Cal Poly’s starting quarterback, Sam Huard, announced via social media on Monday he is entering the NCAA Transfer Portal. The window to officially enter the transfer portal ends on Tuesday, April 30. The redshirt junior started nine games in his first season as a Mustang and threw 18 touchdowns and 2,247 yards passing. His total […]
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Building success from the ground up: Sam Huard’s effect at Cal Poly
Every offseason, Senior FCS Analyst Sam Herder of Hero Sports compiles a list of Division I football transfers from the Football Bowl Subdivision (FBS) to the Football Championship Subdivision (FCS). When making the list, Herder will come across the occasional former four-star recruits who moved to the FCS level, but he couldn’t recall a former […]
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Cal Poly Men’s basketball rekindles Midwest connection with incoming freshmen
The Midwest was once a fertile recruiting ground for Cal Poly Men’s Basketball. In the early 2010s, the program brought in talent from Illinois and Minnesota, from All-Big West First Team selection Chris Eversley to All-Big West Second Team selection Brian Bennett. The mastermind behind the team’s Midwest finds was an assistant on staff named […]
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Cal Poly Latinx cultural clubs to host first annual Latinx Banquet
Adrian Diaz was walking out of the Robert E. Kennedy Library when he heard a distant but familiar sound. As he kept walking, the sound of stringed instruments grew clearer. What Diaz heard was a mariachi band performing on Baker Lawn celebrating the opening of the Latinx Center for Academic Success and Achievement (La CASA) […]
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Baseball stays hot with 11-6 win over Fresno State
Winners of five of its last seven games, Cal Poly Baseball continued its late-season hot stretch with an 11-6 win against Fresno State on Tuesday, May 16 at Baggett Stadium. “We’re really coming together as a group,” sophomore left fielder Ryan Stafford said. “We’re learning what it is to be a team, how to win […]
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Baseball drops fifth straight in 4-3 loss to Pepperdine
Coming off three straight conference series losses including most recently getting swept by UC San Diego, Cal Poly Baseball looked to get back on track in a mid-week matchup against Pepperdine. However, a fielding error in the eighth allowed the Waves to take the lead and hold on for a 4-3 win on Tuesday, May […]
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Campus Health partners with Planned Parenthood to discuss abortion access
Cal Poly Campus Health and Wellbeing, Planned Parenthood and Planned Parenthood Generation Action are co-hosting a teach-in to discuss “recent court rulings and their effect on medication abortion rights and availability,” according to Planned Parenthood Central Coast Action Fund’s website. The event will be hosted in the Campus Health Center’s ground floor conference room on […]
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Pilipino Cultural Night returns for its 34th year: ‘Home away from home’
Pilipino Cultural Exchange calls itself a “home away from home.” One way students in PCE achieve that is through Pilipino Cultural Night, the annual student-run show taking place April 28-29. The script-based play blends an overarching story about Filipino-American identity along with traditional and contemporary Filipino dances and choral performances, according to PCE co-president and […]
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Beach Volleyball falls to Long Beach State in Big West Championship
As the lowest seed to ever reach the championship game, Cal Poly Beach Volleyball fell in the Big West Championships to Long Beach State, 4-1, after the two-day conference tournament on Friday, April 21 and Saturday, April 22 in Hawaii. Coming into the season, the Mustangs (15-25) were looking to defend their Big West title […]
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Baseball drops two of three in walkoff fashion to CSU Bakersfield
Cal Poly Baseball dropped two of three in a conference series against CSU Bakersfield from Friday, April 14 through Sunday, April 16 at Hardt Field. The Mustangs (11-21, 7-8 Big West) fell victim to a pair of walk-off wins by the Roadrunners (14-18, 5-10 Big West) after Cal Poly won game one. Friday Cal Poly […]
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ASI to extend voting window in upcoming election
The 2023-24 ASI Election for president and Board of Directors is approaching — but students will have 48 hours to vote as opposed to the typical 24-hour window. Voting will begin April 25 at 8 a.m. and run until April 27 at 8 a.m. In addition to the president, there are 24 Board of Directors […]