Cal Poly will face off against Cal State Northridge for its three final home games of the season as the team hopes to remain in the hunt for a bid in the NCAA regionals this weekend.
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Student parents balance life and school with ASI Children’s Center
Getting ready for school in the morning can be a challenging task, especially when you’re doing it for two people.
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Students engineer suspension bridge out of children’s toys
Dexter Lawn looked like a scene right out of Legoland on Monday, but the suspension bridge was more than a colorful display, it was an architecture project.
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Rush deferment may soon be policy of past
Hillary Kaiser hillarykaiser.md@gmail.com Deferred rush, which bans freshman males from rushing any fraternity until winter quarter of their first year, may soon change. Administration and several student groups are in discussions to come to a compromise on the policy’s future, which was first enacted in 2010. The policy was a reaction to the 2008 hazing incident […]
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Safer, greek life collaborate for safe sex workshop
Hillary Kaiser hillarykaiser.md@gmail.com Two people who know each other from class go to a party together and start drinking. They begin making out and things quickly progress. What is the guy thinking about? What is going on in the girl’s head? What about the situation was consensual and what was not? What could each individual […]
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Enrolling in the odd: Unique classes Cal Poly offers
Many students look through PASS (Plan a Student Schedule) every quarter searching for the best schedule, but beyond this, some students discover and sign up for the most bizarre classes. Among these odd classes are introduction to meat science, biofuels, rhetoric of the image, modern physics for poets and cooperative games and activities. Cooperative games and activities, […]
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WOW! That was fun
“Our big goal is to show them that college isn’t partying and that there are a lot of other ways to have fun,” Week of Welcome (WOW) executive board member Bryanna Lindgren said. Cal Poly’s (WOW) program seeks to introduce incoming students to other new students, current students, college departments and faculty while acquainting them with the campus and community. […]
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Behind the mask: Who is Musty?
The most spirited person in the gymnasium or on the field can’t even speak. Cal Poly’s mascot, Musty the Mustang, can be seen at football, basketball and soccer games, as well as fundraisers and community outreach programs, and the group of six students who wear the suit spread good cheer everywhere they gallop. “Musty is important because he […]
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Keddy undergoes surgery, set to redshirt season
A torn abdominal muscle during her sophomore year didn’t keep Cal Poly volleyball senior middle blocker Jennifer Keddy off the court, but a shoulder injury will bench her for the upcoming season. Keddy will sit out this year after she underwent outpatient surgery earlier this week that sought to fix a tear in her bicep tendon and a […]
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Architecture, engineering students erect telescope
“Big Woody,” one of the world’s largest portable telescopes, weighs 500 pounds and stands at 14 feet tall. It has a mirror that extends 60 inches in diameter. It can be broken down and transported by a team within a few minutes. And it was designed and created by Cal Poly’s own. Astronomy research scholar […]
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Grad brings women’s ed to Senegal
Marquel Sheree Ramirez lives in a village of 300 people. She washes her clothes by hand and hangs them on a line to dry, bathes outside every night in a bucket bath and traveling to the closest paved road takes 45 minutes by horse cart. She is living a life drastically different from her American one, […]