This story was posted at 11:13 p.m. Saturday, Nov. 1. Last year the Cal Poly football team relied heavily on the connection between Jonathan Dally and Ramses Barden in its victory over Idaho State. On Saturday Dally completed just five passes for 88 yards.
Cal Poly athletes show up to protest in numbers
There’s nothing subtle about the picture above. In case you missed it, the Cal Poly campus has been in a furor the past couple days in light of an allegedly discriminatory display of a Confederate flag, a noose and —…
Poly patch provides pumpkins, education
With all the abnormally hot weather, it may not feel much like fall. But that hasn’t stopped the Cal Poly crops club from selling pumpkins and letting the public pick their own right from the patch.
The seeds for the club’s largest fall fundraiser were planted in June.
Passion Pit: love songs
During my freshman year, one of my resident advisors wrote a love song to a girl in my dormitory. He recorded it by himself using an acoustic guitar and presumably a computer microphone, burned it onto a CD and gave it to her. Of course, the CD got turned into an mp3 and shared on the network and we all got to hear it.
'Zombies, Man.They freak me out'
I like zombies. No, I take that back. I frickin’ love zombies. Ever since I was nine, when I saw George A. Romero’s 1968 black and white cult classic “Night of the Living Dead,” on my uncle’s tiny TV, I’ve been hooked (By the way, all of Romero’s zombie flicks are great, even the remakes).
Cutie, Costa wow Poly crowd
Death Cab for Cutie put on a great show at Cal Poly Monday night, fans said.
“It was a good show for sure,” said history junior Chris Andrews. “I was afraid because we were sitting high up, that the sound was going to be bad, but the acoustics sounded excellent; the staging was done really well.
Student loans harder to come by in uncertain economy
With the American economy seemingly on the verge of collapse, many students are becoming leery of the unstable job market that awaits them after graduation. But there is a more immediate effect that is worrying others.
Increasing economic troubles are causing students nationwide to borrow more money than ever before.
Media debate questions press politics
The influence of the media on voting was debated Tuesday night as the upcoming presidential election drove the conversation.
About 30 people gathered in Chumash Auditorium to hear Cliff Kincaid and Norman Solomon debate the topic, “Does the media sway votes?”
Kincaid is the editor of the conservative watchdog organization Accuracy in the Media (AIM) and Norman Solomon is the founder and executive director of the Institute for Public Accuracy, a national association of policy researchers and analysts.
Cross country star: Going, going, Gonia
Sure, there was a chill sharp enough by California standards to force the shirtless, chest-painted fans in the Alex G. Spanos Stadium student section to cover up, and enough fog to make out-of-state observers assume San Luis Obispo was adjacent to either Los Angeles or San Francisco, not somewhere in between.
Mayoral candidates share passion for city of San Luis Obispo
Why should you care who is elected mayor? Maybe you’re just a guest in this small college town, acquiring a little knowledge before moving on to the bigger and better that the real world has to offer. But if you love San Luis Obispo and plan on coming back to show your kids your old college ‘stomping grounds,’ you might want to have a say in who will be running the show for the next two years.