Last week, the U.S. Department of Education formally announced that it will select one company to collect student debt payments on its behalf. Right now, there is $1.4 trillion in student loan debt spread across 44 million borrowers in the United States. Of that amount, the vast majority of student debt is comprised of federal […]
Betsy DeVos overhauls federal student loan system
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Mustangs rack up 87 honors this year
The Cal Poly baseball team’s home game 4-0 loss Saturday against UC Riverside marked the end of the 2016-2017 sports season for Cal Poly. Along the way, many athletes earned conference honors and awards. Here’s a breakdown of each award, by season and by sport: Fall Men’s soccer First Team, All-Big West: senior forward Justin […]
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Mother of Kristin Smart creates scholarship in Kristin’s name
The scholarship application will be available January 2018.
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Orfalea College of Business professor Jeffrey Danes dies
Danes worked at Orfalea for nearly 30 years.
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Determination: The journey of Donovan Fields
It was one of the championship games of the Holcombe Rucker Community League’s summer session in New York. The game was held in a gym in the projects of the Bronx in New York City. A high school kid from Newburgh, New York had the ball in his hands. He was 5-foot-8. He wasn’t from […]
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‘#TheatreMajor’ tells the story of life on stage
#TheatreMajor encompasses the tales of theatre majors at Cal Poly.
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John Coltrane: A prophet on the woodwind
In only 30 minutes Coltrane drags the listener through the totality of human experience.
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Cal Poly Graduation Initiative Team proposes plan to increase four-year graduation rates
The team’s goals are: improving support, removing graduation barriers, improving campus community, eliminating achievement gaps and using data in administration.
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Giuseppe’s: Senior project turned popular restaurant
When political science student Joe DiFronzo chose his senior project back in 1988, he knew there was only one option: opening a restaurant. DiFronzo runs the homestyle Italian restaurant Giuseppe’s Cucina Rustica, which first opened in the Landmark Hotel space on Price Street in Pismo Beach. But starting a business as at 20 years old […]
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March & protest: Students and faculty stand against traditionalism and rape culture
Several Cal Poly administrative staff were also present at the March Against Rape Culture.
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‘Liberation’ empowers student directors and dancers
Liberation means freedom from constraints and limiting thought forms. For some, liberation is a state of mind and a form of empowerment. For one group of student performers, liberation comes in the form of dance. Cal Poly’s spring student dance concert “Liberation” featured a show of student-choreographed pieces, all of which connected to the theme. […]