Candidates for next year’s ASI president talked with Mustang News about their priorities and goals on Friday ahead of the April 20 ASI Election. The six candidates, who students can vote for via their Cal Poly Portal on April 20-21, are listed below in alphabetical order by their last name. You can read more about […]
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“Just one intervention creates a chain reaction:” Cal Poly begins campaign for Sexual Assault Action Month
Cal Poly Safer and ASI are holding events for their It’s On Us campaign — the first part of a month-long promotion of Sexual Assault Action Month. It’s On Us, a campaign held on college campuses across the nation, aims to teach students about sexual assault and how they can prevent it. It’s On Us […]
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Students lost access to engineering rooms after repeated mask violations
Access to an engineering building was restricted to students after repeated university masking violations, according to an email Aerospace Engineering Department Chair David Marshall sent students on Feb. 14. Marshall announced in the email that access to “department spaces” on the third floor of Engineering IV (building 192) would be limited until further notice. He […]
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Yosemite Residence Hall floor reopens to students one week after electrical fire
Students living in Yosemite Residence Hall tower 6 are allowed to return to their dorm rooms one week after an electrical fire on their floor caused them to evacuate, according to messages obtained by Mustang News. University Housing notified students living on the second floor of the building, where the fire broke out, that they […]
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ASI invites multiple representatives to meet Cal Poly students
Students asked questions to California State Senator John Laird via a Zoom webinar on Friday, Feb. 4. Laird’s webinar was part of ASI’s “Meet Your Representative” series in which elected officials interact with Cal Poly students. San Luis Obispo Mayor Erica Stewart previously visited campus in December as part of the series. Laird was joined […]
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“Understand the experiences”: How to celebrate Black History Month at Cal Poly this February
Cal Poly’s Black Student Union (BSU) and the Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC) are holding several events throughout February celebrating Black History Month. Black History Month is observed every February to honor the legacy of Black Americans and foster discussions and awareness of Black history. Every United States president since Gerald Ford in 1976 has […]
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More than $1 million worth of drugs seized in San Luis Obispo
San Luis Obispo Police seized more than $1 million worth of drugs about a mile from Cal Poly’s campus Thursday morning while arresting a suspect for narcotics trafficking. San Luis Obispo Police’s Special Enforcement Team (SET) served a search warrant at a residence on Chorro Street at 11 a.m. on Thursday, the City announced in […]
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Esto es lo que el presidente Armstrong dice sobre el aumento propuesto por Cal Poly en la tarifa del campus
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Mieke Esparza. El presidente de Cal Poly, Jeffrey Armstrong, dio dos presentaciones la semana pasada sobre el aumento de College Based Fees (CBF) recientemente propuesto, lo que aumentaría el costo total de la matrícula estatal de Cal Poly por 20% para […]
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Here’s what President Armstrong says about Cal Poly’s proposed campus fee increase
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong gave two presentations last week about the recently proposed College Based Fees (CBF) increase, which would increase Cal Poly’s total in-state cost by nearly 20% for students enrolled after the 2025-26 school year. In order to increase mandatory fees, Armstrong is required […]
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Cal Poly community celebrates legacy of Martin Luther King Jr.
The Cal Poly community will be celebrating Martin Luther King Jr. Day with an event on Monday Jan. 24. MLK Day, a federal holiday held on the third Monday of every January, marks the birthday and honors the legacy of civil rights leader Martin Luther King Jr., who would have been 93 years old on […]
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Food Pantry provides more to community amid “unprecedented” use by students
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. As a first-generation student at Cal Poly, now-graduate student Oscar Velasco never knew about the food resources, such as the Cal Poly Food Pantry, available to him as an undergraduate struggling with food insecurity. “I just felt that eating Top Ramen was a rite of passage, and that […]