This quarter, students started the new club Cal Poly Survivor, based on the hit TV show of the same name. Club members can be a part of the action or produce the show itself, competing in different challenges to win immunity and avoid being voted off the show. The Cal Poly Survivor show is set […]
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Cal Poly Fine Arts Seniors Showcase their Final Projects
For their final project, fine arts seniors have put together art pieces for a show called “Dearest,” showing at the University Art Gallery. Studio Art senior, Mac Wilkinson, is a painter and textile worker who has used the gallery to represent their understanding of gender. The gallery will be open until June 12, 2022.
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A sneak peak at Cal Poly’s new Frost Center for Research Innovation
In 2017, William and Linda Frost donated $110 million to the Cal Poly College of Math and Science. That money went towards scholarships, undergraduate research programs, new supplies and the creation of the Frost Center for Research Innovation— a building that is currently under construction and set to open for students in Winter 2023. Mustang […]
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Ebony: San Luis Obispo’s first Ethiopian restaurant
Every day after school, Helen Abraha, her sister Martha Taezaz and their siblings would do chores around their home in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia. Each of the 10 children had a job to do, but Abraha would stay close to her mother to watch her cook. “I just tried to copy her,” Abraha said. “And sometimes […]
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A look inside Cal Poly’s Cheer and Stunt Team
Since the academic year began, The Cal Poly Cheer and Stunt team have been working to choreograph and learn cheers for Cal Poly game days and competitions. Cheer team captain Julia Deming spoke to Mustang News about what cheer team has been up to over the past year.
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How one Cal Poly student is braiding hair from her dorm room
When psychology freshman Nailah Dubose moved on campus, she learned that there was nowhere nearby in the San Luis Obispo area for her or other students to get their hair braided, so she decided to do it herself all from the dorms. For a more detailed look at this story, go to kcpr.org
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“No Rainbows” in Linnaea’s Cafe: sharing local LGBTQ+ experiences through art
Four Cal Poly students are showcasing art form local queer and trans artists in Linnaea’s Cafe during National Pride Month. Cal Poly psychology seniors Ell Hundertmark, Lily Packer, Chloe Fleischer and Lorena Alvarez organized the art exhibit for their senior project. The exhibit began Tuesday, June 1 and will run until Sunday, June 27. The […]
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Cal Poly expects about 85% of fall classes to be in-person
Cal Poly plans for a majority of classes, services, staff, and facilities to return to campus in Fall 2021, according to drafts of the campus repopulation plan and return-to-work plan. “This scenario assumes that the vaccine has been widely distributed; that faculty, staff, and students adhere to current campus and public health safety protocols; that […]
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Cal Poly music professor to hold virtual recital of Beethoven sonatas
Cal Poly retired music professor and pianist W. Terrence Spiller will perform all-Beethoven sonatas in a virtual recital available from May 21 to May 28. This is Spiller’s fifth recital to complete Beethoven’s 32 sonatas. Spiller said he predicts completing the sonatas in eight performances. “The 32 sonatas represent a complete world of musical expression […]
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Cal Poly mask mandate still in place despite new CDC guidelines
Cal Poly students are currently still expected to wear masks on campus despite less restrictive CDC guidelines on indoor and outdoor gatherings for fully vaccinated people. According to updated CDC guidelines from April 27, fully vaccinated people can gather indoors unmasked with other fully vaccinated people and be unmasked outdoors except in crowds. A person […]
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California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program now accepting applicants
San Luis Obispo County eligible tenants behind on their rent due to a COVID-19 hardship could receive between 25% and 80% of their overdue rent paid for under the California COVID-19 Rent Relief Program. Tenants are eligible if they can prove a COVID-19 related financial hardship and have past due rent, according to a press […]