Toro y Moi employs unique language in “Causes of This” album

Toro Y Moi, meaning “Bull and Me” in Spanish and French, respectively, is what cassettecouture.com describes as “chill-wave.”

V-Day celebrates global movement to end violence against women

Cal Poly Women’s Programs and Services held its first V-day event Wednesday afternoon.

The Tea Party movement does not reflect the values of the original Republian Party

Created as part of the abolitionist movement, the Republican Party has shifted and morphed since its conception just before the Civil War. It was the party of Lincoln. It was the party of freedom and equality for all, and it was the party of a progressive social movement on behalf of the voiceless and the powerless.

Orchesis Dance Company

Orchesis Dance Company showcased their talent in their show “Continuum.”

St. Peter’s brewery sticks to tradition

Today’s beers hail all the way from Suffolk, England! That’s right, I’m studying abroad this week. Well not really, but just go with it.

Microbiologist professor turns microbrewer

Cal Poly Professor and renowned microbiologist Raul Cano created a beer with a 25-45 million year old strain of yeast. He will talk about the process and his findings at Cal Poly’s Science Cafe Wednesday.

“Eat Pray Love” author weaves entrancing first novel

Lobster fishing — perhaps not the most scintillating of subjects for a romance novel at first glance, but Elizabeth Gilbert’s “Stern Men” proves that this unlikely profession does, in fact, provide the perfect backdrop for a novel that is so much more than a romance.

Poly seniors help jump record

Nearly 1,000 students from the San Luis Obispo area joined about 87,000 other participants across California in simultaneously jumping rope in an effort to break the world record for “Most People Jumping/Skipping at the Same Time” on Feb. 1.

Marti’s Bar and Grill goes “Local”

Marti’s Bar and Grill transforms into Local, a modern and relaxed restaurant and bar with “upscale bar food at local prices.”

Sex kills

Sex usually won’t kill you — usually.

Global resiliency must include response to peak oil

With the onset of the Industrial Revolution, a monumental transformation occurred that has provided us with an advanced ability to reshape the very world that surrounds us. We have developed technologies, made major advances in modern medicine and propelled our…