Alicia Freeman is an English senior and Mustang Daily relationship advice columnist. “Spontaneous overflow of emotion” last week, huh? (Haha, English major joke.) I realize in an effort to share my own experiences to say, “Hey, we’re all human, and…
Week 6: Time to take a breather
Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. I think this past week has been the most stressful seven days I’ve had since coming to college. Luckily, I wasn’t stressed to the point where my eyes were…
California Dream Act less than a dream
Brendan Pringle is an English senior and Mustang Daily conservative columnist. It was a landmark day for illegal immigrant advocates all over the state of California when Governor Jerry Brown signed the California Dream Act — a bill that grants…
Furnishing your home on a student budget
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a master of public policy and Mustang Daily graduate columnist. If you did not spend the summer roughing it here in town, then you probably spent the weekend before school frantically unloading your…
Conquering a gluten-free diet
Heather Rockwood is a food science senior and Mustang Daily food columnist. Recently, I went to the grocery store and, yet again, came home with the wrong dessert to please all my roommates. It is not that they are picky…
How to choose between a social life, good grades and enough sleep
Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. Who would ever think to complain about being surrounded by your friends literally every second of the day? As freshmen, we’ve already gone through so many adjustments: having to…
When talking it out makes it worse
Alicia Freeman is an English senior and Mustang Daily relationship advice columnist. As an eccentric personality, I accept I may be the only person who enjoys my jokes. I also accept, in general, I am a bit awkwardly weird. In…
A liberal's lament
I want to talk about the experience of being a liberal in today’s intellectual climate. Though I’ve always worn my political sentiments close to the surface, I feel that deeper down there lurks a more transcendental set of beliefs which,…
Palm Theatre offers a different movie experience for SLOcals
Erin Hurley is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily San Luis Obispo lifestyle columnist. I love movies. I think they’re like a little escape from daily life. When I go see a movie, I can kind of suspend reality for…
Don't miss out: Get spirited away this week
Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. I came from a high school with minimal school spirit. You know how some high schools have spirit weeks where every day has a theme such as “Twin Day”…
Boo Boo Records: SLO's 37-year-old music legend
Like any good business, the music industry doesn’t stay still — it’s always evolving and growing with new genres, new trends and (maybe most importantly) the way music is bought and listened to. It seems like everyone just jumps on…