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.…
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…
Senior project AmpSurf will aid with easier surfing for persons with disabilities
An interdisciplinary senior project class (ENGR 459) is working with a national non-profit to help people with disabilities surf. AmpSurf is a non-profit national organization headquartered in Pismo Beach “established to Promote, Inspire, Educate and Rehabilitate (PIER) all people with disabilities…
Meet Luke Francis Austin: An artist sparking conversation about race and gender
If you walked into the University Art Gallery last May, you likely would have seen evocative art that touched on roles of race and gender created by art and design senior Luke Francis Austin. In one of their most well-known…
Jordan Collins: A Drag Queen Leaving a Regal Legacy
Donning a blond wig, a form-fitting orange dress and six-inch heels, Jordan Collins prepared to step into the spotlight one last time. At the tail end of their five-hour transformation process, the microbiology senior spritzed their blond curls with hairspray…
SLO Motion hosts inaugural screening of four Patagonia films
Four friends came together to create a film organization in San Luis Obispo with the goal of creating awareness and conversation about filmmaking and creative storytelling while touching on issues like environmental and socio-political issues. SLO Motion Film was officially…
Hip-hop artist P-Lo to perform at first ASI Spring Fever concert
Associated Students, Inc. will host hip-hop artist P-Lo at the Via Carta Mall at Cal Poly for the first Spring Fever event.
Freshmen compete in annual Architectural Design Village
Dozens of students gathered outside of Architecture and Environmental Design (building 5), using wire to adjust wood-and-metal structures that were bound for the annual Architecture Design Village in Poly Canyon. The structures were tall, extending above their heads. But the…
With more stages and music, this was the biggest Shabang to date
SHABANG REBORN With more stages and music, this was the biggest Shabang to date Grant Anderson 2 weeks ago 0 The desire to grow and improve has been a continual impetus for the Shabang team, headed by founders Alexander Schwend,…
Find a hidden butterfly painting on campus, get $250 to donate to a charity of your choice
With spring in full swing, the monarch butterflies have come and gone through San Luis Obispo on their annual journey down the California coast. However, there are still a few special butterflies hidden on campus waiting to be found, courtesy…
No more Spring Stampede: ASI to host two free concerts instead
After four consecutive years of artists performing at Cal Poly’s Spring Stampede, Associated Students, Inc. (ASI) Events has decided to change the pace and create a free two-event alternative called “Spring Fever.” One concert will take place May 10 at…