About 100 people gathered at City Hall Monday, Dec. 3 to see San Luis Obispo history in the making as the first-ever majority-female city council was sworn in. Mayor Heidi Harmon and Councilmembers Erica Stewart and Carlyn Christianson were sworn in by City Clerk Teresa Purrington, making the San Luis Obispo City Council four-fifths female […]
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Residents celebrate yakʔitʸutʸu’s grand opening with native foods and music
The campus community and yak titʸu titʸu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe came together Thursday, Nov. 8 to celebrate the grand opening of the residence halls on campus. Students, staff and members of the tribe gathered on the central lawn in yakʔitʸutʸu to take part in the celebration. The event was hosted by University Housing, […]
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Student company improves lives of patients with Parkinson’s disease
A student-run start up aims to help people who experience freezing of gait, a symptom of Parkinson’s disease.
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Men and Masculinity kicks off month-long Movember events
‘Movember’ focuses on prostate and testicular cancer, men’s mental health and suicide prevention, according to its website.
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How to participate in National Transfer Student Week
Transfer students represent roughly 20 percent of the newly admitted fall 2018 class
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Cal Poly ranks top ‘Beer Die School,’ beating UCSB and Boulder
Cal Poly “had dye athletes consistently making the later rounds and finals at multiple Dyeislife tournaments over the course of the year”
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Cal Poly Pier Open House provides a look into student research
Cal Poly’s Center for Coastal Marine Sciences showcases student research at the biannual Cal Poly Pier Open House.
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Freshmen will receive partially blocked schedules to improve graduation rates
This year, the freshman class will receive partially blocked schedules for the entire 2017-18 school year to increase graduation rates, according to University Registrar Cem Sunata. Blocked scheduling is the process in which the university enrolls students in their classes rather than students completing the process on their own. Cal Poly is in its ninth […]
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Candlelight vigil against domestic violence held at Mission Plaza
In honor of Domestic Violence Awareness Month, sexual assault resources Cal Poly Safer, RISE and the Women’s Shelter Program (WSP) hosted a candlelight vigil Oct. 12 in the Mission Plaza. According to statistics from the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence (NCADV), approximately 20 people experience physical abuse by intimate partners per minute in the United […]