figures from GasBuddy.com, a website that compares gas prices from around the nation. Both San Francisco and San Luis Obispo had average gas prices…
Club rugby snaps Cal's 63-game win streak
The Cal Poly club rugby team defeated the defending national champion and broke Cal’s 63-game winning streak as senior Matthew Varga completed a game-winning conversion on Saturday. It was the biggest win to date for the team’s new head coach…
Connecting to the (Res)Net
Did you know if you’re 18, you can watch as much legal porn as you want in the Cal Poly dorm rooms using the residential network known as ResNet? If your computer gets a virus from watching too much porn, ResNet…
Celebrating another type of V-Day
Listen, ponder, laugh and learn about an infamous part of the female body — the vagina — with Cal Poly’s upcoming performance of “The Vagina Monolouges.” The award-winning fundraiser play, written by women’s-rights activist and author Eve Ensler, will be performed Feb.…
Parts of Poly outdated
At Cal Poly, some things haven’t changed for decades. Lead and asbestos lurk inside the buildings built before 1978 and multiple old, large sinks on campus spurt excessive amounts of water. But, for one reason or another, they still remain…
Viticulture donation nothing to wine about
The Paso Garagiste nonprofit organization donated $10,000 to Cal Poly viticulture at a special event Feb. 1, to help the department provide a better education for students The check was issued at Hammersky Vineyards at an event held in honor of the sponsors,…
Cal Poly agriculture students — Where are they now?
[box]The College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences produces some of the top agriculture graduates throughout the country, but what are some of the interesting careers available to them?[/box] Breanne Harlan Dairy science junior Harlan went to the Fall career…
Mustangs looks to halt 49ers Big West dominance
The Cal Poly men’s basketball team hasn’t defeated Long Beach State at home since January 2008, and the task won’t be any easier tonight when the Mustangs host the 49er’s. Long Beach is undefeated in conference play this season and…
Animal houses
Every housing choice on campus has rules: Students can’t paint their rooms without permission, nobody can own a waterbed, students under 21 cannot have alcohol (expect in Poly Canyon Village under specific circumstances) and no pets allowed. The last isn’t…
Paper or plastic might not be reused
An ordinance to ban plastic bags in grocery stores and retail stores larger than 10,000 square feet in San Luis Obispo County will be voted on at a public hearing today. If passed, all stores that fit inside the guidelines…