A clash between cultures. The ruining of a life. These iconic themes come together when “A Streetcar Named Desire” comes to Cal Poly at the end of the month. Tennessee Williams won a Pulitzer Prize for his play capturing the…
Celebrating another type of V-Day
Listen, ponder, laugh and learn about an infamous part of the female body — the vagina — with Cal Poly’s upcoming performance of “The Vagina Monolouges.” The award-winning fundraiser play, written by women’s-rights activist and author Eve Ensler, will be performed Feb.…
Live From New York: Retriever Derails Romney
There was once a time when the opening sketch of Saturday Night Live (SNL) comprised the most cutting-edge political and social satire to be found among the mainstream outlets of criticism. In a critical landscape, that was at least as…
Best Sorority Dance Crew Slideshow
Cal Poly Fraternity Theta Chi held a “Best Sorority Dance Crew” competition February 13.
Obama's 2013 sacrificial lamb
In President Obama’s eyes, America will soon be a land flowing with milk and honey: a land where GDP will increase by 4.4 percent and unemployment will steadily drop to 7.5 percent, and where college graduates aren’t sleeping on parents’ sofas.…
Planning for punctuality
Everyone has at least one friend who is predictably late — to everything. No matter how much you stress the importance of being on time, they always show up five, 10 or even 30 minutes late. To fix it, you might even…
Great local date spots for Valentine's Day
[slideshow] Well, here we are again, Valentine’s Day, and I know what you’re thinking — you’re trying to figure out what in the world you’re going to do to celebrate with that special person in your life. Never fear —…
Things you wish you knew when you started college
We’ve struggled to climb up the hill (or possibly many on Cal Poly’s campus), tripping over rocks and catching ourselves in the process. We’ve stood on top of the peak, feeling accomplished and proud of ourselves that we made it…
At SLO Little Theatre, all the world's a stage
[slideshow] I’ll admit it — as a student I haven’t really taken too many opportunities to get to know the people who live here full-time (which is one of the reasons I started writing this column), but I’ve always gotten…
Coachella band warms up in SLO
The Coachella Valley Music and Arts Annual Festival gets a new band in its line up this year: Santa Barbara-natives Gardens and Villa. If you didn’t get tickets to the big show, don’t worry. You can still catch the group…
Cal poly student has good run on "Jeopardy!"
Biomedical engineering freshman Weston Mangin made Cal Poly proud in his last round on “Jeopardy!” last night. “I was actually kind of worried about how I’d do (that) round,” said Mangin. He said he went into yesterday’s round knowing it was…