Starbucks was the last on-campus dining facility to still give out plastic straws.
‘A light in his friends lives’: Cal Poly community remembers Brenden Nichols
On a Tuesday during Winter 2019, Brenden Nichols invited his friend, Megan Milburn, to hike the ‘P,’ a popular landmark on campus just beyond the South Mountain residence halls. “He was just saying, ‘Megs, we have to go hike the…
New parking garage and theatre coming to downtown SLO
A theatre and parking garage will be built downtown as the SLO City Council approved the project with a 3-0 vote Tuesday night. The 50-foot tall parking structure will sit on the corner of Nipomo and Palm Street, and contain…
With nearly 3,000 plants, the Cal Poly Poinsettia Project is in full bloom
Two students, two teachers and a few horticulture unit employees are growing 2,500 to 3,000 poinsettias to sell in mid-December.
Air quality returns to normal levels in SLO after wildfires ravage California
The air quality in San Luis Obispo County has been affected by wildfires burning up and down the state.
Styrofoam ban to affect SLO County businesses starting this spring
In six months, businesses in San Luis Obispo County will be banned from distributing styrofoam products, including to-go containers and styrofoam cups.
Here are the restaurants opening in the new Vista Grande dining complex
Students will find six dining venues, including Balance Café, Hearth, Streets, Noodles, Brunch and a dessert location.
ASI now officially recognizes October as Domestic Violence Awareness Month
Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) unanimously voted to dedicate the month of October as domestic violence awareness month, in a board meeting Oct. 30. The proposal came from Safer, an on-campus confidential advocacy, education and support program for addressing sexual assault,…
It’s fire season at Cal Poly. Here are ways to be prepared.
Fire season is intensifying and getting longer, according to professor and geologist William Preston. The amount of land burned in California during a wildfire has also increased by 500 percent since 1972.
Students protest pro-life speaker Seth Gruber, who calls abortion “genocide”
As Seth Gruber kicked off his “Abortion is Genocide” speaking tour at Cal Poly Wednesday night, students gathered outside the University Union (UU) in protest for reproductive rights.
Carbajal discusses Degrees Not Debt Act on campus
Student debt is on the rise, but a proposed house bill is aiming to combat it. Rep. Salud Carbajal (D-CA) discussed the Degrees Not Debt Act of 2018 in the University Union Plaza on Oct. 8. The bill will expand Pell…