The mastery of music is a complex and life-defining task that requires hours of practice and lessons, often including frustration. For two of Cal Poly’s own, however, those hours have yielded a lifelong passion for music. The Cal Poly music…
Books meet a beat in new class
michael mullady Charise Cheney has her students nodding their heads to the beat of her lecture in a new, funky-fresh class titled “Hip-Hop, Poetics and Politics.” The class is “experimental,” meaning it is a valid academic course that provides an…
Voodoo to put a spell on Poly
Tiffany Dias The Voodoo Glow Skull, a punk band sprinkled with Latino flavor, will open for Flogging Molly and Go Buddy Go on Saturday at the Recreation Center. The band just finished a tour of the West Coast to promote…
Symphony reaches 'apex'
Brittany Ridley People often view music as entertainment, talent or even a distraction, but Peggy Peterson saw music as an opportunity to change individual lives. Whether she provided a children with their first violin or an elderly woman a…
The incredible Expendables return
Tiffany Dias The funky reggae/rock group The Expendables is coming back to Cal Poly for a show during the Fall 2005 UU Hour. The band comes to San Luis Obispo after a year-long absence. Its appearance is also the…
There's something new in view
Christina Joslin It was a hot Friday afternoon, the birds were chirping, a cool breeze was flowing through the trees and all the new WOWies were listening to the sounds of San Luis Obispo’s very own The New Longview. Formerly…