Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Two individuals were arrested Tuesday after a U.S. Highway 101 accident resulted in two officers chasing a driver into town before making the arrests near campus. Two unmarked trucks and six marked police cars responded…
Proposition 37: The aggie perspective
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Proposition 37, which involves labeling genetically modified food, will heavily affect California’s agriculture industry if passed this November, according to students and instructors from the College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Sciences. Proposition 37 is more complicated…
Cal Poly tramples Wisconsin Invitational
Laura Hollander did it again. Marking her third straight victory, Hollander pulled ahead in the 48-team Wisconsin Adidas Invitational and placed first in Cal Poly’s name. Her record setting time of 19 minutes, 33 seconds was enough to help Cal…
Cal Poly looking for more living room
Holly Dickson hollydickson.md@gmail.com Living in a study lounge wasn’t quite what communication studies sophomore Ben King pictured before he came to Cal Poly this past year. King said he was initially confused by his unusual housing situation, but he…
Macklemore makes off with columnist’s approval of ‘The Heist’
Kyle Loomis is a journalism senior and Mustang Daily music columnist. Those of you who stay up-to-date with the hip-hop community may have been eagerly anticipating the Oct. 9 release of Macklemore & Ryan Lewis’ debut studio album, “The Heist”…
Diablo Canyon making seismic waves
Laura Pezzini lpezzini@mustangdaily.net Proposed seismic testing near the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power Plant in Avila Beach has created controversy since early 2011, due to a number of concerns surrounding the issue. Opinions vary between those who are for the tests,…
Women’s soccer wins and draws, men’s team ties
Mustang Daily Staff Report sports@mustangdaily.net The streak continues. Rolling off of a four-match win streak, the Cal Poly women’s soccer team won one match and tied another this weekend during its two-match homestand. On the men’s side, the Mustangs tied…
Fall Minicon draws student gamers
David Liebig arts@mustangdaily.net Mighty heroes joined forces to conquer legendary beasts, swashbuckling seafarers convened to swindle one another and clue-hungry sleuths unraveled elusive mysteries — all within the minds of Fall Minicon attendees on Saturday. PolyCon — a student club…
Football scores five unanswered touchdowns in win
Stephan Teodosescu steodosescu@mustangdaily.net The Cal Poly football team found itself trailing after the first quarter of last week’s game against Weber State. This week, Cal Poly found itself in a similar scenario – tied at the end of the opening…
Football hosts Northern Colorado this weekend
The Cal Poly football team was a few plays away from dropping its first game of the season last week against Weber State. This week, the Mustangs are trying to make sure that doesn’t happen again. Rolling off their first…
Semester task force fails to draw students
Contrary to critics’ beliefs, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has still not made a decision on the semester debate, Semester Review Task Force chair Rachel Fernflores said Wednesday. Fernflores spoke to a relatively small crowd at the first of four…