“Study 25 to 35 hours a week.” Yellow signs brandishing this slogan around campus encourage dedicating two hours per unit each week to hitting the books. It can be tough dedicating five, six, seven hours, five or six days a…
Moving on without regrets
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a masters in public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. For those of you graduating this fall – and even those of you with some time left here at Cal Poly – college…
Keeping it (middle) classy
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. This past September, the Pew Charitable Trusts released a report on its findings in regards to downward mobility from the American middle class.…
Secure an internship to secure future employment
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. The Cal Poly Fall Career Fair came and went a couple of weeks ago. Did you attend and (more importantly) were you able…
Furnishing your home on a student budget
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. If you did not spend the summer roughing it here in town, then you probably spent the weekend before school frantically unloading your…
Start setting the bar: establishing and tracking goals for a better you
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. If you have ever watched Sunday morning soccer on Telemundo, then you know how exciting goals can be. And, there is no better…
Rise and shine — How to become an early bird
In a perfect world, you wake up in the morning naturally. Your circadian rhythm is so refined that you rise with the sun after eight consecutive hours of sleep. In the real world, you are lucky to get four hours…
So much for the best seven years of your life
Through its Expected Academic Progress (EAP) Policy, Cal Poly is making a conscience effort to graduate students in a timely manner.
Fresh-faced and pasty pale — why your Snooki-inspired tan is worth sacrificing for sunscreen
With summer fast approaching, before you grab your towel and make your weekly romp over to Pirates Cove … it’s time for the obligatory column on protecting yourself from the sun.
Who needs sleep? How to make time for a good night’s sleep in college
Many of us have tested the bounds of sleep deprivation this past school year.
Kicking the caffeine habit
There’s no better time than now to cut back on your caffeine use. What if the zombie apocalypse happened tomorrow and you didn’t have access to caffeine? Would you be able to function?