Cal Poly’s College of Education was awarded a $777,000 grant to better its special education program, which will instruct future teachers on how to best work with disabled students. The U.S. Department of Education presented the personal preparation grant to be given over a period of four years. The grant is designated to assist teacher […]
College of Education receives grant for special education program
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Remembering Gene Lenz
I would really like to thank Tonya Strickland for writing a wonderful article in memory of Gene Lenz, former Cal Poly swimmer and Olympian. I have known Gene for the last four years and I felt honored to have met such a wonderful and caring man who put so much of his heart into helping […]
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A brave new movement
In the wake of bad publicity that followed the Cal Poly Salsa Club fliers that sadly ended in a censorship issue … (hey, I’m not at all suggesting that we emulate Berkeley or anything, but what about the First Amendment? Were all the political science majors on a field trip that day?) … I’ve witnessed […]
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Where are our armed prophets?
Khaled Hal Saad Eighty-eight years ago to the day marks the height of the Russian Revolution and the beginning of a long slog to Russian superpower status. Often ignored, was the raw intellectual and tireless contributions of one of Russia’s early leaders. Leon Trotsky showed up at Lenin’s door in London when he was 21 […]
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Lights, CAMERA, action in Montana!
Frank Stranzl This is a really important week for us. We just had our bye week and it couldn’t have come at a better time. It was after our sixth game, right in the middle of the season, so the timing was perfect. Last season, we had our bye week after the third week, and […]
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The most important game of the season
Frank Stranzl This has to be one of the roughest weeks of our season. Not only do we have the most important game of the season, the majority of the team has midterms this week and next week. It is a good thing the bye week came when it did, or we might be in […]
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Young guns leading the Mustang offense
paul meissner Vertically, running back James Noble and wide receivers Ramses Barden and Tredale Tolver are very different. They are an odd bunch to stand together for a picture with Noble standing at just 5’6,” Tolver checking in at 5’9″ and Barden towering over the entire team at 6’6″. One thing they have in common, […]
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Patience and precise timing
Mariecar Mendoza Since recently transferring to Cal Poly and renting a place in Morro Bay, my mind has been set on photographing Morro Rock in a incomparable moment. For the past couple of weeks, I have found myself consistently riding my cruiser down to harbor in the evening with a tripod and a camera strapped […]
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Launched
kiel carreau The final Titan rocket launched Wednesday at 11:05 a.m. from Vandenberg Air Force Base launch pad. This 16-story rocket was the 200th launch of the Titan series of rockets, costing $411 million dollars. The rocket is carrying a classified spy satellite for the U.S. National Reconnaissance Office, a government agency that organizes the […]
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SLO unites to Make a Difference
This Saturday is Make a Difference Day in San Luis Obispo County. It is a national day of service that encourages community members to get out and volunteer for a day. The Cal Poly Community Center, United Way of San Luis Obispo County, the San Luis Obispo County Board of Supervisors and City of San […]
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Students conserve, protect Mayan ruins in Honduras
Holly Burke Students and faculty from Cal Poly’s landscape architecture and city and regional planning departments returned Monday from Copan, Honduras, where they worked to conserve and protect the Mayan ruins and its surrounding environment. The project, funded by the World Bank, is in collaboration with students from Honduras’ Centro De Diseno, Arquitectura y Construccion […]