History-making moments sometimes seem to come all at once. Last week, Cal Poly took to protest, refusing to accept hurtful images that remind us of our nation’s intolerant past. Tomorrow, we’ll take to the polls to decide our nation’s future. Hundreds of students and faculty took time out of their busy lives to protest in the University Union last Thursday.
Ignorance is the dark cloud of America
Obesity is not the only neo-epidemic facing America these days. Sweeping across the nation in astounding and increasingly obvious numbers is the black plague of ignorance. There was the silver-haired woman who obliviously informed John McCain of her ignorance during one of his rallies when she associated the rumors of Barack Obama’s supposedly Muslim roots with her own stereotypes and labeled him an “Arab” – which shouldn’t be a stigma anyway.
Taco Tuesdays: New best day of the week
Tuesday, Nov. 7, 2006: My freshman year. I remember the day perfectly. It was dinner time. I was enjoying Garden Grille’s piece de resistance: a grilled cheese sandwich. Back then, I thought it was delicious; I couldn’t imagine a better dinner on a Tuesday night.
Open Letter from the Social Sciences Department
Dear Campus Community, The undersigned faculty of the Social Sciences Department would like to express their outrage at the despicable acts of intolerance, discrimination, and racism at the Crop House. We stand together as a coalition against acts of hate that have occurred far too often on this campus.
Other letters to the editor: compost project removal, Prop 8 and more
Compost removal only takes us backwards in sustainability It is sad news the day that we as a campus move backwards in the sustainability movement. The amount of food that could potentially be composted every day on campus is huge. It angers me that a decision that big could be made without any student involvement.
Letters to the editor
Disappointed As a newspaper that prides itself on relaying the truth, I am very disappointed in the Daily that there was no mention of the recent “hate crimes” on campus. I am also very disappointed in both the administration for their lack of response to this occurrence and in the residents of the on-campus crops house that carried this out.
Racist statements: Shocking, but protected
“No niggers, no fags, no hippies.” To some these words are shocking, to some they are sadly unsurprising, and to all reasonable people they are offensive. While going about life on a campus that is relatively racially homogeneous, yet generally accepting, it is sometimes difficult to imagine that such backward attitudes still exist in the world.
Conservative voter guide
Election day is just around the corner. While some of you may have already voted absentee, this guide should help the rest of us make those important ballot decisions come Tuesday, at least throughout the conservative prism. In that regard, I contend most ballot measures need to be vetoed for economic reasons alone.
An open letter to Cal Poly Christians
Suppose I were to announce that an unknown candidate has just entered the presidential race. He is a natural leader and, most importantly, he stridently opposes abortion. In fact, his position is much stronger, purer and and more severe than that of both McCain and Palin combined.
Choose the road toward the future of hope
For the past few days, the media has been proclaiming victory for Barack Obama. I heard one pundit say that the election is over and there is no way John McCain can win. The downward spiral in the polls seems to be catching those working for McCain in the whirlpool as well.
Cal Poly is too classy for Juicy Campus
By the time you finish reading this editorial, another one of your fellow students or two will have been slandered on the Internet’s newest college-aimed Web site, their names trashed for any of their peers to see.
The words may be true, they may be not – it really doesn’t matter because the people who post are completely anonymous and unaffected.