Cal Poly ranked in the top 25 public and private universities in the West, climbing in the rankings from last year. The Mustangs ranked No. 24 for the best public and private universities in the West in the Forbes list…
19-year-old female rescued after falling 50 feet from Bishop Peak
A 19-year-old female fell approximately 50 feet off Bishop Peak while climbing or rappelling Tuesday morning, according to San Luis Obispo City Fire Battalion Chief Bob Bisson. She was hiking off-trail. A 911 call was received at 7:55 a.m. from…
Starting Fall 2020, students will see changes and more flexibility with electives in GE curriculum
After more than 20 years with the same General Education (GE) curriculum sheet, a new template will go into effect Fall 2020. “It attempts to balance student choice of GE courses with the effort to promote breadth in the courses…
Proposed Business Building renovations would add coffee kiosk, study areas and analytics agency
The Orfalea College of Business (OCOB) is proposing a new addition to the current Business Building (building 3). The new two-story addition will occupy the current outdoor courtyard area. The proposed 6,000 square-foot building will consist of two floors, each…
2018 recorded the highest number of school gun violence incidents, yet Cal Poly does not require active shooter preparation trainings
“If you start mandating too many trainings, it can cause some problems. It’s very time consuming, so we would have to discuss that with the labor unions if we were going to do any more mandated training,” Assistant Vice President of Public Safety and Chief of Police George Hughes.
New Dignity Health Baseball Clubhouse completion delayed
The Cal Poly Baseball team is getting a new state-of-the-art facility. The question now is a matter of when it will open. The new Dignity Health Baseball Clubhouse was supposed to be completed by April 2019, but design complications have…
New renovations will transform the University Union into a “UU Neighborhood”
In Spring 2016, a proposal to completely renovate and expand the Julian A. McPhee University Union (UU) failed. Instead of giving up, Associate Students, Inc. (ASI) decided to reevaluate. “We took all the feedback and comments we had received in…
Despite rain delays, Campus Dining projects new Vista Grande dining complex will open in fall 2019
Cal Poly’s new Vista Grande dining complex is still under construction, leaving many wondering if it will still open by Fall 2019. The construction started nine months behind schedule in 2017 and pushed the original opening from Fall 2018 to…
Six weeks after being attacked by a shark, Nick Wapner is back in the water
Not many people can say they have been bitten by a shark and lived to surf again. Communication studies sophomore Nick Wapner was attacked by a shark at Montaña de Oro State Park off Sandspit Beach in Jan. 2019. Both…
Their son will never get to vote. So the Grant family donated $50,000 to ASI to encourage other students to share their voice
Video by Sam Spitz The family of computer engineering freshman Jordan Grant donated $50,000 to Associated Students Inc. (ASI) to increase awareness of student voting registration, in memory of their son. “We want Jordan’s classmates to share the excitement he…
New Wine and Viticulture Center will break ground soon, open in 2020
Designs for the new JUSTIN and J. Lohr Center for Wine and Viticulture are complete and construction is expected to begin within the next two months. “It’s going to be the best thing that Cal Poly can do for this…