Five pro-Palestinian protestors stormed Cal Poly’s Financial Aid and Student Accounts office, vandalizing the space.
Author Archives: Madison White
Madison White is a news reporter and journalism senior. She has always loved writing and started her reporting career in a high school newspaper class. Madison has a passion for environmental causes and hopes to combine it with journalism in her future job. She is happy to be involved with the local community through Mustang News and write stories that inform the audience. In her spare time she likes practicing yoga, drinking iced coffee, and watching TV with her roommates.
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City opens new hiking and biking trails at Righetti Hill
The City of San Luis Obispo has opened four new hiking and biking trails at Righetti Hill, offering a variety of outdoor experiences and access to open spaces for everyone.
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Cal Poly professor faces suspension for Pro-Palestinian protest involvement
This is a developing story, Mustang News will update as more information becomes available. Cal Poly assistant English professor Shanae Martinez faces a two-quarter suspension without pay for involvement in pro-Palestinian protests last year, the San Luis Obispo Tribune reported. Martinez claimed that Cal Poly violated the California Faculty Association’s bargaining agreement when rescheduling their […]
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Student app brings Poly Canyon history to life, aids efforts to revive the canyon
Parker Jones created an app to document the history of Poly Canyon, which features 31 student-built structures from past competitions, and has helped the college’s fundraising efforts to revive the canyon and bring back the caretaker program.
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‘Pursuit of perfection’: Cal Poly Dressage Team to compete in national championship
Cal Poly’s Dressage Team qualified for the Intercollegiate Dressage Association National Championship for the second year in a row, taking first place in four shows and second place in two, with the team aiming to improve their skills and confidence for the championship.
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Cal Poly Engineering students create device to aid visually impaired marching band
As a high school senior in Minnesota, Emma Merriman was flipping through a Cal Poly engineering magazine when an article about the club EMPOWER caught her eye. Since fall quarter, the mechanical engineering sophomore has led a small team of students in building a device that will help people who are visually impaired compete in […]
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Israeli-Palestinian negotiators discuss peace in the Middle East in on-campus event
Former Middle East peace negotiators Dennis Ross and Ghaith Al-Omari discuss the Israeli-Palestinian conflict and productive dialogue at Cal Poly event.
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San Luis Obispo launches Vision Zero plan to curb traffic fatalities
The City of San Luis Obispo is working to eliminate traffic-related injuries and fatalities through the Vision Zero Action Plan, which includes infrastructure improvements such as protected bike lanes and improved pedestrian crossing and paving, to make the city safer for cyclists and pedestrians.
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Cal Poly announces antisemitism task force amid federal pressure
Cal Poly will establish an antisemitism task force to develop a campus action plan for antisemitism education and cultural awareness, as the university becomes one of 28 colleges in the Campus Climate Initiative to address antisemitism and provide more inclusive environments for Jewish students and the student body overall.
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SLO County Bike Kitchen offers DIY bike Repair and community service
The Bike SLO County Bike Kitchen is a do-it-yourself donation-based bike shop where customers have a hand in learning how to fix their own bikes, with the help of College Corps members who have no experience fixing bikes before working there.
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More than 100 attend speech by Oct. 7 survivor at Cal Poly
Mustangs United for Israel hosted a speaker on Tuesday who shared her experience surviving the Oct. 7, 2023 attacks.