Plastic barriers between desks, double doors open to ensure proper air flow, students taking labs with masks and face shields on and occupying at 50 percent capacity with their partners over zoom — these are some of the precautions that…
Students improve shark-spotting technology
Sept. 2020 marked the end to one of Cal Poly’s summer undergraduate research programs (SURP) where students and Cal Poly alumni developed a safer and cheaper tool to detect sharks off the coast of California using artificial intelligence. Before the…
New Title IX regulations step in the wrong direction for Cal Poly
Grace Kitayama is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. The Department of Education has enacted new Title IX regulations that aim to strengthen protections for survivors. They also…
Cal Poly Master Plan 2035: Minimal student and community engagement plague process
Grace Kitayama is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News columnist. Olivia Peluso is an English senior and Mustang News opinion editor. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. In all the hours of research that must…
Virtually no campus activity this quarter, so why are we still paying?
Students should receive a partial refund as a result of the quarter being online.
Priority registration should be extended to Federal Work-Study students
If the university is advertising how much money they can save by hiring FWS students, they should help the students remain students in any way possible.
Instead of watching a Romcom, don’t
While diving into my Romcom rabbit hole, I’ve noticed several troubling patterns that occur in many of these films — especially if they are produced by Netflix.
Stalking is not cute or funny, so let’s not treat it that way
Though shows like Netflix’s You bring the discussion of stalking into the public narrative, some of the audience seems to draw the wrong message.
Self care doesn’t always have to comes with a price tag
Stressed? Buy a bath bomb. Depressed? Buy a face mask. Tired? Buy a Yerba Mate. Can’t sleep? Buy a pair of blue light glasses. Worried about your physical health? Buy a Hydroflask and refill it three times a day.
From a sophomore living on campus in opposition of forcing others to do so
Grace Kitayama is a journalism sophomore and Mustang News columnist. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of Mustang News. University Housing has plans to require all second years to live on campus within the next 15 years. While…
You are more than your genetic makeup — despite what 23andme might tell you
People are not their genealogy. They are the recipes, clothes, stories, traditions and lessons that their genealogy represents.