Cal Poly’s Division 1 Ultimate Frisbee team, SloCore, is back with a make-up season. Due to a canceled season last year, both graduated and current students at Cal Poly are allowed to participate in the tournament. Mustang News Reporter Blas Alvarado spoke with the players as they gear up for nationals in late December.
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La Historia de Lanzando Tortillas
El artĂculo fue originalmente escrito en InglĂ©s. La traducciĂłn en Español fue hecha por Blas Alvarado. El calor de los estudiantes aumentaba al agruparse en la secciĂłn de estudiantes del estadio Spanos, teniendo poco espacio para moverse y aĂşn menos para encontrar sus asientos. EmociĂłn estallĂł en todas las secciones del estadio mientras los aficionados […]
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Q&A: Cal Poly Police Chief talks about new nighttime shuttle service
Editor’s note: This story discusses themes including sexual violence. The sun had already disappeared behind Madonna Mountain, and Van Nguyen, a software engineering sophomore, waited in the dark across Kennedy Library eager to get home after a long day of school. In her first year living on campus, Nguyen said she isn’t entirely comfortable walking […]
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The truth behind the tortillas
Siga aquĂ para leer este artĂculo en Español. It was hot as students tightly squeezed into the sold out student section of Spanos Stadium, having little room to move around let alone find their seat. Excitement erupted from all sections in the stands as fans from all over the central coast focused on the game while […]
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Senior Project Spotlight: Perch, an app that senses wildfires
A team of Cal Poly seniors are working on a start-up business that could change how to locate wildfires. By analyzing the way power-lines sag when they are near a wildfire, Perch is developing a device that could be able to calculate where fires are located and alert emergency services quicker. Perch’s team is set […]
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Senior Project Spotlight: Comparing modern white complacency to the 1940s Nazi movement
English senior Alex Catlett is finishing out his college career with a research paper on the relevancies of Bertolt Brecht’s plays. Brecht was a playwright during the rise of the Nazi party in Germany, and used the play to criticize their movement. Catlett is writing about how systemic oppression in the United States mirrors what […]
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Senior Project Spotlight: Students create artificial intelligence for reporters
Their goal is to create artificial intelligence that can recognize important matters in state congressional hearings and then summarize it for reporters to use.
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Senior Project Spotlight: Designing a buoy to collect shark data
Computer engineering senior Kevin Dixson and computer science senior Tegan Fleishman are working with the California State University Long Beach Shark Lab for their senior project: Designing a buoy that will collect data from passing sharks and transmit it immediately to the lab.
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Senior Project Spotlight: Bringing Black stories to the stage
Marlena Jackson-Retondo is an English senior writing a play for her senior project. Since Black experiences are rarely highlighted in the theatre, Jackson-Retondo wrote about the lives of a Black couple at home away from the white gaze. She said she is passionate about her vignette styled play that will be grounded in music and plans […]
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Senior Project Spotlight: Bringing Black stories to the stage
Marlena Jackson-Retondo is an English senior writing a play for her senior project. Since Black experiences are rarely highlighted in the theatre, Jackson-Retondo wrote about the lives of a Black couple at home away from the white gaze. She said she is passionate about her vignette styled play that will be grounded in music and plans […]
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Cal Poly students react to Trump’s social media suspension
Facebook, Instagram, Youtube, Snapchat and Twitter have all permanently suspended accounts held by Trump, and Cal Poly students shared their thoughts on the suspension.