Piles of clothing will be swapped, altered, embellished and recycled into new clothing or accessories at the second annual Swap-O-Rama-Rama.
Graphic designer promotes social change through art
Graphic designer and social entrepreneur Mark Randall will give a lecture on how to use art and design to promote social change on Friday, March 11.
Student fights rare form of cancer
Delaney Lemus completed her first year at Cal Poly as an agriculture business major without knowing she wouldn’t be returning back in the fall. Up to this point, she was very active and athletic. She was a very happy person, always…
Recent crimes don’t reflect statistics
Justin Hirsch, a 21-year-old San Luis Obispo resident, was walking downtown at approximately 2:40 a.m. Feb. 6 when a man attacked him, stabbing him multiple times. He doesn’t remember exactly where he was stabbed downtown — he was too busy…
Seismic shake-up places Cal Poly second in competition
Cal Poly’s Seismic Design team placed second out of 28 teams at the 2011 Earthquake Engineering Research Institute (EERI)’s undergraduate Seismic Design competition last weekend.
A Valentine’s Day serenade
Watch electrical engineering senior Kyle Husmann serenade students on Valentine’s Day in the University Union Plaza.
BLOG: Picking a funny bone with comedy stars
I was sitting in bed early Friday morning, in my pajamas, eating Kellogg’s Frosted Mini-Wheats and drinking quickly cooling coffee. As I was routinely checking my e-mail, there sat a new message from Colin Mochrie and Brad Sherwood’s public relations…
Past the basketball shoes, Hanson is just your average college student
There is a distinct difference in forward David Hanson’s personality on and off the court. When he’s playing, he is focused, aggressive, serious, instinctual and completely set on getting the team a win. Off the court, however, his friends and…
Celebrate the American Indian pow wow with MCC and AISA
The MultiCultural Center (MCC) and the American Indian Student Association (AISA) will hold a workshop that teaches the history, etiquette, dances and songs of a Native American community gathering called the pow wow on Thursday, Feb. 10.
BLOG: Brutha Gimel’s Late Interview
Brutha Gimel was born in East Texas but moved to Los Angeles. He finds a “mostly liberal way of thinking out west,” especially in comparison to East Texas. He started out his poetry career by being the D.J. of a…
SLOMA offers drop-in watercolor classes
For less than the cost of a movie ticket and popcorn, the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA) is holding a drop-in art class where anyone can learn the basics of watercolor painting. Show up with $15 — or…