The Green Campus reuse team is hoping they can collect more gowns from graduates this spring – after only 10 gowns were donated following the fall 2022 commencement ceremony. The graduation gown reuse program was started by Cal Poly’s Educational Opportunity Program (EOP), which last officially ran the program in 2018 and collected only two […]
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Cal Poly to pilot online mentoring program during summer session
The Advanced Inclusive Mentoring Program (AIM) will be piloted during the first three weeks of the Summer I session – Monday, June 26 to Friday, July 14 — to provide engaging faculty training resources to promote student success through positive and inclusive mentoring. The training is free and will be open to faculty, staff, post-doctorates […]
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Cal Poly plans to increase the accessibility of all-gender restrooms on campus
The Cal Poly Office of Diversity and Inclusion plans to change 15 multi-stall restrooms on campus to identify as all-gender restrooms. The decision comes after a public listening session was held in January 2023 following student activism that occurred during the 2022-23 school year, stemming from a six-month-long reoccurrence of bathroom signage vandalization in the […]
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A transfer student’s journey to find parking at Cal Poly
Alex Ruther is an opinion columnist for Mustang News and journalism senior. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. When I transferred to Cal Poly in fall 2021 I had to familiarize myself with a new campus quickly on my own. Through the help of my new housemates, […]
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A college student’s weekend guide to the SLO downtown bars
Alex Ruther is an opinion columnist for Mustang News and journalism senior. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Once you’re 21 you’re no longer limited to house and frat parties, and instead can experience a new social scene in SLO: the downtown bars. There are so many […]
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Cal Poly brie cheese wins first place title at national competition
The Cal Poly Creamery’s Triple Peak brie won a first place title at the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge’s (NAIDC) “Best of Dairy Challenge” competition. The Triple Peak Brie was submitted into the Best of Dairy Challenge under the “soft cheese” category competing against 30 other products, collecting 200 votes. “When I found out we […]
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Cal Poly Films to hold open auditions to SLO community members
The Media Arts and Technologies: Cinematic Process (ISLA 341) is hosting two open casting calls – on May 8 from 2:15 to 5 p.m. and May 13 from 11:15 a.m. to 3 p.m. in the Science Building (52), room 27. The casting call welcomes all members of the San Luis Obispo community ranging from ages […]
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Cal Poly Campus Health & Wellbeing hosts May Mental Health Fridays
In May, Campus Health and Wellbeing Counseling Services will begin hosting 50-minute or less Zoom webinars every Friday in honor of Mental Health Awareness Month. Members of the Cal Poly community are able to attend the webinars anonymously. Counseling Services outreach coordinator and licensed psychologist Sarah Colwell said that the Zoom webinars are designed to […]
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Cal Poly student pushes for the inclusion of West Asian and North African studies courses
Political science sophomore Milo Wolter is working to expand the current course catalog, to soon include courses on studies of West Asian and North African Studies and also an Arabic language course. “I think there’s a large misunderstanding of the region and its peoples, and that is something I’m really trying to highlight, especially with […]
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Cal Poly works to strengthen WiFi connection amid EBT payment system shutdown
Students buying food on campus have encountered EBT registers that are occasionally unable to process payments due to spotty WiFi connection. Locations on campus that accept EBT public assistance benefits include Village Market, Grand Avenue Market and Campus Market. Cal Poly Corporation spokesperson Ellen Curtis said connection issues pop up at all locations, but especially […]
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A Plea to the Supreme Court to approve Biden’s student loan forgiveness plan
Alex Ruther is an opinion columnist for Mustang News and journalism senior. The views expressed in this article do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. When I submitted my federal student loan forgiveness application in October 2022 I was hopeful yet hesitant. I wasn’t sure if I would qualify out of the millions of […]