Jessica Burger jburger@mustangdaily.net Political science senior Lindsey Constantino remembers voting for Barack Obama in the 2008 election, the excitement of her first legal vote and the significance of the president’s candidacy. Four years later and Constantino found herself in the…
A college’s calendar counts: Be a leader with quarters
Kelly Trom is a journalism sophomore and Mustang Daily arts contributing writer. The semester versus quarter debate is an age-old question. Well maybe not age-old, but it has been debated since the 1960s. In recent years, it has been on…
Students create beach wheelchair
Morgan Butler Special to Mustang Daily Beaches are for everyone, except those in wheelchairs. But the kinesiology department, along with the engineering department, is designing a new wheelchair to give people access to the sand and water, kinesiology senior and…
Smile, you’re on Cal Poly camera
Alexandria Scott lexiscott.md@gmail.com There are 268 video surveillance cameras around campus. Whether you are buying food at The Avenue, purchasing pens at the University Store, kicking a ball around at the turf fields or working out in the Recreation Center,…
SLO 5-0 Jan. 25 – Feb. 3, 2013
Friday, Jan. 25 5:37 a.m. Suspicious circumstances involving a vehicle/person were reported on the 200 block of Luneta Drive 7:24 a.m.Traffic hazard on Mount Bishop Road 8:49 a.m. Battery upon spouse or cohabitant reported at an undisclosed location 8:49 a.m.…
Two sexual assaults reported near campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Three college-aged women were allegedly sexually assaulted on Feb. 2 and 3, according to a San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) press release. According to the release, the first incident occurred at approximately 11…
Punchd creators move to new apps
J.J. Jenkins jjjenkins.md@mustangdaily.net Whenever you can take something in real life and put it on your phone, it’s a good idea. Especially when Google agrees. Cal Poly computer science alumni Reed Morse and Grantland Chew added Punchd, an app that puts…
Community colleges congregate at capitol
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Community college advocates from all over California gathered at the state capitol on Jan. 27 and 28 for the Annual Legislative Conference, one of many conferences, workshops and seminars sponsored by the Community College League…
Student arrested on vandalism, drunk in public
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net The San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) arrested agriculture systems management junior Matthew Martin early Saturday after police received a call about an individual breaking the windows of several vehicles near Johnson Avenue and Phillips…
The Fremont’s ‘Impossible’ closure
Kelly Trom ktrom@mustangdaily.net The neon-colored jewel of Monterey Street in downtown San Luis Obispo closed its doors and turned off its lights for an indeterminate amount of time Thursday evening. News that Fremont Theatre would be closing was unofficially announced…
Fremont Theatre to close down
Fremont Theatre on Monterey Street will close after tonight’s 7:30 p.m. showing of “The Impossible.” Photo by David Liebig. Mustang Daily Staff Report arts@mustangdaily.net Fremont Theatre‘s 7:30 p.m. showing of “The Impossible” on Thursday might be the 70-year-old cinema’s…