The new Cal Poly Wine Innovations Center will change the way Cal Poly teaches its vines to wine curriculum. The center will be home to the Cal Poly wine program, which is the largest in the nation. It will be close to the vineyards, have updated winemaking technologies and new laboratories for research, said John […]
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ASI gives student representation across the board
Sarah Storelli is the ASI President. Storelli, along with Kostas McDade and Nick Dindio, write the State of the Students column. Over the past 30 years with President Emeritus Warren Baker’s leadership, Associated Student Inc. (ASI) has cultivated a strong relationship with the university administration, faculty and staff, allowing for shared governance throughout all levels […]
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Club 34 prepares for Cirque du Gala
Art and design department’s Club 34, is preparing for its social event of the season, the annual Art Gala. Club 34, named after the Walter F. Dexter Building — which is located in building 34 — is open to all art and design majors, said Stephanie Zombek, an art and design junior and club president. There […]
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ASI president explains the SCLC
Sarah Storelli is the ASI President. Storelli, along with Kostas McDade and Nick Dindio, write the State of the Students column. Due to community relations being one of my main platform points, we, your student representatives, felt the need to foster a more inclusive environment for the student residents of San Luis Obispo.
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Viva la música — Cal Poly jazz band plans trip to Puerto Rico
Cal Poly’s 36-member jazz bands have started to raise an estimated $70,000 for a June trip to Puerto Rico. The travel program aims to expose students to foreign cultures and music, said Terrence Spiller, professor and chair of the music department. The department picked Puerto Rico because of its musical importance, Spiller said. “Latin American music […]
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Students get physical with particles
A group of Cal Poly students are working in Europe trying to find the missing link in particle physics, while operating the world’s largest science experiment.
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Inquiring minds want to know: math department adopts new methods
Give a student an answer and he will pass the class. Teach the student how to find the answer and he will pass every class. This is the adage adopted by the mathematics department as it implements inquiry-based learning methods to traditional, lecture-taught classes. In inquiry-based learning (IBL), professors help students in the process of […]
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History grows on trees in Poly construction zones
The Science Building, commonly known as the “Spider Building,” was outdated and now demolished for replacement, but 16 trees from the surrounding site were still healthy and strong. Two special trees were saved in their original locations because of their significance and the others have been moved to new locations. A Montezuma Bald Cypress, the […]
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Tanzania is where the heart is: students partner with non-profit to raise HIV awareness
Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV), the virus that causes AIDS, is often spread within Tanzanian families when working husbands come home to their family after having sex with HIV-infected women at work.
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Be a man: new program focuses on masculinity
Being a man is not being thick-skinned, unemotional and dominant, Kyle Rosso, Men and Masculinity Programs educator, said. The Men and Masculinity Programs are the newest branch of the Gender Equity Center that opened in February. Through discussion groups and events, the programs will help Cal Poly students investigate and create their own definition of masculinity, […]
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The fruits of their labor: Cal Poly Organic Farm moves on after closure
Aproximately two quarters have passed since Cal Poly ended its Community Supported Agriculture (CSA) program.