Kelly Trom kellytrom.md@gmail.com Homecoming is a time for current Cal Poly students, as well as past alumni, to come together and reconnect. This year, homecoming will bring the continuance of old traditions and the creation of new traditions to the…
Zipping over Santa Margarita Ranch
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net There it stood before me: 1,300 feet of wire, the “Renegade,” 200 feet above the valley ground and the only way to the other side. Harness tightened, helmet buckled, gloves on, carabiner clipped and locked. “Front clipped,…
Mr. Pickle’s comes to SLO
Hanna Iazzetta hiazzetta@mustangdaily.net What could be better than a meal combo? A meal combo that comes with a cookie, perhaps. Mr. Pickle’s Sandwich Shop, a deli chain based in the Bay Area, is bringing that offer to San Luis Obispo…
Macklemore makes off with columnist’s approval of ‘The Heist’
Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. Those of you who stay up-to-date with the hip-hop community may have been eagerly anticipating the Oct. 9 release of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ debut studio album, “The Heist”…
Visiting floating Venice and fair Verona
Erica Husting is a journalism junior and Mustang Daily study abroad columnist. The first weekend in October was a weekend for the bucket list. That weekend, I had the opportunity to journey to the northern Italian region of Veneto, paying…
Fall Minicon draws student gamers
David Liebig arts@mustangdaily.net Mighty heroes joined forces to conquer legendary beasts, swashbuckling seafarers convened to swindle one another and clue-hungry sleuths unraveled elusive mysteries — all within the minds of Fall Minicon attendees on Saturday. PolyCon — a student club…
People Under The Stairs headlines first Concert in the Plaza at Sunset
Brian De Los Santos bdelossantos@mustangdaily.net Maybe I was living under a rock. I was teeth-deep in a tri-tip sandwich at Firestone Grill when I found out Los Angeles-based hip-hop duo People Under The Stairs (PUTS) was performing at the first-ever…
Local live hip-hop blowing up in SLO
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net On my gloomier days, I find myself wishing San Luis Obispo’s hip-hop scene were more like Minneapolis’. But on good days, such as this past Tuesday, I stop wishing and hit up a show by some of…
Carville and Matalin: holding hands across the aisle
Allison Montroy amontroy@mustangdaily.net James Carville and Mary Matalin are proof opposites do attract. But they do not always agree. In fact, this staunch Democrat and steadfast Republican, respectively, love to debate — and will onstage Oct. 14 at the Christopher Cohan Performing…
Local chocolate business deals with trademark issue
A wide variety of chocolates are sold at a store located on Marsh Street, a place commonly known to San Luis Obispo residents as Sweet Earth Organic Chocolates. Within the next couple of weeks, though, the store will be changing…