Editor’s note: This is a developing story and will be updated as more information becomes available. A woman was arrested after reportedly stabbing a man in his home on Kentucky Street around noon on Friday. The victim sustained minor injuries and was treated on scene, San Luis Obispo Police said. Residents of the house that […]
Author Archives: Ashley Bolter
Ashley Bolter is a news reporter and journalism major minoring in French and ethnic studies. She was inspired to pursue journalism by Kara Danvers and Iris West-Allen in the TV shows Supergirl and The Flash, respectively. She got involved with MMG because she wanted to gain experience writing for a newspaper and she wanted to get more involved with the Cal Poly community. In her free time, she likes to read and play dungeons and dragons.
Posted inNews
Cal Poly classroom experiences leaks days after storm
On Monday morning, Mustang News received a photo of Architecture and Environmental Design Rm. 225 using several garbage cans to collect water. The photo came from construction management senior Carlin Cook who said there have been trash bins collecting water from leaks in that building for years. Cook told Mustang News that there have been […]
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Northern Chumash tribe proposes repurchase of lands surrounding Diablo Canyon
The yak tityu tityu yak tiłhini Northern Chumash tribe, in collaboration with The Land Conservancy of San Luis Obispo County, Cal Poly and the Regional Economic Action Coalition (REACH), launched a proposal in early February to try to get a portion of their ancestral homelands back. The 12,000 acres surrounding the Diablo Canyon Nuclear Power […]
Posted inCampus Dining
Where do surplus Campus Dining dollars go?
Thousands of dollars are left unused at the end of each year from dining plans. That leftover money goes back into Cal Poly. Campus Dining, part of the Cal Poly Corporation, received $334,144 from the dining dollars leftover from the 2021-2022 academic year. “As a nonprofit University Auxiliary, all money that Cal Poly Corporation makes […]
Posted inWinter 2023 Storm Coverage
First day of winter classes canceled due to rainstorm
Update, 3:08 p.m.: This article was updated to include information from university spokesperson Matt Lazier regarding on campus flooding. Update, 12:37 p.m.: This article was updated to include information from a second emergency alert regarding evacuations due to an expected reservoir breach. Cal Poly issued an emergency alert that all in-person and virtual classes on […]
Posted inAdministration
Cal Poly announces new Assistant VP for Strategic Planning and Networks
The city’s diversity, equity and inclusion manager has accepted a job at Cal Poly to help execute the university’s own DEI efforts, according to a campus-wide email sent Thursday. Beya Makekau, the city’s DEI manager, has accepted the position of assistant vice president for strategic planning and networks in the Office of University Diversity and […]
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Cal Poly Safer, Lumina Alliance host Dating Violence Action Month
For Dating Violence Action Month, Safer teamed up with Lumina Alliance to host their “We Deserve” series, a month full of events and workshops to get students involved in the movement to end dating violence. The events focus on what people deserve in terms of relationships including boundaries, communication, equity, independence and joy. “It’s an […]
Posted inHealth
Cal Poly to host free Monkeypox vaccine clinic this week
A free Monkeypox vaccine clinic is coming to the Cal Poly Health Center on Thursday, Oct. 27. Students 18 or older are eligible to receive the vaccine if they have had close contact with someone diagnosed with Monkeypox during the time they had symptoms, identify as a male that has sex with men and/or identify […]