Cal Poly Baseball is now one win away from advancing to the postseason, after 4-3 road victory over UC Santa Barbara Friday, May 24. Riding the momentum of Thursday’s 3-0 shutout win, the Mustangs (28-27, 17-6 Big West) benefited heavily from sophomore righthander Taylor Dollard‘s relief appearance. He improved to 5-0 as he walked two […]
Baseball sets up conference-deciding game with 4-3 win at UC Santa Barbara
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One student’s senior project takes people back to a roaring time in pop-up speakeasy
Senior Sawyer Koelsch and 7 Sisters Brewing Company will host a 1920s-esque speakeasy this Sunday.
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Baseball shuts out UC Santa Barbara in first game of vital Big West series
Thursday was an afternoon of many milestones for Cal Poly Baseball, as the Mustangs defeated UC Santa Barbara 3-0 to start the three-game series that will determine the Big West Conference champion. Cal Poly’s (27-27, 16-6 Big West) junior righthander Bobby Ay and sophomore righthander Taylor Dollard limited the Gauchos (44-8, 18-4 Big West) offense […]
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Cal Poly professor and researchers receive more than $500,000 to improve mental health resources for LGBTQ+ community
Out of a lack of mental health services for the LGBTQ+ within San Luis Obispo County, the SLO ACCEPTance Project emerges.
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Cal Poly and the CSU system currently do not require the Chicken Pox vaccine
According to California State University (CSU) Immunization Requirements (Executive Order 803), students are permitted to attend a CSU for up to an entire academic year before providing proof of full immunization upon the campuses’ discretion. University Spokesperson Matt Lazier wrote in an email to Mustang News that the CSU immunization policy requires proof of measles, […]
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SLO Transit to start service to airport, refines schedule timing
Catch yourself wondering why San Luis Obispo busses never seem to arrive at consistent intervals? For frequent riders, SLO Transit will be extending some of its routes and refining schedules. “Operationally the way that we are serving our routes is in line with our schedules. [We are making] a few refinements to be more accurate […]
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Cal Poly student software developers partner with nonprofits to develop tools for change
Cal Poly students are building free software for nonprofits with the hope of recentering the technology community around social impact. Hack4Impact is a national organization that connects students with nonprofits through software development. Students identify and create software solutions, such as building a website, for nonprofits who may not have sufficient resources to do so. […]
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Jasmin Fashami reflects on the year as Mark Borges prepares to become ASI president
As the ASI election results echoed through the loudspeakers of the University Union (UU), Jasmin Fashami’s phone sent her a memory of when her name was announced last year. “I remember all the people out there with yellow shirts, out there with me holding the buttons, the stickers and cheering for me,” Fashami said. “It […]
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ASI belly dancing instructor hopes to “open people’s hearts” to Middle Eastern culture
Dressed in traditional skirts with gold coins, students and community members shuffled into the Recreation Center dance studio. Amid the weights, treadmills and ab machines, they shimmied their hips and immersed themselves in the traditional dances of the Arab world. On Saturday, May 11, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) hosted their quarterly belly dancing workshop. Known […]
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What will the new SAT “adversity score” mean for Cal Poly students?
The College Board is implementing a change to their SAT test in the midst of a national debate over the fairness of college admissions. For the first time, the SAT will assess students on their cultural, educational and socioeconomic backgrounds in what is widely being referred to as an “adversity score.” The Environmental Context Dashboard […]
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Meet four students bringing back barbershop music
What is professional barbershop entertainment? “Think about four dudes wearing bowties and straw hats,” business administration sophomore Joey Lombardi said. Simple Harmonic Motion is a barbershop quartet made up of four Cal Poly students: Lombardi (bass), industrial engineering sophomore Dylan Moreland (second tenor), computer science and mathematics sophomore Justin Privitera (tenor 1) and physics sophomore Jacob […]