The 2011 holiday break wasn’t as merry as it could have been for the Cal Poly men’s basketball team which, after falling to UCSB to start the new year, owns a 9-5 record overall and 0-1 in Big West play.…
Wine country possibly shrinking
Global warming could hurt Cal Poly and other premium winegrowing regions of California in the next 30 years, said Noah Diffenbaugh, an assistant professor of environmental Earth system science at Stanford. Diffenbaugh and other Stanford University climate scientists said by…
5 things you didn't know about the new Rec center
When the Recreation Center Expansion Project opens in mid-January, students for the first time will be able to see what Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) started working on in 2008. Mustang Daily went on an early tour of the facilities in…
VP of Student Affairs reassigned
Cal Poly Vice President of Student Affairs Cornel Morton will no longer be in his current position come January, the university announced Thursday. He will instead be working as Cal Poly’s first senior advisor to the president for outreach. Morton,…
Officers respond, patrol around campus
Cal Poly University Police Department (UPD) officer Jason LeClair knew he was going to be a policeman. Despite the fact that no one in his family was involved with law enforcement, it became his passion from an early age. “I’ve always…
Basketball bonds over holiday traditions
Men’s basketball head coach Joe Callero grew up as one of 16 children. Now that he’s stepped into head coaching spotlight, he said he enjoys playing the father role for the family that is his team. Every year, the Cal…
SLO and sole-ful: TOMS Campus Club styles shoes
TOMS Campus Club and Coalition will host TOMS shoes’ Style Your Sole Saturday from 6 to 9 p.m. in downtown San Luis Obispo. Cal Poly students might remember the event from previous years when it was held on Dexter Lawn…
Kristina Santiago is a go for 2011 season
Everything seems to be falling in place for the Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team to have a historic season. The team is coming off a regular season Big West title and signed a talented recruiting class that includes University of Nevada,…
Students AIDing with awareness event
The quarter-long work of five Cal Poly students will culminate this Thursday with World AIDS Day in the University Union (UU) plaza and throughout San Luis Obispo. Recreation, parks and tourism administration (RPTA) students worked with the San Luis Obispo AIDS…
"Bikini experiment” turned Cal Poly sponsor
Enrique Sanchez-Rivera said he has always been entrepreneurial and always wanted to own his own business. He never thought his business would be a fashion brand though. He began La Isla 13 years ago, when a trip back to his…
Jeff Johnson takes aim at Major Leagues
A fire-throwing, former Cal Poly baseball closer is looking to add his name to a list that includes Major Leaguers Jered Weaver, Troy Tulowitzki, Barry Zito and Evan Longoria. What do they all have in common with Jeff Johnson, Cal…