Filled with vintage clothes, hand-made products, and roughly 500 students,Thrift Cal Poly hosted their sustainability market on April 22 in celebration of Earth Day. Starting at the Sequoia Lawn and expanding to the recently-opened Plant Conservatory, Thrift Cal Poly brings sustainability efforts to campus. Journalism sophomore and founder and president of Thrift Cal Poly, Eve […]
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MN Now: April 21, 2023
Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt brings us the top stories from this week…
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WATCH: Cal Poly Women In Business helps students build connections at ‘Defining Her Future’ event
‘Defining Her Future’, hosted by Women In Business empowers Cal Poly students through panels, interactive workshops, and networking opportunities. Therapy dogs, free headshots, and workshops with professionals are just a few of the perks offered at the conference. Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt shows us how students benefitted from the event.
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WATCH: Cal Poly students work to create a lower limb exoskeleton
Designed to allow people who are paralyzed to walk again, over 40 Cal Poly students came together to create LLEAP— or the Lower Limb Exoskeleton Assistance Project. Biomedical engineering senior and CEO of LLEAP, Christie Altamura, leads the largest biomedical engineering project on campus into leaping the project forward. The team started the research phase […]
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MN Now: February 10, 2023
Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt brings you the top stories from this week…
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Survivor of 12 concentration camps: Holocaust survivor to speak at Cal Poly
After facing six years of forced labor, a dozen concentration camps and a death march, Holocaust survivor Joe Alexander will be sharing his story with a new generation of students at Cal Poly. Hosted by Chabad of San Luis Obispo and Cal Poly, Alexander will take the stage at the Performing Arts Center to discuss […]
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WOTS: Students express their thoughts on the 2022 midterm election
Mustang News reporters Gabrielle Downey and Avery Elowitt got the Word on The Street by asking students about their thoughts on the 2022 midterm elections.
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Brookshire Farm brings ‘agri-entertainment’ to San Luis Obispo
Big, small, orange, white… Brookshire Farms sells all sorts of pumpkins and gourds throughout October while also offering entertainment for all ages. From hayrides, to pumpkin patches, to corn cannons, co-owner of Brookshire Farms, Sean Callaway, shares what the farm calls “agro-entertainment.” The farm offers a wide range of different agricultural items and activities for […]
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MN Now: October 24, 2022
Mustang News reporter Avery Elowitt brings you the top stories from last week.
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TEDxSanLuisObispo returns in person for its sixth year after a year online
Audio By Avery Elowitt The student-run TEDxSanLuisObispo is returning to Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center on Friday with the theme “Transcending the Norm,” where seven speakers will shed light on forward-thinking ideas. The conference will be held at from 4 to 7 p.m and will be its sixth annual conference held in San Luis Obispo. […]