Classes on Tuesday have been canceled due to ongoing storm conditions, according to an emergency alert from Public Safety director Anthony J. Knight. Due to classes being canceled for two days, the add-drop date for winter quarter courses has also been extended. While classes are postponed, the campus will be open to provide assistance to […]
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ASI Board of Directors calls on Joseph Castro to deny his Cal Poly position
The Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Board of Directors unanimously passed a resolution on Wednesday calling on former Chancellor Joseph Castro to turn down his tenured faculty position at Cal Poly. Castro resigned as the chancellor of the California State University system in February 2022, after a USA Today investigation outlined his failure to respond to […]
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‘We are here for you’: Cal Poly president addresses community reaction to Kristin Smart trial verdicts
On Tuesday, the jury reached a verdict on the 1996 Kristin Smart case – Paul Flores was found guilty of the murder of Smart, a 19-year-old Cal Poly student at the time, and his father, Ruben Flores, was found not guilty as an accessory to the murder. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong sent out a […]
Posted inCOVID-19
Gov. Gavin Newsom to end COVID-19 State of Emergency in February
Gov. Gavin Newsom announced on Monday that California’s COVID-19 State of Emergency will end on Feb. 28, 2023 — almost three years after it was first declared in March 2020. Newsom said in a news release from the Governor’s Office that other safety measures will continue moving forward, but “California is ready to phase out” […]
Posted inObituaries
President Emeritus Warren J. Baker passes away, Cal Poly celebrates his lasting legacy
On Friday, Oct. 7, President Emeritus Warren J. Baker passed away at 84, Cal Poly announced in a campus-wide email on Saturday. Born on Sept. 5, 1938, in Fitchburg, Massachusetts, Baker went on to attend the University of Norte Dame for civil engineering, earning his bachelor’s degree in 1960. Baker is survived by his wife, […]
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National Suicide Prevention Lifeline launches 9-8-8 number. Here’s how it works
Content warning: This article discusses suicide. Only three digits are now needed to reach the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline: 9-8-8. The number, which can be called or texted, connects people to a network of trained counselors and professionals. It’s available in English and Spanish but also has translation services in more than 250 languages. According […]
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“Eating just to be alive”: Cal Poly students share meal situations in isolation
For students isolated in off-campus hotel rooms, it costs $30 a day to eat. Returning to on-campus from winter break resulted in a sudden omicron spike among Cal Poly students, leading to the administration moving students who tested positive to off-campus hotel rooms for isolation. To add to the list of struggles of being isolated […]