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Boom. I have officially been libeled. Granted, it was through an anonymous commenter on a forum monitored by a college newspaper, so a huge cash settlement is pretty unlikely. But I’ll take it, for my own ego at least, as…

A declaration of interdependence

After an elaborate swapping of roles in the newsroom, I landed at the assistant news editor’s desk. This means that I, essentially, make page three (the wire page) of the Mustang Daily from scratch four days a week. I also…

My heart will go on and on for "Titanic 3D"

I have been awaiting April 4, 2012, for the longest time. When I first read online that my favorite movie was going to be re-released in 3-D, I could not contain my excitement. This past week marked the 100th Anniversary…

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Let me just say Wednesday was a day from hell. Not most of the day of course. The beginning of my day was actually rather nice. I moseyed into the newsroom at about 9 a.m., finished an article, prepared for…

CP wine fest ends sour

My taste in wine is nothing to brag about. As long as the bottle is somewhere between Trader Joe’s infamous two-buck chuck and $10, I think it’s delicious. One day, if my paycheck permits it, I might bump my price…

Sad event shakes Cal Poly, MD staff

To kick off spring break, my Facebook newsfeed and Instagram were both filled with fun updates and photos of friends going to Mexico, Paris or even the Bahamas. The Friday leading into my spring break, however, was not joyous. It…

Cal Poly Memes: What I was reading until 3 a.m.

I just want to say whoever made Cal Poly Memes is my new internet hero. Then everyone who jumped on the bandwagon are my other heroes. (Read As: Reddit had the memes first but I didn’t notice until it was…

Shopaholics (not so) anonymous

Hi, my name is Kassi and I’m a shopaholic. Yes, you could easily argue that most girls are shopaholics, but when I say I’m a shopaholic — I mean it. In the time that I wrote out the first sentence…

Hot on a nowhere trail, reporter tries to find the truth no one wants to talk about

An off-campus party took a turn for the worse last weekend when a staircase collapsed, leaving partygoers scratching their heads and wondering, “What went wrong?” Sources say at least 80 people attended a party at a Foothill Boulevard house last…

iJournalist, hear me text

Looking around the newsroom today I noticed something: every Mustang Daily nightly staff member has an iPhone, except me. How this happened, I have no clue. One day I’m sitting around and everyone has all their different non-smart phone cells…