Cal Poly is now among five candidates being seriously considered to host five high school football state championship games over a weekend in December, a California Interscholastic Federation official said Tuesday. On-campus Alex G. Spanos Stadium would serve as the San Luis Obispo venue for the 2008 CIF State Football Championship Bowl Games, and is one of seven sites still officially being evaluated.
Police doubt link between Santa Maria killings, San Luis Obispo murder
It’s unlikely that a connection exists between the recent quadruple-homicide in
Eclectic folk-rock band plays for Malawi
Several thousand miles away, people are forced to carry family members on their backs, and others who can’t walk find themselves relegated to crawling. It may seem as if the more than 130,000 physically disabled people of Malawi, Africa are too far away to help directly, but an upcoming concert in San Luis Obispo will provide an opportunity for locals to do something about their plight.
Two-person comedy explores gender roles, humanity
Described by the Memphis Flyer as a cross between “The Vagina Monologues” and “Saturday Night Live,” the two-person comedy “Parallel Lives” has played to rave reviews all around the country.
Now Cal Poly will have the chance to take in the performance, as Cal Poly Arts will present the show Saturday in honor of National Women’s History Month.
Is it really about our feelings?
Arlo White’s guest column concerning abortion was absolutely correct in pointing out that many facts upon which our modern lifestyle depends are unavoidably unpleasant. The things we want and use do not appear out of nowhere, and there is a price to pay for what we get.
Moving out into the real world
After living in on-campus residential halls for a year, living off campus may seem like a dream. No more residential adviser-enforced quiet hours. No more campus food. No more roommates who stay up until 4 a.m. playing Halo.
“You may think you’re on your own in the dorms since your parents aren’t around, but you aren’t really free until you move off campus,” mechanical engineering senior Ryan Boughey said.
Saudis look to America for higher education help
Saudi Arabia’s push for engineering and technological advancement has caused many American universities to get
Students petition against JUC involvement
As campus-wide concern about the yet-to-be finalized and controversial contract between Cal Poly’s College of Engineering
Cuesta student dies in collision on Hwy. 101
Cuesta College student Ian Ambrose, 23, died in a car accident on the Cuesta Grade Monday night, officials said. Ambrose was in the
Housing shake-up
Off-campus student housing officials said it is too early to tell how the new facilities at Cal Poly will change the demand for student housing in the area.
Tim Kershner, manager of Stenner Glen and local real estate broker, said since Cal Poly cancelled summer school classes for incoming freshmen, they will have to wait to see how many students Cal Poly will enroll in the fall.
Fire forces students out of home
It looks like a pathetic yard sale. There are soot-covered and charred objects scattered on the driveway and clothing draped on the fence, with more and more loads of stuff coming out each minute carried by sooty college students.
At around 6 a.m. Monday morning, four Cal Poly students escaped out of 381 Pismo St.