Cal Poly Safer teamed up with the local non-profit RISE to create free teal face masks for Sexual Assault Awareness Month. The initiative aimed to give local residents access to face masks while also spreading awareness about sexual assault during the month of April. The color teal was chosen because, like denim, it has become […]
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Cal Poly students recreate Netflix show and find out if ‘Love is Blind’
Netflix’s reality dating show “Love Is Blind” has prompted viewers to ask themselves the question: Is love really blind? Some Cal Poly students have taken it upon themselves to find out. Unlike other dating shows, “Love Is Blind” features a dating atmosphere wherein contestants develop impressions of each other by talking through a wall so […]
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WOW training is entirely virtual this year, but WOW could be held in person
For more than 60 years, spring quarter summer orientation training has attracted hundreds of continuing Cal Poly students, eager to give incoming freshmen the same fun-filled week they experienced as a new Mustang. The quarter-long weekly training prepares students who are interested in taking on a leadership role for SLO Days or Week of Welcome […]
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Local resident’s “What’s Open in SLO?” website connects community with resources
A new website created by San Luis Obispo resident Rachel Hamann features an updated listing of local resources remaining open amid the many closures following the COVID-19 outbreak. What’s Open in SLO? is updated multiple times per day, and includes a section titled “Today’s Featured Cool Happening” that highlights a daily local event. Hamann also […]
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Angela Davis talks changing the status quo at social justice leadership conference
Political activist and author Angela Davis came to campus Saturday, Feb. 29 to deliver the morning keynote for Cal Poly’s Center for Service in Action’s “Change the Status Quo” Social Justice Leadership Conference. The event took place in the Multi Activity Center (MAC). Davis lived through segregation and actively participated in various social movements, from […]
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SLO photographer brings documentary of historic perseverance, nature
In 2017, four surfers suddenly found themselves caught in the worst storm Iceland had seen in 25 years. After capturing their life-threatening journey on camera, Chris Burkard came back to his hometown to share their story on the big screen. An award-winning photographer and documentarist, Burkard held an exclusive screening of the documentary “Under an […]
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“Napoleon Dynamite” actors stop at Cal Poly for film’s anniversary tour
The cast of the indie classic “Napoleon Dynamite” came to campus Feb. 4 for a screening of the film and Q&A session. The cast is on tour in honor of the film’s 15th anniversary. Jon Heder, who played Napoleon Dynamite, Jon Gries, who played Uncle Rico, and Efren Ramirez, who played Pedro, came to the […]
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Speakers will talk ‘Xpanding horizons’ at TedxSanLuisObispo this Saturday
“We want our speakers to share with our attendees some insight into how they created, reacted to or learned from the horizons that have reached or hope to achieve.”
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Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham revealed new bill at Cal Poly anti-human trafficking summit
There have been 12 human trafficking-related incidents in San Luis Obispo County since 2014 — 26 survivors, 15 of those individuals being minors. Assemblyman Jordan Cunningham said he is hoping to change that.
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Students build a life-sized motorized advent calendar for the Cambria Christmas Market
On Nov. 29, the Cambria Christmas Market debuted a life-sized motorized advent calendar — a new feature designed, engineered and constructed by Cal Poly students. Mechanical engineering seniors Sigrid Derickson, Oma Skyrus, Danny Clifton and Tyler Koski took on the calendar as their senior design project in early January 2019. According to engineering professor Lee McFarland, the […]
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A truck designed from scratch by a Cal Poly student will air on Discovery Channel
A truck hand-designed by Cal Poly mechanical engineering senior Jack Fisher will appear on the upcoming season of the Discovery Channel show, “Twin Turbos.” Fisher co-founded the engineering consulting firm Tekk Consulting during his freshman year at Cal Poly. The firm uses 3D scanning, reverse engineering, automotive chassis — or truck framework — design and […]