Elyse Lopez elyselopez.md@gmail.com Every student will face a time in their college career when they must decide if a bachelor’s degree is enough to propel them to where they want to be in life. Taking advantage of Career Fairs and…
Secrets to staying focused this spring
Ashley Devriend specialsections@mustangdaily.net Beach or books? This question has to be answered on a daily basis for Cal Poly students during spring quarter. It’s no secret that the beautiful weather San Luis Obispo will bring during the next 10 weeks…
Getting to the heart of tissue engineering
Samantha Sullivan samanthasullivan.md@gmail.com Cal Poly engineering seems to have no bounds. Students learn to engineer cars, tractors and even planes. However, in the biomedical field, students are learning something relatively new, and rather mysterious: They’re learning how to engineer tissues.…
Keith Patterson, ‘face of Cal Poly wine and viticulture,’ dies Thursday
Sean McMinn smcminn@mustangdaily.net UPDATE 4:53 p.m. Former Cal Poly wine and viticulture professor Keith Patterson was scheduled to teach two courses during spring quarter, according to wine and viticulture program director Jim Cooper. The search to find professors for those classes…
Women’s basketball to travel to Baton Rouge for matchup with Penn State
J.J. Jenkins sports@mustangdaily.net It didn’t take long for the Cal Poly women’s basketball team to find out where its first-ever NCAA bid would take them. In the sixth pairing announced on ESPN’s selection show, the Mustangs appeared as a No.…
Baseball is back: maybe better than ever
Benjy Egel is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily sports columnist. Less is more, right? For the Cal Poly baseball team, this is clearly the case. Head coach Larry Lee only lost a few players from last year’s team, but…
Sexual assault report filed near campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo police are investigating a report of sexual assault near Cal Poly’s campus earlier this month, but the department is reluctant to release information because of the involvement of a minor. Police received…
Skateboarding, safety and ‘sweet talking’
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Skateboarders on Cal Poly’s campus pride themselves on their ability to charm their way out of a citation. “I got pulled over like once, and I kinda talked him out of it,” Cal Poly Longboarding Association of…
Campus examines hazing policies
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Hazing has become the subject of national conversation this week, in light of recent incidents across the country. Last week, twelve members of the marching band at Florida Agricultural and Mechanical University (FAMU) were charged with manslaughter for…
Weekend recap: basketball teams go 4-0
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net Five Cal Poly teams competed on the road this weekend to come away with a total of seven victories and an individual Pac-12 championship. Men’s basketball The men’s basketball team has started to win on…
O’Brien waits on NCAA
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net When the start beep sounded, she stopped thinking. When Rachel O’Brien finished her race, she was a school record holder — potentially heading to the NCAA championships. The senior swimmer found her stroke in the…