On Feb. 2, the Black Academic Excellence Center (BAEC) hosted their annual Black History Month Kickoff at the Multi Activity Center. In a celebration of Black joy, several campus partners, clubs, food vendors and live performers gathered at the Multi Activity Center. “It’s a big message to our Black student community,” BAEC Coordinator Christina Sholars Ortiz said. “It’s about standing 10 toes down and feeling […]
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Cal Poly’s Line Dancing Club: Finding community through social dancing
In the midst of 200 other students for quarter plus, two freshman girls, Maddison Hagglund and Caitlin Lee, tried line dancing for the very first time. Line dancing is a social dancing experience where a choreographed dance is learned and then repeated in a sequence. It can be done with or without partners. Hagglund and […]
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A look into Cal Poly’s Winter Career Fair
On Jan. 23 and 24, Cal Poly’s Winter Career Fair saw over 900 students gather in the recreation center to network with industry representatives, collect company swag, and interview for job positions, according to Handshake. The fair hosted 116 companies, including Edwards Lifesciences, Pacific Gas & Electric, Caltrans and the U.S. Navy. Compared to the […]
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State of Mixedness event sheds light on the lived experiences of mixed students at Cal Poly
On Jan.31, the Multicultural Center hosted its inaugural State of Mixedness event, which was an exploration into what it’s like to be a mixed student at Cal Poly. “The point of the State of Mixedness is to talk about what has been happening on campus for the mixed community,” Gemma Dallas, a student assistant at […]
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Legacy of the lion: The Cal Poly Lion Dance Team shares Chinese culture with the Central Coast
The Cal Poly Lion Dance Team, as the only lion dance team on the central coast, works to share Chinese culture with the San Luis Obispo community. This year, the team is shifting their focus from entertaining skits to more traditional Chinese blessings of success and good fortune for businesses in the community as they prepare to celebrate the Lunar New Year in February.
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Behind the scenes of Continuous Open Bidding
During the first two weeks of fall quarter, hundreds of girls march around San Luis Obispo in sundresses and heels, armed with lip gloss and breath mints to meet with house after house and speak with their future sisters. This is known as formal rush. Yet, a lesser-known variation of rush — Continuous Open Bidding […]
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Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti officially becomes Cal Poly’s Associate VP for DEI Academic Initiatives
Dr. Jennifer Teramoto Pedrotti first realized the importance of diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) initiatives in an unlikely place: Kansas.
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Exploring all things fungi with Cal Poly’s Mycology Club
In a damp oak forest in Los Osos, a group of 15 students milled about in the underbrush on the hunt for an unlikely treasure. With boots sinking into the muddy earth, they kept their eyes carefully peeled for the distinctive caps and growths on damp wood and decomposing leaves.
“Look out for the orange mushrooms everyone!” biological sciences senior Kimberly Dispenza said.
The group of students in search of this unlikely treasure is Cal Poly’s Mycology Club—a club devoted to exploring all things fungi.
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Front Porch: ‘Where every person and moment matter’
After the pandemic, Front Porch, a faith based nonprofit coffee house opened its doors to all students and is now full to the brim at all hours of the day. It is located off of Foothill Boulevard near the Health Center on campus.
Front porch offers free coffee and espresso during the day and hosts other events such as a free meal on Wednesdays each week. It stays running through donations from local churches, community members and student volunteers.
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Cal Poly Orchesis Dance Company presents “Retrograde”
In addition to two guest choreographers, “Retrograde” presents the work of five student choreographers. Orchesis director and dance professor Diana Stanton said the personalized approach student choreographers take to dance incorporates elements of their academic and personal lives and translate them into movement, according to the news release.
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A Cal Poly canvas course is covering the Sex Ed your teachers never did
The Sexual and Reproductive Health (SRH) lab launched a sexual education canvas page last quarter with 10 modules covering all topics from the basics of “What is Sex?” to “Pornography” and “Sex Toys.”