They have both said the same exact words repeatedly (“I will not be VP”) — sometimes casually, sometimes forcefully. But Marco Rubio and Susana Martinez both realize they would be an ideal counterweight to Romney’s ticket. As we all know,…
From campus to the Castle
Two Cal Poly professors lead double lives. One day, they might be teaching in their respective communication studies and journalism departments. On another, they are at a mansion filled with luxurious works of art and surrounded by manicured gardens and…
IMAX brings new life to downtown SLO
Downtown San Luis Obispo may be getting an upgrade. Local developers Rob Rossi and John King are working to potentially bring an IMAX movie theater to the area. The proposed theater would be built in the small parking lot behind…
Celebrate Mom's Day with edible flowers
This Sunday marks a very special day: A day in which we recognize Mom for all the things she did, and still does, for us. As I was perusing the many gift ideas Google has so graciously provided,…
Clean out more than just your room this spring
Half of spring quarter has already flown by and midterms have decided to grace us with their unwelcomed presence — especially this quarter. So with nothing else but midterms on my mind, I decided to be productive and do a…
From press to the people: Alumnus sells homemade T-shirts
One booth stands out from all the rest at the San Luis Obispo Farmers’ Market on Thursday nights. Phil Hurst’s homemade T-shirt stall lights up, transforms into a trailer and towers higher than any other booth at the market. Hurst graduated from…
Taste the town with Flavor of SLO
Six Cal Poly students will host the fourth annual Flavor of SLO, a food, wine and beer tasting event in downtown San Luis Obispo on Sunday. The event will raise funds for United Way of San Luis Obispo County, an…
SLO reaches for the Top Shelf
Top Shelf, a band that plays multiple genres with an emphasis in reggae and rock based out of Ukiah, will play at Concerts in the Plaza today. The band’s Cal Poly performance will be its first show of a month-long…
Celebrate superheroes with Free Comic Book Day
[box]BANG! POW! Batman clobbers the Joker in the face! ZIP! CRASH! Robin swings in and gives a henchman a stiff kick to the gut. The Caped Crusaders are once again the heroes of Gotham City.[/box] Independent comic book stores are…
Political scandals are a zero-sum game
Last week, in a week which presented a multitude of so-called scandals within the Obama bureaucracy — one of which, perhaps, even meriting the designation of actual scandal — what must be the right’s first opportunity for a lucrative argument…
Chicano theater group to offer political satire
From rising gas prices to terrorism, Chicano theater group Indigenous Chaos will discuss controversial topics using comedic poetry, songs and skits in Philips Hall on Friday. The group — comprised of three generations of the same family — formed in…