Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, the global film industry has suffered a loss of $7 billion, according to Statista.com. Even three years after the initial pandemic outbreak, local and privately owned movie theaters, such as the Palm Theater in Downtown San Luis Obispo, are still suffering from the economic repercussions of the shutdown. Jim Dee, […]
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Former Cal Poly professor’s research finds downsides to semester system
In October 2021, Cal Poly SLO officially announced it would change to the semester system, set to begin Fall 2026. The conversion has since been met with mixed reactions from the campus community. In June 2019, research was published by three individuals, including former Cal Poly economics professor Stefanie Fischer. In this research, the team […]
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Microgreen business provides insight to student entrepreneurship at Cal Poly
Random roommates in Cal Poly’s residence halls might consider themselves close friends after spending an entire year together — yet even fewer do roommates become business partners. Business junior Emmanuel Rivera-Romo and public health senior Ethan Tse started as strangers, but now run a microgreen startup together. The two were able to start a successful […]
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March for Our Lives co-founder serves as keynote speaker at the 2022 Student Leadership Institute
At Cal Poly’s 2022 Student Leadership Institute on Friday, Oct. 14, co-founder of March for Our Lives David Hogg met with students and staff to discuss the role students play in activism.. Hogg, now 22 years old, is a survivor of the 2018 school shooting in Parkland, Florida — an event that transformed him into […]
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Nonprofit art exhibit organizers advocate for preservation of SLO’s natural landscapes
On Highway 101 just past Avila Valley, the historic Octagon Barn stands as one of the last remnants of the California agricultural past for which San Luis Obispo is known. The Octagon Barn is hard to miss, as its uniqueness in circular shape makes the large, white barn a staple landmark of SLO’s countryside. On […]