Students responsible for their own safety

I read with much interest the lead article in the Nov. 30 Mustang Daily, which wrung hands and gnashed teeth, about safety responsibility for students trespassing on private property when walking along or crossing the railroad tracks.

The Union Pacific Co.

Nothing newsworthy about Christians on campus

Mustang Daily, thank you so much for your piece on Campus Crusade for Christ. I am grateful, because it hadn’t actually sunk in that there was any sort of Christian group on campus until you had mentioned it 30 or 40 times.

I know there is no diversity on campus, but please, just once, couldn’t you challenge your writers to find something original in our little eggshell sea? From my understanding, nothing that newsworthy has happened with Christians since the death of the last pope.

Ignorance not a choice in fight against hunger

In October 2000, United Nations Secretary-General Kofi Annan said that almost half the world’s population lived on less than $2 a day. In the same sentence he added that “even this statistic fails to capture the humiliation, powerlessness and brutal hardship that is the daily lot of the world’s poor.

Risk Green Army empire nears world domination

SAN LUIS OBISPO – In an ongoing World War centralized on a Parker Brothers Risk Board amid empty pizza boxes and spent 2-liter bottles of Jolt cola, Green Army Commander Spencer Porter has seized control of 30 of 42 countries, putting victory within sight for the first time in the recent weeks.

Support Poly's renewable energy initiatives

I am writing to inform our campus and larger community of the impressive steps that Cal Poly has taken to be the Countys lead producer of renewable energy. This past summer, a 135kW array of solar photovoltaic energy panels were installed on the roof of Engineering West.

Campus food no match for home cooking

As freshmen with no car, we are forced to eat the selection of foods that the campus provides. Although we are capable of going downtown to find better quality food, time is definitely a factor. Many students have conflict with their class hours and restaurant hours.

Bush buys $500 million legacy

If you are the president of the United States, you can build your legacy one of two ways. You can do such a great job in office that the world remembers you warmly long after you’re gone, or you can spend a lot of money and hire people to rewrite history in the hopes that you’ll come off looking better.

Don't blame others for your recklessness

I am writing in response to the Nov. 30 article “How safe are the tracks you walk on?” After I had finished reading this article, I was dumbfounded at all the propositions being made in wake of the recent accident involving Ryan West.

The article starts out with a recap of the very vague circumstances of the accident and then moves on to why we need to have new safety installments around the tracks and why the cost should be pinned on Union Pacific Railroad Co.

How to Survive: Finals

It’s that time of the quarter again; the dreaded finals are approaching fast. It’s time to declare yourself virtually lifeless for the next few weeks and hit the books. You may already have a strategy for studying that works for you, or you may be cowering in fear for your first round of ultimate collegiate torture.

How to tell better jokes with Mike's advice

Knock-knock. Who’s there? Another “Guide to Life.” Another “Guide to Life” who? Another “Guide to Life” for you.

That, my friends, is one of the worst jokes that one could probably ever come up with. The setup was horrible, the punchline was even worse, and the sanctity of all knock-knock jokes just received a, well, knock altogether.

Very sad but true

Matt Bushman, of course the death toll is not the only measure of success in Iraq. But when there is no clear measure of success, the war becomes easy to criticize because of issues like war profiteering, loss of U.S. credibility, loss of liberty and the creation of more terrorists.