Graduation special section
Cal Poly/SLO trivia
Go SLO equals big money
Facts about Michael Jordan aka THE GOAT!
Sales and Design 101
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An ad in the Graduation edition gives an advertiser a chance to interact with over 11,000 separate people who walk through the doors of this stadium where all 2026 Commencement ceremonies will be held.

What is Spanos stadium.

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Planning on going to Antartica after graduation? Well guess what you still wouldn't be the farthest traveling Cal Poly alum as demonstrated by this individual who just went on a fantastic lunar voyage. 

Who is Victor Glover?

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The number one selling point of Go SLO is the fact that the edition has this service provided to all incoming first year and transfer students.

What is mailed home?

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The total number of NBA Championships that Michael Jordan won. Two more than LeBron BTW. :) 

What is Six?

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Few things in advertising make the MMG General Manager crankier than ads (especially Super Bowl ones) that fail to have a call to...

What is action?

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Parents are a good target audience for the Graduation edition but so are students. In 2025 nearly 7000 of them were eligible for graduation with this college having the largest class with nearly 2000 graduates.

What is Engineering?

200

The Material girl from the 1980's and the 1990's is no doubt fond of this iconic hotel with eclectic themed rooms and enough pink to make even a bottle of Pepto Bismol blush.

What is Madonna Inn?

200

You want great added value here's some AMAZING added value. All campus departments who purchase an ad receive this (in addition to the ad) in the edition at no extra charge.

What is a sponsored content story?

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In 1991 Michael Jordan began promoting this beverage designed to rehydrate athletes after competition. It was backed up by a jingle titled, "If I could be like Mike"

What is Gatorade?

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Assumptive, Summary and Urgency are all different variations of this vital part of the sales process. 

What is closing?

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The number of separate Commencement ceremonies for Cal Poly's 2026 graduation. Also the number of separate Commencement ceremonies where the MN 2026 Graduation edition will be distributed at.

What is six?

300

Learn by doing sometimes leads to brilliant capitalism! No better example of this than this chain of healthy drink stores that started as a senior project by Cal Poly student Kirk Perron.

What is Jamba Juice?

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First year and transfer students to Cal Poly are one audience for Go SLO but so is this demographic which represented $2.4 billion in direct spending for SLO County in 2024. So much spending that half of Go SLO is devoted to them.

What is visitors?

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The GOAT's Brilliance trickled down to other teammates such as this future Bay Area coach who hit the game winner in Game 6 of the 1997 Finals.

Who is Steve Kerr?
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Founded in 1982 this San Jose based company has become the go to for college students and professionals channeling their inner graphic designer via easy to use products.

What is Adobe?

400

Cherished moments equals added value as demonstrated by these items being sold to the parents of Graduating seniors for inclusion in the Graduation edition.

What are Grad Ads?

400

Early Spanish explorers named this area: La Canada de Los Osos due to a large number of encounters with this animal.

What is a grizzly bear?

400

Is Go Slo great? Absolutely! What's even better is bundling one of these products with it as well and receiving a 10% discount on these products in the process.

What is either digital or social media advertising?

400

Mike loves things that are cubed as demonstrated by his racking up 10 of these statistical achievements in an 11 game stretch during the 1988-1989 season.

What are Triple Doubles?

500

Stadiums are great but so are the 40 plus of these both on and off campus providing access to the graduation edition to parents, students, faculty and staff.

What are distribution stands/racks?

500

San Luis Obispo sometimes blazes trails by extinguishing them as demonstrated in 1990 when it became the first city in the world to ban this act in all indoor public places.

What is smoking?

500
Go SLO Advertiser trivia time! This national pizza chain ran started in 1960 just outside of Ann Arbor, Michigan (where it's still headquartered, Go BLUE!) leading all the way to a full page ad in the 2025 edition of Go SLO. 

What is Domino's Pizza?

500

In 1982 as a freshman MJ hit the game winner in the championship game for North Carolina against this Big East team.

What is Georgetown?

500

Two straight MMG Advertising Design Managers have gone to Apple for paid internships. The same company that saw its products and packaging revamped by this designer from 1992 to 2019.

Who is Jonny Ive.

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