The COVID-19 pandemic forced Cal Poly’s student-athletes to adapt — from restrictions on how and where teams can practice to the personnel allowed at training. The Mustangs hope to maintain some sense of normalcy, and several Cal Poly athletes and staff spoke about how they have adjusted to training while accounting for safety.
“So many people didn’t have access to equipment”: How these fall sports adapted to practices during COVID-19
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Cal Poly Roundnet put on hold: Students adapt to play spikeball during COVID-19
The Cal Poly Roundnet Club, the university’s club spikeball association, geared up to compete in nationals. Then, the COVID-19 pandemic hit and officials canceled the championship tournament.
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Cal Poly industrial engineering freshman Noah DeVico dies in an accident Tuesday morning
Update Oct. 14: DeVico died early Tuesday morning after a skateboarding accident on Monday afternoon. DeVico lost control of his motorized skateboard and fell off on Grand Avenue around 1:50 p.m., according to University Spokesperson Matt Lazier. The Cal Poly Police Department and San Luis Obispo Police Department investigated the accident. No pedestrians or vehicles were […]
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Cal Poly community responds to the nomination of Judge Amy Coney Barrett
“She is a conservative judge nominated by a president aligned with the conservative party, so we expect her to decide on politically salient cases in ways that are consistent with a conservative ideology,” Arrington wrote. “If confirmed, we will have to see how her ideology plays out.”
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Virtual Rush: How greek life went online for fall recruitment
Much like classes and other ordinarily in-person activities, sororities and fraternities were forced to adapt recruitment — the enlisting of new members — to an online format. For Panhellenic recruitment, potential new members (PNM) would typically walk and take busses to all of the different sorority houses and participate in events such as “Sisterhood,” “Philanthropy […]
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A look inside in-person labs on campus
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 these mechanical engineering students have had to take in order to attend their in-person labs […]
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Poly Plant Shop thrives
The Poly Plant Shop is one of the few places on campus that has remained open after adapting their operations to comply with COVID-19 regulations. Mustang News video reporter Brady Caskey visited the Poly Plant Shop to take a look at how they have adapted to the pandemic.
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Eleven students test positive for COVID-19
Six students living on-campus and five students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 in the last 72 hours, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Monday afternoon. The students were tested by Campus Health and Wellbeing, which has performed 291 COVID-19 tests in the last 72 hours. The dashboard does not account for positive COVID-19 […]
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The Hoof: Campus Parking — What remains of the land of Automobile Animalia
The Hoof is a satire column created to find the humor in the daily life of Cal Poly students. If you’re looking for news, this is not it. If you’re looking for sports, this is kind of it, because we’re having a ball. Ha. Puns. Sydney Sherman is a journalism junior. The views expressed do […]
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San Luis Obispo County schools consider returning to in-person teaching
San Luis Obispo County K-12 schools can choose to reopen in-person with modifications, County Health Officer Dr. Penny Borenstein said on Oct. 6. Schools must maintain criteria outlined in the State’s Blueprint for a Safer Economy. In accordance with county and state guidelines, all San Luis Obispo County schools that reopen will do so with […]
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Local adaptive sports nonprofit for individuals with disabilities receives $3,500 grant
The North County Adaptive Sports Program provides adapted physical activities for individuals living with developmental disabilities. The program serves participants or athletes from 14 to 70 years old throughout the Central Coast, and they engage in a variety of recreational activities such as basketball, volleyball and aquatics.