As the sizzle of pancakes and smell of bacon drifted through the house of construction management junior Jake Weiss, his team of 10 students gathered around the living room. Sipping on orange juice, Weiss laid out the prompt of this year’s Electrical Contractors Innovation Challenge: to submit an electrical contractor’s proposal as if they are […]
Author Archives: Carly Heltzel
Carly Heltzel is the News Editor and a fourth year journalism major. She joined MMG her first year as a news reporter, wrote for Arts and Student Life her second year and served as the Print/Copy Editor last year. Carly also publishes a daily newsletter called Morning, Mustang that summarizes the top Cal Poly, SLO and California stories every weekday. In her free time, she runs for Cal Poly Distance Club and enjoys being outdoors by hiking and backpacking. She is also minoring in City and Regional Planning as well as Media Arts, Society and Technology.
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Armenian Student Association to hold awareness event as Azerbaijan conflict intensifies
Armenian Student Association (ASA) is raising awareness about the Azerbaijan invasion of Armenia in what ASA described as a lasting “ethnic cleansing” of over 120,000 people in the region. ASA will hold a booth on Dexter lawn from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. on Thursday, Feb. 2 to educate students about the ongoing conflict and […]
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SLO City imposing development fees to promote affordable housing projects
Editor’s note: This article is available in Spanish here. Developers will now pay a set fee per square foot of development if they don’t include enough affordable housing units in their projects due to changes to San Luis Obispo’s Inclusionary Housing Ordinance. Last month’s updates to the ordinance are the most recent effort in a years-long […]
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Biden visits near Central Coast after storms ravage area
President Joe Biden will visit northern California and near the Central Coast on Thursday after declaring a major disaster due to uncharacteristically heavy storms ravaging the coast, the White House announced Monday. Flooding, high winds and landslides plagued the state since the first of nine atmospheric rivers first hit California on Dec. 27, according to […]
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Gavin Newsom wins re-election in race for California Governor
Gavin Newsom received 271,888 votes, which amounts to 56.4% of the total cast as of 8:10 p.m. PST. All California counties have reported. Newsom was up for reelection for the first time since he was first elected governor in 2018. Pillars of his campaign are tackling the state’s affordability crisis, creating “inclusive economic growth” through […]
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Students scramble to spend WOW dining money they were told would expire before fall quarter began
With $160 of dining dollars set to disappear by the end of the final WOW day, wine and viticulture freshman Laura Maring waited an hour and a half for the last of the grocery stock in Poly Canyon Village Market. Maring ended up missing the Week of Welcome (WOW) club showcase on Sunday afternoon while […]