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I want to hold your hand

“Hey, hey, ho, ho, homophobia has got to go!” This message was carried through campus yesterday courtesy of the Cal Poly

Jewish fraternity hosts regional conclave

Three years ago, Cal Poly’s Sigma Omega chapter of Alpha Epsilon Pi was chartered as a fledgling fraternity meant to strengthen the

Students meet in the name of change

Slam poetry, yoga, local and organic foods, and forums with unique perspectives on different societal issues are all part of what is

Vagina Monologues meets Valentine's Day

Valentine’s Day gifts typically consist of heart or lip shaped chocolates, but this year you might actually receive chocolate shaped like vaginal lips.

Cal Poly’s Peer Health Education group PULSE has been selling the anatomically correct chocolate vaginas at University Union hour for the last couple of weeks.

Men's hoops: No love lost

A little more than a year ago, the Cal Poly men’s basketball team did something it had done just once since 1959: win at UC Santa Barbara. Because the Big West Conference rivals each returned many of their key contributors, coaches and media picked both the Central Coast squads to finish atop the conference, with UCSB in first.

Mustangs feel sense of urgency heading to Thunderdome

Not many teams can say they have winning streaks in The Thunderdome.

In fact, the Cal Poly women’s basketball team is the only school in the Big West Conference to have won each of its last two games at UC Santa Barbara.

So the Mustangs have nothing to worry about when they tip off against the Gauchos at 2 p.

Blakeslee: A speaker for SLO

Husband, father, financial planner and politician – Republican Assemblyman Sam Blakeslee is a man of many faces.

The representative of California’s 33rd Assembly District, which encompasses everything from Lompoc to Paso Robles, and of course San Luis Obispo, drives from his home in San Luis Obispo to Sacramento

A look back in time at politics at Poly

Sitting in the middle of one of the most liberal states in the Union, conservative Cal

Matt Hanson truly a laker at heart

Matt Hanson stepped to the line Thursday night knowing full well he hadn’t made a free throw in a game for more than three weeks. There were only 1.4 seconds left, and if he could make one this time, his team would probably win.

As 1,676 people nervously looked on, Hanson went in his mind to his favorite fishing spot, Clubhouse Lake in his home state of Minnesota.

Cal State Fullerton guard's suspension could be more major than it may seem

It was somewhat mysterious when 5-foot-6 Cal State Fullerton point guard Junior Russell didn’t start at Mott Gym on Saturday. According to the Orange County Register, it was because he’s been arrested and charged with marijuana possession for sale. And…

Lannon's 'Pressure' a finely crafted album

About halfway through the fourth track of singer-songwriter Nyles Lannon’s new CD, “Pressure,” I was feeling as if I had popped an Ambien – or two. So I decided that the seemingly monotonous folk-pop album was the perfect cure for insomnia; all it needed was some different marketing.