With summer rapidly approaching, most of you are probably already making plans for how to spend the three warmest months of the year. Some might even stick around for classes during the summer quarter. Others might head to some new,…
WASC encourages illegal activity
Is the Western Association of Schools and Colleges (WASC) accreditation team trying to make Cal Poly break the law? It sure seems like it. In case you didn’t hear, the WASC team re-approved Cal Poly’s accreditation. But in its review,…
Juice detox — is a bikini body worth it?
Some swear by it, but I can’t help myself, I’m a skeptic. The juice cleanse. Is it all it’s cracked up to be? Two weeks ago my best friend watched “Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead.” She then proceeded to call…
Welcome to our (open) house
As I walked to my classes last week, I encountered what seemed to be an endless number of tour groups consisting of parents listening intently and prospective students glancing around to take a look at current students. Needless to say,…
Take a podcast tour back in time
San Luis Obispo is a great place for a lot of reasons, but one reason that I wasn’t fully aware of was the great history behind the area and local places that we pass by and take for granted…
Breaking bad (habits)
In an April 2010 article, USA Today Magazine summarized the findings of a recently completed study that tracked 4,886 British adults over 20 years. The lifestyles of the study’s participants were tracked with the perceived “good” and “bad” habits noted…
What's the 'fracking' problem?
You may have already spent your lunch money on a donation toward the KONY 2012 effort, but there’s a new fundraising campaign that may actually have more impact than the leaky Invisible Children movement. Ann and Phelim Media LLC is…
Give into your love of carbs with pasta
An attack on carbs was made a few years ago, and by a doctor no less. Well thanks, but no thanks Dr. Atkins. I gladly stood by carbs’ sides as the hordes of diet-crazed individuals scrammed after the idea of…
The beginning of an end
Returning to our empty dorm rooms after enjoying an either crazy or relaxing spring break in Havasu, at home and everywhere in between is different compared to our usual return to campus after breaks. Similar to former returns though, I…
The news has election fatigue
Spring quarter is a fascinating reversal of the dandy bravado with which we assault the returning of classes in the winter or fall. One hears less of the exciting pursuits of higher knowledge. The hallways instead seem to echo with…
Obamacare: More than just health care
Twenty-seven states have officially filed lawsuits against it, and more than half of Americans favor its repeal. Now, it’s the Supreme Court’s turn to give its opinion on Obamacare and decide the fate of President Barack Obama’s most recognized “achievement.”…