Sixteen students living on-campus and 10 students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Nov. 3, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Wednesday afternoon, Nov. 4. Despite the rise in COVID-19 cases on-campus, only two new University Housing residents…
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Student suspended for party said punishment is racially motivated
Business administration sophomore Ray Chan — a first-generation Cal Poly Scholars student with a full-ride scholarship who said he has never gotten in trouble with the university — has been suspended for the entirety of Winter quarter after breaking COVID-19 orders over Labor Day weekend.
Halloween during a pandemic: How students are celebrating and following COVID-19 guidelines for the holiday
Students will be forced to get creative this year for October’s annual Halloween celebration. Due to COVID-19, regulations have been enforced to ensure a safe weekend for students and residents alike.
University performs more than 1,200 COVID-19 tests in one day
Due to potential COVID-19 exposure in University Housing, 36 on-campus students were ordered to quarantine-in-place since Oct. 29. This is the highest number of new quarantine-in-place residents since Friday, Oct. 16, bringing the total number of students quarantined-in-place to 131. …
Record number of Cal Poly students enter quarantine, county case rate remains constant
Cal Poly saw a record of on-campus residents enter quarantine this week. On Oct. 28 alone, 28 students were told to quarantine, the highest single-day increase on record, resulting in 31 total students quarantined.
Cal Poly is isolating COVID-positive students in Cerro Vista — but officials haven’t told residents
Cal Poly is using Cerro Vista’s Romauldo building to isolate COVID-positive students and residents in quarantine who may have been exposed to the coronavirus. The university has not communicated its use of Romauldo to the 649 residents living in the…
County reports highest number of new COVID-19 cases since August, 10 students test positive
San Luis Obispo County reported 49 new COVID-19 cases on Wednesday afternoon, Oct. 28, according to County Public Health. This is the most new COVID-19 cases reported in one day since Aug. 29, when 61 new cases were reported.
Dorm life during COVID-19 as a Cal Poly student athlete
Before COVID-19, every Cal Poly freshman was required to share a dorm room with another student. However, students this year lives alone in their respective rooms. Almost every Cal Poly freshman student-athlete has been assigned their own dorm room in…
Eleven students test positive for COVID-19, again
Two students living on-campus and nine students living off-campus tested positive for COVID-19 since Oct. 26, according to the university’s coronavirus dashboard updated Tuesday afternoon, Oct. 27.  San Luis Obispo County reported 17 new COVID-19 cases on Tuesday afternoon, according…
Here are SLO County’s updated guidelines for celebrating Halloween this year
The guidelines cover three major categories that encourage protection in the night including mask use, social distancing and hygiene.
Over 100 students rated their mental health at zero in an Instagram poll. Here are some of their responses.
Mustang News put out a poll on our instagram asking students to rate their mental health on a scale from 0-100. The poll received over 400 responses, with 124 of them rating their mental health at zero. The overall average rating was less than 50.