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Rodeo teams gear up for another trip to national championships

Summer vacation may have to wait for a select group of students. The Cal Poly rodeo team will spend its first couple days of summer competing at the National Intercollegiate Rodeo College Finals. The Cal Poly rodeo team dominated the…

Free speech is democracy at work

Tyler Middlestadt It seems like this quarter, more than most, students have been inundated with ideologies about what to believe and why, where to find the facts to support the argument and the consequences of complacency. Part of me can…

Why you can't equivocate Israel with Nazism

I’d like to discuss an opinion Humza Chowdhry expressed in the Mustang Daily on May 18. I suppose that, although I don’t agree with it, he does have the right to express it. It is unfortunate that his leadership only…

Conservatives display hypocrisy on Dexter Lawn

Conservatives display hypocrisy on Dexter Lawn So why can you display two-story-tall graphic pictures of aborted fetuses all over campus, but a small flier stuck on a wooden stake showing a little side boob draws the ire of the conservative…

'Da Vinci Code' cracks the movie dryspell

Ryan Chartrand I entered “The Da Vinci Code” expecting the most over-hyped film of the year. After seeing it, however, I realized I’d just seen one of the most over-criticized films of the year. Whether you’re a Christian or an…

Cal Poly ranked No. 6 in preseason poll

brennan angel Cal Poly received its highest preseason ranking ever at No. 6 in the recent AnyGivenSaturday.com (AGS) Poll. Cal Poly lost to Texas State 14-7 in the quarterfinals of the NCAA Division I-AA playoffs last season. The Mustangs return…

Three named Poly athletes of the year

Frank Stranzl Football defensive end Chris Gocong, golfer Travis Bertoni and women’s soccer defender Sierra Simmons, all seniors, were honored as Cal Poly’s 2005-06 Athletes of the Year at the annual Night of the Mustang banquet and awards ceremony Tuesday…

The Da Vinci Code

I entered “The Da Vinci Code” expecting the most over-hyped film of the year. After seeing it, however, I realized I’d just seen one of the most over-criticized films of the year. Whether you’re a Christian or an Atheist, open- or closed-minded, “The Da Vinci Code” will please everyone.

A Holy Land history lesson

In Humza Chowdry’s letter, he said, “Peace in Palestine will happen when the Zionists give back the land they stole, and not try to profit off land that was never theirs to begin with.” Let’s take a quick history lesson.…

Former U.S. Department of Agriculture undersecretary to advise Baker, CSU chancellor

Jandy Jones Serving under presidents could be stressful for some, but for Joe Jen it is just part of the job. Jen, who has served under President George W. Bush as an undersecretary of research, education and economics at the…

Titans silence Mustang bats

brennan angel Cal Poly needed to sweep the No. 2 team in the nation in order to stay alive in the race for a Big West Conference championship. However, it was the four-time national champion Cal State Fullerton doing the…