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Mayor, city council candidates debate

Students and staff had an opportunity to fill both their bellies and minds on Tuesday at the San Luis Obispo mayoral and city council debate, Associated Student Inc.’s first “Soup and Substance” event of the year.

With the election approaching, Student Life and Leadership and ASI teamed up to host this debate as part of Democracy Week.

New clubs question religious influence on campus

Two new clubs on campus will offer students an alternative way to think about religion and spirituality with the Secular Society and the Cal Poly Brights coincidentally popping up at the same time.

“There needs to be a campus-wide discussion because there are so many religious groups,” said Nick Sagan, the Bright’s treasurer and computer engineering senior.

Workshop prepares students for job fair

Students looking to brush up on their career skills need not wait for an appointment with their career adviser. The Cal Poly graduates behind the Web site WiHire.com are here to help.

WiHire.com, which helps students and recent college graduates acquire internships and jobs, is sponsoring a career workshop today to help students prepare for the fall job fair, taking place today and tomorrow.

Mustangs begin homestand

Jon Stevenson saw something Monday he hadn’t seen in more than two years. For the first time since Sept. 4, 2006, his Cal Poly women’s volleyball team wasn’t in the American Volleyball Coaches Association Top 25 poll.

“I looked at it and saw we weren’t in the top 25 and walked off to gather myself because it was a moment that really hurt,” Stevenson said.

Day prepares for Berlin

For many, life after Cal Poly is work, work, take a break and work some more. For former Cal Poly high jumper Sharon Day, the surreal life that came a few months after graduating from Cal Poly reflected the opening ceremony to the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing.

Fresno State highlights Cal Poly baseball schedule

The Cal Poly baseball team released its schedule Tuesday. It’s headlined by a pair of games with defending national champion Fresno State.

The Bulldogs, who pulled off an improbable run through the College World Series last year, lost the 2008 season series to Cal Poly 3-2.

Singer Matt White teams with the Gap to spread political message

Singer and songwriter Matt White, a “Rolling Stone” top 10 ‘artist to watch,’ is coming to San Luis Obispo tonight. White performs his acoustic pop sound at Downtown Brewing Co. this evening.

White’s headlining tour, Vote For Love, began Oct. 7.

“I wrote the entire album when I was in college,” White said.

'Wondrous' tale shares triumphs, struggles of Dominican family

Reading “The Brief and Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao” by Junot Diaz, winner of the 2008 Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, was more than just comprehending type on a page. It was more than getting to know a plot, some characters and a story line. Each time I opened the book, there was no telling where I would be taken, whom I would meet, or what intense emotion I would feel.

Energy: The issue defining our generation

Let’s face it: The United States stumbled out of the starting blocks into this century. This administration has supremely screwed things up, that’s a fact. I can’t help but feel a bit despondent when thinking that I spent the prime years of my life growing up in a Bush-run America.

Boycott downtown cover charges

From that first public urination ticket while stumbling through bubble gum alley to the 100th drunken attempt at picking up someone you had no chance with, downtown provides memories that run the gamut of human emotion.

The one constant thing that fuels the creation of those memories is money.

New law protects journalism advisers

High school advisers and college journalism programs no longer have to fear retaliation from administrators because of controversial student work.

Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed a bill into law Sept. 28 that protects students and employees from being penalized for student speech.