Rachel Newman
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UAMUSS: using abbreviations makes you sound stupid

I would like to use my column this week as a Public Safety Announcement. Most weeks I spill my guts about what’s bothering me, or I endlessly complain about what you are doing wrong, but this week I am stepping…

Romance dies, desperation lives on the Internet

See a cute boy lately? Did he not ask for your number? Was she just scared? Did you just not have the time to talk to her? Don’t worry, Missed Connections is here to save you from a life of loneliness and desperation.

Letter: One political party shouldn’t hold all power

For the past eight years it seems that the populace was upset with the government. I propose that Bush is not responsible for our recent lack of faith in the government (and his approval ratings).

Letter: Sometimes more than a will is needed for a way

In response to a letter to the editor, I would like to apologize, on behalf of civilized society, for placing mandates to prevent murder, theft, rape, and other things that we decided people should abstain from.

Are Cal Poly students smarter than fifth graders?

Do you ever sit around thinking about what it would be like to time travel Michael J. Fox-style? Of course, hippies would travel to the 1960s, intense drug users would line up to go to the Disco Bloodbath of the 1990s and entrepreneurs would go to the Gold Rush of 1848.

Years after hurricanes devastated parts of the U.S., help still needed

After the devastation by Katrina and Rita in 2005, many students, including some from Cal Poly, spent their breaks helping to rebuild. In following years, their numbers dwindled as the images of the destruction fade and are replaced by problems involving wars, economy and environment.