It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Not because of the holidays, but because of sports – NFL playoffs, bowl games, Division I-AA playoffs, the prelude to March Madness and even some regular-season NBA games to boot.
Here’s one point of view on some of the recent hot-button issues:
Florida 41, Ohio State 14.
Cal Poly women’s tennis head coach Hugh Bream knows his team has a difficult schedule this spring season, with five opponents ranked in the top 25.
So why not hit the ground running?
The Mustangs open their spring schedule at the Cal Winter Invitational today.
The troops are under siege, huddled together for strength and drawn together by their similarities. Though each is very unique, they’re all connected by one commonality: they’re all from San Luis Obispo.
These troops belong to the 900 block of Higuera Street downtown – the block that contains Louisa’s Place, Mr.
Police are advising women in San Luis Obispo not to walk alone at night after the fourth sexual assault in the past two months occurred Dec. 10 near campus.
The most recent assault appears to be linked to the other three, although police have not confirmed if they are in fact related.
USC head football coach Pete Carroll came out and publicly said he’s not going anywhere, but we know how that one goes.
After losing his head coach, Nick Saban to the University of Alabama less than a week ago, Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga is actively pursuing Carroll.
The Cal Poly baseball team was picked to finish fifth among eight teams in the Big West Conference preseason coaches poll released Tuesday.
The Mustangs, who were 29-27 overall and 10-11 in the Big West last year, received 31 points.
Cal State Fullerton took first with seven first-place votes and 63 total points, followed by UC?Riverside (50), UC?Irvine (48) – which got one first-place vote, Long Beach State (43), Cal Poly, UC?Santa Barbara (23), Pacific (22)?and Cal State Northridge (8).
USC head football coach Pete Carroll came out and publicly said he’s not going anywhere, but we know how that one goes.
After losing his head coach, Nick Saban to the University of Alabama less than a week ago, Miami Dolphins owner Wayne Huizenga is actively pursuing Carroll.
Duke Ellington, one of the great jazz musicians, once wrote in a song with the same title, “It don’t mean a thing if it ain’t got that swing.” If his words still ring true, then the Central Coast is in for a treat.
This Friday, jazz-lovers and dance-enthusiasts alike will find their match as Cal Poly’s University Jazz Band No.
Up-and-coming singer and songwriter Tyrone Wells will perform music from his new album “Hold On” today during UU Hour, continuing his nationwide tour.
With a sound that Scott Warren, a member of his management team, calls “a mix between Jack Johnson and Lenny Kravitz,” Wells has experienced increasing success as a musician, gaining popularity through live performances and plays on the radio.
I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday break. Although the holiday season is over, I hope that the giving spirit of the holiday season continues into the New Year. I bet you didn’t know, but there are many in our own San Luis Obispo who are in “need.”
I see these people downtown, sometimes covered in old smelly clothing, asking me for money.
At around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday, Cal Poly football player Kyle Shotwell was initially unsure whether to answer his cell phone when it buzzed in class.
It was a good thing he did.
On the other end was his agent, Ryan Tollner, calling to inform the senior middle linebacker that he had been added late to the West roster for the 82nd annual East-West Shrine Game.