michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady The time was just past 11:30 p.m. on Feb. 25, the Saturday of Mardi Gras weekend. While I was patrolling the streets of downtown San Luis Obispo…
Wide Angle: 'Stage Four'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady Stage four of the Amgen “Tour of California” bicycle race was in and out of town quicker than the city realized its anti-Mardi Gras forces were a…
Wide Angle: 'Reflections'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady. Mother Nature has proven, once again, that her capabilities are endless. The strange warm weather that the Central Coast was blessed with in early February has…
Cal Poly in bloom
michael mullady With the winter’s rain and the past few weeks’ warm weather, flowers have unexpectedly began to bloom throughout the Central Coast. Along Via Carta, colorful displays of nature have unearthed in a variety of shapes and sizes. Mike…
Wide Angle: 'Man and Nature'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady. While fewer places today still possess the untainted energy that once thrived in these regions, finding retreats from pavement, electronics and everything our society values is growing…
Oakland A's catcher speaks to Poly athletes
michael mullady Adam Melhuse, right, a back-up catcher for Major League Baseball’s Oakland Athletics, was in San Luis Obispo on Tuesday night to speak at an Athletes In Action meeting at Agape Church. Athletes In Action is a coalition of…
Blood Drive
michael mullady The Tri County Blood Bank buses pulled into Cal Poly Tuesday in an attempt to draw students to donate blood. Michael Koopmans, a mechanical engineering sophomore, gives blood several times a year and donated this time to show…
Wide Angle: 'Freezing Motion'
michael mullady While artificial lighting is a huge part of photography, I continually strive to use natural light whenever possible. I enjoy the challenge of shooting in low-light conditions, which are especially present during the evening. It requires a keen…
Design on Dexter
michael mullady Passing by Dexter Lawn recently, students may have noticed a variety of interesting structures scattered about. The display, a project the members of Professor Michael Botwin’s advanced structural systems class took on, was designed to help students understand…
Wide Angle: 'The Year of the Dog'
michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady that will run every Tuesday. 'Year of the Dog' Through my evolving studies in art with the camera as my medium, I have found that visually documenting…
UU Hour cancellation calls for bowling
michael mullady When the UU Hour is cancelled due to rain, like it was Thursday, many students hang out at Mustang Lanes. It’s all in a day’s work for Steve Goldie, an industrial technology senior and manager of Mustang Lanes,…