The worst-case fiscal scenario for the California State University (CSU) became even worse Monday when Governor Jerry Brown released his May budget revision. The governor opened up the possibility of a $250 million cut to the CSU next year — $50 million more than what had been on the original budget in January. The cut’s increase […]
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Controversy fills trustee meeting
The California State University (CSU) Board of Trustees wrapped up its May meeting Wednesday by recapping some of its potential cost-cutting strategies to help offset its universities’ budget woes. Chief Financial Officer Benjamin Quillian concluded the two-day meeting by announcing the ideas — including giving additional workload to professors, charging more fees for students and […]
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CSU plans for worst-case scenario
California State University (CSU) trustees discussed cost-reduction measures Tuesday but discounted the possible closure or chartering of one or more of its campuses. CSU system officers presented ideas to offset the ailing university budget at the Board of Trustees meeting in Long Beach. Among the potential actions were raising professors’ classloads, discontinuing programs at some […]
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Appointed committee to begin Success Fee spending
The team assigned to spend the money gained by Cal Poly’s Student Success Fee is set to begin a month-long process that will potentially end with more classes for students. The 11-person group, which includes seven students, held an initial meeting April 26 to determine how to best move forward in allocating the revenue brought in […]
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Police searching for robber of Foothill bank
San Luis Obispo police are searching for a man they said robbed the Golden 1 Credit Union on Foothill Boulevard at gunpoint Thursday afternoon. Police said a man carrying a handgun entered the bank at 3:15 p.m. and told everyone inside to get on the ground. He then handed a plastic bag to a bank […]
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Faculty votes to strike
The California Faculty Association (CFA) announced voter approval of a potential strike Wednesday after 12 days of voting throughout the California State University (CSU) campuses. CFA President Lillian Taiz, a history professor at California State University, Los Angeles, said at a press conference Wednesday that 95 percent of members who voted approved of the strike, […]
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CSU unit cap to begin in fall
Thousands of students registering for Cal Poly classes next fall will see first-hand a new result of California’s budget woes: a 16-unit registration cap. A California State University (CSU) memo issued in early March will standardize a unit cap for all schools in the system, regardless of their respective financial situations. The mandate was prompted […]
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Morrow wins presidency
After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to […]
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Students vote to 'take next step': Morrow wins ASI presidency
After introducing Cal Poly to a slew of lime green T-shirts and fending off a last-minute competitor, Katie Morrow captured the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency Thursday afternoon. The new president-elect shared hugs and kisses with her supporters and family who gathered close in the University Union (UU) Plaza during the minutes leading up to […]
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Administrators to consider semesters
Cal Poly administrators are examining the possibility of moving the university toward a semester-based calendar in response to statewide pressure to standardize the California State University (CSU) system. A CSU task force co-chaired by Cal Poly President Jeffrey Armstrong, among other presidents of universities still using the quarter system, aims to determine the logistics of […]
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Candidate Q&A: Nha Ha
Nha Ha, a biomedical engineering senior who decided last Wednesday to run as a write-in candidate for the Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) presidency, talks about accessibility to students, his plans for the California State University (CSU) and how he hopes to secure a come-from-behind victory this week. Though Ha’s opponent, social sciences junior Katie Morrow, had […]