Jennifer Hall Sales were high this weekend at the annual Tomato Mania, a Cal Poly student project held at the Environmental Horticulture Unit on campus. The event was part of an enterprise project put on by three Cal Poly students:…
'Wii', oh why?
“Xbox 360,” an epic name of mystery and grand proportions. “PlayStation 3,” a name of nostalgia, imagination and infinite possibilities. “Wii,”- Um, I don’t know. What the hell does “Wii” even mean? How do you even pronounce it? "WEE Let's go on the swing!" or "Why is this such a terrible name?" The Japanese have been crazy when it comes to the video game industry for years, but when you change a next-gen console name from “Revolution” to “Wii,” you might as well rename it one more time to “We are Insane.
Gocong is Philadelphia bound
whitney guenther For the second straight year, a Cal Poly football player has been selected in the third round of the National Football League Draft. Senior defensive end Chris Gocong became Cal Poly’s highest draft choice ever on Saturday afternoon,…
Eight-game win streak ends
Central Coast rival UC Santa Barbara snapped Cal Poly softball’s eight-game win streak, but only after the Mustangs won both halves of a Saturday doubleheader to clinch the series win at the Gauchos’ Campus Diamond. Cal Poly (24-20, 8-4) won…
Mustangs drop two to No. 5 Oregon State
Cal Poly lost two games to No. 5 Oregon State, 3-0 and 8-4, and beat New Mexico 6-4 in extra innings in Corvallis, Ore. Right-hander Dallas Buck and southpaw Kevin Gunderson, both junior All-Americans, combined on a seven-hit 3-0 shutout…
ASI presidential candidates debate
nick camacho At the ASI presidential debate on Thursday in the University Union, the blue shirts were out in full force – bright blue for Anne Giapapas, light blue for Todd Maki – as the presidential candidates answered questions about…
Poly hosts CubeSat workshop
brennan angel University professors and students from Turkey, Romania and all over the United States gathered on Thursday – all in the name of CubeSat. “CubeSat is a worldwide organization run by Cal Poly,” said Roland Coelho, the assistant coordinator…
SLO to make 'Global Night Commute'
More than 350 people will make the night commute to Santa Rosa Park this Saturday to sleep under the stars and make a stand with the humanitarian organization, Invisible Children. The Global Nightly Commute is a nonprofit event geared toward pressuring the American government to put an end to the on-going civil war in Uganda.
Gocong awaits NFL draft day fate
louise dolby mustang daily Many NFL players came from universities in a big football conference like the Pac-10, Big 12 or Big 10. Stars are manufactured at the University of Southern California, Ohio State and Miami University ” not California…
A 'Silent' new awakening
Ryan Chartrand “Doom,” “Resident Evil,” “Super Mario Bros.” These are only a few of the disappointing films that have stained theaters for the past decade, an era that many gamers and moviegoers have tried to forget. The words “Silent Hill,”…
Cross Country Romance
Daniel Gingras The “Long Distance Relationship” has become a rite of passage for our generation. In high school or perhaps more appropriately “puberty playground,” our rapidly developing loins and amateur hearts conned our juvenile brains into…