Ever since the killing of George Floyd in May, a summer of protests, armed responses from San Luis Obispo’s city police and District Attorney Dan Dow charging prominent activists with misdemeanors have all spurred conversations about policing and police funding in San Luis Obispo. Since protests began in June, the city has made strides to […]
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Student tests positive for coronavirus in Tenaya Hall
Update on Oct. 2: Vice President for Student Affairs Keith Humphrey shared in a document that a student tested positive for a communicable disease, not the coronavirus. A student has tested positive for the coronavirus in Tenaya Hall, according to residents of the dorm. Tenaya Hall residents on the dorm’s first and second floor were […]
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Muir Hall’s third floor in quarantine after two coronavirus cases
University Spokesperson Matt Lazier did not confirm whether the third floor of Muir Hall is under quarantine in place, writing through email that “specifying smaller sections of residential communities directed to quarantine in place could, in essence, create a HIPAA violation.”
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Limited water and becoming the ‘mask police’: RAs in yakʔitʸutʸu frustrated with housing officials
For three weeks, about 670 student residents in the yakʔitʸutʸu dorms had limited access to filtered water at night, so some of them resorted to drinking sink and shower water.