10 Halloween party songs that don’t suck

Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. It’s Halloween, and to college students, this holiday translates to one of the biggest party weekends of the year. If you decide to host a Halloween celebration, there are…

The big red dog comes to the green and gold

Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net A piece of many childhoods is coming to the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) in the form of a musical performance of Scholastic’s Clifford the Big Red Dog LIVE! It will be presented Wednesday at 6…

Play gives voice to formerly incarcerated people

Allison Montroy allisonmontroy.md@gmail.com A policeman stands menacingly on the linoleum floor. In front of him a woman sits in a plastic white chair. The woman looks down. He demands to know if she committed the murder. Everything around them is…

Cero

Aaron Rowley is a biomedical engineering senior and Mustang Daily fiction contributor. She reclines deeply into the paling blue vinyl of the seats, scans briefly over the knife-scratched initials and hard water stains, and spots a young man propped up…

Arming your body against midterms

We all hear the same sob story three times a year: not enough sleep because of an all-nighter spent at Cal Poly’s legendary Robert E. Kennedy Library, too much stress and not enough time to do or think about anything…

Walking amongst the dead: SLO cemeteries offer walking tours for Halloween

Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo was a wild town 150 years ago. Outlaws rode down the streets with opponents’ ears hanging from their saddles and covered wagons rattled into a town full of travelers in search of…

Student rapper to perform at SLO Brew

With just more than 24 hours before his first big performance in his hip-hop career, Malik Shahbal walked around campus with his headphones in, listening to his music and preparing for the stage. Shahbal, whose stage name is M Shah,…

When in Rome … Exploring the historic city

J.J. Jenkins is a business administration junior and a Mustang Daily study abroad columnist.  If I were an author staging the opening act of a grisly novel, the place I found myself on Thursday night would be the scene of…

Bring on the bass: Bassnectar show earns high marks

Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. Lorin Ashton, known onstage as Bassnectar, took the stage at Avila Beach Golf Resort on Sept. 16 of last year and was received by the screams and cheers of approximately 3,000…

Men’s fall fashion calls for simplicity

Hanna Iazzetta hiazzetta@mustangdaily.net Although it’s easy to throw on a bro tank or a casual T-shirt and basketball shorts, there are plenty of simple fall staples guys can choose to add a little more style to their walk across campus. The first…

Alcohol: Not just a one-trick pony

Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net There are many misconceptions about alcohol. What it does to your body, how much is safe to drink in one night and how much time it takes to sober up are just some of the issues brought…