Carnivores create a ‘pleasant’ experience on new album

Blending lo-fi tropicalia with pop-punk sensibilities, Carnivores is different without being too busy. It’s just wonderful trip through our personal awareness of life, death, sex and necrophilia.

Disappointment and Optimism over ASI Elections

I’d like to make a few suggestions to the next ASI president; first, the sky is the limit and don’t let anybody tell you otherwise.

ASI elections are a time to reflect on the direction Cal Poly is headed

I am happy to be politically neutral today — a first, I think, since I began writing my columns. But, as they say, there’s a first time for everything. I began thinking about who I will choose to vote for next week in the ASI Presidential campaign by asking myself similar questions as I do during national presidential campaigns.

Rats, termites and mold, Oh my!

HOUSE FOR RENT: $1,900/month. Three bedrooms, one bath and only one mile from Cal Poly. For the low price of $633 per housemate you get rats, termites and mold.

Beer Snob: Russian River Brewery (needs to) deliver the goods

What if I told you that one of the world’s most regarded breweries was a mere four-and-a-half-hour drive from San Luis Obispo, yet its beer was completely foreign to us?

The tea party movement is twisted and misunderstood

We have all heard the media denounce the tea party movement as nothing more than a group of angry, uneducated white guys protesting taxes in revolutionary attire.

OP-ED: 3-D movies, hurting more than just your eyes

With more 3-D movies debuting, the special effect has become more of a gimmick to bring audiences back to the theatre.

Tattoo removal likely to increase tattoos in naughty places

It won’t be long until the standard erotic body art becomes even more common.

Disappears takes the listener back to high school, in a good way

I couldn’t help but feel like I was getting suckered into liking a band I was really into in high school, or a band I liked a year ago, or some other art/space/bedroom/garage-punk band. But now I realize why.

Jurors hold a controversial power

I know of one way in which an individual can have power over the government by being a part of the system rather than working against it — it’s called jury duty.

Government regulation could end the era of greed on Wall Street

Just as bringing charges of fraud against Goldman Sachs has not checked their motivations to make profit their bottom line, which is easily seen in their recent profit gains.