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Get in touch with your inner artist: creative campus clubs

Cal Poly is home to a number of clubs and organizations, giving students the opportunity to broaden their horizons and meet new people. Some of these clubs even present students with the opportunity to exercise the right side of their…

Required viewing: humanities and LAES bring ‘must-see’ films to campus

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com The Cal Poly community now has the opportunity to embark on a cinematic adventure each Wednesday night this quarter, thanks to the humanities and liberal arts and engineering studies (LAES) departments. The two recently teamed up to put on a “must-see film”…

The Postal Service’s first tour in 10 years comes to SLO

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com It’s been a decade since electronic-indie band The Postal Service headlined a tour. But fans won’t have to wait any longer to see the band onstage. The duo, consisting of vocalist Ben Gibbard (Death Cab For Cutie frontman) and producer…

Art events in spring

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com Concerts, ballet and beer. This is just some of what spring quarter will encompass in a variety of events ranging from concerts at SLO Brewing Co. (SLO Brew) to the California Festival of Beers. Here are some…

Lights, camera, red carpet

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com The smell of salty, buttered popcorn. Old, two-armed chairs holding soft drinks and dimmed, cinema lights. An adventure ensues when the red curtains draw back, though many moviegoers are not aware of the behind-the-scenes process of filmmaking.…

Student rock band on the rise with new single and video

Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Four Cal Poly seniors with a love for music and a multiplying fan base: This is the student-comprised band Louder Space. Originally created in October 2011, the band describes itself as “alternative rock with a taste…

Singer-songwriter Tyrone Wells to bring acoustic sound to SLO Brew

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com “Grateful.” That’s how accomplished singer-songwriter Tyrone Wells describes the experience he’s had as a musician thus far and his ability to make a living out of something he loves. With an ever-increasing following in San Luis Obispo —…

The secret life of lecturer Bruce Wright

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com She and her husband were being followed. That’s exactly what Chris Wright, wife of Cal Poly aerospace engineering lecturer Bruce Wright, thought when she and her husband traveled to Europe for the first time in 1986. “We…

Granada Hotel & Bistro: From past to present

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com Rustic, exposed brick walls, vintage, Gatsby-esque furniture and the sounds of Spanish music. That, is Granda Hotel & Bistro. “There’s definitely a boutique, sexy feel to it,” general manager Dennis Severse said of the hotel and bistro that…

Fremont set to reopen Valentine’s Day

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com Fremont Theatre in downtown San Luis Obispo is set to reopen Thursday with the showing of the action adventure film “A Good Day to Die Hard” and “Safe Haven,” based on the novel by Nicholas Sparks. The…

Need flowers for your Valentine? Poly Plant Shop has you covered

Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com “Roses, roses, roses, roses.” That’s the popular item the Poly Plant Shop has been busy selling, according to employee and environmental horticulture science junior Leslie Gray. Along with roses, the plant shop has been taking orders for various bouquets,…