Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net National bookseller Barnes & Noble discontinued use of its in-store PIN pads at all 700 locations nationwide after announcing last week that PIN pads in 63 stores had been hacked. Hackers compromised one pin pad in each of 63 stores located throughout California, Connecticut, Florida, Illinois, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania […]
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Event-parking restrictions leave students upset
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Agricultural science senior Elida Moore is five minutes late to class as she drives onto campus. Moore isn’t worried though. She’ll simply park in the Grand Avenue parking structure by the Christopher Cohan Performing Arts Center (PAC) and speedwalk the short distance to class. There’s just one problem: today Cal Poly University […]
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Risky club business
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net October for most Cal Poly students means Halloween costumes, candy, midterms and jack-o’-lanterns. For Cal Poly clubs, though, October is also the month to renew their charters with Student Life and Leadership (SLL), and secure them school support and funding for the next year. Each Cal Poly-affiliated club must submit a charter […]
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Here comes the court
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Homecoming is a time for alumni to return to their alma mater for football games, school spirit and, of course, the court. Each year, every college has the opportunity to nominate two of its finest students as homecoming princes and princesses. Those students are then interviewed by a panel that chooses the […]
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Misdemeanor arrest occurs on campus
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly university police arrested agriculture systems management student Ryan Holland Friday at 2:42 p.m. near Graphic Arts (building 26) after receiving a phone tip from someone reporting suspicious behavior by the bike racks, University Police Department (UPD) Sergeant Robert Eckrote said. “Whatever they were doing didn’t look right to […]
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Local live hip-hop blowing up in SLO
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net On my gloomier days, I find myself wishing San Luis Obispo’s hip-hop scene were more like Minneapolis’. But on good days, such as this past Tuesday, I stop wishing and hit up a show by some of San Luis Obispo’s local talent. This Tuesday, that talent was local rap/reggae/rock/”don’t classify us” group […]
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WARNING: No staff/faculty allowed
Victoria Billings victoriabillings.md@gmail.com Faculty and staff are facing off against the Cal Poly athletic department in a dispute over who has the right to use Mott Gym’s lockers and shower facilities. In the past, Cal Poly employees have made use of the gym’s lockers and showers after runs or bike rides on campus, but as […]
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CSU elects Timothy White as system chancellor
Mustang Daily Staff Report news@mustangdaily.net After months of searching, the California State University (CSU) system will finally have a new chancellor in Timothy White. CSU announced White — currently the chancellor of University of California, Riverside (UCR) — as the new system chancellor on Thursday ending a four-month-long search to replace current chancellor Charles Reed, […]
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Physics senior remembered
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Cal Poly staff, faculty and friends met at a special campus memorial service Sept. 25 to remember physics senior Jacob Van Staaveren following his death in a skateboarding accident during summer break. Those who knew him will remember him as a kind, soft-spoken and curious student, physics professor David Mitchell said. “He […]
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DUI checkpoint ahead
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Grand Avenue lit up like a Christmas tree Sept. 28, as Cal Poly University Police (UPD) conducted a driving under the influence (DUI) checkpoint from 7 p.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday morning. Cars stopped single file on Grand Avenue coming onto campus, and each driver was individually questioned and examined by a […]
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CSU set to pull trigger
Victoria Billings vbillings@mustangdaily.net Students across the California State University (CSU) system could face an additional $150 per semester in tuition starting January 2013 if Gov. Jerry Brown’s sales and income tax increase, Proposition 30, doesn’t pass in November. The CSU Board of Trustees voted last Wednesday, Sept. 19, to approve the tuition increase in the […]