Cal Poly men’s soccer head coach Paul Holocher has sharply criticized the unruly behavior at Alex G. Spanos Stadium during Friday night’s 1-0 loss to UC Santa Barbara. He has reason to. Several bottles were thrown onto the field from…
Movie night to raise funds for Wheelchair Foundation
Cal Poly’s student chapter of the Wheelchair Foundation hopes to raise at least $90,000 at a movie night fundraiser tonight at the Fremont Theatre. The foundation, which will be selling $5 tickets to a showing of “Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s Stone,” will generate money to help send wheelchairs and provide cataract surgeries for needy residents of Oaxaca, Mexico.
Neither major party is pro-choice in the true sense
University is the place where most of us first taste true freedom. Freedom from curfew, from supervision (mostly), from decent home-cooked meals, from you name it. Yet, in the midst of all this novel independence there are typically two chains of dependence that stubbornly remain unbroken.
Engineering: Women still minority in all departments
It’s no secret that few women study engineering at Cal Poly. The most recent statistics released by the school showed that women make up only 15 percent of engineering majors.
The National Science Foundation’s Advance program recently awarded four Cal Poly professors nearly $200,000 to study the experiences of female faculty in fields including engineering.
'Green pizza' ain't as bad as it sounds
“Going green.” It’s the new catchphrase thrown around by people these days to symbolize their newfound care for the environment. For Brandon Borene, going green is a lifestyle choice that means more than just recycling old plastic bottles. He is taking it a step further by bringing his vision of the future of restaurant industries to San Luis Obispo.
Cal Poly looks to bounce back against UC Irvine
It sure didn’t feel like a regular-season game.
The national broadcast by Fox Soccer Channel pushed the match’s start back an hour further into the night. The Alex G. Spanos Stadium sellout crowd of 11,075 was the third-largest regular-season audience in college men’s soccer history.
Polycon puts social face on gaming
Those who want to assume the role of an Elven wizard who employs spells to defeat the Paladin of Tyranny or lead an army of orcs into battle can find themselves at home at PolyCon, Cal Poly’s gaming club, which provides a relaxed setting for gamers to satiate their alter egos by participating in a variety of games and activities.
Joe Meno brings variety, creativity to new collection
I discovered Joe Meno rather accidentally when I was lured toward a green novel with a picture of a pink spiky hairdo on the front. I’ll admit I read it solely because of the amazingly cool cover, but more importantly, I discovered a fresh writer who incorporates life’s hilarity with just the right amount of depth.
Green is good but blue is better
Throughout history, consumer movements have been central to revolutions. The French Revolution was brought to a boiling point over the demand for bread. On Feb. 1, 1960, four African American students made history by sitting at a segregated lunch counter at a North Carolina Woolworth’s store in the seats reserved for white customers.
Letters to the editor
Taxpayers aren’t responsible for your health and happiness
Dustin Stone, did you read what the definition of a right is in the article you cited? The right to life means that nobody can take someone’s life away! That in no way means that the government (read: taxpayers) are responsible for paying for the health care of others.
Entrepreneurs compete for capital
What do Google, Starbucks and Nike all have in common? For starters, the founders had an idea with enough potential to draw money from investors that, in turn, allowed them to obtain unlimited success as well as a global popularity.
The Orfalea College of Business and Students in Free Enterprise (SIFE) is holding its annual Ray Scherr Business Plan Competition, a three-stage contest that seeks to help provide funding and networking for campus-affiliated entrepreneurs and their business ideas.