Students give classic new viewpoint

Nick Coury The Cal Poly theatre and dance department presents their winter production, a “unique interpretation” of Arthur Miller’s “The Crucible,” which opened Feb. 23 in the Alex and Fay Spanos Theatre located in the Performing Arts Center. This production…

Hangover? What hangover?

James Mellor Dry mouth, headache, soreness and slight memory loss. I had all the symptoms of a classic hangover. On a Saturday afternoon, cheap pitchers of Natural Light at The Shack had sparked the idea of drinking games among some…

Cal Poly loves coffee

Jessica Dean and Robin Rodriguez If you walk around campus in the morning, you will see them standing and waiting. Groups of tired students and staff, waiting with "to-go" lids in hand, eyeing the girls behind the counter.  They form…

Neck-deep in a bog

Nick Coury After I returned from winter break, I headed back to San Luis Obispo anticipating another great quarter at Cal Poly. I got back to my house on Dec. 29, and for the first two days I was back,…

Rocky rises above

Mariecar Mendoza Pain is passing, but Rocky Votolato is permanent. The eloquent Texan singer-songwriter (formerly of the emo-tastic Waxwing) just released his fourth album “Makers,” on Barsuk Records, and it is a gorgeous offering of delicate folksy harmonies, passionately galvanizing…

'Running Scared' is too fast, too furious

Ryan Chartrand Do you know where President Baker grew up? Baker Street. Right down the road from heaven: Forget the cute Hollywood sled dogs from “Eight Below,” leave the kids at home and tell the Disney Channel to interview someone…

Wide Angle: 'Stage Four'

michael mullady Editor’s note: ‘WIDE angle’ is a photo commentary by Michael Mullady Stage four of the Amgen “Tour of California” bicycle race was in and out of town quicker than the city realized its anti-Mardi Gras forces were a…

'Running' out of excuses for poor acting

Forget the cute Hollywood sled dogs from “Eight Below,” leave the kids at home and tell the Disney Channel to interview someone else because it’s time for classic F-word bombing, fast car driving and shotgun blasting Paul Walker fun. “Running…

Party!

Check out the official PDF of today's Diversions section about Mardi Gras.

Pool hall junkies

isaiah brookshire Billiards classes will now be offered to Cal Poly students through Mustang Lanes in the University Union this year. The professor for PE 107, the billiards class, decided to introduce activity classes in fall 2005. “Activity classes are…

Nothing to wine about

Nick Coury “I ate his liver with some fava beans and a nice Chianti.” This famous line from “Silence of the Lambs” describes wine culture at its finest. San Luis Obispo is located on the California Central Coast with an…