Craig Arceneaux opened his inbox one morning to a message from his chair: The global politics minor he oversees would no longer exist under Cal Poly’s new semester catalog. “Sometime last quarter, our chair and assistant chair just had contacted me to let me know that that had happened,” Arceneaux said. “It took me by […]
Author Archives: Kaitlyn Le
‘It’s the wild, wild West right now’: Local hospitals race to keep up with AI
In the chaos of monitors and rolling gurneys, an unstable patient is rushed in and Dr. Scott Bisheff has only seconds to decide which tools to reach for. One of those tools is now off-limits. On April 6, Adventist Health’s board of directors restricted publicly available AI from internal use across its Central Coast hospitals. […]
Kaitlyn Le | The audacity
It was difficult to speak. The cloud of words held captive found their only escape in journals, music and other forms of media growing up. As someone who loved medicine and helping people, I majored in biochemistry at Cal Poly, thinking I’d finally find my voice. Instead, I caught myself doing work just to get […]
Cal Poly students hold vigil for victims of San Diego mosque shooting
The Muslim Student Association organized a vigil on Dexter Lawn on Tuesday to honor those killed in the recent San Diego mosque shooting. On May 18, two teenagers fatally shot three people outside the Islamic Center of San Diego, the largest mosque in the county. The three victims were Amin Abdullah, 51, the mosque’s security […]
Exadministrador de Cal Poly enfrenta hasta un año en la cárcel del condado
Nota del editor: Este artículo tiene menciones de acoso sexual. Se recomienda discreción al lector. Exadministrador de Cal Poly declaró no contestar a un cargo de felonía por cometer un acto lascivo contra su hijastra de 7 años. Richard Edward Ellison, anteriormente vicepresidente asociado de Desarrollo Universitario en Cal Poly de 2014 a 2015 y exdirector […]
Former Cal Poly administrator faces up to a year in county jail
A former Cal Poly administrator pleaded no contest to a felony charge of committing a lewd act on his 7-year-old step-granddaughter. Richard Edward Ellison, previously Associate Vice President for University Advancement at Cal Poly from 2014-2015 and former executive director of Bike SLO, was charged by the San Luis Obispo County District Attorney’s Office on […]
Eight candidates take Pomona College stage for California Governor debate
Eight candidates will participate in the second California Governor debate on April 28 at Pomona College, discussing major issues facing the state ahead of the June 2 primary.
El Colegio de Artes Liberales de Cal Poly lanza salas de estudio de conversión al sistema semestral para todos los estudiantes de Cal Poly
Find the English version here. Traducido por Haydee Villanueva. En esta primavera, el servicio de consejos del Colegio de Artes Liberales de Cal Poly está organizando cinco salas de estudio donde los estudiantes pueden llegar sin cita. Estas salas de estudio se enfocan en la preparación de los estudiantes para el sistema semestral que viene […]
Cal Poly CLA launches semester conversion Study Halls for all Cal Poly students
Cal Poly’s College of Liberal Arts Advising is hosting five drop-in Study Halls this spring to help students prepare for the university’s switch to a semester system in Fall 2026. The sessions are open to all majors and offer in-person access to both CLA advisors and department faculty. Students can get help choosing between quarter […]
Statewide skilled trade workers strike prompts Cal State shift on withheld raises
A four-day strike by skilled trade workers across the California State University system prompted CSU leadership to signal a commitment to honor contractual raises. The statement came during a hearing last month with the Assembly Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Education Finance. “We’ll provide all our world class faculty and staff with much deserved compensation […]
Los trabajadores cualificados de Cal Poly irán a la huelga tras las disputas salariales con la CSU
Find the English version here. Traducido por Suri Moreno Los trabajadores cualificados de la Universidad Estatal de California (Cal State) tienen previsto ir a la huelga del 17 al 20 de febrero debido a que en julio de 2025 no se les concedieron los aumentos salariales prometidos. En Cal Poly, el sindicato Teamsters Local 2010 […]
