The email arrived Monday evening, from the Office of the Vice President for Student Affairs. The subject line: Death of Student Sofia Padoan. The notification reached campus community members—students, faculty, alumni and parents of students. On the Cal Poly Facebook parent page, an administrator reposted the email, prompting hundreds of messages expressing sympathy and shock. […]
Author Archives: Emmy Burrus
Emmy Burrus is the News Director for KCPR. She is also a co-host on KCPR’s podcast “The Round Up,” and has been a news anchor for KCPR since her second year. As a senior now, she’s worn many hats for Mustang Media Group as a content writer, a news reporter for Mustang News and as DJ Emburr. She loves being able to tell untold stories. In her free time, she loves hiking and being outside in general, listening to music, crocheting and spending time with family and friends.
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President Armstrong is going to Congress. Here’s what his students think
Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong has been called to testify before The U.S. Congress on May 7, citing alleged antisemitism and mishandling pro-Palestinian activism. Armstrong is one of three university presidents who the Committee of Education and the Workforce are set to hear from, joining DePaul University and Haverford College. The three schools all received […]
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‘Rhythms of Resilience’ celebrates Black History Month through dance
This past weekend, the College of Liberal Arts Student Diversity Committee hosted a dance workshop in honor of Black History Month called ‘Rhythms of Resilience.’ Reporter Emmy Burrus spoke to some of the instructors and an event organizer to find out which dances they taught.
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Cal Poly leopard tortoise colony looks to build new home
At the top of Cal Poly’s campus at the poultry center lives a colony of leopard tortoises. These seventeen tortoises are taken care of and studied by students in ASCI 290, the reptile husbandry enterprise class. Offered every quarter – including over the summer – the class typically consists of fifteen students, each with three […]
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Missing and murdered Indigenous people honored in UU: ‘We want Indigenous students to feel heard’
Ethnic studies professor Lydia Heberling had attended an event celebrating Indigenous inclusion in the new Burke Museum in Seattle, WA, where a member of the Duwamish Tribe created pins to give out to attendees. On the pin rests a ribbon made of cedar wood — used as a medicine in Coast Salish tribes — and […]
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#MeToo Movement founder Tarana Burke to present at Cal Poly
Activist, author and founder of the #MeToo Movement, Tarana Burke, is coming to Cal Poly’s Multi-Activity Center (MAC) Monday night to discuss healing as a survivor as part of Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The event, titled “An Evening with Tarana Burke,” will be hosted by Cal Poly Safer from 5 p.m. to 6 p.m. According […]
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Se desarrollan planes para el Santuario Marino Nacional de Chumash a lo largo de la costa de San Luis Obispo
El artículo fue originalmente escrito en Inglés. La traducción en Español fue hecha por Ava Farriday. En lo que sería el primer santuario marino nacional nominado por las tribus en los Estados Unidos, la tribu Chumash del Norte de la Costa Central ha estado trabajando para designar 156 millas de costa desde 2013, según el […]
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Plans develop for national Chumash marine sanctuary along San Luis Obispo coast
Siga aquí para leer este artículo en Español. In what would be the first Tribal-nominated national marine sanctuary in the United States, the Northern Chumash tribe of the Central Coast have been working to designate 156 miles of coastline since 2013, according to the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) website. Now, the tribe is […]