Ryan ChartrandArianna Huffington will bring her provocative perspective to Cal Poly on today at 7 p.m. in Spanos Theater as the opener for the speaker series, “California’s Challenges: Provocative Solutions for Compelling Problems.”
The Provocative Perspectives series has opened with well-known speakers for the past three years, said Pat Harris, retired assistant director of the Department of Student Life and Leadership.
“We were looking for someone with a big draw because we want to open with a big bang,” Harris said.
Huffington’s talk will be “A Political Update with Arianna Huffington: Focus on California.”
Huffington was named one of the 100 most influential people in the world by Time magazine this year. She is also a nationally syndicated columnist, author, cofounder and editor of HuffingtonPost.com,