An allegation of racial profiling by University Police on Thursday has sparked an investigation and spurred a series of hostile emails between President Armstrong and Cal Poly’s faculty union. An email to all members of the California Faculty Association (CFA) alleged a faculty member of color was placed in handcuffs, searched for weapons and released […]
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MN Now: Friday, Nov. 1, 2019
Mustang News Reporter Sabrina Pascua brings you this week’s top stories: It’s fire season at Cal Poly. Here are ways to be prepared. Explosives reported at Grand Terrace Townhomes, no explosives were found A recent history of the Blue-Green Rivalry, “the greatest rivalry in college soccer”
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Chancellor Timothy P. White says goodbye to the CSU
Timothy P. White, the seventh chancellor of the Cal State University (CSU), announced his retirement Tuesday, Oct. 22. The CSU Board of Trustees will begin a search for White’s replacement in hopes the new chancellor will be appointed by the end of the current academic year, according to a news release. White is set to […]
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MN Now: Monday, Oct. 21, 2019
Mustang News Reporter Sabrina Pascua gives a look at the week ahead.
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CPX final report shows life more difficult for minority groups on campus
Cal Poly released the results of the Cal Poly Experience (CPX) survey Thursday, Oct 17 in the Recreation Center Multi-Activity Center as part of the university’s $243,000 partnership with diversity expert Damon Williams. The data showed that minority individuals across many backgrounds and identities — including women, LGBTQIA folks, disabled persons, financially challenged persons and […]
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1,500 Cal Poly plants will get a new permanent home Fall 2020
The Cal Poly Plant Conservatory was demolished this summer to make way for the Science and Agriculture Teaching and Research Complex. However, the new Plant Conservatory will not be completed until September 2020, leaving 1,500 plants still in need of a home until then.
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MN Now: Monday, Oct. 14, 2019
Mustang News Reporter Sabrina Pascua gives a look at the week ahead.
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Getting to know ASI President Mark Borges and his plan for student representation
Mustang News sat down with 2019-2020 Associated Students, Inc. President Mark Borges.
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Campus Health and Wellbeing renovates food pantry, opens additional location
White cage-like doors, dim lighting and narrow walkways that made students feel trapped in a corner — that was the Cal Poly Food Pantry before April 2019. “It was literally just a cage, storage closet that was converted into a food pantry,” Director of Wellbeing and Health Education Genie Kim said. One year after receiving […]
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Cal Poly student software developers partner with nonprofits to develop tools for change
Cal Poly students are building free software for nonprofits with the hope of recentering the technology community around social impact. Hack4Impact is a national organization that connects students with nonprofits through software development. Students identify and create software solutions, such as building a website, for nonprofits who may not have sufficient resources to do so. […]
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After stopping closing of El Campo crossing, winery owner issues apology amid calls for a boycott
Now, the father of computer engineering freshman Jordan Grant is calling on the Caltrans to find a solution to allow the El Campo Road intersection to be closed while working with VWE, who would like to expedite the construction of an overpass.