Your vote counts

Do you care whether or not a gas tax is created? Or whether parents should be notified if their minor is going to have an abortion? Do you care if the sales tax in San Luis Obispo increases from 7.25 percent to 7.75 percent? How about whether or not the Dalidio Ranch project passes or not? Perhaps you might care about who our next governor will be, or whether or not Cal Poly will receive a $14.

Cal Poly's Green Future: An Audacious Endeavor!

Depending on who you talk to, global warming is an inevitable human and environmental disaster, or a liberal conspiracy against the oil industry; and world oil supplies are dwindling to their last drops, or will continue to be discovered in vast quantities providing a steady supply.

Preserve San Luis Obispo: Vote 'no' on J

Tomorrow is Election Day, and controversial Measure J is on the ballot. I would like to quickly inform you about Measure J and encourage you to vote “no” tomorrow. Measure J allows the construction of Dalido Marketplace, a huge retail development on the Dalidio’s farm by the Laguna Lake area post office.

How To Survive: Being the Third Wheel

One of the most awkward situations you can ever find yourself in is next to a couple that is getting hot and heavy. No, you’re not alone. It’s excruciatingly uncomfortable to be the third wheel.

At the beginning of this year, I realized that a plethora of my close friends were dating.

Ride high by understanding the 'Fight Song'

If there is one single thing that every Cal Poly student knows, it would obviously be the “Cal Poly Fight Song.” OK, maybe that’s a bit of an exaggeration. Let me start over. If there is one single thing that barely any Cal Poly student knows1, it would be the Cal Poly “Fight Song.

College women won't work in kitchen

Dear Mr. Vigliotti, I would like to point out a few of the many problems with your article regarding “Manly Men.” First of all, you say “real manly men respect women and love them,” yet you seem to forget that in the era where men were acting like John Wayne, women were relegated to kitchen and cleaning duty – and were only permitted lofty career goals such as secretary or seamstress.

Mike's a manly man

In response to Amy Dierdorff’s “Where Have all the Manly Men Gone?” you don’t need to look any further than the article above to see that the answer is Michael Heimowitz (1). When he’s not rollin’ round town with his posse in his Hebrew Hummer with the windows down and the music up (2), or teaching people how to be gangsta rappers (3) or putting jackasses (4) in their place, or tearing up the football field (5), he’s most likely putting a ridiculous amount of footnotes in his articles (6).

America must preserve its social contract

I support abortion. With this in mind, Roe vs. Wade should be overturned. My position isn’t inconsistent, because there is a much deeper issue involved.

What is the function of our electoral system? One could argue about that all day, but it turns out that the deep purpose is to convince people to accept that they’ve lost.

Men shouldn't fear women with equal power

I sincerely hope that Will Vigliotti’s commentary was a joke, or some form of Halloween prank designed to frighten thinking readers. I also feel deeply sorry for any of the women in his life. First of all, if manly men are, or apparently were, so strong, how could they have let women and “veritable women” push them aside? It seems that the sort of man that Mr.

Notre Dame basketball ad misleading

On Wednesday the Mustang Daily printed an ad for the Cal Poly men’s basketball team. It stated Cal Poly was hosting an “exhibition game vs. Notre Dame.”

As a lover of college basketball my heart pounded with excitement. How could Notre Dame, a nationally recognized, premier basketball school be coming here!? Why had I missed this information? I decided to check and make sure it was not a typo.

No Shave November has arrived

Ladies and Gentlemen, Welcome to No Shave November.

Octobeardfest has served us well, but was a mere shadow of the real. Today on campus, joy has filled our souls as a result of throwing away our razors for the next 30 days.

Do not be afraid! Your extra hair will protect you from the coming winter chill.