Winter quarter to offer array of events

Kelly Trom kellytrom.md@gmail.com New year, new quarter, new events to mark on the calendar. Cal Poly’s campus has a lot to offer this quarter, whether it’s a performance in the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC), an Associated Students, Inc.…

How to make a buck after the holidays

Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com Did you spend a little too much on gifts for your mom, go on a few too many coffee dates or spend more than expected on a weekend skiing trip this winter break? The holidays probably left…

Mustang Band: the faces behind the music

Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net Some students like to spend their free time at the gym. Others prefer to take up a new hobby at the Cal Poly Craft Center or go on an adventure with Poly Escapes. Industrial engineering senior Karissa…

& All At Once It Struck Me

Sean Bugée is an English senior and Mustang Daily poetry contributor. It was the cold, calculated, inhuman efficiency of the thing: A hive of machinery and gears spinning, whirring inexorably, timed to perfection, that the system remained irrevocably on time…

Take it SLO to bring holiday cheer to Cal Poly

Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Students looking to add a little holiday spirit to the end of their quarter will find plenty of good tidings and cheer at Cal Poly Take it SLO’s annual holiday a cappella concert this Sunday…

Student creates SLO wiki, will host ‘write-a-thon’ this weekend

Navigating the informational expanses of the World Wide Web can be daunting at times, and localized information isn’t always easy to find online. But mechanical engineering senior Rory Aronson has taken it upon himself to make this experience smoother —…

Ten songs to get in the holiday spirit

Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. It’s an exciting time of year. After finals week, fall quarter will finally be over with, and we can return home to celebrate the winter holidays. To help you…

A special church, an American holiday and a famous statue

Erica Husting is a journalism junior and a Mustang Daily study abroad columnist.  My train departed for Rome at 11:40 on Sunday morning. But at 7:30 a.m., there was still one thing I had to do before I left the…

Art and entrepreneurship to collide at forum

Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net Think business and creativity don’t mix? The Cal Poly Center for Innovation and Entrepreneurship (CIE) wants to prove the stereotype wrong today in its November Forum, Entrepreneurship and the Arts: The Impact of the Technology Revolution. “Entrepreneurship…

5 must-have classic rock albums

Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. A sure sign of good music is that it endures the test of time and remains popular for generations. Music that persists, with songs that speak to us and…

Ten lessons from a quarter abroad

Journalism junior Erica Husting (1-5) and business administration junior J. J. Jenkins (6-10) both studied abroad this fall quarter – Husting in Italy and Jenkins in Spain. These are the lessons they took away from their time abroad. Lesson 1:…