Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Gidget and Duke “Big Kahuna” may not be ruling California’s surf scene anymore, but surf enthusiasts from past and present can still shoot the curl Thursday at the SLO International Film Festival’s 8th annual “Surf…
Sex does a body good
Julianne Roth is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily sex columnist. Magic is among us. It’s in the bedroom, or on the fifth floor of the library — I heard some people like to have sex up there. We are…
Lights, camera, red carpet
Kassi Luja kassiluja.md@gmail.com The smell of salty, buttered popcorn. Old, two-armed chairs holding soft drinks and dimmed, cinema lights. An adventure ensues when the red curtains draw back, though many moviegoers are not aware of the behind-the-scenes process of filmmaking.…
‘Missed Connections’ — a film you won’t want to miss
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly alumnus Kenny Stevenson always knew he wanted to make people laugh for a living. In second grade, if his teacher had asked what he wanted to be when he grew up, he would have said…
Supergroup Atoms for Peace runs ‘Amok’
Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. Whenever a supergroup forms, the music community holds its collective breath, wondering whether this new conglomerate will blow our minds, or if it will be another example of what…
PAC hosts Art After Dark for first time
Aryn Sanderson asanderson@mustangdaily.net A salon, chocolate shop and pub were only some of more than 20 nontraditional-venues-turned-art-galleries featured in Friday’s Art After Dark event. But maybe the most surprising stop at ARTS Obispo’s Art After Dark was the Christopher Cohan…
Gay athletes are out but outnumbered
Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Saieed Rihan is an average student. He comes from a town called Escondido, just north of San Diego. He enjoys hiking around San Luis Obispo. He is a kinesiology…
Get your laughs at SLO Comedy Festival
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Want the abdominal workout of a lifetime? Try an entire weekend of jokes and laughter at the third annual SLO Comedy Festival, starting Thursday night. The festival showcases 40 comedians from around the country in 20 different shows…
‘Phallacies’ shatters macho-man stereotypes
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Hegemonic masculinity. This complicated phrase was broken down by the Gender Equity Center’s quarterly event, “Phallacies: Who wears the Pants?” on Tuesday night in the Julian A. McPhee University Union. This comedy theater dialogue brought issues of…
Student rock band on the rise with new single and video
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Four Cal Poly seniors with a love for music and a multiplying fan base: This is the student-comprised band Louder Space. Originally created in October 2011, the band describes itself as “alternative rock with a taste…
‘A Year with Frog and Toad’ brings childhood out of the woodwork
Hannah Croft hannahcroft.md@gmail.com Childhood friends Frog and Toad are getting ready to emerge from hibernation, with the help of Cal Poly Theatre and Dance Department. For the next two weeks, Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre will turn forested for Tony…