sheila sobchik The Mustang Daily took home four awards, including second place for “General Web site Excellence,” from the 2006 California College Media Competition. The competition was judged by representatives from the Fresno Bee, LA Weekly, Orange County Register, Sacramento…
Muslim Student Association responds to cartoon controversy
A Danish newspaper’s editorial cartoons sparked reactions in many Cal Poly students. In September, a series of cartoons were published in Jyllands-Posten that were deemed offensive to Muslims around the world. The most disrespectful cartoon depicts the Prophet Muhammad wearing…
New fraternities plan to come to Poly
The Cal Poly greek system is growing again with the addition of two new fraternities, Sigma Pi and Delta Tau Delta. Sigma Pi held informational sessions this week and last week and had a booth in the University Union for…
The Underground Passion
Paul Bittick It’s illegal, but they do it anyway. Half past midnight lurches by as three hooded silhouettes slink their way into the Cal Poly University Union Plaza. Moving cautiously through the dimly lit arena, the three prowl the area…
Mardi Gras ends with 13 Fat Tuesday arrests
Fat Tuesday in San Luis Obispo proved to be nearly as busy for the police department as Saturday night with 13 arrests, nine of which were arrests for drug and alcohol related offenses. That brought the total of Mardi Gras…
ASI brings the fun back to campus
Nick Coury Pulling an all-nighter usually includes drinking massive amounts of coffee and being on the verge of hallucinating due to lack of sleep, but on Thursday, Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Recreational Sports plans to change all that. ASI will…
The challenges of commuting to campus
brennan angel At 7:30 a.m., Cal Poly student Crystal Matthew leaves her house and hops on her bicycle for the often cold, and sometimes rainy, commute to campus. She dons no special apparel for the outing, just her regular flat…
So much for Party Gras
Julianne Byer You know it’s pretty bad if you can practically count the number of arrests last weekend on all your fingers and toes. Bad for the cops who stood around in the cold and cost the city almost $350,000;…
Construction management team takes first place again
Holly Burke Cal Poly construction management students have, for the second year in a row, earned first place in the National Association of Homebuilders (NAHB) Student Competition in Orlando, Fla. The Polytex team developed a proposal for a 10-acre, 175-unit…
The party is a no-show
whitney guenther Mardi Gras weekend was exactly what San Luis Obispo Police Chief Deborah Linden wanted. “We’re really hoping you will be bored stiff all weekend,” she told an estimated 350 policemen at a briefing on Friday night at Santa…
City plans to scale down Mardi Gras 2007's operation
A record low 32 arrests over the holiday weekend showed that students know Mardi Gras in San Luis Obispo is still over. More than 350 law enforcement officers spent Mardi Gras weekend in San Luis Obispo to ensure there was…