In Fall of 2025, Seeta Sistla noticed a build up of rodenticide boxes, or bait boxes for rats and other pests, on campus. The natural resources management and environmental sciences professor emailed Cal Poly’s sustainability team and Facilities Customer and Business Services about the issue. After a month of email correspondence, she received an explanation […]
Category: April Print ’26
Posted inSatire
jdawg says: act nonchalant
i’ve been watching the jfk jr. and carolyn bassette show and listening to faye webster through wired headphones. i’ve been trying so hard to mog that my jaw is getting stiff. i came to the realization that i need to calm down. a little crush and the impending doom of unemployment have me in shambles […]
Posted inFeatures
Behind BiCEP: How biomedical engineering students push the needle
Isabella Gallegos discovered she wasn’t squeamish during her first day in the operating room. A 14-year-old’s leg needed a repair, bringing in an experienced surgical team for Gallegos to observe. The nurses prepped the patient and soon enough, the surgeon chose from his array of orthopedic tools: mallets, steel saws and other equipment for hammering. […]
Posted inNews
‘It never gets easier’: Cesar Vasquez documents ICE arrests and supports affected families through 805 UndocuFund
Four masked Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents stood outside the Santa Barbara County Northern Branch Jail on April 1, waiting to detain an inmate being released. Cesar Vasquez and several other legal observers for 805 UndocuFund were standing close by, documenting the federal agents as they walked to their unmarked vehicles with an inmate, now […]
Posted inOpinion
Every student should vote at ASI elections, they impact us more than we think
Students should vote in the ASI elections to ensure that their student fees are being used in their best interest, as the elected leaders represent them and advocate for their needs.
Posted inNews
How Cal Poly is exploring wildfires and their prevention
Ashley Branum was just a couple days away from giving birth to her first child on a clear October day in 2023, when she sat alone inside her San Luis Obispo home. Branum heard some commotion outside and went to check it out. After clearing her doorway, she was greeted with a plume of smoke […]
Posted inFeatures
Riding in their footsteps: family legacies live on in Cal Poly Rodeo
Several Cal Poly Rodeo athletes said that being immersed in the world of rodeo was something that happened before they could even remember. To them, rodeo has always been second-nature, something they were raised with, passed down through their family. Vince Nino, a team roping and tie-down roping athlete for Cal Poly Rodeo, is continuing […]
Posted inApril Print '26
April 2026 print edition
It’s spring in California. Golden poppies and the sweet scent of Cal Poly strawberries are afloat across campus. Our campus is bright and alive. But, boy, are we excited for the summer breeze and graduation. April is a month of hellos for some, and the start of long goodbyes for others. Our media organization just […]