Cal Poly alumnus Thomas Sanders visited campus April 7 to speak about his World War II photography book, “The Last Good War,” which features the faces of many veterans.
Viva la música — Cal Poly jazz band plans trip to Puerto Rico
Cal Poly’s 36-member jazz bands have started to raise an estimated $70,000 for a June trip to Puerto Rico. The travel program aims to expose students to foreign cultures and music, said Terrence Spiller, professor and chair of the music department.…
Little Theater hosts little play with big intentions
The San Luis Obispo Little Theatre will host a play this month that proves size and grandeur aren’t everything in show business. The Pulitzer Prize-winning, two-man play “The Gin Game” will give audiences a glimpse into the harsh realities and…
Looking back at the financial crisis
Government does not belong in every market, but it does need to intervene in markets that are vital to Americans’ well-being, which, for me, includes public safety, education, health and housing. The question should not be if the government should intervene, but rather how the government should do so.
Raise your glass: Celebrate wine at the Cal Poly Wine Festival
A glass of fine wine awaits ticket holders at the Margarita Vineyards in Santa Margarita to celebrate the Ninth Annual Cal Poly Wine Festival: “Between the Vines” starting April 8. Hosted by the Cal Poly Horticulture and Crop Science Department, the event will feature local wineries, a live auction and appearances by popular wine bloggers.
‘Another Stoney Evening’ at the PAC with Crosby and Nash
The Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center isn’t the type of venue that David Crosby and Graham Nash performed at early in their music careers. But as the shoeless Graham Nash stood beside a long — fairly gray — haired David Crosby last night, fans were taken back to the nostalgic years of the ‘70s.
Redefining ‘us’ and ‘them’
We humans can be huge jerks, and we’re getting better at it every day. Society, however cracked, provides a structure that encourages good behavior* and discourages the bad. Most of us would behave a bit worse if we knew we…
The benefits of doing business with a credit union
Erik Hansen is a graduate student pursuing a Master of Public Policy and the “When I Was a Mustang…” columnist. Tired of transferring money from your checking account to your savings account every month just to keep your “free” checking…
‘Change Required’ — art exhibit brings change of pace to SLOMA
Culture and politics made its way into the dark cartoonish sketches and whimsical pastel backgrounds of the new paintings on display at the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA).
Radishes provide a cure-all for spring quarter
Heather Rockwood is a food science junior and Mustang Daily food columnist. Radishes are quick to grow, quick to prepare and even quicker to disappear off my plate. These root vegetables are members of the mustard family and although they…
Congress created California drought
Congress shut down a great deal of water pumps in 2007, preventing the Central Valley from getting as much water as it could to save a two-inch fish.