This year, 358 students formed teams and were tasked with creating a solution to an existing, real-world problem.
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Cal Poly hosts professional Latin ballroom dancers at 13th Mustang Ball
More than 230 couples competed in total, dancing dances like Cha-Cha, Samba and Rumba.
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For more than 40 years, Cal Poly Karate has helped students inside and out
Monday and Wednesday nights, the Recreation Center wrestling room becomes a dojo. Students are able to manage their stress by practicing Shorin Ryu, a conservative style of karate from Okinawa, Japan. Cal Poly Karate has its origins in 1979, when Reza Pouraghabagher, who is still an instructor, started the class. However, the style of Shorin […]
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What is fintech? New club helps prepare students for digitizing business workforce
As companies look to hire more technology students instead of traditional accounting students, fintech club members said students need to be prepared for the changing field.
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Four CAFES students placed top 5 in state floral competition
An all-women team of College of Agriculture, Food and Environmental Science (CAFES) students flourished in an annual statewide flower-arranging contest.
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Professor by day, scambuster by night: Business professor helps scam victims
For six years, she has helped victims rebuild their lives and works with an organization to alert them that they have been scammed.
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One architecture student will be heading to Milan after winning furniture design competition
An architecture student won a trip to Milan, Italy for her original loveseat design after winning the Velum and College of Architecture and Environmental Design’s Furniture Competition. On Nov. 1, hundreds of San Luis Obispo community members gathered in the Creamery Marketplace on Higuera Street to attend the opening reception of the 16th annual competition. […]
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SLOQueerdos celebrated Haloween through the Rocky Horror Picture Show
On Halloween, most people imagine going to costume parties or trick-or-treating. But when the sun set on Halloween night, SLOQueerdos performed cult classic Rocky Horror Picture Show to a sold-out audience dressed in their finest fishnets and lipstick. Video by Kiersten Stevens SLOQueerdos began three years ago. According to founder Daniel Gomez, SLOQueerdos started out […]
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A modern take on an ancient Greek play comes to Cal Poly this weekend
The Theatre & Dance department director said its newest production, Lysistrata, is “a sexually charged power grab of epic proportions.” In a new, modern translation, the one-act play is more than a comedy about sex.
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Students bring solar powered projects to Ghana
Three teams of Cal Poly students traveled to Ghana to complete three solar power engineering projects in June 2019 within the small village of Agbokpa.
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PlyoJam class gets students jumping at the Rec
On Monday and Wednesday nights, you can find dance instructor Christine Hernandez at the Rec Center leading the hottest new cardio dance class, PlyoJam.