For many students, weekends revolve around socializing at parties or using the time to catch up on homework, but for some Cal Poly students, the urge to escape the typical school scene and head for the outdoors causes them to forgo mundane activities in exchange for adventure.
'Change' won't come from the new man in the White House
I know it’s customary after an election to righteously ridicule nonvoters, calling them names, like apathetic, uninvolved, lazy and ungrateful. Even though I did vote, I won’t indulge this noble tradition. My contention, shockingly, is with the majority of voters.
Obama will be president for all Americans, regardless of party lines
Our generation had a lot at stake in this election. Millions put up signs, wore buttons or traveled to other states to support the candidates and issues they felt strongly about. The issues of this campaign moved people in profound ways; with a presidency and the protection of/right to marry up in the air, it’s no surprise so many got involved.
Letters to the editor
Can’t stereotype CAFES
As a Cal Poly student in the College of Agriculture I would like to say I am saddened by the entire situation at the Crops Unit house, both in the students and the community’s quickness to jump to conclusions.
First of all I am disgusted with the students that were living in the Crops Unit house for their display of horrible racist paraphernalia; their actions are truly despicable.
Students flood polls to vote for Obama, against Prop 8
Cal Poly students turned out in record numbers to help swing California’s 55 electoral votes and the presidential election towards Sen. Barack Obama (D-Ill.) Tuesday.
There was a “fantastic turnout of young people,” poll worker Barbara Adams said. “It was the most ever at Cal Poly.
Cal Poly, UCSB crack down on unruly behavior
Cal Poly has heard a variety of responses to the bottle-throwing incident during its men’s soccer match against UC Santa Barbara on Oct. 17, when a crowd of 11,075 – the third-largest in regular-season college men’s soccer history – filed into Alex G. Spanos Stadium.
Mustangs look for first Big West title
The Cal Poly men’s soccer team stands one win away from capturing its first Big West Conference regular-season title in the program’s 15-year history at the Division I level.
Cal Poly, which is ranked 30th in the latest College Soccer News poll and upset No.
Tennis star coming to Cal Poly
Professional tennis star Sam Querrey will hold a free instructional clinic and exhibition at the Cal Poly Tennis Courts on Saturday.
Querrey, the No. 41 male singles player in the world, claimed a set from Rafael Nadal at the Davis Cup in September and reached the fourth round at this year’s U.
Book: Instant "Karma"
This past week I have had the pleasure to read a truly beautiful collection of short stories. “Karma and Other Stories,” by Rishi Reddi is a delicately-written look into the Indian culture and the struggles and triumphs one community faces in their American lives.
Beyond the stereotypes
During the month of November, Cal Poly’s Multicultural Center, along with the American Indian Student Association (AISA) and American Indian Science and Engineering Society (AISES) will celebrate Native American Heritage Month in hopes of educating other students on campus about their culture.
Local gardens serve as community's backyard
Two streets from downtown, in between a church, a park and two rows of houses, lies the Emerson Community Garden. With its various wind chimes, birdbaths and tool benches, and an occasional scarecrow and pumpkin thrown in for fall, the gardens function as a sort of backyard for a city whose narrow streets leave much to be desired in terms of growing space.