Whether it be traveling, saving money for culinary school or jumping right into a dream job, Cal Poly’s graduating Class of 2023 is getting ready to set out on new adventures. There are 4,424 undergrad students and 594 grad students eligible to walk across the stage at Spanos Stadium June 17-18. In a poll sent […]
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Fondling reported at Cal Poly parking structure
Content warning: This article mentions sexual assault. Safer is Cal Poly’s confidential resource for sexual assault and can be reached at 805-756-2282. San Luis Obispo’s Lumina Alliance 24/7 crisis line is available at 805-545-8888. More resources are listed at the end of this article. A female student reported being fondled in the Grand Avenue parking […]
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Students compete in Design Village while commemorating Sean Hillman
Architecture freshman Max Dennison first met Sean Ogawa Hillman at the start of spring quarter, when their professor put them in the same group for the annual Design Village competition being held April 28 to 30. In the short time she’s known him, Dennison said Hillman “always had the biggest smile on his face and […]
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ASI announces 2023-24 elected president and board members
ASI announced its new president and Board of Directors members on Thursday in the University Union. Current ASI Secretary of Sustainability Sam Andrews, an environmental management and protection senior, was elected ASI president for next school year, garnering 1,136 votes. Andrews’ opponent, write-in candidate Jake Zylstra, acquired 35 votes in the election. The Board of […]
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Candidates reflect on 2023-24 Cal Poly ASI Presidential Debate
Voting opened Tuesday for the 2023-24 ASI Presidential Election, about five days after a politically charged debate between the two candidates. Write-in candidate Jake Zylstra, an agricultural business junior, is running again after first sparking controversy with an anti-trans comment in last year’s debate. Zylstra is running against environmental management and protection senior Sam Andrews, […]
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Cal Poly ROTC Chair goes to trial for invasion of privacy case
A judge has denied military diversion for the Cal Poly ROTC chair who used a hidden camera to film multiple women at the Recreation Center and in local fitting rooms. The defense for Lt. Col. Jacob Sweatland, 40, requested the military diversion treatment program in an April court hearing, arguing that Sweatland’s mental health issues […]
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Paul Flores to serve 25 years to life in prison
Editor’s note: The People v. Flores murder trial was covered each day by Mustang News. Read previous articles about the trial here. Paul Flores has been sentenced to 25 years to life in prison for the first-degree murder of Kristin Smart. Judge Jennifer O’Keefe announced Flores’ sentence in court on Friday — five months after a […]
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Breaking: Cal Poly announces Paul Wulff as new head football coach
Cal Poly Football announced the hiring of Paul Wulff as the program’s new head coach at a press conference Tuesday morning. Wulff was formerly Eastern’s Washington and Washington State’s head coach and has been Cal Poly’s offensive line coach and running game coordinator under former head coach Beau Baldwin. The press conference came just four […]
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Cal Poly students join global rally for Iran on Wednesday
More than 150 universities across the globe are rallying for Iran on Wednesday amid rising violence by Iran’s regime. Cal Poly students announced on Tuesday they’d be joining in on the global event. Cal Poly’s Iranian Student Cultural Organization (ISCO) is holding a rally for Iran on Dexter Lawn, beginning at 2:30 p.m. Wednesday. ISCO […]
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The Outside Lands Festival returns to Golden Gate Park
This article first appeared on KCPR.org. The views reflected in this piece don’t necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. Just a few hours up the coast from San Luis Obispo lies San Francisco’s Golden Gate Park, home to one of the largest annual music festivals in the United States: Outside Lands. Hosting more than 100 […]