Twin extra-long mattresses, Vista Grande’s fine dining, getting sick the first week of school and utter confusion as to why building 33 is located next to building 1 symbolize most freshmen students’ feelings the first week at Cal Poly. While these…
First provost candidate comes to Cal Poly
The Cal Poly Consultative Search Committee kicked off its provost candidate forum Tuesday morning by introducing the first of four finalists for the position: Cheryl Schrader, the associate vice president of research at Boise State University. Schrader spoke about herself…
Catch a SLO ride
San Luis Obispo residents and visitors now have a safe, reliable and cheap way of getting home after a night of partying: SLO Safe Rides. After officially starting the business at the beginning of this summer, SLO Safe Ride Founders,…
Cal Poly makes Forbes list, fourth consecutive year
Forbes Magazine ranked Cal Poly among the best colleges in the nation for the fourth consecutive year. Cal Poly placed 230 out of 650 total schools, and 43rd in top colleges of the West. It was also ranked ninth of…
Football face-off: The sports editor exchange program
In advance of this past weekend’s football game at the Northern Illinois University (NIU), Mustang Daily decided to do a mini-sports editor exchange program with the Northern Illinois Star, the competition’s newspaper. In a style the Star calls “Face-off” NIU…
SLOMA brings a breath of 'Plein Air'
Artists, bystanders and the great outdoors will converge during the 10th Annual Plein Air Festival, produced by the San Luis Obispo Museum of Art (SLOMA). The festival will feature a host of events and highlight the different style of each participating…
Horticulture and crop science department grows into new major
The department of horticulture and crop science introduced a new major this fall — agricultural and environmental plant sciences — to replace three of its previous degrees: fruit science, environmental horticulture science and crop science. The new major is an attempt to draw…
French Hospital beats out Sierra Vista for athletics sponsorship
Cal Poly Athletics recently signed the largest corporate sponsorship in university history, but details regarding the switch from Sierra Vista Regional Medical Center to French Hospital remain unclear. Ron Yukelson, Sierra Vista spokesperson, said it received the same $800,000 proposal…
SLO named bike-friendly community
The League of American Bicyclists awarded San Luis Obispo the Silver Level Bicycle Friendly Community status for its efforts to welcome bicycle traffic. San Luis Obispo was one of 190 cities in the country to receive the Bicycle Friendly status…
Golden goal downs women's soccer
Not all goals are created equally. Unfortunately, the Cal Poly women’s soccer team learned that the hard way against Fresno State as Lauren Lindstrom downed the Mustangs 3-2 with a golden goal in the first overtime. “We had our chances,…
Orchesis Dance Company Auditions Slideshow
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