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Poly environmentalists set out to 'Change It'

Greenpeace invited two Cal Poly students to attend a training conference for the country’s leading youth environmental activists called “Change It” in Washington, D.C. this summer.

Social sciences senior David Kirk and political science senior Lizzy LaMotte-Mitchell were named two of the top 100 youth environmental activists in the country by Greenpeace this summer.

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Mexican students, faculty visit to study local architecture

Cal Poly has several visitors from Mexico this week, hoping to learn a little bit about the university’s students and even more about American architecture. Four architecture students and three faculty members from Benemerita Universidad Autonoma de Puebla in Puebla, Mexico are participating in activities on and off campus as part of an exchange program with Cal Poly’s architecture department.

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Rec Center to host students from 'Dusk 'til Dawn' tonight

Finding cheap, fun activities to do with friends can be somewhat of a hassle for Cal Poly students. No matter where you go in San Luis Obispo when you leave the house, there always seems to be an admission fee or cover charge.

Associated Students Inc. (ASI) aims to change all that by hosting Dusk ’til Dawn, an all-night extravaganza to be held today in the Cal Poly Rec Center.

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Campus different for students in 1940s

While the Power House and Administration buildings still exist, almost everything else on this campus map has been changed since 1940.

The horseshoe design was still years away and the North Mountain dorms wouldn’t be built for another decade.

As the article below points out, none of the streets on the adjoining map have names.

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Campus paper tracked, helped in 'Poly P' history

The “P” that resides on Poly Hill has become a popular legacy at Cal Poly, but it may come as a surprise that it began as a prank pulled off by high school students in 1919.

A group of Cal Poly students living in the dorms first noticed an “H” written on the mountain with whitewashed rocks, presumably by San Luis Obispo High School students, and rushed up to reclaim their mountain, according to Cal Poly Land’s Web site.

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Veggie sales provide fresh produce

The Cal Poly Organic Farm is offering an easy way to get nutritious food and easy meal plans without spending hours at the grocery store. But you have to act fast in future months, because the program has already sold out.

The seventh annual Fall and Winter Community Supported Agriculture Program, which offers weekly selections of farm fresh organic vegetables, fruits and eggs through a subscription membership.