San Luis Obispo now has 125 confirmed cases of coronavirus as of Thursday, April 16 – up one case from yesterday, according to the County Public Health. Of the total cases, 16 patients are at home in isolation, 104 patients have recovered, four are currently in the hospital. Two of the hospitalized patients remain in […]
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ASI Board of Directors endorses bill that would require students to take an ethnic studies course before graduating
The vote was almost unanimous, with 20 board members voting for the endorsement. Only one board member voted against the endorsement and three board members abstained from voting.
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New grant may help Cal Poly compost again
Anastasia Nicole held up a small, roughly cereal box-sized black trash can. It was mostly filled with granola bar wrappers. The contents of the bin — composed of mostly these wrappers — is her entire two-weeks-worth of trash. “I mean, I’m a zero-waster, but I get hungry at my desk,” Nicole said. Nicole is Cal […]
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What exactly is ASI Student Government?
The Associated Students, Incorporated (ASI) presidential candidates and those running for the Board of Directors recently filed their applications to run for 2020-2021 positions. In a few months, a new student government will be elected into office. So what exactly is ASI student government, and what do they do? ASI student government is divided into […]
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Proposition 13 — a bond to give public schools money for infrastructure — is losing in early election results
Proposition 13, a $15 billion bond to modernize public schools in California, lost in San Luis Obispo. The state proposition was the only one on the ballot. In San Luis Obispo county, about 65.2 percent voted “no” on the proposition whereas only about 34.8 percent voted “yes.” At the state level, about 57.2 percent voted “no.” […]
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Prop 13 could mean updates to old facilities at Cal Poly, but it’ll likely come with a tax
Proposition 13 is the only California proposition on the March ballot. It aims to provide $9 billion in bond money for K-12 schools and $2 billion each to community colleges, the California State Universities (CSU) system, and the University of California (UC) system — and there is a chance the proposition could indirectly result in […]
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Cal Poly says “university leaders are listening” as students rally for demands
Roughly 35 students from clubs and organizations across campus gathered in front of Administration (building 1) May 16 to rally behind demands aimed at Cal Poly administration. The group supports providing an additional $141,000 for the Black Academic Excellence Center, the Dream Center, the MultiCultural Center, the Gender Equity Center, the Pride Center, the Ethnic Studies […]
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REI confirms store in San Luis Obispo to open next to Sprouts Farmers Market
REI Co-op, an outdoor gear and equipment retailer, will be opening a store in the SLO Promenade shopping center in Fall 2019, according to an REI news release. The exact opening date is unclear and the building is currently under renovation. The new 22,000-square-foot store will be located next to Sprouts Farmers Market, which opened […]
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Mark Borges will be the 2019-20 ASI President along with 24 new Board of Directors members
The winner of the 2019-2020 Associated Students Inc. (ASI) Presidential election is environmental management and protection junior Mark Borges. Borges won with 1,941 votes, while journalism freshman Alex Bires received 360 votes and communication studies sophomore Henry Broback received 430 votes. Borges ran a campaign platform focused on improving four main areas of campus life: […]
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Class performs in-flight tests on student built plane in AERO 409
Cal Poly is home to the only known program in the country where students perform flight tests in an experimental airplane, built entirely by faculty and students. Composed of 24 students and held only once a year, students in Flight Test (AERO 409) accompany their professor and licensed pilot, Kurt Colvin, in an aircraft to […]
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Cal Poly and Cuesta students rally to combat climate change
Students and residents of San Luis Obispo County gathered today outside the County Government Center in a demonstration that urged for climate change initiatives. The protest was organized independently by a few Cal Poly and Cuesta College students. The demonstration was inspired by FridaysForFuture, an international movement that organizes “strikes” to protest the lack of […]