Opera San Luis Obispo transformed Cal Poly’s Performing Arts Center into a 1970’s themed house for their disco-themed opera, Die Fledermaus. The extravagant production featured on theme decor including lots of disco balls, velvet couches and flare pants. Mustang News reporter Madison Vernon shows us how 1970’s disco and opera mix.
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WATCH: Community gathers for Cal Poly’s 11th Annual Mustang Mile
Cal Poly hosted the 11th annual Mustang Mile, a 5k run which is dedicated to former Cal Poly student Carson Starkey who passed away in 2008 due to a fraternity hazing accident. The run aims to bring awareness to alcohol and drug abuse issues with the goal of bringing the community together to rally behind […]
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‘We need to celebrate art’: Cal Poly students bring back Art Prom
A past tradition has made its way back to Cal Poly: Art Prom. The Art and Design Department event had been halted by the COVID-19 pandemic. This year, students have banned together to bring it back to life. The department’s three clubs, Club 35, Design Lab and Studio Art Club have met once a week […]
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Students introduce interdisciplinary experiences to CAED department through first Hasslein Student Competition
Construction management senior and competition coordinator Catie Dines lined up for a photo with the competitors of her senior project last month. They stood in front of the George Hasslein Memorial Sculpture and smiled. As she looked around she took a moment to reflect on her childhood love for designing homes in the virtual world […]
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Cal Poly hosts state FFA finals, going on its eighth decade
Cal Poly hosted the California State FFA Finals completion on Saturday, April 30, marking more than eight decades of the event being hosted on the university’s campus. The event brought in more than 2,000 students from across the state to the university, according to a university news release. Participants competed in 22 events throughout the […]
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Bringing Thrift to Campus: How Cal Poly Students Guide Sustainability Efforts to Campus
Filled with vintage clothes, hand-made products, and roughly 500 students,Thrift Cal Poly hosted their sustainability market on April 22 in celebration of Earth Day. Starting at the Sequoia Lawn and expanding to the recently-opened Plant Conservatory, Thrift Cal Poly brings sustainability efforts to campus. Journalism sophomore and founder and president of Thrift Cal Poly, Eve […]
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How one club works to give transfer students the community they need
The sun was setting as transfer students gathered together on Dexter Lawn. It was the first week of fall quarter and the first social event of the year for the Association of Transfer Students (ATS), a social club for Cal Poly transfer students looking to find a community of fellow transfers on campus. Each year […]
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Cal Poly animal science class hosts horse therapy
Cal Poly students can go to the Health Center and receive counseling — but some are exploring a more unconventional outlet for therapy: horses. According to Sarah Stewart, an equine lecturer at Cal Poly, equine therapy is a treatment using a horse to help improve one’s mental, psychological or physical health. On Friday from 1-4 […]
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Black, white and gray: The complex legacy of the Shades of Cal Poly Instagram account
Shades of Cal Poly is run anonymously. They have chosen to remain anonymous in this article. In their second year at Cal Poly, communications and ethnic studies major Rey Smith was in a survey of Africana studies class taught by a white professor. One day, when describing the oppression faced by a black man, Smith […]
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Taking flight: A Cal Poly student’s solo aviation journey
Computer science junior Sarah Hallam said she savors the serene atmosphere of the recent super bloom as she takes on the exhilarating challenge of solo piloting a plane through the San Luis Obispo sky. “You can feel the flow of air over the wings and under you while feeling the wind a lot more,” Hallam […]
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Inside the winning structure of Design Village 2023
Cal Poly hosted the 48th annual Design Village competition from April 28-30. Each year, freshmen architecture students build shelters reflecting a given theme and sleep in their designs throughout the weekend. This year’s theme was biophilia, defined as the “innate human instinct to connect with nature and other living beings,” according to the event website. […]