San Luis Obispo is quite honestly the perfect place to get all the best California has to offer. I have been roaming the streets of San Luis Obispo for a good four years now, and my taste buds have consistently…
Books for Africa
Cal Poly professor Stuart Styles and his son, alumnus Brandon Styles, are working to improve education in Gambia — a country located in West Africa — through the distribution of more than 40,000 donated books to libraries and classrooms. Brandon,…
Paying it forward
It’s the end of February and (I know probably everyone has said this, but it needs to be said once more) I don’t know where the time has gone. I have no idea when or how we got to the…
Sorority grants wishes with annual casino night
Cal Poly’s Chi Omega sorority hosted its fourth annual Chi O Casino Saturday night. The Vegas-style casino event aims to raise money for the Make-A-Wish Foundation of the Tri-Counties. The Chi Omega women set a goal of $25,000 for the…
From chair to center stage
In the weeks leading up to their annual show, the dancers of Cal Poly’s dance company, Orchesis, spent 16 to 18 hours a week in Alex and Faye Spanos Theatre polishing their choreography. Orchesis dancer and biological sciences senior Misty…
Coulter's visit a victory for intellectual diversity
From the initial “vanishing” stakes to the “revised” posters (and subsequent “poster wars”), it seems as though the left is doing everything in its power to stunt the success of Ann Coulter’s speaking engagement on Feb. 28. Meanwhile, alumni have…
Coulter's visit is a colossal miscalculation
Ann Coulter is a relic, a bigot, a mystery, a firebrand, a slipped disc, a wrenching gear, a fountain that does not trickle but rather vomits apoplectic sarcasm and such impossibly acidic bile that one wonders how such a substance…
Stunt team heads to Florida for championships
Cal Poly’s stunt team will head to Florida for the National Cheerleading Association (NCA) Collegiate Championships, the largest collegiate cheerleading competition in the nation, on April 10. The team placed third, fourth and fifth in past competitions, according to…
Keeping what's yours, yours
With senioritis in full swing for some, and spring break right around the corner for all, you’re hopefully already making plans to go somewhere fun and exciting during the week off. But before you leave for whatever exotic location you…
Snails, spiders and sea parrots
I took a mini-trip to Los Angeles last weekend and went out to quite a few delicious restaurants. As I sat with my friend and looked at menu after menu, I was delighted when I saw escargot. I was even…
'Move to Build' the next PolyHouse
Dress like you’re from the ’80s and run — in the name of charity. The ninth annual PolyHouse project, a program which remodels homes for disadvantaged families, kicks off this spring with a fund-run to raise awareness and funds Saturday.…