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SLO welcomes back the All-American Rejects

They came out swinging — jumping onto stage with no introduction. All the band needed was electric guitars and hard-core drumming, rocking their first major hit from 2003, “Swing, Swing” from their self-titled album. The All-American Rejects concert rocked SLO…

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News and romance: A catastrophic combination

College students are no strangers to the trials and tribulations of romance. Crushing on the cute student in psychology who never seems to notice you, or if they do notice, obsessing over the secret meaning behind everything. Sorting out love…

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Notice Anything Different?

I’ve been doing little tweaks here and there on site as well as implementing new things. Here’s a nice list of them all. There will be more to come, but who knows if I’ll disclose them. “What’s Your Rant?” is…

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Photographer travels over winter break

Over winter break, I spent 21 days traveling through seven European countries. I traveled alone with nothing but a hiking backpack, my camera, some train passes and a general idea of where I wanted to go. This is what I…

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Administration intimidation

I have a healthy fear of authority. This can definitely get in the way when you’re in journalism, so most of the time I just squash it down, and stash it somewhere quick before someone with any authority notices. But…

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███ ██Stop █ ██ ███ SOPA

I’ve already talked about SOPA not too long ago. ███ My ██████ ██████ █████████ ███ ███  stance ███ ███ ███ ███ ███ ██████ ██████ ███ hasn’t ███ ██ ███ ███changed. ███ ███  ███ ██████ ████ ██ ██████Don’t ████ ██ ██████…

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Don't lie to me, you student

Part of my responsibility as assistant news editor is to gather 10 quotes a day for the “Word on the Street” (WOTS) sections. Being new to the news team and a WOTS virgin, it really didn’t seem that hard at…

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Geoff McFetridge at the University Art Gallery

  I was able to photograph artist Geoff McFetridge while he worked on an installation for the University Art Gallery in the Dexter building.  He was working on outlining and painting a wall mural of fingers and hands that covered…

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Questionable URLs: Is it Christmas yet?

You know how much it costs to own a domain? Well, it really depends on if it’s taken already and if the person deems it valuable. There is actually this odd business of buying up unused domain names and sitting…

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My interview with Ramses

On Tuesday, Dec. 6, I interviewed New York Giants wide receiver Ramses Barden. Barden, a Cal Poly alumnus, who was nice enough to talk to me over the phone — on his day off — for almost 30 minutes. As…

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Internet Humor: Macro Memes

Sometimes, it’s hard to explain memes. Then there is the image macro memes. The basic formula is taking an image and superimposing text (traditionally with the font Impact) on top of it. Pictures and captions, it’s the bread and butter…