tom sanders Cal Poly shut out UC Riverside to win the final game of a three-game series with UC Riverside 4-0. Pitcher Robyn Kontra pitched seven innings allowing five hits and walking three with six strikeouts for the victory. The…
Mustangs rout Pacific to stay perfect in Big West
Less than a month ago, Cal Poly women’s tennis head coach Hugh Bream switched his doubles teams in a move designed to boost a group that had opened with an inauspicious 4-5 record. Since, the Mustangs have won seven of…
Mustang Daily advertising collects three top national awards
sheila sobchik The Mustang Daily advertising and business staff took three top awards at the College Newspaper Business and Advertising Managers (CNBAM) Convention held March 8-11 in Philadelphia. The annual contest was judged by professionals working for newspapers across the…
In the eye of the riots: Understanding the French riots from an American student's view
emily rancer PARIS – I turn down Boulevard Saint Michel, just across the bridge from the tourist-cluttered Notre Dame Cathedral in the heart of Paris, police cars and vans suddenly line the streets. Armed policeman talk in huddled groups on…
Mustangs look to end losing ways
tom sanders After winning its first two games against No. 18 Washington, Cal Poly baseball has lost five of its last six games, including a sweep by Big West foe Cal State Northridge. Cal Poly (16-13) will try to end…
Rain and quick driving make slippery combination
Traffic on a rain-soaked Grand Avenue came to a halt Wednesday after a car plowed through the center divide and crashed into a concrete pillar underneath U.S. Highway 101, police said. The driver, an 18-year-old San Luis Obispo resident, was turning left onto the street when the accident occurred, San Luis Obispo police officer Colleen Kevany said.
Muslims at CP, stop Israel bashing
Humza, your comments on Israel were completely distorted. Suicide bombers are not solely caused by economic hardships otherwise Tibetans would terrorize China and the poor in SLO would be blowing up city hall. Religious dogma is also a main element.…
Fire speech sparks concern with PSA
nick coury The final session of the eight-week Wildland Fire Studies seminar, provided by Cal Poly’s forestry resources department, led to some controversy Monday over free speech rights and expression on campus. The seminar was primarily geared toward students with…
Mustangs' season comes to an end
Cal Poly fell in the Big West semi-finals to No. 1 seeded University of the Pacific 68-57 on Friday at the Anaheim Convention Center Arena. The Mustangs kept close to the incumbent champion Tigers, but experience and clutch free throw…
You are what you eat
Daniel Gingras Do you lose sleep at night, nervously wondering what flavor your semen has to women? Do you frequently invent white lies to calm people’s suspicions about why you are always seen holding a can of Dole pineapple juice?…
Sex and drug themes: A free ride to a household name
Daniel Gingras When I walk into an Urban Outfitters, usually it’s in search of overpriced T-shirts with Russian Coke advertisements and lame puns plastered to their fronts. When I stumble instead upon books like “Spliffs 2,” “How Animals Have Sex”…