The truth behind freshmen lies

Within the past two weeks or so, I’ve found myself wondering where the time has gone and how a day can go by so quickly. As spring quarter quickly comes to a close, everything just seems to go by so…

Get out of the dorms and into the sun

With the thundering weather last week, I feel like I shouldn’t be calling this season spring. But now, with Mother Nature beginning to grace us with the beautiful weather we all have been impatiently waiting for, I am incredibly excited.…

The beginning of an end

Returning to our empty dorm rooms after enjoying an either crazy or relaxing spring break in Havasu, at home and everywhere in between is different compared to our usual return to campus after breaks. Similar to former returns though, I…

Surviving dead week

It’s the beginning of dead week. I really don’t think anything else needs to be said because we all know what this accurately-named week entails: caffeine, all-nighters (though I’ve yet to pull one) and books on books on books (had…

Paying it forward

It’s the end of February and (I know probably everyone has said this, but it needs to be said once more) I don’t know where the time has gone. I have no idea when or how we got to the…

Things you wish you knew when you started college

We’ve struggled to climb up the hill (or possibly many on Cal Poly’s campus), tripping over rocks and catching ourselves in the process. We’ve stood on top of the peak, feeling accomplished and proud of ourselves that we made it…

Winter quarter brings a fresh start

To welcome you back from a winter break hopefully filled to the brim with holiday cheer and cookies, today begins with a fresh start. It’s officially 2012 and here we are after a three week break starting a new quarter…

Thanksgiving break comes just in time

Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. Freshman year is a time of firsts. The first time we’re separated from family and friends who we’re used to seeing and talking to everyday, the first time we’re…

Fresh without the 15

Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. As we prepared to leave for college, we endlessly heard the two words that none of us wanted to be true. We promised ourselves that once we got to…

Getting your college experience in the happiest city in America

Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. It has been a little more than a month, and I still can’t believe that I go to school here. If you’ve been reading this column, you know that…

Week 6: Time to take a breather

Leila Durmaz is a journalism freshman and Mustang Daily freshman columnist. I think this past week has been the most stressful seven days I’ve had since coming to college. Luckily, I wasn’t stressed to the point where my eyes were…