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Extra photos from the Santiago shoot

I had the chance to do a shoot with starting center for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team Kristina Santiago for a profile story. We shot in Mott Gym and I was able to try some location lighting.  It was…

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Registration haunts dead week thoughts

It’s dead week, and I’m still holding a grievance about registration week. It’s probably because I went around bragging about only having two more classes left at Cal Poly, only to go to my adviser and find out I had…

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Entering a war zone: faculty vs. the CSU

I’ve never covered a war story before. I’ve never been one of those reporters in the trenches of some far-off country, dodging bullets while conducting interviews and getting footage that some would kill for (no pun intended). And I’m not…

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It's no wonder I live on coffee

Just a note: This was written before Thanksgiving break because I’m a bit of a slacker some weeks, so enjoy the pre-holiday stress 🙂 I failed to write a blog last week (and the week before) for the very same…

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Why not 'reply to all'

After a long day of school, I was sitting in my living room with two of my roommates finishing up some work, when one of them asked if my other roommate and I had Gmail accounts. That set us off…

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Line dance blues

I would like to say I consider myself a pretty good dancer. I was lucky enough to inherit the dancing gene from my grandmother who was the jitterbug queen back in her day. At family functions, I tend to be…

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SOPA: The Death of the Internet

I went to bed fearing that I’ll wake up with Stop Online Piracy Act firmly in place. It is a frightening new bill that basically allows copyright holders to censor websites. Not just a page, but the whole site. Here’s…

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The countdown begins

Nine more days, nine more days, nine more days. As I write this, only nine days stand between me and Thanksgiving break. On Tuesday, Nov. 22, most of us will pile into our cars with whoever we’ve met at Cal…

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Rules are made to be … followed

I’m not a rule breaker at all. There’s no question about it. Jaywalking across a street stresses me out so much that I generally need an entire bottle of Valium afterward — I’m that neurotic about rules. But for all…

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Photography and Cal Poly Meats

During the summer, I saw a chalkboard sign near Campus Market on Via Carta advertising a sale on some New York strip steaks. I walked down a short hallway near Campus Market, and ended up in a meat processing class…

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Mustang piggies take on Halloween deals

I’ve said this before, but to prove my point, I’ll say it again — the Mustang Daily staff spends a lot of time together. Whether it be in the newsroom, at The Ave or just exchanging emails and texts on…