This is the second and final installment of “Commuting that makes cents,” which explains alternative transportation options available to faculty, staff and students. May was bike month, and though it is coming to a close, there is one group on campus who will continue to encourage biking and other sustainable means of transportation year round […]
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Tune in to UU Hour with weekly concerts
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) puts on Concerts in the Plaza, in the University Union (UU) Plaza during UU Hour (11 a.m. to noon on Thursdays), but it would like to gain more suggestions from students, according to ASI Events entertainment student supervisor Leif Garrovillas. ASI Events currently puts on five to six concerts a quarter and suggestions […]
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Commuting that makes cents
Faculty and staff looking for ways to reduce their carbon footprint and save a little cash can benefit from services offered through Cal Poly Commuter and Access Services (CAS). The program is funded solely through parking fines. The program offers a variety of alternatives and incentives for students, faculty and staff to commute to and […]
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Cal Poly’s ‘centerpiece’ set to be finished in one year
Every week, approximately 120 construction workers come to Cal Poly to continue building the new six-story Center for Science and Mathematics. The $132 million project was funded by state education construction bonds which were approved by voters, plus $20 million from private donations. Construction broke ground on Oct. 10, 2010, when the north side of […]
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Students play games with autistic spectrum
For two years, mathematics senior Dara Stepanek has held a game night in Muir Hall every quarter for people in the autism spectrum (those with pervasive development disorders), and anyone else who wants to participate. The last game night was Friday. Stepanek has been a resident advisor (RA) in Muir Hall for two years, and one […]
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SLO reaches for the Top Shelf
Top Shelf, a band that plays multiple genres with an emphasis in reggae and rock based out of Ukiah, will play at Concerts in the Plaza today. The band’s Cal Poly performance will be its first show of a month-long international tour. Normally when you hear someone say top shelf, they’re talking about the highest […]
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Sexual assault report released
In response to two reported sexual assaults last May in a one week time frame, Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong formed the Presidential Task Force on Substance Abuse and Sexual Assault. The task force released its first report this month, coinciding with April being National Sexual Assault Awareness Month. Cal Poly women and gender studies professor […]
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Poly 'P' 101 – Part 2
The Cal Poly “P” is one of the school’s most noticeable landmarks. Whether it is green for Earth Day or rainbow-colored for Pride Week, the “P” stands proudly on the hill, even though few know much about it. Present and recent “One day I was asked why the ‘P’ had changed, and even though I’ve […]
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Poly "P" 101
People go up to the 50-foot-by-30-foot “P” on the mountain at the back of campus at all hours of the day for dates, to see the view, go mountain biking, to paint it — for a variety of different activities. “The view is awesome, and it’s a great date spot,” Cuesta College student Ken Staal said. “It’s […]
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Grand stoplights activated by next week
The often blind intersection at Grand Avenue and Abbot Street will soon be regulated by a stoplight. Traffic lights, street lights and “signalized” crosswalks are being installed on the intersection in order to reduce congestion of traffic flow coming off the freeway and to make the intersection a safer place for drivers and pedestrians, traffic […]
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Students take second in horticulture competition
Cal Poly students took second place out of 64 competing schools at the 36th Annual Student Career Days competition, an event held for horticulture students across the nation. The three-day competition took place at Kansas State University March 22 to 25, with 14 students and four professors from Cal Poly attending. Throughout the three days, events were […]
