Under the proposed bill, all student government members would receive scholarships. The amount they are paid would be based on individual responsibilities and weekly work hours required by each branch of ASI, according to Chair of the ASI Board of Directors Tess Loarie.
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San Luis Obispo County reports nearly 900 cases after the holiday weekend
San Luis Obispo County reported 887 new COVID-19 cases over New Year’s weekend, according to a Jan. 4 San Luis Obispo County press release. The nearly 900 newly reported cases include cases from this past weekend as well as the remainder of last week’s backlog in cases from the Christmas holiday. However, it was announced […]
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Stay-at-home order extended amid spike in COVID-19 cases
California extended stay-at-home orders for the Southern California Region, which includes San Luis Obispo County, on Tuesday Dec. 29, according to an announcement from California Health and Human Services Secretary Mark Ghaly. This extension follows Gov. Gavin Newsom’s regional stay-at-home order, which began on Dec. 6 and was set to expire on Monday. However, experts projected […]
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DACA accepting new applications
In a recent ruling, federal Judge Nicholas G. Garaufis ordered to restore Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA), thereby affecting the nearly 200 undocumented students at Cal Poly. The Dec. 4 ruling ordered that both first-time DACA applications and renewal application requests be accepted. This decision followed more than three years of instability for the […]
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Recreation Center outdoor spaces open for workouts, indoor spaces set up for a COVID care site
More facilities have opened for student use at the Recreation Center this quarter. However, the Recreation Center continues to be prepared for use as an alternate care site for COVID- 19 patients. When COVID-19 shelter-in-place orders began in the Spring, San Luis Obispo County reached out to Cal Poly to use the Recreation Center as […]
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Fifty-six students test positive for COVID-19, Cal Poly’s highest increase of cases
Twenty-four students living on campus and 32 students living off campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Thursday, Nov. 5, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Friday afternoon, Nov. 6. Today’s increase of COVID-19 cases is the highest this quarter, with 56 students in total testing positive. San Luis Obispo County reported 72 new COVID-19 […]
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How this ASI Student Assistant is using her position to encourage students to vote
ASI created the position of a student assistant last academic year with the funds donated by the Grant family to promote campus-wide civic engagement.
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University Union loses funding, changes plans for renovation project
The University Union (UU) Neighborhood Project has had to scale down renovation plans due to COVID-19 loss of funds, according to the University Union Advisory Board. The UU Neighborhood Project, headed by Associated Students Inc. (ASI), aimed to completely renovate the Julian A. McPhee University Union. The project has been in the works since 2016, however, […]
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ASI preps for voter registration campaign
In collaboration with ASI Events, ASI Flex Your Right campaign will hold a virtual voter education week from Oct. 13 to 16, which will include a Flex Your Right Trivia night, educational videos and a conversation about civic engagement with Shereen Marisol Meraji, co-host and producer of the NPR podcast Code Switch.