It was 1949, and behind the closed doors of a small hospital room in San Luis Obispo (SLO), a doctor held up a newborn baby. This child was born with a condition called Klinefelter syndrome, which causes a person to have ambiguous genitalia. She was born with two X chromosomes and an X and a Y chromosome.
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Industrial and manufacturing engineering department receives free robot arm, driving senior projects
The industrial and manufacturing engineering (IME) department within the College of Engineering has received a free Kawasaki robotic arm worth $40,000, according to manufacturing engineering lecturer Trian Georgeou.
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Cal Poly Women’s Basketball defeated by third top-25 opponent USC in 85-44 loss
The Cal Poly Mustangs Women’s Basketball rigorous preseason schedule continued with a loss to No. 6 USC in an 85-44 blowout on Tuesday, Nov. 28. Earlier in the season, the Mustangs lost to No. 24 Washington State University and No. 6 Stanford University. The team also had notable matchups against the University of California, Berkeley […]
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Jones drops career-high in points in Cal Poly Men’s Basketball win over St. Thomas
Freshman guard Quentin Jones dropped a career-high 17 points in the Mustangs’ win over St. Thomas.
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Cal Poly Women’s suffers 1-0 loss to UC Irvine in Big West Championship
Cal Poly Women’s soccer couldn’t find the back of the net as the team fell 1-0 to the three-time reigning Big west champions on Sunday, Nov. 5.
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Cal Poly Women’s Soccer mounts comeback against Hawai’i to keep the No. 1 seed in the Big West
Cal Poly Women’s Soccer concedes a goal but Ortiz and Reedy add a goal apiece in the Mustangs’ 2-1 win over Hawai’i.
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Cal Poly Men’s Soccer wins second game in a row after defeating UC San Diego 3-1
Four games into Big West play, Cal Poly Men’s Soccer has already matched their conference win total of two from last season after defeating UC San Diego 3-1 on Sunday, Oct. 8, at Mustang Memorial Field. The Mustangs (4-5-2, 2-1-1) and Tritons (2-8-3, 1-2-1) enter this game tied in points (four) in the Big West […]
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Cal Poly Volleyball drops Big West opener to Long Beach State in five-set match.
In the team’s conference opener, Cal Poly Volleyball lost 3-2 against Long Beach State on Sept. 22 in Long Beach, California. The Mustangs (6-7, 0-1 Big West) loss to the Beach (7-4, 1-0 Big West) is the fifth time a match has reached the full five sets. In the first set, the Mustangs held a […]
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Cal Poly Men’s Soccer clinches first win against Air Force Falcons
Cal Poly Men’s Soccer won their first game of the season 2-1 against the Air Force Academy Falcons on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Mustang Memorial Field The Mustangs (1-3-1) played after the conclusion of the women’s soccer match, who defeated the University of Pacific earlier that day. The Mustangs had the first score of the […]
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Cal Poly Women’s Soccer secures victory over Pacific in final home non-conference match
Cal Poly Women’s Soccer took down the University of the Pacific Tigers 3-1 on Sunday, Sept. 17 at Mustang Memorial Field. This game was the Mustangs’ (3-3-2) final home non-conference match. Prior to the start of the game, the Mustangs’ six seniors were celebrated, including all of them receiving a starting nod. Additionally, the game […]
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Mackenzie Samuel’s remarkable ascent from backup to best in the Big West
When Mackenzie Samuel arrived as a freshman to Cal Poly, she didn’t come in expecting to play. She accomplished many feats in her prep career, such as helping her team go 20-0-0 during her junior year of high school and only allowing two goals. But those accomplishments didn’t matter anymore on the first day of […]