The second formal grievance hearing in Cal Poly’s history, which focused on excessive workloads given to professors in the electrical engineering department, was held Nov. 16. Electrical engineering associate professor Bryan […]
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Warren Miller film premiere to benefit YOPAC
Winter is coming, and to get people ready, the Youth Outreach Program for the Performing Arts Center (YOPAC) will premiere Warren Miller‘s 62nd annual winter film, “…Like There’s No Tomorrow,” at the Christopher Cohan […]
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SWEet Victory
Cal Poly Society of Women’s Engineers (SWE) brought home its eighth Gold Award as the nation’s top Outstanding Collegiate Section at the Annual Conference for Women Engineers on Oct. 15. […]
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County sees slight drop in unemployment
San Luis Obispo County’s jobless rate is beginning to decrease, after reaching a yearly high in July, according to the latest preliminary data released by California’s Employment Development Department (EDD), which […]
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Basketball seeks second Big West championship
Cal Poly’s women’s basketball team members have been doing more than studying during their off-season: they have been practicing, playing international games and growing together as a team. The team […]
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Central Coast artist paints out of 'plein air'
San Luis Obispo local artist Dotty Hawthorne sets up her easel, pastels and a shade umbrella on a cliffside overlooking the Pacific Ocean. This is where she spends hours on the Central […]
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Mustangs seek back-to-back road wins
Cal Poly women’s soccer team faced a devastating defeat on Sunday to UC Davis, but the players are keeping their focus on winning their final two games with hopes of […]
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Students learn by SUSTAINing with new initiative
A new learning initiative at Cal Poly — Sino-Us Strategic Alliance for Innovation, called SUSTAIN-SLO — is recruiting freshmen to take part in a new learning experience with hopes of improving local nonprofits, community […]
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Oaktoberfest returns to Avila Beach
The seventh annual Oaktoberfest is returning to Avila Beach Golf Resort to help raise money for Hospice of San Luis Obipso on Saturday, Oct. 15. Oaktoberfest, sponsored by Firestone Walker […]
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'Wild-man' Mike Gahan fights to 3-0 record
A crowd of more than a thousand people cheer and scream as “Holding Out for a Hero” by Bonnie Tyler played over the loudspeaker at the Alex Madonna Expo Center […]
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Provost candidate fields forum questions
The Cal Poly Consultative Search Committee held the second provost candidate forum Friday morning. There, Andrew Grosovsky, University of Massachusetts Dean of Science and Mathematics, addressed the issue of diversity […]