Cal Poly is officially converting the university’s academic calendar to 15-week semesters for the 2026-2027 and 2027-2028 academic school years.
Author Archives: Cole Pressler
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Planning to vote by mail this year? Here’s what you need to know
For voters in San Luis Obispo County who plan to use mail-in ballots, here is an overview of what will be included in your ballot. This guide provides voter information, important deadlines and in-person voting options to ensure every vote is counted.
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Cal Poly extends Credit/No-Credit deadline to Week 8
Cal Poly’s new Credit/No Credit grading deadline took effect this quarter, with students now able to select this grading option until the end of Week 8.
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‘Weekends are not a thing’: Meet the students who live year-round at Cal Poly’s agriculture units
Luke Somma didn’t think he’d spend his junior year at college living in a trailer. But unlike most trailers, this one has an official name: Cal Poly Building 18-L—the Dairy Science Residence Trailer. And Somma, the dairy unit’s student maintenance manager, can’t beat the 30-second commute to work. “I just roll out of bed and […]
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‘I’ll rest when I retire’: Meet the dairy science student who helps milk Cal Poly’s 250 dairy cows
A mile northwest of campus, nestled between half a dozen agriculture fields, Russell Sorbo shuffled around in the dark. It was 3:30 a.m., and Cal Poly’s milking parlor reeked of manure, hay and iodine cleaning solution. While the campus slept, Sorbo herded 250 cows into the parlor, ten at a time. “Woah, woah, woah. Hey […]
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Woodstock’s Pizza agrees to $1.5 million settlement, denies labor violations
Woodstock’s Pizza has agreed to settle a class action lawsuit and will pay $1.5 million to former employees if a court approves the lawsuit next month. The lawsuit, filed by former employee Shelby Lowry of Woodstock’s Davis location, claimed the company violated 21 different labor codes, including failing to “properly and timely” pay all wages, […]