Though Cal Poly’s change of major process has changed several times since its inception to make it easier on students, those who have not gone through the process still perceive it to be very difficult. Changes have been made to the process to help ensure students are given the opportunity to find the right major […]
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‘Let’s play Tinder’: Cal Poly freshmen navigate Tinder for the first time
Anthropology and geography freshman Caroline Kelleher became single right before coming to college. Having just turned 18, she decided she wanted to see what Tinder could offer her. “I just thought it’d be kind of fun to try and see what I would encounter on there,” Kelleher said. Tinder gives students the opportunity to meet […]
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SLO bicyclist killed in two-car collision, hit-and-run driver arrested
A bicyclist was killed in a hit-and-run collision at an intersection Saturday evening, San Luis Obispo Police said in a news release. A 23-year-old San Luis Obispo man was biking at South Higuera and Prado when he was hit first by one vehicle and then struck again by another around 9 p.m. Saturday. SLO Police […]
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Cal Poly opens new center for wine and viticulture: ‘A head start on a great career’
During fall quarter, students began making Cal Poly wines and research wines entirely from scratch for the first time in the new JUSTIN and J. LOHR Center for Wine and Viticulture. The entirely donor-funded facility, which officially opened Winter 2022, is comprised of the 15,600 square-foot Lohr Family Winery and the 12,000 square-foot E. & […]
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Cal Poly freshmen blocked into asynchronous courses for fall quarter
As communication studies freshman Keira Brown discussed her class schedule with peers during Week of Welcome (WOW), she discovered that the classes on her schedule that said TBA meant something different than “To Be Announced.” “I was waiting to figure out where my classes were or if they were going to be virtual,” Brown said. […]