Baseball After having its weekday game against undefeated San Jose State cancelled, the Mustangs will visit Houston (2-7) starting this afternoon. Cal Poly (6-1) is enjoying its highest ranking (17th) ever at the Division I level after a sweep of…
Late rally pushes Poly past LBSU
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team capitalized on a 14-4 late run to beat Long Beach State at the Walter Pyramid on Thursday night. The Mustangs were led by sophomore forward Kristina Santiago who scored 17 points. Cal Poly (19-9,…
What’s worse: the fool or the fools who follow him?
This has been the week of Rush Limbaugh. The radio talk show host has been a brave defender of the Republican Party’s ideas for many, many moons – and at times, he has been the torch bearer of their policies.…
Neko Case will scare you with her strength
Neko Case is a dead-sexy indie superstar. She’s nothing less than an alt-country prima donna with a voice that levels cities. Every red-blooded man, woman and child wants to have sex with her. And she knows it. Because these facts…
Mustangs begin tournament push
The Cal Poly women’s basketball team already knows where it will stand when the Big West tournament begins next week. The Mustangs (18-9, 10-4) will be the third seed regardless of how they play this week. But with last Saturday’s…
Don’t expect taxpayer support if you can’t keep campus clean
On Sunday, March 1, I rode my bicycle up through the Cal Poly campus. I was discouraged, if not affronted, when I observed trash strewn about the campus, particularly on the lower-north side of the architecture building (the art center…
What’s growin’ on? the mustache trend makes a comeback
Matt Love is the epitome of cool. The 20-year-old Cal Poly civil engineering junior plays bass guitar, surfs and lets his girlfriend do what she loves to do: touch his mustache. That’s because Love does something few white guys under…
There’s more to gender discrimination in sports than dunks
Although Alisha Axsom’s points regarding the popularity of women’s sports are persuasive and well executed, she leaves out an important caveat from her testosterone theory. Men’s sports, mainly baseball, football and basketball, draw their popularity from history. One hundred years…
Poly baseball achieves its highest ranking ever
The Cal Poly baseball team is no stranger to being in a conference with multiple teams ranked in the top 25. What the Mustangs aren’t accustomed to is being among those teams themselves. But that is exactly where Cal Poly…
“Face Control” provides pleasant mix of instruments and styles
I have never bought anything from American Apparel. Ever. In some way, buying a deep V would cement something I have never truly given in to. Deep down, I just want to be a hipster. The sort of hot sexy…
Sports weekend round-up
The Cal Poly swim teams completed the Big West Conference Championships yesterday in Long Beach, with both the men and women having some historic successes. The men’s team broke 10 school records during the three day meet finishing fifth while…