Mariecar Mendoza Out of all the seasons in the year, summer is a surprisingly close second to the fall as one of my favorites. Despite the start of school, autumn has always managed to turn me into a giddy little…
Deans propose new name for College of Agriculture
College of Agriculture Associate Deans Mary Pederson and Mark Shelton asked the Academic Senate on Tuesday to support the resolution to rename the college. The proposed new name would be the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. In the…
Professor chosen as SLO poet laureate
Emily Logan Modern languages and literatures professor Gloria VelAÂsquez has been selected as San Luis Obispo’s eighth poet laureate. “As an indigenous woman, a Dine Xicana, I am very proud to accept this award and to finally be recognized by…
UC Santa Barbara discourages Halloween visitors
To keep Halloween as safe as possible this year, UC Santa Barbara is discouraging non-UCSB students from parking on campus this weekend. Any vehicles parked on campus from Friday evening through Tuesday morning without a UCSB permit will be cited…
Whistler and the three dwarves
Joe Sargent With California’s ski resorts opened or opening soon, the ski and snowboard season has begun, and the Central Pacific Ski Club (CPSC) wants to get you down the slope. CPSC is an off-campus club that is focused on…
Student fees and the future of higher education
Tyler Middlestadt At the crossroads between reality and ideology, the intersection between vision and ability, and the boiling point between satisfaction and outrage, student fees exist as a necessary source of revenue and an inevitable source of contention within the…
Frankly Speaking 10-26-05
Frank Stranzl Well, last weekend sucked, to put it frankly. The football team should have won, the volleyball team could have won and the men’s soccer team has not won (a Big West Conference game). The lone bright spot is…
Claassen the Creepster
Mariecar Mendoza High above a graveyard, I am getting Step One of the Jeff Claassen Courtship Plan. “You’re not the first girl I’ve brought up here,”says Claassen mischievously. “It’s a very good spot.” It’s 10:30 p.m. on a Thursday and…
Los Angeles Times stirs up the pot
New topic already, jeees. Hmm … politics, religion, SLO repression? As catchy as those topics are they have been done before. Let’s try a new topic and see how it goes. The Los Angeles Times a few weeks ago reported…
Mechanical engineers take flight in Air Force internship
Jennifer Gongaware Mechanical engineering seniors Jessica Ulvin and David Guerrant are gaining insight into the military aspect of their major by interning at Edwards Air Force Base this quarter. The base is located on the western edge of the Mojave…
Diablo Canyon vulnerable to possible terrorist attack
Garrett Leight An airborne terrorist attack is “reasonably foreseeable” at the new Diablo Canyon facility for storage of spent reactor fuel, according to a press release from the Mothers for Peace organization. The Mothers for Peace organization and Sierra Club…