CFA clashes with chancellor’s office

The CFA issued an open letter to faculty Wednesday criticizing how the chancellor has handled the budget crisis and the press release about the proposed furloughs.

Jackson’s death reveals a crossroads

Michael Jackson’s death has brought out both the best and the worst in how information spreads over the Internet. But is this whirlwind of light speed information good or bad?

Guest commentary: Cal Poly Corp. records should be transparent

Institutions sheltered from taxes should be transparent. Period. Let’s all work together to get rid of obscure auxiliary organizations and make this a better, more affordable and more transparent place to go to school.

Last Friday in print marks Daily’s transformation

June 5 is the last printed Friday edition of the Mustang Daily. Like any media organization, the student newspaper of Cal Poly has changed a lot since its creation as The Polygram in 1916, but regardless of how information looks, the Daily is dedicated to quality content.

A young liberal’s look back on a historic year

This has been the most fascinating and important political year of my life. As a nation we stood together at a crucial fork in the road. One way led down the crooked, deceptive, and narrow path we’d been travelling for eight years — a path contrary to the image of justice, fairness, and freedom that our nation spent over 200 years developing.

Propping up GM a questionable investment

Many Americans don’t want to see any more wasteful debt spending, but also don’t want to see the death of a company so ingrained in American culture. We will be taking a bet that a demand remains for tens of thousands of American heavy industry workers.

Corporation opening its books is good news

As it stands, few things on campus are price comparable with off-campus, let alone competitive. And is it any surprise when you think about the services?

Capitalists: society’s true humanitarians

Over the course of history, society has generally suffered only a minority of the population to act as professional humanitarians. After all, the career humanitarian is a unique breed. The humanitarian seeks alms for the poor and must, in turn, seek alms for himself to continue his alms-seeking vocation.

Local and international internships that make difference

Sustainability-oriented and green-minded internships may just be a more fulfilling way to spend your summer during a down economy.

Credit card reform bill makes college living harder

The recently-passed credit card reform bill is a supposed effort to protect us poor, naïve students from being exploited by the big, powerful credit card companies preying down on us — but honestly, this bill stinks of exactly the kind of paternalism most of us have outgrown by the time we’re in college.

Just say ‘no’ to Vegas

Summer is on the horizon and to celebrate the ordeal, students have been planning trips to kick it off just right.
Inevitably, crowds of older students, especially those who have recently turned 21, are going to think that it’s a great idea to head to Las Vegas — and what college student wouldn’t?