Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net The California State University (CSU) system is under new leadership this year, for the first time in 14 years, as former chancellor Charles Reed stepped down and was replaced by chancellor Timothy White. White, former chancellor of University of California (UC) Riverside, was selected by the CSU Board of Trustees after a […]
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SLOPD: burglary ring targets near campus
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net An organized crime ring has been stealing MacBook computers from Cal Poly students who live near campus, San Luis Obispo Police Department (SLOPD) said. Most of the burglaries occurred from Nov. 30 to Dec. 1, and were reported on the 1200 and 1300 blocks of Foothill Boulevard, the 100 block of Hathway Avenue […]
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Over the edge: ‘fiscal cliff’ looms in upcoming year
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net The election is over, but now the real work for members of Congress begins. The recession may be over and the economy on its tentative way to recovery, but all that could be endangered Jan. 1, if congressional Republicans and liberals can’t agree on how to balance the budget. If Congress cannot […]
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Cuesta College confident after accreditation review
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cuesta College’s long struggle to maintain the community college’s accredited status drew to a close last month during the Accrediting Commission for Community and Junior Colleges’ (ACCJC) visit this October. The local community college has been at risk of losing its accredited status since January 2009, when it was placed on a […]
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CFA: White’s pay cut ‘great signal’
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Incoming California State University (CSU) Chancellor Timothy White is taking the public education system’s budget problems to heart, demonstrated last week by asking for a 10 percent cut in his salary. White, who will become CSU chancellor at the end of this year, asked the CSU Board of Trustees to cut the […]
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Cal Poly looks for space
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net University Housing is asking for students’ input in a new survey sent to Cal Poly students via email this week. The survey is one of the first steps University Housing is taking to improve the on-campus experience for students, Interim Vice President of Student Affairs and Director of University Housing Preston Allen […]
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Subway grand opening Friday
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Students may have been stuffing their faces with tasty subs for several weeks now, but they will get a chance to revel in Subway’s “eat fresh” philosophy this Friday. Cal Poly’s first and only on-campus Subway is holding its grand opening this Friday at 11 a.m. to celebrate the new sandwich shop […]
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Obama again chosen by youth vote
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly Democrats President Kayla Clark never could have predicted the results of Tuesday night’s election. The political science sophomore, along with the rest of the election viewing party attendees at The Graduate, was confident before polls closed that President Barack Obama would be reelected, she said. She never thought Obama’s victory […]
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SLOw election results ahead as votes counted
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Residents in the 24th congressional district (San Luis Obispo County, Santa Barbara County and a sliver of Ventura County) were prepared for a long wait to learn the final tally of the highly-contested district seat, but were surprised when Republican contender Abel Maldonado conceded defeat to Democratic representative Lois Capps shortly after […]
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SLO Transit needs cans
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net November rolls around once a year, and with it, Thanksgiving, pumpkin pies, mashed potatoes and canned cranberries. And with this mess of food-centric holidays right around the corner, different organizations, schools and charities kick their annual canned food drives to collect food for those who can’t afford a feast into gear. But […]
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Getting to know the SLO mayoral candidates
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net San Luis Obispo voters face three choices for mayor this election season: current mayor Jan Marx, local architect Steve Barasch and modern-day Don Quixote rebel Don Hedrick. The Incumbent The most well known of this year’s mayoral choices is probably Marx, San Luis Obispo’s mayor for the past two years. Before being […]
