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Poly will win Big West

The men’s basketball team and I got off to a volatile start last year.

Maybe I had it coming after I made several frank assertions in my first column about the team: “The only thing the 2004-05 team had in common with the top 25 were the numbers two and five – 22 losses and five wins.

PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives

I have a secret. Actually, I have many secrets, but they aren’t the ones you’ll be reading about today. Instead I’m here to discuss PostSecret: Extraordinary Confessions from Ordinary Lives by Frank Warren. The display in the downtown Barnes and Noble caught my eye and I couldn’t help leafing through the book whose cover resembles a giant letter bound in postmarked brown paper.

'Blink': First impressions mean more than you think

Bill and Susan sat in a nondescript room and allowed themselves to be videotaped for 15 minutes as they discussed a point of contention in their marriage: their dog. They were a trendy couple in their 20’s, whose stylishly messy haircuts revealed a playful nature.

Chivalry: shouldst thou or shouldst thou not?

Chivalry isn’t dead. It’s simply confused.

Aside from medieval images of knights and ladies-in-waiting, the concept of chivalry generally implies a unidirectional, male-toward-female interaction.

But with gender standards shifting on the sands of time, poor little chivalry finds itself today in romantic turmoil.

Don't know the issues? Then don't vote today

MTV says vote.

ASI says vote.

Campaign ads say vote.

But if you don’t know the issues and are clueless walking up to the voting booth, for dear democracy’s sake, don’t vote.

As one of the most sought-after demographics, we 18-to-30-year-olds are bombarded with messages about why it’s so important to “have our voices heard.

Mustangs back at No. 9 in I-AA poll

The Cal Poly football team fell three spots to No. 9 Monday in The Sports Network’s Division I-AA poll following a 10-9 loss Saturday at No. 2 Montana.

After losing two of their last three games, the Mustangs (6-3, 2-1 Great West Football Conference) likely must beat both No.

'Borat' blends comedy with sad look at America

If you’ve been waiting for the best comedy of the year to pick you up and tear your belly in half, it certainly has arrived. Unfortunately, you’ll have to walk out of the theater with a depressing look at your fellow Americans looming in your head for hours.

Musty the Mustang caught betting on opposing teams

SAN LUIS OBISPO, CA – Camcorder footage delivered anonymously to Cal Poly’s newsroom yesterday showed grainy images of a poorly disguised Musty the Mustang hoofing a large quantity of bills across the desk of an underground sports bookie in Montana, placing his bet for Saturday’s game on the Grizzlies.

Judgment Day

While San Luis Obispo has been caught in a battle over Measure J throughout the last few months, this battle has consumed a good portion of Ernie Dalidio’s life. “Exhausting isn’t even the depth of it,” he said. “My aunt and my dad didn’t live to see it.” Dalidio’s ranch has been caught in a whirlwind of controversy since he decided to devote the 131 acres of farmland off Madonna Road and U.

Democrats: Nov. 7 is going to be very niiice

In his new movie: “Borat: Cultural Learnings of America for Make Benefit Glorious Nation of Kazakhstan, “Borat Sagdiyev describes his first marriage in the following manner: “She was very good for first three years, then suddenly she started grow hair on her chest, her voice became very deep, and her. how you say, did not work well.

Your vote counts

Do you care whether or not a gas tax is created? Or whether parents should be notified if their minor is going to have an abortion? Do you care if the sales tax in San Luis Obispo increases from 7.25 percent to 7.75 percent? How about whether or not the Dalidio Ranch project passes or not? Perhaps you might care about who our next governor will be, or whether or not Cal Poly will receive a $14.